June 27, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/26/blue-island-restricting-ice-activity/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2026/06/26/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-texas-democratic-convention-speech

CHICAGO TRIBUNE & ABC7 & CBS2 & WGN9 & FOX32 & WBEZ & WIFR & MSN & CATHOLIC REVIEW & AXIOS CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family. LGBTQ promoters ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/26/lake-county-pride-month/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-pride-parade-2026-cpd-organizers-prepare-large-crowds-heightened-security-lakeview-event/19390081/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/protest-new-hope-community-church-sign-draws-dozens-palatine-ahead-chicago-area-weekend-lgbtq-pride-celebrations/19392510/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/windy-city-weekend-guest-hosts-cody-lagrow-jason-knowles-talks-chicago-pride-parade/19389701/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-teacher-visiting-every-fbs-stadium-lgbtq-community/
https://wgntv.com/news/medical-watch/hiv-infections-surge-in-chicagos-hispanic-latino-communities-whats-being-done-to-help/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgFOfIXLgv8
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-pride-parade-2026
https://www.wbez.org/2026/06/26/the-rundown-what-to-know-about-chicagos-2026-pride-parade
https://www.wifr.com/2026/06/27/lgbtq-families-look-rockford-while-searching-safety-when-buying-home/?outputType=amp
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
https://catholicreview.org/outreach-2026-conference-highlights-lgbtq-discipleship-community-ministry-efforts/
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/06/26/chicago-lgbtq-tourism-northalsted-hotels-pride-parade-rainbow-crosswalks

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: Bartlett Library board censures trustee. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who in 2006 almost succeeded in getting their operatives and their dupes in the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They ever-increasingly blamed me and blamed my newsletters for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct had suffered since 2000. I would focus on my critics/opponents who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. My critics/opponents blame conservative Republicans for Republican defeats, and especially conservative Republicans like me who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. They want the Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party. On who/what do you blame Republican defeats. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260626/news/bartlett-library-board-censures-trustee-after-unforgivable-act-of-aggression-at-meeting/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Health insurance. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance since 1966 and then also paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-26/5-million-have-dropped-aca-insurance-after-trump-and-the-gop-let-prices-skyrocket

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How has envy been used against you? To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government against me, my Democrat superiors promoted envy big time. They stressed a) the new cars that I bought when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) the real estate that I bought when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I earned, d) the vacations that I took, e) etc. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to do the aforesaid. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if I had not gotten married when I was 29, I would not have been able to accomplish what did after then. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to accomplish what I did after we got married. My Democrat GAO superiors decried the time and money they spent raising their children, They decried their wives having little or no income. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago’s potential ‘teen takeover’ solutions cost taxpayers. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop teen takeovers?
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_90ee4b5f-5ade-42e9-9d2c-42b961f1a9e0.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Pritzker Doubles Down on Abortion and Transgender Secrecy.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/06/pritzker-doubles-down-on-abortion-secrecy/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Carville calls for House Democrats to reject socialist candidate.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/26/james-carville-calls-house-democrats-reject-socialist-candidate/

AMERICAN THINKER
— What Republicans still get wrong about reaching black voters. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on turning my many Democrat Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. I should write about their successes and failures in doing that.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/what-republicans-still-get-wrong-about-reaching-black-voters/

COLLEGE FIX
— Professor: Europeans imposed their ‘temporal framework’ – or ‘white time’ – on colonized peoples.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professor-europeans-imposed-their-temporal-framework-or-white-time-on-colonized-peoples/

FEDERALIST
— Democrats’ Communist Revolution Will Destroy America If The Right Doesn’t Take It Seriously.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/26/democrats-communist-revolution-will-destroy-america-if-the-right-doesnt-take-it-seriously/

FOX BUSINESS
— DEI policies cost US economy by promoting unqualified managers. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/white-house-study-claims-dei-policies-cost-us-economy-promoting-unqualified-managers

FOX NEWS
— DD: One could compare and contrast 40-year-old JPMorgan Chase executive Angie Báez with me. By the time I was 40, my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors had wasted my career and taken many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.aol.com/articles/knicks-fan-trash-grab-ends-234100956.html

LUBBOCK AVALANCHE JOURNAL
— Know when to ask for help. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have always been a Republican. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should asked for help from federal Republican elected officials much sooner than I did. To get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978,, and c) never promoted me beyond GS-12. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/opinion/columns/2026/06/26/texas-ag-commissioner-sid-miller-on-mental-health-asking-for-help/90679841007/

NANCY MACE
— Bill Ensures Only American Citizens Are Hired by the Federal Government. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-nancy-mace-introduces-bill-ban-non-citizens-federal-workforce

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Temporary Immigration Program That’s Been Forever.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/06/the-temporary-immigration-program-thats-been-forever/

NEWS AND SENTINNEL
— Control your destiny. Take personal responsibility. Politicians rarely take personal responsibility. It is always someone else’s fault, a lack of leadership both parties are guilty of. If it is always someone else’s fault, the problem will not be solved. DD: I should write about the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me the most and who have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats. I would start with candidates for federal offices, then for Illinois offices, then for DuPage County offices, then for Milton Township offices, and then for Wheaton Offices. I would focus on the aforesaid candidates who had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/opinion/local-columns/2026/06/cracking-the-code-control-your-destiny/

OKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
— Envy. The Tenth Commandment and the rise of socialism. As socialism gains influence in American culture, parents and pastors must teach with renewed clarity that envy, jealousy, and covetousness are not political virtues—they are sins. A free society cannot survive when resentment is celebrated and covetousness is mistaken for compassion. DD: To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government against me, my Democrat superiors promoted envy big time. They stressed a) the new cars that I bought when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) the real estate that I bought when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I earned, d) the vacations that I took, e) etc. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to do the aforesaid. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if I had not gotten married when I was 29, I would not have been able to accomplish what did after then. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to accomplish what I did after we got married. My Democrat GAO superiors decried the time and money they spent raising their children, They decried their wives having little or no income.
https://ocpathink.org/post/analysis/the-tenth-commandment-and-the-rise-of-socialism

POST MILLENNIAL
— AI chatbots have massive left-wing bias—ChatGPT is worst offender
https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ai-chatbots-have-massive-left-wing-bias-chatgpt-is-worst-offender

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Unchecked Politicization of Chicago Classrooms. DD: My parent sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2026/06/25/what_local_media_missed_washington_exposed_the_unchecked_politicization_of_chicago_classrooms_1190981.html

TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Once Again Promises to Defy SCOTUS to Protect Illegal Aliens.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/06/26/mamdani-promises-to-protect-illegals-after-scotus-rulings-n2678358
— An illegal alien from Honduras was sentenced earlier this week to 96 months in prison for his role in operating a years-long off-the-books cash payroll scheme that facilitated the employment of illegal aliens working in the United States. The scheme caused a total loss to the United States of more than $38 million. DD: While I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, I increasingly collected delinquent payroll taxes. For 3 years while I worked for GAO at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $118,984-$126,917/year, I worked on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/06/26/illegal-alien-sentenced-to-8-years-for-38-million-payroll-tax-fraud-scheme-n2678374

TRUMP STORE AMERICA
— 20% OFF ENTIRE STORE – 4TH OF JULY SALE
https://trumpstoreamerica.com/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Wokeness is still alive and well in our school libraries.  DD: How strongly do the libraries in your school district promote wokeness, that is, how strongly do those libraries promote more hatred against Republicans?
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5940932-american-library-association-agenda/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/us/politics/heres-what-it-means-to-be-a-democratic-socialist.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/nyregion/dsa-mamdani-congress-nyc.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/nyregion/dsa-mamdani-new-york.html
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/us/politics/defending-education-smith-transgender.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Options Trader Who Emerged as a Surprise Front-Runner to Succeed Jamie Dimon to lead JPMorgan. DD: My former next door neighbor in Wheaton Steve Samek was in line to run Arthur Andersen, but he did not make it.

https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/the-options-trader-who-emerged-as-a-surprise-front-runner-to-succeed-jamie-dimon-d40e341a
— How to Build a Retirement That Actually Fits Your Life. DD: My retirement income and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/how-to-build-a-retirement-that-actually-fits-your-life-d9fddd09

NEW YORKER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-supreme-court-enables-trumps-cruel-immigration-agenda

AXIOS & PSYCHOLOGY TODAY & FORBES
— Blind loyalty. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They 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.
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/26/trump-senate-republicans-blind-loyalty
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insight-therapy/202504/eyes-wide-shut-the-temptation-of-blind-loyalty
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sunitasah/2021/01/13/storming-of-the-us-capitol-how-blind-loyalty-fuels-the-unthinkable/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Arthur Ashe: “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. They attribute their successes in life to meritocracy. They attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/quote-of-the-day-by-arthur-ashe-start-where-you-are-use-what-you-have-do-what-you-the-american-tennis-players-life-lesson-reveals-the-secret-to-achieving-your-goals-and-why-small-steps-can-lead-to-big-success/articleshow/132018658.cms

INDIAN EXPRESS
— A strong woman is not marriage material. 95% of men want women who are helpless. Most men do not like strong women, especially those who have independent thoughts and are deeply committed to their work. DD: If I had not met my outstanding wife at a church sponsored singles social event when I was 28 in 1977, I might never had gotten married. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I got married when I was 29 in 1978. To get rid of me, they had painted me being an extremely bad person because I had refused to become a Democrat. They hinted/implied/argued that because of that, I would never get married. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/a-strong-woman-is-not-marriage-material-neena-gupta-reveals-that-95-of-men-want-women-who-are-helpless-10462475/

June 25, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville lags far behind other towns in protecting historic buildings. DD: Too many historic buildings in my hometown of Crete have been torn down including the Crete Hardware Store that my grandfather operated at the northeast corner of Main and Exchange where I lived with my parents in an apartment above it 1948-1953. SEE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/214492231934655/posts/5573842849332873/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/25/report-naperville-preservation-historic-protection-landmark/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s political megadonors crack the nation’s top 50.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-pritzker-uihlein-griffin-political-donations-20260625/

SOUTHERN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/06/25/pritzker-signs-bill-protecting-medical-records-for-abortion-patients-in-illinois/

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push reparations. Because Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations, Blacks have already received many trillions of dollars in reparations.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/reparations-commissions-asks-illinoisians-22320496.php

MORRIS HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who have less money than others that Republicans caused that.
https://www.shawlocal.com/morris-herald-news/2026/06/24/working-class-people-weve-had-it-rough-lahoods-democratic-challenger-tells-voters-in-morris/

WAND TV
— Illinois launches America 250 website, events celebrating state history. DD: During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany. They always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois/illinois-launches-america-250-website-events-celebrating-state-history/article_75fbc74a-d0b2-4640-93ba-389e5930da16.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-544/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Teachers Union-style political agenda may come to your school district.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-style-political-agenda-may-come-to-your-school-district/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The Truth About America’s Housing Crisis.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/the-truth-about-americas-housing-crisis.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Activist judges strike again this week, nullifying the will of the voters.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/25/activist-judges-strike-week-nullifying-voters/
— Kinzinger launches PAC backing anti-Trump candidates.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/25/former-rep-adam-kinzinger-launches-pac-backing-anti-trump-candidates/
— Trump administration gives details about vandalism at the Reflecting Pool.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/25/trump-administration-gives-details-vandalism-reflecting-pool/
— House probes IRS failure to nab tax dodgers in federal workforce; more than $6 billion owed. DD: Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. I have always been a Republican. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. GAO works for Congress. GAO audits IRS. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year and the last 3 years of which for IRS’s Special Procedures Staff. I transferred to GAO in 1980 after I had earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. To transfer, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, currently $89,702/year. They succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS’s Collection Division for my entire almost 18-year GAO career. I was assigned to audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years 1986-1988 only because the GAO Manager who had arranged my transfer got back into power. But they forced him to retire in 1987. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 should have offered me a promotion to GS-13 to transfer. They should have always assigned me to audits of IRS’s Collection Division. But, of course, not to audits of my IRS superiors who had taken big adverse actions against me. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/25/house-probes-irs-failure-nab-tax-dodgers-federal-workforce-6-billion/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over 571,000 federal employees owe $6.3 billion in taxes. The delinquency rate among federal workers is increasing despite IRS warnings. The House Oversight Committee is questioning IRS enforcement efforts. The IRS can garnish wages and pensions for unpaid taxes. More than 571,000 current and retired federal employees owe $6.3 billion in taxes, a delinquency rate that has been increasing steadily despite threatening letters from the IRS. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee wants to know why the IRS and other federal agencies haven’t cracked down harder on tax scofflaws within their ranks or moved to seize their wages and pensions through an existing enforcement program. In a letter sent Thursday to IRS Chief Executive Officer Frank J. Bisignano, the GOP-led panel asked the agency to turn over data showing the IRS’s efforts to recover unpaid taxes, whether they’ve used wage and pension garnishment, and if they were successful at bringing any of the money into the Treasury. A recent report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) paints a bleak picture of enforcement when it comes to federal workers. It found the number of federal employees delinquent on their taxes had increased by a staggering 43% since 2021 and that 215,000 U.S. government workers — 6.9% of the total workforce — were delinquent on their federal taxes in 2024 alone. The report also found  50,000 federal employees and retirees failed to file any tax returns at all, among them 14,000 repeat non-filers who earned federal salaries of $100,000 or more. At least 122 federal workers did not file a tax return for eight or more years, the inspector general found.  A third of all non-filers were U.S. Postal Service workers. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, Kentucky Republican, plans to crack down on the federal government’s apparent lack of enforcement. “With TIGTA’s report showing continuous increases in tax noncompliance among current and former federal employees, the Committee is concerned that this trend will continue unless IRS, the Executive Branch and Congress act now to proactively curb noncompliance with federal tax laws,” he wrote to Mr. Bisignano. Failure to file a tax return is a federal crime, but the IRS’s efforts to enforce the law among federal workers have largely failed. Last summer, the IRS mailed 427,000 delinquency notification letters to federal employees and retirees that, according to Mr. Comer, encouraged the scofflaws to voluntarily resolve their outstanding tax bills. Within a month of the notifications, only 59,000 people who received the letters made a payment, and just 4,700 paid all of the taxes they owed. In total, the IRS recovered only $58 million in delinquent tax payments from the federal workforce, which is less than 1% of the total owed by all federal workers and retirees. “This data demonstrates that the majority of noncompliant federal employees ignored the IRS letters and failed to resolve their tax liabilities in a timely manner or at all,” Mr. Comer wrote. The federal government has additional enforcement avenues for these scofflaws beyond sending friendly letters encouraging compliance. The Federal Payment Levy Program authorizes the IRS to garnish up to 15% of federal employee salaries and retiree pensions to recover unpaid taxes. Mr. Comer asked the IRS to turn over the number of non-filers referred to the Federal Payment Levy Program and the amount of tax money recovered, the number of wage garnishment requests for unpaid taxes made to the Bureau of Fiscal Service, the number of employees and pensioners “who had federal payments or salaries levied” and the amount of money recovered. Mr. Comer asked the IRS to turn over the data by July 9 and to agree to a staff-level briefing on IRS enforcement of federal workers’ tax compliance. Under the law, the Treasury Department can hold its own employees accountable for tax delinquencies. The audit said that was probably a factor in the department having a relatively low delinquency rate of just 2.4%. The law, however, prohibits the IRS from sharing tax information outside the Treasury, so other departments struggle to crack down on workers who duck paying their federal taxes. The loophole leads to weak enforcement, Mr. Comer said. “It seems unlikely that employees who are already failing to pay or to file taxes for years in violation of federal laws would voluntarily identify themselves to their employing agencies,” Mr. Comer said.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Anti-Trump Republican Kinzinger unveils new PAC targeting GOP ‘enablers’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4625047/kinzinger-pac-targeting-gop-enablers/
— Over 30 socialists have won primaries this year.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4624938/over-30-socialists-won-primaries-2026-elections/
— Border Patrol hits record-high 21,471 agents following Trump hiring surge.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/national-security/4624768/border-patrol-hits-record-high-agents-hiring-surge/
— DOJ unveils $3 billion ‘BIDEN’ fund for states fighting to close borders.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4624589/doj-unveils-3-billion-biden-fund-states-fighting-to-close-borders-john-cornyn/
— The Democratic establishment fueled the socialist hate it is now lamenting.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4625328/democratic-establishment-fueled-socialist-hate-new-york-primary-elections/

NEW YORK POST
— Pull the plug on ‘activist classroom’ rules indoctrinating our kids.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/25/opinion/pull-the-plug-on-activist-classrooms-indoctrinating-our-kids/

DAILY CALLER
— The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a non-citizen has to physically enter the boundaries of the U.S. in order to have “arrived in” the country for purposes of asylum. In a 6-3 decision Thursday morning, the Supreme Court ruled, “An alien standing in Mexico does not ‘arriv[e] in the United States’ by attempting, and failing, to set foot in this country.” The majority opinion holds, “An alien ‘arrives in the United States’ only when he crosses the border.” This ruling will enable President Donald Trump’s administration to turn illegal aliens back before they cross the U.S. border.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/06/25/samuel-alito-supreme-court-rules-illegals-outside-us-not-arrive-trump-border-enforcement/

PJ MEDIA
— Woke Wednesday: All the Brutal, Globalist Tyranny That’s Fit to Mock.
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2026/06/24/woke-wednesday-all-the-brutal-globalist-tyranny-thats-fit-to-mock-n4954341

WESTERN JOURNAL
— After making opposition to voter ID requirements a plank of the Democratic Party platform, the Obama Presidential Library must be evil racists, massive hypocrites, or maybe even both.
https://www.westernjournal.com/obama-presidential-library-betrays-black-visitors-issues-wildly-racist-demand-website-least-told-racist/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Visitors and anyone checking the website were met with an interesting bit of information about their visit — you must show a valid photo ID to enter. The website policy reads, “Must be able to provide proof of residency. Be prepared to show proof of residency at the Museum with a valid photo ID, Illinois driver’s license, state ID, or city-issued ID. Guardians must be able to provide proof of residency for accompanying children.” Isn’t requiring a photo ID racist? Won’t this keep poor, ignorant black Americans who supposedly can’t acquire one from visiting? It’s a shocking discovery, to say the least. Could it be that Democrats actually see the merit in requiring ID for certain situations and only push for this insanity in our elections to enable fraud? ID is not controversial among the American people.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— MBA Pay Is Drifting Down—and So Is Demand for the Degree. The starting median salary for MBAs this year is projected to fall to $120,000 from $125,000 in 2025. DD: I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled that. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $106,731/year. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled that. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $113,402/year.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/m-b-a-pay-is-drifting-downand-so-is-demand-for-the-degree-e8fa692e
— Supreme Court Hands Trump Double Victory on Immigration Enforcement.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/supreme-court-hands-trump-double-victory-on-immigration-enforcement-700f7a23

POLITICO
— Supreme Court allows immigration officials to turn away asylum seekers at the border.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/25/asylum-seekers-mexico-border-trump-administration-00975589

June 24, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS2 & WGN RADIO & FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly run Illinois. They ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. Soon, if not already, Democrat employers in Illinois will display signs that say that you need not apply if you do not promote LGBTQ. The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat employers presume that you do not promote LGBTQ: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/windy-city-times-honors-new-30-under-30-lgbtq-community/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/windy-city-times-honors-30-under-30-in-chicagos-lgbtq-community/
https://wgnradio.com/news/entertainment-news/ap-first-of-its-kind-queer-museum-in-san-francisco-chinatown-amplifies-chinese-lgbtq-artists/amp/
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/first-of-its-kind-queer-museum-in-san-francisco-chinatown-amplifies-chinese-lgbtq-artists/article_c7c54059-fe83-5fb0-bc5c-83a407262738.html

FOX32
— Ex-Illinois teacher awaiting deportation linked to Tren de Aragua mass shooting in Chicago.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-teacher-tren-de-aragua-mass-shooting-chicago-ice

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago made a deal with Bally’s casino. It did not include video gaming terminals in bars. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. My critics/opponents continue to use that against me big time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/24/editorial-ballys-casino-video-gaming-terminals-contract-dispute/
— Federal appeals court allows Trump administration to resume expanded use of speedy deportations.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/23/trump-administration-speedy-deportations/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use reparations to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/24/opinion-evanston-reparations-trump-administration/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker is leading Chicago fundraiser for Senate candidate and rising Democratic star James Talarico.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2026/06/23/gov-pritzker-top-chicago-fundraiser-senate-candidate-james-talarico-texas
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/23/states-attorneys-office-says-it-will-make-it-harder-for-ice-to-access-sensitive-data

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260623/nation-and-world-politics/four-years-after-roes-reversal-illinois-still-a-destination-for-women-seeking-abortion-care/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/business/health-care/article_05743e30-544e-5478-bc92-021d0d78cdc4.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Mike Walters discusses Madison County GOP race strategy.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/mike-walters-madison-county-gop-illinois-22305062.php

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hate Charlie Kirk.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-23/people-fired-over-charlie-kirk-posts-get-big-payouts-for-first-amendment-retaliation

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2026/06/23/dupage-county-wins-two-national-awards/159354

OAK PARK
— Elimination of single-family zoning move closer in Oak Park. DD: Since at least 1984, my critics/opponents have wanted public housing to be built on the north border of my Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton on the south side of Roosevelt Road.
https://www.oakpark.com/2my 026/06/18/single-family-zoning-changes/

CWB CHICAGO
— Father’s Day weekend shootings soar 105% in Chicago as city sees bloodiest day since 2024.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/06/fathers-day-weekend-shootings-soar-100-in-chicago-as-city-sees-bloodiest-day-since-2024.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-abortion-landscape-continues-to-evolve-amid-persistent-growth-in-demand/

DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote voter fraud.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/videos/view/durbin-calls-out-president-trumps-attacks-to-americans-voting-rights-and-our-free-and-fair-elections

INJUSTICE WATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.injusticewatch.org/civil-courts/immigration/2026/illinois-immigrants-habeas-corpus-cases/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/24/illinois-dems-keep-dobbs-in-play-00972972

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-757/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-542/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— When “Clean Slate” Becomes a Blindfold; New Concerns from Inside Illinois’ Criminal Justice System. DD: Your past predicts your future.
https://johnkassnews.com/when-clean-slate-becomes-a-blindfold-new-concerns-from-inside-illinois-criminal-justice-system/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Registration is still open for political entries in Wheaton’s July 4 Independence Day Parade. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wheaton-independence-day-parade-entry-2026-tickets-1984881886153  The deadline is Friday, June 26. The cost is $175. I hope that all the Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct will walk in the parade: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What distinguishes/distinguished you from your coworkers? I am Republican, conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were liberal/moderate, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They all a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or c) had no professional license like the one I had. What does the aforesaid say about disparate impact? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Three Trap Doors of Springfield. Most Illinois voters assume that when a legislator files a bill, the bill gets a hearing, lawmakers debate it, votes are cast, and the public can see where everyone stands. That is not how Springfield works under Democrat House Speaker Chris Welch. In fact, one of the least-discussed realities of the Illinois House of Representatives is that there are three trap doors designed to prevent any bill the Speaker doesn’t want from ever reaching the point of public debate. Most voters never hear about these rules because the media doesn’t write about them.
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/the-three-trap-doors-of-springfield/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker Headlines Chicago Fundraiser for Texas Democrat Who Claimed There Are Six Genders
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/pritzker-headlines-chicago-fundraiser-for-texas-democrat-who-claimed-there-are-six-genders-and-called-black-congressman-mediocre.html
— The Obama Presidential Center: An $850 Million Monument to Failure.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/the-obama-presidential-center-an-850-million-monument-to-failure.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sanctuary cities revive America’s oldest constitutional heresy: nullification
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/23/sanctuary-cities-revive-americas-oldest-constitutional-heresy/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Reparations: Who would the payors and the payees be? DD: My critics/opponents want those who share my demographics to pay reparations. According to them, those who share my demographics benefitted tremendously from slavery. They stress that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In my ancestors’ defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois. They never were in a position to discriminate against anyone and they never did discriminate against anyone.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4619731/question-new-jersey-slavery-reparations-push-cant-answer/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In June 2025, the New Jersey Reparations Council released its 244-page report, “For Such a Time as This,” calling on the state to provide “repair” for a claimed $643,000 per-family racial wealth gap and endorsing sweeping reparations-related policies. Since then, several New Jersey reparations advocacy groups have again invoked Juneteenth to renew calls for lawmakers in Trenton to take up the Council’s recommendations. I will leave ethicists to debate the fairness of coercing one generation that committed no sin to compensate people against whom no sin was committed. Instead, I pose a simpler question: Who are the payors and payees? Reparations require neat racial bookkeeping at a time when America has become anything but neat. Since Loving v. Virginia in 1967, interracial and interethnic relationships have become commonplace. Roughly one-quarter of coupled Americans now have a partner of a different race or ethnicity, while millions of children have mixed-race parentage. As racial lines blur with each decade, advocates rarely explain who qualifies, who pays, and who collects. Does a half-white Patrick Mahomes pay… himself? The Council’s report declares that “all Black people in New Jersey are eligible for reparations,” while expressly declining to limit eligibility to descendants of enslaved people. Yet it never offers a workable definition of “Black” in a state where race and ethnicity overlap. Is eligibility based on ancestry percentage, self-identification, mixed-race status, ethnicity, appearance, family history, or length of residence? The report does not say. And who pays? The report simply demands that “New Jersey” pay hundreds of billions of dollars in reparations — $178,000 to each black person or $642,800 to each black family — without clearly explaining how such payments would be funded or where Hispanics, Indians, Asians, Middle Easterners, recent African immigrants, and other nonwhite residents fit into this racial accounting. That lack of clarity exposes the deeper problem: Morality aside, the sheer complexity, subjectivity, and administrative arbitrariness of reparations make them untenable on their face. Targeting New Jerseyans is especially strange. During the Civil War, New Jersey sent more than 88,000 citizens to fight for the Union, not the Confederacy. More than 6,000 died, many of them boys and young men. Adjusted for today’s population, that would be the equivalent of nearly 90,000 New Jerseyans dying — more than the state’s entire number of male high-school seniors. One would think a state that sacrificed the flower of its youth in the war that ended slavery had made a rather substantial atonement. Nor are today’s New Jerseyans even remotely the same population. Millions descend from families who arrived decades after Appomattox, often penniless and facing discrimination themselves. Indeed, one in four New Jersey residents today was not even born in the United States. It is hard to see how they bear moral or financial liability for a long-abolished institution. Reparations advocates such as Social Justice Matters, Inc, often emphasize that New Jersey once held “more than two-thirds of all enslaved black people in the North.” But two-thirds of what? Notice the move: percentages instead of raw numbers. “Two-thirds of all Northern slaves” sounds far more damning than 2,254 — the actual number still held in bondage in New Jersey in 1830, according to the census. I say “still” because that figure had fallen from roughly 12,422 in 1800, an 82% decline. Slavery remained technically legal, yes, but it was rapidly withering. By 1840, the number was down to 674. By Juneteenth 1865, the Garden State could count exactly 18 remaining elderly slaves. That puts New Jersey’s wartime sacrifice in perspective. For each of New Jersey’s remaining enslaved black people freed at war’s end, some 350 white New Jerseyans had died in the struggle that ended bondage. Was New Jersey guilty of participating in slavery? Absolutely. Did slavery create disadvantages that lingered for generations? No doubt. No one should deny either truth. But guilt is not a blank check, and history is not an accounting ledger that can be balanced two centuries later by sorting today’s residents into crude racial categories. If the Reparations Council wants to impose vast costs on New Jerseyans, it should at least answer the simplest questions first: Who qualifies? Who pays? How is liability assigned? What happens to mixed-race families? What about immigrants, recent arrivals, and descendants of Union soldiers? Until those questions are answered, New Jersey reparations remain less a serious policy proposal than a moral slogan in search of a workable system.)

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— James Talarico Called To Slash Police Budgets and Spend the Money on Social Programs: ‘We Could Make Prisons Obsolete’
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/exclusive-james-talarico-called-to

NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin warns colleges to stop ‘disturbing trend’ of race-based housing, says they will face ‘maximum accountability.’ DD: I stayed at the University Plaza (UP) dormitory in DeKalb for three semesters 1969-1970. I should write about the roommates who UP assigned me to live with and their impact on me.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/23/us-news/trump-admin-warns-colleges-race-based-dorms-violate-federal-law-neo-segregation/
— Woman who emptied Knicks trashcan on street— then stole it — fired from JPMorgan Chase, was DEI exec. DD: One thing that my critics/opponents have not accused me of is having been a DEI hire.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/23/business/woman-who-emptied-knicks-trashcan-on-street-then-stole-it-was-dei-exec-worked-at-jpmorgan-chase/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A woman caught on video emptying a public trash can on the street then stealing it during New York City’s Knicks championship parade was a director at JPMorgan Chase who was fired Tuesday over the incident. Angie Báez, 40, was promoted to Executive Director of Community and Industry Engagement for Card and Connected Commerce at JPMorgan Chase more than a year ago, according to her LinkedIn profile. She previously served as Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at New York-based review website The Infatuation, which Chase acquired as part of its broader push into lifestyle and experiential content.)

BREITBART
— Most Democrats Say Illegals Should Remain in U.S. and Eventually Apply for Citizenship. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/23/poll-most-democrats-say-illegal-aliens-should-remain-in-u-s-and-eventually-apply-for-citizenship/amp/
— Federal Court Allows Trump to Restart ‘Expedited’ Deportations of Illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/23/federal-appeals-court-allows-trump-restart-expedited-deportations-illegal-aliens/amp/

CAMPUS REFORM
— China’s STEM-focused universities rise as American institutions fall in global rankings. DD: Democrats run education in America. Democrat educators focus on cranking out good little Democrats.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/chinas-stem-focused-universities-rise-american-institutions-fall-global-rankings/30142
— Coast Guard ends race-based officer recruitment program criteria. DD: All the Democrats and all the RINOs over me have always crowed about their success in giving preference to those who are minority, female, and/or younger, that is, they have always crowed about their success in discriminating against those who are White, male, and/or older.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/coast-guard-ends-race-based-officer-recruitment-program-criteria/30077

FEDERALIST
— D.C. Appeals Court Greenlights Trump’s Expedited Deportations.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/23/d-c-appeals-court-greenlights-trumps-expedited-deportations/
— Senate RINOs Too Busy Scolding Trump To Pass Voter ID Bill.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/24/senate-rinos-too-busy-scolding-trump-to-pass-voter-id-bill/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago mayor ridiculed for touting trans violence ‘state of emergency’ amid murder-plagued Juneteenth weekend. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on promoting more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-mayor-ridiculed-touting-trans-violence-state-emergency-amid-murder-plagued-juneteenth-weekend

JUDICIAL WATCH
— HHS Dedicates Another $258 Million to Support Illegal Immigrant Minors Living in U.S.  DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/illegal-immigrant-minors-in-us/

PJ MEDIA
— Years Ago, a Criminal Alien Got a Visa to Visit Disney World. He’s Still in the United States.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/23/years-ago-a-criminal-alien-got-a-visa-to-visit-disney-world-hes-still-in-the-usa-n4954299
— Chicagoland illegal immigrant teacher detained by ICE over link to Venezuelan gang shooting.
https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-chicagoland-illegal-immigrant-teacher-detained-by-ice-over-link-to-venezuelan-gang-shooting

POST MILLENNIAL
— Chicagoland illegal immigrant teacher detained by ICE over link to Venezuelan gang shooting.
https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-chicagoland-illegal-immigrant-teacher-detained-by-ice-over-link-to-venezuelan-gang-shooting

TOWNHALL
— Maine Mom Couldn’t Enjoy Kid’s Graduation Because She Thought ICE Was in the Parking Lot. DD: How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/06/24/maine-mom-couldnt-enjoy-kids-graduation-because-she-thought-ice-was-in-the-parking-lot-n2678165

WESTERN JOURNAL
— A former Illinois teacher who is alleged to have helped gang members involved in a 2024 mass shooting in Chicago has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
https://www.westernjournal.com/illegal-alien-teacher-arrested-allegedly-aiding-tren-de-aragua-mass-shooting/

SEAN HANNITY
— Brandon Johnson Renews Chicago’s ‘Transfemicide State of Emergency’
https://hannity.com/media-room/state-of-stupidity-brandon-johnson-renews-chicagos-transfemicide-state-of-emergency/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Democrats and RINOs who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors have not been in America for a long time ever-increasing promote more hatred against Republicans who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long for a long time.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5934239-juneteenth-celebration-threatened-freedom/

CBS NEWS
— Growing U.S. inequality is worsening Social Security’s financial crunch. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-insolvency-income-inequality-tax-cap/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Social Security’s looming funding crisis is usually blamed on demographics, with an aging U.S. population and declining birth rates leaving fewer workers to support retirees. But another force is also draining the program’s finances: widening income inequality. In the last few decades, incomes of higher-paid Americans have soared, far outpacing those of low- and middle-class workers. That’s become a problem for Social Security because the program only taxes annual earnings up to $184,500, meaning it loses out on much of the faster income growth among top earners. As a result, Social Security’s revenue base is eroding, according to the program’s latest trustees’ report. The share of total wages subject to Social Security taxes has fallen from almost 87% in 1984 to roughly 83% today, largely because high earners’ pay has grown much faster than everyone else’s, lifting more of their income above the tax cap, the report found.)

YAHOO
— DD: Who are your critics/opponents and what do they hold you responsible for? DD: My critics/opponents who claim that they want Republican candidates to win hold me and hold my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters responsible for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. The want me to stop sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and they want me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. They  Previously, they blamed what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I promote candidates in Republican primary elections who are too conservative to win in general elections and/or b) that I paint Republican candidates in general elections as being more conservative than they want to be painted. Who do you hold responsible for Republican defeats since 2000 in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Warrenville School District 200 and why?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/worlds-top-10-responsible-5-034400657.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly run Illinois. They ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. Soon, if not already, Democrat employers in Illinois will display signs that say that you need not apply if you do not promote LGBTQ. The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat employers presume that you do not promote LGBTQ: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/us/politics/gay-marriage-backlash-republicans-trans-rights.html
— Child left behind. DD: When I was in high school, no one saw me as being college material.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/opinion/schools-testing-accountability.html
— DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/us/politics/democratic-socialist-mayors.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly badmouth America to badmouth Trump. Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly furious at America and at Americans for electing Trump. They ever-increasing fight to import more America-haters and to keep them here.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usa250/2026/06/22/advocates-push-back-americas-birthday/90473379007/

FLORIDA POLITICS
— ‘The race is wide open’: Poll shows Jim Schwartzel, Jim Oberweis leading crowded CD 19 field.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/803531-the-race-is-wide-open-poll-shows-jim-schwartzel-jim-oberweis-leading-crowded-cd-19-field/

VISUAL CAPITALIST
— Household Income by Race in America. DD: For Asian, it is $122K. For White, it is $93K. For Hispanic, it is $71K. For Black, it is $56K. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for Hispanics and Blacks earning less.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-household-income-by-race-in-america/

INVESTOPIDIA
— Average Salary for 25- to 34-Year-Olds: How Yours Stacks Up Against National Medians. DD: In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year when I was 22 in 1971, $68,999/year when I was 23, $83,482/year when I was 24, $100,059/year when I was 25, and $113,402/year when I was 31. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $89,703/year when I was 31, $118,984/year when I was 38, and $154,682/year when I was 49. I earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21. I earned an MBA when I was 27. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid.
https://www.investopedia.com/average-salary-for-25-to-34-year-olds-how-does-your-stack-up-to-the-typical-paycheck-12000037
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Median earnings for workers ages 25 to 34 are $59,800 a year—almost 50% higher than for workers under 25.

SMITHSONIAN
— 100 Years Ago, Students Across the U.S. Took the First SAT. Today, Relatively Few Colleges Require the Test. DD: UIC admitted me in 1966 because my ACT score was 24 and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/100-years-ago-students-across-the-us-took-the-first-sat-today-relatively-few-colleges-require-the-test-where-is-it-headed-180988997/

HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.aol.com/articles/gop-makes-pointed-dig-family-120017000.html

REASON
— DD: Those who promote illegal drugs hate Trump.
https://reason.com/2026/06/23/trump-says-his-task-force-is-fighting-a-foreign-invasion-its-busting-americans-for-drugs-instead/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

INDEPENDENT
— Marjorie Taylor Greene joins Tucker Carlson and ditches Republican party. DD: My critics/opponents who claim that they want Republican candidates to win want me to ditch the Republican Party. The want me to stop sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and they want me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. They blame me and they blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Previously, they also blamed what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I promote candidates in Republican primary elections who are too conservative to win in general elections and/or b) that I paint Republican candidates in general elections as being more conservative than they want to be painted. Who do you hold responsible for Republican defeats since 2000 in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Warrenville School District 200 and why?
https://www.aol.com/articles/marjorie-taylor-greene-joins-tucker-105305000.html

June 23, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Those celebrating Israel’s and US’ independence in Skokie express optimism, concern about Iran talks.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/attendees-skokie-illinois-israel-independence-day-event-express-optimism-concern-us-iran-talks/19358767/
— DHS proposes 75% increase in fees for US citizenship paperwork. The proposed rule says current fees do not cover the costs of applications.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dhs-proposes-75-increase-fees-us-citizenship-paperwork/19357641/

CBS2
— Fresh wave of ICE arrests has begun, with new tactics in play.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-accountability-commission-chicago-ice-arrests-new-tactics/

FOX32
— Teen takeover problem remains unresolved. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/why-chicagos-teen-takeover-problem-remains-unresolved

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/23/zoo-same-sex-animals-pride/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Chicago faith leaders call for new Department of Gun Violence Prevention. DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. The Republican Part platform promotes prosperity and safety.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/22/department-of-gun-violence-prevention-chicago-faith-leaders/
— Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson says he’ll no longer support the Republican Party. DD: My critics/opponents who claim that they want Republican candidates to win want me to leave the Republican Party. The want me to stop sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and they want me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. They blame me and they blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Previously, they also blamed what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I promote candidates in Republican primary elections who are too conservative to win in general elections and/or b) that I paint Republican candidates in general elections as being more conservative than they wanted to be painted. Who do you hold responsible for Republican defeats since 2000 in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Warrenville School District 200 and why?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/22/tucker-carlson-republican-party/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Daily Herald sale to Tribune Publishing is complete.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/media-marketing/ccb-daily-herald-alden-tribune-sale-esop-20260622/

WGN RADIO
— Student Loans. DD: Did you get a student loan? I did not. When I was in high school, no one saw me as being college material. At best, they thought that Prairie State Community College in Chicago Heights might accept me. I could not have gotten a student loan. But nevertheless, I took college preparatory courses, I got an ACT score of 24, I graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and I got accepted by UIC. I had to work my way through college and I did by delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office. My critics/opponents stress that college expenses were much lower back then and that my parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. I graduated debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in business and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.
https://wgnradio.com/bob-sirott/how-to-find-out-if-youre-eligible-for-student-loan-forgiveness/

JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: What percent of food produced in America is given by Democrat government leaders to Democrats free of charge?
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/cuts-hitting-food-assistance-recipients-22314014.php

FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders say that Trump is the frontman for his own party as rival groups vie to shape America’s 250th anniversary. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn America to demonize, denigrate and condemn Trump. Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly furious at Americans because they elected Trump. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in America-haters from foreign countries.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-is-the-frontman-for-his-own-party-as-rival-groups-vie-to-shape-america/article_8d384901-5b7d-57bc-860d-612a44d3aad9.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to stop voter fraud.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-22/a-federal-judge-finds-a-trump-data-system-to-verify-voters-is-unlawful
— DD: So far, which of the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct a) have sought Trump’s endorsement and b) have gotten Trump’s endorsement? Which ones are unofficially or officially running as anti-Trumps?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-23/how-trumps-complete-and-total-endorsement-has-reshaped-the-republican-party
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-23/as-republican-party-looks-to-future-without-trump-in-office-utah-could-be-a-road-map

WCBU
— Peoria Riverfront Museum leader stresses its inclusion in Great American State Fair is not political. DD: Ever-increasingly, to promote more hatred against Trump, Democrat leaders promote more hatred against America because Americans elected Trump.
https://www.wcbu.org/local-news/2026-06-22/peoria-riverfront-museum-leader-stresses-inclusion-in-great-american-state-fair-is-not-political

CITIES 92.9
— ‘Half-baked’ Illinois social media tax poised to tee up court challenges. DD: Of course, to discourage/stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, my critics/opponents want the federal government, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton to tax them. They could not care less that my newsletters are not-for-profit and that all the money I spend to put them together and to send them out comes out my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings.
https://www.cities929.com/2026/06/22/half-baked-illinois-social-media-tax-poised-to-tee-up-court-challenges/

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/illinois-venezuelans-face-economic-double-whammy/article_f5d23406-e433-4383-ac55-4342c6f6ced1.html

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/22/candyland-prom-in-little-village-celebrates-lgbtq-youth/

CHOOSE CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.choosechicago.com/blog/lgbtq/what-to-eat-drink-and-do-in-boystown-chicago/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Giannoulias.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/23/local-150-makes-a-move-00970957

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-541/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What does it mean to be a conservative? It includes not doing things that are anti-conservative. It includes leading your life in accordance with conservative principles. It includes personal responsibility. It includes getting an education, getting a job, and becoming a contributing member of society and staying a contributing member of society. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

— What does it mean to be a conservative activist/leader? It includes not doing things that are anti-conservative. It includes promoting conservative principles. It includes promoting personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment rights, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

— What does it mean to be a Republican? It includes casting Republican primary ballots. It includes voting for Republican candidates in general elections. It includes not doing things that are anti-Republican. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

— What does it mean to be a Republican activist/leader? It includes promoting Republican candidates. I includes promoting planks in the Republican Party platform. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

— What does it mean to be a conservative Republican reporter/journalist? It includes publishing articles monthly, if not weekly, if not daily that promote conservative planks in the Republican Party platform, including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Federal agents are not enough without local buy-in, Blanche says of Chicago violence.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/22/federal-agents-not-enough-without-local-buy-todd-blanche-says-chicago/
— Trump vows to enforce law against vandalizing D.C. statues and fountains.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/22/trump-vows-enforce-law-vandalizing-dc-statues-fountains/
— Judge rules Trump’s voter database violates Americans’ privacy. DD: Your voting record is public record. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors always knew that I always cast Republican primary ballots. They always used that against me.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/22/judge-rules-trumps-voter-database-violates-americans-privacy/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats become the party of socialists and Third-Worldism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4619261/democrats-become-party-socialists-third-worldism-new-york-city-primaries/
— Mamdani renews call to abolish ICE.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4619302/zohran-mamdani-renews-call-to-abolish-ice/
— Work permits. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponent cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4618058/resolve-refugee-crises-less-charity-more-permits/

NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani still backs his handpicked House candidate who now says she wouldn’t deport anyone — even criminals.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/22/us-news/mamdani-stands-by-his-handpicked-candidate-who-doesnt-want-to-deport-criminal-immigrants/
— Alberta is Canada’s Texas. It threatens secession and will vote whether to become the 51st US state.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/22/world-news/canadas-texas-threatens-secession-and-could-become-51st-us-state/
— Trump’s IGs are doing the job that past IGs let slide and the old guard hates it. DD: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I had lots of interactions with IG employees. While I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee for 13 years, I had lots of interactions with IG employees. I worked for GAO on an audit of EPA’s IG office in 1985. SEE:  https://www.gao.gov/products/afmd-86-43
https://nypost.com/2026/06/22/opinion/trumps-federal-watchdogs-are-doing-the-job-past-igs-ignored/
— California’s Glock ban sets stage for nationwide gun control. DD: Democrats want to get rid of Republicans once and for all. Because of that, Democrats want to disarm Republicans. Because of that, Republicans should be buying more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/22/opinion/californias-glock-ban-sets-stage-for-nationwide-gun-control/
— Chicago sanctuary policies let Tren de Aragua mass shooting getaway driver walk free.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/22/us-news/chicago-sanctuary-policies-let-alleged-tren-de-aragua-mass-shooting-getaway-driver-walk-free/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Border crossings collapse 96 percent after Trump policy changes
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/06/22/border-crossings-collapse-96-percent-after-trump-policy-changes-1647324/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— DD: What percent of illegals are minority, female, and/or younger and want/need/demand massive government assistance, lack education, lack job skills, have health and/or other problems, have committed crimes, etc.? What percent are on track to be permanent wards of the state? All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponent cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://cis.org/Richwine/Course-Illegal-Immigrants-Access-Public-Health-Benefits

COLLEGE FIX
— More than half of Jesuit colleges celebrate LGBT ‘Pride Month.’ DD: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/more-than-half-of-jesuit-colleges-celebrate-lgbt-pride-month/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Politics and Parenthood: Why Liberals Are Having Fewer Kids Than Conservatives. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/22/politics-and-parenthood-liberals-fewer-kids-than-conservatives/

FOX NEWS
— Obama Center isn’t a traditional presidential library. Critics say it’s an activism center. Illinois GOP chairman Bob Grogan says the project was sold as a library to win support before evolving into something else.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-center-isnt-traditional-presidential-library-critics-say-activism-center.amp

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Justice Dept. Joins Challenge to Evanston Reparations. DD: Did your ancestors own slaves. Mine did not. To get more votes from Blacks and to atone for their ancestors’ slave ownership, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. If anyone should pay reparations, it should be Democrat leaders whose ancestors owned slaves. Affirmative Action (AA) is reparations. Democrat leaders have always used AA to make Republicans who are the following pay reparations: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid, my Democrat superiors in the federal government made me pay reparations big time. It culminated when they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/justice-dept-joins-challenge-to-evanston-reparations/

PJ MEDIA
— Illinois Illegal Alien Teacher Linked to Tren de Aragua Mass Shooting
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/22/illinois-illegal-alien-teacher-linked-to-tren-de-aragua-mass-shooting-n4954250

TOWNHALL
— Federal Judge Declares That Common-Sense Election Integrity Is Illegal.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/06/22/we-arent-allowed-to-have-secure-elections-according-to-this-federal-judge-n2678116

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Trump comments on Juneteenth weekend violence in Chicago.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-comments-on-juneteenth-weekend-violence-in-chicago/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders decry an Indiana professor losing her job for promoting hatred against Trump in her classroom. Democrats and RINOs did not decry my losing my job for opposing Democrat political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. In fact, they applauded it.  My critics/opponents promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. They despise/hate Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/us/indiana-professor-white-supremacy-lesson-maga.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly punish America and punish Americans for electing Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/22/america-at-250-is-anxious-about-today-pessimistic-about-whats-next/90564030007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— JD Vance’s Faith-Based Ambition. Like the vice president’s religious beliefs, his politics seem rather too conveniently flexible. DD: My parents had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) at Trinity Lutheran Church in 1948, sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, sent me to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, and had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962. My critics/opponents have always used the aforesaid against me. One could call it religious discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/jd-vances-faith-based-ambition-022f7388

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DD: What helped you endure the negatives of your jobs? For me, the following helped me endure the ever-increasing tremendous efforts of my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me: a) I needed a job, b) the importance of the missions of the agencies that I worked for, c) federal employee benefits including the federal government paying 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums for life, and d) Civil Service Retirement System benefits. The aforesaid helped me survive for almost 18 years at GAO, for almost 9 years at IRS, and for almost 3 years at the Post Office.
https://hbr.org/2018/01/when-burnout-is-a-sign-you-should-leave-your-job

NEW YORKER
— American Dream. DD: What is/was your American dream? When I was younger, it included having a successful career in the automotive industry. But that all ended when I was 22 in 1971 when my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me when I told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I had to have a job. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. I had not specifically applied for that job. I got that offer solely a) because I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, b) because I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business, and c) because the Democrats who ran IRS could not find a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/29/the-curious-career-of-the-american-dream

PSY POST
— Age is the strongest predictor of how people view their dating prospects. DD: If I had not met my outstanding wife at a church sponsored singles social event when I was 28 in 1977, I might never had gotten married. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I got married when I was 29 in 1978. To get rid of me, they had painted me being an extremely bad person because I had refused to become a Democrat. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.psypost.org/the-surprising-way-income-and-age-dictate-how-we-view-the-dating-market/

SPLC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hopewatch/pride-month-reminds-lgbtq-youth-need-love-support/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

INDEPENDENT
— Pritzker rejects Trump’s call for federal help in Chicago crime crackdown
https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/donald-trump-jb-pritzker-chicago-truth-social-b3001175.html

TIMES OF INDIA
— How illegals slip into city’s workforce.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/from-border-to-builder-how-illegals-slip-into-citys-workforce/articleshow/131916816.cms

ECONOMIC TIMES
— DD: What do your critics/opponents do to discredit/stop you? My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/african-proverb-of-the-day-do-not-follow-a-person-who-is-life-lessons-on-judgment-awareness-decision-making-responsibility-and-why-understanding-a-situation-matters-more-than-following-the-crowd/articleshow/131908386.cms

June 17, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-familys-journey-sparks-national-movement-focused-understanding-transgender-binary-youth/19312233/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use reparations to get more votes from Blacks and promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-administration-department-justice-seeks-halt-evanston-reparations-program/19312433/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/06/16/school-districts-trans-kids-pay-anti-trans-lawsuits
— DD: What do major Republican donors in Illinois think of you? I should write about major Republican donors in Illinois since 2000 and what they think of me and of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and what they thought of my leadership of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007. I would focus on the many big adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2022/2/14/22932871/ken-griffin-donation-richard-irvin-gop-governor-campaign

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: DuPage Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) blame Republicans for gun violence and b) dimmish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260616/news/people-still-care-dupage-county-dedicates-new-park-to-victims-of-violence/

WJBC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wjbc.com/2026/06/16/prairie-pride-coalition-supporting-lgbtq-community-since-1995/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Man Says He Burned Cross In Grant Park To Protest Trump.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/16/man-says-he-burned-cross-in-grant-park-to-protest-trump-nbc-reports/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/17/obama-center-beauty-in-the-beholders-eye-00964455

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MORNING ANSWER
— Ted Dabrowski: Illinois Loses a Bears Stadium Worth of People Every Year and Nobody Treats That as the Crisis
https://morninganswerchicago.com/ted-dabrowski-illinois-loses-a-bears-stadium-worth-of-people-every-year-and-nobody-treats-that-as-the-crisis/

JOHN KASS
— Americans Are Sick of Paying the Democrat DEI Blood Price
https://johnkassnews.com/were-sick-of-paying-the-dei-blood-price/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Two Local Legislators Sponsor Rational Revision of Drivers License Law Ending Discrimination Against Senior Citizens
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/17/two-local-legislators-sponsor-rational-revision-of-drivers-license-law-ending-discrimination-against-senior-citizens/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you publish? Who reads what you publish? Since 2000, I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and since 2004, I have published copies of my newsletters at http://www.gopillinois.com . Since 2004, my newsletters have included links to more than 542,100 articles. But according to my critics/opponents, no one reads my newsletters and they have no impact. But nevertheless, since 2000, they have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me to stop me from sending out my newsletters. My critics/opponents blame me and blame my newsletters for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems. Since 2000, they have blamed me and have blamed my newsletters for all the losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. I should write about my critics/opponents and the many big adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: Pritzker signs a budget giving Illinois tax hikes, higher spending
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-pritzkers-2027-budget-gives-illinois-tax-hikes-higher-spending/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Newsom camp says investigation is not about finding a crime, but sending a message. DD: With their ever-increasingly bigger adverse actions that they took against me, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors sent bigger and bigger and bigger messages to my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates. With their ever-increasingly bigger adverse actions that they took against me, RINO leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois sent bigger and bigger and bigger messages to conservatives, that is, to platform Republicans.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4610661/doj-investigation-about-sending-message-gavin-newsom/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Texas’s James Talarico, 37, Shares His Only Checking Account With His Mom. DD: What were your accomplishments by the time you were 37? My critics/opponents have always painted me as being an unmitigated failure. In my defense, by the time I was 27, I had become a licensed CPA (32), passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination in my first attempt (32), earned a master’s degree in accounting (31), passed the CPA examination on my first attempt (30), earned an MBA (27), earned a bachelor’s degree in business (21), gotten married (29), bought real estate (35, 29, 27, 25, and 24), and bought new cars (29, 25, 23, 20, 19, and 17).
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/texass-james-talarico-37-shares-his-only-checking-account-with-his-mom/

NEW YORK POST
— Chicago cross-burning feared to be hateful racist threat turns out to be idiotic anti-Trump protest.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/us-news/chicago-cross-burning-feared-to-be-hateful-racist-threat-turns-out-to-be-idiotic-anti-trump-protest-saw-the-wikipedia-page/
— MLB issues warning to Giants pitchers for Bible verses printed on LGBTQ+ Pride Night caps.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/sports/mlb-warns-giants-pitchers-over-bible-verses-on-lgbtq-pride-night-caps/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— For years, the federal government kept its thumb on the scale. The weapon of choice was “disparate-impact” theory — the notion that if a fair test or a fair hiring process doesn’t match someone’s preferred demographic chart, the process itself must be racist and torn down. In a stunning reversal, the Department of Justice has declared that theory unconstitutional. The scheme was sold as a way to root out unintentional discrimination by treating individuals as mere statistics. Instead, it produced intentional discrimination — not as a flaw, but by design.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/06/16/trumps-doj-just-did-what-decades-of-speeches-never-could-1646240/

BREITBART
— Ohio Cracks Down on Illegal Foreign Truck Drivers, Revokes over 1K CDLs.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/16/ohio-cracks-down-illegal-foreign-truck-drivers-revokes-1k-cdls/
— MLB Issues Warning to SF Giants Pitchers Wearing Bible Verses During Pride Night.
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/06/16/mlb-issues-warning-to-sf-giants-pitchers-wearing-bible-verses-during-pride-night/

CITY JOURNAL
— The Justice Department Restores Equality. The Office of Legal Counsel concluded that disparate-impact guidelines encourage employers to engage in racial discrimination, violating the U.S. Constitution.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/equal-opportunity-commission-disparate-impact-racial-discrimination

COLLEGE FIX
— Asian Chicago college student admits to burning cross as part of Trump protest.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/asian-chicago-college-student-admits-to-burning-cross-as-part-of-trump-protest/
— Mohsen Madawi is a perpetual learner who needs to go.  After 11 years of being a student in America, on top of another six in Israel, Mohsen Madawi may finally be heading home. Madawi is one of a number of pro-Palestinian activists who are seemingly always in school despite being in their 30s or older. The Trump administration is seeking to deport Madawi on the grounds his anti-Israel activism undermines American foreign policy. The ACLU is challenging the deportation on First Amendment grounds. An immigration judge okayed his deportation, but a separate federal case is pending, meaning he remains in the country for now. Regardless of the potential free-speech issues at play, Madawi should be leaving the country because he has clearly abused the visa system.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/17-years-a-student-foreigner-may-finally-leave-the-country/

DAIILY WIRE
— Anti-Trump Activist Behind Burning Cross That Sparked MAGA Blame. The arson sparked outrage from Democrats who initially called it the “seeds of racism and fascism.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-trump-activist-behind-burning-cross-that-sparked-maga-blame

EPOCH TIMES
— How Flash Mobs of Teens Are Taking Over Towns, Beaches. Teen takeovers started in Chicago in 2024 and become a nationwide phenomenon in 2025. They often devolve into violence.  DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/how-flash-mobs-of-teens-are-taking-over-towns-beaches-6045096

FEDERALIST
— Your Political Party Is Code For Whether You Love Or Hate America.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/16/your-political-party-is-code-for-whether-you-love-or-hate-america/

FOX NEWS
— Conservative group targeted in SPLC-inspired terror attack demands restitution after DOJ indictment. Shooter Floyd Lee Corkins II said he found the Family Research Council on the SPLC’s list of ‘anti-gay groups’ online.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-group-targeted-splc-inspired-terror-attack-demands-restitution-doj-indictment.amp

NEWSBUSTERS
— ABC Downplays Illegal Alien Ramming Car into ICE Agent as ‘Suspect’
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2026/06/16/abc-downplays-illegal-alien-ramming-car-ice-agent-suspect

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/policy/sports-gaming/5926143-giants-pride-night/amp/
— What it takes to win elections. DD: RINO leaders in Illinois ever-increasingly make it clear that to win elections, they want the Illinois Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party and to officially dump its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in its platform.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5858539-schumer-mills-campaign-miscalculation/

WASHINGTON POST
— Texas’s GOP platform is getting more extreme — and influential. Texas is often first to introduce proposed legislation that is copied by other conservative states or picked up by national candidates. DD: RINO leaders in Illinois ever-increasingly make it clear that to win elections, they want the Illinois Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party and to officially dump its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in its platform.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/06/13/texass-gop-platform-is-getting-more-extreme-influential/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use reparations to get more votes from Blacks and promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/16/illinois-reparations-trump-department-of-justice-race/81deb420-69e6-11f1-830e-133d20cadd28_story.html

AUSTIN POST
— Texas Republicans add IVF ban and mail-in voting restrictions to party platform.
https://www.statesman.com/news/politics/article/texas-gop-platform-2026-convention-22289377.php

TEXAS TRIBUNE
— At Texas GOP convention, friction overshadows talk of unity. The Republican Party of Texas’ meeting in Houston offered a look at the state GOP’s next chapter and messaging heading into the fall’s midterm elections.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/14/texas-gop-convention-houston-2026/

KVUE
— After Texas GOP convention, cracks emerge in push for party unity.
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/politics/vote-texas/texas-gop-convention-party-fractures-calls-for-unity/269-31aa2bf6-4a67-4514-9fb3-2f3b3f68df45

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What ‘Created Equal’ Means in America. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I was born with tremendous unfair advantages because I was born a White male. In addition, my father earned enough money that he could send me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-created-equal-means-in-america-e38ca51c

FORTUNE
— DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://fortune.com/2025/10/16/gallup-american-jobs-quality-study-gates-foundation-gen-z-work-life-balance/

FED SMITH
— Probationary procedures. DD: After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious when they learned that they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me. Nevertheless, they did everything that could to get me to transfer back to IRS, transfer to another federal agency, or quit. They gave me bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance appraisals. They kept me off audits of IRS. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. Further, previously, in 1970, my Chicago Heights Firestone Store boss refused to let me start until after I passed a probationary period in Indiana. He would never had hired me, but his boss had assigned me to him. He did not have a college degree and he disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, my being Protestant, my being German American, my having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and my living in Crete.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/06/16/most-2025-probationary-federal-employee-separations-were-voluntary/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— NDA proposal draws concerns of ‘chilling effect’ on federal employees. Whistleblower protection advocates and a member of Congress said an NDA proposal may cause federal employees to stay silent instead of reporting disclosures. DD: I was a whistleblower. I ever-increasingly complained about my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors’ ever-increasing political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Consequently, they took ever-increasingly bigger adverse actions against me.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2026/06/nda-proposal-draws-concerns-of-chilling-effect-on-federal-employees/

FEDERAL RETIREMENT
— Retirement cost analysis. DD: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically less because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://federalretirement.net/retirement-cost-analysis/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Campus Graduation Chaos Shows Higher Education Needs a Serious Moral Rese.
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/campus-graduation-chaos-shows-higher-education-needs-serious-moral-reset

LAW
— DD: What are your demographics? According to Democrat and RINO leaders, if you have problems, and if you have the following demographics, conservatives cause your problems: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, parents, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2026/06/16/eeoc-moves-to-end-collection-of-demographic-data-but-states-may-fill-the-void/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— DD: Democrat leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.creators.com/read/Crime-and-Conduct/06/26/trump-administration-continues-onslaught-on-diversity

ADVOCATE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.advocate.com/travel/route-66-dispatch-history

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

WORKERS WORLD
— DD: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters use Blacks to promote more hatred against America.
https://www.workers.org/2026/06/93270/

June 14, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Juneteenth. DD: Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/12/juneteenth-elgin-music-festival-panton-family/
— Side-by-side Wheaton mansions are for sale at $2.4M and $3.3M. DD: How diverse is your precinct economically? My DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton is extremely diverse economically. Generally, the further south that you go in my precinct, the higher that household incomes and housing values are. Since 1984, my critics/opponents have wanted public housing to be built on the north border of my precinct on the south side of Roosevelt Road. Currently, the aforesaid side-by-side mansions in my precinct are for sale at $2.4M and $3.3M.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/wheaton-mansions/

ABC7
— JANUARY 8, 2023 FLASHMACK: DD: Those who want the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to be the Illinois Democrat Lite Party are destroying the IRP.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jim-durkin-illinois-house-republican-resigning/12678017/

CBS2
— DD: Trump opposes abortion. Democrat leaders remove Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center building. In 2025, Democrat leaders removed Hyde’s name from the DuPage County Courthouse because he opposed abortion.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trumps-name-removed-from-kennedy-center-building/

WGN9
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-weekend-morning-news/12th-annual-chicago-juneteenth-parade-set-to-take-over-west-side/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2026/06/12/here-are-events-happening-to-celebrate-juneteenth-in-springfield/90456349007/

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/lincoln-library-museum-celebrating-juneteenth-22302668.php

STATELINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly disparage America to disparage Republicans.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/national/ap-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-restore-national-park-changes-at-sites-that-disparaged-us/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— House conservatives mount push to codify Trump border policies.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/house-conservatives-mount-push-to-codify-trump-border-policies/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump turns 80 with a showstopping spectacle of cage fights at the White House. But big issues loom. Trump celebrates turning 80 with a UFC cage-fighting event on the White House’s South Lawn.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-turns-80-with-a-showstopping-spectacle-of-cage-fights-at-the-white-house-but/article_2b136f66-ab21-5bd9-a498-36187534c370.html
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/local/juneteenth-family-day-celebration/article_1f3fee3d-9725-582c-b5f9-db89efa79f1a.html

WCIA
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://www.aol.com/news/guide-celebrating-juneteenth-central-illinois-013447577.html

WSIL TV
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/city-of-carbondale-announces-juneteenth-celebration-series/article_bd518684-ccf3-4af0-b590-49ee55f64dac.html

WAND TV
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://www.wandtv.com/community/5-things-to-do-this-weekend-across-central-illinois-june-12-14/article_a2bb17de-bc1f-47c1-bc7a-a5602ca4c1b7.html

WQAD
— Illinois distributes first $25M to local pharmacies in low-income areas to help them compete. DD: How wealthy is/was your hometown. To demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents and me as being filthy rich, my critics/opponents have always falsely hinted/implied that Crete was filthy rich when I lived there 1948-1972.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/state/illinois-distributes-first-25m-to-local-pharmacies-to-help-them-compete/526-88ae94bf-9520-493b-9c33-68b81b4811de

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/a-look-inside-new-obama-museum-ahead-of-its-juneteenth-official-opening/

IPM NEWS
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/champaign-danville-and-urbana-to-mark-juneteenth-by-celebrating-black-freedom-and-families/

CWB CHICAGO
— A 21-year-old Indiana man was killed when a gunman armed with an illegally modified pistol opened fire during a stunt driving “sideshow” in the Ford City Mall parking lot early Saturday.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/06/gunman-sprays-ford-city-parking-lot-with-automatic-gunfire-killing-man-during-car-sideshow.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Glen Ellyn residents say spiking encounters with volatile homeless population, lack of policing ‘not a compassionate answer’ from the village. DD: The Democrat Party platform destroys traditional marriage and family, that is, it promotes homelessness.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/glen-ellyn-residents-say-spiking-encounters-with-volatile-homeless-population-lack-of-policing-not-a-compassionate-answer-from-the-village

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago’s sustainable community high schools: Lower outcomes, higher costs. The Chicago Teachers Union’s preferred model fails in academic proficiency, absenteeism and cost. DD: My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicagos-sustainable-community-high-schools-lower-outcomes-higher-costs/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Registration is open for political entries in Wheaton’s July 4 Independence Day Parade. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wheaton-independence-day-parade-entry-2026-tickets-1984881886153  The deadline is June 26. The cost is $183.58. I hope that all the Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct will walk in the parade: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton in 1999, I have encouraged Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to walk in Wheaton Independence Day parades. In 2003, the day after all the announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate attended (Cox, Kathuria, McKenna, Oberweis, and Ryan) had walked in the parade, they all attended a picnic that I had organized in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct. More than 200 attended. In 2005, I started raising $2,500/year from Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to help sponsor the parade and fireworks. Each year I would hand-deliver 500 parade flyers to the homes and businesses along the parade route. In 2007, I raised $2,000 for an elephant to walk behind Roskam in the parade. But my critics/opponents ended that in 2021 by having the Wheaton Park District stop parade and fireworks sponsorships. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take many other adverse actions against me. They want to de-politized the parade, that is, they want to keep Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders out of the parade.
— What discourages/stops you from helping elect Republican candidates? For me, it is knowing that far too many of them will blame me and will blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you attribute your successes in life to? I attribute my successes in life to my parents who promoted personal responsibility and conservative principles. Their sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license. But my critics/opponents attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, parents, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your purpose in life? My purpose in life is to promote conservative principles. My following conservative principles enabled me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. I have always fully disclosed that I am conservative and that I promote conservative principles. I have always used my personal experiences to promote conservative principles. According to my critics/opponents, that disqualifies me as being a journalist. But they have no problem with journalists who falsely claim to be nonpartisan. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who do your critics/opponents side with? My critics/opponents side with a) liberals and moderates who are against conservatives, b) Democrats and RINOs who are against Republicans, c) minorities who are against Whites, d) women who are against men, e) younger people who are against older people, f) those who have less money who are against those who have more money, g) unmarried people who are against married people, h) those who have children who are against those who do not have children, i) those who are against federal employees and retirees, j) those who are against reporters and journalists, k) veterans who are against draft avoiders, l) non-Protestants who are against Protestants, m) non-German Americans who are against German Americans, n) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time who are against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, o) countries that are against America, and/or p) citizens of foreign countries who are against citizens of America. – Dave Diersen
http:http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you had adverse actions taken against you? When your critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against you, who has come to your defense? My critics/opponents continue to stress that when they had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me, virtually no one came to my defense. They had their operatives and their dupes a) rudely throw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) rudely end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) rudely gerrymander my precinct in 2015, d) rudely end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) rudely end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) rudely end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) rudely almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) rudely defeat my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, i) etc. Who have you hoped would have come to your defense, but did not? For me, it is those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect in general elections. Further, my critics/opponents stress that when my Democrat superiors in the federal government took many big adverse actions against me including my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, the following did not come to my defense: my Republican U.S. Senators and Representatives, Speakers Gingrich and Hastert, and the six professional associations that I was a member of: Illinois CPA Society, Institute of Internal Auditors, Nation Association of Fraud Examiners, Association of Government Accountants, National Association of Financial Services Auditors, and National Association of Forensic Accountants. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mayhem mars euphoria as New York City celebrates the Knicks’ first championship in 53 years
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/14/mayhem-mars-euphoria-new-york-city-celebrates-knicks-first/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Pritzker Depicts White People, Cops as Mosquitoes in Microaggression Training That Rails Against ‘Color Blindness.’  The training from Pritzker’s Department of Human Rights—offered to ‘private-sector, government, and public participants’—also shows a black woman torching the mosquitoes with a flamethrower.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/jb-pritzker-admin-depicts-white-people-cops-as-mosquitoes-in-microaggression-training-that-rails-against-color-blindness/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The kids are not alright. Trump’s team is working night and day to track down all the alien minors “lost” by Joe Biden.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/the_kids_are_not_alright.html

ANN COULTER
— This Week in Hate Crimes. DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate Ann Coulter. My critics/opponents side with a) liberals and moderates who are against conservatives, b) Democrats and RINOs who are against Republicans, c) minorities who are against Whites, d) women who are against men, e) younger people who are against older people, f) those who have less money who are against those who have more money, g) unmarried people who are against married people, h) those who have children who are against those who do not have children, i) those who are against federal employees and retirees, j) those who are against reporters and journalists, k) veterans who are against draft avoiders, l) non-Protestants who are against Protestants, m) non-German Americans who are against German Americans, n) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time who are against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, o) countries that are against America, and/or p) citizens of foreign countries who are against citizens of America.
https://prescottenews.com/2026/06/13/opinion-this-week-in-hate-crimes-ann-coulter/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Tuesday this week, 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony was convicted of murder for fatally stabbing a competitor at track meet in Texas last year. The killing quickly became national news because Anthony is black, his victim was white and black people were rooting for the stabber. The events that led to Anthony’s plunging a knife into Austin Metcalf’s heart are these: Driven for some reason to sit in a rival team’s tent, Anthony was repeatedly asked to leave by Metcalf. He refused, and tauntingly dared, “Touch me and see what happens.” Metcalf pushed him, whereupon Anthony knifed him. For killing a white kid who had the affrontery to 1) ask him to leave a tent he was not supposed to be in, and 2) touch him, Anthony collected more than $600,000 in donations and gained a small group of protesters outside the courthouse, yelling racist abuse at white people. Anthony’s admirers claimed to be protesting “white supremacy.” Don’t these white people realize Anthony is black? You can’t ask a black person to move! A minister outside the courthouse denounced the entire justice system as the “final frontier of racism and it’s legalized here.” A potential juror admitted, “I don’t know if I feel right putting a brother in jail.” One thing you’ll never see is a group of white people rooting for whites who kill blacks — or anyone else for that matter — just because the accused is white. Nobody protested the arrests of Derek Chauvin, Kim Potter, George Zimmerman or Jake Gardner, and two of those were accidents, the other two self-defense. [Point of law: Lying on your back, having your head smashed into a concrete sidewalk, or being locked in a chokehold so lethal that police are no longer allowed to use it, is not remotely similar to being pushed.] Gardner, for example, an Omaha bar owner, shot and killed a black career criminal who was choking him to death during a BLM riot. The district attorney, along with his entire homicide department, investigated and concluded the shooting was justified. But realizing he was white, the Democratic D.A. recused himself and assigned a black special prosecutor to the case. The black prosecutor promptly issued an arrest warrant for Gardner’s arrest, charging him with manslaughter, attempted first-degree assault, making terroristic threats, and use of a weapon to commit a felony. With a legion of white people rushing to disavow him, evict him, destroy his business, and manipulate the system to ensure his conviction, Gardner killed himself. In other news this week, a 14-year-old black kid in Indianapolis fatally shot a 23-year-old white man in the head during a carjacking. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department chief of police (the city’s first female police chief!!!) and deputy chief of police (a black guy, naturally) held press conferences, emoting over the horrible thing that had happened — to the killer. Chief Tanya Terry, who looks like Janet Reno’s younger, more butch sister, barely mentioned the victim, Brett Scrogham, a serious Christian, who’d been returning from having dinner with his family when he was attacked. Terry began by saying she had “mixed emotions” about his murder — as one does when an innocent man has been shot in the head. In her telling, the vicious cold blooded crime was merely a “tragic incident.” Tearing up, she bemoaned the fact that the suspected killer would “face lifelong consequences,” his life “forever impacted and changed by short-sighted, impulsive, and reckless decisions.” You know, if you think about it, you could say that Scrogham’s life was also impacted, in a way. Finally remembering him, Terry added, “There are victims on the other side of those decisions. And those victims matter.” Yes, we all remember the “tragic incident” in Minneapolis when police officer Derek Chauvin’s life was forever “impacted and changed.” It’s easy to forget, but there was another victim in that encounter, too. Deputy Chief Kendale Adams also called the unprovoked attack a “tragedy,” saying it was “a setback for all of us.” Yes, especially Scrogham. He then called on the community to ensure that potential teenage killers feel valued. “I know that those community-based organizations are out there doing this kind of work, and I would like to keep encouraging them to continue to do the work. … we have to do more.” Everybody has to step up and “do more,” except the teenagers who keep killing people. This is like Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) saying, the day after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, that she grieved for both “the Palestinian and Israeli lives lost yesterday,” or Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) referring to the 9/11 terrorist attack as a day when “some people did something.” Sometimes it seems as if, no matter who kills whom, it’s either the white person’s fault or it’s nobody’s fault.)

COLLEGE FIX
— Professor: Should Americans not cheer for the U.S. World Cup team … because Trump? DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly punish America to punish Trump.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professor-should-americans-not-cheer-for-the-u-s-world-cup-team-because-trump/
— Pro-Palestinian Swarthmore College activists arrested for 2025 encampment demand all charges be dropped.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/pro-palestinian-swarthmore-college-activists-arrested-for-2025-encampment-demand-all-charges-be-dropped/

COMMON SENSE
— The World Has Moved Past Peak Woke. The high point of the ideology has passed, the direction of travel has changed, and that is a very good thing. DD. All my critics/opponents either a) are woke or b) pander to those who are woke.
https://www.thecommonsense.co.za/editorials/world-has-moved-past-peak-woke

DAILY SIGNAL
— California’s Election System Keeps Democrats in Power. DD: The Illinois Republican Party’s (IRP) system for electing IRP State Central Committee members keeps conservatives, that is, platform Republicans, out of power.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/12/californias-election-system-power/

FOX NEWS
— San Francisco Giants pitcher writes Bible verse on hat in defiance of Pride Night
https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/san-francisco-giants-pitcher-writes-bible-verse-hat-defiance-pride-night.amp

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Talarico Worked As ‘Equitable Education’ Consultant for Firm that Designed DEI Strategies for Texas Schools
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/06/talarico-worked-as-equitable-education-consultant-for-firm-that-designed-dei-strategies-for-texas-schools/amp/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Los Angeles City Council has approved amendments that would slow the implementation schedule for the City’s Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance and related airport worker wage provisions. The move revises the framework adopted in 2025, which had been set to increase covered hotel and airport worker wages to $30 per hour by 2028. DD: In today’s dollars, I did not earn $27/hour until I was 22 in 1971 and I had earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. In today’s dollars, I did not earn $33/hour until I was 23 in 1972 and had completed three job-related evening graduate courses.
https://natlawreview.com/article/los-angeles-amends-hotel-worker-minimum-wage-ordinance-advance-july-2026

NEW AMERICAN
— Illinois DEI Training Equates Whites With Mosquitoes — Which Can Be Killed With Fire
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/illinois-dei-training-equates-whites-with-mosquitoes-which-can-be-killed-with-fire/

TOWNHALL
— Let’s Have a Serious Conversation About Race.
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/06/14/lets-have-a-serious-conversation-about-race-n2677727
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “What the hell is wrong with these people?” I heard someone ask as a clip of Jasmine Crockett played on the television at the restaurant bar the other day. What was Crockett talking about? Her sympathy for the murderer named Karmelo Anthony because he’s black. Yes, that’s why she cares, or at least pretends to care, about the fate of the man who’ll spend at least the next 17.5 years of his life in prison in Texas. How could anyone, real or not, go on camera and express sympathy for a murderer, at the expense of the murder victim and his family, no less? There’s really only one possibility: the cancerous cultural rot Democrats have forced and enforced on the black community.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

AOL
— Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Friday that eligible state employees will receive merit-based pay increases tied to their most recent performance evaluations. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They use the subjectivity in their performance evaluations to get rid of their Republican employees who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my attention was drawn to the aforesaid because my undergraduate degree was personnel management and my MBA area of concentration was personnel management.
https://www.aol.com/articles/arkansas-state-employees-receive-merit-160000000.html

MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Traditional marriage and family put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/experts-call-for-rethinking-traditional-marriage-roles-amid-strain-on-women/ss-AA25whgN

NBC NEWS
— JANUARY 17, 2016 FLASHBACK: Jeb Bush: Trump Has ‘No Proven Leadership Skills.’  Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush tells NBC’s Chuck Todd that his campaign has the resources to “go the distance.” DD: One could stress the conservative principles that Trump rejects.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/jeb-bush-trump-has-no-proven-leadership-skills-n498176
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush remained defiant in his contrasts with Donald Trump during an exclusive interview with Chuck Todd for “Meet the Press.” “He has no proven leadership skills in the public domain,” he said of the Republican frontrunner. “So my path is to say I do.” Bush focused his attack further on Trump’s conservative bona-fides and insisted he’s the only person willing to go after Trump on those issues, saying simply, “He’s not a conservative.” “I’m gonna continue to be critical of him when he doesn’t advocate conservative principles,” Bush said. “He’s running for the conservative party’s nomination. He should be a conservative, and he hasn’t shown it.” The former Florida governor acknowledged Trump’s ability to “entertain” but said his ideas won’t help people and questioned Trump’s ability to bring people together.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Americans Flee to Red States. DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. That is why Democrats flee to Republican areas. Democrats want to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/opinion/build-baby-build-how-blue-states-can-stop-losing-population.html
— How the Dispute Over Runaway Slaves Helped Fuel the Civil War. DD: My critics/opponents have always used against me the fact that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. I have always stressed that they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/books/review/andrew-delbanco-war-before-the-war.html
— ‘All Men Are Created Equal’? Not Everyone Agrees. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I was born with tremendous unfair advantages because I was born a White male. In addition, my father earned enough money that he could send me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/opinion/inequality-musk-thiel-carvalho-billionaires.html
— Republicans Thought They Owned ‘Values.’ Not Anymore.  DD: Far too often, far too many candidates have run for offices as Republicans, but they should not have because they have far too much personal baggage. Voters hold Republican candidates to far higher standards than they hold Democrat candidates. I should write about the many big adverse actions that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, fundraisers, political consultants, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers have taken against me since 2000 because I included links to articles in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they did not like because they were critical of them or reported their wrong doing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/opinion/democrats-politics-morality-values.html
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/opinion/epstein-trump-white-house.html

HARVARD GAZETTE
— Democrats and Republicans do live in different worlds. DD: How diverse is your precinct economically? My DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton is extremely diverse economically. Generally, the further south that you go in my precinct, the higher that household incomes and housing values are. Since 1984, my critics/opponents have wanted public housing to be built on the north border of my precinct on the south side of Roosevelt Road. Currently, side-by-side mansions in my precinct are for sale at $2.4M and $3.3M.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/03/democrats-and-republicans-live-in-partisan-bubbles-study-finds/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Most Democratic and Republican voters live in partisan bubbles, with little daily exposure to those who belong to the other party. For instance the typical Democrat has “almost zero interactions” with Republicans in their neighborhood, according to an article by Harvard doctoral student Jacob R. Brown and government Professor Ryan D. Enos published March 8 in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. “There’s a lot of evidence that any separation between groups has a lot of negative consequences. We see this in race; we see this in religion; we see this in all kinds of things,” said Enos. “And increasingly, we see this in partisanship in the United States.”)

BARRON’S
— Wealthy parents. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. They attribute their successes in life to meritocracy. They attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, parents, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/wealthy-parents-have-turned-into-banks-for-their-children-why-thats-a-problem-f6f1878b

FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders used to promote integration, but now the promote segregation. They promote Black power, Hispanic power, Asian power, female power, youth power, non-Christian power, non-German American power, and immigrant power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8CClX5w-E4

CAREERS IN GOVERNMENT
— Virtually all government entities are run my Democrats or by RINOs. Because of that, the more of the following that you are, the more that you “need not apply:” conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.careersingovernment.com/

POLITICO
— Freedom 250’s fair on National Mall highlights conservative groups. In May, several musical artists dropped out of planned performances at the fair after learning of its ties to Trump. DD: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were conservative groups. My critics/opponents are anti-conservatives. I served as the TAPROOT chairman from 2005 until 2012 when my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes get rid of me and destroy the group. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member from 2003 until 2007 when my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes get rid of me and destroy the group. My critics/opponents hinted/implied/argued that TAPROOT and ICRC were hate groups. One could stress the conservative principles that Trump rejects.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/12/freedom-250-national-mall-fair-conservative-groups-00960904

ADVOCATE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-abandons-lgbtq-veterans

DERRICK
— DD: to get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn men.
https://www.thederrick.com/news/entertainment/beth-kowitt-corporate-america-is-no-meritocracy-just-ask-women/article_25ed6a9c-63d5-5bbf-a325-a1d1159329b7.html

TRUTHOUT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Blacks to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://truthout.org/articles/over-160-years-after-abolition-anti-black-racism-still-structures-us-economy/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

INDEPENDENT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use displays and exhibits to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-national-park-crackdown-backfires-091310942.html

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALIS’ NETWORK
— Personal perspectives can be valuable when transparently articulated. As the industry has recognized the importance of giving space for people to tell their own stories, knowing how to incorporate personal experiences in your reporting can be an effective approach. DD: My following conservative principles enabled me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. I have always fully disclosed that I am conservative and that I promote conservative principles. I have always used my personal experiences to promote conservative principles. According to my critics/opponents, that disqualifies me as being a journalist. But they have no problem with journalists who falsely claim to be nonpartisan.
https://ijnet.org/en/story/how-journalists-can-implement-personal-experiences-their-reporting

MAGZTER
— Why we are haunted by the choices we didn’t make. DD: I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. My undergraduate major at UIC and NIU should have been accounting, my graduate major at Loyola should have been accounting, and I should have taken and passed the CPA examination much sooner than I did. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul until I was 27 in 1976. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting at DePaul until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late for me because the accounting profession saw me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting and because the accounting profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote minorities, females, and veterans, and I was none of the aforesaid.
https://www.magzter.com/stories/newspaper/The-Straits-Times/WHY-WE-ARE-HAUNTED-BY-THE-CHOICES-WE-DIDNT-MAKE

MIBOLSILLO
— Rich vs. Poor? The Money Habits That Separate Wealth Builders.  DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all the money that I have to my benefiting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, parents, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.mibolsillo.co/tips/rich-vs.-poor-the-money-habits-that-separate-wealth-builders-20260613-0003.html

June 7, 2026

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Registration is open for political entries in Wheaton’s July 4 Independence Day Parade. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wheaton-independence-day-parade-entry-2026-tickets-1984881886153  The deadline is June 26. The cost is $183.58. I hope that all the Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct will walk in the parade: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Towns to go all out on July 4 for America’s 250th year. DD: Since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton in 1999, I have encouraged Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to walk in Wheaton Independence Day parades. In 2003, the day after all the announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate attended (Cox, Kathuria, McKenna, Oberweis, and Ryan) had walked in the parade, they all attended a picnic that I had organized in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct. More than 200 attended. In 2005, I started raising $2,500/year from Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to help sponsor the parade and fireworks. Each year I would hand-deliver 500 parade flyers to the homes and businesses along the parade route. In 2007, I raised $2,000 for an elephant to walk behind Roskam in the parade. But my critics/opponents ended that in 2021 by having the Wheaton Park District stop parade and fireworks sponsorships. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take many other adverse actions against me. They want to de-politized the parade, that is, they want to keep Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders out of it.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260606/news/something-spectacular-towns-to-go-all-out-on-july-4-for-americas-250th-year/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Wheaton, the Fourth of July is not just a day, but a state of the mind, to borrow a line from another holiday movie. . .The Wheaton Park District will usher in the Fourth with a $100,000 fireworks and drone show, or $50,000 for fireworks and $50,000 for drones, on Friday, July 3. The devices fly up to 400 feet. “I make sure it is something spectacular,” said James, who designs the dual production with vendor Mad Bomber Fireworks. “Across the board, everyone’s saying let’s make this a pretty awesome Fourth of July,” James said. . .Free entry is being offered to nonprofits that roll out parade floats. The Wheaton Park District is also drumming up participation in the Fourth of July parade with new, lower rates for community and neighborhood groups. . .There’s even merch: commemorative T-shirts and hats bearing the City of Wheaton America 250 logo designed by student artist Asher Boriss (the city does not receive any profit from the sale of apparel). Mayor Phil Suess championed a sweet idea: an ice cream social. The city, in conjunction with Kilwins and Kimmer’s Ice Cream, will provide 1,776 scoops during the municipal band concert July 9. . .The city also has made an effort to mark the 250th with “things that are going to be lasting,” Suess said. So there’s a newly planted “Liberty Tree” outside city hall. Both Wheaton and Glen Ellyn have sponsored new murals depicting significant landmarks. “People appreciate freedom, they appreciate liberty, and they appreciate self-determination,” Suess said. Keller certainly does. He reads the dedication tags attached to the flags, planted by volunteers in the Wheaton park. . .Rudy Keller oversees the setup for the Field of Honor, a display of American flags at Seven Gables Park in Wheaton. New this year: A car show and cupcakes for the nation’s 250th birthday.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Video gambling revenue collections continue to grow for local governments. DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton and in 2019 I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260606/news/video-gambling-revenue-collections-continue-to-grow-for-local-governments/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers lead US in spending campaign cash for childcare — and one dog.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/07/illinois-lawmaker-childcare-campaign-funds/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In one small but notable instance, a candidate who narrowly lost a 2023 race for the Chicago Police District Council reported spending $325 on his dog. Illinois State Board of Elections campaign finance reports show the money was spent at a business called Cruisin’ Canines. The reason given in the reports? “Care of dependent family member (dog).”)
— DD: Democrat leaders use social media, AI, and everything else to destroy Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/07/opinion-social-media-polarization-ai/

WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/what-to-know-about-the-ongoing-protests-and-arrests-outside-a-new-jersey-detention-center/article_01c2e603-6ff5-5b42-a2cb-c8b74b1dc342.html

CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movie-feature/steven-toushin-bijou-theater-gay-porn/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINAR
— DD: How soon, if not already, will Democrats in your county, township, municipality, and school district elect socialists?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4596773/graham-platner-rise-mamdani-moraff-katz-fan/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Harvard’s Slide into Stupidity
https://freebeacon.com/culture/harvards-slide-into-stupidity/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Henry Nowak’s death exposed Britain’s two-tier justice system
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/henry-nowaks-death-exposed-britains-two-tier-justice-system.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Explaining Britain’s ‘Sickly Reversed’ George Floyd Moment
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/04/britains-reversed-george-floyd/
— Why Britain’s ‘DEI Police’ Watched a 19-Year-Old Boy Die in Front of Their Eyes
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/04/britains-dei-police-boy-die/
— California Was a Paradise, Then Newsom Happened
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/02/california-paradise-then-newsom/
— Trump Derangement Goes to Newark: The Anti-ICE Protest Industry
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/03/anti-ice-protest-delaney-hall/
— The Real Victims of Biden’s Border Crisis
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/03/real-victims-bidens-border-crisis/

FOX NEWS
— Chaos erupts at NY reparations hearing as ‘Foundational’ Black Americans clash with left-leaning groups. DD: How would Democrat and RINO leaders respond if asked how you have benefitted from slavery? Anticipate/expect that if you are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American, they would stress the length of time your ancestors have been in America. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois, they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and they never did discriminate against anyone.
https://www.aol.com/articles/chaos-erupts-ny-reparations-hearing-110034415.html

ICE
— ICE Chicago arrests violent, criminal illegal alien after Chicago PD releases him into community. Luis Manuel Saucedo-Cardenas was wanted on a federal criminal warrant after Chicago PD refused to cooperate with ICE.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-chicago-arrests-violent-criminal-illegal-alien-after-chicago-pd-releases-him

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Mamdani introduces New York to socialism, ‘block by block.’ DD: How soon, if not already, will Democrats in your county, township, municipality, and school district elect socialists?
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-mamdani-introduces-york-socialism-140000000.html

CNN
— Job qualifications. All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/politics/trumps-warped-view-of-job-qualifications-what-matters

MSN
— Trump administration moves to roll back Biden-era gun rules
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/trump-administration-moves-to-roll-back-biden-era-gun-rules/gm-GM08D02F75
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyouts and early retirement to get rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/microsoft-is-planning-voluntary-retirement-buyouts-for-some-senior-employees-as-it-grapples-with-the-threat-of-ai-here-s-who-the-offer-targets/ar-AA2503b0

MS NOW
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight assimilation. Sadly, my ancestors were slow to assimilate. Consequently, 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. I had to work my way through college. All my grandparents spoke German.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/rubio-white-south-african-refugees-assimilation

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Scholarships. DD: Since I was in high school in 1966, my critics/opponents have stressed that I did not get any scholarships. They have always hinted/implied/argued that proves that I am inferior and/or that my parents were filthy rich.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/slideshows/things-to-know-about-merit-aid-scholarships

AOL
— Republican support for same-sex marriage declining
https://www.aol.com/news/poll-republican-support-same-sex-231033613.html
— Signs it’s time to leave your first job. DD: What was your first job after college? When I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970, potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be granted. Further, they were under tremendous pressure to hire minorities, females, and veterans. Further, I had the stigma of having been a federal employee who had been forced to resign. I had to have a job. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was from Firestone Stores for a sales job that did not really require a college degree. My Chicago Heights store boss would never had hired me, but his boss had assigned me to him. He did not have a college degree. He refused to let me start until after I passed a probationary period in Indiana. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, my being Protestant, my being German American, my having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and my living in Crete. Under him, I saw that my Firestone career was bleak, if not nonexistent. Consequently, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in early 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely, if not violently, fired me because I had accepted that offer. I had to have a job. So I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was from IRS to be a Revenue Officer.
https://www.aol.com/articles/signs-time-leave-first-job-185543000.html

ABC NEWS
— Job qualifications. All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.com/Business/women-aggressive-men-applying-jobs-hired-frequently-linkedin/story?id=61531741

NBC LOS ANGELES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/weho-pride-weekend-west-hollywood/3900791/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Led by Elon Musk, C.E.O. Pay Heads Toward the Stars. Executive compensation is accelerating while rank-and-file workers lag, widening the pay gap in corporate America. DD: Trump’s salary is only $400,000/year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/business/highest-paid-ceos-elon-musk.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/voting-rights-act-black-voters-south.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/aliens-ice-immigration-white-house.html
— DD: My many Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/opinion/iran-us-war-military-washington.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/opinion/democrats-reconstruction-project-2029.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Keeps Immunity from I.R.S., a Victory in a Long-Running Feud. DD: Has IRS audited you? To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions when I was 29 years old in 1978. I had deducted graduate evening business courses at Loyola 1972-1976 and accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1978. 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 they did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took them to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took them to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically ignored the fact a) that my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take the courses, b) that the course descriptions and my position descriptions show that the courses are deductible, and c) that I had stated in my applications that I wanted to take the courses to maintain and improve my IRS job skills. They would not have disallowed the courses a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran and/or b) if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/us/politics/trump-immunity-tax-audit.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Female Navy officers say they fear a career cap after Hegseth cuts women from promotions list. DD: All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-06-07/female-navy-officers-say-they-fear-career-cap

USA TODAY
— DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes do the most to destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2026/06/03/exclusive-documents-expose-growth-of-patriot-front/90392634007/

BOSTON HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/06/06/rainbows-over-boston-pride-parade-2026-photos/

WEST CENTRAL TRIBUNE
— It’s time to get tougher on teen takeovers. Teen takeovers aren’t a problem only in Chicago. They’ve been a challenge for mayors all over the country, from Washington, D.C., to Detroit to … Atlanta and beyond.”  DD: What is your municipality doing to stop teen takeovers?
https://www.wctrib.com/opinion/editorials/american-opinion-its-time-to-get-tougher-on-teen-takeovers

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/pink-triangle-lgbtq-pride-22288623.php

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Parents aren’t waiting to pass down wealth. DD: All my critics/opponents have/had wealthy parents. My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/parents-aren-t-waiting-to-pass-down-wealth/ar-AA24YWQZ

24/7 WALL STREET
— 57% Say They Haven’t Saved Enough. 42% of retirees exit the workforce early due to health issues or job loss, shrinking contributions while stretching withdrawals across more years. DD: My retirement savings and income are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government saved far less for their retirement than my wife and I did. According to them, my wife and I could do that a) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, b) because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, and c) because I benefitted tremendously from Republican discrimination against Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American ,and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://247wallst.com/personal-finance/2026/06/06/57-say-they-havent-saved-enough-and-the-data-confirms-it/

FORBES
— 9 Best Desktop Computers. DD: I recommend Dell.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbes-personal-shopper/article/best-desktop-computer/

LADDERS
— Career success. DD: My critics/opponents attribute their career successes to meritocracy. They attribute my career success to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/bill-gates-says-he-attributes-his-success-to-these-3-things

INDEPENDENT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/06/06/great-replacement-or-market-outcome/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s by now common knowledge that the U.S. is undergoing observable demographic shifts from a majority-white, native-born population toward a more foreign-born and diverse one. The foreign-born share of the population went from 4.7% in 1970 to over 15% today. The non-Hispanic white American share of the population over that period went from 84% to 58%. Both factors combined have produced steady shifts in neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, and voting patterns.

PARADE
— Being Forced Into Retirement Is One of the Most Damaging Things That Can Happen to You. DD: I should write about being forced to retire early. The more of the following that you are, the more likely that you will be forced to retire early: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://parade.com/living/being-forced-into-retirement-can-negatively-impact-mental-health

LIBERTY NATION
— Moral Decline in America. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.libertynation.com/moral-decline-in-america/

PRESS READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/sunday-independent-ireland/20260607/281758455970247

HARVARD CRIMSON
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/6/7/affirmative-action-task-force-1976/

MARY SUE
— DD: My critics/opponents stress those who I did much to help elect and to help reelect and who could/should have come to my defense when my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes take the following adverse actions against me, but did not come to my defense:  a) ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, d) ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, e) ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, g) almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and h) defeated my bid for the open as a MTRO Treasurer position in 2004. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois.
https://www.themarysue.com/george-santos-is-the-only-house-member-to-come-to-the-defense-of-george-santos/

NPR
— Despite a competitive market, finding a summer job is highly beneficial for teens. DD: When you were young, what did you do after-school, weekends, and summers? I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I have always been an unmitigated loser. With the money I earned, I bought a 1958 Chevrolet BelAir when I was 16 in 1964. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, poor man’s GTO, when I was 17. I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19. And I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20. I used the aforesaid cars to get to/from jobs and classes at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, UIC 1966-1968, and NIU 1969-1970.
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/06/nx-s1-5824413/despite-a-competitive-market-finding-a-summer-job-is-highly-beneficial-for-teens

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

GUARDIAN
— The Africa exception: the slavery reparations debate was once ‘unthinkable’. Now it is unavoidable. DD: How would Democrat and RINO leaders respond if asked how you have benefitted from slavery? Anticipate/expect that if you are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American, they would stress the length of time your ancestors have been in America. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois, they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and they never did discriminate against anyone.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/06/africa-exception-slavery-reparations-african-union-justice

MEAWW
— DD: Since the 1960s, the Democrats who have run the federal government have ever-increasingly a) promoted more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who had been in America for a long time and b) given more preference to those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://news.meaww.com/zohran-mamdani-says-us-government-has-exacerbated-racism-through-decades-of-policy-choices

June 3, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— 9 arrested, dozens of citations issued after large groups of young people gather downtown Naperville. DD: What is your municipality doing to fight Democrat teen takeovers?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/9-arrested-groups-young-people-gather-downtown-naperville-washington-st-corridor-between-chicago-van-buren-ave/19221090/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Palatine.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/activists-urge-village-palatine-illinois-change-code-ordinances-raise-pride-flag-month-2026/19214647/

NBC5
— At least 9 arrests reported after ‘teen takeover’ in Naperville. There were also more than two dozen citations issued. DD: What is your municipality doing to fight Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/at-least-9-arrests-reported-after-teen-takeover-in-naperville/3943243/

CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/antonio-king-is-first-chicago-city-executive-level-director-of-lgbtq-affairs/
— ICE agents detain man in Albany Park; SUV believed to be driven by agent hits sedan stuck in traffic. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-agents-arrest-man-albany-park-suv-crash-kedzie-lawrence/


CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ald.
Desmon Yancy: The city’s response to the recurring crisis of ‘teen takeovers’ is inadequate. DD: What is your municipality doing to fight Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/02/opinion-chicago-teen-takeover-response-inadequate/
— Illinois senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth demand US Attorney Andrew Boutros resign. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/02/dick-durbin-tammy-duckworth-andrew-boutros-resign/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/03/column-catholic-church-apology-slavery-washington/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Federal agents crash into car while detaining man in Albany Park. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/02/federal-agents-crash-into-car-while-detaining-man-in-albany-park
— DD: What is your municipality doing to fight Democrat teen takeovers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/06/03/teen-takeovers-public-spaces-downtown-youth-disinvestment-online-culture-almethia-franklin

DAILY HERALD
— Nine arrested, dozens cited, at Naperville downtown ‘takeover.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260602/crime/nine-arrested-dozens-cited-at-naperville-downtown-takeover/

WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion and LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/lgbtq/2026/06/02/state-lawmakers-laud-passage-of-bills-protecting-reproductive-gender-affirming-care

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR & PEORIA JOURNAL STAR & RIVER BENDER & WMBD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2026/06/03/rockford-galena-among-illinois-lgbtq-friendly-destinations/90359435007/
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/02/2026-lgbtq-business-climate-index-illinois-ranks-fifth-pritzker/90355861007/
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/as-pride-month-begins-governor-jb-pritzker-christian-mitchell-reaffirm-commitment-to-lgbtq-community-93931.cfm
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pride-events-happening-around-central-illinois-this-june/ar-AA24joLT

NPR ILLINOIS
— The White House’s new site about ‘aliens’ has nothing to do with UFOs  DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-03/the-white-houses-new-site-about-aliens-has-nothing-to-do-with-ufos

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump has used the presidency to benefit himself and his allies
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-how-trump-has-used-the-presidency-to-benefit-himself-and-his-allies/amp/

WHEATON PATCH
— 5 Teens, 4 Adults Arrested During Teen Takeover In Naperville. Police made arrests for battery, attempted aggravated assault on a peace officer and other violations. DD: What is your municipality doing to fight Democrat teen takeovers?
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/5-teens-4-adults-arrested-during-teen-takeover-naperville

POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/03/mendoza-is-making-it-official-00947595

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-537/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Collin Corbett faces an objection from Aaron Del Mar
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/03/corbetts-petitions-challenged/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How conservative is your county, township, municipality, and school district? Conservative counties, townships, municipalities, and school districts promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, anti-vice, Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Conservative political jurisdictions do not promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, or Affirmative Action, DEI, or wokeness/wokeism, that is, they do not promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, or national origin discrimination. I should write about DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Record Illinois Budget Includes $800 Million in New Taxes as More Residents and Businesses Leave State
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/record-illinois-budget-includes-800-million-in-new-taxes-as-more-residents-and-businesses-leave-state.html
— Illinois Lawmakers Set to Earn Up to $128,000 for a Part-Time Job Under New Budget
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/illinois-lawmakers-set-to-earn-up-to-128000-for-a-part-time-job-under-new-budget.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/collection/love-woke-pope-leos-first-encyclical-2026-06/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— War Secretary Pete Hegseth recently blocked the promotions of several Navy officers who had been selected by a board of senior admirals to be promoted to one-star admirals. Hegseth, who has long touted his belief that the military should be a meritocracy, blocked the promotions of nine Navy officers, according to the New York Times. Of those nine officers, three of the officers are women, two are black men, and four are white men. DD: I should write about all the promotions that I was passed over for while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 and IRS 1975-1980. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/4590876/hegseth-blocks-promotions-pentagon-meritocracy/

NEW YORK POST
— More than 90% of four-year universities do not require incoming students to submit SAT or ACT standardized test scores after pandemic-era rollbacks in the name of “fairness.” DD: UIC would not have admitted me in 1966 if I had not gotten an ACT score of 24.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/us-news/a-shocking-portion-of-colleges-dont-require-sat-or-act-tests-and-profs-are-begging-them-to-reverse-course/

BREITBART
— A Wisconsin Democrat is celebrating her endorsement by a union that is fighting against the Trump administration’s crackdown on dangerous illegal alien commercial truck drivers. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/02/democrat-welcomes-endorsement-from-union-that-defends-illegal-migrant-truck-drivers/amp/
— DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/love-my-woke-pope-why-leos-first-encyclical-went-viral-and-how-it-speaks-to-his-papal-approach/amp/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Talarico runs for the center, dragging years of woke baggage behind him
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/talarico-runs-for-the-center-dragging-years-of-woke-baggage.html

COLLEGE FIX
— DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/uw-madison-trains-future-teachers-in-anti-racist-behaviors-social-justice/

DAILY CALLER
— Texas Announces New Tool To Keep Illiterate Foreigners Away From Driver’s Seats. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/06/02/texas-crackdown-illiterate-foreign-truck-drivers/

DAILY CITIZEN
— Indoctrinating and Training Radical Activist Children. DD: Ever-increasingly, to send your child to a public school is to turn your child against those who are conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/blm-at-school-week-indoctrinating-and-training-radical-activist-children/

DAILY SIGNAL
— James Talarico’s Church Is Woke Beyond All Recognition. DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/02/just-how-woke-is-james-talaricos-church/

FEDERALIST
— After Decades Of Anti-America Indoctrination, Don’t Expect A Big 250th Celebration. DD: To demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/02/after-decades-of-anti-america-indoctrination-dont-expect-a-big-250th-celebration/

FOX NEWS
— Walgreens didn’t abandon Chicago’s South Side. We let crime drive them out. Rooftop Revelations: Chicago Alderman William Hall called the closure of Walgreens on the South Side ‘pharmaceutical genocide’ but where was the outrage during the theft crisis?
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/walgreens-didnt-abandon-chicagos-south-side-let-crime-drive.amp
— Wisconsin Dem touts endorsement from union pushing back against CDL crackdowns on illegal alien truckers. The union touted a toolkit for businesses on how to circumvent restrictions on CDLs to illegal aliens. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wisconsin-democrat-touts-endorsement-union-pushing-back-cdl-crackdowns-illegal-alien-truckers

NEWSBUSTERS
— NPR Plugs ‘Pride Month,’ Laments Trump Is Curbing Corporate Donations. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2026/06/02/npr-plugs-pride-month-laments-trump-curbing-corporate-donations

U.S. OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNCIL
— Your Rights as a Federal Employee. Prohibited Personnel Practices. DD: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, Democrats ran the federal government. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about the many big Prohibited Personnel Practices that my Democrat superiors took against me, not the least of which included a) my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delaying my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forcing me take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions in 1978, and disallowing my travel vouchers in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forcing me to resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.justice.gov/media/1439841/dl?inline

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MS NOW
— DD: Democrat leaders decry that Hegseth intervenes on promotion list (again), blocks female and Black officers. I should write about all the promotions that I was passed over for while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 and IRS 1975-1980. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/hegseth-intervenes-promotion-list-removes-female-black-officers

MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— How Democrats drifted away from the working class. DD: My critics/opponents look down on the working class. I was a member of the working class 1964-1997. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critic/opponents.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-06-02/democrats-working-class-voters-economics-culture

SPOKESMAN REVIEW
— Idaho GOP wants Republican politicians to agree to its party platform. Do they?
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/may/17/idaho-gop-wants-republican-politicians-to-agree-to/

KCRG
— Traditional marriage parade set for June 6 in Ottumwa. The parade was organized in response to an Ottumwa city council proclamation last June, honoring pride month. DD: I owe all my successes in life to my parents and their traditional marriage.
https://www.kcrg.com/2026/06/02/traditional-marriage-parade-set-june-6-ottumwa/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat leaders object to Hegseth blocking promotions. I should write about all the promotions that I was passed over for while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 and IRS 1975-1980. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-blocked-nine-air-force-senior-officer-promotions-delayed-dozens-more-ebf9ea62
— American Idle: The Work Ethic Goes Out of Style. One in 3 working-age American men aren’t so much as looking for a job. DD: From what I see, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be hired, retained, and promoted: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/american-idle-the-work-ethic-goes-out-of-style-45f7b187

FORBES
— 20 Essential Skills To Advance Your Professional Career. Professional certifications and licenses set you up for long-term success. DD: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my passing the CPA and the Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, b) my earning four more job-related professional certifications, c) my becoming a licensed CPA, and d) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2024/09/26/20-essential-skills-to-advance-your-professional-career/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTO: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Charlie Kirk.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/01/charlie-kirk-free-speech-first-amendment/90283488007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG GRAPHIC: Summer jobs. DD: When you were young, what did you do after-school, weekends, and summers? I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I have always been an unmitigated loser.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/05/31/teen-summer-jobs-hiring-record-fall/90258555007/

FED WEEK
— GAO Raps Lack of Planning Before DoD/DoW Workforce Cuts, Lack of Attention to Impact. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Gingrich-led budget cuts to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I should write about that.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/gao-raps-lack-of-planning-before-dod-dow-workforce-cuts-lack-of-attention-to-impact/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Pentagon cut workforce with little analysis before or since, GAO finds. Defense officials concurred that lessons should be drawn—but gave no indication they will be. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Gingrich-led budget cuts to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I should write about that.
https://www.govexec.com/defense/2026/06/ready-fire-aim-pentagon-cut-workforce-little-analysis-or-gao-finds/413894/

GOOD MEN PROJECT
— Traditional Career Paths. DD: Democrats run the federal government. When I was young, to get a federal job with advancement opportunities, you had to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and pass the Federal Service Entrance Examination. Further, if you were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, you had to make GS-13 (currently $118,984/year) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $140,604/year) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $165,386/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $197,200/year) by age 40. Very few federal employees made the aforesaid promotion deadlines. If you did not make the aforesaid promotion deadlines and you were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, your career was wasted and you were gotten rid of. Because I was Republican, White, male, and non-veteran and because I did not make GS-12 (currently $100,659/year) until I was 25, and GS-13 until I was 38, my career was wasted and I was gotten rid of. The aforesaid is up-or-out, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination,  and age discrimination.
https://goodmenproject.com/everyday-life-2/why-more-workers-are-rethinking-traditional-career-paths/

AMERICA MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-reason/2026/06/02/archbishop-wester-lgbtq-catholic-church/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

TIMES
— Hegseth accused of blocking promotions for women and minorities. The Pentagon says it is ushering in a new era, where ‘promoting based on race and gender is over.’  DD: I should write about all the promotions that I was passed over for while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 and IRS 1975-1980. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/pete-hegseth-news-navy-officers-nkbnzvpm2

June 1, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: After towns reject flag requests, advocates put signs of Pride in storefronts. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. Back in the good old days, back in 2002, to get Xfinity to carry Fox News Channel, I succeeded in getting 30 downtown Wheaton businesses to display “Wheaton Wants Fox News Channel” signs.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260531/news/after-towns-reject-flag-requests-advocates-put-signs-of-pride-in-storefronts/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers pass $56B budget deal backed by gas tax windfall and some election-year tax breaks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/31/illinois-2027-budget-legislative-session-final-day/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it ever-increasingly clear that to win, they will ever-increasingly a) promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination and b) promote more hated against Trump and especially against Republicans who share his demographics: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/01/column-democrats-dnc-autopsy-page/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win unless the racially gerrymander. I live in Illinois’ racially gerrymandered 3rd Congressional District.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/06/01/supreme-courts-takedown-voting-rights-act-bolsters-case-court-expansion-robert-lehrer
— 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/immigration/2026/06/01/broadview-six-midway-blitz-abughazaleh-straw-rabbit-perry-trump-ice-crime

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Springfield’s overtime slog ends in $59B budget
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-illinois-budget-passes-20260601/

ABC7
— 18 shot, 3 killed in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-14-shot-2-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-update/19200688/

CBS2
— Illinois lawmakers pass Gov. Pritzker’s $56 million budget, ban on cellphone use in classrooms
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-lawmakers-pass-budget-ban-cellphone-use-classrooms/

WGN9
— Illinois lawmakers pass $56B budget, largest in state history
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-lawmakers-pass-56b-budget-largest-in-state-history/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawmakers-pass-bill-to-shield-abortion-information-from-digital-medical-records/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Budget passes, but Bears bill strikes out
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/01/budget-passes-but-bears-bill-strikes-out-00943991
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: June 24: DuPage County Republicans’ Summer Kickoff will feature State GOP Chair Bob Grogan, state Sen. Seth Lewis, state Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro and former Cubs and White Sox pitcher Steve Trout.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-750/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FREEDOM CAUCUS
— Democrats Pass Midnight Tax Increases. Once again – the Illinois Democrats pass the largest state budget in history, under the cover of darkness.
https://illinoisfreedomcaucus.substack.com/p/breaking-democrats-pass-midnight

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois passes record $55.9 billion budget, with over $800 million in tax increases
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-passes-record-55-9-billion-budget-with-over-800-million-in-tax-increases/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Since you graduated from college, who has had the greatest impact on you? I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970. Those who have had the greatest impact on me include a) my Firestone Store boss 1970-1971, b) my IRS superiors 1971-1980, and my GAO superiors 1980-1997. I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman (IRP) in 1999 and the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000. Currently, those who have the greatest impact on me include Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman Bob Grogan, IRP State Central Committee member and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Treasurer Mike Flynn, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) chairman Kevin Coyne, and DCRCC Secretary and MTRO chairman Jeff Castle. The aforesaid have a tremendous impact on RPCs in Illinoi, one of my biggest target audiences for my newsletters. What position do the aforesaid have on the many big adverse actions that IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders have taken against me since 2000 to stop me from sending out my newsletters and to stop everyone from reading them? What is going to change under Grogan? What do Grogan, Flynn, Coyne, and Castle want me to do so that they would encourage RPCs to read my newsletters? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rep Jeff Keicher on State Budget: “Makes It Eight Years in a Row That Governor Pritzker and the Democrats Have Raised Taxes”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/rep-jeff-keicher-on-state-budget-makes-it-eight-years-in-a-row-that-governor-pritzker-and-the-democrats-have-raised-taxes/
— Debating the ACLU’s Harvey Grossman in Bughouse Square
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/debating-the-aclus-harvey-grossman/
— Strict Rodeo Regulations Being Considered by Planning, Environment & Development Committee Tuesday at 8:30 AM
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/strict-rodeo-regulations-being-considered-by-planning-environment-development-committee-tuesday-at-830-am/
— Rep. Joe Sosnowski on the Budget: “$410 Million on a Multitude of Services for Non-Citizens”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/rep-joe-sosnowski-on-the-budget-410-million-on-a-multitude-of-services-for-non-citizens/
— Rep. Sue Ness on the Budget: $500 for Those Removed from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/rep-sue-ness-on-the-budget-500-for-those-removed-from-the-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap/
— Illinois Freedom Caucus on the Budget: “Less Than 1 Day to Read a 6,000-Page Budget”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/illinois-freedom-caucus-on-the-budget-less-than-1-day-to-read-a-6000-page-budget/
— Rep. Tom Weber on the Budget: “$220 million Is Earmarked for Democrat Pork Projects… a Pay Raise for Themselves”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/rep-tom-weber-on-the-budget-220-million-is-earmarked-for-democrat-pork-projects-a-pay-raise-for-themselves/
— “Silent Majority” Demonstration in McHenry – Religious Aspects
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/silent-majority-demonstration-in-mchenry/
— “Silent Majority” Demonstration in McHenry – – Support of Trump
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/silent-majority-demonstration-in-mchenry-support-of-trump/
— Debating the ACLU’s Harvey Grossman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/debating-the-aclus-harvey-grossman/
— Candidates’ Night in Cary Monday, June 1st
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/candidates-night-in-cary-monday-june-1st/
— MARENGO PARK DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ELECTS OFFICERS FOR UPCOMING TERM
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/marengo-park-district-board-of-commissioners-elects-officers-for-upcoming-term/
— County Considering Battery Farm, Windmill and Solar Zoning Rules
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/county-considering-battery-farm-windmill-and-solar-zoning-rules/
— Changes Being Considered in County Zoning Ordinance
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/30/changes-being-considered-in-county-zoning-ordinance/
— Turkey Harvest Larger This Year Than Last (Link to All Counties)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/29/turkey-harvest-larger-this-year-than-last/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— California GOP incumbents go to war in Trump loyalty test
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4587478/california-gop-incumbents-at-war-trump-loyalty-test/

NEW YORK POST
— Migrants choosing to voluntarily give up asylum claims surge under Trump admin
https://www.aol.com/articles/migrants-choosing-voluntarily-asylum-claims-200543000.html

AMERICAN THINKER
— University of California system STEM professors argue for…merit?!  We’re about to discover if merit matters more than DEI in California universities.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/university_of_california_system_stem_professors_argue_for_merit.html

CENTER SQUARE
— Almost 25,000 immigration arrests made in Florida
https://www.aol.com/articles/almost-25-000-immigration-arrests-224500710.html
— New Jersey sued over tuition rate for ‘illegal aliens’ at public colleges
https://www.aol.com/articles/jersey-sued-over-tuition-rate-213400000.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Hegseth Vows to Resist China ‘Hegemony’ Amid ‘Frightful alarm’ in Southeast Asia. DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with China.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/29/hegseth-vows-to-resist-china-hegemony-amid-frightful-alarm-in-southeast-asia/
— The Federal Government is Still Funding the Immigration Industrial Complex
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/31/are-your-tax-dollars-still-funding-leftist-activist-groups-white-house-demands-answers/
— What happens when college freshmen can’t do elementary math? DD: UIC would not have admitted me in 1966 if I had not gotten an ACT score of 24 and graduated in the upper 29% of my class.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/31/university-of-california-profs-revolt-advocate-sat-return/
— University of California Profs Revolt, Advocate SAT Return
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/31/university-of-california-profs-revolt-advocate-sat-return/

FOX NEWS
— ICE arrests illegal alien who faked asylum claim based on homosexuality, became Indiana jail officer. Selah Dine Habib married the daughter of an Indiana sheriff, became correction officer at father-in-law’s jail.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-allegedly-faked-asylum-claim-based-homosexuality-became-indiana-jail-officer
https://www.fox8tv.com/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-who-allegedly-faked-asylum-claim-based-on-homosexuality-became-indiana-jail-officer/
— EEOC sues New York Times for violating federal law when it passed over a White male employee for a promotion because of his race and/or sex. DD: All my IRS and GAO coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me 1971-1997 were Democrats who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/articles/york-times-sued-federal-government-220055000.html

PJ MEDIA
— Coast Guard Eliminates Racially Biased Officer Commissioning Standards. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government crowed about their success in hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, that is, they crowed about their success in wasting the careers of and getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/05/31/coast-guard-eliminates-racially-biased-officer-commissioning-standards-n4953426

TOWNHALL
— Suddenly, the Left Objects to Grievance Politics
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/06/01/mom-vip-economist-pratt-trump-grievance-politics-n2676969

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Entertainers punish America to punish Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5903008-trump-america-250-concert/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in and try to keep in more illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders do the same because RINOs want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5900141-immigration-policies-economic-impact/amp/

MSN
— 15 jobs men have that women consider deal breakers in relationships. DD: The list includes debt collector. I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 in 1971 because of EEOC. My Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/15-jobs-men-have-that-women-consider-deal-breakers-in-relationships/ss-AA1Sy2xO
— Resume and interview red flags. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, being the following harms your chance of getting hire, retained, and promoted: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/hiring-manager-shares-the-13-fastest-ways-to-instantly-get-rejected/ss-AA1MU2fi
— Almost half of new retirees got pushed out early. DD: The more of the following that you are, the likely that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 forced me to disclose lots about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/almost-half-of-new-retirees-got-pushed-out-early-7-ways-to-be-ready/ar-AA24th02
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS

YAHOO
— Equal Opportunity, Not Equal Outcomes. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/equal-opportunity-not-equal-outcomes-170114368.html

NEWSWEEK
— Arkansas Declares June ‘Fidelity Month.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-declares-june-fidelity-monthwhat-does-it-mean-12015517

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in and try to keep in more illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders do the same because RINOs want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/us/politics/trump-immigrants-health-housing.html
— Student Loan Repayments Are Being Overhauled. DD: My critics/opponents stress that I could not have gotten a student loan if I had tried. My ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/your-money/student-loans-repayment-save-biden.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Why a Chinese-owned company is bringing factory jobs back to the U.S.  GE Appliances is a poster child for the president’s promised manufacturing revival. But tariffs are making it harder to onshore jobs. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in and try to keep in more illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders do the same because RINOs want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/31/chinese-owned-company-is-bringing-factory-jobs-back-united-states/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Although factory wages in China have risen rapidly in recent years, Chinese workers make just one-fifth of their American counterparts’ pay, he said. “There are still people moving production offshore because it’s cheaper,” Shih said.)

USA TODAY
— Delaney Hall ICE protests escalate. Advocates outside protested conditions. Detainees inside have staged a hunger strike. And federal officials called in New Jersey police at the gates.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/30/delaney-hall-protests-ice-new-jersey-police/90330145007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Springsteen to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/05/28/bruce-springsteen-trump-tour-dc-festival/90290521007/
— What’s harder than landing a job? Holding onto one you already have. DD: In addition to focusing on my Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO jobs, to get promoted, I earned a) a bachelor’s degree in management, b) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, c) a CPA certificate and a Certified Internal Auditor certificate, d) four more job-related professional certifications, and e) a CPA license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/05/21/what-to-do-job-stuck-search/90058470007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pence: A Republican Time for Choosing. Will we remain the party of conservative principles or embrace progressivism in the guise of populism?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-republican-time-for-choosing-c1f4f8a4

ECONOMIST
— Welcome to Evanston, where woke never died. A Chicago suburb is paying reparations to African-Americans. DD: All my critics/opponents are woke. Sooner or later, if not already, they will all call for reparations. Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Since the 1960s, AA and DEI recipients have received trillions of dollars in benefits.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/05/31/welcome-to-evanston-where-woke-never-died

FORTUNE
— DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents who bought them cars, pay for their college expenses, and got them jobs. Because my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir when I was 16 in 1964 with money I saved doing yard work and delivering newspapers and I worked my way through college. My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/27/income-wealth-inequality-housing-consumer-pessimism-index-high/

FAST COMPANY
— DD: I owe my successes in life to my parents and their traditional marriage and family.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91536282/stability-successful-kids-harvard-research

CHRONICLES MAGAZINE
— Diversity Is Inequality. DD: Anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents will a) stress your weaknesses/shortcomings and b) ignore/dismiss/belittle your strengths/accomplishments. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my becoming a licensed CPA, b) my passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) my earning professional certifications in fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and d) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. Worse yet, my critics/opponents attribute the aforesaid to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/reviews/diversity-is-inequality/

ELDER LAW ANSWERS
— Unpaid Family Caregiving Is Worth a Six-Figure Salary. DD: My aunt had Alzheimer’s. She never married. She had no children. Her only sibling, my father, died suddenly in 1969. I had total responsibility for her from 2009 until her death in 2022. That ate up lots of my time. Of course, I was unpaid.
https://www.elderlawanswers.com/unpaid-family-caregiving-is-worth-a-six-figure-salary-20777
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the population ages, the number of people affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia continues to rise. In turn, families increasingly find themselves providing unpaid care to loved ones with cognitive impairments. This caregiving role, though essential, comes with hidden personal, financial, and societal costs that can be substantial. In fact, a new study reveals that family caregivers of loved ones with dementia, if they were paid for their services, would be making six figures.)

WEEK
— DD: What percent of illegals use airlines?
https://theweek.com/politics/mullin-airports-santuary-cities-dhs-immigration

PSY POST
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to promote more hatred a) against Trump and b) against those who do not hate Trump.
https://www.psypost.org/how-unexpected-news-angles-help-partisan-readers-spot-misinformation-2026-03-19/

CAP RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=nx-s1-5827069

FIT GURU
— The 9 Things Baby Boomers Could Afford at 40 That Many Americans Can’t Today
https://www.fitguru.training/en/news/the-9-things-baby-boomers-could-afford-at-40-that-many-americans-cant-today-20260531-0039.html

BUZZ FEED
— Trump’s Presidency Has Sparked A Surge Of Family And Friendship Breakups. DD: My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being blindly loyal to Trump. That has caused many to dump me. But if you would ask Trump supporters, they would say I am absolutely not blindly loyal to Trump.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahmarder/people-who-cut-off-others-over-election-share-why

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

FINANCIAL TIMES & HR MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.ft.com/content/6f99e401-d8c7-4024-8c08-7b5039e4b5c7?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/comment/cutting-investment-in-inclusion-may-cost-organisations-more-than-it-saves

May 27, 2026

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The Illinois GOP has a new operator. DD: Under Grogan, what will change? Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Past and present anti-conservative leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters because I emphasize the following conservative planks in the Republican Party platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading my newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop me from emphasizing those planks. Under Grogan, what will change? How will anti-conservative IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and treat me?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/27/the-illinois-gop-has-a-new-operator-00937440
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bob Grogan has spent so many years around Illinois Republican politics that he jokes he used to be “the youngest person in the room” at party meetings. Now, at 58, the former DuPage County auditor is stepping into leadership of a state GOP that is less competitive in the suburbs that once powered Republican success statewide. Culture wars: Grogan isn’t interested in being a culture-war bomb thrower. He says he’s more drawn to the mechanics of politics — recruiting volunteers, knocking on doors and figuring out what makes a campaign work. “I’m an optimizer. I’m a problem solver,” Grogan told your Playbook host in an interview after he was elected the new chair of the Illinois Republican Party. “I’m a collector of best practices.” That managerial mindset helped Grogan defeat outgoing Chair Kathy Salvi in a closed-door vote of the Republican State Central Committee. He now inherits a party that has become an afterthought, with Democrats controlling every statewide office and dominating the suburbs that once were the backbone of Illinois Republicanism. Reality bites: Grogan doesn’t deny the depth of the problem. But he also isn’t particularly interested in ideological navel-gazing. Instead, he talks about spending smarter, recruiting better candidates and wooing suburban moderates who increasingly view the GOP as out of step. “We cannot purge our way to 51 percent. You can’t grow the church by excommunicating all the sinners,” he said, referring to Republicans who lean left on social issues. Grogan describes himself as conservative, and he rejects the idea that every disagreement inside the party should become a loyalty test. Asked whether he saw himself as more aligned with former Sen. Mark Kirk’s moderate wing or the activist Dan Proft’s conservative faction, Grogan laughed, saying, “I’m a Bob Grogan Republican.” The Trump factor: Even his relationship to President Donald Trump is nuanced. Grogan says Republicans would be foolish to “run away” from Trump, but he also seems keenly aware that suburban voters have grown wary of him and largely want to tune out the endless partisan infighting. “There’s very little that I can say to change anybody’s mind because everyone at this point in life has probably had 10,000 hours of input as to Donald Trump,” he said. Get real: Instead, Grogan insists Illinois Republicans need to focus on what he calls “the actual issues in front of people,” including crime, affordability, taxes and frustrations with local government. He also thinks Republicans too often talk at voters instead of listening to them. On listening: “One of the things I’ve often criticized my own brethren [for] is, we see somebody and we tell them what they should be worried about, as opposed to listening [to] what they’re worried about,” he said. Call me: When we spoke a few days after his election, Grogan and GOP gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey hadn’t yet spoken, but he has since said they have made plans to campaign together. The two were on opposite sides of the March 17 primary as Grogan backed Ted Dabrowski, who got trounced by Bailey 54 percent to 29 percent, with third-place finisher James Mendrick receiving 10 percent of the vote. Stand by his man: Grogan assured us that he’s behind Bailey’s campaign, saying the electorate is tired of Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker: “There’s fatigue out there.”)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Crowds prompt large police response at Chicago’s 57th Street Beach amid teen takeover plans. A chaotic scene also unfolded near North Avenue Beach on Monday night. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/teen-takeover-chicago-news-crowds-prompt-large-police-response-57th-street-beach-hyde-park-amid-trend-plans/19171065/
— Trump wraps up 3-hour medical visit to Walter Reed and declares ‘Everything checked out PERFECTLY.’  It will be his fourth publicly disclosed medical exam since returning to office.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-see-doctors-annual-physical-walter-reed-medical-center-what-public-finds-is/19173662/

NBC5
— Debate intensifies over tackling Illinois’ housing shortage. Senate Democrats introduced a plan that is separate from Gov. JB Pritzker’s BUILD plan. DD: Since 1984, my critics/opponents have wanted public housing to be built on the north border of my precinct on the south side of Roosevelt Road.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/debate-intensifies-over-tackling-illinois-housing-shortage/3940714/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: However, suburban mayors continue to raise alarm bells about how the plan would change neighborhoods. Their biggest concern is that small apartment buildings between 4 and 8 units could be built on lots designed for single-family homes. Some mayors even have taken the step to adopt resolutions explaining their opposition. “Your neighbor next door can leave town, sell that property, and have a multi-family, four-unit, six-units complex built right next to your single-family home. We just don’t think that’s right,” said Wheaton Mayor Phil Suess. More than 500 new units of housing are on their way to Wheaton. Suess believes the construction is a sign his city’s affordable housing plans are working. So, he doesn’t believe Springfield needs to get involved. “Things are working well. We’re achieving a lot of the points that are referenced in the BUILD Act, and we’re doing it without mandated legislation,” Suess explained.)

CBS2
— 53 people arrested, 9 weapons seized during large teen gathering in Hyde Park. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/3-shot-teen-gathering-hyde-park-memorial-day-weekend/

WGN9
— Millennial job seekers trimming resumes to avoid ageism. DD: The more of the follow that you are, the more that you will face ageism: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://wgntv.com/news/trending/resume-botox-millennial-job-seekers-trimming-resumes-to-avoid-ageism/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— It’s time to get tougher on teen takeovers after chaotic Memorial Day weekend. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/26/editorial-teen-takeovers-brandon-johnson-chaos-memorial-day-weekend/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv/2026/05/26/pope-leo-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-vatican-visit

WBEZ
— The job market is brutal. DD: Anticipate/expect that employers will hang out signs that say that those who are the following need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/05/26/how-recent-chicago-college-graduates-are-navigating-a-brutal-job-market

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DuPage auditor takes Grogan on onus of state GOP leadership. DD: Serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job; they are always blamed for their party’s losses. I survived for 7 years as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. During that time, I invited speakers for all 78 of the organization’s monthly meetings, August picnics, and December Christmas parties. I should list all those who spoke at those events and what they emphasized. My critics/opponents always demonized, denigrated, and condemned those speakers and what they emphasized. To end my TAPROOT chairmanship and to destroy TAPROOT in 2012, my critics/opponents had their TAPROOT officers and their TAPROOT directors charge me with gross incompetence. They argued/shouted that anyone could do a better job of heading TAPROOT than I did. Previously, I survived for 4 years as a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee (SC) 2003-2007.  My critics/opponents had my fellow ICRC SC members end my ICRC SC membership and destroy ICRC in 2007. In 2006, they unsuccessfully tried to get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on IRP SCC members since 1999.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-dupage-auditor-takes-on-onus-of-state-gop-leadership/article_8fe70a48-ac5d-435a-a4de-b882fdeab8c0.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders say that Trump is getting the Republican Party that he wants, but ask can he win in the midterms?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-is-getting-the-republican-party-that-he-wants-but-can-he-win-in-the-midterms/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois lawmakers roll out broad cannabis industry overhaul. DD: Illinois Democrats ever-increasing crow about their success in pushing pot, that is, their success in destroying Illinois.
https://www.nprillinois.org/economy-business/2026-05-26/illinois-lawmakers-roll-out-broad-cannabis-industry-overhaul
— American men leaving the workforce at historic rates.  DD: Anticipate/expect that employers will hang out signs that say that those who are the following need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-05-26/why-are-american-men-leaving-the-workforce-at-historic-rates

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Former Republican strategist Collin Corbett files to run for governor as independent. Says he’s dissatisfied with direction of Republican Party. DD: How many votes will Corbett take from conservative Bailey? Since at least 1976, the Illinois Republican Party has moved further to the left, that is, the more that it has become anti-conservative.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/former-republican-strategist-collin-corbett-files-to-run-for-governor-as-independent/

CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Pritzker says suspension of state gas tax possible, blames Trump for having to consider it.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-pritzker-says-suspension-of-state-gas-tax-possible-blames-trump-for-consideration/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-532/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Bill to let felons vote from prison draws criticism from Republicans. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote criminals and crime.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_cac9ebd9-4ee3-4563-9922-f96045ce9bd8.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-745/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court refuses Florida’s complaint against states that issue truck licenses to migrants. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/26/supreme-court-refuses-floridas-complaint-states-issue-truck-licenses/
— Americans whining over gas prices ignore Iran’s greater threat. Stopping a nuclear threat should matter more than cheaper fill-ups.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/26/americans-whining-gas-prices-ignore-irans-greater-threat/
— ‘Wild West’: 81% of online abortion companies violate FDA’s 10-week gestational limit.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/26/wild-west-81-online-abortion-companies-violate-fdas-10-week/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Supreme Court denies Florida’s lawsuit over CDLs issued to illegal immigrants. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/4581678/supreme-court-denies-florida-lawsuit-cdls-illegal-immigrants/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Harvard Gives $90,000-a-Year Fellowships to Four Anti-Israel Activists
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/harvard-gives-90000-a-year-fellowships-3c5

NEW YORK POST
— Trump blasts ‘terrible’ Dem Chicago leaders after driver allegedly plows into 5 cops during ‘teen takeover’
https://nypost.com/2026/05/27/us-news/trump-blasts-terrible-dem-chicago-leaders-after-driver-allegedly-plows-into-5-cops-during-teen-takeover/

DAILY CALLER
— Justice Thomas Baffled SCOTUS Won’t Hear Case Against Blue States Handing Truck Licenses To Illegals Like Candy. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/05/26/thomas-scotus-case-blue-states-handing-truck-licenses-illegals/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Fairfax GOP Stands Up to State Party on Abortion and Gender. The GOP in Fairfax County was getting pressure from the state GOP to not fight Democrats on abortion and gender issues. They responded “No!”  DD: I should write about pressure from RINO leaders in Illinois to get Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois to officially dump the following planks in the Republican Party platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/26/fairfax-gop-stands-abortion-gender/
— Thomas Slams Court for Refusing to Hear Florida’s Case Against California on Illegal Alien Drivers
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/26/thomas-slams-court-refusing-hear-floridas-case-against-california-illegal-alien-drivers/
— Law School Threatened Disciplinary Action Against Students Who Opted Out of DEI Training
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/26/law-school-threatened-students-who-opted-out-of-dei-training/

DAILY WIRE
— Democrat’s Financial Ties To Gender Mutilation Of Kids
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-lawmaker-linked-to-woke-distillery-that-pushes-trans-ideology-on-kids

EEOC
— Northwestern Medicine to Pay $325,000 to Resolve EEOC Discrimination Charges. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/northwestern-medicine-pay-325000-resolve-eeoc-religious-discrimination-charges

FEDERALIST
— Thomas, Alito Blast SCOTUS For Ducking Case On Illegal-Alien Truck Drivers ‘Causing Fatal Accidents’
https://thefederalist.com/2026/05/26/thomas-alito-blast-scotus-for-ducking-case-on-illegal-alien-truck-drivers-causing-fatal-accidents/

FOX NEWS
— Teenagers run Chicago with ‘mob violence’ says former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6396698010112

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Trump: Chicago mayor, Illinois governor should ask for help after ‘teen takeover.’ DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5895958-teen-car-ramming-chicago-police/
— ICE ordered to ramp up cases against attorneys accused of filing false asylum claims. DD: All those who promote illegal immigration should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5895886-homeland-security-targets-asylum-fraud/

CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders will forever use George Floyd to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/video/george-floyd-remembered-6-years-later-as-family-says-more-change-is-needed/

NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-transgender-healthcare-gender-veterans-federal-employees-rcna346425

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. If my parents had not had a traditional marriage, I would not have been able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-05-26/1950s-marriage-family-nostalgia-economic-inequality
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS

STATELINE
— Trump administration targets attorneys who file fraudulent asylum claims. DD: All those who promote illegal immigration should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://stateline.org/2026/05/26/trump-administration-targets-attorneys-who-file-fraudulent-asylum-claims/

FORBES
— Meritocracy. My critics/opponents reject meritocracy. They applaud that all those who were promoted over me had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They applaud that all those who were promoted over me were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adiaharveywingfield/2026/05/26/want-to-make-your-company-a-meritocracy-dont-mention-it/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— DD: My critics/opponents are woke. According to them, I owe all my successes in my life to my benefiting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.businessinsider.com/habits-billionaire-success-jpmorgan-2025-12

CHICAGO BOOTH REVIEW
— Meritocracy. My critics/opponents reject meritocracy. They applaud that all those who were promoted over me had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They applaud that all those who were promoted over me were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/virtues-rough-meritocracy

PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— Nearly half of states have legalized recreational marijuana use. DD: Democrats ever-increasing crow about their success in pushing pot, that is, their success in destroying America.
https://www.pewresearch.org/chart/nearly-half-of-states-have-legalized-recreational-marijuana-use/

BROOKINGS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems:  liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-demographics-of-racial-inequality-in-the-united-states/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

MEAWW
— Trump slams ‘terrible’ Chicago Dem leaders after driver plows into 5 cops at ‘teen takeover.’ Trump demands intervention after 18-year-old drove into multiple officers before crashing.
https://news.meaww.com/trump-slams-terrible-chicago-dem-leaders-after-driver-plows-into-5-cops-at-teen-takeover

ONE NEWS NOW
— Pritzker GOES NUCLEAR On Trump During Explosive Press Meet.
https://www.onenewspage.com/video/20260527/17768876/Wannabe-Dictator-Illinois-Gov-Pritzker-GOES-NUCLEAR.htm

IFS
— Wealthy parents have wealthy children. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. I should write about those whose parents were the wealthiest. I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying.
https://ifs.org.uk/publications/why-do-wealthy-parents-have-wealthy-children-0