FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrats protest Turning Point USA Educators’ Summit; ‘they’re not welcome here.’ DD: How successful have Democrat leaders in your county, township, municipality, and school district been in promoting more hatred against Charlie Kirk, TPUSA, conservates, Republicans, Trump, and America?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/17/lake-county-protesters-turning-point-usa/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On its website, Turning Point Education isn’t shy about its Christian and conservative goals; they’re two of the group’s five pillars, and the website says they’re dedicated to “reclaiming the education of our children, reviving virtuous education focused on truth, goodness and beauty, and restoring God as the foundation of education.” The summit’s webpage lists nearly 30 speakers, including TPUSA CEO Erika Kirk, the wife of the late Charlie Kirk. Other speakers include the founder of the ACE scholarship program, several Republican politicians, and an extensive mix of conservative activists, Christian authors, Christian school officials, and professors who support a “Biblical worldview” in classrooms, as described in an online event description. The protest saw about 60 to 70 people, chanting, carrying signs, and beating drums. Some chants alternated between targeting President Donald Trump and TPUSA. . .Over the last two decades, Lake County has leaned increasingly blue, with steadily rising numbers of Democratic voters completely flipping the county government and giving Lake County to Democratic presidential candidates in the last five presidential elections. Meanwhile, the number of Republican voters has hit record lows.)
— Chicago Fire stadium site should get $425 million subsidy, Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/chicago-fire-stadium-425-million-220000449.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County officials project $550M shortfall for next year
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/06/17/cook-county-officials-project-550-million-shortfall-next-year
DAILY HERALD
— Naperville man tells NBC 5 he burned cross in Grant Park, says he was unaware of racial implications
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260616/news/person-of-interest-in-custody-in-grant-park-cross-burning/
ABC7
— City Council rejects fine for parents in ‘teen takeover’ ordinance. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/19318181/
NBC5
— Naperville man says he doesn’t regret burning cross in Grant Park, explains motive
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/i-dont-regret-it-man-explains-motive-for-burning-cross-in-nbc-5-exclusive/3949697/
— New Illinois law will change driver’s test policies for senior citizens. The bill officially goes into effect July 1.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/new-illinois-law-will-change-drivers-test-policies-for-senior-citizens/3950213/
FOX32
— Chicago alder wants to crack down on parents of kids involved in teen takeovers, other crimes. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-parents-crackdown-teen-takeovers-proposal
WBEZ
— A quarter-million student borrowers in Illinois need a new repayment plan. DD: Back in the good old days, I graduated debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21 in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE that I had bought new. The money came from what I earned worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office for 25 months and full-time for 9 months 1966-1969. In today’s dollars, my salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour. My parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/06/17/many-student-loan-borrowers-in-illinois-need-a-new-repayment-plan-what-to-know-as-save-plan-ends
WGN RADIO
— DD: The Democrat mainstream news media continues to treat Pat Brady like he is still the chairman of the Illinois Republican Party.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-the-presidential-and-mayoral-runs/amp/
SOUTHERN
— Rep. Paul Jacobs was appointed Wednesday to fill the vacant 59th District Senate seat following a unanimous vote of Republican county chairpersons from across Southern Illinois.
https://thesouthern.com/news/gop-leaders-appoint-jacobs-to-vacant-senate-seat/article_62c1348e-5bb8-5dd6-a1f6-aab2e4ce5041.html
STATELINE
— Pritzker blames federal policies for rising Illinois cost of living as inflation concerns grow. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/pritzker-blames-federal-policies-for-rising-illinois-cost-of-living-as-inflation-concerns-grow/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Nearly half of Americans don’t consider themselves a Democrat or Republican. DD: My critics/opponents want me to leave the Republican Party. They want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They want me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, They want the Republican Party to officially change its name to the Democrat Lite Party. According to them, I am far too conservative. They reject planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote. They reject the 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) planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/almost-half-in-new-poll-dont-consider-themselves-democrats-or-republicans/
LABOR TRIBUNE
— The Illinois Federation of Teachers and the Illinois Education Association have joined educator union leaders from across the country in urging governors to reject participation in President Trump’s federal private school voucher tax credit program and publicly reaffirm their commitment to public education. DD: My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. Because he sent my brother and me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools, he had less money. Because of that, I had to work my way through college. Because of that, my ACT score and my GPA suffered. But nevertheless, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://labortribune.com/two-largest-unions-in-illinois-join-national-letter-from-educators-urging-democratic-governors-to-keep-out-of-trumps-federal-voucher-scheme/
DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders create an “Affordability Crisis” and then blame it on Trump.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/videos/view/durbin-condemns-president-trumps-inaction-during-affordability-crisis
WHEATON
— DD: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/13915?fileID=19694
ILLINOIZE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump against Republicans.
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/governors-race-between-pritzker-trump
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— School Attendance Down 10%!
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/17/school-attendance-down-10/
— Two Local Legislators Sponsor Rational Revision of Drivers License Law Ending Discrimination Against Senior Citizens
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/17/two-local-legislators-sponsor-rational-revision-of-drivers-license-law-ending-discrimination-against-senior-citizens/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Congressional candidate Christian Maxwell caught in teen takeover. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_c1637b84-8e8c-4196-b908-6f27216d806d.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DEI must be stopped.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4611193/dei-wont-disappear-until-intesectionality-is-stopped/
NEW YORK POST
— Federal government seeks to halt first US reparations program for black people. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/17/us-news/federal-government-seeks-to-halt-first-us-reperations-program-for-black-people/
AMERICAN THINKER
— California announces gay ‘certification’ program. It’s nothing but an Orwellian scheme to declare whether someone is ‘gay enough.’
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/california_announces_gay_certification_program.html
— Battling ‘Pride’ month with religious faith initiatives. DD: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/battling_pride_month_with_religious_faith_initiatives.html
BREITBART
— Chicago Cross Burning Hate Hoax Committed by Asian, Anti-Trump Leftist
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/17/nolte-chicago-cross-burning-hate-hoax-committed-by-asian-anti-trump-leftist/
— Federal government seeks to halt the first U.S. reparations program for Black people. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/federal-government-seeks-to-halt-the-first-u-s-reparations-program-for-black-people/
— States Beginning to Roll Back Free Healthcare for Illegals. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance since 1966 and then also paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/17/states-beginning-to-roll-back-free-healthcare-for-illegals/
— Mamdani-Backed Democrat: ‘All Deportations Are Wrong’ — Even for Convicted Murderers & Child Rapists.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/17/mamdani-backed-democrat-deporting-illegal-aliens-convicted-of-child-rape-murder-kidnapping-is-discriminatory/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Immigration — Rules and Reality
https://cis.org/Vara/Immigration-Rules-and-Reality
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some of the most basic of rules that apply to any person seeking to reside in another country indefinitely: 1. Assimilate. Keep your ethnic roots, but adhere to the norms of the society that you seek to join and claim to want to be a part of. 2. Contribute. Don’t look around at what other people have and expect that they will give it to you. Instead, open your eyes and see that in this country, much more so than in most countries, you have the opportunity to show what you are made of and not only get those things for yourself, but maybe even get more if you have what it takes. 3. Be Grateful. You may never be a billionaire, a millionaire, or even a high-net-worth individual. But in this country, those willing to work and realistically accept where they are at in their lives at any given moment will always have a home and a relatively good life. Certainly as compared to other countries, especially countries like Mexico and many of those in Latin America, Africa, and the non-affluent Middle East. Until and if you make it, you may have to live in a poor neighborhood. You may have to drive an old beat-up pick-up truck vs. a BMW. You might have to buy your clothes at Walmart vs. Neiman’s. And you may have to eat at Dominos, McDonalds, or a Taco Shack vs. Morton’s or Ruth’s Chris. But life will still be better than if you were back home in whatever third-world country you fled from to come here. Most importantly, in this country you will continue to have the chance to advance to an even better life. In some cases, far beyond your wildest dreams. 4. Obey the Rules. Whether you accept them or not, laws dictate. Violate the laws and risk your freedom and your ability to remain here. If you truly value the opportunity that has been handed to you, think twice before you take the risk. 5. Accept Reality. Immigration enforcement is not about racism. It is about the laws and norms of a nation and its society. Wealth and wealth-building are not dictated by racism. Neither is investment strategy. Neither is social stratification. Neither is living in a multi-million-dollar home vs. a $50,000 home. Neither is driving a very expensive car vs. driving a very inexpensive one. Neither is owning a yacht vs. owning a dinghy. . .6. Don’t Expect of Americans what Americans Should Not Expect of Others. Except for the extremely naive or foolish, Americans are not moving to Mexico or any other country and trying to get them to speak English.)
CITY JOURNAL
— The Justice Department Restores Equality. The Office of Legal Counsel concluded that disparate-impact guidelines encourage employers to engage in racial discrimination, violating the U.S. Constitution. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders have always used disparate-impact to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/equal-opportunity-commission-disparate-impact-racial-discrimination
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Racial Discrimination, Pure and Simple’: Trump Administration Challenges Reparations Plan in Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/17/racial-discrimination-trump-administration-challenges-reparations/
— The Federal Trade Commission and four attorneys general filed a groundbreaking lawsuit Wednesday, aiming to hold the World Professional Association for Transgender Health accountable for allegedly deceptive trade practices, an action that may dismantle the child gender mutilation pipeline.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/17/trump-admin-cuts-right-heart-child-transgender-mutilation-pipeline/
FEDERALIST
— Chicago Cross Burning Is Latest Example Of Left-Wing Extremism Being Blamed On GOP
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/17/chicago-cross-burning-is-latest-example-of-left-wing-extremism-being-blamed-on-gop/
— Letting everyone into your country, regardless of their culture or willingness to assimilate, is not Christian charity. It’s chaos and civilizational collapse.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/16/pope-leo-says-migrants-should-integrate-and-obey-the-law/
— Why Americans Are Falling Out Of Love With LGBT ‘Pride’
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/16/why-americans-are-falling-out-of-love-with-lgbt-pride/
— The Left Never Loved Athletic Activism, Just Athletes Who Agreed With Them
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/17/the-left-never-loved-athletic-activism-just-athletes-who-agreed-with-them/
— DOJ Rejects Legal Theory (Disparate Impact) That Pushed Employers Into DEI Quotas
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/17/doj-rejects-legal-theory-that-pushed-employers-into-dei-quotas/
— Hawley Demands MLB Answer For ‘Pattern Of Discrimination’ Against Christians
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/16/hawley-demands-mlb-answer-for-pattern-of-discrimination-against-christians/
— Biden’s Border Crisis Will Return If We Don’t Close These Loopholes Now.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/18/bidens-border-crisis-will-return-if-we-dont-close-these-loopholes-now/
FOX NEWS
— Naperville student says cross burning in city park was anti-Trump MAGA protest, not racism. UIC student who claimed responsibility told NBC his protest ‘had nothing to do with race.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-student-says-cross-burning-city-park-anti-trump-maga-protest-not-racism
— Only 27 percent of Democrats will display American flag on July 4. Nearly one-quarter of Democrats say they won’t celebrate Independence Day this year. DD: Ever-increasingly, to punish Trump, Democrats punish America.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/27-percent-democrats-display-american-flag-july-4-poll
— Trump admin wants to stop Illinois city’s reparations effort for ‘simply handing out money based on race.’ Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon says simply handing out money based on race ‘is illegal.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-admin-wants-stop-illinois-citys-reparations-effort-simply-handing-out-money-based-race
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump-Hating Asian Naperville UIC Student Planted Burning Cross in Chicago Park. “During an interview with Chuck Goudie, Lu shared that he had little knowledge of the Klan.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/06/trump-hating-asian-student-from-u-illinois-planted-burning-cross-in-chicago-park/
PATRIOT POST
— The Democrats’ Patriotism Gap. It’s not all about Trump. Democrats were less proud of the country than Republicans were even when Obama and Biden were president. DD: Ever-increasingly, to punish Trump, Democrats punish America.
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/128433-the-democrats-patriotism-gap-2026-06-17
PJ MEDIA
— Sodom and Gomorrica: ‘Straight out of Trumpland’
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2026/06/17/sodom-and-gomorrica-straight-out-of-trumpland-n4954051
TOWNHALL
— Who Will Be Held Accountable for the Border Policies of the Biden Years? DD: Who will be held responsible for the destruction of GAO during the Bowsher years? Who will be held responsible for Republican losses in Illinois starting in 2002?
https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-abraham/2026/06/17/who-will-be-held-accountable-for-the-border-policies-of-the-biden-years-n2677838
— Democrats are proving to be thoroughly anti-patriotic as the World Cup ramps up. DD: Ever-increasingly, to punish Trump, Democrats punish America.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/06/16/look-who-these-democrats-are-supporting-in-the-world-cup-hint-its-not-the-united-states-n2677867
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/experts-call-for-rethinking-traditional-marriage-roles-amid-strain-on-women/ss-AA25whgN
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/06/15/what-is-american-dream-redefined/90359600007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push Black men to be LGBTQers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/16/black-gay-men-elijah-manley-shevrin-jones-congress/90505389007/
PEW RESEACCH & BROOKINGS & GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, those who have demographics that vote for Republicans cause all the problems that those who have demographics that vote for Democrats have. That is, that those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time cause all the problems that those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/05/20/views-of-how-much-discrimination-racial-and-ethnic-groups-in-the-u-s-face/
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-demographics-of-racial-inequality-in-the-united-states/
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2024/12/federal-workforce-generally-more-diverse-us-population-gaps-persist/401546/
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL & HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Performance evaluations. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use the subjectivity in their performance evaluations to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/gender-race-identity/self-ratings-and-bias-performance-reviews
https://hbr.org/2019/01/why-most-performance-evaluations-are-biased-and-how-to-fix-them
ROBERT REICH
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. 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, or veteran who would take the job. GAO would not have hired me if I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt and earned an MBA. IRS would not have hired me if I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business. The Post Office would not have hired me if I had not passed the postal employment test and earned a high school diploma.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/experience-knowledge-and-talent-need
LA PROGRESSIVE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/anti-black-racism-in-america
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MEAWW
— Kristi Noem reveals intelligence on secret China pipeline moving migrants into US.
https://news.meaww.com/kristi-noem-reveals-intelligence-on-alleged-secret-china-pipeline-moving-migrants-into-us
FROM OTHER SOURCES
VETTE REGISTRY
— Mid America Motorworks Facility in Effingham Leveled by Tornado. DD: My wife and I have attended many Corvette Funfest events there, but not recently. I have spoken with founder Mike Yager many times, but not recently.
https://www.vetteregistry.net/vrforums/all-vettes-discussion/breaking-mid-america-motoworks-facility-leveled-by-tornado/560358/
