GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton. Pot drags you down. I have never used pot and I never will. Did your classmates and coworkers use pot? What if your classmates had used pot? If my Crete-Monee High School classmates had used pot, my 1966 class ranking would have been higher. If I had used pot, my ACT score and my GPA would have been lower. UIC would not have accepted me in 1966 let alone NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. If I had used pot, I would not have passed on my first attempt the CPA examination in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. If I had used pot, I would not have become a licensed CPA in 1981. If I had used pot, none of my employers would have hired me let alone promoted me. Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. IRS would not have hired me in 1971 let alone promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 let alone promoted me in 1986. If my IRS and GAO coworkers had used pot, I would have had less competition. I would have been promoted much faster and much higher than I was. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who is more likely to use pot? From what I see, it is those who have trouble dealing with reality, who have health, financial, and/or other problems, and/or who fall for vices. From what I see, they are more likely to be liberal, Libertarian, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. The more that you use pot, the sooner that you will crash and burn. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Marijuana criminals flow into Illinois prisons as president relaxes weed status. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/marijuana-criminals-flow-into-illinois-prisons-as-president-relaxes-weed-status/3865686/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/cannabis-reclassification-could-reshape-the-illinois-industry/3865691/
ABC7
— Illinois Accountability Commission holds 1st meeting on claims of abuse in ‘Operation Midway Blitz’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-operation-midway-blitz-news-illinois-accountability-commission-discusses-impact-federal-agents-using-chemical/18298598/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday defended their agents actions, which they continue to say are exercised only in the face of grave threats and dangerous situations. “DHS law enforcement officers follow the law and the U.S. Constitution,” a statement from DHS read in part. “Our law enforcement show incredible restraint and professionalism in exhausting all options before any kind of non-lethal force is used.”)
CBS2
— Dozens more Chicago police officers and private security guards to begin patrolling CTA on Friday
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cta-security-plan-police-officers-security-guards-patrols/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/19/opinion-gregory-bovino-christmas-immigration-raids/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump admin ending grants for support services at many Illinois schools. The administration informed ACT Now Illinois last week that it is discontinuing its Community Schools grant, effective Dec. 31. DD: Democrat leaders use grants to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2025/12/18/act-now-illinois-community-schools-grant-trump
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/marijuana/2025/12/18/cannabis-trump-reclassify-marijuana-research
DAILY HERALD
— Elgin council meeting paused twice following interruptions from residents frustrated with federal immigration enforcement tactics. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251218/news/elgin-council-meeting-paused-twice-following-interruptions-from-residents-frustrated-with-federal-im/
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Want to talk affordability in Illinois? Start with taxes. DD: Ever-since I became an IRS employee when I was 22 years old in 1971, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes. They were furious that I paid less federal income taxes by itemizing. They were even more furious that I paid less federal income tax by deducting my deducting my education expenses 1972-1981 and 1992-1997.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2025/12/19/want-to-talk-affordability-in-illinois-start-with-taxes-opinion/87827310007/
JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/business/article/cloud-lifts-over-cannabis-companies-future-amid-21250757.php
— Trump suspends green card lottery program that let Brown University, MIT shooting suspects into US
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/trump-suspends-green-card-lottery-program-that-21251664.php
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Illinois bill would let people with past convictions run for office
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/illinois-bill-convictions-office-21248130.php
WAND TV
— EEOC urges white men to report discrimination. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/head-of-workplace-rights-agency-urges-white-men-to-report-discrimination/article_5098cb76-91e7-573c-8977-e20aeb5aad43.html
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Venezuela against America.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2025-12-18/venezuelans-brace-for-hardship-as-trump-threatens-oil-blockade
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-18/fcc-chair-faces-questions-about-threats-to-broadcasters-and-agencys-independence
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— December 19, 2025
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-651/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Which Identity Is Unworthy? It Might Be Yours. DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, the following identities are unworthy: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://johnkassnews.com/which-identity-is-unworthy-it-might-be-yours/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker Wasn’t Paying Attention During the 1974 RTA Referendum
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/19/pritzker-wasnt-paying-attention-during-the-1974-rta-referendum/
— Criticism Mimics 1974 RTA Opponents’ Road Tax Diversion Arguments
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/19/nita-criticism-mimics-1974-rta-opponents-road-tax-diversion-arguments/
— Examples of Homeowners Who Lost Equity Through the Property Tax Sale Process
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/19/examples-of-homeowners-who-lost-equity-through-the-property-tax-sale-process/
— Man Charged for Lighting Women on Fire on CTA Train and Lighting Up City Hall
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/18/man-charged-for-lighting-women-on-fire-on-cta-train-and-lighting-up-city-hall/
— Republican Congress Folks Ask Trump Not to Pardon Madigan
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/18/republican-congress-folks-ask-trump-not-to-pardon-madigan/
— Rep. Sue Ness Asks Constituents about Double-Dipping Elected Officials
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/rep-sue-ness-asks-constituents-about-double-dipping-elected-officials/
— Illinois Public Sector Unions Spend More on Politics Than Any Other State
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/illinois-public-sector-unions-spends-more-on-politics-than-any-other-state/
— Household Income Limit for Senior Real Estate Tax Deferral Going Up to $75,000
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/household-income-limit-for-senior-real-estate-tax-deferral-going-up-to-75000/
— NBC Minimizes Democrats’ 60% Toll Increase
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/nbc-minimizes-democrats-60-toll-increase/
— Biss Calls for Repeal of Second Amendment
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/17/biss-calls-for-repeal-of-second-amendment/
— Next Dems Will Make It Easier for Sgt. Dam
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/16/next-dems-will-make-it-easier-for-sgt-dam/
— Crooks in State Government
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/16/crooks-in-state-government/
— Why This Gambling Opponent Voted for the Lottery
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/15/why-this-gambling-opponent-voted-for-the-lottery/
— Discount on Lyft Rides on Christmas and New Year’s, First Come, First Serve
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2025/12/15/discount-on-lyft-rides-on-christmas-and-new-years-first-come-first-serve/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Don’t blame racism for inequality in America. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that those who are the following have: liberal, moderate, Libertarian, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3919625/inequality-america-study-racism-american-dream/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani appointee resigns after vile antisemitic social media posts resurface
https://nypost.com/2025/12/18/us-news/zohran-mamdani-appointee-catherine-almonte-da-costa-made-vile-antisemitic-comments-in-unearthed-social-media-posts/
BREITBART
— Democrats Fight for Illegals, Career Criminals, and Terrorists over Americans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9ZcyN8VQT8
FEDERALIST
— EEOC Makes Direct Appeal To White Males Facing Workplace Discrimination. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/18/employment-commission-makes-direct-appeal-to-white-males-facing-workplace-discrimination/
— Large School Systems See Plummeting Foreign-Language Students Thanks To Immigration Enforcement. DD: What percent of the students in your school district are noncitizens?
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/18/large-school-systems-see-plummeting-foreign-language-students-thanks-to-immigration-enforcement/
FOX BUSINESS
— Evanston mayor Biss makes the ‘conscious decision’ to choose illegal aliens over Americans
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6386677331112
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IjokWmyy7I
FOX NEWS
— A group of House Republicans is urging President Donald Trump against reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-demand-trump-reverse-course-after-strongly-considering-marijuana-executive-order
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE5eDjAAp-M
NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION
— Comptroller General Dodaro’s Final Testimony Underscores Why Congress Needs a Strong Watchdog. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.ntu.org/foundation/detail/comptroller-general-dodaros-final-testimony-underscores-why-congress-needs-a-strong-watchdog
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This week, Gene Dodaro, the outgoing Comptroller General of the United States, delivered his final testimony to Congress. After 15 years leading the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Dodaro used his closing appearance to highlight persistent high-risk areas across the federal government that expose taxpayers to waste, fraud, and abuse. He also reiterated a warning GAO has issued consistently during his tenure: without sustained leadership and reform from lawmakers, the nation’s fiscal trajectory is becoming increasingly perilous.)
NEWSMAX
— Democrat Candidates Tout Backing From Pro-Trans Ideology Group
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/democrats-senate-reproductive-freedom-for-all/2025/12/18/id/1238894/
TOWNHALL
— It’s No Shock Why Enrollment in These Large School Districts From Foreign-Language Students Is Down. DD: What percent of the students in your school district are noncitizens?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/12/18/its-no-shock-why-enrollment-in-large-school-districts-from-foreign-language-students-n2668124
— Can the Dark Ages Return?
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2025/12/19/can-the-dark-ages-return-n2668175
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— DD: To get more votes from minorities and from women, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites and against men.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-encourages-white-men-to-claim-discrimination-money-11235826
AOL
— About 1.5 million Americans could face soaring healthcare insurance premiums in 2026 with ACA subsidies set to expire. Will your income still qualify? DD: Are/were your healthcare insurance premiums subsidized? Ever since I became a part-time postal employee when was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums. They have been even more furious ever since I got married when I was 29 and the federal government started paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. That 72% subsidy is a major reason why people despise/hate federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. That 72% subsidy helped me withstand tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.aol.com/finance/1-5-million-americans-could-190000891.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The subsidy cliff affects households with incomes that are above 400% of the federal poverty level (FPL). For 2026 marketplace coverage, that’s about $62,600 for a single person and $128,600 for a family of four in the contiguous U.S.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12/18/us/trump-news
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats will not release the autopsy of their 2024 loss. Party leaders hope to avoid contentious fights over the party’s failing as it attempts to reboot for the 2026 midterms. DD: My critics/opponents continue to blame all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000 a) on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and b) on what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer 2003-2007, etc. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on a) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, b) Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders since 2000, c) conservative leaders since 2000, and d) religious leaders since 2000. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/18/democrats-2024-harris-trump-autopsy/
USA TODAY
— White men urged by EEOC to file discrimination claims in anti-DEI escalation. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts ruled that discrimination against older White males was not only legal, but that it is what Congress wanted.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/12/18/trump-anti-dei-eeoc-discrimination-white-men/87830694007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/marijuana-drug-reclassify-trump-administration-db8eb9b4
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for their inflation. What has helped you deal with inflation? Ever since my wife and I got married in 1978, we a) spent money like we had only one paycheck instead of two and b) saved as much as we could for our retirement.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/potomac-watch-strassel/wsj-opinion-donald-trump-tries-to-recover-on-inflation-and-affordability/BD7DA3B4-DD5F-4300-BAAB-75CE2F90406C
WION
— DD: Biden did not “allow” 25 million illegals to come in, he brought them in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hm2mC0ysRio
NPR
— Inflation cools slightly in November as worries about affordability grip Americans. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for their inflation. What has helped you deal with inflation? Ever since my wife and I got married in 1978, we a) spent money like we had only one paycheck instead of two and b) saved as much as we could for our retirement.
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5647510
COLUMBIA SPECTATOR
— Yes, Columbia needs more conservative professors. DD: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. Many, most, and at times, virtually all of them were veterans who blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025/12/19/yes-columbia-needs-more-conservative-professors/
NIEMAN LAB
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans who are the following once and for all: conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/dei-dies-in-darkness-taking-integrity-with-it/https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-dei-whiplash-continues/
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-dei-whiplash-continues/
ATLANTIC
— Rescheduling Marijuana Is an Enormous Mistake. Trump’s executive order does little more than offer a tax cut to an industry that profits from addiction. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/trump-marijuana-rescheduling-tax/685317/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GOVERNMENT AUDITING
— A Letter from the U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would be no need for DOGE. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to a) force me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://intosaijournal.org/journal-entry/a-letter-from-the-u-s-comptroller-general-and-chair-of-the-intosai-journal/
FREE MALAYSIA TODAY
— Should candidate eligibility include health requirements? DD: What about additional requirements including relevant education, relevant work experience, relevant professional certifications, and relevant professional licenses? If I had run for a government office, I would have stressed my relevant education (master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance), my relevant work experience (almost 9 years working for IRS and almost 18 for GAO), my relevant professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and my relevant professional license (CPA).
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/12/19/should-candidate-eligibility-include-health-requirements
TIMES OF INDIA
— Trump’s H-1B Visa Chaos: Jobs At Risk, Families Traumatized As Wait Pushed To Late 2026. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/global-pulse/trumps-h-1b-visa-chaos-jobs-at-risk-families-traumatised-as-wait-pushed-to-late-2026/videoshow/126062036.cms
— Why Is India The Hardest Hit By Donald Trump’s H-1B Visa Crackdown? DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/short-videos/briefs/why-is-india-the-hardest-hit-by-donald-trumps-h-1b-visa-crackdown-global-pulse/shorttakes/126061288.cms
