FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/06/chicago-operation-midway-blitz-anniversary/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-blitz/2026/09/03/operation-midway-blitz-deportation-toll-angela-sedeno-cindy-eigler-vero-ortiz-immigrants
OUR QUAD CITIES
— Turning Point is laying the groundwork to shape Republican presidential primary in 2028. DD: Who is leading Turning Point in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district?
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ap-turning-point-is-laying-the-groundwork-to-shape-republican-presidential-primary-in-2028/
NPR ILLINOIS
— The Republican midterm convention is taking place in the heart of Bush country.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-05/the-republican-midterm-convention-is-taking-place-in-the-heart-of-bush-country
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— House Democrats refuse to condemn socialism. The party’s big tent now has room for an ideology with a bloody record. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/5/editorial-house-democrats-refuse-condemn-socialism/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting young people, and especially young minorities and young females, to blame Republicans for all their problems. When you were young, on what could/should/did you blame your problems on? While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, during my junior and senior years, I worked far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying and that brought my ACT score and my GPA down. While I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1969, I worked far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying and that brought my GPA down. While I worked for IRS 1972-1976, I took only one graduate evening business course at a time. While I worked for IRS 1976-1980 and for GAO in 1980, I took only one graduate evening accounting course at a time. While I worked for GAO 1992-1997, I took only one graduate evening finance course at a time. I did not take the CPA examination until 1979. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination until 1981. I did not become a licensed CPA until 1981. By then, it was too late. In my defense, I had to work my way through college. The Post Office, IRS, and GAO did not reimburse my education expenses. I put my job responsibilities ahead of my taking courses and studying.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4710786/conservatives-gen-z-socialism-economic-anxiety/
— Mamdani’s list starts small. History proves where it ends.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4710890/mamdani-pied-a-terre-list-history-warning/
NEW YORK POST
— Hotel staff protest outside Chicago Hyatt where DSA touting its ‘Workers Deserve More’ program. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/05/us-news/hotel-staff-protest-outside-chicago-hyatt-where-dsa-touting-its-workers-deserve-more-program/
— Hijacking history: Woke teachers offer twisted 9/11 lessons focused on ‘Islamophobia’ — not 2,977 innocents killed.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/05/us-news/schools-flooded-with-9-11-retellings-that-focus-on-islamophobia/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democrats’ War on Children: A Systematic Assault On Innocence, Family, And The Future Of America. From the moment a child is conceived, Democrats and their leftist allies have declared open season.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/09/the-democrats-war-on-children-a-systematic-assault-on-innocence-family-and-the-future-of-america/
— American Jews fight for the Second Amendment. We are in a constant battle now between those who do not respect or understand the nature of our American civilization and those who do.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/09/american-jews-fight-for-the-second-amendment/
BLAZE
— The continuing diversity obsession.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-continuing-diversity-obsession
BREITBART
— White House on if There Are More Anti-Inflation Policies Coming: Leave It to Fed. DD: To fight inflation, as part of his “Nixon Shock” program, Nixon had me make phone calls to businesses for 2 weeks while I worked for IRS in 1971. Nixon’s program included wage and price controls, ending the gold standard, and import surcharges.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/04/white-house-on-if-there-are-more-anti-inflation-policies-coming-leave-it-to-fed/
— Democrats Are Full-Tilt Socialists Who Want to Do Away with Rugged Individualism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2026/09/05/exclusive-rep-jim-jordan-these-democrats-are-full-tilt-socialists-who-want-do-away-with-rugged-individualism/amp/
CHUCK GRASSLEY
— Grassley Takes Action to Ensure Federal Employees Know Their Whistleblower Rights. DD: I was a federal whistle blower. I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on my Democrat IRS superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and retaliation because to get rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat, they a) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on my Democrat GAO superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and retaliation because to get rid me because I refused to become a Democrat, they a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) got rid of the GAO manager in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, they would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me.
https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-takes-action-to-ensure-federal-employees-know-their-whistleblower-rights
FOX NEWS
— ‘Socialism 2026’ conference underway in Chicago. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404652684112
— The dangers of socialist policies. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r00pJ0Qa1Yw
— Socialists are no longer a ‘fringe’ faction of the Democratic Party. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404658150112
NEWSMAX
— Voters are Ignorant of What Marxism Brings. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/hogan-gidley-socialism-marxism/2026/09/05/id/1268490/
PJ MEDIA
— Pritzker Says ICE Needs Judicial Warrants. DD: I was an IRS 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. According to Google AI: Core Powers of an IRS Revenue Officer: Federal Tax Liens: The power to file public notice of federal tax liens against a taxpayer’s property and rights to property to secure the government’s interest. Levies and Garnishment: The authority to issue administrative levies on bank accounts, accounts receivable, and other assets, as well as garnish wages directly from employers without prior court approval. Asset Seizure: The legal ability to seize physical property (such as vehicles, equipment, or real estate), though seizing a principal residence requires explicit court approval. Summons Issuance: The authority to issue administrative summonses compelling taxpayers or third parties to provide testimony or produce financial documents and records. Financial Disclosures: The power to demand detailed financial information (such as completion of Collection Information Statements like Form 433-A) and investigate assets. Trust Fund Recovery Penalties: The authority under Internal Revenue Code Section 6672 to assess personal liability against responsible persons for unpaid business payroll (trust fund) taxes following a Form 4180 interview.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/05/pritzker-says-ice-needs-judicial-warrant-angel-dad-debunks-him-n4956936
TOWNHALL
— Socialism is on the Rise. Democrats Are Showing Their True Colors. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://townhall.com/watch/2026/09/05/socialism-on-the-rise-mike-johnson-warns-democrats-are-showing-their-true-colors-n2682536
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— FBI: Anti-government extremist’ sets off incendiary device outside federal building in New York. Andrew Arrabaca, 43, is a former soldier who served from 2001 to 2005.
https://abcnews.com/US/man-custody-after-setting-off-incendiary-device-federal/story?id=134916208
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Plan Would Shift Some Aid Meant for Working Parents to Stay-at-Home Spouses.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/politics/stay-at-home-parents-subsidies.html
— Trump’s Foreign Wars Are Breaking His Anti-Immigrant Coalition. U.S.- driven unrest abroad will only draw new arrivals to our shores.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/opinion/politics/trump-immigration-iran.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Republican House candidates tone down Trump on their campaign websites.
Several congressional hopefuls have removed or downplayed mentions of the president and his priorities as Trump’s popularity wanes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2026/09/05/republican-house-candidates-tone-down-trump-their-campaign-websites/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Handful of House Democrats Vote to Denounce Murderous Marxism. Meanwhile, two lawmakers vote ‘present.’ DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/handful-of-house-democrats-vote-to-denounce-murderous-marxism-125e7291
FORBES
— Socialism Is The End Of Freedom.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIvqVCD8Xu4
ROBERT REICH
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-real-reason-republicans-are-afraid
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Leftist insurgents are storming the midterms – just don’t call them all democratic socialists. Progressive candidates navigate their ties to the DSA as the group faces historic growth and mounting pressure. DD: To vote for Democrats is not only to vote for socialism, it is to vote for ever-increasing dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/05/midterms-democrats-socialists-leftist
Tag: affirmative action
September 5, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Socialism 2026 conference opens in Chicago, Bailey criticizes Pritzker. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC0flNUDQAE
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/bailey-criticizes-pritzker-socialism-2026-234057445.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OIF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-blitz/2026/09/04/midway-blitz-bovino-grand-jury-chicago
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Minnesota can be the firewall to stop the spread of socialism across our country, or we can be the next domino to fall. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4710209/minnesota-dsa-socialist-policies-peggy-flanagan/
— Elon Musk is right: Hitler was a socialist. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4712226/was-hitler-a-socialist-nazi-economy/
WASHINGTON STAND
— The Promise of Socialism Is Misery for All. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://washingtonstand.com/article/perkins-the-promise-of-socialism-is-misery-for-all
— Dems Declare War on Moderates but Tolerate Their Socialist Fringe. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://washingtonstand.com/article/dems-declare-war-on-their-moderates-but-tolerate-socialist-fringe
NEW YORK POST
— The DSA’s socialist plans carry a $212T price tag — and every one of us will pay. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/04/opinion/dsa-plan-has-a-212t-price-tag-and-all-of-us-will-pay/
— Ted Cruz names Mamdani ‘most powerful Democrat in the country’ as he warns of socialist rise. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/05/us-news/ted-cruz-names-mamdani-most-powerful-democrat-in-the-country-as-he-warns-of-socialist-rise/
BREITBART
— Socialism Conference Draws Radicals for Lessons on Marxism and ‘Fighting Fascism’ in Chicago. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2026/09/04/video-socialism-conference-draws-radicals-lessons-marxism-fighting-fascism-chicago/
— Blue Collar Boom.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/09/04/breitbart-business-digest-blue-collar-boom-labor-day-special-edition/amp/
— ICE Breaks Record, Arrests Nearly 51K Illegal Aliens Across U.S. in August.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/04/ice-breaks-record-arrests-nearly-51k-illegal-aliens-across-u-s-in-august/amp/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Employment Effects of Immigration Enforcement. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://cis.org/Academic-Articles/Employment-Effects-Immigration-Enforcement-Initial-Assessment
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Ten Times Democrats in Congress Put Their Dangerous Socialist Agenda Ahead of the American People. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://conservativehq.com/post/ten-times-democrats-in-congress-put-their-dangerous-socialist-agenda-ahead-of-the-american-people
FOX NEWS
— ‘Socialism 2026’ conference kicks off, teaches lessons from the Russian Revolution. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404630195112
NEWSMAX
— On Socialism, GOP Should Tell Us What They Believe and Oppose. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/revjimharden/crank-republican-quebec/2026/09/04/id/1268362/
NUMBERS USA
— 17 million Americans want work this Labor Day. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.numbersusa.org/blog/newsletter-17-million-americans-want-work-this-labor-day/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mandatory E-Verify would accelerate self-removals, discourage future illegal immigration, and crack down on the illegal hiring that deprives Americans of wealth, wages, and opportunities.)
PJ MEDIA
— Socialism: The Nightmare From Which We May Never Wake Up. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/09/04/the-nightmare-from-which-we-may-never-wake-up-n4956882
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Socialist Takeover Spreads From Town Halls to Classrooms. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2026/09/05/socialist_takeover_spreads_from_town_halls_to_classrooms_1204456.html
SCALISE
— Socialists Have Taken Over the Democrat Party. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://scalise.house.gov/press-releases/scalise-socialists-have-taken-over-the-democrat-party
TOWNHALL
— Parents Must Be Their Own School Investigators. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://townhall.com/columnists/adamguillette/2026/09/05/parents-must-be-their-own-school-investigators-n2682463
— Illegal Alien Charged in $1.3 Billion Medicare Fraud Money Laundering Scheme.
https://townhall.com/news/scott-mcclallen/2026/09/04/illegal-alien-charged-in-13-billion-medicare-fraud-money-laundering-scheme-n2682523
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Left-Wing Outlet (Mediaite) Says It’s a ‘Racist Conspiracy Theory’ to Talk About Immigrants Replacing American Voters. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries. Democrat leaders because noncitizens vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.westernjournal.com/left-wing-outlet-says-racist-conspiracy-theory-talk-immigrants-replacing-american-voters/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats worry rising socialism turning off Hispanic voters. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6070463-democrats-hispanic-voter-socialism/amp/
NEWSWEEK
— Map Shows States Where It’s Hardest to Survive on $120,000 Per Year. DD: I did not earn $120,000/year in today’s dollars until I was 39 in 1987. By then, I had worked for GAO for 7 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and an MBA in 1976.
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-where-its-hardest-to-survive-on-120000-per-year-12387962
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Democrat leader Jefferies saves wrath for moderates, not socialists. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-democrat-leader-saves-wrath-for-moderates-not-socialists-3881588/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— 25 Years of Thinking About 9/11. DD: I have flown an American flag off my front porch 24 hours a day since September 11, 2001. I organized Wheaton’s 2003 and 2004 9/11 ceremonies. Sadly, my critics/opponents boycotted the events.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/25-years-of-thinking-about-9-11-c95cc9c7
— Young People See a Different America Than Older People. Where Do You Fit In? Take our quiz, based on 1,862 survey responses, to find the new fault lines in U.S. values. DD: Survey results show the damage that Democrat leaders are doing to young people.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/young-people-see-a-different-america-than-older-people-where-do-you-fit-in-571f768c
— More Secret School Gender Transitions. The Justice Department sues over transgender guidance.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-administration-kansas-city-lawsuit-gender-transitions-schools-7ea59e90
FORBES
— Socialism Is Not Just About Bad Policy. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK49RqIbia8
COURSERA
— Average Salary With a Master’s Degree. DD: In today’s dollars, my salary was $106,731/year when I earned my MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976, $89,703/year when I earned my master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31 in 1980, and $154,682/year when I earned my master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT when I was 48 in 1997. I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997.
https://www.coursera.org/articles/average-salary-with-masters-degree
PBS
— DD: Oppressed people. My critics/opponents paint themselves as being champions of oppressed people. The ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that they are oppressed and that conservative Republicans like me oppress them: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, etc.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/heres-what-to-know-about-international-womens-day-a-celebration-and-a-call-to-action
COMMON DREAMS
— CEOs Get Rich Underpaying Their Workers and Then Don’t Stand Up for Them.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/ceos-don-t-defend-workers
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Big decisions. DD: My big decisions include a) following conservative principles, b) working my way through college instead of enlisting and earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, c) working for the Post Office, IRS, and GAO, d) buying new cars, real estate, and collector cars, e) filing grievances and lawsuits, f) becoming the subject of a 4-page Money Magazine “One Person’s Finances” article, g) getting married and my wife and I giving up trying to have children, h) complaining about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, i) taking a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, j) serving as a leader of a professional association Chicago chapter for 13 years, k) becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with the aforesaid discrimination, l) succumbing to my Democrat GAO superior’ threats and taking their early retirement” offer, and m) promoting conservative principles by becoming a Republican Precinct Committeeman, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, a Pat O’Malley for Governor supporter, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman.
https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/psychology-life-changing-decisions-impacts-b2998398.html
September 4, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Bailey criticizes Pritzker as Socialism 2026 conference opens in Chicago. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/darren-bailey-criticizes-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-socialism-2026-conference-opens-hyatt-regency-chicago/19791146/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The rising visibility of socialist ideas within the Democratic Party became a flashpoint in the Illinois governor’s race Friday as Republican candidate Darren Bailey sought to tie the movement to Gov. JB Pritzker while the Socialism 2026 conference opened in Chicago. With the November election two months away, Bailey appeared outside the Hyatt Regency – a hotel connected to Pritzker’s family business interests – where the conference launched its holiday weekend program. Bailey is hoping to frame the gathering as an opportunity to highlight what he called a leftward shift among Democrats. “It’s no surprise that socialists feel at home here in Illinois. J.B. Pritzker has spent nearly eight years rolling out the red carpet for their policies,” Bailey said. An anti-Pritzker video billboard truck paid for by Bailey circled McCormick Place, where parts of the conference were also being held. The Pritzker campaign dismissed Bailey’s criticism, issuing a statement saying, “Darren Bailey wants to talk about anything but his extreme record. Governor Pritzker is going to continue delivering for all Illinoisans.” Pritzker has not embraced the socialist agenda promoted at the conference, though he has previously described Democrats as a “big tent” party. Bailey, meanwhile, said he is working to expand the Republican coalition. “It’s a choice between an out-of-touch billionaire who believes that government always needs more of your money and working Illinoisans who understand what it means to earn a living, balance a budget, and make difficult decisions,” Bailey said. The conference, which organizers say has more than 2,600 registered attendees, also drew attention from Americans for Prosperity, a conservative advocacy group that sent its own billboard truck past the hotel. Brian Costin of Americans for Prosperity said the group has concerns about the conference. “Hasan Piker is going to be presenting a program that talks about abolishing the Senate, abolishing prisons, abolishing police, abolishing the borders, and radically transforming life in America,” Costin said. Organizers of the conference defended their platform. “We’re for Medicare for all. We’re for eliminating all of that bureaucracy with the insurance system, and free healthcare, free childcare, and the way that we’re going to pay for that is by taxing rich people like Darren Bailey,” said Sean Larson of the Socialism 2026 organizing team. Bailey argued that voters are focused on economic pressures but said the policies promoted at the conference would worsen those concerns. “People are worried about housing, healthcare, wages, education, and the rising cost of everyday life, and that concern is real. But more government, higher taxes, and taking more from one group to give to another does not solve it,” he said. The Socialism 2026 Conference runs through the holiday weekend. Bailey is hoping the event will prompt voters to reconsider their support for a Democratic governor as he continues to argue the party is increasingly embracing socialist ideology.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/04/chicago-public-schools-custodian-released-from-ice-it-was-42-very-difficult-days-for-our-family/
DAILY HERALD
— Leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties in Lake County agree on the most important issue — affordability — for voters in the Nov. 3 federal, state and local elections, but they offer different explanations for their reasoning. DD: What is the biggest reason why you have less money? For me it is my Democrat superiors in the federal government who wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260904/news/affordability-is-key-as-lake-election-races-enter-stretch-run-we-may-have-a-higher-turnout-than-us/
NORTHWEST HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2026/09/04/cannabis-dispensaries-in-illinois-can-now-have-drive-thrus-among-the-1st-is-in-woodstock/
FOX ILLINOIS
— GAO: Holes and delays in how Secret Service updates its protection policy.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/report-finds-holes-and-delays-in-how-secret-service-updates-its-protection-policy/article_08201107-b8d2-559e-b303-2af362ba6d6e.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump’s arch may break ground without final approval. Veterans are trying to stop it.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-04/trumps-arch-may-break-ground-without-final-approval-veterans-are-trying-to-stop-it
ILLINOIS
— DD: The Democrats who run Illinois ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.illinois.gov/news/release.html?releaseid=32905
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-589/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREITBART
— 2026 Chicago Socialism Conference Features Covid Masking Requirements.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/04/2026-chicago-socialism-conference-features-covid-masking-requirements/amp/
— Federal Workforce Down 11.2% Since Trump Took Office.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/09/04/federal-workforce-down-11-2-since-trump-took-office/
FOX NEWS
— Asylum claims with no merit should be denied at the front end.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6404590599112
— Reince Priebus: Democrats made a huge mistake letting Bernie Sanders in. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I am too conservative, and because of that, the following made a huge mistake letting me in: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), Illinois Center Right Coalition, and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. My critics/opponent reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the IRP platform. Most commonly, they reject the 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.
https://www.fox.com/watch/clip/fmc-c1fyptwbnoui4c9d/reince-priebus-democrats-made-a-huge-mistake-letting-bernie-sanders-in
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Sanders rejects Fetterman’s political advice. Why do people reject your political advice? People reject my political advice because the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), Illinois Center Right Coalition, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have taken so many big advise actions against me since 2000. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the IRP platform. Most commonly, they reject the 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.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5999521-sanders-rejects-fetterman-advice/
CBS NEWS
— Judge lets Pentagon move forward with firing Stars and Stripes journalists for insubordination. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the court ruled that federal agencies can force their employees to retire, that is, to fire them, for being active member in class action lawsuit that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-allows-pentagon-fire-stars-stripes-journalists/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: My critics/opponents paint themselves as being champions of the oppressed. The ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that conservative Republicans like me oppress them: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/opinion/democrats-populism-big-tent.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America Needs Its Boys to Play Football. The sport forms character by harnessing wild masculinity and directing it toward the good and the pure. DD: I never played football. Neither did my father nor any of my ancestors. My father had brittle type 1 diabetes from childhood. Both my father and I had a hereditary bone disease that prevented us from running.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/america-needs-its-boys-to-play-football-5b9673de
— The American Dream Is Alive. And It’s Minting Millionaires. Meet the ‘Everywhere Millionaires’ proving that elite degrees aren’t a prerequisite for building massive wealth.
https://www.wsj.com/business/entrepreneurship/the-american-dream-is-alive-and-its-minting-millionaires-3903775b
FORTUNE
— Workers’ share of America’s income is at a record low.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/04/ai-productivity-labor-share/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Getting promoted. DD: What did your coworkers do to get promoted. My Democrat coworkers in the federal government stressed that they were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They stressed that they were blindly loyal to the Democrat Party platform. They painted themselves as being yes-men and yes-women. They stressed that their spouse, if they had one, had little or no income. They stressed if they had children, the tremendous amount of time and money they spent raising their children. They destroyed their fellow coworkers who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.businessinsider.com/things-do-january-want-promotion-december-2026-1
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— Email Newsletters as a Source of News. Three-in-ten Americans at least sometimes get news from newsletters, but many don’t read most of the newsletters they get.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2026/02/19/email-newsletters-as-a-source-of-news/
(FROM THE REPORT: As of 2025, 6% of U.S. adults say they often get news from email newsletters, while 24% say they sometimes get news this way. The majority rarely (26%) or never (43%) get news from email newsletters. Just 3% of Americans name newsletters as the platform they prefer for getting news, far behind television (34%), news websites/apps (21%) and other pathways. A slightly larger share of Americans (7%) say they have paid or given money to an email newsletter that focuses on news in the past year, whether by subscribing, donating or becoming a member. . .About the same share (24%) says most of their newsletters are independent and not connected to a news outlet. . .Americans with higher incomes and higher levels of formal education are more likely to get news from newsletters.)
QUARTZ
— 15 signs it’s time to leave your job. DD: The longer that you are employed in the public sector, the harder that it is to get a job in the private sector. I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. Further, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://qz.com/signs-its-time-to-leave-your-job#your-growth-trajectory-has-flattened
CALIFORNIA PATCH
— Legal cannabis produces almost $8.4B in California taxes. But nonprofit CEO says cannabis brings a high price tag of increased emergency room visits, impaired driving. DD: I never used pot. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to work my way through college, earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, earn three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, or earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_9fe7df56-14d0-4148-84c1-ff1eb217381d.html
September 4, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— House of Representatives adopt resolution condemning socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. What positions on socialism do each of the Democrat candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct have on socialism?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVgo6G5hURc
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/04/will-county-grant-immigration-services-unpaid/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Hegseth.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/09/04/pete-hegseth-iran-wars-military-dei-woke-trump-s-e-cupp
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: ComEd customers pay billions to keep the lights on during storms. Will it be enough? The Gary power debacle is a warning of what can go wrong with the electric system as extreme weather fueled by climate change upends disaster planning. DD: The more that overhead lines bring power to your home, the more that those lines are near trees, the more that I recommend getting a whole-house backup electric generator.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/environment/2026/09/02/chicago-comed-power-grid-outage-storms-electric-bills-weather-gary-indiana-climate-change
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-blitz/2026/09/04/south-shore-immigration-raid-midway-blitz-resident-is-still-homeless
DAILY HERALD
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. What positions on socialism do each of the Democrat candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct have on socialism?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260904/syndicated-columnists/arthurdale-and-the-socialism-debate/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois hospitals to lose billions through Medicaid policy change.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ccb-illinois-hospitals-medicaid-cuts-20260903/
WGN RADIO
— Trump promises to campaign for Republicans and says they have a winning midterm message.
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-trump-promises-to-campaign-for-republicans-and-says-they-have-a-winning-midterm-message/
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Sheriffs: ‘Assault weapon’ bans in Cook County, elsewhere endanger law-abiding citizens.
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/sheriffs-assault-weapon-bans-in-cook-county-elsewhere-endanger-law-abiding-citizens/article_9474f606-f270-4963-ab38-a34458dbacef.html
NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote non-Whites because non-Whites overwhelming vote for Democrats.
https://northernstar.info/137437/opinion/diversity-is-more-than-a-celebration/
DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Del Mar pitches affordability, ‘energizes Republican base’ at Du Quoin State Fair.
https://dailyegyptian.com/124993/showcase/del-mar-pitches-affordability-energizes-republican-base-at-du-quoin-state-fair/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: IRS targets private schools that discriminate.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-04/irs-targets-private-schools-that-help-racial-minority-students
WFMD
— DOJ threatens to cut billions in welfare funding from states for failing to report illegal migrants.
https://www.wfmd.com/2026/09/03/doj-threatens-to-cut-billions-in-welfare-funding-from-states-for-failing-to-report-illegal-migrants/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-801/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-588/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BAILEY FOR ILLINOIS
— PRESS CONFERENCE: On Friday, September 4, at 10:00 AM, former state senator and candidate for governor, Darren Bailey, and his running mate, Aaron Del Mar, will host a press conference in front of the JB Pritzker-owned Hyatt Hotel in Chicago to discuss the socialist takeover of the Democratic Party ahead of the Socialism Conference being held this weekend.
https://baileyforillinois.com/news/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. What positions on socialism do each of the Democrat candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct have on socialism? Sooner or later, the Democrat Party will officially rename itself the Socialist Party. What did capitalism allow/encourage you to do? It allowed/encouraged me a) to work my way through college, b) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, c) to earn three job-related master’s degrees, d) to earn six job-related professional certifications, and e) to earn a job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker’s record: Over $35 billion in personal income left Illinois during his first term.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-outmigration-irs-income-loss/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Crystal Lake, Harvard & Marengo Score “Teacher Vacancy” Grants (Link to Other 97 Winning School Districts)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/03/crystal-lake-harvard-marengo-score-teacher-vacancy-grants/
— Circuit Clerk Announces Amnesty Week to Help People Pay Past-Due Court Fines
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/03/circuit-clerk-announces-amnesty-week-to-help-people-pay-past-due-court-fines/
— Pritzker Rolls Out New Commercial Attacking Curriculum of Bailey School, Labeling Him “Extreme” Again
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/03/pritzker-rolls-out-new-commercial-attacking-curriculum-of-bailey-school-labeling-him-extreme-again/
— Dems Enact Bill for “Women and Individuals Who Menstruate”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/03/dems-enact-bill-for-women-and-individuals-who-menstruate/
— Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Releases Ad Attacking Democratic Party Candidate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/02/republican-u-s-senate-candidate-releases-ad-attacking-democratic-party-candidate/
— You Couldn’t Find New Posts Yesterday Because I Was Reading a Really Funny Political Book
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/02/you-couldnt-find-new-posts-yesterday-because-i-was-reading-a-book/
— Chicago Tribune Joins Bob Anderson’s Campaign Against Double Dippers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/31/chicago-tribune-joins-bob-andersons-campaign-against-double-dippers/
— Jeanne Ives Does the Math on Another “Affordable” Housing Project
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/31/jeanne-ives-does-the-math-on-another-affordable-housing-project/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— IRS says it will deny tax-exempt status to private schools that practice affirmative action. DD: Affirmative Action is discrimination against Whites and males.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/3/irs-says-deny-tax-exempt-status-private-schools-practice-affirmative/
— ICE whistleblower warned of ‘unprecedented lowering of standards’ during hiring spree. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females, they ever-increasing lowered standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/3/ice-whistleblower-warned-unprecedented-lowering-standards-hiring/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The rapid pace of the hiring, fueled by a $50,000 signing bonus, raised concerns about the quality of the new employees. An investigation by The Associated Press found that some of the new hires had serious financial problems in their backgrounds, had been accused of misconduct in prior jobs, and had checkered employment histories. . .The whistleblower complaint said that “systemic breakdowns in vetting” violated several federal rules and standards designed to ensure candidates are suitable for sensitive law enforcement and national security positions.
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DEI isn’t dead. It’s mutating.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4709530/dei-survival-higher-education-mutating/
AMAC
— 192 Democrats Vote Against Resolution Condemning Socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://amac.us/newsline/192-democrats-vote-against-resolution-condemning-socialism-supporting-constitution-and-secure-elections
AMERICAN DECENCY
— El-Sayed: Harbinger of Perilous Times.
https://americandecency.org/2026/el-sayed-harbinger-of-perilous-times/
BLAZE
— Sorry, socialists: The internet saved your homework. Abdul El-Sayed, Darializa Avila Chevalier, and others are learning that political maturation requires more than just scrubbing the awkward bits. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/sorry-socialists-the-internet-saved-your-homework
— AOC made socialism cool. Now the socialists want her gone. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/aoc-made-socialism-cool-now-the-socialists-want-her-gone
CHRISTIAN POST
— Episcopal Church celebrates first trans dean — woman in lesbian marriage to trans-identified pastor. DD: How strongly have Democrats taken over your church? The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/wisconsin-cathedral-gets-episcopal-churchs-first-trans-dean.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Times Square Massacre Ends Bank of America VP’s Life— Socialists Call It ‘Justice.’ DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-QQGnMirow
DAILY WIRE
— China, DSA, And Unions Are Teaming Up To Transform America.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-china-dsa-and-unions-are-teaming-up-to-transform-america-conservative-group-warns
FEDERALIST
— Wealth gap. DD: Who are you peers? One could argue that your peers are your high school classmates who share your demographics and graduated with you. Why do you have more money than your peers? None of my peers did what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned job-related professional license.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/09/03/the-wealth-gap-is-real-and-washington-created-it/
FOX BUSINESS
— Fetterman calls to ‘divorce’ Democratic Party from far-left socialists. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6404545654112
— Socialism’s rising influence in the Democratic Party. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6404540105112
— 81% of Americans support capitalism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6404539086112
FOX NEWS
— America’s quiet socialist takeover is spreading from town halls to classrooms. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/americas-quiet-socialist-takeover-spreading-town-halls-classrooms
— DD: What did capitalism allow/encourage you to do? It allowed/encouraged me a) to work my way through college, b) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, c) to earn three job-related master’s degrees, d) to earn six job-related professional certifications, and e) to earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/cure-socialism-giving-more-americans-stake-capitalism
— Talarico brings a touch of Trotsky to the Texas Senate race. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-talarico-brings-touch-trotsky-texas-senate-race
NEWSMAX
— Wealthy brats who tout socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MICPYHSJEZE
— Socialism Destroys Freedom, Economic Opportunity. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/young-kim-newsmax-socialism/2026/09/03/id/1268288/
— Social Security Crisis Is a Ruse for Socialists to Impose a Wealth Tax. DD: The more money that you spend on immediate pleasures, the less wealth that you will have.
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/peter-morici/social-security-crisis-democratic-socialists/2026/09/03/id/1268299/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Only 8 Democrats back House resolution condemning socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thepostmillennial.com/only-8-democrats-back-house-resolution-condemning-socialism
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Zohran Mamdani’s Socialist Revolution Care of ‘Influencers.’ DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. My critics/opponents are soft on socialism if not pro-socialism. They do not want me to be an anti-socialist influencer. My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2026/09/04/zohran_mamdanis_socialist_revolution_care_of_influencers_1204240.html
TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Says Capital Flight Is a Myth As New Yorkers Flee His Socialist Affordability Crisis. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://townhall.com/news/dmitri-bolt/2026/09/03/mamdani-myth-of-capital-flight-n2682420
WESTERN JOURNALISM
— Dems Admit They Might Sanction Moderates in Their Party Who Voted With GOP Because They’re Afraid of Socialists. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.westernjournal.com/dems-admit-might-sanction-moderates-party-voted-gop-afraid-socialists/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrats ever-increasingly promote race based preference giving.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/business/economy/trump-irs-college-nonprofits.html
— Jay Leno’s Classic Car Bill Passes in California Legislature. The bipartisan bill, backed by Mr. Leno, the comedian and car collector, would exempt some older vehicles from having to meet California’s stringent emissions rules.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/us/jay-leno-law-classic-cars-emissions.html
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Democrat leader saves wrath for moderates, not socialists. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-democrat-leader-saves-wrath-for-moderates-not-socialists-3881588/
ROCKEY MOUNTAIN VOICE
— Mamdani’s socialism leaves private property perpetually insecure. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. I promote capitalism. When did you start buying property? I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir when I was 16 in 1964. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17. I bought a new townhome when I was 24.
https://rockymountainvoice.com/2026/09/03/sloan-mamdanis-socialism-leaves-private-property-perpetually-insecure/
FLORIDA VOICE
— 192 House Democrats refuse to denounce socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://flvoicenews.com/192-house-democrats-refuse-to-denounce-socialism-reject-election-security-bill-ahead-of-midterms/
FORBES
— Pushing Their Party Further And Further Left. DD: Democrat plant and RINO leaders have ever-increasingly pushed the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization to the left, that is, to dump more planks in the IRP platform.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gty_0gS-2lU
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: To get more votes from minorities and from females, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly give minorities and females more preference over Whites and males.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/09/04/latest-trump-move-threatens-colleges-seeking-promote-equality
PEOPLE’S WORLD
— DD: Sooner or later, Democrats will call you a red-baiter if you do not vote for Democrats, that is, if you do not promote socialism.
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/house-approves-anti-socialist-red-baiting-resolution/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIST
— Woke 1 was about identity. Woke 2 is about class. DD: What class 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 earned more than $75,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/09/03/woke-1-was-about-identity-woke-2-is-about-class
September 3, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— ICE plans to use robot dogs, electrified gloves, social media tracking for immigration enforcement.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-planning-use-robot-dogs-electrified-gloves-advanced-social-media-tracking-tools-immigration-enforcement/19781886/
WGN9
— Mayor Johnson extends free internet program for 28,000 CPS students as reelection rumors swirl. DD: To put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out I spend lots of money for fast internet service, backup internet service, fast computer systems, backup computer systems, a bulk emailing service, website access, newspaper subscriptions, internet newsletters, magazine subscriptions, etc.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/maroy-brandon-johnson-chicago-connected-internet-extension-reelection-speculation/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn young people against America.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/70-percent-of-young-americans-not-proud-of-where-us-is-heading-as-nation-poll/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/02/immigration-enforcement-tactics/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-blitz/2026/09/03/operation-midway-blitz-deportation-toll-angela-sedeno-cindy-eigler-vero-ortiz-immigrants
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-blitz/2026/09/02/federal-judge-told-things-are-no-longer-quiet-as-midway-blitz-lawsuit-faces-critical-november-ruling
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois spent nearly $50M on a South Loop research HQ that was never built.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-discovery-partners-audit-20260902/
AM870 THE ANSWER
— School Choice Matters: How Government Schools Are Turning Your Kids Against You. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://am870theanswer.com/columnists/carl-jackson/video/6a98c100d156deb3aa840cdb
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois Comptroller candidate Bryan Drew said it’s high time Republicans return to the role of managing billions of dollars of taxpayer money.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/bryan-drew-illinois-comptroller-race/
NPR ILLINOIS
— The IRS slashed its staff. One result? More taxes going uncollected. DD: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-02/the-irs-slashed-its-staff-one-result-more-taxes-going-uncollected
KFVS12
— Lieutenant Gov. candidate Aaron Del Mar in town for Du Quoin State Fair.
https://www.kfvs12.com/2026/09/03/lieutenant-gov-candidate-aaron-del-mar-town-du-quoin-state-fair/
LAGRANGE/LYONS PATCH
— Lyons Township Official Misused Public Resources For Campaign: Watchdog. She promoted her campaign through a video at an official township event for students.
https://patch.com/illinois/lagrange/lyons-township-official-misused-public-resources-campaign-watchdog
ELMHURST PATCH
— Candidates To Take Questions At Elmhurst Forum. The event includes hopefuls for county and state offices.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/candidates-take-questions-elmhurst-forum
ILLINOIZE
— Del Mar Shooting Video Was Likely Felony, Experts Say.
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/delmar-shooting-video-likely-felony
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-800/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-587/
— DuPage Republicans promote GOTV event that appears to violate state law.
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/02/dupage-republicans-promote-gotv-event-that-appears-to-violate-state-law/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump cuts noncitizen population by nearly 3 million. DD: Noncitizens have tremendous motivations to vote for Democrats because Democrats give noncitizens tremendous benefits. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/3/donald-trump-cuts-migrant-population-nearly-3-million-total-us/
— ICE claims new record in August for arresting illegal immigrants.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/2/ice-claims-new-record-august-arresting-illegal-immigrants/
— Marijuana’s lies are endangering Americans. DD: I never used pot. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to work my way through college, earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, earn three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, or earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/6/marijuanas-lies-endangering-americans/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Marijuana use has surged in the past decade, driven by profit motives. Hollywood has normalized marijuana, promoting the idea that it is harmless. Concerns about marijuana’s mental and physical health effects are often downplayed.)
— DEI also stands for ‘Discriminatory, Expensive, and Illegal.’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/2/dei-also-stands-discriminatory-expensive-illegal/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Jeffries won’t rule out kicking off committees centrist Democrats who backed condemning socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/4710815/jeffries-weighing-kicking-centrist-democrats-bucked-him-off-committees/
— ICE sets new monthly record in August with most-ever illegal immigrants arrested.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4711203/ice-record-august-illegal-immigrants-arrests/
NEW YORK POST
— Here comes Mamdani’s socialist revolution — brought to you by ‘influencers’ at YOUR expense.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/02/opinion/here-comes-mamdanis-socialist-revolution-brought-to-you-by-influencers-at-your-expense/
— America-trashing Abdul El-Sayed once urged people to move to Canada to live the American dream. DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/02/us-news/abdul-el-sayed-once-urged-people-to-move-to-canada-to-live-the-american-dream/
https://nypost.com/2026/09/02/us-news/abdul-el-sayed-once-urged-people-to-move-to-canada-to-live-the-american-dream/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— House Dems overwhelmingly vote to reject resolution condemning socialism.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/09/02/house-dems-overwhelmingly-vote-to-reject-resolution-condemning-socialism-1657349/
BLAZE
— We need lawfare for white men. DD: My critics/opponents reject equal opportunity. They want those who are the following to get preference: minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestor who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. They side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who ever-increasingly wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 because I was not a Democrat or any of the aforesaid.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/we-need-lawfare-for-white-men
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The left built a legal machine to punish discrimination. The right should stop complaining about the imbalance and build one of its own. For decades, American hiring and admissions have been distorted by a legal and bureaucratic regime that promised equal treatment while repeatedly rewarding institutions for sorting people by race and sex. The Civil Rights Act itself does not exclude white men; Title VII protects employees from discrimination because of race and sex regardless of which race or sex they are. But affirmative action rules, consent decrees, diversity mandates, contracting preferences, and institutional risk management created powerful incentives to treat demographic categories differently. Incentives shape behavior. Universities, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and nonprofits learned to fear discrimination claims, bad publicity, activist campaigns, and regulatory scrutiny. Long before “wokeness” became a corporate religion, lawyers and compliance departments were already teaching institutions to think in terms of protected groups, disparate impact, representation targets, and litigation exposure. The right does not need another conference panel lamenting DEI. It needs lawyers willing to make discrimination expensive. Equal protection will not enforce itself. The practical question was never simply who had rights on paper. It was whose complaints institutions expected to carry consequences. For years, conservative media documented the resulting discrimination against white men. DEI programs openly advertised preferences, scholarships excluded applicants by race or sex, and employers sometimes boasted about hiring goals that would have been scandalous if the preferred and disfavored groups were reversed.)
CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Minnesota Medical School expects faculty to incorporate DEI into research, teaching.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-minnesota-medical-school-expects-faculty-incorporate-dei-research-teaching/30509
CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA
— Reclaiming the Family Unit that Built America. DD: Traditional marriage and family bring forth posterity and safety.
https://concernedwomen.org/reclaiming-the-family-unit-that-built-america/
DAILY WIRE
— White House Tears Into Democrats After Near-Unanimous Vote Defending Socialism. “Yet again, the Democrats prove how extreme their party has become.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-tears-into-democrats-after-near-unanimous-vote-defending-socialism
FEDERALIST
— DOJ Tells Sanctuary States They Must Report Illegals To Get Federal Welfare.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/09/02/doj-tells-sanctuary-states-they-must-report-illegals-to-get-federal-welfare/
FOX BUSINESS
— Only 2 months remain to counter the socialist challenge.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6404492197112
— Texas GOP says most Democrats EMBRACE socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y5vuxFfkws
FOX NEWS
— Socialism offers utopian solutions.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/socialism-offers-utopian-solutions-very-033645934.html
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404521276112
HEARTLANDER NEWS
— DOJ files four more lawsuits against Democrat states (Washington, Oregon, New Mexico and Arizona) giving illegal immigrants cheaper tuition. DD: IIT admitted me in 1992, DePaul in 1976, Loyola in 1972, NIU in 1969, and UIC in 1966. But they would have admitted noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://heartlandernews.com/doj-files-more-lawsuits-against-democrat-states-giving-illegal-immigrants-cheaper-tuition/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The DOJ has already won similar lawsuits in Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Illinois and has pending cases in Minnesota, Virginia, California, New Jersey, Kansas, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Colorado, New York, Connecticut and Vermont.)
HOMELAND SECURITY
— DOJ: States Receiving Welfare Funds Must Report Known Illegal Aliens to DHS or Risk Funding Loss.
https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/customs-immigration/doj-clarifies-states-receiving-welfare-funds-must-report-known-illegal-aliens-to-dhs-or-risk-losing-funding/
NEWSMAX
— 5 House Republicans Buck GOP on Socialism Vote Rule.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/republicans-socialism-save-america-act/2026/09/02/id/1268115/
TOWNHALL
— Fetterman Says the DSA Wants to ‘Impoverish’ Middle-Class Whites and Seize Production.
https://townhall.com/news/dmitri-bolt/2026/09/02/sen-fetterman-the-dsa-wants-to-impoverish-middle-class-whites-and-seize-production-n2682311
U.S. SENATOR BILL CASSIDY (R-LA)
— Teachers’ Unions Harming Children, Prioritizing Radical Ideology over Student Success. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/939146163/chairman-cassidy-releases-bombshell-report-showing-teachers-unions-harming-children-prioritizing-radical-ideology-over-student-success
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Associated Press Dismisses Government Report on Thousands of Illegals Voting in 2020 – Again. DD: Democrat leaders give illegals tremendous incentives to vote for Democrats.
https://www.westernjournal.com/associated-press-dismisses-government-report-thousands-illegals-voting-2020/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use proxies to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/6061595-eeoc-lawsuit-washington-university/amp/
CNN
— DD: Who do your critics/opponents blame their problems on? My critics/opponents blame all their problems on me. Since 2000, they have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered. I should write about my critics/opponents. To punish me, they had the operatives and their dupes oust me a) as an Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in in 2024, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member in 2007, e) as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2010 and 2004.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-already-found-someone-blame-173229652.html
NEWSWEEK
— American Dream. DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.newsweek.com/american-dream-roundtable-recap-allsides-12319801
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled Hegseth-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Hegseth.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/hegseth-purge-army-officers.html
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/us/politics/trump-election-voter-fraud.html
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Hegseth. To get more votes from troubled voters who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly pander to them: minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestor who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/03/s-e-cupp-fire-pete-hegseth-to-help-gop-in-midterms/
USA TODAY
— New homes get smaller and prices swell. DD: I was able to buy a new townhome in University Park when I was 24 in 1972. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ . But it had only 1,000 square feet. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it and the down payment would have been about $36,000. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had just increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $92,700. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/loans-mortgages/2026/08/28/shrinkflation-housing-market-prices/91491054007/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— The pillars of conservatism. DD: Traditional marriage and family bring forth posterity and safety.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2011-feb-21-la-oe-cannon-conservatives-20110221-story.html
ROCKY MOUNTAIN VOICE
— Socialists Now Outnumber Republicans Among Denver Voters.
https://rockymountainvoice.com/2026/09/02/poll-finds-socialists-now-outnumber-republicans-among-denver-voters/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Send a Child to Public School? The common query about home schooling should be flipped. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-send-a-child-to-public-school-45a3a2c2
— What Is Canada, Other Than the Un-America? Many of the special things our northern neighbors cherish, we in the U.S. can also count as our own.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-is-canada-other-than-the-un-america-39cc0761
PENN LIVE
— DD: Qualifications don’t matter to Democrat and RINO leaders. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who had fewer qualifications than I had. If I had been a Democrat, because of my qualifications, they would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 in 1988 even though I was White, male, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America for a long time. If I had been a RINO, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) RINO leaders in 2008 would have recruited me to run for DuPage County Auditor in 2008. Instead, they ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed that I had a) became a licensed CPA, b) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) earned professional certifications in fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, d) worked for GAO for almost 18 years as an Analyst, the last 11 years of at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, e) worked for IRS for almost 9 years as a Revenue Officer, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, and f) earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. They ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed that I did a lot help elect Jim Rasins DuPage County Auditor in 2000 and to reelect him in 2004, and subsequently, that I did a lot to help elect Bob Grogan in 2008 and to reelect him in 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. I first visited the DuPage County Auditor’s office in 1986 when I became the Membership Director for the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) Chicago Chapter (CC). I remember recruiting Rasins to speak at an AGA CC event. In 2008, DCRCC RINO leaders were furious a) that I was the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, b) that I had been a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee 2003-2007, c) that I had supported Jack Ryan after he won the 2004 U.S Senate Republican primary and then his replacement Alan Keyes, and d) that I had supported Pat O/Malley in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary.
https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2026/09/qualifications-dont-matter-to-republicans-pennlive-letters.html
NATIONAL DESK
— Socialism has TAKEN OVER the Democratic Party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6OxbwmhpvA
WOMEN’S AGENDA
— DD: All my coworkers who were women who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. My critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they applaud that.
https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/dogged-persistence-how-women-shaped-and-protected-gender-pay-gap-transparency/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDIA TODAY
— US Midterms: Democratic Socialists Face Crucial Test With Black Voters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mFZqKW79jE
DAILY ASIAN AGE
— Is the American Dream Slowly Eroding? DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://dailyasianage.com/news/357325/is-the-american-dream-slowly-eroding
FINANCIAL EXPRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrzZFa2V_AA
MILLENNIUM POST INDIA
— DD: America-haters ever-increasingly promote more hated against America. America-haters either want to take over America or to destroy America
https://www.pressreader.com/india/millennium-post-kolkata/20260902/281913074979129
September 1, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats try to brush aside ‘Woke 1’
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260901/syndicated-columnists/democrats-try-to-brush-aside-woke-1/
RIVER BENDER
— Pritzker Demands Relief For Farmers Facing Soaring Fertilizer Costs From Trump’s War With Iran.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/gov-pritzker-demands-relief-for-farmers-facing-soaring-fertilizer-costs-from-trumps-war-with-iran-96358.cfm
WGLT
— McLean County GOP calls for Republican county auditor to resign.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-08-31/mclean-county-gop-calls-for-republican-county-auditor-to-resign
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anderson was appointed county auditor in 2009 and has won election to the office four times. Anderson has often clashed with county officials over delayed payments, has faced questions about her office’s accounting practices and faced claims she is not responsive to county administrators and other elected officeholders. “These are not isolated political disagreements. They represent a continuing pattern involving delayed financial work, disrupted county operations, strained professional relationships and potential costs to taxpayers and community organizations,” the county GOP said, citing a 2024 WGLT report about delayed grant payments that caused the nonprofit McLean County Center for Human Services to fear for its long-term financial stability.)
COD COURIER
— COD Board Hears Renewed Concerns Over Student Trustee.
https://codcourier.org/campus-progress-and-student-concerns-recap-of-the-college-of-dupage-board-of-trustees-meeting/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Isabella “Luna” Escobar, 2025-26 student trustee, returned to public comment — speaking both for herself and on behalf of another speaker, Joanna Osorio, who could not attend — to press the board on transparency around Student Trustee Danna Gonzalez, who remained in her position following past use of racial slurs.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-798/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Grogan’s Unity Test: Will IL GOP Chair Condemn Close Ally Jim Durkin’s Attacks on Trump, Bailey? DD: My critics/opponents side with Durkin.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/08/grogans-unity-test-will-il-gop-chair-condemn-close-ally-jim-durkins-attacks-on-trump-bailey.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican Party Chairman Bob Grogan has made “party unity” the defining message of his young tenure. Now Grogan faces a simple test: Does that rule apply to his close friend and longtime political ally, former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin? During a recent CBS News Chicago interview, Durkin launched a blistering attack on President Donald Trump and Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey — declaring Bailey’s campaign “foolish” and blaming Trump and Bailey for Republican losses in Illinois. “There’s really no election in November,” Durkin said. “Darren Bailey, this is a foolish — uh, foolish campaign that he’s moving on. He adds nothing to the equation for Republicans. He’s not gonna help the Republican Party. He’s very intolerant.” Durkin predicted Bailey would receive “the same result that he got last time,” before adding: “We’ve lost more Republicans because of people like Darren Bailey and Donald Trump in Illinois.” That creates an uncomfortable problem for Grogan. Just weeks ago, Grogan was lecturing Republicans about the need to stop attacking one another. “We have to go back to the Reagan rule, where if somebody agrees with us 80 percent of the time, they’re not a 20 percent traitor,” Grogan told Capitol News Illinois in July. “Our entire Republican team is better than the entire Democratic team, and we need to pull together. We can’t purge our way to 51 percent.” Grogan has also warned that “fratricide isn’t a good campaign strategy.” Upon becoming chairman in May, Grogan proclaimed, “Illinois Republicans are united and I’m excited to get to work electing Republicans up and down the ballot in November.” Apparently, Durkin missed the unity memo. Rather than helping elect the Republican ticket, Durkin went on Chicago television and declared the party’s nominee for governor essentially defeated while attacking the Republican president. There is also rich irony in Durkin lecturing Republicans about losing elections. Republicans held 51 Illinois House seats following the 2016 election. By the time Durkin’s final election as Republican leader was over in 2022, the caucus had fallen to just 40 — a net loss of 11 seats. Republicans lost five seats in 2022 alone. Durkin then stepped aside as leader and ultimately resigned from the legislature. Yet today, he is blaming Trump and Bailey for Republicans disappearing from Illinois government. Grogan cannot have it both ways. He cannot demand that conservatives stop attacking establishment Republicans, preach that Republicans must embrace their “80-percent” allies and condemn intra-party “fratricide” — then remain silent when one of his closest political friends publicly torches Trump and the GOP nominee for governor. Bailey won the Republican primary. Trump leads the Republican Party nationally. And Grogan is chairman of the Illinois Republican Party. If Grogan’s unity message means anything, he should publicly separate himself from Durkin’s comments and make clear that Durkin does not speak for the Illinois Republican Party. Otherwise, Republicans may reasonably conclude that Grogan’s “unity” doctrine has an exception: His friends.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump warns Chicago ‘will die’ if lefty Gov. Pritzker refuses federal help after bloody weekend leaves 41 shot.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/01/us-news/trump-warns-chicago-will-die-if-lefty-gov-pritzker-refuses-federal-help-after-bloody-weekend-leaves-41-shot/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago’s new contract test: Is your company leadership ‘diverse’ enough?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/08/31/chicagos-new-contract-test-is-your-company-leadership-diverse-enough-1657035/
— It’s time for young Americans to step up. DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/08/31/its-time-for-young-americans-to-step-up-1656966/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Unfortunately, many students attend college without acquiring skills that employers value. They sometimes accumulate substantial debt for degrees that provide little earning power. Higher education deserves some blame for selling expensive programs with limited economic value. But students must also take responsibility for choosing an education that does not prepare them for the workplace. Government cannot guarantee prosperity. In fact, government has no money of its own. Every dollar it spends must first be taxed from someone who earned it, borrowed and repaid by future taxpayers, or created in a way that can produce inflation. America became the world’s largest and most prosperous economy because it emphasized individual freedom, personal responsibility, relatively low taxation and a limited role for government. Those principles encouraged people to work, save, invest, innovate and build. Young Americans have legitimate concerns about housing, wages and opportunity. But socialism would replace those problems with dependency, stagnation and lost freedom. The answer is not to wait for government to provide a comfortable life. It is to acquire valuable skills, embrace entrepreneurship and solve the problems standing in the way. It is time for young Americans to step up.)
BLAZE
— The left’s next phase is even worse than woke.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/rufo-lomez/the-lefts-next-phase-is-even-worse-than-woke
BREITBART
— Feds Shut Down 270 Truck Driving Schools After 239 Deaths.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/08/31/sean-duffy-feds-shut-down-270-truck-driving-schools-after-239-deaths/amp/
— Woke 2: Democrats Say Illegal Aliens Better Than Americans.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/08/31/woke-2-democrats-say-illegal-aliens-better-than-americans/
— Vance Excoriates Democrats for Giving CDLs to Illegal Aliens.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/08/31/jd-vance-excoriates-democrats-giving-cdls-illegal-aliens/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Race Over Merit: Higher Education Finds New Ways to Install DEI.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/31/even-after-affirmative-actions-fall-dei-thrives-at-elite-law-schools/
FOX NEWS
— House returns to session as lawmakers face shutdown deadline, socialism resolution.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404389340112
NEWSMAX
— Feds Boot 110 Commercial Driver Training Providers.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/department-of-transportation-sean-duffy-dhs/2026/08/31/id/1267911/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump admin closes 270 truck driving schools for giving licenses to illegal aliens.
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-admin-closes-270-truck-driving-schools-for-giving-licenses-to-illegal-aliens
TOWNHALL
— Trump Blows Up at Reporter Over Question About Iran and Nukes.
https://townhall.com/news/mattvespa/2026/08/31/trump-blows-up-at-reporter-over-question-about-iran-and-nukes-n2682206
— What the Socialists Get Wrong About the Affordability Problem. DD: What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://townhall.com/watch/2026/08/31/what-the-socialists-get-wrong-about-the-affordability-problem-is-everything-n2682233
— Supposed Feminist Kathy Hochul Bends the Knee to Islam.
https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/08/31/kathy-hochul-hijab-n2682161
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF WAR
— Hegseth Says Promotions, Retention to be Based on Meritocracy, Not Quotas. DD: For my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors, meeting/exceeding their race and gender promotion quotas was their top priority. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4318944/hegseth-says-promotions-retention-to-be-based-on-meritocracy-not-quotas/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats propose counter to GOP’s anti-socialism resolution.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6062370-democrats-socialism-resolution/amp/
REUTERS
— Trump’s approval stuck at 33%; Democrats appear more fired up for midterms.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-approval-stuck-33-democrats-appear-more-fired-up-midterms-reutersipsos-2026-08-31/
NEW YOR TIMES
— Army Secretary Resigns After Clashes With Hegseth Over Firings. DD: My critics/opponents were always overjoyed when my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors took adverse actions against me. They were overjoyed when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, got rid of the GAO manager in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986, delayed my promotions and never promoted me to GS-14, and forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. They were overjoyed when my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me to GS-13, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, and got rid of the IRS manager in 1974 who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. They were overjoyed when my Democrat Post Office superiors denied my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/31/us/trump-news
WASHINGTON POST
— Hegseth chose loyalty over leadership — and has crippled the military. The Iran quagmire wouldn’t have happened under Trump’s first-term military leaders.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/08/31/hegseths-purges-pentagon-leaders-threaten-national-security/
WFIN
— DSA leader’s working-class image takes hit as public records pile up contradictions. DD: Neither of my parents 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. My mother never attended high school. My critics/opponent stress that my great grandfather and then my grandfather on my father’s side operated Crete’s only hardware store for many years and that my great grandfather and my grandfather on my mother’s side operated a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border for many years.
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/dsa-leaders-working-class-image-takes-hit-as-public-records-pile-up-contradictions/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Manuel Gordillo, Gordillo’s grandfather, immigrated from Peru to the United States to practice medicine in 1958. After settling in the United States, Manuel met his future wife in St. Louis, and the couple later had Gordillo’s father, Gustavo. The obituary also notes that Gordillo’s grandfather built a successful life as a psychiatrist in Ohio, at one point serving as the president of the Ohio Psychiatric Association, casting doubt on the socialist’s claim that his parents grew up in poverty.)
KNOWLEDGE AT WHARTON
— Why Workplace Success Isn’t Just About Merit. DD: What did your coworkers do to get promoted? To get promoted, my Democrat coworkers in the federal government a) stressed that they were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, b) stressed that they were blindly loyal to the Democrat Party platform, c) painted themselves as being yes-men and yes-women, d) stressed that their spouse, if they had one, had little or no income, e) stressed if they had children, the tremendous amount of time and money they spent raising their children, and f) destroyed their fellow coworkers who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9m8K5nXoAQ
TRUTHOUT
— Trump Calls on FCC to Punish News Orgs That Publish His Bad Polling Numbers. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents and the adverse actions they had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 2000 because I included links in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they do not like.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-calls-on-fcc-to-punish-news-orgs-that-publish-his-bad-polling-numbers/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY STAR
— Merit, not politics, should guide promotions.
https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/merit-not-politics-should-guide-promotions-4255266
August 31, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville’s Last Fling featuring a little of everything — including breakdancing. DD: Democrats and RINOs banished bagpipers from Wheaton’s Independence Day parades because they walk too slow and because they were sponsored by DuPage Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/30/last-fling-naperville-labor-day/
— Bovino was under internal investigation by Border Patrol when he retired. DD: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that my Democrat GAO superiors did not force me to retire because I was an active member in a class action federal lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, but because I discriminated against my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, and/or had performance problems. All my subordinates who my Democrat superiors assigned me to supervise were some, many, most, or virtually all of the aforesaid. They could not get any of them to testify against me because I gave them lots of preference.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/31/bovino-retired-internal-investigation-border-patrol/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump administration announces trucking school crackdown. A new federal task force includes two downstate Illinois federal prosecutors.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/08/31/trump-administration-illinois-trucking-school-crackdown
— Chicago offering $10,000 grants to help support food access on South and West sides.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2026/08/31/chicago-neighborhood-market-10-000-grants-food-access-south-west-sides
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders promote Pritzker’s bus tour.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260831/illinois-state-politics/on-statewide-bus-tour-pritzker-pledges-to-stay-on-team-fight/
ABC7
— Trump asks Supreme Court to allow immediate firing of 29 transgender military service members. DD: Federal courts allowed my Democrat GAO superiors to fire me, that is, to force me to retire, because I was an active member in a class action federal lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/trump-asks-supreme-court-allow-immediate-firing-29-transgender-military-service-members/19770854/
NBC5
— Pritzker says Trump is ‘neither wanted here nor needed here’ ahead of Chicago-area visit. The governor has frequently criticized the president, with the two often exchanging barbs in recent years, particularly over crime in Chicago and immigration policy.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-says-trump-is-neither-wanted-here-nor-needed-here-ahead-of-chicago-area-visit/3983112/
WBEZ
— Chicago offering $10,000 grants to help support food access on South and West sides.
https://www.wbez.org/money/2026/08/31/chicago-neighborhood-market-10-000-grants-food-access-south-west-sides
WQRF
— Illinois food stamp enrollment hits 13-year low following new work requirements.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/illinois-food-stamp-enrollment-hits-133429182.html
ABC4
— Washington Park: Pack of dogs attacks worker on smoke break, mauls him to death in ditch.
https://abcnews4.com/news/nation-world/washington-park-illinois-pack-stray-dogs-attacks-two-people-kills-james-l-gibson-rental-property-smoke-break-residents-report-frequent-escapes-cincinnati-fatal-attacks-mauled-animal-control-says-no-complaints-about-dogs-in-area
ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat employers use Workforce Demographic Reporting a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://dhr.illinois.gov/about-us/news-and-media/all-news/illinois-joins-states-to-urge-eeoc-to-preserve-workforce-demogra.html
DARIEN PATCH
— DD: SPLC manufactures racism to justify its existence.
https://patch.com/illinois/darien-il/group-accused-darien-man-racist-posts-trouble-feds
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/08/31/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-585/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— The Ridiculous “Best of CPS High School List”
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/08/30/the-ridiculous-best-of-cps-high-school-list
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump plans federal pay freeze in 2027, raising hackles among Democrats and unions.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/31/trump-plans-federal-pay-freeze-2027-raising-hackles-among-democrats/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Young Americans need to learn communism’s true history.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4704571/young-americans-need-to-learn-communisms-true-history/
— Octogenarian Ed Markey’s progressive credentials outweigh age concerns in Massachusetts. DD: I remember attending a meeting with Markey when I worked for GAO in the early 1980s.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4704764/seth-moulton-age-ed-markey-massachusetts-senate/
BREITBART
— Pritzker Apologizes for Saying Trump’s Name in Church: ‘I Should Probably Use Code’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/08/31/democrat-gov-jb-pritzker-apologizes-for-saying-trumps-name-in-church-i-should-probably-use-code/
— Biden’s Illegal-Migrant Truckers Killed Hundreds of Americans.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/08/31/markwayne-mullin-bidens-illegal-truckers-have-killed-hundreds-of-americans/
CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Illinois medical school rebrands DEI office as ‘Advocacy and Engagement.’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-illinois-medical-school-rebrands-dei-office-advocacy-engagement/30511
DAILY SIGNAL
— DEI Thrives at Elite Law Schools. DD: DEI is political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/31/even-after-affirmative-actions-fall-dei-thrives-at-elite-law-schools/
FOX BUSINESS
— House GOP anti-socialism resolution forces Democrats on record.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6404365173112
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Don’t Let the Left Make Dolly a Socialist Mascot.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2026/08/31/dont_let_the_left_make_dolly_a_socialist_mascot_1203393.html
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrat leaders blame Trump for the rise of socialism.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/31/dems_demonization_of_trump_to_blame_for_rise_of_socialism_154460.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Republicans ready for very hasty Trump convention in Texas.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6058289-rnc-midterm-convention-dallas/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Postal Service Rule Could Bar Millions From Voting by Mail.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/us/politics/mail-voting-trump-midterms-supreme-court.html
ENTERTAINMENT WEEK
— Trump threatens to report Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker to FCC for ‘punishment.’ DD: I should write about my critics/opponents and the adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 2000 because I included links in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they did not like.
https://ew.com/donald-trump-threatens-nbc-news-kristen-welker-with-punishment-from-fcc-12073377
August 30, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump to attend Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club as tournament’s honorary chairman.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/29/trump-presidents-cup-chicago-honorary-chairman/
— Noncitizen voting claims animate President Trump’s attacks on midterms and set up potential result challenges. DD: Noncitizens have tremendous motivations to vote for Democrats because Democrats give noncitizens tremendous benefits.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/29/noncitizen-voting-claims-midterms/
— First electric commuter trains improved the air, spurred South Side development. DD: In 1971, I rode in very old electric train cars to get from Crete to my new job working for IRS in the Loop. In 1973, I rode in new electric double-decker train cars to get from my townhome in University Park to my job IRS there. In the interim, I worked for IRS in its Harvey, 63rd and Halsted, and Joliet offices.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/30/vintage-tribune-electric-trains/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The Illinois Central Railroad’s suburban service had been electrified!” the Tribune exclaimed a day after four modern steel electric trains smoothly and noiselessly pulled into the Roosevelt Street depot in August 1926.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/08/29/trump-postal-service-mail-in-voting-supreme-court-marc-morial
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/08/28/trumps-blitz-on-chicago-targeting-the-worst-of-the-worst-only-detained-five-murderers-in-68-days
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Dillard presided over his final RTA board meeting Aug. 20. The new Northern Illinois Transit Authority replaces the RTA, effective Sept. 1.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260829/transportation/its-all-teed-up-dillards-last-stop-as-rta-chief-comes-as-new-agency-rises/
FOX32
— Tyson Foods shuts down Illinois meatpacking plant: cattle shortage or bad business climate?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-6hoy7ej7g5ij5rbp
WAND TV
— Noncitizen voting claims animate Trump’s attacks on midterms and set up potential result challenges. DD: Noncitizens have tremendous motivations to vote for Democrats because Democrats give noncitizens tremendous benefits.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/noncitizen-voting-claims-animate-trumps-attacks-on-midterms-and-set-up-potential-result-challenges/article_0840ced5-c2f9-5e7f-b46d-b819cc07d8bb.html
KWQC
— Pritzker: Illinois is going to ‘fight like hell’ to find buyer for Joslin plant.
https://www.kwqc.com/2026/08/30/pritzker-illinois-is-going-fight-like-hell-find-buyer-joslin-plant/?outputType=amp
CHICAGO MAROON
— UChicago Enrolled More Male, Fewer Black Undergraduates Last Year.
https://chicagomaroon.com/53303/news/uchicago-enrolled-more-male-fewer-black-undergraduates-last-year/
JOLIET PATCH
— Joliet’s Black community pride was on display in a big way in downtown Joliet as Saturday afternoon marked the return of the Black Joy Parade celebrating Black Excellence in the community.
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/13-amazing-photos-joliets-black-joy-parade-celebrating-black-excellence-our-diverse
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Chicago’s Political Dogs Walking Stiff-Legged Into Mayoral Race
https://johnkassnews.com/letting-my-big-mouth-do-the-talking/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What generation are you? I am a Baby Boomer. I was born in 1948. If I had been a Millennial or a Gen Z, because of my bad demographics, I would not have been able to accomplish what I did. I am White, male, conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. Because of ever-increasing Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, because of ever-increasing discrimination against those who share demographics, I would not have been able to a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree (management) when I was 21 in 1970, b) earn job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance) when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) earn job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting) when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) earn a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32. The Post office, Firestone Stores, IRS, and GAO would not have hired me when I was 18, 21, 22, and 31. IRS would not have promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25. GAO would not have promoted me when I was 38. I would not have been able to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. or collector cars when I was 40 and 45. I would not have been able to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. I would not have gotten married when I was 29. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— AOC renews DSA membership after 7-year lapse.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/29/aoc-renews-dsa-membership-7-year-lapse/
— A Honduran immigrant who earlier this year was convicted of blocking ICE operations now stands accused of illegally registering to vote in California.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/29/noncitizen-who-disrupted-ice-charged-illegally-registering-vote/
— Delusional DSA commemorates ‘fighter’ Fidel Castro.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/29/delusional-dsa-commemorates-fighter-fidel-castro/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialism didn’t die with the Soviets — Mamdani just brought it to City Hall.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4694926/mamdani-socialism-private-property-threat-new-york-city/
— Socialists fail math: Everyone can’t ride for free — so no one should. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Socialist leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to advance is to be a socialist. Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that under Democrats, all you need to do to advance is to be a Democrat. That destroys motivation and meritocracy. None of my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO coworkers came close to doing what I did to advance. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4694556/free-rider-problem-welfare-state-socialism-immanuel-kant/
— Those who wish to breezily dismiss or ridicule the left-wing Democratic Socialists of America amid the organization’s ongoing hostile takeover efforts against the Democratic Party do so at their peril.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4701113/the-revolution-will-not-be-peaceful/
NEW YORK POST
— ‘Illegal alien’ Milo Yiannopoulos kicked out of US one day after getting nabbed by ICE at airport.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/29/us-news/milo-yiannopoulos-deported-from-us-after-getting-nabbed-by-ice-at-airport/
— DSA’s ‘noblesse oblige’ motto isn’t just hypocrisy — it’s downright racist. DD: According to Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. 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. When I was 19 in 1968, my Democrat Post Office superiors came to realize that I would never become a Democrat and proceed to get rid of me. When I was 25 in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors came to realize that I would never become a Democrat and proceed to get rid of me. When I was 40 in 1988, my Democrat GAO superiors came to realize that I would never become a Democrat and proceed to get rid of me. According to my aforesaid superiors, I held jobs that should have been held by Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, or veteran.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/29/opinion/dsas-noblesse-oblige-isnt-just-hypocrisy-its-downright-racist/
— Sen. Ed Markey, 80, defies call for new blood — as 43% doubt centrist Dem is mentally, physically capable of serving out his term. DD: I remember attending a meeting with Markey when I worked for GAO in the early 1980s.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/29/us-news/markey-80-defies-call-for-new-blood-as-43-doubt-dem-is-capable-of-serving-his-term/
— Married Lyons Township Clerk Elyse Hoffenberg, 51, beats ‘blackmailers’ to the punch by publishing footage of scandalous kiss with Bridgeview mayor.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/29/us-news/married-illinois-politician-drops-smooch-video-after-alleged-blackmail-plot/
— Socialists offer more of the same decay while LA crumbles in the dark.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/29/opinion/inside-the-14b-los-angeles-governance-failure/
— NYC socialist leaders caught living large, quietly collecting millions from real estate flips.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/29/us-news/dsa-leader-sold-luxe-nyc-triplex-for-nearly-2-5-million-used-profits-to-buy-pad-in-brooklyn/
AMAC
— Universities Push AI Tools As Trojan Horse for DEI Agenda.
https://amac.us/newsline/report-universities-push-ai-tools-as-trojan-horse-for-dei-agenda
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— The Path Ahead for Welfare Reform. Our opportunity-focused safety net will reinforce the social norm of personal responsibility, which starts with employment for those who are able. The 1996 law was formally called the “Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act” for good reason. Its legacy should continue to advance that critical goal.
https://www.aei.org/commentary/the-path-ahead-for-welfare-reform/
AMERICAN PROSPECT
— How the Republican Party Forgot It Was Conservative. DD: Trump would not have won the Republican primary in 2016 if he had not promised Phyllis Schlafly that he would defend and advance the Republican Party platform if elected.
https://prospect.org/2026/03/27/apr-2026-magazine-how-republican-party-forgot-it-was-conservative/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Woke’ is poised to come roaring back with a vengeance.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/08/29/insider-dont-look-now-but-woke-is-poised-to-come-roaring-back-with-a-vengeance-1656801/
BLAZE
— DEI refuses to die.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/dei-refuses-to-die
BREITBART
— Top Democrat: Migrant Crime Is a ‘Fake Problem.’ DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/08/29/top-democrat-migrant-crime-is-a-fake-problem/
DAILY CALLER
— Major Corporations Are Keeping ‘Woke 1.0’ Alive.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/08/29/consumers-research-report-claims-corporations-embrace-diversity-equity-inclusion-practices/
DAILY WIRE
— Socialist Leader’s Immigrant Sob Story Keeps Getting Harder To Believe. The NYC DSA co-chair has portrayed his parents as penniless immigrants, but public records suggest otherwise.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/socialist-leaders-immigrant-sob-story-keeps-getting-harder-to-believe
— DD: My critics/opponents have always been woke, are woke, and always will be woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/michael-knowles-show-woke-right-debate
FOX NEWS
— Steve Moore: Socialism creates ruination and deprivation.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404285560112
— Mark Levin: Socialism requires the control of the entire individual. DD: According to my critics/opponents, “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” Of course, I take that as a badge of honor. My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404287607112
— Colorado congressman introduces House measure condemning all forms of socialism amid DSA rise.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republican-aims-put-democrats-record-over-dsa-resolution-condemning-socialism
— Socialists use the STRONG ARM of a police state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StqJ6R42X28
JONATHAN TURLEY
— “Institutionalist” Becomes the New “Oligarch” Label for the Far Left.
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/08/29/f-that-noise-institutionalist-becomes-in-the-new-oligarch-label-for-the-far-left/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— TX High Schoolers Could Soon Be Subjected to ‘Woke’ Finance Course That Promotes ‘Racial Justice.’ “…in reality, NGPF’s curriculum is a vessel for socialist propaganda and woke ideology that rejects the American notion of equality.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/08/tx-high-schoolers-could-soon-be-subjected-to-woke-finance-course-that-promotes-racial-justice/
PJ MEDIA
— Each Fake Asylum Claim Costs As Much As Treating One Pediatric Cancer Patient.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/08/29/miller-each-fake-asylum-claim-case-costs-same-as-treating-one-pediatric-cancer-patient-n4956695
TOWNHALL
— Trump Admin Is Setting Sights on States That Give Massive Tuition Discounts to Illegal Aliens.
https://townhall.com/news/josephchalfant/2026/08/29/the-trump-admin-is-setting-sights-on-states-who-give-massive-tuition-discounts-to-illegal-aliens-n2682110
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump rejects traditional conservatism, embraces a Republican version of socialism. DD: Trump would not have won the Republican primary in 2016 if he had not promised Phyllis Schlafly that he would defend and advance the Republican Party platform if elected.
https://thehill.com/opinion/5870607-trump-republican-socialism-democrats/
CBS NEWS
— U.S. military uses laser to shoot down 3 cartel drones at southern border.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-military-laser-shoots-down-cartel-drones-southern-border-pentagon/
NBC NEWS
— Mike Pence says the Trump administration has ‘departed’ from conservative principles. DD: Trump would not have won the Republican primary in 2016 if he had not promised Phyllis Schlafly that he would defend and advance the Republican Party platform if elected.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/mike-pence-trump-departed-conservative-principles-anti-weaponization-rcna347743
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Influencers Have a Lot to Say About Politics. Many Are Quietly Paid for It. Their videos have proliferated on social media, but the payments are frequently hidden from viewers. DD: My direct competitors continue to be furious that I have the money, time, motivation, ability, and experience to put together and send out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter every day without a paywall, without any advertising, and without any donation requests. All the money that I spend putting the newsletters together and sending them out comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings. Far too many of my direct competitors destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/us/politics/campaigns-paid-influencers.html
— DD: My critics/opponents have always been woke, are woke, and always will be woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/opinion/wokeism-restitution.html
— Thankful for. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I am not thankful enough for what I have. According to them, I have what I have because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/briefing/what-youre-thankful-for.html
— Is This a New Era of Class Warfare? DD: According to my critics/opponents, I have always had too much money. They have always knowingly, outrageously, disgustingly, and falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were filthy rich and that is why I was able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, get accepted by UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license. They have always known that I had to work my way through college.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/opinion/class-warfare-violence.html
— It’s One Parking Spot in New York City. What Could It Cost, $250,000? Some New Yorkers are willing to pay condo-like prices for a bit of concrete convenience. DD: I have owned an Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville since 2020. Feel free to contact me about owning one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/nyregion/private-parking-spots-new-york-city.html
— DD: Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Blacks that Republicans caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Backs had, have, and will have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/realestate/washington-state-redlining-covenant-homeownership.html
TAMPA FREE PRESS
— Fetterman Rips Dem Socialists As ‘Deeply Unserious Hypocrites.’
https://www.tampafp.com/pennsylvania-sen-john-fetterman-rips-dem-socialists-as-deeply-unserious-hypocrites/
UNION BULLETIN
— Dolly Parton stood up for undocumented immigrants when few others would.
https://www.union-bulletin.com/opinion/opinion_columns/commentary-dolly-parton-stood-up-for-undocumented-immigrants-when-few-others-would/article_c7412eb3-8b39-446a-b22b-7101df4effaa.html
HARVARD GAZETTE
— Gen Z puts high priority on jobs with meaning, purpose, but sees daunting hurdles. DD: The purposes that the Post Office (delivering mail), IRS (collecting taxes), and GAO (fighting government waste, abuse, and fraud) have helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors to waste my career and get rid of me.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/08/gen-z-puts-high-priority-on-jobs-with-meaning-purpose-but-sees-daunting-hurdles/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Chicago, Illinois mass shooting reports: At least 8 people shot near Washington Park. Reports of a mass shooting near Washington Park in Chicago, Illinois, have surfaced on social media.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/chicago-illinois-mass-shooting-reports-at-least-8-people-shot-near-washington-park-101788072984697.html
MEAWW
— ‘Big, big trouble’: Trump delivers new warning about Democrats. Trump said he had previously discussed socialism but argued that Democrats’ policies were ‘largely communism’ and ‘very dangerous’ for the country.
https://news.meaww.com/big-big-trouble-trump-delivers-new-warning-about-democrats
INDEPENDENT
— Consequences. DD: Since the 1960s, negative consequences have increased for being conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and/or having ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, those negative consequences have increased for being White, male, and/or older. Those who are not the aforesaid and those who curry favor with those who are not the aforesaid ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are the aforesaid as being racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/candace-cameron-bure-religion-hollywood-b3039652.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
HR EXECUTIVE
— 1 in 3 employees say retirement is out of reach. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension, currently $68,640/year, since I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. Further, I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. Further, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://hrexecutive.com/1-in-3-employees-say-retirement-is-out-of-reach/
ABC11
— Teacher can buy dream car after $10M scratch-off win. DD: What is your dream car? My dream car is a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, as it came from the factory, numbers matching/correct, like new, 440 or 426, automatic, blue exterior, black vinyl roof, black leather interior, and air conditioning. There was one at the recent Wheaton concours with virtually all of the aforesaid. I owned a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 1994-2005 and a 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1971.
https://abc11.com/post/chatham-county-woman-can-buy-dream-car-10m-scratch-off-win/19755056/
August 28, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Congressional committee requests information on Chicago Public Schools’ gender policies and curriculum.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/congressional-committee-requests-information-chicago-231100746.html
— Collin Corbett: Illinois’ ethics oversight system is broken. Here’s how to fix it..
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/28/opinion-illinois-ethics-oversight-michael-mccuskey/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Kiss video at center of Lyons Township FOIA fight could impact Cook County Board, Congress races.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/27/kiss-video-lyons-fight-cook-county-board-congress/
DAILY HERALD
— Ask — and explain. Cornered DuPage board deserves answers on clerk’s election-spending needs.
https://www.dailyherald.com/opinion/
NBC5
— 374K Cook County residents have requested mail-in ballots amid court fight.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/374000-cook-county-residents-have-requested-mail-in-votes-despite-trump-executive-order/3981555/
WGN9
— Chicago Scholars guiding students to career success. DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have majored in accounting. I erroneously thought that I could never pass the CPA examination. But I did pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But by then it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-scholars-guiding-students-to-career-success/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— As midterm elections approach, Republican candidates weigh how closely to align with Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-as-midterm-elections-approach-republican-candidates-weigh-how-closely-to-align-with-trump/
POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— DuPage County to Host Special Call Meeting to Address Election Funding.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2026/08/28/dupage-county-to-host-special-call-meeting-to-address-election-funding/160707
WHEATON PATCH
— ‘I Was Cheated Out Of A Fair Playing Field:’ DuPage County Clerk. Clerk Jean Kaczmarek is alleging campaign finance violations were made to benefit Paula Deacon Garcia, who won the 2026 primary election.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/i-was-cheated-out-fair-playing-field-dupage-county-clerk
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Closing the tourist visa loophole.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4702584/close-tourist-visa-loophole/
NEW YORK POST
— It’s the socialism, stupid: The DSA may cost Dems their blue wave.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/27/opinion/the-dsa-may-cost-democrats-their-blue-wave/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Welfare Reform 30 Years Later: How Has Government Assistance Changed?
https://cosm.aei.org/welfare-reform-30-years-later-how-has-government-assistance-changed/
https://www.aei.org/commentary/the-path-ahead-for-welfare-reform/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Dolly Parton versus the Democratic Socialists. The lesson Dolly Parton leaves us is a better one than what the DSA is selling.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/08/dolly-parton-versus-the-democratic-socialists/
— We will always love Dolly Parton’s America. Dolly Parton embodied America’s graciousness and kindness in everything she did.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/08/we-will-always-love-dolly-parton-s-america/
BLAZE
— Still OK with a candidate who calls Sharia criticism ‘white supremacy’?
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/pat-gray-unleashed/the-candidate-who-calls-sharia-criticism-white-supremacy
BREITBART
— Portland: 80% of Fentanyl Trafficking Arrests Are Illegal Migrants from Honduras.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/08/27/portland-80-of-fentanyl-trafficker-arrests-are-illegal-migrants-from-honduras/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— ‘Academic crisis’: California GOP joins battle to quickly reinstate SAT for college admissions. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I got a higher ACT score (24), graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and got accepted by UIC because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against my peers who were minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/academic-crisis-california-gop-joins-battle-to-quickly-reinstate-sat-for-college-admissions/
— George Washington medical school offers course to ‘change racist culture.’ DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, females, younger people, etc., Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/george-washington-medical-school-offers-course-to-change-racist-culture/
— Michigan State University opens $38 million ‘sanctuary’ for ‘minorities.’ DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, females, younger people, etc., Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans oppress them. My critics/opponents who are the aforesaid absolutely believe that Republicans oppress them.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/michigan-state-u-opens-38-million-sanctuary-for-minorities/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Rubio Puts Merit Over Seniority in Foreign Service Shake-Up. DD: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors never put seniority over merit. They put being Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran over being Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/27/rubio-reform-foreign-service/
— Dolly Parton, RIP: The Story of Her Most Famous Song Embodies Her Life Story—and the American Dream.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/27/dolly-parton-rip-most-famous-song-embodies-her-life-story-daily-signal-dolly-parton/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Parton was born dirt poor in 1946 to a loving family in the mountains of Tennessee. Her father couldn’t read or write, and often worked two jobs to make ends meet, but he inspired her strong work ethos. It was her mother who instilled in young Parton her love of music.)
FOX BUSINESS
— ‘A PACK OF LIES’: Florida congressman UNLOADS on socialism’s affordability promises.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMbmJj7DiLA
FOX NEWS
— Mail-voting crackdown moves ahead as Trump court win opens door to federal action. Federal agencies including USPS can now proceed with election-integrity order as states prepare fresh lawsuits.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mail-voting-crackdown-moves-ahead-trump-court-win-opens-door-federal-action?lid=5u6tm9mz7rhh
TOWNHALL
— States can prevent socialism’s spread by enforcing accurate education on communism in public schools.
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/08/28/states-can-help-nip-socialism-in-the-bud-n2682050
— Socialism: The Greatest Rebrand in Political History.
https://townhall.com/columnists/shabbos-kestenbaum/2026/08/28/socialism-the-greatest-rebrand-in-political-history-n2682049
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
YAHOO
— For Gen Z the American Dream Has No Borders. 82% of Gen Zs in the U.S. already see themselves as part of a global workforce. More than half of Gen Z would choose the world’s best company to work for over the best company in America. 64% said they would be very or extremely interested in temporary work opportunities in another country. 65% said they would be more likely to work for a company that demonstrates an ethical understanding of AI’s impact on people and communities. Only 19% gave Corporate America an ‘A.’ DD: What do Gen Zs think of you and why?
https://finance.yahoo.com/small-business/articles/gen-z-american-dream-no-120000693.html
— DOJ says George Washington University prioritized race over merit. DD: My critics/opponents have always prioritized a) liberals and moderates over conservatives, b) Democrats and RINOs over Republicans, c) non-Whites over Whites, d) women over men, e) younger people over older people, f) veterans over non-veterans, g) non-Protestants over Protestants, h) non-German Americans over German Americans, i) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time over those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and j) noncitizens over citizens.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/doj-says-george-washington-prioritized-212620947.html
NEWSWEEK
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-underwater-issues-poll-12373563
NEW YORK TIMES
— Republicans Caught in a Bind With Trump as Midterms Near. The president’s pull with the party base has been clear and his resources are vast. But his low approval ratings make him a liability with swing voters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/us/politics/trump-midterm-election-republicans.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/opinion/trump-canada-trade-war-dolly-parton.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Media’s Lawfare Enabling. Legal journalists who know better cheer on meritless lawsuits against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-medias-lawfare-enabling-c54905c4
— What JD Vance Gets Wrong About Hamilton. The vice president rejects Milton Friedman’s free-market principles in favor of bigger government.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-jd-vance-gets-wrong-about-hamilton-b4eed1f1
— We the People Want Serious Welfare Reform. Congress may hem and haw, but the popular consensus is behind accountability and efficiency.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/we-the-people-want-serious-welfare-reform-91ec8522
FORBES
— Despite Recent Headlines, Most Colleges Remain Test-Optional For Admissions. 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. If I had not passed the postal employment test and earned a high school diploma, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me. If I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not earned job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors might very well have succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1993 instead of 1997.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2026/08/28/despite-recent-headlines-most-colleges-remain-test-optional-for-admissions/
— Long-Term Affordability: Finding The Cheapest New Vehicles To Own. DD: My critics/opponents could blast me for my buying a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17 in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 instead buying of affordable cars. They could argue that I could have been studying instead washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assemble line in 1970, and pumping more gasoline 1971-1972 to pay for the aforesaid cars.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimgorzelany/2026/08/27/long-term-affordability-finding-the-cheapest-new-vehicles-to-own/
MOTLEY FOOL
— What Current Inflation Hints About Social Security’s 2027 COLA. Retirees may find a silver lining to the current inflation they’re facing. DD: What has helped you deal with inflation? COLAs have helped me deal with inflation big time. My critics/opponents are furious that I got COLAs while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I have continued to get COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997 and as a Social Security recipient since 2010.
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2026/08/27/what-current-inflation-hints-about-social-security/
REALTOR
— Retirees Get 265% of What They Paid Into Social Security—but Will Young Americans? DD: My critics/opponents are furious that I get $18,712/year Social Security in addition to a $68,640/year Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. But I paid into Social Security for 10 years and I paid into CSRS for almost 30 tears.
https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/social-security-benefits-generational-wealth-divide/
FAST COMPANY
— Coworkers. DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government painted themselves as being grossly underpaid. They decried their spouses having little or no income. They decried the costs of child raising. They were full of envy and were ever-increasingly envious of my and my wife’s income and assets.
https://www.fastcompany.com/video/91594997/what-to-do-if-your-coworker-is-lying
OPM
— Last Year’s Workforce Reductions Were Real. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1960-1997, Republicans reduced the agency’s workforce by 50%. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me viciously for that.
https://www.opm.gov/news/secrets-of-opm/last-year-s-workforce-reductions-were-real/
OPM & FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Hey Siri, Hire a Federal Employee. Okay, we’re not quite there yet, but we are helping move the federal government a whole lot closer. Every federal agency is now capable of adopting AI in the hiring process. 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. If I had not passed the postal employment test and earned a high school diploma, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me. If I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not earned job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors might very well have succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1993 instead of 1997.
https://www.opm.gov/news/secrets-of-opm/hey-siri-hire-a-federal-employee/
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/08/opm-calls-for-wider-ai-adoption-in-federal-hiring-process/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Unions: OPM’s suitability and performance management overhauls assert ‘plenary’ authority over federal firing. A coalition of labor groups sued the Trump administration Monday, arguing recent moves to centralize authority within the Office of Personnel Management and insert subjective criteria into employee evaluations amount to an end-run around the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used the subjectivity in their employee evaluation procedures to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/08/unions-opms-suitability-performance-management-overhauls-plenary-authority/415635/?oref=ge-topic-lander-featured-river
NFFE
— Trump attacks federal workers again. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 29 years.
https://www.nffe.org/news/trump-attacks-federal-workers-again/
NEWS ITEM
— Few Democratic Socialists are blue collar.
https://www.newsitem.com/opinion/columnists/few-democratic-socialists-are-blue-collar/article_e286c9ab-21d2-439c-b77b-8fdd88f129e9.html
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, females, younger people, etc., Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.creators.com/read/mona-charen/08/26/they-will-try-to-steal-the-2026-elections
GOVERNING
— DD: To promote DEI is to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.governing.com/management-and-administration/why-we-still-need-diversity-in-public-contracting
PENSION POLICY INTERNATIONAL
— 80% of Americans Say U.S. Faces Retirement Crisis. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension, currently $68,640/year, since I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. Further, I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. Further, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.pensionpolicyinternational.com/80-of-americans-say-u-s-faces-retirement-crisis-amid-affordability-pressures-and-debt-americans-wary-of-ai-financial-advice-and-crypto-in-retirement-plans/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— 90% of Colleges Don’t Require Test Scores for 2026–27. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I got a higher ACT score (24), graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and got accepted by UIC because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against my peers who were minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2026/08/28/90-colleges-dont-require-test-scores-2026-27
NPR
— DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are noncitizens.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DD: Illegals are motivated to use their false identifications to vote for Democrats because Democrats give illegals tremendous benefits.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/non-citizen-voting-trump-new-york-city-local-law-11.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
CORVETTE STORE
— Eric Stalfort’s 2005 C6 Corvette Coupe. DD: I have owned my 2005 Corvette Coupe since 2005. Please let me know if you share my interest in C6 (2005-2013) Corvettes. Sadly, because I lacked money and garage space in 2005, to buy and garage that car, I sold my 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car and my 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS collector car.
https://www.corvettestoreonline.com/blogs/customer-spotlights/fan-friday-eric-stalforts-2005-daytona-sunset-orange-c6-corvette-coupe
August 27, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A suburban challenge to Chicago’s monopoly on Lake Michigan water makes major waves
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/editorial-suburban-challenge-chicago-monopoly-100000841.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/08/26/lawmakers-advocates-allege-chicago-immigration-court-violated-due-process-for-minors-handed-removal-orders
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/08/26/defense-attorney-wants-broadview-6-prosecutor-on-the-stand-in-cbp-sex-assault-case-she-hasnt-testified
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/illinois-leaders-slam-immigration-court/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Will Supreme Court’s order on mail-in ballots impact voting in Illinois?
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/will-supreme-courts-order-on-mail-in-ballots-impact-voting-in-illinois/
NCTV17
— DuPage County Board, clerk at odds over November election funding.
https://www.nctv17.org/news/dupage-county-board-clerk-at-odds-over-november-election-funding/amp/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Corbett Plays Gender Card in Campaign for Governor on Women’s Equality Day.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/26/corbett-plays-gender-card-in-campaign-for-governor-on-womens-equality-day/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois Review Calls for Attorney General Probe Into Possible Deletion of Lyons Township FOIA Video.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/08/illinois-review-calls-for-attorney-general-probe-into-possible-deletion-of-lyons-township-foia-video.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— AOC renews DSA membership after yearslong break ahead of possible 2028 bid.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4701610/aoc-rejoins-democratic-socialists-2028-after-lapsed-membership-since-2019/
ADVOCATES FOR SELF GOVERNMENT
— 10 DSA Arguments for Socialism and Why They Fail.
https://www.theadvocates.org/socialism-cant-abolish-scarcity/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Air Force awarded nearly $750,000 for AI-powered DEI training tool under Biden.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/08/26/air-force-awarded-nearly-750000-for-ai-powered-dei-training-tool-under-biden-1656412/
— Hillary says bring on the socialist ‘experiment’ as Democrats chase young voters.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/08/26/hillary-says-bring-on-the-socialist-experiment-as-democrats-chase-young-voters-1656425/
BREITBART
— Gun Control Support Falls Among Likely U.S. Voters.
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/08/26/rasmussen-gun-control-support-falls-among-likely-u-s-voters/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Cal State San Bernardino requires DEI statement for baseball coaching job.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/cal-state-san-bernardino-requires-dei-statement-baseball-coaching-job/30482
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Employment Effects of Immigration Enforcement. DD: Unlike my critics/opponents, because my parents lacked money, I had to compete against noncitizens for jobs. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://cis.org/Academic-Articles/Employment-Effects-Immigration-Enforcement-Initial-Assessment
COLLEGE FIX
— Slavery does not explain black-white health disparities.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/bulletin-board/no-slavery-does-not-explain-black-white-health-disparities/
DAILY SIGNAL
— We Need to Stop Letting in Ungrateful Immigrants.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/26/victor-davis-hanson-we-need-to-stop-letting-in-ungrateful-immigrants/
DAILY WIRE
— Why Global Jihad Remains Invisible To The West.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-global-jihad-remains-invisible-to-the-west
FOX BUSINESS
— Democrats continue to embrace socialists in key races.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6404092708112
— RICH ELITES: Socialists are PRETENDING to help working class.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3r0c6VpXY18
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Inflated Federal Pay: How Americans Are Overtaxed to Overpay the Civil Service. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I have always been grossly overpaid. They stress that I was a federal union member for almost 12 years, almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and almost 9 years while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. In today’s dollars, a) my Post Office salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour and b) my IRS salary increased from $56,409/year to $113,402/year. In my defense, during that time, I stress that I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, I earned an MBA in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. In today’s dollars, while I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my salary increased from $89,703/year to $154,682/year. In my defense, during that time, I stress that I earned a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, earned four more job-elated professional certifications, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading.
https://www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/report/inflated-federal-pay-how-americans-are-overtaxed-overpay-the-civil-service
HOT AIR
— DD: Wokeness is not in remission. My critics/opponents are woke.
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/08/26/wokeness-is-in-remission-but-leftists-have-not-been-cured-n3818391
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Hillary Clinton Suggests Rise of Socialism in the Democratic Party is ‘Healthy.’
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/08/hillary-clinton-suggests-rise-of-socialism-in-the-democratic-party-is-healthy/
NEWS BUSTERS
— Violent Socialists Have Taken Over Messaging for Democrats.
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/steve-malzberg/2026/08/26/cnns-jennings-rips-violent-socialists-who-have-taken-over
NEWSMAX
— The Left Clears the Way for Crime.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/katie-gorka-virginia-crime-left-policies/2026/08/26/id/1267449/
— 9 Weeks Left: Reframe Election to ‘Capitalism vs. Socialism’ for a Win. DD: Are the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct stressing that to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism?
https://www.newsmax.com/mclaughlin/capitalism-midterm-socialism/2026/08/26/id/1267365/
— America Doesn’t Guarantee Parity of Outcomes, and Shouldn’t. DD: My critics/opponents want equal outcome, that is, they reject equal opportunity. They want race and gender based preference giving. According to them, all the problems that minorities and females have are caused by Whites and men.
https://www.newsmax.com/judddunning/mao-marxism-truman/2026/08/26/id/1267399/
— Socialism Among History’s Greatest Failures.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rudy-giuliani-socialism-new-york-city/2026/08/26/id/1267388/
— Mamdani’s socialism has to lead to dictatorship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PImjnhUb_UA
PJ MEDIA
— The DSA’s Revolution Will Be Funded by Mom and Dad.
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/08/26/the-dsas-revolution-will-be-funded-by-mom-and-dad-n4956502
REASON
— The GOP Is Becoming Anti-Conservative.
https://reason.com/podcast/2026/03/04/jonah-goldberg-the-gop-is-becoming-anti-conservative/
TOWNHALL
— The Case for Reparations Is Officially Closed.
https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/08/26/mehdi-hasan-reparations-vip-n2681937
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One of the worst ideas the Left has ever had is that of reparations. The notion that people who didn’t commit atrocities must give money to people who didn’t experience atrocities in the name of historical fairness has always been a steaming pile of bull dung. As I have often said: I was born in 1983, not 1683. I didn’t own slaves; my ancestors didn’t own slaves. I grew up not benefiting from slavery in any way, shape, or form. Paying for slavery, therefore, is not my responsibility.)
— The DSA Civil War Being Fought on Wikipedia.
https://townhall.com/columnists/theodore-cazals/2026/08/27/the-dsa-civil-war-being-fought-on-wikipedia-n2681991
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ROLL CALL
— Facebook Hires Ex-GOP Senator To Advise On Anti-Conservative Bias.
https://rollcall.com/2018/05/04/facebook-hires-ex-gop-senator-to-advise-on-anti-conservative-bias/
CNN
— State Dept. looking to sell US embassy artwork official called ‘very woke.’
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/26/us/video/wiley-woke-artwork-vrtc-digvid
CNBC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and family.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5MKgZ24ZtE
— Working your way through college is practically impossible now. DD: I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying during my junior and senior years in high school. My ACT score and GPA suffered. I spent far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying during my first 3 years in college. My GPA suffered.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/23/20-best-cities-for-students-working-their-way-through-college.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Those who promote woke destroy those who do not promote woke. My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Christian, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/opinion/woke-right-trump-free-speech.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Republicans accuse Facebook of anti-conservative bias.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/republicans-accuse-facebook-of-anti-conservative-bias/2018/04/11/05628bc2-3db9-11e8-955b-7d2e19b79966_video.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— JD Vance Is the GOP’s Obama. He and the former president have much in common. And both disdain Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/jd-vance-is-the-gops-obama-2e35f480
FORBES
— What To Do When You Envy Your Colleague’s Success. DD: My coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. While I could not change my race, gender, age, or veteran status, I could have become a Democrat. But I refused to do that.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronashkenas/2014/12/12/what-to-do-when-you-envy-your-colleagues-success/
— OK Boomers, About That Working-Through-College Thing. DD: I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying during my junior and senior years in high school. My ACT score and GPA suffered. I spent far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying during my first 3 years in college. My GPA suffered.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickwwatson/2019/12/09/ok-boomers-about-that-working-through-college-thing/
24/7 WALL STREET
— Medicare Part B Went Up 9.7% This Year. Your Social Security Raise Was 2.8%.
https://247wallst.com/investing/etf/2026/08/26/medicare-part-b-went-up-9-7-this-year-your-social-security-raise-was-2-8-these-3-etfs-close-the-gap/
FREE PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) blame capitalism for everyone’s problems and b) promote socialism to fix those problems.
https://www.thefp.com/p/honesty-project-capitalism-socialism-americans
CITY AND STATE
— AOC rejoined DSA this month after 7-year absence. The socialist standard-bearer apparently forgot to renew her annual DSA membership when it expired in 2019.
https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/08/aoc-rejoined-dsa-month-after-7-year-absence/415648/
WINSTON SALEM JOURNAL
— Will Black voters save the Democratic Party from socialism?
https://journalnow.com/opinion/column/article_47bdf39b-d6ca-56a1-bc2a-f3c40bb9b795.html
SPECTRUM NEWS
— Students working far more hours to pay for tuition than those 30 years ago. DD: I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying during my junior and senior years in high school. My ACT score and GPA suffered. I spent far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying during my first 3 years in college. My GPA suffered.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2023/02/09/students-have-to-tack-on-more-hours-of-work-to-afford-college-tuition-
COURTHOUSE NEWS
— Unions sue over new rules expanding feds power to fire workers. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. According to the courts, that is OK.
https://www.courthousenews.com/unions-sue-over-new-rules-expanding-feds-power-to-fire-workers/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— GAO finds 96% of DOGE’s claimed savings on federal grants cannot be verified.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/08/gao-finds-96-of-doges-claimed-savings-on-federal-grants-cannot-be-verified/
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RETIREMENT SECURITY
— 80% of Americans Say U.S. Faces Retirement Crisis. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension, currently $68,640/year, since I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. Further, I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. Further, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/80-of-americans-say-us-faces-retirement-crisis-amid-affordability-pressures-and-debt-americans-wary-of-ai-financial-advice-and-crypto-in-retirement-plans-302860171.html
INVESTOPEDIA
— The College Majors Facing the Highest Unemployment Rates. DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have majored in accounting. I erroneously thought that I could never pass the CPA examination. But I did pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979, earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But by then it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://www.investopedia.com/the-college-majors-facing-the-highest-unemployment-rates-in-today-s-challenging-job-market-12062003
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Wealthy students with high standardized test scores make up the majority of students at the most selective universities. DD: My critics/opponents have always knowingly, outrageously, disgustingly, and falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were filthy rich and that is why I was able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, get accepted by UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license. They have always known that I had to work my way through college.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2026/08/27/new-paper-takes-aim-meritocratic-admissions-policies
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
— Champion of the Oppressed. DD: My critics/opponents paint minorities, females, and younger people as being oppressed and paint themselves as being champions of the oppressed.
https://online.ucpress.edu/jrpc/article-abstract/29/2/132/204315/Champion-of-the-OppressedRedescribing-the?redirectedFrom=fulltext
PHYS
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, minorities, females, and younger people are oppressed by Whites, males, and older people. My critic/opponents paint themselves as being champions for minorities, females, and younger people.
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-appropriated-racial-oppression-black-parents.html
MEDIATE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederates.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/house-democrat-says-confederacy-still-185729081.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY TELEGRAPH
— Socialists took over the Democratic Party.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/michael-knowles-socialists-took-over-the-democratic-party/video/fa388abe1182d9c0d09080422d3abfec