June 18, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/18/ice-chicago-protests-arrests/
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/18/column-chicago-gay-bar-sidetrack-ohare-airport-washington/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote mor hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/06/17/chicago-area-juneteenth-celebrations

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/trump-threatens-immigration-raids-johnson-vows-fight
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/greg-hinz-trump-immigration-moves-spark-political-peril

WTTW
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/17/chicago-relaunch-know-your-rights-ad-campaign-after-trump-vows-expand-immigration-raids

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats’ defiance of ICE grows after New York mayoral candidate arrested
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/jun/17/brad-lander-arrested-ice-trying-shield-migrant-agents-court/

NEW YORK POST
— Mayor Johnson warns Trump against deploying federal troops for immigration crackdown in Chicago
https://nypost.com/2025/06/18/us-news/mayor-brandon-johnson-warns-trump-against-deploying-federal-troops-for-immigration-crackdown-in-chicago/
— Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly banish you if you do not share their hatred against Trump. I should write about the biggest hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/18/entertainment/the-red-jumpsuit-apparatus-frontman-ronnie-winter-bans-trump-supporters-from-concerts/
— Young white men feel the need to ‘walk on eggshells’ and censor themselves at work. My White male coworkers who got promoted over me were Democrats who promoted Affirmative Action, DEI, and the veterans preference big time, that is, they promoted race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, and the veterans preference big time. I should write about my White male coworkers who got promoted over me. They had less work experience than I had. They had less education than I had. They had no professional certifications or fewer than I had. They had no professional license like the one I had.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/17/lifestyle/white-men-say-theyre-scared-to-speak-at-work-poll/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Trump’s DOJ should shut this down NOW!’ Chicago mayor offers $4.11M in grants to blacks only.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/17/trumps-doj-should-shut-this-down-now-chicago-mayor-offers-4-11m-in-grants-to-blacks-only-1551869/
— MAGA loses hope in Trump-appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican will officially announce that they are Democrats and that they always have been.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/17/maga-loses-hope-in-trump-appointed-justice-amy-coney-barrett-1552039/
— How exactly do Democrats benefit from illegal immigrants in the United States?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/06/17/how-exactly-do-democrats-benefit-from-illegal-immigrants-in-the-united-states-1551898/

BLAZE
— Sanctuary cities beware: Mass deportations ahead
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/sara-gonzales-unfiltered/sanctuary-cities-deportations

BREITBART
— Chicago Mayor Johnson: Trump Is ‘Trying to Eliminate Black Existence From This Country’  Democrats eliminated me from GAO when I was 49 years old in 1997 so that they could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/06/17/chicago-mayor-johnson-trump-is-trying-to-eliminate-black-existence-from-this-country/
— ICE Subpoena Prompts Chicago to Suspend Website Helping Illegal Aliens Obtain IDs
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/17/ice-subpoena-prompts-chicago-to-suspend-website-helping-illegal-aliens-obtain-ids/
— By 12-Points, Voters Support Trump Using National Guard to Quell L.A. Riots
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/17/nolte-by-12-points-voters-support-trump-using-national-guard-to-quell-l-a-riots/

CENTER SQUARE
— Taxpayers spent $56 billion on improper Medicaid claims
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ed28ff51-2ef7-4b65-b0d7-83081141e2f7.html

DAILY CALLER
— Los Angeles ICE Riots Cost City $20 Million — And Counting
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/17/los-angeles-ice-riots-cost-city-20-million-and-counting/

DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Patriotism, Not Pride’: Oklahoma Lawmaker Aims to Ban LGBTQ Flags on Federal Property
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/06/17/patriotism-not-pride-oklahoma-lawmaker-aims-ban-lgbtq-flags-federal-property/

EPOCH TIMES
— Does the US Do Enough to Challenge CCP Infiltration?
https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/N4fBgA

FOX NEWS
— Mayor Johnson warns Trump against deploying federal troops for immigration crackdown in Chicago. Johnson vows legal action if Trump sends troops to Chicago for immigration enforcement.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mayor-johnson-warns-trump-against-deploying-federal-troops-immigration-crackdown-chicago
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6374490312112
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-appointed-judge-blocks-trumps-move-only-allow-two-genders-us-passports
— Border czar Tom Homan reveals unprecedented success in Trump’s border strategy. Record-breaking low of only 95 illegal immigrants encountered at southern border in 24 hours.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/border-czar-tom-homan-reveals-unprecedented-success-trumps-border-strategy

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Nearly 1 Million Illegal Immigrants Self-Deport Under Trump as Wages Rise. If there had been as many illegals when I was young as there are now, they would have gotten the jobs that I got, and if not that, my wages would have been lower. My wages back then enabled me to a) buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air when I was 16 in 1964, b) buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17, c) pay for my UIC expenses 1966-1968, d) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, e) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, f) pay for my NIU expenses 1969-1970, g) graduate from NIU debt-free in 1970, h) etc.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/06/nearly-1-million-illegal-immigrants-self-deport-under-trump-as-wages-rise/

NEWSMAX
— Media Deceiving Public About Crime By Illegals
https://www.newsmax.com/us/dhs-tricia-mclaughlin-illegal-immigration/2025/06/17/id/1215405/

TOWNHALL
— Here’s What Happened When One Million Illegals Self-Deported. Citizens of foreign countries come to America illegally and/or stay in America illegally because Democrat and RINO leaders illegally invite them and illegally give them preference over citizens of America. Democrat leaders do that because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders do that because they want cheap labor.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/06/17/heres-what-happened-when-one-million-illegals-self-deported-n2658942

WESTERN JOURNAL
— National Anthem Outrage: On ‘No Kings’ Day Entitled Pop Singer Insults Every American Watching Dodgers Game.
https://www.westernjournal.com/national-anthem-outrage-no-kings-day-entitled-pop-singer-insults-every-american-watching-dodgers-game/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5356173-judge-extends-block-trump-passport-policy-trans-nonbinary/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5353585-trump-fails-to-control-inflation/

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/judge-trump-passports-sex-markers-transgender-nonbinary-rcna213641

NBC LOS ANGELES
— Trump administration activates 2,000 additional military troops to Los Angeles
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/trump-administration-to-send-2000-additional-military-troops-to-los-angeles/3726777/

MSN
— Anticipate/expect that the Democrats who run Chicago will make Chicago Republicans pay reparations, and especially those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/shut-this-down-maga-explodes-as-chicago-explores-slavery-reparations/ar-AA1GQ69c

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Minnesota shooter to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/17/congress-is-holding-emergency-briefings-on-security-after-minnesota-shootings/84239496007/

UPI
— Chicago Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/06/17/chicago-know-your-rights-deportation/7631750211952/

REUTERS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-blocks-trump-passport-policy-targeting-transgender-people-2025-06-17/

NEW YORK TIMES
— To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors did not investigate my travel vouchers in 1974, they disallowed them. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors did not investigate my education deductions in 1978, they disallowed them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/opinion/trump-investigations-damage.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/trans-soldier-trump-ban.html
— Images of Handcuffed Democrats Start to Pile Up in Trump’s Crackdown. Federal agents have arrested a growing number of the party’s elected officials, fueling liberal outrage and conservative accusations that Democrats are carrying out publicity stunts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/us/politics/democrats-arrested-lander-padilla-trump.html
— If Trump Wants War With Iran, Let’s Hear From Congress First
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/opinion/trump-iran-war-congress.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The Democrat Party exists to destroy Trump and to destroy Americans who share his demographics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/17/democrats-dnc-fighting-hogg-martin/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote illegal immigration and b) fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/06/17/trump-travel-ban-immigration-wall/

MIAMI TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote mor hatred against Republicans.
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/you-cant-erase-us-miami-marks-juneteenth-amid-widespread-cultural-censorship/article_b3680a41-2195-45d3-aacb-fba5e292f457.html

DESERET NEWS
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.deseret.com/magazine/2025/06/17/the-rise-and-fall-of-dei/

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and DEI to destroy Republicans
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/18/juneteenth-trump-dei-backlash/84234731007/
— Anticipate/expect that soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ, Democrat and RINO employers will officially a) not hire you and b) get rid of you.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/06/18/dei-backlash-hurts-gay-trans-nonbinary-executives/84176040007/
— You can earn a six-figure income and still be broke. When did you start earning six-figures in today’s dollars? I did when I was 25 years old in 1974. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious. They ever-increasingly hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should not have been promoted in 1972, 1973, and 1974. They got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me those years. They stressed that I was a Republican and I had avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/04/us-cities-six-figures-income-broke/83414975007/
— Could Trump end Juneteenth as a federal holiday? The short answer: Not on his own
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/18/donald-trump-end-juneteenth-dei/84242953007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/deportations-raids-business-farms-630a917e
— The Economics of Slavery. Probing the incentives and institutions that kept slavery alive can help us value what freedom means. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, I have always stressed that they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-slavery-history-juneteenth-a26e1c0b

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s ‘Woke Pushback’ Praised By Billionaire Ken Griffin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEEMrztOhsQ

FAST COMPANY
— Anticipate/expect that soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ, Democrat and RINO employers will officially a) not hire you and b) get rid of you.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91342042/these-lgbtq-community-leaders-are-preserving-queer-histories

BUZZ FEED
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexalisitza/trump-democrat-cities-announcement-reactions

AXIOS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/17/trump-transgender-passport-policy-court

INDEPENDENT
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Minnesota shooter to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.aol.com/trump-fails-address-minnesota-shootings-085857006.html

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use democracy to destroy Trump, to destroy Republicans, and to destroy America.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-commentary/are-trumps-policies-undermining-civil-liberties-americas-democratic-values/articleshow/121916083.cms

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.