FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago FBI terrorism task force new objective: Immigration enforcement. Some worry reallocation of resources could allow crime to slip through the cracks. (COMMENT: Illegal immigration is a crime. Those who promote illegal immigration promote crime.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-fbi-terrorism-task-force-new-objective-during-president-donald-trump-administration-immigration-enforcement/15985664/
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those in America on SNAP will ever-increasingly increase. How many are on SNAP in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/stolen-snap-benefits-state-illinois-no-longer-reimbursing-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-food-benefit-fraud-victims/15985185/
NBC5
— Trump blames ‘globalists’ for stock market sell-off (COMMENT: My critics/opponents are globalists, that is, they want cheap foreign labor. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid. They despise/hate the fact that I was a union member for almost 12 years, and that during that time, my salary increased from $19.37/hour to $112,280/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management) and two job-related master’s degrees (business and accounting) and b) I earned a job-related professional certification (CPA).)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/trump-blames-globalists-for-stock-market-sell-off/3690976/
— Trump puts new limits on Elon Musk’s authority amid backlash to DOGE cuts. The president instructed his Cabinet to work with Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency but clarified that Cabinet members should be the ones making staffing decisions. (COMMENT: What about the legislative branch? During the 1990s, Gingrich cut GAO’s budget dramatically, but he let the head of GAO, Charles Bowsher, make all the staffing decisions. Bowsher assured that Gingrich’s cuts would not adversely impact GAO employees who were GS-15 (currently $163,749-$195,200/year) and above, minority, female, younger, veteran, and/or Ivy League degree holders, that is, that all the adverse impact would fall on GAO employees who were GS-14 (currently $139,211-$180,974/year) and below, White, male, older, non-veteran and/or were non-Ivy League degree holders. Because of the above, my having master’s degrees in management, accounting, and finance from non-Ivy League universities, my having six job-related professional certifications including in accounting and internal auditing, and my having a CPA license did not save me. Bowsher had an MBA from the University of Chicago, but he never passed the CPA examination and never become a licensed CPA.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-puts-new-limits-on-elon-musks-authority-amid-backlash-to-doge-cuts/3691187/
WGN9
— Jim Oberweis launches bid for Florida congressional seat
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/jim-oberweis-campaign-florida-19th-congressional/
FOX32
— DePaul University bans pro-Palestinian group from campus amid planned protest
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/depaul-university-bans-pro-palestinian-group-from-campus-amid-planned-protest
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A 40-day boycott of Target that calls for supporters to give up shopping at the company’s stores during the Lenten period kicked off this week, to protest the discount retailer’s decision to end some of its DEI initiatives. (COMMENT: To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote DEI.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/06/40-day-boycott-target-during-lent/
— To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/07/opinion-teacher-diversity-illinois/
— A sad day dawns for Chicago’s own Walgreens
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/editorial-sad-day-dawns-chicago-110000485.html
— ‘It’s more urgent now’: Protests have taken over Chicago.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-urgent-now-protests-taken-110000037.html
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those in America on Medicaid will ever-increasingly increase. How many are on Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/07/i-hope-people-have-some-kind-of-compassion-illinois-patients-hospitals-fear-potential-medicaid-cuts/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Amid Loop vacancies, Chicago’s property tax burden shifts to neighborhoods
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/03/07/property-taxes-loop-pandemic-christopher-berry-pat-quinn-joseph-schwieterman-joseph-ferguson-farzin-parang
JOURNAL COURIER
— Pritzker’s words now require ‘willing suspension of disbelief’
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/words-require-willing-suspension-disbelief-20196171.php
RIVER BENDER
— House GOP: House Democrats Must Bring Brandon Johnson to Springfield for Answers
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/house-democrats-must-bring-brandon-johnson-to-springfield-for-answers-80353.cfm?
NORTHWEST HERALD & SOUTHERN & NPR ILLINOIS
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those in America on Medicaid will ever-increasingly increase. How many are on Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2025/03/07/medicaid-isnt-just-a-government-program-its-a-vital-support-system/
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/06/238925/
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2025-03-06/illinois-lawmakers-educating-themselves-about-the-potential-impact-of-medicaid-cuts-first-listen
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Low marijuana sales hinder Evanston reparations distribution
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2025/03/06/city/low-marijuana-sales-hinder-evanston-reparations-distribution/
FOX2
— Pritzker takes action to support workers impacted by federal job cuts (COMMENT: I was impacted my federal job cuts. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich’s federal job cuts to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. So far, in today’s dollars, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to pay me $1.8 million. If I was still working, instead of collecting that $1.8 million to not work, I would have paid $295,000 into the CSRS. Who do you blame the most for the aforesaid? My Democrat GAO superiors or Gingrich? What is your position on paying employees to not work?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtBRE0V_7Kk
WAND TV
— Democrats push more pot in Danville.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/danville-gives-green-light-on-cannabis-lounge/article_f82148f0-fb01-11ef-9660-6b52635c9b12.html
— Illinois House GOP members criticize Democratic homeschool oversight bill
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-house-gop-members-criticize-democratic-homeschool-oversight-bill/article_8c7a8694-fac4-11ef-a66f-174fca7307ff.html
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois Republicans endorse Indiana’s move to annex counties
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/03/07/illinois-indiana-boundaries-rivalry-state-government
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Hundreds rally at the Capitol to oppose homeschool bill. Opponents say bill is a slippery slope to more regulation.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/hundreds-rally-at-the-capitol-to-oppose-homeschool-bill/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Duckworth, Bost and a tale of two veterans
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/07/duckworth-bost-and-a-tale-of-two-veterans-00217217
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-469/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Proposed homeschooling mandates in Illinois facing strong opposition
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ed078682-fac0-11ef-81f6-43de4265984c.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have the mainstream news media spin against Trump everything that he says or does. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Social Security Administration has banned its employees from reading news websites. Because Google continues to refuse to deem www.gopillinois.com as being a news website, Social Security employees can continue to read it. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Federal law trumps state and local laws. But anticipate/expect that state and local Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly reject federal law. Previously, that caused the Civil War. Democrat leaders refused to end slavery. But today, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly paint and treat illegals as being runaway slaves. Illegals are not runaway slaves; they are citizens of foreign countries. – Dave Diersen
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those in America on Medicaid will ever-increasingly increase. How many are on Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To promote DEI is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote DEI. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on paying employees to not work? My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich’s budget cuts to fire me when I was 49 years old in 1997, that is, to force me to retire. So far, in today’s dollars, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to pay me $1.8 million. If I was still working, instead of collecting that $1.8 million to not work, I would have paid $295,000 into the CSRS. Who do you blame the most for the aforesaid? My Democrat GAO superiors or Gingrich? What is your position on paying employees to not work? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I should write about the following who have blackballed me the most as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) conservative and religious leaders and activists, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, and e) Republican donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, etc. I would focus on the aforesaid who continue to have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on the aforesaid who continue to have their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to my critics/opponents, I have brought all my problems on myself. I acknowledge that my doing the following has caused me many big problems: a) I have always been a conservative Republican, b) I avoided the Vietnam War draft, c) I majored in management instead of accounting at UIC, NIU, and Loyola, d) I became a federal employee and stayed one for almost 30 years, e) I became a union member and stayed one for almost 12 years, f) I did not become a Democrat, g) I did not take and pass the CPA examination until I was 30 years old, h) I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32 years old, i) I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, j) I became an active member in a class action law suit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 years old in 1988, k) I have filed lawsuits, and l) I have always refused to glorify and praise, pander to, serve as an operative or dupe for, coverup the wrongdoing of, and give money to leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, conservative organizations, and religious organizations. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who do you blame problems on? Democrat and RINO leaders want you to blame problems on Trump and on those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid, the following blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems: Democrat and RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, conservative organizations, and religious organizations. – Dave Diersen
http://gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois lawmakers attack parents’ constitutional rights
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-attack-parents-constitutional-rights/
— Illinois’ emergency reserves lowest in nation
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-emergency-reserves-lowest-in-nation/
— Parents would see what children are learning under school transparency bills
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/parents-would-see-what-children-are-learning-under-school-transparency-bills/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— D.C. reparations law takes effect, opening door for payments to Black residents (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will D.C. also pay reparations to its residents because they are: Democrat, members of other minority groups, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/mar/6/dc-reparations-law-takes-effect-opening-door-payments-black-residents/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s long purge: The president is trying to undo the four years he was gone
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3338249/trump-first-month-white-house-executive-orders-undo-biden-policies/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Trump Executive Order Requires Aliens to Register
https://cis.org/Celler/Trump-Executive-Order-Requires-Aliens-Register
DAILY CALLER
— Fraud, Child Sex Changes, Healthcare For Illegals — Dems Spent Years Expanding Medicaid Beyond Recognition
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/06/fraud-child-sex-changes-healthcare-for-illegals-dems-spent-years-expanding-medicaid-beyond-recognition/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Attorney General Pam Bondi Issues a Commandment to Sanctuary Jurisdictions: ‘Thou Shalt Not Obstruct’ (COMMENT: Federal Law Trumps State And Local Laws.)
https://www.fairus.org/attorney-general-pam-bondi-issues-commandment-sanctuary-jurisdictions-thou-shalt-not-obstruct
FOX NEWS
— Homan: Sanctuary cities are not going to stop what the Trump administration is doing.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6369706309112
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Social Security Administration bans reading ‘general news’ at work (COMMENT: Because Google continues to refuse to deem www.gopillinois.com as being a news website, Social Security employees can continue to read it.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5181338-ssa-bans-general-news-websites/
— Loyalty over merit: Pete Hegseth’s dangerous military makeover (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, all my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me had more merit than I did. But they all were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger me, and/or veteran.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5178772-trump-hegseth-threat-weak/
ABC NEWS
— As federal workforce firings continue, town halls provide legal advice to former employees (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich’s budget cuts to fire me when I was 49 years old in 1997, that is, to force me to retire. So far, in today’s dollars, that has forced the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to pay me $1.8 million. If I was still working, instead of collecting that $1.8 million to not work, I would have paid $295,000 into the CSRS. Who do you blame the most for the aforesaid? My Democrat GAO superiors or Gingrich?)
https://wjla.com/news/local/federal-workers-virginia-firings-town-hall-concern-trump-administration-layoffs-dc-maryland-emotional-layoffs-services-agency-abuse-union-aaron-rouse-ghazala-hashmi-library-community
NBC NEWS
— Social Security Administration bars employees from reading the news at work. In a Thursday morning email, the Social Security Administration said it was “implementing additional restrictions” on web browsing. (COMMENT: Because Google continues to refuse to deem www.gopillinois.com as being a news website, Social Security employees can continue to read it.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/social-security-administration-bars-employees-reading-news-work-rcna195096
— What do say to illegals who illegally bring their spouses and/or children illegally in with them illegally?
https://www.aol.com/trump-raids-now-target-migrants-171022255.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Policies Have Shaken a Once-Solid Economic Outlook. Economic forecasts have deteriorated in recent weeks, reflecting the upheaval from federal layoffs, tariff moves and immigration roundups.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/business/economy/trump-economy-tariffs.html
— Tesla for Sale: Buyer’s Remorse Sinks In for Elon Musk’s E.V.-Owning Critics. The backlash against the electric vehicle company has intensified as the billionaire ally of President Trump exerts his power over the federal government.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/business/tesla-boycott-elon-musk.html
— Trump’s Cuts to Federal Work Force Push Out Young Employees. The loss of early career workers has raised concerns about the impact on the next generation of civil servants. (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly wasted my career. It began big time when I was 25 years old in 1974.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/us/politics/trump-cuts-young-federal-workers.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving manufacturing out of America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/05/trump-wants-benefits-for-cars-made-in-usa/81614278007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Wins Fight to Fire Ethics Watchdog. Hampton Dellinger drops lawsuit after appeals court clears way for his removal from Office of Special Counsel (OSC). (COMMENT: OSC did not come to my defense when my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took many big adverse actions against me a) because I blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit when I was 40 years old in 1988 that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-wins-fight-to-fire-ethics-watchdog-f91c0b2f
— The Economics of DEI and Merit. A hiring approach that maximizes talent and rewards performance is the antidote to bias. (COMMENT: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were the aforesaid and a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-economics-of-dei-and-merit-hiring-productivity-1fc094d2
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/us-migrants-mexico-border-conditions-4133946b
— Tesla’s Fortunes Fall as Musk Rises in Trump World. CEO’s politics erode brand’s appeal among some core buyers of electric vehicles; ‘I used to idolize the guy’
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-elon-musk-consumer-backlash-19326a57
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Trump Attacks on ABA Threaten Group’s Funding and Membership
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/trump-attacks-on-aba-threaten-groups-funding-and-membership
BUSINESS INSIDER
— These are the US military’s diversity photos Trump doesn’t want you to see
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-online-diversity-content-trump-dei-crackdown-2025-3
THE NATION
— Blackballing Journalists (COMMENT: I should write about the following who have blackballed me the most as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) conservative and religious leaders and activists, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, and e) Republican donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, etc. I would focus on the aforesaid who continue to have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on the aforesaid who continue to have their operatives and dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/nick-turse-us-military-africom-blackballing-journalists/
POLITICO
— Sex, Drinking and Dementia: 25 Lawmakers Spill on What Congress Is Really Like. We interviewed Democrats and Republicans — on the record and anonymously — about life on Capitol Hill, what broke Congress and a whole lot more.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/07/lawmakers-spill-what-congress-is-really-like-00205491