FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump signs executive orders that target birthright citizenship. One of the orders bans “birth tourism.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-signs-executive-orders-target-birthright-citizenship/19637385/
NBC5
— Data shows costly CPS program fails to make the grade.
https://www-nbcchicago-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/nbc-5-investigates-costly-cps-program-fails-to-make-the-grade/3971089/
CBS2
— Chicago-based DJ Tunjo and partner in ICE custody after arrest at Midway Airport.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-dj-tunjo-ice-arrest-midway-airport/
— Trump issues new executive orders aimed at birthright citizenship after Supreme Court ruling.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-new-executive-orders-birthright-citizenship/
— Feds threaten to prosecute Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart if ICE can’t access jail.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cook-county-sheriff-tom-ice-jall-prosecution-threat/
FOX32
— Why some of Gen Z is embracing socialism. DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-xj16ea8s8zh2p1ki
— Dr. Fauci held in contempt of Congress by Senate committee.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dr-fauci-held-contempt-congress-senate-committee
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Feds threatened Sheriff Tom Dart with criminal charges over access to jail for immigration enforcement.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/06/cook-county-sheriff-tom-dart-ice-threat/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ICE threatens to file criminal charges against Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart for not turning over inmates. The Trump administration sent similar threats to the sheriff of Minnesota’s Hennepin County, which was targeted in an aggressive deportation campaign after Operation Midway Blitz rocked the Chicago area.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/08/06/ice-tom-dart-trump-immigration
WSIU
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2026-08-06/trump-administration-adds-roadblocks-for-people-seeking-asylum-in-the-u-s
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/08/07/why-rhymefest-hit-the-brakes-01028419
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/08/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-573/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AWAKE ILLINOIS
— Girls Have Civil Rights. Defend Them: Launch Of Title IX Resource Hub, Yesterday’s Chicago Press Conference, and the Federal Appeal to Protect Female Students
https://www.awakeil.com/profile/3b879406-9747-41d2-862b-0b7a049c31d4/profile
MCHENRY COIUNTY BLOG
— Ness Scores National Legislative Position
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/01/ness-scores-national-legislative-position/
— Governor Signs Human Rights Bill He Says Provides Protections Federal Law Does Not
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/01/governor-signs-human-rights-bill-he-says-provides-protections-federal-law-does-not/
— Lake in the Hills Police Continue Helping State Police with FOID Cards
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/01/lake-in-the-hills-police-continue-helpingstate-police-with-foid-cards/
— Trump’s Corporate Welfare
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/02/trumps-corporate-welfare/
— Fauci vs. DeSantis: The Florida Governor Gets the Last Laugh
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/02/fauci-vs-desantis-the-florida-governor-gets-the-last-laugh/
— “Best States” Ranking: Illinois vs. Florida
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/02/best-states-ranking-illinois-vs-florida/
— Democrats Quarter Percent Sales Tax for Mass Transit Has Taken Effect
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/02/democrats-quarter-percent-sales-tax-for-mass-transit-went-into-effect-yesterday/
— Is This the Worst Prison in Illinois?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/03/is-this-the-worst-prison-in-illinois/
— Kirk Donald, Vice Chairman of the McHenry County Republican Party, Writes To His Precinct
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/03/kirk-donald-vice-chairman-of-the-mchenry-county-republican-party-writes-to-his-precinct/
— Corbett Critiques Pritzker’s 10-Day Sales Tax Holiday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/03/21521/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Nearly half of Americans see nothing good in socialism. DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/6/nearly-half-americans-see-nothing-good-socialism-poll/
— DOGE exaggerated its savings; GAO audit questions 96% of Musk office’s claims. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would have been no need for DOGE and my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/6/doge-exaggerated-savings-gao-audit-questions-96-elon-musk-offices/
— Marijuana’s lies are endangering Americans. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/6/marijuanas-lies-endangering-americans/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Post-woke America? Think again. DD: Democrats and RINOs will always use Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4677564/post-woke-america-think-again/
— Conservatives must embrace personal responsibility and reject victimhood. DD: Because I refused to become a Democrat, my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Because I refused to become a RINO, RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican wasted me and got rid of me.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4563730/conservatives-must-embrace-personal-responsibility-reject-victimhood/
NEW YORK POST
— The GOP has wrapped itself in a silly burrito beef while ignoring cheesed-off voters.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/06/opinion/the-gop-has-wrapped-itself-in-a-silly-burrito-beef-while-ignoring-cheesed-off-voters/
— Why some of America’s most desirable women only want to date older men. DD: 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. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ 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://nypost.com/2026/08/06/lifestyle/sugar-babies-are-rebranding-themselves/
AMAC
— The Bold New Proposal to Stop Socialism and Save the American Family. The Young American Family Act would end federal income taxes for married couples under 35 raising children. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors 1980-1997 a) decried the time and money that they spent raising their children and b) decried the little or no income that their spouses had. In anticipation of our having children, when my wife and I got married in 1978, we lived on just one of our salaries and saved as much as we could. But because we both had major fertility problems, we gave up trying to have children without trying IVF. We did not adopt or become foster parents. My Democrat GAO superiors used that against me viciously. According to them, if we had children, I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) to become a licensed CPA in 1981, f) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, and g) to buy a collector car in 1989. My Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I as being disgusting selfish rich DINKs. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. They knew full-well that both my wife and I had major fertility problems. Should I write about my Democrat GAO superiors?
https://amac.us/newsline/the-bold-new-proposal-to-stop-socialism-and-save-the-american-family
BREITBART
— Homeland Security and Transportation Departments Remove Hundreds More Illegal Migrant Truckers in Midwest.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/08/06/homeland-security-and-transportation-departments-remove-hundreds-more-illegal-migrant-truckers-in-midwest/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Socialist candidate Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan primary despite losing all counties with low shares of college degrees. DD: Everyone knows that to advance, you need a college degree. What were the reasons why you earned a college degree? For me, the main reason was my father’s often decrying his not having one. He had brittle type 1 diabetes from childhood. His doctors discouraged him from seeking a college degree because of the stress that would cause him. He often decried his being passed over for promotions. He often decried his not being able to keep up with Jones. He died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. The aforesaid motivated me to work my way through college and earn a college degree.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/socialist-candidate-abdul-el-sayed-wins-michigan-primary-despite-losing-counties-low-shares-college-degrees/30387
DAILY CALLER
— If Republicans Want To Beat Socialists, They Need To Acknowledge A Hard Truth. DD: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, because of Affirmative Action and DEI, it has been harder and harder and harder for White males to advance. Employers have ever-increasingly given more and more and more preference to minorities and to females. All my many coworkers who were minority and/or female who my superiors promoted over me were 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) no professional license like the one I had.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/08/06/opinion-republicans-socialists-hard-truth-michael-collins/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Americans Are Embracing Communism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/06/communism-jin-felt-iron-fist/
FOX BUSINESS
— Democratic leaders decline to rebuke party’s socialist wing. DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6402948356112
— Affordability crisis fuels support for Democratic Socialists of America. DD: When you were young, what did you do to afford things? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970; job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997; job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997; and a job-related professional license in 1981. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/larry-kudlow-democratic-party-socialism-unaffordable.amp
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6402925402112
— Why have Democratic socialists suddenly gotten ‘POWER?’ DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUYwGstzBJc
— Here’s the income needed to afford the typical American home. DD: What did you do to buy your first home? I bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 in 1972. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it and the down payment would have been about $36,000. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had just increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $92,200. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/heres-income-needed-afford-typical-american-home.amp
FOX NEWS
— Radical socialists had seized control of Democratic Party. DD: Moderates, that is, anti-conservatives, have seized control of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402964526112
NEW AMERICAN
— Far-left Think Tank: $2K-plus to Deport an Illegal Is Too Much. Data: Illegals Cost Taxpayers $150B Annually.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/far-left-think-tank-2k-plus-to-deport-an-illegal-is-too-much-data-illegals-cost-taxpayers-150b-annually/
NEWSMAX
— El-Sayed Win Exposes Dems’ Socialist Shift.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/greg-steube-abdul-el-sayed-michigan/2026/08/06/id/1265311/
— How the Socialist Tail Will Wag the Democrat Dog in the House.
https://www.newsmax.com/morris/dsa-house-jeffries/2026/08/06/id/1265321/
— Making Merit Great Again. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/making-merit-great-again-211350005.html
PJ MEDIA
— Socialism Keeps Returning Because America Keeps Forgetting.
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/08/06/socialism-keeps-returning-because-america-keeps-forgetting-n4955876
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— One Third of Democrats Now Call Themselves Socialists. DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/08/06/schweizer_one_third_of_democrats_now_call_themselves_socialists.html
— Socialism is Evil, But Why Is Socialism So Appealing To People With Less Money? DD: Under socialism, all you need to do to advance is to be a socialist. Under Democrats, all you need to do to advance is be a Democrat. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, b) who had less work experience than I had, c) who had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/08/06/vance_socialism_is_evil_but_we_have_to_ask_why_is_socialism_so_appealing_to_people_with_lower_assets_comments.html
TOWNHALL
— Testimonies From People Who Have Lived Under Socialism. DD: I have not lived under socialism, but I have lived under Democrats and under RINOs. They have no use for conservatives, if not despise conservatives, if not hate conservatives.
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2026/08/06/testimonies-from-people-who-have-lived-under-socialism-n2680743
— This Is How to Stop the Socialist Juggernaut. The victory of Abdul El-Sayed in the Democratic Party primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan confirms that socialism is gaining a foothold in America. Never mind that El-Sayed coyly claims that he is a “capitalist,” not a socialist nor a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). His policy platform reveals the truth. DD: Far too many falsely claim to be Republican to get leadership roles in Republican organizations and/or to get elected. Once in, they destroy the Republican Party. They have had great success in destroying the Republican Party in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. I should write about them.
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/08/07/this-is-how-to-stop-the-socialist-juggernaut-n2680828
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— GAO: DOGE’s “wall of receipts” riddled with inaccuracies and unsubstantiated claims. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would have been no need for DOGE and my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-wall-of-receipts-elon-musk-government-accountability-office/
— Trump denies U.S. running low on some munitions, says vast resupplies being produced. DD: I worked for GAO on an audit of the Department of Defense FY 1990 ammunition budget request. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/nsiad-90-23.pdf
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-us-munitions-shortages-iran-war/
— Democratic Socialist organizer says people “have been feeling left out.” DD: Because I am much too conservative for them, the following have left me out: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and d) my Democrat superiors in the federal government.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/democratic-socialist-people-have-been-feeling-left-out/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Moderate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant Left. One moderate group says the progressive wins are “deeply troubling” and is planning a $15 million effort against democratic socialism. DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/us/politics/democratic-party-socialists-moderates.html
— Gen Z Fell Out of Love With Work. DD: What generation are you? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970; job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997; job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997; and a job-related professional license in 1981. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/opinion/gen-z-ambition-millennials-career.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Socialism Is Here—and It’s Serious. As religion recedes, politics takes its place. As confidence fades, political movements grow radical. DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialism-is-hereand-its-serious-2b3fc422
— Can Democrats Resist Socialism? The signs aren’t good. Schumer backs El-Sayed and touts the party’s ‘big tent-ism.’ DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/can-democrats-resist-socialism-20092dff
— Why Democratic Socialism Feels Good. DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/why-democratic-socialism-feels-good-10adfbbe
BLOOMBERG
— Watch Affordability is Top Issue for Midterms. DD: When you were young, what did you do to afford things? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970; job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997; job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997; and a job-related professional license in 1981. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-06/affordability-is-top-issue-for-midterms-rep-clark-video
AFGE
— Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed for Election to U.S. Senate.
https://www.afge.org/publication/largest-federal-employee-union-endorses-michigans-abdul-elsayed-for-election-to-us-senate/
PHOENIX
— The myth of personal responsibility. DD: What do your critics/opponents attribute your successes to? My critics/opponents attribute my success to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, parent, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2016/09/15/the-myth-of-personal-responsibility/
GRIO
— More than 25 million young adults now live with their parents as affordability worsens. Experts say soaring rents, home prices and everyday costs are making independent living harder to afford. The financial pressures facing younger Americans are reshaping living arrangements across the country, with a record number of adults under 35 now living with their parents, according to new housing data. DD: What did you do to buy your first home? I bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 in 1972. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it and the down payment would have been about $36,000. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had just increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $92,200. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://thegrio.com/2026/08/06/record-young-adults-living-with-parents-housing-costs/
