FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— 4 people killed, 11 others injured in Chicago weekend shootings
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-april-24-to-27/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders have always used SPLC to destroy Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/27/column-southern-poverty-law-center-federal-charges-page/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/27/suffolk-tribune-poll-immigration-operation-midway-blitz/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/24/orland-park-ballet-communities-afriad-ice/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks, and at everyone else, that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/27/illinois-educators-pro-black-curricula-erikson-institute/
NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://nwitimes.com/news/local/illinois/chicago/article_81805bb2-1512-5fde-bfcc-2a12bf86b9ac.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Veteran Illinois GOP consultant Collin Corbett is leaving the Republican Party and becoming an independent.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/27/a-gop-strategist-leaves-his-party-00892517
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-724/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Fourth attempt on Trump’s life raises fresh questions about ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/26/fourth-attempt-trumps-life-raises-fresh-questions-trump-derangement/
NEW YORK POST
— Who are ‘The Wide Awakes,’ leftist group WHCD gunman Cole Allen was part of?
https://nypost.com/2026/04/26/us-news/who-are-the-wide-awakes-leftist-group-whcd-gunman-cole-allen-was-supposedly-a-part-of/
https://www.aol.com/articles/wide-awakes-leftist-group-whcd-022825056.html
— Trump calls ‘60 Minutes’ host ‘disgraceful’ for reading WHCD suspect Cole Allen’s alleged manifesto on air.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/26/media/trump-calls-60-minutes-host-disgraceful-for-reading-whcd-suspect-cole-allens-alleged-manifesto-on-air/
— Ex-President Barack Obama claims ‘we don’t have’ WHCD gunman Cole Allen’s motives — despite raving anti-Trump manifesto.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/26/us-news/ex-president-barack-obama-claims-we-dont-know-whcd-gunmans-motives-despite-raving-anti-trump-manifesto/
— Read White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman Cole Allen’s full anti-Trump manifesto.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/read-white-house-correspondents-dinner-gunman-cole-allen-s-full-anti-trump-manifesto/ar-AA21KTOm
FREE PRESS
— The Disappointments of Cole Allen
https://www.thefp.com/p/the-disappointments-of-cole-allen
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— California Stealth Attempt To Reinstate Affirmative Action In Education
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/04/california-stealth-attempt-to-reinstate-affirmative-action-in-education-opposed-by-equal-protection-project/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Cole Allen
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shooting-suspect-white-house-correspondents-dinner-cole-thomas-allen-rcna342146
MSN
— Cole Allen: NASA fellow and teacher accused in White House dinner shooting
https://www.msn.com/en-in/autos/photos/who-is-cole-allen-nasa-fellow-and-teacher-accused-in-white-house-dinner-shooting/ar-AA21KfKA
CNBC
— How much one parent needs to earn so the other can stay home in every U.S. state. DD: In Illinois, it is $79,102/year. In today’s dollars, my father never earned more than $50,000/year. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. My mother, who never attended high school, never worked outside of the home until after he died. She stayed at home and raised me and my brother. Consequently, 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, and I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/how-much-one-parent-needs-to-earn-so-the-other-can-stay-home-by-state.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Again, a Gunman Got Perilously Close to Trump. After two previous assassination attempts, the effort by an armed man to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is sure to raise questions about security and political violence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/us/politics/trump-gunman-security-violence.html
— Influencers Are Spinning Nicotine as a ‘Natural’ Health Hack. The influencers, many of them aligned with the Make America Healthy Again Movement, say the medical establishment has unfairly demonized the compound.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/well/nicotine-health-maha.html
— The Hotel Where Reagan Was Shot in 1981 Becomes a Crime Scene Again. The Washington Hilton was the site of an assassination attempt against the 40th president.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/us/politics/correspondents-dinner-shooting-washington-hilton-reagan.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Correspondents’ dinner lacked highest security level despite presence of top officials
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/26/white-house-correspondents-dinner-security-status/
— Cole Allen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/26/whcd-shooting-suspect/
USA TODAY
— Cole Allen: FBI retraces a cross-country trail.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/26/cole-tomas-allen-white-house-dinner-suspect/89809523007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Allen, according to police, boarded a train from Los Angeles, checked into a Washington hotel that was the scene of the black-tie gala, and fired a weapon outside the dinner attended by President Donald Trump and other top federal officials.)
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Cole Allen
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-25/suspect-california-trump-white-house-dinner
USA TODAY
— DD: What percent of those who took out student loans never expected/intended to pay them off?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/04/10/borrowers-avoid-student-loans-moving-abroad/89504893007/
MINNESOTA DAILY
— A progress report on the American dream. DD: My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI. What are your demographics? If you were born years later than you were, could have had the successes that you had? I would not because of AA and DEI, that is, because of race and gender based preference giving, that is, because of political affiliation discrimination, that is, because of reverse discrimination, that is, because of age discrimination, that is, because of religious discrimination, that is, because of national origin discrimination. I was born in 1948. Ever-increasingly my superiors were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat leaders to get rid of their employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote AA and DEI.
https://mndaily.com/opinion/progress-report-american-dream-0/05/01/2008/snoadmin/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Millions of Americans Are Going Uninsured Following Expiration of ACA Subsidies. Nearly a tenth of those enrolled in Affordable Care Act plans last year dropped insurance after costs rose sharply. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance since 1966 and then also my wife’s health insurance since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors to get rid of me.
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/millions-of-americans-are-going-uninsured-following-expiration-of-aca-subsidies-0051240d
— DD: Were it not for America’s military actions, there would be no Christianity, no Catholicism, and no Pope.
https://www.wsj.com/world/what-happened-to-just-war-why-modern-popes-have-become-peace-activists-a8cd7ecb
FORTUNE
— Record numbers of kids are enrolling in state-funded preschool. DD: My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. Nevertheless, because he sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, my critics/opponents have outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically demonized, denigrated, and condemned him, and therefore me, as being filthy rich. They have always known full-well that I had to work my way through college.
https://fortune.com/2026/04/22/record-preschool-funding-trump-state-coverage-iran-war/
ED WEEK
— Cole’s online resume says he worked for tutoring company. DD: My critics/opponents have always used against me my ACT score being only 24. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have used the money that I earned washing dishes while I was in high school for ACT tutoring instead of for a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC.
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/man-accused-of-firing-weapon-at-event-with-trump-has-background-as-tutor-and-computer-programmer/2026/04
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Allen’s online resume says he worked for the last six years at C2 Education, a company that offers admissions counseling and test preparation services to aspiring college students. “Your Child’s Path to a Dream School Starts Here,” the C2 Education website says. “For over 25 years, we’ve helped high-performing students get accepted into top universities through expert test prep, GPA management, and personalized college counseling,” the company states. In addition to offering prep for the ACT and SAT tests, the organization touts academic support for elementary, middle, and high school students. It says its services are delivered both in-person at academic centers around the country, and virtually.)
ROLLING STONE
— Trump wants to make it harder for veterans to work in government. DD: For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, 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/news/other/trump-wants-to-make-it-harder-for-veterans-to-work-in-government/ar-AA21jXXG
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TELEGRAPH
— Trump shooting suspect is Democrat-supporting ‘teacher of the month.’ Alleged gunman at Washington dinner is video game developer who donated to Kamala Harris campaign.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/04/26/washington-donald-trump-gunman-cole-tomas-allen-teacher/
MEAWW
— ‘We were horrified’: Cole Allen’s employer C2 Education condemns WHCD shooting. DD: My critics/opponents have always used against me my ACT score being only 24. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have used the money that I earned washing dishes while I was in high school for ACT tutoring instead of for a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC.
https://news.meaww.com/we-were-horrified-cole-allens-employer-c-2-education-condemns-whcd-shooting
(FROM THE ARTICLE: C2 Education, a tutoring and college preparation center where Allen began working in 2020, issued a statement condemning the shooting as ‘horrifying’ and said it is cooperating fully with law enforcement investigating the incident. . .Allen joined C2 Education as a tutor in 2020 in Torrance, California, soon after graduating from Caltech. According to a social media post, he was recognized as Teacher of the Month at C2 Education in December 2024.)
— Is the photo of Cole Allen wearing an Israel Defense Forces sweatshirt real?
https://news.meaww.com/fact-check-is-the-photo-of-cole-allen-wearing-an-israel-defense-forces-sweatshirt-real
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Cole Allen: Wife and marriage. A claim has gone viral on social media that Allen was married. To be sure, these claims have been made by unverified profiles. They allege that Allen is married to one Priyanka Rao, and the posts claim she’s an Indian. An alleged photo of Rao’s passport has also been shared alongside an alleged image of Allen and her together.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/cole-tomas-allen-married-fact-check-claims-about-wife-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-suspect-motive-details-101777237413313.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: However, there is nothing to suggest that the alleged shooter was married. The image of the passport shared appears to be a doctored image. On close inspection, it shows that the nationality of Allen’s alleged wife is also listed as Cole Tomas Allen – which is not possible. No mainstream media coverage has indicated that Allen was married, and makes no mention of any serious relationship either. As per a NBC report, Allen lived with his parents. Paul Thompson, one of Allen’s neighbors, told NBC that Allen lived with his parents and rode a blue moped around the area. Noting Allen was “not necessarily friendly,” Thompson added that he had not noticed anything off about him. Further, the person said that that Allen’s “parents are nice, friendly people,” and the “father especially knows everybody.” Allen’s sister also confirmed that he had purchased two handguns and a shotgun from CAP Tactical Firearms and kept them stored at their parents’ home, the publication further reported. . .While details about Allen continue to emerge many are also curious as to his motive. It has now come to light that the Los Angeles man had sent writings to his family members before the attack, where he referred to himself as a “Friendly Federal Assassin”. Authorities believe the attack to be politically motivated, as per Associated Press. Before the shooting at Washington Hilton, Allen sent out writings which made repeated references to President Donald Trump though he was not named directly. The writings also alluded to grievances over a range of administration actions, including the strikes on boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean.)
— Cole Tomas Allen manifesto: Full text and quotes from White House correspondents’ dinner shooting suspect. Cole Allen, the accused shooter at WHCD, sent a manifesto detailing his justification and ‘rules of engagement’ before the attack, criticizing US leadership.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/cole-tomas-allen-manifesto-full-text-and-quotes-from-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-suspect-101777242227511.html
— Why was Cole Tomas Allen shirtless? WHCD shooter’s photos raise questions amid claims of Instagram being deleted.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/why-was-cole-tomas-allen-shirtless-whcd-shooters-photos-raise-questions-amid-claims-of-instagram-being-deleted-101777260093456.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An official reason for Cole Tomas Allen being shirtless was not provided. However, in such situations, law enforcement officials are known to remove the clothes off a suspect to check for additional weapons or explosives, or anything else that might be dangerous that the individual might have on their person. . .While the likely reason for Allen’s clothes being removed was tied to security reasons, it sparked plenty of social media speculation. It came mostly from unverified profiles. A claim was made that Allen was wearing an IDF tee-shirt or an Israeli Defense Forces tee-shirt. This springs from an alleged image of his that has been doing the rounds online. . .There were also claims that he was seen in this IDF tee-shirt before his Instagram profile was taken down. “Cole Allen was seen in an IDF sweatshirt on his Instagram before his profile was removed,” a page on X claimed. However, the photo in the IDF tee does not appear to be true. Grok fact checked claims saying “The image is a fake composite. The suspect in the WHCD shooting is Cole Tomas Allen, 31, a California tutor/computer science grad from Torrance with no reported IDF, Israeli, or military ties of any kind. Media and law enforcement photos of him (grad cap/gown, shirtless in custody) don’t match this couch shot. The IDF emblem was clearly added to manufacture a “coincidence” conspiracy. No credible reporting supports it.” HT.com could not independently verify the claims about Allen and IDF either. Notably, Allen’s Instagram profile may have been taken down by law enforcement, as they sometimes do to examine the feeds for potential clues or evidence, in such cases. However, after his arrest, a Facebook and LinkedIn account linked to Allen reportedly remained active.)
— The Wide Awakes: All about the Abraham Lincoln-linked group Cole Allen was part of.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/the-wide-awakes-all-about-the-abraham-lincoln-linked-group-cole-allen-was-allegedly-part-of-101777271124434.html
TIMES OF INDIA
— Trump Shooter Cole Allen’s Manifesto Has A Message For Iran
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/trump-shooter-cole-allens-manifesto-has-a-message-for-iran-you-could-do-worse/videoshow/130541292.cms
ECONOMIC TIMES
— American dream under strain: Indian students rethink US plans amid low H-1B odds and rising visa uncertainty
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/american-dream-under-strain-indian-students-rethink-us-plans-amid-low-h-1b-odds-and-rising-visa-uncertainty/ar-AA1ZbICG
Tag: discrimination
April 26, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Gunman charges White House Correspondents’ Dinner checkpoint with Trump inside. The suspect in the shooting incident is in custody.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-first-lady-removed-security-incident-correspondents-dinner/18967739/
— DD: Democrat leaders shout that economy is getting worse.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/americans-are-unhappy-economy-reeling-high-prices-polls-say/18966050/
— DD: Democrat leaders promote SPLC
https://abc7chicago.com/post/splc-indictment-alabama-civil-rights-groups-respond-southern-poverty-law-center-funding-allegations/18960110/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump unharmed after shooting incident at White House correspondents’ dinner
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/25/donald-trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner/
— FRONT PAGE: Many hold dim view of Johnson. Mayor may face uphill reelection climb as 44% view him unfavorably.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/26/brandon-johnson-suffolk-tribune-poll/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/25/legal-providers-try-to-bridge-the-gap-touting-the-benefits-of-counsel-for-immigrants-fighting-removal/
— Will County Republicans choose Frankfort Township Trustee Hillary Kurzawa to lead party. DD: I should about why I was drafted to serve as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2005.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/22/will-county-republicans-hillary-kurzawa-chair/
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, GOD hates Trump, and therefore, DOD hates those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/26/opinion-pete-hegseth-christian-nationalism/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Immigration raids upending Chicago’s construction industry. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens if they could have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/work/2026/04/25/ice-raids-construction-industry-worker-shortage-border-patrol
— DD: The more that you support Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against you.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/04/25/christianity-catholics-pope-vance-trump-hegseth-hannity-mona-charen
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Anticipate/expect that soon, the Democrats who run Illinois will use gerrymandering to assure that no Republican will ever be elected in Illinois again. Anticipate/expect that the Democrats who run Illinois will ever-increasingly destroy Republicans in Illinois who are conservative, White, male, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260425/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-things-to-be-said-on-redistricting-at-its-worst-houses-proposed-amendment-i/
— ICE arrests drop nearly 12% after Minneapolis killings and immigration shake-up
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260425/nation-and-world-politics/a-sudden-shift-ice-arrests-drop-nearly-12-after-minneapolis-killings-and-immigration-shake-up/
STATELINE
— Illinois lawmaker proposes removing citizenship requirement for professional licenses. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled my becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-lawmaker-proposes-removing-citizenship-requirement-for-professional-licenses/
NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Region teens join dangerous street ‘takeovers’ in Chicago
https://nwitimes.com/opinion/columnists/jerry-davich/article_82bab291-5ac3-465d-a0ae-de5ae11d0235.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump says dinner shooting suspect was armed with multiple weapons before being stopped by Secret Service
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-says-dinner-shooting-suspect-was-armed-with-multiple-weapons-before-being-stopped-by-secret/article_50b30b99-fd42-55f8-a12d-82bd8e3289a9.html
— Video posted by Trump shows suspect running past security barricade as Secret Service agents run toward him.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/video-posted-by-trump-shows-suspect-running-past-security-barricade-as-secret-service-agents-run/article_885745b7-5b69-57c2-9b4c-e1544edb1c69.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump posts video of man running past security during Correspondents’ dinner.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-posts-video-of-man-running-past-secuirty-during-correspondents-dinner/
25 NEWS NOW
— Top Illinois Dems, GOP condemn political violence after shots fired near Trump
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/04/26/top-illinois-dems-gop-condemn-political-violence-after-shots-fired-near-trump/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Republican AG candidate Fioretti seeks to reform SAFE-T Act
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/ag-candidate-seeks-to-reform-safe-t-act/article_4f2cf2e9-c9c1-4823-90b6-d36be43b8277.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrats and RINOs destroy conservatives. QUESTION: What helps/enables people to fight for conservative principles? ANSWER: Substantial guaranteed income for life. Substantial financial, real estate, and other assets. Limited fixed expenses. No debts. No dependents. Relevant education, career, and/or professional successes. Lots of available time. Lots of motivation. Life history of not only following conservative principles, but promoting them. Ability to suffer adverse actions from Democrats and from RINOs. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs who run Illinois, there are ever-increasingly fewer and fewer and fewer who have the aforesaid in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
JOHN KASS
— A World Without Billionaires
https://johnkassnews.com/a-world-without-billionaires/
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago’s Middle-Class Families Are Leaving
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/quiet-exodus-chicago-middle-class-families-leaving
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Southern Poverty Law Center: An Empire Built on Fear
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/the-southern-poverty-law-center-an-empire-built-on-fear/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— East St. Louis Township paid $550 to a politician, who had previously spent four years in federal prison for tax evasion, to clear an inch of snow from the township’s parking lot – a task he didn’t even complete.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/east-st-louis-township-hires-politician-to-shovel-inch-of-snow/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— House GOP Leader Tony McCombie Loses Control as Republicans Break Ranks to Back Pritzker Bailout Bill
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/04/house-gop-leader-tony-mccombie-loses-control-as-republicans-break-ranks-to-back-pritzker-bailout-bill.html
— AFP Award Winners Among Republicans Backing Pritzker-Bears Bailout – A Stunning Reversal on Taxpayer Promises. https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/04/afp-award-winners-among-republicans-backing-pritzker-bears-bailout-a-stunning-reversal-on-taxpayer-promises.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Shots fired at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Trump rushed from the stage
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/25/shots-fired-white-house-correspondents-dinner-trump-rushed-stage/
— ‘Quite an evening’: Trump ready for round two after gunshots force dinner cancellation
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/25/quite-evening-trump-ready-round-two-gunshots-force-dinner/
— SPLC’s troubles mount as Republicans probe Biden administration ties
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/25/splcs-troubles-mount-republicans-probe-biden-administration-ties/
— Socialism for thee, heck not for me
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/24/socialism-thee-heck-not/
— Hegseth slams Europeans for ‘free riding,’ says they have long benefited from U.S. protection
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/24/pete-hegseth-slams-europeans-free-riding-says-long-benefited-us/
NEW YORK POST
— Shocking scenes from LA’s homeless apocalypse — as filthy camps overrun kids’ playgrounds
https://nypost.com/2026/04/25/us-news/homeless-encampments-overtake-kids-parks-across-la-in-disturbing-scenes/
— Pro-Palestine protesters swarm outside glitzy White House Correspondents’ Dinner venue
https://nypost.com/2026/04/25/us-news/white-house-correspondents-dinner-live-updates-news-trump-speech/
— Mamdani releases propaganda video promoting Soviet-style city-run grocery stores
https://nypost.com/2026/04/25/us-news/mamdani-releases-propaganda-video-promoting-soviet-style-city-run-grocery-stores/
BLAZE
— One soldier’s fight against creeping Marxism in the military
https://www.theblaze.com/align/call-sign-courage-one-soldier-s-fight-against-creeping-marxism-in-the-military
BREITBART
— SHOOTING AT CORRESPONDENTS DINNER, PRESIDENT TRUMP WHISKED OUT OF ROOM
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/25/livewire-shooting-at-correspondents-dinner-president-trump-whisked-out-of-room/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Has There Been a ‘Minneapolis Effect’ on Immigration Enforcement? ICE ‘interior arrests’ decrease 21.7 percent between December and March.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Has-There-Been-Minneapolis-Effect-Immigration-Enforcement
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump, Vance Evacuated and Safe After Shooting at White House Correspondents Dinner
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/25/shots-fired-trump-cabinet-officials-evacuated-white-house-correspondents-dinner/
EPOCH TIMES
— Correspondents’ Dinner, Trump Evacuated, Suspect Detained. The president later confirmed that one Secret Service agent had been shot during the incident, but is ‘doing great.’
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/shots-fired-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner-president-evacuated-6017151
— Suspect Facing Multiple Charges After Shooting at WH Correspondents’ Dinner. The suspect will be arraigned on Monday, the Justice Department said.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/suspect-facing-multiple-charges-after-shooting-at-wh-correspondents-dinner-doj-6017219
FOX NEWS
— Networks downplay Southern Poverty Law Center funding KKK, Nazis
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/broadcast-bias-networks-downplay-southern-poverty-law-center-funding-kkk-nazis.amp
— Southern Poverty Law Center: A tale of a racism scam
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/southern-poverty-law-center-tale-racism-scam
JONATHAN TURLEY
— “Racial Profiling” or Race Baiting? Tom Steyer’s Illiterate Take on English Proficiency.
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/04/25/racial-profiling-or-race-baiting-tom-steyers-illiterate-take-on-english-proficiency/comment-page-1/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— DEI Industrial Complex Survival Guide: “hide it and conceal it and mask it”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/04/dei-industrial-complex-survival-guide-hide-it-and-conceal-it-and-mask-it/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Dems ‘White Supremacy’ Tactics All About Political Power
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/04/25/dems_lsquowhite_supremacyrsquo_tactics_all_about_political_power_697927.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Trump and Epstein photos projected onto the hotel before correspondents’ dinner
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-and-epstein-photos-projected-onto-the-hotel-before-correspondents-dinner/ar-AA21HBT6
MSN
— DeSantis bans local governments from supporting Pride events & DEI initiatives
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ron-desantis-bans-local-governments-from-supporting-pride-events-dei-initiatives/ar-AA21yNGJ
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Describes Gunman’s Attack at Washington Hotel. Trump was rushed from the stage of a dinner hosted by the White House reporters’ association. Trump said a Secret Service agent was shot at but “saved” by his bulletproof vest. The F.B.I. said a suspect was in custody.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/25/us/trump-correspondents-dinner-shooting
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more age discrimination. Anticipate/expect that the more of the following that you are, the more age discrimination that you will face: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/opinion/ageism-gerontacracy-america.html
WEEK
— How did gunman Cole Tomas Allen reach White House Correspondents’ dinner venue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd3JMB0Bha8
WION
— Trump: Suspect Lone Wolf, Would-Be-Assassin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DnKRLj7XfQ
FORBES
— 4 Ways To Overcome A Lack of ‘Relevant’ Work Experience. DD: GAO audits IRS. To force me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically deemed my almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, as being not “relevant.” They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. If I had been any of the aforesaid, they would have offered me a promotion to GS-13, currently $118,984/year, to transfer. Further, they ignored/dismissed/belittled a) that much of what I did for IRS was very similar to what I would do for GAO, b) that I had earned an MBA when I was 27, b) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, and c) that I earned master’s degree in accounting when I was 31.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2015/03/26/4-ways-to-overcome-a-lack-of-relevant-work-experience/
KIPLINGER’S
— Healthiest retirees target 95 years-plus in planning.
https://www.kiplinger.com/retirement/new-65-why-the-healthiest-retirees-are-planning-for-30-more-years
BANKRATE
— How rising car prices present one more hurdle for homebuyers. DD: I was able to buy a new townhome when I was 24 in 1972 even though I was still paying off a new car loan because a) I had worked for IRS for 15 months and b) I had worked part-time for a Firestone Store for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that.
https://www.bankrate.com/mortgages/car-loan-effect-on-mortgage-application/
BUSINESS JOURNALS
— Five ways to distinguish meaningful certifications from vanity credentials. DD: My critics/opponents have always stressed a) that my IRS and GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and b) that my GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, my becoming a licensed CAP when I was 32, and my becoming a certified fraud examiner when I was 41, government financial manager when I was 45, financial services auditor when I was 47, and forensic accountant when I was 48.
https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/profiles-strategies/2026/04/certifications-credentials-career-advancement-plan.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Employer recognition. . .Accreditation and standards. . .Career impact)
SCHLESINGER
— Can I – or will I ever – retire? DD: The more of the following that you are, the sooner that you will be forced to retire: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/04/20/jill-on-money-can-i-or-will-i-ever-retire/
GRADUATE MANAGEMENT ADMISSION COUNCIL
— How will you fund your MBA degree? DD: I used my Post Office salary pay for tuition and books to earn a bachelor’s degree in management form NIU when I was 21 in 1970. I used my IRS salary to pay for tuition and books for 16 courses to earn an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976. I used my IRS and GAO salary to pay for tuition and books for 12 courses to earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31 in 1980. I used my GAO salary to pay for tuition and books for 14 courses to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT when I was 48 in 1997. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that if I had any potential, I would have gotten scholarships and a) that if my Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors saw any potential in me, they would have had their agencies pay what I paid to earn the aforesaid.
https://www.gmac.com/resources/learners/how-to-apply/scholarships-financing/mba-finance-unique-ways-fund-degree
April 24, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Democrats push redistricting ‘reform’ that maintains their own power
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/24/gerrymandering-redistricting-chris-welch-virginia-political-maps/
— DD: 2.2 million Illinois residents with a criminal record.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/24/opinion-clean-slate-illinois-employers/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois marijuana firms will get a massive tax break from Trump administration’s historic weed shift. DD: Pot is poison, In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. All my critics/opponents have used pot, are using it, want to use it, want to make money selling it, want the tax revenue from its sale, want votes from those who use it, and/or want to use it to destroy America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/marijuana/2026/04/23/marijuana-cannabis-trump-blanche-chicago-illinois-verano-cresco
WGN9
— CPS parents demand clarity on May Day agreement.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/cps-parents-demand-clarity-on-may-day-agreement/
STATELINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran against America.
https://www.mystateline.com/hill-politics/fetterman-iran-must-be-so-excited-by-the-american-media-and-the-democratic-party/
— Bailey visits Rockford, criticizes state policies
https://www.mystateline.com/news/republican-nominee-darren-bailey-visits-rockford-criticizes-state-policies/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug might only be the first step for Trump. President Donald Trump’s decision to reclassify state-licensed medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug is a boon for the industry. DD: Pot is poison, In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. All my critics/opponents have used pot, are using it, want to use it, want to make money selling it, want the tax revenue from its sale, want votes from those who use it, and/or want to use it to destroy America.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/reclassifying-marijuana-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-might-only-be-the-first-step-for-trump/article_fc2ab65f-dacf-57af-9f59-1c004875746e.html
CITY THAT WORKS
— Chicago doubles down on unaffordable housing. In 2025, new affordable units in Chicago will cost *at least* $679K a pop to build.
https://citythatworks.substack.com/p/chicago-doubles-down-on-unaffordable
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/24/bears-bill-and-the-senate-red-zone-00890120
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-723/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-510/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Vallas: Chicago Media Fuel Anti-Police Hysteria
https://johnkassnews.com/chicago-media-fuel-anti-police-hysteria/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois’ number of high school grads to plunge 32%. Lawmakers still want more college money.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-number-of-high-school-grads-to-plunge-32-lawmakers-still-want-more-college-money/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigrants and temporary visitors give birth to 9% of U.S. babies
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/23/illegal-immigrants-temporary-visitors-give-birth-9-us-babies/
— Most service workers now have college degrees. DD: When I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970, I applied to many fortune 500 firms. Only Firestone Stores offered me a job, and it was for a job that really did not require a college degree. In the name of “training,” my boss used me like I was a car mechanic trainee. All the firms that I applied to were under tremendous pressure from EEOC to hire minorities, females, and veterans. I was not a minority, female, or veteran. To make matters worse, potential employers saw me as being Vietnam War draft bait. They did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved. Beyond that, my GPA was not that great because to work my way through college, I had spent far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/5/report-finds-service-workers-college-degrees/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— When politics becomes your identity, disagreement becomes war
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4539020/politics-becomes-identity-disagreement-becomes-war/
— ‘White supremacy’ was a leftist scam
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4540823/white-supremacy-leftist-scam/
NEW YORK POST
— How NYC’s elite high schools discriminate — on mayor’s orders
https://nypost.com/2026/04/24/opinion/how-nycs-elite-high-schools-discriminate-on-mayors-orders/
AMERICAN THINKER
— California Democrats stick up for illegal alien truck drivers who can’t drive and speak no English. God help California if one of these Democrats gets elected governor.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/04/california_democrats_stick_up_for_illegal_alien_truck_drivers_who_can_t_drive_and_speak_no_english.html
FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Workplace Raids Are Coming—and They’re Essential. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.fairus.org/opinion/workplace-raids-are-coming-and-theyre-essential
FOX NEWS
— Harvard students revolt over new grading policy they call ‘racist.’ Freshman started the Change.org petition urging Harvard to reject the proposed policy. DD: Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college.
https://noticias.foxnews.com/media/harvard-students-revolt-new-grading-policy-call-racist
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “This petition calls on Harvard to reject the proposed grading policy, arguing that it is not merely flawed but racially harmful in effect,” a petition on Change.org started by Angelina Agostini, a freshman at Harvard College, reads. “We center racism as a core concern, contending that although the policy is framed as neutral ‘differentiation,’ it functions as a system of ranking and sorting that mirrors and reinforces existing racial and socioeconomic hierarchies,” the petition reads. “Because first-generation, low-income (FGLI) students and students of color are disproportionately affected by structural inequities long before arriving on campus, the policy would compound those disadvantages rather than correct them.”)
— New HUD rules will stop sheltering illegals in public housing.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/new-hud-rules-stop-sheltering-illegals-public-housing-heres-really-benefits
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Elite Schools Insist It’s About “Belonging”—Critics Say It’s Discrimination All Over Again
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/elite-schools-insist-its-about-belonging-critics-say-its-discrimination-all
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— DOT Pulls $73M From New York Over Failure to Revoke Thousands of Questionable CDLs
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/04/dot-pulls-73m-from-new-york-over-failure-to-revoke-thousands-of-questionable-cdls/amp/
NEW AMERICAN
— Spain Legalizes Half a Million Illegal Aliens. Is Europe Committing Suicide?
https://thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/spain-legalizes-half-a-million-illegal-aliens-is-europe-committing-suicide/
TOWNHALL
— A Lot of Arrested DACA Recipients Have Criminal Records
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/04/23/daca-criminals-n2674938
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats hold 6-point advantage in battleground districts
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5845751-democrats-battleground-districts-poll/
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/woke-conservatives/story?id=93051138
CBS NEWS & CONVERSATION
— For millions, low-wage work really is a dead end. DD: A big reason a) why I took only one graduate evening business course at a time while I worked for IRS 1972-1976 and b) why I took only one graduate evening accounting course at a time while I worked for IRS 1976-1980 and for GAO in 1980 and c) why I took only one graduate evening finance course at a time while I worked for GAO 1992-1997 was the cost of tuition and books.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/low-wage-work-really-is-a-dead-end-for-millions/
https://theconversation.com/for-some-workers-low-paying-jobs-might-be-more-of-a-dead-end-than-a-stepping-stone-202031
AOL
— Federal charges filed against man who returned to U.S. after deportation, convicted in 2023 Palatine shooting. DD: Anticipate/expect that because of strong Democrat and RINO support, many, most, virtually all, if all deportees will return. Democrats want illegals because they vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.aol.com/news/federal-charge-filed-against-man-203043362.html
NEWSWEEK
— Pope Leo Speaks Out Against Cardinal Ordering Blessings for Gay Couples
https://www.newsweek.com/pope-leo-speaks-out-against-cardinal-ordering-blessings-for-gay-couples-11871244
REUTERS
— DD: Those who promote illegal immigration should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://www.reuters.com/world/pope-leo-decries-migrants-being-treated-worse-than-house-pets-2026-04-23/
https://wtvbam.com/2026/04/23/pope-leo-decries-migrants-being-treated-worse-than-house-pets/
— Pot firms rally after US reclassifies marijuana as less dangerous drug. DD: Pot is poison, In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. All my critics/opponents have used pot, are using it, want to use it, want to make money selling it, want the tax revenue from its sale, want votes from those who use it, and/or want to use it to destroy America.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/pot-firms-rally-after-us-reclassifies-marijuana-less-dangerous-drug-2026-04-23/
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/10-celebrities-who-opened-up-about-love-beyond-traditional-marriage/ss-AA1VKOdd
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/opinion/dei-discriminatory-former-leaders.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010840629/they-championed-dei-now-theyre-divided.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more wokeness and wokeism. To promote wokeness and wokeism is to promote more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote wokeness and wokeism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/04/23/stars-stripes-ombudsman-fired-pentagon/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Jury awards $2.25 million to Riverside County sergeant forced to resign after reporting harassment. DD: During the last 8 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, had my supervisors do everything that they could to get rid of me. They were furious when I refused to take their $25,000 buyout and early retirement “offer” when I was 45 in 1993. The buyout expired in 1994. They succeeded in getting me to take their early retirement “offer” that expired on September 30, 1997. They had my supervisors make it clear that if I did not take their early retirement “offer,” they would make the next 6 years until I would be eligible for regular retirement a living hell for me. They made it clear that they would constructively, if not literally, demote me. That they would give me adverse transfers, bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance evaluations. I continue to ask myself what would have happened if I had not succumbed to their threats.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-22/riverside-county-sheriffs-department-jury-verdict-former-deputy
WSJ
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/u-s-law-schools-have-diverse-takes-on-dei-2ea9674c
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-04-23-2026/card/get-a-whiff-of-these-pot-stocks-YF60HEwBnlv5wuWRbAE7
— KPMG Cutting 10% of U.S. Audit Partners After Voluntary-Retirement Push Falls Short. DD: In 1993, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” a $25,000 buyout and early retirement to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.wsj.com/cfo-journal/kpmg-cutting-10-of-u-s-audit-partners-after-voluntary-retirement-push-falls-short-5fd0d005
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://fortune.com/2026/04/23/ron-desantis-dei-white-males-disfavored-group/
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran against America.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestv/2026/04/23/tammy-duckworth-invites-trump-to-congress-to-justify-presidents-war-of-choice-in-iran/
MARKETPLACE
— Bracing for baby. Serious financial decisions to-be parents should be thinking about. DD: My wife and I got married in 1978 when I was 29 and she was 27. We lived on one of our paychecks in anticipation of our having children. But we gave up trying to have children because we both had major fertility problems. My Democrat GAO superiors used that and our not adopting or becoming foster parents against me big time. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I lied about our efforts to have children. All my Democrat GAO superiors had children. They all complained about their paychecks and the time and money they spent raising their children. Their spouses had little or no income. According to them, if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, b) to earn a master’s degree in accounting, c) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, or d) to become a licensed CPA.
https://www.marketplace.org/story/2012/03/02/bracing-baby
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— DD: As Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family, there will be more and more and more teen takeovers.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/readers/2026/04/23/bayshore-mall-teen-takeover/89705046007/
MINN POST
— DD: As Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family, there will be more and more and more homeless.
https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2026/04/still-homeless-i-was-a-teen-with-a-job/
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Planning for the mental and physical health effects of involuntary retirement. More than half of employees retire earlier than planned. Those who retire involuntarily report more health, mental health, and financial problems. DD: I should write about being forced to retire early.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sex-life-of-the-american-male/202601/forced-to-retire
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: During the last 8 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, my supervisor and her supervisor were Jewish females. The Democrats who ran GAO had them do everything that they could to get rid of me. They were furious when I refused to take their $25,000 buyout and early retirement “offer” when I was 45 in 1993. The buyout expired in 1994. They succeeded in getting my Jewish female supervisor and her superior to force me to take their early retirement “offer” that expired on September 30, 1997. They had my Jewish female supervisor and her superior make it clear that if I did not take their early retirement “offer,” they would make the next 6 years until I would be eligible for regular retirement a living hell for me. They made it clear that they would constructively, if not literally, demote me. That they would give me adverse transfers, bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance evaluations. I continue to ask myself what would have happened if I had not succumbed to their threats.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/opportunity-not-enough-female-leadership-says-nancy-yip
RAW STORY
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, to retain, and to 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://www.rawstory.com/hegseth-military-strategy-loyalty/
ROLLING STONE
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, to retain, and to 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://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-wants-to-make-it-harder-for-veterans-to-work-in-government/ar-AA21jXXG
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
AL JAZEERA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/23/pope-decries-migrants-and-refugees-being-treated-worse-than-house-pets
GUARDIAN
— KPMG Slashes 10% of US Audit Partners. DD: Anticipate that all those slashed will be White, male, and/or older.
https://slguardian.org/kpmg-slashes-10-of-us-audit-partners-in-major-workforce-shake-up/
— Many young people are trapped in low-paid work. Could postgrad study be the way out? DD: If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have promoted me in 1986.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/sep/04/have-you-missed-your-chance-postgraduate-degree
April 22, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Local labor leaders call for economic blackout on May Day. DD: Are/were you a union member? I was a union member 1966-1969 while I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office. I was a union member 1971-1980 while I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most. I would focus on those who have shouted the loudest that federal employees are overpaid because of federal unions, and that therefore, I was overpaid. In today’s dollars, my Post Office salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour and my IRS salary increased from $56,409/year to $113,402/year. In my defense, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, I earned an MBA in 1976, and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/local-labor-leaders-call-for-economic-blackout-on-may-day/vi-AA20rAPn
— Cannabis linked to slower cognitive development in teens. Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that teenagers who use cannabis show slower thinking and memory skills as they get older. DD: I have never used pot and I never will. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to a) earn an ACT score of 24 and graduate in the upper 20% of my class, b) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, c) earn three job-related master’s degrees, d) earn six job-related professional certifications, and e) earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/cannabis-linked-to-slower-cognitive-development-in-teens-health-watch/
— DD: Those who vote against Trump want more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, e) abortion, f) mass/illegal immigration, g) vice, h) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or i) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination. Those who vote against Trump are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-those who have more money than they have, anti-married people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/columbia-college-hosts-documentary-screening-for-alumnus-made-why-trump-two-americas/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Jerseyville protest group draws honks at weekly anti-Trump rallies
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/jerseyville-protests-standing-together-anti-war-22216748.php
WAND TV
— IL Freedom Caucus airs grievances about Democrats blocking their bills
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-freedom-caucus-airs-grievances-about-democrats-blocking-their-bills/article_c7cc6521-0a40-477b-b436-2dddca51a7a6.html
CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION
— Time to Plan Your Civic Day of Action on May 1st
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/time-to-plan-your-civic-day-of-action-on-may-1st/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Bob Fioretti, the Republican candidate for Illinois attorney general, has been endorsed by Retired Chief of Riverside Police Tom Weitzel. Weitzel is a 37-year veteran of law enforcement who praised Fioretti’s “decades of legal experience, a proven commitment to justice, and a willingness to challenge the political establishment when it fails the people of Illinois.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/22/back-at-work-under-a-cloud-00885862
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What differentiates Democrat candidates, elected officials, and party leaders from RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders? Democrat candidates, elected officials, and party leaders aggressively defend and advance the Democrat Party platform. RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders do not defend and advance the Republican Party platform. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What does Google AI say about you and what you do? Google AI says the following about me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: “GOPUSA ILLINOIS is a long-standing, conservative political news aggregator and daily newsletter focused on Illinois government and Republican politics. The newsletter is curated and edited by David Diersen, who has managed the publication for over two decades. It primarily consists of “Daily Clips”—a comprehensive collection of links and excerpts from various news outlets (local, state, and national) that impact Illinois Republicans. Updates are typically delivered twice daily. You can read the latest editions directly at www.gopillinois.com . Editor David Diersen frequently posts notifications when new newsletters are live on his Facebook profile. To subscribe or manage existing email updates, users can find contact and administrative links at the bottom of the email versions or through the main GOPUSA Contact Page.” – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What impact did the grade school(s) that your parents sent you to have on you? My parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. 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 e) job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Republicans say Dems’ redistricting amendment would create more corrupt maps
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e297d104-1d6f-4c11-b617-7dcfbdb3284e.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois income growth lags U.S. under Pritzker
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-income-growth-lags-u-s-under-pritzker/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Election Fraud Allegations Emerge in Illinois GOP Insider-Run Elections. DD: Since 2000, I have fought for direct election of Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members. Since 2000, those who oppose direct election of IRP SCC members have done everything that they could to destroy me.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/04/election-fraud-allegations-emerge-in-illinois-gop-insider-run-elections.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Ingredients that Make Up a Democrat
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/the_ingredients_that_make_up_a_democrat.html
CENTER SQUARE
— National Education Association has given nearly two million dollars in donations since 2020 to an organization that trains for May Day school “walk-in” protests, as well as demands agendas such as “tax the rich” and the removal of ICE.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/report-teacher-s-union-gives-nearly-2m-to-org-that-trains-for-may-day-protests/ar-AA20lY4E
DAILY SIGNAL
— The SPLC Was Paying the Ku Klux Klan, DOJ Indictment Claims
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/21/splc-paid-ku-klux-klan-doj-indictment-claims/
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
— DD: I should write about those who did the most to destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and the Illinois Center Right Coalition.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1437146/dl
(FROM THE LAWSUIT: The Southern Poverty Law Center’s (“SPLC”) stated mission included the dismantling of white supremacy and confronting hate across the country. However, unbeknownst to donors, some of their donated money was being used to fund the leaders and organizers of racist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nation, and the National Alliance.)
FOX NEWS
— Cubs’ co-owner pushes back on woke backlash Matt Shaw received for attending Charlie Kirk’s memorial. Ricketts told Dan Dakich that Shaw and Kirk were close friends who met in Arizona outside of politics or baseball.
https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/cubs-co-owner-pushes-back-woke-backlash-matt-shaw-received-attending-charlie-kirks-memorial
JONATHAN TURLEY
— Chicago to Subsidize May Day Protests By Teachers
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/04/21/civic-action-requires-more-than-textbooks-chicago-to-subsidizes-may-day-protests/amp/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Liberals and moderates fight Turning Point USA
https://apnews.com/article/turning-point-clubs-high-schools-charlie-kirk-6ff5b410b6c5272e2203b6adac4a198c
USA TODAY
— Work experience predicts whether a college graduate lands a job out of school. Working during college more than doubles graduates’ odds of landing a job (81% vs 40%). DD: Yes, but your employers and the type of work experience matters the most. I worked for the Park Forest Post Office while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1969. That work experience did not impress potential employers when I graduated from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in management. For some, if not many, if not most, if not virtually all of my potential employers, it worked against me. Virtually all employers view federal employees negatively. Because of that, I took and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination as a backup before I graduated.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/04/21/work-strongest-predictor-post-graduation-employment/89699839007/
CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— Illinois CPA Society Names 2026 Award Recipients. DD: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32 in 1981. To discredit me, my critics/opponents have always not only ignored/dismissed/belittled the aforesaid, but they have stressed that my scores could have been better.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2026/04/21/illinois-cpa-society-names-2026-award-recipients/182002/
CHILD TRENDS
— Lessons for Engaging Youth in After-School Programs. DD: 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, I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970.
https://www.childtrends.org/publications/5-lessons-engaging-youth-participants-education-program
April 21, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Under the Democrats, everyone in America will soon be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/illinois-snap-benefits-150k-households-may-lose-federal-food-assistance-beginning-1/18928211/
FOX32
— As marijuana use widens, vets are treating more pets for cannabis poisoning
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/marijuana-pets-cannabis-poisoning
WGN9
— Darren Bailey’s running mate Aaron Del Mar on campaign’s Chicago reach out, possible Trump endorsement
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/wgn-the-point-politics-chicago-illinois/darren-baileys-running-mate-aaron-del-mar-on-campaigns-chicago-reach-out-possible-trump-endorsement/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFOvIIg3tAo
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/04/20/how-the-war-in-iran-is-affecting-chicago-colleges-from-canceled-research-to-uncertain-post-grad-plans
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Some Chicago Public Schools parents push back against May Day agreement
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/20/cps-parents-push-against-may-day/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight school vouchers. For Democrat leaders, public schools exist to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/21/opinion-federal-tax-credit-scholarship-program-school-vouchers-illinois/
DAILY HERALD
— Probe of DuPage clerk’s bidding practices ends without charges
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260420/news/probe-of-dupage-clerks-bidding-practices-ends-without-charges/
— Bailey campaign unfazed by $14 million funding gap with Pritzker
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260420/illinois-state-politics/bailey-campaign-unfazed-by-14-million-funding-gap-with-pritzker/
— College of DuPage generates $1.3 billion annual economic impact, supporting nearly 15,000 jobs
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260420/submitted-content/college-of-dupage-generates-1-3-billion-annual-economic-impact-supporting-nearly-15000-jobs/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: ‘Telling a much bigger story:’ Renovated McCormick House reveals more about legendary newspaper publisher
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260420/news/telling-a-much-bigger-story-renovated-mccormick-house-reveals-more-about-legendary-newspaper-publ/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Naperville weighs funding options for India Day. DD: Starting in 2005, I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. Democrat and RINOs\ leaders ended that in 2021.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260420/festivals-and-fairs/very-important-to-this-town-naperville-weighs-funding-options-for-india-day/
— Geneva businesses come together to organize Swedish Days parade. DD: Starting in 2005, I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. Democrat and RINO leaders ended that in 2021.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260420/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-saving-a-summer-tradition-geneva-businesses-come-together-to-organize-swedish/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260420/nation-and-world-politics/judge-tosses-lawsuit-over-trumps-push-to-deploy-national-guard-to-chicago/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wbez.org/say-more-with-mary-dixon-patrick-smith/2026/04/20/chicago-weed-culture-six-years-on-from-legalization
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/government/2026/04/20/what-is-trumps-approval-rating-in-illinois-see-latest-april-polls-pope-leo/89699070007/
CHAMBANA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chambanatoday.com/news/298892-pritzker-administration-awards-31-8-million-in-cannabis-equity-loans/
DEPAULIA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ and pot.
https://depauliaonline.com/83867/ladepaulia/chicagos-first-lgbtq-dispensary-plans-to-expand-after-celebrating-two-year-anniversary/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Hernandez reelected chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/hernandez-reelected-chair-of-the-democratic-party-of-illinois/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/pritzker-announces-nearly-32m-cannabis-loans-4-20
ELMHURST PATCH
— DuPage Official Wears Government Name Pin To Democratic Fundraiser
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/dupage-official-wears-government-name-pin-democratic-fundraiser
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Ken Griffin isn’t in Illinois anymore to write a $54 million check opposing a proposed tax increase on millionaires as he did in 2020. But don’t mistake his absence for a lack of opposition.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/21/bracing-for-a-tax-fight-deja-vu-00882276
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-507/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Vallas: Reparations? Let’s Start with the Chicago Teachers Union.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/reparations-chicago-teachers-union
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What should potential federal employees be advised of? ANSWER: Federal employees who are the following do not have Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. Potential federal employees should read all the filings in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf When Democrats get back into power, they will reverse everything that Trump has done. If I had Civil Service protections, my Democrat Post Office superiors would not have been able to disallow my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and to force me to resign in 1969. If I had Civil Service protections, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have been able to disallow my travel vouchers in 1974, to disallow my education deductions in 1978, and to stop me from being promoted to GS-13. If I had Civil Service protections, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able a) to force me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) to delay my promotions and to stop me from being promoted to GS-14, c) to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, d) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois income growth lags U.S. under Pritzker
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-income-growth-lags-u-s-under-pritzker/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Disastrous Dignity act will transform U.S. into nationwide sanctuary system for illegals. Humanitarian campuses and deportation limits encourage more border crossings and long-term migration.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/20/disastrous-dignity-act-transform-us-nationwide-sanctuary-system/
— Illegal immigrants becoming ‘more evasive’ as they try to defeat Trump’s tougher border
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/20/illegal-immigrants-becoming-evasive-try-defeat-trumps-tougher-border/
NEW YORK POST
— Israel set to host Middle East’s largest pride festival. DD: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/20/world-news/israel-set-to-host-middle-easts-largest-pride-festival/
— Over 250 journalists demand reporters ‘forcefully’ protest Trump at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
https://nypost.com/2026/04/20/us-news/over-250-journalists-demand-reporters-forcefully-protest-trump-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A group of over 250 journalists implored members of the Beltway press corps to “forcefully demonstrate opposition” to President Trump at the ritzy White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday. Trump, 79, is set to attend the swanky dinner for the first time in his presidency. But the group of 250 reporters is demanding that the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) ensure he doesn’t feel welcome. “We believe the White House Correspondents Association should take stronger action by issuing — from the podium — a forceful defense of freedom of the press and condemnation of those who threaten that freedom, followed by a standing toast to the First Amendment,” the letter to members of the WHCA said. “Speak forcefully, in front of the man who seeks to undermine our country’s long tradition of an independent, strong, and free press.” The WHCA, which represents the White House press corps, is organizing the annual dinner and has clashed with Trump repeatedly over the past year. Early last year, the White House press team began meddling in the pool rotation, in which outlets take turns getting special access to the president to share their notes and footage with everyone else. Historically, the WHCA has set the pool rotation. Notably, the White House has left the WHCA in charge of determining outlet seat locations in the press briefing room. Prominent veteran journalists such as former CBS News anchor Dan Rather, infamous for erroneous reporting on President George W. Bush’s military service, and former ABC News anchor Sam Donaldson signed the missive. Groups such as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Coalition for Women in Journalism, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Freedom of the Press Foundation, and more signed it as well. The letter aired a litany of grievances against Trump, such as his defamation suits against various outlets, alleged favoritism toward conservative media, and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s offensive tactics. Another complaint was Trump’s decision to pardon Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol rioters, which the letter claims sends a “message that attacks on the press will be forgiven.” They also noted in the letter that many journalists attending the ritzy dinner on Saturday intend to wear lapel pins or pocket handkerchiefs emblazoned with the words of the First Amendment as a more low-key protest. The call for protests comes amid polling pegging trust in the media at all-time lows, particularly among Republican voters. Last year, Gallup found that only 28% of the public has a great or fair amount of trust in mass media. Last year, the WHCA was pressured to cancel comedian Amber Ruffin, whom it tapped to headline the feted dinner after she publicly called the Trump administration a “bunch of murderers,” and complained about being asked to tone down her material. This year, the WHCA has tapped mentalist Oz Pearlman as the night’s main entertainment instead of a traditional comedian. The last time Trump attended a White House Correspondents’ Dinner was 2011, when then-President Barack Obama mercilessly roasted him for peddling conspiracy theories about Obama’s birth certificate. “Because the Press was extraordinarily bad to me, FAKE NEWS ALL, right from the beginning of my First Term, I boycotted the event, and never went as Honoree,” Trump explained on Truth Social last month. “However, I look forward to being with everyone this year. Hopefully, it will be something very Special.” The Post contacted the WHCA for comment. The White House referred The Post to Trump’s Truth Social post last month when asked for comment about the letter.)
BLAZE
— How Republicans have failed to defund sanctuary cities for a generation
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/how-republicans-have-failed-to-defund-sanctuary-cities-for-a-generation
BREITBART
— Supreme Court to hear Catholic schools bid to reject gay parents’ kids.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/supreme-court-to-hear-catholic-schools-bid-to-reject-gay-parents-kids/amp/
— Democrats Don’t Care About Collateral Damage of Illegal Immigration
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/20/exclusive-rep-mike-collins-democrats-like-jon-ossoff-dont-care-about-collateral-damage-of-illegal-immigration/amp/
— Nearly 1/3 Registered Voters Say All Illegal Immigrants Should Be Deported
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/20/poll-nearly-one-third-registered-voters-illegal-immigrants-deported/amp/
— Rising Republican Opposition to Legal Mass Migration
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/04/20/poll-show-gop-opposition-to-legal-migration/amp/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Taxpayers funding illegal immigrants’ sex-change surgeries, cross-sex hormones in California
https://www.christianpost.com/news/california-pays-for-illegal-aliens-sex-change-surgeries-report.html
DAILY CALLER
— Universities Hide Their Illegal DEI Agenda
https://dailycaller.com/2026/04/20/im-a-georgetown-student-heres-how-my-university-hides-its-illegal-dei-agenda/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Can Colorado Exclude Catholics From ‘Universal’ Preschool Program? Supreme Court Weighs In
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/20/supreme-court-takes-up-case-catholics-excluded-universal-preschool-program-over-lgbtq-stance/
FREE PRESS
— Colleges Will Never Give Up Racial Preferences
https://www.thefp.com/p/will-colleges-ever-give-up-racial
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Elite Schools Insist It’s About “Belonging”—Critics Say It’s Discrimination All Over Again
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/elite-schools-insist-its-about-belonging-critics-say-its-discrimination-all
NRA-ILA
— Running Out of Targets: New York Bills Go After Air, Pellet and BB Guns. DD: On their road to abolishing the Second Amendment, anticipate/expect that Democrats, RINOs, and Democrat plants will ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20260420/running-out-of-targets-new-york-bills-go-after-air-pellet-and-bb-guns
POST MILLENNIAL
— Chicago Teachers Union gives students May 1 off for ‘Day of Civic Action’ and leftist indoctrination. DD: Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Chicago school students will ever-increasingly hate those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thepostmillennial.com/chicago-teachers-union-gives-students-may-1-off-for-day-of-civic-action-and-leftist-indoctrination
TOWNHALL
— Brandon Johnson Plays the Race Card Over Restaurant Worker Wages. DD: I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male that ever had that job, all the others were minorities and/or females.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/04/20/brandon-johnson-restaurants-slavery-reparations-n2674746
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame those who have demographics that vote for Republicans for the problems that those who have demographics that vote for Democrats have.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5668530-trump-blames-others-failures/
— Even in red Idaho, woke media propaganda is alive and well
https://thehill.com/opinion/5836233-conservative-idaho-gender-identity-laws/
MSN
— Baptist College stirs controversy in approving LGBTQ+ event to counter Turning Point USA rally
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/baptist-college-stirs-controversy-in-approving-lgbtq-event-to-counter-turning-point-usa-rally/ar-AA20NP8O
— American taxpayers forced to fund sex changes and breast implants for illegal migrants
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/american-taxpayers-forced-to-fund-sex-changes-and-breast-implants-for-illegal-migrants/ar-AA214Non
NEW YORK TIMES
— Students deciding this week whether to attend graduate school in the fall are navigating the end of a 20-year era of student loan policy. DD: I paid for the tuition and books for the 16 courses for my 1976 Loyola MBA with money I earned working for IRS 1972-1976. I paid for the tuition and books for the 12 courses for my 1980 DePaul master’s degree in accounting with money I earned working for IRS 1976-1980 and for GAO in 1980. I paid for the tuition and books for the 14 courses for my 1997 IIT master’s degree in financial markets and trading with money I earned working for GAO 1992-1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/upshot/student-debt-graduate-school.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/04/19/trump-states-laws-immigration-business/
— DD: As I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly learned that federal employees who are the following do not have Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/14/justice-department-firings-face-act-blanche/9bc88dfe-381b-11f1-90c4-9772c7fabc03_story.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Should political parties have the power to stop candidates from running as members of their party? Candidates can always run as Independents or form their own political party.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/04/01/podium-guy-adam-johnson-jan-6-running-for-office/89401432007/
— LGBTQ+ vs religious rights: Supreme Court takes big case on preschools. The Catholic Church wants to participate in Colorado’s tuition-free preschool program without admitting students from LGBTQ+ families.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/20/supreme-court-lgbtq-catholic-preschools-colorado/89436798007/
NORTH SHORE LEADER
— DD: Democrat elected officials defend and advance the Democrat Party platform. RINO and Democrat plant elected officials do not defend or advance the Republican Party platform.
https://www.thenorthshoreleader.com/single-post/op-ed-school-board-candidates-should-run-under-a-party-label
WFMD
— Nonprofit network takes hundreds of millions in federal funds while pushing ‘wokeness’
https://www.wfmd.com/2026/04/21/nonprofit-network-takes-hundreds-of-millions-in-federal-funds-while-pushing-wokeness-advocacy-group-warns/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Dershowitz: Why I’m Becoming a Republican. I first registered as a Democrat in 1959. The party’s hostility to Israel is too much.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/alan-dershowitz-why-im-becoming-a-republican-86c19b66
FORBES
— DD: To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly replace objective criteria with subjective criteria. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2025/03/12/objective-hiring-pitfalls-to-avoid/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelletravis/2025/02/11/how-to-reduce-hiring-bias-against-women-study-finds-key-role-for-hr/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/05/12/5-strategies-to-hire-more-diverse-talent/
HR DAILY ADVISOR
— DD: To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly replace objective criteria with subjective criteria. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://hrdailyadvisor.hci.org/2022/02/15/the-pervasiveness-of-subjective-hiring/
MONEY
— DD: To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly replace objective criteria with subjective criteria. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://money.com/how-to-reduce-bias-in-hiring-process/
BLOOMBERG LAW
— DD: As I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly learned that federal employees who are the following do not have Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/civil-service-board-punting-on-complaints-citing-conflicts
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK & FED WEEK
— DD: As I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly learned that federal employees who are the following do not have Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2026/04/senate-democrats-warn-of-serious-consequences-from-decision-upholding-doj-firings/
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/court-urged-to-reverse-mspb-decision-limiting-employee-appeal-rights/
POLITICO
— Mamdani and his wife made less than $145,000 last year. DD: In today’s dollars, I my GAO salary was $154,682/year in 1997. My critics/opponents have used that to hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I was grossly overpaid and/or b) that I was an abject failure.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/16/mamdani-and-his-wife-made-less-than-145-000-last-year-tax-filings-show-00877729
CALO NEWS
— DD: Unless the current trend is reversed, no one in America will be able to get an education, get a job, or do anything else unless they speak, read, and write Spanish.
https://www.calonews.com/featured-topics/health/more-people-in-healthcare-are-learning-spanish-the-demand-is-still-higher/article_91583ca6-ab08-4d62-869c-3ec8e0ad314b.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
HR NEWS & PEOPLE MATTERS
— DD: To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly replace objective criteria with subjective criteria. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://hrnews.co.uk/6-ways-to-reduce-bias-in-skills-based-hiring-2025-guide/
https://sea.peoplemattersglobal.com/article/employee-engagement/can-you-fire-an-employee-over-culture-fit-issues-42625
April 16, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Bailey moves into Chicago apartment
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-republican-governor-candidate-darren-bailey-moves-chicago-apartment-south-side/18894497/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pope doubles down on peace and unity message as Trump’s criticism continues
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/15/pope-doubles-down-on-peace-and-unity-message-as-trumps-criticism-continues/
DAILY HERALD
— Bailey moves into Chicago apartment as GOP candidate courts city, suburban votes
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260415/illinois-state-politics/bailey-moves-into-chicago-apartment-as-gop-candidate-courts-city-suburban-votes/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Illinois gun owners take stand against state regulation
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-gun-owners-take-stand-against-state-regulation/article_680a7738-6217-5dad-bb86-655de6c192b1.html
WAND TV
— IL House Democrats pass plan requiring K-12 Latin American history. DD: What is your race? What is your national origin?
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-house-democrats-pass-plan-requiring-k-12-latin-american-history/article_3af0272b-eb4f-4c64-9eed-3a139033d916.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/16/wage-fight-exposes-policy-rift-00875186
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-504/
— DeVore offers $5,000 reward for person behind oppo dump. Somebody mailed Republican precinct committeepersons in the 15th Congressional District a letter designed to dissuade them from voting for Tom DeVore for the state central committee.
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/15/devore-offers-5000-reward-for-person-behind-oppo-dump/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CANTRAL COMMITTEE
— Tonight Kevin Coyne and Jeff Castle were unanimously elected as Chairman and Secretary, respectively, by the DuPage County GOP Precinct Committeemen at our County Convention.
https://www.facebook.com/DuPageGOP/photos/tonight-kevin-coyne-and-jeff-castle-were-unanimously-elected-as-chairman-and-sec/1358913306282038/
https://x.com/DuPageCountyGOP/status/2044606740222636185
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IRS: Who Pays How Much Income Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/04/15/who-pays-how-much-income-tax/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pope Leo XIV and Trump clash as Catholic faith pushes back against culture and government power. Public disagreement signals broader conflict over faith, authority and conscience.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/15/pope-leo-xiv-trump-clash-catholic-faith-pushes-back-culture/
— ICE sets 1 million deportation target for 2026, 2027.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/15/ice-sets-1-million-deportation-target-2026-2027/
— Women will decide the 2026 midterms.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/15/women-decide-2026-midterms/
— Dearborn, America’s first Muslim-run city. The extremist stronghold is gaining ground.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/15/dearborn-americas-first-muslim-run-city/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How Trump reshaped immigration court to crush asylum
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4530302/how-trump-reshaped-immigration-court-to-crush-asylum/
NEW YORK POST
— Illegal aliens cross border seeking ‘free’ sex changes in California
https://www.aol.com/articles/illegal-aliens-cross-border-seeking-150000325.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Parents Want Civic Literacy and Colorblindness in Classrooms, Not Critical Race Theory
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/15/parents-want-civic-literacy-and-colorblindness-in-classrooms/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— America Cannot Survive Unlimited Birthright Citizenship
https://www.fairus.org/opinion/america-cannot-survive-unlimited-birthright-citizenship
FOX NEWS
— Chicago mayor warns of ‘teen trend’ after takeover chaos, violence concerns grow. The warning follows similar incidents nationwide, including a takeover in downtown Detroit over the weekend.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-mayor-warns-teen-trend-takeover-chaos-violence-concerns-grow
— Corey Brooks: Chicago’s deadly sanctuary madness is costing innocent Americans their lives
https://www.aol.com/articles/chicagos-deadly-sanctuary-madness-costing-140052956.html
TOWNHALL
— My Generation Cannot Sustain the America Democrats Are Creating. Over time, the United States has moved away from treating marriage and family formation as essential institutions. Public opinion reflects that change. Roughly 40 percent of Democrats say marriage is necessary for strong families, compared to approximately 80 percent of Republicans.
https://townhall.com/columnists/gregory-lyakhov/2026/04/13/my-generation-cannot-sustain-the-america-democrats-are-creating-n2674329
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— GOP stops 4th attempt to curtail Trump’s Iran war powers
https://thehill.com/newsletters/defense-national-security/5833467-senate-rejects-iran-war-resolution/
ROLL CALL
— Republicans attach transgender issues to voter ID push. Trump made it clear control of Congress was part of strategy for SAVE America Act.
https://r’New girls clubs’ took on the old boys. Now Trump wants to ban themollcall.com/2026/04/15/republicans-attach-transgender-issues-to-voter-id-push/
CBS NEWS
— House Democrats file articles of impeachment against Hegseth
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-impeachment-articles-house-democrats/
MSN
— Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signs severe anti-trans bill to ban kids from secretive transitions. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gop-governor-signs-severe-anti-trans-bill-to-ban-kids-from-secretive-transitions/ar-AA20S2cA
NEW YORK TIMES
— Vance Heckled in Antiwar Protest at Turning Point USA Event
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/us/politics/jd-vance-turning-point-usa-protest.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010841779/vance-turning-point-pope-heckle.html
USA TODAY
— ‘New girls clubs’ took on the old boys. Now Trump wants to ban them. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone, and especially at those who minority, female, and/or younger, that old White men who are Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time cause everyone’s problems and that they especially cause all the problems that those who are minority, female, and/or younger have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/04/15/trump-dei-crackdown-targets-women-networking/89426934007/
FOX DETROIT
— White House study says DEI policies cost US economy by promoting unqualified managers. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/white-house-study-dei-policies-cost-economy-promoting-unqualified-managers
WOAI
— GOP Still Failing To Grasp Amnesty For Illegals Is Political Poison Pill
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2026-04-14-gop-still-failing-to-grasp-amnesty-for-illegals-is-political-poison-pill/
NEWS NATION
— Democrats file articles of impeachment against Hegseth
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/democrats-impeachment-articles-against-hegseth/
NATIONAL TODAY
— California Shelters Provide Sex-Change Treatments to Homeless Illegal Aliens
https://nationaltoday.com/us/ca/san-francisco/news/2026/04/15/california-shelters-provide-sex-change-treatments-to-homeless-illegal-aliens/
CITY JOURNAL
— California Provides Sex-Change Procedures to Homeless Illegal Aliens. In San Francisco, ideology rules.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/homeless-illegal-immigrants-sex-change-california
— Mayor Mamdani’s Equity Plan Puts Group Identity Over Merit. Privileging ancestry risks dismantling the engine of opportunity that made New York City great.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-city-mamdani-racial-equity-plan
(FROM THE ARTICLE: New York City is one of the most opportunity-rich places on earth. It has attracted generations of immigrants of every race and creed, often arriving with little more than a suitcase and the firm belief that their hard work and determination would be rewarded. Yet Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s newly released Preliminary Citywide Racial Equity Plan—a 375-page monument to grievance politics and DEI—treats this urban engine of opportunity as a machine of oppression, in which “systemic racism” explains every gap in wealth, health, and achievement.
Released to great fanfare alongside a True Cost of Living report that dutifully slices data by race, Mamdani’s equity plan orders 45 agencies to view every budget line, hiring decision, and service through a “racial equity lens.” The result? More than 800 strategies and 600 indicators across seven domains—including economy, housing, education, and safety—that clothe institutionalized racial preferences in the garb of justice and will cost the city untold millions of dollars. The “missions and commitments” of city agencies are described with terms like diversity, equity, inclusion (listed separately so that the plan cannot be labeled DEI or critical theory), systemic disparity, racism, racial inequities, representation, discrimination, bias, segregation, and marginal. The agencies’ goals are to reinterpret their histories as structurally biased, to conduct extensive anti-bias trainings, to disaggregate data until disparities are all but guaranteed to appear, and then to align spending and policy decisions with predetermined equity targets, such as in hiring or minority- or women-owned business enterprise (M/WBE) procurement requirements. Mamdani’s equity plan is not the product of neutral analysis. It is a framework that presumes its conclusions and then operationalizes them. The result will be a city government less flexible and empirically oriented, one virtually obligated to see every outcome and process from a racial perspective. Searching keyword frequency offers insight into the plan’s identity hierarchy: “race,” including its variants “racist,” “racial,” and “racism,” appears 751 times. “Black” appears 189 times, “Latin” and “Hispanic” 97 times, “color” and “white” 49, “Asian” 27, and “Jew” or “Jewish” just once. In a sweeping, discrimination-obsessed government plan, a single, cursory mention of the group most disproportionately affected by bias attacks is striking. Jews have made up the largest share of hate-crime victims in New York City since 2000, when systematic tracking began. In recent years, even amid waves of attacks against Asians, attacks on Jews accounted for more than half of all hate-crime incidents (57 percent last year)—far in excess of the Jewish proportion of New York City residents. The word “merit” also gets but a single mention in the equity plan, relating to the New York State Civil Service Law requirement that candidates take a test to determine their qualifications for many jobs. The plan notes that this requirement reduced some groups’ “representation” in various positions. This suggests Mamdani’s readiness to favor identity-based characteristics over individual merit in civil service hiring. Dumbing down the test, for example, would align with the plan’s stated aim to produce equal employment outcomes across identity groups, reducing “gaps” without regard to actual performance in order to reach the goal of “equitable hiring.” This approach would undermine the very systems that once drove the city’s growth.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Twenty-somethings are drinking less, exercising more—and changing the way they socialize with others. DD: While you were working, what did you do that your coworkers did not do? While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I took job-related college courses 1966-1969, but none of my Democrat coworkers did that. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, I took job-related graduate evening courses 1972-1980, but none of my Democrat coworkers did that. I took the CPA examination and passed it on my first attempt in 1979, but none of my Democrat coworkers did that. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, I took job-related graduate evening courses in 1980 and then 1992-1997, but none of my Democrat coworkers did that. I took the Certified Internal Auditor examination and passed it on my first attempt in 1981, but none of my Democrat coworkers did that. I became a licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Managers in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, but none of my Democrat GAO coworkers did that. To get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of their superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/savings/gen-z-exercise-f33af2da
— IRS Chief Says Slimmer Tax Agency Is Pursuing Bad Actors. Frank Bisignano plans to lean on technology as tax enforcement staff shrinks. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors wasted my career. They wasted what I learned a) working for them 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, b) taking graduate evening business and accounting courses 1972-1980, and c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/irs-chief-says-slimmer-tax-agency-is-pursuing-bad-actors-abdcd520
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— OPM cuts degree requirements. DD: Because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980-1986 a) would not have hired me if I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and b) would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981. Because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1974 a) would not have hired me in 1971 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970 and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 and b) would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/04/opm-cuts-degree-requirements-government-tech-jobs-new-standards/412886/?oref=ge-featured-river-top
FED WEEK
— ‘Career Compass’ Site for HR Positions Launched. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted what I knew about HR. I earned a bachelor’s degree in HR from NIU when I was 21 in 1970. I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976. HR was my area of concentration.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/career-compass-site-for-hr-positions-launched/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Tennessee drops ‘pride’ from June and renames its ‘Nuclear Family Month’ sparking outrage from LGBT community. Tennessee Republicans tried — and failed — to pass a measure that would ban the use of Pride flags inside government buildings.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tennessee-pride-nuclear-family-month-b2958328.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/pride-nuclear-family-month-june-tennessee-b2958453.html
DAILY MAIL
— Fury from LGBTQ community as Tennessee declares June as ‘Nuclear Family Month’ and DROPS ‘pride’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15736435/Tennessee-nuclear-family-month-pride.html
April 15, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— “Parent Takeover” planned in Hyde Park amid expected teen takeover.
WGN9
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will ever-increasingly use AI to hire Democrats and RINOs, that is, to not hire Republicans.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lake County Auditor criticized for not coming into work, tax error
— Froylan Jimenez: Why I choose to teach in CPS on May Day
— Education advocates: Illinois should not scrap indicator that shows whether students can succeed after high school
— Before adding new rules on homelessness, let’s enforce the ones we have
— Chicago video gambling terminal fight continues as aldermen try to jump-start approval. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville receives another ‘best places to live’ in US honor
DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton officials favor stop signs over other traffic calming measures at intersection. DD: I led the successful effort to stop the stop light at Harrison and President in 1981. I handed out 1,000 “Stop the Stop Light” post cards at the intersection that were addressed to the Wheaton City Council. Motorists signed, put a stamp on, and sent in 400 of those post cards to the City Council. Ever since then, those who wanted that traffic signal have done everything that they can to destroy me. I should write a book about that.
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/lgbtq/2026/04/14/same-sex-couple-households-chicago-increase-census-data-shows
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Anti-conservatives ever-increasingly fight Turning Point USA.
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
— After 20-point Supreme Court loss, Wisconsin Republicans look for who’s to blame. Some conservatives want state Republican Party Chair Brian Schimming fired. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have blamed me the most for the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I would focus on those who still have lots of clout and who have blamed what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, and what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007.
DUPAGE COUNTY
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone in DuPage County will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
WHEATON PATCH & POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/amp/33959638/giving-dupage-days-to-kick-off-7th-year
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Don’t call Darren Bailey MAGA. DD: In the March 17 Republican primary, in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, Dabrowski got 66 votes, Bailey 32, Mendrick 27, and Heidner 11.
(FROM THE ARTICLE: NOT SO MAGA: Darren Bailey, the Republican who once eagerly aligned himself with President Donald Trump and his political movement, is now drawing a more careful distinction: He’s not MAGA — he’s just a Republican. In an interview, the GOP gubernatorial candidate said a MAGA Republican would accept whatever Trump said without question. Bailey says that’s not him. And to back it up, he has doubled down on criticizing Trump’s recent attack on Pope Leo XIV and his posting a meme appearing as Jesus. “It’s divisive. I wish President Trump would simply apologize and acknowledge that he messed up, and I think that would correct a lot,” Bailey told your Playbook host. It’s a notable bit of daylight between Bailey and a figure he once courted aggressively on the campaign trail. It also suggests that some Republicans may be recalibrating their stance as they try to balance Trump’s lasting influence with the realities of appealing to voters in a tough national climate in November. Bailey says he’s “concerned” about how the Trump v. pope exchange could affect the midterms “and Americans” in general, though he also acknowledges it’s too early to know. Besides, he said, “there’s going to be a bunch of drama in the next several months.” He also resisted predicting whether the controversy will impact key Republican constituencies, including Catholics. “I don’t know the political makeup of the church,” he said, before pivoting to campaign mode. Bailey criticized Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, whom he says is to blame for a state “spiraling out of control” with rising costs and what he sees as mismanagement in Springfield.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-716
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-503
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— John Deere Quietly Choosing Indiana and North Carolina Over Illinois, Springfield Moving to Mandate Homeless Encampments in Suburban Parks. DD: My critics/opponents would love to see a homeless encampment in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct.
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State Rep. Adam Niemerg, R-Dieterich, is raising concerns about a proposal he says would expand access to in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in Illinois.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_54b71d86-623a-425c-aea3-cc81caf05de4.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Under the Democrats, your demographics are going to ever-increasingly impact your future. Democrats will ever-increasingly a) give more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) destroy those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Demographics that vote for Democrats include: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and noncitizen. Demographics that vote for Republicans include: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, RINO leaders give them more preference and destroy those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. – Dave Diersen
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman doing to get more votes in your precinct for Republican candidates on November 3? I am in the process of hand-delivering a letter to the 140 (39%) voters of the 361 registered Republican voters in my precinct who cast a Republican ballot in the March 17 primary. In that letter, I thanked them for voting. For the contested races, listed the candidates and how many votes each got in the precinct and which candidates won in their political jurisdictions. I listed the candidate in the uncontested races who got the most votes. I urged the voters to consider helping elect the candidates who won the primary to win the November 3 election. – Dave Diersen
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Unrestricted birthright citizenship devalues America. U.S. nationality a privilege, not a right.
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pope Leo attacked Trump first, on several occasions, not the other way around.
NEW YORK POST
— Pope’s stance on Iran war is shocking and ignores Tehran’s evil.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/14/opinion/popes-stance-on-iran-war-is-shocking-and-ignores-tehrans-evil
CHRISTIAN TODAY
— Young men are demoralized. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for those who are American, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give more preference to those who are noncitizen, liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.christiantoday.com/news/young-men-are-demoralised-not-apathetic-says-report
FOX BUSINESS
— DEI policies cost US economy by promoting unqualified managers. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
FREE PRESS
— Colleges Will Never Give Up Racial Preferences
https://www.thefp.com/p/will-colleges-ever-give-up-racial
NEWSMAX
— Illegals Pull Back on Filing Taxes as IRS Data Sharing Sparks Fear.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/illegals-taxes-irs/2026/04/14/id/1252935
PATRIOT POST
— Republican Amnesty? The ‘Dignidad’ Act Ignores the Will of the People. A bipartisan bill that seeks to bring dignity to illegal aliens misses what voters are screaming for with regard to immigration enforcement.
WESTERN JOURNAL
— FAA puts DEI in the crosshairs, threatens any airline that doesn’t hire by merit. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always put their meeting their Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets ahead of everything. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degree, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump promised tax relief, but polling shows most Americans still think they’re overpaying. DD: Ever since I became an IRS employee when I was 22 years old in 1971, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes.
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote LGBTQ and b) destroy traditional marriage and family. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
NEW YORK TIMES
— After Charlie Kirk’s Death, a Fight for the Youth Vote. A fledgling Democratic group and the far-right white nationalist Nick Fuentes seek to make gains on college campuses that have recently been dominated by Turning Point USA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/nyregion/pride-flag-stonewall-trump.html
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly focus on getting young people to protest Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/opinion/trump-protest-ai-phones-social-media.html
CONCORD MONITOR
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, when those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time do better than those who are not the aforesaid, it is because those who are the aforesaid benefit from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid.
WSJ
— Why Pope Leo Is Such a Challenging Opponent for Trump. Pontiff is more popular than the president—and is a methodical political operator.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-pope-leo-catholic-church-41d834ce
— DD: Pot is poison. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) earn three job-related master’s degrees, c) earn six job-related professional certifications, or d) earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/should-pot-be-legal-af972838
(FROM A LETTER: Using marijuana diminishes one’s ability to reason clearly and make sound judgments—a core human capacity. From an ethical standpoint, reason isn’t only a biological function, it’s what enables moral discernment, responsibility and self-governance. Many would say our ability to have a conscience is a gift from God. Impairing this faculty through habitual drug use shrinks human dignity and weakens the moral foundation of society. When individuals voluntarily dull their reasoning, they become more susceptible to poor decisions that hurt not only themselves but their families and communities. The data reinforces this concern. According to research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, marijuana use is associated with impaired memory, attention and learning. Even more concerning, studies show that regular use, especially in younger people, can reduce IQ and long-term cognitive performance. If a substance measurably degrades the very capacity that allows people to think, choose wisely and act responsibly, its widespread legalization raises serious ethical and societal questions. Ultimately, laws exist not only to protect freedom, but to preserve the conditions that make freedom meaningful. Normalizing substances that impair reason risks eroding personal responsibility and moral accountability. If reason is a divine gift, then safeguarding it should be a priority, not something we compromise through legalization.)
POLITICO
— ‘They’re not getting what they voted for’: Jesus meme lays bare GOP frustrations with Trump. The president’s attacks on the first American pope and a deleted Jesus meme are deepening fractures within his MAGA coalition.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/14/trump-jesus-meme-pope-backlash-00872163
THOMPSON REUTERS
— 20 ways employees are motivated by their work. DD: GAO’s mission is to fight government fraud, waste, and abuse. That helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat GAO superiors to get rid of me. IRS’s mission is to administer tax laws. That helped me endure tremendous efforts starting in 1974 by my Democrat GAO superiors to get rid of me. The Post Office’s mission is to deliver mail. That helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office superiors to get rid of me. My aforesaid superiors wanted to get rid of me because I was not a Democrat, because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, because I was not a minority, female, or younger, because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and because I became an active member ii a class action lawsuit when I was 40 in 1988 that charged them with the aforesaid.
https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/careers/careers-blog/20-ways-employees-are-motivated-by-work
FEDERAL NEWS NEWORK
— Civilian job training program for transitioning service members. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, because of Republican-led budget cuts, they got rid of thousands of their employees, including me. There was no transitioning service. Worse yet, they despised/hated/punished their Republican employees like me because Gingrich and other Republicans cut GAO’s budget dramatically. When they succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, they did everything that they could to a stop me from getting a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. I should write about the aforesaid.
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Department of the Air Force and Space Force have limited the amount of time active-duty service members can spend gaining civilian work experience before separating from the military. The Defense Department’s SkillBridge program connects transitioning military personnel with private and public-sector organizations that offer internships and training opportunities to help them prepare for civilian careers. Service members could previously begin the program six months before leaving the service. The updated Air Force policy still allows Airmen and Guardians to participate in SkillBridge during their final 180 days of service, but caps participation time within that 6-month window based on rank.)
MEDIUM
— Investing in Yourself. DD: When I was in high school, no one thought that I was college material. Nevertheless, I took college preparatory courses, got an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my class, worked my way through college, earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, earned three job-related master’s degrees, earned six job-related professional certifications, and earned a job-related professional license. My father’s often decrying his not having a bachelor’s degree put me on track to do the aforesaid.
NTD
— All New York City employees have to take mandatory critical race theory training, which says that America is systematically racist. DD: Ever-increasingly, those who come to America hate Republicans, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
TPM
— How a Texas City Became the Far Right’s Next Example of the Great Replacement Theory. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and for RINOs.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/frisco-texas-great-replacement
April 12, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push raising taxes on those who make $1 million or more a year. Obviously, few in Illinois make $1 million or more a year and even fewer dream that they might do that.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-millionaire-tax-explainer
DAILY HERALD
— Illinois farmers ease critical labor shortages through the H-2A agricultural visa program. DD: All my employers would have hired non-citizens instead of me if they could have. I never worked on a farm. But 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, and pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. My critics/opponents never had to take such bad jobs and they would never have stooped to take such bad jobs.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260411/agriculture/illinois-farmers-ease-critical-labor-shortages-through-this-agricultural-visa-program/
RIVER BENDER
— DD: How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC had a monumental impact on me when I was 22 in 1971. I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted that job offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/republic-services-paying-200000-to-settle-federal-lawsuit-alleging-sex-discrimination-92345.cfm
WSIU
— White House looks to Republican-led states to crack down on illegal immigration
https://www.wsiu.org/2026-04-11/white-house-looks-to-republican-led-states-to-crack-down-on-immigration
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Black Chicagoans Weigh In At City’s 1st Reparations Town Hall: ‘This Didn’t Happen That Long Ago.’ City leaders introduced a five-point agenda for creating a reparations plan at a Thursday town hall as a part of the “Repair Chicago” community engagement series. DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations, that is, they ever-increasingly more hatred against Republicans.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/10/black-chicagoans-weigh-in-at-citys-1st-reparations-town-hall-this-didnt-happen-that-long-ago/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE
— Illinoisans to pay for other’s abortion services under proposed grant program. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_946f6ff5-0f8a-4ccc-80d8-e44df6c32159.html
— Committee’s ‘tone’ criticized for trying to price the poor out of gun ownership. DD: Democrat leaders want to abolish the Second Amendment, that is, they want to disarm Republicans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f409d3c7-5abb-46eb-a31e-945736183e40.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What adverse actions were taken against you and why? I was throw off the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024 a) because my critics/opponents remembered that I favor direct election of IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members, b) because I expressed concern that efforts would be made to move the platform to the left, and c) because they wanted to assure that I would lose if I ran for IRP SCC in 2026. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Another day of learning lost
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/daily-comics/chicago-teachers-union-civic-action/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— No asylum for America’s enemies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4524171/no-asylum-for-americas-enemies/
NEW YORK POST
— Prosecutor calls deportations of illegals a ‘perversion of justice’
https://nypost.com/2026/04/11/us-news/virginia-prosecutor-raked-for-calling-deportations-of-illegals-perversion-of-justice/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illegal alien in Pennsylvania who voted in 2020, 2024 elections is a career criminal
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/04/11/illegal-alien-in-pennsylvania-who-voted-in-2020-2024-elections-is-a-career-criminal-report-1632125/
BLAZE
— The Dignidad Act is a complete betrayal of Republican voters
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-dignidad-act-is-a-complete-betrayal-of-republican-voters
BREITBART
— IBM Forks Over $17 Million to Settle DOJ Lawsuit For ‘Woke’ DEI Practices. DD: My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti- Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-married people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2026/04/11/ibm-forks-over-17-million-to-settle-doj-lawsuit-for-woke-dei-practices/amp/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Left’s Demand for ‘Equity’ in Immigration Enforcement
https://cis.org/Arthur/Lefts-Demand-Equity-Immigration-Enforcement
FEDERALIST
— The Left Threw Columbus Into The Harbor — Now Trump Is Putting Him Back
https://thefederalist.com/2026/04/10/the-left-threw-columbus-into-the-harbor-now-trump-is-putting-him-back/
NEWSMAX
— Democrats See ‘Blue Wave’ Building for US Midterms
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/democrats-election/2026/04/12/id/1252607/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MS NOW
— DD: I should write about RINO and Democrat plant leaders in Illinois who have ever-increasingly pushed conservatives like me out of the party, that is, who have ever-increasingly pushed platform Republicans like me out of the party, that is, who have ever-increasingly pushed Republicans like me out of the party.
https://www.ms.now/top-stories/latest/republican-party-embraces-extremism-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-rcna243058
WASHINGTON POST
— Early audition for 2028 hopefuls focuses on civil rights issues. A parade of potential Democratic candidates for president were pushed to address voting rights, affirmative action and other civil rights issues before a largely Black audience at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s four-day conference.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/11/early-audition-2028-hopefuls-focuses-civil-rights-issues/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give women more preference over men and especially over men who are conservative, Republican, America, White, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/opinion/women-workplace-dei-feminism.html
— Online and on the Stump, Democrats Embrace a Four-Letter Word. Democratic politicians are swearing with glee. It is usually aimed at Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/politics/democrats-social-media-profanity-f-word.html
USA TODAY
— Young Republicans more skeptical of Iran war, dividing Trump base. Even within Trump’s GOP base, cracks are showing when it comes to the Iran conflict. Younger Republicans are much less likely to support the war.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/12/republicans-divided-age-support-iran-war-trump/89451934007/
FORBES
— How To Get Hired At Deloitte. DD: Your decisions a) to earn a college degree, b) to select the college to earn it from, and c) to select your major are all extremely important. I regret my not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, because of my bad demographics, the accounting profession considered me to be too old to have a successful career in accounting.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/terinaallen/2025/06/29/how-to-get-hired-at-deloitte-3-insider-tips-from-the-head-of-talent/
BANKING RATES
— Is Now the Time To Improve Your Work Skills? DD: What did you do to get hired, retained, and promoted? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.aol.com/articles/now-time-improve-skills-suze-220006581.html
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
— When Helping is Risky. DD: I should write about those who I have done the most to help, but who have tuned on me. I would focus on those who have blamed me the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7614101/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FRONTLINE
— Scapegoating. DD: My critics/opponents are scapegoaters. They blame me and they blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should start writing about my critics/opponents.
https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/democracy-majoritarian-rule-politics-india-assam/article70624259.ece
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
— Manipulation in politics. DD: According to my critics/opponents, you are not a journalist if you are conservative, if you do not have a degree in journalism, and if you are not paid for what you do. My critics/opponents have a very low opinion of me, they vehemently disapprove of me, they strongly blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should start writing about my critics/opponents.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/economics-and-philosophy/article/manipulation-in-politics-and-public-policy/1C6109A40D8038276F48987A637BF57E
ECONOMIC TIMES
— What jobseekers should do to get hired. DD: What did you do to get hired, retained, and promoted? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/what-jobseekers-should-do-to-get-hired-amid-layoffs/articleshow/119338728.cms
April 11, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Chicago Teachers Union wants May Day off so students, teachers can protest; new CPS CEO says no
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-teachers-union-may-day-school-cps/
— Starting in December, eligible men in the U.S. will be automatically registered for the military draft. Currently, men aged 18 to 26 are required to register through the Selective Service System online or at the DMV. But at the end of 2026 that changes as part of a measure tucked into the annual defense policy bill Congress passed and President Trump signed into law last year. DD: The more likely that you might be drafted, the less likely that you will be hired.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/rep-jonathan-jackson-opposes-automatic-military-draft-registration/
WTTW
— DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/04/10/president-and-pope-world-s-most-influential-americans-odds-over-iran
— Vote Set on Push to Rid CPD of Officers With Ties to Extremist Groups. DD: I should write about those who promoted the most hatred against TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC). I was the TAPOROOT chairman 2005-2012 and an IRCR officer 2003-2007.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/04/10/vote-set-push-rid-cpd-officers-ties-extremist-groups
WBEZ
— DD: What happened to your mentors? My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor who arranged my transfer to GAO in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/04/10/looking-for-a-mentor-in-chicago-our-illustrated-zine-has-you-covered
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/11/snap-immigrants-illinois-food-assistance/
DAILY HERALD
— Democrats grow bolder on talk about removing Trump from office after his Iran threats
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260409/nation-and-world/democrats-grow-bolder-on-talk-about-removing-trump-from-office-after-his-iran-threats/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— CTU’s May Day stunt puts students in the middle
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/editorials/ccb-ctu-may-day-protest-puts-students-in-middle-20260410/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois farms rely on H-2A visas amid labor shortage
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2026/04/10/illinois-farms-rely-on-h-2a-visas-amid-labor-shortage/89517163007/
HOMETOWN REGISTER
— Pritzker says he supports a strong, free press, but Republican Darren Bailey’s running mate says taxpayer dollars should not be spent on partisan outlets. DD: All the time and money needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out comes from me.
https://www.hometownregister.com/news/state/pritzker-gop-candidate-say-they-support-a-free-press-differ-on-tax-credits/article_8be6cc8d-fea3-51ff-a3c7-fcca14eec213.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: GOP candidate for lieutenant governor Aaron Del Mar said it’s important to support the Constitution and a free press, but taxpayer dollars should not support outlets like some in Chicago that only show one side of issues. “A lot of these not-for-profit organizations are taking positions. They are reporting the news, not independently, but with a bit of a shadow depending on what their political beliefs are,” Del Mar told The Center Square.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-501/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly celebrate their invasion, infiltration, infestation, takeover, and ultimate destruction of DuPage County.
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/10/theyre-never-gonna-learn/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Crazed Dems Want the 25th Amendment Invoked
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/04/crazed-democrats-want-the-25th-amendment-invoked/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— SB 3138: The Mental Health Industry’s Latest Power Grab
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/child-exploitation/sb-3138-the-mental-health-industrys-latest-power-grab/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Federal workforce numbers under Trump at lowest levels since 1960s. DD: In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who the Democrats who ran GAO hired. While I worked for them 1980-1997, Republicans cut GAO from over 6,000 employees to under 3,000 employees. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/10/federal-workforce-numbers-trump-lowest-levels-since-1960s/
— In poll of Republicans, Trump trounces friend-turned-foe Tucker Carlson by 61% to 7%
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/10/poll-republicans-trump-trounces-friend-turned-foe-tucker-carlson-61-7/
— ‘I’m going to fight like hell’: Pritzker inches toward 2028 bid
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/9/jb-pritzker-inches-toward-2028-bid-sharptons-nan-event-im-going-fight/
— ICE arrests plunge
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/10/ice-arrests-plunge-pullout-minnesota-criminal-arrests-rise/
— The Supreme Court on Thursday shut down an attempt by Samuel Ronan, a longtime liberal Democrat, to force his way onto the Republican primary ballot for a congressional seat from Ohio. DD: Ever-increasingly, Republican primary candidates hint/imply/argue/shout that they are Democrat Lite.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/9/supreme-court-rejects-longtime-democrat-samuel-ronans-bid-get-gop/
— DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/4511081/three-former-fbi-agents-sue-patel-bondi-alleged-unlawful-firing/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats seek to punish voters fleeing their failed policies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4522357/democrats-seek-punish-voters-fleeing-failed-policies/
— ‘Who cares’ about systemic racism when it benefits minorities?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4522146/who-cares-about-systemic-racism-when-it-benefits-minorities/
— DD: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4522146/who-cares-about-systemic-racism-when-it-benefits-minorities/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— ‘That Ain’t My Party’: Al Sharpton Says It Would Be ‘Crazy’ for Black People To Celebrate America’s 250th as 2028 Dem Hopefuls Pay Homage to Him. ‘They’re going to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the country July 4, but that’s not our celebration,’ Sharpton said.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/that-aint-my-party-al-sharpton-says-it-would-be-crazy-for-black-people-to-celebrate-americas-250th-as-2028-dem-hopefuls-pay-homage-to-him/
NEW YORK POST
— Megyn Kelly slams GOP reps backing ‘amnesty’ for illegal immigrants: ‘Betrayal’
https://nypost.com/2026/04/10/media/megyn-kelly-slams-gop-reps-backing-amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-betrayal/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Planned Parenthood performs record number of abortions. DD: Why are there so many unwanted abortions?
https://www.christianpost.com/news/planned-parenthood-performed-nearly-500k-abortions-services-drop.html
DAILT CALLER
— Trump Admin Calls On Gamers To Become Air Traffic Controllers
https://dailycaller.com/2026/04/10/trump-admin-gamers-air-traffic-controllers-transportation-department-sean-duffy/
DAILY WIRE
— Plan To Let Millions Of Illegals Stay is an egregious betrayal of American interests, on multiple levels.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-republican-sponsored-amnesty-bill-is-so-much-worse-than-i-thought
FOX NEWS
— Sharpton: America’s 250th anniversary is not a ‘celebration’ for Black people
https://www.foxnews.com/media/al-sharpton-says-americas-250th-anniversary-celebration-black-people-calls-crazy.amp
— Chicago suburb locals hope reparations addresses ‘affordability pressures’ as Black population dwindles. Evanston, Illinois, was first city to implement reparations program for Black residents.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-suburb-locals-hope-reparations-program-address-affordability-pressures-black-population-dwindles
— Trump’s birthright citizenship crusade draws backing from cohort of prominent legal scholars. DD: If they wanted to, foreign countries could send in millions of the pregnant citizens to give birth in America.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-birthright-citizenship-crusade-draws-backing-from-cohort-prominent-legal-scholars
NTD
— Critical Race Theory Is Poisonous
https://www.ntd.com/ntdplus/rep-bishop-critical-race-theory-is-poisonous-hopeful-americans-will-rise-up-against-it_624111.html
— DD: My critics/opponents promote Critical Race Theory, that is, they blame Whites for all the problems that Blacks have. Thy especially blame Whites who are conservative, Republican, American, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.ntd.com/ntdplus/professor-stands-up-to-critical-race-theory_582175.html
PJ MEDIA
— White House: ‘Era of Amnesty Is Over’
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/10/white-house-era-of-amnesty-is-over-n4951661
REASON
— The GOP Is Becoming Anti-Conservative. DD: All my critics/opponents are anti-conservative to one degree or another. Most commonly, they reject the following planks in the Republican Party platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).
https://reason.com/podcast/2026/03/04/jonah-goldberg-the-gop-is-becoming-anti-conservative/
TOWNHALL
— Chicago Public Schools Have a May Day Fight on Their Hands
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/04/10/chicago-public-schools-may-day-fight-n2674221
WHITE HOUSE
— Democrats Empower Sick Criminal Illegal Alien Predators to Prey on American Women, Children
https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/04/democrats-empower-sick-criminal-illegal-alien-predators-to-prey-on-american-women-children/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-pope-leo-iran-war-relationship-criticism-8473f1d8b8127a77ef94ba2f4ad378fb
MSN
— Trump labor secretary hit with workplace discrimination complaints. DD: To get rid of their Republican employees who were the following, my Democrat superiors in the federal government created hostile workplaces for them: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/trump-labor-secretary-hit-with-workplace-discrimination-complaints/gm-GM40CAB928
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting young people to blame their problems on Trump. What did you blame your problems on when you were young? I blamed my not getting a better ACT score and GPAs. I blamed my avoiding the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/trump-suffers-record-youth-approval-collapse/gm-GM33A57E67
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting those who are the following to protest: liberal, minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/nationwide-no-kings-protests-challenge-trump-policies/gm-GMDF280EE1
WASHINGTON POST
— Chicago teachers want no school on May Day, testing the city’s mayor and school leaders. A tangled political fight over whether Chicago’s public schools will hold classes on May Day has unraveled in the nation’s third-largest city.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/10/schools-chicago-union-protests-may-day/a5e1f67c-3519-11f1-b85b-2cd751275c1d_story.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders encourage citizens of foreign countries to falsely claim asylum in America. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/11/13/trumps-attack-asylum-is-based-entirely-false-claims/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pope-leo-criticizes-religious-language-used-by-trump-on-the-war-479850a3
FORBES
— DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2026/04/10/pope-leo-condemns-iran-war-in-strongest-terms-yet-god-does-not-bless-any-conflict/
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. That is, Democrats ever-increasingly replace those in America who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, and/or Protestant with those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, and/or non-Protestant.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-10/america-s-demographic-stagnation-will-make-it-poorer
— How Coffee Houses Brewed Up Liberalism — and Still Do
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-10/liberalism-was-brewed-up-in-coffee-houses-from-the-uk-to-japan
TARGET JOBS
— All the Big 4 firms have made significant changes to their academic entry requirements in recent years, giving hope to students whose applications in previous years would not have got through initial screening. How will these changes affect your chances of getting employed by EY, Deloitte, KPMG or PwC? DD: Your decisions a) to earn a college degree, b) to select the college to earn it from, and c) to select your major are all extremely important. I regret my not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, because of my bad demographics, the accounting profession considered me to be too old to have a successful career in accounting.
https://targetjobs.co.uk/careers-advice/accountancy-banking-and-finance/big-4s-entry-criteria-and-your-graduate-job-application
MCKINSEY
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for men, and especially bleak for men who are conservative, White, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/women-in-the-workplace
WEEK
— DD: Democrats and RINOs reject meritocracy. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, non-citizen, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://theweek.com/politics/hegseth-pentagon-discrimination-military-promotions
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— F-Bombing Trump Is Not a Smart Campaign Message for Democrats
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/f-bombing-trump-isnt-a-smart-campaign-message-for-democrats.html
PULITZER CENTER
— DD: To promote 1619 is to promote hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://pulitzercenter.org/blog/chicago-teachers-use-1619-project-analyze-global-news-stories
PEW RESEARCH
— Looking to the Future, Public Sees an America in Decline on Many Fronts. Majorities predict a weaker economy, a growing income divide, a degraded environment and a broken political system. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if you have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO leaders are ever-increasingly replace those who are the aforesaid with those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, non-citizen, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2019/03/21/public-sees-an-america-in-decline-on-many-fronts/
POLITICO
— Conservatives balk at Trump’s calls to be ‘flexible’ on abortion coverage in health care talks.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/06/conservatives-anti-abortion-trump-health-care-gop-00712565
ATLANTIC
— DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/pope-leo-iran-war/686757/
NEWS DAY
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/dei-al-sharpton-democrats-diversity-candidates-t03990
NEW POLITICS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting those who are the following to protest: liberal, minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or noncitizen.
https://newpol.org/demonstrations-and-demographics/
AXIOS
— DD: The more of the following that you are, the more that you should anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/10/jobs-ai-older-boomer
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Former anti-Trump Republican to run for Congress as a Democrat. DD: Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican will officially switch parties and proclaim that they have always really been anti-conservative Democrats.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/06/george-conway-run-congress-democrat
April 10, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker warns Trump will send ICE agents to polling places as he calls on voters to push them aside
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/09/democratic-presidential-prospects-al-sharpton-jb-pritzker/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Will CPS cancel school for CTU ‘Day of Action’ May 1? CEO said no, but decision in limbo. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use International Workers’ Day to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/09/cps-ctu-day-of-action/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville hopes to find funding to keep India Day celebration in the city. DD: In 2021, Democrat and RINO leaders succeeded in ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, a role that I had since 2005.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/09/naperville-annual-india-day-celebration/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After Naperville’s India Day celebration received no funding this year from a city commission, the Naperville City Council is scrambling to find money to keep the annual celebration alive in the city. The event, which typically includes a parade and a festival, has brought large crowds to Naperville for years in what organizers say is one of the largest celebrations of Indian culture in the country.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville cites concerns over banning ICE from property after immigrant advocates’ request.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/09/naperville-immigrants-due-process-ordinance/
— After years of declines, Chicago shootings tick up in 2026
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/09/chicago-shootings-2026/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2026/04/09/cardinal-cupich-other-chicago-area-faith-leaders-push-back-on-religious-rhetoric-used-to-justify-war
NBC5
— DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/source-calls-pentagon-meeting-with-vatican-official-most-unpleasant-amid-reported-white-house-tension/3920503/
WGN9
— The president of the Chicago Board of Education is pressuring the new Chicago Public Schools CEO to cave to union demands to cancel classes on May 1 for a day of protests. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use International Workers’ Day to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/pressure-builds-to-cancel-cps-classes-for-day-of-protest/
FOX32
— Chicago City Hall chaos continues amid hostile workplace allegations. DD: To get rid of their Republican employees who were the following, my Democrat superiors in the federal government created hostile workplaces for them: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-3jwzcp1cektaqaqo
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois colleges and universities are closing. What it means for others.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/education/2026/04/09/closed-for-good-why-these-colleges-didnt-make-it-and-what-that-portends-for-others/86604849007/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Women are getting most of the new jobs. What’s going on with men? DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for men, and especially for men who are conservative, White, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-04-10/women-are-getting-most-of-the-new-jobs-whats-going-on-with-men
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Chicago Public Schools to stay open May 1 during nationwide protest — at least for now. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use International Workers’ Day to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026/04/09/cps-will-be-open-may-1-during-protest-ceo-says-but-board-could-overrule-her/
POLITICO
— Don Tracy pitches pragmatism over political drama
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/10/don-tracy-pitches-pragmatism-over-political-drama-00866493
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Treasurer’s race: Max Solomon, a write-in candidate for state treasurer during the primary election earlier this month, won enough support that he’s now the Republican nominee in November. The Illinois GOP praised Solomon for running “a well built grassroots campaign that overwhelmingly exceeded the write in requirements” to represent the GOP in November. “He is exactly the type of leader that we need,” according to a statement sent to Playbook. With no Republican candidate in the primary, Solomon was a write-in candidate needing 5,000 votes to get party support. He won about 40,000.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-713/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-500/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republicans Recognize Max Solomon’s Write-In Victory for State Treasurer Candidacy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/04/09/republicans-recognize-max-solomons-write-in-victory-for-state-treasurer-candidacy/
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
https://wirepoints.org/mark-glennon-on-am560-chicago-fiscal-crisis-worse-than-pre-bankruptcy-detroit-hiv-surge-and-public-health-threat-from-open-borders-goes-unreported/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Abortions performed by Planned Parenthood hit record high amid defunding battle
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/9/abortions-performed-planned-parenthood-hit-record-high-amid-defunding/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Immigration bill shows GOP split over mass deportations
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4522539/backlash-immigration-bill-exposes-gop-split-mass-deportations/
— US fertility rate hits record low
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/4522143/us-fertility-rate-hits-record-low/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The legal basis for “birthright citizenship” is tenuous at best, nigh nonexistent at worst.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/two-wongs-dont-make-a-right/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats Are Killing the Country with Racism. The war on white Americans continues apace.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/democrats_are_killing_the_country_with_racism.html
— The so-called Dignity Act is just another tired amnesty for illegals. A good look at this bill indicates Republicans gain nothing and Democrats wallow in the goodies.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/04/yes_the_so_called_dignity_act_is_just_another_tired_amnesty_for_illegals.html
— The Hidden Truth About Illegal Aliens And Crime
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/unveiling_the_hidden_truth_about_illegal_aliens_and_crime.html
CENTER SQUARE
— Teacher’s union gives nearly 2M to org that trains for May Day protests. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use International Workers’ Day to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ef621ae5-746c-49ec-b97e-91442c40c8ea.html
DAILY CALLER
— Public Attorneys Doing Way More For Illegal Migrants Than You Might Think
https://dailycaller.com/2026/04/09/public-defenders-criminal-illegals-deportations/
DAILY WIRE
— The Grievance Party is Killing Conservatism. DD: My critics/opponents are anti-conservative.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-grievance-party-is-killing-conservatism-and-we-need-our-men-back
FEDERALIST
— Despite President Donald Trump winning on the promise of “mass deportations,” a handful of spineless Republicans, alongside Democrats, are trying to push a mass amnesty act known as the DIGNIDAD Act — or, for English speakers, the DIGNITY Act.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/04/09/here-are-the-8-most-insane-things-in-the-dignidad-amnesty-bill/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Trump Issues Executive Order Requiring Citizenship Verification in Federal Elections
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/trump-executive-order-requiring-citizenship-verification-federal-elections
FOX NEWS
— What the first federal challenge to Evanston’s reparations program means for other cities. Federal court denied motion to dismiss lawsuit against Illinois town’s reparations program. DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations, that is, they ever-increasingly more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/what-first-federal-challenge-local-reparations-program-means-other-cities
— Asylum to be stripped from fraudsters who vacation in countries they ‘fled’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gop-lawmaker-introduces-bill-strip-161109617.html
— Woke-ism is like any cult. DD: My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti- Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-married people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6392844477112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— IL Supreme Court Defends Removal of Traffic Court Judge for Past Conservative Comments. The Illinois Supreme Court would rather keep a heavy backlog of Cook County cases than allow a pro-Trump judge to sit on the traffic court. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors removed me when I was 49 years old in 1997 because I had been an active participant in a class action lawsuit since I was 40 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Previously, because I had complained about discrimination, they a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS when I was 31.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/04/il-supreme-court-defends-removal-ff-traffic-court-judge-for-past-conservative-comments/
LIFE NEWS
— Illinois Wants to Hide How Abortion Drugs Kill and Harm Women. DD: My critics/opponents promote abortion.
https://www.lifenews.com/2026/04/09/illinois-wants-to-hide-how-abortion-drugs-kill-and-harm-women/
MEGYN KELLY
— GOP Turncoats in House Trying to Pass Amnesty Immigration Bill Under Guise of ‘Dignity’
https://www.megynkelly.com/2026/04/09/controversy-surrounding-republican-support-of-immigration-dignity-act-in-congress/
NATIONAL TODAY
— How the Civil War’s Legacy Endures in Modern Politics. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederates.
https://nationaltoday.com/us/va/appomattox/news/2026/04/09/how-the-civil-wars-legacy-endures-in-modern-politics/
POST MILLENNIAL
— GOP warns Dignity Act is mass amnesty bill for MILLIONS of illegal immigrants
https://thepostmillennial.com/gop-warns-dignity-act-is-mass-amnesty-bill-for-millions-of-illegal-immigrants
OPM
— Chart Your Human Resources Career Path. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted what I knew about HR. I earned a bachelor’s degree in HR from NIU when I was 21 in 1970. I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976. HR was my area of concentration.
https://www.opm.gov/news/secrets-of-opm/chart-your-hr-career-path/
TOWNHALL
— Approval of Asylum Claims Plummets Thanks to President Trump’s Immigration Policies
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/04/10/approval-of-asylum-claims-plummets-thanks-to-president-trumps-immigration-policies-n2674217
— The Sanctuary Cities Debacle: How Defying Federal Law Is Crushing Taxpayers and Public Safety
https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/04/09/the-sanctuary-cities-debacle-how-defying-federal-law-is-crushing-taxpayers-and-public-safety-n2674130
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Judge says Pentagon must restore press access
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-pentagon-must-restore-press-access/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Many Venezuelans Want to Go Home. But They Can’t Get Passports. The U.S. has made it impossible for them to stay legally, and their own country makes it difficult for them to return.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/world/americas/venezuelans-return-passports-trump.html
— DD: My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti- Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-married people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010832106/did-woke-go-too-far.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they want to destroy America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/04/04/trump-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-case-history/89439887007/
WOAI
— GOP Needs To Embrace Mass Deportations For Any Hope Of Red Wave
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2026-04-09-gop-needs-to-embrace-mass-deportations-for-any-hope-of-red-wave/
C-SPAN
— DD: What percent of illegals are minorities?
https://www.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-says-trump-immigration-enforcement-policies-targeted-people-of-color/5198926
NATION
— Taking Aim at Overpaid CEOs. DD: My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid and that my Civil Service Retirement System pension is much too generous.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ceo-worker-pay-gaps/
EDUCATION NEXT
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, when those who have demographics that vote for Republicans do better than those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, it is because Republicans discriminate against Democrats.
https://www.educationnext.org/end-of-disparate-impact-changes-federal-policy-discrimination-schools/
NEXT GOV
— Vought takes aim at GAO. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it during the 1980s and 1990s, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2026/03/vought-takes-aim-gao-new-guidance/412099/
PEOPLE’S WORLD
— This May Day, workers will take to the streets against MAGA. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use International Workers’ Day to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/this-may-day-workers-will-take-to-the-streets-against-maga/