June 12, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protest-updates-least-1-injured-loop-downtown-anti-ice-last-night-car-sped-protesters/16723680/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mayor-brandon-johnson-administration-says-ice-tactical-units-expected-soon-chicago-asks-peaceful-anti-trump-protests/16725998/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-protests-thursday-more-anti-ice-demonstrations-expected-immigration-advocates-say-saturday-no-kings-day/16730892/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-6/12/2025

NBC5
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ice-to-activate-special-response-teams-in-5-cities-including-chicago-sources/3765982/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/im-a-product-of-immigrants-hundreds-of-ice-protesters-march-through-chicago/3765403/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/police-prepare-for-more-chicago-protests-as-weekend-events-planned-in-u-s/3765821/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcl4a_sIoNo

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-ice-tactical-teams-chicago/

WGN9
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/woman-injured-in-hit-and-run-crash-as-ice-protestors-moved-through-downtown/
— Two-thirds support policies prioritizing birth sex over gender identity
https://wgntv.com/news/national/two-thirds-support-policies-prioritizing-birth-sex-over-gender-identity-gallup/

WTTW
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/11/rainbow-push-coalition-s-new-leader-urges-resistance-against-trump-administration-s

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/crime/2025/06/11/anti-ice-protests-chicago-hit-and-run-woman-injured-immigration-rally

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/11/chicago-los-angeles-trump-protests/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/11/chicago-protest-trump-arrests/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/12/opinion-donald-trump-bill-medicaid-cuts-illinois/
— Pension change boon to Chicago police officers, firefighters, but additional hit to taxpayers
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/12/cpd-pension-springfield/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/06/11/mayor-brandon-johnson-donald-trump-immigration-raids
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/06/11/17-arrested-4-charged-with-felonies-as-thousands-gathered-for-anti-ice-protests-in-downtown-chicago
— Democrat leaders continue to use Juneteenth to promote hatred against Republicans
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2025/06/10/juneteenth-black-achievment-trump-elizabeth-stephens-tubman-quinn-chapel-ame-ben-jealous

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/brandon-johnson-calls-nonviolent-push-against-trump

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/10/no-kings-protests-in-illinois-find-where-when-your-closest-protest-is-springfield-rockford-trump/84129765007/

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Young Republicans Aim To Energize Local Party. Mount Prospect Resident Forms New Chapter, First In Illinois Outside Chicago.
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/young-republicans-aim-to-energize-local-party/
— Palatine Township Appoints Mental Health Board Despite Criticism
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/palatine-township-appoints-mental-health-board-despite-criticism/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/06/11/no-kings-protest-happening-in-springfield-what-you-need-to-know/84149175007/

CHAMPAIGN URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot
https://www.news-gazette.com/local-events/?_evDiscoveryPath=/event/3102992-revolutionary-online-dispensary-area-52-expands-to-illinois

STATELINE
— Legal immigrant voters shift towards Republicans on immigration
https://www.mystateline.com/news/politics/new-data-reveals-legal-immigrant-voters-shift-towards-republicans-on-immigration/

SHAW LOCAL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2025/06/12/dozens-of-la-area-mayors-demand-the-trump-administration-stop-intensified-immigration-raids/

WAND TV
— Mexican flags at LA protests spark debate over symbolism
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/ap-photos-mexican-flags-at-la-protests-spark-debate-over-symbolism/article_4a536778-437e-5314-afd0-2b4e2e06a738.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— 330 immigrants arrested in L.A. since Friday
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/white-house-says-330-immigrants-arrested-in-l-a-since-friday/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-06-11/drag-performers-plan-to-protest-trumps-attendance-of-les-mis-at-the-kennedy-center

WCIA
— Illinois lawmakers allocate $35M to after-school programs. What did you do after school? I washed dishes for the minimum wage during my junior and senior years in high school and full-time during the summer in between.
https://www.wcia.com/illinois-capitol-news/illinois-lawmakers-allocate-35m-to-after-school-programs/

OAK PARK
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://www.oakpark.com/2025/06/10/no-kings-protest-saturday-in-scoville-park/

CWB CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump.
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/06/17-arrested-during-immigration-protest-in-the-loop.html

WHEATON PATCH
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage Wheaton children to be sexually active LGBTQers.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/pride-picnic-mark-second-year-wheaton

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/12/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-532/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-324/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois’ AG calls for unity against Trump administration in courts
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5367c9a3-9862-412e-873a-fb938de04038.html
— Lawsuit abuse bleeds Illinois jobs, lawmaker intervention is only remedy. My critics/opponents sided with the defendants in all the lawsuits that I filed. I should write about that.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/opinion/article_80b6aadc-30f9-4dd1-82c9-b2de0cd69283.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Sentencing Day Coming for Mike Madigan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/11/sentencing-day-coming-for-mike-madigan/
— Crystal Lake Bureaucracy Responsive
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/11/sentencing-day-coming-for-mike-madigan/
— Crystal Lake City Council Approves an Additional Potential $23 Million Subsidy to Water’s Edge Developer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/10/crystal-lake-city-council-approves-an-additional-potential-23-million-subsidy-to/
— Municipal Endorsements by Democrats Compared with Victory Claims
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/10/endorsements-by-democrats-compared-with-victory-claims/
— Milk Day Parade Politics
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/09/milk-day-parade-politics/
— It’s the End of the World as NPR Knows It
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/09/its-the-end-of-the-world-as-npr-knows-it/
— State Rep. Jeff Keicher Running for Re-Election
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/09/state-rep-jeff-keicher-running-for-re-election/
— McHenry County Diversity Page Encounters Disagreement about Bill Foster Republican Opponent Jeff Walter
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/09/mchenry-county-diversity-page-encounters-disagreement-about-bill-foster-republican-opponent-jeff-walter/
— Dems Crow about Local Victories
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/06/09/dems-crow-about-local-victories/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump sends in the troops and Democrats shield illegal alien rioters in Los Angeles. Newsom races to federal court, but legal immigrants support enforcement.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/11/editorial-trump-sends-troops-democrats-shield-illegal-alien-rioters/
— Demonstrations, riots spread beyond L.A. with help of left-wing organizers
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/11/demonstrations-riots-spread-beyond-la-help-left-wing-organizers/
— Newsom dives into fight with Trump, rebuilds cred with Democrats’ liberal base
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/11/gavin-newsom-dives-fight-trump-rebuilds-cred-democrats-liberal-base/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson urges people to ‘push back’ against ICE raids: ‘Dissent matters’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3439029/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-push-back-ice-raids-dissent-matters/

NEW YORK POST
— There’s nothing ‘spontaneous’ about radical ICE protests — here are the groups behind them
https://nypost.com/2025/06/11/opinion/theres-nothing-spontaneous-about-radical-ice-protests-here-are-the-groups-behind-them/
— ICE immigration raids empty Home Depot parking lots of day laborers
https://nypost.com/2025/06/11/business/ice-immigration-raids-empty-home-depot-parking-lots-of-day-laborers/

AFPI
— The West Is Finally Realizing the Ancient Truth That Open Borders Kill Nations
https://www.americafirstpolicy.com/issues/the-west-is-finally-realizing-the-ancient-truth-that-open-borders-kill-nations

AMERICAN THINKER
— Never Trumpers Are Back with a New Name
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/06/never_trumpers_are_back_with_a_new_name.html

BREITBART
— Chicago Mayor: Trump What U.S. Would Look Like if the Confederacy Won. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans.  Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Party.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/11/chicago-mayor-trump-is-what-u-s-would-have-looked-like-if-the-confederacy-won/amp/
— Drag Queens Protest, Boo Trump in Kennedy Center Appearance
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/06/11/watch-drag-queens-protest-boo-trump-in-kennedy-center-appearance/

DAILY CALLER
— Newest List Of Illegals ICE Nabbed In Riot-Plagued Los Angeles
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/11/ice-arrests-more-la-migrants/
— David Hogg Not Diverse Enough For DNC
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/11/david-hogg-democrat-national-committee-vice-chair-booted/

DAILY WIRE
— School Districts Spent More Than $9 Million To Make Grading Practices More ‘Equitable’  Equitable grading is supposed to address “bias” in education.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-school-districts-spent-more-than-9-million-to-make-grading-practices-more-equitable

FOX NEWS
— Senator launches investigation into Democratic org over potential support for LA rioters. Trump already cut federal funding to CHIRLA, which received $750,000 from Biden administration.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senator-launches-investigation-democratic-org-over-potential-support-la-rioters
— ICE ramps up arrests of convicted criminals as riots rage in blue city: ‘You will not stop us’  DHS reveals several illegal immigrants arrested in LA convicted of serious crimes.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-ramps-up-arrests-convicted-criminals-riots-rage-blue-city-will-not-stop-us
— Ramirez accuses Trump of unleashing ‘campaign of terror’ on illegals as L.A. riots rage. Marking the 13th anniversary of DACA, Ramirez accused Trump of unleashing a “campaign of terror” on illegal immigrants as anti-ICE riots rage in Los Angeles.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6374144819112
— AOC blames Trump for LA riots, says his administration ‘owns this’  ‘It’s his decisions, his aggression. His ability to intentionally stoke this, that is the problem,’ NY rep says.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watch-aoc-blames-trump-la-riots-says-his-administration-owns-this
— California looters now face ‘hard-charging’ consequences after blue state abandoned soft-on-crime approach. Attorney General Bondi: ‘We’ve made over 190 arrests and more are coming’ as city cracks down on anti-ICE protest chaos.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-looters-now-face-hard-charging-consequences-after-blue-state-abandoned-its-soft-on-crime-approach

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrats Won’t Condemn Rioters Because Criminal Illegals, Marxists Are Their Constituents
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/06/11/laura_ingraham_democrats_wont_condemn_rioters_because_criminal_illegals_marxists_are_their_constituents.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://thehill.com/newsletters/evening-report/5345189-ice-raids-accelerate-protests-spread/

CNN
— For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and b) to take money away from Republicans and to give that money to Democrats.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/12/politics/trump-federal-government-contradictions-what-matters
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/la-protests-ice-raids-trump-06-12-25
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/la-protests-ice-raids-trump-06-11-25

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-protests-ice-national-guard-f39ba39287f628ce8c8be47c92ea6147

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/us/trump-protests-la-immigrants-civil-rights-leaders.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/ice-la-protest-arrests.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/opinion/trump-immigration-conservative.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/06/11/protests-immigration-cities-ice-raids/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/11/trump-military-immigration-parade/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/06/11/trump-immigration-ice-crackdown-employers/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/06/11/la-protests-ice-live-updates-trump/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/11/deportation-ice-criminals-campaign-polling/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/12/trump-2020-revenge-tour/

USA TODAY
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/06/12/trump-la-republican-voters-immigration-states-rights/84117247007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— SPLC Smears Another Christian Nonprofit. A change in ideological fashion on the left puts ‘moderate’ Focus on the Family on the ‘hate’ map.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/splc-smears-another-christian-nonprofit-focus-on-the-family-hate-map-5ce9d51e

NEW YORKER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more protests against Trump
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/immigration-protests-threaten-to-boil-over-in-los-angeles

AXIOS
— Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are soldiers in the Democrat Army.
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/11/trump-illegal-immigration-deportations-los-angeles

INDEPENDENT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-booed-cheered-les-miserables-kennedy-center-b2768497.html

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.