FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Early voting surges as first-time voters cast ballots in Chicago, Cook County.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-elections-early-voting-surges-first-time-voters-cast-ballots-chicago-cook-county-ahead-midterms/19991054/
— Illinois Early Voting Ballot Tracker.
https://abc7chicago.com/feature/illinois-early-voting-ballot-tracker-see-how-many-ballots-have-been-submitted-each-county-far/19991301/
— DD: The mainstream news media is the mouthpiece for the Democrat Party. The Democrat Party is ever-increasingly anti-federal government.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-elections-chicago-area-election-officials-monitoring-ballot-box-threats-enforcement-federal-authorities/19991831/
NBC5
— DD: The mainstream news media is the mouthpiece for the Democrat Party. The Democrat Party ever-increasingly turns young people against America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-students-celebrate-first-votes-at-parade-to-the-polls/4008791/
CBS2
— DD: The mainstream news media is the mouthpiece for the Democrat Party. The Democrat Party is ever-increasingly anti-federal government.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dick-durbin-worried-election-interference-midterms-trump-administration/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-voting-midterms-important-2026/
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/2026-elections-midtems-house-senate-trump/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/29/clergy-meet-pope-leo-broadview/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/29/donald-trump-immigration-crackdown-backlash-midterms/
DAILY HERALD
— Early voting up more than 30% in suburban Cook County.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261028/local-politics/early-voting-up-more-than-30-in-suburban-cook-county/
— Where’s Carl Lambrecht? Republican challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider hasn’t been active.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261028/us-congress-politics/wheres-carl-lambrecht-republican-challenging-democratic-u-s-rep-brad-schneider-hasnt-been-activ/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DD: To win elections, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their polls.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/10/29/juliana-stratton-leads-polls-in-illinois-senate-race/92466523007/
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/how-trumps-immigration-crackdown-sparked-a-backlash-that-could-boomerang-in-the-midterms/article_f8e4564d-da75-5352-8ea8-f696b4fbe1c1.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/stolen-election-rhetoric-from-trump-isnt-new-his-ability-to-act-on-those-claims-is/article_4a27116b-4f49-5471-bab9-e5cd0092c6e0.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Obama against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/obama-knocks-trumps-response-to-cheesecake-factory-jab-these-are-not-serious-people/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Trump merchandise stores are struggling to stay in business.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-10-28/trump-merchandise-stores-are-struggling-to-stay-in-business
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more abortion.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/10/29/illinois-abortion-playbook-heads-to-red-states-01140055
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-624/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Republican Party is defined by its platform, not by its leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders blame Republicans for affordability problems. What helped you afford things? When I was young, I spent far less money on immediate pleasures than my peers did. I took jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. In today’s dollars, that increased my salary from $19.57/hour in 1966, to $100,059/year in 1974, to $113,402 in 1980, and to $154,682/year in 1997. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/
WIREPOINTS
https://wirepoints.org/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker has vetoed fewer than 1% of bills since taking office.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-vetoed-fewer-1-bills-since-taking-office/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Stop expecting politicians to make your life better. Washington keeps selling promises while debt, taxes and entitlement spending continue to grow. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout a) that those who are the following need massive government assistance to survive let alone advance: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and b) that the aforesaid need massive government assistance because those who are the following discriminate against them: conservative, White, male, older, married, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/28/stop-expecting-politicians-make-life-better/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker lives in an alternate Illinois reality.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4783127/jb-pritzker-lives-in-an-alternate-illinois-reality/
— DD: The mainstream news media is the mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4781555/white-house-press-pool-antitrust-investigation/
NEW YORK POST
— DSA wants to ‘take over’ Dem party with AOC 2028 presidential bid. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. To vote for socialism is to destroy America.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/28/us-news/mamdani-campaign-guru-admits-dsa-wants-to-take-over-the-democratic-party-by-running-aoc-for-president-in-2028/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Woke Is Not Dead. DD: To promote wokeness/wokeism is to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/you-really-think-woke-is-dead/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Dangerous Consequences of Sanctuary Policies.
https://cis.org/Mechkowski/Dangerous-Consequences-Sanctuary-Policies
COLLEGE FIX
— Schools teach anti-Israel content, other radical political causes.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/philly-berkeley-schools-teach-anti-israel-content-other-radical-political-causes-house-committee/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Students claim merit criteria possess inherent bias. DD: To meet their Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors ever-increasingly lowered standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, c) my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and d) my 1981 job-related professional license.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/students-claim-merit-criteria-possess-inherent-bias/15458
DAILY SIGNAL
— Texas Law Enforcement Miscast as Villains in Immigration Debate.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/10/28/texas-law-enforcement-miscast-as-villains-in-immigration-debate/
LIFE NEWS
— 2,000 People Sign Petition Demanding Cupich Rescind Pro-Abortion Award. DD: My critics/opponents reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.lifenews.com/2026/10/28/2000-people-sign-petition-demanding-cupich-rescind-pro-abortion-award/
NEWSMAX
— Socialists Aim to Take Over Democrat Party. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. To vote for socialism is to destroy America.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/dsa-andrew-epstein-democratic-party/2026/10/28/id/1274387/
— Half of Voters Would Back a Democratic Socialist. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. To vote for socialism is to destroy America.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/democratic-socialism-voters-democrats/2026/10/28/id/1274349/
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The Rise in Dependency. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.heritage.org/commentary/the-rise-dependency
— Why the U.S. Has a Culture of Dependency. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/commentary/why-the-us-has-culture-dependency
PJ MEDIA
— Is American Urban Culture Beyond Repair? Poverty As a Driver of Crime. DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2026/10/28/is-american-urban-culture-beyond-repair-poverty-as-a-driver-of-crime-narrative-pt-v-n4958766
REASON
— Americans Grow Increasingly Dependent on Government Payments. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://reason.com/2024/10/04/americans-grow-increasingly-dependent-on-government-payments/
U.S. HOUSE
— More Americans Dependent on Welfare Checks, at the Expense of Work. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://waysandmeans.house.gov/2025/01/08/new-report-shows-more-americans-dependent-on-welfare-checks-at-the-expense-of-work/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Half of American voters say they would cast their ballot for a democratic socialist. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. To vote for socialism is to destroy America.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6178694-voters-support-democratic-socialist/
NEW YORK TIMES
— What America is Living Without. Times Opinion asked readers what they can no longer afford, or have given up on having. These are some of their responses. DD: Why do you have less money? My Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign when I was 20 in 1969. My Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS in 1980, delayed my promotions, refused to promote me beyond GS-13, and always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/10/28/opinion/american-dream-affordability.html
— DD: Democrat leaders say “An Unpredictable President, a Grim White House: Trump Faces Down the Midterms.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/politics/trump-midterms-white-house-mood.html
— Elite Colleges Enroll Fewer Black Freshmen and More Asian Americans. Harvard’s Asian American student enrollment jumped to 43 percent and Black students enrollment dipped to 9 percent after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in 2023. DD: UIC accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976 and IIT in 1992 because they could not find qualified Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, veterans, or citizens of foreign countries to accept.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/harvard-student-enrollment-affirmative-action.html
— Elite Colleges Enroll Fewer Black Freshmen and More Asian Americans. Harvard’s Asian American student enrollment jumped to 43 percent and Black students enrollment dipped to 9 percent after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in 2023. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action to promote over me my Democrat coworkers who were minority and/or female. They all had less education than I had, less work experience than I had, no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/us/harvard-student-enrollment-affirmative-action.html
— Candidate Websites Are Filled With A.I.-Written Text, Analysis Shows. The use of A.I. chatbots to write candidate biographies and policy positions is another way the technology is entangled with elections.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/us/politics/campaign-websites-artificial-intelligence.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump fired him. The ‘DEI Watchlist’ shamed him. Then came 500 job rejections. DD: When I was 49 in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me retire and made it impossible for me to get a paid job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. Previously they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Consequently, since 2000, I have ever-increasingly focused more on putting together and sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. In those newsletters,, I promote conservative principles and the Republican Party platform.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/10/29/fired-federal-worker-shamed-dei-watchlist-struggles-find-job/
— 1 in 5 federal government workers have left since Trump took office. DD: For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/10/29/1-5-federal-government-workers-have-left-since-trump-took-office/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: The Republican Party is defined by its platform, not by its leaders.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2026/10/27/could-democrats-really-flip-these-red-states/92450951007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/10/24/vote-democrat-midterms-save-republican-party-trump/92362857007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage home ownership.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/10/20/how-millionaire-renters-are-reimagining-the-american-dream/92330038007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/housing/2026/10/19/home-improvement-costs-rise/92264080007/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: More Americans are working two jobs. DD: I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I worked full-time for IRS and part-time for a Firestone Store. That enabled me a) to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) to pay for tuition and books for four graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) to buy a new townhome in 1972.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2026/10/20/what-is-polyworking/92347389007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/inflation-cost-of-living/2026/10/26/side-hustles-cost-of-living/91870611007/
BOSTON HERALD
— Socialists threaten to lead Democrats off the cliff. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. To vote for socialism is to destroy America.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/10/29/battenfeld-socialists-threaten-to-lead-democrats-off-the-cliff/
FOX DETROIT
— Parenting challenges. DD: I owe my successes in life to my parents, to their conservatism, and to their traditional marriage. They sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn 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.fox2detroit.com/video/fmc-sqarqu4zbx177c8u
KTAR
— DD: To defeat Republicans, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly create more economic anxiety.
https://ktar.com/national-news/republicans-emphasize-transgender-ads-putting-cultural-issues-over-voters-economic-anxiety
FORBES
— ‘The Most Socialist President We’ve Ever Had’: FL House Candidate Rips Trump Over $5k Check Promise. DD: To get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat candidates promise to give them everything: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are noncitizens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOPDK9OcBnc
HR DIVE
— Rising wages still fall short of higher cost of living. Housing, childcare and healthcare were the top drivers of cost increases. DD: My critics/opponents continue to be full of envy. They continue to be furious that my wife and I continue to get COLAs and that the federal government continues to pay 72% of our healthcare insurance premiums. They were furious a) when the Post office hired me when I was 18 in 1966, b) when IRS hired me in 1971 and promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and c) when GAO hired me in 1980 and promoted me in 1986. They were furious when I got married in 1978. They were furious when we gave up trying to have children. All my Democrat superiors and supervisors were married and had children. They all painted themselves as being underpaid. They all decried the time and money they needed to raise their children and the high cost of raising their children. They all decried their spouses having little or no income. According to them, if my wife and I had children, I never would have been able a) to earn job-related master’s degrees when I was 31 and 48, b) earn job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, c) earn a job-related professional license when I was 32, d) have a home built when I was 35, e) buy collector cars when I was 40 and 45, f) take the many luxury vacations that my wife and I took in connection with her many business trips 1978-1992, g) save what we did for our retirement, h) etc. Further, according to them, I would never have been able to the aforesaid if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft. They ever-increasingly painted my wife and I as being disgusting selfish rich DINKs.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/rising-wages-still-fall-short-of-higher-cost-of-living/873025/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TELEFRAPH
— How the diversity industry jettisoned ‘equality of opportunity’ for ‘equality of outcome.’ DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, to meet their Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/13/equity-equality-act-public-services-nhs-police/
FROM OTHER SOURCES
CORVETTE BLOGGER
— Corvettes for Sale: Steel Cities Gray 1972 Corvette Coupe Survivor on Craigslist. DD: This corvette is similar to mine, but mine has only 5,000 miles on it and it has a black leather interior.
https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2025/12/03/corvettes-for-sale-steel-cities-gray-1972-corvette-coupe-survivor-on-craigslist/
GOOGLE AI
— The name Diersen is deeply tied to both the history of Crete, Illinois, and specifically to the Crete-Monee High School (CMHS) Class of 1966. David Diersen is a prominent alumnus of the CMHS Class of 1966. He is a well-known local figure, consultant, and the longtime editor of the political news aggregate GOPUSA Illinois. 60th Reunion Attendance: David Diersen is actively tracking his class’s milestones and has publicly shared his intention to attend the upcoming 60th high school reunion in 2026. Reunion History: He was a participant in the milestone CMHS Class of 1966 50th Year Reunion held at the Lincolnshire Country Club. Classmates & Roster: His name is officially listed on the Crete-Monee Class of 1966 Invitation Hub alongside other 1966 graduates. Historical Diersen Roots in Crete, IL If you are researching the Diersen name from a historical or community perspective, the family has multi-generational roots in the village of Crete: The J.C. Diersen Hardware Store: For decades, the Diersen family operated a landmark business located right at the northeast corner of Main and Exchange Streets. John Conrad Diersen ran the storefront from 1886 to 1923, and it remained a staple memory for generations of residents who grew up in the area. Other CMHS Alumni: Other family members also attended Crete-Monee over the years, including William Diersen (Class of 1959), Richard Diersen (Class of 1957), and the late Glen Diersen (Class of 1972). DD: My wife and I attended the outstanding 60th CMHS reunion.
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