FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/07/24/chaotic-crowded-chicago-immigration-mega-court-hearings-are-fueling-record-deportation-orders
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Journalists discuss free press challenges. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I am not a journalist a) because I do not have a degree in journalism, b) because no one pays me for what I do as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) because all the money needed for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and for my www.gopillinois.com website comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings, d) because either my newsletters nor my website contain any advertising or donation requests, e) because I do not claim to be nonpartisan, f) because I state that and because I am conservative Republican, and g) because I state that and because I am an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman. My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact a) that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years 1980-1997, b) that what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do, and c) that during my last 11 years at GAO, my salary increased from $118,984/year to $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/24/journalists-discuss-free-press-challenges/
FOX32
— Chicago crime: 5 killed, 4 wounded in 6 shootings from Thursday into Friday.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-crime-5-killed-4-shootings-thursday-friday
WTTW
— What Happened to the American Dream? DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? I worked my way through college and 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://news.wttw.com/2026/07/23/what-happened-american-dream-new-documentary-asks-1000-people-across-50-states
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats to finalize their 2028 presidential nominating calendar, led by more diverse states. DD: The Democrat Party ever-increasingly moves further to the left.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-to-finalize-their-2028-presidential-nominating-calendar-led-by-more-diverse-states/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Illinois election integrity advocate Carol Davis says Trump’s allegations mirror concerns raised by state watchdogs.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/illinois-election-integrity-advocate-says-trumps-allegations-mirror-concerns-raised-by-state-watchdogs/article_d4d50eef-73ed-4ff2-9418-c13f0bf500a2.html
CWB CHICAGO
— Robbery suspect caught trying to cut off ankle monitor with bolt cutters at Home Depot.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/07/robbery-suspect-caught-trying-to-cut-off-ankle-monitor-with-bolt-cutters-at-home-depot.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/24/illinois-sexual-harassment-harry-benton-01010509
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-777/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— What’s Happening to Illinois Ex-Pats Running for Congress in Florida?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/23/whats-happening-to-illinois-ex-pats-running-for-congress-in-florida/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— It’s Time for the DOJ Civil Rights Division to Investigate Speaker Chris Welch and Illinois House Democratic Leadership.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/its-time-for-the-doj-civil-rights-division-to-investigate-speaker-chris-welch-and-illinois-house-democratic-leadership.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sitting judge posts ‘F*** ICE’: The shocking double standard of Illinois courts.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4659330/judge-ramirez-f-ice-post-double-standard-illinois-courts/
— DHS has issued $84 billion in fines to illegal immigrants who won’t go home.
DHS Announces More Than $84 Billion in Civil Fines Issued to Illegal Aliens
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Racial quota reckoning: Merit just got a deadline. DD: Since the 1960s, everyone above me has been under ever-increasing pressure to give more preference to those who do not share my demographics, that is, they have been under ever-increasing pressure to discriminate against those who share my demographics.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4660403/racial-quota-reckoning-federal-contracting/
— Establishment Democrats risk extinction as socialism rises.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/4660428/establishment-democrats-risk-extinction-socialism-rises-joe-concha/
— Will Democrats pick Harris or a socialist? Primary calendar may give early clue.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4659947/harris-socialist-democrats-2028-primary-calendar/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Socialism goes mainstream in America, and no one is stopping it. It was bad enough when they’d crept into all the American institutions. Now they’re getting elected to national office.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/socialism-goes-mainstream-in-america-and-no-one-is-stopping-it/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘They Don’t Know What It’s Like’: Communism Survivors Question Why Americans Like Marxism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/23/communism-survivors-question/
— Trump Axes Regulations Pushing Race-Based School Discipline.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/23/education-department-strikes-regulations-requiring-racial-quotas-in-school-discipline/
DAILY WIRE
— New Republican Amnesty Bill Ignites Ire Of Immigration Hardliners. “Vote every single one of them out in a massive wave, and replace them with real immigration hawks.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-republican-amnesty-bill-ignites-ire-of-immigration-hardliners
FEDERALIST
— Every American Needs To Know That Socialism Is Slavery.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/23/every-american-needs-to-know-that-socialism-is-slavery/
— Congress Spotlights American Bar Association’s Dance With The DEI Devil.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/23/congress-spotlights-american-bar-associations-dance-with-the-dei-devil/
FOX BUSINESS
— How America reached a political tipping point for socialism. The storm began with the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/how-america-reached-political-tipping-point-socialism.amp
FOX NEWS
— Laura Ingraham: They KNOW socialism is anti-American.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401968228112
— Partisan divide on capitalism and socialism. DD: To destroy Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401934457112
— Democratic Party’s socialist wing gains ground. DD: To destroy Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401954225112
— Trump heads back to correspondents’ dinner months after gunfire forced evacuation. The WHCA will honor Secret Service Officer Gonzales for his role in stopping the armed suspect at the Washington Hilton.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-heads-back-correspondents-dinner-months-after-gunfire-forced-evacuation
HOMELAND SECURITY
— DHS Announces More Than $84 Billion in Civil Fines Issued to Illegal Aliens.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/07/23/dhs-announces-more-84-billion-civil-fines-issued-illegal-aliens
PJ MEDIA
— Communism-Socialism, Islam: How to Meet the Threats?
https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/07/23/communismsocialism-islam-how-to-meet-the-threats-n4955364
POST MILLENNIAL
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson aims to give ‘reparations’ to illegal immigrants, residents impacted by ICE.
https://thepostmillennial.com/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-aims-to-give-reparations-to-illegal-immigrants-residents-impacted-by-ice
— Brandon Gill, Jim Banks draft bill to classify birth tourists as ‘invaders,’ prevent automatic citizenship. The legislation comes as Justice Kavanaugh left the door open for Congress to adjust who is not eligible for birthright citizenship.
https://thepostmillennial.com/brandon-gill-jim-banks-draft-bill-to-classify-birth-tourists-as-invaders-prevent-automatic-citizenship
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump on Democratic Socialists: “They’re Highly Educated, But Doing Very Poorly; In Other Words, They’re Losers”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/07/23/trump_on_democratic_socialists_theyre_highly_educated_but_doing_very_poorly_in_other_words_theyre_losers.html
— Trump: Communists Promise “Free Rent, Free House,” But Deliver “Squalor, Poverty, Death, And Destruction”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/07/23/trump_communists_promise_a_free_house_but_they_deliver_absolute_squalor_poverty_death_and_destruction.html
STATES TOP LEADING NEWS
— 9.5 Million Student Loan Defaults: Systemic Failure or Personal Choice? DD: What percent of those who took out student loans had no intent of paying those loans back? I never sought a student loan or got a student loan. I worked my way through college. Because of that, my GPA suffered. That harmed my job searches. Students who took out student loan should be expected to have much higher GPAs than those who had to work their way through college.
https://www.stl.news/9-5-million-student-loan-defaults/
U.S. HOUSE
— DEI Erodes Integrity of Law Schools and the Legal Profession.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-dei-erodes-integrity-of-law-schools-and-the-legal-profession/
TOWNHALL
— Chicago Is Broke, but the Mayor Is Floating Another Plan for Reparations.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/23/brandon-johnson-reparations-for-ice-n2679998
— The Democratic Socialists of America vs. the United States of America.
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/07/24/the-democratic-socialists-of-america-vs-the-united-states-of-america-n2679963
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— DD: To destroy Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/23/politics/republicans-capitalism-socialism-poll
AOL
— Voters should take Democratic Socialists at their word.
https://www.aol.com/articles/voters-democratic-socialists-word-opinion-090848000.html
CBS NEWS
— Career limiting decisions. DD: What were the biggest decisions that you made that limited your career? I spent far too many hours working to earn money to buy new cars instead of studying. I avoided the Vietnam War draft with draft deferments. I majored in management instead of accounting. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass on my first attempt the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. When I became federal employee when I was 18, I refused to become a Democrat and I never became a Democrat. I ever-increasingly complained about my Democrat superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid discrimination when I was 40.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/10-career-limiting-mistakes-to-avoid/
NEW YORK TIMES
— To Win Their Races, Black Politicians Confront a New Landscape. With the Voting Rights Act weakened, Black representation will depend less on Black voters and more on broad, multiracial appeal or on ideological outsider campaigns. As majority-Black districts are blown up one by one, the future of Black representation in Congress could look something like Yorkville, Ill., where Representative Lauren Underwood joined the town parade on the Fourth of July. The congresswoman and her parents were among the few Black people in a sea of white faces along the mile-long route.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/us/politics/black-representation-voting-rights-act.html
— Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace? DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they ever-increasingly a) assigned me to work for their female employees, b) stressed to them that I opposed gender base preference giving, and/or c) had them waste my career and get rid of me. During my last 8 years that I worked for GAO all my superiors were females. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/opinion/women-workplace-feminism-conservative.html
— Google Is Building an A.I. Fence Around the Internet It Once Championed. As Google incorporates more artificial intelligence into search, people are spending more time on Google. Some website operators are crying foul. DD: The Democrats who run Google ever-increasingly a) steer everyone to websites that promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party platform and b) steer everyone away from websites that promote conservative principles and the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/technology/google-ai-open-web.html
— Biking to work: Tips to get started, stay safe and look presentable when you arrive. DD: I walked to/from work and evening classes 1974-1978. I first walked to/from my Outer Drive East studio condo and then my ODE one bedroom condo to my IRS job in the Loop and first to graduate evening business classes at Loyola and then to graduate evening accounting classes at DePaul.
https://www.newstimes.com/living/article/biking-to-work-tips-to-get-started-stay-safe-22357001.php
NEW YORK SUN
— The Socialists Await the Gullible. The leftist surge in America is shadowed by the incompatibility of Marxism and civil liberties.
https://www.nysun.com/article/the-socialists-await-the-gullible
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The ‘Bernie Bros’ Could Spoil Democrats’ Midterms. Republicans will make even moderate opponents answer for the radical views of DSA candidates.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-bernie-bros-could-spoil-democrats-midterms-0e6e6289
— How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, by JD Vance. His online minions attack me fiercely over last week’s column. They should hear what my kids call me. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-to-lose-friends-and-alienate-people-by-jd-vance-a6a1d5fe
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over many years of writing pieces critical of politicians, my Republican targets mostly took the beatings like men, many going so far as to acknowledge—if only in confidence—that they probably deserved it. Not so Vice President JD Vance, and his dreary band of online enforcers. This egotism—or rather, insecurity—is worth analyzing. This column reported last week on the bitterness Mr. Vance’s congressional colleagues are feeling over his continual absence. In recent administrations, governing majorities have come to rely on the vice president—who is ex officio Senate president—to act as primary liaison between the White House and Congress. Mr. Vance has blown off this important if unsung duty, preferring to stay in the spotlight. Tempers hit a boil last week when—at a pivotal legislative moment—Mr. Vance canceled a planned Tuesday House meeting in favor of appearing on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” where he bashed Congress. Republicans have mostly held their tongues on Mr. Vance out of deference. But the vice president has shown a lot of lefty leg lately: undermining Israel, panning free markets, touting a Christian-themed big-government agenda. That’s in addition to what many Republicans view as Mr. Vance’s naive approach to Iran. That elected Republicans were joining conservative commentators in a Vance rethink was worthy of reporting. And most readers would have seen the column for what it was: part of a growing GOP debate over who should lead the party in 2028. Team Vance saw it as it sees any slight: an all-hands call to delegitimize a critic—to brand her a RINO, “establishment,” a liar, a captive tool, or part of some anti-JD “op.” The Vance press team contacted my editors to demand corrections. They wanted a mea culpa for what I didn’t write—namely that Mr. Vance had showed up to the House . . . on Wednesday. Never mind that Congress’s anger stemmed from Mr. Vance’s decision to ditch them for Mr. Rogan’s program. They claimed that wasn’t “the reason” for canceling, though they didn’t provide an alternative explanation. What else was Mr. Vance doing in Austin, Texas? Their final complaint was a hair-splitting gotcha: I wrote that “lawmakers can count on a few fingers the times former Sen. Vance has set foot in the Capitol.” That’s what lawmakers told me. Mr. Vance’s spokesman insisted the vice president had been there more than two dozen times since taking office. The phrase obviously referred to the infrequency with which Mr. Vance huddled with members of Congress to solve problems and wasn’t a literal count of the number of times he was physically present to attend a speech or break a tie. Mr. Vance’s real bully-boy strength shows up with his online army, where a retinue of “influencers” and “journalists” stand ready with an arsenal of labels, whataboutisms and falsehoods. The tactics aren’t new. They are straight-up Saul Alinsky—pick the target, freeze it, personalize and polarize it—long practiced by the left. I wrote a whole book about that, “The Intimidation Game.” What is new is for the right to use such means in an effort to shut down conservative dissent.)
— Biden officials predicted 17,000 arbitration disputes a year under the No Surprises Act. In 2026 there were 2.6 million. DD: I have been a FINRA arbitrator since 1998.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/surprise-billing-act-health-insurance-providers-15c1eadb
— For Sale: The Childhood Home of Conservative Commentator William F. Buckley Jr. The historic Connecticut property, which dates back to 1812, was visited by influential figures like Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger and Sylvia Plath.
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/william-buckley-jr-childhood-home-connecticut-cc241ca2
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise everything that is foreign.
https://www.bloomberg.com/sessions/2026-07-28/live-q-amp-a-is-the-american-dream-fading-for-international-students
FORBES
— Women Don’t Have A Merit Problem. They Have A Sponsor Problem. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me when I was 23 in 1972, 23, and 25. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me when I was 38. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or a veteran. All the women who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaheenajanjuhajivrajeurope/2026/07/24/women-dont-have-a-merit-problem-they-have-a-sponsor-problem/
MOTLEY FOOL
— Why COLAs Have Lost Retirees 14% of Their Buying Power Since 2016. DD: My critics/opponents were, are, and will always be furious a) that I got COLAs when I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and b) that I have gotten COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997 and as a Social Security recipient since 2010.
https://www.aol.com/articles/why-colas-lost-retirees-14-152000000.html
HARVARD CRIMSON
— Students Still Want Public Service. They Just Don’t Want Washington Right Now. Students and faculty say the traditional pipeline from the school into the federal government has narrowed — and with it, the assumption that a degree from the school leads directly to a career in Washington. DD: I worked for GAO 1980-1997. While Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996, he did everything that he could to get rid the agency’s employees who had degrees in business, accounting, and finance and to replace them with employees who had degrees in public administration from Ivy league universities. That rendered worthless a) my having earned an MBA in 1976, b) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, f) my earning four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, g) and my earning a master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/4/6/hks-public-service/
WEST CENTRAL TRIBUNE
— Cal Thomas: Who are our domestic enemies? “The ignorant and sometimes deliberate voters who support the DSA agenda should be careful what they wish for.”
https://www.wctrib.com/opinion/columns/cal-thomas-who-are-our-domestic-enemies
TRILL MAGAZINE
— The American Dream Is Expensive. Is Democratic Socialism the Answer? Rising costs and changing expectations are driving a new generation of Americans to rethink the future of the American Dream. DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? I worked my way through college and 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://www.trillmag.com/news/politics/the-american-dream-is-expensive-is-democratic-socialism-the-answer/
JD SUPRA
— What Employers Need to Know About the EEOC’s Rescission of Affirmative Action Guidelines and Enforcement Priorities. DD: Since the 1960s, Democrats and RINOs have used Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/what-employers-need-to-know-about-the-2097270/
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
— Affordability For All: It’s Time To Rescue The American Dream. DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? I worked my way through college and 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://nul.org/news/affordability-all-its-time-rescue-american-dream
