FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media demonize, denigrate, and condemn Grasso.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/15/restaurant-owner-indiana-gambling-case-outfit-beating-plot/
— DD: Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/17/donald-trump-conservatism-republican-party-future-thomas-massie-justin-amash-midterms/
— FRONT PAGE: Illinois passed a law to expose diversity gaps at top nonprofits. Almost none are complying. DD: Anticipate/expect that under the Democrats and under the RINOs, as time goes on, more and more and more leaders in Illinois will be: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/17/illinois-nonprofits-diversity/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As June 2024 came to a close, Gov. JB Pritzker was characteristically bullish while he marked the end of Pride Month by signing into law a requirement that Illinois’ largest nonprofit foundations disclose the demographic makeup of their boards of directors and officers. “Here in Illinois, we reject hate, bigotry, and discrimination and embrace the ethos of Pride through not only our laws but through our actions and shared values,” Pritzker said in a statement released after a bill signing event at the Fat Cat bar and restaurant in Uptown. He soon added that the disclosure requirement represented an expansion of his “administration’s work to better serve the LGBTQ+ community of Illinois. But nearly two years later, the measure has shed little light on who actually runs these organizations — and may never do so. As of mid-April, only three of the largest grantmaking foundations in Illinois had published the required demographic information on their websites as the law outlines — disclosing the makeup of their leadership across categories including LGBTQ+ identity, gender, race and ethnicity, disability status and military service: the MacArthur Foundation, the Polk Bros. Foundation and the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, according to a Tribune review. A fourth, the Chicago Community Trust, had some demographic information available on its website and added more data after being contacted by the Tribune.)
— Aurora residents push for way to recall a sitting mayor and at-large aldermen from office
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/17/aurora-residents-push-for-way-to-recall-a-sitting-mayor-and-at-large-aldermen-from-office/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/05/16/u-of-c-faculty-and-parents-protest-lab-school-policy-they-say-limits-classroom-discussion-inclusion
CBS2
— CPS high school under fire for slavery-themed play
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/video-shows-students-at-cps-high-school-reenacting-a-slave-auction/3936610/
SHAW LOCAL
— Wheaton: Single-family home sells for $2.5 million
https://www.shawlocal.com/real-estate/2026/05/16/wheaton-single-family-home-sells-for-25-million/
LEGAL NEWSLINE
— Lawsuit: D300 secretly gender transitioned student; Seeks to nix IL gender ‘guidance,’ too
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/lawsuit-d300-secretly-gender-transitioned-student-seeks-to-nix-il-gender-guidance-too/article_a3d9c85a-e5f5-40b8-baf9-a0ae24119471.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: Why do pollical parities and their organizations exist? ANSWER: To help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Illinois Republican Party (IRP) exists to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance its IRP platform. The platform is conservative. I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. During that time, I invited speakers for all 78 of the organization’s monthly meetings, August picnics, and December Christmas parties. I routinely took the chairman’s prerogative and asked candidates who spoke at those events the first question after they spoke. I asked them if it would be correct to say that if elected, they would defend and advance all the planks in the IRP platform. Of course, the more planks in the IRP platform that they rejected, the more furious that they were against me. The more planks in the IRP platform that candidates rejected, the more that they rejected my invitations to speak. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: Which planks in the Republican Party platform do RINOs most commonly reject? ANSWER: Personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— In Illinois, ever-increasingly, leaders make it clear that their top priority is advancing those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. To do that is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The aforesaid destroys meritocracy and destroys everything else. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Kathy Salvi, Bob Grogan, Scott Gryder, and Lawrence Stowe are candidates for Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman. The 17 IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members will cast their weighted votes tomorrow, Monday, May 18, in Springfield. The three IRP SCC members with the greatest weighted vote are Zach Emberton (15th CD) with 16.5%, Rhonda Belford (12th CD) with 15.9%, and Jim Rule (16th CD) with 10.2%. Other IRP SCC members include Grogan (6th CD) with 5.9%, Aaron Del Mar (5th CD) with 3.3%, and Mike Flynn (3rd CD) with 2.7%. In 2005, as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, I organized a candidate forum in Springfield the evening before the day the IRP SCC elected Andy McKenna as the IRP chairman. Participants in that forum were John Cox, Stephen McGlynn, McKenna, and Jim Nalepa. Jim Oberweis wanted to participate, but could not. Back then, IRP SCC members let the candidates give their presentations in an open forum before they voted in a closed session. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Which of the four candidates for IRP chairman (Kathy Salvi, Bob Grogan, Scott Gryder, and Lawrence Stowe) do you want your IRP SCC to vote for and why? In my opinion, the IRP should publish on its website the candidates’ letter/document outlining their vision for the IRP, a list of the those who submitted letters of recommendation for them, and their biography and/or professional resume. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How could a registered Republican voter in Illinois have input on the May 18 IRP SCC chairman election? One route would be providing input to their Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) who would provide that input it to his/her IRP SCC member. RPCs elect IRP SCC members. – Dave Diersen
— According to Google AI, serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I survived for 7 years as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. During that time, I invited speakers for all 78 of the organization’s monthly meetings, August picnics, and December Christmas parties. I should list all those who spoke at those events. My critics/opponents always demonized, denigrated, and condemned those who spoke at those events. To end my TAPROOT chairmanship and to destroy TAPROOT in 2012, my critics/opponents had their TAPROOT officers and their TAPROOT directors charge me with gross incompetence. They argued/shouted that anyone could do a better job of heading TAPROOT than I did. Previously, to end my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee (SC) and to destroy ICRC in 2007, they almost got their ICRC SC members to get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
JOHN KASS
— Are Boss Hog Democrats Pushing Vallas Into Next Year’s 2027 Chicago Mayoral Race?
https://johnkassnews.com/weasel-democrats-pushing-vallas-into-chicago-mayoral-race/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— The Contest for State Republican Party Chairman (woman)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/15/the-contest-for-state-republican-party-chairman-woman/
— “Spencer Pratt Is the Single Best Campaigner of His Generation and It’s Not Even Close”: Lego Movie Song Ridicule
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/17/spencer-pratt-is-the-single-best-campaigner-of-his-general-and-its-not-even-close/
— Want to See How a Republican Might Become Mayor in Los Angeles
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/14/want-to-see-how-a-more-or-less-conservative-might-become-mayor-in-los-angelos/
— Income Losses from People Moving Out of Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/17/income-losses-from-people-moving-out-of-illinois/
— We’re Number One in Another Tax Comparison Study – Taxes 17% of Income
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/16/were-number-one-in-another-tax-comparison-study-taxes-17-of-income/
— Comparing Inflation Under Trump and Biden
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/16/comparing-inflation-under-trump-and-biden/
— Corbett Releases Internet Ad Attacking Both Pritzker and Bailey
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/17/corbett-releases-internet-ad-attacking-both-pritzker-and-bailey/
— Trump Store Makes the Tribune Again
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/16/trump-store-makes-the-tribune-again/
— Chuck Percy’s Thoughtfulness
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/16/chuck-percys-thoughtfulness/
— Ready for a Four-Story Building Next to Your Lakefront Home or Anywhere in Town?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/15/ready-for-a-four-story-building-next-to-your-lakefront-home/
— Citizens Urged to Contact Legislators to Stop State Government from Taking Control of Local Zoning
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/14/citizens-urged-to-contact-legislators-to-stop-state-government-from-taking-control-of-local-zoning/
— Democrat Congressional Map Challenged for Being Race Drawn
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/14/democrat-congressional-map-challenged-for-being-race-drawn/
— Teachers Union Exec Well Summarizes Problem of Megaproject PILOT Plot in Chicago Tribune
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/14/tribune-well-summarizes-problem-of-megaproject-pilot-plot/
— Steve Reick Returns with Analysis of Bears’ Bailout Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/12/steve-reick-returns-with-analysis-of-bears-bailout-bill/
— Trump Wants To Dump 19 Cent Federal Gas Tax, But Illinois Still Charges 48.3 Cents a Gallon, Plus Sales Tax on the Gas Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/11/trump-wants-to-dump-19-cent-federal-gas-tax-but-illinois-still-charges-48-3-cents-a-gallon-plus-sales-tax-on-the-gas-tax/
— Nick Shirley To Headline June 12th State GOP Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/11/nick-shirley-to-headline-june-12th-state-gop-fundraiser/
— Why Morton Salt Left Illinois for Kansas
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/10/why-morton-salt-left-illinois-for-kansas/
— Illinois Christian Congressional Rankings: From 2.3% to 92.3%
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/10/illinois-christian-congressional-rankings-from-2-3-to-92-3/
— Illegal Who Had Bonded Out of Kane County Jail Sentenced To a Year in Prison for Assaulting ICE Officers and Biting Kane County Deputy Sheriff
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/13/illegal-who-had-bonded-out-of-kane-county-jail-sentenced-to-a-year-in-prison-for-assaulting-ice-officers-and-kane-county-deputy-sheriff/
— Federal Court Ruling Could End Up Endangering Every County’s Taxpayers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/13/federal-court-ruling-could-end-up-endangering-mchenry-county-taxpayers/
— In McHenry County Only Harvard and Crystal Lake High 155 Schools Completely Prohibit Home School Kids from Extracurricular Activities
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/12/only-harvard-and-crystal-lake-high-schools-prohibit-home-school-kids-from-extraocular-participation/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Woke New School kept anti-Israel ‘ringleader’ on despite arrest
https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/us-news/new-school-quietly-hires-controversial-professor-who-led-anti-israel-campus-protests/
— ‘SNL’ can’t stop making fun of conservatives, Trump
https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/us-news/snl-cant-stop-making-fun-of-conservatives-trump-and-unbelievable-data-proves-it/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— The Marxist playbook to change America
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/05/16/the-marxist-playbook-to-change-america-1639295/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Rutgers promotes month-long ‘GAYpril’ with drag shows, ‘queer’ films.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/rutgers-promotes-month-long-gaypril-drag-shows-queer-films/29858
CENTER FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Asylum Applicants Are Skipping Immigration Court at Record Levels. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders have always outrageously, disgustingly, unethically, and treasonously hinted/implied/argued/shouted at citizens of foreign countries that they should falsely claim asylum in America.
https://cis.org/Arthur/DOJ-Asylum-Applicants-Are-Skipping-Immigration-Court-Record-Levels
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Anti-ICE ‘Protests’ are Propaganda Disguised as Citizen Activism
https://www.fairus.org/anti-ice-protests-are-propaganda-disguised-citizen-activism
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Alma College Religious Studies Students Taught Lessons On Imperialism, ‘Queer/Trans Antagonism.’ Students in the program “reflect upon how systems of oppression — such as racism, colonialism, patriarchy and queer/trans antagonism.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/05/alma-college-religious-studies-students-taught-lessons-on-imperialism-queer-trans-antagonism/
LEWISTON TRIBUNE
— The left’s ‘war on poverty’ created the victims of victimhood. DD: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, if you have money problems, it is because those who are the following discriminate against you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.lmtribune.com/opinion/the-lefts-war-on-poverty-created-the-victims-of-victimhood-95a641ef
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The left’s compassion has inflicted a terrible price on America’s poor. In 1964, former President Lyndon B. Johnson declared an “unconditional war on poverty.” He warned it “will not be a short or easy struggle,” but that “the richest Nation on earth can afford to win it.” He was right that it wouldn’t be a short or easy struggle. Johnson and Congress created a host of new federal programs, including the Job Corps, Head Start and the Office of Economic Opportunity. His “Great Society” programs included Medicare and Medicaid. In 1965, he signed a housing bill that included rent subsidies. It’s grown from there. In 2022, the Cato Institute reported, “the federal government funds more than 100 separate anti-poverty programs.” But Johnson was wrong about two things. First, the U.S. couldn’t afford it. Government, at the federal, state and local levels, has spent more than $30 trillion fighting poverty. For context, the national debt is more than $39 trillion. Second, the U.S. didn’t defeat poverty, which was already falling when he announced this effort. In 1960, the poverty rate was 22.2%. In 1964, it had dropped to 19%. By 1968, it was at 12.8%. For the next few decades, the rate was always within 3 percentage points, up or down, of 13%. In 2024, the poverty rate was 10.6%. It is possible to defeat poverty. The key isn’t government money, but better individual choices.)
NEW AMERICAN
— Wokeness Is Dead? Think Again: The Statue Serial Killers Are Still at It. San Francisco’s Pioneer Monument is now being targeted as part of the Left’s ongoing effort to “deconstruct our history.”
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/wokeness-is-dead-think-again-the-statue-serial-killers-are-still-at-it/
TOWNHALL
— RINO Sen. Bill Cassidy Loses Historic Louisiana Senate Primary Race
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/05/16/rino-sen-bill-cassidy-loses-historic-senate-primary-race-n2676213
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/us/politics/trump-flexes-hold-on-gop-even-as-it-braces-for-midterm-backlash.html
USA TODAY
— DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasingly shout at women that men cause all the problems that women have.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/diversity-is-down-across-the-boardroom-it-s-bad-news-for-women/ar-AA23cUnX
CBS NEWS
— Tens of thousands of demonstrators descended on central London on Saturday for a rally organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, with supporters framing the event as a protest against the erosion of British identity. Police estimated that around 60,000 people attended the “Unite the Kingdom” march, making it one of the largest right-wing mobilizations seen in Britain in recent years
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/london-unite-the-kingdom-march-tommy-robinson/
CBS LOS ANGELES
— Dodgers to unveil permanent display honoring LGBTQ players Billy Bean, Glenn Burke on Pride Night
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/dodgers-to-unveil-permanent-display-honoring-lgbtq-players-billy-bean-glenn-burke-on-pride-night/ar-AA233D7D
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: My critics/opponents want Pritzker to build public housing in my precinct.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/yimby-has-arrived-in-illinois-and-some-cities-dont-like-it-1d21f742
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Trump rants about Republican enemy Bill Cassidy before Louisiana election loss: ‘Sleazebag, terrible guy, disloyal disaster.’ DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.aol.co.uk/articles/trump-rants-republican-enemy-amid-173701670.html
