February 20, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS2
— Candidate Rick Heidner discusses race for Illinois governor
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/candidate-rick-heidner-discusses-race-for-illinois-governor/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Juliana Stratton ad with anti-Trump expletive draws attention in Democratic primary race for US Senate
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/19/illinois-senate-race-stratton-ad-trump-expletive/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use religious leaders a) to glorify and praise their illegals and b) to fight their deportation. Judge Gettleman has helped them do that. When my lawsuit against GAO was transferred from Washington DC to Chicago in 2000, it was initially assigned to Gettleman. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/19/religious-leaders-allowed-into-broadview-ice-facility-for-ash-wednesday-after-judge-orders-dhs-to-grant-access/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Feb. 12, nearly three months into the legal battle, U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman issued a preliminary injunction allowing the coalition entry to the facility on Ash Wednesday to offer ashes and Holy Communion. “The court finds that the government has substantially burdened plaintiffs’ exercise of religion,” the order read. Gettleman ruled that allowing pastoral care to migrants and detainees “will improve the condition of those detained at Broadview.” . . . Gettleman last week ruled that with “reasonable notice and communication, addressing legitimate security and safety concerns, allowing plaintiffs to provide pastoral care to migrants and detainees does not pose any undue hardship on the government.” While the injunction specifically allowed access on Ash Wednesday, it also called on the Department of Homeland Security to confer with the coalition over how religious ministry could continue at the facility going forward. Gettleman set a status hearing in the case for next week.)

WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/democrats-bash-bill-banning-abortion-in-illinois/article_34a41482-8541-4441-b310-e5ab14b5bfcb.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders want their noncitizens to be counted for the census tor their congressional apportionment purposes.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-say-citizenship-question-could-derail-census-test-and-deter-immigrants-from-participating/

CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Pritzker focuses on affordability. DD: What has helped you afford things? For me, it has been my taking jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I did yard work in Crete 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1966. I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag in Chicago Heights in 1966. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances Chicago Heights in 1971 and 1972. I collected delinquent taxes for IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies for GAO in Chicago 1980-1997. To get those jobs, to keep those jobs, and to get promoted, I earned a diploma from Crete Monee High School in 1966. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-pritzker-focuses-on-history-affordability-in-8th-state-of-the-state-address/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use religious leaders to glorify and praise their illegals and to fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and laws. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that according to Jesus, when governments do exist, they should exist to hand out welfare. Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly fill their churches with their illegals.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/02/20/cardinal-cupich-meets-the-moment-00790538

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I have requested the DuPage County Election Division (DCED) to provide me with early voting data. It would be great if the DCED would provide me with the number of early votes cast daily, weekly, and cumulatively in DuPage County broken out by a) type of ballot (R,D,NA), b) township, and c) precinct. I would be great if the DCED would post the aforesaid data on its website. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois uses temporary federal aid to fund ongoing social programs
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/waste-watch-illinois-uses-temporary-federal-aid-to-fund-ongoing-social-programs/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump declares ‘I’ve won affordability’ during Georgia visit. DD: What has helped you afford things? For me, it has been my taking jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I did yard work in Crete 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1966. I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag in Chicago Heights in 1966. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances Chicago Heights in 1971 and 1972. I collected delinquent taxes for IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies for GAO in Chicago 1980-1997. To get those jobs, to keep those jobs, and to get promoted, I earned a diploma from Crete Monee High School in 1966. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4464558/trump-declares-ive-won-affordability-during-georgia-visit/

NEW YORK POST
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls out Clarence Thomas while defending city’s reparations task force. DD: Democrats fought to keep slavery. Republicans fought to end it. Today’s Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for slavery. My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, I have always stressed that they always lived in northeast Illinois and that they always voted Republican.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/23/media/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-calls-out-clarence-thomas-while-defending-citys-reparations-task-force/
— Hollywood merger would scale up the ‘woke’
https://nypost.com/2026/02/19/opinion/glitzy-merger-would-scale-up-the-woke/

BLAZE
— Disney’s ‘Gay Days’ are canceled.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/disneys-gay-days-are-canceled-dont-pop-the-champagne-just-yet

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Record Number of Immigration Proceedings Resulting in Voluntary Departures
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/record-number-immigration-proceedings-resulting-voluntary-departures

FOX NEWS
— Illinois lieutenant governor seeking US Senate seat releases video of people saying ‘F— Trump’  ‘They said it. We’re all thinking it,’ Juliana Stratton wrote in a post on X.
https://noticias.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-lieutenant-governor-seeking-us-senate-seat-releases-video-people-saying-f-trump
— Lewis University moves classes online after learning ICE is operating in the same building. University says it has no control over leasing decisions involving other tenants in Oak Brook building.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/illinois-university-moves-classes-online-after-learning-ice-operating-same-building

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Contrived Coarseness Like Juliana Stratton’s Is Here to Stay
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/contrived-coarseness-like-juliana-strattons-is-here-to-stay/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Illinois Dem Lt. Gov Juliana Stratton releases ‘f*ck Trump’ Senate campaign ad vowing to ‘abolish ICE’
https://thepostmillennial.com/illinois-dem-lt-gov-juliana-stratton-releases-f-ck-trump-senate-campaign-ad-vowing-to-abolish-ice

TOWNHALL
— Based on These Remarks, No Wonder Why DC Water Is a Total Trainwreck
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/02/20/based-on-these-remarks-no-wonder-why-dc-water-is-a-total-trainwreck-n2671547

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Illinois Senate candidate Juliana Stratton launches campaign ad featuring people saying ‘F— Trump’
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5746907-juliana-stratton-trump-ad/

NBC NEWS
— New Trump administration order could lead to the detention of thousands of legal refugees. The Department of Homeland Security says in a memo that refugees applying for green cards must return to federal custody one year after they were admitted to the U.S.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-trump-administration-order-lead-detention-thousands-legal-refugees-rcna259838

CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/hate-crimes-against-lgbtq-community-on-the-rise-in-texas-across-the-u-s-report-says/

NEW YORK TIMES
— HUD Revives First-Term Trump Proposal to Eject Undocumented Immigrants from Public Housing
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/us/politics/hud-trump-immigrants-housing.html

BLOOMBERG LAW
— 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://news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchange-insights-and-commentary/employers-can-reduce-dei-risk-with-narrow-but-deep-equality-work

FORTUNE
— Stop waiting for the perfect job and just start working. DD: I did not wait. I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I did yard work in Crete 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1966. I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag in Chicago Heights in 1966. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances Chicago Heights in 1971 and 1972. I collected delinquent taxes for IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies for GAO in Chicago 1980-1997. To get those jobs, to keep those jobs, and to get promoted, I earned a diploma from Crete Monee High School in 1966. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://fortune.com/2026/02/15/fox-news-host-dana-perino-gen-z-college-graduate-advice-start-working-build-network-career-advancement/

POST REGISTER
— Precinct Committeeman: Your neighborhood. Your voice. Your chance to serve. DD: I might not have been elected Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) in 2000 if Peter Roskam and Randy Hultgren had not endorsed me in writing. Anti-conservative DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton “Republican” leaders had recruited a woman who had never been active in Republican politics to run against me even though I was officially serving as the precinct’s appointed RPC and I had served as the precinct’s Assistant RPC before that. I should write about the aforesaid “Republican” leaders who have taken and continue to take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.
https://www.postregister.com/opinion/columns/opinion-your-neighborhood-your-voice-your-chance-to-serve/article_9ba15e59-f4e9-4d8c-8061-227759874257.amp.html

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: Democrat colleges use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not admit or hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican students and employees.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/diversity-officers-must-be-clearer-about-goals-says-new-leader

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— ‘F— Trump’: Democrat Juliana Stratton of Illinois under fire over ‘vulgar’ campaign ad for primaries. Juliana Stratton launched a blunt anti-Donald Trump Senate ad featuring a vulgar slogan, drawing backlash online as her primary bid heats up.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/f-trump-democrat-juliana-stratton-of-illinois-under-fire-over-vulgar-campaign-ad-for-primaries-101771541309782.html

February 19, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

FOX ILLINOIS
— IL Republicans react to 2027 budget proposal
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/local/il-republicans-react-to-2027-budget-proposal/article_ef18b4cc-5b19-430f-bcad-f3fe3891c587.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders equate their illegals with a) their runaway slaves, b) their interned people of Japanese descent during WWII, c) their etc. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/19/opinion-federal-immigration-enforcement-ice-japanese-internment-wwii/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use faith leaders to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/18/broadview-ice-facility-ash-wednesday-communion

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Historical Museum has a full exhibit & event schedule planned for 2026. DD: I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978. I should write about why they have gone from red to blue.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260218/submitted-content/dupage-county-historical-museum-has-a-full-exhibit-event-schedule-planned-for-2026/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push all drugs that make you high.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/2026/02/19/what-i-learned-buying-legal-weed-in-milwaukee/87836336007/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders want zoning changes a) that favor those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) that harm those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzker-to-propose-statewide-zoning-laws-to-spur-homebuilding-limit-local-control/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker on love and budget limits
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/02/19/pritzker-on-love-limits-and-lost-billions-00787856

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning Edition
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-682/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jacqueline Garretson Uses Facebook and Yard Signs in Her Attempt to Win Precinct Committeeperson Race Against Jeanne Caifano. This is the most intense campaign for Precinct Committeeperson I have seen. (DD: I might not have been elected Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) in 2000 if Peter Roskam and Randy Hultgren had not endorsed me in writing. Anti-conservative DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton “Republican” leaders had recruited a woman who had never been active in Republican politics to run against me even though I was officially serving as the precinct’s appointed RPC and had served as the precinct’s Assistant RPC before that. I should write about the aforesaid “Republican” leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/02/19/jacqueline-garretson-uses-facebook-and-yard-signs-in-her-attempt-to-win-precinct-committeeperson-race-against-jeanne-caifano/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Neither candidate has been an elected Precinct Committeeperson, but Jacqueline Garretson was appointed to the post. Jeanne Caifano is challenging he. Garretson posted this message on Facebook: Jacqueline Garretson for McHenry 13  A precinct committeeperson’s role is rooted in participation, consistency, and leading by example. Voting records show my opponent has had limited participation in primary elections. That matters — because this position is centered on turning out Republican voters and encouraging engagement in the very elections that shape our party. If we want stronger turnout, we need leadership that actively participates, understands the process, and shows up every cycle. This job takes time, dedication, and energy — knocking doors, making calls, organizing volunteers, and building relationships across the precinct. I’ve done that work both locally and across the county, and I’m committed to continuing it. Experience matters. Participation matters. Showing up matters. Vote March 17th for Jacqueline Garretson, your incumbent Precinct Committeeperson for McHenry Township 13.)
— Freedom Caucus Reacts to Pritzker Speech
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/02/18/freedom-caucus-reacts-to-pritzker-speech/

RAY HANANIA
— When elected officials hate on Trump, they’re doing it to cover their own faults.
https://hanania.substack.com/p/when-elected-officials-hate-on-trump

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I have requested the DuPage County Election Division (DCEC) to provide me with early voting data. It would be great if the DCEC would provide me with the number of early votes cast daily, weekly, and cumulatively in DuPage County broken out by a) type of ballot (R,D,NA), b) township, and c) precinct. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Illinois Republican Party (IRP) has declared Illinois Republican Senator Neil Anderson’s position on abortion to be “extreme” and has therefore forced him to resign from his leadership position in the party. One could analogize Anderson with me. Since 2000, IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), TAPOOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) leaders have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my positions on personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, vices, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) are “extreme” and therefore taken many big adverse actions against me. I should identify the aforesaid leaders and write about them. Better yet, I should demand that they put in writing exactly what I said and/or did in defense/advocacy or the aforesaid planks in the Republican Party platform that was “extreme.” I would start with the aforesaid leaders who had their operatives and their dupes a) bar me from attending their DCRCC fundraiser on February 27 as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor unless I paid $75, b) throw me off their IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, c) end my role as the Republican Party fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, d) gerrymander my precinct in 2015, e) end my TAPROOT chairmanship in 2012, f) end my service as the MTRO webmaster in 2010 and 2004, g) end my ICRC Steering Committee membership in 2007, h) almost get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, i) defeat my bid to serve as MTRO treasure in 2004, j) had someone run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000, k) etc. I would focus on the aforesaid leaders who reject the aforesaid planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus the aforesaid leaders who have done the most since 2000 a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading them. I would focus on the aforesaid leaders who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and 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 coverup their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-republican-senator-pushes-to-outlaw-abortion-loses-leadership-spots/
— What discourages you from helping elect Republican candidates? For me, it includes my knowing that far too many of them will blame me and will blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats. For me, it includes my knowing that far too many of them reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. For me, it includes my knowing that for too many of them have big skeletons in their closets that will bring them down and bring their supporters down. For me, it includes my knowing that far too many of them lack adequate/appropriate work experience, education, and/or other qualifications. I should write about all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— It’s time to take a stand against ‘woke AI’ before it compromises our reality
https://nypost.com/2026/02/18/opinion/miranda-devine-its-time-to-take-a-stand-against-woke-ai-before-it-compromises-our-reality/
— Michelle Obama says affirmative action no different than student athlete admissions. DD: Athletic admissions are based on athletic ability. Affirmative Action admissions are based on race and gender.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/18/media/michelle-obama-says-affirmative-action-no-different-than-a. thlete-admissions/

FOX NEWS
— Nashville teacher threatened with termination for refusing to read LGBTQ book to first graders. School officials issued a ‘final warning’ letter to Eric Rivera, accusing him of failing to teach the curriculum ‘with fidelity.’ DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on the right track.
https://noticias.foxnews.com/media/nashville-teacher-allegedly-threatened-termination-refusing-read-lgbtq-book-first-graders
— Former Prince Andrew arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-arrested-suspicion-misconduct-public-office

NEWSMAX
— 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, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Since then, to hire Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, they have lowered standards. If I had not earned a high school diploma and passed the postal employment test, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. If I had not earned a job-related master’s degree and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/georgementz/trump-economy-personal/2026/02/18/id/1246600/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump Ended Degree-Based Discrimination in Public Service. One of the most significant workforce reforms was the removal of mandatory college degree requirements for many federal government positions. This executive action expanded access to high-quality government careers for skilled Americans who gained expertise through experience, military service, apprenticeships, or vocational training. It restored merit-based hiring and opened opportunity to millions previously excluded by credentialism rather than competence. [v] [vi] These presidential innovations allow for a student with actual skills, experience, and a college certificate to get a federal job over a person with an irrelevant degree from a fancy university. See Executive Order 13932 by President Trump which is celebrated by working families and unions to keep citizens in good jobs.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

REUTERS
— Trump administration expands ICE authority to detain refugees
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-expands-ice-authority-detain-refugees-2026-02-19/
— Trump basks in Black History Month praise, dodging racism claims. DD: My Black Democrat GAO subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors rudely replaced me with led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-basks-black-history-month-praise-dodging-racism-claims-2026-02-19/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/mass-deportations-sabotage-the-economy-fedffa8b

BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-cost-of-living/

NATIONAL TODAY
— War Department Cuts Civilian Workforce by 10% in 2025. DD: Hegseth should know that virtually all federal employees who hold leadership positions are Democrats. Hegseth should know that they will use any budget cuts to get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://nationaltoday.com/us/dc/washington/news/2026/02/19/war-department-cuts-civilian-workforce-by-10-in-2025/

NPR
— NPR’s Michel Martin asks professor Dorothy Roberts about her new memoir, “The Mixed Marriage Project,” about her father’s quest to challenge white supremacy by studying interracial couples in Chicago. DD: While I worked for the Democrat who ran IRS for almost 9 years and for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, many of my superiors and supervisors were in mixed marriages.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/nx-s1-5619744/in-mixed-marriage-project-a-woman-explores-her-dads-study-of-interracial-couples

INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS
— Become a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). DD: When I was 32 years old in 1981, I became a CIA by passing all four parts of the examination on my first attempt. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious. None of my coworkers who my Democrat GAO superiors wanted to promote over me had taken the examination, let alone passed it, let alone passed it on their first attempt. So they ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the examination.
https://www.theiia.org/en/certifications/cia/
(FROM THE POSTING: Since 1974, there has only been one internal audit designation that has garnered global recognition, career advancement, and professional credibility – the Certified Internal Auditor® (CIA®) certification. Join more than 200,000 CIAs from 170 countries who have achieved this highly respected global certification. Your path to CIA is tailored to your experience — choose from traditional, accelerated or student pathways.)

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Federal employees’ options for appealing adverse actions headed for an overhaul. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government took many big adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS when I was 31 in 1980, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) forced me to retire when I was 49. My Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25, b) disallowed my education deductions when I was 29, and c) never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests when I was 19 and 20 and forced me to resign when I was 20. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-report/2026/02/federal-employees-options-for-appealing-adverse-actions-headed-for-an-overhaul/

HR DRIVE
— DD: All my Democrat superiors always did everything that they could to create a hostile work environment for me. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/what-is-a-hostile-work-environment/715048/
— Companies tend to hire based on vibes, not skills. 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, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Since then, to hire Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, they have lowered standards. If I had not earned a high school diploma and passed the postal employment test, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. If I had not earned a job-related master’s degree and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/companies-tend-to-hire-based-on-vibes-not-skills/746596/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat leaders say that America is dependent on foreign countries and should remain so.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-science-funding-cuts

February 18, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In State of the State address, Gov. JB Pritzker pitches affordability and Illinois resilience to Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/18/pritzker-illinois-2026-state-of-the-state/
— League of Women Voters of Central Kane County urges early mail-in voting amid USPS changes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/18/league-of-women-voters-of-central-kane-county-urges-early-mail-in-voting-amid-usps-changes/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Arrigo Park’s Columbus statue to be replaced by one of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini. A statue of Cabrini, the first American saint, will stand upon a pedestal left vacant since 2020, when the city removed the park’s Christopher Columbus statue.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/02/18/arrigo-parks-columbus-statue-saint-frances-xavier-cabrini

DAILY HERALD
— Three of the four Republicans running for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat have expressed doubts that Joe Biden legitimately won the 2020 presidential election.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260218/us-congress-politics/gop-congressional-candidates-express-doubts-about-bidens-2020-white-house-win/
— GOP candidates in 6th Congressional District differ on immigration; one says close borders to all
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260218/us-congress-politics/gop-candidates-in-6th-congressional-district-differ-on-immigration-one-says-close-borders-to-all/\\
— Woman’s hospitalization following Bailey campaign launch stirs questions within GOP
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260218/illinois-state-politics/womans-hospitalization-following-bailey-campaign-launch-stirs-questions-within-gop/

ABC7
— Pritzker proposes $56B budget with minimal new spending, tax on social media companies. State faces challenging financial future amid federal funding cuts and new mandates.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-deliver-budget-address-springfield/18615380/

NBC5
— Pritzker: Trump ‘illegally confiscating’ federal money from Illinois
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/pritzker-trump-illegally-confiscating-federal-money-from-illinois/3895916/

FOX32
— Illinois given 30 days to fix CDL violations or risk $128M in funding
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-klu0fo3j5euq3c92
— US Senate candidates spar over $25 minimum wage.  DD: I did not start earning $25/hour in today’s dollars until after I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. My critics/opponents have always painted me as being overpaid.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-g35txz1b449jg0cu
— Illinois bill would lower legal blood alcohol limit for drivers
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-bill-lower-legal-blood-alcohol-limit-drivers
— Bill would guarantee paid sick leave for all US workers if passed. DD: I had paid sick leave all during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is higher because I got credit for my many unused sick days like I had worked them. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. According to those on the right, the benefit was too generous. According to those on the left, federal jobs and their benefits should only be given to Democrats.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/guaranteed-paid-sick-leave-bill-healthy-families-act-bernie-sanders

WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly treat Pat Brady like he is still the chairman of the Illinois Republican Party.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-jb-pritzkers-budget-address/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Rick Heidner touts Trump ties in bid to unseat Pritzker
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/government-politics/article_643b216f-62e7-4082-8718-187d90b12eb8.html

STATELINE
— Pritzker criticizes ICE raids; Republicans say governor encourages illegal immigration
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/pritzker-criticizes-ice-raids-republicans-say-governor-encourages-illegal-immigration/

25 NEWS NOW
— Democrats praise Pritzker’s ‘roadmap,’ Republicans call budget ‘empty promises’ in partisan split
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/02/18/democrats-praise-pritzkers-roadmap-republicans-call-budget-empty-promises-partisan-split/

CWB CHICAGO
— 14-year-old boy shot as teen gathering turns violent in the Loop
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/02/14-year-old-boy-shot-as-teen-gathering-turns-violent-in-the-loop.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrats offer muted praise of Pritzker’s speech, Republicans dismiss ‘campaign’ rhetoric. Reactions largely fell along partisan lines, though there were some mixed feelings all around.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/democrats-offer-muted-praise-of-pritzkers-speech-republicans-dismiss-campaign-rhetoric/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-470/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois’ increased revenue because of federal economy, not state lawmakers
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-increased-revenue-because-of-federal-economy-not-state-lawmakers/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In your opinion, is it fair to stress the political positions that candidates’ spouses have? I have seen many cases in which once candidates are elected, they push their spouses’ political positions.
http://www.gopillinois.com
(GOOGLE AI: Spouses of political candidates often serve as influential, strategic partners who shape campaign narratives, engage voters, and expand outreach. While many spouses share aligned political views, they are not monoliths; they can hold independent opinions or, in some cases, bring diverse perspectives that create internal or public conflict.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump celebrates Black History Month at the White House. DD: My Black Democrat GAO subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors rudely replaced me with led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/18/trump-celebrates-black-history-month-white-house/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump endorsement tracker: Here’s who the president has picked in GOP midterm election primaries. DD: There are six U.S. Senate candidates in Illinois.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4460164/trump-endorsement-tracker-gop-2026-election-primaries/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois will hold a Senate race this election cycle, though the field mainly consists of Democratic candidates. Trump has not endorsed the lone Republican, Don Tracy. Trump has endorsed Reps. Mike Bost, Mary Miller, and Darin LaHood for reelection. The three incumbents represent Illinois’ three Republican voting districts, which are primarily south of Chicago.)
— The canonization of Jesse Jackson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4462248/the-canonization-of-jesse-jackson/
— Jesse Jackson was not controversial, or liberal, according to the obituaries
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4460851/jesse-jackson-death-obituary-nbc-controversial/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Teachers Are Fomenting Anti-ICE Hysteria. Alleged ICE activity at schools is being used as a pretext to indoctrinate children.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/02/17/teachers-are-fomenting-anti-ice-hysteria/

BREITBART
— Illinois Illegally Issued One-in-Five Trucker Licenses to Non-Residents
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/02/18/report-illinois-illegally-issued-one-in-five-trucker-licenses-to-non-residents/

DAILY CALLER
— Professors Furious Over Being Told Not To Indoctrinate Students
https://dailycaller.com/2026/02/18/professors-furious-told-not-to-indoctrinate-students-out-of-control/

EPOCH TIMES
— More Than 550 Commercial Driving Schools to Close After Checks
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/more-than-550-commercial-driving-schools-to-close-after-checks-transportation-department-5987313

FEDERALIST
— While Democrats’ Anti-ICE Fury Escalates, Americans Show They Want Immigration Laws Enforced
https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/18/while-democrats-anti-ice-fury-escalates-americans-show-they-want-immigration-laws-enforced/
— Affluent White Female Liberals Are Living In A Made-Up World
https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/18/affluent-white-female-liberals-are-living-in-a-made-up-world/

FOX NEWS
— Duffy gives Illinois 30-day ultimatum after audit finds 1 in 5 noncitizen truck licenses issued illegally. Transportation secretary gives Pritzker 30-day ultimatum after audit finds drivers from El Salvador to Ukraine received improper commercial licenses.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/duffy-gives-illinois-30-day-ultimatum-after-audit-finds-1-5-noncitizen-truck-licenses-issued-illegally

NEW YORK POST
— Education Department scraps Biden-era race-based rules for doctoral degree grants
https://nypost.com/2026/02/18/us-news/education-department-scraps-biden-era-race-based-rules-for-doctoral-degree-grants/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ROLL CALL
— Vance pledges anti-abortion policies after White House deemed soft. DD: I should write about those abortion advocates who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because I oppose abortion. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://rollcall.com/2026/01/23/vance-pledges-anti-abortion-policies-after-white-house-deemed-soft/

MOTLEY FOOL
— What causes unemployment? DD: QUESTION: Why have I been unemployed since I was 49 in 1997? ANSWER: The many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me. QUESTION: Why did they take those adverse actions against me? ANSWER: Because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, their reverse discrimination, and their age discrimination. I became an active participant in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 in 1988.
https://www.fool.com/terms/u/unemployment/

OKLAHOMAN
— Schools discipline over 100 students for anti-ICE walkout. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their high school students to promote more hatred against Republicans. Have Democrat leaders already or will they promise high school students free rides in Ivy League universities if they walkout?
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/18/over-100-mustang-public-schools-students-given-in-school-suspension-for-anti-ice-walkout/88738114007/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Lawmakers eyeing changes to federal benefits, hiring, pay. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, who ran IRS for almost 9 years, and who ran the Post Office for almost 3 years. You had to commit to promoting Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI big time to get promoted to GS-14 at GAO, to GS-13 at IRS, and to GS-5 at the Post Office. To promote AA and DEI is to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2026/02/lawmakers-eyeing-changes-to-federal-benefits-hiring-pay/

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
— How to Judge a Candidate. DD: If you ran for a government office, which of your qualifications would you stress. I would stress a) that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, b) that before that, I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, c) that I became a CPA and a certified internal auditor (CIA), fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, d) that I passed the CPA and CIA examinations on my first attempt, e) that I became a licensed CPA, and f) that I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.lwv.org/blog/how-judge-candidate

February 18, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Illinois Republican senator Neil Anderson pushes to outlaw abortion, loses leadership spots. Republican leaders called the proposal ‘extreme’ and said it is a no go. DD: What is your position on right to life? I have always supported the Hyde Amendment. My critics/opponents on the left demonize, denigrate, and condemn my position as being too strong. My critics/opponents on the right demonize, denigrate, and condemn my position as being too weak.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-abortion-law-neil-anderson-senator-pushes-ban-fetal-personhood-bill-loses-leadership-spots/18614296/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate Republican Leader John Curran said the bill is a “no” for the Republican caucus. “I don’t support his proposal, no other Republican legislator supports his proposal, House or Senate,” he said. “It’s an extreme proposal. I do not view it as a pro-life proposal, I view it as an anti-woman proposal about punishment.” Curran also removed Anderson as minority spokesperson on the Senate executive and assignments committees, though he remains a member on the Executive Committee. Curran said he talked to Anderson about leadership’s expected duties and responsibilities to the whole Republican caucus. Darren Bailey, a Republican candidate running for governor who has served in the Illinois House and Senate, released a statement calling for Anderson to pull the bill. “When women and families are facing a crisis, they need understanding, support, and real help, not the threat of jail time,” he said in a statement. “I am pro-life, but I believe we also have to face reality. Approaches like this pull people away and make it harder to move Illinois forward.” In his leadership resignation letter, Anderson said he was saddened by Republican disagreement on the issue.)

FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-lx7fbtnqrncbzg5e

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their high school students to promote more hatred against Republicans. Have Democrat leaders already or will they promise high school students free rides in Ivy League universities if they protest?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/17/letters-021726-student-walkouts/
— Diane Harris for Illinois Secretary of State Republican primary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/17/editorial-diane-harris-illinois-secretary-of-state-republican-primary/
— Juliana Stratton’s $25-per-hour minimum wage plan draws fire from rivals in US Senate race in Illinois. DD: I did not start earning $25/hour in today’s dollars until after I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/17/illinois-senate-stratton-25-dollar-minimum-wage/
— More than $1.1 billion in medical debt erased in Illinois, with the help of a state program. DD: What have you done to avoid medical debt? I have always assured that my wife and I have health insurance. The federal government paying 72% of our health insurance for the rest of our lives helped me endure tremendous efforts to get rid of me by the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/17/medical-debt-program-illinois/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. They want everyone in America, in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct to be stoners.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/16/cannabis-sales-illinois/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/02/18/federal-immigration-ice-border-patrol-police-mistrust-abuse-louis-martinez
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2026/02/18/climate-change-finding-delivery-robots-super-bowl-bad-bunny-trump-valentines-day

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois Republican senator Neil Anderson files a bill to outlaw abortion, loses leadership spots. DD: What is your position on right to life? I have always supported the Hyde Amendment. My critics/opponents on the left demonize, denigrate, and condemn my position as being too strong. My critics/opponents on the right demonize, denigrate, and condemn my position as being too weak.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260217/news/illinois-republican-senator-pushes-to-outlaw-abortion-loses-leadership-spots/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate Republican Leader John Curran said the bill is a “no” for the Republican caucus. “I don’t support his proposal, no other Republican legislator supports his proposal, House or Senate,” he said. “It’s an extreme proposal. I do not view it as a pro-life proposal, I view it as an anti-woman proposal about punishment.” Curran also removed Anderson as minority spokesperson on the Senate executive and assignments committees, though he remains a member on the Executive Committee. Curran said he talked to Anderson about leadership’s expected duties and responsibilities to the whole Republican caucus. Darren Bailey, a Republican candidate running for governor who has served in the Illinois House and Senate, released a statement calling for Anderson to pull the bill.)
— GOP hopefuls in 9th Congressional District differ on immigration policy
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260217/us-congress-politics/gop-hopefuls-in-9th-congressional-district-differ-on-immigration-policy/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois erases $1.1 billion in medical debt for residents. DD: What have you done to avoid medical debt? I have always assured that my wife and I have health insurance. The federal government paying 72% of our health insurance for the rest of our lives helped me endure tremendous efforts to get rid of me by the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/illinois-erases-11-billion-medical-debt-residents

WBEZ
— Four candidates vie for the GOP nomination for Illinois governor. Four Republican candidates have thrown their hats in the ring to challenge two-term Gov. JB Pritzker in November. They face an uphill battle against a billionaire Democrat in a state that has shifted more and more blue over the past decade. DD: Since the 1970s, the Illinois Republican Party has ever-increasing dumped more conservative planks in the Republican Party platform, that is, it has moved further and further and further to the left. At the same time, the Illinois Democrat Party has more aggressively advanced the most liberal planks in its platform.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-news/2026/02/16/four-candidates-vie-for-the-gop-nomination-for-illinois-governor
— What to know about the March 17 primary for Illinois comptroller. Four candidates are vying in the Democratic primary to replace outgoing incumbent Susana Mendoza as the state’s chief financial officer. DD: I just finished hand-delivering Republican comptroller candidate Bryan Drew’s campaign literature to 400 residences in my precinct. If you had run for the comptroller office, which of your qualifications would you have stressed? I would have stressed a) that I worked as an Analyst for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, b) that before that I worked as a Revenue Officer for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, c) that I became a CPA and a certified internal auditor, fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, d) that I became a licensed CPA, and e) that I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/elections/2026/02/17/what-to-know-about-illinois-comptroller-primary
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois comptroller is the state’s chief financial officer. The office manages the state’s fiscal accounts, records all transactions, pays bills and reviews all expenditures and contracts. The comptroller also chairs the State Employees’ Retirement System Board and sits on the Illinois State Board of Investment, helping manage pensions for state employees. The comptroller also issues financial reports about the state’s fiscal affairs.)

SHAW LOCAL
— 14th District GOP candidates say curbing government spending, overreach are top issues
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/02/17/14th-district-gop-candidates-say-curbing-government-spending-overreach-are-top-issues/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Pritzker pours in $25M; GOP lags in funds
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/illinois-governor-fundraising-jb-pritzker-21347891.php

CITIES 92.9
— Illinois abortion bill sparks division between Republicans, pro-life advocates
https://www.cities929.com/2026/02/17/illinois-abortion-bill-sparks-division-between-republicans-pro-life-advocates/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Why is long-term unemployment on the rise? DD: QUESTION: Why have I been unemployed since I was 49 in 1997? ANSWER: The many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me. QUESTION: Why did they take those adverse actions against me? ANSWER: Because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, their reverse discrimination, and their age discrimination. I became an active participant in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 in 1988.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-17/why-is-long-term-unemployment-on-the-rise
— DD: For Democrat leaders, National Parks exist to promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-18/trump-administration-is-erasing-history-and-science-at-national-parks-lawsuit-argues

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois Republican senator pushes to outlaw abortion, loses leadership spots. Republican leaders called the proposal ‘extreme’ and said it is no go. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as being an extremist. I would name them and demand that they put their charges against me in writing.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-republican-senator-pushes-to-outlaw-abortion-loses-leadership-spots/
— DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick focuses on public safety in GOP governor’s race. DD: Public safety is extremely important.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/dupage-county-sheriff-james-mendrick-focuses-on-public-safety-in-gop-governors-race/

ELMHURST PATCH
— A longtime Republican Party official accused of forging pages of signatures for a former Elmhurst mayoral candidate’s petition has pleaded guilty, according to public records. Longtime Addison resident Lawrence Moretti was charged with 14 felony forgery accounts in connection with 2025 mayoral candidate Mark Mulliner’s petition.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-political-forgery-suspect-pleads-guilty-county

POLITICO
— Pritzker’s Springfield squeeze play
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/02/18/pritzkers-springfield-squeeze-play-00785693

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-681/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-469/
— Heidner spokesperson says candidate will divest gaming interests if elected
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/17/heidner-spokesperson-says-candidate-will-divest-gaming-interests-if-elected/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— VALLAS: Don’t be fooled by Pritzker’s boasts of population gains
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-dont-be-fooled-by-pritzkers-boasts-of-population-gains/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What have you done with your life the last 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 years? What are you going to do with the rest of your life? I have put together and sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for the last 26 years and I have served as a Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) for the last 27 years. I am going to continue to do the aforesaid for the rest of my life. My critics/opponents are slowly becoming to realize that. But what more and bigger adverse actions will they going to take against me to stop me from sending out my newsletters and serving as a RPC? Should I start naming my critics/opponents and start counterattacking them? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Enough with the gaslighting on ICE
https://nypost.com/2026/02/17/us-news/enough-with-the-gaslighting-on-ice/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Trump’s FTC Takes Up The Fight Against Big Tech Wokeness. Trump’s FTC is cracking down on Big Tech, with Ferguson targeting censorship and anticompetitive practices at Microsoft and Apple.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/02/18/trumps-ftc-takes-up-the-fight-against-big-tech-wokeness/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Biden granted ‘quiet amnesty’ to an additional million illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/center_for_immigration_studies_biden_granted_quiet_amnesty_to_an_additional_million_illegals.html

CAMPUS REFORM
— Harvard undergrads prepare asylum claims, law students fight deportations of illegal aliens in court. As the White House fights to make American communities and campuses safer by deporting illegal aliens, universities are training college students to fight those deportations in court.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/sturge-harvard-undergrads-prepare-asylum-claims-law-students-fight-deportations-illegal-aliens-court/29432

COLLEGE FIX
— University of Illinois graduate fellowships require ‘commitment to diversity and inclusion.’ DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, who ran IRS for almost 9 years, and who ran the Post Office for almost 3 years. You had to commit to promoting Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI big time to get promoted to GS-14 at GAO, to GS-13 at IRS, and to GS-5 at the Post Office. To promote AA and DEI is to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-illinois-grad-fellowships-require-commitment-to-diversity-and-inclusion/

FOX NEWS
— Harvard students earn course credit helping asylum seekers as critics calls school ‘bastion of woke activism.’  HIST 123 course partners with Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice to provide research and writing support for asylum applicants.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/harvard-students-earn-course-credit-helping-asylum-seekers-critics-calls-school-bastion-woke-activism

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— DD: In your opinion, is it fair to stress the political positions that candidates’ spouses have? I have seen many cases in which once candidates are elected, they push their spouses’ political positions.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-attacks-gop-congressman-and-his-new-wife-ahead-of-key-house-vote-blessed-be-their-marriage/ar-AA1VwwRh

NEW YORK TIMES
— 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.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/business/goldman-sachs-diversity-board.html
— Rubio: Western Civilization Can Save Us — Again
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/opinion/munich-rubio-western-civilization.html
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/nyregion/stonewall-pride-flag-lawsuit.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote wealth taxes. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as having too much wealth. They have gotten more and more and more furious every time I bought a new car, bought real estate, bought collector cars, went on vacations, earned college degrees, earned professional certifications, earned a professional license, etc. According to them, I have the aforesaid a) because I have always benefitted big time from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, b) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, c) because I have never had children, and d) because of my wife’s income.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/us/california-wealth-tax-opposition-bernie-sanders.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/nyregion/budget-mamdani-property-taxes.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/us/california-billionaire-wealth-tax.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/business/economy/wealth-tax-france.html
— How Spain Is Carving a Different Path on Immigration. The country is hoping its new amnesty for undocumented immigrants will avoid a public backlash. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/world/europe/spain-amnesty-immigration.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their high school students to promote more hatred against Republicans. Have Democrat leaders already or will they promise high school students free rides in Ivy League universities if they protest?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/student-protests-walkouts-ice-texas.html

USA TODAY
— DD: The more that you fight reverse discrimination, the more that Democrat leaders call you a racist.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/02/16/elon-musk-white-supremacy-x-racist/88661158007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America Needs an Immigration Department. Congress should also review the law with an eye toward meeting U.S. economic needs. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-needs-an-immigration-department-97fbf4fb

PIX NEW YORK
— New York City is hiring for various positions that do not require applicants to take a civil service exam. DD: If I had not passed the postal employment test, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/nyc-offers-benefits-for-job-applicants-without-civil-service-exam/

POLITICO
— DD: Democrat leaders deny that their illegals vote. Illegals use false identifications. Because illegals vote for Democrats, Democrat election officials do not stop voter fraud. All elections should both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/17/save-act-election-security-noncitizen-voting-00782470

February 17, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Lewis University moves some classes online after school says ICE to work out of same building. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lewis-university-moves-classes-online-learning-school-says-ice-work-same-oak-brook-il-building/18608542/

CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-pritzker-ofelia-torres-death-cancer-father-deportation-fight/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Bailey rebukes national GOP for post mocking Pritzker’s weight
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/16/gop-pritzker-cartoon-bailey-illinois/
— Girl Scouts in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa moving cookie sales online in response to ICE actions. From now until March 29, Girl Scouts River Valleys’ cookie program will go digital. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/16/girl-scouts-moving-cookie-sales-online-in-response-to-ice-actions/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOL:D: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. What will Democrat leaders do next to push more pot?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/16/cannabis-sales-illinois/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly analogized Trump with Joseph McCarthy.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/17/opinion-donald-trump-joseph-mccarthy/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reduce/end penalties for breaking the law.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/02/17/formerly-incarcerated-celebrate-passage-of-illinois-clean-slate-act

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use high school students to promote more hatred against Republicans. How soon, if not already, will Democrat leaders promise high school students free rides at Ivy League universities if they walkout? If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and 1971 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time Loyola student 1972-1976, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time IIT student 1992-1997, my Democrat GAO superiors would have forced me to retire 4 years earlier, in 1993 instead of 1997. If I had been active in Republican politics, I doubt that UIC would have admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992. Democrats
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260216/news/we-see-the-injustice-suburban-students-pledge-walkouts-will-continue-no-matter-the-consequences/
— 14th District GOP candidates say curbing government spending, overreach are top issues
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260216/us-congress-politics/14th-district-gop-candidates-say-curbing-government-spending-overreach-are-top-issues/
— 8th Congressional District GOP hopefuls debate U.S. immigration policies
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260216/us-congress-politics/8th-congressional-district-gop-hopefuls-debate-u-s-immigration-policies/

WAND TV
— Urbana city leaders rejected a federal grant Monday night. Urbana City Council members said it is because the FEMA money has strings attached under the Trump administration. They stated that taking the money would require Urbana to follow all Department of Homeland Security rules and comply with federal action, like recent ICE raids nationwide. Urbana’s legal counsel said the city likely would not be on the hook for paying the money back. However, council members added they don’t trust the current administration and are hoping to protect residents. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois/urbana-city-council-rejects-federal-grant-over-dhs-ties/article_c0f55a33-5c85-4785-bf35-6c4c1757b68a.html

CLARION LEDGER
— Federal judge orders DHS to allow Ash Wednesday service for ICE detainees. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use religious leaders a) to glorify and praise their illegals and b) to fight their deportation.  When my lawsuit against GAO was transferred from Washington DC to Chicago in 2000, it was initially assigned to Gettleman. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2026/02/16/federal-judge-orders-trump-administration-dhs-must-allow-ash-wednesday-services-for-ice-detainees/88701099007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to let detainees have access to church services for Ash Wednesday. “The court finds that the government has substantially burdened plaintiffs’ exercise of religion,” U.S. District Judge Robert W. Gettleman said in his order. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security must “allow plaintiffs to access the Broadview, Illinois, facility on Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026, to offer ashes and Communion for those who desire it.”)

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The Rev. Jesse Jackson has died
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinoisplaybook

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-680/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
—  Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. RINOs reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject 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. Far too many RINOs use the Republican Party’s “BIG TENT” policy a) to become Republican Precinct Committeemen, b) to become leaders in Republican organizations, c) to run for government offices as Republicans, and d) to get elected as Republicans. The Democrat Party does not have a “BIG TENT” policy. Its precinct committeemen, party leaders, candidates, and elected officials aggressively defend and advance all the planks in the Democrat Party platform, especially its dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pro-vice, gun control, and Affirmative Action and DEI planks, that is, its race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination planks. If the Republican Party does not stop RINOs from destroying the Republican Party, the Republican Party will soon be defunct. Soon, all of America will be like Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What has your Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) done so far to increase the number of Republican ballots cast in your precinct in the March 17, 2026 primary? Notwithstanding ever-increasing Democrat-promoted hatred against RPCs, yesterday, I finished hand-delivering envelopes to 400 residences in my precinct using 800 mailing labels for those residences that have at least one Republican (R) or Independent (NA) voter. The envelopes had my return address label, a copy of the unmarked sample ballot, a Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Voter Guide, and campaign literature from all the candidates on the Republican ballot in my precinct who had provided their literature to MTRO (Tracy, Mendrick, Dabrowski, Drew, and Moore). I had to explain to some voters why they were NA. I am happy to report that only one Democrat voter in my precinct, albeit an aggressive, nasty, wealthy, and prominent realtor with a common name, shouted threats at me. He shouted at me in a very threatening tone that he had thrown my envelope in the trash, that I should not deliver anything there anymore, that he knew who I was, that he knew where I lived, and that if I ever did deliver there again, he would come to my home and dump it on my driveway. While I did not realize who he was until after the incident, he had known who I was for many years. He had been a registered D in my precinct very near my home years ago. I now know that after he sold that home, he bought a very expensive and prominent home in the new part of my precinct. I delivered to his new home only because there was a registered NA in his home. To avoid future threats like his from Ds, I will identify those homes in my precinct that have NAs and not deliver to those homes that also have Ds but no Rs, something I did not take the time to do this time. There are limits on the time that I can spend. I spend 10+ hours a day 7 days a week putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out. I spent many hours putting 800 mailing labels and 400 return address label on 400 envelopes, putting them into walk order, stuffing them, dividing them into 5 batches, and hand-delivering them. I used 400 DuPage County Republican Central Committee envelopes and I used my photocopier, paper, and ink to copy the sample ballot 400 times 2-sided back-to-back. If I spent 6 minutes getting each envelope ready, that would be 40 hours. I spent about 15 hours hand-delivering the envelopes, or about 3 hours per batch. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopoillinois.com
— What were doing 25 years ago? In 2001, I successfully led a group that overcame Rev. Jesse Jackson’s opposition and got Comcast to start carrying Fox News Channel in Wheaton and in other western suburbs. – Dave Diersen

http://www.gopillinois.com
(FROM GOOGLE AI: Rev. Jesse Jackson and his organization, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, have had a long, complex, and often criticized relationship with major telecommunications companies, including Comcast and AT&T. Over the past two decades, Jackson has frequently endorsed mergers involving these companies and lobbied against net neutrality regulations, often coinciding with donations from these corporations to his non-profit organizations. Key aspects of this relationship include: Corporate Funding & Support: AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon have been major financial contributors to Jackson’s Citizenship Education Fund. For instance, in 1999, AT&T donated $425,000 to the fund shortly after Jackson withdrew his opposition to the AT&T/TCI Cable merger.)

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Three GOP Members of Congress (that is, All of Them) Support Don Tracy for U.S. Senate Nomination
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/02/17/three-gop-members-of-congress-that-is-all-of-them-support-don-tracy-for-u-s-senate-nomnation/
— 9th District GOP Candidate Got Hawaiian Record Wiped Clean
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/02/16/9th-district-gop-candidate-gets/

JOHN KASS
— To Be Optimistic or Not to Be. DD: I tried to be optimistic while I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, but as they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me, it became ever-increasingly difficult. I have tried to be optimistic while I have served as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, but as Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party leaders have ever-increasingly taken more and bigger adverse actions against me, it is becoming ever-increasingly difficult.
https://johnkassnews.com/to-be-optimistic-or-not-to-be/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats’ ICE opposition shutdown echoes ‘defund the police’ 2.0. Left’s unreasonable demands would make officers’ jobs impossible.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/16/democrats-ice-opposition-shutdown-echoes-defund-police-20/

NEW YORK POST
— Biden’s ‘quiet amnesty’ for nearly 1 million illegal immigrants
https://nypost.com/2026/02/16/opinion/bidens-quiet-amnesty-for-nearly-1-million-illegal-immigrants/
— Woke Portland pizza restaurant hits diners with anti-ICE propaganda and bizarrely declares ‘food is political’
https://nypost.com/2026/02/17/us-news/woke-pizza-restaurant-hits-diners-with-anti-ice-propaganda-and-bizarrely-declares-food-is-political/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— DOJ Reveals that Biden Granted ‘Quiet Amnesty’ to Nearly a Million Aliens. Cases that have been ‘temporarily paused’ for more than three decades.
https://cis.org/Arthur/DOJ-Reveals-Biden-Granted-Quiet-Amnesty-Nearly-Million-Aliens
— Fifth Circuit Greenlights Mandatory Detention for All Illegal Entrants. Ignore the thousands of habeas claims — this issue is bound for SCOTUS.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Fifth-Circuit-Greenlights-Mandatory-Detention-All-Illegal-Entrants

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. RINOs reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject 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. Far too many RINOs use the Republican Party’s “BIG TENT” policy a) to become Republican Precinct Committeemen, b) to become leaders in Republican organizations, c) to run for government offices as Republicans, and d) to get elected as Republicans. The Democrat Party does not have a “BIG TENT” policy. Its precinct committeemen, party leaders, candidates, and elected officials aggressively defend and advance all the planks in the Democrat Party platform, especially its dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pro-vice, gun control, and Affirmative Action and DEI planks, that is, its race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination planks. If the Republican Party does not stop RINOs from destroying the Republican Party, the Republican Party will soon be defunct. Soon, all of America will be like Illinois.
https://www.creators.com/read/daily-editorials/02/26/rinos-meet-the-depublicans-5df4a

FOX NEWS
— West Chicago teacher breaks silence after losing job over 2-word Facebook post supporting ICE: ‘Devastating.’  The teacher’s supporters started a GoFundMe, calling him a “beloved” educator
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-area-teacher-breaks-silence-after-losing-job-over-2-word-facebook-post-supporting-ice
— Illinois district where faculty celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death exposed over racial ‘segregation’ plan. Oswego District 308 divided middle school students by racial background without parental notification as part of equity training sessions.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-district-where-faculty-celebrated-charlie-kirks-death-exposed-over-racial-segregation-plan

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Who Is Allowing Illegals To Get Trucking Licenses?
https://radio.foxnews.com/2026/02/16/who-is-allowing-illegals-to-get-trucking-licenses-ft-shannon-everett-rep-wesley-hunt/

PJ MEDIA
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/02/16/is-nancy-pelosi-steering-democrats-toward-a-civil-war-in-2028-n4949566
— The Trump Administration Officially Kills DEI at the FAA. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action to lower their hiring, retention, and promotion standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/02/16/the-trump-administration-officially-kills-dei-at-the-faa-n4949555

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— How Uncle Sam helps illegal aliens take jobs, homes, and benefits. DD: All of my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. If my employers had hired noncitizens instead of me, I would not have been able a) to buy a 6-year-old car when I was 16, b) to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., c) to pay for tuition and books to earn college degrees when I was 21, 27, 31, and 48, d) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., or d) to get married when I was 29. My critics/opponents cannot say anything like that because they had wealth parents who bought the cars, who paid for their college expenses, who got them jobs, etc. My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. Neither he nor my mother attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother never attended high school.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5737890-the-itin-how-uncle-sam-helps-illegal-aliens-take-jobs-homes-and-benefits/

REUTERS
— Goldman Sachs plans to drop DEI from board-candidate criteria. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, for IRS for almost 9 years, and for the Post Office for almost 3 years. You had to promote Affirmative Action big time to get promoted to GS-14 at GAO, GS-13 at IRS, and GS-5 at the Post Office.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/goldman-sachs-plans-drop-diversity-factors-board-candidate-criteria-wsj-reports-2026-02-17/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats’ Debate: ‘Abolish ICE,’ or ‘Abolish Trump’s ICE’? An upcoming Senate primary contest in Illinois, which is likely to pick the state’s next senator, has centered on Democrats’ future approach to federal immigration policy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/us/politics/democrats-illinois-senate-ice-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/02/16/affordability-politics-cost-living-prices/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly reject federal law. That caused the Civil War.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/14/states-different-approaches-immigration-enforcement/88597879007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Olympics to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2026/02/17/team-usa-lgbtq-athletes-2026-winter-olympics-representation/88690898007/
— FAA orders merit-based pilot hiring as Trump DEI crackdown continues. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action to lower their hiring, retention, and promotion standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2026/02/16/faa-merit-based-pilot-hiring-order/88700875007/

DUKE TODAY
— When Wages Are Not Enough for Retirement Savings. DD: My retirement income and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government a) wasted my career, b) took many big adverse actions against me, and c) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They flushed down their toilets 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. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://today.duke.edu/2026/02/when-wages-are-not-enough-retirement-savings

POLITICO
— Democrats’ struggles could be partly because they’re just too old, says Obama. “There is an element of, at some point, you age out,” the former president said. DD: According to my Democrat IRS superiors, I aged out to be a GS-13 when I was 25 in 1974.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/15/obama-democrats-problems-too-old-00782719?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Indi­ans face racist back­lash in US amid suc­cess
https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-lucknow/20260217/282218017248218
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A wave of hos­til­ity tar­get­ing people of Indian ori­gin in the United States is caus­ing con­cern as pub­lic meet­ings, polit­ical cam­paigns and online plat­forms see a surge in openly racist rhet­oric dir­ec­ted at Indi­ans. The back­lash was on dis­play at a recent City Coun­cil meet­ing in Frisco, a fast-grow­ing sub­urb north of Dal­las in Texas where about one-third of res­id­ents are of Asian her­it­age, The New York Times repor­ted. Dur­ing nearly two hours of pub­lic com­ments, sev­eral speak­ers described what they called an “Indian takeover” of their city.)

INDEPENDENT ONLINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://iol.co.za/lifestyle/love-sex/relationships/2026-02-16-the-sheconomy-surge-why-45-of-women-will-be-single-and-thriving-by-2030/

February 16, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS2
— DHS shutdown under way after funding expires without a deal in Congress. The latest shutdown is affecting agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Transportation Security Administration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/dhs-shutdown-under-way-after-funding-expires-without-a-deal-in-congress/
— Early voting to resume in DuPage County on Monday after delays, ballot issues
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/early-voting-dupage-county/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tony McCombie for Illinois 89th House District Republican primary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/16/editorial-tony-mccombie-illinois-89th-house-district-republican-primary/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/14/ofelia-giselle-torres-hidalgo-dies-immigration-ice-cancer

DAILY HERALD
— Daily Herald endorsement: Darren Bailey in GOP gubernatorial primary
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250215/endorsements/daily-herald-endorsement-darren-bailey-in-gop-gubernatorial-primary/
— GOP Senate candidates offer contrasting solutions to rising costs and economic challenges
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260215/us-congress-politics/gop-senate-candidates-offer-contrasting-solutions-to-rising-costs-and-economic-challenges/

WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgnradio.com/news/teen-who-fought-for-fathers-release-from-ice-custody-dies-from-rare-cancer-family/

HERALD REVIEW
— Protesters chant, sing outside Broadview ICE facility, plan recurring Saturday demonstrations. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://herald-review.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_644348c9-e61d-5431-9f4e-5abe8196ca5f.html

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Election Extra: Profiles of Republican U.S. Senate candidates
https://evanstonroundtable.com/newsletter-archive/election-extra-profiles-of-republican-u-s-senate-candidates/
— City of Evanston to host Reparations Repair Expo Feb. 21. DD: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. DD: Who wants you to pay reparations and why, that is, who wants you to pay the price of AA and DEI and why? My critics/opponents have always used against me the fact that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, I have always stressed that they always lived in northeast Illinois. My critics/opponents have also always used against me the fact that a) my ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete township in 1854 and b) my ancestors on my mother’s side became owners of a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border after they sharecropped it. According to my critics/opponents, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the more that you have benefitted from slavery and therefore the more reparations you should pay, that is, the more that you should pay the price of AA and DEI: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2026/02/09/city-of-evanston-to-host-reparations-repair-expo-feb-21/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/world/article/she-was-denied-a-legal-abortion-and-sent-to-21356021.php

NPR ILLINOIS
— Immigration enforcement will remain largely uninterrupted by the government shutdown
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-15/immigration-enforcement-will-remain-largely-uninterrupted-by-the-government-shutdown
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “democracy” to take more and more and more freedoms, opportunities, and money away from Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-16/concerns-over-autocracy-in-the-u-s-continue-to-grow

CHICAGO TODAY
— GOP Faces Backlash Over Fat-Shaming Illinois Governor. Some Republicans criticize the party’s body-shaming post targeting Democratic Governor JB Pritzker.
https://nationaltoday.com/us/il/chicago/news/2026/02/16/gop-faces-backlash-over-fat-shaming-illinois-governor/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Max Solomon: GOP Write-In Candidate for Treasurer
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/02/max-solomon-gop-write-in-candidate-for-illinois-treasurer/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The inevitable, unbearable politicization of the Olympics
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4457856/inevitable-unbearable-politicization-olympics/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump should insist on E-Verify. The easy way to determine who is in this country illegally.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/15/trump-insist-e-verify/
— Hispanic groups warn Trump’s ICE surge could ‘nullify’ GOP’s Texas congressional goals. DD: Democrat leaders want Hispanics to first think of themselves as being Hispanics before thinking of themselves as being anything else including being citizens of America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/13/hispanic-groups-warn-trumps-ice-surge-could-nullify-gops-texas/

NEW YORK POST
— ICE offering six-figure salaries and $50K signing bonuses as it ramps up hiring to fuel deportations. DD: I did not earn $100,000/year in today’s dollars until 1974 after I had a) earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, b) worked for IRS for 3 years, and c) taken 10 graduate evening business courses at Loyola.
https://www.aol.com/ice-offering-six-figure-salaries-225718060.html

AMERICAN THINKER
— The persecution of Christians in the Islamic Middle East. Western governments feel too much colonial guilt to do anything about this.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/the_persecution_of_christians_in_the_islamic_middle_east.html
— France to send out letters to young women urging them to have babies before it’s too late. DD: My wife and I did not get married until I was 29 and she was 27. We erroneously believed that we would not have fertility problems, but both of us had major fertility problems. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied/shouted that I lied about our major fertility problems. They stressed that we did not try IVF even though my wife’s health insurance covered it. They stressed that we did not adopt or become foster parents. They viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned us as being disgusting filthy rich DINKs. They decried the tremendous amount of time and money that they spent raising their children. They decried that their spouses had little or no income. They crowed that they got married when they were young. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, f) get promoted in 1986, g) etc. According to them, if we had children, we would not have been able a) go on four vacations a year after my wife’s business trips to luxury resorts across America 1978-1992, b) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, c) to buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, d) etc. They would not have used our not having children against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/france_to_send_out_letters_to_young_women_urging_them_to_have_babies_before_it_s_too_late.html
— Real scientists have known the truth about global warming for decades. DD: Democrats blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/real_scientists_have_known_the_truth_about_global_warming_for_decades.html
— Ahead of midterms, Obama and Hillary suddenly embrace the Trump agenda. Anybody dumb enough to believe them? The talking points are going out.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/ahead_of_midterms_obama_and_hillary_suddenly_embrace_the_trump_agenda.html

BREITBART
— Nearly Seven in Ten Spaniards Oppose Socialist Government’s Illegal Migrant Amnesty Scheme
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/02/15/nearly-seven-in-ten-spaniards-oppose-socialist-governments-illegal-migrant-amnesty-scheme/
— Wisconsin Republican Party Headquarters Vandalized
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/02/15/photo-wisconsin-republican-party-headquarters-targeted-in-despicable-act-of-vandalism/amp/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Dissecting CBS News’ Claim that ‘Less than 14%’ of Trump II ICE Arrestees Are ‘Violent Criminals’
https://cis.org/Arthur/Dissecting-CBS-News-Claim-Less-14-Trump-II-ICE-Arrestees-Are-Violent-Criminals

COLLEGE FIX
— Free speech group defends U. Illinois College Republicans amid uproar over ICE post
https://www.thecollegefix.com/free-speech-group-defends-u-illinois-college-republicans-amid-uproar-over-ice-post/
— University of Florida to stop ‘gender-affirming care’ for students
https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-of-florida-to-stop-gender-affirming-care-for-students/

FOX NEWS
— ICE ramps up deportation push by boosting capacity to 92,600 beds with $38.3B expansion.
https://www.aol.com/news/ice-ramps-deportation-push-boosting-194632362.html
— Schools that let students leave class to protest ICE have failing academic records. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting walkouts in your school district? How soon, if not already, will they promise students free rides at Ivy League universities if they walkout?
https://www.aol.com/news/schools-let-students-leave-class-230023642.html

INSTITUTE FOR FAMLY STUDIES
— Why Young People Are Delaying Marriage. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used my not getting married until I was 29 against me. They stressed that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They stressed a) that I bought new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, b) that I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and a job-related master’s degree when I was 27, c) that I was earning $100,059/year in today’s dollars when I was 25, and d) that I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27.
https://ifstudies.org/in-the-news/one-reason-why-young-people-are-delaying-marriage-and-what-you-can-do-about-it

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Minnesota Insurgency Needs to Be Addressed. DD: What about the Illinois insurgency?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/minnesota-insurgency-needs-to-be-addressed/
— Gavin Newsom Compares ICE Agents to Nazi ‘Secret Police’
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/gavin-newsom-compares-ice-agents-to-nazi-secret-police/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Throws In the Towel on Minneapolis Surge
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/02/trump-throws-in-towel-on-minneapolis-surge/

NEWSMAX
— DHS Funding Fight Should Protect ICE
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tom-homan-ice-dhs-funding/2026/02/15/id/1246219/

POST MILLENNIAL
— US airlines must certify use of merit-based hiring for pilots. 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, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Since then, to hire Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, they have lowered standards.
https://thepostmillennial.com/us-airlines-must-certify-use-of-merit-based-hiring-for-pilots-faa-says

TOWNHALL
— How Soft Persecution and Socialist Indoctrination Are Erasing America’s Soul
https://townhall.com/columnists/virginia-prodan/2026/02/15/how-soft-persecution-and-socialist-indoctrination-are-erasing-americas-soul-n2671224
— This New Rule Will Finally End the Illegal Immigrant Truck Driver Crisis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/02/15/this-new-rule-will-finally-end-the-illegal-immigrant-truck-driver-crisis-n2671346
— Polling Data Confirms the Left’s Disastrous Position on Trump’s Deportation Agenda
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/chloe-trapanotto/2026/02/15/polling-data-confirms-the-lefts-three-word-answer-on-ice-operations-its-devestating-n2671339

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Duckworth says to Vance: “Forrest Gump ran toward danger in Vietnam. Your boss ran to his podiatrist crying bone spurs,” Duckworth wrote in a post on the social platform X, referring to President Trump’s medical draft deferments that excused him from serving in the Vietnam War. DD: My avoiding the Vietnam War draft has had a tremendous negative impact on me. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many, most, virtually all, and at times, all of my superiors and supervisors were Democrat veterans who blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. They especially blamed Republicans like me who are White, male, and 1-A. They were furious that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, I earned college degrees, bought new cars, bought real estate, and went on vacations. Democrat veterans either orchestrated or carried out all the many adverse actions that the federal government took against me.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5711910-duckworth-responds-to-vance/

AOL
— Straw polls reveal frontrunners. DD: What would have sold more tickets for the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) February 27 fundraiser? Many more tickets would have been sold if the event included a straw poll. If I had been asked, I would have conducted one for the contested statewide and countywide races (U.S. Senate, Illinois Governor, Illinois Secretary of State, DuPage Sheriff, and 3rd District Appellate Court) like I did for the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) in the past. DuPage County straw polls have had big impacts on races. Jack Ryan’s winning MTRO’s 2003 Oktoberfest fundraiser U.S. Senate straw poll helped him win the 2004 Illinois U.S. Senate primary. 600 attended the fundraiser and 400 voted in the straw poll. The fundraiser’s profit was $20,000+, that is, it was $35,000+ in today’s dollars.
https://www.aol.com/news/dfl-sees-historic-minnesota-caucus-175835864.html

MSN
— Here’s how much more singles need to save for retirement to enjoy the same lifestyle as couples. DD: Since I got married when I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have been furious, and especially my critics/opponents who are not married, whose spouses have little or no income, and/or who have children. When we got married, my wife had saved $20,000 ($102,000 in today’s dollars). She had a good job with the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. We used her savings to buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/1017-E-Harrison-Ave-60187/home/18135528 ). For the next 14 years, we went on vacations 4 times a year following her business trips to luxury golf resorts across America. Her income helped us have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/915-Cove-Ct-60189/home/18126600 ) in 1984. My being married to her helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, f) get promoted in 1986, g) buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, h) etc.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/heres-how-much-more-singles-need-to-save-for-retirement-to-enjoy-the-same-lifestyle-as-couples/ar-AA1WcUR2

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting walkouts in your school district? How soon, if not already, will they promise students free rides at Ivy League universities if they walkout?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/student-protests-walkouts-ice-texas.html

MY NEWS LA
— City of West Covina and its former Fire Department captain have reached a settlement in his lawsuit that alleged he was forced to resign in 2022. DD: Should I refile Diersen v. GAO? Just kidding. But a lot has changed since 1998. Back then, it was legal to use Affirmative Action to get rid Republicans who White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/city-of-west-covina-settles-with-former-fire-captain/ar-AA1Wf7tk

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— For College Applicants, Pressure to Make Summers Count Has Gotten Even Worse. Teens scramble to specialize their summer pursuits early—to convey a ‘story’ to college admissions officers. DD: What did you do during the summer between your junior and senior years in high school? I washed dishes for the minimum wage for 40 hours a week in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights. What did you do during the summer between your senior year in high school and your freshman year in college? I cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag and pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/college-admissions-summer-resume-activities-high-school-d2bfe312
— Gen Z, Locked Out of Home Buying, Puts Its Money in the Market. The share of young people transferring funds to investment accounts has climbed steeply over a decade. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 24 in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ). The down payment came from the money I 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. That money I earned also enabled me to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 and to pay for four graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/gen-z-investments-home-ownership-ec0bbe98
— The Ultrawealthy Are Doubling Down on Home Security
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/the-ultrawealthy-are-doubling-down-on-home-security-181c69bc

FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2026/02/15/bad-bunny-owns-90-of-the-top-10-on-multiple-billboard-charts/

MARKET WATCH
— Here’s the only group in New York City having children at a rate high enough to maintain the population
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-the-only-group-in-new-york-city-having-children-at-a-rate-high-enough-to-maintain-the-population-2815d103

GALLUP
— LGBTQ+ Identification Holds at 9% in U.S. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/702206/lgbtq-identification-holds.aspx

LIST WIRE
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down to 33% in Illinois.
https://thelistwire.usatoday.com/story/life/2026/02/15/trump-approval-rating-united-states-february-2026/88694047007/

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting walkouts in your school district? How soon, if not already, will they promise students free rides at Ivy League universities if they walkout?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/student-protests-walkouts-ice-texas.html

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DECCAN HERALD
— Caste is by birth. Conversion or marriage doesn’t change it. DD: What caste were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars  He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. Because that dramatically lowered her earning potential, she stayed home and raised me and my brother.
https://www.deccanherald.com/india/caste-is-by-birth-conversion-or-marriage-doesnt-change-it-says-allahabad-hc-3897439

February 8, 2026

FOX NEWS
— How do you watch The All-American Halftime Show
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/how-watch-turning-point-usa-alternate-halftime-show

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals and their protesters to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-anti-ice-protests-held-area-1-month-fatal-shooting-renee-good-federal-agents-minneapolis-minnesota/18562004/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote LGBTQ and b) destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/wings-host-drag-extravaganza-valentines-day-2026-sidetrack-chicago-support-lgbtq-survivors-domestic-violence/18548137/

FOX32
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government. How many have Democrats put on SNAP in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-budget-bill-illinois-impact

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Waukegan High students walk out to protest federal crackdown.  DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals and their protesters to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/waukegan-high-school-walkout/
— Appeals court affirms Trump administration policy of jailing immigrants without bond
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/trump-policy-jailing-immigrants-without-bond/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Specifically, circuit judge Edith H. Jones wrote in the 2-1 majority opinion that the government correctly interpreted the Immigration and Nationality Act by asserting that “unadmitted aliens apprehended anywhere in the United States are ineligible for release on bond, regardless of how long they have resided inside the United States.”)
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for health costs.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/health-costs-are-fueling-voter-stress-and-powering-democratic-campaigns/
— Republicans rarely criticize Donald Trump in his second term. A racist post briefly changed that. DD: Advice for Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders. Anticipate/expect that Democrat candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and their mainstream news media will spin everything that you say or do against you.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/republicans-criticize-trump-racist-post/
— DD: Under Chicago Democrats, soon, if not already, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/divine-nine-repack-greater-chicago-food-depository-competition/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Long-beleaguered Gary is serious about the Bears. Are the Bears serious about Gary? DD: I worked in Gary for 2 weeks in 1970. Firestone had hired me and assigned me to its Chicago Heights store. But the manager of that store would never have hired me. He not only disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, he disapproved of my religion and national origin. He forced me to pass a 2-week probationary period in Firestone’s Gary store.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/bears-stadium-gary-indiana/

DAILY HERALD
— Pentagon cuts academic ties with ‘woke’ Harvard to focus on training ‘warriors’
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260207/nation-and-world/pentagon-cuts-academic-ties-with-woke-harvard-to-focus-on-training-warriors/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for health costs.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260207/nation-and-world-politics/health-costs-are-fueling-voter-stress-and-powering-democratic-campaigns/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly analogize Donald Trump to Joseph McCarthy.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260207/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-in-search-of-a-sense-of-decency-a-presidents-behavior-is-not-irrelevant-to-t/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the “Trump ape video” to promote more hatred against all Republicans.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/columnists/james-causey/2026/02/08/trump-video-obama-ape/88549754007/

FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Advice for Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders. Anticipate/expect that Democrat candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and their mainstream news media will spin everything that you say or do against you.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/republicans-rarely-criticize-trump-in-his-second-term-a-racist-post-briefly-changed-that/article_734dd055-4276-59fa-9b29-0bc54eb1429a.html

25 NEWS NOW
— Conservative policy wonk Ted Dabrowski says GOP needs to try something new to beat Pritzker in 2026
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/02/08/conservative-policy-wonk-says-gop-needs-try-something-new-beat-pritzker-2026/

CWB CHICAGO
— Chicago’s snowplow naming contest buries city in anti-ICE submissions. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly a) promote illegal immigration and b) fight deportation of their illegals.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/02/chicagos-snowplow-naming-contest-buries-city-in-anti-ice-submissions.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you do and why do you do it? Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000 to promote conservative principles and to help elect Republican candidates. But since 2000, virtually all the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have talked and acted like me and my newsletters do not exist. Far too many of them blame me and blame my newsletters for the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Far too many have taken many big adverse actions against me to stop me from sending out my newsletters. Far too many have done far too much to discourage everyone from reading my newsletters. What would you do if you were me? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Advice for Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders. Anticipate/expect that Democrat candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and their mainstream news media will spin everything that you say or do against you. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To what extent should candidates, elected officials, and party leaders be held responsible for the words and actions of those under them? I hold Democrat elected officials directly responsible for all the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me. I hold RINO elected officials directly responsible for all the adverse actions that leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton have taken against me and continue to take against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois gives almost $1.2M to labor activist group
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/waste-watch-illinois-gives-almost-1-2m-to-labor-activist-group/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump, another hair-on-fire uproar, and the midterms
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4450273/trump-another-uproar-midterms/

NEW YORK POST
— The anti-ICE activists are an insurgency, not a protest movement
https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/opinion/anti-ice-movement-an-insurgency-not-a-protest/
— The end of college racial quotas is already making America more just. DD: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they had to meet race and/or gender quotas, goals, and targets to promote their employees who were minority and/or female, that is, they had to discriminate against their employees who were White and/or male. They especially discriminated against their employees who were White and/or male and who were Republican, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/opinion/the-end-of-college-racial-quotas-is-already-making-america-more-just/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The kids should not be marching. Teachers can’t teach the basics, but they can organize child armies against ICE.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/the_kids_should_not_be_marching.html
— Democrats want to get you killed. Listening to Democrats is not only foolish, but potentially deadly.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/democrats_want_to_get_you_killed.html
— What if we went back to the moon and nobody cared? Something that was once seen as one of humanity’s and America’s greatest triumphs is now greeted with a nod and a yawn. DD: Democrat leaders have succeeded in making America’s top priority giving more and more and more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/what_if_we_went_back_to_the_moon_and_nobody_cared.html
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used my may Jewish superiors and supervisors to waste my career and to get rid of me. I should write about that.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/jews_should_not_be_indifferent_to_antisemitism.html

BREITBART
— National Teachers Union Encouraging School Walkouts, Pushing Anti-ICE Propaganda
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/02/07/national-teachers-union-encouraging-school-walkouts-pushing-anti-ice-propaganda/amp/
— Cross-Referencing SSNs Is Key to Catch Illegals Holding CDLs
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/02/07/ernst-cross-referencing-ssns-is-key-to-catch-illegals-holding-cdls-study-minnesota-fraudsters-to-see-if-that-was-template/
— Homan Has Struck Agreements with Nearly All Minnesota Counties to Hand Over Violent Illegal Aliens from Jails
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/02/07/exclusive-leavitt-tom-homan-has-struck-agreements-with-nearly-all-minnesota-counties-to-hand-over-violent-illegal-aliens-from-jails/
— Hegseth Cuts War Department Ties With His ‘Woke’ Alma Mater Harvard. DD: I earned degrees from NIU (BS-management), Loyola (MBA), DePaul (MS-accounting), and IIT (MS-finance) in 1970, 1976, 1980, and 1997 respectively. They all have moved dramatically to the left.
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2026/02/07/hegseth-cuts-war-department-ties-his-woke-alma-mater-harvard/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Former ‘Bachelor’ host comes under fire over casting call for ‘traditional marriage’ dating show. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. My critics/opponents have always been furious that my traditional marriage in 1978 a) helped my wife and I buy two news cars and a home in Wheaton in 1978, b) helped me pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) helped us afford my taking a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, d) helped me earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) helped me pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, f) helped me become a licensed CPA in 1981, g) helped us have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, h) helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986, i) helped me get promoted in 1986, j) etc.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/chris-harrison-criticized-for-traditional-marriage-dating-show.html

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Harvard Is Woke; The War Department Is Not’: Pentagon Terminates Academic Partnerships With Ivy League University
https://dailycaller.com/2026/02/07/harvard-university-woke-war-department-pentagon-pete-hegseth-terminates-academic-partnership/

DAILY SIGNAL
— ICE Operations: What Americans Actually Want
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/07/ice-operations-what-americans-actually-want/amp/

FOX NEWS
— Schools that let students leave class to protest ICE have failing academic records. High schools across multiple states staged walkouts while showing math and English proficiency rates well below state averages.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/schools-let-students-leave-class-protest-ice-have-failing-academic-records
— DHS says anti-ICE agitators helped child rapist, gang members evade deportation. ICE agitators threw rocks, bottles at officials after a gang member rammed them with his car and barricaded himself in an apartment.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/child-rapists-gang-members-domestic-abusers-helped-evading-deportation-anti-ice-agitators-dhs

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Hegseth: The War Department is Cutting Academic Ties With Harvard
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/pete-hegseth-the-war-department-is-cutting-academic-ties-with-harvard/amp/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Woke Team USA athletes trash talk America at Olympics
https://thepostmillennial.com/woke-team-usa-athletes-trash-talk-america-at-olympics-it-brings-up-mixed-emotions

PJ MEDIA
— A Handful of Examples of How ‘Harvard Is Woke,’ as Hegseth Said
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/02/07/a-handful-of-examples-how-harvard-is-woke-as-hegseth-said-n4949219
— Students Walk Out of School in Protest of ICE — With Support of the School Board. DD:  Los Angeles Unified School District today, your school district tomorrow, if not already.
https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2026/02/07/students-walk-out-of-school-in-protest-of-ice-with-support-of-the-school-board-n4949248
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Friday, Feb. 6, over 22,500 students from 85 schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) walked out of class an organized protest. This was not a walkout in protest of the killing of innocent civilians in Iran. It wasn’t about the horrors that Hamas has perpetrated. Students were not leaving their schools as a way of calling for more learning tools at their schools, or better facilities. It was to protest ICE doing its job of arresting criminal illegal aliens. And LAUSD employees, teachers, and administrators tacitly (and in many cases overtly) supported and promoted it. Let’s be clear. This was not a protest against an injustice, but a supported walkout of middle and high school students protesting federal agents doing their job. It wasn’t based on a violation of civil rights or abuses of power. These teenagers were encouraged to walk out of their education in order to complain about duly appointed officers enforcing federal law. There’s certainly an argument to be made about protecting the children of illegal aliens, and the compassionate side of me says that all children should be educated in the best ways possible. The pragmatic side of me argues that it should not be the responsibility of American taxpayers to pay for the education of these children, and especially the financial support of their families. But while that inner dialogue may justify adults protesting immigration policies, it really doesn’t enter into this discussion of a student walkout. Worse still is the support that this kind of behavior has received from the LAUSD, which has even set up the website of WeAreOne to help illegal aliens evade law enforcement. Here, the LAUSD has created a campaign entitled “We Have Rights,” and states its mission as “We Have Rights is an empowerment campaign to prepare for and safely defend our rights during encounters with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).” On this website, the LAUSD provides videos (produced at taxpayers’ expense) on how to avoid ICE in Arabic, French, Haitian-Creole, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu (the language of the Islamic regime of Pakistan). Illegal aliens from countries that sponsor terrorism (Iran, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, et al) as well as nations that are clearly not allies, such as Russia and China, can go to the LAUSD website to learn how to avoid ICE. How does this fit into the LAUSD mission statement of “realizing excellence for all students by providing the unique, rigorous, and culturally relevant education that each and every student deserves”? In what way does scheduling a student walkout, let alone teaching families from terrorist-supporting nations, integrate with educating our children? Maybe the logic of LAUSD administrators is that their school district is so successful at educating children that they can spend their time, money, and resources on walkouts. But the reality is the opposite. If there’s any question about the quality, or lack thereof, of education at LAUSD, they are proud that in 2024/2025, only 43.1% of students demonstrated proficiency in math and 32.8% in reading, as this was slightly better than last year. Fewer than half the students in this district, the second-largest school district in the nation, know basic math, and fewer than a third are proficient in reading. This is despite the fact that LAUSD teachers are paid nearly 40% more than the national average. I grew up in the LAUSD public school system, when it was one of the top educational districts in the country, but that was a long time ago, when the governor of the state was Ronald Reagan (a Republican), and the mayors of Los Angeles were Sam Yorty and then Tom Bradley (both conservative Democrats). Then, it was a district dedicated to teaching children in a classic educational way, as opposed to indoctrinating children in neo-Marxism and ignoring educational standards. Most people do not have their children in a school system like LAUSD, but more and more cities, especially larger Democratic metropolitan cities, are following in the footsteps of LAUSD. Which is why, as we approach the upcoming elections this year, it is so important for people to recognize the importance of school boards. The left has been very successful over the last thirty years in taking over school boards around the country, and changing the educational agenda to focus more on far-left preoccupations and values such as drag queens, gender dysphoria, immigration, socialism, etc. They have been indoctrinating our children, the next generation of voters, and this indoctrination must stop… for the sake of our children, and of this country. I pray that as we approach elections this year that sensible parents will run for and take back seats on school boards. That school districts will again focus on educating our children in the subjects that they will need to succeed in life. That they will learn the skills and information that will allow them to be creators of brilliant inventions, informed voters, and successful contributors to society. Otherwise, God forbid, school districts around the country will be progressively more forced to deal with children walking out of school to protest the legal actions at federal officers.)
— Anti-ICE High Schoolers Depict Trump Crucified. DD: Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, Democrat leaders will get most if not virtually all of the students in your school district to walkout to protest enforcement of federal immigration laws. Anticipate/expect that the students who walkout will overwhelmingly be illegals, females, and minorities. Of course, their walking out will be on their records for the rest of their lives. Anticipate/expect that Democrat colleges and Democrat employers will give preference to those students who walked out over those who did not. For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. Democrats exist to destroy Republicans.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/02/07/anti-ice-high-schoolers-depict-trump-crucified-n4949233
— Trump Should Not Ease Up on Deportations
https://pjmedia.com/aj-christopher/2026/02/07/hugh-hewitt-is-wrong-president-trump-should-not-ease-up-on-deportations-n4949222

TOWNHALL
— A Few Simple Snarky Rules to Make Life Better
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/02/08/a-few-simple-snarky-rules-to-make-life-better-n2670921

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Jeffries calls on GOP leaders to denounce president over Obamas video. DD: Advice for Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders. Anticipate/expect that Democrat candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and their mainstream news media will spin everything that you say or do against you.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5727664-jeffries-gop-leaders-trump-obama-video/

REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use toddlers to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/toddler-was-returned-ice-custody-denied-medication-after-hospitalization-lawsuit-2026-02-08/

CBS NEWS
— As Winter Olympics begin in Italy, some Team USA athletes speak out about politics at home
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/as-winter-olympics-begin-in-italy-some-team-usa-athletes-speak-out-about-politics-at-home/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Obama Derangement Syndrome
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/opinion/trump-obama-apes-post-video.html
— DD: Federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran do not have Civil Service protections. The decision in Diersen v. GAO proves that. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  My critics/opponents have no problem with that, in fact, they applaud that.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/05/us/trump-news
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump stifles dissent. In Diersen v. GAO, the Democrats who ran GAO, DOJ, and the courts stifled dissent big time. Even though opposing political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination is legal, GAO, DOJ, and the courts denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial. That dramatically discourages Republicans, Whites, men, older people, and non-veterans from becoming and remaining federal employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/02/06/opinion/ice-minnesota-democracy-america.html

ABC BALTIMORE
— Hundreds of Baltimore students stage walkout demanding changes to ICE policies. DD: Anticipate/expect that high school students who walkout to protest ICE will stress that in their college and employment applications. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was an UIC student 1966-1968 and 1971 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time Loyola student 1972-1976, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986.
https://www.wmar2news.com/news/region/baltimore-city/hundreds-of-baltimore-students-stage-walkout-demanding-changes-to-ice-policies

TAMPA FREE PRESS
— The Immigration Crisis And The Question Of Fairness. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals and their protesters to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.tampafp.com/op-ed-the-immigration-crisis-and-the-question-of-fairness/

HOUSTON PRESS
— Hundreds of Cy Falls HS Students Walk Out to Protest ICE. The walkout turns into an improvised march. DD: Anticipate/expect that high school students who walkout to protest ICE will stress that in their college and employment applications. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was an UIC student 1966-1968 and 1971 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time Loyola student 1972-1976, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986.
https://www.houstonpress.com/news/hundreds-of-cy-falls-hs-students-walk-out-to-protest-ice/

CENTRAL MAINE & PRESS HERALD
— White Guilt. DD: My critics/opponents who promote Affirmative Action and DEI and are White and/or male have/had wealthy parents who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, and/or who got them jobs. I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air when I was 16 in 1964 with money I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966 with money I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage. I paid for my UIC expense 1966-1968 and my NIU expenses 1969-1970 with money I earned delivering mail. I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968 with money I earned delivering mail 1966-1968. I got my Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I got my Firestone Stores job by earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I got my IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 and earning the aforesaid bachelor’s degree.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2026/02/08/white-guilt-explains-everything-about-race-in-america-opinion/
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/02/08/white-guilt-explains-everything-about-race-in-america-opinion/

POST BULLETIN
— What motivates protesters to protect criminals?
https://www.postbulletin.com/opinion/letters/letter-what-motivates-protesters-to-protect-criminals

KWTX
— DHS condemns New York mayor’s executive order protecting criminal illegal immigrants
https://www.kwtx.com/2026/02/07/dhs-condemns-new-york-mayors-executive-order-protecting-criminal-illegal-immigrants/?outputType=amp
— Texas Education Agency warns students about penalties for staging walkouts. DD: Anticipate/expect that high school students who walkout to protest ICE will stress that in their college and employment applications. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was an UIC student 1966-1968 and 1971 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time Loyola student 1972-1976, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xssFgkUecS4

NATIONAL TODAY
— Loyola Chicago Offers Abortion Coverage in Student Health Plan. Catholic university’s student insurance includes “abortion care services” despite Jesuit identity and church teachings. DD: To promote abortion is to reject all religion.
https://nationaltoday.com/us/il/chicago/news/2026/02/07/loyola-chicago-offers-abortion-coverage-in-student-health-plan/

POLITICO
— ICE surveillance concerns shift Democrats’ demands for body cameras. Critics fear the cameras could be used to feed video of protesters into facial recognition tools. DD: If I had worn a body camera when my Democrat GAO superiors told me what they would do to me if I did take their early retirement “offer,” I would have won Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/07/democrats-fear-body-cameras-could-be-ices-new-mass-surveillance-tool-00769363

GAO
— GAO’s FY 2025 Report Card—What We Did to Improve Federal Programs and Save Billions of Dollars. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.gao.gov/blog/gaos-fy-2025-report-card-what-we-did-improve-federal-programs-and-save-billions-dollars

FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN INNOVATION
— Congress Should Prioritize the Comptroller General Nomination and Reform GAO. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.thefai.org/posts/congress-should-prioritize-the-comptroller-general-nomination-and-reform-gao

FEDERATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION
— Speech Protected Under the First Amendment. DD: According to my critics/opponents, the West Chicago teacher and me gave up our First Amendment rights. The West Chicago teacher because he chose to work for the Democrats who ran his school district and me because I chose to work for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. Republicans should be advised that if you choose to work for Democrats, by definition, you give up your First Amendment Rights. In America, ever-increasingly, Republicans do not have First Amendment rights. Federal employees have no Civil Service protections if they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/protected-speech

ACLU
— Protecting Free Speech in the Face of Government Retaliation. DD: According to my critics/opponents, the West Chicago teacher and me gave up our First Amendment rights. The West Chicago teacher because he chose to work for the Democrats who ran his school district and me because I chose to work for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. Republicans should be advised that if you choose to work for Democrats, by definition, you give up your First Amendment Rights. In America, ever-increasingly, Republicans do not have First Amendment rights. Federal employees have no Civil Service protections if they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/protecting-free-speech-in-the-face-of-government-retaliation

LIBERAL CURRENTS
— Speech That Plays It Safe Does Not Remain Free for Long. DD: The West Chicago teacher case proves that Democrats ever-increasingly a) run education in America and b) use education to crank out good little Democrats. The GAO Diersen case proves that Democrats a) run the federal government, b) use the federal government to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, and c) waste the careers of and get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/s/

EDUCATION WEEK
— DD: My critics/opponents promote free speech for anti-ICE students but oppose free speech for pro-ICE teachers. My critics/opponents promote employers that give preference to their employees who are Democrat, RINO, minority, female, and/or younger, that is, my critics/opponents promote employers that waste the careers of and get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or older.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/free-speech-debates-resurface-with-student-walkouts-over-ice-raids/2026/02

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use democracy a) to take more and more and more opportunities and money away from those who have demographics that vote for Republicans and b) to give those opportunities and that money to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/08/washington-post-layoffs-democracy-trump

February 6, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois should consider pragmatic tweaks to its sanctuary law
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/06/editorial-sanctuary-laws-juliana-stratton-minneapolis-tom-homan-immigration-trust-act/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: We asked her about Illinois’ sanctuary law, the Trust Act signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner in 2017, and how it bars state officials from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to begin the process of deportation of undocumented individuals incarcerated in our prisons for violent crimes, as they’re being released back out onto the streets. The existing exception in the law to that prohibition is if ICE has a judicial warrant for the prisoner’s arrest. But that’s a rarity, we’re told.)
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hated against Trump and against those who share his demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/06/column-repression-dissent-ice-us-history-poland-chile-shackelford/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise minorities and females.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/06/mexican-seamstress-chicago-bulls-banners/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN:  What is your hometown? My hometown is Crete. My ancestors have lived in Crete since 1854. I lived in Crete 1948-1972. In defense of Crete, I stress the role it played in the underground railroad.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/05/martin-quilts-slaves-messages-settlement-naperville/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What to know about the Illinois Republican primary race for governor. Darren Bailey wants another shot at Gov. JB Pritzker in the general election. He’ll have to beat Ted Dabrowski, Rick Heidner and James Mendrick to get there.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/02/06/what-to-know-illinois-republican-primary-governor-bailey-heidner-dabrowski-mendrick
— DD: To turn conservatives against Trump, hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters ever-increasingly stress anti-conservative things that Trump says and does.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/02/05/conservatives-republicans-trump-debt-family-values-democracy-s-e-cupp
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly come to Don Lemon’s defense. I should write about Republican leaders who could and should have come to my defense but did not.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/02/05/don-lemon-georgia-forts-arrests-journalism-press-freedom-jacob-sullum
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/05/skokie-joliet-flossmoor-lansing-burbank-franklin-park-chicago-suburbs-census-diversity-race-ethnicity-black-latino
— DD: Democrats run education in America. For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2026/02/06/federal-school-voucher-program-illinois-pritzker-bicycles-traffic-trump-peron

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Reparations Committee announces 44 new payments. DD: Affirmative Action is reparations.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2026/02/06/city/reparations-committee-announces-44-new-payments-explores-delta-8-tax/

EVANSTON NOW
— Prosecutors warn of tainted jury in Broadview Six case. DD: By denying me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial, the judges and justices made it clear that they believed that no jury would rule in my favor. My demographics were terrible: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, Crete resident 1948-1972, and Wheaton resident since 1978.
https://evanstonnow.com/prosecutors-warn-of-tainted-jury-in-broadview-six-case/

WCIA
— Illinois Gaming Board, AG issue 60+ cease-and-desists for illegal betting operators
https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-news/illinois-gaming-board-ag-issue-60-cease-and-desists-for-illegal-betting-operators/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning ICE.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-05/poll-two-thirds-of-americans-say-ice-has-gone-too-far-in-immigration-enforcement
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-06/as-some-democrats-embrace-calls-to-abolish-ice-others-seek-more-targeted-reforms

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, Democrat leaders will get most if not virtually all of the students in your school district to walkout to protest enforcement of federal immigration laws. Anticipate/expect that the students who walkout will overwhelmingly be illegals, females, and minorities. Of course, their walking out will be on their records for the rest of their lives. Anticipate/expect that Democrat colleges will give preference to those students who walked out over those who did not. Anticipate/expect that Democrat employers will give preference to those students who walked over those students who did not. For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you conservative? What is holding you back from leaving Illinois? For me, it includes my ancestors having lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. Me living in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978 and my living in my precinct since 1984. My having earned a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license in Illinois. My having worked in Illinois 1962-1997. My wife and I not having children. My knowing that if you move to a state, county, township, municipality, school district, precinct, or neighborhood that is prosperous and safe because conservatives built it, sooner or later, Democrats will move in to take advantage of that prosperity and safety and that they will sooner or later destroy that prosperity and safety. Further, under the Democrats, and under the RINOs, there are fewer and fewer and fewer places in America where those who share my demographics are welcome. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois state pensions have less money to pay retirees than any state according to Equable Institute. It’s the third year in a row for Illinois coming in last. DD: My critics/opponents are anti-pension, anti-federal employee, and anti-federal retiree. They have been ever-increasingly furious ever since I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I started working part-time for the Post Office when I was 18 years old in 1966. They were more furious that I got almost 3 years of full-time CSRS credit even though I worked only part-time. They have been even more furious that I have gotten a CSRS pension ($68,640/year in today’s dollars) since I was 49 in 1997. They have been even more furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since 1966 and 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums since 1978. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment examination. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 years old in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, a job offer that Oldsmobile withdrew saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. If I was still working, I would still be paying into the CSRS instead of getting a CSRS pension.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/three-peat-illinois-pension-system-last-place-for-3rd-year-in-a-row/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DD: My critics/opponents will watch Bad Bunny, not the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/4443846/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-good/

NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani’s free for all, including illegals, will only end in bills for all taxpayers
https://nypost.com/2026/02/05/opinion/mamdanis-free-for-all-including-illegals-will-only-end-in-bills-for-all-taxpayers/

CENTER SQUARE
— ‘Ridiculous:’ Republicans reject Dems’ 10 demands for DHS reforms
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_a3b85b54-4baf-4648-b78f-1dc1e7fcd4dc.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Real Reason Why Advertisers Are Flocking to Fox News
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/05/fox-news-posts-highest-ever-second-quarter-ad-revenue-adds-200-new-advertisers/

FOX NEWS
— Chris Harrison sparks mixed reactions over ‘traditional marriage’ dating show casting call. Former ‘Bachelor’ host Chris Harrison faces social media backlash over casting call for ‘traditional, marriage-minded partnership’ series. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/chris-harrison-sparks-mixed-reactions-over-traditional-marriage-dating-show-casting-call

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Feds Investigating Nike for Discriminating Against White Employees. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority and/or female, that is, they discriminated tremendously against their Republican employees who were White and/or male.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/feds-investigating-nike-for-allegedly-discriminating-against-white-employees/amp/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Notre Dame Trustees Grapple with Backlash to Pro-Abortion Professor’s Appointment
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/notre-dame-trustees-grapple-with-backlash-to-pro-abortion-professors-appointment/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Poll Finds a Fractured Country With Little Faith in Fixes. DD: Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that the Democrat Party a) will never stop flooding America with their illegals and b) will never stop fighting their deportation. Further, Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that the Democrat Party will never stop promoting a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, that is, destruction of traditional marriage and family, c) abortion, d) vices, e) further diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and f) 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.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/30/poll_finds_a_fractured_country_with_little_faith_in_fixes_153784.amp.html

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Woke-ism Finally Blows up in Nike’s Face as Trump’s Administration Comes Calling. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority and/or female, that is, they discriminated tremendously against their Republican employees who were White and/or male.
https://www.westernjournal.com/woke-ism-finally-blows-nikes-face-trumps-administration-comes-calling/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— 12 Columbia Professors and Students Are Arrested at Anti-ICE Protest. Demonstrators, who were demanding that the university provide more protection for international students, blocked Broadway.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/nyregion/columbia-professors-students-protest-arrests.html
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/us/politics/trump-election-states-midterms.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: To promote diversity is to get rid of 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.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/2026/college-faculty-diversity-initiatives/

NBC NEWS
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/local-officials-push-back-trumps-threats-nationalize-elections-targete-rcna257583

CBS NEWS
— Events to mark Black History Month. DD: My Black Democrat GAO subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/black-history-month-events-2026-twin-cities/

ABC NEWS
— DD: My critics/opponents will watch Bad Bunny, not the Turning Point USA show.
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/bad-bunny-previews-new-details-super-bowl-halftime/story?id=129886923

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Administration to Make It Easier to Fire 50,000 Federal Workers. A rule issued on Thursday would create a government-employee category that offers fewer job protections. DD: If you read the filings in Diersen v. GAO, ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), you will see how easy it was for my Democrat GAO superiors to fire me, that is, to force me to retire. Their being able to force me to retire notwithstanding my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license speaks volumes.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-federal-employees-new-category-1051bc29
— Trump’s Call to ‘Nationalize’ Voting. Do Democrats now see the constitutional wisdom of federalism? DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-nationalize-elections-congress-john-thune-c9f3c4c9

USA TODAY
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Bad Bunny. My critics/opponents will watch Bad Bunny, not the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/04/super-bowl-headliner-bad-bunny-broke-latin-pop-star-mold/88392294007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/05/bad-bunny-super-bowl-setlist-song-predictions/88210461007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/03/bad-bunny-profile-super-bowl-halftime-show-grammys-winner/88302767007/
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2026/02/05/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-not-likely-for-trump-says-white-house/88535440007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/03/bad-bunny-super-bowl-ratings-nfl-significance/88210458007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/05/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-surprise-guests/88298051007/
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/celebrities/2026/02/05/bad-bunny-super-bowl-celebrities-photos/88533017007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/05/bad-bunny-interview-super-bowl-halftime-show/88516784007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/02/04/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-puerto-rico/88477508007/

HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA
— Texas warns schools of possible state takeover over student protests, appoints misconduct enforcer. The move comes as the state’s education agency unveils a new enforcement role to oversee investigations into alleged misconduct by Texas teachers.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2026/02/05/542625/texas-education-walkouts-tea-takeover-ice/

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
— Utahns take to the streets outside of BYU to protest Border Patrol’s presence at campus job fair. Couple kicked out of recruitment event for wearing pro-immigrant T-shirts. Protesters say agency’s inclusion doesn’t fit with LDS principles.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/02/05/immigration-protests-break-out-off/

COLUMBUS SPECTATOR
— ‘ICE off campus’: Students, faculty, and community members protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside campus gates. Protesters demanded that the University declare itself a sanctuary campus and establish more protections for students targeted by immigration officers.
https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2026/02/05/ice-off-campus-students-faculty-and-community-members-protest-against-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-outside-campus-gates/

FOX MINNESOTA
— Minnesota caucusgoers vote in straw polls, potentially shaping GOP race for governor. DD: As a member of Milton Township Republican Organization fundraising committees and as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, I conducted many straw polls. My critic/opponents were furious because they could not manipulate those straw polls. They were beyond furious when their candidates did not win.
https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-caucusgoers-vote-straw-polls-potentially-shaping-gop-race-governor

NEWS NATION
— Project 2025 plan to make federal workers easier to fire takes effect. DD: If you read the filings in Diersen v. GAO, ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), you will see how easy it was for my Democrat GAO superiors to fire me, that is, to force me to retire. Their being able to force me to retire notwithstanding my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license speaks volumes.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/project-2025-federal-workers-takes-effect/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Trump administration advances plan to strip job protections from career federal employees.  DD: If you read the filings in Diersen v. GAO, ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), you will see how easy it was for my Democrat GAO superiors to fire me, that is, to force me to retire. Their being able to force me to retire notwithstanding my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license speaks volumes.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/02/trump-administration-advances-plan-to-strip-job-protections-from-career-federal-employees/

EDUCATION WEEK
— DD: Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, Democrat leaders will get most if not virtually all of the students in your school district to walkout to protest enforcement of federal immigration laws. Anticipate/expect that the students who walkout will overwhelmingly be illegals, females, and minorities. Of course, their walking out will be on their records for the rest of their lives. Anticipate/expect that Democrat colleges will give preference to those students who walked out over those who did not. Anticipate/expect that Democrat employers will give preference to those students who walked over those students who did not. For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/free-speech-debates-resurface-with-student-walkouts-over-ice-raids/2026/02

PBS
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democratic-governors-blast-trumps-call-to-nationalize-elections

ATLANTIC
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/02/trump-threats-american-elections/685873/

PEW RESEARCH
— Key facts about the U.S. Black population
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/02/05/key-facts-about-black-americans/
(FROM THE REPORT: Black Americans are less likely than other Americans to be married. . .About two-in-ten married Black adults (18%) are married to someone who is not Black.)

FROM FOREIN SOURCES

SKY NEWS
— DD: My critics/opponents will watch Bad Bunny, not the Turning Point USA show.
https://news.sky.com/story/a-terrible-choice-or-uniting-the-nation-why-bad-bunnys-super-bowl-show-is-causing-a-stir-13503221

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Yale wipes out $90,000 tuition for many families in major expansion of free college aid. DD: According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my 1970 degree from NIU, my 1976 degree from Loyola, my 1980 degree from DePaul, and my 1997 degree from IIT are worthless. My Democrat superiors in the federal government treated my degrees like they were worthless. My critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois treat my degrees like they are worthless. My critics/opponents glorify and praise and pander to those who have degrees from Ivy League universities.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/yale-wipes-out-90000-tuition-for-many-families-in-major-expansion-of-free-college-aid/ar-AA1VfpOV

February 4, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

DAILY HERALD
— Elgin High School students protest immigration enforcement with walkout, march. DD: What policy does your school district have on student walkouts? Democrats run education in America. Obviously, students in high schools in America who support enforcement of America’s immigration laws are ever-increasingly unwelcome.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260204/news/elgin-high-school-students-protest-immigration-enforcement-with-walkout-march/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Carrying signs with messages like “my parents aren’t criminals” and “kids shouldn’t live in fear,” more than a thousand Elgin High School students walked out of the school just after noon on Wednesday to march in protest of federal immigration enforcement. Multiple students estimated that about three-quarters of their roughly 2,500 classmates participated. “We want people to see that we can make a difference and that what we’re doing is important,” senior Silvia Scimonelli said. The roughly 2-mile march along frequently snow-covered sidewalks took the students from the school to Chicago Street, where they headed west to Willard Avenue, then south to Villa Street and back to the school. The protest follows a similar event at Elgin Area School District U-46’s Streamwood High School. Walkouts are also planned in the coming days at Larkin and South Elgin high schools. Freshman Jamison Vaskin said he took part because “what is happening in America is 100% not OK.” “I’m out here because of the dehumanization that’s happening in our country,” he said. “The attack on our Constitution and our rights, the constant abuse that ICE is inflicting on our citizens, the murder of American citizens. It is heinous.” Matthew Napoles donned a sombrero and carried a portable speaker while leading his classmates in songs and chants. He said he was there to “show ICE that we obviously don’t like them.” “They always try to take away the people that we love, and I’m just trying to keep them safe,” he said. A statement from the school district said the walkout was “initiated by a group of students who wished to express their views about an issue that is important to them.” The district sent a communication to parents on Tuesday to make them aware of the walkout and encouraged families to have conversations about “respectful expression, civic engagement, and making responsible choices while at school.” A spokesperson for the district said students who participated in the walkout were marked absent for missed instructional time, in accordance with district policy. Students were allowed back in after the protest.)
— Democrats demand ‘dramatic changes’ for ICE, including masks, cameras and judicial warrants. DD: Democrats want to stop deportation of their illegals. But failing that, they want to cripple, disable, hinder, impede, hamstring, and undermine ICE.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260204/nation-and-world-politics/democrats-demand-dramatic-changes-for-ice-including-masks-cameras-and-judicial-warrants/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cook County clerk urges early mail-in voting amid USPS postmark change before March 17 primary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/04/cook-county-clerk-urges-early-mail-in-voting-amid-usps-postmark-change-before-march-17-primary/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— USPS postmark change could ‘threaten’ mail-in voters, Cook County officials warn. The Illinois primary election will be held March 17. All mail-in ballots must be postmarked by Election Day and received within 14 days to be counted.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/02/04/usps-postmark-change-could-threaten-mail-in-voters-cook-county-officials-warn
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/04/federal-judge-orders-trump-administration-not-to-deport-chicago-man-cleared-of-bovino-murder-plot
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/04/trans-students-felt-threatened-by-this-symbol-of-the-far-right-why-didnt-northwestern-intervene
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more and more and more dependency on government, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/02/04/nih-funding-cuts-science-life-saving-medications-research-northwestern-flies-genevieve-nemeth

ABC7
— US Postal Service changes could delay mail-in ballots for upcoming Illinois primary election
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-postal-service-changes-could-delay-mail-ballots-upcoming-illinois-primary-elections-2026-march/18541796/
— A federal judge in Indiana ordered the Trump administration not to deport a Chicago carpenter cleared of accusations that he put a $10,000 bounty on the life of Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/indiana-federal-judge-orders-trump-administration-not-deport-juan-espinoza-martinez-acquitted-bovino-murder-hire-trial/18542149/
— Trump says his admin could use a ‘softer touch’ on immigration. DD: Democrat leaders and their illegals are overjoyed.
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/minneapolis-ice-shooting-live-updates-county-medical-examiner-lists-alex-prettis-death-homicide/18528885/

FOX32
— Trump’s call to nationalize elections ‘not possible,’ expert says. DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-2ap9oe0guenrydon
— New bill would ban ICE agents from becoming law enforcement officers in Illinois. DD: Have you been banned? My their wasting my career, by their taking many big adverse actions against me, and by their forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat superiors in the federal government banned me from getting any kind of employment appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-4nnbispqzmtkxe1v

WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/02/04/trans-students-felt-threatened-by-this-symbol-of-the-far-right-why-didnt-northwestern-intervene

WILL
— GOP U.S. Senate candidate Casey Chlebek, Polish immigrant, talks immigration reform, taxes, ‘cultural Marxism’
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/republican-u.s-senate-candidate-casey-chlebek

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Good and Pretti to fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-04/brothers-of-renee-good-call-for-action-in-congress

KFVS
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.kfvs12.com/2026/02/04/siu-celebrate-diversity-with-2026-international-festival/

PATCH ILLINOIS
— Peoria County Delays Early Voting Due To Court Case Involving Republican Gubernatorial Candidate
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/il-county-delays-early-voting-due-court-case-involving-republican-gubernatorial

PROPUBLICA
— The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building. DD: The owner of the low-income apartments that surround the Milton Township government building in Wheaton prohibited me from distributing flyers there that promote Republican participation in and Republican support of Wheaton Independence Day Parades. The parades stage there and start there. In 2007, many of the residents of those apartments came out to see the elephant that I had arranged to walk in the parade.
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-raid-landlord-tren-de-aragua

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-462/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you get blamed for? According to my critics/opponents, I bring all my problems on myself. The following are things that I have done, that my critics/opponents have used to justify their taking adverse actions against me. I did not become a Democrat. I avoided the Vietnam War draft. I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I filed arbitration demands and lawsuits. My wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and I have always fought for direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members. I served as the Milton Township coordinator for Pat O’Malley’s gubernatorial primary campaign in 2001 and 2002. I served as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019. I led groups that stopped video gambling in Wheaton in 2009 and the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019. I have always promoted conservative principles. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial power and clout. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy people like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I take the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me as badges of honor. But of course, my critics/opponents deny that they took their adverse actions against me for the aforesaid reasons. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The blue-state model is failing
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4444096/blue-state-model-failing/

NEW YORK POST
— White House to scrap race, sex requirements for mortgage applications. DD: University Park was created by HUD. Ever since I bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 years old in 1972, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my buying that townhome improperly/unethically stopped a Black and/or a female from buying that townhome.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/04/us-news/white-house-pushed-to-scrap-race-sex-requirement-for-mortgage-applications/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Europe Chooses Abortion and Suicide. If America can’t learn from Europe’s death, America will soon die, too.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/02/europe_chooses_abortion_and_suicide.html

FOX BUSINESS
— Ex-RNC chair Reince Priebus outlines the keys to victory for GOP in midterms
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6388777445112

FOX NEWS
— Trump doubles down on calls for GOP to ‘nationalize’ voting as congressional leaders balk. GOP leaders in the House and Senate say they don’t want to federalize elections. DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-doubles-down-calls-gop-nationalize-voting-congressional-leaders-balk

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Good and Pretti to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ice-gets-worse-ratings-polling-after-prettis-fatal/story?id=129859236
— What Democrats are demanding in the fight over Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding. DD: To vote for Democrats is to promote illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/democrats-demanding-fight-immigration-customs-enforcement-funding-129842937

ABC NEW YORK
— Black History Month. DD: My Black Democrat GAO subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with led the office’s Black History Month events.
https://abc7ny.com/post/what-is-black-history-month-important-heres-know-2026/18542088/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders and their illegals crow that Homan is pulling 700 immigration agents out of Minnesota
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/04/us/trump-news
— 10 Movies to Stream for Black History Month. DD: My Black Democrat GAO subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with led the office’s Black History Month events.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/movies/black-history-month-movies-streaming.html

WASHINGTON POST
— 12 ways to celebrate Black History Month. DD: My Black Democrat GAO subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with led the office’s Black History Month events.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/02/04/black-history-month-events-concerts-dc/

WFAA
— Texas students could face discipline after immigration enforcement walkouts. DD: What policy does your school district have on student walkouts?
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/politics/immigration-news/texas-students-could-face-discipline-immigration-enforcement-walkouts/287-8bbe3097-38de-4940-95e5-06c32c9f2de6

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Nike Is Investigated for Alleged Discrimination Against White Workers. The EEOC is investigating allegations that Nike’s DEI objectives resulted in ‘a pattern or practice of disparate treatment against white employees.’ DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority and/or female, that is, they discriminated tremendously against their Republican employees who were White and/or male.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/nike-subpoenaed-over-alleged-discrimination-against-white-workers-e8f1bb0e
— Top Senate negotiators said that an effort to renew expired healthcare subsidies had effectively collapsed, likely ending the hopes of 20 million Americans that the tax-credit expansion could be revived and lower their monthly insurance premiums.  DD: Because I am a retired federal employee, the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. The 28% that we pay just increased from $600/month to $700/month.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/negotiators-say-talks-to-restore-aca-subsidies-likely-dead-a9c710b4

POLITICO
— Supreme Court won’t disturb new California congressional map. It seemed unlikely the justices would block Democrats’ gerrymandering effort after they kept Texas’ Republican map in place.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/04/supreme-court-california-prop-50-map-00764862

ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION
— ONA Condemns Arrests of Journalists Covering Anti-ICE Demonstration in Minnesota. DD: I should write about those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.journalists.org/news/ona-condemns-arrests-of-journalists-covering-anti-ice-demonstration-in-minnesota
(FROM THE POSTING: The Online News Association stands with journalists who have been threatened, physically assaulted, detained and arrested while doing their jobs covering immigration raids and protests in Minnesota, Portland, Chicago and elsewhere. We condemn the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort on Jan. 30, who have since been released. They were lawfully covering a Jan. 18 demonstration at a church in St. Paul, Minn., actions that are protected newsgathering activities and should have never resulted in arrest. To be clear, journalism is not a crime. These journalists were not committing unlawful acts; they were committing acts of journalism. ONA, alongside NABJ, NAHJ and other journalism support organizations, urges law enforcement and courts to uphold the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Press freedom is a cornerstone of that amendment and is essential for healthy, informed communities and a functioning democracy. When journalists are detained or arrested for doing their work, it sets a very dangerous precedent that undermines public trust and weakens the democratic bedrock we all rely on.  The same constitutional protections apply to independent journalists as to those working within newsrooms. Independent journalists like Lemon and Fort play a vital role in documenting our communities and bearing witness during moments of profound public consequence, and they need our collective support now more than ever.)

February 3, 2026 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— NATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH, 2026  DD: My Black Democrat GAO subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with led the office’s Black History Month events.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/02/national-black-history-month-2026/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Suspect charged in mother’s ‘execution-style’ killing at Momence bar she owned: sheriff. The sheriff’s office said Courtney Drysdale complied when Julius Burkes Jr. demanded money, but he still shot her.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/kankakee-sheriffs-office-released-images-person-interest-homicide-momence-bar-owner-courtney-drysdale/18534545/
— Jill Biden’s first husband charged with killing wife in domestic dispute at their Delaware home
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jill-bidens-first-husband-charged-killing-wife-domestic-dispute-delaware-home/18535620/
— Chicago’s DuSable museum has special schedule for Black History Month. DD: My Black Democrat GAO subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with led the office’s Black History Month events.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dusable-black-history-museum-education-center-chicagos-hyde-park-has-special-schedule-2026-month/18537199/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Good and Pretti to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/minneapolis-ice-shooting-live-updates-county-medical-examiner-lists-alex-prettis-death-homicide/18528885/

NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Marimar Martinez to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/marimar-martinez-testifies-on-capitol-hill-after-being-shot-by-immigration-agents/3886052/

CBS2
— Suspect in custody for fatal shooting of Momence bar owner Courtney Drysdale
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/owner-of-bar-near-momence-illinois-shot-killed-robbery/
— Judge restricts federal agents from using tear gas, projectile munitions at Portland immigration protests
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-restricts-federal-agents-use-tear-gas-projectile-munitions-portland-immigration-protests/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Turning Point USA plans Super Bowl alternative to Bad Bunny with Kid Rock
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/03/tpusa-super-bowl-turning-point-usa-kid-rock-bad-bunny/
— East Aurora students walk out from class Tuesday to protest against ICE. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Good and Pretti to get students to do their bidding. What policy does your school district have on student walkouts?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/03/east-aurora-students-ice-walkout/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Marimar Martinez to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/03/border-patrol-bodycam-video-marimar-martinez/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Marimar Martinez to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/03/marimar-martinez-goes-to-washington-wants-trump-officials-to-admit-not-a-domestic-terrorist
— Mayor Johnson defends executive order aimed at holding ICE accountable for alleged abuses
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/02/03/mayor-brandon-johnson-executive-order-accountability-ice-agents-operation-midway-blitz-states-attorney-eileen-oneill-burke
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their protesters to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/02/03/ice-deportation-campaign-facial-recognition-global-entry-cards-protesters-punishment
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Blacks to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/02/03/black-history-month-democracy-civil-voting-rights-politics-ben-jealous

DAILY HERALD
— Voting by mail? Don’t wait until the last minute
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260203/news/voting-by-mail-dont-wait-until-the-last-minute/
— GOP state House candidate says he’s not a Holocaust denier
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260203/news/lapinski-denies-holding-holocaust-denying-views/
— Republican candidate for 8th Congressional District hammers opponents over their religious beliefs
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260203/us-congress-politics/republican-candidate-for-8th-congressional-district-hammers-opponents-over-their-religious-beliefs/
— League hosts forum for Republican primary hopefuls for 11th Congressional District
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260203/submitted-content/league-hosts-forum-for-republican-primary-hopefuls-for-11th-congressional-district/

STATELINE
— Teachers union urges delay of Turning Point USA assembly at Genoa High School
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/teachers-union-urges-delay-of-turning-point-usa-assembly-at-genoa-high-school/

SHAW LOCAL
— Your guide to the March 2026 primary in DuPage County
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2026/02/03/your-guide-to-the-march-2026-primary-in-dupage-county/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Durbin, LaHood to kick off ‘Democracy Dialogues’ series at Illinois State
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/article_d571a098-c50d-4c06-bc87-42504b75e530.html

WSJD
— New “Still a DUI” Campaign Targets Rising Misconceptions on Cannabis-Impaired Driving Among Youth
https://wsjd.fm/new-blog-1/2026/2/3/new-still-a-dui-campaign-targets-rising-misconceptions-on-cannabis-impaired-driving-among-youth

WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
— WIU Celebrates Black History Month with a Month-Long Series of Events. DD: My Black Democrat GAO subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with led the office’s Black History Month events.
https://www.wiu.edu/news/newsrelease.php?release_id=21127

CAPITOL CITY NOW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-child-care-funding-freeze-could-worsen-shortage-in-illinois-providers-say/

CHICAGO TREACHERS UNION
— Our union stands with the people of Minnesota, #ICEOutNow
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/ctu-stands-with-mn-iceoutnow/

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— Due to unresolved candidate objections currently pending before the Appellate Court, early voting and vote-by-mail in DuPage County is expected to begin early next week. The commencement date will be updated on the County Clerk’s website upon receipt of the court rulings and finalization of the ballot.
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/county_clerk/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-461/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP candidates for Illinois governor challenge Pritzker on state finances
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_17ea3557-8c1f-4186-bc7e-f79ad6f3a165.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker’s Ever-Growing Passion. When it comes to abortion, Governor J.B. Pritzker has only one goal: expand. In Illinois, he has consistently removed commonsense barriers to abortion.
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/pritzkers-ever-growing-passion/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans launch caucus to stop spread of shariah in U.S.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/3/republicans-launch-caucus-stop-spread-shariah-us/

NEW YORK POST
— Crazed agitators attacking DHS vehicles at an alarming rate: ‘Incited violence’
https://nypost.com/2026/02/03/us-news/crazed-agitators-attacking-dhs-vehicles-at-an-alarming-rate-incited-violence/
— Vance explodes at NY Dem Rep. Jerry Nadler ‘openly calling’ for shooting ICE agents
https://nypost.com/2026/02/03/us-news/jd-vance-explodes-at-ny-dem-rep-jerry-nadler-openly-calling-for-shooting-ice-agents/
— Stop demonizing ICE; you’re hurting innocent people
https://nypost.com/2026/02/03/opinion/stop-demonizing-ice-youre-hurting-innocents/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Teacher proudly forces kindergartners to participate in anti-ICE rally in their classroom. DD: What policy does your school district have on student walkouts?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/03/teacher-proudly-forces-kindergartners-to-participate-in-anti-ice-rally-in-their-classroom-2-1619860/

NEWSMAX
— No Peace, Love, or Understanding from Minneapolis ICE Haters
https://www.newsmax.com/murdock/good-king-pretti/2026/02/02/id/1244547/

TOWNHALL
— How You Know Chicago Isn’t That Worried About ‘Gun Violence’
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/tomknighton/2026/02/03/how-you-know-chicago-isnt-that-worried-about-gun-violence-n2670587

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN
— Turning Point USA announces rival Super Bowl halftime show
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/entertainment/video/turning-point-usa-kid-rock-halftime-show-bad-bunny-nfl-digvid-vrtc

ABC LOS ANGELES
— 11 must-read children’s books by black authors in honor of Black History Month. DD: My Black Democrat GAO subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with led the office’s Black History Month events.
https://abc7.com/post/black-history-month-2026-11-childrens-books-tell-stories-americans/18524737/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Good and Pretti to promote chaos.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/technology/minneapolis-ai-disinformation-misinformation-truth.html
— 10 Movies to Stream for Black History Month. DD: My Black Democrat GAO subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with led the office’s Black History Month events.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/movies/black-history-month-movies-streaming.html

HOUSTON CHRONNICLE
— Texas Education Agency warns it will discipline teachers who help students protest ICE. DD: What policy does your school district have on student walkouts?
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/teachers-ice-protests-tea-21332079.php

FLORIDA TODAY
— Brevard students will be disciplined for ICE walkouts despite state guidance. DD: What policy does your school district have on student walkouts?
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/education/2026/02/03/florida-education-commissioner-gives-guidance-on-student-ice-protests/88495396007/

USA TODAY
— Turning Point USA unveils alternative Super Bowl halftime show lineup with Kid Rock. Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert and Lee Brice will headline Turning Point USA’s alternative halftime show, airing as Bad Bunny takes the Super Bowl halftime show stage Sunday.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/02/super-bowl-turning-point-usa-alternative-halftime-show-lineup/88414387007/
— Student walkouts. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Good and Pretti to get students to do their bidding. What policy does your school district have on student walkouts?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/03/student-walkouts-protests-ice-videos-photos/88492929007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Parents Must Take Back School Boards. Too many fail to serve children. Unless parents commit, nothing will improve. DD: What policy does your school district have on student walkouts?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/parents-must-take-back-school-boards-e867047d

INSTITUTE ON TAXATION AND ECONOMIC POLICY
— Why Should States and Localities Have Progressive Tax Systems? DD: How much real estate tax do you pay? My critics/opponents are furious that my wife and I pay only $12.493.96/year for our Wheaton home and only $8,592.96/year for our Naperville car condo. According to them, my wife and I can and should pay much more a) because we never had dependents, b) because we have no debts, c) because we have substantial retirement savings, d) because we inherited some money, e) because they believe that the federal government grossly overpaid me, f) because they believe that my $68,640/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is much too generous, g) because they believe that my $18,711.60/year Social Security is much too generous, h) because the federal government pays $21,000/year (72%) of our $30,000/year healthcare insurance premiums because I am a federal retiree, and i) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft. According to my critics/opponents, those who share our demographics and can pay more taxes should pay more taxes. According to them, we have what we have because we benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who do not share our demographics. Comments?
https://itep.org/why-should-states-and-localities-have-progressive-tax-systems/

REASON
— OUTRAGEOUS: The NRA and NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) Unite To Oppose the Federal Gun Ban for Marijuana Users. Drug policy reformers and Second Amendment advocates team up in a case before the Supreme Court. DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://reason.com/2026/02/02/the-nra-and-norml-unite-to-oppose-the-federal-gun-ban-for-marijuana-users/