FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Centrist Democrats must not let ‘democratic socialists’ take over their party without a fight.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/editorial-democrats-dsa-zohran-mamdani-denver-new-york/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/02/highland-park-group-fights-guns/
— Voters turn to AI before casting their ballots. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use AI to not only defeat Republican candidates, but to get rid of Republicans once for all who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/04/ai-voting-advice/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly divide and destroy America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/vintage-chicago-tribune-bicentennial-250/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/cannabis-tax-school-security/
DAILY HERALD
— ‘Sour grapes’ aren’t the issue: Whatever the result of clerk’s pay-raise suit, DuPage board failed a transparency test.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260705/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-sour-grapes-arent-the-issue-whatever-the-result-of-clerks-pay-raise-suit/
ABC7
— DD: How long have your ancestors been in America? Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use slavery to demonize, denigrate, and condemn not only Republicans, but America. Ever-increasingly, if you are the following, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American. Because I am all of the aforesaid, Democrat leaders have always made me pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI big time. I should write about that. My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. That on my father’s side, they homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township and that on my mother’s side, they sharecropped a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. According to my critics/opponents, my ancestors stole land from Native Americans and they benefitted tremendously from slavery and that is why I have everything that I have today.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/descendants-enslaved-person-helped-build-white-house-speak-abc-news/19446644/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/search-lost-ancestry-story-behind-philadelphias-disputed-slavery-memorial/19446819/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they are anti-American.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/is-paying-americas-250th-celebrations-complicated/19446383/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat celebrities promote more hatred against Trump.
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/celebrities-counter-trumps-america-250-rhetoric-with-on-tyranny-reading/
FOX32
— Fourth of July fireworks end in teen arrests after crowd turns hostile in Joliet. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/fourth-july-fireworks-joliet-arrests
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump addresses nation and fireworks light up National Mall after storm delay.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-04/trump-addresses-nation-and-fireworks-light-up-national-mall-after-storm-delay
WGLT
— In Mount Rushmore speech, Trump veers from U.S. exceptionalism to warnings about communism.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-07-04/in-mount-rushmore-speech-trump-veers-from-u-s-exceptionalism-to-warnings-about-communism
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
SETH LEWIS
— What a great morning at the Wheaton Fourth of July Parade.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1343001137248096
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct who walked in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade include: Fioretti, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Schiappa, Eckhoff, Schultz, and Quirk. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Communist Party USA denies that Democrats aiming for Congress are communists. DD: Far too many anti-conservatives ever-increasingly run for offices as Republicans.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/4/communist-party-usa-denies-democrats-aiming-congress-communists/
— White supremacist group Patriot Front marched in Washington on Independence Day. DD: My critics/opponents are anti-conservative if not conservative-haters. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate groups if not White supremacist groups. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT from 2005 until 2012 when they succeeded in destroying the organization. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member from 2003 until 2007 when they succeeded in destroying the organization.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/4/white-supremacy-protesters-descend-washington-fourth-july/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— For America 250, reject Mamdani’s narrative of American oppression. DD: What do you stress in defense of your ancestors? I stress that while they all immigrated during the 1840s and 1860s, they never were in a position to oppress anyone and that they never did oppress anyone.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4636240/america-250-reject-mamdani-narrative-american-oppression/
NEW YORK POST
— 68% of NYC residents are proud to be American. DD: Ever-increasingly, to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/us-news/68-of-nyc-residents-are-proud-to-be-american-new-poll-finds/
— DSA candidate’s perverse views are the latest evidence that US schools need to be fixed.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/opinion/melat-kiros-sick-views-are-just-the-latest-evidence-that-us-schools-need-to-be-fixed/
— Of course Mamdani takes opportunity to blast America in 4th of July speech focused on ‘flaws.’ DD: Ever-increasingly, to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/03/opinion/of-course-mamdani-takes-opportunity-to-blast-america-in-july-4-speech-focused-on-flaws/
— Democratic Socialists of America leader says ‘many’ in group would be ‘thrilled’ at AOC in 2028.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/media/aoc-2028-presidential-run-would-thrill-many-in-democratic-socialists-of-america-leader-says/
— Non-whites set to become majority in US for first time by 2050. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with non-Whites and b) shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/26/us-news/non-whites-set-to-become-majority-in-us-for-first-time-by-2050/
— DD: From what I see, because of WWI and because of WWII, German is one of the worst national origins to have. I am 100% German national origin. I have always stressed a) that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, b) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, and c) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/us-news/descendants-of-1st-ellis-island-immigrant-celebrate-american-dream/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Mamdani tells us how much he hates America on its 250th birthday.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/mamdani-tells-the-u-s-how-much-he-hates-it-on-its-250th-birthday-comments/
— That pesky 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment requires a lot of interpreting…and that is the problem.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/that-pesky-14th-amendment/
DAILY CALLER
— Fox News Host Jesse Watters Slams Gen Z As Lazy, Entitled. DD: What did you accomplish by the time you were 29? I bought new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, b) I worked my way through college and earned a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21, c) I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, and 29, d) I earned an MBA when I was 27, and e) I got married when I was 29. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/07/04/fox-news-host-slams-gen-z-as-lazy-entitled/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The New Socialists—Elite, Ungrateful, and Toxic as Ever.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/03/new-socialists-elite-toxic/
— Why the American Republic Survived for 250 Years. DD: Because I am not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, I would not have survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, earned an MBA when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, became a licensed CPA when I was 32, earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/04/hanson-american-republic-250-years/
CAMPUS REFORM
— UC Berkeley course catalog found to be abundant with Marxist offerings.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/uc-berkeley-course-catalog-found-abundant-marxist-offerings/30149
FOX NEWS
— Will voters reject radical socialist ‘politics of envy’ in midterms? DD: How has envy been used against you? To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government against me, my Democrat superiors promoted envy big time. They stressed a) the new cars that I bought when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) the real estate that I bought when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I earned, d) the vacations that I took, e) etc. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to do the aforesaid. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if I had not gotten married when I was 29, I would not have been able to accomplish what did after then. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to accomplish what I did after we got married. My Democrat GAO superiors decried the time and money they spent raising their children. They decried their wives having little or no income.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mike-lawler-predicts-voters-soundly-reject-radical-socialist-politics-envy-midterms
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Victor Davis Hanson Ties Education and Immigration to Rise of the DSA.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/victor-davis-hanson-ties-education-and-immigration-to-rise-of-the-dsa/amp/
PJ MEDIA
— Federal Court Defies Supreme Court, Rules Trump Can’t Fire DEI Officers. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied that they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 because I failed/refused to give enough preference to my subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. All my subordinates were one or more of the aforesaid if not many of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) were one or more if not many of the aforesaid and b) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had (CPA).
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/07/04/federal-court-defies-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-fire-dei-officers-n4954659
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Supreme Court just handed Donald Trump one of the biggest expansions of presidential power in decades. It took a federal appeals court all of a few days to act as if the ruling didn’t exist. On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled six to three that Congress cannot shield members of independent agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission from presidential removal, except for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” The justices said that violates the separation of powers baked into the Constitution.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats grapple with left-wing primary wins.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5952255-democratic-party-dsa-midterm-primaries/
CBS NEWS
— Trump warns of “communist menace” in speech at Mount Rushmore on eve of July 4th.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mount-rushmore-speech-july-4-communism/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— What the Census Reveals About Who Still Feels ‘American.’ Millions of Americans list their ancestry as simply ‘American’ – but that share is shrinking. Census data shows where the identity endures. DD: Fewer and fewer and fewer Americans are German American. From what I see, because of WWI and because of WWII, German is one of the worst national origins to have. I am 100% German national origin. I have always stressed a) that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, b) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, and c) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2026-07-02/what-the-census-reveals-about-who-still-feels-american
CNN
— Biden to Trump: ‘This is a guy born with a silver spoon in his mouth.’ DD: To demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being born with a silver spoon in my mouth, my critics/opponents have always stressed that my father made enough money to send me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools 1953-1962. But he never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college. 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 assemble line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critic/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/01/politics/joe-biden-donald-trump-silver-spoon
NEW YORK TIMES
— How a Nation of Immigrants Traces Its Roots. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing a) glorify and praise current illegal immigration by non-Whites into America but b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn past legal immigration by Whites into America. My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. That on my father’s side, they homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township and that on my mother’s side, they sharecropped a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. According to my critics/opponents, my ancestors stole land from Native Americans and they benefitted tremendously from slavery and that is why I have everything that I have today.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/07/01/us/america-identity-ancestry-census.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After 1840, immigration from Western Europe began to rise quickly as political instability in Germany and the famine in Ireland drove people to leave.)
— FRONT PAGE: In San Francisco, Even $180,000 Tech Salaries Are No Longer Enough. DD: In today’s dollars, when I was 49 in 1997, my ending GAO salary was $154,682.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/technology/san-francisco-tech-salaries.html
— Working Parents Say They’re in a Losing Battle Over Their Time. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors 1980-1997 a) decried the time and money they spent raising their children and b) decried the little or no income that their spouses had. They used against me big time a) my wife and I giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents and b) my wife’s good job. According to them, were it not for the aforesaid, we would not have been able to buy two new cars and a home in Wheaton in when we got married in 1978 and I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) to become a licensed CPA in 1981, or f) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/upshot/parenting-working-balance-survey.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Without America’s military might, there would be no Catholicism, no Catholic Church, and no Pope. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/04/lampedusa-island-gateway-europe-pope-leo-calls-protecting-migrants/
FORBES
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more and often many of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/gender-pay-gap-statistics/
JILL SCHLESINGER
— How to support, not enable adult kids. DD: My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. He was earning $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother had never attended high school, she had never worked outside the home, and my brother was having problems. I graduated from NIU and I got a job working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights in 1970. I applied for and I got a financial hardship draft deferment and I helped support them in Crete until September of 1972.
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2026/06/29/jill-on-money-how-to-support-not-enable-adult-kids/
INTUIT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.intuit.com/blog/social-responsibility/5-surprising-benefits-of-fostering-diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-workplace/
MANHATTAN INSTITUTE
— Who Pays for Reparations? DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use slavey and 1619 to demonize, denigrate, condemn, and destroy Republicans. According to Democrat leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that you have benefitted from slavery, the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI, and the more reparation that you should pay: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://manhattan.institute/article/who-pays-for-reparations-the-immigration-challenge-in-the-reparations-debate
GOOD MEN PROJECT
— Before They Were White: How Different Groups Were Treated as Immigrants to America From the Founding to the Semiquincentennial, the Argument Over ‘Who We Are’ Never Stops. (DD: What is your national Origin? All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. My grandmother on my father’s side complained about discrimination against German-Americans during WWI. According to her, her first love was a British-American, but his anti-German parents killed that romance. In defense of my ancestors, I have always stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI and that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII.)
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/before-they-were-white-how-different-groups-were-treated-as-immigrants-to-america-kpkn/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Most cover photos work because they immediately convey the story’s theme. This one, unfortunately, needs explanation. It shows drunken Irish and German immigrants stealing a ballot box. John H. Goater created the political cartoon from the 1850s. It portrays caricatures representing Irish and German voters engaging in what appears to be election theft, with chaos unfolding in the background at the “Election Day Polls” building. The cartoonist uses stereotypical imagery to convey fear of immigrant voters exerting undue political influence. The portrayal of the Irish and German voters in a negative light, with exaggerated features and behaviors, perpetuates harmful stereotypes associated with these immigrant communities. By depicting them as thieves, the cartoon suggests that these groups are unlawfully manipulating the electoral process to their advantage. The people the elections were being stolen from were white people. Early Irish and German immigrants weren’t initially considered white. They say ex-smokers are the hardest on those who still smoke. Former non-white people who have become white, now lead the way in protecting whiteness, making sure people of color never get the power, especially in elections, to take what is theirs. . .Among the people not initially regarded as white in America were Germans, Greeks, white Hispanics, Spaniards, Jews, Slavs, Italians, Afghans, Iranians, and Irish. The Immigration Act of 1790 only offered naturalization to “any alien, being a free white person.” In 1923, the Supreme Court ruled that people of Indian descent were not white and couldn’t become citizens. . .Germans Not considered white in the 18th–19th centuries. They were seen as: “swarthy,” “boorish,” “drunk,” “non‑English” politically dangerous (1848 radicals) culturally unassimilable. They faced: riots against German neighborhoods, bans on German language schools, anti‑German hysteria during WWI (lynchings, book burnings, forced name changes. . .Housing Segregation Ethnic ghettos were common: . .German Towns)
MOTHER JONES
— DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/july-fourth-celebrate-history/
LGBTQ NATION
— A Democratic Socialist revolution is exactly what we need to save America. DD: What do Democrat Socialists think of you? They despise/hate me because I have always been a Republican. Democrats run the federal government. Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had not been a member of federal employee unions 1966-1980, my salary would not have increased from $19.57/hour to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. They ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact that during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in business, I earned an MBA, and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. If I had been a Democrat, my Democrat superiors would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year, long before I was 40 years old.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/a-democratic-socialist-revolution-is-exactly-what-we-need-to-save-america/
— DD: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ advocates, that is, Democrats and RINOs, destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/the-most-powerful-statement-lgbtq-people-can-make-is-not-just-to-march-but-to-govern/
Tag: diversity
July 3, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/07/03/chicago-newsrooms-immigration-coverage-july-fourth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/07/02/midway-blitz-lawsuit-ice-immigration-officer
ABC7
— Olympian David Hearn indicted for vandalism of Reflecting Pool.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/olympian-david-hearn-indicted-alleged-vandalism-reflecting-pool/19436852/
FOX32
— DD: FBI Director Kash Patel forces Chicago FBI leader Douglas DePodesta to retire for not adequately supporting Trump’s agenda. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 for my opposing their agenda. Their agenda was to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/fbi-chicago-douglas-depodesta-leaving-reports
WGN9
— Can Republicans win back voters in Chicago’s suburbs? DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Democrat candidates get more and more and more votes in Chicago suburbs a) because more and more and more Democrats move to Chicago suburbs to escape Democrat poverty and crime and to hypocritically take advantage of the prosperity and safety that conservative Republicans created in Chicago suburbs and b) because anti-conservative/RINO/Democrat Lite/Democrat plant candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly fail/refuse to defend, let alone advance, the Republican Party platform.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/wgn-the-point-politics-chicago-illinois/can-illinois-republicans-win-back-voters-in-chicagos-suburbs/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acFg-nIqwec
SOUTHERN
— ICE arrests 10,000 illegally in US in 5-day span
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/07/02/ice-arrests-10000-illegally-in-us-in-5-day-span/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker’s GOP foe recognizes a good tactic when he borrows one.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-pritzkers-gop-foe-recognizes-a-good-tactic-when-he-borrows-one/article_369549c3-f7aa-4324-9174-a396ab9b0737.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-549/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker Embraces Democratic Socialists of America as Part of Democrats’ Recipe to Win.
https://wirepoints.org/pritzker-embraces-radical-democratic-socialists-of-america-as-part-of-democrats-recipe-to-win-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What makes you proud to be American? For me, it includes my being able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when in 1970 when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 46, and 47, and a job-related professional license when I was 32 even though a) neither of my parents attended college, b) my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969, e) my mother never attended high school, f) my ACT score was only 24, g) I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, and h) I had to work my way through college. Further, I was able a) to buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. and c) to get married when I was 29. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats welcome their new Marxist overlords. Establishment Dems hope the communists come for them last.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/2/democrats-welcome-new-marxist-overlords/
— A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that 19 intelligence community employees fired because they were doing diversity, equity and inclusion jobs must be given a chance to apply for other posts. DD: To force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, among many threats, my Democrat GAO superiors threatened to give me adverse transfers. I had been assigned to audits of federal financial industry regulators since 1990. I had become a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996. I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/2/appeals-court-says-dei-employees-apply-jobs-intelligence-community/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Colorado proves Mamdani’s midterm wins were not a fluke.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4634694/colorado-proves-mamdani-midterm-wins-not-fluke/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Indoctrination is dangerous. People are so misinformed that they falsely believe that big government and socialism are the solution for everything they want.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/indoctrination-is-dangerous/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— The plan to destroy America
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/07/02/the-plan-to-destroy-america-1648947/
BREITBART
— Fetterman: Dem Leadership Needs to Stand Against ‘Extreme, Anti-American’ Candidates.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/02/fetterman-dem-leadership-needs-to-stand-against-extreme-anti-american-candidates/
CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign hosted all-ages drag tea party targeted at children and families. The public university invited families to attend a drag performance featuring entertainers such as ‘Spank Knightly’ at its Spurlock Museum. The event is part of a broader pattern of drag programming at the university, including a previous event co-sponsored with Planned Parenthood of Illinois Action.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-illinois-hosted-all-ages-drag-tea-party-targeted-children-families/30202
CHRISTIAN POST
— 10 most populous countries that have birthright citizenship.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/10-most-populous-countries-with-birthright-citizenship.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Democrat Leaders Try to Dismantle the Founders’ Work on America’s 250th Anniversary.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/03/democratic-socialists-of-america-lefts-deep-hatred-america-we-celebrate-250th-anniversary/
FEDERALIST
— SCOTUS Pasting Birth Tourism Into The Constitution Demands A Legal System Rebuild.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/02/scotus-pasting-birth-tourism-into-the-constitution-demands-a-legal-system-rebuild/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Top Med Schools Instruct Students on Gender Transition Surgeries.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/criticalrace-org-report-reveals-top-med-schools-instruct-students-on-gender-transition-surgeries/
NEWSBUSTER
— Hating America: The Hollywood Left’s Worst Anti-American Outbursts.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/geoffrey-dickens/2026/07/02/hating-america-hollywood-lefts-worst-anti-american-outbursts
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: To ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against America.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5950446-racial-justice-america-future/amp/
— Survey: Fewer than half of Democrats proud to be US citizens. In contrast, 93 percent of Republican respondents said they are generally “very proud” or “proud” of being American. Only 7 percent of GOP respondents said they are generally “not too proud” or “not proud at all” of being American. DD: My critics/opponents are not proud to being Americans because Americans citizens elected Trump and because they blame Trump for all problems, and especially for all problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/5951332-republican-pride-democrat-decline/
NBC NEWS
— ICE arrests increase significantly, marking a turn in immigration strategy.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-arrests-increase-significantly-marking-turn-immigration-strategy-rcna352736
MSN
— During a Fox News interview, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt suggested that young Americans who frequently complain about life in the U.S. should be sent to Cuba or Iran to gain perspective. She argued that many in Gen Z have grown up with ‘silver spoons’ and without the work ethic she associates with traditional American values. The comment, paired with her criticism of entitlement, quickly went viral and drew strong reactions online and across political circles.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/karoline-leavitt-says-gen-z-complaints-stem-from-laziness-liberal-indoctrination/gm-GM68173DF0
— Marriage is starting later than ever. DD: I did not get married until I was 29 in 1978. If I had not met my outstanding wife at a church sponsored singles social event when I was 28 in 1977, I might never had gotten married. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I got married. To get rid of me, they had painted me being an extremely bad person because I had refused to become a Democrat. They hinted/implied/argued that because of that, I would never get married. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/why-marriage-is-starting-later-than-ever/ss-AA26C1uz
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/us/politics/cia-odni-intelligence-diversity-court.html
— These Unpaid Interns Want $32 an Hour. And Health Insurance. DD: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors wanted me to transfer in as a GS-4 intern, that is, to take a $35/hour pay cut in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. They would not have wanted that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/nyregion/unpaid-internships-nyc.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/06/30/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-trump-decision/90590335007/
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Democrats aren’t proud to be Americans.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-joecks/victor-joecks-why-democrats-arent-proud-to-be-americans-3845973/
TEXAS VOICE
— Abolishing ICE, Ending Bail Among Resolutions Passed by Texas Democrats. Resolutions Supporting Progressive Priorities Adopted at Texas Democrat Convention.
https://www.thetexasvoice.com/abolishing-ice-ending-bail-among-resolutions-passed-by-texas-democrats/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Socialist Threat Is Real. America will be in serious trouble if Democrats fail to defend their party.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-socialist-threat-is-real-7773676e
FED SMITH
— Trump wants to make it easier to fire federal employees. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I would not have survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, earned an MBA when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, became a licensed CPA when I was 32, earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/07/02/opm-douglas-factors-fire-federal-employees/
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION
— Relevant work experience: DD: None of my coworkers who my Democrat GAO superiors promoted over me had relevant work experience when they were hired. GAO audits IRS. I had almost 9 years’ 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. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted my knowledge of IRS. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/are-days-degrees-no-work-experience-numbered
PULITZER CENTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use slavey and 1619 to demonize, denigrate, condemn, and destroy Republicans. According to Democrat leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that you have benefitted from slavery, the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI, and the more reparation that you should pay: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid, Democrat leaders have always made me pay the price of AA and DEI big time. I should write about that. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors a) refused to promote me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) forced me to resign in 1969 and b) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://pulitzercenter.org/blog/its-250th-who-does-us-want-be
SPLC
— DD: SPLC exists to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/hard-right-uses-economic-woes-cultivate-distrust-communities-color/
COMMUNIST PARTY USA
— What, to the working class, is the Fourth of July? DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate the working class. I was a member of the working class 1964-1997. I had to work my way through college. 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 assemble line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critic/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.cpusa.org/article/what-to-the-working-class-is-the-fourth-of-july/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DECCAN HERALD
— Indra Nooyi: “I would never have been PepsiCo CEO in any other country, including India, were it not for America’s meritocratic system.” DD: All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.deccanherald.com/india/i-would-never-have-been-ceo-in-any-other-country-including-india-indra-nooyi-highlights-meritocratic-system-in-us-4060762
July 2, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. However, the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization ever-increasingly move to the left. They are ever-increasingly Democrat Lite. Conservatives like me, that is, platform Republicans like me, are ever-increasingly persona non grata.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jim-durkin-illinois-house-republican-resigning/12678017/
DAILY LINE
— Bailey raises $330,000 from large donations in second quarter, Corbett loans $500,000 to own campaign.
https://www.thedailyline.com/bailey-raises-330-000-large-donations-second-quarter-corbett-loans-500-000-campaign
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— CPD’s Larry Snelling to retire
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/02/cpds-larry-snelling-to-retire-00985103
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-763/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Administration plans crackdown on ‘birth tourism’ after Supreme Court ruling.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/1/justice-department-dhs-plan-crackdown-birth-tourism-supreme-court/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Supreme Court’s majority demands that America commit national suicide.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dred-scotus/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The American Left and the Jews. There is a tale of deep antagonism here, and it must be addressed.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/07/the-american-left-and-the-jews/
— Leaving the Democrat party. Old-school Democrats are going to have to choose whether to join the Republicans, or join the radicals who have taken over their own party now.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/leaving-the-democrat-party/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Pritzker signs a bill that gives in-state tuition benefits for illegal aliens.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/illinois-governor-signs-bill-gives-in-state-tuition-benefits-illegal-aliens/30204
DAILY SIGNAL
— The New Socialist Guillotine Is Coming for the Democratic Party. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/01/socialist-guillotine-democratic/
FOX BUSINESS
— Democrats’ shift into socialism, communism. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6399953610112
FOX NEWS
— Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., accused the U.S. Supreme Court of betraying the nation on Tuesday and introduced a proposal to crack down on birthright citizenship.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republican-accuses-scotus-betraying-us-pushes-bill-restricting-birthright-citizenship-pregnant-visitors
— There are things the Trump admin can do to fix birthright citizenship.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399963967112
— The Gen Z shift toward socialism. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399965277112
— Liberal faculty hugely outnumber conservatives in higher education. DD: I avoided liberal indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.aol.com/news/liberal-faculty-still-hugely-outnumber-230007317.html
NEWSMAX
— Birthright citizenship ruling will have disastrous consequences for generations to come.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gCQRQvNJzY
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Meet the Poster Child for Why Birthright Citizenship Is Horrible: Rep. Ramirez – Born to an Illegal and Now Trashes America and Supporters Terrorists. DD: My critics/opponents have a lot in common with Ramirez. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.westernjournal.com/meet-poster-child-birthright-citizenship-horrible-rep-ramirez-born-illegal-now-trashes-america-supporters-terrorists/
YOUNG AMERICA’S FOUNDATION
— America’s Higher Education is Training the Next Generation of Socialists. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://yaf.org/news/rise-of-socialism-college-campuses/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action to get rid of me.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5948084-infrastructure-failures-diversity-blame/
YAHOO
— Democratic socialism ‘is the Democratic Party.’ DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/boebert-says-democratic-socialism-democratic-070000504.html
CBS NEWS
— Democratic socialists are racking up primary wins. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/why-democratic-socialists-winning-primary-elections/
NBC NEWS
— Pence says the Trump administration has ‘departed’ from conservative principles.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/mike-pence-trump-departed-conservative-principles-anti-weaponization-rcna347743
NEW YORK TIMES
— Judges Strike Down Trump Rule on Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants. DD: What percent of students take out student loans with no intent to repay them?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/business/trump-student-loan-forgiveness.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/opinion/conservatives-marriage-babies.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/style/adina-sash-flatbush-girl-jewish-divorce.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats are facing their MAGA moment. Good luck containing it. The socialist surge mirrors the past GOP takeover — and the establishment lost that one, too. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/01/democratic-partys-socialist-moment-is-here-now-what/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that if they have trouble affording something, it is Trump’s fault. What did you do to help you afford things? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/07/01/cost-of-living-crisis-democrats/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly kill the American Dream for citizens of America who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/02/american-dream-is-alive-well/
USA TODAY
— Is college worth it? DD: Are you a parent/grandparent? How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been discouraging your children/grandchildren who are White and/or male from earning a college degree? If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I have not been taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA from Loyola and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/06/25/best-paying-college-majors-over-time/90647916007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democratic Socialists Are On the Rise. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democratic-socialists-movement-explained-3a857c46
— The Socialist Wave Reaches the Heartland. Colorado’s primary is another step in the left’s Democratic takeover. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/colorado-democrats-socialists-melat-kiros-michael-bennet-99ad5a66
— Five Ideas for Reducing Income Inequality
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/income-inequality-economist-opinion-92e2d301
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Focus on upward mobility. Americans may disagree about how much income to redistribute through taxes, but few disagree with the idea that anyone who works hard should have a fair shot at rising, regardless of their parents’ income or ZIP Code. Yet opportunity in the U.S. still varies sharply because of factors outside a child’s control. Fortunately, we now have clear evidence on how we can change this. Housing voucher programs that enable low-income families to move to better neighborhoods raise children’s lifetime earnings. Targeted neighborhood revitalization efforts that create mixed-income communities help children do better in school and in the labor market. Investments in K–12 schools boost college attendance and earnings for years. Well-designed workforce training programs, built in partnership with employers, can lift earnings dramatically within a year. The most effective efforts pair financial or human capital investments with social capital—mentors, networks and institutions that connect people to opportunity. Many of these programs ultimately pay for themselves, as higher earnings translate into greater tax revenue and lower spending on safety-net programs. Rather than debating the merits of income redistribution, we should start by scaling such evidence-backed efforts to improve opportunities for upward mobility. Doing so will ultimately reduce inequality in income, strengthen our workforce, reduce long-run public spending, and foster innovation and entrepreneurship.)
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they hate America, that they hate Americans, and that they especially hate Americans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt-9Lm_XIn8
TAMPA FREE PRESS
— Pritzker Takes Direct Aim At Trump’s Health, Defends His Own $4.3 Billion Fortune.
https://www.tampafp.com/illinois-gov-pritzker-takes-direct-aim-at-trumps-health-defends-his-own-4-3-billion-fortune/
LAS VEGAS SUN
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2024/nov/17/blind-loyalty-trumps-experience-expertise-in-trump/
KFOX TV
— The Socialist surge continues in another state, delivers hit to establishment Democrats. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://kfoxtv.com/news/nation-world/the-socialist-surge-continues-in-another-state-delivers-hit-to-establishment-democrats-party-melat-kiros-diana-degette
REASON
— The GOP Is Becoming Anti-Conservative.
https://reason.com/podcast/2026/03/04/jonah-goldberg-the-gop-is-becoming-anti-conservative/
HR DIVE
— EEOC rescinds affirmative action guidelines. DD: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action to get rid of me.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/eeoc-rescinds-affirmative-action-guidance-2026/824236/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Trump administration expands options for firing federal employees deemed ‘unsuitable.’ DD: According to my Democrat superiors in the federal government, I was never suitable because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I would not have survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, earned an MBA when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, became a licensed CPA when I was 32, earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/06/trump-administration-expands-options-for-firing-federal-employees-deemed-unsuitable/
ATLANTIC
— There’s Nothing Democratic About These Socialists. The DSA was formed in opposition to the very thing it has become. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/dsa-communist-socialist-democrats/687756/
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— More than half of employees retire earlier than planned. Those who retire involuntarily report more health, mental health, and financial problems. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 continues to have tremendous negative impacts on me. They flushed down their toilets a) my almost 18 years of experience working for GAO, b) my almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, c) my CPA license, d) my six job-related professional certifications (public accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and e) my three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance).
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sex-life-of-the-american-male/202601/forced-to-retire
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Democratic socialists ride wave of momentum in primaries from New York to Colorado. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/01/mamdani-new-york-democratic-socialist
— George Conway, a former anti-Trump Republican, to run for Congress as a Democrat. DD: Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, all my critics/opponents will officially announce that they have always been Democrat plants.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/06/george-conway-run-congress-democrat
PRESS GAZETTE
— Top 50 US news websites: Traffic decline at four-fifths of major newsbrands in May. DD: My competitors reject the conservative principles and the planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote. What do your competitors envy about you? My competitors envy my having the time, money, experience, ability, and motivation to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out every day that contain no advertising or donation requests. They ever-increasingly do everything they can to discourage/stop me from sending my newsletters out. My competitors who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. What do you say to my competitors?
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-us-monthly-3/
BUSINESS TODAY
— DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. They attribute their successes in life to meritocracy. They attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/corporate/story/i-would-never-have-been-ceo-in-any-other-country-including-in-india-indra-nooyi-540549-2026-07-02
June 30, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders praise mail-in ballot decision.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-mail-ballots-ruling-illinoisans-praise-decision-affirming-election-administration-largely-state-control/19415869/
FOX32
— DD: Ever-increasingly, to drive Trump down, Democrat leaders drive America down.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/american-pride-reaches-lowest-level-quarter-century-poll
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused all the problems that Blacks have had, are causing all the problems that Blacks are having, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that with my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had (CPA).
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/30/opinion-evanston-reparations-housing-discrimination/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with citizens of foreign countries and b) put them on track to vote for Democrats. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260630/syndicated-columnists/days-of-disgrace-america-tells-refugees-to-pound-sand/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago told us it was insolvent. Then it made the problem larger.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/commentary/ccb-pension-crisis-constitutional-amendment-oped-20260626/
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success to destroying Illinois Republicans. I was born in 1948. Because I have always been a Republican, if I had been born later, I never would have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-hinz-election-threats-250-anniversary-democracy-20260629/
— Illinois joins states’ lawsuit to kill Medicaid work requirements. DD: Democrat leaders do everything they can to put more people on Medicaid.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ccb-illinois-lawsuit-medicaid-work-requirements-20260629/
INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE
— Teen employment teaches responsibility and builds confidence. 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 delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970.
https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2023/05/11/time-for-a-real-job-teen-employment-is-an-easy-win-win/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Half of states sue Trump administration over its strict interpretation of Medicaid work rules. DD: Democrat leaders do everything they can to put more people on Medicaid.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/half-of-states-sue-trump-administration-over-its-strict-interpretation-of-medicaid-work-rules/article_bae07ffb-9825-5a55-baeb-43822e9d5467.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newschannel20.com/news/national-day-of-action-highlighting-us-diversity-and-rally-for-equality/article_6d939b08-611b-4c39-8352-a575b452d4d1.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/30/illinois-keeps-counting-as-trump-fumes-00981156
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-546/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois lawmaker promotes welfare water aid bill as critics raise concerns over federal expansion.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_df353254-f66d-45d8-a570-b7096eeb805f.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to Google AI, “If you can’t beat them, join them” is a popular proverb meaning that when you cannot defeat a competitor or opponent, it is often more practical to stop fighting them and instead cooperate, adopt their methods, or join their side.” My critics/opponents who state that they are Republican are Democrat Lite. Constructively, they have joined the Democrat Party. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most Commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They ever-increasingly destroy those like me who promote the aforesaid planks. To get rid of me, they have taken many big adverse actions against me since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Far-left candidates expose Democratic Party’s radical turn.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/29/far-left-candidates-expose-democratic-partys-radical-turn/
AMERICAN THINKER
— LGBTQ ‘pride’ destroys families.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/lgbtq-pride-destroys-another-family/
CENTER SQUARE
— Federal workforce shrank by 256,000 in 2025. DD: While worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Gingrich-led budget cuts to cut the agency from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. Virtually all the employees they got rid of were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ed41f1cd-509e-4ff8-b0e1-344ff411f2f9.html
DAILY CALLER
— Inside Classroom Battle That Will Decide If Freedom Survives Next Generation. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/06/29/rooke-texas-state-board-education-bible-english-literature-american-founding/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: American liberty, as described in the Declaration of Independence, rests on the idea that rights come from a Creator and that people are capable of self-government under higher moral standards. Without basic exposure to the Christian principles that informed those ideas, students struggle to see why restraint, personal responsibility, and conscience matter more than raw individual desire. Even more worrisome is the rise in thought that our rights are not endowed by our Creator but by the government.)
FEDERALIST
— What Part Of ‘The Right To Keep And Bear Arms’ Do Democrat States Not Understand?
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/29/what-part-of-the-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms-do-democrat-states-not-understand/
FOX NEWS
— Conservatives revolt after Trump-appointed Barrett joins liberals in ‘shockingly wrong’ mail ballot ruling. The 5-4 decision held that federal law sets no standard for when ballots must be received to be counted.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservatives-revolt-after-trump-appointed-barrett-joins-liberals-shockingly-wrong-mail-ballot-ruling
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/actress-leslie-jones-declares-traditional-marriage-legalized-slavery-may-well-involve-whip-chains
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Black Communities and Firearm Violence.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/new-data-on-black-communities-and-firearm-violence
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— Vatican issues sweeping defense of traditional marriage. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-issues-sweeping-defense-traditional-marriage-pushing-back-polygamy
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/is-the-era-of-the-traditional-family-over-in-america-survey-suggests-yes
REAL CLEAR INVESTIGATIONS
— News of Woke’s Death Is Greatly Exaggerated.
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/06/30/alive_and_kicking_news_of_wokes_death_is_greatly_exaggerated_1191570.html
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Meet Trump’s New ICE Director Nominee, Who Was Patrolling Oklahoma Highways for Illegals Just Months Ago. DD: How successful is/was your career? My critics/opponents have always stressed that I only made GS-13 Step 10, currently $154,682/year, and that I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997 a) even though I became a licensed CPA, b) even though I became a Certified Forensic Accountant, Financial Services Auditor, Government Financial Manager, Internal Auditor, and Public Accountant, and c) even though I earned master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the aforesaid proves that I am an extremely bad person if not even worse things.
https://www.westernjournal.com/meet-trumps-new-ice-director-nominee-patrolling-oklahoma-highways-illegals-just-months-ago/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused all the problems that Blacks have had, are causing all the problems that Blacks are having, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that with my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had (CPA).
https://www.wvua23.com/news/some-paid-the-ultimate-price-to-enact-voting-rights-their-survivors-see-america-turning-backward/article_6dd16ade-b2b2-5711-ad0c-84ab1b1057d3.html
CBS NEWS
— Supreme Court expands presidential firing power. DD: Federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Unions provide some protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I transferred from IRS in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. But even though I was a union member at the time, a) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and b) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. That was because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-trump-ftc-slaughter-humphreys-executor/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/heritage-foundation-women.html
— The Purging of General Donahue Is a Breaking Point. DD: My critics/opponents had no problem with if not applauded a) my Democrat superiors in the federal government purging me, b) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, and other political organizations purging me, c) leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton and other governments purging me, d) leaders of TAPRROT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and other conservative organizations purging me, and e) leaders of religious organizations purging me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/opinion/hegseth-donahue-military-purge.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: To badmouth Trump, Democrats ever-increasingly badmouth America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/06/29/freedom-trucks-offer-simplified-upbeat-story-americas-founding/
— DD: ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are politically biased.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026/06/24/are-ai-chatbots-like-chatgpt-politically-biased-we-tested-them/
USA TODAY
— Planning to work in retirement? Don’t count on it. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and made it impossible for me to find work appropriate for my work experience, professional license, professional certifications, and education.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/06/20/most-americans-plan-to-work-in-retirement-few-actually-do/90603686007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America Is the Land of Endless Choice, Except in Politics. There’s a case to be made for a two-party system, but what do you do when your party loses its mind? DD: RINO leaders want conservatives like me to leave the Republican Party.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-is-the-land-of-endless-choice-except-in-politics-abea9604
— Trump Should Be Able to Fire Junior Employees, Too. Civil-service protections keep the president and the people from holding the government accountable. DD: Federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Unions provide some protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I transferred from IRS in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. But even though I was a union member at the time, a) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and b) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. That was because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-should-be-able-to-fire-junior-employees-too-71204356
MORNINGSTAR
— Think you are facing age discrimination? Don’t get bitter, do this. DD: All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were younger than me, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20260604230/think-you-are-facing-age-discrimination-dont-get-bitter-do-this
FORTUNE
— The Supreme Court upholds Fed independence by saving Lisa Cook’s job. DD: Have adverse actions been taken against you “for cause?” My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that GAO forced me to retire “for cause” when I was 49 in 1997. They stress the adverse actions that my GAO superiors had taken against me previously. They had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They had delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They had forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Previously, my IRS superiors had never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. Previously, my Post Office superiors had forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact a) that I have always been a Republican, b) that all my GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors who took the aforesaid actions against me were Democrats, c) that I become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation since 1988, and d) that I had ever-increasingly complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I must have been guilty of “gross malfeasance or negligence” or even worse things because the many big aforesaid adverse actions were taken against me even though I had earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, I had earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1981, and 1976, and had earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://fortune.com/2026/06/29/supreme-court-fed-independence-lisa-cook-us-debt-treasury-bonds/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Justices ruled 5–4 on Monday that President Donald Trump was wrong to try ousting Fed Governor Lisa Cook last August because she didn’t receive due process. Trump’s bid to fire her—the first such attempt ever—came as he was demanding the Fed lower interest rates, despite data showing inflation remained elevated, the result, in part, of his tariffs. While Fed officials can be removed “for cause,” which has been interpreted to mean gross malfeasance or negligence, Cook was accused of committing mortgage fraud before joining the Fed. She has denied the charges and said she wasn’t given the chance to rebut the claims. Lower courts agreed with her. “Under our precedents, Cook was entitled to notice and some opportunity to respond prior to her termination,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote. He also asserted the Trump administration’s argument that a president can remove a member of the Fed “at any time, for any reason, without any notice before, and without any judicial check” would render the “for-cause protection into little more than at-will employment.” Protecting the Fed from the whims of a president is vital to the central bank’s duty to set monetary policy free of political considerations, Roberts explained.)
FEDERAL RETIREMENT
— OPM Proposes Eliminating Time-in-Grade Rule. DD: My critics/opponents have always been furious that my IRS manager (Dave) promoted me as soon as I was eligible to GS-9 (currently $68,999/year) when I was 23 in 1972, to GS-11 (currently $83,483/year) when I was 24, and to GS-12 (currently $100,059/year) when I was 25. My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of Dave for doing that. According to them, those promotions should have been given to my Democrat IRS coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Dave was impressed that I was taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola. None of my coworkers did anything like that.
https://www.myfederalretirement.com/eliminating-time-in-grade-federal-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For decades, one of the most predictable aspects of a federal career has been the time-in-grade (TIG) requirement. In most cases, General Schedule (GS) employees have had to spend 52 weeks at their current grade before becoming eligible for promotion to the next higher grade. However the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has proposed eliminating the federal government’s time-in-grade requirement for competitive service employees. If finalized, agencies could promote qualified employees based on their abilities and qualifications instead of waiting for a one-year clock to expire. For some employees, this could mean faster career advancement and higher lifetime earnings. For agencies, it could provide greater flexibility in recruiting and retaining talented employees. However, it also raises questions about consistency and fairness in promotion decisions. Key Takeaways. If this rule becomes final: The one-year time-in-grade requirement would be eliminated. Employees would still have to meet all qualification and specialized experience requirements.
Promotions would not become automatic. Agencies would have greater flexibility in deciding when employees are ready for promotion.
Faster promotions could increase lifetime earnings, TSP contributions, and potentially a federal employee’s High-3 average salary used to calculate a FERS pension.)
NATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused all the problems that Blacks have had, are causing all the problems that Blacks are having, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that with my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had (CPA).
https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2026/06/29/what-americas-250th-anniversary-means-for-black-america/
BROOKINGS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-unfinished-work-of-the-civil-rights-movement/
BRITANNICA
— Bakke decision, ruling in which, on June 28, 1978, the U.S. Supreme Court declared affirmative action constitutional but invalidated the use of racial quotas. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997. They rejected Bakke. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Bakke-decision
VANGUARD
— DD: What do your critics/opponents hold you responsible for? My critics/opponents hold me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters responsible for all the defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. They hold me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters responsible for the failure of efforts to directly elect Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members. They hold me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters responsible for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They blame my advocacy for conservative principles and for planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://davisvanguard.org/2026/01/personal-responsibility-vs-systemic-issues/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
CATHOLIC WORLD REPORT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and the rule of law. They ever-increasing hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD condemns Trump and that GOD condemns those voted for Trump, and especially those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2026/06/29/procession-urges-dignity-and-respect-for-migrants-at-border-crossing/
June 29, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The Great American State Fair kicks off in Washington in honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/27/great-american-state-fair-kickoff/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: — DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/29/chicago-ice-venezuela-immigration/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/29/column-pete-hegseth-military-diversity-segregation-page/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/06/28/steinberg-abortion-roe-wade-technology-pill
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES & CHICAGO TRIBUNE & ABC7 & NBC5 & CBS2 & WGN9 & WAND TV & BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family. LGBTQ promoters ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. Far too many Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders fail/refuse to speak out against the ever-increasing Democrat promotion of LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2026/06/28/55th-annual-chicago-pride-parade-lake-view
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/06/29/trump-ended-crisis-lifeline-lgbtqi-988-youth-access-congress-bill-raja-krishnamoorthi
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/28/chicago-pride-parade-2026/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/when-is-pride-chicago-2026-what-know-parade-route-street-closures-parking-restrictions/19374061/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/protest-new-hope-community-church-sign-draws-dozens-palatine-ahead-chicago-area-weekend-lgbtq-pride-celebrations/19392510/
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/chicago-celebrating-pride-month-northalsted/19398141/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/photos-scenes-from-chicagos-2026-pride-parade/3954645/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/2026-chicago-pride-parade-steps-off-as-more-than-a-million-gather-to-celebrate/3954575/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/huge-crowds-gather-for-the-2026-chicago-pride-parade-how-to-watch-it-live/3954519/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-pride-parade-step-off-concerns-building-heat/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/pritzker-signs-3-bills-to-boost-protection-for-lgbtq-illinoisans/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3Oh5qcT_A0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-jvPa7Iys
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-bills-lgbtq-illinoisans/
https://wgntv.com/news/features/chicago-pride-parade-celebrates-55-years-of-pursuing-equality-and-acceptance/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PXklg13zT4
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/pritzker-signs-new-laws-expanding-lgbtq-protections-in-illinois/article_ba0ce8b4-ea62-485f-9568-673998176cf8.html
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/28/pride-parade-kicks-off-in-lakeview-as-thousands-celebrate-chicagos-lgbtq-community/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/29/reunited-and-it-feel-so-good-in-texas-00979409
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing.
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. According to Google AI: “Democrat Lite is a pejorative political term used primarily by conservative or libertarian critics to describe moderate or establishment Republicans. It implies that these politicians lack core conservative principles and instead support a milder version of liberal or Democratic policies (such as big-government spending). Critics often use the phrase to argue that Republicans abandon their base by offering a watered-down agenda to appeal to the political center.” My critics/opponents who state that they are Republican are Democrat Lite. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most Commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They destroy those like me who promote the aforesaid planks. To get rid of me, they have taken many big adverse actions against me since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Google AI: “Come to your defense is a phrase that means stepping in to protect, support, or justify someone when they are being criticized, attacked, or facing a challenge. Depending on context, it could refer to legal/physical self-defense, an academic thesis defense, or simply standing up for a friend.” Ever-increasingly, if you live in Illinois, the more of the following that you are, the more that you should not anticipate/expect that others will come to your defense: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponent stress those who I have done much to help elect and to help reelect since 2000, but who did not come to my defense when my critics/opponents had their operatives and dupes a) rudely through off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) rudely end my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) rudely gerrymander my precinct in 2015, d) rudely end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) rudely end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) rudely end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) rudely almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and h) rudely defeat my bid for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— From what I see spending 10+ hours a day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, if you live in Illinois, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, those who are the aforesaid are leaving Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly dive those who are the aforesaid out of Illinois and replace them with those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Wheaton College Professor’s Anti-White, Anti-Conservative Diatribe
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/06/25/wheaton-college-professors-anti-white-anti-conservative-diatribe
— DuPage County Dem Chair Excited To Install Government Housing. DD: My critics/opponents want to install government housing on the north end of my precinct.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/06/28/dupage-county-dem-chair-excited-to-install-government-housing
HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— DeSantis to speak at 42nd ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT DINNER, Thursday, September 3, 2026
https://benefit.heartland.org/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Socialism clashes with Christian teaching despite Pope Leo’s claims. Christians are not obligated to heed leader’s call for ‘equitable distribution.’ DD: To promote socialism is to destroy religion. Socialist leaders ever-increasingly manipulate/dominate religious leaders. Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at those who have less money than others that capitalism caused that.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/28/socialism-clashes-christian-teaching-despite-pope-leos-claims/
— Democrats are the disloyal opposition. DD: Ever-increasingly, to destroy Trump, Democrat leaders a) destroy those who voted for Trump and b) destroy America. Democrat leaders will never “forgive” those who voted for Trump. Many voted for Trump because his Democrat opponents were so bad.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/28/editorial-democrats-disloyal-opposition/
— Minimum wage debate not about fairness. DD: Working for IRS, I did not start earning $27.12/hour in today’s dollars until I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970. I did not start earning $33.17/hour in today’s dollars until I had completed three graduate business courses in 1972 .I did not start earning $40.14/hour in today’s dollars until I had completed seven graduate business courses in 1973. I did not start earning $48.11/hour in today’s dollars until I had completed eleven graduate business courses in 1974.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/28/minimum-wage-debate-not-fairness/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A bill introduced this year in the New York City legislature aims to raise the minimum wage level to as much as $30 per hour for all businesses. In California, where the minimum wage is approaching $17 per hour, large fast-food employers must pay $20 per hour. Beginning Wednesday, healthcare employers will have to start paying $25 per hour.)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialism is winning our elections because it already won our classrooms. DD: I escaped socialist indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at those who have less money than others that capitalism caused that.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4626838/socialism-winning-elections-because-it-won-classrooms/
— America at 250: Still funding its largest abortion provider. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/4626937/america-250-still-funding-largest-abortion-provider/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrats are in desperate need of a new leader as communists overrun their party.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/28/opinion/miranda-devine-dems-are-in-desperate-need-of-a-new-leader-as-communists-overrun-their-party-but-all-they-got-is-obama/
— ‘Temporary’ deportation shield for immigrants has always been a total farce. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with citizens of foreign countries and b) put them on track to vote for Democrats. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/28/opinion/temporary-deportation-for-immigrants-is-a-total-farce/
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani-backed socialists look to take New York playbook nationwide after primary victories. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at those who have less money than others that capitalism caused that.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-backed-socialists-look-take-new-york-playbook-nationwide-after-primary-victories
TOWNHALL
— LA Votes to Give Illegals the Vote. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with citizens of foreign countries and b) put them on track to vote for Democrats. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit. Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at those who have less money than others that capitalism caused that.
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2026/06/29/la-votes-to-give-illegals-the-vote-n2678262
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Los Angeles, the city that no longer loves itself, the city that is casting out the angels and replacing them with progressive demons and rabid communists, has unleashed another political inferno with their latest diabolical election scheme. By a vote of 10 to 5, the Los Angeles City Council passed a charter amendment initiative which, if approved by the voters in November, would allow non-citizens to vote in Los Angeles’ local city and school board elections. The Democratic Socialist of America-allied (DSA) leader of the LA City Council’s progressive phalanx, Hugo Soto-Martinez, rolled out the usual dodgy reasons proffered for this scandalous proposal. The reasons are daunting and disturbing:)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family. LGBTQ promoters ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. Far too many Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders fail/refuse to speak out against the ever-increasing Democrat promotion of LGBTQ.
https://www.wral.com/news/ap/c2301-lgbtq-pride-parades-set-for-sunday-in-nyc-and-san-francisco/
MSN
— Marriage is starting later than ever. DD: I did not get married until I was 29 in 1978. If I had not met my outstanding wife at a church sponsored singles social event when I was 28 in 1977, I might never had gotten married. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I got married. To get rid of me, they had painted me being an extremely bad person because I had refused to become a Democrat. They hinted/implied/argued that because of that, I would never get married. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/why-marriage-is-starting-later-than-ever/ss-AA26C1uz
NEW YORK TIMES
— The Latest in College Pricing: Tuition at 10% of Your Income. DD: My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/business/whitman-college-tuition-pricing.html
USA TODAY
— Forget Trump. Democrats have lost faith in America itself. New polling shows a historic, and deeply partisan, decline in how proud Americans feel about their country, with Democrats driving nearly all of the drop.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/06/22/democrats-less-patriotic-trump-america/90558433007/
— Americans are struggling to pay for health care. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance since 1966 and then also paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/06/25/health-care-affordability-crisis-worsens/90665306007/
SUN SENTINEL & BOSTON GLOBE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with citizens of foreign countries and b) put them on track to vote for Democrats. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/06/28/a-devastating-reality-asylum-seeking-florida-workers-contribute-billions-to-economy-study-finds/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/27/metro/supreme-court-immigration-ruling-impact-on-tps-holders/
PENN LIVE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump to demonize, denigrate, and condemn America and Americans, and especially Americans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. All of my ancestors were Protestants who immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois, that they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and that they never did discriminate against anyone.
https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2026/06/america-250-is-a-reckoning-not-just-a-birthday-party-opinion.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Being ‘Progressive’ Is No Longer Enough on the Left. Leftist Democrats are losing to the Mamdani socialists who think they aren’t radical enough. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at those who have less money than others that capitalism caused that.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-being-progressive-is-no-longer-enough-on-the-left-b3970c5d
— Trump Opened the Window for the DSA. Democrats’ hatred for him led them to tolerate radical, vicious ideas that are colonizing their party.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-opened-the-window-for-the-dsa-0459c607
— As Prices Climb, Americans Shrink Vacations. DD: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates became ever-increasingly furious as I ever-increasingly benefitted from my wife’s job as Corporate Secretary for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. I went with her four annual business trips to luxury resorts across America 1978-1992. We almost always followed her business meetings with trips to national parks. According to my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, they were grossly underpaid. They decried the time and money they spent raising their children. They decried their wives having little or no income. They ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I as being selfish disgustingly rich DINKs.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/travel/these-americans-are-scrimping-to-save-their-summer-vacations-fba2419d
— DD: Without America’s military might, there would be no Catholicism, no Catholic Church, and no Pope.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/opinion/pope-leo-just-war-theory-encyclical-ai-iran.html
NPR
— DD: To get more votes from those who do not share Trump’s demographics, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against those who do share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/01/nx-s1-5827069/trump-eeoc-discrimination-dei-data
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
— DD: To get more votes from those who do not share Trump’s demographics, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against those who do share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.epi.org/blog/a-more-diverse-workforce-isnt-dei-motivated-discrimination-its-just-demographic-change-how-trump-is-weaponizing-the-eeoc-against-the-workers-it-was-built-to-protect/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FINANCIAL TIMES
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestor who have been in America for a long time have always caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that non-Whites have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that with my many non-White superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates.
https://www.ft.com/content/3fa9d4d1-74f3-4e44-bd8e-0c359b85108f?syn-25a6b1a6=1
MONDAQ
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will use AI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/discrimination-disability-sexual-harassment/1808286/the-dangers-of-using-ai-in-hiring
LAVENDER HOTELS
— Civil Service Protections. DD: Federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Unions provide some protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I transferred from IRS in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. But even though I was a union member at the time, a) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and b) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. That was because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://weddings.lavenderhotels.co.uk/merit-systems-protection-board-battle-federal-job-protections-crumbling
LOKMAT TIMES
— Marriage on hold: Is education and career redefining the traditional marriage timeline? DD: I did not get married until I was 29 in 1978. If I had not met my outstanding wife at a church sponsored singles social event when I was 28 in 1977, I might never had gotten married. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I got married. To get rid of me, they had painted me being an extremely bad person because I had refused to become a Democrat. They hinted/implied/argued that because of that, I would never get married. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.lokmattimes.com/aurangabad/marriage-on-hold-is-education-and-career-redefining-the-traditional-marriage-timeline/
June 26, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/06/26/steep-growth-in-same-sex-couples-on-the-far-southeast-side-south-shore-hegewisch-census-gay-lesbian-chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/wnba/2026/06/25/the-wnba-is-doing-it-for-the-gays
https://chicago.suntimes.com/arts-and-culture/2026/06/26/chicago-area-trans-authors-representation-pride
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gary Grasso: Linking Italian Americans to the mob in news stories needs to stop
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/26/opinion-italian-americans-news-reporting-mafia-associations/
— Civil servants should refuse to implement cruel policies, even if it costs them. DD: My fighting political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination in the federal government cost me big time. To advance in the federal government, you have to be a Democrat. If I had become a Democrat, even though I was not a minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who ran the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 because I earned three job-related masters degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. None of my coworkers came anywhere near close to doing what I did. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/26/opinion-immigrant-deporations-donald-trump-civil-servants-shackelford/
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/26/chicago-syrian-immigration-tps-supreme-court/
SOUTHERN
— Postal Service says it will not deliver ballots if states refuse to turn over voter lists under Trump proposal.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/06/25/postal-service-says-it-will-not-deliver-ballots-if-states-refuse-to-turn-over-voter-lists-under-trump-proposal/
WIFR TV
— Illinois Lt. Gov. candidates focus on affordability in pitch to Rockford voters.
https://www.wifr.com/2026/06/26/illinois-lt-gov-candidates-focus-affordability-pitch-rockford-voters/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXqPe5WpDWg
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/25/chicagos-played-a-key-role-in-lgbtq-history-here-are-9-historical-sites/
— Video gambling. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. My critics/opponents continue to use that against me big time.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/25/is-chicago-ever-getting-video-gambling-machines-bars-wait-for-answers-as-city-council-spars/
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026/06/25/chicago-public-schools-slow-to-roll-out-black-student-success-plan/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/26/coaching-candidates-on-israel-00977430
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-759/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To advance under socialism, you have to be a socialist. To advance in the federal government, you have to be a Democrat. If I had become a Democrat, even though I was not a minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who ran the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 because I earned three job-related masters degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. None of my coworkers came anywhere near close to doing what I did. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you reject, the more RINO that you are. RINOs have far more in common with Democrats and with Libertarians than with Republicans, and especially RINOs who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Most commonly, RINOs reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. RINOs want the Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party. Far too many RINOs are really Democrat plants. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. How strongly do the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform? RINO and Democrat plant leaders want Republican candidates to downplay, if not ignore, if not work against the aforesaid planks. RINO and Democrat plant leaders want the Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party. The Whig Party collapsed in the mid-1850s because it failed/refused to oppose slavery. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. My critics/opponents want me to leave the Republican Party. They want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They want me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. They want the Republican Party to officially change its name to the Democrat Lite Party. According to them, I am far too conservative. They reject planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote. They reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They are RINOs if not Democrat plants. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— There are far too many RINO leaders in the Republican Party. There are no DINO leaders in the Democrat Party. That is why the Republican candidates are defeated why Democrat candidates are elected. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Another Chicago Hate Scare Goes up in Smoke.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-hate-scare-up-in-smoke
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— New York socialist surge reveals warning signs for Schumer.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/4625908/new-york-socialist-surge-warning-signs-schumer/
NEW YORK POST
— Dems stunned after anti-Israel, anti-capitalist socialists sweep NYC primaries.
https://www.aol.com/articles/dems-stunned-anti-israel-anti-110912894.html
— Antisemitism: From New York to LA, a new political scourge.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/25/opinion/antisemitism-rises-along-with-socialism-in-new-york-la/
— Entitlement of NYC’s Knicks trash-can thief exposes the ingrained flaws of the DEI movement.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/25/opinion/entitlement-of-nycs-knicks-trash-can-thief-exposes-the-ingrained-flaws-of-the-dei-movement/
CAMPUS REFORM
— UCLA fellowship gives students $7,000 for immigration activism work
https://www.campusreform.org/article/ucla-fellowship-gives-students-7000-immigration-activism-work/30137
CHRISTIAN POST
— Supreme Court sides with Trump on ending TPS for Haitians and Syrians, rules illegals outside US aren’t arrivals.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/scotus-sides-with-trump-on-ending-tps-policy-on-asylum-seekers.html
COLLEGE FIX
— North Carolina lawmakers override governor’s vetoes to pass sweeping DEI bans.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/north-carolina-lawmakers-override-governors-vetoes-to-pass-sweeping-dei-bans/
CONTRARIAN
— Tucker Carlson’s Reason For Leaving The GOP Is Unpatriotic. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. My critics/opponents want me to leave the Republican Party. They want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They want me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. They want the Republican Party to officially change its name to the Democrat Lite Party. According to them, I am far too conservative. They reject planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote. They reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They are RINOs if not Democrat plants.
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/tucker-carlsons-reason-for-leaving
DAILY SIGNAL
— America’s New Socialists Are Coming From the Upper Class.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/25/americas-new-socialists-upper-class/
FEDERALIST
— Treasury Department Pushes Debanking Illegal Aliens.
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/treasury-department-pushes-debanking-illegal-aliens
FOX BUSINESS
— Trump vows US will ‘NEVER’ be a communist country after NY socialist primary victories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dttU99MiJgc
FOX NEWS
— Socialism vs capitalism: House Dems clash over what NY election results mean for party.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialism-vs-capitalism-house-dems-clash-ny-election-results-mean-party
— Progressives are getting ‘OBLITERATED’ by democratic socialists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4g1coj5LXY
— The rise of socialism within the Democratic Party. Candidates endorsed by Mamdani are winning primaries. They’re on the wrong side of normal.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399320949112
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399387253112
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399403734112
— ‘Allure’ of socialism is always going to exist. DD: The allure of being a Democrat in the Democrat federal government. If I had become a Democrat, even though I was not a minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who ran the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 because I earned three job-related masters degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. None of my coworkers came anywhere near close to doing what I did.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399414842112
— Democrats sound alarm over party’s socialist shift
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399403734112
— The Democrat Party’s Socialist Civil War
https://radio.foxnews.com/2026/06/25/the-democrat-partys-socialist-civil-war/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Kansas U. Course Teaches How to ‘Deconstruct Gender’ Through ‘Queer Theory’
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/06/kansas-u-course-teaches-how-to-deconstruct-gender-through-queer-theory/
NEWS BUSTERS
— Sanitizing the Hateful Mamdani-Endorsed Radicals.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2026/06/25/newsbusters-podcast-sanitizing-hateful-mamdani-endorsed-radicals
— CNN Excited About Socialist Shift: ‘The Revolution is Being Televised’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/james-waterman/2026/06/25/cnn-excited-about-socialist-shift-revolution-being-televised
NEWSMAX
— Democrats Handed Party to Socialists.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/brandon-gill-zohran-mamdani-democrats/2026/06/25/id/1260937/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
C-SPAN
— Trump Delivers Remarks at Faith & Freedom Conference. He was joined by administration officials, Republican lawmakers, and conservative activists. DD: Who are the leading conservative activists in Illinois? How do they treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters?
https://www.c-span.org/event/campaign-2026/president-trump-delivers-remarks-at-faith-freedom-conference/444473
AOL
— Socialism no longer feared within Democratic Party.
https://www.aol.com/articles/socialism-no-longer-feared-within-070000000.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/opinion/ice-jobs-economy-immigration.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Bill to raise minimum wage to $25 an hour will be introduced in Senate. DD: I did not start earning $25/hour in today’s dollars until after I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/06/25/bill-raise-minimum-wage-25-an-hour-will-be-introduced-senate/
— After wins by democratic socialists, centrist Democrats unite to push back.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/25/centrist-democrats-unite-against-democratic-socialists/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/06/25/what-supreme-court-rulings-mean-americas-immigrants-nation/
— Meet the megadonors pouring more than $1.3 billion into the 2026 election. Billionaires and newly minted trillionaire Elon Musk make up the top individual donors.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2026/06/25/these-are-biggest-individual-donors-2026-election-cycle/
NEW YORK SUN
— Democrats’ Socialist Surge Sets Up a Dilemma for Hakeem Jeffries. If he decides to legitimize the radicals, he will put every Democratic candidate in the country on the line.
https://www.nysun.com/article/democrats-socialist-surge-sets-up-a-dilemma-for-hakeem-jeffries
USA TODAY
— New York’s democratic socialist sweep is a warning for USA.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/06/26/mamdani-democratic-socialists-win-ny-warning/90690699007/
— ‘Eternal debt of gratitude’: Trump, conservative leaders celebrate Charlie Kirk. DD: What positions do the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct have on Charlie Kirk? What positions do the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township party organization have on Charlie Kirk?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/21/charlie-kirk-memorial-service-live-updates/86203128007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/06/18/karmelo-anthony-verdict-parents-black-children/90527039007/
POST REGISTER
— DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you reject, the more RINO that you are. RINOs have far more in common with Democrats and with Libertarians than with Republicans, and especially RINOs who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Most commonly, RINOs reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. RINOs want the Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party. Far too many RINOs are Democrat plants.
https://www.postregister.com/opinion/guest_column/opinion-its-time-to-meet-in-the-middle/article_54699edd-ca4b-40a3-a36d-3e680033d960.amp.html
FLORIDA’S VOICE
— Conservative leaders endorse Dan Green for Florida’s 9th Congressional District. DD: Who are the conservative leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200? How do they treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters?
https://flvoicenews.com/conservative-leaders-and-veterans-endorse-dan-green-for-floridas-9th-congressional-district/
FORBES
— AMERICA’S BEST EMPLOYERS FOR DIVERSITY. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/lists/best-employers-diversity/
CHALKBEAT
— DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used the subjectivity in their pay-for-performance system to get rid of their Republican employees who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2026/06/25/teacher-merit-pay-benefits-student-learning-in-texas-and-south-carolina/
PBS
— Charlie Kirk helped shape a conservative force for a new generation. DD: What positions do the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct have on Charlie Kirk? What positions do the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township party organization have on Charlie Kirk?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-charlie-kirk-helped-shape-a-conservative-force-for-a-new-generation
SALON
— DD: My critics/opponents attribute their successes in life to meritocracy. They attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.salon.com/2026/06/25/the-white-working-class-myth-that-made-jd-vance/
June 25, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/group-of-lgbtq-runners-find-refuge-from-the-noise-of-the-world/3953283/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/how-to-watch-the-2026-chicago-pride-parade-live-as-it-rolls-through-the-citys-north-side/3953232/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/new-cancer-report-reveals-major-progress-disparities-in-research-and-care/3953259/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/advocates-warn-that-federal-cuts-will-impact-hiv-aids-programs-in-chicago/ar-AA26odrn
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/24/jb-pritzker-electronic-abortion-records/
DAILY HERALD
— Independent governor hopeful Corbett’s place on ballot affirmed after Bailey campaign pulls objection.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260624/illinois-state-politics/indie-governor-hopeful-corbetts-place-on-ballot-affirmed-after-bailey-campaign-pulls-objection/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Bally’s escalates fight over video gambling, threatening legal action. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. My critics/opponents continue to use that against me big time.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-ballys-casino-city-council-20260524/
PEORIA JOUNAL STAR
— DD: To promote more hatred against Trump, Democrat leaders promote more hatred against America.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/25/all-of-us-nationwide-mobilizaton-june-27-usa-250-illinois-locations-chicago/90649189007/
QUAD CITY TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://qctimes.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_b75ecb32-9849-541f-8ddb-cbb6d32921bf.html
SOUTHERN
— DD: Democrat educators ever-increasingly turn Blacks against Republicans.
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/understanding-the-pitfalls-of-how-we-teach-black-history-today/html_21a1c42b-f569-52ff-aadc-843ec3b340f3.html
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2026/06/21/hegseth-women-veterans-military-ceremony-dei-woke/90580074007/
WIFR
— Mill Foundation presents grants to Rockford-area organizations that help disadvantaged youth. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I have not only always been tremendously advantaged, but I have always benefitted tremendously from discrimination against the disadvantaged, and therefore, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI big time. In my defense, I was a member of the working class 1964-1997. I had to work my way through college. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critic/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.wifr.com/video/2026/06/24/mill-foundation-presents-grants-rockford-area-organizations/
CITIES 92.9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.cities929.com/2026/06/24/illinois-quick-hits-50-8m-in-cannabis-tax-funded-grants-awarded/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats, that is, those who promote more hatred against those who are the following, applaud their successes in promoting more hatred against those who are the following: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. That is, those who promote the following applaud their successes in promoting the following: dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/25/progressive-wins-rev-up-johnson-00975232
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-758/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ Biggest Problems Remain the Ones Politicians Prefer to Ignore
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-am560-illinois-biggest-problems-remain-the-ones-politicians-prefer-to-ignore/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— After Taking Zoning Power Away from Local Governments on Battery and Solar Farms, Pritzker Wants Local Control of Data Centers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/25/after-taking-zoning-power-away-from-local-governments-on-battery-and-solar-farms-pritzker-wants-local-control-of-data-centers/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Mamdani-Led Socialist Movement Signals Democratic Party’s Leftward Takeover
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/mamdani-led-socialist-movement-signals-democratic-partys-leftward-takeover.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Left is obsessed with race.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/4622676/left-fearmongering-racism-america-affirmative-action/
— The fast-growing way entrepreneurs are chasing the American dream. DD: My critics/opponents look down on wage earners. I was a wage earner 1964-1997.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4621256/franchising-entrepreneurs-chasing-american-dream-small-businesses-pizza-hut/
BREITBART
— Trump’s Reflecting Pool Critics Have Been ‘Consumed by Hatred’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/06/24/kelsey-grammer-trumps-reflecting-pool-critics-have-been-consumed-by-hatred/
— Durbin: ‘The Republican Party Is Split Into Pieces’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/06/24/durbin-the-republican-party-is-split-into-pieces/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says San Francisco Giants players who wrote Bible verses on their LGBT pride night caps won’t face discipline, as he seeks to reassure lawmakers and fans amid a growing debate over faith, free expression and the league’s forced adherence to LGBT ideology. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government took ever-increasingly more and bigger adverse actions against me a) because I refused to become a Democrat, b) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and c) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid. Democrats not only have no problem with the aforesaid, they applaud the aforesaid. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/mlb-chief-giants-players-wont-be-fined-for-bible-verses-on-caps.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Kansas regents’ new policy will stop professors from foisting DEI on students. DD: I avoided Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/kansas-regents-new-policy-will-stop-professors-from-foisting-dei-on-students-scholar/
FOX BUSINESS
— Antisemitism is the root of Mamdani socialism, and it’s destroying New York City.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/larry-kudlow-antisemitism-root-mamdani-socialism-its-destroying-new-york-city
— The rise of socialist candidates in New York City.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6399293574112
— Wikipedia co-founder ‘KICKED OUT’ for fighting the WOKE MOB.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399275692112
PJ MEDIA
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Declares ‘Transfemicide State of Emergency’
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2026/06/24/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-declares-transfemicide-state-of-emergency-n4954304
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/06/24/effort-extend-army-generals-career-falls-flat-with-hegseth/
WASHINGTON POST & THE HILL
— Belief that anyone can achieve the American Dream is fading. DD: Because Democrat and RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn my demographics (conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844) to get more votes from those who do not share my demographics, if I was young today, I very much doubt that I could achieve what I did. I bought new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. I earned colleges degrees when I was 21, 27, 31, and 48. I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. I got married when I was 29. I earned professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a professional license when I was 32. The Democrats who ran SS Kresge when I was 16, the Post Office when I was 18, IRS when I was 22, and GAO when I was 31 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/06/18/belief-that-anyone-can-achieve-american-dream-is-fading-poll-finds/
https://thehill.com/business/5931333-poll-american-dream-decline/
USA TODAY
— Women may bear the brunt if Social Security benefits get cut. DD: If my critics/opponents knew that I now get about half of my wife’s Social Security because of a Bill that Biden signed, they would be furious.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/06/23/women-social-security-gender-gap/90641659007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Socialist Democrats of America. What the rise of the Mamdani left means for the Democratic Party and the U.S.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democratic-socialists-of-america-new-york-zohran-mamdani-primary-025e86dd
— Forget Work. Passive Income Is the New American Dream. Driven by a growing feeling that 9-to-5 jobs are a dead end, people are turning to social media to test out eccentric moneymaking schemes—along with a fair share of scams. DD: My critics/opponents look down on wage earners. I was a wage earner 1964-1997.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/passive-income-dreams-2e67ee5c
— Voters Turn Against Minimum-Wage Hikes. Oklahomans reject a $15-an-hour initiative over affordability. DD: My critics/opponents have always been furious that the Post Office paid me $19.57-$20.87/hour 1966-1969 in today’s dollars.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/voters-turn-against-minimum-wage-hikes-921df2c7
— Mamdani Deepens His Influence—and the Divide—in the Democratic Party. New York City mayor strengthens party sway nationwide by backing three primary winners in Congressional races.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/mamdani-deepens-his-influenceand-the-dividein-the-democratic-party-0c6374fc
— Mamdani Sweep in NYC Adds to Strains Between Jews and Democratic Party. Candidates highly critical of Israel won big in New York City primary.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/mamdani-sweep-in-nyc-adds-to-strains-between-jews-and-democratic-party-986b15c7
— Hegseth Cuts Army Commander’s Storied Career Short as Part of Broader Shake-Up. More general and flag officers could be squeezed out of other coveted jobs with a list expected to reach the Joint Staff next week. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-cuts-army-commanders-storied-career-short-as-part-of-broader-shake-up-686d952b
FORBES
— Is What Happened To Horses Happening To Us? Companies are rapidly adopting AI, often neglecting crucial ethical considerations and failing to define its appropriate use. DD: Starting in 1864, my ancestors on my father’s side raised and sold horses in Crete.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adriangostick/2026/06/24/is-what-happened-to-horses-happening-to-us/
BLOOMBERG LAW
— RFK Jr.’s HHS to Divert Funds From Teen Pregnancy Grant Program. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/rfk-jr-s-hhs-to-divert-funds-from-teen-pregnancy-grant-program
KANSAS REFLECTOR
— Affordability. DD: What has helped you afford things? For me, it has been the money that I earned I doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping more gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://kansasreflector.com/2026/06/25/politicians-love-affordability-rhetoric-but-it-hasnt-offered-path-to-urban-prosperity-in-kansas/
MADISON COUNTY JOURNAL
— Democrats take great offense at being accused of being unpatriotic — but the data don’t lie. A new NBC News poll captured the partisan gap over pride in America. Overall, 56% of Americans are extremely or very proud of the country, but only 29% of Democrats, compared to 90% of Republicans. That’s a yawning gap, and about a matter that really shouldn’t be controversial. We aren’t talking about abortion, or Donald Trump’s White House ballroom, but an elemental thing — pride in country — that in most times and places has been taken for granted. Once upon a time, that was the case here. The Gallup poll found in January 2001 that nearly 90 percent of Americans were extremely or very proud of the country. In 2017, according to Gallup, 75% of the public said they extremely or very proud of America — a low at the time — and it’s been down since. The decline has been driven largely by Democrats. Their disdain for President Trump clearly is responsible for some of the drop, but not all of it. Democrats were less proud of the country than Republicans even when Barack Obama and Joe Biden were president.
https://www.onlinemadison.com/editorials/lowry-patriotism-growing-gap-with-dems-f9b028c6/
NEW ENGLAND BIZ LAW
— When is a performance improvement plan (PIP) an adverse employment action? DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat superiors in the federal government never put me on a PIP, but instead, they took many big adverse actions against me. My Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I frustrated their efforts to get rid of me by earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1981, and 1997, c) professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://newenglandbizlawupdate.com/2026/06/24/when-is-a-pip-an-adverse-employment-action/
FED SMITH
— Federal Employee Pay Has Reached Record Levels—But the Story Is More Complicated Than It Appears. Federal salaries now average $112,456, but workforce demographics, retirements, and hiring challenges reveal a more nuanced picture of federal pay. DD: My critics/opponents who are/were not union members are vehemently anti-union. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been grossly overpaid. They have always been furious that while I was a union member when I was a postal employee for almost 3 years and then an IRS employee for almost 9 years, my salary increased from $19.57/hour to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. I my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in business, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year when I was 22 in 1971, $68,999/year when I was 23, $83,482/year when I was 24, $100,059/year when I was 25, and $113,402/year when I was 31. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $89,703/year when I was 31, $118,984/year when I was 38, and $154,682/year when I was 49. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/06/05/federal-employee-pay-complicated-than-appears/
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/trump-250-usa-speech/687682/
POLITICO
— Democratic socialists are coming for 2028.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/24/democratic-socialists-new-york-2028-presidential-00973341
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
— DEI. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/diversity-inclusion/former-amazon-manager-claims-dei-hire-label-led-to-his-firing/567550
https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/diversity-inclusion/employee-sues-intuit-alleging-manager-branded-her-a-dei-hire/564902
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SKY NEWS
— Trump declares ‘only two genders’ as he rolls back DEI initiatives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8qG1BYmGTY
ECONOMIST
— Trump supporters need not apply. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/07/18/trump-supporters-need-not-apply
JUDICIAL PRACTICE
— Employers cannot issue reprimands if employee guilt is not proven. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government took ever-increasingly more and bigger adverse actions against me a) because I refused to become a Democrat, b) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and c) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid. Democrats not only have no problem with the aforesaid, they applaud the aforesaid. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://sud.ua/en/news/sudebnaya-praktika/364765-robotodavets-ne-mozhe-ogolositi-doganu-yakscho-ne-doviv-vinu-pratsivnika-verkhovniy-sud
June 24, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2 & WGN RADIO & FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly run Illinois. They ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. Soon, if not already, Democrat employers in Illinois will display signs that say that you need not apply if you do not promote LGBTQ. The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat employers presume that you do not promote LGBTQ: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/windy-city-times-honors-new-30-under-30-lgbtq-community/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/windy-city-times-honors-30-under-30-in-chicagos-lgbtq-community/
https://wgnradio.com/news/entertainment-news/ap-first-of-its-kind-queer-museum-in-san-francisco-chinatown-amplifies-chinese-lgbtq-artists/amp/
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/first-of-its-kind-queer-museum-in-san-francisco-chinatown-amplifies-chinese-lgbtq-artists/article_c7c54059-fe83-5fb0-bc5c-83a407262738.html
FOX32
— Ex-Illinois teacher awaiting deportation linked to Tren de Aragua mass shooting in Chicago.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-teacher-tren-de-aragua-mass-shooting-chicago-ice
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago made a deal with Bally’s casino. It did not include video gaming terminals in bars. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. My critics/opponents continue to use that against me big time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/24/editorial-ballys-casino-video-gaming-terminals-contract-dispute/
— Federal appeals court allows Trump administration to resume expanded use of speedy deportations.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/23/trump-administration-speedy-deportations/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use reparations to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/24/opinion-evanston-reparations-trump-administration/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker is leading Chicago fundraiser for Senate candidate and rising Democratic star James Talarico.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2026/06/23/gov-pritzker-top-chicago-fundraiser-senate-candidate-james-talarico-texas
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/23/states-attorneys-office-says-it-will-make-it-harder-for-ice-to-access-sensitive-data
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260623/nation-and-world-politics/four-years-after-roes-reversal-illinois-still-a-destination-for-women-seeking-abortion-care/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/business/health-care/article_05743e30-544e-5478-bc92-021d0d78cdc4.html
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Mike Walters discusses Madison County GOP race strategy.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/mike-walters-madison-county-gop-illinois-22305062.php
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters hate Charlie Kirk.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-23/people-fired-over-charlie-kirk-posts-get-big-payouts-for-first-amendment-retaliation
POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2026/06/23/dupage-county-wins-two-national-awards/159354
OAK PARK
— Elimination of single-family zoning move closer in Oak Park. DD: Since at least 1984, my critics/opponents have wanted public housing to be built on the north border of my Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton on the south side of Roosevelt Road.
https://www.oakpark.com/2my 026/06/18/single-family-zoning-changes/
CWB CHICAGO
— Father’s Day weekend shootings soar 105% in Chicago as city sees bloodiest day since 2024.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/06/fathers-day-weekend-shootings-soar-100-in-chicago-as-city-sees-bloodiest-day-since-2024.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-abortion-landscape-continues-to-evolve-amid-persistent-growth-in-demand/
DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote voter fraud.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/videos/view/durbin-calls-out-president-trumps-attacks-to-americans-voting-rights-and-our-free-and-fair-elections
INJUSTICE WATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.injusticewatch.org/civil-courts/immigration/2026/illinois-immigrants-habeas-corpus-cases/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/24/illinois-dems-keep-dobbs-in-play-00972972
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-757/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-542/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— When “Clean Slate” Becomes a Blindfold; New Concerns from Inside Illinois’ Criminal Justice System. DD: Your past predicts your future.
https://johnkassnews.com/when-clean-slate-becomes-a-blindfold-new-concerns-from-inside-illinois-criminal-justice-system/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Registration is still open for political entries in Wheaton’s July 4 Independence Day Parade. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wheaton-independence-day-parade-entry-2026-tickets-1984881886153 The deadline is Friday, June 26. The cost is $175. I hope that all the Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct will walk in the parade: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What distinguishes/distinguished you from your coworkers? I am Republican, conservative, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were liberal/moderate, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They all a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or c) had no professional license like the one I had. What does the aforesaid say about disparate impact? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Three Trap Doors of Springfield. Most Illinois voters assume that when a legislator files a bill, the bill gets a hearing, lawmakers debate it, votes are cast, and the public can see where everyone stands. That is not how Springfield works under Democrat House Speaker Chris Welch. In fact, one of the least-discussed realities of the Illinois House of Representatives is that there are three trap doors designed to prevent any bill the Speaker doesn’t want from ever reaching the point of public debate. Most voters never hear about these rules because the media doesn’t write about them.
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/the-three-trap-doors-of-springfield/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker Headlines Chicago Fundraiser for Texas Democrat Who Claimed There Are Six Genders
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/pritzker-headlines-chicago-fundraiser-for-texas-democrat-who-claimed-there-are-six-genders-and-called-black-congressman-mediocre.html
— The Obama Presidential Center: An $850 Million Monument to Failure.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/the-obama-presidential-center-an-850-million-monument-to-failure.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sanctuary cities revive America’s oldest constitutional heresy: nullification
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/23/sanctuary-cities-revive-americas-oldest-constitutional-heresy/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Reparations: Who would the payors and the payees be? DD: My critics/opponents want those who share my demographics to pay reparations. According to them, those who share my demographics benefitted tremendously from slavery. They stress that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In my ancestors’ defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois. They never were in a position to discriminate against anyone and they never did discriminate against anyone.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4619731/question-new-jersey-slavery-reparations-push-cant-answer/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In June 2025, the New Jersey Reparations Council released its 244-page report, “For Such a Time as This,” calling on the state to provide “repair” for a claimed $643,000 per-family racial wealth gap and endorsing sweeping reparations-related policies. Since then, several New Jersey reparations advocacy groups have again invoked Juneteenth to renew calls for lawmakers in Trenton to take up the Council’s recommendations. I will leave ethicists to debate the fairness of coercing one generation that committed no sin to compensate people against whom no sin was committed. Instead, I pose a simpler question: Who are the payors and payees? Reparations require neat racial bookkeeping at a time when America has become anything but neat. Since Loving v. Virginia in 1967, interracial and interethnic relationships have become commonplace. Roughly one-quarter of coupled Americans now have a partner of a different race or ethnicity, while millions of children have mixed-race parentage. As racial lines blur with each decade, advocates rarely explain who qualifies, who pays, and who collects. Does a half-white Patrick Mahomes pay… himself? The Council’s report declares that “all Black people in New Jersey are eligible for reparations,” while expressly declining to limit eligibility to descendants of enslaved people. Yet it never offers a workable definition of “Black” in a state where race and ethnicity overlap. Is eligibility based on ancestry percentage, self-identification, mixed-race status, ethnicity, appearance, family history, or length of residence? The report does not say. And who pays? The report simply demands that “New Jersey” pay hundreds of billions of dollars in reparations — $178,000 to each black person or $642,800 to each black family — without clearly explaining how such payments would be funded or where Hispanics, Indians, Asians, Middle Easterners, recent African immigrants, and other nonwhite residents fit into this racial accounting. That lack of clarity exposes the deeper problem: Morality aside, the sheer complexity, subjectivity, and administrative arbitrariness of reparations make them untenable on their face. Targeting New Jerseyans is especially strange. During the Civil War, New Jersey sent more than 88,000 citizens to fight for the Union, not the Confederacy. More than 6,000 died, many of them boys and young men. Adjusted for today’s population, that would be the equivalent of nearly 90,000 New Jerseyans dying — more than the state’s entire number of male high-school seniors. One would think a state that sacrificed the flower of its youth in the war that ended slavery had made a rather substantial atonement. Nor are today’s New Jerseyans even remotely the same population. Millions descend from families who arrived decades after Appomattox, often penniless and facing discrimination themselves. Indeed, one in four New Jersey residents today was not even born in the United States. It is hard to see how they bear moral or financial liability for a long-abolished institution. Reparations advocates such as Social Justice Matters, Inc, often emphasize that New Jersey once held “more than two-thirds of all enslaved black people in the North.” But two-thirds of what? Notice the move: percentages instead of raw numbers. “Two-thirds of all Northern slaves” sounds far more damning than 2,254 — the actual number still held in bondage in New Jersey in 1830, according to the census. I say “still” because that figure had fallen from roughly 12,422 in 1800, an 82% decline. Slavery remained technically legal, yes, but it was rapidly withering. By 1840, the number was down to 674. By Juneteenth 1865, the Garden State could count exactly 18 remaining elderly slaves. That puts New Jersey’s wartime sacrifice in perspective. For each of New Jersey’s remaining enslaved black people freed at war’s end, some 350 white New Jerseyans had died in the struggle that ended bondage. Was New Jersey guilty of participating in slavery? Absolutely. Did slavery create disadvantages that lingered for generations? No doubt. No one should deny either truth. But guilt is not a blank check, and history is not an accounting ledger that can be balanced two centuries later by sorting today’s residents into crude racial categories. If the Reparations Council wants to impose vast costs on New Jerseyans, it should at least answer the simplest questions first: Who qualifies? Who pays? How is liability assigned? What happens to mixed-race families? What about immigrants, recent arrivals, and descendants of Union soldiers? Until those questions are answered, New Jersey reparations remain less a serious policy proposal than a moral slogan in search of a workable system.)
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— James Talarico Called To Slash Police Budgets and Spend the Money on Social Programs: ‘We Could Make Prisons Obsolete’
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/exclusive-james-talarico-called-to
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin warns colleges to stop ‘disturbing trend’ of race-based housing, says they will face ‘maximum accountability.’ DD: I stayed at the University Plaza (UP) dormitory in DeKalb for three semesters 1969-1970. I should write about the roommates who UP assigned me to live with and their impact on me.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/23/us-news/trump-admin-warns-colleges-race-based-dorms-violate-federal-law-neo-segregation/
— Woman who emptied Knicks trashcan on street— then stole it — fired from JPMorgan Chase, was DEI exec. DD: One thing that my critics/opponents have not accused me of is having been a DEI hire.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/23/business/woman-who-emptied-knicks-trashcan-on-street-then-stole-it-was-dei-exec-worked-at-jpmorgan-chase/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A woman caught on video emptying a public trash can on the street then stealing it during New York City’s Knicks championship parade was a director at JPMorgan Chase who was fired Tuesday over the incident. Angie Báez, 40, was promoted to Executive Director of Community and Industry Engagement for Card and Connected Commerce at JPMorgan Chase more than a year ago, according to her LinkedIn profile. She previously served as Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at New York-based review website The Infatuation, which Chase acquired as part of its broader push into lifestyle and experiential content.)
BREITBART
— Most Democrats Say Illegals Should Remain in U.S. and Eventually Apply for Citizenship. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/23/poll-most-democrats-say-illegal-aliens-should-remain-in-u-s-and-eventually-apply-for-citizenship/amp/
— Federal Court Allows Trump to Restart ‘Expedited’ Deportations of Illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/23/federal-appeals-court-allows-trump-restart-expedited-deportations-illegal-aliens/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— China’s STEM-focused universities rise as American institutions fall in global rankings. DD: Democrats run education in America. Democrat educators focus on cranking out good little Democrats.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/chinas-stem-focused-universities-rise-american-institutions-fall-global-rankings/30142
— Coast Guard ends race-based officer recruitment program criteria. DD: All the Democrats and all the RINOs over me have always crowed about their success in giving preference to those who are minority, female, and/or younger, that is, they have always crowed about their success in discriminating against those who are White, male, and/or older.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/coast-guard-ends-race-based-officer-recruitment-program-criteria/30077
FEDERALIST
— D.C. Appeals Court Greenlights Trump’s Expedited Deportations.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/23/d-c-appeals-court-greenlights-trumps-expedited-deportations/
— Senate RINOs Too Busy Scolding Trump To Pass Voter ID Bill.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/24/senate-rinos-too-busy-scolding-trump-to-pass-voter-id-bill/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago mayor ridiculed for touting trans violence ‘state of emergency’ amid murder-plagued Juneteenth weekend. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on promoting more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-mayor-ridiculed-touting-trans-violence-state-emergency-amid-murder-plagued-juneteenth-weekend
JUDICIAL WATCH
— HHS Dedicates Another $258 Million to Support Illegal Immigrant Minors Living in U.S. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/illegal-immigrant-minors-in-us/
PJ MEDIA
— Years Ago, a Criminal Alien Got a Visa to Visit Disney World. He’s Still in the United States.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/23/years-ago-a-criminal-alien-got-a-visa-to-visit-disney-world-hes-still-in-the-usa-n4954299
— Chicagoland illegal immigrant teacher detained by ICE over link to Venezuelan gang shooting.
https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-chicagoland-illegal-immigrant-teacher-detained-by-ice-over-link-to-venezuelan-gang-shooting
POST MILLENNIAL
— Chicagoland illegal immigrant teacher detained by ICE over link to Venezuelan gang shooting.
https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-chicagoland-illegal-immigrant-teacher-detained-by-ice-over-link-to-venezuelan-gang-shooting
TOWNHALL
— Maine Mom Couldn’t Enjoy Kid’s Graduation Because She Thought ICE Was in the Parking Lot. DD: How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/06/24/maine-mom-couldnt-enjoy-kids-graduation-because-she-thought-ice-was-in-the-parking-lot-n2678165
WESTERN JOURNAL
— A former Illinois teacher who is alleged to have helped gang members involved in a 2024 mass shooting in Chicago has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
https://www.westernjournal.com/illegal-alien-teacher-arrested-allegedly-aiding-tren-de-aragua-mass-shooting/
SEAN HANNITY
— Brandon Johnson Renews Chicago’s ‘Transfemicide State of Emergency’
https://hannity.com/media-room/state-of-stupidity-brandon-johnson-renews-chicagos-transfemicide-state-of-emergency/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrats and RINOs who are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors have not been in America for a long time ever-increasing promote more hatred against Republicans who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long for a long time.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5934239-juneteenth-celebration-threatened-freedom/
CBS NEWS
— Growing U.S. inequality is worsening Social Security’s financial crunch. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-insolvency-income-inequality-tax-cap/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Social Security’s looming funding crisis is usually blamed on demographics, with an aging U.S. population and declining birth rates leaving fewer workers to support retirees. But another force is also draining the program’s finances: widening income inequality. In the last few decades, incomes of higher-paid Americans have soared, far outpacing those of low- and middle-class workers. That’s become a problem for Social Security because the program only taxes annual earnings up to $184,500, meaning it loses out on much of the faster income growth among top earners. As a result, Social Security’s revenue base is eroding, according to the program’s latest trustees’ report. The share of total wages subject to Social Security taxes has fallen from almost 87% in 1984 to roughly 83% today, largely because high earners’ pay has grown much faster than everyone else’s, lifting more of their income above the tax cap, the report found.)
YAHOO
— DD: Who are your critics/opponents and what do they hold you responsible for? DD: My critics/opponents who claim that they want Republican candidates to win hold me and hold my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters responsible for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. The want me to stop sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and they want me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. They Previously, they blamed what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I promote candidates in Republican primary elections who are too conservative to win in general elections and/or b) that I paint Republican candidates in general elections as being more conservative than they want to be painted. Who do you hold responsible for Republican defeats since 2000 in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Warrenville School District 200 and why?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/worlds-top-10-responsible-5-034400657.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly run Illinois. They ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. Soon, if not already, Democrat employers in Illinois will display signs that say that you need not apply if you do not promote LGBTQ. The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat employers presume that you do not promote LGBTQ: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/us/politics/gay-marriage-backlash-republicans-trans-rights.html
— Child left behind. DD: When I was in high school, no one saw me as being college material.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/opinion/schools-testing-accountability.html
— DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/us/politics/democratic-socialist-mayors.html
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly badmouth America to badmouth Trump. Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly furious at America and at Americans for electing Trump. They ever-increasing fight to import more America-haters and to keep them here.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usa250/2026/06/22/advocates-push-back-americas-birthday/90473379007/
FLORIDA POLITICS
— ‘The race is wide open’: Poll shows Jim Schwartzel, Jim Oberweis leading crowded CD 19 field.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/803531-the-race-is-wide-open-poll-shows-jim-schwartzel-jim-oberweis-leading-crowded-cd-19-field/
VISUAL CAPITALIST
— Household Income by Race in America. DD: For Asian, it is $122K. For White, it is $93K. For Hispanic, it is $71K. For Black, it is $56K. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for Hispanics and Blacks earning less.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-household-income-by-race-in-america/
INVESTOPIDIA
— Average Salary for 25- to 34-Year-Olds: How Yours Stacks Up Against National Medians. DD: In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year when I was 22 in 1971, $68,999/year when I was 23, $83,482/year when I was 24, $100,059/year when I was 25, and $113,402/year when I was 31. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $89,703/year when I was 31, $118,984/year when I was 38, and $154,682/year when I was 49. I earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21. I earned an MBA when I was 27. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid.
https://www.investopedia.com/average-salary-for-25-to-34-year-olds-how-does-your-stack-up-to-the-typical-paycheck-12000037
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Median earnings for workers ages 25 to 34 are $59,800 a year—almost 50% higher than for workers under 25.
SMITHSONIAN
— 100 Years Ago, Students Across the U.S. Took the First SAT. Today, Relatively Few Colleges Require the Test. DD: UIC admitted me in 1966 because my ACT score was 24 and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/100-years-ago-students-across-the-us-took-the-first-sat-today-relatively-few-colleges-require-the-test-where-is-it-headed-180988997/
HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.aol.com/articles/gop-makes-pointed-dig-family-120017000.html
REASON
— DD: Those who promote illegal drugs hate Trump.
https://reason.com/2026/06/23/trump-says-his-task-force-is-fighting-a-foreign-invasion-its-busting-americans-for-drugs-instead/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Marjorie Taylor Greene joins Tucker Carlson and ditches Republican party. DD: My critics/opponents who claim that they want Republican candidates to win want me to ditch the Republican Party. The want me to stop sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and they want me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. They blame me and they blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Previously, they also blamed what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I promote candidates in Republican primary elections who are too conservative to win in general elections and/or b) that I paint Republican candidates in general elections as being more conservative than they want to be painted. Who do you hold responsible for Republican defeats since 2000 in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Warrenville School District 200 and why?
https://www.aol.com/articles/marjorie-taylor-greene-joins-tucker-105305000.html
June 21, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Drive-by shooters fire into crowd, injuring at least 13 people in Princeton Park
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mass-shooting-chicago-drive-shooters-injure-least-12-people-princeton-park-95th/19337727/
NBC5
— Trump Tower in Chicago could soon be located on ‘Barack Hussein Obama Way’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-tower-in-chicago-could-soon-be-located-on-barack-hussein-obama-way/3951459/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been making young people in your county, township, municipality. and school district LGBTQers? My critics/opponents promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-pride-fest-kicks-off-with-music-drag-performances-dancing-and-more/3951436/
CBS2
— At least 12 injured after mass shooting on Chicago’s South Side. A mass shooting on Chicago’s South Side left at least 12 people injured on Friday night.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/at-least-12-injured-after-mass-shooting-on-chicagos-south-side/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been making young people in your county, township, municipality. and school district LGBTQers? My critics/opponents promote LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-pride-fest-2026-northalsted/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FV43bRnDI
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTOS: State law could help address housing needs for ‘missing middle’ in DuPage, Will counties. DD: When were you middle income? In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year when I was 22 in 1971, $68,999/year when I was 23, $83,482/year when I was 24, and $100,059/years when I was 25. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21 and I had completed 12 graduate evening MBA courses when I was 25. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260620/news/state-law-could-help-address-housing-needs-for-missing-middle-in-dupage-will-counties/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2024, the U.S. Census listed the median home value in DuPage County at $391,400 and the county’s median household income at $112,096.)
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Bailey sees path to secure Governor’s office in Springfield.
https://muddyrivernews.com/noteworthy/illinois-republican-darren-bailey-sees-path-to-secure-governors-office-in-springfield/20260620120730/
SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been making young people in your county, township, municipality. and school district LGBTQers? My critics/opponents promote LGBTQ.
https://www.shawlocal.com/gallery/2026/06/20/photos-dekalb-pride-fest-celebrates-love-diversity-and-equality/
INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE
— Libertarian Party of Indiana intent on maintaining ballot access. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. My critics/opponents want me to leave the Republican Party. They want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They want me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. They want the Republican Party to officially change its name to the Democrat Lite Party. According to them, I am far too conservative. They reject planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote. They reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They are RINOs if not Democrat plants.
https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/04/20/indiana-libertarian-party-intent-on-maintaining-ballot-access/
FOX2
— DD: St. Louis police work to prevent Democrat teen takeovers this weekend. What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/st-louis-police-work-to-prevent-teen-takeovers-this-weekend/
https://fox2now.com/video/getting-ahead-of-teen-takeovers-in-st-louis/11898067/
CWB CHICAGO
— Illinois state Rep. Chris Miller: Pritzker should condemn ‘MAGA hate’ after anti-Trump cross-burning in Grant Park
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/06/lawmaker-says-pritzker-should-condemn-maga-hate-after-anti-trump-cross-burning-in-grant-park.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois state Rep. Chris Miller says Pritzker reacted too quickly to Grant Park cross burning
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_db2db1ca-87ca-4089-a7e2-8b65588e786c.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Welfare has sapped the Midwestern work ethic. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more welfare.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/18/welfare-sapped-midwestern-work-ethic/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: From 2000 to 2023, the labor force participation rate in Illinois fell by 7%. . .Look at Ohio, where the last reliable audit in 2019 found that 43.5% of Medicaid spending went to recipients who were wrongly enrolled in the program. That is the worst error rate in America. Ditto, more than one-third of Medicaid spending in Illinois and nearly one-fifth in Indiana.)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The California Department of Housing and Community Development released its “Official State Income Limits” for the state’s low-income housing programs last month, and individuals making up to $104,200 now qualify as “low income” in Orange County. DD: Are/were you low income? In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year when I was 22 in 1971, $68,999/year when I was 23, $83,482/year when I was 24, and $100,059/years when I was 25. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21 and I had completed 12 graduate evening MBA courses when I was 25. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4613191/californias-100000-poor-people/
NEW YORK POST
— Blue states are obsessed with protecting illegal-migrant criminals — and only voters can make it stop. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting their illegal immigrant criminals in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://nypost.com/2026/06/20/opinion/blue-states-are-obsessed-with-protecting-illegal-migrant-criminals-and-only-voters-can-make-it-stop/
— American Olympic canoeist arrested for vandalizing Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/20/us-news/american-olympic-canoeist-david-hearn-arrested-for-allegedly-vandalizing-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool/
— Our campuses are corrupt — and higher education is due for its comeuppance
https://nypost.com/2026/06/20/opinion/our-campuses-are-corrupt-and-higher-education-is-due-for-their-comeuppance/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Inevitable Differences. John Staddon challenges prevailing views on race and inequality, arguing that science, economics, and history—not ideology—should guide the debate.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/06/21/book-review-inevitable-differences-by-john-staddon/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Research can prove anything–even envy. DD: How has envy been used against you? To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government against me, my Democrat superiors promoted envy. My Democrat Post Office superiors 1966-1969 stressed a) that I was avoiding the Vietnam War draft with student deferments, b) that I was earning a college degree, c) that my parents were providing me with room and board, and d) that I owned a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint and then a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 and then a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. My Democrat IRS superiors 1971-1980 stressed a) that I was taking graduate evening business and accounting courses, b) that I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, c) that I bought a new townhome in 1972, d) that I bought a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, e) that I earned an MBA in 1976, f) that I bought a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976, g) that I got married in 1978 and that my wife had a good job, h) that my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978, and i) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. My Democrat GAO superiors stressed a) that I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, b) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) that I became a licensed CPA in 1981, d) that my wife and I had a home built in Wheaton in 1984, e) that I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, f) that I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, and g) that my wife and I had saved lots of money for our retirement.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/research_can_prove_anything_even_envy.html
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump says left trying to ‘destroy our beautiful work’ after reported arrested for sabotaging Reflecting Pool.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/06/20/trump-says-left-trying-to-destroy-our-beautiful-work-after-reported-arrested-for-sabotaging-reflecting-pool-1646990/
BLAZE
— Britain is paying the price for years of woke ideology.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/britain-is-paying-the-price-for-years-of-woke-ideology
BREITBART
— Top Chip Company Gets $6.6 Billion from the Feds, but Excludes American Workers. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money. They are easier to exploit. They vote for Democrats.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/20/lawsuit-top-chip-company-gets-6-6-billion-from-the-feds-but-excludes-american-workers/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Tuition tops $100K at 16 colleges while schools expand administrative staff and activist programs
https://www.campusreform.org/article/tuition-tops-100k-16-colleges-schools-expand-administrative-staff-activist-programs/30119
DAILY WIRE
— Disparate-impact began as a tool to combat intentional discrimination now enables race-based liability against employers. DD: All those over me have always used disparate-impact to justify their patronage, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. All those who they promoted over me a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-civil-rights-standard-turning-race-based-employment-on-its-head
FOX NEWS
— Illinois GOP chair Grogan says Obama Center is political operation on public land.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6398949572112
— Obama Center embeds ‘Indigenous’ land message on controversial site. The Center spent years battling lawsuits over the transfer of 19.3 acres of public parkland for a $10 payment.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-center-embeds-indigenous-land-message-controversial-site
— Trump administration vows to stop reparations programs, accuses officials of ‘virtue signaling’ to get ‘votes.’ Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon says Evanston’s initiative cannot withstand strict scrutiny under the 14th Amendment. DD: My critics/opponents are virtue signalers.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-admin-vows-stop-reparations-blacks-accuses-officials-virtue-signaling-get-votes
PJ MEDIA
— Is American Urban Culture Beyond Repair? ‘Poverty As a Driver of Crime.’ DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2026/06/20/is-american-urban-culture-beyond-repair-poverty-as-a-driver-of-crime-narrative-pt-iv-n4954171
— Sodom and Gomorrica: On the Crossing of the Rubicon. DD: LGBTQ promoters ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2026/06/20/sodom-and-gomorrica-on-the-crossing-of-the-rubicon-n4954170
— The Left Hates Trump so Much That It’s Trying to Sabotage the Reflecting Pool.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/06/20/the-left-hates-trump-so-much-that-its-trying-to-sabotage-the-reflecting-pool-n4954173
SCALISE
— Republicans Are Making America Safer, Stronger, and More Affordable While Democrats Talk America Down.
https://scalise.house.gov/press-releases/scalise-republicans-are-making-america-safer-stronger-and-more-affordable-while-democrats-talk-america-down
TOWNHALL
— What Democrats Have Done to Los Angeles. DD: Look at what Democrats have done to Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. More and more and more voters in the aforesaid are filled with hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/06/21/what-democrats-have-done-to-a-once-great-american-city-n2678037
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Bush Family Member’s Electoral Failure in Maine Is More Evidence RINO Establishment Is Dead. My critics/opponents are RINOs. DD: I did lots to help elect Bush in 2000 and 2004. But his DOJ sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf To side with my Democrat GAO superiors against me is to side with race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.westernjournal.com/please-clap-bush-family-members-electoral-failure-maine-evidence-rino-establishment-dead/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ROLL CALL
— MARCH 7, 2017 FLASHBACK: Roskam Blames Trump for Ugly Politics. Says his constituents aren’t interested in judgments, only solutions. DD: My critics/opponents have always a) painted me as being and operative/dupe for Trump and b) blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Roskam’s defeat in 2018.
https://rollcall.com/2017/03/07/rep-roskam-blames-trump-for-ugly-politics/
CBS NEWS
— Abbott urges Republican unity at Texas GOP Convention, slams Democratic candidates: “The Austin woke agenda is on the ballot”
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/governor-abbott-urges-republican-unity-texas-gop-convention-slams-democratic-candidates/
AOL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been making young people in your county, township, municipality. and school district LGBTQers? My critics/opponents promote LGBTQ.
https://www.aol.com/articles/lgbtq-people-americas-promise-refuge-194905302.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/articles/pope-leo-xiv-heads-northern-090707000.html
MSN
— DD: RINOs promote RINOs. My critics/opponents are RINOs.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/trumps-unhinged-threat-to-fox-news-reporter-and-her-rino-fianc%C3%A9-as-he-lashes-out-at-her-question/ar-AA23FGk3
WASHINGTON POST
— Rule of law. DD: Affirmative Action (AA) used to be the rule of law. In Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), my Democrat GAO superiors argued that they followed the rule of law, that is, they implemented AA, that is, they wasted my career and forced me to retire because I opposed their race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/28/judges-trump-administration-rule-of-law/
TRIBUNE DEMOCRAT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.tribdem.com/news/latest_news/pope-leo-xiv-exalts-first-american-saint-cabrini-as-a-model-for-christians-for-her/article_bfec36dd-0e76-5538-b81b-7c859b17a569.html
FORBES
— DD: All those who my critics/opponents promoted over me were yes-men or yes-women. They all a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents not only want yes-men and yes-women, 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 write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylrobinson/2024/03/08/power-of-no-rethinking-the-yes-person-attitude-for-career-success/
ACCOUNTING TODAY
— Predicting the next 15 years in accounting. DD: Anticipate/expect that fewer and fewer and fewer of those in the accounting profession will be conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.accountingtoday.com/podcast/predicting-the-next-15-years-in-accounting
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Who watches the watchdogs? GAO finds flaws in inspector general oversight system. Trump has fired nearly 20 IGs, and his administration last year put a hold on funding for the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. DD: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I had lots of interactions with IG employees. While I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee for 13 years, I had lots of interactions with IG employees. I worked for GAO on an audit of EPA’s IG office in 1985. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/afmd-86-43
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/06/who-watches-watchdogs-gao-finds-flaws-inspector-general-oversight-system/414195/
FEDWEEK
— Within Grade Increases. DD: My critics/opponents were furious that I got within grade increases. Because I got within grade increases, in today’s dollars, a) my GAO salary increased from $118,984/year to $154,692/year 1986-1997, b) my IRS salary increased from $100,059/year to $113,402/year 1974-1980, and c) my Post Office salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour 1966-1969.
https://www.fedweek.com/ask/federal-pay/within-grade-increases/
COWBOY STATE DAILY
— Park County Republican Party Sends Platform Loyalty Tests To GOP Candidates. Republican candidates for office in Park County received a letter warning them if they don’t commit to backing at least 80% of the state GOP platform, they won’t receive an endorsement or support from the party. “They is not a purity test,” it reads. DD: My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and/or Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and/or Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) leaders of the Illinois Center Right Coalition and/or TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders.
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/06/11/park-county-republican-party-sends-platform-loyalty-tests-to-gop-candidates/
PR DAILY
— Where D.C. insiders get their news. DD: Since 2000, my critics/opponents have done everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading them. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and/or Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and/or Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) leaders of the Illinois Center Right Coalition and/or TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders.
https://www.prdaily.com/by-the-numbers-where-d-c-insiders-get-their-news/
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/6/20/800058513/community/this-week-in-the-war-on-women-6-14-20-26-semi-open-thread-edition/
AXIOS
— DD: LGBTQ promoters ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/20/lgbtq-americans-housing
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDIA WEEKLY
— Survey finds many Indian Americans back Democrats in the US and Modi in India
https://www.indiaweekly.biz/indian-americans-politics-modi-democratic-party-republicans/
June 20, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Pritzker vetoes spending items accidentally included in Illinois budget, including $500B typo. $500,250,000,000 mistakenly allocated to Chicago Westside Branch NAACP.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/governor-jb-pritzker-issues-item-vetoes-spending-accidentally-included-illinois-budget-including-500-billion-typo/19319094/
— DOJ investigating MLB for religious rights violations after San Francisco Giants Pride hat warning. DD: I should write about the warnings that my Democrat superiors in the federal gave me, that is, the adverse actions they took against me because I refused to become a Democrat. I should write about the warnings that RINO leaders in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois gave me, that is, the adverse actions that they took against me because I refused to become a RINO.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/department-justice-investigating-major-league-baseball-religious-rights-violations-san-francisco-giants-pride-hat-warnings/19332694/
FOX32
— DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/inside-chicagos-teen-takeovers-organizers-say-violence-isnt-goal
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote the Democrat Party platform that is, more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/19/daywatch-a-beacon-of-hope-for-democracy/
— ICE arrests shift to courthouses and immigration check-ins as enforcement intensifies in Chicago area. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/19/chicago-ice-arrests-uptick/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage if not force students to be LGBTQers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/19/community-news-pride-walk-set-in-berwyn-students-named-national-merit-scholars/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been making young people in your county, township, municipality. and school district LGBTQers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/06/19/lgbtq-pride-faces-tough-moment-social-political-acceptance-raymond-crossing-justin-sia
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against those who voted for Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/06/19/america-robert-de-niro-trump-republicans-julyfouth-250-mona-charen
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/06/17/state-rep-rashid-calls-for-probe-after-ice-detain-man-without-presenting-a-warrant-at-bridgeview-courthouse
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260619/news/group-holds-anti-ice-protest-at-hoffman-estates-police-station/
— Friction between Trump and Republican senators is growing before the pivotal midterm elections.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260619/nation-and-world-politics/friction-between-trump-and-republican-senators-is-growing-before-the-pivotal-midterm-elections/
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Conservative activist Riley Gaines gives keynote speech at Lincoln Reagan Trump Dinner in Quincy.
https://muddyrivernews.com/communities/illinois/adams-county-illinois/quincy/conservative-activist-riley-gaines-gives-keynote-speech-at-lincoln-reagan-trump-dinner-in-quincy/20260620071509/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: What percent of food produced in America is bought by government entities and given to Democrats?
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-06-19/federal-cuts-are-hitting-illinois-food-assistance-recipients-and-the-farmers-who-feed-them
KSDK
— Corvette museum destroyed after tornado tears through Effingham.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/syndication/ott/weather-plus/corvette-museum-destroyed-after-tornado-tears-through-effingham-leveled-homes-farms-national-weather-service/63-af17e4f2-2aee-4b87-a917-aec3c80ecb46
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch4bh3SVaAU
IPM NEWS
— Effingham tornado flattens family-owned Corvette museum, downs trees, power lines.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/effingham-tornado-flattens-family-owned-corvette-museum-downs-trees-power-lines/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— 10th Congressional District Republicans Have a Newsletter, This Week Featuring White House Events. DD: I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) since 1999. It would be great if each of the 17 Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members would send monthly newsletters to the RPCs and Precinct Captains in their congressional districts.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/20/10th-congressional-district-republicans-have-a-newsletter-this-week-featuring-white-house-events/
— Don DeWitte Says Pritzker Temporary Cut in Gas Tax Offset By Transferring Much More To the General Fund Is a Shell Game
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/19/don-dewitte-says-pritzker-temporary-cut-in-gas-tax-offset-by-transferring-much-more-to-the-general-fund-is-a-shell-game/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Paid by the Head. On June 11, 2026, three federal officials stood before a room full of journalists in Washington, described a crime scene the size of a city, and revealed that the government itself was responsible for it. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and Acting Office of Refugee Resettlement Director Angie Salazar told the country what their investigators had found. More than 475,000 unaccompanied children were referred to the federal government during the Biden administration. By the end of 2024, more than 300,000 of them could not be accounted for. In the eighteen months since, a federal task force has located roughly 146,000.
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/child-exploitation/paid-by-the-head/
— Turning the Trans Ship. Congress Takes on Protections for Minors. It’s taken years, but it looks like cracks are beginning to show in the transgender “medical” complex. Tragically, this blessing of a development comes largely as a result of the devastation of thousands of young men and women who have now come to regret their decision to “transition” to the opposite sex when they were minors.
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/turning-the-trans-ship/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How successful have Democrat leaders been advancing the Democrat Party platform in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct. That is, how successful have they been advancing more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism, that is, advancing more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination? Democrat leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 are having ever-increasing success because RINO leaders ever-increasingly fail/refuse to defend or advance the Republican Party platform. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. The Democrat Party platform drives out of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District, and my precinct those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Who are your peers? Who are your competitors? Who are your critics/opponents? Who has power over you? What are you doing to gain their acceptance? What will you NOT do to gain their acceptance? I have NOT and I will NOT deemphasize, downplay, or dump conservative principles or planks in the Republican Party platform. The aforesaid have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should deemphasize, downplay, if not dump the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They want me be to be RINO/Democrat Lite like them. I have not and I will not do that. Consequently, they ever-increasingly work harder against me. So be it. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— D.C. now has a socialist mayor. Urban America’s race to the bottom was inevitable.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/19/editorial-dc-socialist-mayor/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Minneapolis residents are still paying the price for the Black Lives Matter riots. DD: What are you doing to defend yourself from future Democrat rioters?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4616759/minneapolis-residents-businesses-paying-price-black-lives-matter-riots/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani-Backed Socialist House Hopeful Demanded End To Rule Barring Violent Criminals From Public Housing.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/mamdani-backed-socialist-house-hopeful
NEW YORK POST
— The one growing gap between Democrats and Republicans that shouldn’t ever exist — patriotism. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly hate America because the majority of its voters elected Trump.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/19/opinion/the-one-growing-gap-between-dems-and-republicans-that-shouldnt-ever-exist-patriotism/
— Staggering number of Berkeley Law students claim they’re disabled as ‘emotional disorders’ skyrocket. DD. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/19/us-news/number-of-uc-berkeley-law-students-who-claim-theyre-disabled-skyrockets/
AMERICAN MIND
— The Price of Wokeness. DD: Wokeness destroys everything. My critics/opponents are woke.
https://americanmind.org/salvo/the-price-of-wokeness/
BREITBART
— Duckworth: FAA Should Block Trump’s Triumphal Arch. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly oppose anything and everything that might possibly redound positively to Trump.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/18/dem-sen-duckworth-faa-should-block-trumps-triumphal-arch/
CAMPUS REFORM
— DEI leaders group joins lawsuit against Trump order.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/dei-leaders-group-joins-lawsuit-trump-order/30108
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Squashes Biden’s Border Release Numbers To Zero.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/06/19/trump-border-security-illegals-biden-zero-releases/
EPOCH TIMES
— How the Trump Admin Achieved Record Drug Seizures. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more illegal drugs. To push illegal drugs in America is to destroy America. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/how-the-trump-admin-achieved-record-drug-seizures-6039670
FEDERALIST
— Why Juneteenth Proves The ‘1619 Project’ Crowd Wrong. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Democrats ended slavery. My parents, my grandparents, and the rest of my ancestors were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/19/why-juneteenth-proves-the-1619-project-crowd-wrong/
— Los Angeles Moves To Let Noncitizens Vote After Democrats Pinky-Promised They Weren’t Doing That.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/19/los-angeles-moves-to-let-noncitizens-vote-after-democrats-pinky-promised-they-werent-doing-that/
— Democrat AGs Behind Lawfare Coordinated With Leftist Groups About ‘How To Stop Trump’
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/19/court-filing-democrat-ags-behind-lawfare-coordinated-with-leftist-groups-about-how-to-stop-trump/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Trump Ramps Up War on the Birth Tourism Industry.
https://www.fairus.org/opinion/trump-ramps-war-birth-tourism-industry
FOX NEWS
— Los Angeles proposal to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections sparks online backlash. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money. They are easier to exploit. They vote for Democrats.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/los-angeles-proposal-allow-noncitizens-vote-local-elections-sparks-online-backlash
— DHS Secretary Mullin: How do we expect you to respect laws if you’re here illegally? DD: To come to a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect not only for that country, but for the rule of law.
https://www.aol.com/news/dhs-secretary-mullin-expect-respect-030027831.html
JONATHAN TURLEY
— The ABCs of Educational Success: Arkansas Shows Continued Testing Improvements From Reforms. DD: Neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, my mother never attended high school. But they sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/06/19/the-abcs-of-educational-success-arkansas-shows-continued-testing-improvements-from-reforms/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Arkansas Student Scores Improve After State Rejected DEI and Focused on Fundamentals. DD: Neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, my mother never attended high school. But they sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/06/arkansas-student-scores-improve-after-state-rejected-dei-and-focused-on-fundamentals/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Rot of Rooting Against America.
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-weekend-jolt/the-rot-of-rooting-against-america/amp/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— George W. Bush gifts Michelle Obama a tin of Altoids at Obama Center opening in an ode to their friendship. DD: Bush’s DOJ sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf To side with my Democrat GAO superiors against me is to side with race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/george-w-bush-michelle-obama-altoids-friendship/
NEW YORK TIMES
— 2028 Republican Presidential Primary: Latest Polls
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/president-republican-primary-polls-2028.html
— 2028 Democratic Presidential Primary: Latest Polls
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/president-democratic-primary-polls-2028.html
— DD: Hegseth’s war against Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, his war against race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/us/politics/hegseth-navy-blocked-promotions-diversity.html
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly hate America because the majority of its voters elected Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/opinion/trump-freedom-250-america-ufc-birthday.html?searchResultPosition=1
JD SUPRA
— DD: Since the 1960s, the Democrats and RINOs above me have ever-increasingly crowed about their success in giving preference to minorities and to females, that is, they have crowed about their success in discriminating against Whites and against men.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/doj-says-eeoc-guidance-on-unintentional-3453533/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Can Restore Standards to Federal Hiring. Restoring the civil-service exam would bring fairer selection and a more competent workforce. DD: I passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination (FSEE) when I was 21 in 1970. Democrats run the federal government. Almost all federal employees are Democrats. The more of the following that you are, the more that you NEED NOT APPLY for a federal job: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. GAO would not have hired me if I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt and earned an MBA. IRS would not have hired me if I had not passed the FSEE and earned a bachelor’s degree in business. The Post Office would not have hired me if I had not passed the postal employment test and earned a high school diploma.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-can-restore-standards-to-federal-hiring-07b64da0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: These problems have a solution that worked from the 1883 passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Act until the advent of federal-hiring affirmative action in the 1960s. As of the late 1950s, the federal hiring process went like this: Applicants for entry-level positions received an admission card for the Federal Service Entrance Examination for a specific time, date and location. The examination assessed general knowledge, vocabulary, math, reasoning and specific job skills. Tests were administered in high-school auditoriums, armories, federal buildings or college lecture halls. They were proctored by Civil Service Commission employees. Applicants had to present their admission card and photo ID to enter the examination room, where talking and notes were prohibited. The test lasted up to four hours. Applicants with an honorable discharge from the armed forces got five extra points added to their raw score, or 10 points if they were disabled. Spouses and widows of veterans got 10 points. The Civil Service Commission maintained separate registers of applicants for a variety of job types and grade levels. Agencies looking for new employees requested candidates from the Civil Service Commission that matched the job category and grade level they were trying to fill. The commission sent them a “certificate of eligibles” applying the “Rule of Three” that had been in force since 1888. It limited the hiring official to a choice among the three highest-scoring candidates—the only truly effective way to limit the role of personal preferences in hiring decisions. If the federal government could administer proctored tests in the 1950s, it can do so now. If it could limit hiring officials’ discretion then, it can do so now. Bring back an updated version of the Federal Service Entrance Examination and apply the Rule of Three for all new hires. It won’t transform the civil service immediately, but it would dramatically improve the competence of new hires and the fairness of their selection.)
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/television/why-the-bisexual-man-is-hollywoods-breakout-star-f1a6de95
— DD: My critics/opponents promote race and gender based preference giving.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/wisconsin-supreme-court-racial-preferences-annette-ziegler-adc1ab2a
CPA JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly force those who are the following out of the accounting profession: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cpajournal.com/2026/06/19/the-power-of-organizing-in-accounting-for-social-justice-and-equity-2/
NEW ONE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly work harder to get Blacks to hate Republicans.
https://newsone.com/6863873/juneteenth-freedom-arrived-late-remains-incomplete/
NEW YORKER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-the-trump-administration-pushed-judges-to-deport-children
GREEN STATE
— Stratton calls for federal cannabis legalization. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. To push pot in America is to destroy America. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.greenstate.com/news/juliana-stratton-calls-for-federal-cannabis-legalization/
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans. How successful have Democrat leaders been making Blacks hate Republicans in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had getting my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates to hate me.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/6/19/800056553/culture/juneteenth-evokes-resilience-as-trump-continues-war-on-black-history/
AXIOS
— First jobs. DD: What was your first job? The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office would not have hired me if I had not passed the postal employment test and earned a high school diploma. IRS would not have hired me if I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business. GAO would not have hired me if I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt and earned an MBA. I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to take the postal employment test with him. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I would not have become a GAO employee in 1980 if my Democrat IRS superiors had not made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13.
https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2026/06/15/first-jobs-central-ohio-leaders-cosi-crew