June 11, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago protesters march against Trump’s immigration crackdown as demonstrations pop up across the country. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted protests against Biden?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/10/chicago-protest-trump-ice/
— Paul Vallas: We must not allow a repeat of 2020 George Floyd protests in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/11/opinion-los-angeles-protests-chicago-george-floyd-2020/
— Sen. Jason Plummer: Gov. JB Pritzker has taken Illinois sanctuary city policies to the extreme
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/11/opinion-jb-pritzker-illinois-sanctuary-city-law-testify-congress/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Car plows through Chicago protest as thousands rally in solidarity with L.A. anti-ICE demonstrations. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted protests against Biden?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/10/thousands-rally-downtown-immigration-protests

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote more LGBTQ
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250611/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-touch-of-history-why-pride-celebrations-represent-more-than-a-nod-to-a-sing/
–FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTOS OF CONROY AND ZAY: Why some say DuPage County could benefit from home rule
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250610/news/wake-up-call-why-some-say-dupage-county-could-benefit-from-home-rule/

CBS2
— ICE protest draws thousands to Chicago Loop; car plows through early on. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted protests against Biden?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protesters-rally-march-against-ice-downtown-chicago/

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ramon-morales-reyes-undocumented-migrant-allegedly-framed-donald-trump-threat-can-released-custody-he-posts-bond/16718537/
— IL taxpayers on hook for over $1M scrapped tent meant to house Chicago migrants in 2023: budget
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-taxpayers-hook-1m-scrapped-giant-base-camp-tent-meant-house-chicago-migrants-2023-budget/16718203/

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that without massive government assistance, people in America cannot survive, let alone succeed. Democrat leaders especially shout that at people in America who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-nonprofits-fear-medicaid-cuts-would-slash-badly-needed-services/3764888/

WTTW
— ‘This Issue Isn’t Going Away’: Illinois Lawmakers Delay Pension Reform Again. I have been getting a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension since I was 49 years old in 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, that is, when my Democrat GAO superiors forced CSRS to pay me to not come to work. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $1.85 million. I should write about that.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/10/issue-isn-t-going-away-illinois-lawmakers-delay-pension-reform-again

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— Naperville man accused of sexual abuse faces new charges with more alleged victims
https://www.nctv17.org/news/naperville-man-accused-of-sexual-abuse-faces-new-charges-with-more-alleged-victims/

DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
— Glen Ellyn League of Women Voters Denied Spot In the Village’s 4th Of July Parade.
https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/profoundly-disturbed-group-denied-spot-4th-july-parade-glen-ellyn

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Despite setbacks, gun rights groups continue push to overturn Illinois assault weapons ban. 7th Circuit prepares to hear another appeal.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/despite-setbacks-gun-rights-groups-continue-push-to-overturn-illinois-assault-weapons-ban/

COUNTRY HERALD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in DuPage County.
https://countryherald.com/news/elmhurst-pride-collective-presented-with-proclamation-by-dupage/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Thousands Of Chicagoans Take To The Streets To Protest ICE Raids, Trump Immigration Policies. Another protest against the Trump administration is being planned Saturday for Daley Plaza as part of a nationally coordinated series of demonstrations. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted protests against Biden?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/10/thousands-of-chicagoans-take-to-the-streets-to-protest-ice-raids-trump-immigration-policies/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted protests against Biden?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/06/11/ice-protests-hit-chicago-00398961

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-531/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Too many of our leaders are no longer focused on protecting our people first
https://wirepoints.org/too-many-of-our-leaders-are-no-longer-focused-on-protecting-our-people-first-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that without massive government assistance, people in America cannot survive, let alone succeed. Democrat leaders especially shout that at people in America who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Because the Democrats who run the federal government ever-increasingly lower standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats, and especially more Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or LGBTQ, anticipate/expect that qualifications of federal employees ever-increasingly deceases. Virtually none of my Democrat federal coworkers had what I had: three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and/or a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s big bill aims to break Mexico’s dependence on U.S. cash
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/10/trumps-big-bill-aims-break-mexicos-dependence-us-cash/

NEW YORK POST
— Car drives through anti-ICE protesters as Chicago joins nationwide anti-ICE unrest amid Trump crackdown
https://nypost.com/2025/06/11/us-news/chicago-driver-plows-car-through-protesters-in-street-during-anti-ice-demonstration/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While most Chicago protesters were peaceful on Tuesday, some demonstrators clashed and vandalized police vehicles, and public transportation was temporarily suspended downtown, FOX 32 reported. Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez noted on X that multiple police cars had been vandalized. “I guess we haven’t learned,” he wrote in one Tuesday evening post. “I’m so sick of anarchy apologists and their ‘It’s not violent, just property damage bro’ bull—-,” he said in another.)

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Trump Warns ‘Any’ Protesters at Military Parade Will Be ‘Met With Heavy Force’
https://amgreatness.com/2025/06/11/morning-news-trump-warns-any-protesters-at-military-parade-will-be-met-with-heavy-force/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— If You Love Mexico So Much, Go Back To Mexico
https://www.creators.com/read/Ian-Haworth/06/25/if-you-love-mexico-so-much-go-back-to-mexico

DAILY WIRE
— ‘DEI Is Dead’: Pete Hegseth Says In Trump’s Defense Department, ‘Men Are Men And Women Are Women’  “Sir, if they wanted to get a woke indoctrination, they could just go to college.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dei-is-dead-pete-hegseth-says-in-trumps-defense-department-men-are-men-and-women-are-women

EPOCH TIMES
— Los Angeles Mayor Imposes Curfew on Downtown to Stem Looting, Vandalism
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/links/9dW4IuYSFz/HhryKHE6n/yMkqMLwii9KT/4qvr3tNMj5

FOX NEWS
— GOP unveils new weapon to help slash billions in government waste as Republicans rally behind Trump’s plan. Democrats do not want Republicans to fight government waste. The Democrats who have ran IRS and GAO since 1980 did not want me to fight government waste. GAO audits IRS. GAO is supposed to fight government waste. But to waste me, they forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-unveils-new-weapon-help-slash-billions-government-waste-republicans-rally-behind-trumps-plan

NEW AMERICAN
— L.A. Rioters Disrupted Arrest of Illegals Linked to Cartel Activity; Sex Fiends, Murderer Arrested
https://thenewamerican.com/us/crime/homan-l-a-rioters-disrupted-arrest-of-illegals-linked-to-cartel-activity-sex-fiends-murderer-arrested/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pro-illegal-alien rioters in Los Angeles, California, didn’t attack Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents because they were deporting a poor, helpless “migrant” dad just trying to earn a living to support his family. Rather, border czar Tom Homan told NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo, they attacked when agents raided a business that imported almost $100 million in goods and didn’t pay import tariffs. And that business, he said, is linked to south-of-the-border terror-gang cartels. Agents arrested not only more than three dozen illegals, but also several dangerous illegal-alien criminals, including a Filipino child rapist and a Vietnamese double murderer. The “protesters” tried to block ICE from arresting those thugs and goons. So the anarchists and communists sided with a murderer and other illegal-alien criminals.)

NEWSMAX
— Chris Salcedo: ‘No illegal alien deserves to be in my country’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN6uuw62Tc4

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— David Walker, former U.S. Comptroller General: Choosing the next comptroller general is too important — don’t play politics. Walker could have settled Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), but he did not. By not settling my lawsuit, he promoted patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination in GAO. The Democrats who ran GAO wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. They flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, c) passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) earning four other job-related professional certifications, and e) earning a job related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. Democrats do not want Republicans to fight government waste. GAO is just a shell of what it once was. Gingrich gutted GAO during the 1980s and 1990s. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. I should write about how Gingrich and Bowsher gutted GAO. Under Gingrich and Bowsher, the agency dumped half its employees. Overwhelming, those dumped employees were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  If Gingrich and Bowsher had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. The Democrats who have ran IRS and GAO since 1980 did not want me to fight government waste. GAO audits IRS. GAO is supposed to fight government waste. But to waste me, they forced me to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.aol.com/opinion-choosing-next-comptroller-general-133000971.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fortunately, the Comptroller General of the United States, who serves as the CEO of the GAO and the nation’s top accountability professional, can only be removed by impeachment or joint resolution of Congress signed by the president. In addition, removal can only be achieved for specified reasons. This is fully appropriate, since the comptroller general and the GAO must be independent from the executive branch in both form and substance. There have only been eight comptroller generals since the GAO’s creation in 1921, and I served in the position from 1998 to 2008. The comptroller general must be highly qualified in terms of credentials and experience. He or she must be able to act in a manner that is professional, objective, fact-based, nonpartisan, nonideological, nonpersonal, fair and balanced. This is critical for both the comptroller general and the GAO to be effective and respected. It is also important that the comptroller general receive strong bipartisan support. The last three comptroller generals were confirmed by the Senate via unanimous consent. Hopefully, the next comptroller general will be as well. The current comptroller general is Gene Dodaro, whose term is set to end on Dec. 22, 2025. Gene is very capable — I appointed him as acting comptroller general, but it took over two-and-a-half years for him to be nominated and confirmed. Congress needs to act much faster in filling the position this time. Given the importance of the position, the comptroller general appointment process may be the most complex in the federal government. It starts with a 10-member bipartisan and bicameral commission in Congress that must recommend at least three candidates. The president then nominates a candidate who must be confirmed by the Senate. Any nominee could be filibustered if he or she is not deemed to be a proper fit for the position. The statutory commission is not formally established until the comptroller general position is vacant, but a significant amount of planning and preparation should happen before the official vacancy occurs. This includes conducting outreach efforts to appropriate professional and government organizations to identify potential candidates and preparing screening questionnaires and interview questions. Importantly, since the comptroller general is a legislative branch officer who must be independent, Congress needs to consider eliminating the president from the process. Congress should also consider reducing the appointment term to 10 years. These changes would require legislation. While DOGE has achieved a modest amount of savings and a reduction in the size of the federal workforce, it also caused also considerable disruption, and much work remains to be done. The GAO and inspectors general need to be on the front lines of this effort. These accountability organizations cannot be fully effective without confirmed leaders. Congress and the president need to take steps to fill these important accountability leadership positions in a timely manner. This should be a good government and bipartisan effort.)

ABC NEWS
Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting riots against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted riots against Biden?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/la-immigration-protests-live-updates-trump-deploys-2000?id=122621279
— Musk says some posts about Trump went ‘too far’
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-updates-live/?id=122650591

NBC NEWS
— Trump admin tells immigration judges to dismiss cases in tactic to speed up arrests
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-tells-immigration-judges-dismiss-cases-tactic-speed-arrest-rcna212138
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anti-ice-protests-held-coast-coast-l-unrest-national-movement-grows-rcna211980

CNN
— Los Angeles police begin ‘mass arrests’ after downtown curfew kicks in
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/la-protests-ice-raids-trump-06-10-25
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight Trump’s deportation of their illegals. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted protests against Biden?
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/laura-coates-live/episodes/ea3dd490-2cc3-11ef-aee2-fb26ea51ac8a

YAHOO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-sanctuary-cities-won-t-112121940.html

MSN
— Because the Democrats who run the federal government ever-increasingly lower standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats, and especially more Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or LGBTQ, anticipate/expect that qualifications of federal employees ever-increasingly deceases. Virtually none of my Democrat federal coworkers had what I had: three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and/or a job-related professional license.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/trump-admin-spending-millions-to-investigate-if-dei-is-to-blame-for-plane-crashes/ar-AA1G9Kog
— Democrat leaders say “Trump’s new pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel is cartoonishly unqualified.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-new-pick-to-lead-the-office-of-special-counsel-is-cartoonishly-unqualified/ar-AA1FW827?ocid=BingNewsVerp

NEW YORK TIMES
— Newsom Slams Trump’s ‘Brazen Abuse of Power’ as L.A. Mayor Imposes Curfew
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/10/us/la-protests-marines-ice-trump
— The New York Times is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Democrat leaders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/opinion/trump-los-angeles-ice-strongman.html
— While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly demanded more loyalty to the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/politics/trumps-politicized-federal-work-force.html

WASHINGTON POST
— House votes to repeal D.C. laws on noncitizen voting
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/06/10/house-vote-dc-laws-police-reform-noncitizen-voting/
— Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/06/10/fact-check-trump-california-migrant-invasion/

USA TODAY
— Donald Trump is front and center for Army’s big DC birthday parade
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/10/trump-big-birthday-parade-nspiring-alarming/83475173007/
— Corvette goes airborne in dramatic racing moment
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2025/06/10/corvette-goes-airborne-dramatic-crash/84134749007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/motor/2025/06/10/drag-race-crash-dramatic-video/84138471007/
— According to Democrat leaders, Trump has overblown the threat of protests
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2025/06/11/ice-protest-los-angeles-immigration-trump-newsom-lgbtq-musk-strawberry-moon/84145651007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/09/bishop-trump-pride-month-lgtbq-communities/84058152007/
— Demographics of Los Angeles show its a fertile ground for anti-ICE protests. More than 35% of Los Angeles’ population is foreign-born, shaping its reaction to Trump’s immigration crackdown.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/09/la-immigrants-population-demographics-protest/84114134007/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: LA residents who surveyed vandalism fear more violence in future protests
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/09/los-angeles-damage-vandalism-protests-waymo-residents/84121335007/

FORBES
— ‘This Anarchy Will Not Stand’: Trump Promises Continued Federal Response To Anti-ICE L.A. Protests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQsRZLWvncI

HUFFINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders used to promote integration. Now they promote segregation.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-schools-segregation-worse_n_68486face4b0682b100c4c79

POLITICO
— From Los Angeles to Washington, Trump leans in as commander in chief
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/11/trump-military-parade-protests-00398716
— Most GOP lawmakers plan to skip Trump’s big parade
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/10/trump-parade-congress-republicans-00398774

PBS
— Trump accuses some Los Angeles protesters of being ‘paid insurrectionists’  How much will Democrat leaders pay people to riot in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DCbU4bUPvmFk

NPR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted protests against Biden?
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/11/nx-s1-5429818/protests-grow-across-the-u-s-as-people-push-against-trumps-mass-deportation-policies
— DOGE tried to embed in GAO. Experts say it should have asked GAO for help instead. Gingrich gutted GAO during the 1980s and 1990s. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. I should write about how Gingrich and Bowsher gutted GAO. Under Gingrich and Bowsher, the agency dumped half its employees. Overwhelming, those dumped employees were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  If Gingrich and Bowsher had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5405033/doge-gao-musk-trump

DAILY BEAST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-celebrates-pride-by-defunding-lgbtq-support-at-suicide-hotline/

AXIOS
— RINOs warn Trump that some deportations go too far
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/10/republicans-trump-deportations-ice-immigration

GUARDIAN
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting protests against Trump. What if Republican leaders had promoted protests against Biden?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/10/us-protests-immigration-trump

INDIA TODAY
— LA’s protests swell to Chicago, Atlanta; more planned. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/world/story/los-angeles-protests-swell-to-chicago-atlanta-more-planned-in-us-despite-trumps-warning-immigration-crackdown-2738995-2025-06-11

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.