FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker takes personal pride in Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s defeat. Pritzker, the billionaire heir to the Hyatt hotel fortune, responded to all the Abbott ire with his dollars. Every Texas candidate he supported won Tuesday night.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/11/04/gov-jb-pritzker-role-texas-gov-greg-abbotts-defeat-gina-hinojosa-james-talarico
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker moves quickly to put his stamp on Democrats’ national agenda.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-pritzker-offers-congress-a-to-do-list/
— Johnson tells Crain’s: Election strengthens the case for taxing the wealthy. DD: Taxing the wealthy is redistribution of wealth, then socialism, then communism, and then dictatorship.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-brandon-johnson-city-council-20261104/
NBC5
— How did Illinois vote in governor’s race compared to 2022? Map shows which counties flipped. While the end result might have been the same as 2022, at a county level, the votes across the state look slightly different.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/elections/how-did-illinois-vote-in-governors-race-compared-to-2022-map-shows-which-counties-flipped/4012301/
— Illinois 2026 election recap: Who won and lost after day of polling problems, controversy.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/elections/live-illinois-election-updates-polling-place-problems-controversies-and-more/4011540/
— Midterm results: Which races still haven’t been called, and which states flipped blue? Democrats during Tuesday’s midterm election took control of the Senate, winning 54 seats and Republicans taking 44, but there are still two races left to call.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/election-2026-which-races-still-havent-been-called-and-what-states-flipped-seats-mississippi-alaska-election-results/4012174/
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Chicago Voters Deliver Major Democratic Victories on Election Day. DD: Anticipate/expect that Illinois Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly give Chicago voters more preference over the rest of the voters in Illinois.
https://chicagocrusader.com/chicago-voters-deliver-major-democratic-victories-on-election-day/
ROCK RIVER CURRENT
— Syverson holds lead in tight race, waits for final mail-in votes to be counted.
https://www.rockrivercurrent.com/2026/11/syverson-holds-lead-in-tight-race-waits-for-final-mail-in-votes-to-be-counted/
SHAW LOCAL
— No blue wave in the Illinois Valley.
https://www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley/2026/11/04/no-blue-wave-in-the-illinois-valley/
NPR ILLINOIS
— On 1st day since winning 3rd term as governor, Pritzker releases 200-point national agenda.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-11-04/on-1st-day-since-winning-3rd-term-as-governor-pritzker-releases-200-point-national-agenda
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker’s Texas-sized grudge.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/11/05/pritzkers-texas-sized-grudge-01150371
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Gov. JB Pritzker won reelection with 2,345,862 votes (59.8%) to Republican Darren Bailey’s 1,445,559 votes (36.9%), a 22.9-percentage-point margin. That’s nearly double Pritzker’s 2022 margin over Bailey, when he won 2,197,760 votes (54.6%) to Bailey’s 1,717,777 (42.6%), a 12-percentage-point margin. Also worth noting: Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias was the highest statewide office vote-getter with 2,514,870 votes, defeating Republican challenger Diane Harris, who had 1,382,825. In Chicago, Giannoulias was the highest vote-getter of any candidate on the ballot, according to the Chicago Board of Elections. Details here In Lake County: The state Senate delegation will be all-female, all-Democratic: Karen Battaglia and Nabeela Syed were elected to the state Senate, and they’ll join state Sens. Julie Morrison, Adrian Johnson and Mary Edly-Allen as an all-female, all-Democratic group representing parts of a county that was once a reliable Republican stronghold, by the Lake County News-Sun’s Steve Sadin.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/11/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-842/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case.
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-am560-why-we-need-to-relentlessly-make-the-blue-state-red-state-case/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are your demographics? Ever-increasingly, in America, in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in the Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, fewer and fewer and fewer of the elected officials are conservative, White, male, older, accomplished, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, they are liberal/moderate, non-White, female, younger, less-accomplished, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, they are liberal Democrats who want socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What did your Republican Precinct Committeeman do to reach the voters in his/her precinct? I hand-delivered the following to the 200 Republican residences in my precinct and the 170 Independent residences in my precinct: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. I used 370 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes with 660 DuPage County-Election Division-provided labels. Those 370 envelopes contained 5,920 pieces: 5,180 campaign pieces (14X370), 370 Voter Guides, and 370 sample ballots. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on Trump? I am a conservative. I am a platform Republican. Trump won the 2016 Republican presidential primary by promising to defend and advance the Republican Party platform if elected. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I support things Trump says and does that defend and advance conservative principles and the Republican Party platform. But I do not support things he has said and done that do not defend and advance the Republican Party platform. I oppose things Trump has said and done that conflict with the Republican Party platform. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Young voters swung left in the midterms in large part because of inflation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation. Inflation was 13.5% in 1980 with high rates 1973–1974. Inflation was 9% in 2022. When you were young, what did you do to deal with inflation? I worked my way through college 1966-1970. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. Admittedly, COLAs have helped me deal with inflation. I got COLAs while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I have gotten COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Obama, redistribution of wealth is economic justice. My critics/opponents want redistribution of wealth. But of course, they do not want their own wealth to be redistributed. My critics/opponents remain overjoyed that my Democrat GAO superiors redistributed my wealth. They remain overjoyed that they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job to my Democrat subordinate a) who had less money than I had, b) who was a minority, c) who had less work experience than, d) who had less education than I had, e) who had one professional certification while I has six, and f) who had no professional license like the one I had. Previously they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— Exit polls tell a deeper story. Americans better wise up to the DSA scam fast, before it’s too late. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/11/exit-polls-tell-a-deeper-story/
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
— What does DSA’s vision for America actually look like? DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://americansforprosperity.org/blog/what-is-democratic-socialism-and-what-it-would-look-like-in-america/
BREITBART
— Ex-Democratic Socialist Flips Michigan Seat Trump Carried in 2024. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/11/04/ex-democratic-socialist-flips-michigan-seat-trump-carried-in-2024/
CHRISTIAN POST
— 3 takeaways from the midterm exit polls.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/3-takeaways-from-the-midterm-election-exit-polls.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Evangelicals hold steady for GOP, other Christian groups move left. . .2. GOP loses 2024 gains with Hispanic voters; support from Asians, whites declines. . .3. GOP loses support from parents, men and women)
COLLEGE FIX
— UChicago scrubs statement declaring gender fluid following media inquiry.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/uchicago-scrubs-statement-declaring-gender-fluid-following-media-inquiry/
— U. Illinois ‘unfinished revolutions’ exhibit highlights LGBTQ protests, ‘Indigenous resistance.’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-illinois-unfinished-revolutions-exhibit-highlights-lgbtq-protests-indigenous-resistance/
EPOCH TIMES
— The Biggest Shifts That Fueled the Blue Wave
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/DhvnuBFUf/Jlid8tcrj/wQqUiYhGYFPe
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats defied expectations and expanded into deep-red territory on Nov. 3, fracturing President Donald Trump’s coalition and delivering double-digit swings in key demographics that drove his 2024 victory. Democrats gained control of Congress, picking up at least seven Senate seats: Maine, Ohio, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kansas, and Iowa. More wins are possible, as Democratic candidates hold narrow leads in undeclared races in Alaska and Mississippi. The party reached a 237-seat House majority with 59 races yet to be called. “We haven’t seen a Congress that looks like this since the ’90s. I think this will go down as one of the most impactful election landslides we’ve seen since the 1970s when the Watergate class entered Congress,” Aaron Dusso, an associate professor of political science at Indiana University–Indianapolis, told The Epoch Times.)
— Mayor Mamdani Sees Blue Wave as Sign DSA Can Win Outside New York. ‘It means that we can go from being on the defensive to being on the offensive,’ Mamdani said from outside City Hall. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/mayor-mamdani-sees-blue-wave-as-sign-dsa-can-win-outside-new-york-6111398
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Abortion on the Ballot in 2026.
https://www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-fools/abortion-on-the-ballot-in-2026/
— Another Repudiation Election.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/another-repudiation-election/
— The Persistence of DEI Mandates.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-persistence-of-dei-mandates/
NEWSMAX
— Dirty Politics: Democrats Side With Illegal Aliens to Win Midterms.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/dirty-politics-democrats-side-illegal-060857711.html
PJ MEDIA
— How Left-Wing Racism Against White People Led to France’s Riots.
https://pjmedia.com/phone-kyaw/2026/11/05/how-left-wing-racism-against-white-people-led-to-frances-riots-n4959042
REASON
— Obama: redistribution of wealth is economic justice. DD: My critics/opponents want redistribution of wealth. But of course, they do not want their own wealth to be redistributed. My critics/opponents remain overjoyed that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job to my Democrat subordinate a) who was a minority, b) who had less money than I had, c) who had less work experience than, d) who had less education than I had, e) who had one professional certification while I has six, and f) who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://reason.org/commentary/obama-redistribution-of-wealth/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Midterms force a reckoning on Iran war.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/
NEW YORK TIMES
— How Americans Voted in the 2026 Election by Race, Gender, Age and Education. DD: According to this, of those who voted and had master’s degrees, only 26% were Republicans. I escaped Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance. My outstanding parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a) a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU when I was 21 in 1970, b) an MBA from Loyola in 1976), c) a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and d) a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997. I become a CPA in 1979, Certified Internal Auditor and licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I escaped Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/elections/voter-trends-national.html
USA TODAY & BOSTON GLOBE
— DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/11/05/democrats-win-election-republicans-trump-woke-socialism/92612117007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/11/05/dei-americans-vote-diversity-inclusion-midterm-elections/92610470007/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/11/05/business/dei-election-diversity-botttoms-donalds/
WIBC
— Voters Didn’t Choose Socialism — They Punished GOP Failure.
https://wibc.com/901145/voters-didnt-choose-socialism-they-punished-gop-failure/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Vance’s Theory of Election Defeat. Never mind corruption, tariffs or ICE raids. He blames only the Iran war. DD: What did Trump say and do that caused Republican candidates to lose the most votes?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/jd-vance-iran-war-2026-midterms-e3509fe1
— Will Democrats Misread Their Victory? Americans voted to rebuke Trump, not for a repeat of Biden-era left-wing overreach.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-2026-elections-chuck-schumer-hakeem-jeffries-20e65983
— Rove: The GOP’s Defeat Was Truly Massive. The party lost not only the House and Senate but crucial state legislatures.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-gops-defeat-was-truly-massive-7dc3bd88
— This Time, Trump Defeats Himself in a Rout. Democrats will need to find a direction and not just continue being the party of ‘Not Trump.’
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/this-time-trump-defeats-himself-in-a-rout-6629198b
— The Trump Reckoning Arrives. The President’s 2024 coalition rebukes his second-term priorities and performance.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/2026-midterms-gop-democrats-donald-trump-c5ef5cb2?mod=opinion_lead_pos4
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Young people swung left in the midterms, and it’s in large part because of skyrocketing prices. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation. Inflation was 13.5% in 1980 with high rates 1973–1974. Inflation was 9% in 2022. When you were young, what did you do to deal with inflation? I worked my way through college 1966-1970. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. Admittedly, COLAs have helped me deal with inflation. I got COLAs while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I have gotten COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997.
https://www.businessinsider.com/inflation-pushes-young-voters-to-democrats-in-2026-midterms-2026-11
PBS
— How key demographic groups voted in the 2026 midterms. DD: What percent of those who are the following vote for candidates who share their demographics: liberal/moderate, Democrat, non-White, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, and/or socialist?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-voter-poll-how-key-demographic-groups-voted-in-the-2026-midterms
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Young voters and Hispanic voters appear to shift away from Republicans. . .Many voters were driven by opposition to Trump. . .Voters think Congress isn’t doing enough to check an unpopular president. . .Concerns about democracy and corruption rival the economy for voters. . .Democrats have an advantage on handling issues)
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
IPP
— Door-to-door campaigning versus social media. DD: I hand-delivered the following to the 200 Republican residences in my precinct and the 170 Independent residences in my precinct: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. I used 370 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes with 660 DuPage County-Election Division-provided labels. Those 370 envelopes contained 5,920 pieces: 5,180 campaign pieces (14X370), 370 Voter Guides, and 370 sample ballots.
https://www.ipp.eu/en/publication/door-to-door-campaigning-versus-social-media-how-can-you-reach-voters-during-local-elections/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Door-to-door campaigning can enable candidates to win votes in at least three different ways: (1) by increasing the number of people registered to vote, (2) by mobilizing non-voters from their own camp to turn out at the polls, and (3) by persuading undecided voters to support them.)
FROM OTHER SOURCES
REAL DEAL
— Torque Motor Suites bets $13M on Chicago’s garage condo market. Neyer Properties plans 30 luxury garage condos in Westmont, kicking off sales at a Hinsdale McLaren dealership.
https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2026/11/04/torque-motor-bets-13m-on-chicago-garage-condos/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Torque Motor Suites is planning to enter Chicago’s budding “car condo” market and says it has the cash to rev up development. The company is set to put its plans in drive while others are stuck in neutral. Garage condos — essentially luxury housing that feature upscale garages for luxury cars — have seen a bit of interest in the Chicago area. Some have already been built: the first was the Autobahn Country Club near Joliet and Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville, but other recent efforts have stalled. Since 2024, proposals in Barrington, Lake Zurich and Kane County have been approved but haven’t seemingly progressed, according to the outlet. The key for Torque Motor is that it has the cash on hand to start the $12.5 million project. “We have the balance sheet to do it all and we’re ready to start,” Brad Albrecht, Torque’s director at parent company and commercial real estate developer Neyer Properties, told Crain’s. Torque Motor plans to build 30 garage condos and a clubhouse at 701 Oakmont Lane in Westmont. Construction should be getting underway next February, with the first units delivered by the end of 2027. Sales are set to begin Thursday at a McLaren dealership in nearby Hinsdale. Torque Motor told the outlet that they already have municipal approvals and zoning. Most garage condos aren’t simply places to show off luxury cars, they often have second story spaces for other activities. The garage condos, meant to showcase and work on high-end, collectible cars, start at $599,000 for a 30-by-40 foot garage. The larger units could be priced as high as $775,000. The company argues that the Chicago area is undersupplied in terms of garage condos. There are only seven garage condo complexes either built or proposed in the area. Miami has 17, Minneapolis 14 and there are 13 each in the Dallas and Denver areas.)
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November 4, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Midterm election 2026 results
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/midterm-elections-2026-live-updates-election-results-key-races-us/20001292/
https://abc7chicago.com/story/democrats-projected-take-congress-blue-wave-fueled-trump-economy-discontent/20014173/
NBC5
— Election results
https://www.nbcchicago.com/elections/who-won-illinois-live-election-results-and-winners-from-the-2026-midterm-election/4012160/
— Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker rolls out a Day One road map for Congress. DD: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will use his mandate a) to dive all those who are the following out of Illinois: citizen of America, Republican, capitalist, conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and b) to attract more of those to Illinois who are the following: noncitizen, socialist, liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-day-one-roadmap-congress-rcna606173
CBS2
— Full Illinois election results for 2026 midterms.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/live-updates/illinois-midterm-election-results-2026-live/
WGN9
— 2026 Illinois Midterm Election: All Races.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/election-results-2026-illinois-midterm/
FOX32
— Election results: Illinois county offices
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-county-election-results-2026-live-updates
WTTW
— Democrats Sweep the 5 Open US House Seats in Illinois.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/11/03/5-open-us-house-seats-illinois-will-bring-new-faces-congressional-delegation
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 2026 Illinois Election Day results.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/03/2026-illinois-election-day-results/
— Democrats strong in Lake County Board election: ‘A historic win’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/03/democrats-strong-in-lake-county-board-election-a-historic-win/
— Republicans lose their only seat on Cook County Board
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/03/illinois-election-cook-county-board-results/
— Penny Wegman in lead in Kane County treasurer’s race.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/04/kane-county-treasurer-election-results/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— As blue wave sweeps country, Illinois Democrats want to unwind Trump policies ‘as quickly as possible.’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/11/03/blue-wave-election-night-illinois-democrats-unwind-trump-policies
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and family.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/11/03/bailey-swilley-comic-one-woman-show-women-not-having-kids
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker won big. Now comes the hard part. DD: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will use his mandate a) to dive all those who are the following out of Illinois: citizen of America, Republican, capitalist, conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and b) to attract more of those to Illinois who are the following: noncitizen, socialist, liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-jb-pritzker-third-term-analysis-20261104/
WBEZ
— As blue wave sweeps country, Illinois Democrats want to unwind Trump policies ‘as quickly as possible.’
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/elections/2026/11/03/blue-wave-election-night-illinois-democrats-unwind-trump-policies
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Here are DuPage and suburban Cook County’s November 2026 unofficial election results.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2026/11/04/here-are-dupage-and-suburban-cook-countys-november-2026-unofficial-election-results/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Darin LaHood defeats challenger Paul Nolley in U.S. House race.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/11/03/lahood-nolley-midterms-elections-results-illinois/92594020007/
STATELINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in driving Republicans out of Illinois, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/could-illinois-ever-vote-republican-for-president-again-a-look-at-the-numbers/
POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Naperville Election Results.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2026/11/03/naperville-election-results-nov-3-2026-general-election/162280
NCTV17
— Election Day 2026 results for Naperville-area voters.
https://www.nctv17.org/news/election-day-2026-results-for-naperville-area-voters/
DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— Election results
https://www.dupageresults.gov/IL/DuPage/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker wins. Now what? DD: Aside from leaving Illinois, what can those in Illinois who are the following do to protect themselves from Pritzker, Duckworth, Stratton, and the rest of the Democrats: citizen of America, Republican, capitalist, conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time? Anticipate/expect that Pritzker, Duckworth, Stratton, and the rest of the Democrats will ever-increasingly a) take away from those who are the aforesaid their income, assets, rights, opportunities, and everything else and b) give it to those who are noncitizen, socialist, liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I is called the Democrat Party platform, redistribution of wealth, socialism, communism, and dictatorship.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/11/04/pritzker-wins-now-what-01148545
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: The state’s three Republican incumbents — Darin LaHood, Mike Bost and Mary Miller — also held on to their seats.)
CAPITOL FAX
— MORNING briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/11/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-841/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/11/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-628/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Aside from leaving Illinois, what can those in Illinois who are the following do to protect themselves from Pritzker, Duckworth, Stratton, and the rest of the Democrats: citizen of America, Republican, capitalist, conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time? Anticipate/expect that Pritzker, Duckworth, Stratton, and the rest of the Democrats will ever-increasingly a) take away from those who are the aforesaid their income, assets, rights, opportunities, and everything else and b) give it to those who are noncitizen, socialist, liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I is called the Democrat Party platform, redistribution of wealth, socialism, communism, and dictatorship. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders use Trump, Iran, inflation, socialism, etc. to defeat Republicans. Because of the November 3, 2026 Democrat election victories in Illinois, anticipate/expect that more and more and more of those in Illinois who are the following will leave Illinois: citizen of America, capitalist, conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Anticipate/expect that more and more and more of those who are the following will move into Illinois: noncitizen, socialist, liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get more votes from voters who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen, Democrat candidates ever-increasingly promise to give them more a) free stuff, b) preference, c) LGBTQ, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, g) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, h) 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. Because of Democrat victories, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for those in Illinois who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— On what/who will the following blame the November 3, 2016 Republican defeats: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township party organization and b) the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct? The aforesaid who are RINOs or Democrat plants will blame a) the Republican Party platform and especially 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, b) conservative principles, c) conservatives, d) my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and e) me. Who will come to the defense of the platform, conservative principles, conservatives, my newsletters, and me? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— On who/what do your critics/opponents blame their problems? My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Of course, they will they blame me and blame my newsletters for the defeats that Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in my precinct suffered. I should write a book about the aforesaid blaming. I would take all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have suffered defeats since 2000 and focus on the logic/arguments that my critics/opponents have used to blame me and my newsletters for those defeats. I would focus on my critics/opponents who are past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) major Republican donors. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What are the Republican election results in your precinct? In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, the following Republican candidates got the following votes: Tracy-278, Bailey/Del Mar-259, Fioretti-292, Harris-258, Drew-302, Soloman-288, Oakley-294, Lewis-311, Vrankovich-290, Grasso-298, Noonan-319, Schiappa-298, Henry-345, Eckhoff-327, Michaud-308, Schultz-296, Quirk-315, and Helland-291. Henry, who lives in my precinct, was the only Republican candidate to get more votes than her Democrat opponent. Of course, my critics/opponents will hint/imply/argue/shout that if anyone else had been the Republican Precinct Committeeman in my precinct, the aforesaid Republican candidates would have gotten many more votes. In my defense, I hand-delivered the following to the 200 Republican residences in my precinct and the 170 Independent residences in my precinct: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. I used 370 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes with 660 DuPage County-Election Division-provided labels. Those 370 envelopes contained 5,920 pieces: 5,180 campaign pieces (14X370), 370 Voter Guides, and 370 sample ballots. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/
WIREPOINTS
https://wirepoints.org/
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Vallas: Chicago Public Schools’ Fantasy Graduation Rate.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-public-schools-fantasy-graduation-rate
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CTU candidates claim just 9 of 21 spots on Chicago Public Schools board.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/ctu-candidates-claim-just-9-of-21-spots-on-chicago-public-schools-board/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats dominate: Voters toss Republicans from House, Senate, governorships.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/nov/4/democrats-dominate-voters-toss-dozens-republicans-flip-control-house/
— In France, assimilation — into a culture of grievance and violence.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/nov/3/france-assimilation-culture-grievance-violence/
— Millions of everyday Americans are shelling out for unaffordable tuition to get basic workforce credentials. Just look at graduation rates and college debt. DD: Back in the good old days, I was able to work my way through college and graduate debt-free with a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 21 in 1970.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/nov/3/americans-job-market-need-workforce-pell-grants/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— France is teaching its young to revolt.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4788134/france-student-protests-teaching-revolution/
FREE BEACON
— Welcome to the Madhouse. ‘It’s worse than anyone thought.’
https://freebeacon.com/politics/welcome-to-the-madhouse/
BLAZE
— Gov. Abbott ousted by open-borders radical Gina Hinojosa.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/gov-abbott-ousted-by-open-borders-radical-gina-hinojosa
EPOCH TIMES
— Democrats Win Control of Congress. The party made historic gains in deep-red Texas, South Carolina, and Kansas.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/democrats-win-control-of-congress-6115148
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Democrats Gain Control of Senate. What will happen in Alaska?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/11/live-pivotal-senate-and-governor-races/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Will Democrat journalists ever recover from wokeness and begin telling the truth again?
https://www.westernjournal.com/cnn-backtracks-sparking-outrage-treating-nyc-terror-suspects-like-victims/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Thune: Republicans ‘will not stand idly by’ under Democratic majority.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6197030-john-thune-2026-midterms-democratic-victories/
— GOP crushed in blue landslide.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-.report/6197032-election-day-2026-midterms-gop-crushed-blue-landslide/
— Five takeaways on a midterm rout for Democrats.
https://thehill.com/homenews/analysis/6196773-democrats-win-midterm-elections/
— El-Sayed: ‘Delicious irony’ that ‘habibi’ Vance ‘constitutionally obligated’ to swear him in. DD: In America, if you do not support the Constitution, you cannot be sworn into office.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6197016-abdul-el-sayed-jd-vance-habibi/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Illinois election results.
https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/united-states-results/illinois-results/
NBC NEWS
— Illinois Election Results 2026.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/illinois-results
NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats Deliver a Big Blue Bludgeoning. The party’s midterm victory reshapes the political landscape.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/04/us/politics/democrats-deliver-a-big-blue-bludgeoning.html
— Democrats Seize Control of Congress as Voters Rebuke Trump. Democrats flipped seven Senate seats, including three in states long held by Republicans, and overcame a redistricting effort to capture the House. President Trump told The New York Times that he would accept the results.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/11/04/us/midterm-election-results-democrats
— Shifting media diets add to the difficulty of reaching voters.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/10/28/us/politics/midterm-elections-10th-congressional-district-stelson-perry.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It is harder than ever to get a campaign’s message in front of voters. A Pew Research Center study found that two-thirds of Americans have stopped getting news from a specific source, and nearly three-quarters had reduced their news intake overall.)
WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois election live results 2026.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/results/2026/11/03/illinois-live-updates/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: $20 Chipotle meals and $95 salon tabs? The rising cost of college life. DD: My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. That enabled me earn enough to pay for a) my tuition and books at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970, b) a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) my living expenses in DeKalb 1969-1970, and d) to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning that Charger.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/2026/10/30/rising-costs-of-college-life-inflation-gas-food/91813461007/
TEXAS TRIBUNE
— Greg Abbott lost because he became a RINO, Trump says. The president’s late-night rebuke came the same day he praised Abbott as “strong and highly respected.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/11/03/texas-trump-abbott-loss-comment-rino-election-2026/
FOX DALLAS FORT WORTH
— Trump claims Abbott lost Texas governor race because he became a ‘RINO.’
https://www.fox4news.com/news/president-trump-claims-abbott-lost-texas-governor-race-because-he-became-rino
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Voting to Escape From Illinois. More downstate counties on Tuesday considered whether to secede from the state.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/illinois-counties-referendum-secede-b7cb02af
— Elon Musk Will Turn Kids Into Capitalists. Bank Hapoalim gave shares to customers, many of whom had never invested before.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/elon-musk-will-turn-kids-into-capitalists-396c4fcf
FORTUNE
— Trump personally chose several candidates who just got crushed — and he’s already blaming Republicans for a stunning midterm wipeout.
https://fortune.com/2026/11/04/trump-personal-handpicked-candidates-midterm-election-blame-game-blue-wave/
PBS
— Trump says Democrats ‘did a good job,’ blames Republican candidates for midterm losses.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-democrats-did-a-good-job-blames-republican-candidates-for-midterm-losses
POLITICO
— Republicans start to point fingers at Trump after severe midterms loss. Trump’s political lieutenants are trying to shift the blame onto lazy candidates, but Republicans on Capitol Hill and beyond are not buying it.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/04/republicans-start-to-point-fingers-at-trump-after-severe-midterms-loss-01148373
November 2, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Early voting draws steady turnout as candidates make final push before Election Day.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-election-news-early-voting-draws-steady-turnout-illinois-governor-candidates-jb-pritzker-darrien-bailey-make-final-push/20006428/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among those voting Sunday was 108-year-old Wheaton resident Nancy Rossi, who cast her ballot in person at the DuPage County Fairgrounds. “My birthday is April 10, 1918, and I live with my daughter,” Rossi said. Rossi said she stopped voting for 40 years because of her disillusionment with political corruption. Asked how grateful she was to be able to cast a ballot, Rossi replied, “Oh, greatly, greatly, greatly.” Her daughter, Carmine Pollack, said voting is now very important to Rossi. “She said we have to vote because if we don’t vote, we can’t complain,” Pollack said. Rossi was among many voters who took advantage of shorter lines on Sunday. Donna Ciszczon, a DuPage County election judge supervisor, said turnout has been unusually strong. “Voter turnout this midterm is probably one of the largest I’ve seen in the last 10 years. Surprisingly enough, both mail-in ballots as well as in-person voting, and I’m just very surprised at how large it’s been,” Ciszczon said. According to the ABC7 early voting ballot tracker, turnout in DuPage County stood at 21.4%, nearly five percentage points higher than the state average. Chicago’s turnout was 13.4%, both figures include both early voting and returned mail ballots.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/02/lawsuit-indiana-immigration-detention-center/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Obama against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/02/column-barack-obama-donald-trump-cheesecake-factory-page/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Despite Trump’s harsh rhetoric toward Chicago, he’s held significant private investments in the region. They extend well beyond his interests in the Trump Tower along the Chicago River and include local government bonds, as well as stocks in publicly traded companies in the metro area, from AbbVie to United Airlines.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/11/02/president-donald-trump-investments-economic-disclosure-chicago-illinois
WGN9 & CHICAGO TRIBUNE & CHICAGO DEFENDER & PEORIA JOURNAL STAR & ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR & BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT & FOX ILLINOIS & NPR ILLINOIS & WQAD
— DD: The Democrat mainstream news media ever-increasingly promotes Democrat candidates and bashes Republican candidates. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Democrats ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, 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://wgntv.com/news/politics/illinois-democrats-make-final-campaign-push/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/01/final-campaign-weekend-illinois-democrats-republicans/
https://chicagodefender.com/juliana-stratton-could-make-history-as-illinois-chooses-its-next-u-s-senator/
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2026/11/01/polls-pritzker-enjoys-large-lead-over-bailey-in-bid-for-third-term/92483627007/
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/11/01/lahood-breaks-from-trump-on-some-key-issues-ahead-of-midterms/92484431007/
https://www.bnd.com/news/article317870271.html
https://www.bnd.com/news/article317870605.html
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trumps-rallies-in-iowa-and-kansas-come-as-republicans-fight-to-keep-senate-and-house/article_19924438-7b12-5a13-aa9d-7393732f9f36.html
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-01/how-gen-z-republicans-running-for-congress-are-thinking-about-the-future-of-the-party
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-01/trump-thanks-supporters-for-the-memories-in-final-campaign-stops-for-2026-midterms
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-01/whats-it-like-to-run-for-congress-when-the-odds-are-stacked-heavily-against-you
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-01/how-to-think-about-the-midterms-and-the-political-moment-the-country-is-in
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/voters-raise-midterm-concerns-at-trump-rally-in-dubuque/526-08fbe565-4334-4aa5-9868-3790e4a0e1b7
WAND & WASHINGTON POST
— Affordability among biggest issue facing voters. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use affordability against Trump. What have you done to afford things? I did far more than my peers to afford things. I worked my way through college and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, because of my wife’s income, and because we gave up trying to have children.
https://www.wandtv.com/video/2026/11/01/affordability-among-biggest-issue-facing-voters/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/11/02/meet-6-voters-battleground-states-who-say-affordability-is-their-top-worry/
WGN RADIO & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/preschool-case-puts-lgbtq-and-religious-rights-at-odds-in-supreme-court/amp/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/preschool-case-puts-lgbtq-and-religious-rights-at-odds-in-supreme-court/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders say “What Vance’s midterm push reveals about his potential 2028 bid.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-02/what-vances-midterm-push-reveals-about-his-potential-2028-bid
ILLINOIS TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news/peoples-rally-against-hate-at-uis/
WHEATON PATCH
— Wheaton 2026 General Election Info: Candidates, Polling Places, More. Here’s what to know about the 2026 General Election if you’re voting in Wheaton.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/amp/35118632/wheaton-2026-general-election-info-candidates-polling-places-more
LEGACY
— Joseph Keim Obituary
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/joseph-keim-obituary?id=62883497
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois candidates take different paths on final campaign day. In the race for U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton will join Pritzker on his four-city tour Monday, while Republican opponent Don Tracy will stop in Wheaton and Naperville before finishing in Will County.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/11/02/illinois-candidates-final-campaign-day-pritzker-bailey-stratton-tracy
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker makes his pitch. Michigan steals the show.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/11/02/pritzker-makes-his-pitch-michigan-steals-the-show-01144763
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DOUG IBENDAHL
— What good is a State GOP that won’t stand with President Trump?
https://dougelstonibendahl.substack.com/p/what-good-is-a-state-gop-that-wont
WIREPOINTS
— ‘White Guilt’ Comes to New Trier High School. Will Open Minds Follow?
https://wirepoints.org/white-guilt-comes-to-new-trier-high-school-will-open-minds-follow-wirepoints/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The far left has not lost its grip on public education. One movie screening won’t change that. But at New Trier High School in suburban Chicago, a small opening may be taking shape. A school that made national headlines in 2017 for refusing to include dissenting voices in its controversial “seminar day” on race now appears ready to let some of those same voices be heard on campus. On Thursday, November 5, New Trier Neighbors and Trevian Club America plan to host a screening and panel discussion of a new movie, White Guilt, by father-son filmmakers Shelby and Eli Steele at New Trier’s Cornog Auditorium. The film challenges precisely the kind of racial orthodoxy that New Trier once presented to students as indisputable fact. And the event will feature two of the names the 2017 dissenting parents asked the school to include nine years ago: Shelby Steele, who narrates the film, and Pastor Corey Brooks, who appears in the film and is scheduled to be in attendance. A privately hosted event is not a change in curriculum. Allowing a screening is not an endorsement. But at a school whose authoritarian approach to teaching race became a national flashpoint, making room for an unwelcome argument would be a step forward.)
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— The Precinct Packet Delivered to My Door WITH IMAGES. DD: To get out the vote for Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton ( https://electionresults.dupagecounty.gov/election/PrecinctMaps/map50059.pdf ), I walked to the front doors of 370 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter and delivered 370 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes using 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels that contained a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot ( https://electionresults.dupageco.org/election/ballots/2026/General/Milton%20059-0316-NP.PDF ), and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. Those 370 envelopes contained 5,920 pieces: 5,180 campaign pieces (14X370), 370 Voter Guides, and 370 sample ballots. About 200 of those 370 households were Republican and about 170 were Independent. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/11/02/the-precinct-packet-delivered-to-my-door/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Why do voters vote for candidates? Far too many vote for those candidates who promise to use government to give those who share their demographics the most preference. Democrat and RINO candidates have always shouted at voters who are the following that Republicans discriminate against them, and therefore, they need massive government assistance to survive let alone advance: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— On who/what do your critics/opponents blame their problems? My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. How strongly will they blame me and blame my newsletters for the defeats that Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in my precinct will suffer? I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would take all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have suffered defeats since 2000 and focus on the logic/arguments that my critics/opponents have used to blame me for those defeats. I would focus on my critics/opponents who are past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) major Republican donors. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents reject? My critics/opponents reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, 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. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents do? My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the federal government.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b9e0692b-b3a0-475c-8586-35a37a59dafd.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker has spent $545 million on politics over past 10 years.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-spent-545-million-politics-past-10-years/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— California’s dirty voter rolls and what they mean for future elections. Diluting real American votes.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/nov/1/californias-dirty-voter-rolls-mean-future-elections/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— America is holding an election. It needs a divorce.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4781616/national-divorce-red-blue-states/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sad to say, we’ve become two nations headed in two totally different directions. Red-state America still believes in the Constitution, American exceptionalism, and free enterprise. This means that you can come here from anywhere (legally, mind you), become an American, contribute to society, worship and raise your children as you choose, build wealth, and live the American dream. Blue-state America, by contrast, has torn up the Constitution, surrendered to socialism, and destroyed its patrimony of thriving cities and regions. Blue-state America wants to be Europe (while Europe has begun to wish it was Red-state America). Blue-state America pours scorn on the world’s longest standing experiment in democracy and wants to be ruled by unions, Islamists, and a government that fosters dependency, not opportunity. Red-state America, by contrast, appreciates our freedoms, our military, our public safety, our history, and our way of life.)
— Trump says he’ll become ‘Mr. Veto’ if Democrats control Congress after midterm elections.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4787399/trump-mr-veto-democrats-midterm-elections/
AMAC
— Why Your Midterm Vote Could Decide America’s Future in 2026. While many people skip the midterm elections, assuming that the real action is only in presidential years, too much is at stake to think all those other elections don’t matter much.
https://amac.us/newsline/election-2026-the-stakes
AMERICAN THINKER
— Is it our responsibility to deliver Muslims from temptation? Muslim men want all women covered up head to toe with burkas, hijabs, and niqabs, etc., because they say otherwise it would be too tempting and they couldn’t control themselves.
americanthinker.com/blog/2026/11/is-it-our-responsibility-to-deliver-muslims-from-temptation/
— The ignorance guiding leftist opinions on immigration. I follow a lot of leftists on Facebook, and I’m always stunned by their weird take on immigration, which results from deliberate misinformation.
americanthinker.com/blog/2026/11/the-ignorance-guiding-leftist-opinions-on-immigration/
— AP, California officials, focus on 40 percent claimed errors in non-citizen voter list, ignore the undisputed 60 percent.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/11/ap-california-officials-focus-on-40-percent-claimed-errors-in-non-citizen-voter-list-ignore-the-undisputed-60-percent/
BREITBART
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/11/01/pritzker-dems-will-hold-hearings-to-expose-extent-of-trumps-corruption/amp/
FOX NEWS
— ‘Squad’ could double in size amid ‘SOCIALIST HELLHOLE’ fears. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5LP11pAcOM
— Pope Leo XIV casts ballot in US election, raising questions about foreign leaders voting. DD: Of course, Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that the Pope voted Democrat, that is, that he voted for socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, 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. To get more votes from non-Protestants, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote mote hatred against Protestants.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-pope-leo-xiv-casts-ballot-us-election-raising-questions-foreign-leaders-voting
— Trump boasts of ‘unbelievable’ support from young voters at campaign rallies. DD: To get more votes from young White male voters, Democrat leaders have always shouted at young White male voters that because of Republicans, young White male voters need massive government assistance to survive let alone advance. If I had fallen for that, because I was a young White male voter and because I was never in line to get government assistance or any other kind of assistance, I never would have had the motivation to work my way through college and to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6407627524112
— Haley Stevens endorses Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race shakeup.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6407778733112
HOT AIR
— ‘60 Minutes’ Still Frames Deportation as Cruelty, Not Correction.
https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/01/60-minutes-still-frames-deportation-as-cruelty-not-correction-n3820543
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Academic Leaders and Nonprofits Are Working Behind the Scenes to Defend DEI. DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/11/academic-leaders-and-nonprofits-are-working-behind-the-scenes-to-defend-dei/amp/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Young Men Have Lurched Left Since 2024. DD: To get more votes from young White male voters, Democrat leaders have always shouted at young White male voters that because of Republicans, young White male voters need massive government assistance to survive let alone advance. If I had fallen for that, because I was a young White male voter and because I was never in line to get government assistance or any other kind of assistance, I never would have had the motivation to work my way through college and to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/young-men-have-lurched-left-since-2024/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Blue State/Red State Comparisons: A Winning Message for GOP.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/11/02/blue_statered_state_comparisons_a_winning_message_for_gop_154642.amp.html
TOWNHALL
— Your Vote for the Republicans Is a Vote Against Tyranny.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/11/02/your-vote-for-the-republicans-is-a-vote-against-tyranny-n2685681
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The DSA welcomes you to the $47 trillion waiting room. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/6185936-dsa-medicare-for-all-costs/amp/
NBC NEWS
— Democratic? Republican? Most new young voters register as neither. More than half of voters who turned 18 since the 2024 presidential election didn’t affiliate with a major party. DD: If I had been active in Republican politics when I was in high school, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was earning my bachelor’s degree, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. I had been active in Republican politics when I was earning my master’s degrees, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/democratic-republican-registration-new-young-voters-rcna605053
NBC NEWS & NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: The Democrat mainstream news media ever-increasingly promotes Democrat candidates and bashes Republican candidates. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Democrats ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, 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.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/jb-pritzker-says-trump-is-trying-to-rig-these-elections-full-interview-272656453669
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/jb-pritzker-doesn-t-rule-out-2028-run-it-s-all-about-what-s-best-for-the-people-of-illinois-272656453687
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/poll-voters-demand-change-check-trump-fueling-steep-democratic-midterm-rcna606183
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/poll-2024-trump-voters-explain-coalition-fraying-ahead-midterms-rcna606184
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/illinois-results
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/us/politics/election-mood-affordability.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/us/politics/john-sununu-new-hampshire-senate-race.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/us/elections/women-voters-midterms-democratic.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/business/anthony-romero-aclu.html
NEW YORK TIMES & WASHINGTON POST & USA TODAY & SPECTRUM NEWS & ORLANDO SENTINEL & CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR & DAILY BEAST & BLOOMBERG
— DD: To get more votes from young White male voters, Democrat leaders have always shouted at young White male voters that because of Republicans, young White male voters need massive government assistance to survive let alone advance. If I had fallen for that, because I was a young White male voter and because I was never in line to get government assistance or any other kind of assistance, I never would have had the motivation to work my way through college and to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/elections/100000011230123/trump-young-men-voters-michigan.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/01/democrats-are-embracing-new-tactics-win-over-young-voters/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/10/26/democratic-supermajority-trump-offers-cautionary-tale/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/11/01/gen-z-voters-2026-election-trump-economy/92459871007/
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/politics/2026/10/30/usc-student-voters-frustrated-yet-hopeful-ahead-of-the-midterm-elections
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/11/01/guest-commentary-how-young-people-are-uniting-against-florida-billionaires/
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/1029/young-men-voters-trump-gop
https://www.thedailybeast.com/good-news-americas-most-important-voters-hate-donald-trump
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-10-29/republicans-have-a-problem-with-young-men-vance-is-not-the-answer
DES MOINES REGISTER
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2026/11/01/dubuque-orders-removal-tarp-over-diversity-mural-trump-rally/92548964007/
AKRON BEACON JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demand that those who are the following get more preference: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2026/11/01/impossible-standard-black-women-politics-opinion/92466802007/
HOMEWOOD STAR
— 9 Homewood High School students named National Merit semifinalists. DD: My critics/opponents, and especially those who got academic scholarships, have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made into the upper 20% of my class. What harmed your ACT score and your high school GPA? For me, it was my spending far too many hours washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights instead of studying.
https://thehomewoodstar.com/schools/9-homewood-high-school-students-named-national-merit-semifin/
BLOOMBERG
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, the Democrat mainstream news media ever-increasingly hints/implies/argues/shouts that Republicans are racists.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-01/republicans-risk-losing-some-south-asian-voters-over-anti-immigration-rhetoric
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders blame Trump for socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-11-01/why-socialism-is-back-in-american-politics-video
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote higher taxes.
https://fortune.com/2026/11/01/income-wealth-tax-measures-ballot-midterms-politics-california-voting/
BUSINESS JOURNAL
— An MBA for every professional background. DD: I took 16 graduate evening business courses at Loyola 1972-1976 because my IRS employee manual encouraged me to do that. I took 12 graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul 1972-1976 because my IRS employee manual encouraged me to do that. I took 14 graduate evening finance courses at IIT 1992-1997 because my GAO supervisor encouraged/demanded me to do that.
https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2026/11/02/mba-professional-background-du-diverse-education.html
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— OPM’s performance rating system misses the real problem. DD: My Democrat Post Office (1966-1969), IRS (1971-1980), and GAO (1980-1997) superiors used the subjectivity in their performance rating systems to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/10/opms-performance-rating-system-misses-the-real-problem/
HR DIVE
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/rising-wages-still-fall-short-of-higher-cost-of-living/873025/
NPR
— Democrats are running on affordability. DD: What have you done to afford things? I did far more than my peers to afford things. I worked my way through college and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, because of my wife’s income, and because we gave up trying to have children.
https://www.npr.org/2026/11/01/nx-s1-6024693/democrats-are-running-on-affordability-are-voters-buying-it
ATLANTIC
— DD: On who/what do your critics/opponents blame their problems? My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. How strongly will they blame me and blame my newsletters for the defeats that Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in my precinct will suffer? I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would take all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have suffered defeats since 2000 and focus on the logic/arguments that my critics/opponents have used to blame me for those defeats. I would focus on my critics/opponents who are past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) major Republican donors.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/11/trump-advisers-iran-war/689247/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FINANCIAL EXPRESS
— DD: To get more votes from young White male voters, Democrat leaders have always shouted at young White male voters that because of Republicans, young White male voters need massive government assistance to survive let alone advance. If I had fallen for that, because I was a young White male voter and because I was never in line to get government assistance or any other kind of assistance, I never would have had the motivation to work my way through college and to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/us-news/us-midterms-2026-the-youth-turnout-gap-behind-democrats-polling-lead/4373412/
GUARDIAN
— Affordability top of mind for voters in final sprint to midterms: ‘I have to pick between medicine or groceries.’ DD: What have you done to afford things? I did far more than my peers to afford things. I worked my way through college and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, because of my wife’s income, and because we gave up trying to have children.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/01/affordability-voters-final-sprint-midterms
INDIAN EXPRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn Indian-Americans against Trump. Then again, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn those who are the following against Trump: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/america-vote-ballot-epstein-donald-trump-10945941/
November 1, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Dark money in politics: Who’s really paying for political ads?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/politics/follow-the-money-dark-money-political-donors-elon-musk/4009416/
WGN9
— Chicago-style dirty tricks on display in Alaska?
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/1-more-question/chicago-style-dirty-tricks-on-display-in-alaska/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/01/pritzker-spending-midterms/
— Meet the democratic socialists likely on their way to Congress. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/31/congress-democratic-socialists/
— Everyone wants to run for mayor.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/01/editorial-aldermen-election-matt-martin-andre-vasquez-lamont-robinson-brandon-johnson/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/01/column-dick-durbin-immigration-reform-shaw/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is a liberal Democrat who wants socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who had been in America for a long time. How successful have Democrat leaders been taking over you church?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/01/opinion-voting-booth-altar-of-democracy/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/10/31/black-mayors-cities-trump-crime-racism-brandon-johnson-marc-morial
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Hate-filled Bailey-hating Bailey-haters promote Corbett to take votes away from Bailey.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261031/illinois-state-politics/yes-its-crazy-but-independent-governor-long-shot-believes-in-the-mainstream/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Democrats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261031/news/pritzker-cash-will-donations-from-the-governors-campaign-help-local-dems/
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261030/submitted-content/northern-illinois-food-bank-to-distribute-50000-holiday-meal-boxes-this-season/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261030/submitted-content/harper-college-joins-third-annual-feed-the-need-food-drive/
NORTHWEST HERALD
— Early voting in McHenry County remains higher than 4 years ago in final days. But vast majority of registered voters have not cast ballots yet.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2026/10/31/election-2026-early-voting-in-mchenry-county-remains-higher-than-4-years-ago-in-final-days/
WHEATON PATCH
— Wheaton-Area Events To Show LGBTQ+ Support. DD: My critics/opponents not only promote LGBTQ, they destroy those like me who oppose the promotion of LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/wheaton-area-events-show-lgbtq-support-during-pride-month
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What discourages you from helping elect Republican candidates? For me, it is knowing that far too many of them will listen to my critics/opponents and blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats. I should write a book about that. I would focus on my critics/opponents and all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have suffered defeats. Most commonly, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that I paint candidates as being more conservative than they want to be painted. Often, they stress articles about the candidates that I included links to in my newsletters. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Google AI: Kenton Skarin is an attorney and former Illinois judge who recently accepted employment at SpaceX. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopoillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois public schools set record-high graduation rate, despite low math, reading scores. DD: What harmed your ACT score and your GPAs? For me, at Crete-Monee High school 1964-1966, UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997, it was my spending far too many hours doing the following instead of studying: washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assemble line in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping more gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997. Further, while I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my attempt in 1981, my scores were lower.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-public-schools-record-high-graduation-low-math-reading-scores/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats’ Alaska Senate race gimmick shows all that’s wrong with Democrats.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/31/democrats-alaska-senate-race-gimmick-shows-thats-wrong-democrats/
— Media defends Alaska’s rigged election while projecting GOP interference. Explosive report upends their preferred narrative.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/29/media-defends-alaskas-rigged-election-projecting-gop-interference/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Some of Chicago’s crimes are merely widespread immigration fraud.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4783262/chicago-crime-widespread-immigration-fraud/
— Americans turn against socialism in last months before midterm election. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4787142/americans-turn-against-socialism-midterm-election-poll/
— White Guilt is a guided tour of America’s woke madhouse. DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat and RINO candidates promote White guilt. My critics/opponents promote White guilt. According to them, I owe all my successes in my life to my benefitting from discrimination against non-Whites.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/4785143/white-guilt-guided-tour-america-woke-madhouse/
— Democrats simply don’t believe in America anymore. DD: Democrats are ever-increasingly anti-American.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4781359/democrats-do-not-believe-in-america/
NEW YORK POST
— House ‘Squad’ poised to double in size — and turn America into a ‘socialist hellhole.’ DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/31/us-news/house-squad-poised-to-double-in-size-and-turn-america-into-a-socialist-hellhole-source/
— Trump never got voters to back his war in Iran — now the GOP pays the price.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/30/opinion/trump-never-got-voters-to-back-his-war-in-iran-now-the-gop-pays-the-price/
— Ivy Asian ascent. DD: Why do Asians do better than Whites?
https://www.pressreader.com/foryou?aid=281595247542418
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Welfare Reform 30 Years Later: How Has Government Assistance Changed? DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that because of Republicans, you cannot survive in America let alone advance in America without massive government assistance. To get elected, ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO candidates promise more and more and more government assistance. Because I rejected that, I worked my way through college and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.aei.org/domestic-policy/opportunity-social-mobility/welfare-reform-30-years-later-how-has-government-assistance-changed/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Where are all the white supremacists? If white supremacy is operating in the United States, it’s very good at hiding itself. DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat and RINO candidates promote White guilt. My critics/opponents promote White guilt. According to them, I owe all my successes in my life to my benefitting from discrimination against non-Whites.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/10/where-are-all-the-white-supremacists/
— Will Anti-Socialist Democrats Swing the Midterms? DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/will-anti-socialist-democrats-swing-the-midterms/
— The DSA Is Deceiving, Sinister, And Abominable. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/the-dsa-is-deceiving-sinister-and-abominable/
— California city councilwoman says her district is one third illegals, and she wants them to vote. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/10/california-city-councilwoman-says-her-district-is-one-third-illegals-and-she-wants-them-to-vote-comments/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DD: Of course, Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that the Pope voted Democrat, that is, that he voted for socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, 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.bizpacreview.com/2026/10/31/this-is-wrong-pope-leo-becomes-first-pontiff-to-vote-in-a-us-election-1665679/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While it’s unknown who Pope Leo, whose name is Robert Francis Prevost, voted for, he has a history of expressing leftist sentiment on a number of issues, including opposition to the war in Iran.
— Spanberger’s ‘most diverse’ cabinet backlash: Where are the white men? DD: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are the following: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critic/opponents promote diversity.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/10/31/spanbergers-most-diverse-cabinet-backlash-where-are-the-white-men-1665613/
BREITBART
— NYC Public School Teachers Promote 99.6% of Students Though Almost Half Struggle with Math or Reading.
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2026/10/31/report-nyc-public-school-teachers-promote-99-6-students-though-almost-half-struggle-math-or-reading/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— How ‘Woke 1.0’ Gave Birth to a New, More Virulent Strain of Socialism. DD: All my critics/opponents are woke. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/10/31/gain-of-function-marxism-how-woke-1-0-gave-birth-to-new-more-virulent-strain-of-socialism/
POST MILLENNIAL
— DD: To meet their Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors ever-increasingly lowered standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, c) my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and d) my 1981 job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat IRS and GAO 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 than me, and/or veteran.
https://thepostmillennial.com/news/black-enrollment-tanks-at-harvard-for-3rd-straight-year-after-scotus-affirmative-action-ruling
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting young Americans to embrace socialism. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to advance is to be a good little socialist just like they have always hinted/ argued/implied/ shouted that all you need to do under Democrats is to be a good little Democrat. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, all my coworkers who they promoted over me were good little 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 than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8BHxBTzyhk
CBS NEWS
— DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-lawsuit-wall-street-journal-epstein-birthday-letter-dismissed/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/us/politics/trump-speeches-rallies-age.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/opinion/editorials/inflation-war-corruption-trump-editorial.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/30/opinion/trump-america-capitalism-rich-politics.html
— Is Retirement Unhealthy? It Depends. As more Americans live longer and as the population ages, measuring the effect of retirement on physical, cognitive and mental abilities is a complex undertaking. DD: I should write about being forced to retire early. I have 29 years of experience.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/well/longevity-retirement-health.html
FINANCE BUZZ
— 10 Things We All Owned 20 Years Ago That Are Now Literal Luxuries. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for affordability problems. What helped you afford things? When I was young, I spent far less money on immediate pleasures than my peers did. I took jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. In today’s dollars, that increased my salary from $19.57/hour in 1966, to $100,059/year in 1974, to $113,402 in 1980, and to $154,682/year in 1997. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, because I got married, because of my wife’s income, and because my wife and I gave up trying to have children.
https://www.aol.com/articles/10-things-owned-20-years-113000000.html
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER
— Civil Service protections. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, federal employees who were Republican, and especially those who were the following, did not have Civil Service protections: White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. For the Democrats who ran the federal government back then, the federal government existed to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. It is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, race and gender based preference giving, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://campaignlegal.org/cases-actions/defending-first-amendment-rights-civil-servants-government-accountability-project-v
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Managers need to pay closer attention to who gets the assignments and experience that make employees competitive for promotion. DD: When I was 25 years old in 1973 and a newly promoted GS-11 (currently $83,482/year) IRS Revenue Officer, my Democrat IRS superiors were furious when my IRS manager (Dave) gave me an assignment instead of giving it to one of my coworkers who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. I was responsible for IRS answering all the calls that came into its new Centiphone automated answering system in downtown Chicago. I supervised the operation’s entire staff which included 90 rotating IRS Revenue Agent trainees. Because of my job performance, Dave, who had promoted me in 1972 and 1973, promoted me to GS-12 (currently $100,059/year) in 1974. That made my Democrat IRS superiors more furious. According to them, that Centiphone assignment should have been given to a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. They soon got rid of Dave. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They disallowed my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. They made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. That directly resulted in my transferring to GAO.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/10/opm-ending-promotion-rule-agencies-still-have-work-do/416881/
GALLUP
— DD: Democrat leaders run the mainstream news media (MNM). They use the MNM determine and frame election issues. They use the MNM to a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans.
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/ott/affordability-remains-a-primary-concern-for-voters-ahead-of-election-day/video_e8b21809-318c-53ba-876e-8d61a1340e57.html
https://www.whio.com/news/voters-say-affordability-remains-top-issue-this-years-election/3a63bed6-b1a6-42f2-b791-570d2d32867f/
ADVOCATE
— DD: My critics/opponents not only promote LGBTQ, they destroy those like me who oppose the promotion of LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/election/democratic-midterm-sweep-2026-lgbtq
SOCIALIST WORKER
— DD: According to socialists, “In the capitalist workplace, our interests, talents and abilities are stunted, distorted and suppressed.” Under Democrats and under RINOs, the interests, talents, and abilities of Republicans are stunted, distorted and suppressed. Working for Democrats and working for RINOs is like working for socialists. I should write a book about how the following have wasted me and have gotten rid of me: a) my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, b) my Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party superiors, and c) my Illinois Center Right Coalition and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois superiors.
https://socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourself-marxism/will-we-still-work-in-a-socialist-society/
October 31, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cook County Dems trying for blue sweep in board races, GOP hopes to keep one seat, make gains.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/31/cook-county-democrats-board-races/
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/advocates-highlight-chicagos-role-hosting-first-pride-march-during-2026-lgbtq-history-month/20000990/
NBC5
— Armed suspects use sledgehammers to break into suburban gaming café, steal nearly $14K. Prosecutors allege five people, four of them armed, then broke into the café using large sledgehammers and a crowbar.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/armed-suspects-use-sledgehammers-to-break-into-suburban-gaming-cafe-steal-nearly-14k/4009997/
WGN9
— Healthcare becomes key midterm issue ahead of policy changes. DD: Democrat leaders run the mainstream news media. The mainstream news media dictates what the campaign issues are.
https://wgntv.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/healthcare-becomes-key-midterm-issue-ahead-of-policy-changes/
FOX32
— Elmhurst coffee shop owner accused of selling meth to undercover cop 3 times.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/elmhurst-coffee-shop-owner-accused-selling-meth-undercover-cop-3-times
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-626/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I vehemently disagree with those who hint/imply/ague/shout that to punish Trump, to punish Bailey, and/or to save the Republican Party, you should vote for all the Democrat candidates on your ballot. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— As Democrats ever-increasing increase their domination of Illinois, what should the remaining Republicans in Illinois anticipate/expect? It will be ever-increasing difficult if not impossible for them a) to get accepted by colleges, b) to earn professional certifications and licenses, c) to get hired, retained, and promoted, d) to get loans, e) to buy cars, f) to buy real estate, g) to buy firearms, h) to get married, i) to get elected, j) to exercise their 1st and 7th Amendment rights, k) etc. The aforesaid will be especially true for Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. To vote for Democrats is to vote for more Democrat discrimination against Republicans. I should write about how DuPage County Republican leaders welcomed Democrat invaders with open arms. I would focus on those who did the most to dump conservatives to curry favor with the invading Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— As Democrats ever-increasing increase their domination of Illinois, what do you anticipate/expect the remaining Republicans in Illinois will do? I hope that they will not a) leave Illinois, b) become Democrats, or heaven forbid, c) promote socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, 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. I certainly hope that they will not promote hated against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. To vote for Democrats is to vote for more poverty and crime.
— On what/who will the following blame November 3 Republican defeats: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township party organization and b) the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct? The aforesaid who are RINOs or Democrat plants will blame a) the Republican Party platform and especially 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, b) conservative principles, c) conservatives, d) my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and e) me. Who will come to the defense of the platform, conservative principles, conservatives, my newsletters, and me? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get more votes from young people, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republican leaders have made it much more difficult for them to achieve the American Dream. But Democrat and RINO leaders, not Republican leaders, have ever-increasingly made it more difficult for young people to achieve the American Dream, and especially for young people who are citizens of America, conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. When I was young, if I had been noncitizen, liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, I would have achieved much more much faster than I did because my employers were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat leaders to give more preference to my coworkers who did not share my demographics. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, c) my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and d) my 1981 job-related professional license. It all culminated with my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Johnson warns Democrat midterm victory would unlock sweeping socialist power: ‘2026 is different’ DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4786340/johnson-warns-democrat-socialist-midterm-victory/
NEW YORK POST
— How Harvard changed since end of affirmative action — record breaking Asian admissions.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/30/opinion/how-harvard-changed-since-end-of-affirmative-action-record-breaking-asian-admissions/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— DD: I disagree with those who want Republican candidates to be defeated no matter what reasons they use.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/no-jonah-goldberg-wont-take-back-the-post-trump-gop/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— House GOP could use little-known move to block incoming socialists. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/10/30/not-so-fast-house-gop-could-use-little-known-move-to-block-incoming-socialists-1665475/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A number of rabidly socialist Democrats may be on a glide path to the House of Representatives, but a big surprise could await them when they get to Washington. The far-left radicals who toppled incumbents in a string of shocking summer primary upsets have now advanced to the general election and will serve as reinforcements for the socialists who have already established a beachhead in Congress despite their disdain for the nation’s founding principles as espoused in the U.S. Constitution. It is a document that incoming members are required to swear an oath to uphold before they can officially become House lawmakers, an oath that traditionally is taken by all 435 members en masse and is led by the Speaker of the House. But Fox News reports that there is “an argument circulating in conservative circles posits that any member-elect can challenge another member-elect’s right to be sworn in, provided they have compiled evidence that that person would not uphold their oath. That would then lead to House-wide deliberations followed by a vote on whether that member-elect has a right to be sworn in.” The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) – an organization which some of the likely incoming Democrats belong to – states in its platform that the Constitution should be thrown into the trash and replaced with a new one.)
BREITBART
— State Official Tells Minnesota Somalis They Can Show Up to Vote Without Proof of Citizenship.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/30/watch-state-official-tells-minnesota-somalis-they-can-show-up-to-vote-without-proof-of-citizenship/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Colorado College requires student groups seeking recognition to address DEI goals. DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/colorado-college-requires-student-groups-seeking-recognition-address-dei-goals/30898
DAILY SIGNAL
— Why Socialism Could Backfire on Democrats. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDmw999aGYo
DAILY WIRE
— DD: To get more votes from young people, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republican leaders have made it much more difficult for them to achieve the American Dream. But Democrat and RINO leaders, not Republican leaders, have ever-increasingly made it more difficult for young people to achieve the American Dream, and especially for young people who are citizens of America, conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. When I was young, if I had been noncitizen, liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, I would have achieved much more much faster than I did because my employers were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat leaders to give more preference to my coworkers who did not share my demographics. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, c) my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and d) my 1981 job-related professional license. It all culminated with my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-to-win-back-the-disillusioned-american-dream
FEDERALIST
— DHS: Trump Admin Revoked Immigration Status Of 2.2 Million Illegals.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/10/30/dhs-trump-admin-revoked-immigration-status-of-2-2-million-illegals/
— Dems Claim Voter ID Is Too Confusing But Not ‘Decoy Dan’ Ballot Trick.
https://thefederalist.com/videos/lyman-dems-claim-voter-id-is-too-confusing-but-not-decoy-dan-ballot-trick/
FOX NEWS
— Democratic socialists are gaining ground as Democrat leaders remain silent. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/joe-manchin-warns-democratic-socialists-gaining-ground-democrats-remain-silent.amp
HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— From the Golden State to the socialist state. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://heartland.org/opinion/from-the-golden-state-to-the-socialist-state/
— Is the Stage Being Set for Socialism in 2028?
https://heartland.org/opinion/is-the-stage-being-set-for-socialism-in-2028/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Maybe This Time, the GOP Will Confront Defeat. DD: On what/who will the following blame November 3 Republican defeats: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township party organization and b) the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct? The aforesaid who are RINOs or Democrat plants will blame a) the Republican Party platform and especially 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, b) conservative principles, c) conservatives, d) my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and e) me. Who will come to the defense of the platform, conservative principles, conservatives, my newsletters, and me?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/10/maybe-this-time-the-gop-will-confront-defeat/
NEWSMAX
— Democratic Win Would Hand Power to Socialists. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/johnson-socialists-democratic/2026/10/30/id/1274635/
— Midterms are about defeating Democratic Socialists of America. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnpaZvVfX-4
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Europe’s Riots: The Cost of Socialism and Globalism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2026/10/30/europes_riots_the_cost_of_socialism_and_globalism_1214352.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: People not taking personal responsibility for their health drives up healthcare costs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/well/public-health-stigma-shame-rfk-jr.html
NEWS NATION
— Could Republicans prevent Democratic Socialists from being sworn in? DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2026-midterm-elections/could-gop-prevent-democratic-socialists-sworn-in/
https://www.aol.com/articles/could-republicans-prevent-democratic-socialists-181741000.html
BALTIMORE SUN & CBS13
— Young Americans increasingly embrace socialism. Nearly half of young Americans now hold a favorable view of socialism, according to a new Fox News poll, highlighting a generational debate over capitalism, government intervention and the future of the American economy just days before the midterm elections. The poll found 48% of adults ages 18 to 34 view socialism favorably, as younger Americans grapple with rising living costs, expensive housing and student debt. DD: To get more votes from young people, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republican leaders have made it much more difficult for them to achieve the American Dream. But Democrat and RINO leaders, not Republican leaders, have ever-increasingly made it more difficult for young people to achieve the American Dream, and especially for young people who are citizens of America, conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. When I was young, if I had been noncitizen, liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, I would have achieved much more much faster than I did because my employers were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat leaders to give more preference to my coworkers who did not share my demographics. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, c) my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and d) my 1981 job-related professional license. It all culminated with my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/10/30/young-americans-increasingly-embrace-socialism-what-will-it-mean-for-election/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jJw5VpamvM
KTVB
— IRS collected its highest tax revenue in history. DD: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.
https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/nation-world/irs-collected-more-than-5-trillion-taxes-in-2026/507-fd36c8e1-5606-416e-a5a3-aba2bafb05aa
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Republican Anxiety Mounts in Final Days Before Midterm Elections. Polling showing Democrats are favored to make gains in Congress has GOP candidates in deep-red areas working to shore up support
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/republican-anxiety-mounts-in-final-days-before-midterm-elections-221bb03a
— The Signs That Voters Want a Check on Trump’s Power. DD: What about a check on Democrat power in Illinois?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-signs-that-voters-want-a-check-on-trumps-power-0a5cde4e
— DD: I vehemently disagree with those who hint/imply/ague/shout that to punish Trump, to punish Bailey, and/or to save the Republican Party, you should vote for all the Democrat candidates on your ballot.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-case-for-a-historic-wave-c11a0a92
MINNEAPOLIS FED
— Weakening job ladder. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, to get promoted beyond GS-13, you had to be a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, to get promoted beyond GS-12, you had to be a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, to get promoted beyond GS-4, you had to be a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2026/what-explains-the-broken-rungs-on-the-us-job-ladder
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://fortune.com/2026/10/30/trump-maga-supporters-approval-midterms/
— 42% of America’s recent college grads are working jobs that don’t need a degree. DD: When you graduated from college, what harmed your job hunt? When I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970, potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother would be approved. Further, my GPA was not that great because instead of studying, I had worked far too many hours for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. Further, potential employers were under tremendous pressure to hire minorities, females, and veterans. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got, to be the Retail Sales Manager in a Firestone Store, a job that did not really require a college degree. Because my future there was bleak, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971 to be a liaison between its factories and its Midwest dealerships. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer that I got from IRS to be a Revenue Officer, a job that required a business degree. I had taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination while I was a NIU student as a backup because I knew that private sector employers look down on federal employees and I had been a federal employee for almost 3 years.
https://fortune.com/2026/10/26/gen-z-underemployment-riots-france-cockroach-india-rebellion/
FAST COMPANY
— Today’s generation redefines the American Dream. From homeownership to the workplace, generations recast the dream for tomorrow. DD: What did you do to achieve the America Dream? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. In today’s dollars, that increased my salary from $19.57/hour in 1966, to $100,059/year in 1974, to $113,402 in 1980, and to $154,682/year in 1997. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and because my wife and I gave up trying to have children.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91632178/todays-generation-redefines-the-american-dream
INVESTOPEDIA
— See How Your Income Compares to the Typical Household in Your State. The typical annual income is above $100,000 in eight states and Washington D.C.
https://www.investopedia.com/here-s-the-typical-household-income-in-each-state-12202982
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The typical household income ranged from $59,350 in Mississippi to $107,800 in New Jersey, according to new Census data. The median income is above $100,000 in eight states and Washington, D.C. States where more adults are college-educated tended to have higher median household incomes in 2025.)
— California Is One of the Most Expensive States for the American Dream. Here’s What It Costs. DD: What did you do to achieve the America Dream? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. In today’s dollars, that increased my salary from $19.57/hour in 1966, to $100,059/year in 1974, to $113,402 in 1980, and to $154,682/year in 1997. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and because my wife and I gave up trying to have children.
https://www.investopedia.com/california-is-one-of-the-most-expensive-states-for-the-american-dream-here-s-what-it-costs-12198147
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The American Dream costs $6.63 million in California, the third-highest nationally and about 25% above the national figure. Housing alone costs $2.09 million, $818,000 more than the national figure.)
Raising two kids costs just over $1 million, about $300,000 more than the national figure.
TENNESSEE LOOKOUT
— DD: To get more votes from Democrat and RINO women, Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasingly promise to give women more preference over men. All my coworkers who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me and who were women 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 and/or younger than me.
.https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/10/30/work-a-little-bit-harder-tennessees-women-running-for-governor-face-challenges-men-dont/
FED SCOOP
— Court blocks OPM ‘loyalty question’ from use in agency job applications. DD: According to my critics/opponents, “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” Of course, I take that as a badge of honor. My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://fedscoop.com/court-blocks-trump-opm-loyalty-question-federal-hiring/
PHYS
— DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://phys.org/news/2026-10-politically-language-temperature-dei.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDIAN EXPRESS
— How the capitalist US became more socialist under a right-wing Trump administration. Ahead of the US midterm elections, Trump has sought to warn voters against supporting socialists within the Democratic Party. But under Trump, state control over the economy has increased.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-economics/us-midterms-trump-democrats-socialists-10943817/lite/
October 26, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— 11 more Illinois counties to vote on exploring separation from Cook County. A group of 11 counties will vote in the midterm elections on an advisory referendum concerning an exploration of the idea of creating a new state.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/11-more-illinois-counties-to-vote-on-exploring-separation-from-cook-county/4007120/
ABC7
— DD: To get more votes from voters, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly charge Trump with driving up healthcare costs.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/health-insurance-costs-keep-climbing-american-workers-new-survey-finds/19975954/
— DD: To get more votes from immigrants, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly charge Republicans with causing all their problems.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-elections-chinatown-chicago-community-groups-encourage-immigrant-voter-participation-ahead-midterms/19979028/
— DD: To get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly charge Republicans with causing all their problems: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-elections-early-voting-rallies-encourage-turnout-chicago-area-ahead-midterms/19976468/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Stratton.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/juliana-stratton-2026-us-senate-run
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/deportations-not-meeting-trumps-aggressive-targets-report-finds
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their Democrat Epstein against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/25/epstein-haunts-gop-fresh-probes-democrats/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Ramaswamy against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/26/column-vivek-ramaswamy-amy-acton-ohio-governors-race-page/
DAILY HERALD
— Cunningham for Kane County clerk.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261025/endorsements/cunningham-for-kane-county-clerk/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker laying the groundwork, money for a presidential run. DD: To get more votes from voters who are the following, Pritzker ever-increasingly shouts at them that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-pritzker-laying-the-groundwork-money-for-a-presidential-run/article_5aacb7c9-7f03-44b5-8434-419f3923363e.html
SHAW LOCAL
— Applications are being accepted for a DuPage County resident circuit judge in the 18th Judicial Circuit, Sixth Subcircuit, according to a news release from the Illinois Supreme Court Thursday. The vacancy will be created when Chief Judge Bonnie Wheaton retires on Jan. 4, 2027. Judicial vacancies are filled by Supreme Court appointment, under the Illinois Constitution. To be eligible for consideration, applicants must be a lawyer licensed to practice law in Illinois and live within the subcircuit boundaries, according to the release.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2026/10/25/applications-accepted-for-dupage-county-judicial-vacancy/
QUAD CITY TIMES
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats and to defeat Republicans.
https://qctimes.com/news/state-regional/illinois/article_3b8e9183-358d-5612-8f50-2edb665a5fac.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats and to defeat Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-10-26/republicans-are-spending-millions-and-still-may-not-win-districts-drawn-to-favor-them
FOX ILLINOIS
— Thousands of observers are expected to descend on polling places to monitor the vote on Election Day. Democrats and outside watchdogs are planning a massive presence at the polls on Election Day.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/thousands-of-observers-are-expected-to-descend-on-polling-places-to-monitor-the-vote-on/article_a1694249-c11e-54ba-90e4-c20965d5b567.html
— DD: Democrat leaders drive up inflation and then blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-failed-to-stop-inflation-now-republicans-may-pay-the-price-in-the-midterm-elections/article_aaebd6ae-829b-5163-9dca-de3e4c3e8ec7.html
WANE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Islam.
https://www.wane.com/news/national-world/trump-escalates-anti-muslim-attacks-against-el-sayed-in-michigan-drawing-arab-american-rebuke/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/10/26/the-pritzker-bailey-trump-pas-de-trois-01135005
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-834/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To vote Democrats is to vote for more a) socialism, b) dependency on government and charity, c) LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, d) abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, g) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and h) 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. To vote Democrats is to vote for more hated against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. To vote for Democrats is to vote for more poverty and crime. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Under socialism, sooner or later, government owns everything. What has being able to own things motivated you to do? It motivate me to work my way through college and earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981. That enabled me to a) buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964, b) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc., c) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984, d) get married in 1978, e) buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, d) etc. – Dave Diersen
— Under socialism, sooner or later, government decides everything. Under socialism, because no one saw me as being college material, I would not have been able to work my way through college and earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do Democrats do? Democrats let Republicans create prosperity and safety and then they move in and destroy it. I should write about Democrat success in destroying Republican states, counties, townships, municipalities, school districts, and precincts. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump, Obama throw punches at each other in Senate election brawl.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/25/donald-trump-barack-obama-throw-punches-senate-election-brawl/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Extreme French leftists co-opted school protests to bring down Western society. DD: France today, America tomorrow.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/4779271/hugo-gurdon-france-unrest-extreme-leftists-bring-down-western-society/
— James Talarico’s extremism and the Texas race that should not be close.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine-features/4775333/radical-in-seminary-robe-james-talarico-texas-senate-race/
— Florida cannot afford to give socialism a chance. DD: To Vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4776116/democratic-socialism-florida-freedom/
NEWS YORK POST
— Blagojevich urges America to vote Republican: ‘Democratic Party has been hijacked by socialists.’ DD: To Vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/25/us-news/ex-con-former-dem-ill-gov-rod-blagojevich-urges-america-to-vote-republican/
— New York voters need more genuine general-election choices — or democracy is doomed.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/26/opinion/new-york-voters-need-more-genunine-general-election-choices/
— No ordinary midterm — this election is a stark choice for America’s future. Voters face a “deep” midterm election: Islamist-sympathizing socialism is on the ballot against free-market capitalism and American exceptionalism. DD: To Vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/25/opinion/no-ordinary-midterm-but-a-stark-choice-for-americas-future/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Why Leftists Won’t Let Us Live. Leftism cannot succeed unless everyone fails together. DD: I should write about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who discouraged me the most from earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/why-leftists-won-t-let-us-live/
BLAZE
— The champagne communists who sold Millennials a bill of goods.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-champagne-communists-who-sold-millennials-a-bill-of-goods
BREITBART
— Jane Fonda’s Climate PAC Pours Millions into Socialist Candidates Ahead of Midterms. DD: To Vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/10/25/jane-fondas-climate-pac-funds-socialist-candidates-ahead-of-midterms/
COLLEGE FIX
— DD: Those responsible for slavery in America, that is, Democrats, always have, and always will, blame Republicans for slavery in America.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professors-challenge-popular-notion-americas-founding-was-based-on-slavery-in-new-book/
FOX NEWS
— Parents. DD: I owe my successes in life to my parents, to their conservatism, and to their traditional marriage. They 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.foxnews.com/media/gallup-study-finds-parents-political-ideology-plays-significant-role-adolescent-mental-health
— Socialism’s growing appeal meets an awkward reality check on college campus. DD: To Vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://noticias.foxnews.com/politics/socialisms-growing-appeal-meets-awkward-reality-check-college-campus
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— France Is Learning the Hard Way What Happens When the Socialist Bill Comes Due. DD: To Vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.heritage.org/europe/commentary/france-learning-the-hard-way-what-happens-when-the-socialist-bill-comes-due
INFO VATICANA
— Abortion: From Dick Durbin to Michael Sacks: Cupich will recognize an abortion-funding donor at a gala for future priests. DD: My critics/opponents reject the pro-life plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://infovaticana.com/en/2026/10/23/from-dick-durbin-to-michael-sacks-cupich-will-honor-an-abortion-funding-donor-at-a-gala-for-future-priests/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— A Civilizational Choice Is Upon Us. Preserve America and the West—or permit an intersectional ideology hostile to American values and Western civilization to gain greater influence.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/10/a-civilizational-choice-is-upon-us/amp/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Noncitizen Voting Is a Real Problem — and This Loophole Explains Why.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/10/noncitizen-voting-is-a-real-problem-and-this-loophole-explains-why/
NEWSMAX
— Best Defense Against Socialism: Teaching Entrepreneurship. DD: While my parents were not entrepreneurs, their parents and all their ancestors were. DD: To Vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/laurahollis/musk-poverty-schramm/2026/10/25/id/1273930/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Clueless Hollywood celebs campaign for socialist Lula da Silva ahead of Brazil’s presidential runoff. DD: To Vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thepostmillennial.com/clueless-hollywood-celebs-campaign-for-socialist-lula-da-silva-ahead-of-brazils-presidential-runoff
WHITE HOUSE
— The Cost of Socialism. DD: To Vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmERsPeqy1g
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/6168556-doj-undocumented-tuition-lawsuits/amp/
CBS NEWS
— DD: To get more votes from voters, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly charge Trump with causing all their problems.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-house-estimate-midterm-elections-2026/
CNBC
— Caregiving an affordability issue. DD: From 2009 until she died when she was 91 in 2022, I had total responsibility for my outstanding aunt Eunice S. Diersen who had Alzheimer’s. She never married. She helped my parents raise me in Crete.
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/10/26/the-economy-election-caregiving-an-affordability-issue.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Parents. DD: I owe my successes in life to my parents, to their conservatism, and to their traditional marriage. They 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.washingtonpost.com/national/moms-for-liberty-parents-rights/2021/10/14/bf3d9ccc-286a-11ec-8831-a31e7b3de188_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2017/09/05/how-the-culture-wars-destroyed-public-education/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: The mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats and to defeat Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/10/26/divided-values-as-reps-prize-patriotism-dems-equality-in-poll/92262490007/
ARIZONA DAILY INDEPENDENT
— Strong Families, Strong America: Our Future Depends On More Affordable Homes. DD: Back in the good old days, back when I was 24 in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ But if I was 24 today, I would not be able to do that. The jobs that I got back then are ever-increasingly being given to noncitizens, to minorities, and to females. Back then, all my employers would have hired noncitizens, minorities, and females instead of me if they could have.
https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2026/10/strong-families-strong-america-our-future-depends-on-more-affordable-homes/
FORBES
— Workplace Skills. DD: All my coworkers who my superiors promoted over me excelled at helping their superiors get rid of their subordinates like me who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my superiors and those who they promoted over me.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2026/10/26/8-workplace-skills-trends-that-could-make-or-break-your-career-in-2027/
BALLOTPEDIA
— Democratic Socialists of America endorses 131 candidates and takes sides on 33 ballot measures in the Nov. 3 elections. DD: To Vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://news.ballotpedia.org/2026/10/26/the-democratic-socialists-of-america-endorses-131-candidates-and-takes-sides-on-33-ballot-measures-in-the-nov-3-elections/
EDUCATION WEEK
— Parents. DD: I owe my successes in life to my parents, to their conservatism, and to their traditional marriage. They 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.edweek.org/leadership/what-the-push-for-parents-rights-means-for-schools/2023/02
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/diversity/2026/10/26/conservative-group-used-target-media-now-it-hunts-dei
PERSONNEL TODAY
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI to not hire Republicans and to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/how-hr-is-handling-dei-pushback-in-the-workplace/
BEAST
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, you had to be a good little Democrat to be promoted to GS-5. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, you had to be a good little Democrat to be promoted to GS-13. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, you had to be a good little Democrat to be promoted to GS-14.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/secret-trump-loyalty-test-for-us-diplomats-revealed
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
— Illinois counties to vote on prospect of forming new state without crime-ridden Chicago.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16238135/Illinois-counties-vote-new-state-without-Chicago.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
EDMUNDS
— Cheapest New Cars for 2026. DD: Back in the good old days, when I was 17 in in 1966, I was able to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, with money I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage for 15 months part-time and for 3 months full-time. In 1967, I was able to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 with money I earned cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, and delivering mail for 12 months part-time and for 6 months full-time. In 1968, I was able to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE with money I had earned delivering mail for 9 months part-time and for 3 months full-time. In 1971, I was able to buy a new 1972 Corvette with money I earned delivering mail for 5 months part-time and for 3 months full-time, working for a Firestone Store for 7 months full-time and for 8 months part-time, and working for IRS for 4 months full-time.
https://www.edmunds.com/car-buying/cheapest-new-cars.html
October 23, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DuPage County Clerk explains precautions taken to protect voting process ahead of midterm elections.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dupage-county-clerk-jean-kaczmarek-explains-precautions-taken-protect-voting-process-ahead-midterm-elections/19970326/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_Uv7xNuWTA
WTTW
— State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke Outlines Case to Uphold Cook County Assault Weapons Ban Ahead of SCOTUS Arguments. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/10/22/state-s-attorney-eileen-o-neill-burke-outlines-case-uphold-cook-county-assault-weapons
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker doling out big bucks to help Democrats — and boost a 2028 presidential run. Pritzker is taking out $40 million from his vast personal wealth to boost candidates in contentious races, and building coalitions with Democrats across the country, including in 2028 early primary states. “It’s a terrific strategy,” says former presidential candidate Howard Dean.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/10/23/gov-jb-pritzker-campaign-funding-outreach-democrats-other-states-2028-presidential-run
— Mayor Johnson announces plan to expand food access, create indoor public markets. Johnson also signed an executive order to establish a steering committee that would create strategies with the goal of making Chicago a “market city.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/10/22/mayor-johnson-expand-food-access-create-indoor-public-markets
— Early voting numbers ominous for Republicans. DD: In your county, so far, what percent of early voters are D and R?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/10/22/early-voting-midterm-elections-republicans-trump-iran-economy-prices-s-e-cupp
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal government gets OK to challenge Evanston’s reparations program for legacy Black residents.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/22/federal-government-challenge-evanstons-reparations-black/
— Trump backs Vivek Ramaswamy on controversial ad featuring Democrat Amy Acton’s estranged mother.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/22/donald-trump-vivek-ramaswamy-amy-acton/
— Deportations climb under President Donald Trump but fall short of White House target.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/22/deportations-donald-trump-report/
— City property tax relief program funded by suing Texas bus companies that sent migrants.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/22/mayor-brandon-johnson-property-tax-relief/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/23/broadview-six-anniversary/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/23/opinion-broadview-immigration-facility-spritual-care-chicago/
DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Noonan for DuPage County Sheriff
https://www.dailyherald.com/opinion/
— Gary Grasso: 2026 candidate for DuPage County chairman.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261022/local-politics/gary-grasso-2026-candidate-for-dupage-county-chairman/
WBEZ
— Pritzker doling out big bucks to help Democrats — and boost a 2028 presidential run. Pritzker is taking out $40 million from his vast personal wealth to boost candidates in contentious races, and building coalitions with Democrats across the country, including in 2028 early primary states. “It’s a terrific strategy,” says former presidential candidate Howard Dean.
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/elections/2026/10/23/gov-jb-pritzker-campaign-funding-outreach-democrats-other-states-2028-presidential-run
— The future of Illinois’ Republican party. Republican Mayor Scott Gartner of Antioch joins Say More to share his hopes for the future of the GOP in Illinois. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO leaders will use November 3, 2026 Republican defeats a) to dump more planks from the Republican Party platform, b) to officially dump conservatives, that is, platform Republicans, from the party, and c) to rename the party the Democrat Lite Party.
https://www.wbez.org/say-more-with-mary-dixon-patrick-smith/2026/10/22/the-future-of-illinois-republican-party
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-10-22/trumps-attacks-on-the-press-have-become-a-war
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Statewide races: Little-known GOP slate faces uphill battle against mostly incumbent Dems. Democrats have held all statewide offices since 2019.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/statewide-races-little-known-gop-slate-faces-uphill-battle-against-mostly-incumbent-dems/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats have occupied all six statewide constitutional offices since 2019 and are hoping to continue their winning streak in November. The Republican field is far less funded and has much less name recognition than the mostly incumbent Democratic slate. The GOP slate nonetheless said they have a compelling argument that Democrats have failed to improve the lives of Illinoisians’ and believe the election results will reflect that.)
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Diane Harris, candidate for Illinois Secretary of State.
https://capitolcitynow.com/podcasts/diane-harris-candidate-for-illinois-secretary-of-state/
ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone in America will be handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare.
https://www.icpas.org/communities/volunteers/cpa-day-of-service
DUCKWORTH
— DD: Duckworth pushes universal childcare. For Democrat leaders, childcare exists to crank out good little Democrats. My outstanding mother stayed home and raised me. 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.duckworth.senate.gov/news/videos/watch/its-long-past-time-we-establish-universal-child-care
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/10/23/pritzkers-low-expectations-01133169
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-620/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/
WIREPOINTS
https://wirepoints.org/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Cook County proposes banning data sales to ICE. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ba8686d9-487b-49f6-aef0-164b5d17f32c.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says New York Times should apologize for running fake polls. DD: Democrat leaders use fake polls to paint Democrat candidates as wining.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/22/trump-says-new-york-times-apologize-running-fake-polls/
— Are all the polls wrong? Maybe pollsters cannot find MAGA … again. Pollsters keep missing Trump voters by double digits, and Democrats are betting that this time will be different. DD: Democrat leaders use fake polls to paint Democrat candidates as wining.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/21/polls-wrong-maybe-pollsters-cannot-find-maga/
— What’s at stake in the midterms? Only the whole country. Leftists are open about their plans to ruin America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/22/whats-stake-midterms-whole-country/
— America, circa soon? Snowflake socialists who say U.S. deserved 9/11. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/22/america-circa-soon-snowflake-socialists-who-say-us-deserved-911/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How can Democrats promote gun control while going soft on gun criminals? DD: Democrats ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4776231/democrats-promote-gun-control-soft-on-gun-criminals/
NEW YORK POST
— European civilization is crumbling, proving socialism doesn’t work. Will America listen? DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/22/opinion/european-civilization-is-crumbling-proving-socialism-doesnt-work-will-america-listen/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Why So Many Men Aren’t Working. DD: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I took were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. Because the aforesaid jobs were so bad, my superiors had lots of problems finding qualified minorities, females, younger people, and veterans to meet their Affirmative Action quotas.
https://www.aei.org/commentary/why-so-many-men-arent-working/
BREITBART
— Trump backs US attack ad featuring Democrat’s estranged mother.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-backs-us-attack-ad-featuring-democrats-estranged-mother/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Trump expands crackdown on anti-white and anti-Asian racism as DOJ finds Ohio State favored black applicants.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/trump-expands-crackdown-anti-white-anti-asian-racism-doj-finds-ohio-state-favored-black-applicants/30845
CITY JOURNAL
— Second-City Socialism. Socialists have a larger presence on Chicago’s city council than on that of any other large American city. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-socialists-city-council
DAILY CALLER
— Anti Semi-Auto Jurisdictions Cite Weapons You Never Heard Of To Justify Gun Bans. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/10/22/connecticut-cook-county-cite-bans-on-weapons-you-never-heard-of-to-save-their-semi-auto-gun-bans/
EPOCH TIMES
— DHS Says ‘Absolutely Zero Chance’ Migrant Caravan Will Be Allowed to Enter US. More than 600 migrants left southern Mexico seeking to reach the United States, with members urging Mexican authorities to grant permits for travel north. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/dhs-says-absolutely-zero-chance-migrant-caravan-will-be-allowed-to-enter-us-6107518
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Biden Said Only Congress Could Fix the Border; Trump Proved Him Wrong. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.fairus.org/opinion/biden-said-only-congress-could-fix-border-trump-proved-him-wrong
— DHS Finalizes Rule Ending Automatic Extensions of Work Permits. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/dhs-finalizes-rule-ending-automatic-extensions-work-permits
— Is France Done For? The Reality of the Riots. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yCPuwUFHQ0
FOX NEWS
— Gen Z panel pressed on surging socialism support ahead of midterms. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6407243218112
NEWSMAX
— Glenn Beck: Democratic Socialists planning a France-like ending to America. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eBKNBYb-qU
PATRIOT POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout a) that Jesus is a socialist, b) that Jesus is a Democrat, and c) that Jesus wants dependency on government and charity, wants LGBTQ, that is, wants the destruction of traditional marriage and family, wants abortion, that is, wants disrespect for human life, wants mass/illegal immigration, wants booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, wants diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and wants Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, wants race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The aforesaid is the Democrat Party platform. How successful are Democrats in taking over your church? DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://patriotpost.us/videos/1002171-jesus-was-a-socialist-why-this-is-completely-wrong
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— DSA Seeks to Overturn the Constitution.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2026/10/22/dsa_seeks_to_overturn_the_constitution_1213061.html
TOWNHALL
— The Best Defense Against Socialism Is Teaching Entrepreneurship Well. We’re Not Doing It. DD: Have you considered being an entrepreneur? I never did. I saw the benefits that my father had working for the same company from 1940 until he died in 1969.
https://townhall.com/columnists/laurahollis/2026/10/23/the-best-defense-against-socialism-is-teaching-entrepreneurship-well-were-not-doing-it-n2685159
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
AOL
— 15 Things Retirees Could Afford in the 1970s That Cost a Fortune Now
https://www.aol.com/articles/15-things-retirees-could-afford-130000000.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. House of Their Own. . .2. New Car. . .3. Gas for Road Trips. . .4. College Education for the Family. . .5. Comfortable Retirement Home. . .6. Family Vacation. . .7. A Dinner. . .8. Weekly Grocery Shop. . .9. Color Television. . .10. Home Repairs & Improvements. . .11. Night at the Movies. . .12. Airline Tickets. . .13. Second Property. . .14. Gold as a Long-Term Investment. . .15. Furniture)
USA TODAY
— Can’t afford a house? Try getting married. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I got married when I was 29 in 1978. They were furious that my wife had a good job and that she had saved $20,000 that we used to buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton. SEE: https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/1017-E-Harrison-Ave-60187/home/18135528 They were furious that I got a $10,000 gain from selling my one bedroom Outer Drive East condo that we used to buy a new 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale and a new 1978 Chevrolet Chevette. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/ They got more furious that my outstanding wife and our traditional marriage enabled me to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and b) take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Subsequently, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that my outstanding wife and our traditional marriage enabled me to a) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, b) pass the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) become a licensed CPA in 1981, d) get promoted in 1986, e) earn four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and f) earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/10/01/buy-house-marriage-path-homeownership/91988448007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/is-america-still-afraid-of-socialism/ar-AA2fSvYL
— Affordability. DD: What helped you afford things? When I was young, I spent far less money on immediate pleasures than my peers did. I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned job-related a) master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. In today’s dollars, that increased my salary from $19.57/hour in 1966, to $100,059/year in 1974, to $113,402 in 1980, and to $154,682/year in 1997. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/affordability-isnt-an-impossibility-391f57e7
— New Mexico Tries to Censor Meta. A judge and the state AG say Facebook didn’t block enough political speech. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who unsuccessfully had their operatives and their dupes try to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/new-mexico-meta-lawsuit-judge-francis-mathew-mark-zuckerberg-a2a08fe5?mod=opinion_lead_pos1
FED SMITH
— CSRS vs. FERS: Did Federal Employees Get a Better Deal or Lose With FERS? CSRS offers a larger pension. FERS adds Social Security and TSP matching. WEP’s repeal changes the comparison—but which system delivers more? DD: In 1989, I could have switched to FERS, but I stayed with CSRS.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/10/21/csrs-vs-fers-better-deal/
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DD: To get more votes from anti-conservatives, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against conservatives.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/10/22/the-rhetorical-triumph-of-the-neo-nazis/
ATLANTIC
— Why So Many Men Aren’t Working. Jobs exist. The trouble lies in finding men who are willing and able to take them. DD: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I took were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. Because the aforesaid jobs were so bad, my superiors had lots of problems finding qualified minorities, females, younger people, and veterans to meet their Affirmative Action quotas.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/job-market-unemployment-men-screentime/689109/
MEDIAITE
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. For them the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/state-department-allegedly-quizzed-those-up-for-promotion-if-they-voted-for-trump/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
NEWS24
— Bigger government is not the answer. US voters should embrace capitalism and not socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAQRPHao71g
INDIA WEST
— Krishnamoorthi Accuses Big Tech Of Profiting From Anti-Indian Hate.
https://indiawest.com/krishnamoorthi-accuses-big-tech-of-profiting-from-anti-indian-hate/
CONVERSATION
— Young people need more than qualifications to prepare them for work. DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I earned job-related a) master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) professional license in 1981. In today’s dollars, that increased my salary from $19.57/hour in 1966, to $100,059/year in 1974, to $113,402 in 1980, and to $154,682/year in 1997. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://theconversation.com/young-people-need-more-than-qualifications-to-prepare-them-for-work-291717
GUARDIAN
— High school reunions. DD: When I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, virtually no one saw me as being college material because neither of my patents attended college, because my father was only the first of ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and because my mother never attended high school. Further, I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights. That severely limited my interactions with my classmates. But nevertheless, I took college preparatory courses. I earned an ACT score of 24. I graduated in the upper 20% of my class. And I got accepted by UIC. I am going to attend the 60th reunion. The 1966 Crete-Monee High School yearbook is at: https://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/Crete-Monee-High-School/178644
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/oct/21/curiosity-atonement-how-to-get-through-high-school-reunions
October 16, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Leaders call for federal charges in alleged mass shooting plot against Hindu temple in Aurora. Krishnamoorthi was inside temple during thwarted attack; Palatine man Alexandros Paporakis facing terror charges. DD: What led to Paporakis being trans? How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/leaders-call-federal-charges-alleged-shooting-plot-hindu-temple-aurora/19943241/
— White House press secretary Katie Zacharia says she did not pass bar exam. Zacharia has described herself as a lawyer; Trump called her “an attorney.” DD: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981. I grandfathered in to become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/white-house-press-secretary-katie-zacharia-says-she-did-not-pass-bar-exam/19943822/
NBC5
— Chicago elected official calls colleagues ‘Nazis,’ ‘Fascists.’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/exclusive-chicago-elected-official-calls-colleagues-nazis-fascists/4002760/
CBS2
— Illinois leaders call on FBI to investigate Palatine mass shooting plot at Hindu temple as hate crime. DD: What led to Paporakis being trans? How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-leaderscondemn-palatine-mass-shooting-plot/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Ordinary white kid’ or ‘neo-Nazi’? Court records offer new insight into alleged plot to attack Hindu temple. DD: What led to Paporakis being trans? How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/16/aurora-hindu-temple-shooting/
— Lake County Board Chair Sandy Hart is running for county treasurer against political newcomer David Peñaherrera, with the former pitching her lengthy political resume and the latter his conservative values, but also his opposition to President Donald Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/16/lake-county-treasurer-race/
— Democrats lead fundraising in Illinois and federal races as megadonors fail to materialize for Darren Bailey.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/16/illinois-campaign-fundraising-pritzker-bailey/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker outspending Darren Bailey’s campaign 25-to-1 in Illinois governor race. Illinois Democrats also hold massive fundraising advantages as they seek to expand supermajorities In the General Assembly.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/10/16/jb-pritzker-darren-bailey-illinois-governor-race-campaign-cash-spending
— Sexual harassment scandal shapes southwest suburban Illinois House race. Democrat Jessica Dixon Heitman is seeking a full term against Republican Gabby Shanahan, following the resignation of ex-Rep. Harry Benton — and the ensuing questions around Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch’s leadership.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/10/16/illinois-house-district-97-election-shanahan-heitman-benton-sexual-harassment-scandal
DAILY HERALD
— ‘Ordinary white kid’ or ‘neo-Nazi’? Court records offer new insight into alleged plot to attack Hindu temple. DD: What led to Paporakis being trans? How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261016/news/ordinary-white-kid-or-neo-nazi-court-records-offer-new-insight-into-alleged-plot-to-attack-hind/
— Angel Oakley: 2026 candidate for the 3rd Congressional District.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261016/us-congress-politics/angel-oakley-2026-candidate-for-the-3rd-congressional-district/
— DuPage County Board chair race: Conroy seeks second term against challenger Grasso.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261016/news/dupage-county-board-chair-race-conroy-seeks-second-term-against-challenger-grasso/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings rallies. Pritzker is their King of Illinois.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2026/10/16/from-protests-to-the-polls-saturdays-no-kings-rallies-focus-on-early-voting/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With mid-term elections only weeks away, people are expected to gather Saturday in an effort to encourage early voting. While the first three No Kings rallies featured homemade posters, political costumes and lots of honking and waving, the upcoming rallies are expected to have a slightly different tone. “This is a nonpartisan event that is designed to encourage early voter turnout,” said Mike Waters, a member of Indivisible West Suburban Chicago. The Indivisible West Suburban Chicago event will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Tower Green in downtown Western Springs. Other rallies are scheduled for Lombard, Glen Ellyn, Wheaton, Elmhurst, Naperville, Geneva and other locations across the Chicago area. “We are trying to connect (people) with opportunities to encourage others to vote early,” Waters said. The rallies will not be partisan, Waters said. “We will not be supporting a particular candidate,” he said. “We won’t have any candidates speaking; this is strictly to try to generate excitement for voting and to get people involved in encouraging others to vote.” Still, he added, “Our leanings are clear from our past activities. We have been resisting the Trump administration.” “But this will not be an overtly partisan event,” Waters said. “We are trying to keep it nonpartisan and focus strictly on getting people to vote.” “We want people to cast their vote as soon as possible. Don’t wait until Election Day. Go and get it done,” said Jill Grauman, a member of Indivisible DuPage. “The focus is moving away from a mass mobilization, protest movement …. into moving people to do a particular thing, and the particular thing is to vote early,” Grauman added. “We wanted to give some of our members the opportunity to be out there in the community with other people on the street with a sign together,” she said. “But this time around our goal is really to emphasize getting people to vote early and to tell other people to make a plan to get their vote cast.” “We want to encourage people to vote in the morning and then come and join us at the protest to celebrate,” Grauman said. “The date was picked because it is very close to the midterms, but there is also a couple of weeks. So if this is the first time you thought about voting, there is enough time to get a plan together, update your registration and find your polling place,” she said. Indivisible DuPage will host the No Kings: Roosevelt Road Resistance from noon until 2 p.m. on Saturday at three locations: South Naperville Road and Roosevelt and Naperville roads in Wheaton, Main Street and Roosevelt Road in Glen Ellyn and Roosevelt Road and Main Street in Lombard. In Illinois, early voting for the Nov. 3 General Election began Sept. 24. Registered Illinois voters can cast their ballots early at designated locations, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections. If you are not registered to vote, there is still time to register. Eligible individuals in Illinois can register to vote until 11:59 p.m. Oct. 18.)
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DD: Democrat leaders promote their No Kings rallies. Pritzker is their King of Illinois.
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article317653035.html
STATELINE
— Can downstate Illinois really defeat Chicago and unseat JB Pritzker?
https://www.mystateline.com/news/can-downstate-illinois-really-defeat-chicago-and-unseat-jb-pritzker/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Former Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass to shut down website for health reasons.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/10/15/john-kass-chicago-news-website-strokes-tribune-columnist
CAPITOL
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-616/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism, Marxism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The aforesaid is the Democrat Party platform. The aforesaid brings forth poverty and crime. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Jim Durkin Calls Female Illinois Review Contributor a “F—ing B**ch,” Bailey a “Hillbilly Loser” at Hinsdale Fundraiser. DD: Sooner or later, all my critics and opponents who falsely claim to be conservative and/or Republican will come out of their closets.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/10/witnesses-jim-durkin-calls-female-illinois-review-contributor-a-f-ing-bch-bailey-a-hillbilly-loser-at-hinsdale-fundraiser.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, who recently endorsed Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker over Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey, allegedly launched an unprovoked, profanity-laced verbal attack against a female Illinois Review contributor Thursday evening during a political fundraiser at Hinsdale Prime Steak, according to the contributor herself and eyewitnesses who spoke with Illinois Review. The target of Durkin’s alleged outburst was Janelle Towne, a longtime Republican activist and contributor to Illinois Review, one of Illinois’ prominent conservative, pro-Trump news publications. According to Towne and multiple witnesses, Durkin called her a “f—ing bitch” and criticized her for supporting Bailey, whom he referred to as a “hillbilly loser.” Towne told Illinois Review that she had done nothing to provoke the confrontation and that it occurred near the front door of the restaurant. Towne is no stranger to Durkin. A former constituent of the Western Springs Republican, she has known him for years. She is also an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump and a frequent visitor to Mar-a-Lago, the president’s private residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Towne has never been shy about her support for Trump or conservative Republican candidates like Bailey. Durkin, meanwhile, has long opposed Trump and has become increasingly outspoken against the party’s MAGA wing. Durkin’s disagreements with Trump and his influence on the Republican Party date back years. In December 2023, Illinois Review reported that Durkin had decided against running for Cook County State’s Attorney, citing Trump’s potential presence at the top of the Republican ticket. “I see no path winning with Trump at the top of the ticket,” Durkin told CBS Chicago at the time. But Thursday’s alleged confrontation goes beyond political differences. A former Republican legislative leader allegedly directing a degrading, gender-directed insult at a woman over her political support is a serious matter, particularly for someone who spent years representing the public in Springfield. The incident comes less than fourteen days after Durkin appeared in a campaign video endorsing Pritzker for a third term. In it, he said he would not “throw away or waste a vote” on Bailey, whose campaign he called a “foolish escapade.” Durkin now works in government affairs as “of counsel” at Point of Difference Strategies, a Chicago lobbying firm led by Lisa Duarte, a former senior official in the Pritzker administration. As Illinois Review previously reported, the firm is registered to represent 37 clients in Springfield, including AbbVie, United Airlines, Nicor Gas, the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Transit Authority. Those clients are represented by the firm, not necessarily by Durkin individually. Durkin spent years in Springfield as one of Illinois’ most influential Republicans, including nearly a decade as House Republican leader. Although he has left elected office, his work in government affairs keeps him connected to the same political institutions he once helped lead. Political disagreements are nothing new. But according to Towne, Thursday night’s encounter at Hinsdale Prime Steak went beyond a disagreement over candidates. They allege that a former Republican legislative leader directed a degrading, profanity-laced insult at a woman he has known for years because of her support for Darren Bailey. The allegations raise a question that has little to do with party loyalty or political endorsements: Why would a former House Republican leader speak to any woman that way?)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— $2 trillion man: Trump oversees deep deficit in 2026.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/16/federal-deficit-hits-2-trillion-worst-since-end-pandemic/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Obama presidential center’s costs balloon to $1 billion after initial $300 million estimate.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/4766970/obama-president-campus-cost-balloon-1-billion-top-expensive-presidential-center/
NEW YORK POST
— Hypocrite Democrats say ‘no one is above the law’ — except for Ilhan Omar.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/15/opinion/hypocrite-dems-no-one-is-above-the-law-except-for-ilhan-omar/
BREITBART
— White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia ‘Transitioning Out’ of Role. DD: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981. I grandfathered in to become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/16/report-white-house-press-secretary-katie-zacharia-transitioning-out-of-role/
CHRISTIAN NEWS
— ‘Trans’ neo-Nazi teen in Hindu temple murder plot to receive jail ‘hormone treatment.’ DD: What led to Paporakis being trans? How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://christiannews.net/2026/10/16/trans-neo-nazi-teen-in-hindu-temple-murder-plot-to-receive-jail-hormone-treatment/
DIALY SIGNAL
— Trump Opens Door to Press Secretary Leaving. DD: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981. I grandfathered in to become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/10/16/breaking-trump-opens-door-to-press-secretary-leaving/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Zacharia has faced questions about her legal credentials, as she calls herself a lawyer but there isn’t a record of her passing the bar exam. Zacharia has said she took the bar exam once, failed, and did not take it again. “I graduated Pepperdine, got married in the same week, and we had all intent to move out to China,” she told Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “I had already preregistered for the bar exam. “And during — basically, during the summer, I knew I would be living in China and the results of the bar were inconsequential, and I sat for it because I didn’t want to have a withdrawal status,” she said. “And then I moved over to China, and where I did get a job in an international practice of a Chinese law firm.”)
NEW AMERICAN
— Pritzker Attacks Bailey for Christian Faith.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-attacks-gop-opponent-for-christian-faith/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In his campaign to win election for a third term as Illinois’ governor, JB Pritzker is attacking his Republican opponent, Darren Bailey, for holding traditional Christian beliefs. Bailey, a former state senator from downstate Illinois, is an evangelical Christian, and founded a private Christian school with his wife. Pritzker’s campaign has published press releases attacking Bailey for his and his school’s theological stances. On October 14, for example, the campaign mocked Bailey because his school upholds biblical positions on the family, including that a husband “leads the family” — as opposed to the radical social agenda taught in government schools. Pritzker campaign spokesperson Leah Hurwitz disingenuously claimed that “Darren Bailey has used his own school to indoctrinate children into his extreme views.” In reality, government schools have indoctrinated millions of American children into rejecting biblical principles and adopting actual extreme views such as Marxism and critical race theory. Not the First Attack. This was not the first time that Pritzker’s campaign attacked Bailey’s Christian faith. On September 17, it launched a television ad attacking Bailey because his school uses curriculum that teaches biblical creation. In a press release published the following day, the campaign labeled the school’s curriculum “extreme,” and smeared biblical creation as a “false dinosaur hoax.” Pritzker’s attack effectively targeted millions of Americans. For example, Gallup polling indicates that a plurality of Americans believe in biblical creation. Additionally, many scientists continue to openly reject evolution as scientifically unsound. Responding to this attack, Bailey said that he wanted “to talk about high property taxes [and] high utility costs.” He called the attacks — and the media’s fixation on them — a “perfect example of JB Pritzker being successful by diverting the message.” Perhaps not surprisingly in a blue state, Pritzker’s campaign has also attacked both Bailey and his running mate for opposing abortion. The Illinois Democratic Party has joined in attacking Bailey’s Christian faith. In a Facebook post on October 14, David Smith, executive director of the Christian-conservative Illinois Family Institute, highlighted an anti-Bailey mailer that he received, paid for by the party. Headlined “Darren Bailey: Not this extremist b******t again,” the vulgar mailer attacked Bailey’s Christian beliefs, including “believ[ing] God intended for men to be the head of households” and “oppos[ing] the right to an abortion.” Pritzker’s and Bailey’s Records. In his post, Smith noted that “the hypocrisy is staggering coming from JB Pritzker, who repealed parental notification of abortion, expanded taxpayer funding for abortion, [and] legalized assisted suicide. His ‘culture of death’ agenda is extremism on steroids.” Bailey served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021, and in the Senate from 2021 to 2023, earning an 83-percent lifetime Freedom Score. By contrast, the Illinois General Assembly’s average Freedom Score currently sits at a dismal 23.4 percent. America’s Biblical Foundation. Pritzker’s attacks on Bailey’s Christian faith illustrate how far the United States has drifted from its biblical foundation — a foundation that no informed American can miss. For example, the Declaration of Independence acknowledges that “all men … are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,” including the rights to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Additionally, in his 1796 Farewell Address, President George Washington noted that, “of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” In a 1798 letter to the Massachusetts Militia, President John Adams declared, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” And in its 1892 decision in Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court declared explicitly that the United States “is a Christian nation.” Instead of upholding America’s founding principles, a large segment of American leaders, including Pritzker, advocate policies such as abortion, euthanasia, gun control, and draconian government regulations that blatantly violate them — and many are openly condescending of traditional Christian principles. This trend is not limited to a single party, as The New American’s Freedom Index demonstrates. Defending Biblical Principles. With America’s biblical foundation under attack, traditionally minded Americans must push back. For example, parents must get their children out of government schools and instead homeschool them or place them in vetted private schools, such as FreedomProject Academy. Indoctrination via government schools and universities has been a key cause of America’s moral decline, and parents must not allow it get hold of their children. Americans must also educate their family, friends, and neighbors about their elected officials’ records. Few people are aware of how their leaders govern, or even know who their representatives are. The New American’s Freedom Index, which evaluates federal and state legislators based on their adherence to the U.S. Constitution and America’s founding principles, is an excellent place to start. Restoring adherence to America’s founding principles requires an informed and activated electorate. The John Birch Society, the parent organization of The New American, has been working tirelessly for nearly 70 years to educate Americans and motivate them to action, spearheading organized action in local communities to influence elected officials. This fight is not hopeless; by working together to educate others and influence our officials, we can successfully uphold America’s biblical foundation.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Man charged in alleged plot that targeted a Hindu place of worship in Illinois. DD: What led to Paporakis being trans? How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://abcnews.com/US/man-charged-alleged-plot-potentially-targeting-hindu-place/story?id=137281385
CBS NEWS
— Vance defends ICE but says there’s a responsibility to investigate when agents “screw up.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vance-ice-investigate-agents-screw-up/
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/election-officials-debunk-persistent-false-claim-poll-workers-ballots-rcna603676
GAO
— 2027-2032 Strategic Plan. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 wasted my career. They forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. They delayed my promotions and refused to promote me beyond GS-13. They wasted what I had learned working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. They refused to assign me to audits of IRS for all 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them. They wasted what learned earning an MBA in 1976, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passing the Certified Internal Auditor Examination on my first attempt in 1981, becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, and earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. They forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-27-900655
POLITICO
— Katie Zacharia out as press secretary after five days. DD: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981. I grandfathered in to become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/16/katie-zacharia-out-as-press-secretary-after-five-days-01123470
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
NATIONAL HERALD INDIA & INDIA NEW ENGLAND NEWS
— Asian American caucus blames Trump administration for fueling anti-South Asian hate. Lawmakers cite inflammatory rhetoric and a weakened domestic terrorism monitoring mechanism after authorities foil a plot targeting an Illinois Hindu temple. DD: What led to Paporakis being trans? How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/international/asian-american-caucus-blames-donald-trump-administration-for-fuelling-anti-south-asian-hate
https://indianewengland.com/asian-american-lawmakers-accuse-trump-administration-of-fueling-anti-south-asian-hate-after-foiled-hindu-temple-attack/
October 16, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— South Asian leaders call for action after alleged mass shooting plot targeting Aurora Hindu temple. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly blame Trump for Paporakis’ actions. Then again, anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/palatine-police-give-update-thwarted-alleged-mass-shooting-plot-aurora-alexandros-paporakis-19-charge/19940093/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At a news conference in Chicago’s Loop, faith leaders, civil rights advocates and political leaders called for action beyond public statements. Among their requests was the restoration of federal funding for programs aimed at reducing hate crimes.)
WGN9
— Tracy makes his case as Election Day approaches.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/wgn-the-point-politics-chicago-illinois/gop-candidate-for-u-s-senate-don-tracy-makes-his-case-as-election-day-approaches/
FOX32
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vUopU1Q-uJU
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly drag Trump down to drag Republican down ballot candidates down.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/16/editorial-don-tracy-juliana-stratton-donald-trump-senate-election-illinois/
— In the second quarter of 2026, a household needed to earn roughly $101,075 a year to afford the median-priced home in the Chicago area. DD: Back in the good old days, back when I was 24 in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome in University Park. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ . But it had only 1,000 square feet. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it and the down payment would have been about $36,000. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had just increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $86.400. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/16/opinion-public-housing-chicago-gemeindebau/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Fired FBI workers sue to regain jobs. DD: My Democrat Chicago office GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire, when I was 49 in 1997. They did that because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. SEE: https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/chennareddy-v-dodaro-civ-888717657
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/15/empleados-de-fbi-despedidos-por-caso-de-documentos-de-trump-demandan-para-ser-reincorporados/
DAILY HERALD
— Don Tracy: 2026 candidate for the U.S. Senate.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261016/us-congress-politics/don-tracy-2026-candidate-for-the-u-s-senate/
SOUTHERN
— 9 former FBI agents who worked on Trump classified docs case sue over their firings. DD: My Democrat Chicago office GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire, when I was 49 in 1997. They did that because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. SEE: https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/chennareddy-v-dodaro-civ-888717657
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/10/15/9-former-fbi-agents-who-worked-on-trump-classified-docs-case-sue-over-their-firings/
FOX ILLINOIS & NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIIO & NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-wants-the-midterms-to-be-all-about-himself-judging-by-the-ads-democrats-are/article_7a00a669-1317-5f3e-8c9c-03ff6b3efa2b.html
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2026-10-15/they-voted-for-trump-in-2024-but-now-are-talking-about-voting-to-check-his-power
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2026-10-15/lots-of-red-state-stumping-for-president-trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-10-16/why-some-gen-z-voters-who-backed-trump-now-regret-their-decision
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ, and especially if you oppose the promotion of LGBTQ, Democrats and RINOs destroy you. I should write about that.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/local/what-lgbtq-elders-want-the-next-generation-to-know/article_e5a5a956-e3b0-4843-9107-cd0333c0ca4d.html
ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.illinois.gov/news/release.html?releaseid=33044
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/10/16/no-bets-on-pritzkers-tax-returns-01122248
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-828/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime because it promotes a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, c) abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I was born way back in 1948. If I had been born later, because of ever-increasing Democrat success in advancing the aforesaid, I would not have been able to achieve what I did. Because I followed conservative principles, I was able to a) work my way through college and earn a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970 when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a job-related professional license when I was 32; b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc.; c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc.; d) get married when I was 29: e) take many luxury vacations with my wife in connection with her many business trips when I was 29-43; f) buy collector cars when I was 40 and 45; g) save lots for my retirement; and h) etc. Were it not for my Democrat superiors, I could have achieved much more. But according to my critics/opponents, I owe all my achievements to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Anticipate/expect that the more of the following that you are, the more that Pritzker will ever-increasingly take away your income and give it to Democrats who are not the following: White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. It is called redistributing wealth to get votes. Generally, those who are the aforesaid have more retirement income or will have more retirement income than those who are not the aforesaid. What will Pritzker do to take away from me my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings? Anticipate/expect that soon, Pritzker will tax retirement income. Further, anticipate/expect that soon, Pritzker will impose a graduated income tax.
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Democrat invasion DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. In my Wheaton precinct, 4 out of 5 times that Republican homes go on the market, they have been bought by Democrats. One could/should compare and contrast how Republican leaders of the aforesaid treated invading Democrats with how the Democrat leaders of the aforesaid now treat and will treat the remaining Republicans here. The Republican leaders welcomed the invading Democrats with open arms. To get their votes, they promised to get rid of conservative Republicans and they did. Anticipate/expect that the Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly get rid of the remaining Republicans. I should write about the aforesaid. I would focus on how the aforesaid Republican leaders have treated a) my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, b) the Illinois Center Right Coalition, b) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, c) Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, and d) me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DuPage candidates talk taxes, spending.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_41f02f4a-df87-46de-80a5-b4dcb2c17ee8.amp.html
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage GOP chair says Marcus King belongs in ‘a treatment center, not the DuPage County board’ after DUI video surfaces.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/dupage-gop-chair-says-marcus-king-belongs-in-a-treatment-center-not-the-dupage-county-board-after-dui-video-surfaces
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/
WIREPOINTS
https://wirepoints.org/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trans Neo-Nazi Teen Alexandros Paporakis Accused of Plotting Hindu Temple Mass Shooting Outside Chicago. DD: What led to Paporakis being trans? How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuNa-lVx84I
AMAC
— POLL: Large Number of Undergraduates Prefer Socialism, Say America “Deserved” 9/11. The Yale-affiliated Buckley Institute found 45 percent of undergraduates say violence can stop “hate speech,” and 40 percent want offensive speech treated as a crime.
https://amac.us/newsline/poll-large-number-of-undergraduates-prefer-socialism-say-america-deserved-9-11
AMERICAN PRIDE DAILY
— GOP ABANDONS Entire States As DEMS SURGE.
https://americanpridedaily.com/todaysnews/gop-abandons-entire-states-as-dems-surge/
BLAZE
— Shattered by socialism: ‘Escaping Venezuela’ offers a warning for Mamdani’s America.
https://www.theblaze.com/lifestyle/shattered-by-socialism-escaping-venezuela-offers-a-warning-for-mamdani-s-america
BREITBART
— White House Puts Cost of Democratic Socialists’ Immigration Plan at $613 Billion. DD: vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/10/15/white-house-puts-cost-of-democratic-socialists-immigration-plan-at-613-billion/
COLLEGE FIX
— To increase diversity, hundreds of colleges accept students who never applied.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/hundreds-of-colleges-accept-students-who-never-applied-to-increase-diversity/
DAILY SIGNAL
— California’s Tax Showdown: Billionaires Tax, Millionaires Tax, and More on November Ballot. DD: Democrats hate billionaires and hate millionaires unless they are Democrats. Anticipate/expect that Democrat billionaires and Democrat millionaires like Pritzker will ever-increasingly use their wealth to destroy Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/20/billionaires-tax-millionaires-tax/
FOX BUSINESS
— GOP not calling out socialist candidates in a ‘persuasive way.’
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VSbaAJIEW5k
FOX NEWS
— Trans neo-Nazi Alexandros Paporakis accused of plotting Hindu temple massacre, will receive hormone treatment in jail. DD: What led to Paporakis being trans? How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trans-neo-nazi-accused-plotting-hindu-temple-massacre-receive-hormone-treatment-jail-officials
PJ MEDIA
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/10/15/compassionate-socialism-its-time-to-have-a-sit-down-with-that-young-socialist-you-know-n4958360
POST MILLENNIAL
— Trans-identified male Alexandros Paporakis arrested in Illinois for attempted mass shooting at Hindu temple. DD: What led to Paporakis being trans? How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://thepostmillennial.com/trans-identified-male-arrested-in-illinois-for-attempted-mass-shooting-at-hindu-temple
TOWNHALL
— NBC Harasses Chick-Fil-A Over Marriage Stance. DD: I owe my successes in life to my parents and to their traditional marriage. They 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://townhall.com/news/mattvespa/2026/10/16/nbc-harasses-chick-fil-a-over-marriage-stance-n2684711
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/10/16/the-story-of-the-2026-midterm-elections-is-the-socialist-surge-n2684696
UNLEACH PROSPERITY
— Vote With Your Feet: Top 10 and Bottom 10 States in Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) Change. DD: Illinois has lost third most AGI since 2012. The problem for Republicans who vote with their feet is that Democrats vote with their feet too. My wife and I have lived in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978 because of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there. But ever-increasingly, Democrats have hypocritically invaded DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there. When Democrats invade, poverty and crime increase because they vote Democrats. The Democrat Party platform creates poverty and crime.
https://committeetounleashprosperity.com/vote-with-your-feet-top-10/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNBC
— Amazon launches new Bee ‘personal AI’ devices that listen to conversations. DD: Because my father had brittle type 1 diabetes from childhood, everyone advised him to avoid stress by not seeking a college degree and by getting an office job. He took stenography, that is, shorthand, in high school. He worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant on Chicago Heights from 1940 until he died suddenly of heart failure in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. In today’s dollars, he never earned more than $76,000/year. After my wife graduated from high school, she worker as stenographer for the FBI for 2 years.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/15/amazon-bee-frontier-eclipse-ai-devices.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/us/elections/socialism-americans-polls-election-politics.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/opinion/affordability-republicans-democrats.html
— DD: Democrats hate billionaires and hate millionaires unless they are Democrats. Anticipate/expect that Democrat billionaires and Democrat millionaires like Pritzker will ever-increasingly use their wealth to destroy Republicans who are conservative, 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/2026/10/14/magazine/california-billionaires-tax.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/business/democrats-wealthy-taxes.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats must not take their opportunity to win the midterms for granted. Opinion polls aren’t infallible.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/10/15/dnc-midterm-turnout-plan/
FOX ATLANTA
— DD: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ, and especially if you oppose the promotion of LGBTQ, Democrats and RINOs destroy you. I should write about that.
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/chick-fil-a-ceo-faces-backlash-after-lgbtq-rights-interview
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/affordability-isnt-an-impossibility-391f57e7
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrats hate billionaires and hate millionaires unless they are Democrats. Anticipate/expect that Democrat billionaires and Democrat millionaires like Pritzker will ever-increasingly use their wealth to destroy Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://fortune.com/2026/10/14/california-billionaire-tax-emil-barr-millionaire-san-francisco/
FORBES
— India’s 100 Richest. DD: My critics/opponents want cheap foreign labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.forbes.com/lists/india-billionaires/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a year when both the rupee and the stock market skidded, down 8.5% and 9.5%, respectively, India’s richest tycoons showed resilience. Their collective wealth of $1 trillion is unchanged from when fortunes were last measured.
BUSINESS INSIDER
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.businessinsider.com/paycheck-raise-increase-inflation-prices-president-trump-2026-10
MONEYWISE
— 1,000 millionnaires, or 1 billionaire? Inside Abdul El-Sayed’s case for redistributing America’s wealth. DD: Democrats hate billionaires and hate millionaires unless they are Democrats. Anticipate/expect that Democrat billionaires and Democrat millionaires like Pritzker will ever-increasingly use their wealth to destroy Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/1-000-millionaires-1-billionaire-110000293.html
GOVERNING
— DD: Democrats hate billionaires and hate millionaires unless they are Democrats. Anticipate/expect that Democrat billionaires and Democrat millionaires like Pritzker will ever-increasingly use their wealth to destroy Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.governing.com/magazine/millionaire-and-billionaire-taxes-pick-up-steam
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrats hate billionaires and hate millionaires unless they are Democrats. Anticipate/expect that Democrat billionaires and Democrat millionaires like Pritzker will ever-increasingly use their wealth to destroy Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/everywhere-millionaires-tax-code/688584/
POLITICO
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qrz7ktvgUc
https://www.politico.com/video/2026/10/15/inside-the-democratic-socialists-plan-to-shake-up-congress-2201513
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— Trans teen Alexandros Paporakis accused of Hindu temple attack plot to receive gender-transition hormone shots in jail. DD: What led to Paporakis being trans? How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/trans-teen-accused-of-hindu-temple-attack-plot-to-receive-gender-transition-hormone-shots-in-jail/articleshow/134985695.cms
— Who is Alexandros Paporakis? DD: What led to Paporakis being trans? How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/who-is-alexandros-paporakis-who-plotted-alleged-mass-shooting-at-hindu-temple-in-aurora-what-his-manifesto-targeting-indians-revealed/articleshow/134967765.cms
— US temple attack plot: Alexandros Paporakis’ manifesto describes Indians as ‘subhumans.’ DD: What led to Paporakis being trans? How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://timesofindia.indiatiAlexandros Paporakismes.com/world/us/us-temple-attack-plot-teens-alleged-manifesto-describes-indians-as-subhumans/articleshow/134970777.cms
INDIA TODAY
— US Hindu temple attack plotter Alexandros Paporakis a trans neo-Nazi, planned shooting for 2 years. DD: What led to Paporakis being trans? How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/us-aurora-hindu-temple-attack-plotter-alexandros-paporakis-neo-nazi-shooting-police-custody-hormone-shots-adhd-jail-3018506-2026-10-16
FREE PRESS
— DD: What led to Paporakis being trans? How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.freepressjournal.in/amp/india/teen-us-white-supremacist-neo-nazi-reveals-his-deadly-plan-before-co-worker-couldnt-wait-to-kill-indian-people
GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrats hate billionaires and hate millionaires unless they are Democrats. Anticipate/expect that Democrat billionaires and Democrat millionaires like Pritzker will ever-increasingly use their wealth to destroy Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/15/trump-big-beautiful-bill-millionaires
July 21, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/chicago-aldermen-ice-out-pledge/
— DuPage board followed law when approving salary increases, state’s attorney says.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/dupage-attorney-clerk-board-salaries-violation-open/
— Stressed parents. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors 1980-1997 a) decried the time and money that they spent raising their children and b) decried the little or no income that their spouses had. They used against me big time a) my wife and I giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents and b) my wife’s good job. According to them, were it not for the aforesaid, we would not have been able to buy two new cars and a home in Wheaton when we got married in 1978 and I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) to become a licensed CPA in 1981, or f) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. My Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I as being disgusting selfish rich DINKs. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. Should write about my Democrat GAO superiors?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/naperville-zip-most-stressed-parents-illinois-mission/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/07/21/chicago-police-directives-ice-agents-law-violations-operation-midway-blitz
— Bipartisan housing bill is just one step toward expanding homeownership. DD: University Park was a federally-backed “new town” approved by HUD in 1968 under Title IV of the New Communities Act. It was designed as a racially integrated, planned suburb. Because of that backing, I was able to buy a new townhome in University Park when I was 24 in 1972. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued that I knowingly, unfairly, and wrongly benefitted from that backing because the township I bought was earmarked for Blacks.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/07/20/bipartisan-housing-bill-affordable-rents-mortgage-congress-marc-morial
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Housing is more than shelter. Home ownership is the primary pathway many families use to build wealth, create financial security and pass opportunity from one generation to the next. When families cannot afford a home, cannot access fair financing or are displaced by rising costs, the consequences ripple through entire communities. The challenges are particularly acute in Black communities and other historically marginalized neighborhoods, where decades of redlining, appraisal bias, discriminatory lending practices and unequal access to credit have limited opportunities for home ownership and wealth creation. The home ownership gap did not emerge by accident, and it will not disappear on its own.)
WGEM
— Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial candidate makes campaign stop in Quincy.
https://www.wgem.com/2026/07/21/illinois-lieutenant-gubernatorial-candidate-makes-campaign-stop-quincy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “There’s 102 counties in Illinois, 97 are ruby red Republican rural areas of Illinois. You need to go out there and govern for everyone and if you don’t actually put your boots on the ground, if you don’t go to these communities and talk to the people and see what the challenges are on that level, you can’t effectively govern,” Del Mar said.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— Bailey seeks to classify any organization receiving $10K in state grants as a ‘public body’
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-07-21/bailey-seeks-to-classify-any-organization-receiving-10k-in-state-grants-as-a-public-body
— Smithsonian too focused on ‘oppressors and the oppressed,’ say House Republicans. DD: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They never were in a position to oppress anyone and they never did oppress anyone.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-21/smithsonian-too-focused-on-oppressors-and-the-oppressed-say-house-republicans
ILLINOIS SENATE DEMOCRATS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.illinoissenatedemocrats.com/?view=article&id=7044:illinois-legislative-latino-caucus-responds-to-continued-escalation-of-ice-involvement
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— The fight over the future of renters’ rights in Chicago is heating up, as supporters of a proposal put forth by Mayor Brandon Johnson are blasting a competing measure as the “Chicago landlord’s big, beautiful bill.” DD: I was a reluctant landlord 1976-1984. I rented out my University Park townhome because I would have had to suffer a big loss to sell it. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/21/big-beautiful-bill-for-landlords-tenant-groups-slam-counterproposal-to-mayors-housing-plan/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-560/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Republican candidates should show how their following conservative principles enabled their successes in life. The more conservative principles that you follow, the more successes that you will have in life. The more liberal principles that you follow, the fewer successes and the more problems that you will have in life. My following conservative principles enabled me to a) buy new cars when I was 17 in 1966, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. d) earn an MBA at Loyola when I was 27, e) get married when I was 29, f) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, g) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31, h) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, i) become a licensed CPA when I was 32, j) earn four more professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and k) earn a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I always made earning job-related college degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license a high priority. I drank very little booze and I never used pot. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What delayed/harmed/stopped your successes in life? Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes in Chicago Heights while I was student at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966 to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint before I graduated to use to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1968 while I was a student at UIC so that I could buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968. Consequently, my ACT score was only 24, I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, and my UIC and NIU GPAs suffered. Further, I should have majored in accounting at UIC, NIU, and Loyola. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31. I did not take and pass on my first attempt the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What could you have done to get promoted, but you refused to do? I refused to become a Democrat while I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Further, virtually all their employees who they assigned me to supervise were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in American for a long time, and/or had performance problems. While I carried out their orders to give them preference, they always wanted me to give them even more preference. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— New Jersey finds 6,600 noncitizens registered to vote and hundreds voting.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/21/new-jersey-finds-6600-noncitizens-registered-vote-hundreds-voting/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— At 250 years, postliberalism risks undoing America.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4630841/250-years-postliberalism-risks-undoing-america/
— The unknown Darline Graham.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4658078/the-unknown-darline-graham/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani and his DSA comrades have one goal — a communist revolution in America.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/19/opinion/mamdani-and-his-dsa-comrades-have-one-goal-a-us-communist-revolution/
AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— China’s Treacherous Assault on American Elections.
https://spectator.org/chinas-treacherous-assault-on-american-elections/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Odyssey: Nolan’s Toxic Assault On Western Civilization.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/07/the-odyssey-nolan-s-toxic-assault-on-western-civilization/#google_vignette
GATEWAY PUNDIT
— United Airlines Offers Free Flight Changes to Avoid Landing at Newly Named ‘President Donald J. Trump International Airport’
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/07/united-airlines-offers-free-flight-changes-avoid-landing/
NEWSMAX
— Wealth-Bashing Dems Do Nothing for America.
https://www.newsmax.com/robtaub/affluence-sanders/2026/07/20/id/1263460/
TOWNHALL
— Islam and the Left Will Both Bring Tyranny.
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/07/21/islam-and-the-left-will-both-bring-tyranny-n2679820
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Trump fired a U.S. Attorney because the judges who picked him did not consult with Trump. Who did my Democrat GAO superiors consult with before they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997? GAO works for Congress. My U.S. Congressman was Henry Hyde and my U.S. Senators were Carol Moseley-Braun and Dick Durbin.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/roger-rogoff-us-attorney-seattle-trump-firing-lawsuit/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Liberalism promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/opinion/liberalism-democratic-socialists-future.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Liberalism promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/24/conservatism-progressivism-liberalism/
NEW YORK STATE UNIVERSITY
— DD: Liberalism promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/november/conservatives-and-liberals-motivated-by-different-psychological-.html
AMERICAN PROSPECT
— How the Republican Party Forgot It Was Conservative.
https://prospect.org/2026/03/27/apr-2026-magazine-how-republican-party-forgot-it-was-conservative/
GALLUP
— DD: Liberalism promotes poverty and crime.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/609914/women-become-liberal-men-mostly-stable.aspx