GOP
— Night 1 of the 2026 Republican Convention.
https://www.youtube.com/live/mEGhDftKRJo
NBC NEWS
— President Trump delivers remarks at the Republican midterm convention.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/president-trump-delivers-remarks-at-the-republican-midterm-convention-269584453987
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Pritzker, Bailey take competing messages to Dallas GOP midterm convention.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/il-gov-jb-pritzker-candidate-darren-bailey-take-competing-messages-republican-2026-midterm-convention-trump-prominent/19811890/
— Fetterman makes surprise video appearance at GOP midterm convention.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/democratic-pa-sen-john-fetterman-makes-surprise-video-appearance-gop-midterm-convention/19812643/
— A field of 2,977 flags, one for every first responder and civilian killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, is on display in Oak Brook as families, volunteers and visitors gather to remember the victims and their stories.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/911-news-healing-fields-memorial-made-thousands-american-flags-seeks-humanize-attacks-twin-towers-pentagon/19812691/
— 25 years later, 9/11 victims hope newly uncovered records will help illuminate Saudis’ alleged role. Victims’ families are pressing President Trump to declassify more materials.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/25-years-later-911-victims-hope-newly-uncovered-records-will-help-illuminate-saudis-alleged-role/19811041/
NBC5
— Pritzker, Bailey trade barbs over governor’s trip to Texas for midterm RNC.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pritzker-bailey-trade-barbs-over-governors-trip-to-texas-for-midterm-rnc/3986758/
FOX32
— Making the grade: Hinsdale South students score perfect 36s on the ACT. DD: What harmed your ACT score? For me, it was my spending far too many hours washing dishes for the minimum wage instead of studying.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/making-the-grade-hinsdale-south-students-score-perfect-36s-on-the-act
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republicans slam Democrats, declare devotion to Trump and get a boost from unlikely source during midterm convention.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/09/republicans-dallas-midterm-convention/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/09/08/chicago-trans-community-discrimination-steinberg
DAILY HERALD
— ‘Charlie inspired them’: Supporters still grieving Kirk a year after shooting.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260909/news/charlie-inspired-them-supporters-still-grieving-kirk-a-year-after-shooting/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Bally’s blinks on $4 million threat in Chicago gambling fight. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more gambling, pot, and other vices. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-ballys-brandon-johnson-video-gambling-20260909/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— NIU fall 2026 enrollment down 1.7% from last year; 17% over past decade.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2026-09-09/niu-fall-2026-enrollment-down-1-7-from-last-year-17-over-past-decade
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
— The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign continued a trend of enrollment milestones with a record-breaking class for the fall 2026 semester, marking the third consecutive year the university has tallied its largest-ever first-year class.
https://news.illinois.edu/illinois-welcomes-its-largest-freshman-class-ever-in-another-record-enrollment-year/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— These 61 organizations will receive $3.5M in Illinois local food grants. State program will serve 35 counties in effort to keep food local.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/these-61-organizations-will-receive-3-5m-in-illinois-local-food-grants/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-591/
— Pritzker joins Texas Democrats, deflects questions about 2028 presidential race.
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/09/pritzker-joins-texas-democrats-deflects-questions-about-2028-presidential-race/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker in Texas, calls out Trump ‘dementia.’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_55dd8fb0-da81-46ae-a1e5-486675a6a52b.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Report from the Man That the Duck Tape Guy Attacked on American Flight 618
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/09/report-from-the-man-that-the-duck-tape-man-attacked-on-american-flight-618/
— Brother of Rosemont Village President and State Rep. Brad Stephens Steps Down from Jr. College Board Chairmanship after Harvard Felony Arrest
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/06/brother-of-rosemont-village-president-and-state-rep-brad-stephens-steps-down-from-jr-college-board-chairmanship-after-felony-arrest/
— Pritzker Not Even Included in Presidential Poll by Harvard CAPS Harrris
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/06/pritzker-not-even-included-in-presidential-poll-by-harvard-caps-harrris/
— Background on Pritzker Family Money
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/06/background-on-pritzker-family-money/
— Daniel Biss Coming to McHenry County Part of His Congressional District to Campaign with County Board Candidate Dee Darling
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/09/daniel-biss-coming-to-mchenry-county-part-of-his-congressional-district-to-campaign-with-county-board-candidate-dee-darling/
— Corbett Proposes Revamped Legislative Ethics Commission
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/09/corbett-proposes-revamped-legislative-ethics-commission/
— Wirepoints Founder Questions State Treasurer Michael Freichs’ Low Yield & Special Interest Investment Policy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/09/wirepoints-founder-questions-state-treasurer-michael-freichs-low-yield-special-interest-investment-policy/
— Lakewood to Assume Public Works Projects in Union Through an Intergovernmental Agreement
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/09/lakewood-to-assume-public-works-projects-in-union-through-an-intergovernmental-agreement/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Fetterman flashes bipartisan chops with surprise video message at GOP convention.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/9/john-fetterman-flashes-bipartisan-chops-surprise-video-message-gop/
— A year after Charlie Kirk assassination, Utah Valley University shuts down campus for memorial.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/9/year-charlie-kirk-assassination-utah-valley-university-shuts-campus/
— One year later, Charlie Kirk’s voice still carries. He taught an entire generation that America is worth fighting for.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/9/one-year-later-charlie-kirks-voice-still-carries/
— America backslides on Sept. 11’s hard lessons about IDs, intel agencies and ports of entry.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/9/america-backslides-sept-11s-hard-lessons-ids-intel-agencies-ports/
— Never forget 9/11 means fighting the ideological war. America cannot defeat terrorism while refusing to confront the beliefs behind it.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/8/never-forget-911-means-fighting-ideological-war/
NEW YORK POST
— On a day to never forget, too many have overlooked what happened on 9/11.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/09/opinion/on-a-day-to-never-forget-too-many-have-overlooked-what-happened-on-9-11/
— UC Berkeley Law intentionally discriminated against white, Asian applicants.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/09/us-news/uc-berkeley-law-intentionally-discriminated-against-white-asian-applicants-doj/
BREITBART
— Trump Administration Seeks to Exclude Illegal Aliens, Foreign Visitors from 2030 Census.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/09/trump-administration-seeks-to-exclude-illegal-aliens-foreign-visitors-from-2030-census/
— Pritzker Claims Democrats Have Ideas People Really Want to Vote For. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/09/illinois-tds-gov-jb-pritzker-claims-democrats-have-ideas-people-really-want-vote/
FOX NEWS
— Potential Dem presidential contender crashes GOP convention, tries to snatch spotlight from Trump. Pritzker charges Trump and GOP trying to ‘rig’ midterm elections.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/potential-dem-presidential-contender-crashes-trumpalooza-tries-snatch-spotlight-trump
NEWSMAX
— Trump Admin Seeks to Exclude Illegals From Census.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/trump-admin-census-immigrants/2026/09/09/id/1268869/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pritzker: Vance is Trump’s ‘chief bootlicker.’
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6080162-pritzker-calls-vance-bootlicker/
CBS NEWS
— Fetterman appears at RNC midterm convention in surprise video.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fetterman-video-rnc-republican-gop-midterm-convention-video-trump-steel-mccormick/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-immigration-policies-immigrant-children-health/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Fetterman Addresses GOP Convention in Stunning Move.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/vance-trump-midterm-elections-2026-rnc
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Trump gets hero’s welcome by rowdy MAGA partiers as he kicks off first-ever GOP midterm convention… with several glaring absences.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16118547/Trump-gets-heros-welcome-rowdy-MAGA-partiers-kicks-GOP-midterm-convention-glaring-absences.html
