June 30, 2025 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Musk threatens to back primary challengers against members of Congress who vote for Trump’s megabill
https://abc7chicago.com/post/musk-threatens-back-primary-challengers-members-congress-vote-trumps-megabill/16893089/
— Gov. Pritzker signs college access and affordability bill into law. I would not have been able to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE if my parents had not provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office a) while I took classes at UIC 1966, 1967, and 1968 and weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969 and b) the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/governor-jb-pritzker-sign-college-access-affordability-illinois-students-law-monday-chicago/16888402/

NBC5
— Musk shreds Trump’s tax bill as ‘DEBT SLAVERY,’ vows to unseat Republicans who back it
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/musk-rips-trumps-tax-bill-as-debt-slavery-vows-to-unseat-republicans-who-back-it/3779464/

FOX32
— Republicans’ level of national pride is 92% this year, up from 85% in 2024. Democratic pride plunged from 62% to 36%. Democrats exist for the Democrat Party platform, not for America.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/fewer-americans-proud-us-gallup-poll

WTTW
— Chicago Ended 2024 With $161M Deficit
https://news.wttw.com/2025/06/30/chicago-ended-2024-161m-deficit-officials

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders say how Trump’s mega tax bill would impact Illinois
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/06/30/president-trump-mega-tax-bill-illinois

DAILY HERALD
— A coalition of 25 suburban mayors is beseeching lawmakers to think twice before approving a transit rescue plan they say is seriously flawed.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250629/transportation/stand-up-for-our-hometowns-suburban-mayors-slam-transit-proposal/

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/06/30/immigration-arrests-violated-the-fourth-amendment-chicago-lawyers-argue-in-court

SOUTHERN
— Trump administration finds Harvard in ‘violent violation’ of Civil Rights Act, threatens funding loss
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/30/trump-administration-finds-harvard-in-violent-violation-of-civil-rights-act-threatens-funding-loss/
— Department of Justice suing Los Angeles over sanctuary city policy
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/06/30/department-of-justice-suing-los-angeles-over-sanctuary-city-policy/

IPM NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders face uncertainty, chaos following birthright citizenship ruling
https://ipmnewsroom.org/immigration-advocates-in-central-illinois-face-uncertainty-chaos-following-birthright-citizenship-ruling/

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Mendrick speaks as IL governor maintains focus on Washington
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/gop-challenger-speaks-as-il-governor-maintains-focus-on-washington/article_b98eec7d-144a-4fd7-ba0d-e6219053d7fa.html

STARVED ROCK
— Three Republicans (Mendrick, Perez, and Severino) have already announced campaigns for governor. The field is expected to grow. Other Republicans rumored to be considering a run include Congressman Darin LaHood of Peoria and state Rep. Blaine Wilhour of Beecher City.
https://www.starvedrock.media/wlpo/pritzker-run-brings-number-of-candidates-to-four/article_27632602-04e9-4a85-b530-b59e1ebcf025.html

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ at ISU
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2025/06/radical-roots-and-enduring-activism-milestones-in-lgbtqia-history-at-illinois-state-university/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/06/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-336/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

DAILY CALLER
— Bill filed that would require GAO to secure congressional approval before filing a civil lawsuit against the Trump administration. There are nearly 40 open GAO inquiries into Trump administration funding freezes, agency head Gene Dodaro said in April.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/30/exclusive-andy-harris-bill-defang-government-accountability-office/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “President Trump was elected to disrupt the status quo and return power to the American people,” Harris said in a statement. “This bill protects President Trump from GAO overreach and ensures that the agency cannot be weaponized by the political establishment to obstruct President Trump’s agenda or to drag out baseless legal challenges designed to grind the Executive Branch to a halt.”)
— Prestigious Law School Journal Reportedly Finds Secret Way To Reward Race In Applications
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/30/prestigious-law-school-journal-reportedly-reward-race-applications-duke/

FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Asylum Claims for Those Who Entered the Country Illegally Should be Dismissed
https://www.fairus.org/news/executive/uscis-considers-dismissing-asylum-claims-those-who-entered-country-illegally

FOX NEWS
— Trump administration sues Los Angeles over sanctuary policies that ‘impede’ ICE operations. DOJ lawsuit invokes Supremacy Clause, alleges LA discriminates against federal authorities following recent riots.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-administration-sues-los-angeles-over-sanctuary-policies-impede-ice-operations
— Americans’ pride in their country is declining, new Gallup poll shows. Only 36% of Democrats say they’re proud to be American, down from 62% last year.  Democrats ever-increasingly are socialists, if not communists.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/americans-pride-country-declining-new-gallup-poll-shows

DAILY WIRE
— ICE Officials Slam CNN For Promoting App That Helps Illegals Dodge Federal Agents. ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons said that CNN’s is “willfully endangering the lives of officers” by promoting the platform.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-officials-slam-cnn-for-promoting-app-that-helps-illegals-dodge-federal-agents

MINDING THE CAMPUS
— What Costs $55 Million? CA’s Restorative Justice Program Teaches Prisoners About ‘White Supremacy’
https://www.mindingthecampus.org/2025/06/30/what-costs-55-million-cas-restorative-justice-program-teaches-prisoners-about-white-supremacy/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Explosive Medicaid Growth Calls for Significant Reforms
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/06/explosive-medicaid-growth-calls-for-significant-reforms/

NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Latina Contributor: Trump A Threat To The ‘Undocumented Community.’  Illegals are a threat to the legal community.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mark-finkelstein/2025/06/30/msnbc-latina-contributor-trump-threat-undocumented-community

TOWNHALL
— 44 Democrats Vote to Allow Criminal Illegals on Medicaid
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2025/06/30/44-democrats-just-voted-to-let-criminal-illegals-on-medicaid-n2659709

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

APT
— 1.4 Million Illegals to Be Removed from Medicaid Under ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwhR_H6-wFI

WASHINGTON POST
— My Democrat superiors in the federal government demanded loyalty to the Democrat Party platform, that is, they demanded race and gender based preference giving, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The aforesaid is political affiliation discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/16/trump-civil-service-loyalty-firings/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-accelerates-push-to-reward-loyalty-in-federal-workforce/ar-AA1GN8nG

SLATE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage LGBTQers to come to America.
https://slate.com/life/2025/06/america-united-states-queer-asylum-refugee-lgbtq.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.