CPAC
— Conservatives Unite for Day One of CPAC USA 2026
https://www.cpac.org/post/conservatives-unite-for-day-one-of-cpac-usa-2026
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Older and younger conservatives at CPAC are split over Trump’s war in Iran. A sharp generational split over the Iran war is opening up at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference.
https://kdhnews.com/news/nation/older-and-younger-conservatives-at-cpac-are-split-over-trumps-war-in-iran/article_c6a19db3-ef47-517b-838d-48d1b0270f8f.html
https://apnews.com/video/older-and-younger-conservatives-at-cpac-are-split-over-trumps-war-in-iran-8a65e2eaf8f24fa3ad153762b40ede95
CBS NEWS
— First day of CPAC in Grapevine includes topic of immigration
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/first-day-of-cpac-in-grapevine-includes-topic-of-immigration/
MOTHER JONES
— The Incredible Shrinking CPAC. Once the center of conservative gravity, CPAC can’t get a single Trump family member to show up.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/the-incredible-shrinking-cpac/
SKY NEWS
— ‘A lot of optimism’: Conservatives ‘pumped’ for CPAC conference dominated by Iran war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLqN9ku1oAs
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 8 charged after teen disturbance in Loop. Alderman renews calls for curfew changes. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-police-respond-loop-disturbance-alderman-hopkins-says-curfew-enforced/18778471/
— Hotel and stadium workers can refuse work if ICE is present, union says as World Cup approaches
https://abc7.com/post/hotel-stadium-workers-can-refuse-work-ice-is-present-union-says-world-cup-approaches/18766126/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/street-closures-in-downtown-chicago-for-no-kings-rally-and-march/3914376/
CBS2
— Downtown alderman renews push for more police curfew powers after large teen takeover. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/downtown-alderman-renews-push-for-more-police-curfew-powers-after-large-teen-takeover/
WGN9
— Curfew enforcement order issued after teen takeover in Loop overnight. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/curfew-enforcement-order-issued-after-teen-takeover-in-loop-overnight/
FOX32
— 8 arrested in Chicago teen takeover that prompted curfew enforcement. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/teen-takeover-chicago-loop-curfew-enforcement
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-1l85hfvvh4swoa7g
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-ly43xx55ss545dce
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/03/26/no-kings-protests-return-chicago-area-saturday-here-s-what-know
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.
https://www.wbez.org/environment/2026/03/27/climate-change-surge-home-insurance-rates-illinois
WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders want Pat Brady to lead the Illinois Republican Party again.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-things-are-going-in-the-wrong-direction/amp/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Year’s first ‘teen takeover’ in downtown Chicago sees eight arrests, more curfew discussion. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/chicago-teen-takeover-arrests/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: What do get blamed the most for? I get blamed the most for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/03/26/trump-hegseth-iran-economy-immigration-bondi-gabbard-s-e-cupp
— DD: Democrat employers “offer” buyouts and early retirement to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, etc.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/03/26/johnson-devising-strategy-to-tackle-pension-crisis-that-includes-deferred-retirement-option
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: DD: The Democrats who run Elgin ever-increasingly a) attract those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) drive out of Elgin those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260326/local-politics/elgin-council-votes-to-provide-staff-with-more-time-to-develop-inclusivity-and-diversity-ordinance/
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Del Mar Steps Down From Local GOP Leadership To Focus On Statewide Bid
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/del-mar-steps-down-from-local-gop-leadership-to-focus-on-statewide-bid/#google_vignette
SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2026/03/26/several-no-kings-protests-to-be-held-throughout-dupage-county-saturday/
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2026/03/26/evanston-no-kings-march-rally-and-community-cares-drive-set-for-this-weekend/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Equal Pay Day. DD: All my many female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were minority and/or younger than me and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/gender-wage-gap-persists/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/video/equal-pay-day/11645303/
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS PATCH
— Couple Used Nazi Symbols, Feces To Vandalize Republican Building. The arrests stem from an investigation into the January incident at the Republicans of Wheeling Township Building.
https://patch.com/illinois/arlingtonheights/couple-used-nazi-symbols-feces-vandalize-republican-building-arlington
ELK GROVE VILLAGE & ROSEMONT PATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests.
https://patch.com/illinois/elk-grove-village-il/calendar/event/20260328/b4fba2fd-b1cc-41cf-9269-9fad1c136a83/no-kings-elk-grove-village
https://patch.com/illinois/rosemont-il/calendar/event/20260328/e9a95325-cce2-4799-90c3-da2861d80be8/no-kings-elk-grove-village
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Mike Pence To Speak At UChicago’s Institute Of Politics In April. Pence will participate in a student-moderated panel to discuss the role of the executive branch, populism and more.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/26/mike-pence-to-speak-at-uchicagos-institute-of-politics-in-april/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/27/lake-countys-blue-architect-bows-out-00847548
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-708/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— For the Left, some lives are apparently more valuable than others
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4503186/some-lives-more-valuable-than-others-liberal-media-sheridan-gorman/
BREITBART
— 800 Teens Trash $4.8M Airbnb Texas Mansion with Wild Party that Ended in Gunfire
https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2026/03/26/800-teens-trash-4-8m-airbnb-texas-mansion-with-wild-party-that-ended-in-gunfire/amp/
CHRONICLES MAGAZINE
— In Sanctuary Cities, American Lives Don’t Matter
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/in-sanctuary-cities-american-lives-dont-matter/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— PBS Smears All Republicans as ‘White With Fear’
https://www.creators.com/read/tim-graham/03/26/pbs-smears-all-republicans-as-white-with-fear
DAILY SIGNAL
— Federal Appeals Court Holds That DHS Can Detain Illegal Alien Without Bond
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/26/federal-appeals-court-holds-that-dhs-can-detain-illegal-alien-without-bond/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Teen mobs swarm downtown in chaotic takeover—fights erupt, cars targeted before curfew crackdown hits. Eight juveniles were arrested and 24 curfew violations issued after crowds were seen jumping on cars and fighting. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/teen-mobs-swarm-downtown-chaotic-takeover-fights-erupt-cars-targeted-before-curfew-crackdown-hits
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6391767434112
HOUSE REPUBLICANS
— House Republicans Stand for Homeland Security while Democrats Defend Violent Illegals
https://www.gop.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3157
— Democrats Prioritize Criminal Illegal Aliens Over American Safety
https://www.gop.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3154
NEWS BUSTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2026/03/26/pbs-trump-airbrushes-history-remove-hints-usa-wasnt-always-perfect
NEWSMAX
— Wake-Up Call for America: Fla. Says No to Social Engineering
https://www.newsmax.com/bryanleib/black-target-dei/2026/03/26/id/1250931/
SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON
— For the Third Time, Democrats Pledge Their Allegiance to Criminal Illegal Aliens Over American Citizens
https://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2864
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MS NOW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://www.ms.now/al-sharpton/politicsnation/watch/in-attempt-to-hide-from-the-truth-conservative-activists-weaponize-critical-race-theory-124503109826
MSN
— The U.S. Army is raising the maximum enlistment age for eligible recruits from 35 years to 42. The Army will also allow individuals with only one marijuana-related or drug paraphernalia conviction to enlist. Military recruitment had been slowing for years. 71% of youth do not qualify for military service because of obesity, drugs, physical and mental health problems, misconduct and aptitude. DD: Did you try to enlist? I did not. If I had tried, would I have been accepted? I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/us-army-raises-maximum-recruitment-age-to-42-years/ar-AA1ZrWL5
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: All my many minority and female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were younger than me and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/hegseth-promotion-list.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/03/27/no-kings-protest-trump-iran/89331992007/
— A proposal would cap Social Security at $100,000 for couples. Will it fly? DD: My critics/opponents are furious that I get both a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and Social Security. In my defense, a) while I worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years, for IRS for almost 9 years, and for GAO for almost 18 years, I paid 7% of my salary into CSRS and b) while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assemble line, and sold tires, automotive services, and pumped more gasoline for 10 years, I paid into Social Security.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/03/25/social-security-cap-proposal/89315322007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Washington think tank has proposed capping annual Social Security benefits at $100,000 for couples as a way to shrink a looming deficit in the retirement trust fund. The idea might sound reasonable enough: Only the wealthiest Americans can collect $100,000 a year from Social Security, a federal program that was meant to ease poverty, not pad wealth. But the “Six Figure Limit” idea has drawn swift rebukes from retirement advocates, who see any cap or cut in Social Security benefits as a slippery slope. The March 24 paper comes from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a centrist, nonpartisan think tank in the nation’s capital. It suggests a $100,000 cap on the total annual benefit for a couple at full retirement age and a $50,000 limit for a single retiree starting this year.)
— Women over 40 becoming first-time moms. DD: My wife and I did not get married until I was 29 and she was 27. We erroneously believed that we would not have fertility problems, but both of us had major fertility problems. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied/shouted that I lied about our major fertility problems. They stressed that we did not try IVF even though my wife’s health insurance covered it. They stressed that we did not adopt or become foster parents. They viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned us as being disgusting filthy rich DINKs. They decried the tremendous amount of time and money that they spent raising their children. They decried that their spouses had little or no income. They crowed that they got married when they were young. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, f) get promoted in 1986, g) etc. According to them, if we had children, we would not have been able a) go on four vacations a year after my wife’s business trips to luxury resorts across America 1978-1992, b) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, c) to buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, d) etc. They would not have used our not having children against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/03/18/the-us-fertility-rate-women-40s-having-babies/88980433007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage, demonize, denigrate, and condemn traditional marriage and family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/03/10/donald-trump-administration-baby-boom-fertility-rate/88980358007/
BOSTON HERALD
— GOP can win on health care affordability. DD: What has helped you the most to afford health care? For me, a) it was my being a federal employee for almost 30 years and b) it has been my being a federal retiree for almost 29 years.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/03/27/moore-gop-can-win-on-health-care-affordability/
IDAHO STATE JOURNAL
— Vietnam War Veterans Day is observed on March 29 of each year, marking the day in 1973 when our remaining combat troops left Vietnam. While it recognizes those 2.7 million Americans who served in the Vietnam War, the focus is primarily on the 58,220 brave souls who lost their lives in service to their country. DD: My avoiding the Vietnam War draft was a very big mistake. My Democrat superiors in the federal government (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997) who were veterans used my using four student draft deferments and a financial hardship draft deferment against me viciously. They blamed Republicans for America losing the war and they especially blamed Republicans like me who were 1-A for the draft. They took many big adverse actions against me. Further, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was an unmitigated disgusting coward because I probably would not have been sent into combat because I could not run because I had a bone disease, because my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and because I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.idahostatejournal.com/freeaccess/opinion-thoughts-to-consider-on-vietnam-war-veterans-day/article_3b832cff-ad93-41b7-b3e7-75e2a524c2dd.html
COEUR D’ ALENE/POST FALLS
— To you “No Kings” protest people. Where were you for an Inept Kings protest? Biden was obviously disabled with memory and dementia issues and was really not the President. He was a figurehead that was being put out on the stage while others behind the scenes ran the show.
https://cdapress.com/news/2026/mar/27/no-kings-should-have-protested-biden/
SHORE NEWS
— Pro-Muslim Crowd Cheers the Death of U.S. Troops at Philadelphia Protest
https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/pro-mulsim-crowd-cheers-the-death-of-u-s-troops-at-philadelphia-protest/
COURIER EXPRESS
— DD: Democrats and RINOs always have and always will use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.thecourierexpress.com/the_leader_vindicator/opinion/letters_to_editor/meritocracy/article_96824654-3400-47b3-81a5-ef8e4fa0affc.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘No Kings’: Politics as Bad Group Therapy. Participants in the rallies accomplish nothing practical but feel heard, validated and affirmed.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/no-kings-politics-as-bad-group-therapy-df3778ff
— Wall Street Pays Out Record Bonuses, Nearing $250,000 on Average. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/wall-streets-average-bonus-nears-250-000-c8ccc0b9
FORTUNE & NOW
— Equal Pay Day. DD: All my many female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were minority and/or younger than me and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://fortune.com/2026/03/26/equal-pay-day-women-men-disagree-wages-poll/
https://now.org/media-center/press-release/what-equal-pay-day-means-now/
GOOGLE
— News Judgment. News judgment is the ability to recognize and communicate information of interest and importance to an audience. DD: Ever since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my critics/opponents have viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned my news judgment and my opinions. They have ever-increasingly blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for the defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should start writing about my critics/opponents. I should name them and name their operatives and their dupes. I should write about the adverse actions that they have taken against me.
https://sites.google.com/fullerton.edu/comm101-newsjudgement/introduction
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March 26, 2026 Evening Edition
REUTERS
— At CPAC, Republicans close ranks behind Trump on Iran
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/cpac-republicans-close-ranks-behind-trump-iran-war-2026-03-26/
CNN
— Takeaways from Day 1 of CPAC 2026
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/26/politics/cpac-2026-takeaways-day-1
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Gaetz warns Iran escalation would ‘make our country poorer and less safe’ at CPAC
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4505727/gaetz-warns-iran-escalation-would-make-our-country-poorer-and-less-safe-at-cpac/
— CPAC 2026 cools on Trump 2028 campaign
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4505639/cpac-2026-cools-on-trump-2028-campaign/
WASHINGTON POST
— As Trump skips CPAC, MAGA’s rifts over Iran war are on display. At the annual gathering of conservative activists, opinion of the war is mixed. Most are cautiously waiting to see what the president will do next.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/26/trump-iran-war-cpac/
NEWSWEEK
— Evangelist Franklin Graham urged participants at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday to “do everything” they can try to get President Donald Trump reelected. CPAC Speaker Clarifies He Wants Trump’s ‘Policies’ Reelected After Speech.
https://www.newsweek.com/cpac-crowd-urged-to-do-everything-we-can-to-get-trump-reelected-11743902
CPAC
— Friday Main Stage at CPAC USA 2026
https://www.cpac.org/post/friday-main-stage-at-cpac-usa-2026
— Thursday: 11:20 – 11:40 AM Commies Go Home: The Stories of the American Heroes of Gotion. Speakers: Gordon Chang, CPAC Board Member, Jeanne Ives, CEO & Founder, Breakthrough Ideas, Lori Brock, No Gotion Michigan Activist, Jillian Rojas, No Gotion, Illinois Activist
https://www.cpac.org/post/thursday-main-stage-at-cpac-usa-2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump says he’ll sign order to pay TSA agents as Congress struggles to reach funding deal
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-hell-sign-order-pay-tsa-agents-congress-struggles-reach-funding-deal/18783104/
— Army extends maximum recruitment age to 42, allowing older recruits to join. The Army will also now allow recruits with one marijuana-related conviction.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/army-extends-maximum-recruitment-age-42-allowing-older-recruits-join/18773789/
CBS2
— Large crowds take over downtown Chicago streets in situation alderman calls out of control
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/large-crowds-take-over-downtown-chicago-streets/
WGN9
— Curfew enforcement order issued after teen takeover in Loop overnight
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/curfew-enforcement-order-issued-after-teen-takeover-in-loop-overnight/
FOX32
— Proposal would limit Social Security benefits to $100K a year for wealthy couples. The “Six Figure Limit,” written by the centrist Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, would also cap Social Security payments at $50,000 a year for a single person.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/proposal-would-limit-social-security-benefits-100k-year-wealthy-couples
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/03/26/no-kings-protests-return-chicago-area-saturday-here-s-what-know
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Don’t surrender Chicago to ‘teen takeover’ chaos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/opinion-chicago-teen-takeover-chaos/
— Sheridan Gorman’s family blast officials for using her name in ‘political arguments’ about Loyola student’s death
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/loyola-sheridan-gorman-brandon-johnson-trump/
— US Treasury plans to put Donald Trump’s signature on new paper currency in first for sitting president
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/treasury-trump-signature-paper-currency/
— As premiums overwhelm Illinoisans, health care insurers are flush with cash
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/opinion-illinois-health-care-premium-costs-blue-cross-blue-shield-salaries/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ex-federal prosecutors in Chicago taking on Trump’s ‘troubling’ DOJ: ‘We feel compelled to speak and act’ An email from 14 former prosecutors seeks the support of hundreds of fellow alums following more than a year of Justice Department controversies, including claims that President Donald Trump has used the agency to retaliate against political foes. The signatories include three former Chicago U.S. attorneys: Dan Webb, Scott Lassar and Patrick Fitzgerald. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, Patrick Fitzgerald Represented the Democrats who ran GAO.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2026/03/26/chicago-trump-justice-department-doj-webb-lassar-fitzgerald
DAILY HERALD
— How the war in Iran is landing with Republicans
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260326/nation-and-world-politics/how-the-war-in-iran-is-landing-with-republicans-according-to-a-new-ap-norc-poll/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Cannabis can blur, reshape your memory
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/cannabis-can-blur-reshape-your-memory-washington-state-university-study-finds/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-495/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— White House calls on Pritzker to cooperate with ICE
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e210c6ef-404b-4cfb-bc89-c85bc4a3b5c5.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Jeanne Ives Power Grab Targets IL GOP Chair – Pushes Disgraced Insider Who Attacked Grassroots
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/03/jeanne-ives-power-grab-targets-il-gop-chair-pushes-disgraced-insider-who-attacked-grassroots.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Looking Like Max Solomon Will Get 5,000 Write-In Votes, Putting Him on the Republican Ballot for State Treasurer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/26/looking-like-max-solomon-will-get-5000-write-in-votes-putting-him-on-the-republican-ballot-for-state-treasurer/
— McHenry County Growing a Tiny Bit
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/26/mchenry-county-growing-a-tiny-bit/
— Republican State Reps. Talk about Bears Situation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/26/republican-state-reps-talk-about-bears-situation/
— Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Don Tracy Attacks Democratic Party Opponent Juliana Stratton on Loyola Student’s Murder by Illegal Alien
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/26/republican-u-s-senate-candidate-don-tracy-attacks-democratic-party-opponent-juliana-stratton-on-loyola-students-murder-by-illegal-alien/
— Pritzker Press Release on Mars Adding Jobs Has Link to $42.8 Million Subsidy That Doesn’t Work
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/pritzker-press-release-on-mars-adding-has-link-to-42-8-million-subsidy-that-doesnt-work/
— If Oak Manufacturing Were Still in Business…
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/if-oak-manufacturing-were-still-in-business/
— Danish Politician Has Same Problem Voting That I Had
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/danish-politician-has-same-problem-voting-that-i-had/
— Illinois’ GOP Candidate for State Comptroller Agrees with Incumbent Democrat on Opting in to Federal Scholarship Program
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/illinois-gop-candidate-for-state-comptroller-agrees-with-incumbent-democrat-on-opting-in-to-federal-scholarship-program/
— Atlantic Magazine Says People Moving to the Midwest
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/atlantic-magazine-says-people-moving-to-the-midwest/
— Check Sought on Assisted Suicides
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/check-sought-on-assisted-suicides/
— Bailey Weighs In on Loyola Student’s Death at Hands of Illegal Alien
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/24/bsiley-weighs-in-on-loyola-students-death-at-hands-of-illegal-alien/
— State Senator’s Constituents Don’t Favor Any Subsidy for Chicago Bears
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/24/state-senators-constituents-dont-favor-any-subsidy-for-chicago-bears/
— Republican Senators Want to Go “Back to the Future”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/24/republican-senators-want-to-go-back-to-the-future/
— Counterfeit Bill Passed in Lake in the Hills, Guess How Big
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/24/100-counterfeit-bill-passed-in-lake-in-the-hills-guess-how-big/
— Another No Kings Demonstration Planned in McHenry on March 28
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/24/another-no-kings-demonstration-planned-in-mchenry-on-march-28/
— Commerce Commission Issues Utility Diversity Buying Report
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/23/commerce-commission-issues-utility-diversity-buying-report/
— State Senators Push “Affordability” in Newsletters
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/23/state-senators-push-affordability-in-newsletters/
— McLaughlin Daycare Center Child Safety Gets Out of Committee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/23/mclaughlin-daycare-center-child-safety-gets-out-of-committee/
— Most McHenry County Townships Assessed More Evenly That Those in Cook County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/23/most-mchenry-county-townships-assessed-more-evenly-that-those-in-cook-county/
— Film Subsidy a Net Negative for the State’s Balance Sheet
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/22/film-subsidy-a-net-negative-for-the-states-balance-sheet/
— Voters Favor Accepting Federal Scholarship Money in All Referendums
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/22/voters-favor-accepting-federal-scholarship-money-in-all-referendums/
— State Rep. Jeff Keicher Seeks Interns, Pay $17.50 per Hour
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/21/state-rep-jeff-keicher-seeks-interns-pay-17-50-per-hour/
— Public Radio Tries to Emulate Christian Radio Listener Financing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/21/public-radio-tries-to-emulate-christian-radio-listener-financing/
— Stepping into the Covid Vaccine Debate for the First Time
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/20/stepping-into-the-covid-vaccine-debate-for-the-first-time/
— Kat Carries McHenry County, Erupts After District Loss
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/20/kat-carries-mchenry-county-erupts-after-district-loss/
— Huntley’s Jennifer Davis To Face Off Against Melissa Bean in District South of McHenry County Line
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/19/huntleys-jennifer-davis-to-face-off-against-melissa-bean-in-district-south-of-mchenry-county-line/
— 56% Approve Referendum Seeking Opinion on Illinois’ Participation in Federal Scholarship Program
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/18/56-approve-referendum-seeking-opinion-on-illinois-participation-in-federal-scholarship-program/
— Pritzker Labels Bailey “Too Extreme for Illinois” in First TV Ad of the Fall Campaign
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/18/pritzker-labels-bailey-too-extreme-for-illinois-in-first-tv-ad
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Sheridan Gorman’s family slams Chicago Mayor and Illinois governor over student’s killing
https://nypost.com/2026/03/26/us-news/sheridan-gorman-family-calls-out-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-and-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-over-killing/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats’/leftists’ bizarre love of crime and Islam endangering the U.S., West
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/03/democrats_leftists_bizarre_love_of_crime_and_islam_endangering_the_u_s_west.html
BREITBART
— Democrats Sacrifice American Lives to Protect Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/03/26/gop-message-democrats-prefer-illegals-to-americans/
FOX NEWS
— Blagojevich warns justice system is ‘broken,’ says his case was blueprint for Trump prosecutions. Former Illinois gov joins Hannity podcast, warns of ‘Soviet-style’ tactics and ‘greatest constitutional crisis’ since Civil War.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/blagojevich-warns-justice-system-broken-his-case-blueprint-trump-prosecution
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— DD: Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/trump-using-troops-as-cannon-fodder-in-illegal-war-with-iran-sen-duckworth-says-260058181777
CBS NEWS
— RNC considering Dallas to host special convention ahead of the midterm elections
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/republican-national-committee-convention-2026-midterms-dallas/
— Amendment to require photo ID to vote fails in Senate as Democrats object
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/save-america-act-photo-id-amendment-senate-vote/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republicans Want National Emergency Declared to Pay TSA Agents
https://www.wsj.com/business/republicans-want-national-emergency-declared-to-pay-tsa-agents-dcd12638
March 25, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests. How successful will their protests be in your county, township, municipality, and school district and why?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/25/no-kings-protests-donald-trump/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260324/transportation/people-are-being-evicted-tsa-union-says-shutdown-is-pushing-workers-to-economic-brink/
NBC5
— Politicians battle over immigration policy after Loyola student’s death. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle acknowledge failures helped lead to the student’s death, but disagree on who is to blame for those failures. DD: What have you been blamed the most for? Since 2000, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have blamed me the most for their defeats. They stress a) my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000, b) my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leadership 2000-2012, and c) my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) leadership 2003-2007. I should list all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have suffered defeats and write about those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me including their ending my leadership of ICRC and TAPROOT.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/politicians-battle-over-immigration-policy-after-loyola-students-death/3913223/
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests. How successful will their protests be in your county, township, municipality, and school district and why?
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2026/03/25/march-28-no-kings-rallies-list-of-illinois-times-and-locations-chicago/89300162007/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests. How successful will their protests be in your county, township, municipality, and school district and why?
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/24/march-28-no-kings-rallies-list-of-illinois-times-and-locations-chicago/89286040007/
OAK PARK
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests. How successful will their protests be in your county, township, municipality, and school district and why?
https://www.oakpark.com/2026/03/24/another-no-kings-protest-set-for-oak-park-march28/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/25/dems-arent-done-battling-00842558
CAPITOL FAX
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/25/subscribers-only-todays-edition-of-capitol-fax-use-all-caps-in-password-2714/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— As U.S. stockpiles dwindle, low-cost alternatives to Pentagon’s munitions are still years away. DD: During the first 6 months of 1989, I worked for GAO at the Rock Island Arsenal on an audit of DOD’s 1990 ammunition budget request. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/150/148194.pdf
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/24/us-stockpiles-dwindle-low-cost-alternatives-pentagons-munitions-still/
BREITBART
— Pritzker, Johnson Smear Trump for Murder of Sheridan Gorman by Migrant in Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/03/24/democrats-blame-trump-for-murder-by-migrant-in-chicago/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Cornell course explores ‘nightlife’ of ‘queer communities of color’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/cornell-course-explores-nightlife-of-queer-communities-of-color/
MINDING THE CAMPUS
— Elite Universities Abandoned Merit
https://mindingthecampus.org/2026/03/24/elite-universities-abandoned-merit/
PJ MEDIA
— As Pritzker Mourns Lefty Protestors, Illegal Alien Victim’s Dad Highlights the Hypocrisy
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/03/24/pritzker-mourns-lefty-protestors-illegal-alien-victims-dad-highlights-the-hypocrisy-n4951032
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Springsteen to perform at ‘No Kings’ rally in Minnesota. DD: How successful will the Democrats’ March 28 No Kings events be in your county, township, municipality, and school district and why?
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5799018-springsteen-performs-no-kings/
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5798317-no-kings-protests-trump/
REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media ever-increasingly drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-approval-hits-new-36-low-fuel-prices-surge-amid-iran-war-reutersipsos-2026-03-24/
TIME
— No Kings Protests May Draw Biggest—and Most Diverse—Anti-Trump Crowds Ever. DD: How successful will the Democrats’ March 28 No Kings events be in your county, township, municipality, and school district and why?
https://time.com/article/2026/03/24/no-kings-protests-march-28-biggest-anti-trump-crowds-ever/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/books/review/chain-of-ideas-ibram-x-kendi.html
— Young Degree Holders Are Facing the Grimmest Prospects for Employment in Years. DD: When you graduated from college, what frustrated your job search? For me, when I graduated when I was 21 in 1970, it was potential employers viewing me as being draft bait. I was 1-A and they did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved. In addition, my GPA suffered because instead of studying, I worked far too many hours to work my way through college. In addition, potential employers were under ever-increasing pressure to hire those who did not share my demographics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/business/economy/college-graduates-job-market-hiring.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The real reason behind the growing marriage gap: About 40 percent of women surveyed identify as liberal, compared with just 19 percent who said they’re conservative. Young men were more likely to identify as conservative than liberal. Why would anyone be inclined to want to marry someone who does not share their basic values?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/12/23/glp-1-title-vi/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What if Your Salary Is Too High for Today’s Job Market? DD: According to my critics/opponents, the federal government grossly overpaid me. Back when I was 49 in 1997, GAO paid me $154,682/year (GS-13 Step 10) in today’s dollars. But in my defense, that was not until after I had worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, earned a bachelor’s degree (management) when I was 21, earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance when I was 27, 31, and 48, earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and earned a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year (GS-7) when I was 22 in 1971, $68,999/year (GS-9) when I was 23, $83,482/year (GS-11) when I was 24, $100,059/year (GS-12) when I was 25, and $113,402/year (GS-12 Step 5) when I was 31. My GAO salary was $89,703/year (GS-9 Step 10) when I was 31 and $118,984/year (GS-13) when I was 32. Ever since then, pressure has increased to hire, retain, and promote those who do not share my demographics. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who had less work experience than I had, had less education, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or did not share my demographics.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-market-overpaid-salary-9eeabbaa
FORTUNE
— ICE agents can make twice the salary of TSA employees—and economists warn their pay is more ‘shutdown proof’ than other government jobs. DD: While I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I was an IRS Revenue Officer in its Collection Division. Sadly, far too many Democrat IRS Revenue Agents in its Audit Division look down on Republican IRS Revenue Officers. Democrat IRS Revenue Agents were more than happy to follow orders from my Democrat IRS superiors to disallow my education deductions when I was 29 in 1978. I had deducted graduate evening business and accounting courses. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued in tax court a) that the courses I deducted did not relate to my job duties, b) that the courses did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took the courses to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took the courses to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically ignored the fact that a) my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take the courses, b) the content of my position descriptions, and c) that I stated in my applications that I wanted to take the courses to maintain and improve my IRS job skills. They would not have done that a) if they did not look down on Republican IRS Revenue Officers, b) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran, and/or c) if I had not complained about IRS’s political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://fortune.com/2026/03/24/how-much-do-ice-agents-make-compared-to-tsa-salary-government-shutdown/
FED SCOOP
— GAO has been ‘hard hit’ by departures. DD: During the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO handled Gingrich-led budget cuts by getting rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. They succeed in getting rid of me when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://fedscoop.com/gao-it-workforce-congress-watchdog-retirements/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Appearing before the House Appropriations Legislative Branch Subcommittee, Orice Williams Brown was asked by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., how the agency has handled the departures of “almost 200 employees” across the GAO’s workforce following funding fights on Capitol Hill last year. The GAO, which avoided a proposed 40% cut to essentially remain flat year over year, dealt with separations throughout the organization, Brown said, covering everyone from “analysts that directly do the work” to “operations and support across the agency.”)
BUSINESS
— Graduates Face 90% Rejection Rate in Job Hunt. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 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 gotten the Post Office job if I had not earned a high school diploma and passed the postal employment examination. I would not have gotten the IRS job if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. I would not have gotten the GAO job if I had not earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.business.com/hiring/new-graduates-job-search-experiment/
MONEY TALKS
— Half of Middle-Aged Americans Are Forced to Retire Early. An unplanned early retirement can have devastating financial consequences. DD: Based on my personal experience, if you retire one minute sooner than you want to, your critics/opponents will forever use that to hint/imply/argue/shout that you were forced to retire because you are a very bad person and even worse things. The more of the following that you are, anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Were you forced to retire early? Will you be forced to retire early? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. What if I had not succumbed to their threats? Their threats included making my next 6 years until I would be eligible for regular retirement a living hell for me. Their threats included constructively demoting me, giving me adverse transfers, giving me unfair performance expectations, giving me unfair performance appraisals, and continuing to rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. GAO was not unionized. It did not unionize until 2007. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should not have retired. I should have fought to keep my job a) because my critics/opponents have used my being forced to retire early against me so viciously and b) because of the tremendous loss of income that I have suffered and will suffer for the rest of my life.
https://www.moneytalksnews.com/heres-why-half-of-middle-aged-americans-are-forced-to-retire-early/
HR DRIVE
— Employers opting to eliminate job requirements. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS for almost 9 years and GAO for almost 18 years, they ever-increasingly lowered promotion requirements to promote their Democrat employees who were minority and/or female. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/report-us-employers-opting-to-eliminate-job-requirements/529375/
VA NEWS
— Veterans’ Preference. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, many, most, virtually all, and at times, all of my superiors and supervisors were Democrat veterans. They gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were veterans. They blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War, and they especially blamed Republicans like me who were 1-A for the Vietnam War draft but who avoided it with draft deferments. They were furious that because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, I was able to earn a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21, earn an MBA when I was 27, pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA when I was 32. They took many big adverse actions against me.
https://news.va.gov/140986/common-misconceptions-about-veterans-preference/
BROOKINGS
— Retaining staff. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS for almost 9 years and GAO for almost 18 years, to retain and promote their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, they ever-increasingly lowered retention and promotion standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-100-large-and-urban-districts-are-attracting-and-retaining-staff/
AXIOS
— More than 3,000 No Kings protests set for Saturday. The Twin Cities will serve as the flagship event, according to organizers, with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, Joan Baez, Maggie Rogers, Jane Fonda and Bruce Springsteen scheduled to perform or speak at the State Capitol in St. Paul. DD: How successful will the Democrats’ March 28 No Kings events be in your county, township, municipality, and school district and why?
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/24/bruce-springsteen-joan-baez-no-kings-twin-cities
PBS
— Pentagon will remove media offices after judge reinstates NYT’s press credentials. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I falsely claim to be reporter. According to them, to be a reporter, you have to have a degree in journalism, you have to be paid for what you do, and you have to claim to be nonpartisan. They ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth the fact a) that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, b) that much of what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what reporters do, and c) that I have been the Illinois Reporter for GOPUSA since 2000. I would focus on my critics/opponents who are past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/pentagon-will-remove-media-offices-after-judge-reinstates-nyts-press-credentials
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— 8 ways job requirements have changed drastically in last 15 years. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion requirements to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, my job-related professional license, my almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, and my almost 18 years of experience working for GAO. My Democrat Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with when I was 49 in 1997 a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) no professional license like the one I had.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/earn/8-ways-job-requirements-have-changed-drastically-in-last-15-years-and-what-remains-constant/articleshow/125943456.cms
March 24, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Johnson says Loyola student murder shouldn’t stop parents from sending kids to college in Chicago. Pritzker said real failures in the immigration system led up to last week’s fatal shooting of Sheridan Gorman. DD: Did you attend college in Chicago? I attended UIC 1966-1968 and 1971, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, Roosevelt 1980-1981, and IIT 1992-1997.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shooting-killed-sheridan-gorman-loyola-student-shouldnt-stop-kids-going-city-colleges-brandon-johnson/18765048/
— DOJ recently watered down hiring requirements for prosecutors in some jurisdictions. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered hiring, retention, and promotion requirements to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, my job-related professional license, my almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, and my almost 18 years of experience working for GAO. My Democrat Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with when I was 49 in 1997 a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) no professional license like the one I had.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-administration-doj-recently-watered-down-hiring-requirements-assistant-us-attorneys-jurisdictions/18765362/
NBC5
— What can ICE agents do at airports? What to expect in Chicago and across U.S. As U.S. airports remain jammed with long lines due to short staffing at TSA, President Donald Trump ordered ICE officers to provide airport security, alarming some lawmakers.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-can-ice-agents-do-at-airports-what-to-expect-in-chicago-and-across-u-s/3913011/
— Who can afford to get ahead in America? The wealth gap is at a modern-day high, presenting a stark picture for millions of Americans. DD: Back in the good old days, back when I was 49 in 1997, I was able to earn $154,682/year (GS-13 Step 10) in today’s dollars. But that was not until after I had worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, earned a bachelor’s degree (management) when I was 21, earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance when I was 27, 31, and 48, earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and earned a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year (GS-7) when I was 22 in 1971, $68,999/year (GS-9) when I was 23, $83,482/year (GS-11) when I was 24, $100,059/year (GS-12) when I was 25, and $113,402/year (GS-12 Step 5) when I was 31. My GAO salary was $89,703/year (GS-9 Step 10) when I was 31 and $118,984/year (GS-13) when I was 32. But ever since then, pressure has increased to hire, retain, and promote those who do not share my demographics.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/unaffordable-america-economy-us-jobs-inflation-prices-bills-stocks/3912818/
CBS2
— ICE agents deployed for second day Chicago O’Hare International Airport
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-agents-deployed-for-second-day-chicago-ohare-international-airport/
— Senate Democrats continue push for ICE reforms in emerging DHS shutdown deal
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dhs-shutdown-senate-deal/
— How to help TSA workers at Chicago airports in need amid partial shutdown
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/helping-tsa-agents-amid-partial-government-shutdown/
FOX32
— Republicans blame sanctuary laws in killing of Sheridan Gorman
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-9ruymsd8wzltkdg6
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Paul Vallas: Why both parties are failing our national security workforce
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/23/opinion-dhs-tsa-funding-shutdown-democrats-donald-trump/
— Gorman was not in the wrong place at the wrong time. The system failed her.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/24/editorial-sheridan-gorman-was-not-in-the-wrong-place-at-the-wrong-time-the-system-failed-her/
— Gov. JB Pritzker acknowledges ‘real failures’ in immigration system after Loyola student’s killing
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/24/jb-pritzker-brandon-johnson-sheridan-gorman/
— Gregory Bovino reflects on final days with Border Patrol: ‘I wish I’d caught even more illegal aliens’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/24/gregory-bovino-immigration-border-patrol/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sheridan Gorman’s killing puts Chicago back at the center of America’s bitter fight over immigration
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/03/24/chicago-crime-trump-pritzker-bovino-immigration-midway-blitz-deport-immigration
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders promise them reparations. Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/03/24/chicago-brandon-johnson-reparations-survey
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Italian Americans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/03/24/donald-trump-christopher-columbus-statute-near-white-house-chicago-removal
DAILY HERALD
— Trump just voted by a method he calls ‘mail-in cheating’
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260324/nation-and-world-politics/trump-just-voted-by-a-method-he-calls-mail-in-cheating/
DUPAGE COUNTY
— DuPage County Allocating $4.8 Million to Assist Food Pantries, Improve Distribution Infrastructure. DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/county_board/dupage_county_allocating_4_8_million_to_assist_food_1667.php
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— GOP: Pritzker is soft on crime. Plummer: “Gov Bailey is going to be a lot better than Gov Pritzker on crime. There’s no doubt in my mind about that.”
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-gop-pritzker-is-soft-on-crime/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Welch wins, Benton loses bid for Democratic State Central Committee. One-third of seats on the committee were contested. DD: What congressional district do you live in? Who are the candidates to represent you on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee?
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/welch-wins-benton-loses-bid-for-democratic-state-central-committee/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their March 28 NO KINGS protests
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/no-kings-protests-planned-illinois-saturday
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-493/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to my critics/opponents, the federal government grossly overpaid me. In my defense, see Google AI below. Back when I was 49 in 1997, GAO paid me $154,682/year (GS-13 Step 10) in today’s dollars. But that was not until after I had worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, earned a bachelor’s degree (management) when I was 21, earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance when I was 27, 31, and 48, earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and earned a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year (GS-7) when I was 22 in 1971, $68,999/year (GS-9) when I was 23, $83,482/year (GS-11) when I was 24, $100,059/year (GS-12) when I was 25, and $113,402/year (GS-12 Step 5) when I was 31. My GAO salary was $89,703/year (GS-9 Step 10) when I was 31 and $118,984/year (GS-13) when I was 32. But ever since then, pressure has increased to hire, retain, and promote those who do not share my demographics.
http://www.gopillinois.com
(GOOGLE AI: Accountants and auditors in 2024 earned a median salary of $81,680 per year, with entry-level positions often starting around $55,000–$65,000 and senior roles exceeding $120,000, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (.gov) and Workday Blog. Key requirements include a bachelor’s degree in accounting, with top-tier roles requiring a CPA license. Specialized certifications like CIA, CMA, or CFE can significantly increase salary potential. Accounting Salaries (2025-2026 Projections) Entry-Level (0-2 years): $55,000 – $65,000+. Mid-Level (3-5 years): $75,000 – $110,000. Senior/Manager (5+ years): $90,000 – $120,000+. Executive (CFO, Director): $105,000 – $200,000+. . .Certified Public Accountant (CPA): The most highly valued license, essential for public accounting, tax leadership, and signing reports. . .Certified Internal Auditor (CIA): Specializes in auditing, risk management, and compliance. Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE): Specialized knowledge in detecting and preventing fraud. . .License/Certification: CPAs often earn 10-30% more than non-certified peers. Company Size: Larger firms often offer higher salaries and benefits. Industry: Specialized sectors like IT, aerospace, and finance offer higher pay. Location: High-cost-of-living areas (e.g., NYC, Chicago) offer higher salaries.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— CPAC fled Washington and conservatives say it was the best thing that ever happened to them
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/24/cpac-2026-dallas-conservatives-ditched-washington-never-looked-back/
— Democrats planning a Mao-like payback. Pritzker remarks fuel concerns over prosecutions, lawsuits and expanded political retaliation.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/24/democrats-planning-mao-like-payback/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats blame victim in Chicago murder case with illegal immigrant suspect
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4501916/democrats-blame-victim-trump-murder-illegal-immigrant-chicago/
BREITBART
— Pritzker Tries to Blame Trump for Sheridan Gorman Murder
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/03/23/illinois-gov-pritzker-tries-blames-trump-sheridan-gorman-murder/
DAILY CALLER
— Pritzker Blames Trump For Student Allegedly Murdered By Illegal Alien — But Suspect Released Under Biden
https://dailycaller.com/2026/03/24/jb-pritzker-blames-trump-for-student-allegedly-murdered-by-illegal-alien-but-suspect-released-under-biden/
DAILY WIRE
— Meet The Top Health Organization Trying To Make Nursing Less White. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their top priority was replacing their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran with employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That resulted in my job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and job-related professional license becoming ever-increasingly worthless.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-the-organization-trying-to-make-nursing-less-white
FEDERALIST
— There’s Blood On JB Pritzker’s Hands Again
https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/24/this-was-not-random-misfortune-theres-blood-on-jb-pritzkers-hands-again/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— In Sanctuary Cities, American Lives Don’t Matter
https://www.fairus.org/opinion/sanctuary-cities-american-lives-dont-matter
FOX NEWS
— IL Dems decline to defend ‘no’ votes on Laken Riley Act after student’s killing tied to repeat offender. DHS claims Sheridan Gorman’s death was preventable, saying her alleged killer had a prior arrest that would have triggered detention under the law.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/il-dems-decline-defend-no-votes-laken-riley-act-after-students-killing-tied-repeat-offender.amp
— Illinois sanctuary policy scrutinized after college student’s murder
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6391541286112
NEWSMAX
— Democrats Want Illegals to Vote
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-save-america-act-ice/2026/03/24/id/1250558/
PJ MEDIA
— Illegals Killed HOW Many People Thus Far in 2026? They Won’t Tell Us.
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2026/03/24/illegals-killed-how-many-people-thus-far-in-2026-this-many-n4950976
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— These Companies Foster Careers Better Than Others. DD: Democrats run the federal government. The more of the following that federal employees are, the faster that they can get promoted: Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. The Democrats who run the federal government use “up-or-out” to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they do not promote to GS-13 ($118,984) by age 25, GS-14 ($140,604) by age 30, GS-15 ($165,386) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($197,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/these-companies-foster-careers-better-than-others-heres-how-edc96d8d
— Finding the Best Place to Work. DD: GAO has always been ranked as being one of the best federal agencies to work for. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. They gave tremendous preference to their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/finding-the-best-place-to-work-a-look-at-careers-at-more-than-1-700-companies-736ff9fd
FORBES
— Promoted too fast. DD: According to my critics/opponents, IRS promoted me too fast. IRS promoted me from GS-7 (currently $56,409/year) 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, and to GS-12 Step 5 (currently $113,402/year) when I was 29. But GS-12 was the “journeyman grade” and almost all Revenue Officers were promoted that fast.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2021/09/22/empty-suit-syndrome-why-it-is-wise-to-challenge-vertical-career-growth/
AAPP
— What to Do if You’re Forced Into Early Retirement. DD: The more of the following that you are, anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Were you forced to retire early? Will you be forced to retire early? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. What if I had not succumbed to their threats? Their threats included making my next 6 years until I would be eligible for regular retirement to be a living hell for me. They included constructively demoting me, giving me adverse transfers, giving me unfair performance expectations, giving me unfair performance appraisals, and continuing to rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. GAO was not unionized. It did not unionize until 2007. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should not have retired. I should have fought to keep my job a) because my critics/opponents have used my being forced to retire early against me so viciously and b) because of the tremendous loss of income that I have suffered and will suffer for the rest of my life.
https://www.aarp.org/money/retirement/forced-into-early-retirement/
March 24, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN RADIO
— Chicago Way w/John Kass: Former State Rep. Tom Morrison is here to talk about his ‘complete blueprint for winning a local or state race’ at www.CandidateMasterclass.com and why it is so important as the country prepares to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, everyone takes an active role in keep the republic healthy.
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-a-blueprint-for-getting-involved-in-the-republic/amp/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURES: National Register status sought for Lombard Underground Railroad stop. DD: What role did your hometown play in the underground railroad? My critics/opponents have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned my hometown of Crete. I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and my ancestors have lived in Crete since 1854. According to my critics/opponents, back then, Crete was full of German Lutherans who were racist, sexist, bigoted, and even worse things. In Crete’s defense, I have always stressed the role it played in the underground railroad. SEE: https://www.google.com/search?q=underground+railroad+crete and https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/11/18/column-efforts-to-document-underground-railroad-sites-in-the-south-suburbs-gains-momentum/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260323/news/national-register-status-sought-for-lombard-underground-railroad-stop/
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260324/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-worthy-project-local-food-pantry-has-plan-to-expand-its-capacity-to-help-pe/
SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/03/24/immigration-crackdown-hits-students-statewide-with-fear-lower-attendance-and-some-families-not-returning/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump casts Florida mail ballot as he pushes Congress to severely limit that voting option. President Donald Trump has cast another mail ballot in Florida as he continues to publicly bash the voting method as a source of fraud and push Congress to curtail the practice.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-casts-florida-mail-ballot-as-he-pushes-congress-to-severely-limit-that-voting-option/article_e544cc83-72ff-5f2e-afb5-f659c5f39e80.html
NPR ILLINOIS & FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-03-23/despite-state-bans-and-restrictions-the-number-of-abortions-in-the-u-s-holds-steady
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/abortion-pills-are-gaining-ground-as-a-method-for-ending-pregnancies-and-opponents-are-responding/article_e05ea678-b25c-5fb2-b4d8-8a648f2abe7e.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ICE lands in O’Hare, tensions mount
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/24/ice-lands-in-ohare-tensions-mount-00840825
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-705/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Poll: Most Americans back limits on school activism
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_8f12e447-7896-4ee2-93d7-f97d99123329.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Fairfax County again scheduled to sacrifice academics for wokeness. DD: How strongly do the Democrats who run your school district promote wokeness, that is, how strongly do they promote hatred against Trump and against those who share his demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/23/fairfax-county-scheduled-sacrifice-academics-wokeness/
NEW YORK POST
— Biden’s insane ‘asylum-seekers’ policy is what’s frustrating, hurting the US. DD: What percent of those who come to America falsely claim asylum?
https://nypost.com/2026/03/23/opinion/bidens-insane-asylum-seekers-policy-is-whats-frustrating-hurting-the-us/
BREITBART
— GOP Slams Democrats for Protecting Illegal Aliens During DHS Shutdown. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly exist a) to glorify and praise their illegals and b) to fight their deportation.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/23/gop-slams-democrats-protecting-illegal-aliens-dhs-shutdown/amp/
— House Transportation Committee Approves ‘Dalilah’s Law’ to Ban Trucking Licenses for Illegal Aliens. DD: Illegally selling trucking licenses is what brought George Ryan down. My critics/opponents have always sided with George Ryan and blamed his problems a) on me, b) on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, c) on what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leader, d) on what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition leader, and e) on everything else I have done. I should write about my critics/opponents who have blamed me the most for George Ryan’s problems and the biggest adverse actions that they have taken against me.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/23/house-transportation-committee-dalilah-law-ban-trucking-licenses-illegal-aliens/
COLLEGE FIX
— College Republicans mourn, demand action after illegal alien accused of killing Loyola student, 18.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/college-republicans-mourn-demand-action-after-illegal-alien-accused-of-killing-loyola-student-18/
FOX NEWS
— Blagojevich: This could have ‘easily been avoided’ if Pritzker, Johnson did their jobs. Blagojevich discusses an illegal immigrant charged in the murder of an 18-year-old Loyola University student in Chicago and criticizes sanctuary city policies.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6391488733112
REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— Where Have All the Young Men Gone? DD: Did you enlist? What motivated you to get a college degree? My father often decried his not having a college degree. Because of that and because my parents lacked money, when I was a freshman and sophomore at Crete-Monee High School 1962-1964, my plan was to enlist and use the GI Bill to get a college degree. But one of my high school friends suggested that I consider working my way through college because I was taking college preparatory classes and I was in the upper 20% of my class. Then, another high school friend provided me with a model: get accepted by UIC and commute to/from classes there from my parents’ home in Crete. At the start of my junior year, got a job washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights. To get to/from that job and my parents’ home, I bought a 6-year-old car with money I had earned/saved doing yard work and delivering newspapers. I got an ACT score of 24 and I got accepted by UIC. Just before I graduated in June of 1966, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, with money I had earned/saved washing dishes. In December of 1967, I sold that Pontiac and bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 with the money I had earned/saved delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office. In December of 1968, I sold that Oldsmobile, I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE, and I transferred to NIU. In August of 1970, I graduated debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning that Charger. According to my critics/opponents, the real reason why I did the aforesaid was to avoid the Vietnam War draft. Admittedly, as the war dragged on, war protesters ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) those who enlisted and b) those who did not avoid the draft. My father died suddenly in October of 1969. I applied for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother. But potential employers saw me as being draft bait, they did not believe my application would be approved. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was for a job that did not really require a college degree. But then, my application was approved and because my lottery number was over 100, I was no longer subject to the draft. What if I had tried to enlist? I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2026/03/23/where_have_all_the_young_men_gone_1171913.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When Richard Nixon ended the draft in January 1973, America lost something vital to its soul. The quality of our military has not suffered. We have a splendid volunteer force defending our country and freedom right now. It’s the best educated, best trained, and best equipped force we have ever had. They are not the problem. The problem is that they represent only a very small fraction of America. For the first time in our history, the overwhelming majority of American families not only do not have a member in service, but they also don’t even know any family that does. 1973 was not the first time conscription was canceled. For the record, there was no national conscription before the Civil War…not for want of trying. General George Washington was frustrated with the unsoldierly quality of state militias during the Revolutionary War, and as president tried to register all males for military service. Congress blocked him. Conscription has been on-again-off-again our entire history to this day. So, Nixon’s draft cancellation cannot really be blamed for the decay of American culture. The problem was that our culture was already turning into a fetid sea, and the draft was a lifeboat. Besides shared contribution, experience and sacrifice, what we lost by ending the draft was character. Our country is in crisis, and most of our nation’s problems can be traced to the lack of character attributes that should be taught by mothers and fathers, and which are certainly instilled through military service: self-discipline, personal accountability, responsibility, self-reliance, selflessness, integrity, respect, and patriotism. Perhaps the greatest of these is discipline, from which all else must surely flow. Ask a strapping young man knocking about in life trying to find himself today, “Have you considered the military?” “Oh, no!” is a common response, “I couldn’t stand all that discipline.” That is sad, and a sad commentary on what we have allowed to happen to our great country. “Country” is not synonymous with “nation.” Right now, the United States is Balkanizing itself, and worse, sinking into tribalism. Common values build a nation. The Kurds are a nation who have never had a country. The Jews are a nation that only recovered their country after 2000 years of exile, but half of whom are still spread around the world. The nationhood of both derives from shared values and history—not from politics, race, or regionalism. Of course, it’s more complex, but shared values are the core of nationhood. The United States of America has lost that. The draft could bring it back. “The Marine Corps builds men.” And women. So do the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Space Force. More than instilling character, the military exposes young people to milieus that he or she might never otherwise encounter. To use the current politically correct term “diversity:” the military is comprised of every race, religion, culture, ethnicity, economic class, education and experience that make up this great country coming together and working together on a level playing field. And building a national common denominator of shared experience and, yes, character traits. Bottom line, it is the military strength of our country that keeps us free, and that is a personal responsibility. Writing of “the necessity of obliging every citizen to be a soldier,” Thomas Jefferson said in a letter to James Monroe in 1813, “We must train…our citizens, and make military instruction a regular part of collegiate education. We can never be safe until this is done,” Restoring universal service would also put us on the road to restoring the nobility of character that Alexis de Tocqueville so admired in Americans in 1831. Mandatory non-military community service, as suggested by some, is a nice idea, but it is no substitute for Jefferson’s vision.)
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Porter: Pritzker Makes “First and Craziest” Play of 2028 Democratic Primary With “Project 2029”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/03/23/richard_porter_pritzker_making_early_2028_play_for_the_democratic_left_with_project_2029.html
TOWNHALL
— This Murder of a US Student Is Getting Suffocated by the Media…Because It’s Laken Riley 2.0
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/print/2673273
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump calls airports ‘fertile territory’ for ICE
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5796513-ice-agents-airport-security-trump/
CNN
— Duckworth blasts Trump as ‘draft dodger.’ DD: What does Duckworth think of you? Both Trump and I avoided the Vietnam War draft. We are both conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time. In 2006, Duckworth had me throw out of her press conference with Michael J. Fox in Wheaton. SEE: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/10/25/celebrity-and-controversy-mark-6th-race/ Further, my wife and I gave up trying to have children with trying IVF. We did not adopt. We did not become foster parents.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/21/politics/tammy-duckworth-donald-trump-military
ABC NEWS
— Trump doesn’t rule out immigration enforcement at airports after ICE agents deployed. Border czar Tom Homan said ICE would help TSA “plug the holes of security.”
https://abcnews.com/US/trump-rule-immigration-enforcement-airports-after-ice-agents/story?id=131321898
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/abortion-pills-gaining-ground-method-ending-pregnancies-opponents-131349369
NEW YORK TIMES
— Gregory Bovino’s Final Days: Harsh Words and Few Regrets. He was the face of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. But as he begins a retirement that was not entirely voluntary, the Border Patrol leader says he did not go far enough. DD: Were you forced to retire early? Will you be forced to retire early? What if I had not succumbed to my Democrat GAO superiors’ threats and I had not retired early when I was 49 in 1997? They had threatened to make my next 6 years until I would be eligible for regular retirement to be a living hell for me. They had threatened to constructively demote me, to give me adverse transfers, unfair performance expectations, unfair performance appraisals, and to continue to rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. GAO was not unionized. It did not unionize until 2007. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should not have retired. I should have fought to keep my job a) because my critics/opponents have used my being forced to retire early against me so viciously and b) because of the tremendous loss of income that I have suffered and will suffer for the rest of my life.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/gregory-bovino-border-patrol.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/us/politics/republicans-trump-midterms.html
— Trump, Who Calls Mail-in Voting ‘Cheating,’ Just Voted by Mail. President Trump has long fixated on mail-in voting to bolster his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. But he recently used the method in a Florida special election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/politics/trump-mail-in-voting-florida.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— 40 hour workweek. DD: Did you have a 40 hour workweek? I had a 40 hour workweek 1971-1997 when I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. They stress that 40 hour workweek unfairly enabled me a) to work part-time 1971-1972, b) to take graduate evening business courses 1972-1976, accounting courses 1976-1980, and finance courses 1992-1997, and c) to take evening and weekend CPA examination review courses 1978-1979 and Certified Internal Auditor examination review courses 1980-1981.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/opinion/minimum-wage-hours-work-part-time.html
— Record Number of Student Loan Borrowers Are in Delinquency and Default. Recently released data from the Education Department showed that by the end of last year, 7.7 million borrowers had defaulted on $181 billion in federal student loans. DD: Because I worked my way through college, I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in business and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. But my GPA suffered.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/business/student-loan-deliquency-default.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/us/trump-ice-deportations-pets-left-behind.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly becoming more anti-American.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-24/california-teachers-tread-lightly-for-americas-250th-anniversary
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites who are conservative, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2026-03-24/documentaries-to-watch-stream
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/24/supreme-court-case-asylum-seekers-border-metering/89224595007/
— Experience. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly made it clear that to keep your job, you not only had to be a Democrat, you had to be a minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. As I got older, they ever-increasingly wasted what I had learned earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and job-related professional license. As I got older, they took ever-increasingly bigger adverse actions to get rid of me culminating in their forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2026/03/17/college-grad-jobs-experience/89125141007/
— When and where is the next mass layoff? DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, because of Gingrich-led budget cuts, the agency shrank from having more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. In 1997, I was one of the last Republican employees they go rid of.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/03/19/tracker-companies-mass-layoffs-closings-warn/89195890007/
— Young people wonder: Why even try? DD: If I was a young person today, because of my terrible demographics, I question if I could find the motivation like I did during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s 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. Democrat and RINO employers want to hire, retain, and promote employees who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are noncitizens.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/03/15/the-american-dream-upward-mobility-now-stability/89070281007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Welcome Setback for Medical DEI. A medical school accreditor removes race-based guidance. DD: Since the 1960s, Democrat and RINO leaders have ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me and to get rid of those who share my demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older (born in 1948), non-veteran, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-welcome-setback-for-medical-dei-fbac8fa0
FORTUNE
— Largest federal workers union warns ICE agents are not trained to replace TSA and putting them in airports ‘does not fill a gap. It creates one. DD: The first 6 months that I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer in 1971 was classroom training. While I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, the agencies provided me with lots of classroom training. But the Democrats who ran IRS and GAO wasted what I learned from that training as well as what I learned a) earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and f) earning a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://fortune.com/2026/03/23/tsa-union-federal-workers-ice-airports-gap/
HR GRAPEVINE
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers will forever use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hrgrapevine.com/us/content/article/2026-03-23-how-to-make-sure-your-dei-policies-stay-on-the-right-side-of-the-law
NATIONAL CATHOLOC REPORTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in using Hispanics to take over the Catholic Church.
https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/young-latinos-and-their-commitment-social-justice-are-shaping-catholic-future
LA PROGRESSIVE
— DD: To promote Affirmative Action, DEI, wokeness, and wokeism is to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/anti-discrimination-laws
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/afghanistan-refugees-trump-immigration/686508/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, gun control, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/03/19/what-do-americans-consider-immoral/
March 23, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— ICE agents deployed to O’Hare as partial government shutdown continues; Johnson raises concerns
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-agents-deployed-ohare-airport-dhs-says-long-tsa-lines-continue/18755132/
NBC5
— Trump threatens to call in National Guard to U.S. airports if ICE isn’t enough
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-threatens-to-call-in-national-guard-to-u-s-airports-if-ice-isnt-enough/3912405/
CBS2
— ICE agents seen at Chicago O’Hare International Airport amid long TSA wait times and lines
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-agents-chicago-ohare-airport/
FOX32
— Trump installs Columbus statue near White House, reigniting debate over legacy
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-statue-christopher-columbus-white-house
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ICE agents deployed to O’Hare as TSA goes without pay amid partial shutdown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/23/ice-agents-ohare-airport-tsa-partial-shutdown/
— Tragedy of Loyola student’s alleged killing by migrant marked by his clouded history, political reaction
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/23/jose-medina-sheridan-gorman-loyola-court/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/23/clergy-against-ice-detention-center-evanston/
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their protesters in Western Springs.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/23/no-kings-3-western-springs/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump decries Loyola student’s killing while pushing deportations; suspect’s court date postponed. Trump told reporters Monday that he had been briefed on Sheridan Gorman’s killing, arguing that the fatal shooting showed there was a need for ramped up immigration enforcement efforts. The suspected gunman, Jose G. Medina, remained hospitalized for tuberculosis.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/03/23/chicago-crime-trump-sheridan-gorman-loyola-murder-shooting-deportation-immigration
DAILY HERALD
— Naperville again tops Niche list as ‘best city to live’
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260323/lifestyle/naperville-again-tops-niche-list-as-best-city-to-live/
WISCONSIN JOURNAL SENTINEL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/factcheck/2026/03/23/is-wisconsin-losing-millions-to-states-where-cannabis-is-legal/89251841007/
WGLT
— Rep. Darin LaHood wants the war in Iran to wind down, doesn’t think ICE in airports is ‘the right approach’
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-03-23/rep-darin-lahood-wants-to-wind-down-the-war-in-iran-doesnt-think-ice-in-airports-is-the-right-approach
DAILY ILLINI
— ‘No Kings 3’: CU protesters set to rally against Trump administration
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/university-news/protests-strikes/2026/03/23/cu-no-kings-protestors/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-492/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Feds seek custody of illegal immigrant accused of killing Chicago college student
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/23/feds-seek-custody-illegal-immigrant-accused-killing-chicago-college/
— Trump says ICE could arrest illegal immigrants at airports
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/23/trump-says-ice-could-arrest-illegal-immigrants-airports/
— CPAC’s break with Washington tracks shifts in the conservative movement
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/23/cpacs-break-washington-tracks-shifts-conservative-movement/
— Blue states lose billions in revenue as Americans head for lower taxes. Policy choices reshape population and revenue maps.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/23/blue-states-lose-billions-revenue-americans-head-lower-taxes/
— The perils of birthright citizenship. Close this dangerous loophole now.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/23/perils-birthright-citizenship/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago’s deadly sanctuary policies claim another innocent life
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4500284/chicago-deadly-sanctuary-city-policies-claim-another-innocent-life/
— Congress must demand Iran war answers from Trump administration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4500919/congress-iran-war-answers-trump-administration/
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago Dem slammed for suggesting Loyola student caused her own murder: ‘Wrong place at the wrong time’
https://nypost.com/2026/03/23/us-news/chicago-dem-slammed-for-suggesting-loyola-student-caused-her-own-murder/
— Why rescuing Christopher Columbus redeems America, too
https://nypost.com/2026/03/23/opinion/why-rescuing-christopher-columbus-redeems-america-too/
BREITBART
— Sanctuary Chicago: Illegal Alien Charged with Murdering 18-Year-Old Sheridan Gorman in Random Shooting
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/23/illegal-alien-charged-murder-sheridan-gorman/
DAILY CALLER
— Pritzker Boasted That Chicago Was Safe Just Months Before College Student Shot By Illegal
https://dailycaller.com/2026/03/23/jb-pritzker-chicago-safe-sheridan-gorman-shot-illegal-immigrant/
FEDERALIST
— Pritzker Signals He Won’t Turn Illegal Alien Accused Of Murdering College Student Over To ICE
https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/23/pritzker-signals-he-wont-turn-illegal-alien-accused-of-murdering-college-student-over-to-ice/
— Another Young American Woman Is Dead Because Democrats Imported Her Killer
https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/23/another-young-american-woman-is-dead-because-democrats-imported-her-alleged-killer/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker breaks silence on migrant charged in student’s murder, blames Trump for ‘politicizing’ case. The Illinois governor’s office responded after days of silence on the alleged killing of Loyola freshman Sheridan Gorman by a Venezuelan national.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-breaks-silence-migrant-charged-students-murder-blames-trump-politicizing-case
— Chicago freshman murder: Illegal immigrant charged in Sheridan Gorman killing
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6391465103112
— Gianno Caldwell blasts Chicago leadership after student’s murder by illegal migrant. Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell condemns Chicago leadership, including Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson, for failing to address rising crime and supporting sanctuary city policies.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6391450901112
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FORTUNE
— The Treasury just declared the U.S. insolvent. The media missed it
https://fortune.com/2026/03/23/us-government-insolvent-fiscal-crisis-fix/
March 11, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— GOP candidates for Illinois governor identify biggest voter issues ahead of election.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/illinois-election-2026/gop-candidates-for-illinois-governor-identify-biggest-voter-issues-ahead-of-election/3906076/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at women that Republicans cause all the problems that women have, and especially Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/11/opinion-glen-ellyn-international-womens-day-protest-anger/
— Return of military conscription. DD: My avoiding the Vietnam War draft with four student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971 was my biggest mistake. My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War and they especially blamed 1-A Republicans like me. All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, some, many, most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors and supervisors were Democrat veterans. What if I had tried to enlist? I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/11/editorial-karoline-leavitt-maria-bartiromo-draft-iran-war-trump/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— VA drops appeal in Supreme Court case, giving another 1.2 million vets extra education benefits. DD: My critics/opponent stress that Republican leaders sided with GAO in Diersen v. GAO. That is, they sided with Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they sided with race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/03/11/veterans-affairs-montgomery-post911-gibill-rudisill-supreme-court-appeal-army-vet
DAILY HERALD
— Medical debt. DD: What did you do to avoid medial debt. I always assured that I had health insurance. The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance premiums 1966-1969 and since 1971 and paying 72% of my wife’s health care premiums since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260311/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-a-gratifying-display-still-planned-increases-for-medical-debt-relief-show-qu/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— MARCH 27, 2023 FLASHBACK: Declaring that generations of “failed politicians” have “failed to invest” in Chicago’s people, mayoral hopeful Brandon Johnson vowed to set a new course that would boost funding for mental health, housing, job training and other social services programs, “primarily (by) asking wealthy corporations to pay their fair share.” DD: What would your critics/opponents say you failed at? My critics/opponents would say I failed at a) being a Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO employee, b) Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee member, c) holder of master’s degrees in business, accounting and finance, c) CPA, Certified Internal Auditor, licensed CPA, and certified fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, d) FINRA arbitrator, e) conservative activist, Republican Precinct Committeeman, GOPUSA Illinois Editor, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, Pat O’Malley for governor Milton Township primary campaign coordinator, Illinois Center Right Coalition officer, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, Illinois Republican Party State Convention committee member, e) filer of grievances, arbitration demands, and lawsuits, f) etc. I should write about my critics/opponents, the criteria that they use to deem me a failure, and the adverse actions that they have taken against me and why.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/mayoral-candidate-brandon-johnson-discusses-social-services-plans/
RIVER BENDER & SHAW LOCAL & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat elected officials exist to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-reminds-illinois-voters-of-rights-91485.cfm?
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/03/07/northern-illinois-clerks-say-ice-agents-will-not-be-allowed-at-polling-places-during-march-primary/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/dnc-sues-trump-administration-for-any-plans-to-deploy-federal-agents-at-polling-sites/amp/
LANSING JOURNAL
— Free voters guide from Illinois Family Institute
https://thelansingjournal.org/
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois primary voters should send mail-in ballots by 5 p.m. Tuesday
https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2026-03-10/illinois-voters-mail-ballots-tuesday
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-abortion-clinics-gain-renewed-support-despite-republican-pro-life-pushback/
IPM NEWS
— Several polling places in Champaign County will be closed on Election Day next Tuesday, March 17 due to a shortage of election judges.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/multiple-polling-places-in-champaign-county-will-be-closed-for-primary-election-day/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— POSTMARK PANIC: Democratic and Republican leaders across the state are intensifying their get-out-the-vote efforts in the final stretch before Tuesday’s primaries, warning that changes to postal service procedures could jeopardize some mail-in ballots. Getting the word out: They are holding press conferences, sending out broadcasts and warning that turnout could be dampened. The push reflects growing anxiety about a recent change in how the U.S. Postal Service applies postmarks — now stamping the date when mail is processed at a sorting facility rather than when it’s dropped in a mailbox. Officials worry ballots mailed close to Election Day get postmarked after the deadline and therefore won’t be counted even if mailed on time. Under attack: Illinois Democratic Party Chair Lisa Hernandez called the change part of a “targeted attack” on voting rights by the Trump administration and urged voters “act now” to return their ballots. Red alert: The Illinois Republican Party, meanwhile, has sent out a red “Vote By Mail Alert” urging voters to “go to the Post Office counter and request a manual postmark.” Of particular concern in rural Illinois, where voters “rely on mail-in voting and don’t live near a polling place,” said Democratic Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski, who represents a swath of central and southern Illinois in Congress. Complicating rights: Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul warned that last-minute mailing could make voting more complicated for residents who already face barriers to participating in elections. “Changes like this risk making voting confusing for people who already face barriers to participating in elections,” Raoul said in a statement. DD: How many have voted so far in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct? How many Democrat, Republican, and NA ballots have been cast so far? Who does not want the aforesaid information to be reported and why?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/11/a-pac-that-promised-support-delivered-little-00822470
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-696/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— The Illinois Clean Slate Act: Politics Over Victims, Law, and Public Safety — And It’s Unconstitutional
https://johnkassnews.com/the-illinois-clean-slate-act-politics-over-victims-law-and-public-safety-and-its-unconstitutional/
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— GOP Voters Demand Answers from Bailey Campaign
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/gop-voters-demand-answers-from-bailey-campaign
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Paying Kaplan for Test Preparation Courses. DD: What government help did you get to pass tests? I got no government help to help me pass the ACT in 1966, postal employment test in 1966, Federal Service Entrance Examination and GMAT in 1970, CPA examination in 1979, or Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. According to my critics/opponents I passed the aforesaid because I benefitted from discrimination against those who had less money than I had and/or did not share my demographics, that is, those who are libera/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or non-citizen. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/09/state-paying-kaplan-for-test-preparation-courses/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 60% of participants identify as students of color, and low-income students are accessing preparation courses at five times their pre-program rate.)
— Sheriff Receiving $195,000 State Grant to Buy Body Cameras. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that to punish Trump, you should punish your Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC). Should RPCs wear body cameras when they go door-to-door distributing Republican election materials in their precincts? Because of an encounter I had recently with a registered Democrat voter (RDV) in my precinct, I am changing what I do. What have RDVs shouted at you lately? I am happy to report that only one RDV in my precinct shouted threats at me while I hand-delivered envelopes recently to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican voter (RRV) or one registered NA voter (RNAV) without knocking on any doors. But he is an aggressive, nasty, wealthy, and prominent realtor with a common name in a $1.1 million home. He shouted at me in a very threatening tone that he had thrown my envelope in his trash, that I should not deliver anything there anymore, that he knew who I was, that he knew where I lived, and that if I ever delivered anything there again, he would come to my home and dump it on my driveway. While I did not realize who he was until after the incident, he had known who I was for many years. He had been a RDV in my precinct very near my home years ago. I now know that after he sold that home, he bought the aforesaid home. I delivered to his home only because there was a RNAV in his home. To avoid future threats from RDVs like him, I will identify those homes in my precinct that have RNAVs but not deliver to those homes that also have RDVs but no RRVs, something I did not take the time to do this time. There are limits on the time that I can spend. I spend 10+ hours a day 7 days a week putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out. I spent many hours putting 800 mailing labels and 400 return address labels on 400 envelopes, putting them into walk order, stuffing them with an unmarked sample ballot, a Milton Township Republican Organization Voter Guide, and five candidate campaign literature pieces, dividing them into 5 batches, and hand-delivering them. I used 400 DuPage County Republican Central Committee envelopes and I used my photocopier, paper, and ink to copy the unmarked sample ballot 400 times 2-sided back-to-back. If I spent 6 minutes getting each envelope ready, that would be 40 hours. I spent about 15 hours hand-delivering the envelopes, or about 3 hours per batch. Should I write about an extremely powerful RRV in my precinct who also told me that she threw my precinct letter in her trash?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/05/sheriff-receiving-195000-state-grant-to-buy-body-cameras/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do your critics/opponents hold you accountable for, that is, what do they blame you for? First and foremost, my critics/opponents blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They will blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that candidates in contested primary races on the ballot in my precinct will suffer on March 17. Previously, they also blamed me for what I did as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, b) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, c) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, d) an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer 2003-2007, and e) the Milton Township coordinator for Pat O’Malley’s gubernatorial primary campaign in 2002. Needless-to-say, the aforesaid discourages me from attending religious, conservative, and Republican meetings and events. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Why don’t Republican candidates want me to help elect them? According to my critics/opponents, the more that I do to help elect candidates, the fewer votes that they will get. My critics/opponents stress the success that they have had getting their operatives and their dupes to take adverse actions against me including a) ending my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, d) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) ending my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters on 2006, h) ending my bid to serve as the MTRO treasurer in 2004, i) etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois’ population loss could make congressional gerrymandering harder in 2030
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-population-loss-could-make-congressional-gerrymandering-harder-in-2030/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Grassroots Conservatives Call for Boycott After AM 560 Weaponizes Platform Against Conservative Darren Bailey. DD: It is legitimate to criticize Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders when the reject planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/03/grassroots-conservatives-call-for-boycott-after-am-560-weaponizes-platform-against-conservative-darren-bailey.html
— Before the Unity Breakfast, Grassroots Tell IL GOP: Unite Behind the Governor Nominee and Fund the Fight
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/03/before-the-unity-breakfast-grassroots-tell-il-gop-unite-behind-the-governor-nominee-and-fund-the-fight.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans challenge birthright citizenship for babies of illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/10/dramatic-departure-republicans-challenge-birthright-citizenship/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE arrests ‘criminal illegal alien’ for voter fraud in Philadelphia
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4487691/ice-arrests-criminal-illegal-alien-for-voter-fraud-in-philadelphia/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— National Security Threats Linked to the Biden
https://cis.org/Parsing-Immigration-Policy/National-Security-Threats-Linked-BidenEra-Border-Crisis
DAILY CALLER
— University Officials Attack ‘The Whites’ While Illegally Continuing DEI
https://dailycaller.com/2026/03/10/exclusive-university-officials-attack-the-whites-while-illegally-continuing-dei-complaints-allege/
— Rooting Out DEI Allowed FBI Agents To Actually Do Their Jobs. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they ever-increasingly put Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI ahead of everything else. They ever-increasingly used AA and DEI to get rid of their employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. They would have gotten rid of me much sooner if I had not a) earned an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance in 1997, b) passed on my first attempt the CPA examination in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor Examination in 1981, c) became a licensed CPA in 1981, and d) earned job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/rooting-out-dei-allowed-fbi-agents-to-actually-do-their-jobs-report-shows/ar-AA1Rvf7H
DAILY SIGNAL
— Illegal Truckers Repeatedly Put Public at Risk
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/10/national-crisis-banks-says-illegal-truckers-repeatedly-put-public-at-risk/amp/
— Could SCOTUS Rule to Hold Those Who Hire Illegal Immigrant Truck Drivers Accountable? DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/10/could-scotus-rule-to-hold-those-who-hire-illegal-immigrant-truck-drivers-accountable/
REPUBLICAN JOBS
— Immediate Republican Job Opportunities. DD: According to my critics/opponents, the more that I do to help elect a candidates, the fewer votes that they will get. My critics/opponents stress the success that they have had getting their operatives and their dupes to take adverse actions against me including a) ending my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, d) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) ending my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters on 2006, h) ending my bid to serve as the MTRO treasurer in 2004, i) etc.
https://www.republicanjobs.gop/opportunities/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly use Iran to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write about how my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government used Vietnam to promote more hatred against their Republican employees.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5777560-rogan-trump-iran-war/
CNN
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly use Iran to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write about how my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government used Vietnam to promote more hatred against their Republican employees.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/11/europe/russia-putin-trump-iran-war-opportunity-intl
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly use Iran to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write about how my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government used Vietnam to promote more hatred against their Republican employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/politics/how-trump-miscalculated-iran-response.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/politics/trump-iran-war-how-long-timeline.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/us/politics/trump-civilian-deaths-iran-war.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/02/20/republicans-marriage-birth-rate-tax-incentives/88722641007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly use Iran to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write about how my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government used Vietnam to promote more hatred against their Republican employees.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-says-the-iran-war-is-nearly-won-but-israel-has-other-ideas-9b7eb3fb
BLACK WALL STREET TIMES
— Jasmine Crockett’s Loss and the Cost of Being a Black Woman in American Politics. DD: What do your critics/opponents hold you accountable for, that is, what do they blame you for? First and foremost, my critics/opponents blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They will blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that candidates in contested primary races on the ballot in my precinct will suffer on March 17. Previously, they also blamed me for what I did as a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, b) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, c) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, d) an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer 2003-2007, and e) the Milton Township coordinator for Pat O’Malley’s gubernatorial primary campaign in 2002.
https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2026/03/09/jasmine-crocketts-loss-and-the-cost-of-being-a-black-woman-in-american-politics/
CPA JOURNAL
— Broadening the Pipeline in a Changing Environment. DD: Choosing the right college major is extremely important. I should have majored in accounting from the beginning, but I did not until I was 27 in 1976 when I started taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. 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. But by then, the accounting profession had no interest in me a) because it viewed me as being too old and b) because my demographics were terrible. The profession was under tremendous pressure to advance minorities and females. Why didn’t I major in accounting from the beginning? I erroneously believed that because I was not strong in math, I could never pass the CPA examination. But I belatedly came to realize that accountants do not use the types of math that I was not strong in.
https://www.cpajournal.com/2026/03/10/broadening-the-pipeline-in-a-changing-environment/
STATELINE
— More industries want Trump’s help hiring immigrant labor after farms get a break. Restaurants, construction and landscaping businesses have lost the most workers. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://stateline.org/2025/12/03/more-industries-want-trumps-help-hiring-immigrant-labor-after-farms-get-a-break/
CELINE GOUNDER
— A Lesson in Civil Service. DD: Federal employees who are the following do not have Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The decision in Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/PrecinctLetter3-17-2.pdf ) proves that.
https://www.celinegounder.com/p/when-budget-cuts-meet-civil-service
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— Guide to Hiring Noncitizens on Temporary Visas. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/guide-to-hiring-noncitizens-on-temporary-visas/
ATLANTIC
— Trump Advisers Stopped Musk From Hiring a Noncitizen at DOGE. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/elon-musk-doge-green-card-trump/681575/
NEW YORKER
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly use Iran to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write about how my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government used Vietnam to promote more hatred against their Republican employees.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-lawlessness-of-trumps-war-in-iran
CONVERSATION
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly use Iran to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write about how my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government used Vietnam to promote more hatred against their Republican employees.
https://theconversation.com/trumps-war-against-iran-is-uniquely-unpopular-among-us-military-actions-of-the-past-century-277586
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly use Iran to promote more hatred against Republicans. I should write about how my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government used Vietnam to promote more hatred against their Republican employees.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/11/donald-trump-war-iran-ego-trip-economic-damage
MARCH 10, 2026 – CORRECTED
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Illinois Democrats urge voters to send in mail ballots immediately. DD: Questions for Illinois and for each county clerk: How many have voted so far and how many Republican, Democrat, and NA ballots have been cast? It would be great if that data was available broken out by county, township, and precinct.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-democrats-urge-voters-to-send-in-mail-ballots-immediately/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Krishnamoorthi raises millions for Illinois Senate bid as fundraising draws scrutiny
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/10/raja-krishnamoorthi-fundraising-illinois-senate/
— How to make teaching attractive as a second career in Illinois. DD: If I had tried to make teaching internal auditing my second career, my Democrat GAO superiors would have stressed the many big adverse actions they took against me 1980-1997. What GAO Analysts do in internal auditing. I passed the Certified Internal Auditing examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I became a certified fraud examiner in 1990, financial services auditor in 1996, and forensic accountant in 1997.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/10/opinion-teaching-second-career-benefits-illinois/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/03/10/chicago-immigration-deport-trump-noem-bovino-midway-blitz
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/03/08/deportation-francisco-gonzalez-jasso-panchito-gang-latin-kings-deported-ice-mexico-midway-blitz-little-village
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/03/09/chicago-ice-border-patrol-trump-loevy-oneill-burke-special-prosecutor
DAILY HERALD
— GOP 11th district congressional candidates: End grace period for mailed ballots
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260309/us-congress-politics/gop-congressional-candidates-end-grace-period-for-mailed-ballots/
SHAW LOCAL
— Northern Illinois clerks say ICE agents will not be allowed at polling places during March primary. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that a large percentage if not very large percentage of Hispanics in America are illegals and/or are harboring illegals.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/03/07/northern-illinois-clerks-say-ice-agents-will-not-be-allowed-at-polling-places-during-march-primary/
EFFINGHAM RADIO
— Plummer Named Caucus Chair For Illinois Senate Republicans
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2026/03/10/plummer-named-caucus-chair-for-illinois-senate-republicans/
MACIVER INSTITUTE
— Just 9% of University of Wisconsin-Madison Faculty Identify as Conservative. DD: I avoided liberal Democrat indoctrination a) at UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, and Loyola 1972-1976 by majoring in business, b) at DePaul 1976-1980 by majoring in accounting, and c) at IIT 1992-1997 by majoring in finance.
https://www.maciverinstitute.com/news/report-just-9-of-uw-madison-faculty-identify-as-conservative
WSPY
— Deadline looms for vote-by-mail requests. DD: Questions for Illinois and for each county clerk: How many have voted so far and how many Republican, Democrat, and NA ballots have been cast? It would be great if that data was available broken out by county, township, and precinct.
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/deadline-looms-for-vote-by-mail-requests/article_e108e242-e090-4067-baeb-cd3a03534074.html
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/09/another-lgbtq-boutique-hotel-could-be-coming-to-halsted-street-in-lakeview/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Dabrowski says he’s the most conservative candidate in the GOP primary in a new ad.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/10/big-names-big-attacks-rock-senate-race-00820365
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-482/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Faces a Choice on Federal Scholarship Tax Credits. DD: My father 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 in 1969. My mother never worked outside of the home until after he died. They had less money because they sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. That conservative Lutheran education put me on track to earn 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. But my GPA suffered because I had to work my way through college. I paid the expenses to earn the aforesaid degrees, certifications, and license with the money I earned doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes and chipping slag in 1966, pumping gasoline in 1966, 1971, and 1972, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, collecting delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/illinois-faces-a-choice-on-federal-scholarship-tax-credits/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— A record share of Illinois university employees opt-out of pensions for a 401(k)-style plan, lawmakers should give other state employees the same flexibility.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/record-high-illinois-university-workers-opt-out-of-pensions/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Obama Library Financed by Epstein Associates
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/03/obama-library-financed-by-epstein-associates-as-new-documents-reveal-reid-hoffmans-deep-ties.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Bailey Announces Get Out the Vote Bus Tour with No Stops in the Six County Chicago Metropolitan Area
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/09/bailey-announces-get-out-the-vote-bus-tour-with-no-stops-in-the-six-county-chicago-metropolitan-area/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your religion and national origin? I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Many, if not most, if not virtually all of them disapproved of my Protestant religion and my German national origin. But none of my Post Office (1966-1969) and IRS (1971-1980) supervisors and superiors were women. But both my GAO supervisor and her superior were Jewish women during my last 8 years at GAO 1989-1997. They disapproved of my being conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978. To punish me because I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination and age discrimination when I was 40 in 1988, they a) threw me off audits of IRS at the end of 1988, b) gave me a bad job assignment, unfair performance expectations, an unfair performance evaluation, and ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance (PFP) in 1989, c) ranked me in the lower half of my coworkers for PFP for the rest of my GAO career, and d) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They flushed down their toilets my earning job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and my earning a job-related master’s degree in 1997. They attributed all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, at least one of my superiors was Jewish. I should write about the aforesaid. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— People are far more likely to take adverse actions against those who do not share their demographics. I am conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. I should write about those who do not share my demographics who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Say no to Pritzker in 2028
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/9/say-no-pritzker-2028/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani refuses to condemn radical Islam after ISIS-inspired bomb attack as disturbing new details emerge
https://nypost.com/2026/03/09/us-news/mamdani-refuses-to-condemn-alleged-isis-loving-bomb-tossers/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— States Can Strengthen Families and Fight Welfare Dependence and Fraud. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) destroy traditional marriage and family, b) promote dependency on government and charity, and c) promote fraud.
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/states-can-strengthen-families-and-fight-welfare-dependence-and-fraud/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats use yet another funeral for political gain. The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s funeral was an exhibition of insanity and classlessness.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/03/democrats_use_yet_another_funeral_for_political_gain.html
— Democrats Can’t Win Elections without Fraud
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/democrats_can_t_win_elections_without_fraud.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump agency cuts off foreign nationals, SBA loans will only be given to American citizens
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/03/09/trump-agency-cuts-off-foreign-nationals-sba-loans-will-only-be-given-to-american-citizens-1626336/
CHRISTIAN POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/christians-say-us-should-care-for-children-at-home-abroad-poll.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Trump admin cancels grants studying LGBTQ and ‘multiethnic’ comic books
https://www.thecollegefix.com/trump-admin-cancels-grants-studying-lgbtq-and-multiethnic-comic-books/
FEDERALIST
— Illegal Alien Voted In 5 Presidential Elections After He Was Supposed To Be Deported
https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/09/fbi-illegal-alien-voted-in-5-presidential-elections-after-he-was-supposed-to-be-deported/
— Democrats’ War On Election Integrity Exposes Their Dirty Secret
https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/09/democrats-war-on-election-integrity-exposes-their-dirty-secret/
FOX NEWS
— Illegal immigrant charged for allegedly voting in every presidential election since 2008
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illegal-immigrant-charged-allegedly-voting-every-presidential-election-since-2008
HOMELAND SECURITY
— ICE Arrests Criminal Illegal Alien who Voted in Seven Federal Elections Since 2008
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/03/09/ice-arrests-criminal-illegal-alien-who-voted-seven-federal-elections-2008
REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— DEI May Be Gone in Name—Its Enforcers Still Hold the Levers of Power
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2026/03/09/dei_may_be_gone_in_nameits_enforcers_still_hold_the_levers_of_power_1169257.html
TOWNHALL
— Dems Vow to Continue DHS Shut Down to Block ICE From Polling Sites. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that a large percentage if not very large percentage of Hispanics in America are illegals and/or are harboring illegals.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/03/09/democrats-say-they-are-keeping-dhs-shutdown-despite-terror-attacks-to-keep-ice-out-of-polling-locations-n2672546
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats vow to shut down Senate over Iran conflict. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies against America. America’s enemies ever-increasingly sent their citizens into America illegally.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5776021-democrats-iran-conflict-war-powers/
WASHINGTON POST
— The administration’s radical idea: Retaining workers based on merit. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans ever-increasingly cut the agency’s budget in relative terms if not absolute terms every year. In response, the Democrats who ran GAO declared that none of their employees who were young and/or who were veterans would suffer any adverse impacts of those budget cuts. Consequently, because I am not a veteran and because I was 31 years old when I started with GAO, they made me suffer the adverse impacts of those budget cuts. They forced me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old 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 ($118,984-$154,682/year in today’s dollars), b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels ($100,069-$113,402/year in today’s dollars), c) earning three job-related master’s degrees, d) earning six job-related professional certifications, and e) earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/09/omb-layoffs-government-rif-merit/
USA TODAY
— Why so many unemployed Americans still can’t find a job. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/03/01/unemployed-struggling-to-find-work/88903339007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/immigration-protests-noem-minneapolis-0b8bd496
BOSTON COLLEGE
— What Is Your Definition of Success in Life? DD: Career advancement is a big measure of that. The federal government has an up-or-out policy for its employees who are White, male, and/or nonveteran. They must make GS-13 ($118,984) by age 25, GS-14 ($140,604) by age 30, GS-15 ($165,386) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($197,200) by age 40 or they are out, that is, their careers are wasted and they are forced to retire as soon as they are eligible. Because I did not make GS-12 until I was 25 in 1974, because I did not make GS-13 until I was 38, because I never made GS-14, my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced to retire when I was 49. My critics/opponents have always used the aforesaid to hint/imply/argue/shout that I am an unmitigated loser, an extremely bad person, and even worse things. Further, they stress that I must be the aforesaid bad things because I failed to make the aforesaid promotion deadlines even though a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. My critics/opponent have always known full-well a) that extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines, b) that while I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the agency was almost always under Republican-forced promotion freezes, and c) that my Democrat superiors punished me severely because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40.
https://entrepreneurship.babson.edu/definition-of-success-in-life/
CONVERATION
— The Oscars aren’t a meritocracy – there’s a complex formula for winning. DD: In America, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you will advance: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Trump’s advancement is a tremendous exception.
https://theconversation.com/the-oscars-arent-a-meritocracy-theres-a-complex-formula-for-winning-274980
FED WEEK
— What You Need to Know About the New Rule of Many in Hiring. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They will use the Rule of Many to not hire Republicans.
https://www.fedweek.com/careers/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-rule-of-many-in-hiring/
GOVERNMENT INTELLIGENCE
— EEOC launches campaign targeting DEI-related workplace discrimination. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b0 To get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.governance-intelligence.com/esg/eeoc-launches-campaign-targeting-dei-related-workplace-discrimination
NEWS BREAK
— Chicago’s lakefront proves a de facto invasion
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-washington-times-1720242/4529741062622-chicago-s-lakefront-proves-a-de-facto-invasion
JD SUPRA
— EEOC Letter Cautions Corporate America to Discontinue Unlawful DEI Programs
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eeoc-letter-cautions-corporate-america-8566463/
March 7, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/california-official-calling-trump-administration-return-deaf-bay-area-boy-family-deported-colombia/18686782/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Two low-funded Republicans battle to run against Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias in the fall
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/07/illinois-gop-primary-secretary-state-other-statewides/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/06/rev-jesse-jackson-black-women-leaders/
— DD: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/06/evanston-reparations-committee-seeks-new-revenue-streams-as-original-funding-dwindles/
— Gayle Franzen, longtime Illinois and DuPage County public servant who helped build I-355, dies at 81
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/07/gayle-franzen-obituary-dupage/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/03/03/jesse-jackson-racism-black-white-civil-rights-rainbow-coalition-ben-jealous
DAILY HERALD
— GOP race for 14th Congressional seat features experienced candidates: Jim Marter an Gary Vician
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260306/us-congress-politics/gop-race-for-14th-congressional-seat-features-experienced-candidates/
WQAD
— Several claiming leadership at the Rock Island County Republican Party found in contempt of court
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/several-claiming-leadership-rock-island-county-republican-party-found-in-contempt-of-court/526-f0e8628a-16c0-410c-995b-f5c311f3f5fc
COUNTRY HERALD
— University Park: Crete Monee Middle School Hosts Community Cleanup March 14. DD: I delivered mail in University Park 1966-1969. I bought a new townhome in University Park in 1972 ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ), lived in it full-time 1972-1974, lived in it part-time 1974-1976, rented it out 1976-1984, and sold it in 1984.
https://countryherald.com/news/university-park-il-crete-monee-middle-school-hosts-community-cleanup-march-14/
CHAMBANA TODAY
— State Senator Chapin Rose appointed to Illinois Senate Republican leadership team
https://chambanatoday.com/news/298892-state-senator-chapin-rose-appointed-to-illinois-senate-republican-leadership-team/
BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso on Friday endorsed Sean Noonan in the March 17 Republican primary for DuPage County sheriff.
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-mayor-endorses-sheriffs-race
CHICAGO READER
— The death of diversity. Universities—in Illinois and across the U.S.—fall in line amid Trump’s attacks on higher education. DD: UIC accepted me when I was 18 in 1966, NIU when I was 20, Loyola when I was 23, DePaul when I was 27, and IIT when I was 43. But if I was 18, 20, 23, 27, or 43 today, I doubt that they would accept me because of my bad demographics. I am heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. According to Democrat universities, those who are the aforesaid have unfairly benefitted from discrimination against those who are LGBTQ, liberal/moderate, non-Republican, noncitizen, minority, female, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://chicagoreader.com/news/feature-news-politics/trump-universities-dei-illnois-ui-northwestern/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Darren Bailey Would Be Calamity for Illinois Republicans
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/darren-bailey-would-be-calamity-for-illinois-republicans
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Traditional marriage advocates sharpen message as Supreme Court eyes challenge to same-sex marriage. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn traditional marriage and family but then b) attribute all my successes in life to my benefitting from traditional marriage and family.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/5/traditional-marriage-advocates-sharpen-message-supreme-court-eyes/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Why Traditional Marriage Matters. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn traditional marriage and family but then b) attribute all my successes in life to my benefitting from traditional marriage and family.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-traditional-marriage-matters/
BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
–Trump Administration Rescinds Gender Ideology Requirement for Foster Parents. DD: Because my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents, my Democrat GAO superiors viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a filthy rich disgusting DINK. According to them, if we had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, or d) become a licensed CPA when I was 32. None of them had as many job-related master’s degrees or professional certifications as I had. None of them was a licensed CPA like I was. According to them, if we had children, we would not have been able to have a home built in Wheaton when I was 35. My Democrat GAO superiors complained about the time and cost needed to raise children. They decried their spouses having little or no income.
https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/trump-administration-rescinds-gender-ideology-requirement-for-foster-parents
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DEI far from dead in Nashville, and it cost the city dearly
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/03/06/dei-far-from-dead-in-nashville-and-it-cost-the-city-dearly-report-1625874/
BLAZE
— Illegal alien voted in 2024 federal election, when Trump and Kamala were on the ballot. DD: How many illegals are using their false identifications to vote in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illegal-alien-allegedly-voted-in-2024-federal-election-when-trump-and-kamala-were-on-the-ballot
BREITBART
— Democrat’s SOTU Illegal Alien Guest Referenced in Police Documents Concerning Sexual Assault
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/03/06/report-democrats-sotu-illegal-alien-guest-referenced-in-police-documents-concerning-sexual-assault/amp/
CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE
— This Week In Waste. DD: For Democrat and RINO leaders, governments exist to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and RINOs. Because I have never been a Democrat or a RINO, governments wasted what I learned a) earning a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, f) becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, and g) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. They wasted what I learned working for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. They wasted what I learned working for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, RINO, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.cagw.org/this-week-in-waste-march-6-2026/
COLLEGE FIX
— DD: Yale publishes a letter from one of its seniors who thinks conservatives are dumb … well, dumber than liberals at least.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/yale-senior-thinks-conservatives-are-dumb-well-dumber-than-liberals-at-least/
DAILY CALLER
— James Talarico Has History Of Pushing Far-Left Priorities Down Students’ Throats
https://dailycaller.com/2026/03/06/james-talarico-history-pushing-his-left-priorities-down-students-throats/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘How Do You Make A Map Gay?’ Biden-Era Program Used Tax Dollars To ‘Queer’ Maps. Biden’s State Department funded a grant to make European maps queer.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-do-you-make-a-map-more-gay-gop-rep-trump-official-befuddled-by-biden-dei-program
EPOCH TIMES
— The Reason Obamacare Is So Hard to Fix. DD: Ever since I became a federal employee when I was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance premiums. Since I got married when I was 29 in 1978, my critics/opponents have been increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who never qualified themselves to become a federal employee, b) who would never stoop to take a federal job, and/or c) who despise/hate federal employees.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/3-reasons-why-obamacare-is-so-hard-to-fix-5989572
FOX NEWS
— Mike Johnson slams Democrats for putting illegal aliens over Americans as DHS shutdown continues. Senate Democrats blocked Republican attempt to reopen Department of Homeland Security.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mike-johnson-slams-democrats-putting-illegal-aliens-over-americans-dhs-shutdown-continues
— Illegal immigrant charged with voting in Pennsylvania in 5 presidential elections. Mahady Sacko was ordered removed from the US in 2000 but remained under ICE supervision while casting ballots. DD: How many illegals are using their false identifications to vote in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-immigrant-charged-voting-pennsylvania-5-presidential-elections
— ICE arrests illegal immigrant training as Pennsylvania corrections officer suspected of rape. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.aol.com/articles/ice-arrests-illegal-immigrant-training-200613203.html
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER
— Is the Era of the Traditional Family Over in America? DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn traditional marriage and family but then b) attribute all my successes in life to my benefitting from traditional marriage and family.
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/is-the-era-of-the-traditional-family-over-in-america-survey-suggests-yes
PJ MEDIA
— Federal Grant Money Flows to Race-Based Groups During Labor Department Chaos
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/03/06/federal-grant-money-flows-to-race-based-groups-during-labor-department-chaos-n4950346
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— DHS increasing self-deportation stipend from $1,000 to $2,600. DD: Unintended consequences. How many will come to America illegally to collect that stipend?
https://www.aol.com/articles/dhs-increasing-self-deportation-stipend-181110485.html
CBS NEWS
— Hegseth on reports Russia aided Iran: “Anything that shouldn’t be happening” will be “confronted strongly”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-us-iran-russia/
MSN
— Muskegon sandwich shop says business is booming after saying they will no longer serve ICE
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/muskegon-sandwich-shop-says-business-is-booming-after-saying-they-will-no-longer-serve-ice/ar-AA1TQpq4
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s New Pick to Lead Homeland: A Onetime Cage Fighter From the Heartland. DD: If you ran for an office, what would your critics/opponents stress that you did in the past? My critics/opponents would stress that I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes and chipped slag in 1966. I pumped gasoline in 1966, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. My critics/opponents would never stoop to take the aforesaid bad jobs. They did not have to because they had wealthy parents. They would hint/imply/argue/shout that I had to take the aforesaid bad jobs because I am an unmitigated loser.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/us/markwayne-mullin-trump-oklahoma.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-06/deaf-6-year-old-boy-deported-with-family-to-colombia-attorney-says
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Wants ‘Unconditional Surrender’ for Iran Deal
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-wants-unconditional-surrender-for-iran-deal-5f97cd49
STATEN ISLAND
— Noem banished to this humiliating new post after Trump dumps her from cabinet. DD: My supporters rudely dumped me because I supported Pat O’Malley instead of Jim Ryan in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary. I served as O’Malley’s Milton Township campaign coordinator. My doing everything that I could to help Ryan defeat Blagojevich in the general election meant nothing to them. They continue to blame me for Ryan’s loss. Because Ryan lost to Blagojevich, they rudely ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2004 and 2010. They rudely defeated me for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004. They rudely almost got the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me in 2006. They got me thrown off the ICRC Steering Committee in 2007. They ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012. They gerrymandered my precinct in 2015. They ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. etc. Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich in 2002 is viewed as being the beginning of the end of the Illinois Republican Party.
https://www.silive.com/politics/2026/03/noem-banished-to-this-humiliating-new-post-after-trump-dumps-her-from-cabinet.html
NEWS NATION
— Traditional marriage decline sparks concern over kids’ well-being. Better outcomes for children in married households. 23% of U.S. kids live with single parents, three times the global average. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn traditional marriage and family but then b) attribute all my successes in life to my benefitting from traditional marriage and family.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/on-balance-with-leland-vittert/decline-marriage-trends-concern-child-well-being/
WRAL
— Meaningful work. DD: The importance of what the Post Office, IRS, and GAO did helped me endure ever-increasing efforts by my Democrat superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.wral.com/business/thompson-relationships-leadership-march-2026/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Indian professionals in US face rising anti-Indian hate after Trump’s H-1B changes. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/indian-professionals-in-us-face-rising-anti-indian-hate-after-trump-s-h-1b-changes-report/ar-AA1UgFFw?cvid=3b268e06faaa4eeea4a11a71a333dc02
FROM OTHER SOURCES
MEDICAL PRODUCT OUTSOURSING
— Staying in Target Range with Diabetes Technologies. Continuous glucose monitors (CGM) are transforming diabetes management. DD: I am a type 2 diabetic. In my opinion, if I had not spent so much time helping elect Republicans since 2000, I would not have become a type 2 diabetic. Instead of exercising and sleeping, I helped elect Republicans. Since 2000, I have ever-increasingly spent more time putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out instead of exercising and sleeping. I am now wearing a CGM ( https://www.stelo.com/ ) at $84/month out-of-pocket to help me keep my glucose within the 70-180 target range. Last week, my glucose was in range only 64% of the time; the goal is 70%. I take five diabetes pills a day – Glimepiride (2), Metformin, Jardiance, and Rybelsus. Life is a series of choices. Obviously, I put helping elect Republicans ahead of my health. Obviously, my critics/opponents put stopping me from helping elect Republicans above all else. Increasingly, I cannot bring myself to attend Republican, conservative, and religious events in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois because so many of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attend those events who have taken so many adverse actions against me to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Should I start naming my critics/opponents and writing about them? In addition to my serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I was a) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, b) an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer 2003-2007, c) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, and d) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2021. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2011.
https://www.mpo-mag.com/staying-in-target-range-with-diabetes-technologies/
SCIENCE FRIDAY
— The Long Push To Blame Systemic Problems On Individuals. DD: Do your critics/opponents blame you for your problems? Mine certainly do. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I would not have had problems if I had a) let them manipulate/dominate me, b) glorified and praised them, c) pandered to them, d) served as one of their operatives or dupes, e) covered up their wrong doing, and/or f) gave them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/its-on-you-book-excerpt/
— Fixing Society’s Toughest Problems? ‘It’s On You.’ DD: Obviously, I have always believed that conservatism is the way to go. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, or d) a job-related professional license when I was 32. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to a) buy a 6-year-old car when I was 16, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., d) get married when I was 29, e) etc. I ask my anti-conservative critics/opponents what they attribute their successes to?
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/fixing-societal-problems-individual-responsibility/
March 6, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— IL Republican governor race candidates make last-minute pitches to voters before primary election
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-race-republican-gubernatorial-candidates-make-last-minute-pitches-voters-before-2026-primary-election-day/18682312/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrats and RINOs are glad Trump fired Noem.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/06/editorial-kristi-noem-homeland-security-firing-donald-trump/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: As crime increases, the need for license-plate readers increases.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260306/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-driving-change-arlington-heights-penalties-for-improper-use-of-license-plate/
WGLT
— Early voting off to slow start in McLean County. DD: How many have voted so far in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct? How many Democrat, Republican, and NA ballots have been cast so far? Who does not want the aforesaid information to be reported and why?
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-03-05/early-voting-off-to-slow-start-in-mclean-county
EVANSTON NOW
— DD: Democrat leaders have their middle-schoolers walk out.
https://evanstonnow.com/middle-schoolers-hold-ice-walk-out/
DAILY ILLINI
— Gubernatorial candidate Ted Dabrowski discusses foreign enrollment, DEI, suing Champaign County
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/world-news/state-news/illinois-state-government/state-elections/2026/03/06/ted-dabrowski-foreign-enrollment-dei/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ‘Unseemly’ power play in Senate race
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/06/senate-races-familiar-power-play-00816189
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-693/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Why Chicago’s new $800 million bond offering smells so fishy
https://wirepoints.org/why-chicagos-new-800-million-bond-offering-smells-so-fishy-wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-am560s-the-real-story/
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Support collapses for sheriff candidate Eddie Moore amid allegations that he ran over a busboy following Valentine’s Day dinner. DD: Because Moore is running as a Republican, no one should anticipate/expect that he will get fair treatment from the mainstream news media.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/support-collapses-for-sheriff-candidate-eddie-moore-amid-allegations-that-he-ran-over-a-busboy-following-valentine-day-dinner/
REPUBLICAN PATRIOTS
— We went directly to the source and asked Republican DuPage County Sheriff Candidate Eddy Moore about the incident. DD: Because Moore is running as a Republican, no one should anticipate/expect that he will get fair treatment from the mainstream news media.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/247913229897976/posts/1407552103934077/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— As Democrats move in and take over, poverty and crime increase. Democrats are ever-increasingly moving into DuPage County and taking over DuPage County. Do you live in DuPage County? How fast will poverty and crime increase in DuPage County? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I have been a member of the American Association of Political Consultants since 2001. I am one of a very few Republican political consultants based in Illinois. According to Democrat, Democrat plant, and RINO political consultants, to get more votes from those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time you have to belittle/badmouth/demonize/denigrate/condemn those who are conservative, White, male, older, married, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREITBART
— Sanctuary Cities Sought to Protect from ICE Nearly 18K Criminal Illegal Aliens Last Year
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/05/sanctuary-cities-sought-to-protect-from-ice-nearly-18000-criminal-illegal-aliens-last-year/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— DHS Officials React to Trump’s Replacing Noem
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/05/dhs-officials-express-optimism-following-noem-departure/amp/
EPOCH TIMES
— What to Know About Markwayne Mullin, Trump’s Pick to Replace Noem as DHS Head. The Oklahoma senator will replace Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on March 31, the president said.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/what-to-know-about-markwayne-mullin-trumps-pick-to-replace-noem-as-dhs-head-5994919
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— FAIR Congratulates Senator Mullin on His Nomination as DHS Secretary. The nation’s largest immigration reform group looks forward to working with him as he carries out President Trump’s mass deportation mandate.
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/fair-congratulates-senator-mullin-his-nomination-dhs-secretary
FOX NEWS
— Jewish leaders want Chicago mayor to create antisemitism task force. The Chicago Commission on Human Relations found that the Jewish community experienced a 58% increase in hate crimes, spanning between 2023-2024.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/anti-defamation-league-pressures-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-establish-antisemitism-task-force
— The more than six-year prison sentencing of illegal alien Jose Melgar-Rivas for causing serious injuries to a federal officer by dragging him with his vehicle shows why the agent who shot activist Renee Good feared for his life.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegals-dragging-ice-agent-shows-exact-danger-officer-who-shot-renee-good-feared-expert-says
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Negative campaigning. DD: If you run for an office, anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents will campaign negatively against you. I should write about how my critics/opponents campaigned negatively against me when I ran for the open Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer office in 2004.
https://abcnews.com/WN/vote-2010-election-negative-campaigning-year-world-news/story?id=12021447
CBS NEWS
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-dade-gop-racist-group-chat-resignation-expulsion/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/us/florida-gop-slurs-group-chat.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want Markwayne Mullin a) to stop ICE from deporting their illegals and b) to reopen the borders.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/05/dhs-shutdown-noem/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/05/kristi-noem-trump-fired-dhs/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: High Schools Are Losing the Struggle to Block Pot—Even During Class. Legalization makes marijuana culturally acceptable and easy to get; ‘it was a party in the bathroom.’ DD: in 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/marijuana-high-schools-legalization-vaping-642fe29d
— DD: Democrats and RINOs are glad Trump fired Noem.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/kristi-noem-fired-department-of-homeland-security-donald-trump-corey-lewandowski-senate-hearing-6ba9745d
BOSTON HERALD
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want Markwayne Mullin a) to stop ICE from deporting their illegals and b) to reopen the borders.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/03/06/editorial-noem-move-could-be-just-what-ice-america-needs/
MIAMI HERALD
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article314935780.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article314937448.html
MIAMI TIMES
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/bipartisan-calls-for-accountability-mount-after-racist-antisemitic-gop-chat-revealed-in-miami-dade/article_18c0f949-9db2-4e0a-99bb-c70a0ce60e73.html
FLORIDA POLITICS
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/783592-bipartisan-calls-for-accountability-mount-after-racist-antisemitic-miami-dade-gop-chat-revealed/
FLORIDA VOICE
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://flvoicenews.com/miami-dade-gop-secretary-faces-resignation-calls-over-racist-antisemitic-group-chat/
DALLAS WEEKLY
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://dallasweekly.com/2026/03/ice-agents-racist-remarks-and-misconduct-revealed-in-court-records-and-footage/
WICHITA EAGLE
— For cause. DD: To be forced to retire and to resign like I was, is to be fired. If you are fired, your critics/opponents will hint/imply/argue/shout that you were properly fired “for cause.” My critics/opponents have always done that. I should write about the real reasons why a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, why my Firestone Store boss fired me when I was 22 in 1971, and why my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign when I was 20 on 1969.
https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/big-12/kansas-state/article314905670.html
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— A coalition of public service organizations and federal unions is suing the Trump administration over its looming plans to strip civil service protections from a broad swath of the career federal workforce. DD: Under the Democrats, federal employees who are the following do not have Civil Service protection: Republican, White, male, older, nonveteran, Protestant, and German American.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/litigation/2026/03/lawsuit-contends-schedule-policy-career-exceeds-presidential-authority/
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION
— What does it mean to ‘make it’ in academia? DD: According to my critics/opponents, federal employees who are the following and did not make GS-13 ($118,984) by age 25, GS-14 ($140,604) by age 30, GS-15 ($165,386) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($197,200) by age 40 are failures: Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/what-does-it-mean-make-it-academia
POLITICO
— GOP restrainers say Trump abandoned them. The president’s restraint-minded backers accuse the administration of breaking its promise.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/05/gop-restraint-trump-iran-abandoned-00815962
ROLLING STONE
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/miami-group-chat-young-conservatives-racism-1235525657/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
LOCAL SWITZERLAND
— Why is personal responsibility so important in Switzerland?
https://www.thelocal.ch/20260305/why-is-personal-responsibility-so-important-in-switzerland
GURADIAN
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/05/south-africa-president-cyril-ramaphosa-calls-donald-trump-policy-white-afrikaners-racist
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/05/florida-international-university-racist-group-chat
NTD
— House Foreign Affairs Committee Holds Hearing on State Department Promotions. The House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing titled “Merit, Accountability, and Performance at State: Evaluating Promotion and Placement.” DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.ntd.com/live-now-house-foreign-affairs-committee-holds-hearing-on-state-department-promotions_1129929.html