FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/immigrant-children-could-face-court-hearings-without-lawyers-chicago-attorneys-warn/3969082/
CBS2
— Democrats in Congress demand training, vetting information on ICE agent who killed immigrant in Maine. DD: IRS would not have hired me to be a Revenue Officer when I was 22 in 1971 if I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business and had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. The first 6 months I worked for IRS was in classroom training.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-congress-ice-maine-shooting-letter-training-vetting/
— People with disabilities fear service cuts as Trump’s DOJ questions legal protections. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they had me supervise all the disabled employees they hired.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-doj-disability-rights-home-care/
— Noisy motorcycle caravans creating chaos downtown, raising safety concerns from neighbors.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/motorcycle-caravans-dan-ryan-expressway-south-loop-downtown/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A caravan of hundreds of motorcycles created a loud, chaotic, and potentially dangerous situation on the Dan Ryan Expressway and in the South Loop and downtown Chicago late Thursday night. Some Chicago neighbors said it has become a summer nuisance that comes with serious safety concerns. The Caravan of motorcycles made its way from the Dan Ryan through the South Loop to downtown, where residents said it’s nothing new, but time something is done. Police experts said the solution isn’t as easy as it appears.)
WCIA
— Pritzker signs Illinois ‘language equity’ law; 24% of residents don’t speak English. DD: Everyone in America speaking English made America great.
https://www.wcia.com/news/capitol-news/pritzker-signs-illinois-language-equity-law-24-of-residents-dont-speak-english/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With nearly 24% of Illinois residents speaking a language other than English, with Spanish being the most common, Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new law to regulate language requirements at government agencies statewide. “Illinois is a diverse state made up of people with cultural and linguistic backgrounds from around the world—hundreds of unique languages are spoken in households across the state, and those people are equally as entitled to access public services as their English-speaking counterparts,” said Pritzker. The Language Equity and Access Act requires the Governor’s Office of New Americans to partner with the Illinois Department of Human Services to create, implement, and oversee statewide language access plans for state agencies. The act requires an annual compliance report to the Governor’s Office and the Illinois General Assembly. The state says, besides Spanish, Polish, Chinese, and Tagalog are the most spoken languages in the state. “Prioritizing accessibility for people who do not speak English as a first language will open new avenues of equitable opportunities for countless Illinoisans of differing backgrounds,” said state Rep. Theresa Mah (D-Chicago).)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialist candidates barnstorm country to grow ranks in Congress.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4671147/left-wing-candidates-flock-allies-campaign-trail-maximize-collective-influence/
NEW YORK POST
— Fed-up Spaniards lash out at socialist prime minister after migrant invasion: ‘A third-world country.’
https://nypost.com/2026/07/31/world-news/fed-up-spaniards-lash-out-at-socialist-prime-minister-after-migrant-invasion/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Import Socialists, Get Socialism. Democratic socialists haven’t learned hard lessons from their ancestral homelands.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/import-socialists-get-socialism/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Fifth for Fauci and the Administrative State. Fauci was attempting to protect the myth behind the leftist narrative of “trust the science.”
https://amgreatness.com/2026/08/01/the-fifth-for-fauci-and-the-administrative-state/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Socialism and Islam: A tale of two psychoses. A dark night is descending over America.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/socialism-and-islam-a-tale-of-two-psychoses/
COLLEGE FIX
— Student debt is turning college grads into socialists.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/bulletin-board/student-debt-is-turning-college-grads-into-socialists-column/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Democratic Socialist Rising Class.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/31/cut-flowers-democratic-socialist/
FOX NEWS
— Socialism has become a buzzword.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402556733112
— Shocking percentage of Democrats identify as ‘democratic socialists’ according to new poll: ‘Toxic policies.’ Democratic-aligned respondents who identify as democratic socialists were primarily young White Americans.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/shocking-percentage-democrats-identify-democratic-socialists-according-new-poll-toxic-policies
— Democratic Socialists of America activists signed pledge to support, defend ‘Chinese socialism.’ The statement expresses the view that ‘the record of the socialist countries is overwhelmingly positive.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-socialists-america-activists-signed-pledge-support-defend-chinese-socialism
HANNITY
— Mamdani-Linked Socialists Sign China Loyalty Pledge.
https://hannity.com/media-room/commie-commitment-mamdani-linked-socialists-sign-china-loyalty-pledge/
NEWSMAX
— One-Third of Democrats Identify as Democratic Socialists.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/one-third-of-democrats-identify-as-democratic-socialists-cnn-poll-finds/2026/07/31/id/1264705/
PJ MEDIA
— Where Is the Socialist Wave Really Coming From?
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/07/31/where-is-the-socialist-wave-really-coming-from-n4955681
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Vetting of ICE officer is under internal review after Maine shooting. DD: IRS would not have hired me to be a Revenue Officer when I was 22 in 1971 if I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business and had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. The first 6 months I worked for IRS was in classroom training.
https://apnews.com/article/maine-shooting-immigration-ice-vetting-9a8cfccc9e509766fb65effaa607a65b
ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
— DD: Ever-increasingly, those who come to America want/need/demand massive government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, and/or have health and/or other problems. Ever-increasingly they talk and/or act like they want to impose their language and/or their religion on America, that is, to turn America into a clone of their motherland.
https://www.ocregister.com/2026/07/31/fear-the-day-when-talented-foreigners-dont-want-to-move-here/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democratic Voters Are Battling Over What Their Party Stands For. Some are embracing insurgent socialist candidates, and others say the party is losing itself.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democratic-socialists-voters-why-3d25da52
— The Smithsonian’s Disdain for America. The head of the National Museum of American History doesn’t want to talk about her exhibits.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-smithsonians-disdain-for-america-8edffb1e
24/7 WALL STREET
— The RMD Tax Trap That Costs Retirees Six Figures. A $1.6 million traditional 401(k) generates a mandatory $60,400 first RMD at 73, which counts as ordinary income and grows larger every year. Adding the RMD to Social Security can push MAGI above $109,000, triggering Medicare IRMAA surcharges that won’t appear until 2028 due to a two-year lookback.
https://247wallst.com/personal-finance/2026/07/30/the-rmd-tax-trap-that-costs-retirees-six-figures-without-these-three-moves-before-year-end/
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
— Tell Congress to Adequately Fund Federal Agencies. DD: I was a NTEU member 1971-1980.
https://www.nteu.org/blog/2026/07/30/tell-congress-to-adequately-fund
FED SMITH
— Federal Employees Could Get 12 Weeks of Paid Leave Under New Senate Bill. DD: My critics/opponents have always been furious about the benefits that I got a federal employee for almost 30 years and that I have continued to get as a federal retiree for almost 29 years.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/07/31/federal-employees-12-weeks-paid-leave-senate-bill/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— OPM cements major shift in federal employee appeals, RIF processes. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/07/opm-cements-major-shift-in-federal-employee-appeals-rif-processes/
— HHS violated 5,000 probationary employees’ rights with 2025 terminations. DD: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious that they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2026/07/hhs-violated-5000-probationary-employees-rights-with-2025-terminations/
— Some federal careers are built to end early, so what comes next? DD: Federal employees under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) who are the following are expected/forced to retire as soon as they are eligible, that is, as soon as they have 30 years of service and are 55 years old: Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. I became eligible to take GAO’s early retirement “offer” when I was 45 in 1993. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take early retirement when I was 49 in 1997 because since I was 40 in 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. That dramatically reduced my CSRS pension and my retirement savings.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/retirement/2026/07/some-federal-careers-are-built-to-end-early-so-what-comes-next/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— New documentary recounts ‘free-for-all attitude of cruelty’ toward axed federal employees. The movie, which was filmed during the start of the second Trump administration, examines the human and societal effects of recent federal job cuts. DD: My critics/opponents continue to be overjoyed that my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents continue to ignore/dismiss/belittle that while I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I used my personal time and my salary 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.govexec.com/workforce/2026/07/documentary-recounts-cruelty-axed-federal-employees/415071/
— Veteran’s preference. DD: I avoided the Vietnam War draft. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many, most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and/or subordinates were Democrat veterans. They had no use for me, if not despised me, if not hated me. They blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War. I should write about my Democrat veteran superiors who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me. They all stressed that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, b) earn professional certifications when I was 30 and 32, c) earn a professional license when I was 32, d) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23 25, and 29, e) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, or f) get married when I was 29.
https://www.govexec.com/technology/2026/07/gsa-official-put-leave-social-media-post-saying-veterans-preference-federal-hiring-hampering-tech-recruiting/415122/
GAO
— Law Enforcement Officers: Observations on Recruitment and Retention at the Federal Level. DD: IRS and GAO have always been run by Democrats. I was an IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step-1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980 and worked for GAO for almost 18 years. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted my knowledge of IRS. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. They refused to assign me to audits of IRS’s Collection Division. However, they did assign me to audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108495
(FROM THE REPORT: From 2019 through 2024, officer resignations and retirements have increased, reducing staff at law enforcement agencies. Studies have shown that having more officers can improve public safety and reduce crime.)
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July 30, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DeKalb Man, Naperville woman accused of breaking into Naperville home, fatally shooting dog.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dekalb-man-andre-bridges-naperville-woman-nicole-smith-accused-animal-cruelty-alleged-capistrano-court-home-invasion/19598802/
CBS2
— Community helps food pantry in Wheaton affected by storms, power outages. Two coolers, three standing coolers and a walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer, all filled with food, had to be thrown away after the center lost power for 14 hours. DD: I bought a whole house backup generator in 2011. I should write about my Wheaton critics/opponents who have demonized/denigrated/condemned my decision the most.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/community-helps-food-pantry-in-wheaton-affected-by-storms-power-outages/
WGN9
— Illinois vote-by-mail applications open August 5
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-vote-by-mail-applications-open-august-5/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/marijuana-daily-than-alcohol-cigarettes-federal-survey
WTTW
— Mayor Johnson Signs Executive Order Designed to Ban Purchases From Gun Dealers That Flout Laws.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/07/29/mayor-johnson-signs-executive-order-designed-ban-purchases-gun-dealers-flout-laws
— Chicago Can’t Keep Trying to Poison Its Way Out of Rat Problem.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/07/29/chicago-can-t-keep-trying-poison-its-way-out-rat-problem-watchdog-report
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/29/ice-venezuelan-brothers-kidney-transplant/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/30/courthouse-immigration-families/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/29/forest-park-cemetery-workers-arrested-during-operation-midway-blitz-seek-damages/
— What do Democratic socialists want? We took a look at their platform. DD: What do conservatives want? They want Republicans to defend and advance conservative principles. Failing that, to oppose liberal principles including the promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, wokeness/wokeism, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/30/editorial-what-do-democratic-socialists-want-we-took-a-look-at-their-platform/
— Former gubernatorial candidate Rick Heidner buys $5.2M Barrington mansion from Motorola Solutions CEO.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/29/rick-heidner-motorola-solutions/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Latino high schools hit especially hard by teacher cuts in CPS budget heading for vote.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/07/29/latino-high-schools-hit-especially-hard-by-teacher-cuts-in-cps-budget-heading-for-vote
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Community rallies to help Wheaton pantry that lost three tons of food after storm. DD: I bought a whole house backup generator in 2011. I should write about my Wheaton critics/opponents who have demonized/denigrated/condemned my decision the most.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260729/news/so-caring-community-rallies-to-help-wheaton-pantry-that-lost-three-tons-of-food-after-storm/
CHALKBEAT
— As more teen boys turn to sports betting, financial literacy teachers rush to show gambling’s real odds. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2026/07/29/sports-betting-among-teens-rises-as-teachers-warn-of-gambling-in-schools/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— THC drinks debut at Lollapalooza before Illinois regulates hemp market. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/07/30/thc-drinks-lollapalooza-illinois-hemp-pritzker-johnson-rythm-seniorita
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/30/hanah-jubehs-political-pivot-01015959
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-781/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-566/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker Followed Fauci’s Guidance Blindly: The Illinois COVID Failures Nobody Owns.
https://wirepoints.org/from-faucis-mouth-to-pritzkers-rules-illinois-pandemic-blunders-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Don Tracy: Washington Post Debunks Stratton’s Healthcare Tax Myth
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/30/juliana-strattons-position-on-medicare-for-all-criticized-by-washington-post-taxes-for-all/
— After announcing yesterday that his wife is pregnant with their second child, conceived naturally after their first child was born via IVF, Independent candidate for Illinois Governor Collin Corbett is raising awareness about the importance of fertility treatments for Illinois families while taking aim at his Republican opponent, Darren Bailey, for his extreme record against IVF.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/29/corbett-calls-bailey-extremist-on-idv-relates-personal-experience/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrant population surged to all-time high of 15.8 million under Biden.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4667790/illegal-immigrant-population-surged-all-time-high-15-8-million-biden-study-says/
NEW YORK POST
— ICE is now busting migrants who overstayed visas when they check into airports — reversing a Biden policy.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/29/us-news/ice-arresting-visa-overstayers-at-us-airports-as-trump-admin-ramps-up-immigration-enforcement/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Demographics, debt, and destiny. 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, younger, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/demographics-debt-and-destiny/
— Communism had little natural appeal to a people formed by Judeo-Christian values; it could only take root in soil that had already been prepared to receive it.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/the-sudden-long-goodbye/
— How the 1964 Civil Rights Act Eviscerated the American Constitution. James Madison would be horrified. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use the 1964 Civil Rights Act to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/07/how-the-1964-civil-rights-act-eviscerated-the-american-constitution/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trial lawyers quietly using woke lawfare to hamper American businesses.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/07/29/exclusive-trial-lawyers-quietly-using-woke-lawfare-to-hamper-american-businesses-1652683/
BLAZE
— As personal responsibility withers, governmental control increases. 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, younger, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-most-seductive-lie-in-politics
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Personal responsibility used to be something that most Americans believed in. Most Americans still do, but pretty much nobody in our political class does, because the most seductive line in American politics is: “It’s not your fault.”)
COLLEGE FIX
— Columbia to offer new minor based on ‘what it means to live in a ‘just’ society.’ DD: According to Democrats, justice means taking opportunities, money, and everything else away from Republicans and giving it all to Democrats. My Democrat GAO superiors took my GAO job away from me and gave it to my Black Democrat subordinate.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/columbia-to-offer-new-minor-based-on-what-it-means-to-live-in-a-just-society/
DAILY WIRE
— The rise in “adultism” training that teaches children that their parents are the oppressors.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-teacher-training-trend-has-parents-in-its-crosshairs
— History Already Told Us How This Radical Alliance Ends. Islamists and Marxists have long been united in their pursuit to destroy the West.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/history-already-told-us-how-this-radical-alliance-ends
— Obama To Headline Dem Gerrymandering Fundraiser In Posh Martha’s Vineyard. The Massachusetts island is a popular getaway locale for Democratic political figures and donors.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-to-headline-dem-gerrymandering-fundraiser-in-posh-marthas-vineyard
FEDERALIST
— NeverTrumpers Are Banking On Iran War To Drive MAGA Into Extinction.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/29/nevertrumpers-are-banking-on-iran-war-to-drive-maga-into-extinction/
— Counting Noncitizens In The Census Undermines American Democracy.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/29/counting-noncitizens-in-the-census-undermines-american-democracy/
FOX NEWS
— Trump taps veterans to fix illegal alien trucking problem plaguing US roadways. The program expands CDL eligibility for veterans while removing over 24,000 licenses under English proficiency rules. DD: I often drove postal trucks while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-taps-veterans-fix-illegal-alien-trucking-problem-plaguing-us-roadways
— Controversial teacher training targets parental authority as oppression.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/controversial-teacher-training-targets-parental-150037673.html
LEGAL NEWSLINE
— Chicago PD can’t curb class action over race-based traffic stops.
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/chicago-pd-can-t-curb-class-action-over-race-based-traffic-stops/article_85db0c61-4fdf-4268-b606-ccd64458ac27.html
NEWSMAX
— ICE Plans 5,500 New Detention Beds.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-detention-centers-illegal-immigration/2026/07/29/id/1264484/
PJ MEDIA
— White House Streamlines the Deportation Process. Leftists Are Not Taking It Well.
https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/07/29/white-house-streamlines-the-deportation-process-leftists-are-not-taking-it-well-n4955562
TOWNHALL
— One Standard for Government Failure.
https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-abraham/2026/07/29/one-standard-for-government-failure-n2680309
— The New York Times Is Very Upset About ICE Enforcing Immigration Laws at Airports.
https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/07/29/ice-detaining-people-at-airports-nyt-n2680314
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Deportation helps make affordability possible.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5995665-immigration-drives-housing-costs/
— DD: Democrats and RINOs have joined up with America’s enemies to destroy America.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/opinion-fix-birthright-citizenship-declare-170000303.html
— DD: How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC had a tremendous impact on me. When I was 22 in 1971, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5994270-trump-anti-dei-campaign/amp/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote communism.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-07-29/republicans-want-to-turn-clock-back-to-red-baiting-fifties
— DD: What harmed your ACT score and your high school GPA? Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours (28 hours a week during the school years and 40 hours a week during the summer in between) washing dishes in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights while I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1964-1966.
https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/opinion/story/2026-07-29/apodaca-unwelcomereturn-of-sat-bias
MIAMI HERALD
— Best ACT Prep Courses. DD: What harmed your ACT score and your high school GPA? Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours (28 hours a week during the school years and 40 hours a week during the summer in between) washing dishes in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights while I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1964-1966.
https://www.miamiherald.com/careers-education/best-act-prep-courses/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: A Small Band of Socialists Is Sowing Panic in the Democratic Party. Once a fringe wing, the movement is wielding surprising political power, capitalizing on popular discontent. Mainstream Democrats see a ‘fundamental threat.’
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democratic-socialists-mamdani-midterms-party-ca2ddf9a
— Democratic Socialists’ Rise Rattles Mainstream Democrats
https://www.wsj.com/world/democratic-socialists-rise-rattles-mainstream-democrats-e7ed7ee1
— Rove: Who’s Afraid of the DSA? Mark Kelly and Tim Kaine can’t find the courage to oppose their party’s radicals.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/whos-afraid-of-the-dsa-db539ece
— The ‘Downward Mobility’ of Struggling Young Baby Boomers. Staples of middle-class life now seem like luxuries. DD: While I am much more successful financially than what my father was, he was much less successful financially than what his father was, and his father was much less successful financially than what his father was.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-downward-mobility-of-struggling-young-baby-boomers-b82cab21
— Mamdani’s Class Enemies List. He publishes the names and addresses of his new pied-a-terre tax targets. DD: In Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on me ( https://gopillinois.com/documents/ ), to paint be as being grossly overpaid, it called my Outer Drive East condo a pied-a-terre because I owned a townhome in University Park at the time. I owned that townhome because I could not sell it unless took a big loss.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/zohran-mamdani-pied-a-terre-tax-list-ali-najmi-ed22425b
— ‘Restorative Justice’ Brings Violent Schools. Why would anyone think you could discipline bullies by inviting them to talk about their feelings?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/restorative-justice-brings-violent-schools-e6a55a39
NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use disparate impact to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://natlawreview.com/article/disparate-impact-name-only-what-federal-agencies-shift-intentional-discrimination
HR DRIVE
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers have used, are using, and will forever use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/pulling-back-from-dei-increases-legal-risk-women/826430/
FROM OTHER SOURCES
WRITERS COLLEGE
— Writing from Personal Experience. DD: To promote conservative principles, I cite my personal experiences. I urge all conservatives to do that. My following conservative principles enabled me to a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a job-related professional license when I was 32, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29. etc. and collector cars when I was 40 and 45, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., d) get married when I was 29, e) etc.
https://www.thewriterscollege.com/writing-from-personal-experience-tips-and-techniques/
July 29, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rep. Fred Crespo: Did Illinois’ Speaker of the House normalize sexual harassment?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/29/opinion-illinois-house-speaker-sexual-harassment-emanuel-chris-welch/
— Milwaukee makes a bid for laid off Chicago Public Schools teachers. DD: While Republicans dramatically downsized GAO while I worked for it 1980-1997, employers did not bid for the GAO employees who were dumped. Those employees were overwhelmingly White, male, and/or older.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/28/milwaukee-seeks-cps-teachers/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/28/operation-midway-blitz-lawsuit/
— JB Pritzker and Rahm Emanuel are on a collision course in the 2028 presidential race.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/29/column-jb-pritzker-rahm-emanuel-2028-presidential-race-washington/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: As Illinois House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch navigates a new crisis, an older scandal remains unresolved.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/07/28/illinois-house-speaker-emanuel-chris-welch-harry-benton-michael-j-madigan-sexual-harassment-inquiry
DAILY HERALD
— Schaumburg Township Republican Organization to hold annual picnic Aug. 2.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260728/local-politics/schaumburg-township-republican-organization-to-hold-annual-picnic-aug-2/
— Second arrest made in Wheaton carjacking.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260728/crime/second-arrest-made-in-wheaton-carjacking/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Around 170,000 ComEd customers remained without power Tuesday. As of 2:15 p.m., there were still 29,870 customers without power in DuPage County. DD: I bought a whole house backup generator in 2011. I should write about my Wheaton critics/opponents who have demonized/denigrated/condemned my decision the most.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260728/news/dupage-was-hit-hard-tornado-confirmed-in-glen-ellyn-straight-line-winds-strike-carol-stream-dow/
— The practical struggle for relevance: Campaign finance picture shows the challenge of being taken seriously.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260727/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-practical-struggle-for-relevance-campaign-finance-picture-shows-the-chall/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Our Russell Lissau’s campaign finance update for the November election last Sunday painted a grim picture for Republican candidates at the state and federal level in Illinois. Even more important is the grim picture it forebodes for American politics broadly. First, consider the immediate circumstance. As Lissau reported, Democratic candidates are overwhelmingly better fortified financially than Republicans, with many of their coffers swelling with $1 million or more. For the GOP, only one candidate reports having saved more than $100,000. In such a setting, Republican candidates cannot hope to keep pace with their opposition in getting their message out to voters through public appearances, online and broadcast advertising or other avenues. As a result, in the manner of a vicious circle, potential donors are holding onto their money, which only deepens the candidates’ predicament. College of DuPage political science professor Melissa Mouritsen described the situation in chilling terms. “This little cash so late in the game,” she said, “means few are taking them seriously.” It is troubling enough when a candidate in even one race is so irrelevant that he or she is not taken seriously. When the condition applies to a large body of candidates or even an entire party, that is a disturbing commentary on the state of our politics and the health of our democracy. Nor does the situation involve simply a lack of money. To an even greater extent, it involves the ability of some candidates to amass too much money, often from sources with much to gain from political favor. In such cases, the vicious cycle works in reverse, steadily expanding the war chests of candidates with an already decisive edge. Even before the 2010 Citizens United decision threw open the doors to unrestricted political donors and donations, many political observers fretted about the influence of money in politics. Sixteen years later, the situation is reaching a state of crisis. This crisis is exacerbated by another political factor — this one, too, enabled by a compliant Supreme Court seemingly indifferent to the quality of American self-government. It is the remaking of political boundaries that allows a party in power to tilt voting outcomes in its favor, commonly known as gerrymandering. To be sure, the Trump-shackled Republican Party suffers from certain self-inflicted ailments related to failures on traditional issues like guns and butter. But even discounting those, gerrymandering and all-but-unrestricted campaign fundraising have combined to put Republicans in Illinois in a life-or-death struggle for relevancy. This is not exactly a surprising or new observation, and its opposite is abundantly present in states like Republican-entrenched Florida, South Carolina and many more. But what is surprising is that more candidates of both parties are not rebelling against the conditions that so threaten the health of our political system. The solutions to gerrymandering and financial inequity among campaigns are not simple, and likely demand the difficult and complicated intercession of constitutional amendments. So, it is understandable that politicians avoid the complex, ugly work of producing systemic change and instead shift their messaging toward topics that involve people’s lives more directly and immediately. But it also should be obvious, as Republicans in Illinois offer ample evidence, that getting those messages out — not to mention getting them across — is growing more difficult by the year. At some point, and we urge candidates to make it soon, we’ve got to begin building more prominent messages about the fundamental scaffolding required to take seriously discussions of those direct and immediate issues.)
STATELINE
— Undocumented immigration population reached as high as 15.8M, report finds. Numbers from 2024 may have dropped under Trump administration policies. DD: How many millions of their illegals are Democrats harboring in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct?
https://stateline.org/2026/07/29/undocumented-immigration-population-reached-as-high-as-15-8m-report-finds/
WAND TV
— Republicans decry a new Democratic Socialists of America platform as Dem primaries split the party. A new platform from the progressive Democratic Socialists of America is sparking Republican attacks.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/republicans-decry-a-new-democratic-socialists-of-america-platform-as-dem-primaries-split-the-party/article_7c4bd890-debf-5618-99c4-52b366e74066.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: To get more votes from those who have less money, Democrat candidates ever-increasingly promise to ever-increasingly use government a) to take more money from those who have more money and b) give that money to those who have less money. It is called redistribution of wealth.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-29/to-win-over-working-class-voters-democrats-need-to-stop-talking-about-democracy
WGLT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-07-28/how-cannabis-effects-our-sleep-and-our-dreams
PEOPLE’S RESOURCE CENTER WHEATON
— Urgent Need: 3 tons of food lost at PRC Wheaton. The power on our Wheaton Campus is restored. We are replenishing what we lost with donations of avocados, clementines, corn, bell peppers, onions, and watermelon. DD: I bought a whole house backup generator in 2011. I should write about my Wheaton critics/opponents who have demonized/denigrated/condemned my decision the most.
https://www.facebook.com/peoplesresourcecenter/posts/the-power-on-our-wheaton-campus-is-restored-however-due-to-yesterdays-power-outa/1460225049475009/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— Over 214,000 Still Without Power Across Chicago Area After Monday’s Severe Weather. ComEd said that 80 percent of outages should be restored by noon on Wednesday. Damage/tornado surveys are happening Tuesday. DD: I bought a whole house backup generator in 2011. I should write about my Wheaton critics/opponents who have demonized/denigrated/condemned my decision the most.
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/over-214-000-still-without-power-across-chicago-area-after-mondays-severe-weather
CWB CHICAGO
— Migrant detained after allegedly dragging CPD officer with car, biting cop during arrest.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/07/migrant-detained-after-allegedly-dragging-cpd-officer-with-car-biting-cop-during-arrest.html
WINDY CITY TIMES
— The unapologetic queer history at the new Obama Presidential Center.
https://windycitytimes.com/2026/07/28/opinion-the-unapologetic-queer-history-at-the-new-obama-presidential-center/
PRITZKER
— Dangerous Darren Bailey. He’s too extreme for Illinois. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I am too extreme for my precinct, for Wheaton, for Milton Township, for DuPage County, and for Illinois. I challenge my critics/opponents to put their charges against me in writing and to give me an opportunity to respond.
https://www.dangerousdarrenbailey.com/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Petition season fuels mayoral suspense.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/29/petition-season-fuels-mayoral-suspense-01014573
CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois NOW: ‘We should be able to trust that men in leadership, who claim to want to protect women, will actually do so’
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/28/illinois-now-we-should-be-able-to-trust-that-men-in-leadership-who-claim-to-want-to-protect-women-will-actually-do-so/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-780/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-565/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— The Red Dawn of Realism: Why Brandon Johnson’s Base Is Fleeing Chicago’s Progressive Circus.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/red-dawn-realism-brandon-johnson-chicago-progressive-circus
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Tracy rips Stratton for liberal policies, not committing to debate.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_fc3a8aec-95de-47e7-ac47-255b9e423dc6.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Two Assistant State’s Attorneys Represent Private Client Using Courthouse Recourses– “Felonious Official Misconduct” Claimed in Suit
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/22/two-assistant-states-attorneys-represent-private-client-using-courthouse-recourses-felonious-official-misconduct-claimed-in-suit/
— Corbett Offers Video of Tuesday Night Questions from Listeners and His Answers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/22/corbett-offers-video-of-tuesday-night-questions-from-listeners-and-his-answers/
— Ultra-Low-Temperature Cryogenic Systems Announce Facility in Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park — 21 New Jobs
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/23/ultra-low-temperature-cryogenic-systems-announce-facilty-in-illinois-quantum-and-microelectronics-park/
— In Public Comment, Kelly Liebman Keeps Pressure on County Board on Home Rule
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/23/in-public-comment-kelly-liebman-keeps-pressure-on-county-board-on-home-rule/
— Corbett Comments on State Police Killing Mother in St. Clair County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/23/corbett-comments-on-state-police-killing-mother-in-st-clair-county/
— Feds Take Down Woman Who Embezzled from a Sports Team Booster Club
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/23/feds-take-down-woman-who-embezzled-from-a-sports-team-booster-club/
— What’s Happening to Illinois Ex-Pats Running for Congress in Florida?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/23/whats-happening-to-illinois-ex-pats-running-for-congress-in-florida/
— TSA Screening Will Be Faster as New Imaging Process Is Implemented
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/24/tsa-screening-will-be-faster-as-new-imaging-process-is-implemented/
— Don Tracy, GOP Candidate for the U.S. Senate Releases Video
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/24/don-tracy-gop-candidate-for-the-u-s-senate-releases-video/
— Building Solar Farms Could Require Much Less Manpower
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/24/building-solar-farms-could-require-much-less-manpower/
— Female Highland Park Coyote Sentence to Nine Years for Forcing Illegal Aliens into Indentured Servants
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/24/female-highland-park-coyote-sentence-to-nine-years-for-forcing-illegal-aliens-into-indentured-servants/
— Bailey Finally Addresses Issue Suburbanites Can Relate To: Tolls
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/24/bailey-finally-addresses-issue-suburbanites-can-relate-to-tolls/
— District 300 Tax Hikers Vote 7-0 to Ask Voters for Permission to Borrow
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/24/district-300-tax-hikers-vote-7-0-to-ask-voters-for-permission-to-borrow/
— Woodstock Man One of Six Arrested and Kept in Jail for Running Brothels
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/24/woodstock-man-one-of-six-arrested-and-kept-i-jail-for-running-brothels/
— A Pension System Better Than State and local Government Employees
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/25/a-pension-system-better-than-state-and-local-government-employees/
— GOP Leader Calls for Common Sense at the Federal Drug Administration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/25/gop-leader-calls-common-sense-at-the-federal-drug-administration/
— Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Don Tracy Criticizes Opponent’s Party’s Tax and Salary Hikes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/25/republican-u-s-senate-candidate-don-tracy-criticizes-opponents-partys-tax-and-salary-hikes/
— Credit Will Be Given to Park Grant Requests That Seek Inclusive Designs That Go Beyond Minimum Accessibility Standards
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/25/credit-will-be-given-to-park-grant-requests-that-seek-inclusive-designs-that-go-beyond-minimum-accessibility-standards/
— Video of Apparition in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/26/video-of-apparition-in-mchenry-county/
— The Second Amendment Explained by Man Who Signed All Four Founding Documents
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/26/the-second-amendment-explained-by-man-who-signed-all-four-founding-documents/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Abortion pills don’t empower women. They empower abusive men.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4665054/abortion-pills-empower-abusive-men-pressure-deception-into-pill-popping/
1819 NEWS
— Tuberville bashes Mamdani’s plan for government-run grocery stores, says customer base will be illegal aliens.
https://1819news.com/news/item/tuberville-bashes-mamdanis-plan-for-government-run-grocery-stores-argues-customer-base-will-be-illegal-aliens
AMERICAN ENTERPISE INSTITUTE
— Lessons from the 1996 Welfare Reform Law Approaching Its 30th Anniversary. DD: Because voters who receive welfare vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders put as many voters on welfare as they can. What did you do to avoid being on welfare? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I worked my way through college and earned 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.aei.org/commentary/lessons-from-the-1996-welfare-reform-law-approaching-its-30th-anniversary/
BREITBART
— Retiring GOP Rep. Don Bacon says “hate” and ‘stupidity” are motivating the citizens who oppose his support of a cheap labor bill for the rural economy– even as multiple other GOP representatives are quietly quitting the amnesty push. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/28/hate-stupidity-rep-bacon-slams-citizen-opposition-to-visa-workforce-bill/amp/
— Democrat-run Chicago Blames Trump for 7 More Grocery Store Closings.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/28/nolte-democrat-run-chicago-blames-trump-for-7-more-grocery-store-closings/
COLLEGE FIX
— Professors push ‘antiracism’ therapy to train ‘white allies’ at psychology conference. DD: I should write about my White critics/opponents who promote hatred against Whites to curry favor with non-Whites. I should write about my male critics/opponents who promote hatred against males to curry favor with females. I should write about my older critics/opponents who promote hatred against older people to curry favor with younger people. I should write about my “heterosexual” critics/opponents who promote hatred against heterosexuals to curry favor with LGBTQers. I should write about my “conservative” critics/opponents who promote hatred against conservatives to curry favor with liberals and moderates. I should write about my “Republican” critics/opponents who promote hatred against Republicans curry favor with non-Republicans. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professors-push-antiracism-therapy-to-train-white-allies-at-psychology-conference/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Mamdani’s Tax List Reveals the Dark Side of Socialist Class Warfare.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/28/mamdani-tax-list-socialist-class-warfare/
FOX NEWS
— The welfare state broke Black families. Work can help restore the dream. Rooftop Revelations: Mothers on Chicago’s South Side are completing electrician training and passing the police exam to escape dependency.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/welfare-state-broke-black-families-work-restore-dream
FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
— Fake and Stolen Identities Lead to Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Welfare Programs.
https://thefga.org/research/fake-stolen-identities-welfare-programs/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University at Buffalo Dental Orientation Includes DEI-Focused Required Training.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/university-at-buffalo-dental-orientation-includes-dei-focused-required-training/amp/
— NYC Democrat Socialists Say They’re Coming For The School Kids. “They are emboldened by their win in the New York City Mayor’s race, and they’re going straight for the children.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/nyc-democrat-socialists-say-theyre-coming-for-the-school-kids/
NEWSMAX
— Dems Open 12-Point Lead on Healthcare. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my healthcare insurance since 1966 and then also paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/healthcare-rasmussen-democrats/2026/07/28/id/1264290/
TOWNHALL
— Here’s Chicago’s Latest Solution to Crime on the Subway.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/29/chicagos-solution-to-crime-on-the-subway-n2680286
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Corporate boardroom diversity sinks to lowest in more than a decade. 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. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. They all a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/business/5995257-corporate-boardroom-diversity-sinks-to-lowest-in-more-than-a-decade-analysis/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— The Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military to help replace the tens of thousands of immigrant drivers who lost their licenses in a crackdown this year. A new campaign launched Friday will promote programs that let veterans who recently drove large military vehicles skip the required skills test for a commercial driver’s license. Other soldiers can attend a commercial driving school during their last six months of active duty. The GI Bill will also pay for 100% of commercial driver’s license training and for some people even pay a housing allowance while they are in school. DD: I often drove postal trucks while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969.
https://www.wftv.com/news/business/white-house-wants/ZBOS2L2IPI7NDPRNHPDJEKBWXU/
ABC NEWS
— Trump lobs insults at political opponents, press during rescheduled White House correspondents’ dinner. DD: My critics/opponents have their operatives and dupes lob insults at me. I should write about the biggest insults lobed at me at Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition events since 2000.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-attend-rescheduled-white-house-correspondents-dinner-friday/story?id=135027808
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: A California Beach City Struggles to Cope With Rowdy Outsiders. More than 400 people were arrested in Newport Beach on the July 4 weekend after a social media “takeover” got out of hand. Now the city is trying to figure out how to stop it from happening again. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/newport-beach-california-teen-takeover.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Whom will Democrats nominate in 2028? The scales just tilted. The DNC’s primary schedule is set to favor the establishment. South Carolina leads the way.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/28/dnc-proposes-2028-primary-schedule-that-could-hurt-socialists/
— DD: Because voters who receive welfare vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders put as many voters on welfare as they can. What did you do to avoid being on welfare? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I worked my way through college and earned 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.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/07/27/clinton-welfare-trump-big-beautiful-bill/
USA TODAY
— Trump says the northern border is weak.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/07/29/trump-us-canada-border-what-its-like/90832679007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/07/22/ice-killing-maine-texas-dhs-records-misconduct/90959563007/
— Almost anyone can be an ICE agent now. That’s a problem. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement hiring push lowers the bar for recruits, including reduced training, slower background checks and lower physical abilities. DD: IRS would not have hired me to be a Revenue Officer when I was 22 in 1971 if I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. The first 6 months I worked for IRS was in classroom training.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/12/03/ice-hiring-border-patrol-jobs-immigration-agents/87483770007/
SEATTLE WEEKLY
— When newspapers go, partisanship grows and lies are believed. DD: Do you help fill voids? I do. I put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters every morning and often in the evening too. Those newsletters help fill tremendous voids in government and political news and commentary reporting from a conservative perspective in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. My critics/opponents reject many conservative principles and many planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They are anti-conservative if not conservative-haters. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of government, political, financial, and/or religious clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.seattleweekly.com/2026/07/28/when-newspapers-go-partisanship-grows-and-lies-are-believed-the-free-press-initiative/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Has a Point About the Smithsonian. Its American history museum has become an instrument of left-wing culture warriors.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-has-a-point-about-the-smithsonian-ac436cc4
— The Welfare State That Ate Britain. The new Prime Minister learns he has narrow fiscal running room. DD: Because voters who receive welfare vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders put as many voters on welfare as they can. What did you do to avoid being on welfare? I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I worked my way through college and earned 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/u-k-welfare-state-treasury-disability-payments-andy-burnham-d09c9fa7
— Supersizing Your Retirement Account. DD: IRS and GAO employees have to file financial disclosure reports with their superiors annually. As I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997, they were ever-increasingly envious/furious at what I and then what my wife and I had saved for our retirement.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/the-everyday-guide-to-supersizing-your-retirement-account-8e914e8e
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Professors Notch Court Wins Over States Banning ‘Woke’ Teaching. DD: To promote wokeness/wokeism is to promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote wokeness/wokeism.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/professors-notch-court-wins-over-states-banning-woke-teaching
PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
— Merit Systems Protection Board 101: Individual cases, including agency elimination, restructuring, probationary employees and more. DD: Federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Unions provide some protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I transferred from IRS in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors might not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did including forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://ourpublicservice.org/know-the-facts/blog/merit-systems-protection-board-mspb-cases-agency-elimination-restructuring-probationary-employees
MORNING POLITICS
— Senate Confirms Jay Clayton as Intelligence Chief on Party-Line Vote. The former SEC chair and Manhattan prosecutor takes over 18 spy agencies with no career intelligence background. DD: Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. The Democrat GAO Audits the Democrat IRS. To force me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed a) what I had learned working for IRS’s Collection Division 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, b) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and d) the fact that much of what I did for IRS was similar to what I would do for GAO. They kept me off audits of IRS’s Collection Division for all of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO but did let me work on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years. They would not have wasted my knowledge of IRS if I had been a Democrat, female, or veteran.
https://www.morningpolitics.com/articles/senate-confirms-jay-clayton-as-intelligence-chief-on-party-line-vote
FED SMITH
— TSP Millionaires Hit New Record as Markets Rebound in Q2. A record 224,420 federal employees and retirees now hold $1 million or more in their TSP. Here is how the numbers shifted in 2026. DD: My Civil Service Retirement System pension and my retirement savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/07/27/tsp-millionaires-hit-new-record-as-markets-rebound-in-q2/
AARP
— What to Do If You Can’t Afford Your Health Insurance. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance since 1966 and then also paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.aarp.org/health/healthcare/cant-afford-health-insurance/
MANHATTAN INSTITUTE
— New York City’s Migrant Crisis A Case Study of Welfare Magnet Effects. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been attracting welfare recipients to your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I should write about their success in attracting welfare recipients to DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct.
https://manhattan.institute/article/new-york-citys-migrant-crisis-a-case-study-of-welfare-magnet-effects
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Why It’s So Hard to Catch a Master Manipulator. DD: My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes 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. I would focus on those who have lots of government, political, financial, and/or religious clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/202412/its-remarkably-hard-to-catch-the-master-manipulator
LGBTQ NATION
— Gen Z adults are staying away from churches because of Trump.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/gen-z-adults-are-staying-away-from-churches-because-of/
FROM OTHER SOURCES
CONSUMER REPORTS
— How to Buy a New Car. DD: I have bought many new cars since I was 17 in 1966.
https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/buying-a-car/how-to-buy-a-car-in-todays-challenging-market-a7648220054/
July 27, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Police respond to large gathering outside CTA station in Chicago’s Englewood community. A teen takeover ended with multiple people in police custody in Chicago’s Englewood community overnight Saturday into Sunday. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/police-respond-to-large-gathering-outside-cta-station-in-chicagos-englewood-community/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In historic shift, Latino officers soon to be largest racial group in Chicago Police Department.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/27/chicago-police-racial-diversity/
— 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/2026/07/27/illinois-green-card-ice-detention/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Giannoulias’ money is reshaping the Chicago mayor’s race — before he’s even entered it.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-alexi-giannoulias-brandon-johnson-20260727/
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— Should Illinois require IDs to vote? Madison County residents will be asked in November.
https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2026-07-27/illinois-require-ids-vote-madison-county-asked-november
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/27/states-take-center-stage-in-chicago-01012350
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois Stopped from Allowing Illegal Aliens Lower Tuition Than Americans Living Out of State
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/26/illinois-stopped-from-allowing-illegal-aliens-lower-tuition-than-americans-living-out-of-state/
— $349,845 in Private Money for Each “Affordable Housing” Dwelling Unit Announced by Governor JB Pritzker
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/16/349845-affordable-housing-dwelling-united-announced-by-governor-jb-pritzker/
— Illinois Unemployment at 5.1%, Up Almost One Percentage Point from Last Year, Unemployed Up 16% Over Last Year
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/16/illinois-unemployment-at-5-1-up-almost-one-percentage-point-from-last-year-unemployed-up-16-over-last-yearr/
— McHenry County Libertarian Leader Trashes Home Rule & County Executive Form of Government by Asking Questions for Which No Answer Has Been Given
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/16/mchenry-county-libertarian-leader-trashes-home-rule-county-executive-form-of-government/
— “Court rules McHenry County must allow solar farms after County Board rejects them”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/14/court-rules-mchenry-county-must-allow-solar-farms-after-county-board-rejects-them/
— Illinois Second in Loss of Millionaires from 2010 thru 2022
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/14/illinois-second-in-loss-of-millionaires-from-2010-thru-2022/
— Northwest Herald Reporter Misses Real Reason Municipalities and McHenry County Want Home Rule Power
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/14/northwest-herald-reporter-misses-real-reason-municipalities-and-mchenry-county-wants-home-rule-power/
— UPDATE: Still Another Big Company–True Value–Taking Leave of Illinois, INDIANA KICKING IN $3.4 MILLION
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/13/still-another-big-company-true-value-taking-leave-of-illinois/
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Bye, Bye In-State Tuition for Illegals & Naperville Hippies Protest the Wrong Thing.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/07/26/bye-bye-in-state-tuition-for-illegals-naperville-hippies-protest-the-wrong-thing
— Is Pritzker China’s Favorite Governor? Follow the Money.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/watch-listen/reveille/is-pritzker-chinas-favorite-governor-follow-the-money
— From Where Did All the Revolutionaries Come?
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/07/22/from-where-did-all-the-revolutionaries-come
— Leftism Metastasizes to and Within the Smithsonian.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/07/25/leftism-metastasizes-to-and-within-the-smithsonian
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Proposed toll hikes would cost drivers $17 billion in next 15 years.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/proposed-toll-hikes-would-cost-drivers-17-billion-in-next-15-years/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINTON TIMES
— Congressional Democrats say AOC has emerged as party leader, but less sure about ‘28 prospects.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/24/congressional-democrats-say-aoc-emerged-party-leader-less-sure-28/
— Rural voters have soured on President Trump again, according to a new poll that found his standing with the group flipping from positive to negative in the span of a single month.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/25/rural-voters-turn-trump-poll-swings-14-points/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DSA co-chair reaffirms calls to abolish the Senate, ICE, and borders.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/entertainment/4663817/dsa-calls-to-abolish-senate-ice-borders-interview/
— Sanders rebukes Rahm Emanuel and establishment Democrats: ‘Status quo is not working’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4663857/sanders-rahm-emanuel-establishment-democrats/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani, DSA aim to ‘transform’ America — by pushing barbarism.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/27/opinion/mamdani-dsa-aim-to-transform-america-by-pushing-barbarism/
— The media’s anti-Trump bias was on full display at redo of White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/25/opinion/michael-goodwin-the-medias-anti-trump-bias-was-on-full-display-at-re-do-of-white-house-correspondents-dinner/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Trump’s Immigration Success—And Its Discontents.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trumps-immigration-success-and-its-discontents/
DAILY CALLER
— DD: My critics/opponents paint themselves as being woke to curry favor with those who do not share my demographics.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/07/26/wokeness-made-people-more-respectful-and-empathetic-fuentes-says-during-hunter-biden-interview/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Obama recently gave America another reminder of how his presidency—once expected to bring the country together—left us more divided on race.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/26/trumps-america-involves-same-arguments-historical-period-that-gave-birth-klan-barack-obama-says/
EPOCH TIMES
— Half of Students Now Get A’s, but Actual Achievement Is Declining. Your child’s report card may be sending the wrong signal. Grades and GPAs increasingly reflect institutional incentives rather than academic achievement. DD: I passed the CPA examination and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt even though my ACT score and my GPAs were not that great.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/half-of-students-now-get-as-but-actual-achievement-is-declining-6066451
FOX NEWS
— Lindsey Graham left behind modest wealth despite decades in Washington’s elite circles. Graham held nearly all assets in mutual funds and government bonds, avoiding stock trading controversies.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lindsey-graham-left-behind-modest-wealth-despite-decades-washingtons-elite-circles
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Why the U.S. Has a Culture of Dependency. DD: According to Democrat leaders, you cannot succeed in America without massive government assistance. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes life to my federal employment. According to them, without my postal employment, I would not have been able to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, or graduate debt-free from NIU owning that Charger in 1970. According to them, without my IRS employment, I would not have been able to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, or 1978, buy a new car in 1973, earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, get married in 1978, buy a home in Wheaton in 1978, buy two new cars in 1978, or pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. According to them, without my GAO employment, I would not have been able to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, become a licensed CPA in 1981, have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, earn professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, or earn a master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/commentary/why-the-us-has-culture-dependency
PJ MEDIA
— Why Is National Review Pretending Barack Obama Was a Moderate?
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/07/26/why-is-national-review-pretending-barack-obama-was-a-moderate-n4955465
PATRIOT POST
— The Hard Truth About the Sanctuary Movement.
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/129443-the-hard-truth-about-the-sanctuary-movement-2026-07-27
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Communism – It’s Back.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/07/27/communism__its_back_154369.html
TOWNHALL
— More Than Half of Democrats Support Socialism. DD: Capitalism is what made America great.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/07/26/new-poll-shows-that-more-than-half-of-democrats-support-socialism-n2680137
— Democratic Socialist Platform Includes Open Borders, Amnesty for Illegals. DD: Socialists are anti-American.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/07/26/democratic-socialists-co-chair-admits-platform-includes-open-borders-amnesty-n2680142
U.S. HOUSE
— More Americans Dependent on Welfare Checks, at the Expense of Work
https://waysandmeans.house.gov/2025/01/08/new-report-shows-more-americans-dependent-on-welfare-checks-at-the-expense-of-work/
— Growth of the Welfare State.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/grothman-opens-second-hearing-on-examining-the-growth-of-the-welfare-state/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Hakeem Jeffries doubles down on Dems’ and affordability ahead of midterms. DD: What did you do to help you afford things? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. I 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 taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5991507-jeffries-target-gop-control/
USA TODAY
— Retiring early. DD: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically less a) because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and b) because they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I should write about the adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors would have taken against me if I had tried to work to my regular retirement age of 55 in 2003. They had made it clear that they would constructively, if not literally, demote me and that they would have given me adverse transfers, bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance evaluations. I continue to ask myself what exactly would have happened if I had not succumbed to their threats. Would Speaker Gingrich, Speaker Hastert, U.S. Senator Fitzgerald, U.S. Representative Hyde, and/or the Bush Administration have come to my defense? The aforesaid did not come to my defense in Diersen v. GAO.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/07/23/americans-retire-sooner-than-planned-retirement-saving/91011967007/
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/money/2026/07/23/many-americans-retire-early-and-face-costly-retirement-regrets/91029370007/
FLORIDA POLITICS
— New attack ad targets Jim Oberweis’ past immigration comments in CD 19 Republican Primary.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/809660-new-attack-ad-targets-jim-oberweis-past-immigration-comments-in-cd-19-republican-primary/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Republicans Who Enable Socialists. GOP lawmakers can’t agree on spending reform, so they keep funding the tax-eating nonprofits.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-republicans-who-enable-socialists-16dae2d1
FORTUNE
— DD: Were you overpaid? According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. They have always been furious that while I was a union member when I was a postal employee for almost 3 years 1966-1969 and then an IRS employee for almost 9 years 1971-1980, my salary increased from $19.57/hour to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in business, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year when I was 22 in 1971, $68,999/year when I was 23, $83,482/year when I was 24, $100,059/year when I was 25, and $113,402/year when I was 31. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $89,703/year when I was 31, $118,984/year when I was 38, and $154,682/year when I was 49. 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. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I am none of the aforesaid.
https://fortune.com/2026/07/26/hannah-williams-salary-transparent-street-millennial-job-hopped-90k-at-23-become-salary-negotiation-guru/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Federal employees report low productivity, morale. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, employee morale and productivity ever-increasing decreased because of Republican success in disseminating the agency.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/07/after-returning-to-the-office-federal-employees-report-low-productivity-morale/
— DD: Virtually all, if not all, GAO employees are Democrats. Therefore GAO cannot call itself nonpartisan. When I was 31 in 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired. Virtually all, if not all, IRS employees are Democrats. Therefore IRS cannot call itself nonpartisan. When I was 22 in 1971, I was one of the last Republicans IRS hired. Virtually all, if not all, postal employees are Democrats. Therefore USPS cannot call itself nonpartisan. When I was 18 in 1966, I was one of the last Republicans USPS hired.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2026/07/after-slaughter-decision-mspb-no-longer-calling-itself-independent/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— OPM shrinks its workforce by a third, seeks further staffing cuts. DD: If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, OPM would have offered me a job. I passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination when I was 21 in 1970. My 1970 bachelor’s degree was in personnel management. My 1976 MBA area of concentration was in personnel management.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/07/opm-shrinks-its-workforce-third-seeks-further-staffing-cuts/414895/
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
— Affordability For All: It’s Time To Rescue The American Dream. DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? I worked my way through college and earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://nul.org/news/affordability-all-its-time-rescue-american-dream
PEW RESEARCH
— NOVEMBER 23, 2015 FLASHBACK: Since the late 1990s, the public’s feelings about the federal government have tended more toward frustration than either anger or contentment. That remains the case today: 57% feel frustrated with the government, while smaller shares either feel angry (22%) or are basically content (18%). DD: Who do you know who is/was a federal employee? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. Who do you know who is/was a federal retiree? I have been a federal retiree for almost 29 years. Many, if not most, of my critics/opponents despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2015/11/23/2-general-opinions-about-the-federal-government/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Why your town is at risk from a teen takeover this summer. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/teen-link-ups-trend-summer-snapchat-b3021125.html
July 24, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/07/24/chaotic-crowded-chicago-immigration-mega-court-hearings-are-fueling-record-deportation-orders
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Journalists discuss free press challenges. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I am not a journalist a) because I do not have a degree in journalism, b) because no one pays me for what I do as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) because all the money needed for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and for my www.gopillinois.com website comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings, d) because either my newsletters nor my website contain any advertising or donation requests, e) because I do not claim to be nonpartisan, f) because I state that and because I am conservative Republican, and g) because I state that and because I am an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman. My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact a) that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years 1980-1997, b) that what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do, and c) that during my last 11 years at GAO, my salary increased from $118,984/year to $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/24/journalists-discuss-free-press-challenges/
FOX32
— Chicago crime: 5 killed, 4 wounded in 6 shootings from Thursday into Friday.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-crime-5-killed-4-shootings-thursday-friday
WTTW
— What Happened to the American Dream? DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? I worked my way through college and earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/07/23/what-happened-american-dream-new-documentary-asks-1000-people-across-50-states
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats to finalize their 2028 presidential nominating calendar, led by more diverse states. DD: The Democrat Party ever-increasingly moves further to the left.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-to-finalize-their-2028-presidential-nominating-calendar-led-by-more-diverse-states/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Illinois election integrity advocate Carol Davis says Trump’s allegations mirror concerns raised by state watchdogs.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/illinois-election-integrity-advocate-says-trumps-allegations-mirror-concerns-raised-by-state-watchdogs/article_d4d50eef-73ed-4ff2-9418-c13f0bf500a2.html
CWB CHICAGO
— Robbery suspect caught trying to cut off ankle monitor with bolt cutters at Home Depot.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/07/robbery-suspect-caught-trying-to-cut-off-ankle-monitor-with-bolt-cutters-at-home-depot.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/24/illinois-sexual-harassment-harry-benton-01010509
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-777/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— What’s Happening to Illinois Ex-Pats Running for Congress in Florida?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/23/whats-happening-to-illinois-ex-pats-running-for-congress-in-florida/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— It’s Time for the DOJ Civil Rights Division to Investigate Speaker Chris Welch and Illinois House Democratic Leadership.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/its-time-for-the-doj-civil-rights-division-to-investigate-speaker-chris-welch-and-illinois-house-democratic-leadership.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sitting judge posts ‘F*** ICE’: The shocking double standard of Illinois courts.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4659330/judge-ramirez-f-ice-post-double-standard-illinois-courts/
— DHS has issued $84 billion in fines to illegal immigrants who won’t go home.
DHS Announces More Than $84 Billion in Civil Fines Issued to Illegal Aliens
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Racial quota reckoning: Merit just got a deadline. DD: Since the 1960s, everyone above me has been under ever-increasing pressure to give more preference to those who do not share my demographics, that is, they have been under ever-increasing pressure to discriminate against those who share my demographics.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4660403/racial-quota-reckoning-federal-contracting/
— Establishment Democrats risk extinction as socialism rises.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/4660428/establishment-democrats-risk-extinction-socialism-rises-joe-concha/
— Will Democrats pick Harris or a socialist? Primary calendar may give early clue.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4659947/harris-socialist-democrats-2028-primary-calendar/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Socialism goes mainstream in America, and no one is stopping it. It was bad enough when they’d crept into all the American institutions. Now they’re getting elected to national office.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/socialism-goes-mainstream-in-america-and-no-one-is-stopping-it/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘They Don’t Know What It’s Like’: Communism Survivors Question Why Americans Like Marxism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/23/communism-survivors-question/
— Trump Axes Regulations Pushing Race-Based School Discipline.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/23/education-department-strikes-regulations-requiring-racial-quotas-in-school-discipline/
DAILY WIRE
— New Republican Amnesty Bill Ignites Ire Of Immigration Hardliners. “Vote every single one of them out in a massive wave, and replace them with real immigration hawks.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-republican-amnesty-bill-ignites-ire-of-immigration-hardliners
FEDERALIST
— Every American Needs To Know That Socialism Is Slavery.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/23/every-american-needs-to-know-that-socialism-is-slavery/
— Congress Spotlights American Bar Association’s Dance With The DEI Devil.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/23/congress-spotlights-american-bar-associations-dance-with-the-dei-devil/
FOX BUSINESS
— How America reached a political tipping point for socialism. The storm began with the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/how-america-reached-political-tipping-point-socialism.amp
FOX NEWS
— Laura Ingraham: They KNOW socialism is anti-American.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401968228112
— Partisan divide on capitalism and socialism. DD: To destroy Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401934457112
— Democratic Party’s socialist wing gains ground. DD: To destroy Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401954225112
— Trump heads back to correspondents’ dinner months after gunfire forced evacuation. The WHCA will honor Secret Service Officer Gonzales for his role in stopping the armed suspect at the Washington Hilton.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-heads-back-correspondents-dinner-months-after-gunfire-forced-evacuation
HOMELAND SECURITY
— DHS Announces More Than $84 Billion in Civil Fines Issued to Illegal Aliens.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/07/23/dhs-announces-more-84-billion-civil-fines-issued-illegal-aliens
PJ MEDIA
— Communism-Socialism, Islam: How to Meet the Threats?
https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/07/23/communismsocialism-islam-how-to-meet-the-threats-n4955364
POST MILLENNIAL
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson aims to give ‘reparations’ to illegal immigrants, residents impacted by ICE.
https://thepostmillennial.com/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-aims-to-give-reparations-to-illegal-immigrants-residents-impacted-by-ice
— Brandon Gill, Jim Banks draft bill to classify birth tourists as ‘invaders,’ prevent automatic citizenship. The legislation comes as Justice Kavanaugh left the door open for Congress to adjust who is not eligible for birthright citizenship.
https://thepostmillennial.com/brandon-gill-jim-banks-draft-bill-to-classify-birth-tourists-as-invaders-prevent-automatic-citizenship
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump on Democratic Socialists: “They’re Highly Educated, But Doing Very Poorly; In Other Words, They’re Losers”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/07/23/trump_on_democratic_socialists_theyre_highly_educated_but_doing_very_poorly_in_other_words_theyre_losers.html
— Trump: Communists Promise “Free Rent, Free House,” But Deliver “Squalor, Poverty, Death, And Destruction”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/07/23/trump_communists_promise_a_free_house_but_they_deliver_absolute_squalor_poverty_death_and_destruction.html
STATES TOP LEADING NEWS
— 9.5 Million Student Loan Defaults: Systemic Failure or Personal Choice? DD: What percent of those who took out student loans had no intent of paying those loans back? I never sought a student loan or got a student loan. I worked my way through college. Because of that, my GPA suffered. That harmed my job searches. Students who took out student loan should be expected to have much higher GPAs than those who had to work their way through college.
https://www.stl.news/9-5-million-student-loan-defaults/
U.S. HOUSE
— DEI Erodes Integrity of Law Schools and the Legal Profession.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-dei-erodes-integrity-of-law-schools-and-the-legal-profession/
TOWNHALL
— Chicago Is Broke, but the Mayor Is Floating Another Plan for Reparations.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/23/brandon-johnson-reparations-for-ice-n2679998
— The Democratic Socialists of America vs. the United States of America.
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/07/24/the-democratic-socialists-of-america-vs-the-united-states-of-america-n2679963
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— DD: To destroy Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/23/politics/republicans-capitalism-socialism-poll
AOL
— Voters should take Democratic Socialists at their word.
https://www.aol.com/articles/voters-democratic-socialists-word-opinion-090848000.html
CBS NEWS
— Career limiting decisions. DD: What were the biggest decisions that you made that limited your career? I spent far too many hours working to earn money to buy new cars instead of studying. I avoided the Vietnam War draft with draft deferments. I majored in management instead of accounting. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass on my first attempt the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. When I became federal employee when I was 18, I refused to become a Democrat and I never became a Democrat. I ever-increasingly complained about my Democrat superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid discrimination when I was 40.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/10-career-limiting-mistakes-to-avoid/
NEW YORK TIMES
— To Win Their Races, Black Politicians Confront a New Landscape. With the Voting Rights Act weakened, Black representation will depend less on Black voters and more on broad, multiracial appeal or on ideological outsider campaigns. As majority-Black districts are blown up one by one, the future of Black representation in Congress could look something like Yorkville, Ill., where Representative Lauren Underwood joined the town parade on the Fourth of July. The congresswoman and her parents were among the few Black people in a sea of white faces along the mile-long route.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/us/politics/black-representation-voting-rights-act.html
— Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace? DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they ever-increasingly a) assigned me to work for their female employees, b) stressed to them that I opposed gender base preference giving, and/or c) had them waste my career and get rid of me. During my last 8 years that I worked for GAO all my superiors were females. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/opinion/women-workplace-feminism-conservative.html
— Google Is Building an A.I. Fence Around the Internet It Once Championed. As Google incorporates more artificial intelligence into search, people are spending more time on Google. Some website operators are crying foul. DD: The Democrats who run Google ever-increasingly a) steer everyone to websites that promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party platform and b) steer everyone away from websites that promote conservative principles and the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/technology/google-ai-open-web.html
— Biking to work: Tips to get started, stay safe and look presentable when you arrive. DD: I walked to/from work and evening classes 1974-1978. I first walked to/from my Outer Drive East studio condo and then my ODE one bedroom condo to my IRS job in the Loop and first to graduate evening business classes at Loyola and then to graduate evening accounting classes at DePaul.
https://www.newstimes.com/living/article/biking-to-work-tips-to-get-started-stay-safe-22357001.php
NEW YORK SUN
— The Socialists Await the Gullible. The leftist surge in America is shadowed by the incompatibility of Marxism and civil liberties.
https://www.nysun.com/article/the-socialists-await-the-gullible
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The ‘Bernie Bros’ Could Spoil Democrats’ Midterms. Republicans will make even moderate opponents answer for the radical views of DSA candidates.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-bernie-bros-could-spoil-democrats-midterms-0e6e6289
— How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, by JD Vance. His online minions attack me fiercely over last week’s column. They should hear what my kids call me. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-to-lose-friends-and-alienate-people-by-jd-vance-a6a1d5fe
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over many years of writing pieces critical of politicians, my Republican targets mostly took the beatings like men, many going so far as to acknowledge—if only in confidence—that they probably deserved it. Not so Vice President JD Vance, and his dreary band of online enforcers. This egotism—or rather, insecurity—is worth analyzing. This column reported last week on the bitterness Mr. Vance’s congressional colleagues are feeling over his continual absence. In recent administrations, governing majorities have come to rely on the vice president—who is ex officio Senate president—to act as primary liaison between the White House and Congress. Mr. Vance has blown off this important if unsung duty, preferring to stay in the spotlight. Tempers hit a boil last week when—at a pivotal legislative moment—Mr. Vance canceled a planned Tuesday House meeting in favor of appearing on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” where he bashed Congress. Republicans have mostly held their tongues on Mr. Vance out of deference. But the vice president has shown a lot of lefty leg lately: undermining Israel, panning free markets, touting a Christian-themed big-government agenda. That’s in addition to what many Republicans view as Mr. Vance’s naive approach to Iran. That elected Republicans were joining conservative commentators in a Vance rethink was worthy of reporting. And most readers would have seen the column for what it was: part of a growing GOP debate over who should lead the party in 2028. Team Vance saw it as it sees any slight: an all-hands call to delegitimize a critic—to brand her a RINO, “establishment,” a liar, a captive tool, or part of some anti-JD “op.” The Vance press team contacted my editors to demand corrections. They wanted a mea culpa for what I didn’t write—namely that Mr. Vance had showed up to the House . . . on Wednesday. Never mind that Congress’s anger stemmed from Mr. Vance’s decision to ditch them for Mr. Rogan’s program. They claimed that wasn’t “the reason” for canceling, though they didn’t provide an alternative explanation. What else was Mr. Vance doing in Austin, Texas? Their final complaint was a hair-splitting gotcha: I wrote that “lawmakers can count on a few fingers the times former Sen. Vance has set foot in the Capitol.” That’s what lawmakers told me. Mr. Vance’s spokesman insisted the vice president had been there more than two dozen times since taking office. The phrase obviously referred to the infrequency with which Mr. Vance huddled with members of Congress to solve problems and wasn’t a literal count of the number of times he was physically present to attend a speech or break a tie. Mr. Vance’s real bully-boy strength shows up with his online army, where a retinue of “influencers” and “journalists” stand ready with an arsenal of labels, whataboutisms and falsehoods. The tactics aren’t new. They are straight-up Saul Alinsky—pick the target, freeze it, personalize and polarize it—long practiced by the left. I wrote a whole book about that, “The Intimidation Game.” What is new is for the right to use such means in an effort to shut down conservative dissent.)
— Biden officials predicted 17,000 arbitration disputes a year under the No Surprises Act. In 2026 there were 2.6 million. DD: I have been a FINRA arbitrator since 1998.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/surprise-billing-act-health-insurance-providers-15c1eadb
— For Sale: The Childhood Home of Conservative Commentator William F. Buckley Jr. The historic Connecticut property, which dates back to 1812, was visited by influential figures like Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger and Sylvia Plath.
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/william-buckley-jr-childhood-home-connecticut-cc241ca2
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise everything that is foreign.
https://www.bloomberg.com/sessions/2026-07-28/live-q-amp-a-is-the-american-dream-fading-for-international-students
FORBES
— Women Don’t Have A Merit Problem. They Have A Sponsor Problem. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me when I was 23 in 1972, 23, and 25. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me when I was 38. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or a veteran. All the women who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaheenajanjuhajivrajeurope/2026/07/24/women-dont-have-a-merit-problem-they-have-a-sponsor-problem/
MOTLEY FOOL
— Why COLAs Have Lost Retirees 14% of Their Buying Power Since 2016. DD: My critics/opponents were, are, and will always be furious a) that I got COLAs when I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and b) that I have gotten COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997 and as a Social Security recipient since 2010.
https://www.aol.com/articles/why-colas-lost-retirees-14-152000000.html
HARVARD CRIMSON
— Students Still Want Public Service. They Just Don’t Want Washington Right Now. Students and faculty say the traditional pipeline from the school into the federal government has narrowed — and with it, the assumption that a degree from the school leads directly to a career in Washington. DD: I worked for GAO 1980-1997. While Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996, he did everything that he could to get rid the agency’s employees who had degrees in business, accounting, and finance and to replace them with employees who had degrees in public administration from Ivy league universities. That rendered worthless a) my having earned an MBA in 1976, b) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, f) my earning four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, g) and my earning a master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/4/6/hks-public-service/
WEST CENTRAL TRIBUNE
— Cal Thomas: Who are our domestic enemies? “The ignorant and sometimes deliberate voters who support the DSA agenda should be careful what they wish for.”
https://www.wctrib.com/opinion/columns/cal-thomas-who-are-our-domestic-enemies
TRILL MAGAZINE
— The American Dream Is Expensive. Is Democratic Socialism the Answer? Rising costs and changing expectations are driving a new generation of Americans to rethink the future of the American Dream. DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? I worked my way through college and earned 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.trillmag.com/news/politics/the-american-dream-is-expensive-is-democratic-socialism-the-answer/
JD SUPRA
— What Employers Need to Know About the EEOC’s Rescission of Affirmative Action Guidelines and Enforcement Priorities. DD: Since the 1960s, Democrats and RINOs have used Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/what-employers-need-to-know-about-the-2097270/
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
— Affordability For All: It’s Time To Rescue The American Dream. DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? I worked my way through college and earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://nul.org/news/affordability-all-its-time-rescue-american-dream
July 22, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTO: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/ice-arrests-chicago-public-schools-employee/
— Why the US should consider making voting compulsory.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/22/opinion-compulsory-voting-us-democracy-polarization/
NAPERVILLE SUN
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Lots of changes at the DuPage County Fair.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/dupage-county-fair-wheaton/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump has campaigned more so far in 2026 midterms than he did at this point in 2018.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-22/trump-has-campaigned-more-so-far-in-2026-midterms-than-he-did-at-this-point-in-2018
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Governor candidate Aaron Del Mar. Del Mar says while Bailey knows “south of I-80” in Illinois, he knows about the Chicagoland area. DD: I lived south of I-80 1948-1976.
https://capitolcitynow.com/podcasts/illinois-republican-lieutenant-governor-candidate-aaron-del-mar/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— My critics/opponents have always wanted me to leave the Republican Party and to join the Conservative Party. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/independent-collin-corbett-to-remain-on-ballot-after-bailey-camp-withdraws-objection/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2018, former Republican state Sen. Sam McCann captured 4.23% running under the Conservative Party banner. And in 2010, Scott Lee Cohen won 3.64% running as an independent after his withdrawal as the Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial nominee.)
CHICAGO PARENT
— These are the 10 best places to live in DuPage County.
https://www.chicagoparent.com/how-do-i/these-are-the-10-best-places-to-live-in-dupage-county-ff1a4447
ILLINOIS
— Illinois Electric Vehicle Rebate Program Application Cycle to Open August 1. DD: Shockingly, last year, Pritzker gave me a $4,000 rebate for my 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV.
https://www.illinois.gov/news/release.html?releaseid=32735
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/22/data-boom-meets-boundaries-01007090
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Hatred Has Become a Greater Driver Than the Opposite.
https://johnkassnews.com/hatred-has-become-a-greater-driver-than-the-opposite/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Cal Thomas: The lure of socialism. DD: Under socialism, to advance, all you need to do is be a socialist. Under Democrats, to advance, all you need to do is be a Democrat. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and b) 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 Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black Democrat subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/21/lure-socialism/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— For America 250, reject Mamdani’s narrative of American oppression. DD: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They never were in a position to oppress anyone and they never did oppress anyone.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4636240/america-250-reject-mamdani-narrative-american-oppression/
— Republicans can save elections and defund Planned Parenthood. So why aren’t they?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4655987/republicans-can-save-elections-defund-planned-parenthood
— Mike Lindell proposes six-month amnesty for illegal immigrants if elected Minnesota governor. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/4658121/mike-lindell-six-month-amnesty-illegal-immigrants-minnesota-governor//
NEW YORK POST
— DOJ opens probe into Harvard’s financial aid for discrimination against American students. DD: Even though no one thought I was college material, I took college preparatory courses, I got an ACT score of 24, I graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class, I got accepted by UIC, I worked my way through college, and I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in business and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/21/us-news/doj-opens-probe-into-harvards-financial-aid-for-alleged-discrimination-against-american-students/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Is DHS caving to corporatocracy’s demand for cheap ‘illegal’ labor?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/07/21/is-dhs-caving-to-corporatocracys-demand-for-cheap-illegal-labor-1651472/
BREITBART
— Duckworth on Punishing Iran for Troops’ Deaths: It’s Trump’s Fault.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/21/duckworth-on-punishing-iran-for-troops-deaths-its-trumps-fault/
— GOP Rep. Maria Salazar: Americans Need Illegal Migrants to Defend the USA.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/07/21/rep-maria-salazar-americans-need-migrants-defend-usa/
— Rand Paul: Need Hundreds of Thousands of Troops to Secure Strait, Iran Knows We Won’t Do That.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/21/rand-paul-need-hundreds-of-thousands-of-troops-to-secure-strait-iran-knows-we-wont-do-that/
— Darline Graham Says a Focus on Domestic Economic Issues Would Differentiate Her from Her Brother.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/21/darline-graham-says-a-focus-on-domestic-economic-issues-would-differentiate-her-from-her-brother/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Students value qualifications, bucking anti-merit trend in higher ed.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/students-value-qualifications-bucking-anti-merit-trend-higher-ed-watch/30286
CHRISTIAN POST
— Members of Congress spar over radicalism at US History Museum.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/members-of-congress-spar-over-radicalism-at-us-history-museum.html
COLLEGE FIX
— UCSD med school favored black, Hispanic applicants over more qualified white, Asian ones.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/doj-ucsd-med-school-favored-black-hispanic-applicants-over-more-qualified-white-asian-ones/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Promises To Investigate GOP Bill Offering Amnesty To Illegal Farmworkers.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/07/21/trump-investigate-gop-bill-amnesty-illegal-farmworkers-visas/
— Republicans Promised To Put America First, Instead They’ve Betrayed Everyone For Money From Massive Agriculture Donors.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/07/21/republicans-america-first-massive-agriculture-donors-legislation-amnesty-glenn-thompson-corporations-corruption/
DAILY CITIZEN
— What is Democratic Socialism? Here’s What You Need to Know.
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/what-is-democratic-socialism-heres-what-you-need-to-know/
FEDERALIST
— Republicans Will Do Anything To Illegals Except Deport Them.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/21/republicans-will-do-anything-to-illegals-except-deport-them/
— 47 Republicans Are Pushing Amnesty For Illegal Alien Agriculture Workers.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/20/47-republicans-are-pushing-amnesty-for-illegal-alien-agriculture-workers/
— Rather Than Back Down, Trump Must Escalate His Campaign For Mass Deportations.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/17/rather-than-back-down-trump-must-escalate-his-campaign-for-mass-deportations/
FOX NEWS
— California county approves reparations plan as neighboring school district ‘Black Thriving’ effort stalls. DD: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations. Since the 1960s, America has given Blacks many trillions of dollars in reparations.
https://www.aol.com/articles/california-county-approves-reparations-plan-110028000.html
PJ MEDIA
— Teachers’ Union Brags About Fighting Trump’s Plan to Eliminate Racism and Bias in Universities.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/07/21/teachers-union-brags-about-fighting-trump-plan-to-ax-racism-bias-in-universities-n4955274
— House GOP divided over immigration bill that would allow illegal immigrant farm workers to remain in US.
https://thepostmillennial.com/no-amnesty-house-gop-divided-over-immigration-bill-that-would-allow-illegal-immigrant-farm-workers-to-remain-in-us
TOWNHALL
— The Questions Illinois Never Asked.
https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-abraham/2026/07/22/the-questions-illinois-never-asked-n2679879
— Here’s an Update on How the ICE Deportations Are Going.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/07/21/heres-an-update-on-how-the-ice-deportations-are-going-n2679891
— Party’s Over for Foreigners at College.
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2026/07/22/partys-over-for-foreigners-at-college-n2679890
WHITE HOUSE
— Democrat “Glitch” Registers Thousands of Noncitizens to Vote: Another Reason to Pass the SAVE America Act.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/07/democrat-glitch-registers-thousands-of-noncitizens-to-vote-another-reason-to-pass-the-save-america-act/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— DOJ warns California to drop Glock ban or face lawsuit. DD: How soon will Pritzker officially move to abolish the Second Amendment and confiscate all firearms and ammunition from Republicans?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/doj-warns-california-to-drop-glock-ban-or-face-lawsuit/gm-GMCC215DC8
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/other/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
NEW YORK TIMES
— America Has Eight Political Tribes. Which One Do You Belong to? DD: My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a bad member of the Loyal Right.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/opinion/voters-political-parties-coalitions.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Loyal Right remains enthusiastic about Mr. Trump and ready to turn out for Republicans in this year’s midterms, but its size — 18 percent of the electorate — makes it insufficient, on its own, for retaining a Republican majority. In lower-turnout elections like the ones this year and the partisan primaries we will have in 2028, the Loyal Left and the Loyal Right will be at their most powerful. Those voters show up when the others stay home. If you’re wondering why parties nominate candidates who are out on the extremes, it is often because of the voters who reliably participate in the process. Folks who are closer to the center will keep feeling let down or left out if they don’t throw their weight around, turning out in primaries as often as their more ideologically predictable peers. There’s nothing wrong, of course, with being a party loyalist, but it’s worth reminding ourselves that most of us don’t line up neatly with the platform of either of America’s two major parties. It’s also worth keeping in mind that there’s a reason Democrats range from the aforementioned democratic socialist Representative Ocasio-Cortez to the centrist Senator Elissa Slotkin. And why Republicans range from the moderate Senator Lisa Murkowski to the populist Representative Anna Paulina Luna. It may be more useful to think of our two parties as two coalitions. For now, at least, both have to accept some level of ideological incoherence in order to cobble together a majority.)
ASPEN DAILY NEWS
— Rethinking our definitions of success. DD: My critics/opponents a) attribute their successes to meritocracy and b) attribute my successes to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://www.aspendailynews.com/opinion/growing-community-rethinking-our-definitions-of-success-cb8c2696
KOMO NEWS
— Washington approves low-income toll discounts, though some urge relief for all drivers. DD: I started paying tolls when I was 20 in January of 1969 when I commuted in my 1969 Dodge Charger SE weekends to/from NIU and my parents’ home in Crete to keep my part-time Park Forest Post Office job.
https://komonews.com/news/local/washington-weighs-low-income-toll-discounts-fueling-debate-over-who-should-pay-road-highway-driving-commute-transit-income-economy-taxes-discount-program-family-paycheck-services
BREEZE COURIER
— The Limits of Merit. DD: My critics/opponents a) attribute their successes to meritocracy and b) attribute my successes to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://www.breezecourier.com/editorials/the-limits-of-merit-11a70117
CORTLAND STANDARD
— Get out the vote. DD: What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to get out the vote? As the Republican Precinct Committeeman for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I will hand-deliver to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter a copy of the sample ballot, campaign literature from all the candidates who provide their literature to the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), and a MTRO election guide. The Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.cortlandstandard.com/opinion/get-out-the-vote/article_df8017df-98cb-4481-94c7-735a07510cde.html
JACOBIN
— Working class. DD: I was a member of the working class 1964-1997, that is, I was a wage earner 1964-1997. My critics/opponents look down on the working class, that is, they look down on wage earners.
https://jacobin.com/2026/07/class-definition-socioeconomic-status-discourse
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New Jersey Removes Thousands of Noncitizens From Voter Rolls. State says software error led to noncitizens being mistakenly registered to vote when they applied for driver’s licenses and ID cards.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/new-jersey-removes-6-600-noncitizens-from-voter-rolls-after-software-error-9acc2492
— Socialism and the Young. Students discuss why DSA candidates perform well in their age cohort. DD: Under socialism, to advance, all you need to do is be a socialist. Under Democrats, to advance, all you need to do is be a Democrat. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and b) 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 Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black Democrat subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialism-and-the-young-d32844a2
— China vs. India Isn’t as Simple as Merit vs. Caste Quotas. The Indian economy’s lag behind its neighbor can’t be explained by the practice of reservations. DD: What Caste were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, My mother never attended high school. All my grandparent spoke German. I had to work my way through college. Nevertheless, my critics/opponents have always outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically painted my parents as having been filthy rich. They have always known full-well that I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were wealthy.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/china-vs-india-isnt-as-simple-as-merit-vs-caste-quotas-a704033f
FED SMITH
— The Grass Isn’t Always Greener But Is Federal Salary Really That Bad? Before assuming a private sector salary is usually better, look beyond your federal salary. Federal retirement, FEHB, and job security make a big difference. DD: Ever since I became a federal employee when I was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid and getting employment benefits that are far too generous. Ever since I became a federal retiree when I was 49 in 1997, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension that is far too generous. Ever since I became a federal employee when I was 18 in 1966 and ever since I got married in 1978, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for me and my wife getting a 72% health insurance premium subsidy. In my defense, I planned to work in the private sector, the automotive industry to be exact. But my high school friend asked me to join him to take the postal employment test in 1966. Because I passed, I was a part-time postal employee while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1969. I graduated from NIU in 1970 and accepted the only job offer that I got, to be the Retail Sales Manager in a Firestone Store, a job that not really require a college degree. I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971, but Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer that I got from IRS. I had taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination while I was a NIU student. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother would be approved.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/07/15/are-federal-employees-underpaid/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to the Federal Salary Council’s FY 2024 analysis using Bureau of Labor Statistics data, General Schedule employees earned an estimated 24.72% less than private-sector workers in comparable occupations. That’s an improvement from the previous year’s estimated 27.54% gap, thanks in part to larger pay raises in 2023 and 2024, but it is still a significant difference. . .Salary is only one part of what employers provide. Federal employees also receive retirement benefits, health insurance, paid leave, and workplace protections that have real financial value—even though they do not appear on an earnings statement. When economists compare total compensation rather than salary alone, the gap between federal and private employment often narrows considerably. . .Consider a GS-13 Step 10 employee in the Washington, DC area earning roughly $158,322 who retires after 30 years of service. That employee could receive a substantial lifetime pension, continue Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) coverage into retirement if eligible, receive the FERS retirement supplement before becoming eligible for Social Security, and continue drawing income from a well-funded TSP account. Someone leaving federal service midway through a career may receive a much smaller deferred pension and may need substantially higher private-sector earnings to replace the long-term value of those retirement benefits.)
LAW & LIBERTY
— What Is the Government Good For? DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/what-is-the-government-good-for/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY OBSERVER
— Civil service promotions in Bangladesh draw criticism over alleged bias and vetting gaps. DD: Federal employees in America who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Unions provide some protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I transferred from IRS in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors might not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. But even though I was a union member at the time, a) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and b) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. That was because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one, many, most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) 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) 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://observerbd.com/news/584450
July 21, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/midway-blitz-metro-surge-operation-metro-surge-operation-midway-blitz-ice-minneapolis-chicago-immigration/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare. To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance. To get more cheap labor, RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with those who will work for less money.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/snap-illinois-costs/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— City Council joins chorus demanding Boutros’ resignation as U.S. attorney. DD: I dealt with Patrick Fitzgerald’s U.S. attorney office in Chicago extensively 2000-2005 while I pursued Diersen v. GAO pro se. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf I should write about that.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/07/15/city-council-resolution-demanding-andrew-boutros-resignation-us-attorney
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260720/nation-and-world-politics/advocates-say-immigrant-community-afraid-amid-uptick-in-ice-activity-in-lake-county/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: The last one-room schoolhouse to operate in Illinois finds a new purpose after $1.6M restoration. DD; My mother, who was born in 1924, never attended high school. She walked to/from a one-room school house and the farm she was born on in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260720/news/the-last-one-room-schoolhouse-to-operate-in-illinois-finds-a-new-purpose-after-1-6m-restoration/
— Standardized tests. DD: My critics/opponents have always attributed my success in passing standardized tests to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who share their demographics. I passed all the tests needed to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license. 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. I would not have survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years if I had not a) passed the postal employment test when I was 17 in 1966, b) passed the Federal Entrance Examination when I was 21, c) earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, d) earned an MBA when I was 27, e) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, f) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, g) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, h) became a licensed CPA when I was 32, i) earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and j) earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. Overwhelmingly those who took and passed tests with me were White males.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260721/syndicated-columnists/the-limits-of-merit/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/ccb-illinois-cannabis-sales-20260721/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Top of IL GOP ticket: Pocketbook issues, not social issues. DD: The more that you follow conservative principles, the fewer pocketbook issues that you will have. The more that you follow liberal principles, the more pocketbook issues that you will have.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-top-of-il-gop-ticket-pocketbook-issues-not-social-issues/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/21/chicagos-new-sports-era-taking-shape-01005616
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-774/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker spends over $12 million on national politics.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-spends-over-12-million-on-national-politics/
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state lawmakers have increased lawmaker pay while approving budgets that raised taxes on Illinoisans.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmaker-salaries-rise-33-faster-than-their-constituents-paychecks-under-pritzker/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The more that you follow conservative principles, the fewer pocketbook issues that you will have. The more that you follow liberal principles, the more pocketbook issues that you will have. If I had followed liberal principles, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) earn a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. d) earn an MBA when I was 27, e) get married when I was 29, f) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, g) earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, h) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, or i) become a licensed CPA when I was 32.- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What motivates you to donate money to Republican candidates? For me, it includes their demonstrated commitment and ability to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who do you know that has served as the chairman of a political organization? It is a thankless job. I know. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republican of Illinois 2005-2012. I agree with Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman Bob Grogan who told the Chicago Sun-Times “You get blamed for everything and credit for nothing” and that Trump has the “hardest job in the world, and I probably have the second hardest job in the world, being chairman of the Illinois Republican Party.” While served as the TAPROOT chairman, my critics/opponents ever-increasingly blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my DuPage County Milton Township precinct in Wheaton. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and IRP, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. What do you have in common with Grogan? Grogan and I are both long-time DuPage County residents, Republican Precinct Committeemen, licensed CPAs, Certified Fraud Examiners, and members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and Illinois CPA Society. Grogan represented me on the IRP State Central Committee 2018-2022. I worked hard to elect Grogan and to reelect Grogan as DuPage County Auditor in 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024.
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to get out the vote? As the Republican Precinct Committeeman for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I will hand-deliver to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter a copy of the sample ballot, campaign literature from all the candidates who provide it to the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), and a MTRO election guide. The Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What motivates your critics/opponents to take adverse actions against you? The following motivates my critics/opponents to have their operatives and their dupe take adverse actions against me: a) my sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, b) my promoting in those newsletters conservative principles and Republican Party platform planks that they reject, and/or c) my refusing to be manipulated or dominated by them, my refusing to glorify or praise them, my refusing to pander to them, my refusing to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, my refusing to cover up their wrong doing, and/or my refusing to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Assault weapons’ bans are on their way to the Supreme Court.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/4655258/assault-weapons-bans-on-their-way-to-supreme-court/
— Socialism and Marxism is spreading like a malignant tumor. DD: To advance under socialism, you have to be a socialist. To advance in the Democrat-run federal government, you have to be a Democrat. Working in the Democrat public sector when I was 49 in 1997, my salary was only $154,682/year in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had worked in the private sector, I never would have earned that much. In my defense, I had earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/finance-and-economy/4655809/socialism-marxism-spreading-tumor-joe-concha/
BREITBART
— Baby Abandoned at Illinois Tourism Spot, Parents Fled U.S.
https://www.breitbart.com/local/2026/07/20/baby-abandoned-illinois-tourism-spot-parents-fled-u-s/amp/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Police responded to the Cahokia Mounds parking lot on the evening of June 7 after receiving reports that a baby had been abandoned in the parking lot and left in a car seat, News Nation reported. The child was transported to a local hospital for evaluation, and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has since taken custody.)
CHRISTIAN POST
— Why the ‘Woke Right’ is more dangerous than conservatives admit. DD: My critics/opponents are woke, that is, they blame all problems on those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/why-the-woke-right-is-more-dangerous-than-conservatives-admit.html
COLLEGE FIX
— California medical schools ditch required social justice courses ‘filled with propaganda.’ DD: I avoided liberal indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/california-medical-schools-ditch-required-social-justice-courses-filled-with-propaganda/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left Isn’t Building a Working-Class Movement—It’s Building a New Elite.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/20/the-left-isnt-building-a-working-class-movement-its-building-a-new-elite-left/
FOX NEWS
— Birth tourism fight shifts to US ‘tropical maternity ward’ with history of Chinese exploitation. Rep Morgan Griffith says Congress can amend statutes granting automatic citizenship in U.S. territories.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/birth-tourism-fight-shifts-us-tropical-maternity-ward-history-chinese-exploitation
— California county approves bombshell reparations plan despite budget crisis.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6401644206112
— Democrat group says reparations are owed Blacks because Black median wealth is nearly 15 times less than White median wealth. DD: To get even more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans who are the following like me cause all their problems: conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about the successes and the failures that my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors had doing that with my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-far-left-group-claims-reparations-owed-blacks-median-wealth-nearly-15-times-less-whites
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Launch Renewed Attack on School Choice. 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/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/20/wes-moore-school-choice-attack-n2679747
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Students need education, not indoctrination. DD: I avoided liberal indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5974887-education-quality-civil-rights/
— DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance. To get more cheap labor, RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with those who will work for less money.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5975518-birthright-citizenship-scotus-challenge/
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/20/politics/democratic-socialist-candidates-polling
MSN
— Why young grads are struggling to get hired. DD: The more of the following that you are, the less likely that Democrat and RINO employers will hire you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The more of the following that you are, the more likely that Democrat and RINO employers will hire you: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/why-young-grads-are-struggling-to-get-hired/ss-AA28evKu
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/opinion/democrats-capitalism-socialism.html
— The Hunt for a Job Has Never Been Worse. DD: What was your post-graduate success? When I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970, I had to have a job. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. I had applied for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother, but potential employers did not believe it would be granted. So I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was being the Retail Sales Manager for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. But the job did not really require a college degree. To “learn the business,” I was required to dismount, mount, and balance many tires, pump lots of gasoline, change lots of engine oil and filters, change batteries, deliver major appliances to homes, etc. My Chicago Heights store boss would never had hired me, but his boss had assigned me to him. He did not have a college degree. He refused to let me start until after I passed a 2-week probationary period in the Firestone Store in Gary, Indiana. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant, my being German American, my having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and my living in Crete. Under him, I saw that my Firestone career was bleak if not nonexistent. Consequently, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. He rudely if not violently fired me because I had accepted that offer. I had to have a job. So I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was to be an IRS Revenue Officer. Then, oddly, puzzlingly, he then offered me a job working part-time pumping gasoline which I accepted until he “asked” me to resign at the end of 1972. The money I earned helped me a) buy a new Corvette in 1971, b) pay for four graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/opinion/job-market-ai-employees.html
BALTIMORE SUN
— The Democratic Part is being defined by its far-left flank.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/07/20/democratic-socialists-party-flank/
NEWS HERALD
— Cal Thomas: Who are our domestic enemies?
https://www.news-herald.com/2026/07/20/cal-thomas-who-are-our-domestic-enemies/
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
— A district court judge in Helena has narrowed the scope of a lawsuit seeking to invalidate sections of the Montana Republican Party’s bylaws that require loyalty oaths and allows the state central committee to remove members as will, according to plaintiffs. DD: I should write about the following who have worked the hardest to get rid of me since 2000: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/judge-narrows-focus-of-lawsuit-against-state-gop-bylaws/article_59e82f0b-f7e3-4349-a679-1cfac0042b8b.html
SUMMIT DAILY
— Let’s get out the vote. DD: As the Republican Precinct Committeeman for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I will hand-deliver to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter a copy of the sample ballot, campaign literature from all the candidates who provide it to the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), and a MTRO election guide. The Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.summitdaily.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-lets-get-out-the-vote-and-participate-in-democracy/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A $55 Billion Safety Net? Government Tab to Prop Up American Farms Is Rising. DD: Democrats and RINOs despise/hate farms, farming, and farmers. Just look at how Democrats and RINOs are treating Bailey. My great grandparents on my father’s side were farmers. My grandparents on my mother’s side were farmers. During the 1950s, I spent lots of time at their farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
Trump’s latest request extends run of interventions supporting nation’s agricultural economy
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/a-55-billion-safety-net-government-tab-to-prop-up-american-farms-is-rising-67dc6634
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The Man Who Runs the IRS Spied on Colleagues When He Worked at JPMorgan. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Federal employees should assume that their Democrat superiors can see their 1040s if they want to and that they will use the information in those 1040s against their subordinates if they want to.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/irs-bisignano-spying-jpmorgan-6cd1ddf0
BARRON’S
— Career success. DD: What did you do to get promoted? I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. My critics/opponents use the aforesaid against me stressing that notwithstanding the aforesaid, I never earned more than $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.barrons.com/advisor/articles/merrill-financial-advisor-corina-davis-afcfb78c
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Family reunions. DD: Since 1847, all my ancestors were Missouri Synod Lutherans. But family reunions on both my father’s and mother’s sides died in the 1960s because Wisconsin Synod Lutherans defeated Missouri Synod Lutherans in Crete and in Grant Park. That had a tremendous impact on me. To stay with the Missouri Synod, my parents took me out of eight grade at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete in 1961 and transferred me to a newly formed very small eight grade at Hope Lutheran in Park Forest.
https://www.businessinsider.com/annual-family-reunion-kids-impact-2026-4
BLOOMBERG LAW
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/dhs-restores-30-day-rule-for-asylum-seekers-work-authorization
SMILE HUB
— Illinois Is 2026’s 8th Best State for People in Poverty. DD: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) invite to Illinois those who want/need/demand massive government assistance and b) drive out of Illinois those who are productive members of society.
https://smilehub.org/blog/states-most-supportive-of-people-in-poverty/144
FED SMITH
— What Recent Court Decisions Mean for Federal Employee Job Security. DD: Because Democrats run the federal government, federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Have adverse actions been taken against you “for cause?” My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that GAO forced me to retire “for cause” when I was 49 in 1997. They stress the adverse actions that my GAO superiors had taken against me previously. They had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They had delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They had forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Previously, my IRS superiors had never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. Previously, my Post Office superiors had forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact a) that Democrats run GAO, Democrats despise/hate Republicans, and I have always been a Republican, b) that all my GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors who took the aforesaid actions against me were Democrats, c) that I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation since 1988, and d) that I had ever-increasingly complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I must have been guilty of “gross malfeasance or negligence” or even worse things because the many big aforesaid adverse actions were taken against me even though I had a) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, b) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1981, and 1976, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/07/20/court-decisions-federal-employee-job-security/
July 19, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Federal appeals court rules that New Jersey’s assault weapons ban is unconstitutional.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-appeals-court-rules-new-jerseys-assault-weapons-ban-is-unconstitutional/19532978/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/17/aldermen-chicago-police-ice-complaints/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOILD WITH PICTURE: Big gaps between Democratic, Republican campaign coffers in suburban House races. DD: What motivates you to donate money to Republican candidates? For me, it includes their demonstrated commitment and ability to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260718/us-congress-politics/big-gaps-between-democratic-republican-campaign-coffers-in-suburban-house-races/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260718/news/rally-promoting-voter-turnout-brings-good-trouble-to-arlington-heights/
— DD: To get more votes, Democrats ever-increasingly flood America with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260719/letters-to-the-editor/fear-stoking-citizenship-debate/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/river-city-pride-peoria/amp/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Secretary of State dismisses calls for clarity on migrant’s license status. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, those who drive vehicles will be noncitizens.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_92f9bb63-f01c-4b30-853f-33559b074085.html
JOHN KASS
— Media Mistrust and Why Illinois and California are Failing.
https://johnkassnews.com/media-mistrust-and-why-illinois-and-california-are-failing/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What motivates you to donate money to Republican candidates? For me, it includes their demonstrated commitment and ability to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What does your future hold for you? From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs will a) ascribe evil motives and bad judgement to everything that you say or do and b) blame you for everything that is bad. Ever-increasingly they will turn those who are the following against you: liberal/moderate, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democratic Party’s left-wing insurgency spreads to pivotal House race in Michigan. DD: Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, the Democrats who run Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district will pivot further to the left.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/17/democratic-partys-left-wing-insurgency-spreads-pivotal-house-race/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ben Shapiro denounces Marco Rubio’s socialist policies.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4654212/ben-shapiro-marco-rubio-socialist-policies/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Liberal News Media Bias Has a Serious Effect. DD: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media promotes the Democrat Party platform, that is, it ever-increasingly promotes more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action, DEI, that is, wokeness/wokeism, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media promotes more hated against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans, that is, those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aei.org/articles/liberal-news-media-bias-has-a-serious-effect/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Left Is Intrinsically Intolerant. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors never tolerated my refusing to become a Democrat. Because of that, to get rid of me, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me. Because I had none of the aforesaid demographics, they ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action, DEI, and the Veterans Preference to get rid of me. The final straw was when I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 in 1988. To get rid of me, they a) got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986, b) threw me off audits of IRS for the rest of my GAO career, c) assigned me to a Democrat veteran who gave me very unfair performance expectations and a very unfair performance appraisal, and d) ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/07/18/the-left-is-intrinsically-intolerant-attacking-new-york-nuns-is-a-feature-not-a-bug-of-the-lefts-civil-religion/
BREITBART
— Britain Set to Become ‘Third-World Country’
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/07/18/farage-warns-britain-will-become-a-third-world-country-under-establishment-uniparty-government/
— Socialism is a Tool to Further Exploit People. DD: My refusing to become a Democrat harmed my efforts to achieve the American Dream. Under socialism, if you refuse to become a socialist, you will never achieve the American Dream.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/18/polis-socialism-a-tool-to-further-exploit-people/
DAILY CALLER
— Secret Service Agents Tasked With Protecting JD Vance’s Family Appear To Be Leaking Their Private Affairs to Left-Wing Media.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/07/17/secret-service-media-leaks-jd-vance-family-marine-two/
DAILY SIGNAL
— If We Don’t Teach Liberty to the Next Generation, We’ll Lose It. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. To get promoted beyond GS-4 working for the Post Office, beyond GS-12 working for IRS, and beyond GS-13 working for GAO, you had to not only be a Democrat, but you had to excel at promoting Democrats who were the aforesaid. That is, you had to excel at getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/18/liberty-next-generation/
FEDERALIST
— 7 Ways DSA Plans To Turn America Into A Third-World Communist Country.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/17/7-ways-dsa-plans-to-turn-america-into-a-third-world-communist-country/
— CNBC: ‘Best States To Live In’ Mutilate Kids, Free Criminals, Take All Your Money. DD: He who sets the criteria determines the outcome.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/17/cnbc-best-states-to-live-in-mutilate-kids-free-criminals-take-all-your-money/
— After Birthplace Citizenship Ruling, China Won’t Need Hackers To Meddle In US Elections.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/17/after-birthplace-citizenship-ruling-china-wont-need-hackers-to-meddle-in-us-elections/
FOX NEWS
— A two-day conference featuring socialist, anti-war and pro-Palestinian activists at Chicago Teachers Union headquarters is drawing criticism from an education advocate who says the gathering reflects priorities far removed from the classroom.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/far-left-activist-conference-teachers-union-hq-raises-classroom-concerns
— Socialism’s rise inside the Democratic Party now threatens the American Dream. DD: My refusing to become a Democrat harmed my efforts to achieve the American Dream. Under socialism, if you refuse to become a socialist, you will never achieve the American Dream.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/socialisms-rise-inside-democratic-party-threatens-american-dream
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— White Supremacy Narrative Alive and Well On College Campuses. Everything on the campuses is framed through a racial lens. DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/white-supremacy-narrative-alive-and-well-on-college-campuses-criticalrace-org-report-reveals/
— Democrats Far Outraising Republicans in Key Senate Races. DD: What motivates you to donate money to Republican candidates? For me, it includes their demonstrated commitment and ability to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/uh-oh-democrats-far-outraising-republicans-in-key-senate-races/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— How We Get Shameless Candidates. DD: I should write about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me the most for their defeats. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2026/09/authentically-bad-how-we-get-shameless-candidates/
NEW AMERICAN
— Mamdani’s Year Zero: NYC Whites Out White People From Its History. DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/mamdanis-year-zero-nyc-whites-out-white-people-from-its-history/
NEWS BUSTERS
— The View Fears Testosterone for Male Solders, But Demand Trans in Military.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2026/07/17/view-fears-testosterone-male-solders-demand-trans-military
TOWNHALL
— Why the Left Hates Jews and Christians. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government had my many Jewish superiors and supervisors take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/07/18/why-the-left-hates-jews-and-christians-n2679686
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Mamdani-backed candidate who blamed 9/11 on American ‘capitalism and racism’ wins Democratic primary. DD: One of the many reasons why 9/11 continues to have a big impact on me is my having been in the buildings that fell in New York when I worked for GAO. When the buildings fell, I was delivering press release kits for Republican State Representative Randy Hultgren.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/mamdani-backed-candidate-who-blamed-9-11-on-american-capitalism-and-racism-wins-democratic-primary/ar-AA26sCYP
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/immigration-chicago-prosecutors.html
— Democratic Lawmakers Tell Military to Refuse Illegal Orders. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I never refused to carry out any order that they gave me, including their ever-increasing orders to give more and more and more preference to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems. All of those who they assigned me to supervise were many, most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid. But that was not enough for my Democrat superiors. When I was 49 in 1997, they forced me to retire and gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/politics/democratic-lawmakers-illegal-orders.html
FED WEEK & GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Rule Finalized Giving OPM Power to Fire Federal Employees on Suitability Grounds. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. According to my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, I was never a suitable federal employee because I refused to become a Democrat. Because of that, to get rid of me, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me. Because I had none of the aforesaid demographics, they ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action, DEI, and the Veterans Preference to get rid of me. The final straw was when I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 in 1988. To get rid of me, they a) got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986, b) threw me off audits of IRS for the rest of my GAO career, c) assigned me to a Democrat veteran who gave me very unfair performance expectations and a very unfair performance appraisal, and d) ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/rule-finalized-giving-opm-power-to-fire-federal-employees-on-suitability-grounds/
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/07/opm-finalizes-nixonian-rule-centralizing-enabling-some-firings/414575/
FEDERAL NEWS NEWORK
— Non-disclosure agreements for federal employees. DD: I was a whistleblower. I ever-increasingly complained about my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors’ ever-increasing political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Consequently, they took ever-increasingly bigger adverse actions against me. For my Democrat GAO superiors, the final straw was when I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 in 1988. To get rid of me, they a) got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986, b) threw me off audits of IRS for the rest of my GAO career, c) assigned me to a Democrat veteran who gave me very unfair performance expectations and a very unfair performance appraisal, and d) ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2026/06/nda-proposal-draws-concerns-of-chilling-effect-on-federal-employees/
REASON
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace American students with foreign students.
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/18/trumps-harmful-and-unjust-restrictions-on-foreign-students/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders are extremely divisive. They ever-increasingly turn those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time against those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/09/19/americans-feelings-about-politics-polarization-and-the-tone-of-political-discourse/
July 18, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois GOP trails badly in midterm cash.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/07/17/illinois-gop-trails-democrats-badly-midterm-cash-darren-bailey-jb-pritzker-rich-miller
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/07/17/ice-midway-blitz-chicago-police-brandon-johnson
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bailey uses trespassing arrest at JB Pritzker’s home for familiar attack on crime. DD: Democrat leaders say it is unclear whether Dwayne Cortez Milton, 46, the man charged with trespassing at Pritzker’s Astor Street home, would have been kept in jail while awaiting trial on a previous charge prior to passage of the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today law.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/18/darren-bailey-jb-pritzker-trespassing-arrest/
— Why must an election judge identify as either a Democrat or a Republican?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/18/letters-071826-election-judge/
— DD: Ever-increasingly, immigrants talk and/or act like they remain loyal to their motherland, if not like they came to America to turn America into their motherland, if not like they are paid agents of their motherland.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/18/bridgeview-little-palestine-way-idot/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Gary Sinise rocks Cantigny with 7,000-strong salute to veterans.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/ccb-candid-candace-gary-sinise-veterans-salute-20260717/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 7,000 patriotic fans packed Cantigny Park in Wheaton on July 11 for actor Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band’s largest concert to date. Rockin’ For Our Vets: America 250 was a record-breaking benefit for the West Suburban Foundation for Disabled Veterans. The concert raised awareness and support for the nonprofit’s mission of serving disabled veterans and their families. Guests began arriving early, filling the sprawling Parade Field as military displays, interactive exhibits, food vendors and the First Division Museum welcomed families throughout the day. The century-old Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band added another stirring patriotic touch to the afternoon’s ceremonies. The festivities officially kicked off with an America 250 program featuring distinguished veterans and inspiring guest speakers before the evening’s musical performances. Among the evening’s special guests was Benjamin Patton, grandson of General George S. Patton and founder of the Patton Veterans Project. He shared his personal story and introduced a moving video about his family’s military legacy, which spans generations and dates back to the American Revolution. Vietnam War hero and former Secret Service agent Capt. William “Hawk” Albracht shared his remarkable journey as one of the most decorated veterans of the Vietnam War. Former Army POW Jessica Lynch, whose story drew the nation’s attention during the Iraq War, was just 19 years old in 2003 when she was captured after her convoy was ambushed and rescued by U.S. Special Operations. Country star HunterGirl (Hunter Wolkonowski), a fan favorite from “American Idol,” kicked off the evening at 6 p.m. with a high-energy performance that had the crowd on its feet and set the perfect tone for the night’s festivities. An hour later, the moment thousands had been waiting for arrived as Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band took the stage. Their signature blend of classic rock, country hits and patriotic favorites transformed Cantigny’s Parade Field into one giant celebration. Fans sang along, waved American flags and danced well into the evening as Sinise, who has spent decades supporting America’s military community, delivered a performance that celebrated service, sacrifice and patriotism as much as it did the music. Leading the effort behind the event were Michelle Senatore, co-founder and president of the West Suburban Foundation for Disabled Veterans; U.S. Navy veteran and volunteer Staci Boyer; and a dedicated team of volunteers. Through programs that provide financial assistance, housing and transportation support, service dogs, mental health services and other essential resources, the nonprofit has become a vital lifeline for disabled veterans and their families. The organization’s mission is to ensure that those who have sacrificed for our country receive the support they deserve long after their military service has ended. With another successful event in the books, the West Suburban Foundation for Disabled Veterans is already looking ahead. Planning has begun for the return of Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band to Cantigny in 2027, continuing what organizers hope will become one of the region’s signature annual tributes to veterans.)
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-creates-legal-pathway-for-immigrant-children-as-deportations-speed-up/3963176/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-pushes-false-claims-about-election-security-in-primetime-address/
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Trump says Darline Graham should run for full US Senate term to replace late brother Lindsey Graham.
https://www.newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/trump-says-darline-graham-should-run-for-full-us-senate-term-to-replace-late-brother/article_018130b2-19d3-52a3-9176-dba41203936c.html
CWB CHICAGO
— 10% of electronic monitoring participants are AWOL, Cook County chief judge says, as high-profile violations continue to mount.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/07/10-of-electronic-monitoring-participants-are-awol-cook-county-chief-judge-says-as-high-profile-violations-continue-to-mount.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-558/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_356c80cf-60ef-40d6-9175-8e56d0de4cb1.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Urgent Case for Election Reform.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/07/the-urgent-case-for-election-reform/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Exposes Chinese Election Interference, Declassifies Previously Hidden Documents in Primetime Address.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/trump-exposes-chinese-election-interference-declassifies-previously-hidden-documents-in-primetime-address.html
MCHENY COUNTY BLOG
— Next Year’s Prevailing Wages Announced, Sample: Traffic Safety Worker 1 $44.65 DD: I did not start earning $54.52 in today’s dollars until after I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, earned an MBA, and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/18/next-years-prevailing-wages-announced-sample-traffic-safety-worker-1-44-65/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Carpenter $58.51, Cement Mason $52.15, Electrician $62.22, Laborer $53.00, Operating Engineer Bldg $68.80, Operating Engineer Hwy $67.00, Painter $56.30, Traffic Safety Worker 1 $44.65, Truck driver $44.65)
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Career success. Measures of career success include salary, promotions, professional certifications, and professional licenses. According to my critics/opponents, my career working for IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997 was an abject failure and they blame that on me. The Democrats who ran IRS hired me as a GS-7, currently $56,409/year, Revenue Officer when I was 22 in 1971 because I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination when I was 21. They promoted me to GS-9, currently $68,999/year, when I was 23, to GS-11, currently $83,482/year, when I was 24, and to GS-12, currently $100,059/year, when I was 25. Because they took adverse actions against me when I was 25 and 29 and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13, currently $118,984/year even though I had earned an MBA when II was 27 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, I took a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31. The Democrats who ran GAO finally promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 after I had earned 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. With step increases, my GS-13 salary increased to $154,684/year in today’s dollars when I was 49. After I transferred, I earned professional certifications when I was 32 (internal auditing), 41 (fraud examination), 45 (government financial management), 47 (financial services auditing), and 48 (forensic accounting) and a master’s degree (financial markets and trading) when I was 48. My superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents have always argued that because I had the aforesaid degrees, professional certifications, and professional license, I should have been promoted to GS-13 much faster than I was and then to GS-14, GS-15, and Senior Executive Service (SES), currently $197,200/year, before I was 40. They blame me for that. They ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact a) that my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me when I was 23, 23, and 25 and b) that my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me. According to my critics/opponents, I am 100% responsible for my not getting promoted to GS-13 sooner, for my never being promoted beyond GS-13, and for my being forced to retire when I was 49. I agree with them, but absolutely not for the reasons that they hint/imply/argue/shout. They know full-well that Democrats believe that the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and that I am none of the aforesaid. They know full well that federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran have no Civil Service protections. They know full-well that I would have made SES before I was 40 if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, b) if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and c) if I had not officially became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with the aforesaid when I was 40. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The rise of socialism. DD: Socialists hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a socialist just like Democrat employers hint/imply/argue/shout that under them, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a Democrat.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4651540/dispirit-of-76-and-rise-of-socialism/
ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— The Mainstream Media Attempts to Soft-pedal Socialism.
https://www.academia.org/the-mainstream-media-attempts-to-soft-pedal-socialism/
BREITBART
— Marsha Blackburn Reintroduces ‘Ban Birth Tourism Act’ in Wake of SCOTUS Ruling on Birthright Citizenship.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/17/exclusive-marsha-blackburn-reintroduces-ban-birth-tourism-act-wake-scotus-ruling-birthright-citizenship/amp/
— Tom Homan Pushes for More Worksite Arrests of Migrants. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/07/17/tom-homan-pushes-for-more-worksite-arrests-of-migrants/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— More Than 113,000 Deceased and Noncitizens Registered to Vote in Texas.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/17/dhs-report-more-than-113000-deceased-and-noncitizens-registered-to-vote-in-texas/
DAILY WIRE
— The DSA’s New Plan To Save America By Destroying It.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-dsas-new-plan-to-save-america-by-destroying-it
FEDERALIST
— Rather Than Back Down, Trump Must Escalate His Campaign For Mass Deportations.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/17/rather-than-back-down-trump-must-escalate-his-campaign-for-mass-deportations/
FOX NEWS
— House Dems pressed on socialist proposal to eliminate Senate and presidency. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Rep. Peter Aguilar, D-Calif., were reluctant to speak on the newly announced agenda by socialists to eliminate the Senate and presidency.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401415185112
— Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who has been intensely critical of the wealthy while on the campaign trail, makes enough money to put him and his wife in the top 1% of households in his state.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialist-backed-dem-who-ripped-wealthy-cracks-states-top-1-tax-returns-show
— America’s broken legal immigration system is replacing US workers by design. OPT program was never passed by Congress, but lets employers hire foreign graduates over Americans. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/americas-broken-legal-immigration-system-replacing-us-workers-design
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— White Supremacy Narrative Alive and Well On College Campuses.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/white-supremacy-narrative-alive-and-well-on-college-campuses-criticalrace-org-report-reveals/
— Political Agendas Killing Confidence in U.S. Higher Ed. The poll found that among respondents who lacked confidence in higher education, the most commonly cited reason was the perception that college campuses promote political agendas.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/gallup-poll-political-agendas-killing-confidence-in-u-s-higher-ed/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Americans more likely to vote socialist than MAGA.
https://thepostmillennial.com/americans-more-likely-to-vote-socialist-than-maga-as-midterms-approach-cnbc-poll
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— How Socialism Captured the West Coast. DD: Socialists hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a socialist just like Democrat employers hint/imply/argue/shout that under them, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a Democrat.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2026/07/17/how_socialism_captured_the_west_coast_1195129.html
TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Is Fundamentally Reimagining Violence.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/print/2679629
— Maine Senate Race Shows Democrats Are Determined to Grant Illegal Aliens Amnesty.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/17/maine-senate-race-path-to-amnesty-n2679644
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNBC
— Democratic socialists top MAGA candidates among voters. DD: Socialists hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a socialist just like Democrat employers hint/imply/argue/shout that under them, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a Democrat.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/democratic-socialists-top-maga-candidates-all-america-poll.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Dishonorable discharge. DD: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors gave me a dishonorable discharge when they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Previously, they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and c) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/hegseth-could-lead-troops-whod-face-getting-fired-for-actions-hes-done-in-the-past/
MSN
— DD: Both Trump and I avoided the Vietnam War draft. Ever since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have used against me my getting draft deferments instead of enlisting. I should write about my many Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors who were veterans and the many big adverse actions that they took against me. They used my avoiding the draft with deferments against me viciously. They blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. I have always asked myself if I had tried to enlist would I have been accepted. I was 1-A for the draft even though I could not run because I had an inherited bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. My critics/opponents have always used my aforesaid health problems against me. They have always stressed that if I had been accepted, I would not have been sent into combat and that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am a disgusting unmitigated hypocritical coward. According to my many Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who were veterans, if I had not avoided the draft, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) earn a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. d) earn an MBA when I was 27, e) get married when I was 29, f) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, g) earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, h) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, or i) become a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-s-ex-bunkmate-reveals-nickname-he-earned-after-dodging-vietnam-draft/ar-AA25rUOj
NEW YORK TIMES
— Voter support for candidates. DD: What motivates you to help elect Republican candidates? For me, it includes their demonstrated commitment and ability to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/07/14/polls/senate-elections-voters-polls.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Disparate impact. DD: Those who passed tests and examinations with me were overwhelming White males. Democrats blame their problems on disparate impact. Hiring, retention, and promotion requirements have a disparate impact against 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 who was minority, female, younger, or veteran who would take the job. I would not have survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years if I had not a) passed the postal employment test when I was 17 in 1966, b) passed the Federal Entrance Examination when I was 21, c) earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, d) earned an MBA when I was 27, e) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, f) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, g) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, h) became a licensed CPA when I was 32, i) earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and j) earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and b) 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 Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. Overwhelmingly, those who passed the tests and examinations to earn the aforesaid degrees, certifications and license with me were White males.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/10/trump-doj-corrects-disparate-impact-record/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pentagon Dangles $400,000 Salaries to Recruit Wall Street Bankers. Plan to lend more than $200 billion to shore up defense manufacturing fuels a hiring spree.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-dangles-400-000-salaries-to-recruit-wall-street-bankers-944435dc
— DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. My critics/opponents will never forgive me for that.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/kevin-sabet-has-legal-marijuana-passed-its-high-point-6732b5af
PARADE
— Being Forced Into Retirement Is One of the Most Damaging Things That Can Happen to You. DD: I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. According to the aforesaid, I brought it on myself. I would not have been forced to retire if I had become a Democrat, if I had not complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, or age discrimination, if I had not become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with the aforesaid. My critics/opponents side with my superiors who forced me to retire. They reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. They promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://parade.com/living/being-forced-into-retirement-can-negatively-impact-mental-health
IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH
— Speaker Mike Johnson condemns Democratic Socialists at Iowa Christian gathering.
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/07/17/speaker-mike-johnson-condemns-democratic-socialists-at-iowa-christian-gathering/
FED SMITH
— Federal Employee Pay Has Reached Record Levels. DD: My critics/opponents who are/were not union members are vehemently anti-union. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been grossly overpaid. They have always been furious that while I was a union member when I was a postal employee for almost 3 years 1966-1969 and then an IRS employee for almost 9 years 1971-1980, my salary increased from $19.57/hour to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in business, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year when I was 22 in 1971, $68,999/year when I was 23, $83,482/year when I was 24, $100,059/year when I was 25, and $113,402/year when I was 31. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $89,703/year when I was 31, $118,984/year when I was 38, and $154,682/year when I was 49. 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. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/06/05/federal-employee-pay-complicated-than-appears/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The average federal employee salary is $112,456/year and has increased dramatically over the last decade and is more than 50% higher than the average salary reported in 2017. While annual pay raises have contributed to this growth, they are only part of the story. . .One reason average federal salaries are relatively high is that federal employees are older and generally more experienced than workers in the overall U.S. labor force. This distinction is important. According to OPM’s latest workforce data, the median age of federal civilian employees is 47 years old. By comparison, the median age of the overall U.S. labor force is about 42 years old. This means the federal workforce is generally older and more experienced than the workforce as a whole. Workers typically earn more as they gain experience, move into supervisory positions, and acquire specialized skills. An organization with a larger share of mid-career and senior employees will have a higher average salary than one that relies heavily on entry-level workers.)
— Where Are the “Big Bucks” in Government? Why Average Federal Salary in Some Agencies is Twice As High. Some federal agencies pay more than others. One agency’s average is 183% higher than the average federal salary.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/06/10/why-some-federal-employees-earn-twice-average-salary/
JD SUPRA
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/recent-legal-developments-offer-7047451/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: From what I see, far too many get involved in Republican politics in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton a) to get more preference for those who share their demographics, that is, to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination and/or b) to promote LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, and/or diminishment of Second Amendment rights. I should write about the aforesaid. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2026/07/16/engagement-in-public-life-is-linked-with-americans-views-of-politics-news/
NEW AMERICA
— DD: To get more votes from younger people, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame older people for the problems that younger people have. It is called age discrimination. As I got older, my Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly blamed me for the problems that my subordinates had. All those who they assigned me to supervise were Democrats who were younger than me and were minority, female, veteran, disabled, and/or had performance problems. My Republican critics/opponents stress that I did not get involved in Republican politics until I was 49 years old. They ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth that I worked for Democrats before then.
https://www.newamerica.org/events/the-next-generation-of-voters/
CANNABIS EQUIPMENT NEWS
— Massachusetts Has Allowed 13 Municipalities to Ban Cannabis Deliveries. DD: In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. My critics/opponents will never forgive me for that.
https://www.cannabisequipmentnews.com/distribution/news/22970714/massachusetts-has-allowed-13-municipalities-to-ban-cannabis-deliveries
July 17, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/videoClip/19521831/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-16/in-primetime-speech-trump-doesnt-provide-evidence-for-illegal-voting
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker’s Spanish-language play
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/16/pritzkers-spanish-language-play-01002287
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— The interim dean of the University of Illinois College of Medicine testified before Congress that the school has taken steps to address antisemitism.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_3aac5a69-252d-4a14-922f-882ca8af102b.amp.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BLAZE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more Islam.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/relatable/child-content-creator-ms-rachel-accused-soft-pedaling-islam
BREITBART
— Trump Says U.S. Election System Is ‘Broken’ and ‘Vulnerable’ After DHS Review Found Noncitizens on Voter Rolls.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/16/trump-says-u-s-election-system-is-broken-and-vulnerable-after-dhs-review-found-noncitizens-on-voter-rolls/
— Trump Slams NBC, ABC for Not Covering Election Integrity Speech: ‘They Want to Protect the Radical Left’
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2026/07/16/president-trump-slams-nbc-abc-not-covering-election-integrity-speech-protect-radical-left/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Trinity College course will teach students to ‘unsettle’ the ‘white gaze.’ The spring 2027 anthropology course will ask students to turn their ‘anthropological gaze upon whiteness itself.’ The course description contends that ‘white supremacy and racial capitalism structure our world.’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/trinity-college-course-will-teach-students-unsettle-white-gaze/30271
CITY JOURNAL
— How Socialism Captured the West Coast. Cities including Seattle, Portland, and Los Angeles have become new political battlegrounds for a socialist resurgence. DD: Socialists hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all that employees need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a socialist just like all that federal employees need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a Democrat.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/west-coast-socialism-political-candidates-elections
DAILY CITIZEN
— Rep. Mary Miller Calls Out Gender and DEI Ideology in Medical Schools.
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/rep-mary-miller-calls-out-gender-and-dei-ideology-in-medical-schools/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Why Mamdani Wants to Erase Europeans From New York’s Immigration History.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/16/mamdani-erase-new-yorks-history/
FEDERALIST
— DHS: More Than 250,000 Noncitizens Are Registered To Vote In Four States.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/16/dhs-more-than-250000-noncitizens-are-registered-to-vote-in-four-states/
— In Massive Military Bill, Congress Considers Putting Anti-DEI Protections Into Law.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/16/in-massive-military-bill-congress-considers-putting-anti-dei-protections-into-law/
FOX NEWS
— Socialism is one of the ‘greatest frauds’ burdened on humanity.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401354548112
— DHS: More than a quarter-million noncitizens may be registered to vote in 4 key states. California tops the list with nearly 191,000 flagged registrations as states are asked to verify voter rolls.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/quarter-million-noncitizens-registered-vote-4-key-states-dhs-alleges
— Socialism or capitalism? Americans in Denver make their choice. DD: Socialists hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all that employees need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a socialist just like all that federal employees need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a Democrat.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401333438112
— ‘Woke’ military academies targeted in new blueprint for sweeping warfighting overhaul. The blueprint calls for merit-based admissions, 75% warfighting curriculum and an end to tenure.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/woke-military-academies-targeted-new-blueprint-sweeping-warfighting-overhaul
PJ MEDIA
— Chicago Reporters Doubted the Gang. The Court Files Didn’t.
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/07/16/chicago-reporters-doubted-the-gang-the-court-files-didnt-n4955129
TOWNHALL
— Mural of Slain Ukrainian Woman Painted Over With ‘Abstract Art’ in Chicago.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/julia-cassidy/2026/07/16/mural-of-slain-ukranian-woman-painted-over-with-abstract-art-in-chicago-n2679552
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— DHS: More Than 250,000 Noncitizens Registered to Vote. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/why-public-voter-rolls-can-produce-inaccurate-lists-of-non-citizens-266817093817
NEW YORK TIMES
— Younger Voters Are Propelling the Democratic Socialist Surge in New York. Age seemed to be the predominant factor in the Democratic Socialists of America’s primary wins in House races in New York City. DD: Socialists hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all that employees need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a socialist just like all that federal employees need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a Democrat.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/nyregion/dsa-young-voters-primary-ny.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011024674/a-vision-of-a-society-without-capitalism.html
— DHS: More Than 250,000 Noncitizens Registered to Vote. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/us/politics/trump-again-makes-unfounded-claims-of-noncitizen-voting.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise China and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/world/asia/pew-opinion-survey-china-united-states.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New York’s DSA Holds One Political Party After Another. From a book club to a hootenanny, it wins over the young by putting the ‘social’ into socialism. DD: Socialists hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all that employees need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a socialist just like all that federal employees need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a Democrat.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/new-yorks-dsa-holds-one-political-party-after-another-df06811d
— DHS: More Than 250,000 Noncitizens Registered to Vote. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.wsj.com/video/trump-claims-more-than-250000-noncitizens-registered-to-vote/3EE1E08C-B211-47D3-90FC-01957FEC2053
— Less Is More in Higher Education. A bachelor’s degree in three years would cut costs and curb waste. DD: Immediately after I completed 16 graduate evening business courses one course at a time 1972-1976 and earned an MBA from Loyola, Loyola cut its requirement for an MBA to 12 courses if you had a bachelor’s degree in business which I did. My not earning an MBA sooner than I did harmed my IRS career.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/less-is-more-in-higher-education-3f1c39da
FORTUNE
— Musk says he’s blocked from South Africa because he’s white. Amazon just moved in.
https://fortune.com/2026/07/16/musk-white-south-africa-amazon-starlink/
WTOP
— Former federal workers, lawmakers, mark a year after DOGE purge. DD: Were you purged? My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes purge me from the following: a) Post Office employment 1969, b) Firestone Store employment in 1971 and 1972, c) GAO employment in 1997, d) Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster position in 2004 and 2010, e) Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, f) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship position in 2012, g) Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks role in 2021, and h) Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee membership in 2024.
https://wtop.com/liveblog-today-on-the-hill/2026/07/former-federal-workers-lawmakers-mark-a-year-after-doge-purge/
DESERT SUN
— DD: What do your critics/opponents hold you accountable for? My critics/opponents hold me accountable for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.desertsun.com/story/opinion/readers/2024/06/03/hold-trump-accountable-in-november/73923292007/
EXPONENT
— Career successes. DD: What do you attribute your career successes to? I attribute my career successes to earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degrees, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license. My critics/opponents attribute my career successes to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or non-citizen.
https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/alumni-attribute-career-successes-to-boilermaker-education-during-old-masters/article_324cde5a-ff67-11e9-8d96-4f71a1a74efa.html
GILLETTE NEWS RECORD
— Candidate survey asking their positions on party platforms. DD: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that the following reject, the harder that they have their operatives and their dupes work against me: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. 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. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest/most adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/news/local/article_c76e68f6-9cc4-40fe-be8a-6678b26fadba.html
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— DD: Laid off federal employees decry the loss of agency expertise. When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, they flushed down their toilets what I had learned a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, c) earning three job-related master’s degrees, d) earning six job-related professional certifications, and e) a job-related professional license. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/07/laid-off-federal-employees-spotlight-lasting-impacts-of-state-dept-rif/
FED AGENT
— Federal Employee Performance Ratings Get Major Overhaul. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They use the subjectivity in their performance rating systems a) to waste the careers of Republican employees and b) to get rid of federal employees.
https://www.fedagent.com/news/federal-employee-performance-ratings-get-major-overhaul-under-new-opm-rule
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Student success. DD: What harmed your success as a student? For me, it was my spending far too many hours a) washing dishes in Chicago Heights instead of studying while I was Crete-Monee High School student 1964-1966 and b) delivering mail in Park Forest instead of studying while I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and a NIU student in 1969.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/college-experience/2026/07/17/how-4-colleges-are-expanding-student-success