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FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— How Chicago police, activists are aiming to curb teen takeovers. DD: Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/how-chicago-police-activists-are-aiming-to-curb-teen-takeovers/3939154/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/threat-from-dhs-could-impact-flights-at-chicagos-ohare-airport-over-sanctuary-city-status/3939312/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Queen Thigpen puts me to shame. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. I got no scholarships. I got no student loans. I did not earn a bachelor’s degree until I was 21. In my defense, I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, and working on an automotive assemble line.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/21/rich-township-district-227-dual-graduate/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/05/23/george-floyd-murder-racial-injustice-civil-rights-black-brown-zindy-marquez

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DD: Democrat leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/video_5091e182-6be3-5781-9a42-8f70ea26598e.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/10-provisions-in-the-latest-illinois-cannabis-omnibus-bill/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish parental control.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/junk-fee-ban-heads-to-pritzker-as-senate-oks-bill-allowing-minors-to-consent-to-birth-control/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-05-22/abortion-advocates-urge-additional-reproductive-health-support-from-illinois

CHICAGO MAROON
— Here’s Where the Class of 2026 Is Headed After Graduation. DD: When you earned your bachelor’s degree, how many job offers did you get? I took the only offer that I got and it was for a job that did not really require a bachelor’s degree. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Further, my GPA was not that great because I had spent far too many hours working instead of studying. Further, I had the stigma of having been a federal employee for almost 3 years.
https://chicagomaroon.com/52662/news/heres-where-the-class-of-2026-is-headed-after-graduation/

ELMHURST UNIVERSITY
— Career Benefits to Completing Your Degree. DD: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I have not been taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA from Loyola and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.elmhurst.edu/blog/four-career-benefits-to-completing-your-degree/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-531/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that to get elected and to get reelected, Democrats will ever-increasingly a) give more preference to voters who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen and b) promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vice, 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.

http://www.gopillinois.com

— Since the 1960s, employers have been under ever-increasing pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote those who are minority, female, and/or younger. For those who are White, male, and/or older, to get hired, retained, and/or promoted, they ever-increasing have to show employers that they can and that they will advance their subordinates who are minority, female, and/or younger. All those who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, disabled, and/or had performance problems. I did everything that I could to advance them, but that was not enough for my Democrat superiors. When I was 49 in 1997, to punished me and to make an example out of me, they forced me to retire and they gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less education than I had, who had less work experience than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had. Previously, my Democrat GAO superiors had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and c) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They ever-increasingly ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, b) 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. They would not have done any of the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

— To get more votes from those whose demographics are in the minority, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at those whose demographics are in the minority that their problems are caused my those whose demographics are in the majority. That is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at those who are non-White, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American that those who are White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, Protestant, and/or German American cause all their problems. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump continues attacks on GOP, turns ire on retiring Sen. Thom Tillis
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/22/trump-continues-attacks-gop-turns-ire-retiring-sen-thom-tillis/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) introduces legislation to make the Mandatory E-Verify Act of 2026 permanent and required for all U.S. employers, regardless of business size. DD: Who leads the fight for mandatory E-Verify in Illinois and in your county, township, and school district?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/sen-katie-britt-drops-e-verify-bill-to-stomp-out-hiring-of-illegal-workers/ar-AA23IKiS

1819 NEWS
— Mandatory E-Verify legislation – Ensure jobs go to Americans, not illegal aliens. DD: Who leads the fight for mandatory E-Verify in Illinois and in your county, township, and school district?
https://1819news.com/news/item/britt-leads-charge-on-mandatory-e-verify-legislation-ensure-jobs-go-to-americans-not-illegal-aliens

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illegal alien truck driver causes multiple casualties in pile-up on California highway
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/05/22/illegal-alien-truck-driver-causes-multiple-casualties-in-pile-up-on-cali-highway-1641188/

BREITBART
— Trump’s deputies are closing the hidden process used by former presidents to covertly legalize or amnesty millions of economic migrants during the last few decades. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/05/22/trump-deputies-shut-legalization-pathway-for-millions-of-migrants/amp/
— DD: Under Democrat elected officials, criminals commit a lot more crime because Democrats are soft on crime. Criminals vote for Democrats.
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2026/05/22/kash-patel-fbis-preliminary-crime-data-show-single-largest-decreases-in-violent-crime-and-murder-since-1937/

CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Illinois medical school pushes ‘equitable assessments’ for professors. DD: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government use the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems a) to promote their Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) to get rid of their Republican subordinates who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-illinois-medical-school-pushes-equitable-assessments-professors/29910
— Wisconsin voters to decide constitutional amendment banning DEI discrimination. DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/wisconsin-voters-decide-constitutional-amendment-banning-dei-discrimination/29918

DAILY SIGNAL
— The ‘No Agenda’ Democrats. What Democrats Could Say, but Aren’t. What They Are Saying, but Shouldn’t. The midterm elections are about five months away, and we’re having here in California a hotly contested governor’s race. And of course, everybody’s heard about the mayor’s race. They all have something in common if we examine them. There is no Democratic agenda. There’s no antithetical agenda to the Republicans.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/22/what-democrats-could-say/

EPOCH TIMES
— DNC Chair Ken Martin Faces Calls to Resign. DD: Serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job; they are always blamed for their party’s losses. I survived for 7 years as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. During that time, I invited speakers for all 78 of the organization’s monthly meetings, August picnics, and December Christmas parties. I should list all those who spoke at those events and what they emphasized. My critics/opponents always demonized, denigrated, and condemned those speakers and what they emphasized. To end my TAPROOT chairmanship and to destroy TAPROOT in 2012, my critics/opponents had their TAPROOT officers and their TAPROOT directors charge me with gross incompetence. They argued/shouted that anyone could do a better job of heading TAPROOT than I did. Previously, I survived for 4 years as a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee (SC) 2003-2007.  My critics/opponents had my fellow ICRC SC members end my ICRC SC membership and destroy ICRC in 2007. In 2006, they unsuccessfully tried to get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on IRP SCC members since 1999.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/dnc-chair-ken-martin-faces-calls-to-resign-from-some-democrats-after-autopsy-release-6036449

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Woke is Not Dead – Especially in Higher Education. “Though woke concepts such as systemic racism, critical race theory and gender fluidity aren’t as visible in corporate boardrooms and the federal government, they remain a powerful force”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/05/woke-is-not-dead-especially-in-higher-education/
— U. Minnesota Med School Offers ‘Child & Adolescent’ Gender-Affirming Care
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/05/u-minnesota-med-school-offers-child-adolescent-gender-affirming-care/amp/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— CBS and Its Colbert Apocalypse
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/05/cbs-and-its-colbert-apocalypse/

TOWNHALL
— Equal Protection Means What It Says. DD: Because Democrats run the federal government, federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/05/23/equal-protection-means-what-it-says-n2676495

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will ever-increasingly use AI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/opinion-poll-government-ai-jobs/

CNN
— Reparations. DD: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. The more of the following that you are, the more credit that you should be given for having paid the price of AA and DEI: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Since the 1960s, because I am all of the aforesaid, those above be had made me pay the price of AA and DEI big time. If I had not been the aforesaid, my Democrat superiors in the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/18/politics/video/cornel-west-dojs-usd1-8b-fund-should-pay-reparations-for-slavery

MSN
— Trump under fire for remarks seen as threat to reporter’s fiancé. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/trump-faces-backlash-over-threat-to-reporter-s-fianc%C3%A9/gm-GM3A03153E
— Trump defends Chinese farmland buys as $17B ag deal stirs debate
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/trump-defends-chinese-farmland-buys-as-17b-ag-deal-stirs-debate/gm-GM3F15F7DC
— Blanche said anyone who believes they were a victim of political ‘weaponization’ can apply for $1.8B fund payouts. DD: Just kidding, but should I apply? Democrat leaders in Illinois had my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors waste my career and take many big adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) forced me to resign in 1969 and b) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/blanche-won-t-rule-out-jan-6-rioters-for-1-8b-fund-payouts/gm-GMD9D29559

NEW YORK TIMES
— Has Trump Gone Full ‘Mob Boss’?  The president’s $1.8 billion slush fund is causing further cracks in the Republican Party. DD: Just kidding, but should I apply? Democrat leaders in Illinois had my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors waste my career and take many big adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) forced me to resign in 1969 and b) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/opinion/trump-slush-fund-republicans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— New rule requires most green-card applicants to apply from outside U.S. Immigration lawyers say the change could affect a wide swath of people and marks an escalation in the administration’s efforts to curtail legal migration. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/05/22/new-rule-requires-most-green-card-applicants-apply-outside-us/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— The GOP is collapsing under Trump’s loyalty tests. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-05-22/trump-republican-loyalty-tests-massie

USA TODAY
— DHS again raises possibility of halting processing at major airports. Travel groups warn a reported DHS proposal could disrupt international travel and cargo operations. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly a) flood America with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) get rid of those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2026/05/22/sanctuary-city-airports-customs/90215950007/

WSJ
— Trump Has Lost the Governing Plot. His personal obsessions and campaign of retribution are damaging his Presidency and his party.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-has-lost-the-governing-plot-4879dd64
— Privilege Shapes Progressive Education Choice. Black Americans are far more supportive of school choice than affirmative action.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/privilege-shapes-progressive-education-choice-12160176
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/falling-birth-rates-are-a-mystery-fa8aebb8
— A Wealthy New Yorker’s Case for the Pied-à-Terre Tax. DD: To paint me as being grossly overpaid, Money Magazine, in its 4-page February 1978 article on me, called my Outer Drive East (ODE) condo in downtown Chicago a pied-a-terre because I also owned a townhome in University Park that I bought in 1972. But Money Magazine knew full-well that I owned that townhome because I could not sell it unless I took a big loss and that I was renting it out. Money Magazine also knew full-well that I bought the ODE condo so that I could walk to work and to graduate evening business and accounting classes at Loyola and DePaul.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-wealthy-new-yorkers-case-for-the-pied-a-terre-tax-bebf58af
— New College Grads Confront a Tight Job Market but Still Have an Edge. Employment prospects are even worse for anyone with just a high-school diploma or an associate degree. DD: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I have not been taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA from Loyola and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/young-college-graduate-job-market-dd0f8d6e
— You’ve Landed Your First Job. Now Don’t Sink Your Career Before It Starts. Your first job holds promise and peril. Here’s how to protect your future self. DD: When I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970, I had to have a job. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was from Firestone Stores for a sales job that did not really require a college degree. My Chicago Heights store boss would never had hired me, but his boss had assigned me to him. He did not have a college degree. He refused to let me start until after I passed a probationary period in Indiana. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant, my being German American, my having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and my living in Crete. Under him, I saw that my Firestone career was bleak, if not nonexistent. Consequently, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in early 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely, if not violently, fired me because I had accepted that offer. I had to have a job. So I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was to be an IRS Revenue Officer.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/youve-landed-your-first-job-now-dont-sink-your-career-before-it-starts-96a3ad5b

USA FACTS
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly a) flood America with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) get rid of those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://usafacts.org/answers/how-many-people-live-in-the-us/country/united-states/

STATISTA
— DD: What religion are you? Protestants vote for Republicans. The share of Americans who are Protestant has fallen from 69% in 1948 when I was born to 33% in 2023. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) get rid of those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/245478/self-described-religious-identification-of-americans/

IMMIGRATION POLICY INSTITITE
— DD: What national origin are you? All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s.
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states#size-origins
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/largest-immigrant-groups-over-time
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Significant immigration from Latin America and Asia in recent decades represents a sharp turnaround from the mid-1900s, when immigrants came overwhelmingly from Europe. In the 1960s, no single country accounted for more than 15 percent of the U.S. immigrant population; Italians were the top origin group, making up 13 percent of the foreign born in 1960, followed by Germans and Canadians (about 10 percent each). Immigrants from Mexico have comprised the largest group since 1980, but the composition of new arrivals has changed since the 2007-09 recession. By 2013, India and China had displaced Mexico as the top origins for new arrivals, however Mexico regained its position as the top origin of new arrivals in 2021, amid COVID-19 pandemic-related mobility restrictions and increased regional movement. As of 2024, the top origins for immigrants arriving within the last year were Mexico, India, and Venezuela. From 2010 through 2024, the immigrant population from India increased by nearly 1.4 million and the population from China rose by 815,000. Although the number of Mexican immigrants increased slightly between 2023 and 2024 (from 10.9 million to 11.1 million), this population declined by almost 567,000 between 2010 and 2024, representing the largest absolute decline of any immigrant group during the period. The number of immigrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Guatemala, Colombia, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, the Philippines, El Salvador, Nigeria, and Haiti each increased by at least 250,000 from 2010 to 2024. Among the groups numbering at least 100,000 in 2024, the Venezuelan immigrant population increased the fastest, by 437 percent since 2010, followed by immigrants from Afghanistan (330 percent), Nepal (200 percent), Nigeria (143 percent), Bangladesh (130 percent), and Brazil (114 percent). In comparison, the total foreign-born population grew by 26 percent in this period.)
— What are the largest diaspora groups? Four of the five largest U.S. groups tracing their origin or ancestry to a particular country are European, reflecting a centuries-long history of immigration from Europe. Germany is the largest diaspora, with more than 40.7 million U.S. residents—spanning both immigrants and their descendants—who traced their origin or ancestry there as of 2024. The Mexican diaspora ranked second, with approximately 40.5 million people. The United Kingdom came third, with more than 38.8 million, followed by Ireland, with close to 35 million, and Italy, with 16.3 million. The overwhelming majority of diaspora members are people born in the United States whose ancestors had previously immigrated.
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states#size-origins

POLITICAL INSIDER
— Texas AG Sues Houston Birth Tourism Center Over 1,000 Alleged Chinese-Born American Citizens. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://pjnewsletter.com/birth-tour-china/

MCKINSEY & COMPANY
— DD: Since the 1960s, employers have been under ever-increasing pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote those who are minority, female, and/or younger. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and my 1981 job-related professional license.
https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/women-in-the-workplace

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— The Foreign Service operates under an “up-or-out” promotion system. DD: How has age discrimination impacted you? Ever-increasingly, starting when I was 25 years old in 1974, my Democrat superiors in the federal government used my age against me. They used “up-or-out” to get rid of me because they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time was 25. I finally made GS-13 at GAO when I was 38. But I would not have been able to do that if I had not a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32, and e) if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer from IRS had not finally gotten back into power and promoted me when I was 38.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/05/state-dept-directs-managers-to-revise-and-recalibrate-scores-for-employee-evaluations-theyve-already-submitted/