Tag: amendment

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD; To vote for Democrats is to further diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/09/07/washington-park-mass-shooting-gun-violence-manufacturers-anthony-douglas-selwyn-rogers
— DD: To get more votes from blue-collar union voters, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/09/07/blue-collar-voters-unions-november-polls-trump-labor-day-robert-forrant

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Labor Day kicks off Illinois’ fall campaign season. DD: I hope that each of the 18 Republican candidates on the November 3, 2006 ballot in my precinct will provide 400 of their campaign literature pieces to the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) that I can pick up and hand-deliver to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. That is 7,200 pieces (400 X 18). So far, I have placed 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels on 400 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes. I have split them into five batches and put them in walk order. I want to start stuffing those envelopes with MTRO-provided outstanding Voter Guides and the literature pieces ASAP. I want to start stuffing as soon as I have at least 100 pieces from each of the candidates. As soon as the sample ballot for my precinct is available, I will make 400 photocopies, stuff them, and head out the door. The 18 candidates are Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/07/illinois-election-labor-day/
— Every year, the Gallup organization asks Americans if they’re engaged with their work. And for years now, many American workers have responded with an emphatic, “No!” Employee engagement in the U.S. is hovering at its lowest level in more than a decade, Gallup reports. Workers on this Labor Day feel a growing sense of dissatisfaction and pessimism. DD: I was far more engaged than my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO coworkers. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in management in 1970. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, I earned an MBA, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, I earned a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, served on the Association of Government Accountants Executive Committee for 12 years, served on the Illinois CPA Society Membership Committee for 8 years, earned professional certifications in fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading. None of my Democrat coworkers came close to doing what I did. To get promoted, all they had to do was to be “good little Democrats.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/07/editorial-american-workers-have-come-a-long-way-yet-many-say-theyve-had-it-with-their-jobs/

DAILY HERALD
— Medinah, suburbs anticipating massive economic impact from Presidents Cup.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260906/other-pro-sports/medinah-suburbs-anticipating-massive-economic-impact-from-presidents-cup/
— Dancing in the streets of St. Charles to celebrate the Arcada’s 100th. DD: I miss the Lincoln-Dixie theater in Chicago Heights. I saw movies there in the 1950s and 1960s. It was opened on June 23, 1921. It was closed in 1970 and was left vacant to be boarded up following a fire. It was demolished in February 1972. SEE: https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/8926  I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260906/entertainment/dancing-in-the-streets-to-celebrate-the-arcadas-100th/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF TOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Something special in the air: Flight attendants reunite to mark 4 high-flying decades. DD: What connections do you have with your former coworkers? Sadly, I have virtually none. Virtually all of my coworkers were Democrats who disapproved of my being conservative, Republican, White, male, Vietnam War draft avoider, Protestant, German American, Crete resident 1948-1972, Wheaton resident since 1978, having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and/or my and my wife giving up trying to have children. They disapproved of the Post Office hiring me in 1966, IRS hiring me in 1971 and promoting me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and GAO hiring me in 1980 and promoting me in 1986.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260906/transportation/something-special-in-the-air-flight-attendants-reunite-to-mark-4-high-flying-decades/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump asks Supreme Court once again to allow USPS plan to restrict mail-in voting.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-07/trump-asks-supreme-court-once-again-to-allow-usps-plan-to-restrict-mail-in-voting

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct stressing the evils of socialism and that to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— RINOs have no problem with socialism, if not promote socialism. Socialists promote what Democrat leaders want: dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who are your critics/opponents and what do they want you to do? My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Because I promote the aforesaid planks in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, they want to stop me from sending out my newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading my newsletters. Failing that, they want me to stop including links in my newsletters to articles that promote the aforesaid planks that they reject. I should write about my critics/opponents and the planks they reject and why they reject them. My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Socialism destroys motivation. Socialist leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to succeed is to be a socialist, that is, that working under socialism is like being a Democrat working for Democrats in the public sector. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. If I had been a Democrat, they would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year, long before I was 40 in 1988. But because I was not a Democrat, in today’s dollars I did not earn $100,059/year until I was 25 in 1974, $113,402/year until I was 29, $118,984/year until I was 38, and $154,682/year until I was 49 when they forced me to retire. 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. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license. Socialism destroys motivation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Socialism Conference at Chicago’s Hyatt Regency – Stupidity and Hypocrisy in One Spot. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/09/06/socialism-conference-at-chicagos-hyatt-regency-stupidity-and-hypocrisy-in-one-spot

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats mull impeaching Trump, Hegseth in 2027.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/6/democrats-mull-impeaching-trump-hegseth-2027/
— Federal Communications Commission plans to warn broadcasters against airing ‘fake polls.’ DD:  During the last 8 years that I worked for GAO at the GS-13 Step 4-10 Levels, currently $130,844-$154,682/year in today’s dollars, I worked on major studies that involved major surveys.  SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-94-133 and https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-98-5  I learned a lot about survey methodology.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/6/federal-communications-commission-plans-warn-broadcasters-airing-fake/
— At 250, America faces the signs of civilizational decline. Debt, dependency and decadence now threaten the nation from within. DD: Because of Democrat leaders, in America today, a) what percent of young people believe that they cannot succeed without massive government assistance and b) what percent of minorities and females believe that Whites and males cause their problems?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/6/250-america-faces-signs-civilizational-decline/
— Trump admin’s corporate stakes hand Democrats a socialist weapon.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/6/trump-admins-corporate-stakes-hand-democrats-socialist-weapon/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Independent voters increasingly identify as Democrats. DD: Ever since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, I have always encouraged both the registered Republican voters and the registered Independent voters in my precinct to vote for Republican candidates.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4715260/voters-increasingly-democrat-poll/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump should draw a clear midterm line between his record and the blue wave of weirdo Dems.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/06/opinion/democrats-hoping-to-appear-normal-as-they-roll-out-their-blue-wave-of-weirdos-ahead-of-critical-midterms/

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— A Federal Jobs Guarantee. Its aim is to create full employment and price stability, by having the state promise to hire unemployed workers as an employer of last resort.” DD: According to my critics/opponents who are not now or were never federal employees, the federal government has always been the employer of last resort. According to them, people take federal jobs only because they cannot get jobs in the private sector. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. Further, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who could not have gotten a federal job if they had tried. I would focus on those who lacked qualifications and/or could not pass a background investigation. If I had not passed the postal employment test and earned a high school diploma, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.aei.org/economics/underwhelming-ideas-a-federal-jobs-guarantee/

BLAZE
— Tired midterm voters want ‘normal’ — but that’s a costly trap. DD: Prior to Trump, the following was ever-increasingly increasing in America: dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/tired-voters-want-normal-but-costly-trapwarns-glenn-beck

BREITBART
— Socialism is essentially communism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/06/gop-rep-gill-dems-can-call-it-democratic-socialism-leftism-it-is-essentially-communism/

CENTER SQUARE
— Voters rate Trump’s economy below his overall approval. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint everything in America, including America’s economy, as being bad and b) blame Trump for that.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_fce20440-6a4f-4305-8688-d28d086392fc.html
— 25 years after 9/11: A look back at decades of terror attacks on America.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b9d9b8dd-c489-4f9a-90c1-143978d22aef.html
— Poll: Majority says student majors should dictate loan decisions. DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. I erroneously thought that I could never pass the CPA examination. But I did pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. Then, I finished the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. Then, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But by then it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_cd821ab0-bf96-4bef-bff5-716c32684e1c.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Georgetown U. students miffed pre-orientation program no longer ‘identity-focused.’ DD: Democrat leaders want citizens of America to first see themselves in terms of their race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, and national origin. Then, Democrat leaders want citizens of America who are  non-White, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American to see themselves as being discriminated against by citizens of America who are White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/georgetown-u-students-miffed-pre-orientation-program-no-longer-identity-focused/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Promise of Socialism Is Misery for All.  DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/06/promise-socialism-is-misery-for-all/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump’s New Plan for Moms INFURIATES Lib Feminists.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/michael-knowles-show-ep-2054

FOX NEWS
— Chicago socialism conference raises questions over far-left influence on Democratic Party. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404682491112
— Socialists got their ‘prompt’ from the Democratic Party. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404692949112
— Destroying the American way of life: El-Sayed’s political orbit complicates effort to moderate his image. The Democrat appeared alongside figures who praised Hamas and Hezbollah while insisting he believes in capitalism.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/destroying-american-way-life-el-sayeds-political-orbit-complicates-effort-moderate-his-image.amp

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Elite Formation Is Fueling the Socialist Project. America’s institutions are overproducing ambitious young people hungry for consequence. The DSA is exploiting that reality.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/09/elite-formation-is-fueling-the-socialist-project/

NEWSMAX
— Socialism ‘Alive and Well’ With Dems. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/kevin-hern-nkiyla-jasmine-thomas-ok-senate/2026/09/06/id/1268550/– Socialism ‘Alive and Well’ With Dems

PJ MEDIA
— Trump Is Looking to Make Sanctuary Cities Pay the Price for Protecting Violent Immigrants. DD: My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://pjmedia.com/michael-a-letts/2026/09/06/trump-is-looking-to-make-sanctuary-cities-pay-the-price-for-protecting-violent-immigrants-n4956956
— 9/11 Families Were Right About Mamdani. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/09/06/911-families-were-right-about-mamdani-n4956947
— It’s Time to Examine the Union Mythology. DD: Realistically, I had no choice but to become a union member when I became a Post Office employee in 1966 and when I became an IRS employee in 1971. Virtually all, if not all, of my coworkers were union members. My critics/opponents outside of the executive branch of the federal government despise if not hate unions, union members, and past union members. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. GAO is part of the legislative branch of the federal government. My GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates looked down on, if not despised, if not hated union members and former union members like me. GAO did not unionize until 2007.
https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/09/06/its-time-to-examine-the-union-mythology-n4956944
— Asylum Denials Hit 94% in June.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/06/fraud-was-rampant-judges-now-deny-94-of-asylum-claims-in-june-n4956946

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Leftists Storm the Midterms – Just Don’t Call Them Socialists.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/09/06/leftists_storm_the_midterms_ndash_just_donrsquot_call_them_socialists_710156.html

TOWNHALL
— Woke 2.0 Was Revealed at the Socialism 2026 Conference. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://townhall.com/news/josephchalfant/2026/09/06/woke-20-was-revealed-at-the-socialism-2026-conference-n2682576

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

REUTERS
— Pritzker’s Chicago Hotel Workers Protest Outside Socialism 2026 Conference.
https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/us-chicago-hotel-workers-protest-outside-socialism-2026-conference/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6bmV3c21sX09XU1BDQzI2MDE5MDQwMQ

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats promise a big agenda if they win control of Congress, but their unity is being tested. DD: RINOs and Democrat plants ever-increasingly use the Republican Party’s BIG TENT policy to destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democrats-promise-a-big-agenda-if-they-win-control-of-congress-but-their-unity-is-being-tested

CBS NEWS
— Chicago Mayor Johnson seeks to turn a new page in progressive politics. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-mayor-race-brandon-johnson/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump’s War on Mail-In Ballots Has Voters Baffled. That May Be the Point. From Oregon to Florida, officials are at once reassuring voters that their ballots are safe and encouraging them to use drop boxes or vote in person.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/us/elections/trump-mail-in-voting-confusion.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits. An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge.  DD: IRS would not have hired me to be a Revenue Officer when I was 22 in 1971 if I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business and had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. The first 6 months I worked for IRS was in classroom training.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/us/ice-recruits-national-security-risk-whistleblower.html
— Men Are Onto Something. Quitting Is Great. DD: I should write about the many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took to get me to quit. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/opinion/women-men-gender-quit.html
— Workers are earning a smaller and smaller share of the economy’s income. Their cut — referred to by economists as “the labor share” — has been falling for decades. And it’s getting worse. During the past few years, it declined at a rapid clip and is now at its lowest level on record — about 53 percent of income, down from about 65 percent after World War II. DD: I was a wage earner 1964-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. They stress that while I was a federal union member for almost 12 years, almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and almost 9 years while I worked for IRS 1971-1980, a) my Post Office salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour and b) my IRS salary increased from $56,409/year to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, I earned an MBA in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. They stress that while I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my salary increased from $89,703/year to $154,682/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, b) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, c) I earned four more job-elated professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/opinion/labor-capitol-workers-income.html
— Putin Denies a Draft Is Coming, but Some Russian Men Are Taking No Chances. DD: Because I was not a veteran, but more significantly, because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, my Democrat Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO superiors used the veterans’ preference to waste my career and to get rid of me. I should write about my many Democrat superiors and supervisors who took many big adverse actions against me. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me and who were Democrat veterans a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/world/europe/russia-war-mobilization-draft.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The DSA Is Using Coffee With Comrades and Socialist Softball to Convert the Curious. Fast-growing chapters use nonstop social activities to bring in new members and form closer bonds with existing ones. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-dsa-is-using-coffee-with-comrades-and-socialist-softball-to-convert-the-curious-ffcbcc65
— Upset About Data Centers? Big Tech and Trump Think You’re a Socialist Dupe. China is being blamed for stoking the grassroots revolt against AI in the U.S.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/upset-about-data-centers-big-tech-and-trump-think-youre-a-socialist-dupe-1bb0ee55

FORTUNE
— Single Americans want potential partners earning at least six figures, according to new study. Millennials set the ‘ideal’ bar at $160,000. DD: In today’s dollars, I never earned more than $154,682/year and that was not until I was 49 in 1997. When I got married when I was 29 in 1978, my salary was only $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years. 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://fortune.com/2026/09/02/single-americans-partner-earnings-ideal-study-millennials/

AXIOS
— Democrat governors weighing White House face the DeSantis trap.
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/06/democrats-governors-desantis-dilemma

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

JAPAN TIMES
— How much socialism is America willing to swallow? DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/09/07/world/american-socialism-surge/