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CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— ‘Family Month’ backer U.S. Rep. Mary Miller cites biology, declining birth rates in defense of resolution
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b91d7414-472d-4b40-89c3-a499aad5ba76.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Family Institute Executive Director David Smith is praising a proposal from U.S. Rep. Mary Miller to designate June as “Family Month,” instead of Pride Month, calling the resolution a needed cultural shift toward traditional family structures. Miller in a news release said strong families are where children learn responsibility, faith, hard work, and respect for others. “That is why I recently introduced a resolution to designate June as Family Month,” stated Miller. “Statistics are showing marriage rates have declined, fertility rates have fallen below replacement levels, and fewer young Americans are choosing to start families. These trends have lasting consequences for our economy, our communities, and our future.” Smith told The Center Square he strongly supports the measure, saying it highlights what he described as society’s foundational values. “I don’t want to use the word proud, but I am thrilled that Rep. Mary Miller has introduced that resolution in Congress designating June as Family Month.” Smith argued that marriage and child-rearing within heterosexual households are central to social stability, framing that structure as both biologically and culturally ideal. “The nuclear family is God’s design. So Judeo-Christian understanding of what a family is, is God’s design.” He also said children benefit from having both male and female parental roles in the home, describing those roles as complementary in raising well-rounded children.  “Mom was saying to the children, slow down, be careful… Dad was saying, faster, higher, stronger,” said Smith. When asked about concerns that such a resolution excludes LGBTQ families, Smith said same-sex couples cannot biologically have children and argued that children benefit from having both a mother and a father in the home. “There is no way that a same-sex couple can produce a child… biology doesn’t allow it.” Smith also pointed to broader demographic concerns, including declining birth rates and what he described as a global population crisis. “We are at an all-time low in the United States as well as the rest of the world… there are more adult diapers sold in Japan than baby diapers.” The interview with The Center Square also touched on maternal health trends, including rising C-section rates, which Smith suggested may be influenced by medical convenience and broader systemic issues affecting childbirth practices.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Pritzker blames Trump for cross burning in Grant Park
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/06/11/pritzker-summons-words-of-the-late-rev-jesse-jackson-to-decry-cross-burning-in-grant-park
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The cross burning was reported around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of South Columbus Drive. A shirtless male was seen fleeing the park. Police described the arson suspect as a male wearing dark pants, white shoes and carrying a backpack. A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.)
— Cocaine money launderer’s Illinois cannabis license goes up in smoke. David Berger, a co-founder and manager of Ivy Hall recreational weed dispensaries, held a cannabis license that was terminated in May, almost half a year after he was convicted of helping a drug trafficker pay for private jet flights with cocaine proceeds.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/06/12/cocaine-money-launderer-david-berger-ivy-hall-illinois-cannabis-license-recreational-marijuana
— DD: Chicago White Sox ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2026/06/11/white-sox-comedian-tee-sanders-freedom-day-hat-pride-night
— Mayor’s choice for human relations chief uses confirmation hearing to recall first exposure to hate crime. DD: What is your first memory of seeing a Black? For me it was when young Blacks threw stones at the school bus I was riding in as it left the Museum of Science and Industry in the 1950s.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/06/11/kenneth-gunn-human-relations-commissioner-nominee-confirmation-hearing

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: How strongly does your church promote LGBTQ, that is, how strongly does it destroy traditional marriage and family?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/12/column-new-england-congregational-in-aurora-continues-its-march-for-lgbtq-inclusivity/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/12/opinion-father-refugee-wwii-immigration-ice-donald-trump/

DAILY HERALD
— DD: To punish Trump, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly punish America.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260612/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-red-white-and-true-blue-celebrating-americas-250th-falls-to-all-of-us/
— DD: How soon will Elgin officially banish those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260611/news/elgin-is-already-an-inclusive-city-city-council-gets-update-on-proposed-inclusivity-and-diversity/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— John Tillman made his mark in Illinois political circles as a champion for libertarian ideals and Republican candidates. Now he has his sights set on a business legacy. Tillman, who founded the libertarian think tank Illinois Policy Institute in 2002, is trying to raise $400 million to build a national museum for entrepreneurs called Hall of Giants to give business founders the respect he says they deserve. But it won’t be in Chicago. DD: My critics/opponents have always rightfully stressed I lack what it takes to be an entrepreneur.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-john-tillman-ipi-entrepreneur-hall-of-fame-20260611/#/login

ABC7
— Chicago area cleaning up after severe storms cause damage, power outages. DD: What exposure do you have to weather-caused power, internet, and phone outages? Overhead lines about 200 feet long to the west of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton expose me to weather-caused power, internet, and phone outages big time. The lines are in a utility easement on private property that is full of trees that have not been trimmed for decades and pull the lines down and to the north. I have filed a “tree and vegetation request” with ComEd, and outstandingly, a ComEd employee came out recently to inspect. According to Xfinity and AT&T, they cannot do any trimming until ComEd is done. It would be great if all the lines would be put underground. The last outage caused me big problems because my 17-month-old 24kW Generac failed.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-weather-today-city-south-suburbs-cleaning-severe-storms-cause-power-outages-work-comed-crews/19277477/

NBC5
— Nearly 100K more customers without power after storm outbreak in Chicago area. Thousands of customers still were without power even before Thursday’s storms roared to life. DD: What exposure do you have to weather-caused power, internet, and phone outages? Overhead lines about 200 feet long to the west of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton expose me to weather-caused power, internet, and phone outages big time. The lines are in a utility easement on private property that is full of trees that have not been trimmed for decades and pull the lines down and to the north. I have filed a “tree and vegetation request” with ComEd, and outstandingly, a ComEd employee came out recently to inspect. According to Xfinity and AT&T, they cannot do any trimming until ComEd is done. It would be great if all the lines would be put underground. The last outage caused me big problems because my 17-month-old 24kW Generac failed.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/weather/nearly-100k-more-customers-without-power-after-storm-outbreak-in-chicago-area/3947653/

CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders use Hillary Clinton and Pete Buttigieg to promote more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pete-buttigieg-hillary-clinton-rainbow-push-conference/

SOUTHERN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/06/12/just-3-of-recent-ice-detainees-had-a-violent-felony-conviction-government-data-shows/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Video gambling has become a big business in Illinois.  DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton, and in 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-video-gambling-has-become-a-big-business-in-illinois/article_1dca93a0-0e6e-4c90-ad86-1afe94760632.html

RIVER BENDER
— Republicans Block Duckworth IVF Coverage Provision From Senate Defense Bill. DD: In the 1980s, my Democrat GAO superiors used IVF against me big time. They used my and my wife’s giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents against me big time. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/republicans-block-duckworth-ivf-coverage-provision-from-senate-defense-bill-94209.cfm

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/prairie-pride-coalition-lgbtq-grant/amp/

CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Meet the new head of the Illinois Republican Party. Grogan replaces Kathy Salvi.
https://capitolcitynow.com/podcasts/meet-the-new-head-of-the-illinois-republican-party/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders use Hillary Clinton and Pete Buttigieg to promote more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/12/pritzker-clinton-buttigieg-take-the-stage-00960117

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democratic Party Precinct Committee Person Grafton Township Trustee Wears Explicit Tee Shirt at Harvard’s Milk Day Parade
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/12/democratic-party-precinct-committee-person-grafton-township-trustee-wears-explicit-tee-shirt-at-harvards-milk-day-parade/

JOHN KASS
— Vallas: Mayor Johnson Is Making Chicago’s Affordable Housing Crisis Worse
https://johnkassnews.com/mayor-johnson-is-making-chicagos-affordable-housing-crisis-worse/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-am560-illinois-budgets-new-taxes-face-serious-constitutional-challenges/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Extension of pension buyout program to drop $144B liability. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyouts and early retirement to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_285d19c4-b399-4abb-9760-6d7208def380.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Minnesota daycare owner in Nick Shirley video charged in $4.6 million fraud
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/watch/2613104/

NEW YORK POST
— The Utah man accused of fatally shooting conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk wants to put his murder case on hold as he fights to limit the media’s access to court hearings. Tyler Robinson, 23, requested the pause as he appeals a ruling from a trial judge allowing the press to film and photograph him in the courtroom, new court documents show. In addition to trying to delay his entire case, Robinson said it wouldn’t be fair for a multi-day hearing to go forward next month with news cameras present while the appeal court has yet to rule on his bid to keep the press out.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/tyler-robinson-wants-to-delay-charlie-kirk-murder-case/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘They just don’t care’: Bears legend Brian Urlacher shreds incompetent Dems for iconic team’s exodus
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/06/12/they-just-dont-care-bears-legend-shreds-incompetent-dems-for-iconic-teams-exodus-1645527/

BREITBART
— Trump administration identifies ‘super-sponsors’ of migrant children in a possible prosecution tack
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-administration-identifies-super-sponsors-of-migrant-children-in-a-possible-prosecution-tack/
— DOJ Indicts Illegal Aliens Accused of Massive Biden-Era Child Trafficking Scheme
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/11/doj-indicts-three-illegal-aliens-accused-of-smuggling-migrant-children-into-us/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing use the Pope to promote more immigration. Virtually everyone in the world wants to come to America to take advantage of the tremendous benefits that Democrat leaders and RINO leaders give them at the expense of Republicans.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/pope-condemns-indifference-towards-migrants-on-canaries-trip/
— Knicks Fans Wave Palestinian Flag
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/06/11/watch-knicks-fans-wave-palestinian-flag-trash-cab-after-epic-comeback-against-spurs/
— UC Davis Medical School ‘Discriminates Based on Race in Its Admissions Process’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/11/doj-uc-davis-medical-school-discriminates-based-on-race-in-its-admissions-process/

CAMPUS REFORM
— SIU law school’s mandatory ‘professionalism’ event was DEI session
https://www.campusreform.org/article/records-reveal-siu-law-schools-mandatory-professionalism-event-dei-session/30017

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Increasing Support for ‘Mass Deportations’
https://cis.org/Arthur/Latest-HarvardHarris-Poll-Shows-Increasing-Support-Mass-Deportations

COLLEGE FIX
— UC Davis medical school openly ‘skirted’ Supreme Court ban on affirmative action
https://www.thecollegefix.com/uc-davis-med-school-openly-skirted-supreme-court-ban-on-affirmative-action-doj-finds/
— Penn State law school forces students to confront ‘systemic racism.’ DD: To get promoted beyond GS-4 at the Post Office, GS-13 at IRS, and GS-14 at GAO, employees have to help their superiors get rid of their Republican employees who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/penn-state-law-school-forces-students-to-confess-systemic-racism-complaint/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Is Dismantling the Disparate Impact Legal Basis for Government-Endorsed Discrimination. DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used disparate impact against Republicans.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/11/shot-heart-dei-how-trump-admin-is-dismantling-legal-basis-government-endorsed-discrimination-disparate-impact/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Department of Justice under President Donald Trump just took a pivotal step toward removing government-endorsed discrimination from America’s legal system and undermining the institutional apparatus of critical race theory. Critical race theory teaches that America is systemically racist and that even racially neutral policies are truly racist if they result in better outcomes for members of one race than for members of another. That’s the exact same logic as the legal theory known as “disparate impact.” Cornell Law School defines disparate impact as a policy or rule “that seems neutral but has a negative impact on a specific protected class of persons.” Government should strive to adopt policies that allow all Americans to flourish, regardless of race, but Democrat administrations have applied disparate impact theory to encourage “reverse” discrimination. For instance, the Justice Department and the Department of Education under Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden issued guidance warning that if a school disciplines students of one race more than students of another race, that is evidence of racial discrimination, even if the school’s policy is race-neutral. It doesn’t matter if particular students cause more trouble than other students—what matters is the racial breakdown of who gets punished. In one particularly revealing case, a woman sued the Alabama Department of Motor Vehicles, claiming disparate impact from the department’s requirement that people take the driver’s license exam in English. She said the English-only requirement had a disparate impact on people who don’t speak English, even though the road signs in Alabama are in English. While lower courts found in her favor, the Supreme Court struck down her claim in Alexander v. Sandoval (2001). Just as critical race theory teaches that American society is inherently racist against blacks and for whites, so the leftist reading of disparate impact theory finds fault with colorblind policies for their unintended consequences. The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy released a memo Tuesday that restores sanity, however. The DOJ Disparate Impact Memo. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency tasked with preventing racial discrimination in employment, requested legal advice on disparate impact theory, and the DOJ responded with a far better approach to the law. EEOC’s current disparate impact guidelines “are unconstitutional because they contemplate liability based on disparate effects alone, without regard to an employer’s likely intent, and pressure employers to engage in race-based decisionmaking,” wrote T. Elliot Gaiser, assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel. Gaiser explained that if employers can demonstrate that the challenged policy “rationally serves a valid business practice,” that will constitute a valid response to a discrimination claim. “Workplace requirements and selection procedures—such as background checks, aptitude tests, and SAT scores—are presumptively job-related,” he added. “Only irrational or arbitrary practices with no plausible job-relatedness can create disparate-impact liability.” Finally, employees suing for disparate impact “must establish both that the challenged employment practice specifically caused the alleged disparate impact and provide evidence that an equally effective alternative practice causes less disparate impact.” These guidelines represent a return to common sense. No longer can potential employees of certain races sue for discrimination if a firm refuses to hire them for failing aptitude tests. This undermines the “diversity, equity, and inclusion” movement that has pressured companies to hire and promote racial minorities, arguably at the expense of more qualified candidates.)

DAILY WIRE
— Republicans See New Path To Challenge ‘Woke’ Universities. “There shouldn’t be left-captured monopolies that get to decide what we believe and what we do.” DD: I escaped liberal Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-see-new-path-to-challenge-woke-universities

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— ACLU Challenges Tennessee Law Making Illegal Immigration a State Crime
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/aclu-challenges-tennessee-law-making-illegal-immigration-state-crime

FOX NEWS
— Man confronts Nick Shirley on NYC street
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6397676800112
— California House passes bill critics call ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6397165617112
— Nick Shirley blasts California lawmakers for what some have dubbed the ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nick-shirley-blasts-california-lawmakers-what-some-have-dubbed-stop-nick-shirley-act
— SPLC chief doubles down on placing Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA on ‘hate map.’ DD: My critics/opponents hinted/implied that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate groups. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.aol.com/articles/watch-splc-chief-doubles-down-191116000.html

MINDING THE CAMPUS
— The Day After Disparate Impact. The end of disparate impact could transform college enrollment, professional licensing, and accreditation across America. DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used disparate impact against Republicans.
https://mindingthecampus.org/2026/06/12/the-day-after-disparate-impact/
— American Graduates Need Not Apply. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money. They are easier to exploit.
https://mindingthecampus.org/2025/12/29/american-graduates-need-not-apply/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Brian Urlacher: Illinois Politicians Have Spent Billions On Illegals, That Money Could’ve Gone To Keeping The Bears
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/06/12/urlacher_illinois_politicians_have_spent_billions_on_illegals_that_money_couldve_gone_to_keeping_the_bears.html

WASHINGTON STAND
— Illegals Use Welfare Programs Far More than U.S. Citizens
https://washingtonstand.com/article/data-analysis-shows-illegals-use-welfare-programs-far-more-than-us-citizens

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Attorneys for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk want prosecutors punished. The legal defense team for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk want a judge to hold prosecutors in contempt for comments they made in the media about bullet fragments recovered from Kirk’s body.
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/attorneys-man-accused-killing-charlie-kirk-prosecutors-punished-133806718

CBS NEWS
— IRS employees protest rat-infested workplace in Chamblee: “We’ve had enough!” DD: While I worked for IRS for almost 9 years I worked in its offices in Harvey, 63rd & Halsted, Joliet, and Chicago Loop. My 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen when I was training in the Chicago Loop office in 1971. My 1962 Chevrolet BelAir was stolen when I worked in the 63rd & Halsted office in 1973.
https://www.aol.com/news/irs-employees-protest-rat-infested-220500820.html

MSN
— DOJ finds EEOC violated law by pressuring employers to make race-based decisions. DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used disparate impact against Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/doj-finds-eeoc-violated-law-by-pressuring-employers-to-make-race-based-decisions/ar-AA25cnTO
— DD: Pot is poison. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/cannabis-stocks-are-heating-up-again-here-s-which-ones-could-be-the-biggest-winners/ar-AA24yMbj
— DD: To punish Trump, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly punish America.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/insight/six-states-withdraw-from-trump-s-great-american-state-fair/gm-GM0FB28315
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS

CNN
— DD: To punish Trump, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly punish America.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/several-states-bowing-trump-great-040007597.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: To punish Trump, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly punish America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/politics/great-american-state-fair.html
— DD: All my female coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/opinion/republicans-democrats-women-ambition.html
— FRONT PAGE: New Generation of Candidates Takes Housing Cost Personally. Stuck with renting, or living with parents. DD: When I was 24 in 1972, HUD made the new townhome that I bought in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) affordable. I could not have afforded to buy that townhome if it had cost more. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had 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 $94,200. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/politics/gen-z-politicians-housing-costs.html
— Billionaires’ Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever. Elon Musk’s potential new status as a trillionaire demonstrates in real time why there has been such a rapid rise in the concentration of wealth at the top.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/business/economy/billionaires-musk-gabriel-zucman.html

USA TODAY
— Women are demanding better men. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/06/02/marriage-problem-divorce-rates-blame-men/90082941007/

SACREMENTO BEE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article316085573.html

USA TODAY
— DD: To punish Trump, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly punish America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usa250/2026/06/11/trump-freedom-250-great-american-fair-states/90503535007/

WALL STRET JOURNAL
— It’s Time for School Choice. DD: My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. Because he sent my brother and me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools, he had less money. Because of that, he had less money. Because of that, I had to work my way through college. Because of that, my ACT score and GPA suffered.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/its-time-for-school-choice-48f70527

FORBES
— DD: Pot is poison. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.forbes.com/lists/cannabis420/

CLARION LEDGER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Charlie Kirk.
https://www.clarionledger.com/videos/news/2026/06/12/watch-as-brittney-brown-discusses-how-she-was-fired-for-her-comments-about-charlie-kirk/90514211007/

NOTUS
— The Trump Administration Keeps Ghosting GAO. In a meeting last month, GAO said it was encountering “significant access issues” with a number of key agencies. DD: Ever-increasingly, GAO has become an arm of the Democrat Party. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.notus.org/donald-trump/gao-stonewalling-investigations
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A growing number of federal agencies are either refusing to provide the Government Accountability Office access to information or ignoring the congressional watchdog altogether. Agencies have been stonewalling the GAO ever since President Donald Trump returned to office, to the point that GAO leadership told employees at a staff meeting in May that they’ve encountered “significant access issues” during the last year and a half, according to two sources familiar with the event and confirmed by GAO. Officials at that meeting cited the Office of Management and Budget, Housing and Urban Development, the Commerce Department, the Education Department and the Small Business Administration as particularly noncooperative. None of those executive agencies responded to detailed questions this week about whether they are purposefully hindering oversight or the nature of their interactions with the legislative agency whose mission is to monitor government operations and identify waste, fraud and abuse. During the May meeting, GAO general counsel Edda Emmanuelli Perez told employees “there have been some outright denials,” sometimes from federal agencies who claim GAO lacks authority because the request came from a ranking member — which at the moment, means Democrats. In some cases, the office has been denied records and data it had received without any issues in the past. In an interview last week, she told NOTUS that while the agency was encountering “access issues,” it was “working them through.” It’s no surprise that the OMB is on the short list of federal agencies refusing to cooperate with the GAO. Russell Vought, OMB’s director, has made it his mission to expand presidential power over government agencies. OMB sent a particularly harsh letter to the GAO — and published it— when the watchdog agency started to investigate whether the Trump administration was abiding by the 1974 Impoundment Control Act in its rush to dismantle USAID. Mark Paoletta, the government-gutting lawyer Trump once deemed a “conservative warrior” who was then serving as OMB’s general counsel, chided the GAO’s requests as “voluminous, burdensome, and inappropriately invasive.” Paoletta went on to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he sent another bellicose letter to the GAO when auditors explored whether CFPB could legitimately fulfill its legally mandated function as the Trump administration fired scores of its workforce. Paoletta railed against what he called GAO’s “arbitrary deadlines” and derided the group’s work as nothing more than an “incomplete” exercise “initiated at the behest of hyper-partisan Democrat members.” The GAO study into CFPB had been requested by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the ranking member on the Senate banking committee, House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters and three other Democrats. In that study, GAO analysts described how the agency’s refusal to cooperate during much of 2025 forced them to look for answers by scouring public court filings in a CFPB lawsuit, Federal Register notices and even press releases — meaning it had about as much access to information as the average person with a computer.
“Stonewalling a nonpartisan congressional watchdog is another way that President Trump is trying to keep Congress and the American public in the dark about how his policies are hurting American families,” Warren said in a statement to NOTUS. “Congress should start sending subpoenas if the Trump administration won’t cooperate with legitimate oversight.” In other instances, agencies have not responded to GAO’s emailed questions or even acknowledged that an audit is taking place. At the staff meeting last month, GAO leadership told analysts and directors who conduct those probes to consider accommodating reluctant federal agencies — for example, by narrowing requests — but to keep track of deadlines so that if agencies fail to respond, they can loop in supervisors or even members of Congress to apply pressure to those agencies. One GAO source pointed to an executive branch agency closely controlled by the Trump White House that has not participated at all in an ongoing audit that began last year — denying analysts even basic interviews to explain certain government operations under review. And analysts are frustrated that longer delays make every “engagement,” as they’re referred to by the GAO, more expensive. Liz Hempowicz, the deputy executive director of the government accountability nonprofit American Oversight, said she hadn’t heard that federal agencies were pushing back on GAO audits on partisan grounds, but she called the pushback “alarming.” She ascribed it to Republicans uniformly falling in line behind Trump on most issues, leading to tepid congressional oversight. “Both GAO and these agencies are entities of the government meant to serve the American people. A ranking member represents a constituency of the American people the same way that a chair does. Treating that distinction as the be-all, end-all is just so insulting,” she said. Janice Luong, a policy analyst at the nonprofit Project On Government Oversight said Congress needs to step in, particularly as the Trump administration consolidates power in the executive branch and chips away at Congress’ power of the purse. “Congress should most definitely speak up and defend GAO and the legislative agency that provides them with resources on how dollars are spent — and holding the executive branch accountable,” she told NOTUS. Some signs of the rising tensions have occasionally slipped into public view, but they’ve mostly been buried deep in monotonous congressional hearings or vaguely described in official reports. In December, the previous head of the GAO, who retired when his 15-year tenure reached its statutory end, told a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee that “at this point, OMB’s not cooperating as much as we had in the past.” “We used to have, you know, meetings with them,” then-Comptroller General Gene Dodaro said. “That’s not happening. I think it’s unfortunate because they can benefit from continued dialogue with us.” The GAO has always run into some bureaucratic resistance from executive agencies when attempting to review government programs, no matter which political party is in the White House — a point agency officials emphasized to NOTUS. The GAO’s annual report in 2024 said the Biden administration’s Department of Education had “regularly delayed providing information to which GAO has statutory access.” The agency had to get members of Congress to intervene. In the end, GAO analysts exposed errors that resulted in 432,000 fewer people — mostly prospective college students from poorer families — submitting a FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid. In one case, the government website instructed people to dial “7” for translation services, but that option didn’t exist on a call. GAO insiders told NOTUS that executive agencies are naturally wary of outside inspectors. Spy agencies and the military are notoriously guarded. Federal agencies rarely turn over personnel data, even though government employees’ salaries are generally presumed to be a matter of public record. From July 2024 to May 2025, the GAO looked into the consequences of Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s 11-month “blanket hold” on all senior military promotions during the Biden administration. Analysts concluded the blockade didn’t actually affect combat readiness — but they had to rely partly on public statements from Defense Department brass. None of the 12 generals, admirals or DOD civilian leaders would talk to the congressional watchdog agency. The GAO is a legislative agency that belongs entirely to Congress and thus lies beyond Trump’s reach. When DOGE came knocking last year, NOTUS broke the news that GAO leadership rallied the troops with an email that reminded employees “we are not subject to DOGE or executive orders.” In an interview last Friday, Emmanuelli Perez, the GAO general counsel, acknowledged some recent obstacles and pointed to what the agency had said in its year-end performance and accountability reports, the latest of which says, in government speak, that “FY 2025 was different.” “We were seeing more delays. So we were saying, ‘OK, it’s getting really slow and that is having an impact.’ We saw that there is some information we routinely obtained in the past that now was either slowed down or we were having more trouble getting,” she told NOTUS. Emmanuelli Perez said that despite the delays, “for most of our work, we’re getting what we need and we’re publishing our work.” Analysts who run into access problems can elevate the matter to higher-ups to intervene, but she said the agency doesn’t track how many engagements are running into walls.)

NPR
— Former Arkansas State Trooper decertified. DD: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors decertified me. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. I had become a CPA when I was 30. I became a Certified Internal Auditor and licensed CPA when I was 32, Certified Fraud Examiner when I was 41, Certified Government Financial Manager when I was 45, Certified Financial Services Auditor when I was 47, and Certified Forensic Accountant when I was 48. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, b) gave me bad job assignments, c) gave me unfair performance expectations, d) gave me unfair performance appraisals, e) kept off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, f) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and g) 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, and/or veteran.
https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2026-06-11/former-arkansas-state-trooper-decertified-after-investigation-into-2023-drug-arrest

ATLANTIC
— DD: To punish Trump, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly punish America.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/06/trump-250-great-american-state-fair/687456/

ALTER NET
— DD: All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.alternet.org/msn-uk/trump-pentagon-2677026754/

SIRM
— DOJ Opinion Calls Disparate Impact Theory Unconstitutional. DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used disparate impact against Republicans.
https://www.shrm.org/mena/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/doj-opinion-calls-disparate-impact-theory-unconstitutional