FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump gives Elon Musk an Oval Office sendoff, crediting him with ‘colossal change’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-hold-press-conference-elon-musk-friday-amid-departure-administration/16600170/
— Supreme Court allows Trump to begin removing half a million immigrants
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-allows-trump-begin-removing-half-million-immigrants-cuba-haiti-nicaragua-venezuela/16599403/
WGN9
— White House IDs 96 Illinois counties, 7 cities on list of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/list-white-house-ids-illinois-counties-cities-sanctuary-jurisdictions/
WTTW
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give preference to Chinese students, that is, they ever-increasingly discriminate against American students.
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/29/chinese-students-studying-us-are-anxious-and-angry-after-rubio-vows-revoke-visas
— PBS Sues the Trump Administration Over Defunding, Days After NPR Filed Similar Case
https://news.wttw.com/2025/05/30/pbs-sues-trump-administration-over-defunding-days-after-npr-filed-similar-case
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/30/illinois-bill-schools-immigration-status/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote assisted suicide.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/30/medical-aid-dying-legislation/
— I prosecuted Larry Hoover. Here is why he should not have his sentences commuted.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/30/opinion-chicago-drug-trade-larry-hoover-sentence-commuted/
— Naperville fire and police combat recruiting crisis with creative tactics to attract candidates. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, of veteran who would take the job. My qualifications include a) passing the postal employment test and earning a high school diploma in 1966, b) passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, c) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) earning a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/30/naperville-police-fire-recruiting/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration releases list of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ in Illinois. The list includes 96 counties and seven cities in Illinois the administration claims obstruct federal immigration laws.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2025/05/30/trump-administration-releases-list-of-sanctuary-jurisdictions-in-illinois
DAILY HERALD
— Trump has long warned of a government ‘deep state.’ Now in power, he’s under pressure to expose it. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their top priority was hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestor who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250530/nation-and-world-politics/trump-has-long-warned-of-a-government-deep-state-now-in-power-hes-under-pressure-to-expose-it/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Dillard says Springfield’s transit fix comes up short
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/dillard-transit-bill-leaves-big-budget-gap-operations
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump administration ramps up pressure on sanctuary cities in immigration crackdown
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-administration-ramps-up-pressure-on-sanctuary-cities-in-immigration-crackdown-department-of-homeland-security-illegal-immigraition-ice-enforcement-funding
EVANSTON PATCH
— These Chicago-Area Towns (Berwyn, Chicago, Evanston, Oak Park, Skokie, St. Joseph, and Urbana) Are Defying Immigration Law
https://patch.com/illinois/evanston/amp/32527813/il-shamefully-obstructing-federal-immigration-laws-trump-admin-says
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/05/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-316/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Democratic resolution condemning Medicaid cuts riles up Illinois Republicans
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1025aac3-0da9-41e0-8839-53db41806293.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County Transportation Budget Will Take $15 Million Hit under Dems CTA Bailout Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/30/mchenry-county-transportation-budget-will-take-15-million-hit-under-dems-cta-bailout-bill/
— Tribune Supports Universal RTA Fares 51 Years after RTA Referendum Proponents Promised It
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/30/tribune-supports-universal-rta-fares-51-years-after-rta-referendum-proponents-promised-it/
— Newly-Appointed State Senator Darby Hills Wins Photo on Chicago Tribune Front Page
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/30/newly-appointed-state-senator-darby-hills-wins-photo-on-chicago-tribune-front-page/
— Dems’ Mass Transit Real Estate Transfer Tax Would Pull $13 Million Out of McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/30/dems-mass-transit-real-estate-transfer-tax-would-pull-13-million-out-of-mchenry-county/
— History of the Real Memorial Day – Today
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/05/30/history-of-the-real-memorial-day-today/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker grows state spending most among past 5 Illinois governors
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-grows-state-spending-most-among-past-5-illinois-governors/
— Lawmakers should look outside of Springfield when choosing a fiscal watchdog. What if lawmakers had chosen me instead of Mautino? When they chose Mautino, I had almost 18 years of experience working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, and almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $99,069-$112,280/year. I was a licensed CPA and a Certified Internal Auditor, Fraud Examiner, Government Financial Manager, Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant. I had master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/lawmakers-should-look-outside-of-springfield-when-choosing-a-fiscal-watchdog/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois will soon be seeking a new top fiscal watchdog, but how it picked the current one shows it should change how it picks the next one. Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino is set to retire after a decade in the position and 24 years as a state lawmaker before that, according to reporting from the Illinoize. His campaign spending came under scrutiny and ended with ethics violations, a federal criminal investigation and a refusal to respond to requests for information. The auditor general’s job is to monitor how public funds are spent in the state. The state constitution puts Mautino’s replacement solely in the hands of the General Assembly. Lawmakers picked one of their own when they chose Mautino. His replacement should not be one of their own, or any long-time Springfield insider. The person should be independent and an outsider with a clean record. Mautino’s proved to be spotty, to say the least.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Employers want cheap labor. Citizens of foreign countries work for less money than citizens of America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/30/business-must-part-support-us-border-control/
— State Department begins revoking Chinese student visas over security concerns
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/may/29/state-department-begins-revoking-chinese-student-visas-security/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The mass psychosis of Black Lives Matter
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3424979/mass-psychosis-black-lives-matter-movement/
— Conservatism must be at the heart of our institutions. I should write about the most anti-conservative leaders of the following: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3425715/conservatism-must-be-at-the-heart-of-our-institutions/
— David Hogg eases up on age-related concerns about Democratic incumbents. I should write a book about age discrimination. I would start with my Democrat IRS superiors who used up-or-out against me. When I was 25 years old in 1974, they wrote me off as being too old to ever be promoted to GS-13. I did make GS-13 when I was 38, but not until after I had earned an MBA when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/3416130/dnc-david-hogg-democratic-incumbents-age-concerns/
AMERICAN THINKER
— America Under the Control of Left-Wing Immigration Policy
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/05/america_under_the_control_of_left_wing_immigration_policy.html
DAILY CALLER
— Planned Parenthood Used Your Tax Dollars To Train Educators That Biological Sex Is A ‘Myth’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/30/exclusive-planned-parenthood-tax-dollars-train-educators-biological-sex-myth/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Stain of George Floyd Riots on America, 5 Years Later
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/30/the-stain-of-george-floyd-riots-on-america-5-years-later/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Illegalizing Illegals
https://www.nationalreview.com/2025/05/illegalizing-illegals/
PJ NEDIA
— SCOTUS Sides With Trump, Revokes Protected Status for Half a Million Aliens
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/05/30/breaking-supreme-court-clears-way-for-revoking-500k-illegals-status-n4940294
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump’s State Department orders “additional vetting” for anyone wanting to come to Harvard. If I had been active in Republican politics, I doubt that UIC would have accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-state-department-orders-additional-vetting-for-anyone-wanting-to-come-to-harvard/
CNN
— US State Department orders embassies to ‘immediately begin additional vetting’ for anyone seeking a visa to travel to Harvard.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/30/politics/harvard-visas-state-department-vetting
— Supreme Court allows Trump to suspend deportation protections for immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/30/politics/supreme-court-trump-deportations-parole
NEW YORK TIMES
— President Praises Musk, Who Will Stay a ‘Friend and Adviser’ President Trump celebrated Elon Musk, the billionaire who slashed through government agencies and who is stepping away from his official role.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/30/us/trump-news
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says Musk ‘really not leaving’ as he marks end of formal tenure in government
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/30/trump-presidency-news/
USA TODAY
— National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) chapter leaders allegedly mishandled over $100,000 in major federal union’s funds. A union representing 150,000 federal workers faces allegations of financial improprieties at one of its chapters. In an era of mass federal layoffs, here’s why it matters. I was a NTEU member 1971-1980.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/28/national-treasury-federal-employees-union-scandal/83602667007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A California Home With a 24,000-Square-Foot Car Museum Lists for $125 Million. The roughly 21,000-square-foot estate in Orange County also has a helipad.
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/a-california-home-with-a-24-000-square-foot-car-museum-lists-for-125-million-98a898d6
ALTERNET
— Alarm raised on new federal ‘hiring plan’ that quizzes applicants about Trump. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, of veteran who would take the job. My qualifications include a) passing the postal employment test and earning a high school diploma in 1966, b) passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, c) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, d) earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and e) earning a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-opm-hiring-guidelines/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) unveiled new hiring guidelines on Thursday, May 29, describing them as a “merit hiring plan.” And according to a joint memo from acting OPM Director Charles Ezell and Vince Haley, director of President Donald Trump’s Domestic Policy Council, job applicants are being quizzed on their favorite Trump policies. One of the four essay questions applicants are being asked reads, “How would you help advance the president’s executive orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant executive orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you, and explain how you would help implement them if hired.” The Ezell/Haley memo underscored the Trump Administration’s disdain for DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) policies, using anti-affirmative action rhetoric. Ezell and Haley wrote, “The American people deserve a federal workforce dedicated to American values and efficient service. Yet, federal hiring criteria long ago abandoned any serious need for technical skills and adherence to the Constitution. Instead, the overly complex federal hiring system overemphasized discriminatory ‘equity’ quotas and too often resulted in the hiring of unfit, unskilled, bureaucrats.” The memo called for federal government agencies to abandon any use of “racial quotas and preferences” and refrain from collecting data “regarding the composition of the agency’s workforce based on race, sex, color, religion or national origin.” A federal resources official believes the new guidelines will be a source of stress for both applicants and hiring managers. The official, interviewed on condition of anonymity, told the Government Executive website, “Everything in it will make it more difficult to hire, not less. How the f— do you define if someone is patriotic?”)
