May 18, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Medicaid to promote more hatred against Trump. How many are on Medicaid in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/republicans-proposing-medicaid-cuts-part-president-donald-trump-spending-bill-leaving-americans-worried/16439037/
— DHS says it’s in beginning stages of ‘vetting process’ for immigrant reality TV show
https://abc7chicago.com/post/department-homeland-security-says-beginning-stages-vetting-process-immigrant-reality-show-citizenship/16447461/

NBC5
— Joliet surpassed by fellow Chicago suburb as Illinois’ third-largest city. Naperville is now the state’s third-largest city, according to recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/joliet-surpassed-fellow-chicago-suburb-illinois-third-largest-city/3748213/

FOX32
— Walmart uses tariffs to raise prices. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO sellers will ever-increasingly a) raise prices and b) blame Trump for that. For 2 weeks in 1971, at Nixon’s direction, IRS had me and my coworkers make phone calls to fight price increases.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-tells-walmart-eat-tariffs

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn White South Africans. Musk is a White South African American.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/18/south-africa-afrikaners-refugee-white/
— Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me a) to paint me as being stupid and b) to paint my parents as having been filthy rich. They stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, and that I had to work my way through college.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/18/federal-dei-crackdown-threatens-illinois-graduate-student-scholarship-program/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote dependency on government. Trump fights it. How strongly are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2025/05/16/trump-gut-consumer-product-safety-commission-hhs-kids-parents

DAILY HERALD
— Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly paint the Pope as being a Democrat, that is, as being anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250517/news/pope-leo-xiv-not-registered-as-a-republican-in-illinois/

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Candida Cain leaves GOP, announces run for Kane treasurer as a Democrat. Move could lead to potential 2026 contest against her former boss.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2025/05/18/candida-cain-leaves-gop-announces-run-for-kane-treasurer-as-a-democrat/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Candida “Connie” Cain on Saturday declared her intent to seek the Democratic nomination in the March 17, 2026 primary for Kane County Treasurer. A Certified Public Account from Gilberts, Cain had worked for current Treasurer Chris Lauzen as Director of Financial Operations from May 2023 until he fired her Nov. 22. In an email, Lauzen, a Republican elected as treasurer in 2022, did not state if he planned to seek a second term. If Lauzen goes for another term, and Cain wins the Democratic nomination, the contest would pit Cain against her former boss in the general election on Nov. 3, 2026. A former Republican, Cain said she has now transitioned to the Democratic Party.)

WBEZ
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote dependency on government. Trump fights it. How strongly are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-investigations/2025/05/17/trump-gut-consumer-product-safety-commission-hhs-kids-parents

LOOP NORTH NEWS
— Bally’s drops racial preferences for Chicago casino IPO. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to give preference to their employees who were Democrat, and especially to those who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I should write about that. Further, since I have been involved in Republican politics since 1999, those above me have been under tremendous pressure to give preference to those who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I should write about that.
https://www.loopnorth.com/news/casino0518.htm

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— How strongly are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/libraries-are-cutting-back-on-staff-and-services-after-trumps-order-to-dismantle-small-agency/article_48b5b309-272a-5089-a031-5ad51d5443d8.html
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-budget-would-cut-ocean-data-and-leave-boaters-anglers-and-forecasters-scrambling-for-info/article_70550ee6-0906-5acd-9d87-56f31d030b0e.html

KWQC
— Battle over video gaming terminals in Illinois. I led the successful effort to stop video gambling in Wheaton.
https://www.kwqc.com/2025/05/17/battle-over-video-gaming-terminals-illinois/

WMBD
— LaHood reacts to Trump Administration announcements
https://wmbdradio.com/2025/05/17/lahood-reacts-to-trump-administration-announcements/

CITIES 92.9
— SEIU spends big on politics, little on members
https://www.cities929.com/2025/05/17/report-seiu-spends-big-on-politics-little-on-members/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders use Walz to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-walz-calls-trump-a-tyrant-who-is-trampling-americans-rights-and-violating-the-rule-of-law/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage citizens of foreign countries who have demographics that vote for Democrats to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally. Those who vote for Democrats are liberal, socialist, communist, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, want/need/demand massive government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, have financial, health, and/or other problems, etc.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-asylum-seekers-still-arrive-at-the-us-border-but-what-will-happen-to-them/
— Democrat leaders promote dependency on government. Trump fights it. How strongly are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trump-budget-would-cut-ocean-data-and-leave-boaters-anglers-and-forecasters-scrambling-for-info/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-libraries-are-cutting-back-on-staff-and-services-after-trumps-order-to-dismantle-small-agency/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-clash-with-the-courts-raises-prospect-of-showdown-over-separation-of-powers/

NPR ILLINOIS
— The Democrats who run Congress run GAO. They do the bidding of Democrat leaders against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-17/how-doge-has-tried-to-embed-beyond-the-executive-branch
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to stop voter fraud.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-17/trumps-doj-focuses-in-on-voter-fraud-with-a-murky-assist-from-doge
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-05-17/trumps-attacks-on-dei-are-complicating-corporate-sponsorship-of-pride-events

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders use DEI to get rid of Republicans. I should write about the success that they have had in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2025-05-16/attorneys-general-ask-educators-for-courage-on-dei-policies

CWB CHICAGO
— DuPage judge refuses to detain man accused of robbing postal worker, trafficking checks stolen from the mail
https://cwbchicago.com/2025/05/judge-refuses-to-detain-man-accused-of-robbing-postal-worker-trafficking-checks-stolen-from-the-mail.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. How successful have they been in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I should write about their success in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How strongly are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? I should write about DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District and my precinct. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Walmart uses tariffs to raise prices. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO sellers will ever-increasingly a) raise prices and b) blame Trump for that. For 2 weeks in 1971, at Nixon’s direction, IRS had me and my coworkers make phone calls to fight price increases. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Fleeing persecution, South African arrivals scramble refugee politics. The next Democrat or RINO President will send them back.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3414599/fleeing-persecution-south-african-refugees-scramble-politics/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Assessing the Wreckage of Affirmative Action. Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action to get rid of me. I should write about my critics/opponents and the adverse actions that took against me.
https://freebeacon.com/culture/assessing-the-wreckage-of-affirmative-action/

AMERICAN THINKER
— 86 47 and what madness the U.S. is coming to
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/05/86_47_and_what_madness_the_u_s_is_coming_to.html
— Robert De Niro’s Trump obsession and Hollywood’s hypocrisy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/05/robert_de_niro_s_trump_obsession_and_hollywood_s_hypocrisy.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Democrats push misleading ‘cuts to Medicaid’ narrative after enrolling 1.4 million illegals
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/17/dems-push-misleading-cuts-to-medicaid-narrative-after-enrolling-1-4-million-illegals-1544202/
— Trump blasts SCOTUS for blocking effort to deport illegal Venezuelan ‘gang members’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/05/17/trump-blasts-scotus-for-blocking-effort-to-deport-illegal-venezuelan-gang-members-1544193/

BREITBART
— Court allows Trump to stop collective bargaining for thousands of federal workers. Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having been tremendously overpaid by the federal government. In today’s dollars, between 1966 and 1997, my federal pay increased from $19.37/hour to $153,151 /year. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) I earned three job-related master’s degrees, c) I earned six job-related professional certifications, and d) I earned a job-related professional license. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on what they could done, but failed to do, to qualify themselves for better paying jobs.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/court-allows-trump-to-stop-collective-bargaining-for-thousands-of-federal-workers/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Columbia College Chicago says DEI values remain despite program rebranding
https://www.campusreform.org/article/columbia-college-chicago-says-dei-values-remain-despite-program-rebranding/27913

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Refusing Radical Demands Week in Education
https://legalinsurrection.com/2025/05/refusing-radical-demands-week-in-education/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Assessing the Wreckage of Affirmative Action. Since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action to get rid of me. I should write about my critics/opponents and the adverse actions that took against me.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2025/05/18/assessing_the_wreckage_of_affirmative_action_646859.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— How strongly are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct? I should write about DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District and my precinct.
https://apnews.com/article/institute-museum-library-services-funding-cuts-trump-d3a236243b3a5c2b04e85d2004d1a946

MSN
–Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will foist the sins of your ancestors on you. What did your ancestors do? On my father’s side, they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, then homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township, then raised and sold horses in Crete, and then operated Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side they sharecropped a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border and then bought that farm.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/i-knew-the-pain-of-apartheid-how-dare-trump-embrace-afrikaners-as-refugees/ar-AA1EWbdx
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/trump-judge-rules-it-s-ok-to-discriminate-against-lgbtq-people/ar-AA1EVI6U
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-democrats-funding-cuts-to-lgbtq-suicide-hotline-will-have-lethal-consequences/ar-AA1EI5C1
— Anticipate/expect that foreign countries will ever-increasingly illegally send more and more and more of their pregnant citizens into America to give birth in America. Anticipate/expect that more and more and more pregnant citizens of foreign countries will illegally give birth in America to qualify their children for the tremendous Affirmative Action and DEI preference that American citizenship gives minorities and females over Whites and males.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-freaks-after-scotus-trashes-his-birthright-citizenship-arguments/ar-AA1EUxfs
— Those who promote muscle cars that compete against the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T. Should Stellantis start demonizing, denigrating, and condemning the muscle cars that compete against the 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/dodge-is-already-pulling-the-plug-on-its-cheapest-muscle-car/ar-AA1EW4Jt
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/chrysler/2025/05/17/dodge-charger-daytona-ev-canceled-slow-sales/83675336007/
https://www.motortrend.com/news/2026-dodge-charger-daytona-r-t-discontinued-ram-ev-delays
https://www.carscoops.com/2025/05/you-arent-buying-it-so-dodge-might-kill-the-electric-charger-daytona-r-t/
https://moparinsiders.com/2026-dodge-charger-daytona-scat-pack-brings-big-changes/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/denying-due-process-pritzker-sends-clear-message-in-blow-to-trump/ss-AA1EYa6X

MSNBC
— Episcopalians help Democrat leaders promote hatred against South African Whites.
https://www.msnbc.com/politicsnation/watch/episcopal-church-refuses-trump-and-says-it-won-t-help-resettle-white-south-africans-239823942002
— Walmart uses tariffs to raise prices. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO sellers will ever-increasingly a) raise prices and b) blame Trump for that. For 2 weeks in 1971, at Nixon’s direction, IRS had me and my coworkers make phone calls to fight price increases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9zL9mESgmU

NEWSWEEK
— The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-latest-polls-2072624
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-democrats-trump-2028-president-2073019

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders are overjoyed that Pence criticizes Trump on tariffs and key foreign policy issues as he watches from afar.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/mike-pence-criticizes-trump-tariffs-key-foreign-policy-issues-watches-rcna206755

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Reality Show Where Immigrants Compete for U.S. Citizenship? D.H.S. Is Considering It. A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said the agency was happy to review “out-of-the-box pitches.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/us/politics/homeland-security-immigration-reality-show.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/opinion/trump-politics-corruption.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/us/politics/courts-immigrants-venezuelans-garcia-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/05/16/kilmar-abrego-garcia-case-deportation-el-salvador/
— DOJ’s defense of GAO in Diersen v. GAO was politically motivated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/17/trump-justice-department-prosecutions/
— Democrat leaders use college newspapers to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/05/17/college-newspapers-trump-international-students/
— Walmart uses tariffs to raise prices. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO sellers will ever-increasingly a) raise prices and b) blame Trump for that. For 2 weeks in 1971, at Nixon’s direction, IRS had me and my coworkers make phone calls to fight price increases.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/17/walmart-trump-tariffs/
— Democrat leaders say Trump orders the government to stop enforcing rules he doesn’t like
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/18/trump-enforcement-halt-regulations-laws/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/18/usaid-withdrawal-africa-healthcare/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Springsteen to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-05-17/bruce-springsteen-president-trump-manchester-concert
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote student loans. I never got any student loans. If I had, my GPA would have been higher. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes 1964-1966 and delivering mail 1966-1969.  But that enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-05-17/student-loans-have-been-confusing-lately-heres-a-guide-to-know-where-you-stand

USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/18/supreme-courts-decisions-trump-religion-transgender-care/83675865007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/17/trump-big-beautiful-bill-immigration-tax/83697340007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the Pope despises/hates Trump
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/17/donald-trump-jd-vance-pope-leo-marco-rubio/83672296007/
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans. How successful have they been in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I should write about their success in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/05/18/why-trump-is-trying-to-kill-dei/83647800007/
— Democrat leaders say that Vance is a brawler for Trump who avoids Harris and Pence mistakes and his assertive public profile sets him up for 2028 Republican support.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/17/vice-president-jd-vance-visibility-outspoken/83630581007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Walmart uses tariffs to raise prices. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO sellers will ever-increasingly a) raise prices and b) blame Trump for that. For 2 weeks in 1971, at Nixon’s direction, IRS had me and my coworkers make phone calls to fight price increases.
https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/trump-attacks-walmart-for-tariff-related-price-increases-63ef9db8

FORTUNE
— Democrat leaders say that major companies are anxiously awaiting to see whether or not they will be targeted by the federal government for a DEI investigation.
https://fortune.com/article/trump-dei-deadline-investigation-companies-federal-government/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Walmart uses tariffs to raise prices. Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO sellers will ever-increasingly a) raise prices and b) blame Trump for that. For 2 weeks in 1971, at Nixon’s direction, IRS had me and my coworkers make phone calls to fight price increases.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-walmart-tariffs-trade-rising-prices-2025-5

NPR
— Democrat leaders promote dependency on government. Trump fights it. How strongly are the following dependent on federal spending: your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/18/1252312214/us-competitive-autocracy

BILLBOARD
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Springsteen to promote more hatred against Trump
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/bruce-springsteen-trump-unfit-president-stage-speech-1235974885/

PRESS READER
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn White South Africans. Musk is a White South African American.
https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/sunday-world-8839/20250518/281711210554249
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/10/making-of-elon-musk-childhood-apartheid-south-africa

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.