FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrats protest Turning Point USA Educators’ Summit; ‘they’re not welcome here.’ DD: How successful have Democrat leaders in your county, township, municipality, and school district been in promoting more hatred against Charlie Kirk, TPUSA, conservates, Republicans, Trump, and America?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/17/lake-county-protesters-turning-point-usa/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On its website, Turning Point Education isn’t shy about its Christian and conservative goals; they’re two of the group’s five pillars, and the website says they’re dedicated to “reclaiming the education of our children, reviving virtuous education focused on truth, goodness and beauty, and restoring God as the foundation of education.” The summit’s webpage lists nearly 30 speakers, including TPUSA CEO Erika Kirk, the wife of the late Charlie Kirk. Other speakers include the founder of the ACE scholarship program, several Republican politicians, and an extensive mix of conservative activists, Christian authors, Christian school officials, and professors who support a “Biblical worldview” in classrooms, as described in an online event description. The protest saw about 60 to 70 people, chanting, carrying signs, and beating drums. Some chants alternated between targeting President Donald Trump and TPUSA. . .Over the last two decades, Lake County has leaned increasingly blue, with steadily rising numbers of Democratic voters completely flipping the county government and giving Lake County to Democratic presidential candidates in the last five presidential elections. Meanwhile, the number of Republican voters has hit record lows.)
— Chicago Fire stadium site should get $425 million subsidy, Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/chicago-fire-stadium-425-million-220000449.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County officials project $550M shortfall for next year
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/06/17/cook-county-officials-project-550-million-shortfall-next-year
DAILY HERALD
— Naperville man tells NBC 5 he burned cross in Grant Park, says he was unaware of racial implications
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260616/news/person-of-interest-in-custody-in-grant-park-cross-burning/
ABC7
— City Council rejects fine for parents in ‘teen takeover’ ordinance. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/19318181/
NBC5
— Naperville man says he doesn’t regret burning cross in Grant Park, explains motive
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/i-dont-regret-it-man-explains-motive-for-burning-cross-in-nbc-5-exclusive/3949697/
— New Illinois law will change driver’s test policies for senior citizens. The bill officially goes into effect July 1.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/new-illinois-law-will-change-drivers-test-policies-for-senior-citizens/3950213/
FOX32
— Chicago alder wants to crack down on parents of kids involved in teen takeovers, other crimes. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-parents-crackdown-teen-takeovers-proposal
WBEZ
— A quarter-million student borrowers in Illinois need a new repayment plan. DD: Back in the good old days, I graduated debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21 in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE that I had bought new. The money came from what I earned worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office for 25 months and full-time for 9 months 1966-1969. In today’s dollars, my salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour. My parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/06/17/many-student-loan-borrowers-in-illinois-need-a-new-repayment-plan-what-to-know-as-save-plan-ends
WGN RADIO
— DD: The Democrat mainstream news media continues to treat Pat Brady like he is still the chairman of the Illinois Republican Party.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-the-presidential-and-mayoral-runs/amp/
SOUTHERN
— Rep. Paul Jacobs was appointed Wednesday to fill the vacant 59th District Senate seat following a unanimous vote of Republican county chairpersons from across Southern Illinois.
https://thesouthern.com/news/gop-leaders-appoint-jacobs-to-vacant-senate-seat/article_62c1348e-5bb8-5dd6-a1f6-aab2e4ce5041.html
STATELINE
— Pritzker blames federal policies for rising Illinois cost of living as inflation concerns grow. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/pritzker-blames-federal-policies-for-rising-illinois-cost-of-living-as-inflation-concerns-grow/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Nearly half of Americans don’t consider themselves a Democrat or Republican. DD: My critics/opponents want me to leave the Republican Party. They want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They want me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, They want the Republican Party to officially change its name to the Democrat Lite Party. According to them, I am far too conservative. They reject planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote. They reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/almost-half-in-new-poll-dont-consider-themselves-democrats-or-republicans/
LABOR TRIBUNE
— The Illinois Federation of Teachers and the Illinois Education Association have joined educator union leaders from across the country in urging governors to reject participation in President Trump’s federal private school voucher tax credit program and publicly reaffirm their commitment to public education. 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, I had to work my way through college. Because of that, my ACT score and my GPA suffered. But nevertheless, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://labortribune.com/two-largest-unions-in-illinois-join-national-letter-from-educators-urging-democratic-governors-to-keep-out-of-trumps-federal-voucher-scheme/
DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders create an “Affordability Crisis” and then blame it on Trump.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/videos/view/durbin-condemns-president-trumps-inaction-during-affordability-crisis
WHEATON
— DD: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/13915?fileID=19694
ILLINOIZE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump against Republicans.
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/governors-race-between-pritzker-trump
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— School Attendance Down 10%!
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/17/school-attendance-down-10/
— Two Local Legislators Sponsor Rational Revision of Drivers License Law Ending Discrimination Against Senior Citizens
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/17/two-local-legislators-sponsor-rational-revision-of-drivers-license-law-ending-discrimination-against-senior-citizens/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Congressional candidate Christian Maxwell caught in teen takeover. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_c1637b84-8e8c-4196-b908-6f27216d806d.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DEI must be stopped.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4611193/dei-wont-disappear-until-intesectionality-is-stopped/
NEW YORK POST
— Federal government seeks to halt first US reparations program for black people. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/17/us-news/federal-government-seeks-to-halt-first-us-reperations-program-for-black-people/
AMERICAN THINKER
— California announces gay ‘certification’ program. It’s nothing but an Orwellian scheme to declare whether someone is ‘gay enough.’
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/california_announces_gay_certification_program.html
— Battling ‘Pride’ month with religious faith initiatives. DD: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/battling_pride_month_with_religious_faith_initiatives.html
BREITBART
— Chicago Cross Burning Hate Hoax Committed by Asian, Anti-Trump Leftist
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/17/nolte-chicago-cross-burning-hate-hoax-committed-by-asian-anti-trump-leftist/
— Federal government seeks to halt the first U.S. reparations program for Black people. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/federal-government-seeks-to-halt-the-first-u-s-reparations-program-for-black-people/
— States Beginning to Roll Back Free Healthcare for Illegals. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance since 1966 and then also paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/17/states-beginning-to-roll-back-free-healthcare-for-illegals/
— Mamdani-Backed Democrat: ‘All Deportations Are Wrong’ — Even for Convicted Murderers & Child Rapists.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/17/mamdani-backed-democrat-deporting-illegal-aliens-convicted-of-child-rape-murder-kidnapping-is-discriminatory/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Immigration — Rules and Reality
https://cis.org/Vara/Immigration-Rules-and-Reality
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some of the most basic of rules that apply to any person seeking to reside in another country indefinitely: 1. Assimilate. Keep your ethnic roots, but adhere to the norms of the society that you seek to join and claim to want to be a part of. 2. Contribute. Don’t look around at what other people have and expect that they will give it to you. Instead, open your eyes and see that in this country, much more so than in most countries, you have the opportunity to show what you are made of and not only get those things for yourself, but maybe even get more if you have what it takes. 3. Be Grateful. You may never be a billionaire, a millionaire, or even a high-net-worth individual. But in this country, those willing to work and realistically accept where they are at in their lives at any given moment will always have a home and a relatively good life. Certainly as compared to other countries, especially countries like Mexico and many of those in Latin America, Africa, and the non-affluent Middle East. Until and if you make it, you may have to live in a poor neighborhood. You may have to drive an old beat-up pick-up truck vs. a BMW. You might have to buy your clothes at Walmart vs. Neiman’s. And you may have to eat at Dominos, McDonalds, or a Taco Shack vs. Morton’s or Ruth’s Chris. But life will still be better than if you were back home in whatever third-world country you fled from to come here. Most importantly, in this country you will continue to have the chance to advance to an even better life. In some cases, far beyond your wildest dreams. 4. Obey the Rules. Whether you accept them or not, laws dictate. Violate the laws and risk your freedom and your ability to remain here. If you truly value the opportunity that has been handed to you, think twice before you take the risk. 5. Accept Reality. Immigration enforcement is not about racism. It is about the laws and norms of a nation and its society. Wealth and wealth-building are not dictated by racism. Neither is investment strategy. Neither is social stratification. Neither is living in a multi-million-dollar home vs. a $50,000 home. Neither is driving a very expensive car vs. driving a very inexpensive one. Neither is owning a yacht vs. owning a dinghy. . .6. Don’t Expect of Americans what Americans Should Not Expect of Others. Except for the extremely naive or foolish, Americans are not moving to Mexico or any other country and trying to get them to speak English.)
CITY JOURNAL
— The Justice Department Restores Equality. The Office of Legal Counsel concluded that disparate-impact guidelines encourage employers to engage in racial discrimination, violating the U.S. Constitution. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders have always used disparate-impact to get rid of Republicans 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.city-journal.org/article/equal-opportunity-commission-disparate-impact-racial-discrimination
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Racial Discrimination, Pure and Simple’: Trump Administration Challenges Reparations Plan in Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/17/racial-discrimination-trump-administration-challenges-reparations/
— The Federal Trade Commission and four attorneys general filed a groundbreaking lawsuit Wednesday, aiming to hold the World Professional Association for Transgender Health accountable for allegedly deceptive trade practices, an action that may dismantle the child gender mutilation pipeline.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/17/trump-admin-cuts-right-heart-child-transgender-mutilation-pipeline/
FEDERALIST
— Chicago Cross Burning Is Latest Example Of Left-Wing Extremism Being Blamed On GOP
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/17/chicago-cross-burning-is-latest-example-of-left-wing-extremism-being-blamed-on-gop/
— Letting everyone into your country, regardless of their culture or willingness to assimilate, is not Christian charity. It’s chaos and civilizational collapse.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/16/pope-leo-says-migrants-should-integrate-and-obey-the-law/
— Why Americans Are Falling Out Of Love With LGBT ‘Pride’
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/16/why-americans-are-falling-out-of-love-with-lgbt-pride/
— The Left Never Loved Athletic Activism, Just Athletes Who Agreed With Them
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/17/the-left-never-loved-athletic-activism-just-athletes-who-agreed-with-them/
— DOJ Rejects Legal Theory (Disparate Impact) That Pushed Employers Into DEI Quotas
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/17/doj-rejects-legal-theory-that-pushed-employers-into-dei-quotas/
— Hawley Demands MLB Answer For ‘Pattern Of Discrimination’ Against Christians
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/16/hawley-demands-mlb-answer-for-pattern-of-discrimination-against-christians/
— Biden’s Border Crisis Will Return If We Don’t Close These Loopholes Now.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/18/bidens-border-crisis-will-return-if-we-dont-close-these-loopholes-now/
FOX NEWS
— Naperville student says cross burning in city park was anti-Trump MAGA protest, not racism. UIC student who claimed responsibility told NBC his protest ‘had nothing to do with race.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-student-says-cross-burning-city-park-anti-trump-maga-protest-not-racism
— Only 27 percent of Democrats will display American flag on July 4. Nearly one-quarter of Democrats say they won’t celebrate Independence Day this year. DD: Ever-increasingly, to punish Trump, Democrats punish America.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/27-percent-democrats-display-american-flag-july-4-poll
— Trump admin wants to stop Illinois city’s reparations effort for ‘simply handing out money based on race.’ Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon says simply handing out money based on race ‘is illegal.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-admin-wants-stop-illinois-citys-reparations-effort-simply-handing-out-money-based-race
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump-Hating Asian Naperville UIC Student Planted Burning Cross in Chicago Park. “During an interview with Chuck Goudie, Lu shared that he had little knowledge of the Klan.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/06/trump-hating-asian-student-from-u-illinois-planted-burning-cross-in-chicago-park/
PATRIOT POST
— The Democrats’ Patriotism Gap. It’s not all about Trump. Democrats were less proud of the country than Republicans were even when Obama and Biden were president. DD: Ever-increasingly, to punish Trump, Democrats punish America.
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/128433-the-democrats-patriotism-gap-2026-06-17
PJ MEDIA
— Sodom and Gomorrica: ‘Straight out of Trumpland’
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2026/06/17/sodom-and-gomorrica-straight-out-of-trumpland-n4954051
TOWNHALL
— Who Will Be Held Accountable for the Border Policies of the Biden Years? DD: Who will be held responsible for the destruction of GAO during the Bowsher years? Who will be held responsible for Republican losses in Illinois starting in 2002?
https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-abraham/2026/06/17/who-will-be-held-accountable-for-the-border-policies-of-the-biden-years-n2677838
— Democrats are proving to be thoroughly anti-patriotic as the World Cup ramps up. DD: Ever-increasingly, to punish Trump, Democrats punish America.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/06/16/look-who-these-democrats-are-supporting-in-the-world-cup-hint-its-not-the-united-states-n2677867
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/experts-call-for-rethinking-traditional-marriage-roles-amid-strain-on-women/ss-AA25whgN
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/06/15/what-is-american-dream-redefined/90359600007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push Black men to be LGBTQers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/16/black-gay-men-elijah-manley-shevrin-jones-congress/90505389007/
PEW RESEACCH & BROOKINGS & GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, those who have demographics that vote for Republicans cause all the problems that those who have demographics that vote for Democrats have. That is, that those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time cause all the problems that those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/05/20/views-of-how-much-discrimination-racial-and-ethnic-groups-in-the-u-s-face/
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-demographics-of-racial-inequality-in-the-united-states/
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2024/12/federal-workforce-generally-more-diverse-us-population-gaps-persist/401546/
HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL & HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Performance evaluations. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use the subjectivity in their performance evaluations to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/gender-race-identity/self-ratings-and-bias-performance-reviews
https://hbr.org/2019/01/why-most-performance-evaluations-are-biased-and-how-to-fix-them
ROBERT REICH
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. GAO would not have hired me if I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt and earned an MBA. IRS would not have hired me if I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business. The Post Office would not have hired me if I had not passed the postal employment test and earned a high school diploma.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/experience-knowledge-and-talent-need
LA PROGRESSIVE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/anti-black-racism-in-america
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MEAWW
— Kristi Noem reveals intelligence on secret China pipeline moving migrants into US.
https://news.meaww.com/kristi-noem-reveals-intelligence-on-alleged-secret-china-pipeline-moving-migrants-into-us
FROM OTHER SOURCES
VETTE REGISTRY
— Mid America Motorworks Facility in Effingham Leveled by Tornado. DD: My wife and I have attended many Corvette Funfest events there, but not recently. I have spoken with founder Mike Yager many times, but not recently.
https://www.vetteregistry.net/vrforums/all-vettes-discussion/breaking-mid-america-motoworks-facility-leveled-by-tornado/560358/
Tag: Committeeman
June 16, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage Blacks to be LGBTQers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/15/juneteenth-events-2026/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Brave Space Alliance envisions Chicago as a place where the lives of Black and brown LGBTQ people are protected, valued and thriving. As part of their ongoing initiatives, the nonprofit will launch “Embodied, a Juneteenth and Pride Month Celebration.” This performance-forward event features a mix of drag, burlesque, music and dance performances by some of the city’s most celebrated Black transgender, gender nonconforming and queer artists. The inaugural event’s lineup includes performers like Sasha Love, Luv Ami-Stoole, Trans Voices Cabaret, Mo Swallowtail and the Tap’Root Fluidity, and Po’Chop in what is sure to be a celebratory and revelatory event. 7:30 pm June 20 at Thalia Hall, 1807 S. Allport St.; the event is 18+, more information at ticketweb.com )
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/15/immigrant-moms-worry-babies-could-be-left-stateless-as-they-await-supreme-court-decision-on-birthright
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/daca-news-recipients-face-donald-trump-administration-processing-delays-uncertainty-legal-challenges-continue/19303983/
— California Gov. Gavin Newsom says DOJ is investigating him and his wife. DD: To get rid of me, my IRS superiors not only investigated my travel vouchers and education deductions, they disallowed them.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/california-gov-gavin-newsom-says-department-justice-is-investigating-wife/19303418/
NBC5
— New head of Illinois GOP discusses state of the party in the Land of Lincoln. The new head of the Illinois Republican Party sat down with Mary Ann Ahern to discuss President Trump, and the state of the GOP in today’s political climate in Illinois.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/new-head-of-illinois-gop-discusses-state-of-the-party-in-the-land-of-lincoln/3949044/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yxmYDG38Fg
FOX32
— Bob Grogan elected as new Chair of Illinois Republican Party.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-nmyzv71x0n9w4mhg
— Teen takeovers: What’s driving them and how they can be prevented. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers? The Democrat Party platform drives Democrat teen takeovers. It destroys traditional marriage and family. It destroys personal responsibility. It destroys respect for the rule of law.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-w84czbsm358oipul
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/bob-grogan-elected-chair-illinois-213556651.html
WGN RADIO
— Time to invest in a whole-home generator.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/lou-manfredini-time-to-invest-in-a-whole-home-generator/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD & WJBC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/video/prairie-pride-coalition-supporting-lgbtq-community-since-1995/11886502/
https://www.wjbc.com/2026/06/15/53399/
Q98.5
— DD: Because pot pushers are losing sales to intoxicating hemp sellers, Pritzker cracks down on intoxicating hemp sellers.
https://q985online.com/new-illinois-hemp-thc-law-minors/
IPM NEWS
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Blacks have already received many trillions of dollars in AA and DEI, that is, they have already received many trillions of dollars in reparations. My Democrat Black GAO subordinate is just one example. My Democrat GAO superiors used AA and DEI to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my Democrat Black GAO subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. Democrats make Republicans pay the price of AA and DEI, that is, they make Republicans pay reparations. They especially make Republicans who are the following pay the price of AA and DEI: conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/should-descendants-of-enslaved-black-americans-receive-reparations-an-illinois-commission-wants-your-opinions/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Senate race: Don Tracy, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, has beefed up his political team, hiring nationally known Republican strategists Joe King and Scott Schweitzer of The Strategy Group Company as general consultants and Illinois political consultant Dennis Cook, founder of Strive Strategies, to his campaign. The move came after Collin Corbett of Cor Strategies exited after the primary in order to make an independent run for governor.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/16/three-decades-in-one-question-left-00962697
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do your critics/opponents want the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to be? My critics/opponents want the IRP to be the Illinois Democrat Lite Party. But political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. What do you hope that the IRP will do differently under Bob Grogan? I hope that it will dump its Democrat Lite approach and instead promote the Republican Party platform, and especially its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Of course, I certainly hope that the IRP will encourage everyone to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How will Bob Grogan treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? According to my critics/opponents, I have caused all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They have had their operatives and their dupes take many bid adverse actions against me since 2000. They had them a) rudely throw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) rudely end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) rudely gerrymander my precinct in 2015, d) rudely end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) rudely end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) rudely end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) rudely almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and h) rudely defeat my bid for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004.
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you have in common with Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman Bob Grogan? Grogan and I are both long-time DuPage County residents, Republican Precinct Committeemen, CPAs, Certified Fraud Examiners, and members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and Illinois CPA Society. Grogan was my IRP State Central Committee member 2018-2022. I worked hard to elect and to reelect Grogan as DuPage County Auditor in 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you wanted to run for a government office? Since I was 49 years old in 1997, my DuPage County critics/opponents have falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I wanted to run for DuPage County Auditor. To discourage me from considering doing that, they have taken many big adverse actions against me. I should write about my DuPage County critics/opponents and the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me. Of course, they ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth what did to help elect and to reelect Jim Rasins DuPage County Auditor in 2000 and 2004 and Bob Grogan in 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. My critics/opponents base their false accusations against me on my being highly qualified for the office. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I earned professional certifications in fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years as a Revenue Officer, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year and I worked for GAO for almost 18 years as an Analyst, the last 11 years of at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year. I have master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I first visited the DuPage County Auditor’s office in 1986 when I became the Membership Director for the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) Chicago Chapter (CC). I remember recruiting Rasins to speak at an AGA CC event. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Congress should make E-Verify Trump’s lasting immigration legacy. Mandatory worksite checks would dry up the jobs magnet and outlast future Democrat reversals. DD: To be conservative, that is, to be Republican, is to promote E-Verify. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money. They are easier to exploit. They vote for Democrats.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/15/congress-make-e-verify-trumps-lasting-immigration-legacy/
— Too many Americans do not appreciate America
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/15/many-americans-not-appreciate-america/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Birthright citizenship: A battle for the survival of our republic. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4608345/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-14-amendment/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The land, infrastructure, institutions, and accumulated wealth of the United States constitute real property and wealth, built, defended, and held in perpetuity as an endowment by and for generations of American citizens and those who entered lawfully. These assets exist because citizens labored, sacrificed, paid taxes, and, when necessary, gave their lives in defense of the nation. It is therefore preposterous to assert that the fertilization of an egg by two foreign nationals abroad, followed by a deliberate legal or illegal border crossing, creates a constitutional birthright to our inheritance. The word inheritance requires the person who bequeathed it to have owned it. A geographic point on a map, North, South, East, or West of a border, has no volition and cannot bequeath anything. Virtually no other nation allows such a preposterous practice.)
— Why no reckoning over the SPLC ‘hate map’?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4608149/why-no-reckoning-over-the-splc-hate-map-guy-benson/
AMERICAN INTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Working class. DD: My critics/opponents look down on the working class. I was a member of the working class 1964-1997. I had to work my way through college. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critic/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.aei.org/podcast/the-identity-of-the-gop-with-patrick-ruffini/
AMERICAN THINKER
— 250 Years Into The Experiment, Democrats Threaten Catastrophe. What happens if they win the midterms? DD: If Democrats take control of the U.S. House and Senate, what adverse actions will they take against you first?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/06/250_years_into_the_experiment_democrats_threaten_catastrophe.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DD: How many of their illegals will Democrat leaders have vote in the November 3, 2026 election?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/06/15/midterm-polls-now-apparently-include-ice-agents-says-mullin-1645975/
DAVID CYCLEBACK
— Hidden Costs of Affirmative Action. How preferences intended to reduce discrimination can create new forms of stigma. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. My Democrat GAO superiors used AA and DEI to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my Democrat Black GAO subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://davidcycleback.substack.com/p/a-hidden-cost-of-affirmative-action
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Their concern is that when institutions openly acknowledge that race and other identity characteristics My Democrat GAO superiors used AA and DEI to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my Democrat Black GAO subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. are primarily considered in admissions, hiring, promotions, and scholarships, and when selection criteria are modified to increase representation, observers may begin to wonder whether a particular individual’s success was earned solely through merit or partly through preferential treatment. Over time, some beneficiaries begin asking themselves the same question. As a result, highly qualified minority students and professionals may find their achievements viewed with skepticism and, in cases, may wrestle with uncertainty about whether others regard their success as fully earned.)
FEDERALIST
— ‘Inclusive’ Left Attacks Giants Players For Expressing Christian Faith On ‘Pride Night.’ Most leftists believe that Christians shouldn’t be allowed to express their faith or live it out in the public square.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/15/inclusive-left-attacks-giants-players-for-expressing-christian-faith-on-pride-night/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— D.C. Escalating Response to Teen Takeover Chaos. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers? The Democrat Party platform drives Democrat teen takeovers. It destroys traditional marriage and family. It destroys personal responsibility. It destroys respect for the rule of law.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/06/15/dc_escalating_response_to_teen_takeover_chaos__154225.amp.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— They’ll call everyone else a Nazi, but the media aren’t sure about their Nazi tattoo guy.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5921173-maine-senate-campaign-nazi-tattoo/
MSN
— Newsom alleges Trump ordered DOJ probe into him, wife. DD: To get rid of me, my IRS superiors not only probed my travel vouchers and my education deductions, they disallowed them.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/newsom-alleges-trump-ordered-doj-probe-into-him-wife/gm-GMDBBF91E3
ACCOUNTING
— Certified Public Accountant. DD: I have been a CPA since I was 30 in 1979. My critics/opponents have always stressed that while I passed the examination on my first attempt, my scores were not that great.
https://www.accounting.com/certifications/certified-public-accountant/
INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS
— Certified Internal Auditor. DD: I have been a CIA since I was 32 in 1981. My critics/opponents have always stressed that while I passed the examination on my first attempt, my scores were not that great.
https://www.theiia.org/en/certifications/cia/
YAHOO FINANCE
— Certified Fraud Examiner. DD: I have been a CFE since I was 41 in 1990. My critics/opponents have always stressed that I became one not by passing an examination, but by grandfathering in.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/certified-fraud-examiner-cfe-195723273.html
ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTANTS
— Certified Government Financial Manager. I have been a CGFM since I was 45 in 1994. My critics/opponents have always stressed that I became one not by passing an examination, but by grandfathering in.
https://www.agacgfm.org/cgfm-certification/
INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS
— Certified Financial Services Auditor. I have been a CFSA since I was 47 in 1996. My critics/opponents have always stressed that I became one not by passing an examination, but by grandfathering in.
https://www.theiia.org/globalassets/documents/certifications/ccsa-cfsa-cgap-transition-faqs.pdf
ASSOCIATION OF CERTIED FRAUD EXAMINERS
— Forensic Accountant. I have been a Forensic Accountant since I was 48 in 1997. My critics/opponents have always stressed that I became one not by passing an examination, but by grandfathering in.
https://www.acfe.com/career/career-paths/career-path-accounting/career-path-detail-forensic-accountant
NEW YORK TIMES
— ICE Wants Local Police to Enforce Immigration Law. These Officers Signed Up. DD: None have signed up in Illinois.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/12/us/politics/ice-local-police-immigration-287g.html
— Trump’s decision to host Ultimate Fighting Championship bouts at the White House on Sunday put him at the center of a sport that is popular with many young men — a demographic that swung toward him in the 2024 election but has since shifted away. DD: I have never been a fan of contact sports, neither were my parents, neither were my ancestors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/us/politics/trump-ufc-politics-midterms.html
— DD: Anti-Christians and anti-Americans are against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/opinion/christian-nationalism-maga-france.html
— Trump’s Fight Night Was as Absurd as Promised. DD: I have never been a fan of contact sports, neither were my parents, neither were my ancestors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/opinion/trump-ufc-fight.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. I should write about Democrat success in doing that in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West district, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. Ever increasingly, I am a minority in more ways.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/15/aapi-asian-american-america-250-immigration/3aab21e6-6870-11f1-830e-133d20cadd28_story.html
SACRAMENTO BEE
— Certified Internal Auditor Exam. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I passed the CIA exam on my first attempt when I was 32 in 1981. None of my coworkers who they wanted to promote over me had taken the exam, let alone passed it.
https://www.sacbee.com/careers-education/certified-internal-auditor-exam/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Passing the Certified Internal Auditor exam can open doors to better pay, prestigious job titles, and long-term career growth. But let’s face it—the Certified Internal Auditor exam is tough.
GULF TODAY
— DD: When those who have demographics that vote for Republicans do better at something than those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders blame that on discrimination against those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Overwhelmingly, a) those who earned master’s degrees with me in business (1976), accounting (1980), and finance (1997) were White males, b) those who passed the CPA examination with me (1979) and Certified Internal Auditor (1981) examination on our first attempt were White males, c) those who became certified fraud examiners with me (1990), government financial managers (1994), financial services auditors (1996), and forensic accountants (1997) were White males, and d) those who became licensed CPAs with me (1981) were White males. My critics/opponents have always used the aforesaid to turn minorities and females against me.
https://www.gulftoday.ae/opinion/2026/06/15/corporate-america-is-no-meritocracy
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Medical Bills Threaten to Derail Young Adults’ Finances. DD: My critics/opponents are ever-increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance premiums since 1966 and 72% of my wife’s health insurance premiums since 1978 because I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and because I have been a federal retiree for almost 29 years.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/young-adult-finance-medical-bill-debt-e39b0123
FORBES
— Illinois Bill Could Reshape Disparate Impact Challenges To Hiring. DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used disparate impact against Republicans. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. In 2000, RINOs got a woman to unsuccessfully run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC). Since then, they have tried hard, but they have failed to get a minority, female, younger person, or veteran to run against me for RPC. In 2015, to defeat me, they drew me into Jeanee Ives’ precinct, but I succeeded in getting that redrawing rescinded.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alonzomartinez/2026/06/15/illinois-bill-could-reshape-disparate-impact-challenges-to-hiring/
CATHOLIC ANSWERS
— The Fantasy Spouse Is Keeping Catholics Single. DD: My wife and I met at a Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago social event. I am Missouri Synod Lutheran and she is Catholic. What helped you become marriage material? By the time we 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.catholic.com/magazine/blog/the-fantasy-spouse-is-keeping-catholics-single
CATHOLIC STAND
— DD: What role did your ancestors play in slavery? My critics/opponents have always stressed that my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, I have always stressed that they always lived in northeast Illinois, that they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and that they never did discriminate against anyone.
https://catholicstand.com/pope-leo-xiv-asks-pardon-for-the-vaticans-role-in-slavery-the-apology-that-took-centuries/comment-page-1/
AMERICAN BAZAAR
— American students are no longer majority in schools. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats, anticipate/expect that in your school district, fewer and fewer and fewer students will be White, male, German American, or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/06/14/american-students-are-no-longer-majority-in-schools-482800/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An analysis of newly released U.S. Census Bureau data found that American students who are neither Latino nor multiracial represented fewer than 50% of students enrolled from nursery school through graduate programs in 2024. The shift follows decades of declining American enrollment and rising participation among Hispanic, Asian, Black immigrant, and multiracial populations. The figures show American student enrollment falling from 46.7 million in 2000 to 36.6 million in 2024, a decline driven largely by lower birth rates, an aging population, and slower demographic growth among American Americans. At the same time, Latino enrollment has expanded significantly, reshaping classrooms across the country, particularly in early childhood and K-12 education.)
ROGER EBERT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.rogerebert.com/black-writers-week/250-years-later-and-blacks-are-still-politically-and-racially-enslaved
June 15, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 19 shot, 6 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-eight-shot-fatally-gun-violence-city-police-department-says/19287969/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: The Democrat Party platform drives Democrat teen takeovers. It destroys traditional marriage and family. It destroys personal responsibility. It destroys respect for the rule of law.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/15/chicago-teen-takeovers-causes/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/summer-heats-driving-chicago-teen-100000507.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. LGBTQ destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/14/annual-pride-parade-in-downtown-aurora-seen-as-having-impact-around-the-fox-valley-this-is-important/
ABC7 & CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE & FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders decry Trump celebrating his turning 80 with a UFC cage-fight at the White House.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ufc-fight-white-house-today-trump-turns-80-showstopping-spectacle-cage-fights-south-lawn/19294864/
https://www.news-gazette.com/trump-celebrates-turning-80-with-a-ufc-cage-fighting-event-while-big-issues-loom-over/article_8451420e-8a76-5861-a15e-b68665aaab64.html
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/the-latest-trump-celebrates-his-80th-birthday-with-a-ufc-cage-fight-at-the-white/article_ca828266-2098-5b6d-bcea-dcbca0d5e579.html
BELLEVIEW NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. LGBTQ destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/lgbtq-families-metro-east-belleville-112101579.html
CENTRALILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. LGBTQ destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/prairie-pride-picnic-normal/amp/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn America to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederates.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-14/fate-of-historic-slavery-exhibit-targeted-by-trump-hangs-in-the-balance
DELIA RAMIREZ
— DD: Ramirez ever-increasingly promotes the Democrat Party platform.
https://ramirez.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/ramirez.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/-spanish-1362026-19315-2.pdf
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Money’s worth: Conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley packed the ballroom at Friday’s Illinois GOP fundraiser in Elk Grove Village. But some Republicans wonder whether the $30,000 speaking fee bought much beyond a one-night appearance. Despite his sizable online audience — including 1.6 million followers on X — we haven’t seen Shirley post about Friday’s Red Gala. Targeted audience: Illinois GOP Chair Bob Grogan said bringing Shirley in was part of a larger effort to connect with younger voters, a group that Republicans have long struggled to reach. “The Republican Party’s age-old problem is that we have failed to attract young people,” he said. Republicans “sort of bucked that trend” in the last election cycle, Grogan added, by finding messages and communication channels that resonated with younger audiences. The generational divide was on display Friday. While a few older attendees had never heard of Shirley, Grogan said younger Republicans were eager to see him in person. He said that underscores the need for the party to meet voters where they are — on YouTube and other digital platforms. The challenge, of course, is that the reach doesn’t end when the event wraps up. If the goal is to introduce the Illinois GOP to Shirley’s audience, it would help if some of that content actually made it onto his social media feeds. . .Events: June 24: The DuPage County GOP is holding its summer kickoff party.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/15/the-obamas-back-in-chicago-00961830
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are your demographics? When did your ancestors immigrate? According to Democrat leaders, the more of the following that you are and the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefitted from slavery the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, and/or German American. I am all of the aforesaid and all of my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. My critics/opponents have always made me pay the price of AA and DEI big time. In my defense, I have always stressed that all my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois, that they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and that they never did. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents want Blacks to get preference. They were overjoyed when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Life is a series of choices. What big choices in life did you make? Mine include a) following and promoting conservative principles, b) not becoming a Democrat or a RINO, c) working my way through college rather than relying on the G.I Bill, d) avoiding the Vietnam War draft with student deferments and a financial hardship deferment, e) earning enough money to pay for my college expenses and to buy new cars and real estate, f) earning a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license to advance my career, g) making myself marriage material and getting married, h) staying a federal employee once I became one, i) complaining about my federal superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, j) becoming the subject of a 4-page Money Magazine One Person’s Finances article, k) taking a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, l) becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat superiors with the aforesaid discrimination, m) succumbing to my Democrat superiors’ threats and retiring when I was 49 in 1997, n) filing lawsuits, o) becoming a Republican Precinct Committeeman, p) becoming the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, q) backing Pat O’Malley in the 2002 Illinois Republican Party gubernatorial primary, r) becoming an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, s) becoming the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, t) organizing Wheaton’s 9/11 events, u) promoting Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, and v) leading efforts to ban video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Nick Shirley Headlines Major GOP Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/15/nick-shirley-headlines-major-gop-fundraiser/
— One End of a New Crude Oil Pipeline Would Terminate in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/14/one-end-of-a-new-crude-oil-pipeline-would-end-in-illinois/
— What McHenry County’s Water Expert Has To Say about Data Centers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/14/what-mchenry-countys-water-expert-has-to-say-about-data-centers/
— Bizarrely, Apartment Fire in Oak Lawn Qualifies McHenry, Will, DuPage, Kane and Lake County Homeowners, Renters, Non-Profits and Businesses for Low Cost Small Business Administration Loans
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/13/bizzarely-apartment-fire-in-oak-lawn-qualifies-homeowners-renters-non-profits-and-businesses-for-low-cost-small-business-administration-loans/
— Pritzker Presidential Support Within the Margin of Error
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/13/pritzker-presidential-support-within-the-margin-of-error/
— Unintended Consequences of Action at Algonquin Township’s Annual Meeting
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/12/unintended-consequences-of-action-at-algonquin-townships-annual-meeting/
— Bailey Greatly Outraising Corbett
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/11/bailey-greatly-outraising-corbett/
— 2.4% to 12.5% of Illinois Homeowners Face Federal Capital Gains Taxes Upon Sale, Plus 4.9% State Income Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/11/2-4-to-12-5-of-illinois-homeowners-face-federal-capital-gains-taxes-upon-sale-plus-4-9-state-income-tax/
— Crystal Lake Trump Store Holding Potluck Celebration of Trump’s June 14th Birthday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/11/crystal-lake-trump-store-holding-potluck-celebration-of-trumps-june-14th-birthday/
— Althoff and Gottemoller Fund Raiser June 29th in Crystal Lake
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/11/althoff-and-gottemoller-fund-raiser-june-29th-in-crystal-lake/
— Danijela Sandberg Schedules Fund Raiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/11/danijela-sandberg-schedules-fund-raiser/
— Distributing Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/11/distributing-taxes/
— NITA (New Name for RTA) Raising Sales Taxes on August 1st
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/11/nita-new-name-for-rta-raising-sales-taxes-on-august-1st/
— Imagine If Politicians Had to Gain Voter Approval Before Raising Taxes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/10/image-if-politicians-had-to-gain-voter-approval-before-raising-taxes/
— Ness Passes Four Bills
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/10/ness-passes-four-bills/
— Emanuel Sets Up Pritzker for a Fall, Whether Illinois Loses or Subsidizes the Bears
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/10/emanuel-sets-up-pritzker-for-a-fall-whether-illinois-loses-or-subsidizes-the-bears/
— Allen Skillicorn as Kingmaker
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/10/allen-skillicorn-as-kingmaker/
— Assisted Suicide, Other Bills Take Effect July 1st
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/09/assisted-suicide-other-bills-take-effect-july-1st/
— Laurie Parman Schedules Fundraiser for State Rep. Campaign Wednesday, June 17th
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/09/laurie-parman-schedules-fundraiser-for-state-rep-campaign-wednesday-june-17th/
— Jeanne Ives Publishes Cartoon of JB’s Punting Bears to Indiana
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/08/jeanne-ives-publishes-cartoon-of-jbs-punting-bears-to-indiana/
— Governance: Indiana vs. Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/07/governance-indiana-vs-illinois/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Pride Month’ nothing to be proud of
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/14/pride-month-nothing-proud/
NEW YORK POST
— How the Southern Poverty Law Center drives demonization of its conservative foes
https://nypost.com/2026/06/14/opinion/southern-poverty-law-center-doesnt-just-go-against-the-bad-guys/
BREITBART
— Restaurant Let Illegals Use SSNs of Former Employees
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/14/report-former-employees-face-big-tax-bills-after-north-carolina-restaurant-allowed-illegals-to-steal-social-security-numbers/
— Biden-Appointed Judge: Trump Administration Must Restore Leftist Ideology to National Parks
https://www.breitbart.com/law-and-order/2026/06/14/biden-appointed-judge-trump-administration-must-restore-leftist-ideology-to-national-parks/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Increasing Support for ‘Mass Deportations’
https://cis.org/Arthur/Latest-HarvardHarris-Poll-Shows-Increasing-Support-Mass-Deportations
COLLEGE FIX
— University broke state law to hire black candidate over more qualified white one. DD: My critics/opponents want Blacks to get preference. They were overjoyed when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-broke-state-law-to-hire-black-candidate-over-more-qualified-white-one/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Academic Achievement Gap Is a Knowledge Gap. DD: Neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, my mother never attended high school. But they sent me to Missouri Synod grade schools. That put me on track to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/14/academic-achievement-gap/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Children of married parents with high education levels are more likely to be healthy and succeed in school and life than their peers. Children from these families are also more likely to live above the poverty line and benefit from extracurricular activities such as music lessons, sports, and summer camp. These activities offer students prized background knowledge. Students from families with lower education levels must rely more on schools to provide information. Poor reading and math scores nationwide do not give confidence that schools in low-income areas are bridging the gap. Many schools have reduced time spent on history, science, geography, literature, and civics in favor of generic reading strategies, so-called social-emotional learning, and “gender” studies. Schools often cut the very subjects that help students.)
— Lawsuit Exposes Virginia’s Neo-Confederate Approach to Immigration. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/13/blatantly-unconstitutional-new-lawsuit-exposes-virginias-neo-confederate-immigration-policies/
FOX NEWS
— Katie Abraham’s father: Open borders were insane, politicians didn’t care, families like mine paid the price.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/open-borders-insane-politicians-didnt-care-families-like-mine-paid-price
— DHS directs ICE to deport illegal immigrants who vote in American elections
https://www.aol.com/articles/dhs-directs-ice-deport-illegal-191737993.html
— SPLC chief doubles down on placing Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA on ‘hate map.’ DD: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were conservative groups. My critics/opponents are anti-conservative. I served as the TAPROOT chairman from 2005 until 2012 when my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes get rid of me and destroy the group. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member from 2003 until 2007 when my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes get rid of me and destroy the group. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue that TAPROOT and ICRC were hate groups.
https://www.aol.com/articles/watch-splc-chief-doubles-down-191116000.html
PJ MEDIA
— DD: Leftist ideology is poison.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/06/14/a-new-study-just-confirmed-the-lefts-worst-kept-secret-n4953961
— DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans.
https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/06/14/the-dirty-little-secret-why-newspaper-dailies-are-killing-their-editorial-pages-n4953960
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
AOL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/news/house-republicans-hold-another-hearing-210300406.html
MSN
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly blame all problems on Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/american-ideals-and-the-reality-of-inequality/ss-AA25vO8U
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/governor-desantis-signs-dei-ban-bill-in-jacksonville/ar-AA21ypBk
NEW YORK TIMES
— Americans Aren’t Money Savvy, and They’re Only Getting Worse. DD: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years. Many delinquents taxpayers ask for payment agreements. I took many financial statements from them to determine ability to pay.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/your-money/americans-financial-knowledge.html
— FRONT PAGE: Wages Are Falling. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I have always been overpaid. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/business/economy-trillionaire-wealth-wages.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. I argue that my wife and I are far better off today because we got married in 1978. Our marriage motivated me to earn a) two more master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-05-26/1950s-marriage-family-nostalgia-economic-inequality
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A majority of Americans believe our country’s culture and way of life have “mostly changed for the worse” since the 1950s, according to the Public Religion Research Institute’s 2025 American Values Survey. That includes 55% of white people, 53% of Black people and 57% of Latinos. For many, the problem lies in the collapse of the marriage system of that decade, when the majority of women married before they turned 21, only 6% of men and women reached age 35 without having married, and divorce rates fell to a postwar low of 9.2 divorces per 1,000 married women. The solution, according to the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” blueprint for family policy, is to incentivize early marriage and childbearing (for heterosexual partners only) and abolish no-fault divorce.)
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2026/06/10/olympic-gene-testing-woman-trans-athletes-2028-olympics/89948469007/
PRESS READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. I argue that my wife and I are far better off today because we got married in 1978. Our marriage motivated me to earn a) two more master’s degrees, b) six professional certifications, and c) a professional license.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/rockdale-citiizen/20260614/281629606966269
CLICK 2 HOUSTON
— Americans fault news media for dividing nation. DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans.
https://www.click2houston.com/news/politics/2023/05/01/poll-americans-fault-news-media-for-dividing-country/
COURIER JOURNAL
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans racists.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-courier-journal-louisville-/20260614/282505780294786
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Choices in life. DD: What big choices in life did you make? Mine include a) following and promoting conservative principles, b) not becoming a Democrat or a RINO, c) working my way through college rather than relying on the G.I Bill, d) avoiding the Vietnam War draft with student deferments and a financial hardship deferment, e) earning enough money to pay for my college expenses and to buy new cars and real estate, f) earning a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license to advance my career, g) making myself marriage material and getting married, h) staying a federal employee once I became one, i) complaining about my federal superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, j) becoming the subject of a 4-page Money Magazine One Person’s Finances article, k) taking a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, l) becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat superiors with the aforesaid discrimination, m) succumbing to my Democrat superiors’ threats and retiring when I was 49 in 1997, n) filing lawsuits, o) becoming a Republican Precinct Committeeman, p) becoming the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, q) backing Pat O’Malley in the 2002 Illinois Republican Party gubernatorial primary, r) becoming an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, s) becoming the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, t) organizing Wheaton’s 9/11 events, u) promoting Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, and v) leading efforts to ban video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/02/the-big-idea-could-you-have-made-different-choices-in-life
June 14, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Juneteenth. DD: Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/12/juneteenth-elgin-music-festival-panton-family/
— Side-by-side Wheaton mansions are for sale at $2.4M and $3.3M. DD: How diverse is your precinct economically? My DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton is extremely diverse economically. Generally, the further south that you go in my precinct, the higher that household incomes and housing values are. Since 1984, my critics/opponents have wanted public housing to be built on the north border of my precinct on the south side of Roosevelt Road. Currently, the aforesaid side-by-side mansions in my precinct are for sale at $2.4M and $3.3M.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/wheaton-mansions/
ABC7
— JANUARY 8, 2023 FLASHMACK: DD: Those who want the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to be the Illinois Democrat Lite Party are destroying the IRP.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jim-durkin-illinois-house-republican-resigning/12678017/
CBS2
— DD: Trump opposes abortion. Democrat leaders remove Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center building. In 2025, Democrat leaders removed Hyde’s name from the DuPage County Courthouse because he opposed abortion.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trumps-name-removed-from-kennedy-center-building/
WGN9
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-weekend-morning-news/12th-annual-chicago-juneteenth-parade-set-to-take-over-west-side/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2026/06/12/here-are-events-happening-to-celebrate-juneteenth-in-springfield/90456349007/
JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/lincoln-library-museum-celebrating-juneteenth-22302668.php
STATELINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly disparage America to disparage Republicans.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/national/ap-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-restore-national-park-changes-at-sites-that-disparaged-us/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— House conservatives mount push to codify Trump border policies.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/house-conservatives-mount-push-to-codify-trump-border-policies/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump turns 80 with a showstopping spectacle of cage fights at the White House. But big issues loom. Trump celebrates turning 80 with a UFC cage-fighting event on the White House’s South Lawn.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-turns-80-with-a-showstopping-spectacle-of-cage-fights-at-the-white-house-but/article_2b136f66-ab21-5bd9-a498-36187534c370.html
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/local/juneteenth-family-day-celebration/article_1f3fee3d-9725-582c-b5f9-db89efa79f1a.html
WCIA
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://www.aol.com/news/guide-celebrating-juneteenth-central-illinois-013447577.html
WSIL TV
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/city-of-carbondale-announces-juneteenth-celebration-series/article_bd518684-ccf3-4af0-b590-49ee55f64dac.html
WAND TV
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://www.wandtv.com/community/5-things-to-do-this-weekend-across-central-illinois-june-12-14/article_a2bb17de-bc1f-47c1-bc7a-a5602ca4c1b7.html
WQAD
— Illinois distributes first $25M to local pharmacies in low-income areas to help them compete. DD: How wealthy is/was your hometown. To demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents and me as being filthy rich, my critics/opponents have always falsely hinted/implied that Crete was filthy rich when I lived there 1948-1972.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/state/illinois-distributes-first-25m-to-local-pharmacies-to-help-them-compete/526-88ae94bf-9520-493b-9c33-68b81b4811de
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/a-look-inside-new-obama-museum-ahead-of-its-juneteenth-official-opening/
IPM NEWS
— DD: Juneteenth. Were it not for Republicans, there would be no Juneteenth. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They all were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/champaign-danville-and-urbana-to-mark-juneteenth-by-celebrating-black-freedom-and-families/
CWB CHICAGO
— A 21-year-old Indiana man was killed when a gunman armed with an illegally modified pistol opened fire during a stunt driving “sideshow” in the Ford City Mall parking lot early Saturday.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/06/gunman-sprays-ford-city-parking-lot-with-automatic-gunfire-killing-man-during-car-sideshow.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Glen Ellyn residents say spiking encounters with volatile homeless population, lack of policing ‘not a compassionate answer’ from the village. DD: The Democrat Party platform destroys traditional marriage and family, that is, it promotes homelessness.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/glen-ellyn-residents-say-spiking-encounters-with-volatile-homeless-population-lack-of-policing-not-a-compassionate-answer-from-the-village
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago’s sustainable community high schools: Lower outcomes, higher costs. The Chicago Teachers Union’s preferred model fails in academic proficiency, absenteeism and cost. DD: My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicagos-sustainable-community-high-schools-lower-outcomes-higher-costs/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Registration is open for political entries in Wheaton’s July 4 Independence Day Parade. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wheaton-independence-day-parade-entry-2026-tickets-1984881886153 The deadline is June 26. The cost is $183.58. I hope that all the Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct will walk in the parade: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton in 1999, I have encouraged Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to walk in Wheaton Independence Day parades. In 2003, the day after all the announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate attended (Cox, Kathuria, McKenna, Oberweis, and Ryan) had walked in the parade, they all attended a picnic that I had organized in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct. More than 200 attended. In 2005, I started raising $2,500/year from Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to help sponsor the parade and fireworks. Each year I would hand-deliver 500 parade flyers to the homes and businesses along the parade route. In 2007, I raised $2,000 for an elephant to walk behind Roskam in the parade. But my critics/opponents ended that in 2021 by having the Wheaton Park District stop parade and fireworks sponsorships. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take many other adverse actions against me. They want to de-politized the parade, that is, they want to keep Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders out of the parade.
— What discourages/stops you from helping elect Republican candidates? For me, it is knowing that far too many of them will blame me and will blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you attribute your successes in life to? I attribute my successes in life to my parents who promoted personal responsibility and conservative principles. Their sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license. But my critics/opponents attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, parents, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your purpose in life? My purpose in life is to promote conservative principles. My following conservative principles enabled me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. I have always fully disclosed that I am conservative and that I promote conservative principles. I have always used my personal experiences to promote conservative principles. According to my critics/opponents, that disqualifies me as being a journalist. But they have no problem with journalists who falsely claim to be nonpartisan. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who do your critics/opponents side with? My critics/opponents side with a) liberals and moderates who are against conservatives, b) Democrats and RINOs who are against Republicans, c) minorities who are against Whites, d) women who are against men, e) younger people who are against older people, f) those who have less money who are against those who have more money, g) unmarried people who are against married people, h) those who have children who are against those who do not have children, i) those who are against federal employees and retirees, j) those who are against reporters and journalists, k) veterans who are against draft avoiders, l) non-Protestants who are against Protestants, m) non-German Americans who are against German Americans, n) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time who are against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, o) countries that are against America, and/or p) citizens of foreign countries who are against citizens of America. – Dave Diersen
http:http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you had adverse actions taken against you? When your critics/opponents have had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against you, who has come to your defense? My critics/opponents continue to stress that when they had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me, virtually no one came to my defense. They had their operatives and their dupes a) rudely throw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) rudely end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) rudely gerrymander my precinct in 2015, d) rudely end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) rudely end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) rudely end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) rudely almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) rudely defeat my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, i) etc. Who have you hoped would have come to your defense, but did not? For me, it is those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I did the most to help elect and to help reelect in general elections. Further, my critics/opponents stress that when my Democrat superiors in the federal government took many big adverse actions against me including my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, the following did not come to my defense: my Republican U.S. Senators and Representatives, Speakers Gingrich and Hastert, and the six professional associations that I was a member of: Illinois CPA Society, Institute of Internal Auditors, Nation Association of Fraud Examiners, Association of Government Accountants, National Association of Financial Services Auditors, and National Association of Forensic Accountants. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mayhem mars euphoria as New York City celebrates the Knicks’ first championship in 53 years
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/14/mayhem-mars-euphoria-new-york-city-celebrates-knicks-first/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Pritzker Depicts White People, Cops as Mosquitoes in Microaggression Training That Rails Against ‘Color Blindness.’ The training from Pritzker’s Department of Human Rights—offered to ‘private-sector, government, and public participants’—also shows a black woman torching the mosquitoes with a flamethrower.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/jb-pritzker-admin-depicts-white-people-cops-as-mosquitoes-in-microaggression-training-that-rails-against-color-blindness/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The kids are not alright. Trump’s team is working night and day to track down all the alien minors “lost” by Joe Biden.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/the_kids_are_not_alright.html
ANN COULTER
— This Week in Hate Crimes. DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate Ann Coulter. My critics/opponents side with a) liberals and moderates who are against conservatives, b) Democrats and RINOs who are against Republicans, c) minorities who are against Whites, d) women who are against men, e) younger people who are against older people, f) those who have less money who are against those who have more money, g) unmarried people who are against married people, h) those who have children who are against those who do not have children, i) those who are against federal employees and retirees, j) those who are against reporters and journalists, k) veterans who are against draft avoiders, l) non-Protestants who are against Protestants, m) non-German Americans who are against German Americans, n) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time who are against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, o) countries that are against America, and/or p) citizens of foreign countries who are against citizens of America.
https://prescottenews.com/2026/06/13/opinion-this-week-in-hate-crimes-ann-coulter/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Tuesday this week, 19-year-old Karmelo Anthony was convicted of murder for fatally stabbing a competitor at track meet in Texas last year. The killing quickly became national news because Anthony is black, his victim was white and black people were rooting for the stabber. The events that led to Anthony’s plunging a knife into Austin Metcalf’s heart are these: Driven for some reason to sit in a rival team’s tent, Anthony was repeatedly asked to leave by Metcalf. He refused, and tauntingly dared, “Touch me and see what happens.” Metcalf pushed him, whereupon Anthony knifed him. For killing a white kid who had the affrontery to 1) ask him to leave a tent he was not supposed to be in, and 2) touch him, Anthony collected more than $600,000 in donations and gained a small group of protesters outside the courthouse, yelling racist abuse at white people. Anthony’s admirers claimed to be protesting “white supremacy.” Don’t these white people realize Anthony is black? You can’t ask a black person to move! A minister outside the courthouse denounced the entire justice system as the “final frontier of racism and it’s legalized here.” A potential juror admitted, “I don’t know if I feel right putting a brother in jail.” One thing you’ll never see is a group of white people rooting for whites who kill blacks — or anyone else for that matter — just because the accused is white. Nobody protested the arrests of Derek Chauvin, Kim Potter, George Zimmerman or Jake Gardner, and two of those were accidents, the other two self-defense. [Point of law: Lying on your back, having your head smashed into a concrete sidewalk, or being locked in a chokehold so lethal that police are no longer allowed to use it, is not remotely similar to being pushed.] Gardner, for example, an Omaha bar owner, shot and killed a black career criminal who was choking him to death during a BLM riot. The district attorney, along with his entire homicide department, investigated and concluded the shooting was justified. But realizing he was white, the Democratic D.A. recused himself and assigned a black special prosecutor to the case. The black prosecutor promptly issued an arrest warrant for Gardner’s arrest, charging him with manslaughter, attempted first-degree assault, making terroristic threats, and use of a weapon to commit a felony. With a legion of white people rushing to disavow him, evict him, destroy his business, and manipulate the system to ensure his conviction, Gardner killed himself. In other news this week, a 14-year-old black kid in Indianapolis fatally shot a 23-year-old white man in the head during a carjacking. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department chief of police (the city’s first female police chief!!!) and deputy chief of police (a black guy, naturally) held press conferences, emoting over the horrible thing that had happened — to the killer. Chief Tanya Terry, who looks like Janet Reno’s younger, more butch sister, barely mentioned the victim, Brett Scrogham, a serious Christian, who’d been returning from having dinner with his family when he was attacked. Terry began by saying she had “mixed emotions” about his murder — as one does when an innocent man has been shot in the head. In her telling, the vicious cold blooded crime was merely a “tragic incident.” Tearing up, she bemoaned the fact that the suspected killer would “face lifelong consequences,” his life “forever impacted and changed by short-sighted, impulsive, and reckless decisions.” You know, if you think about it, you could say that Scrogham’s life was also impacted, in a way. Finally remembering him, Terry added, “There are victims on the other side of those decisions. And those victims matter.” Yes, we all remember the “tragic incident” in Minneapolis when police officer Derek Chauvin’s life was forever “impacted and changed.” It’s easy to forget, but there was another victim in that encounter, too. Deputy Chief Kendale Adams also called the unprovoked attack a “tragedy,” saying it was “a setback for all of us.” Yes, especially Scrogham. He then called on the community to ensure that potential teenage killers feel valued. “I know that those community-based organizations are out there doing this kind of work, and I would like to keep encouraging them to continue to do the work. … we have to do more.” Everybody has to step up and “do more,” except the teenagers who keep killing people. This is like Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) saying, the day after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, that she grieved for both “the Palestinian and Israeli lives lost yesterday,” or Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) referring to the 9/11 terrorist attack as a day when “some people did something.” Sometimes it seems as if, no matter who kills whom, it’s either the white person’s fault or it’s nobody’s fault.)
COLLEGE FIX
— Professor: Should Americans not cheer for the U.S. World Cup team … because Trump? DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly punish America to punish Trump.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professor-should-americans-not-cheer-for-the-u-s-world-cup-team-because-trump/
— Pro-Palestinian Swarthmore College activists arrested for 2025 encampment demand all charges be dropped.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/pro-palestinian-swarthmore-college-activists-arrested-for-2025-encampment-demand-all-charges-be-dropped/
COMMON SENSE
— The World Has Moved Past Peak Woke. The high point of the ideology has passed, the direction of travel has changed, and that is a very good thing. DD. All my critics/opponents either a) are woke or b) pander to those who are woke.
https://www.thecommonsense.co.za/editorials/world-has-moved-past-peak-woke
DAILY SIGNAL
— California’s Election System Keeps Democrats in Power. DD: The Illinois Republican Party’s (IRP) system for electing IRP State Central Committee members keeps conservatives, that is, platform Republicans, out of power.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/12/californias-election-system-power/
FOX NEWS
— San Francisco Giants pitcher writes Bible verse on hat in defiance of Pride Night
https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/san-francisco-giants-pitcher-writes-bible-verse-hat-defiance-pride-night.amp
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Talarico Worked As ‘Equitable Education’ Consultant for Firm that Designed DEI Strategies for Texas Schools
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/06/talarico-worked-as-equitable-education-consultant-for-firm-that-designed-dei-strategies-for-texas-schools/amp/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Los Angeles City Council has approved amendments that would slow the implementation schedule for the City’s Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance and related airport worker wage provisions. The move revises the framework adopted in 2025, which had been set to increase covered hotel and airport worker wages to $30 per hour by 2028. DD: In today’s dollars, I did not earn $27/hour until I was 22 in 1971 and I had earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. In today’s dollars, I did not earn $33/hour until I was 23 in 1972 and had completed three job-related evening graduate courses.
https://natlawreview.com/article/los-angeles-amends-hotel-worker-minimum-wage-ordinance-advance-july-2026
NEW AMERICAN
— Illinois DEI Training Equates Whites With Mosquitoes — Which Can Be Killed With Fire
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/illinois-dei-training-equates-whites-with-mosquitoes-which-can-be-killed-with-fire/
TOWNHALL
— Let’s Have a Serious Conversation About Race.
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/06/14/lets-have-a-serious-conversation-about-race-n2677727
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “What the hell is wrong with these people?” I heard someone ask as a clip of Jasmine Crockett played on the television at the restaurant bar the other day. What was Crockett talking about? Her sympathy for the murderer named Karmelo Anthony because he’s black. Yes, that’s why she cares, or at least pretends to care, about the fate of the man who’ll spend at least the next 17.5 years of his life in prison in Texas. How could anyone, real or not, go on camera and express sympathy for a murderer, at the expense of the murder victim and his family, no less? There’s really only one possibility: the cancerous cultural rot Democrats have forced and enforced on the black community.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
AOL
— Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Friday that eligible state employees will receive merit-based pay increases tied to their most recent performance evaluations. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They use the subjectivity in their performance evaluations to get rid of their Republican employees who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my attention was drawn to the aforesaid because my undergraduate degree was personnel management and my MBA area of concentration was personnel management.
https://www.aol.com/articles/arkansas-state-employees-receive-merit-160000000.html
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Traditional marriage and family put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/experts-call-for-rethinking-traditional-marriage-roles-amid-strain-on-women/ss-AA25whgN
NBC NEWS
— JANUARY 17, 2016 FLASHBACK: Jeb Bush: Trump Has ‘No Proven Leadership Skills.’ Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush tells NBC’s Chuck Todd that his campaign has the resources to “go the distance.” DD: One could stress the conservative principles that Trump rejects.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/jeb-bush-trump-has-no-proven-leadership-skills-n498176
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush remained defiant in his contrasts with Donald Trump during an exclusive interview with Chuck Todd for “Meet the Press.” “He has no proven leadership skills in the public domain,” he said of the Republican frontrunner. “So my path is to say I do.” Bush focused his attack further on Trump’s conservative bona-fides and insisted he’s the only person willing to go after Trump on those issues, saying simply, “He’s not a conservative.” “I’m gonna continue to be critical of him when he doesn’t advocate conservative principles,” Bush said. “He’s running for the conservative party’s nomination. He should be a conservative, and he hasn’t shown it.” The former Florida governor acknowledged Trump’s ability to “entertain” but said his ideas won’t help people and questioned Trump’s ability to bring people together.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— Americans Flee to Red States. DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. That is why Democrats flee to Republican areas. Democrats want to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/opinion/build-baby-build-how-blue-states-can-stop-losing-population.html
— How the Dispute Over Runaway Slaves Helped Fuel the Civil War. DD: My critics/opponents have always used against me the fact that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. I have always stressed that they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/books/review/andrew-delbanco-war-before-the-war.html
— ‘All Men Are Created Equal’? Not Everyone Agrees. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I was born with tremendous unfair advantages because I was born a White male. In addition, my father earned enough money that he could send me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/opinion/inequality-musk-thiel-carvalho-billionaires.html
— Republicans Thought They Owned ‘Values.’ Not Anymore. DD: Far too often, far too many candidates have run for offices as Republicans, but they should not have because they have far too much personal baggage. Voters hold Republican candidates to far higher standards than they hold Democrat candidates. I should write about the many big adverse actions that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, fundraisers, political consultants, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers have taken against me since 2000 because I included links to articles in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they did not like because they were critical of them or reported their wrong doing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/opinion/democrats-politics-morality-values.html
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/opinion/epstein-trump-white-house.html
HARVARD GAZETTE
— Democrats and Republicans do live in different worlds. DD: How diverse is your precinct economically? My DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton is extremely diverse economically. Generally, the further south that you go in my precinct, the higher that household incomes and housing values are. Since 1984, my critics/opponents have wanted public housing to be built on the north border of my precinct on the south side of Roosevelt Road. Currently, side-by-side mansions in my precinct are for sale at $2.4M and $3.3M.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/03/democrats-and-republicans-live-in-partisan-bubbles-study-finds/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Most Democratic and Republican voters live in partisan bubbles, with little daily exposure to those who belong to the other party. For instance the typical Democrat has “almost zero interactions” with Republicans in their neighborhood, according to an article by Harvard doctoral student Jacob R. Brown and government Professor Ryan D. Enos published March 8 in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. “There’s a lot of evidence that any separation between groups has a lot of negative consequences. We see this in race; we see this in religion; we see this in all kinds of things,” said Enos. “And increasingly, we see this in partisanship in the United States.”)
BARRON’S
— Wealthy parents. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. They attribute their successes in life to meritocracy. They attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, parents, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/wealthy-parents-have-turned-into-banks-for-their-children-why-thats-a-problem-f6f1878b
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders used to promote integration, but now the promote segregation. They promote Black power, Hispanic power, Asian power, female power, youth power, non-Christian power, non-German American power, and immigrant power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8CClX5w-E4
CAREERS IN GOVERNMENT
— Virtually all government entities are run my Democrats or by RINOs. Because of that, the more of the following that you are, the more that you “need not apply:” conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.careersingovernment.com/
POLITICO
— Freedom 250’s fair on National Mall highlights conservative groups. In May, several musical artists dropped out of planned performances at the fair after learning of its ties to Trump. DD: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were conservative groups. My critics/opponents are anti-conservatives. I served as the TAPROOT chairman from 2005 until 2012 when my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes get rid of me and destroy the group. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member from 2003 until 2007 when my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes get rid of me and destroy the group. My critics/opponents hinted/implied/argued that TAPROOT and ICRC were hate groups. One could stress the conservative principles that Trump rejects.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/12/freedom-250-national-mall-fair-conservative-groups-00960904
ADVOCATE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-abandons-lgbtq-veterans
DERRICK
— DD: to get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn men.
https://www.thederrick.com/news/entertainment/beth-kowitt-corporate-america-is-no-meritocracy-just-ask-women/article_25ed6a9c-63d5-5bbf-a325-a1d1159329b7.html
TRUTHOUT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Blacks to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://truthout.org/articles/over-160-years-after-abolition-anti-black-racism-still-structures-us-economy/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use displays and exhibits to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-national-park-crackdown-backfires-091310942.html
INTERNATIONAL JOURNALIS’ NETWORK
— Personal perspectives can be valuable when transparently articulated. As the industry has recognized the importance of giving space for people to tell their own stories, knowing how to incorporate personal experiences in your reporting can be an effective approach. DD: My following conservative principles enabled me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. I have always fully disclosed that I am conservative and that I promote conservative principles. I have always used my personal experiences to promote conservative principles. According to my critics/opponents, that disqualifies me as being a journalist. But they have no problem with journalists who falsely claim to be nonpartisan.
https://ijnet.org/en/story/how-journalists-can-implement-personal-experiences-their-reporting
MAGZTER
— Why we are haunted by the choices we didn’t make. DD: I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. My undergraduate major at UIC and NIU should have been accounting, my graduate major at Loyola should have been accounting, and I should have taken and passed the CPA examination much sooner than I did. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul until I was 27 in 1976. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting at DePaul until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late for me because the accounting profession saw me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting and because the accounting profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote minorities, females, and veterans, and I was none of the aforesaid.
https://www.magzter.com/stories/newspaper/The-Straits-Times/WHY-WE-ARE-HAUNTED-BY-THE-CHOICES-WE-DIDNT-MAKE
MIBOLSILLO
— Rich vs. Poor? The Money Habits That Separate Wealth Builders. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all the money that I have to my benefiting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, parents, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.mibolsillo.co/tips/rich-vs.-poor-the-money-habits-that-separate-wealth-builders-20260613-0003.html
June 13, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/america-at-250-how-lgbtq-activism-helped-shape-the-evolution-of-chicago/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2026/06/13/alix-shulman-cancer-breast-cancer-queer-affirmation
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Bloomington.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/article_7db4aaab-f499-42fd-9c56-e14df972dcf4.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Democrats, that is, they ever-increasingly paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederate Army and today’s Democrats as being yesterday’s Union Army.
https://pantagraph.com/opinion/column/article_1b89e761-8b3f-4e28-a5d9-f90f192e9b17.html
STATELINE
— Pritzker announces $25 million fund for pharmacies in low-income communities. DD: How wealthy is/was your hometown. To demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents and me as being filthy rich, my critics/opponents have always falsely hinted/implied that Crete was filthy rich when I lived there 1948-1972.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/gov-pritzker-announces-25-million-fund-for-pharmacies-in-low-income-communities/
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly punish America to punish Trump.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-declines-great-american-state-fair/
WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/bill-expanding-access-to-prescription-hormone-therapy-arrives-on-pritzkers-desk/article_383b53be-12b3-4d3d-a2e5-6d07ee6415ab.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/bill-allowing-undocumented-immigrants-to-pay-in-state-tuition-arrives-on-pritzkers-desk/article_812e3443-761b-473d-ac01-67760006502d.html
WSIU
— Illinois educators urge Pritzker to reject federal school voucher program. 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, I had to work my way through college. Because of that, my ACT score and GPA suffered.
https://www.wsiu.org/2026-06-12/illinois-educators-urge-pritzker-to-reject-federal-school-voucher-program
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/video/normal-township-raises-pride-flag-in-support-of-pride-month/11879782/
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— 10K Illinois noncitizens to lose Medicaid coverage due to federal changes. 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://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2026-06-12/10k-illinois-noncitizens-medicaid-coverage-federal-changes
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Government Schools Are Failing Students and Betraying Parents
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/government-schools-are-failing-students-and-betraying-parents/
— SPLC’s War on Biblical Values
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/the-splcs-war-on-biblical-values/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What does voting for Democrats say about you? It says that you want more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or Affirmative Action, DEI, and/or wokeness/wokeism, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination. It shows that you blame your problems on those 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
— What shows that you are politically conservative? It includes following conservative principles. It includes not doing anti-conservative things. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What shows that you are an advocate of conservative principles? It includes regularly and substantially defending and promoting conservative principles. Since 2000, I have put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Since 2004, those newsletters have gone out each and every morning, and often in the evening too, except a few days after I suffered a brain bleed. Since 2004, those newsletters have included links to more than 541,900 articles. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois from 2005 until 2012 when anti-conservatives had their operatives and their dupes get rid of me. I served as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member from 2003 until 2007 when anti-conservatives had their operatives and their dupes get rid of me. I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster from 2008 until 2010 when anti-conservatives had their operatives and their dupes get rid of me. I served as the MTRO webmaster from 2000 until 2004 when anti-conservatives had their operatives and their dupes get rid of me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How left-wing curricula fan the flames of antisemitism in public schools
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/4604626/left-wing-curricula-antisemitism-public-schools/
— When inclusion becomes illegal
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4601247/when-dei-inclusion-becomes-illegal/
NEW YORK POST
— How the trucking industry has become part of the immigration debate—and left safety as the main casualty
https://nypost.com/2026/06/13/opinion/how-trucking-has-become-part-of-the-immigration-debate/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Race-Based Mitigation Of Murder Sentences Remains Indefensible And Deadly. Equal justice under law protects the innocent and deters the guilty, regardless of race.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/06/race_based_mitigation_of_murder_sentences_remains_indefensible_and_deadly.html
BREITBART
— ABC News Complains: Only Three Percent of Deported Migrants Are Violent Felons
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/12/abc-news-complains-only-3-percent-of-deported-migrants-are-violent-felons/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Welfare Use by Noncitizens Across States in the U.S. 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://cis.org/Report/Welfare-Use-NonCitizens-Across-States-US
FEDERALIST
— The American Bar Association Is Unfit To Accredit Law Schools, And The Trump Admin Can Stop Them
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/13/the-american-bar-association-is-unfit-to-accredit-law-schools-and-the-trump-admin-can-stop-them/
FIRE
— Illinois’ doomed plan to tax social media. DD: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They would love to tax me for every newsletter that I send out and for every time anyone visits www.gopillinois.com .
https://www.fire.org/news/illinois-doomed-plan-tax-social-media
FOX NEWS
— John Fetterman’s fall from hero to heretic exposes Democrats’ hard left turn
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/john-fettermans-fall-hero-heretic-exposes-democrats-hard-left-turn
https://www.aol.com/articles/john-fetterman-fall-hero-heretic-130047000.html
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Campus Graduation Chaos Shows Higher Education Needs a Serious Moral Reset
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/campus-graduation-chaos-shows-higher-education-needs-serious-moral-reset
PJ MEDIA
— For Democrats, Everything Is About Sex, Class, or Race
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/13/for-democrats-everything-is-about-sex-or-race-n4953919
— Miller: Biden Admin Handed Kids to Traffickers With Fake Addresses ‘on a Daily Basis’
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/12/miller-biden-admin-handed-kids-to-traffickers-with-fake-addresses-on-a-daily-basis-n4953910
TOWNHALL
— Waning Prominence of Pride Month Is Cause for Hope
https://townhall.com/columnists/lathanwatts/2026/06/13/waning-prominence-of-pride-month-is-cause-for-hope-n2677688
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— Majority backs deporting all illegal immigrants
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/poll-finds-majority-back-deporting-all-illegal-immigrants/gm-GM0D48315C
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/marriage-is-an-outdated-concept-here-s-why/ar-AA25dt1a
— 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://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/merit-based-immigration-push-gains-momentum-amid-policy-funding-fight/ss-AA25nCUd
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders equate Platner with Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/13/platner-maine-supporters-say-trump-has-lowered-bar/
LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
— LA noncitizen voting proposal awaits key Monday hearing. 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://www.dailynews.com/2026/06/12/la-noncitizen-voting-proposal-awaits-key-monday-hearing/
NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA
— Nebraska’s third party voices are growing. DD: My critics/opponent would be beyond overjoyed if I would leave the Republican Party and join the hopeless Illinois Conservative Party. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(United_States)#Illinois According to my critics/opponents, I am far too conservative. According to them, that not only causes Republican candidates to lose in Illinois, it causes their problems.
https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/nebraskas-third-party-voices-are-growing/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Aging Poses Test As Trump Turns 80. How old are you? I am 77. What best shows your mental/physical health? For me, it is my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-birthday-80-years-48541ecd
— Erika Kirk Lays Out a Vision for the Conservative Christian Woman. With birth rates in steep decline, marriage falling out of fashion and the future of MAGA up in the air, Turning Point USA held its annual women’s leadership conference.
https://www.wsj.com/style/turning-point-usa-womens-summit-erika-kirk-97abb601
FORTUNE
— DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. They attribute their successes in life to meritocracy. They attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/27/income-wealth-inequality-housing-consumer-pessimism-index-high/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Most Americans never move far from their hometown. DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in University Park 1972-1976. I should write about how poverty and crime have increased there because Democrats moved in.
https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-are-moving-less-social-demographic-changes-2022-8
MARKET WATCH
— My boyfriend’s parents say he shouldn’t marry me until he earns $50K a year. DD: 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.marketwatch.com/story/weve-been-dating-for-5-years-my-boyfriends-parents-say-he-doesnt-earn-enough-to-marry-should-i-speak-to-his-father-44b48700
ACCOUNTING TODAY
— Institute of Internal Auditors protests GAO budget cuts. DD: I have been an IIA member since 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of their employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. They wasted my career, they took many big adverse actions against me, and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/iia-protests-gao-budget-cuts
FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN INNOVATION
— Congress Should Reform the Government Accountability Office for the Twenty-First Century. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.thefai.org/posts/congress-should-reform-the-government-accountability-office-for-the-twenty-first-century
PEW RESEARCH
— Who Moves? Who Stays Put? Where’s Home? DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in University Park 1972-1976. I should write about how poverty and crime have increased there because Democrats moved in.
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2008/12/17/who-moves-who-stays-put-wheres-home/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Democrats that they are victims of Republicans. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who have demographics that vote for Democrats that they are victims of those who have demographics that vote for Republicans
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/05/20/how-much-discrimination-do-americans-say-groups-face-in-the-u-s/
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
— DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in University Park 1972-1976. I should write about how poverty and crime have increased there because Democrats moved in.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/race-rising-anxiety-white-america
PUBLIC NOTICE
— Trump’s preemptive attack on whistleblowers. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 in 1988. I filed a federal lawsuit against them after they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/federal-government-ndas-don-moynihan
CATO
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more immigration. Democrat leaders because immigrates vote for Democrats. RINO leaders because they want cheap labor.
https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/immigrants-cut-victimization-rates-boost-crime-reporting
— DD: According to CATO, federal employees are overpaid. According to my critics/opponents, federal employees are overpaid and federal pensions are too generous. While I was a federal employee 1966-1997, my salary in today’s dollars increased from $19.57/hour to $154,682/year. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree 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 a job-related professional license in 1981. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is $68,640/year. That is less than what my salary was in 1972 in today’s dollars.
https://www.cato.org/blog/growth-government-employment
SALON
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout a) at minorities that they victims of Whites, b) at females that they are victims of males, c) at younger people that they are victims of older people, d) at those who have less money that they are victims of those who have more money, e) at veterans that they are victims of non-veterans, f) at non-Protestants that they are victims of Protestants, g) at non-German Americans that they are victims of German Americans, and h) at those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time that they are victims of those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time
https://www.salon.com/2022/02/22/men-as-victims-americas-most-fantasy/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF ISRAEL
— DeSantis Joins Pride Backlash & Designates June for “Biblical Marriage”
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/desantis-joins-pride-backlash-designates-june-for-biblical-marriage/
INDEPENDENT
— IRS gets green light to swiftly hire 8,000 employees after agency struggled following Elon Musk’s ‘severe’ DOGE cuts. DD: Anticipate/expect that all those hired will be liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/irs-gets-green-light-swiftly-201556829.html
MEAWW
— Elon Musk’s trillionaire status sparks backlash from Democrats calling for taxing the ultra-rich. Progressives targeted Musk after SpaceX IPO made him the world’s first trillionaire. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I have always been overpaid and I have always had too much money.
https://news.meaww.com/elon-musks-trillionaire-status-sparks-backlash-from-democrats-calling-for-taxing-the-ultra-rich
FINANCE
— Having wealthy parents leads to young adults being six times better off. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. They attribute their successes in life to meritocracy. They attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/having-wealthy-parents-leads-young-230100398.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
AUTOEVOLUTION
— 1968 Dodge Charger R/T. DD: I sold my 1968 Dodge Charger R/T and my 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS in 2005 because I needed money to buy my 2005 Corvette and I lacked garage space. If I had had more money and more garage space, I would not have done that. I had owned the Charger since 1994 and the Impala since 1989.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/dad-s-1968-dodge-charger-r-t-spent-decades-in-hiding-emerges-with-mr-norm-s-paperwork-271408.html
June 7, 2026
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Registration is open for political entries in Wheaton’s July 4 Independence Day Parade. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wheaton-independence-day-parade-entry-2026-tickets-1984881886153 The deadline is June 26. The cost is $183.58. I hope that all the Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct will walk in the parade: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Towns to go all out on July 4 for America’s 250th year. DD: Since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton in 1999, I have encouraged Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to walk in Wheaton Independence Day parades. In 2003, the day after all the announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate attended (Cox, Kathuria, McKenna, Oberweis, and Ryan) had walked in the parade, they all attended a picnic that I had organized in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct. More than 200 attended. In 2005, I started raising $2,500/year from Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to help sponsor the parade and fireworks. Each year I would hand-deliver 500 parade flyers to the homes and businesses along the parade route. In 2007, I raised $2,000 for an elephant to walk behind Roskam in the parade. But my critics/opponents ended that in 2021 by having the Wheaton Park District stop parade and fireworks sponsorships. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take many other adverse actions against me. They want to de-politized the parade, that is, they want to keep Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders out of it.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260606/news/something-spectacular-towns-to-go-all-out-on-july-4-for-americas-250th-year/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Wheaton, the Fourth of July is not just a day, but a state of the mind, to borrow a line from another holiday movie. . .The Wheaton Park District will usher in the Fourth with a $100,000 fireworks and drone show, or $50,000 for fireworks and $50,000 for drones, on Friday, July 3. The devices fly up to 400 feet. “I make sure it is something spectacular,” said James, who designs the dual production with vendor Mad Bomber Fireworks. “Across the board, everyone’s saying let’s make this a pretty awesome Fourth of July,” James said. . .Free entry is being offered to nonprofits that roll out parade floats. The Wheaton Park District is also drumming up participation in the Fourth of July parade with new, lower rates for community and neighborhood groups. . .There’s even merch: commemorative T-shirts and hats bearing the City of Wheaton America 250 logo designed by student artist Asher Boriss (the city does not receive any profit from the sale of apparel). Mayor Phil Suess championed a sweet idea: an ice cream social. The city, in conjunction with Kilwins and Kimmer’s Ice Cream, will provide 1,776 scoops during the municipal band concert July 9. . .The city also has made an effort to mark the 250th with “things that are going to be lasting,” Suess said. So there’s a newly planted “Liberty Tree” outside city hall. Both Wheaton and Glen Ellyn have sponsored new murals depicting significant landmarks. “People appreciate freedom, they appreciate liberty, and they appreciate self-determination,” Suess said. Keller certainly does. He reads the dedication tags attached to the flags, planted by volunteers in the Wheaton park. . .Rudy Keller oversees the setup for the Field of Honor, a display of American flags at Seven Gables Park in Wheaton. New this year: A car show and cupcakes for the nation’s 250th birthday.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Video gambling revenue collections continue to grow for local governments. DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton and in 2019 I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260606/news/video-gambling-revenue-collections-continue-to-grow-for-local-governments/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers lead US in spending campaign cash for childcare — and one dog.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/07/illinois-lawmaker-childcare-campaign-funds/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In one small but notable instance, a candidate who narrowly lost a 2023 race for the Chicago Police District Council reported spending $325 on his dog. Illinois State Board of Elections campaign finance reports show the money was spent at a business called Cruisin’ Canines. The reason given in the reports? “Care of dependent family member (dog).”)
— DD: Democrat leaders use social media, AI, and everything else to destroy Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/07/opinion-social-media-polarization-ai/
WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/what-to-know-about-the-ongoing-protests-and-arrests-outside-a-new-jersey-detention-center/article_01c2e603-6ff5-5b42-a2cb-c8b74b1dc342.html
CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movie-feature/steven-toushin-bijou-theater-gay-porn/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINAR
— DD: How soon, if not already, will Democrats in your county, township, municipality, and school district elect socialists?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4596773/graham-platner-rise-mamdani-moraff-katz-fan/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Harvard’s Slide into Stupidity
https://freebeacon.com/culture/harvards-slide-into-stupidity/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Henry Nowak’s death exposed Britain’s two-tier justice system
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/henry-nowaks-death-exposed-britains-two-tier-justice-system.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Explaining Britain’s ‘Sickly Reversed’ George Floyd Moment
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/04/britains-reversed-george-floyd/
— Why Britain’s ‘DEI Police’ Watched a 19-Year-Old Boy Die in Front of Their Eyes
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/04/britains-dei-police-boy-die/
— California Was a Paradise, Then Newsom Happened
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/02/california-paradise-then-newsom/
— Trump Derangement Goes to Newark: The Anti-ICE Protest Industry
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/03/anti-ice-protest-delaney-hall/
— The Real Victims of Biden’s Border Crisis
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/03/real-victims-bidens-border-crisis/
FOX NEWS
— Chaos erupts at NY reparations hearing as ‘Foundational’ Black Americans clash with left-leaning groups. DD: How would Democrat and RINO leaders respond if asked how you have benefitted from slavery? Anticipate/expect that if you are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American, they would stress the length of time your ancestors have been in America. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois, they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and they never did discriminate against anyone.
https://www.aol.com/articles/chaos-erupts-ny-reparations-hearing-110034415.html
ICE
— ICE Chicago arrests violent, criminal illegal alien after Chicago PD releases him into community. Luis Manuel Saucedo-Cardenas was wanted on a federal criminal warrant after Chicago PD refused to cooperate with ICE.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-chicago-arrests-violent-criminal-illegal-alien-after-chicago-pd-releases-him
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Mamdani introduces New York to socialism, ‘block by block.’ DD: How soon, if not already, will Democrats in your county, township, municipality, and school district elect socialists?
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-mamdani-introduces-york-socialism-140000000.html
CNN
— Job qualifications. All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/politics/trumps-warped-view-of-job-qualifications-what-matters
MSN
— Trump administration moves to roll back Biden-era gun rules
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/trump-administration-moves-to-roll-back-biden-era-gun-rules/gm-GM08D02F75
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyouts and early retirement to get rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/microsoft-is-planning-voluntary-retirement-buyouts-for-some-senior-employees-as-it-grapples-with-the-threat-of-ai-here-s-who-the-offer-targets/ar-AA2503b0
MS NOW
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight assimilation. Sadly, my ancestors were slow to assimilate. Consequently, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. All my grandparents spoke German.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/rubio-white-south-african-refugees-assimilation
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Scholarships. DD: Since I was in high school in 1966, my critics/opponents have stressed that I did not get any scholarships. They have always hinted/implied/argued that proves that I am inferior and/or that my parents were filthy rich.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/slideshows/things-to-know-about-merit-aid-scholarships
AOL
— Republican support for same-sex marriage declining
https://www.aol.com/news/poll-republican-support-same-sex-231033613.html
— Signs it’s time to leave your first job. DD: What was your first job after college? When I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970, potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be granted. Further, they were under tremendous pressure to hire minorities, females, and veterans. Further, I had the stigma of having been a federal employee who had been forced to resign. I had to have a job. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was from Firestone Stores for a sales job that did not really require a college degree. My Chicago Heights store boss would never had hired me, but his boss had assigned me to him. He did not have a college degree. He refused to let me start until after I passed a probationary period in Indiana. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, my being Protestant, my being German American, my having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and my living in Crete. Under him, I saw that my Firestone career was bleak, if not nonexistent. Consequently, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in early 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely, if not violently, fired me because I had accepted that offer. I had to have a job. So I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was from IRS to be a Revenue Officer.
https://www.aol.com/articles/signs-time-leave-first-job-185543000.html
ABC NEWS
— Job qualifications. All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.com/Business/women-aggressive-men-applying-jobs-hired-frequently-linkedin/story?id=61531741
NBC LOS ANGELES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/weho-pride-weekend-west-hollywood/3900791/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Led by Elon Musk, C.E.O. Pay Heads Toward the Stars. Executive compensation is accelerating while rank-and-file workers lag, widening the pay gap in corporate America. DD: Trump’s salary is only $400,000/year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/business/highest-paid-ceos-elon-musk.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/voting-rights-act-black-voters-south.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/aliens-ice-immigration-white-house.html
— DD: My many Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/opinion/iran-us-war-military-washington.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/opinion/democrats-reconstruction-project-2029.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Keeps Immunity from I.R.S., a Victory in a Long-Running Feud. DD: Has IRS audited you? To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions when I was 29 years old in 1978. I had deducted graduate evening business courses at Loyola 1972-1976 and accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1978. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued in tax court a) that the courses I deducted did not relate to my job duties, b) that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took them to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took them to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically ignored the fact a) that my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take the courses, b) that the course descriptions and my position descriptions show that the courses are deductible, and c) that I had stated in my applications that I wanted to take the courses to maintain and improve my IRS job skills. They would not have disallowed the courses a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran and/or b) if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/us/politics/trump-immunity-tax-audit.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Female Navy officers say they fear a career cap after Hegseth cuts women from promotions list. DD: All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-06-07/female-navy-officers-say-they-fear-career-cap
USA TODAY
— DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes do the most to destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2026/06/03/exclusive-documents-expose-growth-of-patriot-front/90392634007/
BOSTON HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/06/06/rainbows-over-boston-pride-parade-2026-photos/
WEST CENTRAL TRIBUNE
— It’s time to get tougher on teen takeovers. Teen takeovers aren’t a problem only in Chicago. They’ve been a challenge for mayors all over the country, from Washington, D.C., to Detroit to … Atlanta and beyond.” DD: What is your municipality doing to stop teen takeovers?
https://www.wctrib.com/opinion/editorials/american-opinion-its-time-to-get-tougher-on-teen-takeovers
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/pink-triangle-lgbtq-pride-22288623.php
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Parents aren’t waiting to pass down wealth. DD: All my critics/opponents have/had wealthy parents. My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/parents-aren-t-waiting-to-pass-down-wealth/ar-AA24YWQZ
24/7 WALL STREET
— 57% Say They Haven’t Saved Enough. 42% of retirees exit the workforce early due to health issues or job loss, shrinking contributions while stretching withdrawals across more years. DD: My retirement savings and income are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government saved far less for their retirement than my wife and I did. According to them, my wife and I could do that a) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, b) because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, and c) because I benefitted tremendously from Republican discrimination against Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American ,and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://247wallst.com/personal-finance/2026/06/06/57-say-they-havent-saved-enough-and-the-data-confirms-it/
FORBES
— 9 Best Desktop Computers. DD: I recommend Dell.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbes-personal-shopper/article/best-desktop-computer/
LADDERS
— Career success. DD: My critics/opponents attribute their career successes to meritocracy. They attribute my career success to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/bill-gates-says-he-attributes-his-success-to-these-3-things
INDEPENDENT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/06/06/great-replacement-or-market-outcome/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s by now common knowledge that the U.S. is undergoing observable demographic shifts from a majority-white, native-born population toward a more foreign-born and diverse one. The foreign-born share of the population went from 4.7% in 1970 to over 15% today. The non-Hispanic white American share of the population over that period went from 84% to 58%. Both factors combined have produced steady shifts in neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, and voting patterns.
PARADE
— Being Forced Into Retirement Is One of the Most Damaging Things That Can Happen to You. DD: I should write about being forced to retire early. The more of the following that you are, the more likely that you will be forced to retire early: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://parade.com/living/being-forced-into-retirement-can-negatively-impact-mental-health
LIBERTY NATION
— Moral Decline in America. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.libertynation.com/moral-decline-in-america/
PRESS READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/sunday-independent-ireland/20260607/281758455970247
HARVARD CRIMSON
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/6/7/affirmative-action-task-force-1976/
MARY SUE
— DD: My critics/opponents stress those who I did much to help elect and to help reelect and who could/should have come to my defense when my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes take the following adverse actions against me, but did not come to my defense: a) ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, d) ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, e) ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, g) almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and h) defeated my bid for the open as a MTRO Treasurer position in 2004. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois.
https://www.themarysue.com/george-santos-is-the-only-house-member-to-come-to-the-defense-of-george-santos/
NPR
— Despite a competitive market, finding a summer job is highly beneficial for teens. DD: When you were young, what did you do after-school, weekends, and summers? I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I have always been an unmitigated loser. With the money I earned, I bought a 1958 Chevrolet BelAir when I was 16 in 1964. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, poor man’s GTO, when I was 17. I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19. And I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20. I used the aforesaid cars to get to/from jobs and classes at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, UIC 1966-1968, and NIU 1969-1970.
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/06/nx-s1-5824413/despite-a-competitive-market-finding-a-summer-job-is-highly-beneficial-for-teens
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— The Africa exception: the slavery reparations debate was once ‘unthinkable’. Now it is unavoidable. DD: How would Democrat and RINO leaders respond if asked how you have benefitted from slavery? Anticipate/expect that if you are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American, they would stress the length of time your ancestors have been in America. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois, they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and they never did discriminate against anyone.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/06/africa-exception-slavery-reparations-african-union-justice
MEAWW
— DD: Since the 1960s, the Democrats who have run the federal government have ever-increasingly a) promoted more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who had been in America for a long time and b) given more preference to those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://news.meaww.com/zohran-mamdani-says-us-government-has-exacerbated-racism-through-decades-of-policy-choices
June 1, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: After towns reject flag requests, advocates put signs of Pride in storefronts. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. Back in the good old days, back in 2002, to get Xfinity to carry Fox News Channel, I succeeded in getting 30 downtown Wheaton businesses to display “Wheaton Wants Fox News Channel” signs.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260531/news/after-towns-reject-flag-requests-advocates-put-signs-of-pride-in-storefronts/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers pass $56B budget deal backed by gas tax windfall and some election-year tax breaks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/31/illinois-2027-budget-legislative-session-final-day/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it ever-increasingly clear that to win, they will ever-increasingly a) promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination and b) promote more hated against Trump and especially against Republicans who share his demographics: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/01/column-democrats-dnc-autopsy-page/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win unless the racially gerrymander. I live in Illinois’ racially gerrymandered 3rd Congressional District.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/06/01/supreme-courts-takedown-voting-rights-act-bolsters-case-court-expansion-robert-lehrer
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/01/broadview-six-midway-blitz-abughazaleh-straw-rabbit-perry-trump-ice-crime
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Springfield’s overtime slog ends in $59B budget
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-illinois-budget-passes-20260601/
ABC7
— 18 shot, 3 killed in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-14-shot-2-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-update/19200688/
CBS2
— Illinois lawmakers pass Gov. Pritzker’s $56 million budget, ban on cellphone use in classrooms
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-lawmakers-pass-budget-ban-cellphone-use-classrooms/
WGN9
— Illinois lawmakers pass $56B budget, largest in state history
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-lawmakers-pass-56b-budget-largest-in-state-history/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawmakers-pass-bill-to-shield-abortion-information-from-digital-medical-records/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Budget passes, but Bears bill strikes out
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/01/budget-passes-but-bears-bill-strikes-out-00943991
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: June 24: DuPage County Republicans’ Summer Kickoff will feature State GOP Chair Bob Grogan, state Sen. Seth Lewis, state Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro and former Cubs and White Sox pitcher Steve Trout.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-750/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FREEDOM CAUCUS
— Democrats Pass Midnight Tax Increases. Once again – the Illinois Democrats pass the largest state budget in history, under the cover of darkness.
https://illinoisfreedomcaucus.substack.com/p/breaking-democrats-pass-midnight
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois passes record $55.9 billion budget, with over $800 million in tax increases
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-passes-record-55-9-billion-budget-with-over-800-million-in-tax-increases/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Since you graduated from college, who has had the greatest impact on you? I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970. Those who have had the greatest impact on me include a) my Firestone Store boss 1970-1971, b) my IRS superiors 1971-1980, and my GAO superiors 1980-1997. I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman (IRP) in 1999 and the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000. Currently, those who have the greatest impact on me include Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman Bob Grogan, IRP State Central Committee member and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Treasurer Mike Flynn, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) chairman Kevin Coyne, and DCRCC Secretary and MTRO chairman Jeff Castle. The aforesaid have a tremendous impact on RPCs in Illinoi, one of my biggest target audiences for my newsletters. What position do the aforesaid have on the many big adverse actions that IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders have taken against me since 2000 to stop me from sending out my newsletters and to stop everyone from reading them? What is going to change under Grogan? What do Grogan, Flynn, Coyne, and Castle want me to do so that they would encourage RPCs to read my newsletters? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rep Jeff Keicher on State Budget: “Makes It Eight Years in a Row That Governor Pritzker and the Democrats Have Raised Taxes”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/rep-jeff-keicher-on-state-budget-makes-it-eight-years-in-a-row-that-governor-pritzker-and-the-democrats-have-raised-taxes/
— Debating the ACLU’s Harvey Grossman in Bughouse Square
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/debating-the-aclus-harvey-grossman/
— Strict Rodeo Regulations Being Considered by Planning, Environment & Development Committee Tuesday at 8:30 AM
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/strict-rodeo-regulations-being-considered-by-planning-environment-development-committee-tuesday-at-830-am/
— Rep. Joe Sosnowski on the Budget: “$410 Million on a Multitude of Services for Non-Citizens”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/rep-joe-sosnowski-on-the-budget-410-million-on-a-multitude-of-services-for-non-citizens/
— Rep. Sue Ness on the Budget: $500 for Those Removed from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/rep-sue-ness-on-the-budget-500-for-those-removed-from-the-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap/
— Illinois Freedom Caucus on the Budget: “Less Than 1 Day to Read a 6,000-Page Budget”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/illinois-freedom-caucus-on-the-budget-less-than-1-day-to-read-a-6000-page-budget/
— Rep. Tom Weber on the Budget: “$220 million Is Earmarked for Democrat Pork Projects… a Pay Raise for Themselves”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/rep-tom-weber-on-the-budget-220-million-is-earmarked-for-democrat-pork-projects-a-pay-raise-for-themselves/
— “Silent Majority” Demonstration in McHenry – Religious Aspects
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/silent-majority-demonstration-in-mchenry/
— “Silent Majority” Demonstration in McHenry – – Support of Trump
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/silent-majority-demonstration-in-mchenry-support-of-trump/
— Debating the ACLU’s Harvey Grossman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/debating-the-aclus-harvey-grossman/
— Candidates’ Night in Cary Monday, June 1st
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/candidates-night-in-cary-monday-june-1st/
— MARENGO PARK DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ELECTS OFFICERS FOR UPCOMING TERM
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/marengo-park-district-board-of-commissioners-elects-officers-for-upcoming-term/
— County Considering Battery Farm, Windmill and Solar Zoning Rules
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/county-considering-battery-farm-windmill-and-solar-zoning-rules/
— Changes Being Considered in County Zoning Ordinance
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/30/changes-being-considered-in-county-zoning-ordinance/
— Turkey Harvest Larger This Year Than Last (Link to All Counties)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/29/turkey-harvest-larger-this-year-than-last/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— California GOP incumbents go to war in Trump loyalty test
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4587478/california-gop-incumbents-at-war-trump-loyalty-test/
NEW YORK POST
— Migrants choosing to voluntarily give up asylum claims surge under Trump admin
https://www.aol.com/articles/migrants-choosing-voluntarily-asylum-claims-200543000.html
AMERICAN THINKER
— University of California system STEM professors argue for…merit?! We’re about to discover if merit matters more than DEI in California universities.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/university_of_california_system_stem_professors_argue_for_merit.html
CENTER SQUARE
— Almost 25,000 immigration arrests made in Florida
https://www.aol.com/articles/almost-25-000-immigration-arrests-224500710.html
— New Jersey sued over tuition rate for ‘illegal aliens’ at public colleges
https://www.aol.com/articles/jersey-sued-over-tuition-rate-213400000.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Hegseth Vows to Resist China ‘Hegemony’ Amid ‘Frightful alarm’ in Southeast Asia. DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with China.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/29/hegseth-vows-to-resist-china-hegemony-amid-frightful-alarm-in-southeast-asia/
— The Federal Government is Still Funding the Immigration Industrial Complex
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/31/are-your-tax-dollars-still-funding-leftist-activist-groups-white-house-demands-answers/
— What happens when college freshmen can’t do elementary math? DD: UIC would not have admitted me in 1966 if I had not gotten an ACT score of 24 and graduated in the upper 29% of my class.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/31/university-of-california-profs-revolt-advocate-sat-return/
— University of California Profs Revolt, Advocate SAT Return
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/31/university-of-california-profs-revolt-advocate-sat-return/
FOX NEWS
— ICE arrests illegal alien who faked asylum claim based on homosexuality, became Indiana jail officer. Selah Dine Habib married the daughter of an Indiana sheriff, became correction officer at father-in-law’s jail.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-allegedly-faked-asylum-claim-based-homosexuality-became-indiana-jail-officer
https://www.fox8tv.com/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-who-allegedly-faked-asylum-claim-based-on-homosexuality-became-indiana-jail-officer/
— EEOC sues New York Times for violating federal law when it passed over a White male employee for a promotion because of his race and/or sex. DD: All my IRS and GAO coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me 1971-1997 were Democrats who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/articles/york-times-sued-federal-government-220055000.html
PJ MEDIA
— Coast Guard Eliminates Racially Biased Officer Commissioning Standards. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government crowed about their success in hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, that is, they crowed about their success in wasting the careers of and getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/05/31/coast-guard-eliminates-racially-biased-officer-commissioning-standards-n4953426
TOWNHALL
— Suddenly, the Left Objects to Grievance Politics
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/06/01/mom-vip-economist-pratt-trump-grievance-politics-n2676969
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Entertainers punish America to punish Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5903008-trump-america-250-concert/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in and try to keep in more illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders do the same because RINOs want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5900141-immigration-policies-economic-impact/amp/
MSN
— 15 jobs men have that women consider deal breakers in relationships. DD: The list includes debt collector. I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 in 1971 because of EEOC. My Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/15-jobs-men-have-that-women-consider-deal-breakers-in-relationships/ss-AA1Sy2xO
— Resume and interview red flags. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, being the following harms your chance of getting hire, retained, and promoted: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/hiring-manager-shares-the-13-fastest-ways-to-instantly-get-rejected/ss-AA1MU2fi
— Almost half of new retirees got pushed out early. DD: The more of the following that you are, the likely that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 forced me to disclose lots about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/almost-half-of-new-retirees-got-pushed-out-early-7-ways-to-be-ready/ar-AA24th02
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
YAHOO
— Equal Opportunity, Not Equal Outcomes. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/equal-opportunity-not-equal-outcomes-170114368.html
NEWSWEEK
— Arkansas Declares June ‘Fidelity Month.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-declares-june-fidelity-monthwhat-does-it-mean-12015517
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in and try to keep in more illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders do the same because RINOs want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/us/politics/trump-immigrants-health-housing.html
— Student Loan Repayments Are Being Overhauled. DD: My critics/opponents stress that I could not have gotten a student loan if I had tried. My ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/your-money/student-loans-repayment-save-biden.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Why a Chinese-owned company is bringing factory jobs back to the U.S. GE Appliances is a poster child for the president’s promised manufacturing revival. But tariffs are making it harder to onshore jobs. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in and try to keep in more illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders do the same because RINOs want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/31/chinese-owned-company-is-bringing-factory-jobs-back-united-states/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Although factory wages in China have risen rapidly in recent years, Chinese workers make just one-fifth of their American counterparts’ pay, he said. “There are still people moving production offshore because it’s cheaper,” Shih said.)
USA TODAY
— Delaney Hall ICE protests escalate. Advocates outside protested conditions. Detainees inside have staged a hunger strike. And federal officials called in New Jersey police at the gates.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/30/delaney-hall-protests-ice-new-jersey-police/90330145007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Springsteen to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/05/28/bruce-springsteen-trump-tour-dc-festival/90290521007/
— What’s harder than landing a job? Holding onto one you already have. DD: In addition to focusing on my Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO jobs, to get promoted, I earned a) a bachelor’s degree in management, b) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, c) a CPA certificate and a Certified Internal Auditor certificate, d) four more job-related professional certifications, and e) a CPA license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/05/21/what-to-do-job-stuck-search/90058470007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pence: A Republican Time for Choosing. Will we remain the party of conservative principles or embrace progressivism in the guise of populism?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-republican-time-for-choosing-c1f4f8a4
ECONOMIST
— Welcome to Evanston, where woke never died. A Chicago suburb is paying reparations to African-Americans. DD: All my critics/opponents are woke. Sooner or later, if not already, they will all call for reparations. Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Since the 1960s, AA and DEI recipients have received trillions of dollars in benefits.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/05/31/welcome-to-evanston-where-woke-never-died
FORTUNE
— DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents who bought them cars, pay for their college expenses, and got them jobs. Because my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir when I was 16 in 1964 with money I saved doing yard work and delivering newspapers and I worked my way through college. My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/27/income-wealth-inequality-housing-consumer-pessimism-index-high/
FAST COMPANY
— DD: I owe my successes in life to my parents and their traditional marriage and family.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91536282/stability-successful-kids-harvard-research
CHRONICLES MAGAZINE
— Diversity Is Inequality. DD: Anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents will a) stress your weaknesses/shortcomings and b) ignore/dismiss/belittle your strengths/accomplishments. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my becoming a licensed CPA, b) my passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) my earning professional certifications in fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and d) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. Worse yet, my critics/opponents attribute the aforesaid to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/reviews/diversity-is-inequality/
ELDER LAW ANSWERS
— Unpaid Family Caregiving Is Worth a Six-Figure Salary. DD: My aunt had Alzheimer’s. She never married. She had no children. Her only sibling, my father, died suddenly in 1969. I had total responsibility for her from 2009 until her death in 2022. That ate up lots of my time. Of course, I was unpaid.
https://www.elderlawanswers.com/unpaid-family-caregiving-is-worth-a-six-figure-salary-20777
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the population ages, the number of people affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia continues to rise. In turn, families increasingly find themselves providing unpaid care to loved ones with cognitive impairments. This caregiving role, though essential, comes with hidden personal, financial, and societal costs that can be substantial. In fact, a new study reveals that family caregivers of loved ones with dementia, if they were paid for their services, would be making six figures.)
WEEK
— DD: What percent of illegals use airlines?
https://theweek.com/politics/mullin-airports-santuary-cities-dhs-immigration
PSY POST
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to promote more hatred a) against Trump and b) against those who do not hate Trump.
https://www.psypost.org/how-unexpected-news-angles-help-partisan-readers-spot-misinformation-2026-03-19/
CAP RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=nx-s1-5827069
FIT GURU
— The 9 Things Baby Boomers Could Afford at 40 That Many Americans Can’t Today
https://www.fitguru.training/en/news/the-9-things-baby-boomers-could-afford-at-40-that-many-americans-cant-today-20260531-0039.html
BUZZ FEED
— Trump’s Presidency Has Sparked A Surge Of Family And Friendship Breakups. DD: My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being blindly loyal to Trump. That has caused many to dump me. But if you would ask Trump supporters, they would say I am absolutely not blindly loyal to Trump.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahmarder/people-who-cut-off-others-over-election-share-why
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FINANCIAL TIMES & HR MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.ft.com/content/6f99e401-d8c7-4024-8c08-7b5039e4b5c7?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/comment/cutting-investment-in-inclusion-may-cost-organisations-more-than-it-saves
May 26, 2026
How will things change under Grogan? For how long and how closely have you watched the Illinois Republican Party (IRP)? Ever since Big Jim Thompson got elected governor in 1976, the IRP has moved to the left, that is, it has become Democrat Lite and the more that it has pushed out platform Republicans like me, that is, the more that it has pushed out conservatives like me. How will things change under Grogan? I have watched the IRP since the 1960s, and more closely since I started working the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, and more closely since I started working for the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971, and more closely since I was the subject of a 4-page One Person’s Finances article in Money Magazine ( https://gopillinois.com/documents/ ) in 1978, and more closely since I started working for the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, and more closely since they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, and more closely since I filed Diersen v. GAO in 1998 ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), and more closely since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, and more closely since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, and more closely since I became an Illinois Center Right Steering Committee member in 2003, and more closely since I became the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2005. I have attended all the IRP State Conventions as a delegate since 2000. I have attended many IRP State Central Committee (SCC) meetings, although not recently. I served on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2008. How will things change under Grogan? Many believe that nothing will change until IRP SCC members are directly elected.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Can Bob Grogan rebuild the Illinois GOP in the suburbs?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/26/bob-grogan-gop-ilgop-illinois-republicans-kathy-salvi-tom-cross-gop/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: After years of infighting, ideological warfare and organizational atrophy, Illinois Republicans appear to be betting on a different model: coalition building over purity tests, precinct organizing over political theatrics and suburban recovery over grievance politics. “You can’t purge your way to 51%,” new Illinois Republican Chairman Bob Grogan told us over the phone Thursday. He went on: “Fratricide isn’t a good campaign strategy.” Republican State Central Committee members on May 18 voted out Kathy Salvi after roughly two years at the party’s helm in favor of Grogan, an accountant, former DuPage County auditor and a lifelong resident of the collar counties Republicans once dominated politically. Grogan, who served as DuPage County auditor from 2008 to 2020, is no stranger to rooting out waste, fraud and abuse, almost a prerequisite for anyone who wants to take on Springfield’s many challenges. Some may remember Grogan from his 2014 primary campaign for state treasurer against longtime Illinois Republican politician Tom Cross, a race Grogan lost before Cross himself lost the general election to Democrat Michael Frerichs. Yet Grogan comes off today as more of a tempering force than one might expect to meet in today’s GOP. First and foremost, he told us, he wants to present a positive message. Among his many catchphrases, Grogan shared a vision that’s at odds with what’s playing in Washington. “You can’t grow the church by excommunicating all the sinners,” he said. Something must be in the water, because that’s the tone GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey of downstate Xenia is taking this time around, too. Bailey, a Republican who had trouble ginning up support here in Chicagoland when he last ran for governor in 2022, is doing his level best to right past wrongs. He even came before the City Council on May 20 to apologize formally for calling our city a “hellhole” in his previous gubernatorial campaign. Can a kinder, friendlier GOP work? Not on its own, and adjusting the party’s tone and tent are not the only things Grogan aims to change about the tired party structure. He also pointed out the obvious: Illinois Republicans need to focus on getting out the vote. “We haven’t failed in a very short period of time, we’ve had failures over a long period of time,” he said. He’s not wrong there. After former Gov. Bruce Rauner — temporarily the GOP’s largest benefactor and anchor — picked up his ball and went home, the party became rudderless. The Rauner void led to competing factions, overlapping power centers and deep internal discord. While we respect Republicans like state Rep. Ryan Spain of Peoria and House Republican Leader Tony McCombie of Savanna, others within the party have gone to the fringes alongside many of their national counterparts. While outgoing Chair Kathy Salvi has been praised for her fundraising abilities, the party remains disorganized and has been unable to assemble and execute adequate GOTV strategies. Republican turnout tells the story. The four GOP gubernatorial candidates this year combined had about 560,000 primary votes — nearly 230,000 fewer than Republicans cast in the 2022 gubernatorial primary, and far below even the low-turnout 2014 contest won by Rauner. While many tend to view the ticket top-down, Grogan said he sees things in a more bottom-up way. If Republicans think Salvi’s best skill set was fundraising, Grogan says his is his ground game. For Grogan, “ground game” means rebuilding the Republican Party as a neighborhood-level organization again — training volunteers, strengthening precinct operations, coordinating county groups and creating a durable turnout machine instead of relying on personalities and TV ads. It also helps that he’s from DuPage, formerly a Republican stronghold where the GOP has atrophied and needs to build back up. That means running candidates in all races, no excuses. While Republicans this primary season had a crowded gubernatorial race, down the ticket Republicans have done a spottier job of making sure Democrats face a challenger. That’s part of what frustrates would-be Republican voters here, especially because Illinois is a land of political opportunity for anyone with a solid plan to make a go of it. First, there’s money here. Ahead of the 2024 election, President Donald Trump and affiliated super PACs raised over $30 million out of Illinois. Second, it’s not as if Democrats are wildly popular. Illinois Democrats control the Statehouse and the governor’s mansion, and preside over years of fiscal mismanagement and an unwillingness to face up to our state’s biggest problems, though they aren’t as shy about turning to taxpayers for more revenue. And while it’s likely Gov. JB Pritzker will win reelection in November, his most recent victory wasn’t exactly a sweeping mandate — he didn’t even crack 55% of the vote. All that to say, Illinois is ripe for a commonsense voice to come in and challenge our state’s one-party rule. “If it takes a long time to screw things up, it’ll take a long time to make things right,” Grogan said. He has less than six months until the November general election to make his mark, but the new Republican chairman’s legacy will extend far beyond this fall. Moderate voters and Republican donors need a reason to invest in the state party. Grogan’s task is to give them one.)
— Stomping on IRS audits is an egregious abuse of power by Trump. DD: Has IRS audited you? To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions when I was 29 years old in 1978. I had deducted graduate evening business courses at Loyola 1972-1976 and accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1978. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued in tax court a) that the courses I deducted did not relate to my job duties, b) that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took them to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took them to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically ignored the fact a) that my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take the courses, b) the course descriptions and my position descriptions, and c) that I had stated in my applications that I wanted to take the courses to maintain and improve my IRS job skills. They would not have done that a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran and/or b) if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/21/editorial-donald-trump-justice-department-lawsuit-settlement-lawfare-fund-irs/
DAILY HERALD
— ‘Discussion by discussion’: Republicans make promising choice with new state party leader.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260526/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-discussion-by-discussion-republicans-make-promising-choice-with-new-state-p/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: A combination of voter demographics and structural election dynamics — read gerrymandering — has made it tough in recent years for Republicans to show enough political strength to become relevant in Illinois government. Adding to the picture have been philosophical differences eating away at the party from within. In 2024, then-state party Chairman Don Tracy stepped away from the job complaining that he spent “far too much time dealing with intraparty power struggles, and local intraparty animosities.” Some of that squabbling appears to have settled down under Tracy’s successor, Kathy Salvi, of Mundelein, yet it’s not clear whether that is because the internal forces are cooperating or much of the strength of the party has simply abandoned ship. If the latter is true — and, for that matter, even if it is not — Republicans could hardly have done better last week than to elect former DuPage County Auditor Bob Grogan to take the reins. In three terms as auditor, Grogan, of Downers Grove, was an innovative, efficient, taxpayer-focused executive, known for his concentration on the demands of the job over partisan political concerns. His lists of county firsts include a county online checkbook, an office transparency and an auditor hotline. He was one of the most respected auditors in the state, eventually serving as president of the Association of Illinois County Auditors. Yet, although his focus centered on the functions of his job, he also understood the political side of the equation and demonstrated leadership in promoting traditional Republican values, including serving on the influential Republican State Central Committee. His new role no doubt will be one of the most challenging he has faced. Through a systematic process of legislative boundary control, Democrats have stacked the political calculus strongly in their favor, and the animus-driven influence of Trumpian politics that breaches no sense of compromise still fractures the party. Yet, if anyone can placate what the Republicans’ arch-conservative wing call the “grass roots” while wooing back traditional conservative voters like those in the molds of George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan who used to dominate suburban politics, it is someone like Grogan. His basic spirit is a good place to start. In an interview following his election, he told our Marni Pyke, “I consider myself a member of the ‘civil right.’ Which means I consider myself conservative, however, I believe in deliberate, peaceful discussion. I don’t believe in calling people names.” That alone will be a welcome priority in elevating political discussions. But Grogan’s fundamental strategy also holds great promise. “I do believe in the average common sense of the Illinois voter,” he said. “At some point, one by one, discussion by discussion, door knock by door knock, Facebook post by Facebook post … they do see that Republicans’ answers to some of these everyday life problems are better.” It takes two strong, influential political parties to produce the kind of strong, well-moderated government needed for a diverse state like Illinois. That has not been the case for too long. The state Republican Party took a good step in the right direction by putting Grogan at its head.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Dozens march in anti-war protest on Memorial Day in the Loop. Dozens, including many veterans and relatives of veterans, gathered in front of the city’s Riverwalk Vietnam War memorial wall to protest ongoing U.S. military action around the globe. DD: My many Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/05/25/dozens-march-in-anti-war-protest-on-memorial-day-in-the-loop
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/music/2026/05/24/suenos-music-festival-midway-blitz-latino-mexican-celebration-joy-fuerza-regida
— DD: Democrat leaders will never stop using George Floyd to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/05/23/george-floyd-murder-racial-injustice-civil-rights-black-brown-zindy-marquez
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Seth Lewis: Illinois has all the advantages to make it an economic leader, not a laggard
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/forum/ccb-illinois-pritzker-economic-advantages-leader-20250525/
ABC7
— Trump honors troops killed in Iran war during Memorial Day remarks.
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/iran-war-news-trump-peace-deal-strait-of-hormuz-oil-gas-prices/19168718/
— Chicago veterans protest against Trump administration’s military interventions on Memorial Day. DD: My many Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/veterans-gather-downtown-chicago-protest-iran-war-donald-trump-administration-actions-vietnam-memorial/19169540/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wbez.org/music/2026/05/24/suenos-music-festival-midway-blitz-latino-mexican-celebration-joy-fuerza-regida
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Juliana Stratton doubles Don Tracy in Illinois U.S. Senate fundraising. Inside the money trail shaping the Illinois race to replace U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/juliana-stratton-illinois-senate-fundraising-tracy-22229090.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Meanwhile, Tracy has pulled together roughly $2.32 million for his Senate campaign, with $2 million of that coming from a loan. The remainder of his fundraising dollars came predominantly from individual and committee contributions. Tracy ended the reporting period with about $1.54 million in cash on hand.)
SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Pot industry oversold medical benefits, downplayed risks. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/05/26/lawsuit-claims-cannabis-industry-oversold-medical-benefits-downplayed-risks/
FOX NEWS ILLINOIS
— Trump will see doctors for his annual physical. What the public finds out is up to him. President Donald Trump is scheduled to get a medical exam on Tuesday, putting his health back under public scrutiny. DD: How old are you? I am 77. What do you stress to defend your health? I stress my putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-will-see-doctors-for-his-annual-physical-what-the-public-finds-out-is-up/article_0ef56e9f-4e3e-574a-81ba-ace909033f26.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Durbin will return to Springfield on Wednesday to address a rare joint session of the Illinois General Assembly, where lawmakers are also expected to recognize his nearly 44 years in Congress. DD: GAO works for Congress. Durbin was my U.S. Senator in 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/26/ctus-dues-hike-falls-flat-00935596
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-744/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER_RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration
https://wirepoints.org/totaling-the-unsustainable-tax-increases-and-windfall-revenue-during-pritzker-administration-wirepoints/
OPEN THE BOOKS
— Southern Poverty Law Center Received Millions of Taxpayer Dollars to Spread its Message and Materials, Including in Schools
https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/southern-poverty-law-center-received
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pride for veterans, America’s 250th felt from crowd during D.C. Memorial Day parade
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/25/pride-veterans-americas-250th-felt-crowd-dc-memorial-day-parade/
— IRS weighing adding non-U.S. citizen checkbox to tax forms
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/25/irs-reportedly-weighing-adding-non-us-citizen-checkbox-tax-forms/
— Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/25/vaticans-role-legitimizing-slavery-leo-makes-historic-apology/
— Trump thanks service members who died in Operation Epic Fury
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/25/trump-thanks-service-members-died-operation-epic-fury/
— Primaries prove Trump clout stronger than ever
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/25/primaries-prove-trump-clout-stronger-ever/
— Will Democrat wrongdoers ever face justice? Public memory of leftist malfeasance is short thanks to legacy media.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/24/democrat-wrongdoers-ever-face-justice/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pope Leo urges significant regulation to disarm AI
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/4581180/pope-leo-artificial-intelligence-regulation-encyclical/
NEW YORK POST
— AOC lays groundwork for White House bid while insisting she’s not focused on presidency.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/us-news/aoc-lays-groundwork-for-white-house-bid-while-insisting-shes-not-focused-on-presidency/
— Classic cars don’t need smog tests —so pass Leno’s Law. DD: Emissions testing for cars with low mileage is a waste.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/opinion/classic-cars-dont-need-smog-tests-pass-lenos-law/
— More proof that progressives are pro-crime.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/opinion/more-proof-that-progressives-are-pro-crime/
— Mai Vang, who disdains Pledge of Allegiance, has no place in Congress.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/23/opinion/mai-vang-who-disdains-america-has-no-place-in-congress/
— Democrats’ radicalism is their biggest problem.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/23/opinion/the-concept-of-transgenderism-has-created-disarray-in-the-democratic-party/
— With gambling, marijuana, NYC’s new vice economy is set up for failure. DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. I led the successful efforts to ban video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://nypost.com/2022/12/10/why-nycs-new-vice-economy-weed-casinos-might-be-doomed/
FOX NEWS
— Anti-ICE protesters clash with agents outside New Jersey detention center as Gov Sherrill denied entry.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/anti-ice-protesters-clash-agents-outside-new-jersey-detention-center-gov-sherrill-denied-entry.amp
INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY STUDIES
— The Success Sequence. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. 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://ifstudies.org/blog/what-does-the-success-sequence-mean
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Finish high school. Get a full-time job once you finish school. Get married before you have children. . .Most men and women have the capacity to make choices, to embrace virtues or avoid vices, and to otherwise take steps that increase or decrease their odds of doing well in school, finding and keeping a job, or deciding when to marry and have children.)
TOWNHALL
— DEI Is Not Disappearing. New York Is Just Renaming It.
https://townhall.com/columnists/gregory-lyakhov/2026/05/26/dei-is-not-disappearing-new-york-is-just-renaming-it-n2676632
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been destroying traditional marriage and family in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
— DD: Democrat leaders had tremendous success making the military woke. To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents are either woke and/or are operatives or dupes for those who are woke.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pete-hegseth-left-isolated-at-pentagon-as-he-continues-firing-spree-to-weed-out-wokeness/ar-AA22jE1c
NEW YORK TIMES
— Vice and the Crisis of Liberalism. DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. I led the successful efforts to ban video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/opinion/vice-liberalism-addiction-gambling-drugs.html
— Retirees Expect Their Home to Be a Financial Safety Net. They Shouldn’t. DD: Reverse mortgages have limits.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/business/retirement-home-equity-selling-your-house.html
— FRONT PAGE: G.O.P. Worries It’s Trump First, Midterms Last. Trump’s Self-Indulgence Deepens G.O.P. Fears in Midterms. “The stupid stuff is killing our chances,” said a retiring Republican senator.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/us/politics/trump-gop-fears-midterms.html
— Trump Wants to Compile Citizenship Lists, but They Would Be Hard to Create. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/us/politics/trump-lists-noncitizens-states.html
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: USPS DD: I delivered mail for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/18/usps-built-a-mighty-network-financial-problems/90044771007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/05/06/liberal-women-less-likely-marry-conservatives/89929874007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Reports of Woke’s Death Are Exaggerated. DD: My critics/opponents are woke. According to them, I owe all my successes in my life to my benefiting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/reports-of-wokes-death-are-exaggerated-30f09ab8
— Trump’s Anti-DEI Push Is Unraveling College Scholarships. DD: Since the 1960s, ever-increasingly, scholarships are for those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-trump-s-anti-dei-push-is-unraveling-college-scholarships/ar-AA1I1HlT
— People Hate the Idea of Losing Their Job. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 was one of the biggest negatives in my life.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/people-hate-the-idea-of-losing-their-job-even-more-than-high-gas-prices-f25e3a49
— The New Big Labor GOP. Republicans in Congress hand union bosses a pair of political victories. DD: My critics/opponents are anti-union. They stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years. According to them, my salary would not have increased from $19.57/hour to $113,402/year in today’s dollars if I had not been a union member. In my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in business, I earned an MBA, and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-new-big-labor-gop-41539fa0
— 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: If I had become a Democrat, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21. I earned an MBA when I was 27. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditing examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading when I was 48.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/youve-landed-your-first-job-now-dont-sink-your-career-before-it-starts-96a3ad5b
FORBES
— Pope Leo Paints Bleak AI Future—With ‘Tower Of Babel’ Warning—Without Human Control
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/05/25/pope-leo-paints-bleak-ai-future-with-tower-of-babel-warning-without-human-control/
FORTUNE
— It’s a lot harder to put yourself through college than it used to be. Even if you do, you’ll probably graduate later. DD: To discredit me, my critics/opponents stress that it was much easier to work yourself through college like I did 1966-1970. They stress that if my ACT score and my GPA were higher I could have gotten scholarships. What percent of those who graduated in 1970 worked their way through college?
https://fortune.com/2023/01/11/college-students-with-jobs-20-percent-less-likely-to-graduate-than-privileged-peers-study-side-hustle/
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DD: According my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in my life to my benefiting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://hbr.org/2018/09/use-your-everyday-privilege-to-help-others
BUSINESS INSIDER
— 8 Ways That Money Can Buy Happiness. DD: When you were young, what did you use the money for that you earned? For me, it was for job-related college degrees when I was 21, 27, 31, and 48; professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a professional license when I was 32. Also, for cars when I was 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, 41, etc. Also, for real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35.
https://www.businessinsider.com/8-ways-that-money-can-buy-happiness-2012-11
POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU
— DD: All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.prb.org/resource/college-education-benefits-some-more-than-others/
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
— The Case for Prohibiting Vice. DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. I led the successful efforts to ban video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/case-prohibiting-vice
ATLANTIC
— America Has Gone Too Far in Legalizing Vice. DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. I led the successful efforts to ban video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/legalized-gambling-marijuana-use-addiction/673028/
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their successes in destroying Republicans.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/25/800028836/news/woke-mob-defeats-trumps-team-3-times/
— DD: My critics/opponents want Blacks to get preference. They were overjoyed when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/20/800041803/community/if-it-was-a-black-person-theyd-be-let-go/
POLITICO
— Donald Trump’s unlikely weed wager. The former president’s pro-cannabis policies could bolster his efforts to gain support with key Democratic constituencies. DD: To get more votes, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. I led the successful efforts to ban video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/15/donald-trump-marijuana-legalization-00179205
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: According my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in my life to my benefiting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/03/11/about-one-in-four-americans-say-theyve-had-fewer-advantages-in-life-than-others-their-age/
— DD: For Democrats, voting exists to take opportunities, money, and everything else away from Republicans and to give it to Democrats.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/07/22/wide-partisan-divide-on-whether-voting-is-a-fundamental-right-or-a-privilege-with-responsibilities/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
NATIONAL HERALD INDIA
— The new US immigration policy forces millions of Indians into uncertainty. Green card applications currently under adjudication will be significantly impacted as it changes how officers handle pending and incoming applications. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/amp/story/opinion/the-new-us-immigration-policy-forces-millions-of-indians-into-uncertainty
May 24, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/22/fallout-from-broadview-six-case/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/25/legal-providers-try-to-bridge-the-gap-touting-the-benefits-of-counsel-for-immigrants-fighting-removal/
— The answer to rising antisemitism is to stand proud, not silent
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/24/opinion-antisemitism-college-campuses-synagogues/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Work permits. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make America more dependent on foreign countries and their citizens. All my employers would have hired noncitizens if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/05/21/work-permits-immigrant-workforce-rules-backlogs
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly want to replace GOD with government.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260524/news/references-to-god-didnt-come-from-founders/
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. Democrat leaders especially blame Trump and those who share his demographics: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. How many demographics do you share with Trump?
https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/columnists/james-causey/2026/05/23/trump-fund-reparations-black-americans/90183069007/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Illinois House Republicans say Governor J.B. Pritzker’s housing proposals will give local control to state politicians, but the governor says decisions will still be made by local government units. The governor’s Building Up Illinois Developments plan consists of at least five bills aiming to address housing supply and affordability issues. State Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro, R-Hanover Park, said the plan would take zoning decisions away from local communities and move them to Springfield. DD: My critics/opponents want the north end of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton to be rezoned for public housing.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/house-gop-pushes-pritzker-for-local-control/article_e3c44520-a08e-41f6-8e06-942bd7be4176.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats vow a redistricting counterpunch but are facing hurdles Republicans don’t. Democrats are poised to finish several seats behind Republicans in 2026 in the nationwide race to redraw maps for the U.S. House. DD: I live in Illinois’ racially gerrymandered 3rd Congressional District.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/democrats-vow-a-redistricting-counterpunch-but-are-facing-hurdles-republicans-dont/article_2e475e0d-5d0a-56b4-ac01-3bf08b73cd3f.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Suspect dead after opening fire near White House security checkpoint
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-05-23/suspect-dead-after-opening-fire-near-white-house-security-checkpoint-secret-service-says
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Catalina Lauf Takes Hit in Her Florida Congressional Campaign from The Conservative Journal
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/24/catalina-lauf-takes-hit-in-her-florida-congressional-campaign-from-the-conservative-journal/
LEGAL NEWSLINE
— IL Supreme Court again turns aside challenge to state’s FOID law. DD: I have had a FOID card since I was 20 in 1968.
https://www.legalnewsline.com/madison-stclair-record/il-supreme-court-again-turns-aside-challenge-to-state-s-foid-law/article_891e5daa-d385-4525-8a6a-bbf6ef91ea94.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Registration is open for political entries in Wheaton’s July 4 Independence Day Parade. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wheaton-independence-day-parade-entry-2026-tickets-1984881886153 The deadline is June 28. The cost is $183.58. I hope that all the Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct will participate in the parade: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to help elect the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct win November 3? The Republican 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. I am going to hand-deliver to all the residences in my precinct a copy of the sample ballot, campaign literature that the candidates provide the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), and whatever else MTRO asks me to deliver. I did the aforesaid for the March 17 Republican primary in my precinct. 39% of the registered Republican voters voted. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— A tree limb recently fell on the overhead ComEd and Xfinity lines that bring electricity and internet to my subdivision. The resultant outage caused me lots of problems. I have filed tree trimming requests with ComEd and Xfinity. Further, I have asked that they put the lines underground. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Hegseth praises West Point cadets as ‘not an army of woke’ in commencement speech. DD: My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/4580616/hegseth-praise-west-point-cadet-commencement-speech/
NEW YORK POST
— Pete Hegseth tears into DEI, ‘woke military’ in fiery West Point graduation speech. DD: My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/23/us-news/pete-hegseth-tears-into-dei-woke-military-in-fiery-west-point-graduation-speech/
— Master’s degrees yielding fewest jobs in 20 years as some businesses uninterested in candidates with advanced education. DD: I spent lots of my time and lots of my money earning three master’s degrees: 16 courses for an MBA from Loyola in 1976 when I was 27, 12 courses for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and 14 courses for a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had earned a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, earned four more professional certifications, and earned a master’s degree in finance, my Democrat GAO superiors a) would not have promoted me in 1986 and b) would have succeeded in forcing me to retire sooner than they did.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/21/us-news/masters-degrees-hiring-at-one-of-its-worst-levels-in-20-years-been-a-bit-tough/
AMERICAN THINKER
— DD: If you live in a Republican state, county, township, municipality, school district, and/or precinct, anticipate/expect that sooner or later, Democrats will move in and destroy it. I should write about the Democrat invasion of a) DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct and b) Will county, Crete Township, and Crete.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/we_need_to_educate_renegade_democrats_in_the_ways_of_conservativism.html
BREITBART
— Socialist Dream: Zohran Mamdani Touts Universal Childcare for Two-Year-Olds. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/05/23/socialist-dream-zohran-mamdani-touts-universal-childcare-for-two-year-olds/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Team to Restore ‘Integrity and Safety’ for American Truckers
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/23/trump-team-american-truckers/
EPOCH TIMES
— AI Content Is Swamping the Internet—How It Impacts Critical Thinking. Under near constant exposure to AI output, experts say the dangers are real and the evidence is already showing up. DD: All the decisions made to include or to not include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are made my me. All the comments on those articles in those newsletters are made by me.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/ai-content-is-swamping-the-internet-how-it-impacts-critical-thinking-6026954
FOX NEWS
— Hegseth reveals Army hit its recruiting goal early
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6396440826112
PJ MEDIA
— Voter Received Ballots for Prior Residents
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/05/23/harmeet-dhillon-says-she-received-ballots-for-prior-residents-n4953177
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Thousands of Illegal Aliens Live in Taxpayer-Funded Housing. Trump Is Ending it.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/19/thousands_of_illegal_aliens_live_in_taxpayer-funded_housing_trump_is_ending_it_154133.html
TOWNHALL
— Illegal Alien Stole Identity, Collected Over $300K in Taxpayer Benefits for Decades
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/05/23/illegal-alien-stole-identity-collected-over-300k-in-taxpayer-benefits-for-decades-n2676580
— Here Is What’s Wrong With the Republican Party
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/05/24/here-is-whats-wrong-with-the-republican-party-n2676592
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Hegseth torches identity politics in West Point speech: ‘Can’t throw your pronouns at the enemy.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5892744-defense-secretary-west-point-address/
CNN
— Hegseth slams ‘woke ideology’ in West Point speech. DD: My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/23/politics/video/pete-hegseth-commencement-speech-west-point-digvid-vrtc
REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/visitors-celebrate-lgbtq-pride-at-pensacola-beach-park-east-during-annual-party-on-may-23-2026/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6bmV3c21sX01UMVVTQVRPREFZMjkwNDEwMjU
MSN
— Hegseth tells West Point grads to reject ‘woke ideology.’ DD: My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hegseth-tells-west-point-grads-slow-slide-into-woke-is-over/ss-AA23TTip
— Traditional marriage and family. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
ABC NEWS
— Individuals targeted by the Trump. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have targeted me the most and why. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) Republican political consultants, fundraisers, major doners, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders.
https://abcnews.com/US/list-individuals-including-lisa-cook-targeted-trump-administration/story?id=124968309
CBS NEWS
— Wealthy parents. DD: My critics/opponent had wealthy parents. They bought them cars, paid for their education, got them jobs. etc. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to buy all my own cars. I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents whose parents had the most money. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) Republican political consultants, fundraisers, major doners, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/parents-wealth-homeownership-study/
NBC NEWS
— Green cards. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make America more dependent on foreign countries and their citizens. All my employers would have hired noncitizens if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/trump-announces-new-green-card-application-rules-263858757707
— $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund. 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. My critics/opponents have always stressed that in Diersen v. GAO, not only Bush’s DOJ sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me, but that no Republican federal elected officials in Illinois came to my defense, that is, they sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me. To side with my Democrat GAO superiors, is to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anti-weaponization-fund-trump-settlement-justice-lawsuits-blowback-rcna346424
NEW YORK TIMES
— Illegals. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/19/us/trump-news
— Three Decades on the Supreme Court Is Too Long. DD: For my Democrat GAO superiors, 18 years was too long. For my Democrat IRS superiors, 9 years was too long. For my Democrat Post Office superiors, 3 years was too long.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/opinion/supreme-court-tenure.html
NEW YORK SUN
— Defense Secretary Slams DEI and ‘Woke’ Military Policies in West Point Commencement Address
https://www.nysun.com/article/defense-secretary-slams-dei-and-woke-military-policies-in-west-point-commencement-address
BOSTON HERALD
— Ex-CIA officer tapped to replace Gabbard blasted ‘toxic’ DEI culture
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/05/23/ex-cia-officer-tapped-to-replace-gabbard-blasted-toxic-dei-culture/
FORTUNE
— Illegals. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make America more dependent on foreign countries and their citizens. All my employers would have hired noncitizens if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/05/ice-deportations-us-born-job-losses-study/
— Affirmative Action and DEI: DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers what to a) hire, retain, and promote Democrats and RINOs who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) get rid of their Republican employees. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/22/beyond-the-diploma-skills-that-actually-get-graduates-hired/
MONEYWISE
— Office jobs ‘are over’ as AI-fluent workers earn 25% more and get promoted 3.5x faster. Do you have an office job? Did you have an office job? I had office jobs working for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997.
https://moneywise.com/managing-money/employment/office-jobs-over-randstad-ceo-ai-skilled-trades
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Noncitizens. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make America more dependent on foreign countries and their citizens. All my employers would have hired noncitizens if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.businessinsider.com/experts-react-donald-trump-new-immigration-policy-green-card-applications-2026-5
HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR
— Entry-level jobs are disappearing. DD: What was your entry-level job? 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.hcamag.com/au/specialisation/hr-technology/the-entry-level-job-is-disappearing/575695
NPR
— Noncitizens. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make America more dependent on foreign countries and their citizens. All my employers would have hired noncitizens if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/05/12/g-s1-121493/the-economic-chilling-effect-of-trumps-immigration-crackdown
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Federal job applicants can’t skip ‘loyalty question.’ 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://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2026/04/federal-job-applicants-cant-skip-loyalty-question-that-opm-says-is-optional-court-filings-claim/
DAILY KOS
— DD: To get more votes from Black women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/23/800043877/community/the-extermination/
FROM OTHER SOURCES
CONSUMER REPORTS
— 6 Best Whole-House Generators of 2026, Lab-Tested and Reviewed. Home standby generators from companies like Champion, Generac, and Kohler are pricey, but they provide immediate backup power during outages. DD: Sadly, the motor in my 2011 20KW unit failed in late 2024, and recently, the motor in my 2024 24KW unit also failed. While Generac has provided me with a 17KW loaner, I am anxiously awaiting either a replacement of the whole 24KW unit or replacement of its motor.
https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/generators/best-home-standby-generators-consumer-reports-tests-a5942327707/
May 21, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Illinois GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey apologized to Chicago during public comments.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-city-council-review-parking-meter-deal-fair-wage-ordinance/19137482/
— DD: Democrat leader ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ in Downers Grove.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/downers-grove-continue-pride-month-fest-june-plans-despite-city-council-meeting-debate/19138041/
NBC5
— Darren Bailey apologizes to Chicago residents for calling city ‘hellhole.’ Gov. Pritzker continues to link Bailey with President Trump, who endorsed the GOP gubernatorial candidate in 2022.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/darren-bailey-apologizes-to-chicago-residents-for-calling-city-hellhole/3938712/
CBS2
— Brawl breaks out at graduation ceremony for Thornwood High School in South Holland
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/thornwood-high-school-graduation-brawl-south-holland/
— CPD Supt. Larry Snelling says parents should play bigger role in stopping “teen takeovers”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cpd-larry-snelling-parents-teen-takeovers/
FOX32
— Darren Bailey makes pitch to Chicago at City Council meeting: ‘I owe you an apology’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/darren-bailey-makes-pitch-directly-chicago-city-council-meeting
WTTW
— City Council Votes 28-21 to Rid CPD of Officers With Ties to Extremist Groups
https://news.wttw.com/2026/05/20/city-council-votes-28-21-rid-cpd-officers-ties-extremist-groups
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/21/broadview-six-trial-oak-park-trustee/
— City Council measure bans Chicago police with ties to Proud Boys, other extremist groups. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were extremist groups. I was the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/20/city-council-measure-chicago-police-proud-boys-extremist-groups/
— University of Chicago nukes tuition for the middle class and achieves a degree of affordability. DD: In today’s dollars, my father never earned more than $50,000/year.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/21/editorial-university-of-chicago-nukes-tuition-for-the-middle-class-and-achieves-a-degree-of-affordability/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: When the University of Chicago announced this month that students whose families earn less than $250,000 will no longer pay tuition starting next year, they were taking a big gamble.)
— Stomping on IRS audits is an egregious abuse of power by President Donald Trump. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions when I was 29 years old in 1978. I had deducted graduate evening business courses (Loyola 1972-1976) and accounting courses (DePaul 1976-1978). They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued in tax court a) that the courses I deducted did not relate to my job duties, b) that the courses did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took the courses to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took the courses to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically ignored the fact that a) my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take the courses, b) the content of my position descriptions, and c) that I stated in my applications that I wanted to take the courses to maintain and improve my IRS job skills. They would not have done that a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran and/or b) if I had not complained about IRS’s political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/21/editorial-donald-trump-justice-department-lawsuit-settlement-lawfare-fund-irs/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago’s immigrant workforce. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealth parents. I had to work my way through college.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/05/21/work-permits-immigrant-workforce-rules-backlogs
— City Council votes to ban cops tied to far-right groups. The ordinance prohibits officers from engaging in “extremist activities,” defined as any attempt to overthrow the U.S. government through violence or “unconstitutional means.” It also bans actively participating in extremist groups, such as by fundraising, recruiting or displaying tattoos supportive of extremist groups. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were extremist groups. I was the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/05/20/council-ordinance-passes-ban-cops-police-extremist-groups-january-6-proud-boys-oath-keepers-cpd
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/05/21/republicans-maga-reagan-trump-voters-americans-s-e-cupp
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/05/21/ice-officer-christian-castro-minnesota-venezuelan-immigration-jacob-sullum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/05/20/operation-midway-blitz-federal-civil-rights-commission-chicago-testimony-immigration-deportation
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/05/20/broadview-ice-protest-april-perry-kat-abughazaleh-trump
STATELINE
— Illinois bill would require women’s bathrooms, menstrual products at construction sites. DD: All of my employers would have hired women instead of me if they could have.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-bill-would-require-womens-bathrooms-menstrual-products-at-construction-sites/
ILLINOIS TIMES
— Local cannabis businesses receive state funding. Almost $32 million in forgivable loans awarded to cannabis businesses across the state. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news/local-cannabis-businesses-receive-state-funding/
PRITZKER
— We Can Bring Back Starter Homes. DD: In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for my starter home in University Park in 1972. Sadly, according to Zillow, it is worth only $84,500 today. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ When I bought it, in today’s dollars, my salary had just increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year.
https://jbpritzker.substack.com/p/we-can-bring-back-starter-homes
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Making a play for first U.S. primary
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/21/making-a-play-for-first-u-s-primary-00931430
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: State Sen. Seth Lewis has been named “Legislator of the Year” by DuPage Animal Friends. Lewis was recognized for his “commitment to protecting animals and supporting and sponsoring policies that promote their humane treatment,” according to the organization.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-742/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-529/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
10th REPUBLICAN NEWSLETTER
— It’s Been a Big Week DD: As a Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) since 1999, I urge all Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members to send monthly newsletters to the RPCs in their district.
https://mailchi.mp/ee555d3f7a0d/the-new-il-10th-republican-newsletter-14206814
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: In case you’ve been under a rock, abandoned social media, or already moved to Florida, you likely already know the results of the State Central Committee’s vote for a State Party Chair. There were four candidates who applied for the position. Of those four, three presented themselves to be interviewed by the whole Committee this past Monday. After fielding questions, and discussion by the Committee, former DuPage County Auditor Bob Grogan was elected to be the Chairman. While the vote was taken in Executive Session (“ES”), the results were out into the social media sphere before I even arrived home from Springfield. This was probably inevitable, though I’m disappointed that someone broached ES confidentiality. There is a purpose to ES, and divulging the actual vote is a clear breach of that purpose. What annoyed me even more is that I moved the SCC to put us into ES for the interviews and the vote. I thought it was appropriate and important for me to do so. Let me explain why. First, while I didn’t know my fellow State Committeemen’s questions, some of mine were very challenging, and required answers that the SCC needed to hear but that the majority of the public (particularly our opposition Democrats) should not be privy to. I wanted to be able to ask tough questions, and have each candidate explain their positions and strategies. Along with those questions and answers, I wanted the SCC to be able to have very honest discussions about the candidates and the issues presented. Second, I asked the SCC (though I was tepidly turned down early on) that we vote in ES, verify the tallies and report out an unanimously backed winner. I asked this for two reasons: I didn’t want people to be involuntarily tarred with a very difficult vote if they didn’t vote for the winner, when the result of the vote is all that really matters. I have been answering questions about my vote to inquiries, but I didn’t want to presume the same for all the SCC Committee members. Also, I wanted whoever the new Chair was to have the full “backing” of the SCC and not have a divided vote dogging them as they begin the hard work of chairing the Party. I wanted a united SCC to back the new Chair, and dispense with discussions of the vote itself, divisions in the Party, and related issues, so that we could move forward with the stuff that really matters. I completely understand that people disagree with me on the second point of ES as to reporting out the vote – that’s fair. But for Chair, I thought it important to have an honest discussion about difficult matters, and also back whoever the winner was as a unified group without further distractions. I guess it doesn’t really matter in the end, because the voting result got broadcast to the world pretty quickly. That disappointed me. I hope the next time the SCC takes ES seriously – it may be a personnel matter, or something of a personal nature that requires confidentiality, and I would hate to think that the purpose of ES is optional for some members. Other officers were also elected, Vice Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary. I was elected Secretary of the SCC, and I look forward to being an officer on the Executive Board. If there is a very bright side to things, I am happy to report to you all that the SCC Committeemen – despite having differing views (and votes) on Chair and other officers – all played very nice in the sandbox. Everyone got along, and it’s already clear that many on the SCC bring a broad level of skill, experience, and deliberation to the group. It’s also very clear to me that people want to get along, and they are motivated to be the best volunteers they can to help the State Party succeed. From reports of prior Committeemen, even from those who are holdovers from the prior SCC, the culture and attitude of those on the current SCC is a remarkable breath of fresh air to the prospects of working together to get things done. I am excited to roll up our sleeves and do the work. I offer congratulations to our new Chair, Bob Grogan, and I’ll do whatever I can to help him see the State Party prosper. I also offer immense gratitude to Kathy Salvi, for putting her (and her family’s) life on hold and doing everything she could to help turn Illinois around. The Party Chair a volunteer position that requires more out of a Chair than a full-time job; it’s a position that costs the Chair tremendous time, significant money, and requires a thick skin for all the abuse. Chair Salvi did all of that with grace and hard work, and for that she is owed a debt of gratitude from all of us. It’s been a long week. A busy week. A good week. And now it’s time to get to work.)
MEMOIR CALL
— Fred Bucholz, Wheaton IL, Obituary, Death: The Former DuPage County Recorder Dies
https://memoircall.info/fred-bucholz-wheaton-il-obituary-death-the-dupage-county-recorder-dies/
ILLINOIS FREEDOM CAUCUS
— Illinois Is Registering Non Citizens To Vote. We are calling on President Trump and The DOJ to investigate the State!
https://illinoisfreedomcaucus.substack.com/p/illinois-is-registering-non-citizens
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— War of words reignites with Trump, Pritzker, Bailey
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_d75ee016-0232-455f-a088-18a3862ac942.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Employers are automating jobs instead of hiring native workers. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealth parents. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/20/study-finds-no-evidence-citizens-taking-jobs-vacated-trump/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘America’s worst mayor’ Tiffany Henyard wins Georgia primary after switching parties
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/4577623/tiffany-henyard-wins-fulton-county-republican-primary/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Zohran Mamdani Cozies Up to Holocaust Denying Queens Sheikh Who Called Jewish Death Toll ‘Exaggerated.’ Plus, Graham Platner disparaged Army soldiers in deleted Reddit posts: ‘Full of fat, lazy trash who would rather not be in uniform.’
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cozies-up-to-holocaust
BREITBART
— Trump Restricts Banks’ Support for Migrants, Foreign Criminals
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/05/20/trump-restricts-banks-support-for-migrants-foreign-criminals/amp/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Big Banks and the U.S. Treasury Have Been Enabling Illegal Immigration for Two Decades
https://cis.org/Fishman/Big-Banks-and-US-Treasury-Have-Been-Enabling-Illegal-Immigration-Two-Decades-0
DAILY WIRE
— Pritzker Tries Telling Trump What He Can Say And Can’t Say
https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-tries-telling-trump-what-he-can-say-and-cant-say
— Every Soros Prosecutor Endangers American Lives. This is a deliberate, left-wing effort to remake America’s criminal justice system.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cotton-every-soros-prosecutor-endangers-american-lives
FEDERALIST
— RINO Crash Out Over Trump’s Paxton Endorsement Shows How Much The GOP Hates Its Voters
https://thefederalist.com/2026/05/20/rino-crash-out-over-trumps-paxton-endorsement-shows-how-much-the-gop-hates-its-voters/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Orders Banks to Look at Citizenship Status
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/05/20/trump-eo-illegal-aliens-banks-n2676399
— If Voter Fraud Doesn’t Happen, Why Is Spanberger Blocking Feds From Polling Places?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/05/20/spanberger-voting-ice-n2676393
— Supporters of the Dignity Act Are Playing the Religious Card, and It’s Backfiring Big Time
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/05/20/salazar-dignity-act-needed-to-prevent-deportation-of-christians-n2676389
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— Musk ‘repeats’ his vow. He says woke killed his son and he wants to destroy it.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-repeats-his-vow-says-it-killed-my-son-i-want-to-destroy/ar-AA23ssOY
— 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-au/news/insight/gop-lawmaker-warns-trump-s-revenge-politics-risk-midterm-losses/gm-GM7369D1ED
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/trumps-higher-education-crackdown-visa-revocations-dei-bans-lawsuits-and-funding-cuts
NEW YORK TIMES
— House Passes Legislation Aiming To Bring Down Housing Prices. DD: In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for my starter home in University Park in 1972. Sadly, according to Zillow, it is worth only $84,500 today. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ When I bought it, in today’s dollars, my salary had just increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/politics/housing-bill-house-senate-trump.html
— DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) Republican political consultants, fundraisers, major doners, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/politics/republicans-elections-trump.html
— G.O.P. Candidates, Looking to Soften Their Image, Turn to Their Wives. DD: Anticipate/expect that if a Republican candidate, elected official, and/or party leader spouse rejects a plank in the Republican Party platform, sooner or later, that Republican candidate, elected official, and/or party leader will also reject that plank.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/us/politics/republican-candidates-wives-ads.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders racially gerrymander to defeat Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/05/20/supreme-court-do-nothing-philosophy-threatens-voting-rights/
USA TODAY
— Feds to fine migrants $18,000 to recoup deportation costs
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/21/trump-administration-18000-migrant-fine-deportations/90175178007/
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always crowed about their success in promoting their Democrat employees who were minority, female, and/or younger, that is, they always crowed about their success in discriminating against their Republican employees who were White, male, and/or older.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/05/20/trump-eeoc-to-eliminate-job-discrimination-data/90145345007/
BOSTON GLOBE
— Starter homes becoming ‘thing of the past.’ DD: In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for my starter home in University Park in 1972. Sadly, according to Zillow, it is worth only $84,500 today. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ When I bought it, in today’s dollars, my salary had just increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/20/real-estate/starter-home-boston-first-time-homebuyers/?s_campaign=spoint:newsletter
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republican Lawmakers Increasingly Frustrated With Trump Targeting Critics. 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.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-ballroom-gop-senators-725af4d4
— Woke Isn’t Dead, or Even Resting. Defund and dismantle all you want, but the work continues.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/woke-isnt-dead-or-even-resting-77a6448f
— Rove: Gerrymandering Isn’t Enough for the GOP. Republicans could still lose the House in the fall—unless Trump is restrained.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/gerrymandering-isnt-enough-for-the-gop-3ca53b73
— FRONT PAGE: America’s Toxic Divide Reaches the Jury Room. Trial lawyers and jury consultants say an erosion of trust in the justice system, more rigid viewpoints and starker political divides have made pitched juror battles more common. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you can get a fair trial: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/jury-strife-increase-political-division-27383925
FORTUNE
— Trump’s EEOC chair is suing The New York Times because ‘we should bring it on behalf of white workers too.’ DD: How has EEOC impacted you? I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/20/why-trump-eeoc-suing-new-york-times-discrimination-against-white-man/
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/20/bernice-king-mlk-dei-workplace-innovation-summit/
HERALD NEWS
— Older Americans Month. 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://www.news-herald.com/2026/05/16/older-americans-month-provides-important-recognition-editorial/
PBS NEWS
— Candidate Spouses Serve as Partners on Campaign Trail. DD: Anticipate/expect that if a Republican candidate, elected official, and/or party leader spouse rejects a plank in the Republican Party platform, sooner or later, that Republican candidate, elected official, and/or party leader will also reject that plank.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/candidate-spouses-serve-as-partners-on-campaign-trail
POLITICO
— Tax world gawks at Trump audit agreement: ‘Never seen anything like this.’ DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions when I was 29 years old in 1978. I had deducted graduate evening business courses (Loyola 1972-1976) and accounting courses (DePaul 1976-1978). They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued in tax court a) that the courses I deducted did not relate to my job duties, b) that the courses did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took the courses to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took the courses to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically ignored the fact that a) my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take the courses, b) the content of my position descriptions, and c) that I stated in my applications that I wanted to take the courses to maintain and improve my IRS job skills. They would not have done that a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran and/or b) if I had not complained about IRS’s political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/20/tax-world-gawks-at-trump-audit-agreement-never-seen-anything-like-this-00929576
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
— Firestone technician says he was fired after EEOC complaint, alleges pay gap. He says Firestone forced his transfer, skipped his raises, and pushed him out after he spoke up. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/employment-law/firestone-technician-says-he-was-fired-after-eeoc-complaint-alleges-pay-gap/576038