FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump signs executive orders that target birthright citizenship. One of the orders bans “birth tourism.”
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-signs-executive-orders-target-birthright-citizenship/19637385/
NBC5
— Data shows costly CPS program fails to make the grade.
https://www-nbcchicago-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/nbc-5-investigates-costly-cps-program-fails-to-make-the-grade/3971089/
CBS2
— Chicago-based DJ Tunjo and partner in ICE custody after arrest at Midway Airport.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-dj-tunjo-ice-arrest-midway-airport/
— Trump issues new executive orders aimed at birthright citizenship after Supreme Court ruling.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-new-executive-orders-birthright-citizenship/
— Feds threaten to prosecute Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart if ICE can’t access jail.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cook-county-sheriff-tom-ice-jall-prosecution-threat/
FOX32
— Why some of Gen Z is embracing socialism. DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-xj16ea8s8zh2p1ki
— Dr. Fauci held in contempt of Congress by Senate committee.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dr-fauci-held-contempt-congress-senate-committee
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Feds threatened Sheriff Tom Dart with criminal charges over access to jail for immigration enforcement.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/06/cook-county-sheriff-tom-dart-ice-threat/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ICE threatens to file criminal charges against Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart for not turning over inmates. The Trump administration sent similar threats to the sheriff of Minnesota’s Hennepin County, which was targeted in an aggressive deportation campaign after Operation Midway Blitz rocked the Chicago area.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/08/06/ice-tom-dart-trump-immigration
WSIU
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2026-08-06/trump-administration-adds-roadblocks-for-people-seeking-asylum-in-the-u-s
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/08/07/why-rhymefest-hit-the-brakes-01028419
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/08/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-573/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AWAKE ILLINOIS
— Girls Have Civil Rights. Defend Them: Launch Of Title IX Resource Hub, Yesterday’s Chicago Press Conference, and the Federal Appeal to Protect Female Students
https://www.awakeil.com/profile/3b879406-9747-41d2-862b-0b7a049c31d4/profile
MCHENRY COIUNTY BLOG
— Ness Scores National Legislative Position
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/01/ness-scores-national-legislative-position/
— Governor Signs Human Rights Bill He Says Provides Protections Federal Law Does Not
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/01/governor-signs-human-rights-bill-he-says-provides-protections-federal-law-does-not/
— Lake in the Hills Police Continue Helping State Police with FOID Cards
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/01/lake-in-the-hills-police-continue-helpingstate-police-with-foid-cards/
— Trump’s Corporate Welfare
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/02/trumps-corporate-welfare/
— Fauci vs. DeSantis: The Florida Governor Gets the Last Laugh
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/02/fauci-vs-desantis-the-florida-governor-gets-the-last-laugh/
— “Best States” Ranking: Illinois vs. Florida
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/02/best-states-ranking-illinois-vs-florida/
— Democrats Quarter Percent Sales Tax for Mass Transit Has Taken Effect
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/02/democrats-quarter-percent-sales-tax-for-mass-transit-went-into-effect-yesterday/
— Is This the Worst Prison in Illinois?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/03/is-this-the-worst-prison-in-illinois/
— Kirk Donald, Vice Chairman of the McHenry County Republican Party, Writes To His Precinct
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/03/kirk-donald-vice-chairman-of-the-mchenry-county-republican-party-writes-to-his-precinct/
— Corbett Critiques Pritzker’s 10-Day Sales Tax Holiday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/03/21521/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Nearly half of Americans see nothing good in socialism. DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/6/nearly-half-americans-see-nothing-good-socialism-poll/
— DOGE exaggerated its savings; GAO audit questions 96% of Musk office’s claims. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would have been no need for DOGE and my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/6/doge-exaggerated-savings-gao-audit-questions-96-elon-musk-offices/
— Marijuana’s lies are endangering Americans. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/6/marijuanas-lies-endangering-americans/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Post-woke America? Think again. DD: Democrats and RINOs will always use Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4677564/post-woke-america-think-again/
— Conservatives must embrace personal responsibility and reject victimhood. DD: Because I refused to become a Democrat, my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Because I refused to become a RINO, RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican wasted me and got rid of me.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4563730/conservatives-must-embrace-personal-responsibility-reject-victimhood/
NEW YORK POST
— The GOP has wrapped itself in a silly burrito beef while ignoring cheesed-off voters.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/06/opinion/the-gop-has-wrapped-itself-in-a-silly-burrito-beef-while-ignoring-cheesed-off-voters/
— Why some of America’s most desirable women only want to date older men. 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. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/06/lifestyle/sugar-babies-are-rebranding-themselves/
AMAC
— The Bold New Proposal to Stop Socialism and Save the American Family. The Young American Family Act would end federal income taxes for married couples under 35 raising children. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors 1980-1997 a) decried the time and money that they spent raising their children and b) decried the little or no income that their spouses had. In anticipation of our having children, when my wife and I got married in 1978, we lived on just one of our salaries and saved as much as we could. But because we both had major fertility problems, we gave up trying to have children without trying IVF. We did not adopt or become foster parents. My Democrat GAO superiors used that against me viciously. According to them, if we had children, I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) to become a licensed CPA in 1981, f) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, and g) to buy a collector car in 1989. My Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I as being disgusting selfish rich DINKs. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. They knew full-well that both my wife and I had major fertility problems. Should I write about my Democrat GAO superiors?
https://amac.us/newsline/the-bold-new-proposal-to-stop-socialism-and-save-the-american-family
BREITBART
— Homeland Security and Transportation Departments Remove Hundreds More Illegal Migrant Truckers in Midwest.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/08/06/homeland-security-and-transportation-departments-remove-hundreds-more-illegal-migrant-truckers-in-midwest/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Socialist candidate Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan primary despite losing all counties with low shares of college degrees. DD: Everyone knows that to advance, you need a college degree. What were the reasons why you earned a college degree? For me, the main reason was my father’s often decrying his not having one. He had brittle type 1 diabetes from childhood. His doctors discouraged him from seeking a college degree because of the stress that would cause him. He often decried his being passed over for promotions. He often decried his not being able to keep up with Jones. He died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. The aforesaid motivated me to work my way through college and earn a college degree.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/socialist-candidate-abdul-el-sayed-wins-michigan-primary-despite-losing-counties-low-shares-college-degrees/30387
DAILY CALLER
— If Republicans Want To Beat Socialists, They Need To Acknowledge A Hard Truth. DD: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, because of Affirmative Action and DEI, it has been harder and harder and harder for White males to advance. Employers have ever-increasingly given more and more and more preference to minorities and to females. All my many coworkers who were minority and/or female who my superiors promoted over me were a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) no professional license like the one I had.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/08/06/opinion-republicans-socialists-hard-truth-michael-collins/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Americans Are Embracing Communism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/06/communism-jin-felt-iron-fist/
FOX BUSINESS
— Democratic leaders decline to rebuke party’s socialist wing. DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6402948356112
— Affordability crisis fuels support for Democratic Socialists of America. DD: When you were young, what did you do to afford things? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970; job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997; job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997; and a job-related professional license in 1981. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly 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.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/larry-kudlow-democratic-party-socialism-unaffordable.amp
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6402925402112
— Why have Democratic socialists suddenly gotten ‘POWER?’ DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUYwGstzBJc
— Here’s the income needed to afford the typical American home. DD: What did you do to buy your first home? I bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 in 1972. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it and the down payment would have been about $36,000. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had just increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $92,200. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/heres-income-needed-afford-typical-american-home.amp
FOX NEWS
— Radical socialists had seized control of Democratic Party. DD: Moderates, that is, anti-conservatives, have seized control of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402964526112
NEW AMERICAN
— Far-left Think Tank: $2K-plus to Deport an Illegal Is Too Much. Data: Illegals Cost Taxpayers $150B Annually.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/far-left-think-tank-2k-plus-to-deport-an-illegal-is-too-much-data-illegals-cost-taxpayers-150b-annually/
NEWSMAX
— El-Sayed Win Exposes Dems’ Socialist Shift.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/greg-steube-abdul-el-sayed-michigan/2026/08/06/id/1265311/
— How the Socialist Tail Will Wag the Democrat Dog in the House.
https://www.newsmax.com/morris/dsa-house-jeffries/2026/08/06/id/1265321/
— Making Merit Great Again. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) 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 d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/making-merit-great-again-211350005.html
PJ MEDIA
— Socialism Keeps Returning Because America Keeps Forgetting.
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/08/06/socialism-keeps-returning-because-america-keeps-forgetting-n4955876
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— One Third of Democrats Now Call Themselves Socialists. DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/08/06/schweizer_one_third_of_democrats_now_call_themselves_socialists.html
— Socialism is Evil, But Why Is Socialism So Appealing To People With Less Money? DD: Under socialism, all you need to do to advance is to be a socialist. Under Democrats, all you need to do to advance is be a Democrat. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, b) who had less work experience than I had, c) who had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/08/06/vance_socialism_is_evil_but_we_have_to_ask_why_is_socialism_so_appealing_to_people_with_lower_assets_comments.html
TOWNHALL
— Testimonies From People Who Have Lived Under Socialism. DD: I have not lived under socialism, but I have lived under Democrats and under RINOs. They have no use for conservatives, if not despise conservatives, if not hate conservatives.
https://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2026/08/06/testimonies-from-people-who-have-lived-under-socialism-n2680743
— This Is How to Stop the Socialist Juggernaut. The victory of Abdul El-Sayed in the Democratic Party primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan confirms that socialism is gaining a foothold in America. Never mind that El-Sayed coyly claims that he is a “capitalist,” not a socialist nor a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). His policy platform reveals the truth. DD: Far too many falsely claim to be Republican to get leadership roles in Republican organizations and/or to get elected. Once in, they destroy the Republican Party. They have had great success in destroying the Republican Party in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. I should write about them.
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/08/07/this-is-how-to-stop-the-socialist-juggernaut-n2680828
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— GAO: DOGE’s “wall of receipts” riddled with inaccuracies and unsubstantiated claims. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would have been no need for DOGE and my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-wall-of-receipts-elon-musk-government-accountability-office/
— Trump denies U.S. running low on some munitions, says vast resupplies being produced. DD: I worked for GAO on an audit of the Department of Defense FY 1990 ammunition budget request. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/nsiad-90-23.pdf
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-us-munitions-shortages-iran-war/
— Democratic Socialist organizer says people “have been feeling left out.” DD: Because I am much too conservative for them, the following have left me out: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and d) my Democrat superiors in the federal government.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/democratic-socialist-people-have-been-feeling-left-out/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Moderate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant Left. One moderate group says the progressive wins are “deeply troubling” and is planning a $15 million effort against democratic socialism. DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/us/politics/democratic-party-socialists-moderates.html
— Gen Z Fell Out of Love With Work. DD: What generation are you? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970; job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997; job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997; and a job-related professional license in 1981. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly 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.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/opinion/gen-z-ambition-millennials-career.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Socialism Is Here—and It’s Serious. As religion recedes, politics takes its place. As confidence fades, political movements grow radical. DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialism-is-hereand-its-serious-2b3fc422
— Can Democrats Resist Socialism? The signs aren’t good. Schumer backs El-Sayed and touts the party’s ‘big tent-ism.’ DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/can-democrats-resist-socialism-20092dff
— Why Democratic Socialism Feels Good. DD: To embrace socialism is to reject capitalism. Capitalism is what made America great. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct speaking out against socialism?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/why-democratic-socialism-feels-good-10adfbbe
BLOOMBERG
— Watch Affordability is Top Issue for Midterms. DD: When you were young, what did you do to afford things? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970; job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997; job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997; and a job-related professional license in 1981. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly 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.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-06/affordability-is-top-issue-for-midterms-rep-clark-video
AFGE
— Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed for Election to U.S. Senate.
https://www.afge.org/publication/largest-federal-employee-union-endorses-michigans-abdul-elsayed-for-election-to-us-senate/
PHOENIX
— The myth of personal responsibility. DD: What do your critics/opponents attribute your successes to? My critics/opponents attribute my success to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, parent, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2016/09/15/the-myth-of-personal-responsibility/
GRIO
— More than 25 million young adults now live with their parents as affordability worsens. Experts say soaring rents, home prices and everyday costs are making independent living harder to afford. The financial pressures facing younger Americans are reshaping living arrangements across the country, with a record number of adults under 35 now living with their parents, according to new housing data. DD: What did you do to buy your first home? I bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 in 1972. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it and the down payment would have been about $36,000. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had just increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $92,200. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://thegrio.com/2026/08/06/record-young-adults-living-with-parents-housing-costs/
Tag: discrimination
August 6, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Community leaders call for accountability after Southwest Side street takeover. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers? When you were a teen, what did you do when you were not in school? I did yard work 1962-1964. 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.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-community-leaders-call-accountability-southwest-side-street-takeover-47th-cicero-avenue/19633041/
NBC5
— Dolton board votes to move up curfew, set penalty in effort to curb teen gatherings. The unanimously approved ordinance established a 9 p.m. curfew in Dolton for anyone under the age of 18, and any teens caught out without adult supervision could be fined between $250 to $2,500. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dolton-board-votes-to-move-up-curfew-establish-penalty-in-effort-to-curb-teen-gatherings/3971192/
CBS2
— Chicago’s own Mamdani? Behind DSA’s fight to elect socialists to City Council first. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-mamdani-effect-dsa-election-socialism/
FOX32
— Dolton combatting teen takeovers with curfew of 9 p.m. for children. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-razxmsyro71otja5.amp
WTTW
— What Happened to the American Dream? New Documentary Asks 1,000 People Across 50 States. DD: When you were young, what did you do to pursue the American Dream? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970; job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997; job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997; and a job-related professional license in 1981. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly 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.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/07/23/what-happened-american-dream-new-documentary-asks-1000-people-across-50-states
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago grocers are severely affected by reductions to SNAP: ‘We need to bail out this industry.’ DD: How dependent on SNAP are the grocers in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/05/chicago-grocery-stores-snap-cuts/
— Disability advocates march on Gov. JB Pritzker’s office demanding more alternatives to nursing homes. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office for almost 18 years, they assigned me to supervise all the disabled employees they hired.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/05/nursing-home-alternatives-rally-pritzker/
— Man who jumped fence into JB Pritzker’s backyard didn’t know it was governor’s home.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/05/jb-pritzkers-backyard/
— DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/05/letters-080526-democratic-socialists/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/05/chicago-dj-tunjo-ice-midway-airport/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Chicago grocers are severely affected by reductions to SNAP: ‘We need to bail out this industry.’ DD: How dependent on SNAP are the grocers in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/business/article_845819ec-b858-589b-b99f-8a9f938898fb.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Alexi Giannoulias is spending six figures to introduce himself to Chicago voters as a mayoral candidate — not secretary of state.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/08/06/welch-hindsight-is-20-20-01026606
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/08/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-785/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/08/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-572/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To advance under socialism, all you need to do is be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, all you need to do is be a Democrat. When you were young, if America had been socialist, would your career have advanced more? My career would not have advance more because just like I refused to become a Democrat to advance, I would have refused to become a socialist to advance. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, you had to be a Democrat to be promoted to GS-14. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, you had to be a Democrat to be promoted to GS-13. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, you had to be a Democrat to be promoted to GS-5. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Socialism disincentivizes work. Capitalism and pursuit of the American Dream motivated me to work my way through college and earn a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a job-related professional license (CPA). Sadly, extremely few of my peers did anything close to that. My peers included my Crete-Monee High School classmates 1962-1966, my UIC classmates 1966-1968, my NIU classmates 1969-1970, my Post Office coworkers 1966-1969, my IRS coworkers 1971-1980, and my GAO coworkers 1980-1997. Under socialism, even fewer of my peers would have done anything close to what I did. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Back in the 1970s, the Democrats who ran IRS’s Chicago office wanted the broadest definition possible of Chicago’s commuting area to make it easier for them to meet their Affirmative Action quotas. My grievance frustrated that big time. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/b-180010.11.pdf – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Indianapolis TV Station Features Vacation Spots in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/29/indianapolis-tv-station-features-vacation-spots-in-mchenry-county/
— Dem Says ICE Detention in Kentucky Devastating, They Could Be in McHenry County Jail without Dems’ Law
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/29/dem-says-ice-detention-in-kentucky-is/
— Corbett Calls Bailey Extremist on IDV, Relates Personal Experience
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/29/corbett-calls-bailey-extremist-on-idv-relates-personal-experience/
— Six Months for Libertyville Man Threatening Judges
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/29/six-months-for-libertyville-man-threatening-judges/
— Brilliant Takedown of an Unresponsive City Council
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/29/brilliant-takedown-of-an-unresponsive-city-council/
— Another Federal Gun Prosecution, This Time After Illinois Judge Releases Felon Under SAFE-T Act Rules
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/29/another-federal-gun-prosecution-this-time-after-illinois-judge-releases-felon-under-safe-t-rules/
— Juliana Stratton’s Position on Medicare for All Criticized by Washington Post: “Taxes for All”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/30/juliana-strattons-position-on-medicare-for-all-criticized-by-washington-post-taxes-for-all/
— Deep Southern Illinois Legislator Reveals Concern at Pritzker’s Moving Jobs into the Chicago Metropolitan Area
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/30/deep-southern-illinois-legislator-reveals-concern-at-pritzkers-moving-jobs-into-the-chicago-metropolitan-area/
— McLaughlin Warns of BIG Pension Problem
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/30/mclaughlin-warns-of-big-pension-problem/
— Part of Woman’s Head Decapitated When Speeding Boat Crashed into Her Boat Found in Fox River
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/30/part-of-womans-head-decapitated-when-speeding-boat-crashed-into-her-boat-found-in-fox-river/
— Pritzker Takes the Typical Democratic Party Attack Approach – “He’s Too Extreme!!”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/30/21424/
— Inspired by Constituent Tragedy, McLaughlin Law Requires Training in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver for Day Care Centers with More Than 12 Kids
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/30/21414/
— State Sets Up Whistle Blower Webpage for Many Licensed Professionals
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/31/state-sets-up-whistle-blower-webpage-for-many-licensed-professionals/
— The Results of One Party Government
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/01/21386/
— Kat Off the Hook, Whether It Helped or Hurt Her Campaign Up in the Air
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/05/kat-off-the-hook/
— Video of Apparition in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/26/video-of-apparition-in-mchenry-county/
— Illinois Stopped from Allowing Illegal Aliens Lower Tuition Than Americans Living Out of State
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/26/illinois-stopped-from-allowing-illegal-aliens-lower-tuition-than-americans-living-out-of-state/
— Support for Cessation of Treating Illegals Better Than American Citizens
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/27/support-for-cessation-of-treating-illegals-better-than-american-citizens/
— UPDATE: Allegedly Drunk Fox River Killer Boat Driver Set To Remain in McHenry County Jail Until August 5th; Before SAFE-T Act, Meeting Large Cash Bail Would Have Probably Gotten Him Out FROM STATE’S ATTORNEY
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/27/drunk-fox-river-killer-boat-driver-set-to-remain-in-mchenry-county-jail-until-august-5th-before-safe-t-act-meeting-large-cash-bail-would-have-probably-gotten-him-out/
— Republican Marty Mohr Gains Union Endorsement
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/28/marty-mohr-gains-union-endorsement/
— McHenry County Farmer Scores $45,000 of $4 Million Grant Money
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/28/mchenry-county-scores-45000-of-4-million-grant-money/
— Background Discussion on the Rodeo Ordinance That Didn’t Pass Last Tuesday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/28/background-discussion-on-the-rodeo-ordinance-that-didnt-pass-last-tuesday/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump vows to punish ‘leakers’ who said U.S. munitions are running short. DD: I worked for GAO on an audit of the Department of Defense FY 1990 ammunition budget request.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/6/donald-trump-vows-punish-leakers-who-said-us-munitions-running-short/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Social media has jeopardized immigrant assimilation. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage assimilation. Because my ancestors were slow to assimilate, my father was only the first of them to earn a high school diploma and my mother never attended high school. All my grandparents spoke German.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4666462/social-media-immigrant-assimilation/
— The conservative case for a market-based immigration system. DD: 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. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4669862/conservative-case-market-based-immigration/
— America was never just an idea — or just a heritage. DD: America is a country with borders and laws.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4669755/american-heritage-culture-creed-assimilation-immigrants/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani Backs Squatters’ Rights in Video Demonizing ‘Billionaire’ Jewish ‘Slumlord.’
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/mamdani-backs-squatters-rights-in-9f4
AMERICAN THINKER
— Catastrophe Is Left-Wing. When left-wing or socialist policies dominate power, crises not only arrive — they worsen.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/08/catastrophe-is-left-wing/
— Ceuta: The Time-Lapse Photo Of Western Collapse. Just one week in Ceuta provided a perfect microcosm of what’s been happening across Europe for a decade, and always with European governments’ connivance.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/08/ceuta-the-time-lapse-photo-of-western-collapse/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Major gun ruling could spark chain reaction ending at Supreme Court.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/08/05/major-gun-ruling-could-spark-chain-reaction-ending-at-supreme-court-1653543/
BREITBART
— Illegal Alien Caught with Several Molotov Cocktails in Mokena.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/08/05/prosecutors-illegal-alien-caught-with-several-molotov-cocktails-in-chicago-suburb/
— The Fatal Flaw With Democratic Socialists: ‘You Can’t Just Steal People’s Money’
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/08/05/joe-rogan-explains-the-fatal-flaw-with-democratic-socialists-you-cant-just-steal-peoples-money/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Southern Illinois University system continues DEI agenda despite Trump’s crackdown. Southern Illinois University’s latest strategic progress report continues to identify DEI as a core institutional priority while celebrating a national DEI leadership award. The report comes as the Trump administration has directed federally funded institutions to eliminate DEI programs that may conflict with federal civil rights law. DD: Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/southern-illinois-university-system-continues-anti-racism-dei-agenda-despite-trumps-crackdown/30373
DAILY CALLER
— Major Gun Ruling Could Spark Chain Reaction Ending At Supreme Court.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/08/05/third-circuit-ruling-could-thrust-another-case-to-supreme-court/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Senate Committee Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt of Congress.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/06/all-he-had-to-do-was-tell-the-truth-senate-committee-advances-contempt-votes-on-fauci/
DAILY WIRE
— Socialists Sweep the Primaries.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-260806
EPOCH TIMES
— 12 Glaring Realities of Marxist Socialism.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/twelve-glaring-realities-of-marxist-socialism-6068509
— Progressive El-Sayed Wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate Primary. El-Sayed faced more than $60 million in outside spending in support of Stevens, compared with about $4.6 million spent to support his campaign. The race became a flashpoint in a wider ideological battle taking place nationwide in the Democratic Party between progressives and establishment centrists.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/progressive-el-sayed-wins-michigans-democratic-senate-primary-6070694
FOX BUSINESS
— Can Republicans beat socialism in the Midterms? The far-left of the Democratic party has a field day in the Michigan primaries.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/larry-kudlow-can-republicans-beat-socialism-midterms
FOX NEWS
— Taxpayer-funded housing for illegal immigrants in GOP’s crosshairs: ‘It’s got to stop.’ The legislation would also deny Community Development Block Grants to sanctuary cities and require citizenship verification. DD: The second audit I worked for GAO on in 1980 was of Community Development Block Grants in Aurora.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/taxpayer-funded-housing-illegal-immigrants-gops-crosshairs-got-to-stop
— Trump blasts Democratic socialist candidate as ‘full of s—‘ and Dems are skipping socialism ‘for communism.’ President argues Dems are embracing communism, calling it the greatest threat facing the US.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-blasts-democratic-socialist-candidate-full-dems-skipping-socialism-communism
NATIONAL REVIEW
— El-Sayed’s Coalition Is More Highly Educated and White Than He Lets On. DD: I avoided Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/el-sayeds-coalition-is-more-highly-educated-and-white-than-he-lets-on/
— The Pendulum Has Swung Back: Standardized Testing Is Again a Core Requirement in College Admissions.
https://natlawreview.com/press-releases/pendulum-has-swung-back-standardized-testing-again-core-requirement-college
NEWSMAX
— New York Business Leaders Cave to Mamdani.
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/zohran-mamdani-socialism-new-york/2026/08/05/id/1265158/
— 62 Percent of Voters Support SAVE America Act.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/save-america-act-poll-majority-support/2026/08/05/id/1265183/
OPM
— OPM Launches Online Service for Former Federal Employees to Access Personnel Records. DD: I should take advantage of this.
https://www.opm.gov/news/news-releases/opm-launches-online-service-for-former-federal-employees-to-access-personnel-records/
PATRIOT POST
— Zohran Mamdani Should Be Barred From 9/11 Memorial.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/129680-zohran-mamdani-should-be-barred-from-9-11-memorial-2026-08-05
— Why Are Muslim American Politicians Uniformly Democrats? DD: Islam rejects democracy.
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/129710-why-are-muslim-american-politicians-uniformly-democrats-2026-08-05
TOWNHALL
— Driving DEI Through Litigation.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2026/08/06/driving-dei-through-litigation-n2680746
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
— Illinois Man Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Failing to Pay Employment Taxes. DD: While I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, I collected lots of delinquent employment taxes.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwi/pr/illinois-man-sentenced-15-months-prison-failing-pay-employment-taxes
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: Brad D. Schimel, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on July 30, 2026, United States District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller sentenced George Dilles (age 55) of Inverness, Illinois, to 15 months in prison. Dilles had pled guilty to one count of failure to truthfully account for and pay employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7202. According to court records, Dilles was the president and part-owner of NG Enterprises, Inc. (d.b.a. Visiting Angels), a company that provided elderly home personal care in the Milwaukee area and employed from 50 to 110 workers. Dilles was required to withhold federal income taxes, Social Security taxes, and Medicare taxes from his employees’ wages, hold those amounts in trust, and pay them over to the IRS. Additionally, he was responsible for filing quarterly tax returns (Forms 941) reporting those amounts to the IRS, and for paying the employer’s matching portion of Social Security and Medicare taxes. For 17 quarters from 2019 through 2023, Dilles willfully failed to file employment tax returns and pay over taxes to the IRS of more than $1.2 million. Dilles used some of the funds on personal expenses, including mortgage payments and purchases of a Maserati and a McLaren. He also used employment tax returns, which he had not filed with the IRS, to obtain a Paycheck Protection Program loan in the amount of $312,500. At the sentencing hearing, Judge Stadtmueller emphasized the serious nature of Dilles’ conduct, the substantial loss to the IRS, and the need to provide adequate deterrence to others who might engage in similar conduct. He also ordered Dilles to pay more than $1.2 million in restitution and to serve three years of supervised release.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats quickly coalesce around El-Sayed after Michigan primary win.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6011745-democrats-back-el-sayed-vs-rogers/
— Vance says El-Sayed has no ‘constituency among the working class.’ DD: I was a member of the working class 1964-1997, that is, I was a wage earner 1964-1997. My critics/opponents look down on the working class, that is, they look down on wage earners. According to them, wage earners are grossly overpaid. They stress that in today’s dollars, I was paid $154,682/year in 1997.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6012719-vance-criticizes-el-sayed-michigan/
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-democratic-socialism-is-shifting-politics-in-washington/
— Federal workers sour on government work, decrying eroding job security. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I am none of the aforesaid. To get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors punished me a) for my not becoming a Democrat, b) for my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, c) for my complaining about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and d) for my being an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-workers-survey-public-service-job-security/
— DD: What are you loyal to? I am loyal to conservative principles and to the Republican Party platform.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-attacks-supreme-court-justice-neil-gorsuch-loyalty/
NBC NEWS
— DD: What are you loyal to? I am loyal to conservative principles and to the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trump-loyalty-test-thomas-massie-primary-kentucky-georgia-pennsylvania-rcna345556
REUTERS
— Republicans seize on Michigan progressives’ wins, but party is split on socialism message. DD: What positions on socialism do the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct have on socialism?
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/republicans-seize-michigan-progressives-wins-party-is-split-socialism-message-2026-08-05/
AOL
— Planning to work until 65 is a risky strategy. DD: Federal employees under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) who are the following are expected/forced to retire as soon as they are eligible, that is, as soon as they have 30 years of service and are 55 years old: Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. I became eligible to take GAO’s early retirement “offer” when I was 45 in 1993. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 in 1997 because since I was 40 in 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. That dramatically reduced my CSRS pension and my retirement savings.
https://www.aol.com/articles/suze-orman-says-planning-until-104500000.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Inside the Oval Office Showdown Between Trump and Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. She told Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum, had misled him with a self-serving cover story for his own mistakes.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/us/politics/trump-jeanine-pirro-showdown.html
WASHINGTON POST
— July sees most ICE arrests of Trump’s second term. The agency continued its heightened enforcement efforts despite two fatal shootings, detaining more than 43,000 people last month.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/08/06/july-sees-most-ice-arrests-trumps-second-term/
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push socialism on Blacks. Under Democrats, all you need to do to succeed is to be a Democrat. Under socialism, all you need to do to succeed is to be a socialist. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, b) who had less work experience than I had, c) who had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/08/05/black-voters-views-democratic-socialism-resist-categorization/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialists.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/08/04/michigan-primary-democrats-republican-scare-tactics/91152627007/
— This is the salary needed ($110,000/year) to afford a typical US home in 2026. DD: Back in the good old days, I bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 in 1972. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it in today’s dollars and the down payment would have been about $36,000 in today’s dollars. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had just increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $92,200. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park. I did not earn $110,000/year in today’s dollars until I was 29 in 1978. I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a that townhome I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/08/05/income-needed-afford-typical-us-home-2026-redfin-report/91185869007/
FORTUNE
— Socialism is a disaster. DD: My critics/opponents blame some, many, most, virtually all, if not all their problems on conservative principles and on planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. But some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of them also blame capitalism.
https://fortune.com/2026/08/05/socialism-disaster-ackman-mamdani-left-wing-housing-policy-affordability/
24/7 WALL STREET
— A City Electrician Dreaded the Windfall Elimination Cut to His Social Security. Then a 2025 Law Erased It. DD: Because of that law, my Social Security increased from about $3,000/year to about $19,000/year.
https://www.aol.com/articles/city-electrician-dreaded-windfall-elimination-110124000.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Social Security Fairness Act repealed both WEP and GPO in January 2025, restoring benefits for roughly 2.7 million retirees and surviving spouses. Teachers, police, firefighters, and municipal workers who split careers between covered and non-covered jobs benefited most; lifelong private-sector workers saw no change. Affected retirees should confirm SSA recalculated their benefit by July 2025 and revisit tax withholding, since higher Social Security income can increase federal tax exposure.)
BLACK WALL STREET TIMES
— 600,000 Black Women Pushed Out of the Workforce. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) 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 d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2026/08/05/600000-black-women-pushed-out-of-the-workforce-new-iwpr-report-examines-why/
BANKING RATES
— All the Jobs that you can get Notoriously Overpaid. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid.
https://www.gobankingrates.com/money/jobs/overpaid-jobs/
NBC SAN DIEGO
— Housing affordability remains out of reach for most San Diegans; average home over $1M. In San Diego County, 17% of households could afford to purchase the county’s median-priced single-family home of $1.075 million during the second quarter, according to a new report by the California Association of Realtors. DD: What is the average home price in your precinct? What is the average household income in you precinct? Home prices and household incomes are extremely diverse in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton.
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/housing-affordability-holds-steady-in-san-diego-county/4057720/
ROCHESTER SENTINEL
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promise to give Blacks more and more and more preference forever.
https://www.rochsent.com/news/national/white-parents-who-tell-their-kids-that-race-doesn-t-matter-are-ignoring-the-long/article_39cc079a-c883-5ad7-b4a2-48e8e6a707e5.html
KFOX TV
— Ted Cruz: Democrat El-Sayed’s primary success part of Islamic ‘takeover’ of US. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for Islam.
https://kfoxtv.com/news/nation-world/senator-ted-cruz-michigan-democrat-abdul-el-sayeds-senate-primary-success-part-of-islamic-takeover-of-us
JD SUPRA
— Illinois Employers Should Prepare for New Menopause Accommodation and Anti-Discrimination Requirements Under HB 5284. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office for almost 18 years, they assigned me to supervise all the female \employees they hired.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/illinois-employers-should-prepare-for-4140607/
GOVERNING
— Promising Approaches for Keeping Our Seniors Housed and Healthy. States and localities need to improve housing affordability, availability and accessibility. DD: My wife and I saved far more for our retirement than our peers. My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth that. They stress that I avoided the Vietnam War draft and that my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.
https://www.governing.com/urban/promising-approaches-for-keeping-our-seniors-housed-and-healthy
FED SMITH
— Facing a RIF, Suitability Action, or Probationary Firing? Here Is Your New, Narrower Appeal Process. RIF retention now runs on performance, not tenure, and appeals go to OPM instead of MSPB. Here is what federal employees need to know. DD: Federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Unions provide some protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I transferred from IRS in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors might not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did including forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/08/04/new-narrower-appeal-process-for-rif-suitability-or-probationary-firing/
FED WEEK
— For 250 Years, Federal Workers Have Kept America Running. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I am none of the aforesaid. To get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors punished me a) for my not becoming a Democrat, b) for my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, c) for my complaining about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and d) for my being an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/for-250-years-federal-workers-have-kept-america-running/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Key parts of federal employee performance overhaul ‘non-negotiable,’ OPM says. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they used the subjectivity in their employee performance systems a) to waste the careers of their Republican employees and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/unions/2026/08/key-parts-of-federal-employee-performance-overhaul-non-negotiable-opm-says/
— Comment on veterans’ preference shines a light on the broken hiring process. Pete Waterman touched the third rail of federal hiring. He publicly criticized the use of veterans’ preference. DD: Because I was not a veteran, but more significantly, because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, my Democrat Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO superiors used the veterans’ preference to waste my career and to get rid of me. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me who were Democrat veterans a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. I should write about my many Democrat superiors and supervisors who took many big adverse actions against me.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2026/08/comment-on-veterans-preference-shines-a-light-on-the-broken-hiring-process/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The thing about Waterman’s comments on his personal LinkedIn account, in which he expressed his frustrations with the process and how it kept FedRAMP from hiring the best and brightest cloud security engineers, is he said out loud what many federal executives have been saying privately for decades. The problem Waterman highlighted, maybe less eloquently than he should’ve, has nothing to do with not supporting veterans or recognizing their sacrifice for the country. The issue Waterman shined the light on is all about the federal hiring process. “Pete’s problem is he was dumb enough to stay it out loud, but he shouldn’t be punished for it. People have been saying this behind the scenes for years and have found ways around it,” said Traci DiMartini, the former chief human capital officer at the General Services Administration and the IRS. “It’s not veterans’ preference that is bad. It’s how we are adjudicating the best candidates for the job.”)
FACT CHECK
— DD: I often served as a fact checker while I worked for GAO 1986-1997 at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year.
https://www.factcheck.org/2026/08/trumps-cherry-picked-inflation-boast/
GALLUP
— 39% view socialism positively. DD: The more problems that you have, the more likely that you view socialism positively. What did you do to avoid problems? I worked my way through college and earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a job-related professional license (CPA). Extremely few of my peers did anything close to that. My peers included my Crete-Monee High School classmates 1962-1966, my UIC classmates 1966-1969, my NIU classmates 1969-1970, my Post Office coworkers 1966-1969, my IRS coworkers 1971-1980, and my GAO coworkers 1980-1997.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/713144/americans-view-capitalism-socialism-free-enterprise.aspx
POLITICO
— Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt.
https://www.paul.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ROM26376.pdf
— The new fight over who gets to be ‘working class.’ Candidates are struggling to define who’s struggling in an age of affordability woes. DD: I was a member of the working class 1964-1997, that is, I was a wage earner 1964-1997. My critics/opponents look down on the working class, that is, they look down on wage earners. According to them, wage earners are grossly overpaid. They stress that in today’s dollars, I was paid $154,682/year in 1997.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/06/the-new-political-arms-race-proving-youre-working-class-01023704
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
— DD: America-haters ever-increasingly encourage false amnesty claims.
https://www.amnestyusa.org/toolkits/a-guide-to-fighting-authoritarian-practices-in-the-u-s-without-losing-hope/
WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Michigan primary shows continued shift to the left in US.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/08/06/ezkd-a06.html
August 5, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Dolton changes curfew to 9 p.m., adds penalty to prevent teen takeovers. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/04/dolton-changes-curfew-penalty-teen-takeovers/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 10 arrested at muddy Lollapalooza, including a backstage brawler, drone operator and poncho seller.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lollapalooza/2026/08/04/lollapalooza-crime-arrest-chicago-police
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote dependency on government.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/08/05/public-owned-grocery-store-sav-a-lot-food-desert-south-west-sides-erion-malasi
HERALD WHIG
— Illinois joins lawsuit challenging federal data-sharing policy for welfare recipients. DD: Democrat leaders want as many voters on welfare as possible because they vote for Democrats.
https://whig.com/2026/08/03/illinois-joins-lawsuit-challenging-federal-data-sharing-policy-for-welfare-recipients/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Durbin to vote against Blanche. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of government, political, financial, and/or religious clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-durbin-voting-against-blanche-nomination-says-he-cant-be-trusted/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Running for two jobs at once.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/08/05/running-for-two-jobs-at-once-01024633
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Darren Bailey says Chicago Pastor Corey Brooks has endorsed his campaign for governor and will join him on the campaign trail along with other pastors and churches around Chicago. “They know that change has to come, so they’re replicating that message,” Bailey said during a town hall in Lockport on Monday with his running mate, Aaron Del Mar. Leaning in: Bailey, the Republican candidate for governor, is leaning into a strategy that has long been a staple of Chicago politics — building relationships with faith leaders and using trusted community voices to mobilize voters. On the road: The Lockport event was one of a series of town halls and community stops Bailey has been making across Illinois as he builds his 2026 campaign. The money game: While Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker spent roughly $7 million on TV and digital advertising during the second fundraising quarter, Bailey has relied more heavily on face-to-face outreach. The Republican former state senator has raised just over $1.3 million during the same period, according to the latest campaign finance reporting. It’s a financial disparity that’s forced Bailey’s campaign to keep its messaging lean and heavily dependent on grassroots organizing. In addition to a statewide bus tour, Bailey’s campaign has spent more than $900,000 on direct-mail fundraising services used to solicit donations. Getting out the vote: Bailey, who lost to Pritzker by 12 points in 2022, said his focus is on motivating voters who already share his views to show up. “The key to winning, and that is exactly why we lost four years ago, friends, is people show up to vote,” Bailey told Monday’s crowd. “We’ve got everything at our fingertips to win if people show up to vote.” Bailey’s big worry: The midterm elections often fail to generate the kind of enthusiasm seen during presidential contests. The campaign is urging supporters to register voters, fill vacant Republican precinct committee positions and encourage friends, family and younger voters to participate. And his message: Bailey hopes voters’ concerns about the economy and public safety will help propel turnout, and he’s talking unity. “I don’t want any more political divide. It has to end,” he said. “That’s exactly what we’re focused on doing. And so far, it seems to be working pretty good.” PUSHBACK: Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker criticized Bailey for his town hall comments about immigration enforcement. Bailey said Operation Midway Blitz targeted “the most dangerous people,” a point that Pritzker’s team pushes back on, noting that “81 percent of those arrested had no criminal convictions.”)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/08/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-570/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Sanctuary policies undermine laws and destroy trust in government.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4669714/sanctuary-policies-undermine-laws-destroy-trust/
— Sanctuary cities are a national sovereignty problem.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4667730/sanctuary-cities-national-sovereignty-problem/
— Assimilation. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage assimilation because immigrants who do not assimilate vote for Democrats.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4669658/american-citizenship-immigration-assimilation-culture/
— Ceuta and weapons of mass migration.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4674005/ceuta-and-the-weapon-of-mass-migration/
NEW YORK POST
— Socialist Mamdani launches new war on NYC business leaders — kicking them off mayor’s fund that backs city programs.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/04/us-news/socialist-mamdani-launches-new-war-on-nyc-business-leaders-kicking-them-off-mayors-fund-that-backs-city-programs/
— Markwayne Mullin is under attack because he’s doing his job right — and telling the truth on immigration.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/04/opinion/markwayne-mullin-is-under-attack-because-hes-doing-his-job-right-and-telling-the-truth-on-immigration/
— Democrats mock Trump’s alarm bells — but the DSA’s communist coup is real.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/05/opinion/democrats-mock-trumps-alarms-but-the-dsas-communist-coup-is-real/
AMAC
— House Passes AMAC Action-Backed “Deporting Fraudsters Act” to Punish Illegal Alien Welfare Fraud.
https://amac.us/advocacy/house-passes-amac-action-backed-deporting-fraudsters-act-to-punish-illegal-alien-welfare-fraud
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— DHS Confirms Over 3 Million Total Deportations, Highlights Arrests of Five More “Worst of the Worst’ Criminal Illegals.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/08/04/dhs-confirms-over-3-million-total-deportations-highlights-arrests-of-five-more-worst-of-the-worst-criminal–illegals/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Socialist Revival In Academia. The recurring nightmare: forced collectivism and the menace of historical amnesia.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/08/socialist-revival-in-academia/
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
— What Americans are telling us about the cost of living.
https://americansforprosperity.org/blog/what-americans-are-saying-about-the-cost-of-living-crisis/
CAMPUS REFORM
— DePaul, America’s largest Catholic university continues LGBTQ studies as critics question its mission. DD: I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. My wife earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/nations-largest-catholic-university-continues-lgbtq-studies-critics-question-mission/30360
CATO INSTITUTE
— Ten Democratic Socialists of America Arguments for Socialism and Why They’re Wrong.
https://www.cato.org/blog/ten-democratic-socialists-america-dsa-arguments-socialism-why-theyre-wrong
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Who Gets to Be a Citizen? International Experts Examine Citizenship Policies Around the World. DD: From wat I see, far too many citizens of foreign countries who are the following want to be citizens of America because Democrat and RINO leaders give them tremendous preference: minority, female, and/or younger.
https://cis.org/Transcript/Panel-Transcript-Who-Gets-Be-Citizen
COLLEGE FIX
— Black students don’t feel welcome at Hispanic-serving institutions.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/black-students-dont-feel-welcome-at-hispanic-serving-institutions-study-finds/
DAILY CALLER
— Democratic Socialists Of America Supporters Have These Demographics In Common. DD: Democrat socialists tend to be highly educated. I avoided Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance. Democrats and RINOs have always ignored/dismissed/belittled my credentials. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a job-related professional license (CPA). I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year, long before I was 40 years old.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/08/03/democratic-socialists-income-education-data/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Supporters of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) tend to be highly educated but fall into the lower-to-middle income brackets. The DSA voting bloc consists of voters who graduated college but are in the lower-to-middle income bracket. Eighty percent of DSA members aged 25 or older had bachelor’s degrees, while 45% had household incomes below $60,000 per year, according to the DSA North Star’s most recent survey from 2021. Thirty-five percent of this demographic earned graduate degrees, according to the survey. Common occupations among DSA members include teachers, social workers, non-profit and public sector employees, according to DSA North Star. A third of respondents were teachers, scholars, academics, private-sector white-collar workers, or tech workers. Fifteen percent of the voter bloc were also unemployed, disabled or retired, according to the survey. Just 4% were blue-collar workers.)
DAILY WIRE
— Dem Socialist Candidate Rails Against American ‘Cult Of Hard Work.’ DD: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a job-related professional license (CPA).
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-socialist-candidate-rails-against-american-cult-of-hard-work
FEDERALIST
— The Lawless Zone In Madison, Wisconsin Is A Preview Of America Under Socialism. DD: Where are the Democrat lawless zones in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://thefederalist.com/2026/08/04/the-lawless-zone-in-madison-is-a-preview-of-america-under-socialism/
FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY,
— Welfare doesn’t check if you’re really you, and fraudsters have noticed. DD: How many are on welfare in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? Democrat leaders want voters on welfare because they vote for Democrats.
https://thefga.org/op-eds/welfare-doesnt-check-if-youre-really-you-and-fraudsters-have-noticed/
FOX NEWS
— Trump warns socialism will ‘ruin our country’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402828044112
— ‘Squad’ socialist scores re-election nod as radical wave continues to sweep party. The DSA-backed ‘Squad’ member secured her fifth-term nomination as far-left candidates unseat incumbents across the country.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/squad-socialist-scores-reelection-nod-radical-wave-continues-sweep-party
— The GOP needs to offer an ‘alternative vision’ to socialism, Vivek Ramaswamy says. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. There are far too many planks in the Republican Party platform that far too many Republican elected officials are failing/refusing to defend and advance.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402797299112
— Ramaswamy: The American Dream feels ‘unaffordable,’ especially for young people. DD: When you were young, what did you do to afford things? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970; job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997; job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997; and a job-related professional license in 1981. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly 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.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402796098112
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Import Socialists, Get Socialism.
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/import-socialists-get-socialism
INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY STUDIES
— America’s Demoralized Men. DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action and DEI to give women more preference, that is, they ever-increasingly discriminate against men. All the women who Democrats and RINOs promoted over me a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://ifstudies.org/report-brief/americas-demoralized-men-part-ii-lost-pathways-greater-struggles
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Demoralized” is the term we use to characterize a state of mind reflected in agreement with such self-appraisals as “I am inclined to think that I am a failure” (43%), and such expressions of powerlessness as “I often feel that I have little control over the things that happen to me” (61%), and of being found insufficient, such as “I never seem to do enough to please people” (54%). We also report here on the dispiriting experience of feeling lonely (25%), isolated (26%) or lacking community (48%) much of the time.)
— What’s Behind America’s Marriage Divide? 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. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://ifstudies.org/blog/beyond-the-paycheck-whats-behind-americas-marriage-divide
— Demoralized But Not Defeated: What 2,000 Young Men Told IFS About Their Lives.
https://ifstudies.org/blog/demoralized-but-not-defeated-what-2000-young-men-told-ifs-about-their-lives
NRCC
— A new poll confirmed what Americans already knew: the Democrat Party has gone full socialist. One-third of Democrats identify as democratic socialists, and 64 percent of the remaining Democrats would be comfortable nominating one.
https://www.nrcc.org/2026/08/04/the-socialists-takeover-is-complete/
NEWS BUSTERS
— WHAT? NBC Nightly News Shows Socialism’s Unpopularity Among Voters.
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jorge-bonilla/2026/08/05/what-nbc-nightly-news-shows-socialisms-unpopularity-among-voters
PJ MEDIA
— DePaul, the biggest U.S. Catholic University, should stop claiming to be Catholic. DD: I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. My wife earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/08/04/biggest-us-catholic-university-should-stop-claiming-to-be-catholic-n4955806
POST MILLENNIAL
— Abdul El-Sayed glad to campaign with Hasan Piker, promises drivers’ licenses to illegals, claims Trump is ‘fascist.’
https://thepostmillennial.com/abdul-el-sayed-glad-to-campaign-with-hasan-piker-promises-drivers-licenses-to-illegals-claims-trump-is-fascist
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Deportation Is Key to Fixing Our Broken Immigration System.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2026/08/04/deportation_is_key_to_fixing_our_broken_immigration_system_1198388.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may face balancing act with democratic socialists.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6009035-aoc-democratic-socialist-endorsement/
— America’s retirement nightmare has arrived. DD: My retirement income and savings 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.
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/labor/6003046-ai-impact-job-market/
— Mamdani is open to slavery reparations.
https://www.aol.com/articles/mamdani-signals-open-slavery-reparations-161830000.html
REUTERS
— American Bar Association rejects plan to scrap DEI rule for law schools. DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/american-bar-association-rejects-plan-scrap-dei-rule-law-schools-2026-08-04/
NEWSWEEK
— Kids Who Joined Social Media Earlier Have Lower Test Scores.
https://www.newsweek.com/kids-who-joined-social-media-earlier-had-lower-test-scores-study-finds-12281673
ABC NEWS
— ICE arrests hit record high in July as enforcement quietly ramps up.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/ice-arrests-hit-record-high-july-enforcement-quietly/story?id=135356433
— Hegseth again looks to punish Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly over military comments. DD: What have you been punished for? My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors punished me a) for my not becoming a Democrat, b) for my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, c) for my complaining about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and d) for my being an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/hegseth-punish-democratic-sen-mark-kelly-military-comments/story?id=132853171
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus condemns the concepts of countries, borders, and laws.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/trumps-attacks-pope-leo-hurting-recent-gop-gains/story?id=132065847
— Some Haitian immigrants in Ohio told to report to ICE and given ankle monitors. The Trump administration last month ended TPS for about 350,000 Haitians.
https://abcnews.com/US/haitian-immigrants-ohio-told-report-ice-ankle-monitors/story?id=135356277
CBS NEWS
— Employers shift to merit-based pay increases. DD: In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO instituted pay-for-performance (PFP) to get rid of their employees who they had not promoted to GS-15, currently $165,386-$197,200/year, and who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. They used the subjectivity in their PFP system to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peanut-butter-pay-raises-merit-based-pay-2027/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Economics Drive Populism and Socialism. Their solutions would make things worse, but real problems are behind their appeal.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/economics-drive-populism-and-socialism-8369a2b8
— Democratic Socialism Is No Tea Party. It’s far more dangerous to the country. But its appeal is similar to that of the 2009-10 GOP insurgency.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democratic-socialism-is-no-tea-party-52937f87
— Socialists May Prove Surprisingly Strong in November. Democrats stayed away when Bernie Sanders came to Congress. Now he has become a kingmaker.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialists-may-prove-surprisingly-strong-in-november-e25ade15
DENVER 7
— New gun law requires approval from sheriff and safety courses to buy some semi-automatic firearms. Under the law, Coloradans who want to buy magazine-fed, gas-powered semi-automatic firearms must go through a new state process. DD: Colorado today, Illinois tomorrow.
https://www.denver7.com/news/politics/new-gun-law-requires-approval-from-sheriff-and-safety-courses-to-buy-some-semi-automatic-firearms
POST INDEPENDENT
— Personal responsibility. 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://www.postindependent.com/opinion/whiting-column-personal-responsibility-requires-greater-independence/
HERALD BULLETIN
— Universities’ academic choices, polices discourage men. DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat and RINO leaders have ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action and DEI to give women more preference, that is, to discriminate against men. All the women who Democrats and RINOs promoted over me a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.heraldbulletin.com/opinion/richard-mcgowan-column-universities-academic-choices-polices-discourage-men/article_adfd01ef-4bd3-4a1a-b0db-ad9af51add89.html
MIT SLOAN
— The Elusiveness of Merit-Based Hiring. DD: To hire, retain, and promote Democrats and RINOs, employers replace objectivity with subjectivity. DD: If I had not earned a high school diploma and passed the postal employment test, the Democrats who ran the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I have not been taking graduate evening business courses, 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 not earned a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, and became a licensed CPA, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have promoted me in 1986.
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-elusiveness-of-merit-based-hiring/
FAST COMPANY
— Where are Elon Musk’s former DOGE staffers now? The key figures behind DOGE have moved into federal agencies, Republican politics, and a new wave of AI and defense startups. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO, there would have been no need for DOGE. If Gingrich had reformed GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able a) to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 13 years that I worked for GAO, and e) to force me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91584801/where-are-elon-musks-former-doge-staffers-now
HR BREW
— DD: To get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/new-york-citys-chief-equity-officer-on-her-herculean-job-achieving-racial-equity
SECRETS OF OPM
— Restoring Merit With the Right Civil Service Exam. DD: I took and passed the FSEE when I was 21 in 1970. Because of that and because I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970, IRS offered me a job in 1971 that I accepted.
https://usopm.substack.com/p/restoring-merit-with-the-right-civil
(FROM THE ARTICLE: we had civil service exams from 1955 to 1982 – the Federal Service Entrance Examination (FSEE) and its successor, the Professional and Administrative Career Examination (PACE) – that were intended to allow an applicant to earn their desk by out-scoring the competition in a proctored exam hall. In practice, however, relatively few civil servants were hired through the FSEE or PACE exam. In FY1978, the government hired 152,771 people into the competitive service. Only 7,587 were hired via PACE. That is 4.97 percent. That’s not a typo, nor an off year: OPM’s own records show 8,254 PACE hires in FY1976 and 8,521 in FY1977. Go back further to the FSEE era and the numbers are the same order of magnitude: the FSEE was administered to roughly 150,000 applicants a year and used to fill about 10,000 positions annually — roughly five to seven percent of register-based hires.)
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— OPM drops ‘disparate impact’ guidelines from federal hiring regulations. DD: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, whenever those who are White and/or male do better at something than those who are minority and/or female, it is because those who are White and/or male discriminate against those who are minority and/or female.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2026/08/opm-drops-disparate-impact-guidelines-from-federal-hiring-regulations/
COUTHOUSE NEWS
— Aging New York judges lose challenge to forced retirement at 76. DD: Federal employees under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) who are the following are expected/forced to retire as soon as they are eligible, that is, as soon as they have 30 years of service and are 55 years old: Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. I became eligible to take GAO’s early retirement “offer” when I was 45 in 1993. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” when I was 49 in 1997 because since I was 40 in 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. That dramatically reduced my CSRS pension and my retirement savings
https://courthousenews.com/aging-new-york-judges-lose-challenge-to-forced-retirement-at-76/
LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
— Todd Blanche. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of government, political, financial, and/or religious clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/ldf-condemns-senate-judiciary-committee-approval-of-todd-blanche-for-u-s-attorney-general/
GOOD MEN PROJECT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. How successful have Democrat leaders been destroying traditional marriage and family in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/do-we-still-need-tradwives-in-2026/
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. How successful have Democrat leaders been destroying traditional marriage and family in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/staying-sane-inside-insanity/202204/is-marriage-a-lousy-deal-for-women
CHRONICLES MAGAZINE
— Meritocracy. DD: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, whenever those who are White and/or male do better at something than those who are minority and/or female, it is because those who are White and/or male discriminate against those who are minority and/or female. Virtually all those who took and passed on their first attempt he CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations with me were White and/or male.
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/gracie-abrams-and-the-myth-of-meritocracy/
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTERS
— Is Pope Leo a Socialist? DD: Socialists destroy all religions. Socialists replace religions with bigger and bigger and bigger government.
https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/pope-leo-democratic-socialist
GOVERNING
— Illinois County Clerks Work to Rebuild Confidence in Elections. DD: In 2019, oversight of elections in DuPage County was dramatically reduced when voters replaced DuPage County’s separate standalone election commission with a division withing the DuPage County Clerk’s office.
https://www.governing.com/politics/illinois-clerks-work-to-rebuild-confidence-in-elections
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDIA TIMES
— Punishment should fit the offender. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I am none of the aforesaid. To get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors punished me a) for my not becoming a Democrat, b) for my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, c) for my complaining about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and d) for my being an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/punishment-should-fit-the-offender-ex-judge-fined-5000-for-blocking-ice-arrest-no-jail-time/videoshow/132287361.cms
August 2, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Judge rules Illinois not required to turn over voter rolls to Feds. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to stop voter fraud.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/01/judge-rules-illinois-not-required-to-turn-over-voter-rolls-to-feds/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use MLK to promote more hatred against Republicans, that is, to get more votes from Blacks.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/01/marchers-return-to-marquette-park-60-years-after-historic-mlk-visit/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/02/dick-durbin-retiring-dream-act/
— Financially plan ahead for having children. DD: In anticipation of our having children, when my wife and I got married, we lived on just one of our salaries. But because we both had major fertility problems, we gave up trying to have children without trying IVF. We did not adopt or become foster parents. My Democrat GAO superiors used that against me viciously. They decried the time and money that they spent raising their children. They decried their wives having little or no income. They ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I as being selfish disgustingly rich DINKs. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. I should write about Democrat GAO superiors.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/07/27/jill-on-money-managing-the-high-cost-of-kids/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2026/08/01/dhs-ice-durbin-retail-immigrants-children-race-riot-1919-flooding-healthcare-joliet-ac
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/08/01/dei-black-consumers-businesses-diversity-equity-inclusion-marc-morial
EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— Illinois election law gives political parties too much power over voters.
https://www.theintelligencer.com/opinion/article/illinois-open-primary-ballot-access-22360592.php
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— State Rep. Adam Niemerg, R-Dieterich, praises federal ruling blocking in-state tuition benefits for students in U.S. illegally.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/illinois-lawmaker-praises-federal-ruling-blocking-in-state-tuition-benefits-for-students-in-u-s/article_1411a678-6da5-4545-8de2-672fa0b371c5.html
CITIES 92.9
— Parental rights concerns raised after Illinois expands minors’ access to birth control. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cities929.com/2026/08/01/parental-rights-concerns-raised-after-illinois-expands-minors-access-to-birth-control/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democratic socialist is socialist, and socialist is communist.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/1/democratic-socialist-socialist-socialist-communist/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Heritage Foundation still leads the conservative movement. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I have always been too conservative because I promote the following planks in the Republican Party platform: 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. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid planks.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4421947/heritage-foundation-still-leads-conservative-movement/
— American citizenship is being exploited.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4669902/birthright-citizenship-legal-immigration-exploited-reinforce-citizenship-significance/
— The Peter Pan generation chooses pets. DD: My former neighbor Dr. Dan Kiley wrote the Peter Pan Syndrome. SEE: https://www.amazon.com/Peter-Pan-Syndrome-Never-Grown/dp/0380688905
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4667440/peter-pan-generation-chooses-pets-over-children/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Accusations of Peter Pan syndrome have long dogged Generation Z and millennials. And young Americans have given their critics fresh ammunition: they prefer pets to children during their prime family-forming years. A new Harris Poll revealed that 40% of Americans selected pets when forced to choose. Make no mistake: respondents were also offered the option of having both children and pets, which 39% chose. Still, the plurality of Americans who would rather forgo children altogether is cause for concern. Young Americans are apprehensive about marriage and family. As previously reported, Americans believe 26.5 is the ideal age for marriage and that married couples should have their first child a year later. But the median age at first marriage has risen to 28.6 for women and 30.2 for men, years beyond Americans’ preferred timeline for marriage and family. In other words, there is a schism between the family timeline Americans consider ideal and the one they can achieve. Alas, 45% of those who prefer pets believe they are currently incapable of raising children. Some see pets as a cheaper alternative to children. But many more have resigned themselves: just over half of Gen Z and millennials who are not parents “have thought about building a life around pets instead of having children.” Amid a growing number of chronically single Americans, 49% of pet owners rely on their animals for the companionship they no longer seek from a significant other. Americans believe the rite of homeownership should precede child-rearing. In fact, young Americans view their inability to afford a home as an obstacle to forming families. Half of adults ages 18 to 26 consider a fenced backyard essential when buying a home — a nod to the traditional vision of a home, a white picket fence, and two and a half children. Curiously, their fervor for spacious yards does not extend to children’s playrooms or double sinks in primary bathrooms. Why? Renters offer a clue. City dwellers have developed a new fixation beyond the coveted dishwasher or in-unit laundry. They now seek “pet-friendly” apartments. More than a third organize birthday parties, subscribe to monthly care packages, and purchase strollers for their furry friends. Pet-friendly cafes and “bark mitzvahs” are increasingly common. Hotels offer “dog butlers” and canine treats on holiday menus. And yet, the same childless pet owners roll their eyes at toddlers crying in restaurants or on airplanes. They would like more “adults-only” options for dining and vacations. Almost two-thirds of Gen Z and millennials opt for home cooking, and many give up pricey grocery brands and other creature comforts to afford pet expenses. Perhaps financial responsibility has found an unlikely instructor. Despite economic pressures, the American Pet Products Association reports that Gen Z and millennials remain steadfast in their commitment to pet ownership. But can young pet owners actually balance their books? About 30% are carrying pet-related debt, compared with 14% among Generation X and baby boomers. Worse, nearly a third say they have “delayed paying off debt,” 4 in 10 say they take on extra work to afford their pets, and a quarter skip medical appointments to cover pet expenses. It is no wonder that a supermajority of pet owners would claim their pets as dependents if legally permitted and demand tax breaks for expenses similar to child-related deductions. Amanda Reynolds, a New York City resident, filed a lawsuit against the IRS in June of last year. She claimed that her golden retriever, Finnegan, meets the functional criteria for defining dependents. The IRS, she argued, violated the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause because the agency unfairly treats taxpayers with nonhuman dependents. Rest assured: young Americans are capable of responsibility, sacrifice, and concern for something beyond themselves. Don’t parents seek housing best suited to their children? Don’t they budget for clothes, toys, and treats, and celebrate birthdays? Parents often feel squeezed, taking on debt to ensure that their children’s childhoods remain carefree. I grant your objection: children are not pets. But devotion is no symptom of Peter Pan syndrome, either. Young Americans are marrying later than they would like. The age of first-time homebuyers has risen well beyond the age at which they would like to have their first child. Young Americans’ parental instincts toward their pets prove that they are capable of caring for others. Conservatives must offer solutions in earnest, not patronize them as overgrown children.)
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Wokeness in Higher Education Is Still Alive and Kicking. DD: I avoided Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.aei.org/commentary/wokeness-in-higher-education-is-still-alive-and-kicking/
— American Men Need to Start Taking More Personal Responsibility. 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://www.aei.org/multimedia/american-men-need-to-start-taking-more-personal-responsibility/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Victim/Oppressor Golf. Who knew golfing, skydiving, and scuba diving were a “white” thing?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/08/victim-oppressor-golf/
BREITBART
— Trump Admin Cancels 28,000 Trucker Licenses Held by Illegal Aliens.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/08/01/trump-admin-cancels-28000-trucker-licenses-held-by-illegal-aliens/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Victor Davis Hanson: The Socialist Monster Awakens.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/01/socialist-monster-awakens/
— Mamdani’s Tax List Reveals the Dark Side of Socialist Class Warfare. DD: To get more votes from those who have less money than others, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more class warfare.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/28/mamdani-tax-list-socialist-class-warfare/
FOX NEWS
— Trump admin’s push to scrap DEI in federal government takes landmark step with new hiring rule. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-push-scrap-dei-federal-government-landmark-step-new-hiring-rule
— Senate Republican pushes merit-based military promotions, targets Biden-era DEI policies. Jim Banks’ measure would refocus promotion boards on merit and replace DEI training with military values instruction.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-republican-pushes-merit-based-military-promotions-targets-biden-era-dei-policies
HEARTLAND
— Class Warfare. DD: To get more votes from those who have less money than others, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more class warfare.
https://heartland.org/opinion/class-warfare/
NEW AMERICAN
— TV Is Too White, Woke Professor Claims — and It Intensifies White Kids’ Racism. DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/tv-is-too-white-woke-professor-claims-and-it-intensifies-white-kids-racism/
OPM
— Merit-Based Federal Hiring and Restoring Accountability. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.opm.gov/news/news-releases/icymi-opm-director-scott-kupor-discusses-merit-based-federal-hiring-and-restoring-accountability-on-the-ingraham-angle/
U.S. HOUSE
— DEI is Discriminatory and Illegal. DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-dei-is-discriminatory-and-illegal/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Class warfare is smoldering in America — and it’s about to catch fire. DD: To get more votes from those who have less money than others, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more class warfare.
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5880610-working-class-anger-arson-wake-up/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: To get more votes from minorities, females, younger people, veterans. those who have less money than others, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the aforesaid that Republicans cause all the problems that those who are the foresaid have.
https://philasun.com/week-in-review/urban-league-report-says-trump-administration-is-harming-black-americans-chances-at-american-dream/
NEW YORK TIMES
— It Wasn’t a ‘Civil War.’ It Was the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. DD: My critics/opponents have always used against me the fact that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, I have always stressed that they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/opinion/civil-war-slaveholders-rebellion-slavery.html
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/opinion/elon-musk-far-right-remigration.html
— Heritage Foundation. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I have always been too conservative because I promote the following planks in the Republican Party platform: 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. My critics/opponent reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid planks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/magazine/heritage-foundation-trump-republicans.html
— Nike Was the Poster Child for Diversity Efforts. That Made It a Trump Target. DD: GAO was a poster child for political affiliation discrimination. That made it a target for Republican budget cuts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/us/politics/nike-dei-trump-eeoc.html
— Are You a Jerk or a Sucker? Do only creeps or chumps still believe in the American dream? DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? I followed conservative principles. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related and master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/opinion/your-friends-and-neighbors-apple-tv.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: G.O.P. Kills Bid to Expand I.V.F. Access in the Military. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors 1980-1997 a) decried the time and money that they spent raising their children and b) decried the little or no income that their spouses had. They used against me big time a) my wife and I giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents and b) my wife’s good job. According to them, were it not for the aforesaid, we would not have been able to buy two new cars and a home in Wheaton when we got married in 1978 and I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) to become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. My Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I as being disgusting selfish rich DINKs. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. They knew full-well that both my wife and I had major fertility problems. Should write about my Democrat GAO superiors?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/us/politics/gop-ivf-military.html
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— What happened to personal responsibility? 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://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/letters/letter-whatever-happened-to-personal-responsibility-3732141/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— India’s Affirmative-Action Lesson for America. Quotas hold the country back, even as China’s meritocracy fuels its economic advancement.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/indias-affirmative-action-lesson-for-america-26f2dbaf
(FROM THE ARTICLE: India’s long-running debate about affirmative action has a new point of comparison: China. As Indians argue about expanding caste quotas in government jobs and public higher education, opponents of affirmative action want their country to learn from its northern neighbor. They compare India’s quota-ridden system—DEI on steroids—with China’s brutal meritocracy, which has produced economic and technological results that many Indians envy.)
BLOOMBERG LAW
— The Trump administration plans to dramatically reduce discrimination complaint processing options for federal workers, according to two people familiar with the proposal. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC had a tremendous impact on me. When I was 22 in 1971, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/federal-worker-eeo-process-eyed-for-major-overhaul-in-trump-plan
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Essay questions on many federal job applications, asking candidates how they would advance the Trump administration’s policies. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2026/04/federal-job-applicants-cant-skip-loyalty-question-that-opm-says-is-optional-court-filings-claim/
— Trump administration tosses degree requirements. DD: If I had not earned a high school diploma and passed the employment test, the Democrats who ran the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I have not been taking graduate evening business courses, 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.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2026/04/trump-administration-tosses-degree-requirements-for-federal-it-managers/
FINANCIAL EXPRESS
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVLKVZ7Qq1Y
URBAN INSTITUTE
— DD: What are the biggest personal choices that you made? Mine include earning a job-related college degree even though no one saw me as being college material.
https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/poverty-results-structural-barriers-not-personal-choices-safety-net-programs-should-reflect-fact
BROOKINGS
— DD: What are the biggest personal choices that you made? Mine include earning a job-related college degree even though no one saw me as being college material.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/following-the-success-sequence-success-is-more-likely-if-youre-white/
YALE INSIGHTS
— Are Leaders Responsible for Employee Wellbeing? DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, they ever-increasingly worked harder to get rid of me. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/are-leaders-responsible-for-employee-wellbeing
ATLANTIC
— DD: What are the biggest personal choices that you made? Mine include earning a job-related college degree even though no one saw me as being college material.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/07/get-out-of-poverty-success-sequence/566414/
POLITICO
— Heritage Foundation. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I have always been too conservative because I promote the following planks in the Republican Party platform: 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. My critics/opponent reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the aforesaid planks.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/08/01/heritage-foundation-young-republicans-groypers-hiring-01006937
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— Vatican issues sweeping defense of traditional marriage. DD: My critics/opponents fail/refuse to promote traditional marriage.
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-issues-sweeping-defense-traditional-marriage-pushing-back-polygamy
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Sometimes, the best next step forward is a step back. DD: When I was 31 in 1980, to get promoted to GS-13, I took a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. My Democrat IRS superiors had made it very clear that they would never promote me to GS-13 even though I had earned an MBA when I was 27 and had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. They had gotten rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25. They had disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25. They had disallowed my education deductions when I was 29. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-awesome-career/202604/why-your-next-career-move-might-be-a-demotion
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MEAWW
— Hegseth: Meritocracy reigns supreme in the Pentagon. DD: To promote Affirmative Action and DEI is to dump meritocracy. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, b) who had less work experience than I had, c) who had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) who 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 have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://news.meaww.com/meritocracy-reigns-supreme-hegseths-pentagon-fires-back-after-mark-kellys-race-and-gender-claims
August 1, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/immigrant-children-could-face-court-hearings-without-lawyers-chicago-attorneys-warn/3969082/
CBS2
— Democrats in Congress demand training, vetting information on ICE agent who killed immigrant in Maine. DD: IRS would not have hired me to be a Revenue Officer when I was 22 in 1971 if I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business and had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. The first 6 months I worked for IRS was in classroom training.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-congress-ice-maine-shooting-letter-training-vetting/
— People with disabilities fear service cuts as Trump’s DOJ questions legal protections. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they had me supervise all the disabled employees they hired.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-doj-disability-rights-home-care/
— Noisy motorcycle caravans creating chaos downtown, raising safety concerns from neighbors.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/motorcycle-caravans-dan-ryan-expressway-south-loop-downtown/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A caravan of hundreds of motorcycles created a loud, chaotic, and potentially dangerous situation on the Dan Ryan Expressway and in the South Loop and downtown Chicago late Thursday night. Some Chicago neighbors said it has become a summer nuisance that comes with serious safety concerns. The Caravan of motorcycles made its way from the Dan Ryan through the South Loop to downtown, where residents said it’s nothing new, but time something is done. Police experts said the solution isn’t as easy as it appears.)
WCIA
— Pritzker signs Illinois ‘language equity’ law; 24% of residents don’t speak English. DD: Everyone in America speaking English made America great.
https://www.wcia.com/news/capitol-news/pritzker-signs-illinois-language-equity-law-24-of-residents-dont-speak-english/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With nearly 24% of Illinois residents speaking a language other than English, with Spanish being the most common, Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new law to regulate language requirements at government agencies statewide. “Illinois is a diverse state made up of people with cultural and linguistic backgrounds from around the world—hundreds of unique languages are spoken in households across the state, and those people are equally as entitled to access public services as their English-speaking counterparts,” said Pritzker. The Language Equity and Access Act requires the Governor’s Office of New Americans to partner with the Illinois Department of Human Services to create, implement, and oversee statewide language access plans for state agencies. The act requires an annual compliance report to the Governor’s Office and the Illinois General Assembly. The state says, besides Spanish, Polish, Chinese, and Tagalog are the most spoken languages in the state. “Prioritizing accessibility for people who do not speak English as a first language will open new avenues of equitable opportunities for countless Illinoisans of differing backgrounds,” said state Rep. Theresa Mah (D-Chicago).)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialist candidates barnstorm country to grow ranks in Congress.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4671147/left-wing-candidates-flock-allies-campaign-trail-maximize-collective-influence/
NEW YORK POST
— Fed-up Spaniards lash out at socialist prime minister after migrant invasion: ‘A third-world country.’
https://nypost.com/2026/07/31/world-news/fed-up-spaniards-lash-out-at-socialist-prime-minister-after-migrant-invasion/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Import Socialists, Get Socialism. Democratic socialists haven’t learned hard lessons from their ancestral homelands.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/import-socialists-get-socialism/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Fifth for Fauci and the Administrative State. Fauci was attempting to protect the myth behind the leftist narrative of “trust the science.”
https://amgreatness.com/2026/08/01/the-fifth-for-fauci-and-the-administrative-state/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Socialism and Islam: A tale of two psychoses. A dark night is descending over America.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/socialism-and-islam-a-tale-of-two-psychoses/
COLLEGE FIX
— Student debt is turning college grads into socialists.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/bulletin-board/student-debt-is-turning-college-grads-into-socialists-column/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Democratic Socialist Rising Class.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/31/cut-flowers-democratic-socialist/
FOX NEWS
— Socialism has become a buzzword.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402556733112
— Shocking percentage of Democrats identify as ‘democratic socialists’ according to new poll: ‘Toxic policies.’ Democratic-aligned respondents who identify as democratic socialists were primarily young White Americans.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/shocking-percentage-democrats-identify-democratic-socialists-according-new-poll-toxic-policies
— Democratic Socialists of America activists signed pledge to support, defend ‘Chinese socialism.’ The statement expresses the view that ‘the record of the socialist countries is overwhelmingly positive.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-socialists-america-activists-signed-pledge-support-defend-chinese-socialism
HANNITY
— Mamdani-Linked Socialists Sign China Loyalty Pledge.
https://hannity.com/media-room/commie-commitment-mamdani-linked-socialists-sign-china-loyalty-pledge/
NEWSMAX
— One-Third of Democrats Identify as Democratic Socialists.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/one-third-of-democrats-identify-as-democratic-socialists-cnn-poll-finds/2026/07/31/id/1264705/
PJ MEDIA
— Where Is the Socialist Wave Really Coming From?
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/07/31/where-is-the-socialist-wave-really-coming-from-n4955681
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Vetting of ICE officer is under internal review after Maine shooting. DD: IRS would not have hired me to be a Revenue Officer when I was 22 in 1971 if I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business and had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. The first 6 months I worked for IRS was in classroom training.
https://apnews.com/article/maine-shooting-immigration-ice-vetting-9a8cfccc9e509766fb65effaa607a65b
ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
— DD: Ever-increasingly, those who come to America want/need/demand massive government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, and/or have health and/or other problems. Ever-increasingly they talk and/or act like they want to impose their language and/or their religion on America, that is, to turn America into a clone of their motherland.
https://www.ocregister.com/2026/07/31/fear-the-day-when-talented-foreigners-dont-want-to-move-here/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democratic Voters Are Battling Over What Their Party Stands For. Some are embracing insurgent socialist candidates, and others say the party is losing itself.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democratic-socialists-voters-why-3d25da52
— The Smithsonian’s Disdain for America. The head of the National Museum of American History doesn’t want to talk about her exhibits.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-smithsonians-disdain-for-america-8edffb1e
24/7 WALL STREET
— The RMD Tax Trap That Costs Retirees Six Figures. A $1.6 million traditional 401(k) generates a mandatory $60,400 first RMD at 73, which counts as ordinary income and grows larger every year. Adding the RMD to Social Security can push MAGI above $109,000, triggering Medicare IRMAA surcharges that won’t appear until 2028 due to a two-year lookback.
https://247wallst.com/personal-finance/2026/07/30/the-rmd-tax-trap-that-costs-retirees-six-figures-without-these-three-moves-before-year-end/
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
— Tell Congress to Adequately Fund Federal Agencies. DD: I was a NTEU member 1971-1980.
https://www.nteu.org/blog/2026/07/30/tell-congress-to-adequately-fund
FED SMITH
— Federal Employees Could Get 12 Weeks of Paid Leave Under New Senate Bill. DD: My critics/opponents have always been furious about the benefits that I got a federal employee for almost 30 years and that I have continued to get as a federal retiree for almost 29 years.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/07/31/federal-employees-12-weeks-paid-leave-senate-bill/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— OPM cements major shift in federal employee appeals, RIF processes. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/07/opm-cements-major-shift-in-federal-employee-appeals-rif-processes/
— HHS violated 5,000 probationary employees’ rights with 2025 terminations. DD: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious that they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2026/07/hhs-violated-5000-probationary-employees-rights-with-2025-terminations/
— Some federal careers are built to end early, so what comes next? DD: Federal employees under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) who are the following are expected/forced to retire as soon as they are eligible, that is, as soon as they have 30 years of service and are 55 years old: Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. I became eligible to take GAO’s early retirement “offer” when I was 45 in 1993. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take early retirement when I was 49 in 1997 because since I was 40 in 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. That dramatically reduced my CSRS pension and my retirement savings.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/retirement/2026/07/some-federal-careers-are-built-to-end-early-so-what-comes-next/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— New documentary recounts ‘free-for-all attitude of cruelty’ toward axed federal employees. The movie, which was filmed during the start of the second Trump administration, examines the human and societal effects of recent federal job cuts. DD: My critics/opponents continue to be overjoyed that my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents continue to ignore/dismiss/belittle that while I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I used my personal time and my salary 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.govexec.com/workforce/2026/07/documentary-recounts-cruelty-axed-federal-employees/415071/
— Veteran’s preference. DD: I avoided the Vietnam War draft. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many, most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and/or subordinates were Democrat veterans. They had no use for me, if not despised me, if not hated me. They blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War. I should write about my Democrat veteran superiors who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me. They all stressed that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, b) earn professional certifications when I was 30 and 32, c) earn a professional license when I was 32, d) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23 25, and 29, e) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, or f) get married when I was 29.
https://www.govexec.com/technology/2026/07/gsa-official-put-leave-social-media-post-saying-veterans-preference-federal-hiring-hampering-tech-recruiting/415122/
GAO
— Law Enforcement Officers: Observations on Recruitment and Retention at the Federal Level. DD: IRS and GAO have always been run by Democrats. I was an IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step-1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980 and worked for GAO for almost 18 years. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted my knowledge of IRS. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. They refused to assign me to audits of IRS’s Collection Division. However, they did assign me to audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108495
(FROM THE REPORT: From 2019 through 2024, officer resignations and retirements have increased, reducing staff at law enforcement agencies. Studies have shown that having more officers can improve public safety and reduce crime.)
July 30, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DeKalb Man, Naperville woman accused of breaking into Naperville home, fatally shooting dog.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dekalb-man-andre-bridges-naperville-woman-nicole-smith-accused-animal-cruelty-alleged-capistrano-court-home-invasion/19598802/
CBS2
— Community helps food pantry in Wheaton affected by storms, power outages. Two coolers, three standing coolers and a walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer, all filled with food, had to be thrown away after the center lost power for 14 hours. DD: I bought a whole house backup generator in 2011. I should write about my Wheaton critics/opponents who have demonized/denigrated/condemned my decision the most.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/community-helps-food-pantry-in-wheaton-affected-by-storms-power-outages/
WGN9
— Illinois vote-by-mail applications open August 5
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-vote-by-mail-applications-open-august-5/
FOX32
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/marijuana-daily-than-alcohol-cigarettes-federal-survey
WTTW
— Mayor Johnson Signs Executive Order Designed to Ban Purchases From Gun Dealers That Flout Laws.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/07/29/mayor-johnson-signs-executive-order-designed-ban-purchases-gun-dealers-flout-laws
— Chicago Can’t Keep Trying to Poison Its Way Out of Rat Problem.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/07/29/chicago-can-t-keep-trying-poison-its-way-out-rat-problem-watchdog-report
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/29/ice-venezuelan-brothers-kidney-transplant/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/30/courthouse-immigration-families/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/29/forest-park-cemetery-workers-arrested-during-operation-midway-blitz-seek-damages/
— What do Democratic socialists want? We took a look at their platform. DD: What do conservatives want? They want Republicans to defend and advance conservative principles. Failing that, to oppose liberal principles including the promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, wokeness/wokeism, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/30/editorial-what-do-democratic-socialists-want-we-took-a-look-at-their-platform/
— Former gubernatorial candidate Rick Heidner buys $5.2M Barrington mansion from Motorola Solutions CEO.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/29/rick-heidner-motorola-solutions/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Latino high schools hit especially hard by teacher cuts in CPS budget heading for vote.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/07/29/latino-high-schools-hit-especially-hard-by-teacher-cuts-in-cps-budget-heading-for-vote
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Community rallies to help Wheaton pantry that lost three tons of food after storm. DD: I bought a whole house backup generator in 2011. I should write about my Wheaton critics/opponents who have demonized/denigrated/condemned my decision the most.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260729/news/so-caring-community-rallies-to-help-wheaton-pantry-that-lost-three-tons-of-food-after-storm/
CHALKBEAT
— As more teen boys turn to sports betting, financial literacy teachers rush to show gambling’s real odds. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2026/07/29/sports-betting-among-teens-rises-as-teachers-warn-of-gambling-in-schools/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— THC drinks debut at Lollapalooza before Illinois regulates hemp market. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/07/30/thc-drinks-lollapalooza-illinois-hemp-pritzker-johnson-rythm-seniorita
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/30/hanah-jubehs-political-pivot-01015959
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-781/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-566/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker Followed Fauci’s Guidance Blindly: The Illinois COVID Failures Nobody Owns.
https://wirepoints.org/from-faucis-mouth-to-pritzkers-rules-illinois-pandemic-blunders-wirepoints/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Don Tracy: Washington Post Debunks Stratton’s Healthcare Tax Myth
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/30/juliana-strattons-position-on-medicare-for-all-criticized-by-washington-post-taxes-for-all/
— After announcing yesterday that his wife is pregnant with their second child, conceived naturally after their first child was born via IVF, Independent candidate for Illinois Governor Collin Corbett is raising awareness about the importance of fertility treatments for Illinois families while taking aim at his Republican opponent, Darren Bailey, for his extreme record against IVF.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/29/corbett-calls-bailey-extremist-on-idv-relates-personal-experience/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrant population surged to all-time high of 15.8 million under Biden.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4667790/illegal-immigrant-population-surged-all-time-high-15-8-million-biden-study-says/
NEW YORK POST
— ICE is now busting migrants who overstayed visas when they check into airports — reversing a Biden policy.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/29/us-news/ice-arresting-visa-overstayers-at-us-airports-as-trump-admin-ramps-up-immigration-enforcement/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Demographics, debt, and destiny. DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/demographics-debt-and-destiny/
— Communism had little natural appeal to a people formed by Judeo-Christian values; it could only take root in soil that had already been prepared to receive it.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/the-sudden-long-goodbye/
— How the 1964 Civil Rights Act Eviscerated the American Constitution. James Madison would be horrified. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use the 1964 Civil Rights Act to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/07/how-the-1964-civil-rights-act-eviscerated-the-american-constitution/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trial lawyers quietly using woke lawfare to hamper American businesses.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/07/29/exclusive-trial-lawyers-quietly-using-woke-lawfare-to-hamper-american-businesses-1652683/
BLAZE
— As personal responsibility withers, governmental control increases. DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-most-seductive-lie-in-politics
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Personal responsibility used to be something that most Americans believed in. Most Americans still do, but pretty much nobody in our political class does, because the most seductive line in American politics is: “It’s not your fault.”)
COLLEGE FIX
— Columbia to offer new minor based on ‘what it means to live in a ‘just’ society.’ DD: According to Democrats, justice means taking opportunities, money, and everything else away from Republicans and giving it all to Democrats. My Democrat GAO superiors took my GAO job away from me and gave it to my Black Democrat subordinate.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/columbia-to-offer-new-minor-based-on-what-it-means-to-live-in-a-just-society/
DAILY WIRE
— The rise in “adultism” training that teaches children that their parents are the oppressors.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-teacher-training-trend-has-parents-in-its-crosshairs
— History Already Told Us How This Radical Alliance Ends. Islamists and Marxists have long been united in their pursuit to destroy the West.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/history-already-told-us-how-this-radical-alliance-ends
— Obama To Headline Dem Gerrymandering Fundraiser In Posh Martha’s Vineyard. The Massachusetts island is a popular getaway locale for Democratic political figures and donors.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/obama-to-headline-dem-gerrymandering-fundraiser-in-posh-marthas-vineyard
FEDERALIST
— NeverTrumpers Are Banking On Iran War To Drive MAGA Into Extinction.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/29/nevertrumpers-are-banking-on-iran-war-to-drive-maga-into-extinction/
— Counting Noncitizens In The Census Undermines American Democracy.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/29/counting-noncitizens-in-the-census-undermines-american-democracy/
FOX NEWS
— Trump taps veterans to fix illegal alien trucking problem plaguing US roadways. The program expands CDL eligibility for veterans while removing over 24,000 licenses under English proficiency rules. DD: I often drove postal trucks while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-taps-veterans-fix-illegal-alien-trucking-problem-plaguing-us-roadways
— Controversial teacher training targets parental authority as oppression.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/controversial-teacher-training-targets-parental-150037673.html
LEGAL NEWSLINE
— Chicago PD can’t curb class action over race-based traffic stops.
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/chicago-pd-can-t-curb-class-action-over-race-based-traffic-stops/article_85db0c61-4fdf-4268-b606-ccd64458ac27.html
NEWSMAX
— ICE Plans 5,500 New Detention Beds.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ice-detention-centers-illegal-immigration/2026/07/29/id/1264484/
PJ MEDIA
— White House Streamlines the Deportation Process. Leftists Are Not Taking It Well.
https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/07/29/white-house-streamlines-the-deportation-process-leftists-are-not-taking-it-well-n4955562
TOWNHALL
— One Standard for Government Failure.
https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-abraham/2026/07/29/one-standard-for-government-failure-n2680309
— The New York Times Is Very Upset About ICE Enforcing Immigration Laws at Airports.
https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/07/29/ice-detaining-people-at-airports-nyt-n2680314
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Deportation helps make affordability possible.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5995665-immigration-drives-housing-costs/
— DD: Democrats and RINOs have joined up with America’s enemies to destroy America.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/opinion-fix-birthright-citizenship-declare-170000303.html
— DD: How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC had a tremendous impact on me. When I was 22 in 1971, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5994270-trump-anti-dei-campaign/amp/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote communism.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-07-29/republicans-want-to-turn-clock-back-to-red-baiting-fifties
— DD: What harmed your ACT score and your high school GPA? Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours (28 hours a week during the school years and 40 hours a week during the summer in between) washing dishes in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights while I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1964-1966.
https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/opinion/story/2026-07-29/apodaca-unwelcomereturn-of-sat-bias
MIAMI HERALD
— Best ACT Prep Courses. DD: What harmed your ACT score and your high school GPA? Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours (28 hours a week during the school years and 40 hours a week during the summer in between) washing dishes in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights while I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1964-1966.
https://www.miamiherald.com/careers-education/best-act-prep-courses/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: A Small Band of Socialists Is Sowing Panic in the Democratic Party. Once a fringe wing, the movement is wielding surprising political power, capitalizing on popular discontent. Mainstream Democrats see a ‘fundamental threat.’
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democratic-socialists-mamdani-midterms-party-ca2ddf9a
— Democratic Socialists’ Rise Rattles Mainstream Democrats
https://www.wsj.com/world/democratic-socialists-rise-rattles-mainstream-democrats-e7ed7ee1
— Rove: Who’s Afraid of the DSA? Mark Kelly and Tim Kaine can’t find the courage to oppose their party’s radicals.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/whos-afraid-of-the-dsa-db539ece
— The ‘Downward Mobility’ of Struggling Young Baby Boomers. Staples of middle-class life now seem like luxuries. DD: While I am much more successful financially than what my father was, he was much less successful financially than what his father was, and his father was much less successful financially than what his father was.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-downward-mobility-of-struggling-young-baby-boomers-b82cab21
— Mamdani’s Class Enemies List. He publishes the names and addresses of his new pied-a-terre tax targets. DD: In Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on me ( https://gopillinois.com/documents/ ), to paint be as being grossly overpaid, it called my Outer Drive East condo a pied-a-terre because I owned a townhome in University Park at the time. I owned that townhome because I could not sell it unless took a big loss.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/zohran-mamdani-pied-a-terre-tax-list-ali-najmi-ed22425b
— ‘Restorative Justice’ Brings Violent Schools. Why would anyone think you could discipline bullies by inviting them to talk about their feelings?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/restorative-justice-brings-violent-schools-e6a55a39
NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use disparate impact to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://natlawreview.com/article/disparate-impact-name-only-what-federal-agencies-shift-intentional-discrimination
HR DRIVE
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers have used, are using, and will forever use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/pulling-back-from-dei-increases-legal-risk-women/826430/
FROM OTHER SOURCES
WRITERS COLLEGE
— Writing from Personal Experience. DD: To promote conservative principles, I cite my personal experiences. I urge all conservatives to do that. My following conservative principles enabled me to a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a job-related professional license when I was 32, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29. etc. and collector cars when I was 40 and 45, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., d) get married when I was 29, e) etc.
https://www.thewriterscollege.com/writing-from-personal-experience-tips-and-techniques/
July 25, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oak Park officials deny advisory referendum on ending single family housing zoning.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/24/oak-park-zoning-referendum-vote/
— Wheaton man busted in Naperville on meth, other drug charges.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/24/naperville-meth-drugs-man-charged-fleeing/
MUSCATINE JOURNAL
— Illinois Lt. Gov. candidate Aaron Del Mar wants to talk affordability, not abortion. DD: Because Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family, people ever-increasingly cannot afford things.
https://muscatinejournal.com/news/local/government-politics/article_08e1000f-5065-57e6-a97d-3112235b231b.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-563/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— How Our Republic Is Destroyed.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/07/how-our-republic-is-destroyed/
— Federal Lawmakers Want to End Federal Welfare Benefits for Non-Citizens.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/07/federal-lawmakers-want-to-end-federal-welfare-benefits-for-non-citizens/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The Quiet Killer of Illinois Conservatism.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/opinion-the-quiet-killer-of-illinois-conservatism.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Socialism moves from protest to power in American cities. What happens when DSA-aligned lawmakers actually have to govern.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/24/watch-susan-ferrechio-answers-questions-socialist-policies-reshaping/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ICE arrests under Trump top 602,000, DHS says, but some are skeptical.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4661389/ice-arrests-trump-top-602k-some-are-skeptical/
— Mike Lindell urged to withdraw ‘absurd’ illegal immigration amnesty proposal.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/4661937/mike-lindell-urged-withdraw-illegal-immigration-amnesty-proposal/
— How many illegal immigrant votes is too many?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4660341/how-many-illegal-immigrant-votes-too-many-new-jersey-noncitizen-voting/
— Socialism is a ‘pie in the sky treatment’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4662090/socialism-democratic-socialist-america-platform-byron-york/
— Genuinely Un-American: Socialists are telling us who they are — and we should believe them.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/4659723/genuinely-un-american-socialists-are-telling-us-who-they-are-and-we-should-believe-them/
— Black Democrats emerge as bulwark against socialist takeover.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4661824/black-democrats-bulwark-socialist-takeover/
— DSA endorsement tracker: Here are the socialists running for office across America.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4657182/dsa-endorsement-tracker-socialists-running-for-office-across-america/
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4660592/white-supremacy-culture-framework-subverts-american-values/
CITY JOURNAL
— DD: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, Democrat and RINO leaders have ever-increasingly forced everyone to give more preference to minorities and to females, that is, to ever-increasingly discriminate against Whites and males. I am a White male born in 1948. If I had been born later, I doubt that I would have been able to work my way through college and 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.city-journal.org/article/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-race-reporting
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump warns of socialism as Mamdani targets NYC’s wealthy homeowners.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6402023966112
— How the Republican Party can make the case for capitalism. DD: Under socialism, all you need to do to succeed is be a socialist. Under Democrats, all you need to do to succeed is be a Democrat. Under RINOs, all you need to do to succeed is be a RINO. I never was and never will be a socialist, Democrat, or RINO.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6402054837112
FOX NEWS
— Democratic socialists are outnumbering the centrist and moderates in the Democratic Party.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6402044327112
— Rahm Emanuel warns ‘Bernie bros’ could sink Democrats by saddling moderates with socialist agenda.
https://noticias.foxnews.com/media/rahm-emanuel-warns-bernie-bros-could-sink-democrats-saddling-moderates-socialist-agenda
PJ MEDIA
— Biden Regime Had Planned to Bring Millions More Illegal Migrants Into the Country.
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2026/07/24/biden-regime-had-planned-to-bring-millions-more-illegal-migrants-into-the-country-n4955430
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats brush off fears within party about threat of democratic socialists.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5987225-democrats-democratic-socialists-midterms/
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/ar-AA28yb43
NEWSWEEK
— Dare To Dream: Explore The American Dream Index. Don’t listen to the pessimists. The American Dream is thriving in places you might not expect—you just need to know where to look. Type in your ZIP code to find out, and explore all our interactives here. DD: I pursued the American Dream from 60417 (Crete) 1948-1972, then from 60484 (University Park) 1972-1976, then from 60601 (downtown Chicago) 1976-1978, and then from 60187/60189 (Wheaton) since 1978.
https://www.newsweek.com/dare-to-dream-explore-the-american-dream-index-12054194
NEW YORK TIMES
— He Got Fired From FEMA. His Return Could Mark a New Era for Disasters. Cameron Hamilton defended the agency last year when President Trump talked about eliminating it. Emergency managers hope for more stability if he’s confirmed as administrator.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/climate/cameron-hamilton-fema-trump.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Socialism’s Slippery Definitions. The hard left is whatever it needs to be at the moment.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/socialisms-slippery-definitions-51c11441
— Socialism Is Whatever You Want It to Be. Definitions are available on an as-needed basis.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/socialism-is-whatever-you-want-it-to-be-17f746d3
BLOOMBERG
— DD: To get citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally, Democrat and RINO leader give them big public benefits.
https://www.bloomberg.com/sessions/2026-07-28/live-q-amp-a-is-the-american-dream-fading-for-international-students
BLOOMBERG LAW
— EEOC, Texas Car Dealers Reach $925,000 Deal. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC had a tremendous impact on me. When I was 22 in 1971, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/eeoc-texas-car-dealers-reach-925-000-deal-in-harassment-case
BUSINESS
— Competition in the Workplace. DD: Virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. Extremely few of my Post Office coworkers earned a job-related bachelor’s degree like I did. Very few of my IRS and GAO coworkers earned job-related master’s degrees and professional certifications like I did. None of my coworkers earned a job-related professional license like I did.
https://www.business.com/articles/gal-rimon-workplace-competition/
PBS
— American Dream and How It’s Changed Over Time. DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? I worked my way through college and 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.pbs.org/video/new-documentary-explores-the-american-dream-and-how-its-changed-over-time-nob9id/
BROOKINGS
— DD: To get citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally and to stay in America illegally, Democrat and RINO leader give them big public benefits.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/a-growing-effort-to-restrict-immigrants-access-to-public-benefits/
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/sat-math-scores-mirror-and-maintain-racial-inequity/
NEA
— The Racist Beginnings of Standardized Testing. DD: My critics/opponents have always attributed my success in passing standardized tests to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who share their demographics. I passed all the tests needed 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. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because I had earned a high school diploma and had passed the postal employment test and they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I would not have survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years if I had not a) passed that postal employment test when I was 17 in 1966, b) passed the Federal Entrance Examination when I was 21, c) earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, d) earned an MBA when I was 27, e) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, f) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, g) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, h) became a licensed CPA when I was 32, i) earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and j) earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. Overwhelmingly those who took and passed tests with me were White males.
https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/racist-beginnings-standardized-testing
July 24, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/07/24/chaotic-crowded-chicago-immigration-mega-court-hearings-are-fueling-record-deportation-orders
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Journalists discuss free press challenges. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I am not a journalist a) because I do not have a degree in journalism, b) because no one pays me for what I do as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) because all the money needed for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and for my www.gopillinois.com website comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings, d) because either my newsletters nor my website contain any advertising or donation requests, e) because I do not claim to be nonpartisan, f) because I state that and because I am conservative Republican, and g) because I state that and because I am an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman. My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact a) that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years 1980-1997, b) that what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do, and c) that during my last 11 years at GAO, my salary increased from $118,984/year to $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/24/journalists-discuss-free-press-challenges/
FOX32
— Chicago crime: 5 killed, 4 wounded in 6 shootings from Thursday into Friday.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-crime-5-killed-4-shootings-thursday-friday
WTTW
— What Happened to the American Dream? DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? I worked my way through college and 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://news.wttw.com/2026/07/23/what-happened-american-dream-new-documentary-asks-1000-people-across-50-states
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats to finalize their 2028 presidential nominating calendar, led by more diverse states. DD: The Democrat Party ever-increasingly moves further to the left.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-to-finalize-their-2028-presidential-nominating-calendar-led-by-more-diverse-states/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Illinois election integrity advocate Carol Davis says Trump’s allegations mirror concerns raised by state watchdogs.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/illinois-election-integrity-advocate-says-trumps-allegations-mirror-concerns-raised-by-state-watchdogs/article_d4d50eef-73ed-4ff2-9418-c13f0bf500a2.html
CWB CHICAGO
— Robbery suspect caught trying to cut off ankle monitor with bolt cutters at Home Depot.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/07/robbery-suspect-caught-trying-to-cut-off-ankle-monitor-with-bolt-cutters-at-home-depot.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/24/illinois-sexual-harassment-harry-benton-01010509
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-777/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— What’s Happening to Illinois Ex-Pats Running for Congress in Florida?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/23/whats-happening-to-illinois-ex-pats-running-for-congress-in-florida/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— It’s Time for the DOJ Civil Rights Division to Investigate Speaker Chris Welch and Illinois House Democratic Leadership.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/its-time-for-the-doj-civil-rights-division-to-investigate-speaker-chris-welch-and-illinois-house-democratic-leadership.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sitting judge posts ‘F*** ICE’: The shocking double standard of Illinois courts.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4659330/judge-ramirez-f-ice-post-double-standard-illinois-courts/
— DHS has issued $84 billion in fines to illegal immigrants who won’t go home.
DHS Announces More Than $84 Billion in Civil Fines Issued to Illegal Aliens
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Racial quota reckoning: Merit just got a deadline. DD: Since the 1960s, everyone above me has been under ever-increasing pressure to give more preference to those who do not share my demographics, that is, they have been under ever-increasing pressure to discriminate against those who share my demographics.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4660403/racial-quota-reckoning-federal-contracting/
— Establishment Democrats risk extinction as socialism rises.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/4660428/establishment-democrats-risk-extinction-socialism-rises-joe-concha/
— Will Democrats pick Harris or a socialist? Primary calendar may give early clue.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4659947/harris-socialist-democrats-2028-primary-calendar/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Socialism goes mainstream in America, and no one is stopping it. It was bad enough when they’d crept into all the American institutions. Now they’re getting elected to national office.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/socialism-goes-mainstream-in-america-and-no-one-is-stopping-it/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘They Don’t Know What It’s Like’: Communism Survivors Question Why Americans Like Marxism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/23/communism-survivors-question/
— Trump Axes Regulations Pushing Race-Based School Discipline.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/23/education-department-strikes-regulations-requiring-racial-quotas-in-school-discipline/
DAILY WIRE
— New Republican Amnesty Bill Ignites Ire Of Immigration Hardliners. “Vote every single one of them out in a massive wave, and replace them with real immigration hawks.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-republican-amnesty-bill-ignites-ire-of-immigration-hardliners
FEDERALIST
— Every American Needs To Know That Socialism Is Slavery.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/23/every-american-needs-to-know-that-socialism-is-slavery/
— Congress Spotlights American Bar Association’s Dance With The DEI Devil.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/23/congress-spotlights-american-bar-associations-dance-with-the-dei-devil/
FOX BUSINESS
— How America reached a political tipping point for socialism. The storm began with the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/how-america-reached-political-tipping-point-socialism.amp
FOX NEWS
— Laura Ingraham: They KNOW socialism is anti-American.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401968228112
— Partisan divide on capitalism and socialism. DD: To destroy Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401934457112
— Democratic Party’s socialist wing gains ground. DD: To destroy Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401954225112
— Trump heads back to correspondents’ dinner months after gunfire forced evacuation. The WHCA will honor Secret Service Officer Gonzales for his role in stopping the armed suspect at the Washington Hilton.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-heads-back-correspondents-dinner-months-after-gunfire-forced-evacuation
HOMELAND SECURITY
— DHS Announces More Than $84 Billion in Civil Fines Issued to Illegal Aliens.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/07/23/dhs-announces-more-84-billion-civil-fines-issued-illegal-aliens
PJ MEDIA
— Communism-Socialism, Islam: How to Meet the Threats?
https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/07/23/communismsocialism-islam-how-to-meet-the-threats-n4955364
POST MILLENNIAL
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson aims to give ‘reparations’ to illegal immigrants, residents impacted by ICE.
https://thepostmillennial.com/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-aims-to-give-reparations-to-illegal-immigrants-residents-impacted-by-ice
— Brandon Gill, Jim Banks draft bill to classify birth tourists as ‘invaders,’ prevent automatic citizenship. The legislation comes as Justice Kavanaugh left the door open for Congress to adjust who is not eligible for birthright citizenship.
https://thepostmillennial.com/brandon-gill-jim-banks-draft-bill-to-classify-birth-tourists-as-invaders-prevent-automatic-citizenship
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump on Democratic Socialists: “They’re Highly Educated, But Doing Very Poorly; In Other Words, They’re Losers”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/07/23/trump_on_democratic_socialists_theyre_highly_educated_but_doing_very_poorly_in_other_words_theyre_losers.html
— Trump: Communists Promise “Free Rent, Free House,” But Deliver “Squalor, Poverty, Death, And Destruction”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/07/23/trump_communists_promise_a_free_house_but_they_deliver_absolute_squalor_poverty_death_and_destruction.html
STATES TOP LEADING NEWS
— 9.5 Million Student Loan Defaults: Systemic Failure or Personal Choice? DD: What percent of those who took out student loans had no intent of paying those loans back? I never sought a student loan or got a student loan. I worked my way through college. Because of that, my GPA suffered. That harmed my job searches. Students who took out student loan should be expected to have much higher GPAs than those who had to work their way through college.
https://www.stl.news/9-5-million-student-loan-defaults/
U.S. HOUSE
— DEI Erodes Integrity of Law Schools and the Legal Profession.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-dei-erodes-integrity-of-law-schools-and-the-legal-profession/
TOWNHALL
— Chicago Is Broke, but the Mayor Is Floating Another Plan for Reparations.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/23/brandon-johnson-reparations-for-ice-n2679998
— The Democratic Socialists of America vs. the United States of America.
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/07/24/the-democratic-socialists-of-america-vs-the-united-states-of-america-n2679963
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— DD: To destroy Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/23/politics/republicans-capitalism-socialism-poll
AOL
— Voters should take Democratic Socialists at their word.
https://www.aol.com/articles/voters-democratic-socialists-word-opinion-090848000.html
CBS NEWS
— Career limiting decisions. DD: What were the biggest decisions that you made that limited your career? I spent far too many hours working to earn money to buy new cars instead of studying. I avoided the Vietnam War draft with draft deferments. I majored in management instead of accounting. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass on my first attempt the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. When I became federal employee when I was 18, I refused to become a Democrat and I never became a Democrat. I ever-increasingly complained about my Democrat superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid discrimination when I was 40.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/10-career-limiting-mistakes-to-avoid/
NEW YORK TIMES
— To Win Their Races, Black Politicians Confront a New Landscape. With the Voting Rights Act weakened, Black representation will depend less on Black voters and more on broad, multiracial appeal or on ideological outsider campaigns. As majority-Black districts are blown up one by one, the future of Black representation in Congress could look something like Yorkville, Ill., where Representative Lauren Underwood joined the town parade on the Fourth of July. The congresswoman and her parents were among the few Black people in a sea of white faces along the mile-long route.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/us/politics/black-representation-voting-rights-act.html
— Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace? DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they ever-increasingly a) assigned me to work for their female employees, b) stressed to them that I opposed gender base preference giving, and/or c) had them waste my career and get rid of me. During my last 8 years that I worked for GAO all my superiors were females. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/opinion/women-workplace-feminism-conservative.html
— Google Is Building an A.I. Fence Around the Internet It Once Championed. As Google incorporates more artificial intelligence into search, people are spending more time on Google. Some website operators are crying foul. DD: The Democrats who run Google ever-increasingly a) steer everyone to websites that promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party platform and b) steer everyone away from websites that promote conservative principles and the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/technology/google-ai-open-web.html
— Biking to work: Tips to get started, stay safe and look presentable when you arrive. DD: I walked to/from work and evening classes 1974-1978. I first walked to/from my Outer Drive East studio condo and then my ODE one bedroom condo to my IRS job in the Loop and first to graduate evening business classes at Loyola and then to graduate evening accounting classes at DePaul.
https://www.newstimes.com/living/article/biking-to-work-tips-to-get-started-stay-safe-22357001.php
NEW YORK SUN
— The Socialists Await the Gullible. The leftist surge in America is shadowed by the incompatibility of Marxism and civil liberties.
https://www.nysun.com/article/the-socialists-await-the-gullible
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The ‘Bernie Bros’ Could Spoil Democrats’ Midterms. Republicans will make even moderate opponents answer for the radical views of DSA candidates.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-bernie-bros-could-spoil-democrats-midterms-0e6e6289
— How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, by JD Vance. His online minions attack me fiercely over last week’s column. They should hear what my kids call me. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-to-lose-friends-and-alienate-people-by-jd-vance-a6a1d5fe
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over many years of writing pieces critical of politicians, my Republican targets mostly took the beatings like men, many going so far as to acknowledge—if only in confidence—that they probably deserved it. Not so Vice President JD Vance, and his dreary band of online enforcers. This egotism—or rather, insecurity—is worth analyzing. This column reported last week on the bitterness Mr. Vance’s congressional colleagues are feeling over his continual absence. In recent administrations, governing majorities have come to rely on the vice president—who is ex officio Senate president—to act as primary liaison between the White House and Congress. Mr. Vance has blown off this important if unsung duty, preferring to stay in the spotlight. Tempers hit a boil last week when—at a pivotal legislative moment—Mr. Vance canceled a planned Tuesday House meeting in favor of appearing on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” where he bashed Congress. Republicans have mostly held their tongues on Mr. Vance out of deference. But the vice president has shown a lot of lefty leg lately: undermining Israel, panning free markets, touting a Christian-themed big-government agenda. That’s in addition to what many Republicans view as Mr. Vance’s naive approach to Iran. That elected Republicans were joining conservative commentators in a Vance rethink was worthy of reporting. And most readers would have seen the column for what it was: part of a growing GOP debate over who should lead the party in 2028. Team Vance saw it as it sees any slight: an all-hands call to delegitimize a critic—to brand her a RINO, “establishment,” a liar, a captive tool, or part of some anti-JD “op.” The Vance press team contacted my editors to demand corrections. They wanted a mea culpa for what I didn’t write—namely that Mr. Vance had showed up to the House . . . on Wednesday. Never mind that Congress’s anger stemmed from Mr. Vance’s decision to ditch them for Mr. Rogan’s program. They claimed that wasn’t “the reason” for canceling, though they didn’t provide an alternative explanation. What else was Mr. Vance doing in Austin, Texas? Their final complaint was a hair-splitting gotcha: I wrote that “lawmakers can count on a few fingers the times former Sen. Vance has set foot in the Capitol.” That’s what lawmakers told me. Mr. Vance’s spokesman insisted the vice president had been there more than two dozen times since taking office. The phrase obviously referred to the infrequency with which Mr. Vance huddled with members of Congress to solve problems and wasn’t a literal count of the number of times he was physically present to attend a speech or break a tie. Mr. Vance’s real bully-boy strength shows up with his online army, where a retinue of “influencers” and “journalists” stand ready with an arsenal of labels, whataboutisms and falsehoods. The tactics aren’t new. They are straight-up Saul Alinsky—pick the target, freeze it, personalize and polarize it—long practiced by the left. I wrote a whole book about that, “The Intimidation Game.” What is new is for the right to use such means in an effort to shut down conservative dissent.)
— Biden officials predicted 17,000 arbitration disputes a year under the No Surprises Act. In 2026 there were 2.6 million. DD: I have been a FINRA arbitrator since 1998.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/surprise-billing-act-health-insurance-providers-15c1eadb
— For Sale: The Childhood Home of Conservative Commentator William F. Buckley Jr. The historic Connecticut property, which dates back to 1812, was visited by influential figures like Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger and Sylvia Plath.
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/william-buckley-jr-childhood-home-connecticut-cc241ca2
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise everything that is foreign.
https://www.bloomberg.com/sessions/2026-07-28/live-q-amp-a-is-the-american-dream-fading-for-international-students
FORBES
— Women Don’t Have A Merit Problem. They Have A Sponsor Problem. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me when I was 23 in 1972, 23, and 25. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me when I was 38. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or a veteran. All the women who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaheenajanjuhajivrajeurope/2026/07/24/women-dont-have-a-merit-problem-they-have-a-sponsor-problem/
MOTLEY FOOL
— Why COLAs Have Lost Retirees 14% of Their Buying Power Since 2016. DD: My critics/opponents were, are, and will always be furious a) that I got COLAs when I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and b) that I have gotten COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997 and as a Social Security recipient since 2010.
https://www.aol.com/articles/why-colas-lost-retirees-14-152000000.html
HARVARD CRIMSON
— Students Still Want Public Service. They Just Don’t Want Washington Right Now. Students and faculty say the traditional pipeline from the school into the federal government has narrowed — and with it, the assumption that a degree from the school leads directly to a career in Washington. DD: I worked for GAO 1980-1997. While Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996, he did everything that he could to get rid the agency’s employees who had degrees in business, accounting, and finance and to replace them with employees who had degrees in public administration from Ivy league universities. That rendered worthless a) my having earned an MBA in 1976, b) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, f) my earning four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, g) and my earning a master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/4/6/hks-public-service/
WEST CENTRAL TRIBUNE
— Cal Thomas: Who are our domestic enemies? “The ignorant and sometimes deliberate voters who support the DSA agenda should be careful what they wish for.”
https://www.wctrib.com/opinion/columns/cal-thomas-who-are-our-domestic-enemies
TRILL MAGAZINE
— The American Dream Is Expensive. Is Democratic Socialism the Answer? Rising costs and changing expectations are driving a new generation of Americans to rethink the future of the American Dream. DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? I worked my way through college and 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.trillmag.com/news/politics/the-american-dream-is-expensive-is-democratic-socialism-the-answer/
JD SUPRA
— What Employers Need to Know About the EEOC’s Rescission of Affirmative Action Guidelines and Enforcement Priorities. DD: Since the 1960s, Democrats and RINOs have used Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/what-employers-need-to-know-about-the-2097270/
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
— Affordability For All: It’s Time To Rescue The American Dream. DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? I worked my way through college and 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://nul.org/news/affordability-all-its-time-rescue-american-dream
July 22, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTO: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/ice-arrests-chicago-public-schools-employee/
— Why the US should consider making voting compulsory.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/22/opinion-compulsory-voting-us-democracy-polarization/
NAPERVILLE SUN
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Lots of changes at the DuPage County Fair.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/dupage-county-fair-wheaton/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump has campaigned more so far in 2026 midterms than he did at this point in 2018.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-22/trump-has-campaigned-more-so-far-in-2026-midterms-than-he-did-at-this-point-in-2018
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Governor candidate Aaron Del Mar. Del Mar says while Bailey knows “south of I-80” in Illinois, he knows about the Chicagoland area. DD: I lived south of I-80 1948-1976.
https://capitolcitynow.com/podcasts/illinois-republican-lieutenant-governor-candidate-aaron-del-mar/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— My critics/opponents have always wanted me to leave the Republican Party and to join the Conservative Party. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are/were 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 and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/independent-collin-corbett-to-remain-on-ballot-after-bailey-camp-withdraws-objection/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2018, former Republican state Sen. Sam McCann captured 4.23% running under the Conservative Party banner. And in 2010, Scott Lee Cohen won 3.64% running as an independent after his withdrawal as the Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial nominee.)
CHICAGO PARENT
— These are the 10 best places to live in DuPage County.
https://www.chicagoparent.com/how-do-i/these-are-the-10-best-places-to-live-in-dupage-county-ff1a4447
ILLINOIS
— Illinois Electric Vehicle Rebate Program Application Cycle to Open August 1. DD: Shockingly, last year, Pritzker gave me a $4,000 rebate for my 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV.
https://www.illinois.gov/news/release.html?releaseid=32735
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/22/data-boom-meets-boundaries-01007090
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Hatred Has Become a Greater Driver Than the Opposite.
https://johnkassnews.com/hatred-has-become-a-greater-driver-than-the-opposite/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Cal Thomas: The lure of socialism. DD: Under socialism, to advance, all you need to do is be a socialist. Under Democrats, to advance, all you need to do is be a Democrat. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and b) 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. 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 Democrat subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/21/lure-socialism/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— For America 250, reject Mamdani’s narrative of American oppression. DD: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They never were in a position to oppress anyone and they never did oppress anyone.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4636240/america-250-reject-mamdani-narrative-american-oppression/
— Republicans can save elections and defund Planned Parenthood. So why aren’t they?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4655987/republicans-can-save-elections-defund-planned-parenthood
— Mike Lindell proposes six-month amnesty for illegal immigrants if elected Minnesota governor. DD: 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. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/4658121/mike-lindell-six-month-amnesty-illegal-immigrants-minnesota-governor//
NEW YORK POST
— DOJ opens probe into Harvard’s financial aid for discrimination against American students. DD: Even though no one thought I was college material, I took college preparatory courses, I got an ACT score of 24, I graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class, I got accepted by UIC, I worked my way through college, and I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in business and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/21/us-news/doj-opens-probe-into-harvards-financial-aid-for-alleged-discrimination-against-american-students/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Is DHS caving to corporatocracy’s demand for cheap ‘illegal’ labor?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/07/21/is-dhs-caving-to-corporatocracys-demand-for-cheap-illegal-labor-1651472/
BREITBART
— Duckworth on Punishing Iran for Troops’ Deaths: It’s Trump’s Fault.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/21/duckworth-on-punishing-iran-for-troops-deaths-its-trumps-fault/
— GOP Rep. Maria Salazar: Americans Need Illegal Migrants to Defend the USA.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/07/21/rep-maria-salazar-americans-need-migrants-defend-usa/
— Rand Paul: Need Hundreds of Thousands of Troops to Secure Strait, Iran Knows We Won’t Do That.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/21/rand-paul-need-hundreds-of-thousands-of-troops-to-secure-strait-iran-knows-we-wont-do-that/
— Darline Graham Says a Focus on Domestic Economic Issues Would Differentiate Her from Her Brother.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/21/darline-graham-says-a-focus-on-domestic-economic-issues-would-differentiate-her-from-her-brother/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Students value qualifications, bucking anti-merit trend in higher ed.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/students-value-qualifications-bucking-anti-merit-trend-higher-ed-watch/30286
CHRISTIAN POST
— Members of Congress spar over radicalism at US History Museum.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/members-of-congress-spar-over-radicalism-at-us-history-museum.html
COLLEGE FIX
— UCSD med school favored black, Hispanic applicants over more qualified white, Asian ones.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/doj-ucsd-med-school-favored-black-hispanic-applicants-over-more-qualified-white-asian-ones/
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Promises To Investigate GOP Bill Offering Amnesty To Illegal Farmworkers.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/07/21/trump-investigate-gop-bill-amnesty-illegal-farmworkers-visas/
— Republicans Promised To Put America First, Instead They’ve Betrayed Everyone For Money From Massive Agriculture Donors.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/07/21/republicans-america-first-massive-agriculture-donors-legislation-amnesty-glenn-thompson-corporations-corruption/
DAILY CITIZEN
— What is Democratic Socialism? Here’s What You Need to Know.
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/what-is-democratic-socialism-heres-what-you-need-to-know/
FEDERALIST
— Republicans Will Do Anything To Illegals Except Deport Them.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/21/republicans-will-do-anything-to-illegals-except-deport-them/
— 47 Republicans Are Pushing Amnesty For Illegal Alien Agriculture Workers.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/20/47-republicans-are-pushing-amnesty-for-illegal-alien-agriculture-workers/
— Rather Than Back Down, Trump Must Escalate His Campaign For Mass Deportations.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/17/rather-than-back-down-trump-must-escalate-his-campaign-for-mass-deportations/
FOX NEWS
— California county approves reparations plan as neighboring school district ‘Black Thriving’ effort stalls. DD: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations. Since the 1960s, America has given Blacks many trillions of dollars in reparations.
https://www.aol.com/articles/california-county-approves-reparations-plan-110028000.html
PJ MEDIA
— Teachers’ Union Brags About Fighting Trump’s Plan to Eliminate Racism and Bias in Universities.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/07/21/teachers-union-brags-about-fighting-trump-plan-to-ax-racism-bias-in-universities-n4955274
— House GOP divided over immigration bill that would allow illegal immigrant farm workers to remain in US.
https://thepostmillennial.com/no-amnesty-house-gop-divided-over-immigration-bill-that-would-allow-illegal-immigrant-farm-workers-to-remain-in-us
TOWNHALL
— The Questions Illinois Never Asked.
https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-abraham/2026/07/22/the-questions-illinois-never-asked-n2679879
— Here’s an Update on How the ICE Deportations Are Going.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/07/21/heres-an-update-on-how-the-ice-deportations-are-going-n2679891
— Party’s Over for Foreigners at College.
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2026/07/22/partys-over-for-foreigners-at-college-n2679890
WHITE HOUSE
— Democrat “Glitch” Registers Thousands of Noncitizens to Vote: Another Reason to Pass the SAVE America Act.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/07/democrat-glitch-registers-thousands-of-noncitizens-to-vote-another-reason-to-pass-the-save-america-act/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— DOJ warns California to drop Glock ban or face lawsuit. DD: How soon will Pritzker officially move to abolish the Second Amendment and confiscate all firearms and ammunition from Republicans?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/doj-warns-california-to-drop-glock-ban-or-face-lawsuit/gm-GMCC215DC8
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/other/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
NEW YORK TIMES
— America Has Eight Political Tribes. Which One Do You Belong to? DD: My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a bad member of the Loyal Right.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/opinion/voters-political-parties-coalitions.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Loyal Right remains enthusiastic about Mr. Trump and ready to turn out for Republicans in this year’s midterms, but its size — 18 percent of the electorate — makes it insufficient, on its own, for retaining a Republican majority. In lower-turnout elections like the ones this year and the partisan primaries we will have in 2028, the Loyal Left and the Loyal Right will be at their most powerful. Those voters show up when the others stay home. If you’re wondering why parties nominate candidates who are out on the extremes, it is often because of the voters who reliably participate in the process. Folks who are closer to the center will keep feeling let down or left out if they don’t throw their weight around, turning out in primaries as often as their more ideologically predictable peers. There’s nothing wrong, of course, with being a party loyalist, but it’s worth reminding ourselves that most of us don’t line up neatly with the platform of either of America’s two major parties. It’s also worth keeping in mind that there’s a reason Democrats range from the aforementioned democratic socialist Representative Ocasio-Cortez to the centrist Senator Elissa Slotkin. And why Republicans range from the moderate Senator Lisa Murkowski to the populist Representative Anna Paulina Luna. It may be more useful to think of our two parties as two coalitions. For now, at least, both have to accept some level of ideological incoherence in order to cobble together a majority.)
ASPEN DAILY NEWS
— Rethinking our definitions of success. DD: My critics/opponents a) attribute their successes to meritocracy and b) attribute my successes to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://www.aspendailynews.com/opinion/growing-community-rethinking-our-definitions-of-success-cb8c2696
KOMO NEWS
— Washington approves low-income toll discounts, though some urge relief for all drivers. DD: I started paying tolls when I was 20 in January of 1969 when I commuted in my 1969 Dodge Charger SE weekends to/from NIU and my parents’ home in Crete to keep my part-time Park Forest Post Office job.
https://komonews.com/news/local/washington-weighs-low-income-toll-discounts-fueling-debate-over-who-should-pay-road-highway-driving-commute-transit-income-economy-taxes-discount-program-family-paycheck-services
BREEZE COURIER
— The Limits of Merit. DD: My critics/opponents a) attribute their successes to meritocracy and b) attribute my successes to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://www.breezecourier.com/editorials/the-limits-of-merit-11a70117
CORTLAND STANDARD
— Get out the vote. DD: What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to get out the vote? As the Republican Precinct Committeeman for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I will hand-deliver to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter a copy of the sample ballot, campaign literature from all the candidates who provide their literature to the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), and a MTRO election guide. 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.
https://www.cortlandstandard.com/opinion/get-out-the-vote/article_df8017df-98cb-4481-94c7-735a07510cde.html
JACOBIN
— Working class. DD: I was a member of the working class 1964-1997, that is, I was a wage earner 1964-1997. My critics/opponents look down on the working class, that is, they look down on wage earners.
https://jacobin.com/2026/07/class-definition-socioeconomic-status-discourse
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New Jersey Removes Thousands of Noncitizens From Voter Rolls. State says software error led to noncitizens being mistakenly registered to vote when they applied for driver’s licenses and ID cards.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/new-jersey-removes-6-600-noncitizens-from-voter-rolls-after-software-error-9acc2492
— Socialism and the Young. Students discuss why DSA candidates perform well in their age cohort. DD: Under socialism, to advance, all you need to do is be a socialist. Under Democrats, to advance, all you need to do is be a Democrat. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and b) 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. 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 Democrat subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialism-and-the-young-d32844a2
— China vs. India Isn’t as Simple as Merit vs. Caste Quotas. The Indian economy’s lag behind its neighbor can’t be explained by the practice of reservations. DD: What Caste were you born into? 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. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, My mother never attended high school. All my grandparent spoke German. I had to work my way through college. Nevertheless, my critics/opponents have always outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically painted my parents as having been filthy rich. They have always known full-well that I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were wealthy.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/china-vs-india-isnt-as-simple-as-merit-vs-caste-quotas-a704033f
FED SMITH
— The Grass Isn’t Always Greener But Is Federal Salary Really That Bad? Before assuming a private sector salary is usually better, look beyond your federal salary. Federal retirement, FEHB, and job security make a big difference. DD: Ever since I became a federal employee when I was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid and getting employment benefits that are far too generous. Ever since I became a federal retiree when I was 49 in 1997, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as getting a Civil Service Retirement System pension that is far too generous. Ever since I became a federal employee when I was 18 in 1966 and ever since I got married in 1978, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for me and my wife getting a 72% health insurance premium subsidy. In my defense, I planned to work in the private sector, the automotive industry to be exact. But my high school friend asked me to join him to take the postal employment test in 1966. Because I passed, I was a part-time postal employee while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1969. I graduated from NIU in 1970 and accepted the only job offer that I got, to be the Retail Sales Manager in a Firestone Store, a job that not really require a college degree. I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in 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 fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer that I got from IRS. I had taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination while I was a NIU student. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother would be approved.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/07/15/are-federal-employees-underpaid/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to the Federal Salary Council’s FY 2024 analysis using Bureau of Labor Statistics data, General Schedule employees earned an estimated 24.72% less than private-sector workers in comparable occupations. That’s an improvement from the previous year’s estimated 27.54% gap, thanks in part to larger pay raises in 2023 and 2024, but it is still a significant difference. . .Salary is only one part of what employers provide. Federal employees also receive retirement benefits, health insurance, paid leave, and workplace protections that have real financial value—even though they do not appear on an earnings statement. When economists compare total compensation rather than salary alone, the gap between federal and private employment often narrows considerably. . .Consider a GS-13 Step 10 employee in the Washington, DC area earning roughly $158,322 who retires after 30 years of service. That employee could receive a substantial lifetime pension, continue Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) coverage into retirement if eligible, receive the FERS retirement supplement before becoming eligible for Social Security, and continue drawing income from a well-funded TSP account. Someone leaving federal service midway through a career may receive a much smaller deferred pension and may need substantially higher private-sector earnings to replace the long-term value of those retirement benefits.)
LAW & LIBERTY
— What Is the Government Good For? DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/what-is-the-government-good-for/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY OBSERVER
— Civil service promotions in Bangladesh draw criticism over alleged bias and vetting gaps. DD: Federal employees in America who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Unions provide some protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I transferred from IRS in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors might not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did. 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. But even though I was a union member at the time, a) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and b) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. That was because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one, many, most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) 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) 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://observerbd.com/news/584450
July 21, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. 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. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/midway-blitz-metro-surge-operation-metro-surge-operation-midway-blitz-ice-minneapolis-chicago-immigration/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare. To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance. To get more cheap labor, RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with those who will work for less money.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/snap-illinois-costs/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— City Council joins chorus demanding Boutros’ resignation as U.S. attorney. DD: I dealt with Patrick Fitzgerald’s U.S. attorney office in Chicago extensively 2000-2005 while I pursued Diersen v. GAO pro se. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf I should write about that.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/07/15/city-council-resolution-demanding-andrew-boutros-resignation-us-attorney
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. 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. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260720/nation-and-world-politics/advocates-say-immigrant-community-afraid-amid-uptick-in-ice-activity-in-lake-county/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: The last one-room schoolhouse to operate in Illinois finds a new purpose after $1.6M restoration. DD; My mother, who was born in 1924, never attended high school. She walked to/from a one-room school house and the farm she was born on in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260720/news/the-last-one-room-schoolhouse-to-operate-in-illinois-finds-a-new-purpose-after-1-6m-restoration/
— Standardized tests. DD: My critics/opponents have always attributed my success in passing standardized tests to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who share their demographics. I passed all the tests needed 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. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I would not have survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years if I had not a) passed the postal employment test when I was 17 in 1966, b) passed the Federal Entrance Examination when I was 21, c) earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, d) earned an MBA when I was 27, e) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, f) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, g) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, h) became a licensed CPA when I was 32, i) earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and j) earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. Overwhelmingly those who took and passed tests with me were White males.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260721/syndicated-columnists/the-limits-of-merit/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/ccb-illinois-cannabis-sales-20260721/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Top of IL GOP ticket: Pocketbook issues, not social issues. DD: The more that you follow conservative principles, the fewer pocketbook issues that you will have. The more that you follow liberal principles, the more pocketbook issues that you will have.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-top-of-il-gop-ticket-pocketbook-issues-not-social-issues/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/21/chicagos-new-sports-era-taking-shape-01005616
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-774/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker spends over $12 million on national politics.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-spends-over-12-million-on-national-politics/
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state lawmakers have increased lawmaker pay while approving budgets that raised taxes on Illinoisans.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmaker-salaries-rise-33-faster-than-their-constituents-paychecks-under-pritzker/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The more that you follow conservative principles, the fewer pocketbook issues that you will have. The more that you follow liberal principles, the more pocketbook issues that you will have. If I had followed liberal principles, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) earn a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. d) earn an MBA when I was 27, e) get married when I was 29, f) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, g) earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, h) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, or i) become a licensed CPA when I was 32.- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What motivates you to donate money to Republican candidates? For me, it includes their demonstrated commitment and ability to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who do you know that has served as the chairman of a political organization? It is a thankless job. I know. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republican of Illinois 2005-2012. I agree with Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman Bob Grogan who told the Chicago Sun-Times “You get blamed for everything and credit for nothing” and that Trump has the “hardest job in the world, and I probably have the second hardest job in the world, being chairman of the Illinois Republican Party.” While served as the TAPROOT chairman, my critics/opponents ever-increasingly blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my DuPage County Milton Township precinct in Wheaton. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and IRP, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. What do you have in common with Grogan? Grogan and I are both long-time DuPage County residents, Republican Precinct Committeemen, licensed CPAs, Certified Fraud Examiners, and members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and Illinois CPA Society. Grogan represented me on the IRP State Central Committee 2018-2022. I worked hard to elect Grogan and to reelect Grogan as DuPage County Auditor in 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024.
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to get out the vote? As the Republican Precinct Committeeman for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I will hand-deliver to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter a copy of the sample ballot, campaign literature from all the candidates who provide it to the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), and a MTRO election guide. 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What motivates your critics/opponents to take adverse actions against you? The following motivates my critics/opponents to have their operatives and their dupe take adverse actions against me: a) my sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, b) my promoting in those newsletters conservative principles and Republican Party platform planks that they reject, and/or c) my refusing to be manipulated or dominated by them, my refusing to glorify or praise them, my refusing to pander to them, my refusing to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, my refusing to cover up their wrong doing, and/or my refusing to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Assault weapons’ bans are on their way to the Supreme Court.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/4655258/assault-weapons-bans-on-their-way-to-supreme-court/
— Socialism and Marxism is spreading like a malignant tumor. DD: To advance under socialism, you have to be a socialist. To advance in the Democrat-run federal government, you have to be a Democrat. Working in the Democrat public sector when I was 49 in 1997, my salary was only $154,682/year in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had worked in the private sector, I never would have earned that much. In my defense, I had earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/finance-and-economy/4655809/socialism-marxism-spreading-tumor-joe-concha/
BREITBART
— Baby Abandoned at Illinois Tourism Spot, Parents Fled U.S.
https://www.breitbart.com/local/2026/07/20/baby-abandoned-illinois-tourism-spot-parents-fled-u-s/amp/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Police responded to the Cahokia Mounds parking lot on the evening of June 7 after receiving reports that a baby had been abandoned in the parking lot and left in a car seat, News Nation reported. The child was transported to a local hospital for evaluation, and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has since taken custody.)
CHRISTIAN POST
— Why the ‘Woke Right’ is more dangerous than conservatives admit. DD: My critics/opponents are woke, that is, they blame all problems on those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/why-the-woke-right-is-more-dangerous-than-conservatives-admit.html
COLLEGE FIX
— California medical schools ditch required social justice courses ‘filled with propaganda.’ DD: I avoided liberal indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/california-medical-schools-ditch-required-social-justice-courses-filled-with-propaganda/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left Isn’t Building a Working-Class Movement—It’s Building a New Elite.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/20/the-left-isnt-building-a-working-class-movement-its-building-a-new-elite-left/
FOX NEWS
— Birth tourism fight shifts to US ‘tropical maternity ward’ with history of Chinese exploitation. Rep Morgan Griffith says Congress can amend statutes granting automatic citizenship in U.S. territories.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/birth-tourism-fight-shifts-us-tropical-maternity-ward-history-chinese-exploitation
— California county approves bombshell reparations plan despite budget crisis.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6401644206112
— Democrat group says reparations are owed Blacks because Black median wealth is nearly 15 times less than White median wealth. DD: To get even more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans who are the following like me cause all their problems: conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about the successes and the failures that my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors had doing that with my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-far-left-group-claims-reparations-owed-blacks-median-wealth-nearly-15-times-less-whites
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Launch Renewed Attack on School Choice. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/20/wes-moore-school-choice-attack-n2679747
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Students need education, not indoctrination. DD: I avoided liberal indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5974887-education-quality-civil-rights/
— DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance. To get more cheap labor, RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with those who will work for less money.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5975518-birthright-citizenship-scotus-challenge/
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/20/politics/democratic-socialist-candidates-polling
MSN
— Why young grads are struggling to get hired. DD: The more of the following that you are, the less likely that Democrat and RINO employers will hire you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The more of the following that you are, the more likely that Democrat and RINO employers will hire you: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/why-young-grads-are-struggling-to-get-hired/ss-AA28evKu
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/opinion/democrats-capitalism-socialism.html
— The Hunt for a Job Has Never Been Worse. DD: What was your post-graduate success? When I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970, I had to have a job. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. I had applied for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother, but potential employers did not believe it would be granted. So I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was being the Retail Sales Manager for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. But the job did not really require a college degree. To “learn the business,” I was required to dismount, mount, and balance many tires, pump lots of gasoline, change lots of engine oil and filters, change batteries, deliver major appliances to homes, etc. 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 2-week probationary period in the Firestone Store in Gary, 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. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. He 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. Then, oddly, puzzlingly, he then offered me a job working part-time pumping gasoline which I accepted until he “asked” me to resign at the end of 1972. The money I earned helped me a) buy a new Corvette in 1971, b) pay for four graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/opinion/job-market-ai-employees.html
BALTIMORE SUN
— The Democratic Part is being defined by its far-left flank.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/07/20/democratic-socialists-party-flank/
NEWS HERALD
— Cal Thomas: Who are our domestic enemies?
https://www.news-herald.com/2026/07/20/cal-thomas-who-are-our-domestic-enemies/
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
— A district court judge in Helena has narrowed the scope of a lawsuit seeking to invalidate sections of the Montana Republican Party’s bylaws that require loyalty oaths and allows the state central committee to remove members as will, according to plaintiffs. DD: I should write about the following who have worked the hardest to get rid of me since 2000: 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 and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/judge-narrows-focus-of-lawsuit-against-state-gop-bylaws/article_59e82f0b-f7e3-4349-a679-1cfac0042b8b.html
SUMMIT DAILY
— Let’s get out the vote. DD: As the Republican Precinct Committeeman for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I will hand-deliver to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter a copy of the sample ballot, campaign literature from all the candidates who provide it to the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), and a MTRO election guide. 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.
https://www.summitdaily.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-lets-get-out-the-vote-and-participate-in-democracy/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A $55 Billion Safety Net? Government Tab to Prop Up American Farms Is Rising. DD: Democrats and RINOs despise/hate farms, farming, and farmers. Just look at how Democrats and RINOs are treating Bailey. My great grandparents on my father’s side were farmers. My grandparents on my mother’s side were farmers. During the 1950s, I spent lots of time at their farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
Trump’s latest request extends run of interventions supporting nation’s agricultural economy
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/a-55-billion-safety-net-government-tab-to-prop-up-american-farms-is-rising-67dc6634
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The Man Who Runs the IRS Spied on Colleagues When He Worked at JPMorgan. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Federal employees should assume that their Democrat superiors can see their 1040s if they want to and that they will use the information in those 1040s against their subordinates if they want to.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/irs-bisignano-spying-jpmorgan-6cd1ddf0
BARRON’S
— Career success. DD: What did you do to get promoted? I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor 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 finance when I was 48. My critics/opponents use the aforesaid against me stressing that notwithstanding the aforesaid, I never earned more than $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.barrons.com/advisor/articles/merrill-financial-advisor-corina-davis-afcfb78c
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Family reunions. DD: Since 1847, all my ancestors were Missouri Synod Lutherans. But family reunions on both my father’s and mother’s sides died in the 1960s because Wisconsin Synod Lutherans defeated Missouri Synod Lutherans in Crete and in Grant Park. That had a tremendous impact on me. To stay with the Missouri Synod, my parents took me out of eight grade at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete in 1961 and transferred me to a newly formed very small eight grade at Hope Lutheran in Park Forest.
https://www.businessinsider.com/annual-family-reunion-kids-impact-2026-4
BLOOMBERG LAW
— DD: 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. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/dhs-restores-30-day-rule-for-asylum-seekers-work-authorization
SMILE HUB
— Illinois Is 2026’s 8th Best State for People in Poverty. DD: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) invite to Illinois those who want/need/demand massive government assistance and b) drive out of Illinois those who are productive members of society.
https://smilehub.org/blog/states-most-supportive-of-people-in-poverty/144
FED SMITH
— What Recent Court Decisions Mean for Federal Employee Job Security. DD: Because Democrats run the federal government, federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Have adverse actions been taken against you “for cause?” My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that GAO forced me to retire “for cause” when I was 49 in 1997. They stress the adverse actions that my GAO superiors had taken against me previously. They had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They had delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They had forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Previously, my IRS superiors had never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. Previously, my Post Office superiors had forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact a) that Democrats run GAO, Democrats despise/hate Republicans, and I have always been a Republican, b) that all my GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors who took the aforesaid actions against me were Democrats, c) that I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation since 1988, and d) that I had ever-increasingly complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I must have been guilty of “gross malfeasance or negligence” or even worse things because the many big aforesaid adverse actions were taken against me even though I had a) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, b) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1981, and 1976, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/07/20/court-decisions-federal-employee-job-security/