June 4, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Some Republican governors are rebranding June with conservative alternatives to Pride. In some Republican-controlled states it’s now officially Fidelity, Nuclear Family or Strong Families Month.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/republican-rebranding-june-conservative-pride/3944299/

FOX32
— Chicago braces for large teen takeovers at Foster Beach. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-braces-large-teen-takeover-foster-beach

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Some Republican governors are rebranding June with conservative alternatives to Pride
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/04/rebranding-pride/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/06/04/teen-takeovers-black-south-west-sides-chicago-public-schools-robert-jordan
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/06/04/trump-name-kennedy-center-institute-peace-gold-card-visa-jacob-sullum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/06/04/trump-tower-new-greek-restaurant-prasino-lagrange

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ccb-abortion-travel-chicago-abortion-fund-06042026/

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Man running for Illinois governor includes Nazi salute in ballot name
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/06/04/illinois-lawmakers-challenge-sieg-heil-candidate-governor-richard-mayers/90389805007/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/man-running-illinois-governor-includes-080433223.html

WMBA RAIDO
— Polls give little hope, but Illinois Republican candidates and leaders still believe in November victories
https://wmbdradio.com/2026/06/04/polls-give-little-hope-but-illinois-republican-candidates-and-leaders-still-believe-in-november-victories/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Some Republican governors are rebranding June with conservative alternatives to Pride. June is Pride Month across the U.S. But in some Republican-controlled states it’s now officially Fidelity, Nuclear Family or Strong Families Month.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/some-republican-governors-are-rebranding-june-with-conservative-alternatives-to-pride/article_1e982144-69e5-5454-8a37-7cd4f6adc43c.html

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— LaHood no, Sorensen yes as House votes to end the war with Iran
www.reuters.com/world/trump-signs-order-make-it-easier-fire-8000-federal-workers-2026-06-03/ww.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/04/trump-strips-job-protections-8000-senior-federal-workers/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refuses to say whether Trump remains exempt from IRS audits. DD: Has IRS audited you? To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions when I was 29 years old in 1978. I had deducted graduate evening business courses at Loyola 1972-1976 and accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1978. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued in tax court a) that the courses I deducted did not relate to my job duties, b) that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took them to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took them to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically ignored the fact a) that my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take the courses, b) that the course descriptions and my position descriptions show that the courses are deductible, and c) that I had stated in my applications that I wanted to take the courses to maintain and improve my IRS job skills. They would not have disallowed the courses a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran and/or b) if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-refuses-to-say-whether-trump-remains-exempt-from-irs-audits/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Illinois Passed A Law To Keep ICE Out Of Courthouses. It’s Not Working. Advocates and experts say Illinois must navigate new legal questions about the extent to which state law can supersede federal authority.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/03/illinois-passed-a-law-to-keep-ice-out-of-courthouses-its-not-working/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Roadway disasters pile up as states buck Trump administration’s call to end non-English CDL tests
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/4/roadway-disasters-pile-states-buck-trump-administrations-call-end-non/

NEW YORK POST
— Miranda Devine: The Dems launch more fake rumors about Trump’s health — but the president is at the top of his game
https://nypost.com/2026/06/03/opinion/miranda-devine-the-dems-launch-more-fake-rumors-about-trumps-health-but-the-president-is-at-the-top-of-his-game/

FEDERALIST
— Race Grifters Yanked Tests From UC Admissions, Boosting STEM Students Who Can’t Do Middle School Math
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/04/race-grifters-test-blind-uc-admissions-boosting-stem-students-cant-do-middle-school-math/

NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE
— Illinois Puts Women’s Health at Risk by Hiding Abortion Records
https://nrlc.org/nrlnewstoday/2026/06/illinois-puts-womens-health-at-risk-by-hiding-abortion-records/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Harley-Davidson Descends Further Into Wokeness Despite Previous Vow to Change Course
https://www.westernjournal.com/harley-davidson-descends-wokeness-despite-previous-vow-change-course/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER
— Illinois Diocese Asks Court to Block Law Requiring It to Hire Nonbelievers
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/illinois-diocese-asks-court-to-block-law-requiring-it-to-hire-nonbelievers?amp

ATLANTIC
— America’s ‘Marriage Material’ Shortage. Adults are significantly less likely to be married or to live with a partner than they used to be. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/america-marriage-decline/681518/

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.