FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Mass break-in at closed Ford City Mall renews calls for increased security. Ald. Derrick Curtis said he wants a judge to order the company to put up a security fence around the entire closed portion of the mall. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mass-break-in-at-closed-ford-city-mall-renews-calls-for-increased-security/3997079/
FOX32
— Trump says no ICE or FBI deployments at polls but Chicago election officials are ramping up security. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint the federal government under Trump as being the enemy.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-yngh3np9ni6z4zg9
WBEZ
— How losing industrial jobs hit Midwest cities. DD: My father worked in the office of a chemical plant in Chicago Heights from 1940 until he died in 1969. The manufacturing plants in Chicago Heights that my brother worked in closed and moved to Mexico.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2026/10/02/the-rundown-how-losing-industrial-jobs-hit-midwest-cities
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/03/black-parents-prepare-racial-profiling/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/01/lake-county-immigration-enforcement-5/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Operation Midway Blitz against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/02/marimar-martinez-lawsuit/
— FBI gives employees a classified ‘Patel Report’ about times when it ‘fell short.’ DD: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors would say they fell short in wasting my career and forcing me to retire. I survived as a postal employee for almost 3 years 1966-1969, as an IRS employee for almost 9 years 1971-1980, and as a GAO employee for almost 18 years 1980-1997. I never would have survived that long if I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree 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. 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.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/02/fbi-patel-report-fell-short/
— The new American Dream for many is an affordable lease. The tilt toward renting over buying comes down to simple math. The typical interest rate on 30-year mortgages is now over 7%. DD: Mortgage rates were 7% when I took out a mortgage to buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972. They were 11% when I took out a mortgage to buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974. They were 9% when I took out a mortgage to buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976 and when my wife and I took out a mortgage to buy a home in Wheaton in 1978. They were 13% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to have a home built in Wheaton 1984.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/02/gilbert-villegas-homeowner-renter-affordability-homebuying/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Stratton supports a $25 minimum wage. DD: In today’s dollars, I started earning $27.12/hour when I was 22 in 1971. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU and I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970. I earned the minimum wage for 18 months 1964-1966. In today’s dollars, it was $12.74/hour.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/10/01/what-to-know-us-senate-race-juliana-stratton-don-tracy-dick-durbin
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/community/belleville/article317472507.html
JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/features/article/turnaway-play-look-abortion-s-effect-women-s-22455243.php
WGLT
— DD: Democrat leaders promote Kinzinger.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-10-02/adam-kinzinger-returns-home-to-talk-democracy-and-duty-at-last-republican-screening
HIGHLAND PARK PATCH
— Highland Park District 113 Condemns Antisemitic, Racist And Homophobic Incidents At Schools. Superintendent Chala Holland said recent incidents in schools and nearby towns harmed students, families and staff.
https://patch.com/illinois/highlandpark/highland-park-district-113-condemns-antisemitic-racist-homophobic-incidents
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Anticipate/expect that homelessness will ever-increasingly increase because Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/five-years-in-what-the-home-illinois-plan-reveals-about-the-state-of-homelessness/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-608/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrat candidates and b) to defeat Republican candidates. Ever-increasingly it spins everything against Republicans. Ever-increasingly, it presents its opinion as being fact. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL Family Action Can’t Fill a Room: Now It Won’t Endorse Darren Bailey Against Pritzker After Backing Dabrowski in GOP Primary. DD: As a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I am obligated to do, and I do, help elect in general elections all those candidates who win Republican primary elections. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. Anti-conservatives always discouraged everyone from attending TAPROOT events.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/10/il-family-action-cant-fill-a-room-now-it-wont-endorse-darren-bailey-against-pritzker-after-backing-dabrowski-in-gop-primary.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Boston pays dozens of DEI bureaucrats six-figure salaries despite budgeting struggles.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/4751019/boston-dei-bureaucrats-six-figure-salaries-budget-shortfall/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Guaranteed Decline Of Democratic Socialism.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/the-guaranteed-decline-of-democratic-socialism/
— The new ‘Right’ is making socialism harder to fight. The nominal right cannot credibly ask Americans to distrust economic planning, while teaching them to applaud planners wearing its own colors.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/10/the-new-right-is-making-socialism-harder-to-fight/
— Three classes that should be required for college students. Too many students are graduating with a college degree ignorant of this country and how it works. DD: I escaped Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance. That enabled me to earn six professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a professional license (CPA).
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/10/three-classes-that-should-be-required-for-college-students/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Brandon Johnson suggests it’s not his job to catch criminal illegal aliens.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/10/02/brandon-johnson-suggests-its-not-his-job-to-catch-criminal-illegal-aliens-1661553/
— Mamdani sells his brand of socialism for the suckers: ‘Whatever you need.’ DD: To promote socialism is to promote dependency on government. Democrat leaders promote dependency on government, that is, Democrat leaders destroy personal responsibility. Because I reject dependency on government, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree 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.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/10/02/mamdani-sells-his-brand-of-socialism-for-the-suckers-whatever-you-need-1661531/
BLAZE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mamdani-defines-socialism-theo-von
BREITBART
— Democrats Would Make Voter ID Illegal in All 50 States. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/02/exclusive-bernie-moreno-democrats-would-make-voter-id-illegal-in-all-50-states-thats-their-dream/amp/
— Democrats Prefer Migrants over Americans.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/10/02/bernie-moreno-democrats-prefer-migrants-over-americans/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Record-low three in ten Americans consider college ‘very important.’ DD: My father frequently decried his not having a college degree. 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.thecollegefix.com/record-low-three-in-ten-americans-consider-college-very-important-poll/
DAILY CALLER
— Academics Who Want DEI In Med Schools Dodge And Weave When Pro-Merit Doctor Says Its A Political Agenda.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/10/02/dei-medical-schools-merit-mcat-scores-stanley-goldfarb-do-no-harm/
DAILY SIGNAL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/10/02/americans-will-pay-350k-for-socialist-policies/
— Anti-Deportation Network Mobilizes Against Census Rule Excluding Illegal Aliens.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/10/02/anti-deportation-network-mobilizes-against-census-rule-excluding-illegal-aliens/
— Republicans Must Either Vote in Droves or Kiss the Trump-GOP Agenda Goodbye. DD: What do you say to those who discouraged me from hand-delivering the following to the 170 Independent households in my precinct: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign literature from the 14 candidates who provided MTRO with their literature?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/10/02/republicans-vote-or-kiss-goodbye/
DAILY WIRE
— Mamdani’s Working Class Promises Are A Slippery Slope Toward Communism.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-mamdanis-working-class-promises-are-a-slippery-slope-toward-communism
— How Leftism’s Appetite For The Destruction Of Order Will Be Our Undoing.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-leftisms-appetite-for-the-destruction-of-order-will-be-our-undoing
FOX BUSINESS
— Socialism’s economic dangers.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6406140425112
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6406129442112
FOX NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6406124241112
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6406124185112
JP MEDIA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2026/10/02/mamdani-defines-socialism-and-wow-it-sounds-great-but-n4957907
— A Third of Newly Arrested Indiana Child Exploiters Are Illegal Aliens.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/10/02/a-third-of-newly-arrested-indiana-child-exploiters-are-illegal-aliens-n4957890
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Illinois, Chicago Released Over 500 Criminal Illegal Aliens Despite ICE Detainers.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/10/report-illinois-chicago-released-over-500-criminal-illegal-aliens-despite-ice-detainers/
NEWSMAX
— Gallup Poll Low: 31% Say College ‘Very Important.’ DD: My father frequently decried his not having a college degree. 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.newsmax.com/newsfront/gallup-poll-college-education/2026/10/01/id/1271380/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
DESERT REVIEW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.thedesertreview.com/opinion/columnists/mamdani-claims-socialism-dignity/article_f40a6df3-8fbf-4b49-a1d1-0955592ffa34.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: FlyDubai Attacker Had Been Banned From Flying by Oman for Radical Views. The U.A.E. airline later hired pilot Hamam al-Hammami, who allegedly stabbed the captain of Flight 1073 and nearly crashed the plane.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/flydubai-attacker-had-been-banned-from-flying-by-oman-for-radical-views-ab363b5d
— Colleges Are Embracing Greek Life. DD: While I attended UIC 1966-1968, I lived with my parents in Crete. While I attended NIU during my first semester in 1969, I stayed at the University Plaza Dormitory, but came home weekends to keep my part-time Park Forest Post Office job. During my second and third semesters, I stayed at the University Plaza Dormitory again. During the 1970 summer session, I shared an apartment at the Lincolnshire West apartments.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/cornell-rape-case-collides-with-colleges-growing-embrace-of-fraternities-a8b2ef33
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://fortune.com/2026/10/02/americans-view-socialism-favorably-trump-taxpayer-ads-jd-vance-affordability/
https://fortune.com/2026/10/02/capitalism-may-be-reinventing-socialism-ai-quantum/
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-10-02/democratic-socialist-surge-carries-big-implications-for-2028
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Qualities will get you promoted. DD: All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time 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 had no professional license like the one I had. To get promoted, they focused on helping my superiors get rid of their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.businessinsider.com/nestle-ceo-qualities-get-promotion-2026-10
— Universal basic employment. DD: According to my critics/opponents, the federal government is the employer of last resort. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. Further, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-jobs-guarantee-universal-basic-income-ubi-employment-economy-2024-8
FED WEEK
— DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger, or veteran and who would take the job. They got rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/many-hr-specialists-feel-pressure-to-put-results-over-rules-in-hiring-mspb-finds/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— OPM moves to allow agencies to promote workers faster. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors started using my age against me big time when I was 25 in 1974, that is, they started using “up-or-out” against me big time when I was 25 in 1974. According to them, if you were the following, you had to make GS-13, currently $118,984/year, by the time you were 25, or you were out: Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran. I had only made GS-12, currently $100,059/year by the time I was 25. I finally did make GS-13, but it was not until I was 38 in 1986. By then, I had a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I never would have made GS-13 if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer had not gotten back into power in 1985.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/05/opm-moves-allow-agencies-promote-workers-faster/413862/
POLITICO
— DD: If you were asked what you did to afford things, how would you respond? I would respond that 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.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/26/poll-affordability-trump-maga-splits-01086222
ATLANTIC
— DD: What percent of those who are the following are on welfare: Citizens of America, noncitizens, White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, male, female, heterosexual, LGBTQ, older, younger, non-veteran, veteran, Protestant, non-Protestant, German American, non-German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, etc.?
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/10/maga-sarah-huckabee-sanders-woke/688876/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Billionaire Pritzker is one of Trump’s loudest critics. Will Democrats send him to the White House? DD: Who are your biggest critics/opponents? I should write about mine. I would focus on those who have the most government, political, financial, and/or religious clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/03/jb-pritzker-profile-democrats-2028
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Vance explodes at ‘self-professed socialist’ Angie Nixon in Florida.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/get-the-hell-out-of-america-vance-explodes-at-self-professed-socialist-angie-nixon-in-florida/amp_videoshow/134643176.cms
FROM OTHER SOURCES
EXP REALTY
— FOR SALE IN MY PRECINCT: 25w451 Plamondon Road, Wheaton – $3,300,000
https://leeernst.exprealty.com/details.php?mls=103&mlsid=12745644
— FOR SALE IN MY PRECINCT: 25w471 Plamondon Road, Wheaton, – $1,995,000
https://leeernst.exprealty.com/property/103-12745347-25w471-plamondon-road-wheaton-IL-60189
— FOR SALE IN MY PRECINCT: 1021 Greenwood Drive, Wheaton – $1,685,000
https://leeernst.exprealty.com/property/103-12488277-1021-greenwood-drive-wheaton-IL-60189
— FOR SALE IN MY PRECINCT: 2s037 Country Club Lane, Wheaton – $1,575,000
https://leeernst.exprealty.com/property/103-12734909-2s037-country-club-lane-wheaton-IL-60189
— FOR SALE IN MY PRECINCT: 1524 Lloyd Court, Wheaton – $1,150,000
https://leeernst.exprealty.com/property/103-12754482-1524-lloyd-court-wheaton-IL-60189
Tag: abortion
October 1, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What to know about the U.S. Senate race to replace Sen. Dick Durbin. Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, who has served alongside Gov. JB Pritzker since 2018, faces Don Tracy, the former chair of the Illinois Republican Party. DD: Don Tracy’s outstanding campaign literature piece was one of the 14 candidate literature pieces that I hand-delivered last week to the 370 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican voter or one registered Independent voter.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/10/01/what-to-know-us-senate-race-juliana-stratton-don-tracy-dick-durbin
— What to know about Illinois legislative races ahead of the Nov. 3 election. After the March primaries, many candidates are running unopposed. Some suburban battles are heating up.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/10/01/illinois-statehouse-elections-november-3-senate-house-general-assembly-what-to-know
— What to know about the race for Illinois governor. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Republican Darren Bailey and independent candidate Collin Corbett are on the ballot in the race for governor in the Nov. 3 general election.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/10/01/what-to-know-llinois-governor-race-jb-pritzker-darren-bailey-collin-corbett
— What to know about the Illinois comptroller race between Bryan Drew and state Rep. Margaret Croke. The last Republican comptroller ceded office a decade ago, when outgoing Democratic incumbent Susana Mendoza was first elected. DD: Bryan Drew’s outstanding campaign literature piece was one of the 14 candidate literature pieces that I hand-delivered last week to the 370 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican voter or one registered Independent voter.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/10/01/what-to-know-illinois-comptroller-race-bryan-drew-state-rep-margaret-croke
— What to know about the race for Illinois attorney general. The Trump administration’s moves against Illinois has elevated incumbent Kwame Raoul’s role to defender of the state’s federal funds, meaning former two-term 2nd Ward Ald. Bob Fioretti has a challenge on his hands. DD: Bob Floretti’s outstanding campaign literature piece was one of the 14 candidate literature pieces that I hand-delivered last week to the 370 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican voter or one registered Independent voter.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/10/01/what-to-know-candidates-race-illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-bob-fioretti
— What to know about the Illinois secretary of state race between Alexi Giannoulias and Diane Harris. The incumbent Giannoulias is also a frontrunner for the 2027 Chicago mayor’s race, while Republican challenger Diane M. Harris faces long odds in a statewide office.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/10/01/what-to-know-illinois-secretary-of-state-race-alexi-giannoulias-diane-harris
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/01/chicago-election-immigration-presence/
— Chicago considers charging suburbanites more to park. How neighborly. The last dumb idea from City Council. DD: While I lived in the Outer Drive East building 1974-1978, to save money, I parked my 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air for free underneath the building.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/01/editorial-chicago-considers-charging-suburbanites-more-to-park-how-neighborly/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/01/opinion-tradwife-influencers/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: The mainstream news media operates as an arm of the Democrat Party. Anticipate/expect that all its endorsements will be for Democrat candidates.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261001/columns/endorsements-aim-to-help-you-vote-even-if-you-disagree/
SHAW LOCAL
— Election monitoring begins in Illinois to ensure secure voting ahead of Nov. 3.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/election/2026/09/29/election-monitoring-begins-in-illinois-to-ensure-secure-voting-ahead-of-nov-3/
— Oak Brook police chief credits license plate readers for quick response to fatal shooting outside mall.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2026/10/01/oak-brook-police-chief-credits-license-plate-readers-for-quick-response-to-fatal-shooting-outside-mall/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Financial regulator investigates Adam Kinzinger over Kalshi trading: A federal financial watchdog has opened an inquiry into former Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger, a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, over prediction-market transactions related to a pardon he received from former President Joe Biden, three people familiar with the matter told POLITICO’s Aiden Reiter.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/10/01/dreams-of-a-papal-mass-01102202
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-819/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Hegseth touts the end of woke in address.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/4749479/hegseth-end-of-woke-weak-department-address/
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is a liberal Democrat who wants dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, gambling, 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. How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/4747061/megachurch-pastor-adam-hamilton-jesus-dei-too-woke-kansas/
AMERICAN THINKER
— How to win the youth back from socialism. We won’t do it just by criticizing the government.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/09/how-to-win-the-youth-back-from-socialism/
BLAZE
— Supreme Court kick-starts Trump’s mass deportation machine.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/supreme-court-trump-mass-deportation
BREITBART
— Rick Scott: ‘If Socialism Worked, Then Everybody Would Be Wanting to Move to Havana Right Now.’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/30/rick-scott-if-socialism-worked-then-everybody-would-be-wanting-to-move-to-havana-right-now/
FOX NEWS
— DD: As socialists ever-increasingly take control of the Democrat Party, Rahm Emanuel says Democratic socialists are not Democrats. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6405992619112
— JONATHAN TURLEY: Socialism is back in style and Democrats are buying the pitch.
https://noticias.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-socialism-back-style-democrats-buying-pitch
— Blagojevich: Democratic Party is all about ‘rhetoric and politics’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7G_MafJwWE
NEWSMAX
— Hegseth Unveils Sweeping Military Overhaul, Targets Top Brass, ‘Wokeness.’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/hegseth-unveils-sweeping-military-overhaul-targets-top-brass-wokeness/2026/09/30/id/1271287/
PJ MEDIA & HOT AIR
— Socialism is Really About Control.
https://pjmedia.com/watch/2026/09/30/socialism-offers-liberation-but-its-really-about-control-n4957834
https://hotair.com/videos/2026/09/30/socialism-offers-liberation-but-its-really-about-control-n3819491
— Socialism Is Real. It’s Dangerous. And They’re Organizing.
https://pjmedia.com/watch/2026/09/30/socialism-is-real-its-dangerous-and-theyre-organizing-n4957807
TOWNHALL
— Spain Is About to Become a Case Study in Socialist Failure.
https://townhall.com/news/dmitri-bolt/2026/09/30/spain-just-offered-a-look-into-a-future-run-by-socialists-n2683831
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— DD: Socialists ever-increasingly take control of the Democrat Party. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/we-are-capitalists-us-democrats-push-back-against-communist-label-ahead-midterms-2026-09-30/
— EEOC’s chair accuses Harvard of systemic bias against white, Asian, male or straight applicants. DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/harvard-sued-by-us-agency-seeking-records-anti-white-hiring-probe-2026-09-30/
USA TODAY
— Hegseth lashed out about transgender troops, disparaged diversity initiatives and criticized the news media in a speech to U.S. service members gathered at the Marine Corps Base Quantico.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/30/pete-hegseth-state-of-force-transgender-troops-dei/92024167007/
SPOKESMAN REVIEW
— DD: Since 2000, my critics/opponents have failed to defeat me as a DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC). If I had sought to become a LIP (Live in Precinct) RPC or a LOOP (Live out of Precinct) RPC, I never would have been appointed because I am “too conservative,” that is, because I promote too many planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/may/20/kootenai-county-gop-chairman-brent-regan-loses-pre/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Democratic ‘Affordability’ Ruse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnGn2EZWkcA
FORTUNE
— DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time 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 had no professional license like the one I had.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/30/board-diversity-is-decreasing-women-russell-3000-q2-reversal/
FORBES
— DD: My critics/opponents blame those who are conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time for the problems that those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time have.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danabrownlee/2022/08/25/avoiding-terms-like-white-privilege-is-a-horrible-anti-racism-strategyheres-why/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danabrownlee/2022/08/16/dear-white-people-lets-clarify-white-privilege-once-and-for-all/
— Demographic Trends Swelling Appetite For Studio Apartments. DD: I bought a studio condo in 1974 and then a one bedroom condo in 1976 in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago so that I could walk to/from a) my IRS job in the Loop and b) graduate evening business courses at Loyola and then graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffsteele/2026/09/28/demographic-trends-swelling-appetite-for-studio-apartments/
— What Seniority Means Now: How Leaders View Employee Tenure Today. DD: Seniority in the federal government brings with it many benefits including sick leave and annual leave. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that when I started as an IRS employee when I was 22 in 1971, I brought with me almost 3 years of full-time federal seniority that I had earned working part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were even more furious that when I started as a GAO employee when I was 31 in 1980, I brought with me the aforesaid postal federal seniority plus almost 9 years of federal seniority that I had earned working for IRS. They were even further beyond furious when my federal seniority gave me the option to take early retirement wan I was 45 in 1993. But my having almost 30 years of federal seniority did not stop my Democrat GAO superiors from forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2026/05/12/what-seniority-means-now-how-leaders-view-employee-tenure-today/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the not-too-distant past, most people imagined entire careers happening in one place, with employees putting in decades of work at a company, then leaving with a pension, a party and a plaque. Seniority, or the number of years spent with a single employer, was currency in the workplace, carrying real weight in decisions about pay, promotion and respect. Of course, that version of the working world has been, for better or worse, largely obsolete for some time. Professionals today often move frequently across different roles and organizations. While the concept of long-term loyalty to a single employer has become a more complicated proposition for everyone involved, the underlying need for recognition hasn’t gone anywhere. If anything, it’s more important than ever for leaders to honor valued employees who choose to stay.)
INDEPENDENT VOTER NEWS
— Independent Voters Decide Elections. What Do They Get in Return? Independent voters have become a decisive force at the ballot box. The next question is whether that influence can translate into lasting political power. DD: Last week, to get out the vote for Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton ( https://electionresults.dupagecounty.gov/election/PrecinctMaps/map50059.pdf ), I walked to the front doors of 370 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter and delivered 370 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes using 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels that contained a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot ( https://electionresults.dupageco.org/election/ballots/2026/General/Milton%20059-0316-NP.PDF ), and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. Those 370 envelopes contained 5,920 pieces: 5,180 campaign pieces (14X370), 370 Voter Guides, and 370 sample ballots. About 200 of those households were Republican and about 170 of those households were Independent. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://ivn.us/independent-voters-decide-elections-what-do-they-get-in-return/
19TH NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://19thnews.org/2026/10/poll-gen-z-gender-gap/
CHALKBEAT
— Trump wants a new tax credit to turbocharge school choice. DD: My parents 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.chalkbeat.org/2026/09/30/how-school-choice-federal-tax-credits-could-help-students-in-public-schools/
FED SMITH
— Decades of Seniority No Longer Guarantee RIF Survival Under OPM’s New Rules. OPM’s new RIF rules took effect September 2, ending “bump and retreat” and ranking federal employees by performance score. Here is what changed. DD: Ever since my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, my critics/opponents have stressed the adverse actions that they had previously taken against me including a) forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) delaying my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and making it clear that they would never promote me to GS-14, c) keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) getting rid of the GAO manager in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986, and e) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They stressed that they had taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me notwithstanding my earning 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.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/09/10/decades-of-seniority-no-longer-guarantee-rif-survival-under-opms-new-rules/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, a) fewer and fewer and fewer in America will be American, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and b) more and more and more in America will be noncitizen, liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/08/23/most-americans-say-the-declining-share-of-white-people-in-the-u-s-is-neither-good-nor-bad-for-society/
NPR
— How Trump keeps undercutting his anti-communist message.
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/30/nx-s1-5913363/how-trump-keeps-undercutting-his-anti-communist-message
FROM OTHER SOURCES
CHICAGO BOOTH
— Licensed CPAs. DD: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years and then for GAO for more than a year. I had earned an MBA in 1976. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious. My becoming a licensed CPA made it harder for them to waste my career and to get rid of me. None of my Democrat GAO coworkers who they wanted to promote over me had come close to doing what I had done.
https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/have-we-been-overtraining-accountants
September 30, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Johnson warns crime could rise if corporations don’t pay more. DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-city-club-warns-crime-could-rise-corporations-dont-pay-more/19893263/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly create problems and then blame Trump for those problems.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-congressional-candidates-2026-midterm-election-voter-issues/
— Illinois congressional candidates weigh in on voters’ top issues in the 2026 midterm election. DD: When will a 3rd Congressional District candidate debate be held? Angel Oakley’s outstanding campaign literature piece was one of the 14 candidate literature pieces that I hand-delivered last week to the 370 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican voter or one registered Independent voter.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-congressional-candidates-2026-midterm-election-voter-issues/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— At City Club, Mayor Brandon Johnson asks why rich put profits over ‘the lives of my neighbors.’ DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/30/mayor-brandon-johnson-city-club/
DAILY HERALD
— Kane County Board chair censured for sharing confidential information.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260930/news/kane-county-board-chair-censured-for-sharing-confidential-information/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Johnson casts re-election fight as ‘billionaires versus the Brandon Johnson coalition.’
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-brandon-johnson-city-club-20260930/
LISLE PATCH
— Behind the Ballot: Election and Voter Data Security October 15 in Glen Ellyn.
https://patch.com/illinois/lisle/calendar/event/20261015/37b76ded-9f49-4b37-983b-4d58fbcb0c9d/behind-the-ballot-election-and-voter-data-security
WHEATON PATCH
— Early Voting Underway At Select DuPage County Locations. Five temporary early voting locations are now open for voters in DuPage County.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/early-voting-underway-select-dupage-county-locations
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-606/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker Pours $400K Into Nevada Governor’s Race Against Trump-Endorsed Incumbent.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/09/pritzker-pours-400k-into-nevada-governors-race-against-trump-endorsed-incumbent.html
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois GOP aims to support entire ballot, stray from national party. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I have always been a platform Republican. The more that Republican candidates do to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the more that I do to help elect them. It would be great if Republican candidates in Illinois focused more on the benefits that following the Republican Party platform bring, including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. It would be great if Republican candidates focused more on the negatives that following the Democrat Party platform bring, including its dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, gambling, 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 planks. The Republican Party platform brings forth prosperity and safety. The Democrat Party platform brings forth poverty and crime. My following conservative principles enabled me 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. Republican candidates should stress how their following conservative principles helped them succeed.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_0e22c98d-3cad-444e-aea3-7e26d1e02b1c.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Report: Islamists interfere in U.S. elections
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/30/editorial-islamists-interfere-us-elections/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ken Griffin’s $3 billion gift ties Carnegie Mellon’s Pittsburgh roots to Miami ambitions.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4749030/griffin-gift-carnegie-mellon-pittsburgh-roots-miami-ambitions/
— At 50, the Hyde Amendment’s lifesaving legacy needs defending.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/4748200/hyde-amendment-50th-anniversary-legacy-abortion-funding/
— Remembering October 7.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/4747057/flags-of-fellowship-israeli-flags-churches/
NEW YORK POST
— Hegseth taps Musk, Luckey, Gingrich to study future of war for US military.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/30/us-news/pete-hegseth-taps-elon-musk-palmer-luckey-newt-gingrich-to-study-future-of-war-for-us-military/
— Hail the heroes who stopped a terrorist pilot from committing a 9/11-style attack.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/30/opinion/hail-the-heroes-who-foiled-a-terrorist-pilots-mass-murder-bid/
AMERICAN PRIDE DAILY
— Sharia law is unconstitutional. Convert or die? The complete opposite of the American way. No, we are not the same.
https://americanpridedaily.com/todaysnews/weve-reached-a-boiling-point-in-dearborn-michigan/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Welcome to California! The ultimate sanctuary state run exclusively for the benefit of illegal migrants and their wealthy benefactors.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/09/welcome-to-california-the-ultimate-sanctuary-state/
BREITBART
— Consumer Spending Soared In August.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/09/30/consumer-spending-soared-in-august/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Elgin Community College renames DEI office, keeps equity programs. DD: Promoting DEI promotes hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/elgin-community-college-renames-dei-office-keeps-equity-programs/30677
FOX NEWS
— State Department revokes over 250,000 visas in broad immigration vetting crackdown. Revocations target criminal activity, birth tourism, fraud and national security threats on a historic scale.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/state-department-revokes-250000-visas-broad-immigration-vetting-crackdown
PJ MEDIA
— Every day the media is pushing the narrative that something else is now considered “white supremacy.” Individualism, meritocracy, punctuality, proper grammar, hard work, competition, standardized tests, the nuclear family, private property, scientific objectivity — even expecting people to speak proper English is considered “evidence” of white supremacy. And the list will keep growing. Now, the BBC recently published an absurd article claiming that the trend of leaving fingernails unpainted pushes “white supremacist standards of beauty.” Yes, you read that correctly. Women who skip the nail polish are now apparently upholding systemic racism.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/09/30/guess-what-the-woke-left-just-added-to-the-this-is-white-supremacy-list-n4957801
TOWNHALL
— You Cannot Save the World by Sacrificing Your Own.
https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-abraham/2026/09/30/you-cannot-save-the-world-by-sacrificing-your-own-n2683788
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
YAHOO
— Former Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Taking the School Choice Fight National. DD: My parents 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.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/former-gov-glenn-youngkin-taking-200111652.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Nikole Hannah-Jones Is Wrong About School Choice. School choice isn’t to blame for her daughter’s bad education. DD: My parents 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.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/nikole-hannah-jones-is-wrong-about-school-choice-51e5f419
24/7 WALL STREET JOURNAL
— For the First Time in Its History, the IRS Wants Every Filer to Answer a Citizenship Question on Form 1040. The Agency Won’t Say What Happens to the Answer.
https://247wallst.com/personal-finance/2026/09/30/for-the-first-time-in-its-history-the-irs-wants-every-filer-to-answer-a-citizenship-question-on-form-1040-the-agency-wont-say-what-happens-to-the-answer/
VORONOI
— How the American Population Map Will Shift by 2050. DD: Illinois down 11% or 1.4 million. Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) succeed in diving voters out of Illinois who have demographics that vote for Republicans and b) succeed in keeping voters and attracting voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Republicans are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote Democrats are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.voronoiapp.com/demographics/Mapped-How-the-American-Population-Map-Will-Shift-by-2050-9009
EDUCATION WEEK
— The Solution Nikole Hannah-Jones Didn’t Take. DD: One could compare and contrast the school that Nikole Hannah-Jones sent her daughter to and the schools my parents sent me to. My parents 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.educationnext.org/the-solution-nikole-hannah-jones-didnt-take-school-choice-charter-schools/
ATLANTIC & PBS & EDUCATION WEEK
— School vouchers: DD: My parents 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.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/trump-school-vouchers-teachers-ideology/688816/
https://www.pbs.org/video/settle-in-1790722079/
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-the-real-lesson-from-nikole-hannah-joness-public-school-dilemma/2026/09
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/mamdani-says-nyc-public-schools-failed-nikole-hannah-joness-daughter/2026/09
September 29, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— Illinois 4th Congressional District debate. DD: When will a 3rd Congressional District debate be held? Angel Oakley’s outstanding campaign literature piece was one of the 14 candidate literature pieces that I hand-delivered last week to the 370 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican voter or one registered Independent voter.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/live-blog/news/illinois-4th-congressional-district-debate
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-v1y90f7gn3m831ap
— Little Village sees demographic shift with influx of Black residents.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-demographics-north-lawndale-little-village
WTTW
— Replacing Mendoza: Candidates Vie to Be State’s First New Comptroller in a Decade. DD: Bryan Drew’s outstanding campaign literature piece was one of the 14 candidate literature pieces that I hand-delivered last week to the 370 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican voter or one registered Independent voter.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/29/replacing-mendoza-candidates-vie-be-state-s-first-new-comptroller-decade
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrat Margaret Croke, a state representative from Chicago, and Republican Bryan Drew, an attorney from Benton, are competing to succeed incumbent Comptroller Susana Mendoza, a Chicago Democrat who’s held the job since late 2016 but is forgoing a reelection bid to focus on a second campaign for mayor of the nation’s third-largest city. . .Drew has been a personal injury and civil litigation attorney in southern Illinois for more than 25 years. He’s also a small business owner. He’s served for eight years as an elected trustee of the Rend Lake Community College Board, including two has its chairman. And in 2024, he finished second in the Republican primary for a circuit court judgeship. Though limited in his experience in state government and finance, Drew said owning a cafe with his wife has exposed him to the impact of high taxes on small businesses. He said he would use the “bully pulpit” of the office to act as a watchdog for taxpayers. “If the comptroller’s office really is a watchdog for the taxpayers, then I think it is an essential office because it really is the one independent place that the taxpayers can go to find out where their money’s going,” Drew said. . .While acknowledging that decisions about state spending are the purview of the governor and the state legislature, Drew said the office can be a greater beacon of transparency for taxpayers. His first action, if elected, would be to improve the comptroller’s website, the current version of which he derided as “nearly impossible to figure out.” “Those websites are supposed to be for the taxpayers, not for public accountants to go on there and figure out where the money’s going,” Drew said. Drew said he’d particularly like to make state expenditures on non-government organizations easier to track. There’s no official, readily available tally on grant spending that goes to NGOs, though he pegged the number at “hundreds of millions of dollars,”, echoing a claim made by the GOP ticket for governor earlier this year. . .Drew sees the office differently. If he wins, he views himself as an ombudsman of sorts who can act as a check on government in a state where Democrats hold the governorship and supermajorities in the legislature. He acknowledged that Mendoza “was not just a rubber stamp for the governor” on at least one or two occasions. But he said he’s better suited to be a watchdog as an outsider. “I’ll probably be eating lunch by myself,” Drew said, noting that his career as an attorney has prepared him to handle a job where “you don’t make everyone happy.” . . . Drew said he would be happy to serve as a facilitator if lawmakers want to tackle another round of pension reform, though Pritzker and the General Assembly would have to lead the effort. . .Drew did not face competition in the Republican primary. He’s raised just under $80,000 from outside donors, about the same number of miles he’s logged traveling the state in his car since campaign started. Lacking the funds to sustain a paid advertising campaign in the nation’s sixth-largest state, Drew is leaning on the latter to get his message out. “I don’t have JB Pritzker maxing out campaign contributions like he has to my opponent, and special interests and other politically connected people handing a lot of money,” Drew said. “I don’t have that, and I think that’s a positive thing.”)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— East Dundee village president slammed for letting Darren Bailey speak at Oktoberfest.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/29/east-dundee-village-president-slammed-for-letting-darren-bailey-speak-at-oktoberfest/
— Pete Hegseth says national security and military cyber forces will guard US election systems during midterms.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/29/pete-hegseth-us-election-systems-midterms/
DAILY HERALD
— Police say at least five arrested during Sunday’s protests near Medinah.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260929/news/police-say-at-least-five-arrested-during-sundays-protests-near-medinah/
JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Darren Bailey talks goals for Illinois governor. DD: What goals do you want candidates to have?
https://jg-tc.com/news/state-and-regional/article_6fc35473-f359-5fd4-ba5c-175fc80e7491.html
WPSD
— Darren Bailey speaks at Choate. DD: What goals do you want candidates to speak about?
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/ott/darren-bailey-speaks-at-choate/video_3f921ca4-88c1-5a1d-a9e0-35fa651eca63.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Trump visits Illinois, but doesn’t check in with state’s GOP gubernatorial nominee. Bailey said the president’s endorsement was ‘unexpected’ but he’s ‘glad to have it.’
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/trump-visits-illinois-but-doesnt-check-in-with-states-gop-gubernatorial-nominee/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Bailey winds down what could be his final campaign. Republican Darren Bailey says this could be his last campaign if he loses again.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-bailey-winds-down-what-could-be-his-final-campaign/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-605/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What goals do you want candidates to have? I want their goals to include promoting 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). I want their goals to include ending Democrat promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, gambling, 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What should prospective federal employees be advised of? They should be advised that notwithstanding Trump, Democrats run the federal government. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. If you do not become a Democrat, they will waste your career and they will get rid of you. It is called political affiliation discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— White privilege. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being privileged. I ask them if I was privileged, why did I take jobs doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assemble line in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping more gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997. My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. Because of that, they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/30/complaints-white-privilege-losers-lament/
NEW YORK POST
— The end of college racial quotas is already making America more just. DD: My Chicago office Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly blamed my being their office’s only active participant in an agency-wide class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation a) for their not meeting their Affirmative Action quotas and b) for their not getting rid of their older White male employees as fast as they wanted to. They forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/opinion/the-end-of-college-racial-quotas-is-already-making-america-more-just/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Boston mayor handing out $575 ‘scholarship’ for illegals to learn how to harass the government. Not one legal thing about it.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/09/boston-mayor-handing-out-575-scholarship-for-illegals-to-learn-how-to-harass-the-government/
— Book Review: The Two Swords of Christ: Five Centuries of War Between Islam and the Warrior Monks of Christendom.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/09/book-review-the-two-swords-of-christ-five-centuries-of-war-between-islam-and-the-warrior-monks-of-christendom/
BREITBART
— Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Pays Illegals $575 to Take Political Activism Class, U.S.-Born Residents Not Allowed.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/09/28/boston-mayor-michelle-wu-pays-illegals-575-to-take-political-activism-class-u-s-born-residents-not-allowed/
EEOC
— EEOC Defends Women’s Rights to Single-Sex Spaces at Work in Illinois. DD: But what about LGBTQers?
https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-defends-womens-rights-single-sex-spaces-work-illinois
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— 3 Reasons Trump and South Africa Disagree on Anti-White Racism Claims. 1. Condemn an anti-apartheid song. 2. Prioritize rural crime. 3. Reform affirmative action laws. DD: White South Africans who come to America should be advised that Democrats will discriminate against them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/world/africa/south-africa-trump-letter-visas-racism.html
— New York Times Accuses Federal Employment Agency of Retaliation. A lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims the newspaper discriminated against a white male employee who did not get a promotion. DD: My critics/opponents have always stressed that Bush’s EEOC sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me. That is, that Bush’s EEOC promoted 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.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/business/media/new-york-times-eeoc-lawsuit.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hegseth to Announce 20% Cut to Senior Officer Ranks. Defense secretary to unveil the plan during Wednesday speech to handpicked lower-ranked officers and troops.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pete-hegseth-military-officer-cuts-e4acab48
— Mayor Mamdani Must Redo New York City Pied-à-Terre Tax. DD: I had a second home, a studio condo and then a one bedroom condo, in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago 1974-1978, but only because I would have had to suffer a big loss if I had sold my University Park townhome. I bought the condos so that I could walk to/from my IRS job in the Loop and graduate evening business courses at Loyola and graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/new-lawsuit-alleges-new-york-mayor-mamdanis-pied-a-terre-tax-is-illegal-285db949
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— $25,000 bonuses for top-performing feds? OPM makes it easier for agencies to award them. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, their top priority was getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/09/25000-bonuses-top-performing-feds-opm-agencies-award/416275/
FEDWEEK
— Federal Employment Down 11 Percent.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/federal-employment-down-11-percent-cost-of-drp-pegged-at-up-to-15b/
— DD: My critics/opponents in the following view federal employees and federal retirees negatively, and therefore, they view me negatively: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for 29 years.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/views-of-federal-employees-remain-higher-than-those-of-government-as-a-whole-says-partnership/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Federal government employment continues to decline.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/05/federal-government-employment-continues-to-decline/
— Congress seeks federal workforce changes in recent slate of bills.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2026/08/congress-seeks-federal-workforce-changes-in-recent-slate-of-bills/
— Trump admin reshaping federal employee discipline, firing rules.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2026/07/trump-admin-reshaping-federal-employee-discipline-firing-rules/
September 28, 2029
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at voters that if they do not like what Trump has said or done, they should vote for all the Democrats on their ballot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2022/08/18/darren-bailey-playing-to-downstate-crowd-resumes-calling-chicago-a-hellhole-at-state-fairs-gop-day/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders outrageously/disgustingly/falsely/unethically hint/imply/argue/shout that the SAFE-T Act lowers crime.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/28/illinois-darren-bailey-safe-t-act/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Mostly receptive crowd greets Trump at Medinah. Trump delivered very brief opening remarks and stuck around until the closing ceremony.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260927/syndicated-columnists/president-donald-trump-delivered-very-brief-opening-remarks-and-stuck-around-until-the-closing-cerem/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage County Republican Secretary Jeff Castle sported a wardrobe with a stars and stripes motif, including a cape and matching shorts and socks. “I think anybody who doesn’t support the president, no matter who it is, Republican or Democrat alike, they’re a fool. Because to not support the president is to want this country to fail,” he said. At the same time, he said, “I think we need to start talking with each other. Both sides should start listening to each other a little bit.”)
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Trump keeps it brief at Medinah.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/28/trump-keeps-it-brief-at-medinah-01094547
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-816/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Taxpayer-funded Non-profit Protests Trump Visit.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/09/26/taxpayer-funded-non-profit-protests-trump-visit
PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Moseley-Braun, Part II? Democrat U.S. Senate hopeful Stratton refuses debates, claims to be “dancing” her way to Washington. DD: GAO works for Congress. When I was 49 in 1997, my Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors talked and acted like Mosely-Braun, Durbin, and Illinois’ Democrat congressmen pressured them to force me to retire. If I could do it over again, I would have strongly asked Illinois’ Republican congressmen to come to my defense. They were Hyde, Crane, Porter, Weller, Fawell, Hastert, Manzullo, LaHood, and Shimkus.
https://prairiestatewire.com/moseley-braun-part-ii-democrat-u-s-senate-hopeful-stratton-refuses-debates-claims-to-be-dancing-her-way-to-washington
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at voters that if they do not like what Trump has said or done, they should vote for all the Democrats on their ballot. But to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism and for more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, gambling, 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Getting out the Republican vote. Last week, to get out the vote for Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton ( https://electionresults.dupagecounty.gov/election/PrecinctMaps/map50059.pdf ), I walked to the front doors of 370 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter and delivered 370 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes using 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels that contained a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot ( https://electionresults.dupageco.org/election/ballots/2026/General/Milton%20059-0316-NP.PDF ), and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. Those 370 envelopes contained 5,920 pieces: 5,180 campaign pieces (14X370), 370 Voter Guides, and 370 sample ballots. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Crowd sings ‘from the river to the sea’ at AOC’s college student event promoting Dems ahead of midterms. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/27/us-news/crowd-sings-from-the-river-to-the-sea-at-aoc-event-promoting-dems-ahead-of-midterms/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cornell University’s lefty crowd gave Democratic Socialist superstar Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a warm, hate-filled welcome by singing anti-Israel chants at a campaign event meant to gin up support for Democrats ahead of the midterms Sunday. While warming up the standing-room-only crowd of roughly 2,000 people gathered for the congresswoman’s “Students vs. Billionaires” town hall in downtown Ithaca Sunday, Cornell University Young Democratic Socialists of America co-chairs Mina Petrova and Zoe Reisman led the crowd singing “from the river to the sea” and declaring “long live the student intifada.”)
AMERICAN THINKER
— Then vs. Now: Good and bad immigration. Early waves of immigrants to the United States each brought something that contributed to the material well-being of the nation. Later waves? Not so much.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/09/then-vs-now-good-and-bad-immigration/
— Democrat affordability claims have never added up and never will. Giving Democrats control of Congress amounts to national suicide.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/09/democrat-affordability-claims-have-never-added-up-and-never-will/
BREITBART
— Schwarzenegger Jumps In to Help Socialist L.A. Mayor Candidate Nithya Raman. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/09/27/arnold-schwarzenegger-jumps-in-to-help-socialist-l-a-mayor-candidate-nithya-raman/
— Johns and Street Hookers Doing Robust Business in Mamdani’s New York. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2026/09/27/johns-and-street-hookers-doing-robust-business-in-mamdanis-new-york/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats favor socialism over capitalism 65% to 35%. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6405700653112
POST MILLENNIAL
— Boston pays illegal aliens to become political activists.
https://thepostmillennial.com/boston-pays-illegal-aliens-to-become-political-activists
TOWNHALL
— Americans Voted to Deport Illegal Aliens.
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2026/09/28/americans-voted-to-deport-illegal-aliens-n2683672
— A Free Press Must Be a Responsible Press. DD: The mainstream news media exists not only to destroy Trump, but to destroy all Republicans starting with Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2026/09/28/a-free-press-must-be-a-responsible-press-n2683623
VISUAL CAPITALIST
— Ranked: U.S. Wealth by Generation in 2026. DD: What helped you build wealth? For me, it was my earning 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.visualcapitalist.com/americas-net-worth-by-generation-2026/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Baby Boomers hold $97.4 trillion, or 52% of U.S. household net worth, despite making up just 30% of households. Millennials and Gen Z account for 37% of U.S. households, more than any other generation, but hold only 11% of household wealth.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at voters that if they do not like what Trump has said or done, they should vote for all the Democrats on their ballot.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-down-ballot-republicans-biggest-risk-n594811
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders blame Trump for high gas prices and mortgage rates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business/trump-economy-midterm-elections.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you promote, the more that anti-conservatives call you an extremist.
https://www.wric.com/news/politics/ap-republicans-say-democrats-are-extremists-these-democrats-want-to-convince-voters-thats-not-true/
CNN
— US deported LGBTQ migrants to countries where homosexuality makes them a target.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/26/world/lgbtq-migrants-asylum-seekers-america-intl
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at voters that if they do not like what Trump has said or done, they should vote for all the Democrats on their ballot.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/09/23/heres-what-new-research-tells-us-about-presidential-coattails-in-down-ballot-races/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/09/23/corporate-america-dei-programs-impact-stocks-revenue/91810189007/
— IRS tax forms may soon ask about your citizenship.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/taxes/2026/09/25/irs-citizenship-status-question/91901367007/
MERCURY NEWS
— DD: To get more votes from LGBTQers, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give LGBTQers more preference.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/27/newsom-signs-bills-aimed-at-protecting-lgbtq-people-citing-trump-administration-attacks-3/
FORBES
— Career problems. DD: What do you blame your career problems on? I blame my career problems on my Democrat superiors in the federal government. They wasted my career and they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 because I refused to become a Democrat. Because I refused to become a Democrat, my Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. Because I refused to become a Democrat, my IRS superiors a) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. Because I refused to become a Democrat, my GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) got rid of the GAO manager in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They took the aforesaid adverse actions against me notwithstanding my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree 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.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2024/08/09/why-so-many-of-our-professional-problems-are-not-about-our-careers/
FORTUNE
— Nearly two in five parents with young children, or 37%, expect to receive some sort of financial help from their own parents or grandparents over the next year. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors and supervisors who were parents a) painted themselves as being underpaid and b) decried the high cost of raising their children.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/27/affordability-crisis-37-parents-financial-help-baby-boomers/
MONEYWISE
— Average used car requires $120K in income to afford. DD: Back in the good old days, when I was 17 years old in 1966, I was able to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ), with the money I earned working for the minimum wage part-time for 15 months and full-time for 3 months.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/average-used-car-requires-120k-140000054.html
NARFE
— How to advance in federal government. DD: Democrats run the federal government. To advance in the federal government you have to be a Democrat. You have excel at helping your superiors get rid of not only their employees who are Republican, but those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Because I refused to become a Democrat, my Democrat Post Office superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-4, my Democrat IRS superiors beyond GS-12, and my Democrat GAO superiors beyond GS-13 even though 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. They not only wasted my career, they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.narfe.org/magazine-issues/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Who Gets to Be ‘College Material’? DD: When I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, virtually no one saw me as being college material because neither of my patents attended college, because my father was only the first of ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and because my mother never attended high school. But nevertheless, I took college preparatory courses, I earned an ACT score of 24, I graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and I got accepted by UIC.
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2021/04/12/colleges-should-reimagine-what-it-means-be-college-material-and-be-force-equity
POLITICO
— Trump’s latest Mamdani lovefest comes at a bad time for Republicans. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/27/trumps-latest-mamdani-lovefest-comes-at-a-bad-time-for-republicans-01093811
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at voters that if they do not like what Trump has said or done, they should vote for all the Democrats on their ballot.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/9/27/800103652/series/socialist-or-maga-republican-america-has-a-preference/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDIA TODAY
— Successful women face marriage hurdles. DD: Ever-increasingly, men are less successful than women.
https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/haryana-doctors-reality-check-on-why-successful-women-face-marriage-hurdles-3004096-2026-09-27
September 27, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Demonstrators clash, security heightened as Trump attends final day of Presidents Cup at Medinah.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/presidents-cup-2026-sunday-rally-protest-planned-security-heightened-donald-trump-expected-chicago-ohare-airport/19879791/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As Trump walked the course, the protesters clashed with some of the president’s supporters. Police stepped in, and the groups eventually moved apart. “My business is booming,” Jeff Castle, DuPage County Republican secretary, told ABC7. “People are comfortable spending money, and people have more money to spend.” ABC7’s Price Tracker reveals rising costs for groceries and housing. Gas is at $4.47 a gallon, up more than $1.50 since the attack on Iran. “I’m not worried about high gas prices or anything like that,” Donna Reboletti, a Trump supporter, told ABC7. “I’ll suffer through that.”. . .”We can easily go the wrong direction if we don’t pick the right people, especially in this midterm election,” Trump supporter Peter Lara told ABC7.)
NBC5
— Trump claims US is ‘better than ever’ during speech at Presidents Cup in Medinah. Hundreds of protesters lined the streets outside the golf tournament on Sunday, holding signs critical of Trump and his administration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-claims-us-is-better-than-ever-during-speech-at-presidents-cup-in-west-suburb-of-chicago/3994426/
FOX32
— President Trump speaks to Presidents Cup crowd in Chicago area.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-hajav52dw68f6lwk
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mostly receptive crowd greets Trump at Presidents Cup in Medinah while dozens protest outside the club.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/27/trump-presidents-cup-medinah/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: to Glenn Graham, 41, who wore a Reagan-Bush ‘84 hat and said he lives in Trump Tower. Seeing the president “reinstills my sense of pride in America,” Graham said. “It’s very patriotic.” . . . Trump supporters arrived early, and the sight of Air Force One gliding low overhead early Sunday revved up the pro-Trump crowd. One man held a thin blue line flag and carried a sign reading “SUPPORT ICE (THE LAW).” “He does what is right for the American people,” said one supporter, Addison resident Donna Reboletti. “He puts America first.” DuPage County Republican Secretary Jeff Castle sported a wardrobe with a stars and stripes motif, including a cape and matching shorts and socks. “I think anybody who doesn’t support the president, no matter who it is, Republican or Democrat alike, they’re a fool. Because to not support the president is to want this country to fail,” he said. At the same time, he said, “I think we need to start talking with each other. Both sides should start listening to each other a little bit.”)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump says U.S. is doing ‘better than ever before’ at Presidents Cup golf tournament in suburban Medinah.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/09/27/trump-appears-sunday-at-the-presidents-cup-golf-tournament-in-suburban-medinah
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The crowd chanted “USA, USA, USA” before he took the stage, and spectators shook red, white and blue pom poms and American flags. . .A handful of demonstrators, both pro- and anti-Trump, gathered around 9:30 a.m. Sunday outside the tournament before Trump arrived.)
SHAW LOCAL
— Trump’s visit to Medinah sparks protests, draws supporters.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/09/27/trumps-visit-to-medinah-sparks-protests-draws-supporters/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Two DuPage Democrats (Anne Stava-Murray and Diane Blair-Sherlock) Pushed Bill That Would Have Barred Suburbs From Clearing Homeless Encampments. DD: My critics/opponents would love to see a homeless encampment in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/two-dupage-democrats-pushed-bill-that-would-have-barred-suburbs-from-clearing-homeless-encampments
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DD: What do you take as a badge of honor? According to my critics/opponents, “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” Of course, I take that as a badge of honor. I do not want anyone to call my tunes. According to my critics/opponents, I never was a journalist, I am not a journalist, and I never will be a journalist a) because I do not have a degree in journalism, b) because no one has paid me for what I have done 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 are paywalled or contain any advertising or donation requests, e) because I do not claim to be nonpartisan, f) because I fully disclose that I am a conservative Republican, and g) because I fully disclose that I have been an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000. My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth 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. My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTIN TIMES
— The hypocrisy of progressive Christianity. Jesus is all the rage on the left this year. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is a liberal Democrat who promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, gambling, 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.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/27/hypocrisy-progressive-christianity/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In case you have not noticed, talk of religion is no longer verboten in the ranks of the political left. From the likes of the loud and proud homosexual and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to the current Democratic Senate nominee and Presbyterian seminarian James Talarico, it seems that Jesus is all the rage for Democrats in this year’s election season. This is a world that some have dubbed “exvangelicalism,” a theological and political camp for aggrieved and disenchanted millennials and Gen Z-ers who have concluded that the biblical definition of Christianity is no longer acceptable for them.)
NEW YORK POST
— Trump hosts MAGA influencers at private White House soiree in prep for midterms. DD: I was not invited. Who from Illinois was invited? I promote conservative principles. My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a bad political influencer. According to them, I am far too conservative and my demographics are terrible. But they know that I am not paid for what I do. All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post copies of them at www.gopillinois.com comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement saving. My critics/opponent have lots of money. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy me. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/27/us-news/trump-hosts-maga-influencers-at-private-white-house-soiree-as-he-goes-all-in-on-midterms/
— Gen Z voters hate capitalism — but they’ve barely even seen it.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/27/opinion/gen-z-voters-hate-capitalism-but-theyve-barely-seen-it/
COLLEGE FIX
— Rutgers University leftist student coalition marches against ICE.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/rutgers-university-leftist-student-coalition-marches-against-ice/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Cancels $810M for Illegal Immigrants, Race-Based Programs.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/09/trump-cancels-810m-for-illegal-immigrants-race-based-programs/amp/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Trump blasts MAGA influencers who have split with him over Iran. “They’re not ‘MAGA,’ they’re losers,” he posted on his social media platform. DD: I promote conservative principles. My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a bad political influencer. According to them, I am far too conservative and my demographics are terrible. But they know that I am not paid for what I do. All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post copies of them at www.gopillinois.com comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement saving. My critics/opponent have lots of money. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy me. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-blasts-maga-influencers-split-iran/story?id=131897807
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump makes appearance at Presidents Cup, briefly addresses crowd.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7635677/2026/09/27/trump-presidents-cup-appearance/
USA TODAY
— Do independent voters have too much power in midterms? About 4 in 10 registered U.S. voters say they are independent. DD: That motivated me to hand-deliver the following to the 170 Independent residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/09/22/independent-voters-2026-midterm-elections/91580019007/
TIMES UNION
— DD: Far too many non-Republicans cast Republican primary ballots. They vote for candidates a) who are the least likely to win in general elections and/or b) who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/commentary-open-primaries-independent-voters-22442707.php
SAN ANTONIO CURRENT
— San Antonio Current launching Texas Politics This Week newsletter. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents a) who work the hardest to stop me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) who work the hardest to stop everyone from reading my newsletters.
https://www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-news/san-antonio-current-launching-texas-politics-this-week-newsletter/
FORTUNE
— In the affordability crisis, 37% of parents are counting on financial help from the Bank of Baby Boomers and can’t wait for the Great Wealth Transfer.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/27/affordability-crisis-37-parents-financial-help-baby-boomers/
GOVERNING
— The Growing Need for Opposition Research — on Yourself — in Today’s Political World. DD: If you ran for an office, what would your critics/opponents use against you? My critics/opponents would stress the big adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me. They would stress the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had wasting my career and forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-ralph-northam-importance-opposition-research.html
PROTECT DEMOCRACY
— The Authoritarian Playbook. DD: Since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999 and the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) , DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) have become less and less and less conservative. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. According to the anti-conservative leaders of the aforesaid, I am far too conservative. To get rid of me, they a) fired me as the MTRO webmaster in 2004 and 2010, b) defeated my bid for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004, c) almost got the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, d) threw me off the ICRC Steering Committee in 2007, e) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, f) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and g) threw me off IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024.
https://protectdemocracy.org/work/the-authoritarian-playbook/
PEW RESEARCH
— America’s News Influencers. DD: I promote conservative principles. My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a bad political influencer. According to them, I am far too conservative and my demographics are terrible. But they know that I am not paid for what I do. All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post copies of them at www.gopillinois.com comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement saving. My critics/opponent have lots of money. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy me. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/11/18/americas-news-influencers/
PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders say they hold the midterm lead with Independents breaking sharply against Trump. To the extent that might be true, that motivated me to hand-delivered the following to the 170 Independent residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democrats-lead-in-new-poll-as-trump-looms-over-midterms
INDEPENDENT VOTER NEWS
— DD: Far too many non-Republicans cast Republican primary ballots. They vote for candidates a) who are the least likely to win in general elections and/or b) who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://ivn.us/9-of-voters-already-picked-your-congress-a-new-poll-says-everyone-else-is-fed-up/
FULCRUM
— Independents are 48% of voters and about to decide the midterms. So why does nobody negotiate with us? DD: To address that, I hand-delivered the following to the 170 Independent residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://thefulcrum.us/electoral-reforms/independent-politics
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Paid influencers are everywhere in US politics. We need transparency. DD: I promote conservative principles. My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a bad political influencer. According to them, I am far too conservative and my demographics are terrible. But they know that I am not paid for what I do. All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post copies of them at www.gopillinois.com comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement saving. My critics/opponent have lots of money. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy me. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/17/paid-influencers-us-politics-transparency
September 27, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Trump set to make appearance at Presidents Cup in suburban Medinah.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/president-donald-trump-set-to-make-appearance-at-presidents-cup-in-suburban-medinah/3994259/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Members of the Illinois Republican Party plan to show their support for the president on Irving Park Road. DuPage County Republicans described the president’s visit as historic. The group in a Facebook post said: “We have a historic week ahead! The President of the United States will be in DuPage this week. We look forward to having the leader of the free world in DuPage County! DuPage County welcomes you President Trump.”)
— New proposal aims to crackdown on influencers paid to support political campaigns. DD: My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a bad political influencer. According to them, I am far too conservative. But they know that I am not paid for what I do. All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post copies of them at www.gopillinois.com comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement saving. My critics/opponent have lots of money. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy me. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/new-proposal-aims-to-crackdown-on-influencers-paid-to-support-political-campaigns/3994044/
(FROM GOOGLE AI: A political influencer is a content creator, commentator, or public figure who uses social media and digital platforms to shape public opinion, advocate for policies, and support political candidates. Millions of people now get their daily news and civic updates from independent digital creators rather than traditional media. Modern political campaigns routinely credential creators alongside traditional journalists at major events like national conventions. Lawmakers in various states are introducing or expanding regulations to require paid social media influencers to clearly disclose financial backing and sponsorships from political campaigns or advocacy groups. States like California enforce strict financial disclosure requirements and fine non-compliant paid digital posts to prevent hidden election interference.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that flooding America with their illegals is one of their top priorities. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the more illegals that there are, the lower that inflation will be.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/27/operation-midway-blitz-challenges-remain/
— Trump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/25/congress-spending/
— The competitiveness in parenting to give kids a leg up has reached a new level. DD: My parents 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. During my junior and senior years in high school 1964-1966, instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes to buy a new car to commute to/from UIC and my parents’ home in Crete. Nevertheless, I got accepted by UIC in 1966. Because of that dishwashing job, because neither of my patents attended college, because my father was only the first of ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and because my mother never attended high school, virtually no one saw me as being college material. But nevertheless, I took college preparatory courses, I earned an ACT score of 24, and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/26/opinion-parents-children-college-competition/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: American parents are working harder than ever to give their children a leg up. Economists Garey Ramey and Valerie Ramey documented that college-educated mothers increased their childcare time by more than nine hours per week starting in the mid-1990s. They attributed this “rug rat race” to intensifying competition for college admissions. The competition isn’t only about time investment, and much of what parents do to give their child an advantage is hard to fault. Families routinely move from cities and their challenged public school systems to suburban neighborhoods with public schools that send large shares of graduates to elite colleges. Once a child is installed at that suburban school, the parent might add private tutoring, an SAT coach and a call to a business contact to secure the child’s summer internship. Each decision, in isolation, seems like good parenting. And after all, it seems like everyone else is doing it. But in the aggregate, these advantages compound, and the opportunity gaps between the advantaged and the disadvantaged widen.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Obama Presidential Center’s price tag: almost $1 billion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/architecture-design/2026/09/26/obama-presidential-center-price-tag-1-billion
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260926/syndicated-columnists/neighbors-in-need-campaign-again-underway-to-fight-hunger-homelessness-health-care-issues/
WGN9
— Dabrowski re-emerges ahead of November election.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/wgn-the-point-politics-chicago-illinois/former-gop-candidate-for-governor-re-emerges-ahead-of-november-election/
WBEZ
— Chicago teens want more jobs in their neighborhoods. DD: While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I could not find a job in Crete. My high school friend was a part-time stockboy at the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 5 miles north. I took his suggestion and applied for and got hired as a part-time dishwasher there. In 1964, I bought a 1958 Chevrolet BelAir with money I had earned delivering newspapers and doing yard work. We carpooled. His father had bought him 1960 Plymouth.
https://www.wbez.org/moment-of-youth/2026/09/25/downtown-day-teen-survey-results
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly disrupt every event that Trump attends.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-is-attending-a-big-college-football-game-and-coaches-are-worried-about-disruptions/article_a1221b0e-b484-5f3d-b33d-1e36d0a4bf0a.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/as-early-voting-begins-officials-seek-to-reassure-public-about-election-security-integrity/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Best colleges in Illinois. DD: UIC is #4. To get accepted by UIC in 1966, I took college preparatory courses at Crete-Monee High School, got an ACT score of 24, and graduated in the upper 20% of my class. IIT Is #5. To get accepted by IIT in 1992, I earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970, earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, became a licensed CPA in 1981, and became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-best-colleges-in-illinois/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Vallas: Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Learned Nothing From Risking Her Daughters Future. DD: My parents 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://johnkassnews.com/nikole-hannah-joness-learned-nothing-from-risking-her-daughters-future/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How strongly are the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct stressing that to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism? How strongly are they stressing the negatives of socialism and the positives of capitalism? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman doing to get out the Republican vote? Yesterday, I finished hand-delivering DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes to the 370 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. Those 370 envelopes had 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels and contained: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. I stuffed 5,920 pieces in those 370 envelopes — 5,180 campaign pieces (14X370), 370 Voter Guides, and 370 sample ballots. I had to fold the Voter Guides, sample ballots, and two of the campaign pieces. I used my photocopier to make 370 copies of the 2-sided sample ballot and 170 color copies of the Voter Guide. MTRO provided 200 of the Voter Guides. I hand-delivered the envelopes in 5 batches. There are about 550 residences in my precinct. There are tremendous difference in household incomes and housing values in my precinct. About 4 our 5 times when a Republican home is listed for sale, a Democrat buys it. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What are your top priorities in life? According to Google AI: “Your top priorities in life are the core values, relationships, and activities that deserve your time, energy, and focus. Health: Taking care of your physical fitness, mental well-being, nutrition, and rest. Family and Relationships: Building deep, supportive, and loving connections with loved ones. Career and Purpose: Pursuing meaningful work, professional growth, or personal ambitions. Financial Stability: Managing money wisely to build security and reduce stress. Personal Growth: Learning new skills, exploring hobbies, and engaging in self-care.” My top priorities in life include my wife and my promoting conservative principles. To promote conservative principles I put together and send my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I promote the following planks in the Republican Party platform: 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). I discourage the promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, gambling, 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. I stress that if I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have what I have including my marriage of 48 years, 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Two months before the midterm elections, the Republican Party has a problem. No, it’s not its record, which is strong. And no, it’s not the Democrats, who are weaker than the coverage claims, drowning under the dead weight of a deepening socialist wing that is taking over. The problem is that Republicans haven’t yet successfully presented their strategy as the popular alternative to socialism. Voters need to be reminded that the choice is not between President Donald Trump and some abstract “perfect” policy. It’s between Trump’s strong record and the terrifying prospect of a socialist victory. And in that comparison, there’s no contest.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4742019/gop-election-strategy-trump-record-vs-socialism/
— Trump contradicting socialist/communist messaging with Xi Jinping’s visit.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k47cO_m7Too
— Brazil is exporting socialism to America — and the DSA is eagerly importing it.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4736855/lula-dsa-brazil-socialism-us-elections/
— Democrats think they’re voting for Sweden. DSA is offering Venezuela.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4740528/democratic-socialism-nordic-model-dsa-platform/
— Seattle is a slowly dying city. Several Democrat-run cities across the United States are in the decay process thanks to their left-wing policies. Perhaps none is dying faster than socialist Seattle.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4739810/seattle-slowly-dying-city/?itm_source=parsely-api
NEW YORK POST
— Prostitution busts plunge 60% — but hookers multiply — in NYC’s infamous ‘Market of Sweethearts.’ DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/27/us-news/nypd-making-60-less-arrests-at-queens-notorious-market-of-sweethearts-strip/
— US medical schools have gone DEI-crazy — with deadly results.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/26/opinion/us-medical-schools-have-gone-dei-crazy-with-deadly-results/
— Meet Generation ‘I Do … Not’: Young women who refuse to get married — and vow to never change their minds about it. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything they can to promote LGBTQ, that is, to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/16/lifestyle/meet-generation-i-do-not-young-women-who-refuse-to-get-married-and-vow-to-never-change-their-minds-about-it/
1819
— ‘Our immigration system should serve to make our country better, not worse’: Tuberville touts new legislation eliminating Diversity Visa Lottery.
DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://1819news.com/news/item/our-immigration-system-should-serve-to-make-our-country-better-not-worse-tuberville-touts-new-legislation-eliminating-diversity-visa-lottery
AMERICAN THINKER
— The bennies flowing to Americans from Trump’s tariffs. Trump seems to have been correct that tariffs would work for the American economy, not against it.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/09/the-bennies-flowing-to-americans-from-trump-s-tariffs/
BREITBART
— When the Berlin Wall Fell, Who Ran to Which Side? Socialism Is for Morons.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/26/kennedy-when-the-berlin-wall-fell-who-ran-to-which-side-socialism-is-for-morons/amp/
— DD: What percent of those in America legally are Hispanic. What percent of those in America illegally are Hispanic? Ever-increasing, the Hispanics tradesmen I encounter do not speak English.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/26/tx-agriculture-commissioner-even-people-here-legally-staying-out-of-public-due-to-fear-of-being-arrested/amp/
— ICE Raiding Packing Plants Will Raise Beef Prices. DD: Employers want illegals because employers want cheap labor.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/26/tx-agriculture-commissioner-ice-raiding-packing-plants-will-raise-beef-prices/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Professors worry ‘immigrants’ left out of school choice. DD: My parents 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.thecollegefix.com/professors-worry-immigrants-left-out-of-school-choice-dont-say-if-illegals-included/
FOX NEWS
— America’s socialist elite got rich bashing capitalism.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/economist-calls-out-americas-socialist-elite-says-they-got-rich-bashing-capitalism
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Saving America by Saving the Family. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything they can to promote LGBTQ, that is, to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/report/saving-america-saving-the-family-foundation-the-next-250-years
NEWSMAX
— Duckworth: Trump’s Arch Could Threaten Air Safety.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tammy-duckworth-air-safety-faa/2026/09/25/id/1270740/
— Republicans Must Explain ‘Socialism’ to Win Midterms.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/morris-socialism-election/2026/09/26/id/1270797/
REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— A recent survey of journalists in America helped expose a hidden truth of the feminization of journalism: Female reporters now make up over two thirds of journalists under 30 and half of those over 30. Another study put female representation at 72% of all journalists. In researching this subject, I found a survey from 2017 showing women were around two thirds of journalists then. In comparison, in 1970 women made up only around 20% of U.S. reporters. As Journalism has becoming increasingly feminized, in direct correlation we have seen the changes in reporting from the more objective and fact-based to today’s more “woke” reporting. Feminization of the profession may best explain what so many decry and its exposure the motivation to fix the problem. First, men and women are different in ways that drastically effect the framing and reporting of stories. Multiple polls show men are far more likely to be opposed to censorship than women. Men are also far more tolerant of allowing the views of all sides in debates. One poll, for example, showed men were 3.5 times more tolerant than women for allowing speakers with of even opposing viewpoints to exercise free speech In a recent Pew Poll, men were found to be far more in favor of free speech than women, even when that speech is an opposing view and provocative. Women generally favor consensus and non-offensiveness over hard truth compared with men.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2026/09/26/over-feminization_of_journalism_and_modern_woke_reporting_1208423.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
YAHOO
— DD: Democrat demonstrators rally near Medinah Country Club.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/kick-trump-illinois-demonstrators-rally-114500999.html
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Islam.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/muslim-americans-push-back-republican-politicians-stoke-anti-136746491
CBS NEWS
— Trump cancels nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, a move some lawmakers called illegal.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-cancels-billion-spending-pocket-rescission/
NEWSWEEK
— DHS Denies Change of ICE Strategy: ‘No One Is off the Table.’
https://www.newsweek.com/dhs-denies-change-of-ice-strategy-no-one-is-off-the-table-12493743
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything they can to promote LGBTQ, that is, to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/heritage-foundation-women.html
— Quitting Prosecutor Felt Pressure to File Charges. DD: When I was 49 in 1997, my Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors talked and acted like Durbin, Mosely-Braun, and Illinois’ Democrat congressmen pressured them to force me to retire. If I could do it over again, I would have strongly asked Illinois’ Republican congressmen to come to my defense. They were Hyde, Crane, Porter, Weller, Fawell, Hastert, Manzullo, LaHood, and Shimkus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/us/chicago-federal-prosecutor-resigns-broadview-six.html
— Antiwar Veterans Group Spends Millions to Elect Democrats, Shaping Midterms. The organization, founded in 2006 to back Democratic veterans opposing the Iraq war, is pouring huge sums into this year’s elections amid intense voter antipathy for another conflict in the Middle East. DD: My many Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government were veterans a) who blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam war and b) who punished me for that especially because I was a Republican who avoided the war with student deferments and a financial hardship draft deferment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/us/politics/votevets-midterm-elections.html
DESERET NEWS
— Unsure about marriage? The research should reassure you. While naysayers keep pronouncing its demise, traditional marriage continues to show up in academic research as enormously beneficial. DD: My critics/opponents attribute my wife for my successes in life after we got married when I was in 29 in 1978. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. GAO promoted me in 1986. I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997. But when we got married, 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://www.deseret.com/opinion/2024/12/15/marriage-has-enormous-benefits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Married mothers are much better off financially, with a median family income of $108,000 in 2020, twice as much as the $41,000 for childless single women. They head into retirement with over three times as many assets than single peers. And even factoring in controls for variables like children, education, and race, married women’s household incomes are 45% larger than their unmarried peers. All in all, married women are 80% less likely to be poor while single moms are six times more likely. Married men, Wilcox likewise argues, “work harder, smarter, and more successfully” than their single peers. A Harvard study found them much less likely to be fired, and other research finds that married men earn 10% to 20% more than single men with similar backgrounds; even among identical twins, the married twins make 18-26% more than the unmarried. Married thirty-something men’s household income hovers around $95,000 while cohabiting men average $68,000, and singles average $42,000. Even controlling for factors like race, education and age, married men have 40% more household income than unmarried men and are 55% less likely to live in poverty. While impacts of family instability on women are well known, such as a much higher likelihood of poverty and the economic challenges of raising kids alone, single men also end up paying child support and find covering housing costs for two or more family configurations difficult. However, married men with children are three times more likely to attain middle class or higher status, and four times more likely to avoid poverty. They also retire with 10 times more assets than their unmarried peers.)
FORTUNE
— Trump’s new Medicaid rules will kick in, and GOP states are tougher about proving inability to work.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/26/trump-new-medicaid-work-requirements-obba-gop-states-tougher-doctor-documentation/
GEORGETOWN
— The class ceiling among first-generation college graduates. DD: Neither of my patents attended college. My father was only the first of ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I should write about my critics/opponents whose parents had the most education.
https://feed.georgetown.edu/access-affordability/measuring-the-class-ceiling-among-first-gen-college-graduates/
GALLUP
— One in Four U.S. Employees Lack Advancement Opportunities. DD: Advancement opportunities exist in the federal government, but only for Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Because I am none of the aforesaid, a) my Democrat Post Office superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-4, b) my Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-12, and c) my Democrat GAO superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-13 even though I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/695996/one-four-employees-lack-advancement-opportunities.aspx
AMERICAN BAZAAR
— Nalin Haley, the son of former South Carolina Gov. and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, has again taken a hardline position on immigration, this time linking illegal and legal immigration to the affordability crisis in the United States. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/09/26/america-for-americans-nalin-haley-demands-end-to-h-1b-visas-and-legal-immigration-488873/
HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Rove against Trump.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/karl-rove-says-he-got-credible-threats-for-voting-democrat_n_6ab82cd6e4b07795582c6a4f
September 24, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Ramirez Proposal would abolish ICE, shut down DHS. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-ewvmgakr06att13e
FOX32
— Illinois immigrant rights group plans protest during Trump’s Chicago visit.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-zoagqoxj9qgpnqys
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/23/judge-sets-hearing-date-broadview-six-want-further-investigation-prosecutors-misconduct
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Early voting begins Thursday in collar counties but not until Oct. 1 in Chicago and Oct. 7 in suburban Cook.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/24/illinois-election-early-voting/
— Cook County leaders warn of ‘devastation’ with 100 days to go before Medicaid work requirements take effect. DD: According to Google AI, “Able-bodied in the Medicaid program is a policy term used to describe adults who do not qualify for traditional coverage categories like being elderly, blind, disabled, pregnant, or a child.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/23/medicaid-work-requirements/
— The Nov. 3 ballot lacks real choices.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/23/charles-selle-column-nov-3-ballot/
— Who’s afraid of a big, bad debate?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/23/judy-bowlby-hilario-dominguez-darren-bailey-mary-miller-juliana-stratton-don-tracy-jennifer-davis-melissa-bean/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Just ask Don Tracy, the Republican running for U.S. Senate against Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton. He’s made his opponent’s unwillingness to face off a leading campaign talking point. While Stratton has committed to a debate on WTTW, Chicago’s local public television channel, that’s it. Darren Bailey this spring declined to debate his primary opponents Ted Dabrowski, Rick Heinder and James Mendrick, winning the primary election soundly anyway. Bailey is rightfully upset that Gov. JB Pritzker has apparently declined to debate him and has agreed only to a single “forum” on WTTW, which does not typically reach a large downstage audience. We’d hope arrangements are being made for wider distribution. Downstate U.S. Rep. Mary Miller also demurred when it came to debates. We suspect she didn’t want to have to take on a more pragmatic, independent-minded candidate in Judy Bowlby, whom we endorsed. Both Bailey and Miller won their primaries handily, which unfortunately reinforces bad behavior. Namely, once you’re confident enough that you can win, campaigning becomes less about making your case to the public and more about holding your ground.)
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: $710 million DuPage County budget proposal includes money for first-time homebuyers. DD: Back in the good old days, back when I was 24 in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome in University Park. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ . But it had only 1,000 square feet. 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 $88.700. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260923/local-politics/710-million-dupage-county-budget-proposal-includes-money-for-first-time-homebuyers-rental-assistan/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One highlight of the proposed budget is a plan to use $5 million for a first-time homebuyer program administered in partnership with the Illinois Housing Development Authority. The program, which Conroy hopes to begin in early 2027, would provide up to $30,000 in down payment assistance to qualifying residents.)
JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Region’s Republicans follow president’s plan: Campaign like he’s on ballot.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/morgan-county-republicans-talk-voting-data-22442639.php
SHAW LOCAL
— 2026 Election Questionnaire: JB Pritzker, Illinois Governor.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/09/23/2026-election-questionnaire-jb-pritzker-illinois-governor/
WAND TV
— Schumer says Trump needs to stand up to Xi.
https://www.wandtv.com/video/2026/09/23/schumer-says-trump-needs-stand-up-xi/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois attorney general claims victory in lawsuit against Trump administration. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat judges and justices will ever-increasingly will rule not only against Trump, but against all Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2026-09-23/illinois-attorney-general-claims-victory-in-lawsuit-against-trump-administration
— Judge orders Trump administration to restore journalists’ access to White House. DD: I should write about the following who have done the most since 2000 to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-24/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-restore-journalists-access-to-white-house
(FROM THE ARTICLE: CNN, MS NOW and Politico filed a joint lawsuit against Trump to challenge that decision on Monday, on the grounds that their constitutional rights had been violated. They sought a temporary restraining order on the ban that would allow them to report from the White House as the proceedings in the case continue. In his Thursday ruling, Kelly ordered White House representatives to “immediately return, reinstate, and restore” their press credentials to reporters of the three news organizations.)
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media ever-increasingly paint everything as being bad and blame Trump for that.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-disapproval-highest-in-second-term-amid-economic-woes-emerson-college/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— State Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago): Illinois is a leader in LGBTQ rights. A priority is to ban the use of tax dollars for conversion therapy.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-lawmaker-il-is-a-leader-in-lgbtq-rights/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— Illinois Becomes First Midwest State To Allow Medically Assisted Death As ‘Deb’s Law’ Goes Into Effect.
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/illinois-becomes-first-midwest-state-allow-medically-assisted-death-debs-law-goes
ILLINOIZE
— Spending, Attacks Ramp Up in Competitive House Races.
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/spending-attacks-ramp-up-house
(FROM THEW ARTICLE: There are more than a few Republicans who tell us they believe the seat being vacated by Rep. Amy Grant (R-Wheaton) is all but lost to Democrats and Wheaton City Council member Erica Bray-Parker. Bray-Parker has had digital ads running in the district and at least one mail piece, we’re told. Republican sources say digital ads will be going up for Republican candidate Rob Vrankovich. . .Democrats appear to believe Ugaste’s district is trending their way, so they’ve begun hitting Ugaste pretty hard in mail and digital. The digital ad looks as if it is from a congressional race and not a state legislative race. Dems haven’t hit Ugaste in mailboxes for a couple of weeks, though, so they may not be fully invested. Ugaste is dropping mail and running digital ads.)
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The Bailey-Dabrowski divide deepens.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/24/the-bailey-dabrowski-divide-deepens-01091210
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party is also drawing criticism from some Republicans for not seeming to do more to support Bailey. Its chair, Bob Grogan, served as treasurer for Dabrowski’s campaign before heading the party. He now insists he’s supporting all candidates, including Bailey. Stirring the pot: Downstate attorney Tom DeVore, a former attorney general candidate, accused Dabrowski and Grogan of purposely trying to make sure Bailey loses significantly to Pritzker in order to help prop up Republicans for 2030. “They want to convince the base that votes in a primary that it takes a Dabrowski or it takes an Irvin or a Rauner to actually beat the Democrats,” said DeVore, referring to Richard Irvin, who lost to Bailey in the primary in 2022, and former Gov. Bruce Rauner, who lost to Pritzker in 2018. “They think that unless they can get enough Republicans in the base convinced of that, they can never get through a primary. Dabrowski denies the accusation. “That’s crazy talk,” he said, and he suggested that Bailey, as the standard bearer of the party, should be trying to unite Republicans. The back-and-forth is exposing a deep divide inside the Illinois GOP that hasn’t won statewide office in over a decade and continues to struggle for relevance.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-814/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-601/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who works the hardest against you? Those who work the hardest against me promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, gambling, 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. I should write about those who have worked the hardest against me. I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
httpo://www.gopillinois.com
— Why do your critics/opponents get involved in Republican politics? My critics/opponents get involved in Republican politics to get the Republican party to officially dump its 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 its platform. I should write about my critics/opponents in the following who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because I promote the aforesaid planks: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman doing to get out the Republican vote? I am hand-delivering DuPage GOP-provided envelopes to the 660 registered Republican and Independent voters in their 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. The envelopes have 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels and contain a copy of the sample ballot, a Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided outstanding Voter Guide, and campaign literature from the 14 of 18 Republican candidates who provided their literature to the MTRO so far. By the time I am done, I will have stuffed 6,400 pieces — 5,600 literature pieces (14X400), 400 Voter Guides, and 400 sample ballots — in 400 envelopes and hand-delivered them. I have to fold the Voter Guides (400), sample ballots (400), and two of the literature pieces (800). I am using my photocopier to make 400 copies of the 2-sided sample ballot and 200 color copies of the Voter Guide. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Billionaire Pritzker Lets Taxpayers Finance His Health Insurance
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/22/billionaire-pritzker-lets-taxpayers-finance-his-health-insurance/
— State Rep. Jeff Keicher on Artificial Intelligence
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/23/state-rep-jeff-keicher-on-artificial-intelligence/
— Independent Candidate for Governor Releases Real Estate Tax Relief Plan (with Critique)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/23/independent-candidate-for-governor-releases-real-estate-tax-relief-plan-with-critique/
— Federal Judge Gives Suburbanite a Year for Threatening to “Kill the Nazi Rapist Pigs”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/22/federal-judge-gives-suburbanite-a-year-for-thretening-to-kill-the-nazi-rapist-pigs/
— Senator Craig Wilcox Holding Pig Roast at Highest Elevation in Algonquin Township Saturday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/21/senator-craig-wilcox-holding-pig-roast-at-highest-elevation-in-algonquin-township/
— Illinois Environment Council Zoom Presents One-Sided Look at Battery Farms
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/18/illinois-environment-council-zoom-presents-one-sided-look-at-battery-farms/
— Illinois Battery Farm Construction Far Behind Expectations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/17/illinois-battery-farm-construction-far-behind-expectations/
— Corbett Catches WTTW with It Pants Down in Preventing His Debate Attendance
— https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/16/corbett-catches-wttw-with-it-pants-down-in-preventing-his-debate-attendance/
— Sun-Times Reports Colin Corbett “a Fiscal Conservative Who Supports Abortion Rights”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/17/sun-times-reports-colin-corbett-a-fiscal-conservative-who-supports-abortion-rights/
— No Measles Cases Found in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/17/no-measles-cases-found-in-mchenry-county/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Taxpayers pay extra for early voting.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_3e0ec8f4-0a38-4950-8902-c5f3438b214f.html
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago’s Finger Pointing Mayor.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-finger-pointing-mayor
WIREPOINTS
— Bravo: Ted Dabrowski launches ‘Fight for Illinois’
https://wirepoints.org/bravo-ted-dabrowski-launches-fight-for-illinois-wirepoints/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— As Bailey Battles Pritzker, Dabrowski Launches His Own Statewide Political Machine, Fueling 2030 Talk.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/09/as-bailey-battles-pritzker-dabrowski-launches-his-own-statewide-political-machine-fueling-2030-talk.html
— Dabrowski Is ‘Fighting for Illinois’ — From Delaware.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/09/dabrowski-is-fighting-for-illinois-from-delaware.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: Pritzker’s credit upgrades come with a nearly $86 billion tax bill.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-credit-rating-pritzker-tax-hikes/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— More than 4 in 10 Americans favor socialism for the first time. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/23/gallup-poll-finds-4-10-americans-favor-socialism-first-time/
— Trump and the press boycott each other. Presidents don’t need a friendly media; they need the confidence to face a hostile one. DD: I should write about the following who have done the most since 2000 to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/23/trump-press-boycott/
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago commuters are hit with a bold new Florida billboard campaign.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/22/business/florida-chamber-gives-jb-pritzker-runner-up-for-economic-developer-of-the-year-award-on-chicago-billboards/
— Marco Rubio begins yanking visas of birth tourism enablers: ‘Sending a clear message.’
https://nypost.com/2026/09/23/us-news/marco-rubio-begins-yanking-visas-of-birth-tourism-enablers/
— People who don’t like America should go somewhere else. DD: What do you say to Democrats who come to DuPage County and who stay in DuPage County a) to flee Democrat poverty and crime and b) to take advantage of Republican prosperity and safety, but continue to vote for Democrats?
https://nypost.com/2026/09/23/media/judge-judy-says-people-who-dont-like-america-should-go-somewhere-else/
— Gay media empire forced out board member over MAGA hat.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/23/media/equalpride-board-member-resigns-after-staff-pushback-over-trump-hat/
AMERICAN THINKER
— So why did Nikole Hannah-Jones expose New York City’s horrible public schools now?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/09/so-why-did-nikole-hannah-jones-expose-new-york-city-s-horrible-public-schools-now/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I think the answer lies in her own ideology, in her own ‘contributions’ to social thought. Her error-filled 1619 Project, which the American Federation of Teachers promoted in schools, likely in those very schools Hannah-Jones’s daughter attended (Update: was taught), claimed that America was fatally flawed from its foundation, and remained hopelessly flawed. Black people were victims. The only conclusion that could be reached from it was reparations and of course, reinforced affirmative action. That made it easy to not worry too much about the results coming out of the public schools, which Democrats running these cities don’t worry too much about as they throw more money at them. It would explain why promoting black children without merit, giving every kid an ‘A’ no matter how poorly they performed, could continue without any apparent consequences for the kids or the schools. One reason, of course, is that teachers were afraid to be branded ‘racist’ if they did flunk any of the kids for nonperformance, given the atmosphere. Another reason was, why not? If teachers could never be fired for failing to teach and kids would go on to college no matter what their preparation, why not just give all A’s? There would be no consequences either way and less attention from giving the A’s and passing the kids along to the next level. But what actually became of the kids in these failing schools, especially the ones who were tracked into college with no education?)
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Kamala Harris says attacking DEI means attacking maternal care.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/09/23/kamala-harris-says-attacking-dei-means-attacking-maternal-care-1660225/
BLAZE
— Socialists want a new Constitution. Believe them. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-socialists-want-a-new-constitution-believe-them
BREITBART
— Homan: ‘They Will Never Abolish ICE’ DD: Democrats have always run GAO. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired. Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. Under him, GAO shrank from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. GAO is just a shell of what it once was. If Bowsher had defended GAO and reformed GAO, there would have been no need for DOGE.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/23/homan-they-will-never-abolish-ice/amp/
— More than 40% of Americans have positive view of socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting young people a) to blame their career problems on capitalism and b) to want socialism. What do you blame your career problems on? I blame my career problems on the Democrats who run the federal government and their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/poll-more-than-40-of-americans-have-positive-view-of-socialism/
— Report Exposes California’s $11B ‘Shadow Welfare System’ for Illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/09/23/report-exposes-californias-11b-shadow-welfare-system-for-illegals/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Howard University homecoming to feature LGBTQ ‘Lavender Reception.’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/howard-university-homecoming-feature-lgbtq-lavender-reception/30628
COLLEGE FIX
— New Jersey university trains counseling students to be ‘social justice advocates.’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/monmouth-u-trains-counseling-students-to-be-social-justice-advocates/
DAILY WIRE
— Speaker Johnson: Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan An Excellent ‘Investment.’ Johnson said that deportations were a solid way to protect Americans from crime. DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-trumps-mass-deportation-plan-an-excellent-investment
DISPATCH
— Young People Need Know the American Dream Isn’t Dead. It’s fine to be angry about affordability, but grievance can’t be the response. DD: What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://thedispatch.com/article/american-dream-generation-z-socialism-populism/
FOX BUSINESS
— Socialists and communists want government control over your life. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6405515888112
— Americans look at socialism as being big government. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. What do you blame your career problems on? I blame my career problems on the Democrats who run the federal government and their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6405517279112
— Socialism is predicated on jealousy. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. My Democrat Post Office (1966-1969), IRS (1971-1980), and GAO (1980-1997) superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were filled with envy. They always painted themselves as being underpaid. After I got married in 1978, they were ever-increasingly more furious at my and my wife’s ever-increasing income and net worth. To turn everyone against me, they stressed a) the new cars that I bought when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) the real estate that I bought when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) the collector cars that I bought when I was 40 and 45, d) the college degrees that I earned when I was 21, 27, 31, and 48, e) the professional certifications that I earned when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, f) the professional license that I earned when I was 32, g) the many vacations that my wife and I took, h) etc. Some of my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates circulated copies of Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on me and my wife. SEE https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6405514875112
FOX NEWS
— Chicago’s half-empty schools reveal a crisis city leaders refuse to confront. Rooftop Revelations: Let me explain is why the school buildings are empty. The people who run these buildings are largely the problem.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/chicago-half-empty-schools-reveal-crisis-city-leaders-refuse-confront
HOT AIR
— Teen Takeovers Are a Legacy of Woke 1.0. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/09/23/teen-takeovers-are-a-legacy-of-woke-10-n3819215
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Seattle U. To Host ‘People of Color’ Law Conference.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/09/seattle-u-to-host-people-of-color-law-conference/amp/
NEWSMAX
— It is America vs Socialism on the ballot. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/matt-schlapp-midterms-america-vs-225220298.html
POST MILLENNIAL
— Kamala Harris claims an ‘attack on DEI is an attack on Black maternal care’ as El-Sayed shows off friendship bracelets. By Harris’ metric, a person’s dark skin color should give them that advantage of access and a person’s dark skin color automatically gives them a greater understanding of health care for Black moms.
https://thepostmillennial.com/kamala-harris-claims-an-attack-on-dei-is-an-attack-on-maternal-care-as-el-sayed-shows-off-friendship-bracelets
POWERLINE
— Late-stage socialism. As a society, we have lost the plot. From Gallup, “Forty-three percent of Americans now have a positive view of socialism, marking the first time this figure has exceeded 39% in Gallup’s trend since 2010. Socialism still trails capitalism and free enterprise in public favorability but now ranks ahead of big business.” DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/09/late-stage-socialism.php
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— New White House Ad: We Will Defeat Communism, Socialism, and Marxism In America. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/09/23/new_white_house_ad_we_will_defeat_communism_socialism_and_marxism_in_america.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting young people a) to blame their career problems on capitalism and b) to want socialism. What do you blame your career problems on? I blame my career problems on the Democrats who run the federal government and their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/poll-voters-grow-concerned-capitalism-re-still-wary-socialism-dsa-rcna599194
CBS NEWS
— DOJ defends Trump White House media ban, citing national security and “professionalism and decorum.” DD: I should write about the following who have done the most since 2000 to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-defends-trump-white-house-media-ban/
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/09/24/how-trump-administration-is-dismantling-us-asylum-system/
USA TODAY
— Women to inherit most of $124T ‘great wealth transfer.’ Many aren’t ready.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/2026/09/22/great-wealth-transfer-women-unprepared/91816260007/
— DD: Alcohol and pot are vices. Anticipate/expect that as more pot is used, less alcohol will be used.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/09/22/alcohol-use-drops-first-time-covid-19-pandemic-study/91888128007/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Stratton.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/18/juliana-stratton-lisa-blunt-rochester-angela-alsobrooks-senate/91759441007/
ABC17
— Where dedication pays: Jobs with the biggest earning upside. DD: What did you do to increase your earning potential? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. My critics/opponents stress notwithstanding all that, I never made more than $154,682/year in today’s dollars and I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997. According to them, that proves that I am an unmitigated loser and even worse things.
https://abc17news.com/stacker-careers-education/2026/09/23/where-dedication-pays-jobs-with-the-biggest-earning-upside/
WALL STREET JOUNAL
— Some Republicans Don’t Want Indian-American Votes. The multiracial coalition that elected Trump in 2024 may fracture because of bigotry within the party. DD: How many Indian-Americans voted for Trump because he and Modi were great friends?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/some-republicans-dont-want-indian-american-votes-bebd6382
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Carnegie Endowment for International Peace survey estimated that 32% of Indian-Americans backed Mr. Trump in the 2024 election. Yet this year only 22% of Indian-Americans favor Republicans for the Senate and only 18% favor them for the House, according to last month’s Asian American Voter Survey. Indian-American Trump supporters aren’t the only minority voters apparently feeling buyer’s remorse. Two years ago, the president won around 48% of the Hispanic vote. Hispanic support for Mr. Trump has since crashed to 26%, according to a recent New York Times/Siena poll. Mr. Trump’s 15% support among black voters in 2024 has declined to 11%.)
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
— DD: The mainstream news media ever-increasingly a) ascribes positive motives to liberals and to Democrats and b) ascribes negative motives to conservatives and to Republicans.
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/november/conservatives-and-liberals-motivated-by-different-psychological-.html
FED SMITH
— The average federal civilian salary is about $112,000/year. DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) the federal government grossly overpaid me, b) I should not have gotten the promotions I got, and c) my federal career was an abject failure. They stress that while I was a federal union member for almost 12 years, almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and almost 9 years while I worked for IRS 1971-1980, a) my Post Office salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour and b) my IRS salary increased from $56,409/year to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, I earned an MBA in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. They stress that while I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my salary increased from $89,703/year to $154,682/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, b) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, c) I earned four more job-elated professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year, long before I was 40 in 1988.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/06/10/why-some-federal-employees-earn-twice-average-salary/
POLITICO
— POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/24/politico-barred-from-white-house-after-court-ruling-restoring-access-01091259
— Judge restores White House access for POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW. DD: I should write about the following who have done the most since 2000 to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/24/white-house-access-media-ban-ruling-01091226
DAILY BEAST
— Pete Hegseth’s wife is waging her own war on wokeness. Jenny Hegseth, the Secretary of War’s third wife, held the inaugural meeting of the Military Spouse Commission at the White House on Monday, a month after President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the commission and naming Jenny as its leader.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pete-hegseths-third-wife-jenny-hegseth-flaunts-new-power-grab/
ADVOCATE
— The 15 best universities in the U.S. for LGBTQ+ students. These are the top places to get a great education in a queer-friendly and affirming environment. The University of Illinois Chicago scored high on all of the LGBTQ+-inclusive metrics, but suffered from having only one queer venue within 10 miles of the college.
https://www.advocate.com/news/education/lgbtq-friendly-universities-study#rebelltitem10
September 15, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Pritzker praises Supreme Court for rejecting Trump’s mail-in ballot restrictions ahead of midterms. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-election-news-us-supreme-court-ruling-blocks-donald-trump-mail-ballot-restrictions-ahead-midterm-elections/19836160/
— Air Force secretary acknowledges the US has weapons in space. Troy Meink’s statement is seen as a clear warning to China and Russia.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/air-force-secretary-acknowledges-us-has-weapons-space/19834965/
WGN9
— Illinois and Chicago among those suing over ‘public charge’ green card restrictions.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/illinois-among-states-suing-over-green-card-restrictions/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/the-harm-continues-gov-pritzker-reacts-to-impact-of-operation-midway-blitz-one-year-later/
FOX32
— Rep. Thomas Massie moves to impeach Pete Hegseth over Iran war.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/rep-thomas-massie-moves-impeach-pete-hegseth-over-iran-war
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Democrats cheer Supreme Court mail-in voting order while President Trump lashes out at justices. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/15/supreme-court-mail-in-ballot/
— Will Iran become a two-front war?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/15/column-iran-problem-worse-houthis-depetris/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Larry Snelling now getting a $190,000 yearly pension after retiring as Chicago’s top cop. Fred Waller is serving as acting police superintendent for a second time amid a nationwide search for Snelling’s permanent replacement. Between his pension and city salary, Waller was making $374,695.32 a year as of late June.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/police-reform/2026/09/15/larry-snelling-fred-waller-police-superintendent-chicago
DAILY HERALD
— Illinois Democrats cheer Supreme Court mail-in voting order while President Trump lashes out at justices. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260915/news/illinois-democrats-cheer-supreme-court-mail-in-voting-order-while-president-trump-lashes-out-at-just/
— The League of Women Voters of Roselle-Bloomingdale Area has canceled its Sept. 20 candidate event for the Illinois Senate District 24 and Illinois House District 48 races.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260915/submitted-content/league-of-women-voters-cancels-sept-20-candidate-event-for-two-state-legislative-races/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois, Chicago sue to block Trump plan to restrict green cards to legal Medicaid, SNAP users. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2026-09-15/illinois-chicago-sue-to-block-trump-plan-to-restrict-green-cards-to-legal-medicaid-snap-users
BUR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge’s decision to eliminate its property tax is a campaign ad that can write itself. The village’s mayor, Gary Grasso, is running as a Republican for DuPage County Board chairperson against Democrat Deb Conroy of Elmhurst.
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-mayor-campaign-ad-writes-itself
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-595/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State, local officials reflect on Midway Blitz, response to ICE ‘occupation.’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_beeff635-d7ef-41af-b655-abe84c0c17c7.html
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago Private Schools Discriminated for Years to Further DEI and Now the IRS Wants Its Money Back.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-private-schools-discriminated-for-years-to-further-dei-and-now-the-irs-wants-its-money-back
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Latin School of Chicago, Francis Parker, Shipley, and thousands of other National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) members could lose their non-profit status. The trade association that writes the DEI playbook for Latin, Parker, Shipley, and hundreds of other private schools just told its members, in writing, that they are probably breaking the law, and that the schools, not NAIS, are the ones facing liability.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Iran hit hundreds of buildings, dozens of aircraft as war drains U.S. munitions.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/iran-hit-hundreds-buildings-dozens-aircraft-mideast-war-drains-us/
— Republican Massie moves to impeach Hegseth.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/thomas-massie-moves-impeach-pete-hegseth/
— Trump’s federal worker buyouts cost $6.7 billion. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old 29 years ago. In today’s dollars, the Civil Service Retirement System has paid me $2 million dollars.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/donald-trumps-federal-worker-buyouts-cost-67-billion/
— George W. Bush still gets Islam wrong after 9/11. The 25th anniversary revives a debate over jihad, terrorism and what schools should teach.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/george-w-bush-still-gets-islam-wrong-911/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the eve of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, former President George W. Bush reiterated what he said less than a week after those attacks. “I also made it clear that Islam was a religion of peace, not a religion of war, and that [the 9/11 terrorists] subverted their religion. He could not be more wrong. One need only review the Quran and the history of Islam to come to the opposite conclusion. As “Reliance of the Traveler,” the most-relied-on book of Shariah says, “Jihad means to wage war against non-Muslims.” It is the obligation of the entire Muslim community, the ummah. “Reliance” goes on to quote the Quran, saying, “Fighting is prescribed for you (Quran 2:216),” “Slay them wherever you find them (Quran 4:89) and “The caliph makes war on Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians,” (“Reliance,” 09.8) and “Fight those who do not believe in Allah or the Last Day and who forbid not what Allah and His messenger have forbidden.” (Quran 9:29) To understand Islamic history, one needs to absorb not only that but also much more of the Quran. Islam originated in the seventh century of the Christian era in the divine visions of the Prophet Muhammad, which formed the Quran. Islam has never spread peacefully. For most of its history, Islam has inspired its adherents to invent solutions to the sometimes conflicting demands of warfare, imperial politics and missionary zeal. Within its first few centuries, Islamic armies had taken over most of the Mediterranean countries and Northern Africa. Muslim armies spread their religion through southern France, Persia, India and almost as far as China. They conquered with great speed and effectiveness, supplanting Christianity and Judaism along the way. This continued until Charles “The Hammer” Martel defeated Islamic forces at the Battle of Tours in 732. Charlemagne, who effectively succeeded Martel, became king of the Franks. His leadership was so effective in resisting Islamic incursions that he became known as the father of Europe. Islam remained relatively quiet until the 20th century, when enormous wealth, derived from oil, was brought to the Islamic states. Now, Islamic states threaten Christian nations not with armies, but with immigration. Last year, in its National Security Strategy, the Trump administration predicted “civilizational erasure” and economic decline for Europe.)
— America’s enemies are winning the anti-Israel PR war. Surreptitiously investing huge sums to influence U.S. public opinion.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/americas-enemies-winning-anti-israel-pr-war/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Blue cities sue Trump administration to keep immigrants on welfare.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4727285/blue-cities-sue-trump-administration-immigrants-welfare/
— The right kind of immigrants.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4727769/right-kind-of-immigrants-bo-french-texas/
— Stop defending ‘democracy’ — it’s the republic we’re losing. DD: Democrats use “democracy” to take everything away from Republicans and to give it to Democrats.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4726082/stop-defending-democracy-restore-republic/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump v. Rove: POTUS lashes out at ‘stone cold loser’ over report he’s going to vote for Democrat.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/09/15/trump-v-rove-potus-lashes-out-at-stone-cold-loser-over-report-hes-going-to-vote-for-dem-1658997/
CAMPUS REFORM
— The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) School of Law allows students to use federal work-study funding for jobs with Planned Parenthood of Illinois, an abortion provider that operates clinics across the state.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/uic-law-approves-abortion-provider-planned-parenthood-federal-work-study-jobs/30583
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— President Trump blasted Republican strategist Karl Rove on Monday, calling former President George W. Bush’s White House adviser “so bad for the Republican Party.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6090127-donald-trump-karl-rove-criticism-republican-party-midterms/
— The Movement: Friction among conservative media grows as Trump’s approval falls.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-movement/6089349-conservative-media-trump-criticism/
CBS NEWS
— New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-photos-damage-u-s-kuwait-saudi-arabia-iran-drone-missile-attacks/
— Trump administration will comply with mail ballot ruling by Supreme Court, Blanche says. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-mail-ballot-ruling-supreme-court-blanche/
— FBI director insists new hiring standards on prostitution and bestiality were only meant to assist sexual assault victims. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote 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 licenses, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kash-patel-fbi-hiring-standards-bestiality-prostitution/
— American households earned a record median income of $87,460 last year, according to new Census Bureau data. The catch? That figure is only slightly above the previous peak set in 2019. Adjusting for inflation, that means the typical household has gained little economic ground in six years marked by pandemic upheaval and surging consumer prices. In 2019, households had a median income of $85,320, a level that wasn’t surpassed until 2025, the Census said on Tuesday. DD: In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $83,482/year when I was 24 in 1973 and it was $100,059/year in 1974.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/census-income-data-pandemic-levels/
WASHINGTON POST
— Why Republicans struggle to prove the danger of socialism. When the GOP embraces big government, it’s harder to champion free markets.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/15/gop-socialism-lite-risks-midterms-without-free-market-contrast/
BLOOMBERG
— Will an MBA pay off for you? My taking evening MBA courses helped me get promoted by IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My earning an MBA in 1976 helped me get hired by GAO in 1980.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/mba-return-on-investment/
NARFE
— Rep. Vindman and Rep. Subramanyam Introduce Federal Worker Protection Act to Bolster Whistleblower Protections. DD: I was a federal whistleblower. I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on my Democrat IRS superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and retaliation. Because of that, to get rid of me, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me.
https://www.narfe.org/blog/2026/09/15/rep-vindman-and-rep-subramanyam-introduce-federal-worker-protection-act-to-bolster-whistleblower-protections/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill would limit and condition the use of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) by federal agencies to prevent the chilling of whistleblowing, reinforcing existing protections under the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989. It would require that any covered NDA prominently include a disclosure specifying that the employee retains the right to make protected disclosures to enumerated entities including the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), any Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congress and its committees or cleared staff, the Merit Systems Protection Board, federal courts, and any legally designated channel and that the NDA may not be enforced to penalize protected disclosures. Should employees be disciplined for violating their NDAs through whistleblowing, they will have the right to sue their agency.)
September 15, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— President Trump’s surprise endorsement of GOP candidate Bailey reshapes Illinois governor’s race.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-surprise-endorsement-republican-candidate-darren-bailey-reshapes-illinois-governors-race/19831920/
— Just days after a task force was launched to stop video gaming burglaries, a burglary crew used sledgehammers to get away with cash in Frankfort. DD: 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://abc7chicago.com/post/video-burglars-use-sledgehammers-gaming-machines-chill-house-restaurant-frankfort/19830282/
— IL among states suing to stop Trump rule that would make it harder for some to get green cards. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-visa-news-illinois-21-other-states-sue-stop-trump-rule-would-make-harder-immigrants-get-green-cards/19830911/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/alligator-alcatraz-detainees-were-confined-small-metal-enclosures-ig-report/19830694/
https://abc7chicago.com/story/ice-deports-service-members-families-pentagon-turns-immigrant-communities-fill-military-ranks/19830730/
NBC5
— Trump endorses Darren Bailey, calls him ‘very good candidate.’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/president-trump-endorses-darren-bailey-calls-him-very-good-candidate/3988748/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/wgn-the-point-politics-chicago-illinois/governor-jb-pritzker-reflects-on-operation-midway-blitz-communities-are-not-back-to-normal/amp/
FOX32
— President Trump endorses Darren Bailey in Illinois governor’s race.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-0u4t35j5kbf05ulq
WBEZ
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be a) receiving welfare and/or b) handing out welfare.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2026/09/14/new-report-finds-35-of-chicago-households-dont-have-sufficient-food
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Trump backs Darren Bailey for Illinois governor as GOP candidate has sought to distance himself from president.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/14/donald-trump-endorses-darren-bailey/
— Illinois and Chicago sue Trump over looming rule making it harder for immigrants to get green cards. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/14/green-card-restrictions/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson kicks off a reelection campaign with a speech full of bile.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/15/editorial-mayor-brandon-johnson-reelection-campaign-speech-division/
— Former federal prosecutor to take over as Illinois’ acting legislative ethics watchdog Oct. 1.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/14/former-federal-prosecutor-to-take-over-as-illinois-acting-legislative-ethics-watchdog-oct-1/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump endorses Darren Bailey in Illinois governor race — ‘Pritzker’s a disaster.’ Bailey — who’s in a tight spot as he appeals to moderate suburban voters — said he appreciated Trump’s nod, “but that’s not what this race is about.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/09/14/trump-endorses-bailey-pritzker-illinois-governor-race
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— President Trump endorses Darren Bailey as next Illinois governor.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2026/09/14/president-trump-endorses-darren-bailey-as-next-illinois-governor/91759317007/
STATELINE
— Can Darren Bailey actually beat JB Pritzker? What Illinois governor race polls say about his chances.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/can-darren-bailey-actually-beat-jb-pritzker-what-illinois-governor-race-polls-say-about-his-chances/
— Trump endorses Bailey to unseat Pritzker.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/trump-endorses-bailey-illinois-governor/
— More than half of students chronically absent at 8 Rockford schools.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/rockford-public-schools-absenteeism-report/
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to promote abortion.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/pills-are-keeping-abortion-accessible-even-where-its-banned-a-court-is-considering-restrictions/article_d14276c2-87c1-5e99-aa62-10bc63e6298f.html
DECATUR RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.decaturradio.com/2026/09/14/state-issues-more-medical-cannabis-licenses/
CRYSTALL LAKE PATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://patch.com/illinois/crystallake/mchenry-countys-first-cannabis-dispensary-drive-thru-coming-woodstock
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— After delay, Chicago mayor’s office opens applications for the school board’s noncitizen advisory panel. DD: What percent of students are noncitizens?
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026/09/14/mayors-office-opens-applications-for-noncitizen-advisory-board/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Trump: ‘I’m all for Bailey’
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/15/trump-im-all-for-bailey-01076202
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Trump: ‘I’ve already endorsed him. I’m all for Bailey.’
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/14/trump-%E2%80%98i%E2%80%99ve-already-endorsed-him-i%E2%80%99m-all-for-bailey%E2%80%99/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-594/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Juliana Stratton is hiding from Illinois voters. That tells you everything.
https://wirepoints.org/juliana-stratton-is-hiding-from-illinois-voters-that-tells-you-everything-wirepoints/
JOHN KASS
— Mayor Brandon Johnson and the 40 flies.
https://johnkassnews.com/chicago-way-w-john-kass-mayor-brandon-johnson-and-the-40-flies/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker’s record: Illinois wages grow 0% in 7 years.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-wage-growth-pritzker/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s $5,000 checks turn politics into shameless vote buying.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/14/trumps-5000-checks-turn-politics-shameless-vote-buying/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— ‘Socialists’ Are NOT Communists, New York Times Insists. Calling Trump a fascist is totally allowed, though.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/socialists-are-not-communists-new
NEW YORK POST
— Memo to Vance & GOP: You’ll never outspend the left — so stop trying.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/14/opinion/memo-to-vance-gop-youll-never-outspend-the-left-so-stop-trying/
— Stop using race in admissions — and leave wokeness behind.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/14/opinion/stop-using-race-in-admissions-and-leave-wokeness-behind/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Immigration Has Made Europe a Crime-Ridden Mess. And America isn’t far behind.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/immigration-has-made-europe-a-crime-ridden-dump/
BLAZE
— Trump offers Americans $5,000 if Republicans win both chambers: ‘Socialism is cool when our side does it.’
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/pat-gray-unleashed/trump-offers-5k-if-republicans-win-both-chambers
CAMPUS REFORM
— Gen Z Socialism Support Grows as Midterms Approach. DD: What did you do when you were young? 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 federal taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree 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 bought new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, and 1978. I bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984. I got married in 1978.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQHck7RKdZo
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— No Americans Need Apply. Mr. Attorney General: Tear down this wall separating American citizens from American jobs. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://cis.org/Fishman/No-Americans-Need-Apply
COLLEGE FIX
— Loyola Chicago may cut 71 programs. Officials cite federal funding changes, enrollment declines.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/loyola-chicago-may-cut-71-programs/
— Nearly 40 universities maintain neo-segregated housing despite HUD demand to end practice.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/nearly-40-universities-maintain-neo-segregated-housing-despite-hud-demand-to-end-practice/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s mail-in ballot rules to go into effect Monday, upholding a federal judge’s preliminary injunction blocking them.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/14/breaking-supreme-court-rules-on-trump-mail-in-ballot-rules/
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/14/judge-blocks-usps-mail-ballot-rule/
— Mamdani Sounds Alarm as Cities Sue Trump Administration Over Immigrant Welfare Benefits.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/14/mamdani-immigrant-welfare-benefits/
FOX NEWS
— DSA-backed candidates are winning primaries and their vision for America is very different.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dsa-backed-candidates-winning-primaries-vision-america-different
— Moderates driven out of Democratic Party amid increasingly socialist streak. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. What percent of the Republican leaders in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district are conservative?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6405041736112
HEARTLANDER NEWS
— Communism is on the ballot this November.
https://heartlandernews.com/republicans-strategy-to-combat-the-radical-left-agenda/
— DSA takeover of the Democrat Party is nearly complete.
https://heartlandernews.com/data-shows-the-dsa-takeover-of-the-democrat-party-is-nearly-complete/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Every College to Maintain a ‘Diversity Council.’
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/09/san-diego-state-requires-every-college-to-maintain-a-diversity-council/amp/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— ‘Socialist’ Childcare?
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/socialist-childcare/
— Against the Stay-at-Home-Mom Subsidy.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/against-the-stay-at-home-mom-subsidy/
— AI-Assisted Hiring Is Here; So Are the Litigation Risks. DD: Democrat and RINO employers will use AI a) to not hire those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and b) to get rid of their employees who are the aforesaid.
https://natlawreview.com/article/ai-assisted-hiring-here-so-are-litigation-risks
NEWSMAX
— GOP Warned: Don’t Ignore ‘Affordability Crisis.’ DD: What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/socialists-affordability-crisis-republicans/2026/09/11/id/1269159/
— NY Democrats, Socialists Tout Their ‘Virtues’ to Deceive.
https://www.newsmax.com/george-j-marlin/elsayed-gordillo-schumer/2026/09/14/id/1269332/
— Socialist Revolution Behind Kirk Statue Vandalism.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/posobiec-charlie-kirk-vandalism/2026/09/14/id/1269379/
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Admin Invokes Law to Boot Welfare-Reliant Foreigners. Mamdani Is Furious.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/14/trump-admin-invokes-act-to-boot-welfare-reliant-foreigners-mamdani-is-furious-n4957227
POWERLINE
— The Democrats: A Socialist Party.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/09/the-democrats-a-socialist-party.php
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— No One Is Falling for Trump’s “Dividend” Check Gimmick.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2026/09/14/no_one_is_falling_for_trumps_dividend_check_gimmick_1205792.html
TOWNHALL
— The Supreme Court Just Ruled Against Election Security.
https://townhall.com/news/josephchalfant/2026/09/14/the-supreme-court-just-ruled-against-election-security-n2682955
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC DC & NBC SAN DIEGO & NBC NEW YORK
— How is American affordability impacting your life? Take this survey. DD: To deal with inflation, my wife and I spend more of our retirement savings.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/consumer/how-is-american-affordability-impacting-your-life-take-this-survey/4154045/
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/nbc-7-responds-2/how-is-american-affordability-impacting-your-life-take-this-survey/4072223/
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/how-is-american-affordability-impacting-your-life-take-this-survey/6547408/
CNBC
— New college graduates overestimate starting salaries by nearly $24,000. DD: I earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU when I was 21 in 1970. In today’s dollars, my starting IRS salary was $56,409 in 1971. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $103,395 when I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $89,703 when I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $150,715 when I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/04/college-grads-overestimate-starting-salaries.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Today’s undergraduate college seniors expect to make about $80,000 one year after graduation. . .Yet, the average starting salary for recent graduates is $56,153, a difference of nearly $24,000. The disconnect between perception and reality only worsens over time. Students anticipate that a decade into their careers they will make $144,889 on average. That’s well over the average midcareer salary of $95,521.)
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Are You Rich? How the Wealthy Are Defined.
https://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/family-finance/articles/are-you-rich-how-the-wealthy-are-defined
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Each year, Charles Schwab’s Modern Wealth Survey asks Americans how much money it takes to be considered wealthy. In the 2025 survey of 2,000 adults ages 21 to 75, respondents said a net worth of $2.3 million defines wealth. They also said $839,000 represents financial comfort. These figures are subjective. The Federal Reserve’s 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances shows a median U.S. household net worth of about $192,900. That means many households fall well below perceived “wealthy” levels while still building financial stability.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— States and Cities Sue Over Trump’s Policy to Restrict Green Cards. The policy would give immigration officers wide authority to deny green cards to people using public benefits. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/us/politics/green-cards-immigration-lawsuit.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers will use AI a) to not hire those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and b) to get rid of their employees who are the aforesaid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/01/ai-work-regulations-california/
INDEPENDENT VOTER NEWS
— Orange County, Birthplace of the Reagan Revolution, May Be About to Elect a Socialist.
https://ivn.us/orange-county-birthplace-of-the-reagan-revolution-could-elect-a-democratic-socialist/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Accenture to Pay $25 Million to Resolve DOJ Discrimination Claims. DOJ says Accenture took race or sex into account when making hiring decisions to achieve progress toward non-public workforce composition goals. DD: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors ever-increasing gave more preference to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who were the aforesaid and had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/business/accenture-to-pay-25-million-to-resolve-doj-discrimination-claims-0dfcd657
— The Frustrations Behind Socialism’s Appeal. Young people are discouraged by high costs for housing and education and the burden of entitlement programs. DD: When you were young, what discouraged you? For me, it was my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors’ ever-increasing political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Nevertheless, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and my job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-frustrations-behind-socialisms-appeal-3f8835e4
FORTUNE
— The American Dream isn’t what you think it is.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/15/american-dream-wealth-everywhere-millionaire-book-wealth-inequality-tax-policy/
— 40 is the new 50: Millennial jobseekers are giving their resumes a facelift by hiding years of experience to land jobs. DD: Democrat and RINO employers will use AI a) to not hire those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and b) to get rid of their employees who are the aforesaid.
https://fortune.com/article/millennial-jobseekers-hiding-age-resume-labor-market/
FORBES
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers will use AI a) to not hire those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and b) to get rid of their employees who are the aforesaid.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelletravis/2026/03/31/how-inclusive-ai-design-can-combat-hiring-bias-and-reduce-legal-risk/
MORNING MONEY
— Vance shares Usha Vance’s candid refusal to attend the Dallas convention, using her response to champion traditional families.
https://www.morninghoney.com/p/jd-vance-uses-usha-vances-hell-no-response-to-push-his-family-values-agenda
MONEYWISE
— Being a millionaire isn’t enough to join America’s top 10% — here’s the net worth it actually takes to be in the top.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/articles/being-millionaire-isn-t-enough-164500172.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The average household net worth is $1,063,700, meaning you’re wealthier than the average American if you’re worth more. This number is considerably higher than the median because averages can be skewed upward by the enormous fortunes held by the country’s wealthiest households. To break into the top 10%, though, you’ll need a net worth of roughly $2 million, according to the SCF. That means only about 1 in 10 American households clears that threshold.)
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
— Jamie Dimon Says The American Dream Is Slipping Away.
https://www.fa-mag.com/news/jamie-dimon-says-the-american-dream-is-slipping-away-88459.html
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Judge bars Trump administration’s ‘loyalty’ question on federal job applications. DD: Democrats run the federal government. To be hired, retained, and/or promoted, you have to be a Democrat. For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/litigation/2026/09/judge-bars-trump-administrations-loyalty-question-on-federal-job-applications/
PBS
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/some-democrats-recalibrating-approach-to-transgender-issues
GOOD MEN PROJECT
— Congress created the EEOC to enforce civil rights laws in workplaces. Under Trump, the agency will stop collecting data on gender, race and ethnicity used to identify systemic injustices for 60 years. DD: I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/does-your-employer-discriminate-its-about-to-get-harder-to-find-out/
FROM OTHER SOURCES
GMAC
— These MBA schools produced the highest-earning graduates in the FT Global MBA Ranking 2026. DD: The list includes: Harvard- $259,874, Wharton- $246,813, MIT- $245,991, University of Chicago- $231,939, Berkeley- $220,903, and Kellogg- $219,821.
https://www.gmac.com/resources/learners/business-programs/explore-programs/20-business-schools-highest-mba-salaries
EDUCATION CONNECTION
— 36 Companies That Pay For College. DD: I worked for Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. My entire life would have been different if they had reimbursed my tuition expenses. Except for some small token amounts, they did not reimburse the money I spent to earn my job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, my job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, my job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and my job-related professional license in 1981. Many big private sector employers including UPS, FedEx, Fidelity, and JP Morgan Chase, reimburse such expenses. Further, to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education expenses in 1978. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued that the courses I took a) did not relate to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) qualified me for a new trade or business. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take the courses. They ignored/dismissed my Loyola and DePaul applications, job descriptions, and course descriptions.
https://www.educationconnection.com/financial-aid/companies-that-pay-for-college/