March 28, 2026

ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/no-kings-protests-today-bruce-springsteen-perform-streets-minneapolis-st-paul-minnesota-protest/18795613/

CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/no-kings-chicago-protest-saturday-rolling-street-closures/

NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-to-know-about-no-kings-protests-planned-for-chicago-area-this-saturday/3914845/

FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/no-kings-protests-chicago-3-28

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2026/03/27/chicagos-troubadour-mark-dvorak-to-perform-at-no-kings-rockford/89349520007/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2026/03/26/no-kings-rally-scheduled-in-springfield-on-march-28/89306393007/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article315199813.html

COUNTY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://countryherald.com/news/kankakee-county-il-no-kings-rally-set-march-28-at-courthouse-lawn/

SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/03/27/no-kings-protests-planned-for-saturday-march-28-across-northern-illinois/

WQAD & NPR ILLINOIS & NEWS CHANNEL 20
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/thousands-expected-davenports-no-kings-3-protest/526-3a8956f0-add8-46fa-8e1d-234774871b43
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-03-28/no-kings-aims-for-record-turnout-in-saturdays-anti-trump-protests
https://www.newschannel20.com/news/local/no-kings-rallies-arrive-in-central-illinois-this-weekend/article_3d494f51-f06e-4831-93da-0697d1597ded.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.timesunion.com/news/politics/article/minnesota-serves-as-the-flagship-for-nationwide-22156757.php

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/03/27/no-kings-protest-trump-iran/89331992007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/california/2026/03/27/la-no-kings-protest-locations-march-28/89347662007/

CBS NEWS MINNESOTA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/st-paul-no-kings-rally-minnesota-state-capitol-police-transit-logistics/
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/video/minnesota-preps-for-estimated-100k-people-at-no-kings-rally/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Farmworkers Day could replace Cesar Chavez Day in Illinois. DD: Chavez was a staunch opponent of illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/27/cesar-chavez-day-illinois/
— DD: Learning foreign languages should not be required.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/27/hb-4334-balkema-ryan-weaver-illinois-general-assembly-language-study/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Primary voter turnout numbers — high for Democrats, low for Republicans — may guide future trends. DD: Democrat leaders say they promote what voters want: more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vice, gun control, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/03/27/primary-voter-turnout-democrats-republicans-kane-dupage-lake-will-suburbs-rich-miller
— Dozens of Evanston Township students walk out of school to protest war in Iran. The teens also rallied against other moves made by the Trump administration, including its deportation campaign. DD: How successful are Democrat leaders getting students to walkout in your school district?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/03/27/dozens-of-evanston-township-students-walk-out-of-school-to-protest-war-in-iran

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— As many as 400,000 Illinoisans could lose Medicaid by 2028. DD: The more that you follow the Democrat Party platform, the sooner that you will be on Medicaid.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ccb-medicaid-big-beautiful-bill-reductions-estimate-03252026/

WBEZ
— Dozens of Evanston Township students walk out of school to protest war in Iran. The teens also rallied against other moves made by the Trump administration, including its deportation campaign. DD: How successful are Democrat leaders getting students to walkout in your school district?
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/03/27/dozens-of-evanston-township-students-walk-out-of-school-to-protest-war-in-iran

NPR ILLINOIS
— Rifts over Iran, but unity for Trump: Takeaways from CPAC 2026
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-03-28/rifts-over-iran-but-unity-for-trump-takeaways-from-cpac-2026

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Voter turnout analysis. DD: When Robert Novak ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Novak ) asked me why Bush did not get more votes in DuPage County in 2000 than he did, I immediately replied it was because of the Democrat invasion of the county.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news-opinion/politics/voter-turnout-analysis/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In DuPage County, the preliminary number of Republicans casting ballots for governor fell almost 32 percent compared to four years ago. The DuPage Republican drop-off has been steady for years, coinciding with the party’s ever-shrinking success in the general election. Last week’s preliminary primary turnout in the former Republican bastion is about 49 percent below 2014 – the last year the state elected a Republican governor. Democratic turnout in DuPage, on the other hand, is so far up a whopping 45 percent compared to four years ago. Democratic primary turnout has greatly increased in the county since 2014, which was a horrible year for Democratic turnout throughout the state. That year was President Barack Obama’s second midterm and Gov. Pat Quinn went on to lose to Bruce Rauner in the general. DuPage Democratic turnout in the governor’s race this year is up 586 percent (that’s not a typo) from 2014. And unlike some other jurisdictions, DuPage Democratic turnout was significantly higher this spring (25 percent) than in the primary held during Trump’s first midterm election. Needless to say, those numbers cannot be providing any comfort to the shrinking number of Republican legislators and local officials who represent part or all of that county.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-496/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. The Democrat Party platform is liberal. What distinguishes Democrat Party leadership in Illinois from Republican Party leadership in Illinois? Democrat Party leaders in Illinois defend and advance all the planks in the Democrat Party platform. But far too many Republican Party leaders in Illinois reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Consequently, the following ever-increasingly increases in Illinois: dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vice, gun control, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Far too many Republican Party leaders in Illinois talk and/or act like they want to viewed as being “Democrat Lite” if not anti-conservative. Ever-increasingly, Republican Party leaders in Illinois who are RINO if not Democrat plant destroy organizations and destroy individuals that support the aforesaid planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— With Discussion Beginning About Pension Buyout Program For Chicago, Beware of Baloney
https://wirepoints.org/with-discussion-beginning-about-pension-buyout-program-for-chicago-beware-of-baloney-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— More than half of Illinois counties suffer outmigration. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been driving those who are the following out of your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time? I should write about the success that Democrat leaders have had doing the aforesaid in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. Because I am all of the aforesaid, I feel ever-increasingly isolated.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/more-than-half-of-illinois-counties-suffer-outmigration/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The “Sharia-Free America Caucus” Is Necessary to Protect Women
https://illinoisfamily.org/islam-sharia/the-sharia-free-america-caucus-is-necessary-to-protect-women/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Calls Grow for FBI Probe Into Illinois Finances as Questions Mount Over Pritzker-Era Spending
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/03/calls-grow-for-fbi-probe-into-illinois-finances-as-questions-mount-over-pritzker-era-spending.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The good news for Republicans? Democrats are polling worse.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/26/good-news-republicans-democrats-polling-worse/
— We were ordered to Vietnam; we were never welcomed back. On National Vietnam War Veterans Day, reckon with the anger directed at our servicemen. DD: Many, most, and at times, virtually all of my Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrat veterans who blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War. They especially blamed me because I was 1-A for the draft and I had avoided the draft with four student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship deferment 1970-1971. Further, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was an unmitigated disgusting coward because I probably would not have been sent into combat because I could not run because I had a bone disease, because my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and because I had partial red/green color blindness. They stressed that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, a) I bought new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, and 1973, b) I bought real estate in 1972 and 1974, c) I earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and almost completed the requirements for an MBA, and d) I went on vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, and 1975.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/26/ordered-vietnam-never-welcomed-back/

AMERICAN THINKER
— RINOs Learned Nothing from Trump’s Victories
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/rinos_learned_nothing_from_trump_s_victories.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘TRUMP’S FAULT?’ Anger builds over Gov. Pritzker’s comments following Illinois murders by career criminals. DD: What do your critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that is your fault? Since 2000, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly hinted/implied/argued/shouted that it my fault that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have ever-increasingly suffered defeats. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. I would focus on past and present Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers. I would focus on past and present conservative leaders and religious leaders.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/03/27/trumps-fault-anger-builds-over-gov-pritzkers-comments-following-illinois-murders-by-career-criminals-1629626/

BREITBART
— Consumer Sentiment Hit By Iran War Inflation Fears, Republican Hopes Dimming
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/03/27/consumer-sentiment-hit-by-iran-war-inflation-fears-republican-hopes-dimming/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— How Worksite Enforcement Works. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://cis.org/Arthur/How-Worksite-Enforcement-Works

FOX NEWS
— Chicago Mayor Johnson unveils ‘Abolish ICE’ snowplow days after student allegedly murdered by illegal migrant. The snowplow name was chosen from 13,000 submissions, and Mayor Brandon Johnson reiterated Chicago ‘does not want ICE on our streets.’ DD: Ever-increasingly the Democrat Party exists to replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Citizens of foreign countries are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-mayor-johnson-unveils-abolish-ice-snowplow-days-after-student-allegedly-murdered-illegal-migrant

PJ MEDIA
— Protecting Illegals Is Democrat Job One, Regardless of What the Voters Want
https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/03/27/protecting-illegals-is-democrat-job-one-regardless-of-what-the-voters-want-n4951120

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Conversation About Women That We Don’t Need To Have. DD: All my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government had spouses and children to support. They all painted themselves as being grossly underpaid. They all stressed the time and money needed to support their dependents. They were ever-increasingly furious a) that I never had dependents, b) that my wife had a good-paying job, and c) that we gave up trying to have children without trying IVF, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. My Democrat GAO superiors used that to justify a) forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS when I was 31 in 1980, b) delaying my promotions and never promoting me beyond GS-13, c) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/27/the_conversation_about_women_that_we_dont_need_to_have_153983.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The panel considered whether it was time to talk about a system where men (yes, specifically men) who were breadwinners for a wife and children should be paid more than other workers, in order to uplift and encourage the creation of that traditional family structure. The panel recognized that this is inconsistent with current law, yet seemed happy that such conversations were happening and hope that such policies might be possible in the future.)

SHORE DAILY NEWS
— Gerrymandering and Congressional Representation of Illegal Aliens
https://shoredailynews.com/letters-to-the-editor/gerrymandering-and-congressional-representation-of-illegal-aliens/

STARS AND STRIPES
— ‘We can never do enough’: Gary Sinise and Vietnam veterans in DC to celebrate National Vietnam War Veterans Day
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2026-03-27/gary-sinise-national-vietnam-war-veterans-day-21198559.html

TOWNHALL
— This Squad Member Called for Taxpayer-Funded Reparations for Illegal Immigrants
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/03/27/squad-member-doesnt-want-tax-dollars-funding-ice-but-is-okay-funding-reparations-for-illegal-immigrants-n2673554

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Bannon at CPAC warns Iran war just starting: ‘Your sons, daughters … could be on Kharg Island’
https://thehill.com/homenews/5804953-bannon-cpac-us-iran-conflict/
— DD: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, everyone above me has been under ever-increasing pressure to give more preference to those who are minority, female, and/or younger. That has ever-increasingly rendered worthless what I learned a) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, b) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, and c) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5804541-pete-hegseth-pentagon-promotion-list/

CNN
— MAGA’s mixed reaction to Iran war at CPAC
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/27/us/video/ac360-magas-mixed-reaction-to-iran-war-at-cpac

NEW YORK TIMES
— On CPAC’s Main Stage, Fissures in the Party Trump Remade. The Conservative Political Action Conference typically seeks to establish orthodoxy with its roster of speakers. This year, organizers created space for dissent, highlighting ongoing schisms in the MAGA movement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/us/politics/cpac-trump-maga-republican-party.html
— At CPAC, the ‘America First’ Crowd Ponders Giving War a Chance. The Conservative Political Action Conference has been an America First gathering for years, but with President Trump pursuing war in Iran, organizers have tried to make a shift, with mixed results.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/politics/cpac-trump-iran-war.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: All my many minority and female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were younger than me and/or 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.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/hegseth-promotion-list.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests in the suburbs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/26/donald-trump-suburbs-no-kings-resistance/ea74a576-28c8-11f1-a0f2-3ba4c9fe08ac_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Ever-increasingly the Democrat Party exists to replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in taking over all religions. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Citizens of foreign countries are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-03-22/republicans-islamophobia-political-strategy

BOSTON UNIVERSITY
— Social Isolation. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been driving those who are the following out of your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time? I should write about the success that Democrat leaders have had doing the aforesaid in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. Because I am all of the aforesaid, I feel ever-increasingly isolated.
https://www.bu.edu/sph/news/articles/2025/social-isolation-may-shorten-lives-among-older-people-men-and-less-educated/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What This Year’s CPAC Tells Us About the Republican Divide on Iran. Annual conservative conference lays bare a rift on the right: ‘What happened to America First?’
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/what-this-years-cpac-tells-us-about-the-republican-divide-on-iran-6a3a88a8

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— DD: Ever-increasingly the Democrat Party exists to replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in taking over all religions. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Citizens of foreign countries are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/survey-support-trump-s-immigration-agenda-craters-all-faith-groups-0

CAPITAL TIMES
— DD: The Democrat Party exists to promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. Are you a Republican? How many of the aforesaid demographics are you? What are you doing to protect yourself? How soon will Republican organizations officially ban those who are the aforesaid from holding leadership positions?
https://captimes.com/opinion/dave-zweifel/opinion-trump-is-joe-mccarthy-2-0/article_90c8b147-7912-4808-9003-1ded60c094a8.html

POLITICO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests in the suburbs.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/28/chicagos-ice-playbook-spreads-as-cities-challenge-trumps-crackdown-00849174

ACLU
— DD: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ, Democrats and RINOs destroy you.
https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rights-2025?impact=school__curriculum

DAILY KOS
— DD: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, everyone above me has been under ever-increasing pressure to give more preference to those who are minority, female, and/or younger. That has ever-increasingly rendered worthless what I learned a) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, b) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, and c) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/27/2375099/-Pete-Hegseth-turns-the-bigot-spigot-to-full-gush

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

MIRROR
— Hundreds of seats empty at CPAC as bored audience members fall asleep.
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/hundreds-seats-empty-major-gop-1761487

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.