FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Groups break into nearly 70 vehicles in parking lots near Bronzeville. At least 41 vehicles targeted at Illinois Institute of Technology parking lot. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bronzeville-chicago-crime-police-department-investigating-41-car-break-ins-parking-lot-33rd-state/19849568/
NBC5
— 10 protesters maced by federal agents outside Broadview ICE facility, 2 hospitalized. The protesters were “‘staging’ in the middle of street and blockings ICE agents from entering/exiting onto the property, which ensued confrontation with the ICE agents,” a village spokesperson said. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/10-protesters-maced-by-federal-agents-outside-broadview-ice-facility/3991170/
FOX32
— What to know as early voting begins in Chicago.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-e8gvas887ztie7jh
— Midterm Megadonors, Candidate Character & Rural Voters.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-zcal074dr7shn03l
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/20/operation-midway-blitz-anniversary-detainees/
— Our mayor uses ‘corporate’ as a slur. But Chicago’s business community opts for constructive engagement.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/
— To bandits, robbing gaming machines worth the gamble. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/16/charles-selle-gaming-machines/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-blitz/2026/09/17/operation-midway-blitz-ice-arrests-little-village-fears-of-displacement-gentrification
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260919/nation-and-world-politics/a-city-on-guard-what-the-raids-left-behind-after-operation-midway-blitz/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Mr. Mayor, don’t use Jewish Chicagoans as political foils.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/commentary/ccb-brandon-johnson-michael-sacks-juf-letter-20260917/
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— How Republican Darren Bailey sees the numbers adding up to victory in the Illinois Governor’s race November 3.
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/how-republican-darren-bailey-sees-the-numbers-adding-up-to-victory-in-the-illinois-governors-race-november-3/20260920063258/
— Republican U.S. Senate candidate’s mantra: Don’t vote for crazy, vote for Don Tracy.
https://muddyrivernews.com/top-stories/republican-u-s-senate-candidates-mantra-dont-vote-for-crazy-vote-for-don-tracy/20260920064156/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DD: The more critical that you are of Trump, the more that Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media promote you.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2026-09-20/in-colorado-a-gop-candidate-says-his-differences-with-trump-show-hes-with-the-voters
93.3 THE DRIVE & 25 NEWS NOW
— Bailey meets with voters at Morton Pumpkin Festival breakfast in GOTV effort.
https://www.933thedrive.com/2026/09/19/bailey-meets-with-voters-at-morton-pumpkin-festival-breakfast-in-gotv-effort/
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/09/19/gops-bailey-meets-with-voters-morton-pumpkin-festival-get-out-vote-effort/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Thousands join protest outside Kennedy Center, expressing concern that Trump might tear it down.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-thousands-join-protest-outside-kennedy-center-expressing-concern-that-trump-might-tear-it-down/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump says his planned arch would become a ‘military complex’ able to host drones and snipers. President Donald Trump says the massive arch he wants to build between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery would become a “top grade military complex” able to host drones and snipers while storing ammunition.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-says-his-planned-arch-would-become-a-military-complex-able-to-host-drones-and/article_75ac67d1-55df-55d4-92e8-8394675dfad1.html
ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and diversity to replace Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time with Democrats who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/8605/1322372608
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Vallas: Brandon Johnson’s So-Called Progressive Equity Agenda Is a Potemkin Village That’s Hurting the Black Community.
https://johnkassnews.com/brandon-johnsons-so-called-progressive-equity-agenda-is-a-potemkin-village-thats-hurting-the-black-community/
RAY HANANIA
— In Illinois, it’s the economy stupid, not Trump, not name-calling, not slimy scandals. Some elections are won by lots of PAC money & mudslinging, failing to address real issues facing voters. It’s one reason why so few taxpayers vote in local municipal, county or congressional elections.
https://hanania.substack.com/p/in-illinois-its-the-economy-stupid
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to get out the vote? I am going to hand-deliver DuPage GOP-provided envelopes to the 660 registered Republican and Independent voters in the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. The envelopes will have DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels and contain a copy of the sample ballot, a Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided outstanding Voter Guide, and campaign literature from the Republican candidates who provided their literature to the MTRO. I have started stuffing the envelopes. As soon as the sample ballot is available, I will stuff it and head out the door. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Your political affiliation ever-increasingly impacts your life. As Democrat domination of Illinois ever-increasingly increases, being a Republican ever-increasingly negatively impacts your life. Democrats ever-increasingly get rid of Republicans. If I had been active in Republican politics when I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics when I attended UIC 1966-1968 or NIU 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I attended Loyola 1972-1976 or DePaul 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had become a Democrat, my Democrat Post Office superiors would not have a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. If I had become a Democrat, my Democrat Firestone Store boss would not have fired me when I told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. If I had become a Democrat, my Democrat IRS superiors not have a) gotten rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. If I had become a Democrat, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) got rid of the GAO manager in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.would not have – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Your being a conservative, moderate, or liberal ever-increasingly impacts your life. Moderates get rid of conservatives. As moderates ever-increasingly take over Republican politics in Illinois, being a conservative ever-increasingly negatively impacts your life. If I had been a moderate, they would not have a) run a moderate against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000, b) dumped me as the as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2004 and 2010, c) defeated me 69 to 13 when I ran for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004, d) almost got the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, e) dumped me as an ICRC Steering Committee member in 2007, f) dumped me as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, g) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, h) dumped me as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and h) dumped me as a membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in 2024. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get more votes from voters who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that their problems are caused by voters who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinoisa.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State Rep. Adam Niemerg, R-Dieterich, pushes back on Durbin over immigration terminology, work permits.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_9a58d9b9-cc05-48f4-adf9-ddf6c9da69ad.html
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— City of Chicago Paid Migrant Crisis Workers to Do Nothing.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-paid-migrant-crisis-workers-to-do-nothing
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Three things to know three years later about the end of cash bail in Chicago.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/did-ending-cash-bail-increase-crime-illinois/
— Illinois’ 2nd-largest government union spent 38 times more on politics than member representation.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/seiu-illinois-political-spending-2025/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Texas shuts down company that coached Chinese on birthright citizenship.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/18/texas-shuts-company-coached-chinese-birthright-citizenship/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialism on two wheels: The fatal delusion of the city cyclist.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4732449/urban-bicycling-traffic-laws-physics/
— DD: Under socialism, you have to be a socialist to advance. Under Democrats and under RINOs, you have to be a Democrat or a RIMO to advance.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4730307/american-dream-opportunity-guarantee/
NEW YORK POST
— US universities are teaching kids to wage war on American society — where has the sanity gone?
https://nypost.com/2026/09/19/opinion/us-universities-teaching-kids-to-wage-war-on-american-society/
BLAZE
— Sanctuary cities’ get-out-of-jail fail.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/sanctuary-cities-get-out-of-jail-fail
CAMPUS REFORM
— Washington University in St. Louis’ ‘Academic Freedom’ series features far-left activists, including communist VP candidate.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/washus-academic-freedom-series-features-far-left-activists-including-communist-vp-candidate/30612
— University of Illinois partners on minority and women owned business program.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-illinois-partners-minority-women-owned-business-program/30611
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Federal law prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in federally assisted programs under Title VI, while Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs, subject to statutory exceptions. The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment provides that no state shall deny any person within its jurisdiction “the equal protection of the laws.”)
COLLEGE FIX
— Federal judge strikes down Education Department rule stripping DEI grants.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/federal-judge-strikes-down-education-department-rule-stripping-dei-grants/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left’s Race Narrative Is Driving Americans Apart. DD: To get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans oppress them: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/18/hanson-left-race-narrative-dying/
DEPARTMENT OF WAR
— Meritocracy at Center of Military Service, Hegseth Tells Cadets at Texas A&M. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional licenses, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4606696/meritocracy-at-center-of-military-service-hegseth-tells-cadets-at-texas-am/
FEDERALIST
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialists.
https://thefederalist.com/videos/hemingway-more-americans-would-oppose-socialism-if-our-education-system-werent-garbage/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— What Are Schools of Education Teaching Teachers? DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/09/what-are-schools-of-education-teaching-teachers/
— ‘Woke’ Is Not Dead.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/09/woke-is-not-dead/
NEWSMAX
— DD: How many noncitizens are there in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/census-midterms-redistricting/2026/09/19/id/1269974/
PJ MEDIA
— DD: Socialist leaders use Big Tent policies to take over political parties. Anti-conservatives ever-increasingly use the Republican Party’s Big Tent policy to take over and destroy the Republican Party. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialists.
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/09/19/chuck-schumer-built-the-big-tent-the-socialists-are-changing-the-locks-n4957435
— Do Washington and California Commies See Fires As Helpful Wreckers of Private Property?
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/19/do-washington-and-california-commies-see-fires-as-helpful-wreckers-of-private-property-n4957424
WESTERN JOURNAL
— DSA Democrats Praise This ‘Socialist Model’ – Communist Cuba’s Power Grid Collapses. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialists.
https://www.westernjournal.com/dsa-democrats-praise-socialist-model-communist-cubas-power-grid-collapses/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat voters ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/black-voters-democratic-candidates-south.html
— Out of Work, and Too Young for Medicare? Here’s What to Consider. At best, older, laid-off workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/business/jobless-health-insurance.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is hitting the road to stamp out socialism. In a six-week trip, the organization hopes to convince midterm voters that free markets still offer the best hope for solving the nation’s economic woes. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialists.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/09/19/nations-premier-business-group-is-hitting-road-stamp-out-socialism/
SEATTLE TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame all problems on Republicans.
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/americans-arent-becoming-socialists-theyre-revolting-against-a-broken-political-economy/
LAS VEGAS REVIEW
— Socialism erodes liberty.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-joecks/victor-joecks-why-socialism-erodes-liberty-3888665/
JILL SCHLESINGER
— Are recent grads worse off today?
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/14/jill-on-money-are-recent-grads-worse-off-today/
HARVARD GAZETTE
— When everything is politics on campus. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrats run education in America. Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that colleges will accept you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/09/when-everything-is-politics-on-campus/
— Interracial marriages. DD: Many of my superiors and supervisors in the federal government were in interracial marriages. None of them were Protestant or German American.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/06/why-are-white-black-marriage-rates-so-low/
TUFFS
— DD: What did you do qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I worked my way through college and earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/its-economy-stupid-young-peoples-financial-struggles-shape-their-political-views
PEW RESEARCH
— Loyal Liberals. Liberal across most issues, they are invested in the Democratic Party and in domestic and international institutions.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/06/10/loyal-liberals/
PHYS
— CEO politics may shape how companies compete.
https://phys.org/news/2026-09-ceo-politics-companies.html
YOU GOV
— Americans say they have more in common with people who share their political party than their gender, religion, or race. DD: What are your interests? Mine include promoting conservative principles. Tragically, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly reject conservative principles and drive conservatives out of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct. Conservatives are more likely to be Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time like me.
https://yougov.com/en-us/articles/50866-americans-have-a-lot-in-common-with-people-who-share-their-political-party
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among Americans’ many identities, their age and political party is the basis for sharing the most common interests and concerns, a recent survey shows. Fewer Americans say they share the most in common based on gender, religion, geography, money, or race. 27% of Americans say they share the most common interests and concerns with people in the same age group, among seven options asked about in the survey. 24% say they have the most in common with people who identify with the same political party. 17% think they have the most in common with people who live near them; the same percentage (17%) say they share the most in common with people of the same gender. Democrats and Republicans both are most likely to say the group they share the most common interests and concerns with is people who identify with the same political party (32% and 31%). Among the biggest differences by party: 27% of Republicans and 11% of Democrats say they share the most common interests and concerns with people of the same religion. 6% of Republicans and 19% of Democrats say people of their racial or ethnic background are the group they share the most common interests and concerns with. 12% of Republicans and 20% of Democrats say they have the most in common with people of the same gender.)
GOOD MEN PROJECT
— How Student Debt Changes the Modern Career Path. DD: Because I worked my way through college and graduated debt-free owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1970, I was able to a) help support my mother and brother 1970-1972, b) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, c) pay for tuition and books for graduate evening business and then accounting courses at Loyola 1972-1976 and DePaul 1976-1980, d) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972, e) buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, f) buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976, g) get married in 1978, h) etc. My taking graduate evening business courses helped me get promoted in 1972, 1973, and 1974.
https://goodmenproject.com/everyday-life-2/the-pressure-to-succeed-how-student-debt-changes-the-modern-career-path/
AXIOS
— DD; Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/18/house-republicans-lisa-mcclain-socialism-communism
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
NATIONAL POST
— Canada: Does the government prioritize hiring competent workers? A new study found that 40 per cent of federal job postings examined prioritized applicants based on identity characteristics. DD: In America, for Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially 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. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional licenses, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-eder-does-the-government-prioritize-hiring-competent-workers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two candidates pass each other in a corridor: one is heading into a job interview; the other has just finished. Neither will be evaluated merely by ability, education and experience. Who gets the job will also depend on skin colour, gender and other factors of group identity. This is Canada’s federal public service, today. A new study by the Aristotle Foundation reviewed 301 federal job postings across 59 departments, agencies and Crown corporations. Forty-two per cent prioritized, or potentially prioritized, applicants based on identity characteristics, while 4 per cent restricted, or potentially restricted, a candidate’s eligibility on the same basis.)
Tag: DuPage
September 19, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Illinois marks 3-year anniversary of cash bail elimination amid debate over its impact.
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/safe-act-illinois-marks-3-year-anniversary-cash-bail-elimination-amid-debate-impact/19847701/
NBC5
— Trump says he’s banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. The president posted to his Truth Social account that he had banned the news organizations “as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!” and threatened to ban other outlets. DD: The mainstream news media spins everything against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-says-hes-banning-cnn-ms-now-and-politico-from-white-house/3990871/
— Forbes released their list of richest Americans for 2026. 18 of them are from Illinois. At the top of Forbes’ list, with a net worth of $908 billion was Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who lives in Texas.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/forbes-released-their-list-of-richest-americans-for-2026-18-of-them-are-from-illinois/3990815/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/durbin-blames-trump-for-rising-gas-prices-record-diesel-prices-he-is-personally-responsible/
WGN9
— Illinois could bill gunmakers for costs of gun violence. DD: What about billing criminals and their protectors/promoters for the cost of gun violence?
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-could-bill-gunmakers-for-costs-of-gun-violence/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oak Park organizer pushes for right of recall question on April ballot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/18/oak-park-organizer-recall-question-april-ballot/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: 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.dailyherald.com/20260918/news/bartlett-panel-still-considering-two-marijuana-dispensaries-across-street-from-each-other/
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran against America.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-durbin-senate-democrats-call-on-hegseth-to-report-total-costs-of-iran-war-96838.cfm?
SHAW LOCAL
— Illinois food pantries get millions in grants as demand for food grows. DD: Soon, under the Democrats who run Illinois, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/09/18/illinois-food-pantries-get-millions-in-grants-as-demand-for-food-grows/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump pushes his $5,000 ‘dividend’ pledge if GOP wins midterms. Republican candidates, not as much.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-pushes-his-5000-dividend-pledge-if-gop-wins-midterms-republican-candidates-not-as-much/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-598/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to get out the vote? I am going to hand-deliver DuPage GOP-provided envelopes to the 660 registered Republican and Independent voters in 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. The envelopes will have DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels and contain a copy of the sample ballot, a Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided outstanding Voter Guide, and campaign literature from the Republican candidates who provided their literature to the MTRO. I want to start stuffing the envelopes ASAP. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Why do your critics/opponents get involved in Republican politics? My critics/opponents get involved in Republican politics to get the Republican party to officially dump 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 in its platform. I should write about my critics/opponents in the following who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because I promote the aforesaid planks: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— A “Declaration for Life” Introduced in the U.S. Senate.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/09/a-declaration-for-life-introduced-in-the-u-s-senate/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski Skips the Fight for Bailey — Campaigning During General Election to Build His Own Brand Instead. DD: It would be great if Dabrowski and Mendrick would help elect Bailey.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/09/dabrowski-skips-the-fight-for-bailey-campaigning-during-general-election-to-build-his-own-brand-instead.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BLAZE
— DD: Socialists side with Mexico and Mexicans against America.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/democrat-mexico-online-backlash
FOX NEWS
— Democratic socialists want to ‘strip’ America apart.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6405280122112
— Socialist Claire Valdez faces calls for federal probe after Mexico ‘fight’ pledge. DD: Socialists side with Mexico and Mexicans against America.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialist-claire-valdez-faces-calls-federal-probe-mexico-fight-pledge
DAILY SIGNAL
— Documentary Shows How Mass Muslim Migration Takes Advantage of America.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/18/documentary-shows-how-mass-muslim-migration-takes-advantage-of-america/
JUDICIAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch Uncovers Anti-Charlie Kirk Emails at Utah University.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/judicial-watch-uncovers-anti-charlie-kirk-emails-at-utah-university/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, everything is bad and they blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6098451-donald-trump-us-economy-affordability-voters-survey/
NBC NEWS
— DD: What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/which-party-will-win-on-affordability-270089285661
YAHOO & WFMD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting socialism.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/poll-young-adults-nearly-split-152600357.html
https://www.wfmd.com/2026/09/18/young-swing-state-voters-cozy-up-to-democratic-socialists-say-party-establishment-must-learn-from-dsa-wins/
REUTERS
— Amazon raises minimum hourly pay by $1 to $20 for US operations workers. DD: In today’s dollars, I started earning $19.57/hour working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office when I was 18 in 1966. I had earned a high school diploma and passed the postal employment test.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/amazon-raises-minimum-hourly-pay-by-1-20-us-operations-workers-2026-09-16/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Says He Has Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House. The president cited reporting from the outlets that he deemed “fake news.” It was unclear how such a ban would be enforced or defended in court. DD: I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois reporter since 2000. I should write about the times when the following banned me from their events: a) Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, and c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. Those who banned me destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/business/media/trump-cnn-ms-now-politico-white-house-ban.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/18/lawsuits-eliminate-in-state-tuition-dreamers-are-cruel/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— A border surge reshaped America. Now, data show who 4.5 million migrants were and where they went. DD: How many illegals are there in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-09-17/new-data-show-who-4-5-million-migrants-were-where-they-went
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A decade-long border surge brought 4.5 million migrants from more than 150 countries, dramatically expanding America’s immigrant population and remaking communities from New York and Miami to Midwestern factory towns. Many newcomers are bypassing traditional gateways for smaller cities and suburbs, drawn to emerging enclaves from Cincinnati and Knoxville to Utah’s booming communities, even as Florida remains the top destination for some nationalities. The data reveal a sharp rise in women and children crossing the border and show Chinese migrants concentrating in Los Angeles and New York, while Trump’s revived deportation machine targets some migrant hubs, spares others. An unprecedented surge in border crossings over the last decade reshaped America: Millions of people from more than 150 countries arrived, bringing the U.S. immigrant population to its highest levels.)
FOX56
— Mortgage rates near 7%, raising affordability concerns for homebuyers. DD: Mortgage rates were 17% when I took out a mortgage to buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972. They were 11% when I took out a mortgage to buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974. They were 9% when I took out a mortgage to buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976. They were 9% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to buy a home in Wheaton in 1978. They were 14% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to have a home built in Wheaton 1984.
https://fox56.com/news/local/mortgage-rates-near-7-raising-affordability-concerns-for-homebuyers
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Republicans in Tough Races Are Tip-Toeing Away From Trump. Some in the GOP are breaking with the president on data centers, immigration and other issues.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/republicans-in-tough-races-are-tip-toeing-away-from-trump-374ddd4f
— Socialist governments control production and allocate resources without regard to individual contribution. DD: I contributed far more than my Democrat coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me. None of my Democrat coworkers did what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialism-and-entitlements-1eab1428
— Law Firms Have a Big Problem: Senior Partners Aren’t Retiring. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They force their Republican employees who are White, male, and/or non-veteran to retire as soon as they are eligible. I am all of the foresaid. I became eligible for early retirement when I was 45 in 1993. They succeeded forcing me to take their expiring early retirement “offer” when I was 49 in 1997. I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until I was 55 in 2003. I would not have survived those 4 years if I had not earned three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), six job-related professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and earned a job-related professional license (1981).
https://www.wsj.com/business/law-firms-retirement-incentives-packages-1e9bccbd
FORBES
— U.S. Army Sergeants To Receive Merit-Based Promotions Under New Policy. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional licenses, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2026/09/18/us-army-sergeants-to-receive-merit-based-promotions-under-new-policy/
POLITICO
— Trump says he’s banning media outlets, including POLITICO, from White House. CNN and MS NOW are the other two outlets Trump announced can no longer send journalists into the White House. DD: The mainstream news media spins everything against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/trump-white-house-media-ban-politico-01084438
FROM OTHER SOURCES
CAR BUZZ
— Car Affordability Is Crumbling, And The Fed Just Piled On More Cost. DD: Back in the good old days, I bought a new 1972 Corvette for $6,000 in 1971. I took out a $3,000 car loan at 12% interest. Most of the rest came from an insurance settlement for the theft of my 1969 Dodge Charger SE. My IRS salary was $8,600/year.
https://carbuzz.com/car-affordability-federal-reserve-interest-rate-september-2026/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES
— The DSA is hosting date nights to ‘put the social into socialist.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. How did you meet your spouse? I met my outstanding wife at a Presbyterian singles social event. I am Missouri Synod Lutheran and she is Catholic.
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/democratic-socialists-of-america-date-nights-03r2djm0v
September 18, 2026
DUPAGE COUNTY GOP
— DuPage County Republicans Bring More Than 100 Voters Together for Countywide Candidate Forum
https://dupagegop.com/
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: More than 100 DuPage County voters, Republican leaders, candidates, and supporters gathered Thursday evening at Harry Caray’s in Lombard for an energetic and informative countywide candidate event focused on the upcoming November 3 General Election. The evening brought together Republican candidates from across DuPage County and the region, giving attendees a chance to hear directly from those seeking elected office and learn more about the races on the November ballot. Among the candidates and elected Republican leaders attending were Don Tracy, candidate for U.S. Senate; Jeff Walter, candidate for Congress in Illinois’ 11th Congressional District; candidates for State Representative in the 49th, 56th and 85th Districts; a candidate for State Senate in the 23rd District; and candidates for DuPage County Board Districts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6. Tracy and Walter are listed among the Republican candidates for the 2026 General Election. The countywide portion of the program featured Gary Grasso, candidate for DuPage County Board Chairman; Patricia Kladis-Schiappa, candidate for DuPage County Clerk; Sean Noonan, candidate for DuPage County Sheriff; Carl Schultz, candidate for Forest Preserve President; and Amber Quirk, candidate for Regional Board of Education Superintendent. Candidates addressed issues important to DuPage County residents before taking questions from the audience during a lively Q&A. Bob Schillerstrom, former 12-year DuPage County Board Chairman and former candidate for Governor of Illinois, moderated the forum. The event also brought together a broad cross-section of DuPage Republican leadership, including Illinois Republican Party Chairman Bob Grogan; DuPage County GOP Vice-Chair and Lisle Township Republican Organization Chairwoman Becky Rudolph; DuPage County GOP Secretary Jeff Castle, an ILSCC-06 member and Milton Township Republican Organization Chairman; Tony Schiappa, Downers Grove Township Republican Organization Chairman and Burr Ridge Village Trustee; Dave Rogers, Bloomingdale Township Republican Organization Chairman and Bloomingdale Township Trustee; Jerry Evans, Winfield Township Republican Organization Chairman; Dan Kordik, York Township Republican Organization Chairman; and JP Augustynowicz, Warrenville Alderman. Local candidates attending included: State Rep 49th John Paul Augustynowicz; 56th Rhys Read; & 84th Brian Scopa, State Senate 23 Linda Polacek, CB1 Paula Pezza; CB2 Theresa McClear & Rusty Stevens; CB 4 Isobel Michaud, C5 Daniel Lomeli & CB6 Kathy Zander. The evening provided voters with an opportunity to meet candidates, ask questions, learn more about the November election and connect with Republican organizations from throughout DuPage County. As the November 3 General Election approaches, attendees were encouraged to remain engaged, support their local candidates and campaigns, take advantage of early voting opportunities, and make a plan to vote. “Events like this are important to do because voters deserve the opportunity to meet our candidates, hear directly from them, and get a chance to ask them questions,” said Larisa Calvanese, Downers Grove TRO Secretary. “Bringing candidates, township leaders and voters together in one room strengthens the local political organizations and hopefully keeps our communities engaged in the election process.” The DuPage County Republican organizations will continue working with candidates, volunteers and voters throughout the remainder of the 2026 election season.)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 5 Lincoln-Way East students withdraw from school after alleged racial harassment.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/5-lincoln-east-high-school-students-withdraw-alleged-racial-harassment-homewood-flossmoor-football-game-officials/19845507/
CBS2
— 6 Lincoln-Way East students allowed to withdraw from school after racist behavior during Homewood-Flossmoor football game.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lincoln-way-east-students-withdraw-racist-behavior-homewood-flossmoor/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/17/operation-midway-blitz-claims/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Chicago’s Latino population is shifting west, with Belmont Cragin now the city’s largest Latino neighborhood.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/18/latino-population-chicago/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lincoln-Way board votes to allow students involved in racist incident to withdraw instead of being expelled.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-football/2026/09/17/lincoln-way-east-homewood-flossmoor-racist-incident
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Customs officer guilty of using gun, badge to sexually assault women in Chicago suburbs. DD: Uribe should not have been hired let alone retained.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/09/17/customs-border-protection-luis-uribe-chicago
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Battle for control: DuPage County clerk takes fight to appellate court.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260917/local-politics/battle-for-control-dupage-county-clerk-takes-fight-to-appellate-court/
SHAW LOCAL
— Illinois food pantries get millions in grants as demand for food grows. State distributes $3.5M in grants to aid local food distributors across northern Illinois.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/09/18/illinois-food-pantries-get-millions-in-grants-as-demand-for-food-grows/
FOX32
— Aaron Del Mar responds after George Floyd remarks spark controversy.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/exclusive-aaron-del-mar-responds-after-george-floyd-remarks-spark-controversy
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/17/15-illinois-residents-file-claims-against-dhs-alleging-they-were-victimized-federal
WBEZ
— A law requires Illinois schools to teach Asian American history. Is it happening? Five years ago, the TEAACH Act made Illinois the first state to require public schools to teach Asian American history. WBEZ checks in on its progress.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/09/17/teaach-act-faq-illinois-aapi-asian-american-history-public-schools
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-18/a-dhs-email-raises-new-questions-about-the-trump-administrations-election-plans
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-18/republican-candidate-in-florida-runs-ads-criticizing-trumps-immigration-enforcement
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to defeat Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-18/what-do-trumps-supporters-think-of-the-political-pushback-hes-faced
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-18/trumps-week-of-setbacks-the-presidents-priorities-get-rare-pushback
25 NEWS NOW
— Former state GOP chair sees key decisions ahead after party leaders oust Salvi.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/05/20/former-state-gop-chair-brady-sees-key-decisions-ahead-after-party-leaders-oust-salvi/
VIDETTE
— Federal court decision changes tuition plans for undocumented students in Illinois. The ruling left undocumented students facing higher tuition bills.
https://www.videtteonline.com/news/federal-court-decision-changes-tuition-plans-for-undocumented-students-in-illinois/article_d6132135-b3d0-43cd-85e5-abaafcb6e8c7.html
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Park District Adds Homeless Specialist, More Surveillance As It Struggles To Address Encampments. The Chicago Park District is bringing more cameras online to monitor the encampments as a new staff person meets with residents living in parks around the city.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/15/park-district-adds-homeless-specialist-more-surveillance-as-it-struggles-to-address-encampments/
ILLINOIZE
— Del Mar Accuses Illinois GOP of Withholding Funding from Bailey.
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/delmar-accuses-illinois-gop-withholding
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker presses Congress on AI
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-810/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/17/isabel%E2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-597/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to Republican candidates who lose Republican primary elections and then fail/refuse to help elect those Republican candidates who win those elections? I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) since 1999. RPCs can help elect whichever Republican candidates they want to in Republican primaries, but in general elections, they must help elect the Republican candidates who win those Republican primaries. I have always done that. Sadly, I am ever-increasingly discouraged from helping elect Republican candidates in Republican primary elections a) because too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who lose Republican primary elections blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats and b) because too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who lose general elections blame me and blame my newsletters for their defeats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to your critics/opponents, what disqualifies you as a candidate? My critics/opponents stress their success in having their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. They stress their success in ousting me a) as an Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in 2024, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, and e) as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004. They stress their success in a) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, b) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and c) defeating me 69 to 13 when I ran for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004. Since 2000, they have ever-increasingly demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being too conservative, that is, that I promote too many planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. They ever-increasingly blame me and blame my newsletter for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct suffer. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the more that I do to help elect Republican candidates, the fewer votes that they will get. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Google AI. “Noblesse oblige is a French expression meaning “nobility obliges,” which describes the moral duty of wealthy, powerful, or privileged people to act honorably, generously, and responsibly toward others. Literal translation: “Nobility obliges”. Core idea: Privilege entails responsibility. Having status, wealth, or power means you must help and protect those with less. Modern use: The concept applies beyond old-money aristocrats to modern business elites, politicians, celebrities, or anyone in a high-status position.” DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government believed in noblesse oblige big time. That is, they believed a) that the promotions that I got in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986 were because I was privileged and wealthy and b) that those promotions should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, and/or veteran. They stressed that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They stressed that I bought new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc. They stressed that I bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984. They stressed that I got married in 1978. They stressed that I bought collector cars in 1989 and 1994. They stressed that I earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970, master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a professional license in 1981. They ignored/dismissed/belittled a) that to buy my first new car, I washed dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months and b) that I had to work my way through college and that did work my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Blame Chicago’s Failing Media.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/blame-chicago-failing-media
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Bob Grogan’s Unity Test: Will IL GOP Chair Condemn Close Ally Jim Durkin’s Attacks on Trump, Bailey? DD: I did a lot to help elect Grogan DuPage County Auditor in 2008 and to reelect him in 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. I did a lot to help elect Durkin U.S. Senator in 2002. My critics/opponents side with Durkin.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/08/grogans-unity-test-will-il-gop-chair-condemn-close-ally-jim-durkins-attacks-on-trump-bailey.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker’s record: Illinois unemployment rate averages 3rd-highest in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-unemployment-rate-pritzker-record/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Capitalism beats socialism every time. Giving government more power will worsen young people’s woes.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/17/capitalism-beats-socialism-every-time/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Florida was top stated destination of illegal immigrants who arrived under Biden.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4731331/florida-top-stated-destination-illegal-immigrants-joe-biden/
— ‘Break the law and get away with it’: Inside the youth group training campus radicals.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4729619/ydsa-student-militancy-political-violence-threat/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Socialism’s fatal flaw: Misunderstanding human nature. DD: Socialism demotivates. Under socialism, to advance, all you need to do is to be a socialist. Under Democrats, to advance, all you need to do is to be a Democrat. That is a tremendous demotivator. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. I worked for Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. None of them came close to doing what I did to advance. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. Virtually none of my Democrat Post Office coworkers did that. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. None of my Democrat IRS and GAO coworkers did that. Notwithstanding the aforesaid that I did to advance, all my Democrat coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. They got promoted because they were Democrats.
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/socialisms-fatal-flaw.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To quote Karl Marx, the central tenet of Marxism and socialism is: “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” Every nation in the world that has tried to implement this dictum has resulted in massive economic dislocation and depressed living standards. . .Writing for The Wall Street Journal, James Grant noted: “The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition.”)
COLLEGE FIX
— Southern Illinois U. sends cops after student journalist for asking questions.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/southern-illinois-u-sends-cops-after-student-journalist-for-asking-questions/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Diet Coke Socialism.
https://www.creators.com/read/daily-editorials/09/26/diet-coke-socialism-d2f3b
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that non-Whites have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.creators.com/read/bonnie-jean-feldkamp/09/26/i-grew-up-in-a-white-community-heres-how-i-didnt-become-a-karen
DAILY CALLER
— Government-Owned Capitalism: Brilliant Strategy Or Socialist Disaster?
https://dailycaller.com/2026/09/17/opinion-government-shareholder-companies-manufacturing-mark-minnella/
DAILY SIGNAL
— New Study Challenges Claim That Laws Restricting Transgender Medicine Increase Teen Suicide. DD: How much success have Democrat leaders had promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/17/study-challenges-transgender-teen-suicide/
FOX BUSINESS
— Socialist ‘golden boy’ makes SHOCKING claim about US, Al Qaeda.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWDdINaQWGw
— Socialist streamer Hasan Piker under fire for comparing US to Al Qaeda.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6405217065112
— Rand Paul GOES OFF on socialism’s true cost: ‘Make us all impoverished.’
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Oh3ny18R4YE
FOX NEWS
— Socialist Seattle mayor UNDER FIRE as businesses revolt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHpDlzNT2J8
— Powerful teachers’ unions share striking link with states struggling to teach kids to read. The Progressive Policy Institute found eight (including Illinois) of the 10 lowest-scoring states for reading had strong labor unions.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/powerful-teachers-unions-share-striking-link-states-struggling-teach-kids-read
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Three “Students of Color” Programs At Bentley University Challenged By Equal Protection Project. “Students who identify as members of Bentley’s preferred racial, ethnic, and national origin groups are automatically eligible for these Programs, while students outside those groups must satisfy an additional condition…”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/09/three-students-of-color-programs-at-bentley-university-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/
MANHATTAN INSTITUTE
— The Democratic Socialist Congregation. DD: According to Google AI. “Noblesse oblige is a French expression meaning “nobility obliges,” which describes the moral duty of wealthy, powerful, or privileged people to act honorably, generously, and responsibly toward others. Literal translation: “Nobility obliges”. Core idea: Privilege entails responsibility. Having status, wealth, or power means you must help and protect those with less. Modern use: The concept applies beyond old-money aristocrats to modern business elites, politicians, celebrities, or anyone in a high-status position.” DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government believed in noblesse oblige big time. That is, they believed a) that the promotions that I got in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986 were because I was privileged and wealthy and b) that those promotions should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, and/or veteran. They stressed that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They stressed that I bought new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc. They stressed that I bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984. They stressed that I got married in 1978. They stressed that I bought collector cars in 1989 and 1994. They stressed that I earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970, master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a professional license in 1981. They ignored/dismissed/belittled a) that to buy my first new car, I washed dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months and b) that I had to work my way through college and that did work my way through college.
https://manhattan.institute/article/the-democratic-socialist-congregation
(FROM THE ARTICLE: How the DSA serves as a religion substitute for downwardly mobile elites. In August, when the New York Post profiled Grace Ryan—a 25-year-old NYU graduate, chocolate heiress, and socialist activist known online as “Lulu Lenin”—it supplied her critics with an irresistible caricature. Ryan had displayed the expensive clothes and vacations of a young woman born to wealth even as she was championing a movement devoted to dismantling class privilege. Confronted with the contradiction, she offered a defense more suited to an Edwardian drawing room than a Democratic Socialists of America meeting: “Y’all never heard of noblesse oblige?” Ludicrous and unknowing as Ryan’s remark was, it was revelatory nonetheless about something very real. The DSA attracts people who have benefited from capitalism but feel cheated by it. It provides them with a moral vocabulary that gives them room to reinterpret personal disappointment as systemic injustice. And, most important, it gives them somewhere to go on a lonely Tuesday night, just as, for thousands of years, religion provided a social basis for Mormons on a Monday, Muslims on a Friday, Jews on a Saturday, and Christians on a Sunday.)
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Future of Woke.
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2026/11/the-future-of-woke/
NEWSMAX
— Mark Vargas: Ill. GOP Doesn’t Want Trump’s Candidate To Win.
https://www.newsmax.com/markvargas/tiffany-wisconsin-grogan/2026/09/17/id/1269802/
POWERLINE
— Who Defends the Decline in Higher Education? The New York Times does, or at least one Miriam Pawal does, on the Times op-ed page.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/09/who-defends-the-decline-in-higher-education.php
TOWNHALL
— America Is Exceptional, Which Is Why the Left Wants to Destroy It.
https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/17/vip-south-african-amazed-were-not-killed-n2683133
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Country Club Karen Trashes Patient Golf Staffer.
https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-country-club-karen-trashes-patient-golf-staffer-friend-walks-pulls-rug-front-everyone/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A woman at Beverly Country Club on Chicago’s South Side unloaded on the pro shop after the summer looping kids went back to class, Golf Digest reported. Dan Proft posted the video. Millions watched a member treat a staffing shortage like a human rights infraction.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MS NOW
— DD: Democrat leader use Critical Race Theory to destroy Republican.
https://www.ms.now/al-sharpton/politicsnation/watch/in-attempt-to-hide-from-the-truth-conservative-activists-weaponize-critical-race-theory-124503109826?showId=152
CBS NEWS
— The 80 Percent Rule. DD: My critics/opponents reject far more than 20% of the Republican Party platform.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-80-percent-rule/
NEW YOR TIMES
— Billions in Taxes Go Unpaid. Under Trump, the I.R.S. Won’t Say How Much. The absence of the annual estimate on the tax gap could make it more difficult to assess whether more taxes are going unpaid since President Trump took office. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. My Democrat IRS superior wasted my IRS career. GAO audits IRS. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. My Democrat GAO superiors refused to assign me to audits of IRS’s Collection Division. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/business/trump-irs-tax-gap.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/midterms-map-republicans-democrats.html
— An M.I.T. Report Warns A.I. Is Causing ‘Cognitive Surrender.’ Universities Are in a Bind. As A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students. DD: How will your critics/opponents use AI to destroy you?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/universities-ai-warnings-enthusiasm.html
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their top priority was hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/us/politics/capitol-police-discrimination-lawsuit.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/minnesota-judge-trump-immigration.html
— How Sept. 11 Paved the Way to Mideast Power for Iran. The American invasion of Iraq in 2003 set the path for Tehran to dominate its neighbor and whetted its appetite to expand its influence across the greater Middle East.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/world/middleeast/sept-11-iran-islamic-state-iraq.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rahm Emanuel: Democrats Can Win Back the Midwest. Even Ohio and Iowa, after trending Republican for years, are battlegrounds in the midterm elections.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-can-win-back-the-midwest-a6d00f5d
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MOSCOW TIMES
— How Russia Purged Opposition Candidates From the Ballot. DD: According to your critics/opponents, what disqualifies you as a candidate? My critics/opponents stress their success in having their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. They stress their success in ousting me a) as an Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in 2024, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, and e) as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004. They stress their success in a) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, b) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and c) defeating me 69 to 13 when I ran for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004. Since 2000, they have ever-increasingly demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being too conservative, that is, that I promote too many planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. They ever-increasingly blame me and blame my newsletter for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct suffer. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the more that I do to help elect Republican candidates, the fewer votes that they will get.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/09/17/bad-to-the-bone-how-russia-purged-opposition-candidates-from-the-ballot-a93730
NEWS24
— Democratic socialists personify ‘big government socialism.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wqc9PPqHPo
September 17, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Charlie Kirk’s family signals intent to sue, alleging ‘stunning failures’ led to on-campus assassination.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/charlie-kirks-family-signals-intent-sue-alleging-stunning-failures-led-campus-assassination/19838903/
WGN9
— Over 400 arrested during targeted immigration enforcement operation in Indiana.
https://wgntv.com/news/indiana/over-400-arrested-during-targeted-immigration-enforcement-operation-in-indiana-ice/
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/16/broadview-six-continue-push-inquiry-poisoned-prosecution
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 5 public universities in Illinois use controversial Flock cameras to surveil campus. The list includes the state’s two largest public campuses, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois Chicago. Altogether, the five universities have spent nearly half a million dollars on AI-powered surveillance services from Flock.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/09/17/five-public-universities-in-illinois-use-controversial-flock-cameras-to-surveil-campus
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As towns, cities and colleges in Illinois and across the country cut ties with Flock Safety, a comprehensive review of contracts by WBEZ found that five of the state’s 12 public universities still work with the controversial surveillance technology company. That includes the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the largest campus in the state, and the University of Illinois Chicago, which is in the process of renewing its contract. Southern Illinois University Carbondale even employs a Flock surveillance drone that costs more than $40,000 a year. These schools, in addition to Western Illinois University and the University of Illinois Springfield, have spent more than $450,000 on Flock’s services since 2021, records show.)
DAILY HERALD
— Legislative panel weighs in on children’s mental health, data centers and state vs. local control.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260916/news/legislative-panel-weighs-in-on-childrens-mental-health-data-centers-and-state-vs-local-control/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Organizer responds to concerns about Illinois gubernatorial candidate at Morton event.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2026/09/16/illinois-gubernatorial-candidate-creates-stir-with-planned-appearance-in-morton-il/91791365007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Republican candidate for Illinois governor, Darren Bailey, plans to attend the Morton Pumpkin Pancake Breakfast. The Morton Chamber of Commerce clarified that Mr. Bailey was not invited and is attending as a member of the public. Organizers stated they do not use the family-friendly festival as a platform for political candidates. Community members expressed concern after social media posts circulated about the candidate’s planned attendance.)
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Stratton, Tracy weigh in on Trump, healthcare and more.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/09/17/u-s-senate-candidates-don-tracy-julianna-stratton-weigh-in-on-trump-midterm-election-in-november/91583048007/
SHAW LOCAL
— Northern Illinois prosecutors agree on 6 offenses they want added to pretrial detention list.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/09/17/northern-illinois-prosecutors-agree-on-6-offenses-they-want-added-to-pretrial-detention-list/
— DD: Democrats use “democracy” to take money and everything else away from Republicans and to give it to Democrats.
https://www.shawlocal.com/opinion/2026/09/16/froma-harrop-women-in-politics-show-greater-commitment-to-democracy/
NORTHERN STAR
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://northernstar.info/138012/opinion/how-young-is-too-young-for-a-child-to-feel-the-effects-of-racism/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-17/pediatricians-raise-the-alarm-on-the-effect-of-trumps-immigration-crackdown-on-kids
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Illinois, Chicago sue to block Trump plan to restrict green cards to legal Medicaid, SNAP users. Administration’s new rule, halted by courts during first term, set to take effect Friday.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-illinois-chicago-sue-to-block-trump-plan-to-restrict-green-cards-to-legal-medicaid-snap-users/
ILLINOIS TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news/collaborating-with-ice/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/17/casten-wants-dems-to-have-a-plan-01081425
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-596/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER- RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to Google AI, “Journalists are not legally required by the government to publicly disclose their personal income sources or amounts, as they are private citizens rather than elected public officials. Instead, financial disclosure in journalism is governed by newsroom internal policies, professional ethics codes, and capital transparency standards designed to prevent conflicts of interest.” All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post them on www.gopillinois.com comes from my $68,640/year Civil Service Retirement System pension, my $18,712/year Social Security, and my retirement savings. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The State Department lists 94 groups as foreign terrorist organizations — we should ask: What more must we do to ensure that 9/11 never happens again?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/16/cannot-miss-warning-signs-another-911/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Independent voters increasingly identify as Democrats. DD: Nevertheless, I am still going to hand-deliver Republican candidate campaign literature to the residences in my precinct that have at least one independent voter to the extent that candidates and/or the Milton Township Republican Organization provide me with it. I still need either 400 or 200 pieces of literature from Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Floretti, Solomon, Harris, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Henry, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4715260/voters-increasingly-democrat-poll/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Of the respondents in the Q2 survey who considered themselves neither a Republican nor a Democrat, 49% said they lean toward the Democratic Party, compared with 39% who prefer the Republican Party. That split has increased by four percentage points in favor of Democrats since the first quarter of 2025, when President Donald Trump returned to the White House for his second term.)
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Abdul El-Sayed’s Imam Scrubs Videos of Sermons Lauding Hamas Leader.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/abdul-el-sayeds-imam-scrubs-videos
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani hires ‘gay communist’ who railed about abolishing police for $185K adviser role.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/16/us-news/mamdani-hires-185k-adviser-who-edited-pinko-magazine-and-railed-about-abolishing-police/
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
— On Constitution Day, here are the ways the DSA agenda undermines America’s founding. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://americansforprosperity.org/blog/socialism-vs-the-constitution-where-they-conflict-on-freedom/
BREITBART
— Radical anti-American activist group pushes National Muslim Voter Registration Day on Friday, September 18. In addition to registering voters, its goal is to build a mass movement of diverse U.S. Muslims and allies ready to “fight for a future free from Islamophobia and white supremacy.” DD: There are tremendous conflicts between Islam and all other religions. Radical anti-American Muslim activists are ever-increasing recruiting those who are minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are noncitizens.
https://www.breitbart.com/midterm-election/2026/09/16/linda-sarsour-s-radical-anti-american-activist-group-pushes-national-muslim-voter-registration-day/
— Mexico Deploys 1,800 Troops to Cartel-Controlled State Amid Raging Violence.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/09/16/mexico-deploys-1800-troops-to-cartel-controlled-state-amid-raging-violence/
— Kamala Harris to Stump in Michigan with Socialist Abdul El-Sayed. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/16/kamala-harris-to-stump-in-michigan-with-socialist-abdul-el-sayed/
CATO
— How Socialism Destroyed Venezuela in 16 Charts. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.cato.org/blog/how-socialism-destroyed-venezuela-16-charts
DAILY SIGNAL
— Federal Union Suing Trump Endorses AOC, Tlaib, Omar, Talarico, 100+ Democrats. DD: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/16/federal-union-suing-trump-endorses-aoc-tlaib-omar-talarico-100-democrats/
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Admit They Want To Bring Third-Worlders To America To Put Them On Welfare.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/09/16/democrats-admit-they-want-to-bring-third-worlders-to-america-to-put-them-on-welfare/
FOX BUSINESS
— Over half of likely voters reject socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6405136896112
FOX NEWS
— 20 states sue to block Trump admin rule that would make it harder for immigrants to obtain visas, green cards.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/20-states-sue-block-trump-admin-rule-harder-immigrants-obtain-visas-green-cards
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Pre-Employment Marijuana Tests Are Falling Away as Positive Test Results Increase — What Employers Need to Do Now. DD: Anticipate/expect that because of Democrats, RINOs, Libertarians, and other anti-conservatives and their legalization of pot, a) more and more and more of those you have to deal with will be more and more and more impaired if not stoned and b) they will cause more and more and more accidents and other negatives. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://natlawreview.com/article/will-work-weed-pre-employment-marijuana-tests-are-falling-away-positive-test
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Journal cites Fisher Phillips partner Todd Logsdon and the firm’s 2024 survey of roughly 1,000 employers; about half don’t test for cannabis pre-hire at all, largely because it shrinks the applicant pool. Of those that do test, 44% reported recruiting difficulties tied to it, and nearly a quarter were considering loosening their policy. Named examples of companies that have already dropped pre-hire marijuana testing, per the article, include Citigroup and “many” Wall Street peers, AutoNation, Home Depot (for most positions), and Amazon (for most applicants, since 2021).)
NEW AMERICAN
— Many Young Democratic Women Hate Men. DD: To get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans oppress them: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/many-young-democratic-women-hate-men-not-all-the-reasons-why-are-obvious/
NEWSMAX
— Democrats Want Socialism, the Rest of Us Don’t. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/morris/primaries-quinnepiac-senate/2026/09/16/id/1269657/
— Democrats Put Illegal Aliens Ahead of Americans.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/lauren-bis-donald-trump-immigration/2026/09/16/id/1269691/
PATRIOT POST
— Has Socialism Ruined Canada? DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://patriotpost.us/videos/1001068-has-socialism-ruined-canada
POST MILLENNIAL
— Portland socialist city councilor Mitch Green advocated for ‘rioting and looting,’ expressed ‘pure hatred’ for police. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thepostmillennial.com/portland-socialist-city-councilor-mitch-green-advocated-for-rioting-and-looting-expressed-pure-hatred-for-police-unearthed-tweets
WESTERN JOURNAL
— ‘Socialist’ Florida Dem Gov Nominee Makes $300k a Year, But Won’t Pay Taxes or Student Loans Back.
https://www.westernjournal.com/socialist-florida-dem-gov-nominee-makes-300k-year-wont-pay-taxes-student-loans-back/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— DD: To get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans oppress them: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-criticizes-smithsonians-focus-oppression-2026-09-12/
ABC NEWS
— Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state.
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/trump-administration-cut-frozen-177-billion-grants-state-136488616
CBS NEWS
— GAO: Trump administration paid $9.5 billion in paid leave for federal employees in 2025, due to DOGE-era buyout program. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Since then, so far, in today’s dollars, the Civil Service Retirement System has paid me $2 million.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-deferred-resignation-program-administrative-leave-cost-2025/
— U.S. slaps South Africa with new sanctions due to alleged discrimination against White people.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-south-africa-new-sanctions-discrimination-white-people/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/opinion/immmigration-green-card-trump.html
USA TODAY & GALLUP & FORBES
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans. Because of that, the more of the following that you are, the more bleak that your future is: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/09/17/corporate-dei-retreat-surprising-bipartisan-pushback/91767177007/
https://news.gallup.com/poll/714011/americans-business-benefits-diverse-workforces.aspx
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adiaharveywingfield/2026/09/16/what-happens-to-companies-that-maintain-dei-turns-out-not-much/
INDY100
— DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Democrat plants and RINOs use the Republican Party’s “Big Tent” policy to destroy the Republican Party. They are having great success in driving conservatives, that is, Republicans, out of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.
https://www.indy100.com/politics/vance-republican-party-michigan-big-tent
FLORIDA’S VOICE
— Rick Scott launches ‘Rescuing America’ project, warns socialism will kill the American Dream.
https://flvoicenews.com/scott-launches-rescuing-america-project-warns-socialism-will-kill-the-american-dream/
WGME & 29 NEWS & WKYT & ABC7 AMARILLO & NBC MIAMI
— DD: What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://wgme.com/news/local/wednesday-sit-down-families-stuck-in-affordability-crisis
https://www.29news.com/video/2026/09/17/charlottesville-housing-panel-addresses-affordability-displacement/
https://www.wkyt.com/2026/09/17/lexington-mayoral-council-candidates-address-housing-affordability-forum/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrtg5oMmypg
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/education-on-6/nbc6-teacher-survey-affordability/3860377/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— India’s Affirmative-Action Lesson for America. Quotas hold the country back, even as China’s meritocracy fuels its economic advancement. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, ever-increasingly, their meeting their Affirmative Action quotas was their top priority. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional licenses, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/indias-affirmative-action-lesson-for-america-26f2dbaf
— DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would have been no need for DOGE. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich’s budget cuts to waste my career at to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/doge-works-lets-keep-it-going-d5356363
— Rove: Why I’m Voting for a Texas Democrat. DD: It is one thing to not vote for a Republican candidate. It is much more to vote for a Democrat candidate. I have always voted only for Republican candidates. I should write about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I have voted for and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me before, during, and after elections.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-im-voting-for-a-texas-democrat-4c835d2d
— Americans Are Getting Richer.* The Census Bureau says median incomes rose in 2025, though many had to work more hours.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/americans-household-income-2025-census-bureau-2e2a9e36
FORBES
— Employee Retention. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government did everything they could to get rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. My Democrat IRS superiors a) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) got rid of the GAO manager in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, they would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/employee-retention-strategies/
FAST COMPANY
— DD: What did you do to advance your career? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90282863/how-to-accomplish-your-biggest-career-goals-this-year
VOX
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at voters that if you do not like what Trump says and/or does, vote for all the Democrats on your ballot. What does Trump say about that?
https://www.vox.com/politics/499701/midterms-actually-electability-question-donald-trump-republicans
BROOKINGS
— DD: Democrat candidates, elected officials, and party leaders aggressively promote the liberal Democrat Party platform. Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders do not aggressively promote the conservative Republican Party platform.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/electability-over-ideology-takeaways-from-the-2026-primaries/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: To get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans discriminate against them: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/05/20/views-of-how-much-discrimination-racial-and-ethnic-groups-in-the-u-s-face/
September 16, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— A kiss renews questions about why IL has so many townships?
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/a-kiss-renews-questions-about-why-il-has-so-many-townships/
WTTW
— Former CPD Supt. Larry Snelling Starts Collecting $190K Annual Police Pension. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. While I worked part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969, I got both Social Security credits and full-time CSRS credits. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. Further, they are furious that since I was 49 in 1997, I have gotten a CSRS pension, currently $68,640/year. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $2 million dollars. Further, they are furious that last year, my Social Security increased from $3,000/year to $19,000/year.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/14/former-cpd-supt-larry-snelling-starts-collecting-190k-annual-police-pension-records-show
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/16/deerfield-public-school-district-109/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Google’s Thompson Center debut delayed to 2028.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/real-estate/commercial/ccb-google-thompson-center-opening-delayed-20260916/
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Pritzker campaign seems to pay more attention to Trump endorsement than Bailey.
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/pritzker-campaign-seems-to-pay-more-attention-to-trump-endorsement-than-bailey/20260915213302/
SOUTHWEST REGIONAL PUBLISHING
— Illinois Democrats raise $1 million at Navy Pier rally.
https://southwestregionalpublishing.com/2026/09/15/illinois-democrats-raise-1-million-at-navy-pier-rally/
WHEATON PATCH
— Man Set Fire To His Aunt And Uncle’s House In Wheaton. Nahom T. Abraha, 40, is being held at DuPage County Jail in connection with the Sept. 13 arson.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/man-set-fire-his-aunt-uncles-house-wheaton-police
BUR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Mayor Returns Indicted Restaurateur’s Campaign Donations. The mayor said he did not know about the contributions before Patch’s inquiry. He also returned the businessman’s donations in 2018.
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/amp/34838127/burr-ridge-mayor-returns-indicted-restaurateurs-campaign-donations
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— On the official (Democrat) campaign trail.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/16/on-the-official-campaign-trail-01078576
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-808/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Florida restricts welfare benefits for ‘nonessential’ purchases. Items banned include vapes, tattoos, and spa services. DD: While I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, I took many financial statements from delinquent taxpayers who claimed an inability to pay.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/25/florida-restricts-welfare-benefits-nonessential-purchases/
— University of Maryland replaces DEI language with ‘belonging and community.’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/university-maryland-replaces-dei-language-belonging-community/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— What Karl Marx got right about politics.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/4727637/what-karl-marx-got-right-about-politics-socialism-capitalism/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani Taps ‘Gay Communist’ for Senior Government Role: New Adviser Called for ‘Abolition of Police’ and ‘Undoing Capitalism,’ Condemned Gandhi as ‘Anti-Black Misogynist.’
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/exclusive-mamdani-taps-gay-communist-for-senior-government-role-new-adviser-called-for-abolition-of-police-and-undoing-capitalism-condemned-gan/
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
— What is socialism? Socialism is an economic system in which much of the economy is publicly owned or controlled rather than privately owned.
https://americansforprosperity.org/blog/what-is-socialism-what-people-get-wrong/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Democrat Party and Its Supporters Are a Hive. Coordination emerges not primarily from explicit instruction but from shared ideological programming, financial incentives, and institutional culture.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/09/16/the-democrat-party-and-its-supporters-are-a-hive-part-one/
BREITBART
— Chicago’s Dem. Mayor Johnson Says Illegals Are an ‘Essential Part of Who We Are.’ DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/15/chicagos-dem-mayor-johnson-says-illegals-are-an-essential-part-of-who-we-are/
— House Hearing on Voter Fraud. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/15/watch-live-house-hearing-on-voter-fraud/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Most MD programs still maintain DEI initiatives.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/report-finds-md-programs-still-maintain-dei-initiatives/30560
DAILY CALLER
— Conservative Leaders Call GOP-Led Amnesty Bill ‘Betrayal’ To Voters.
https://www.aol.com/articles/conservative-leaders-call-gop-led-184237000.html
DAILY WIRE
— Household Debt Is Getting Out Of Hand. Here’s Why It’s At An All-Time High. The bill for all of this excessive, wasteful spending is eventually going to come due.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/household-debt-is-getting-out-of-hand-heres-why-its-at-an-all-time-high
FOX NEWS
— Charlie Kirk’s family alleges Utah Valley University knew of rooftop security risk before his assassination. The notice alleges campus police had no written security plan and only six officers for 3,000 spectators.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/charlie-kirk-family-alleges-uvu-knew-rooftop-security-risk-before-assassination-legal-filing
— Smithsonian move reignites ‘woke,’ ‘Marxist’ criticism as Latino museum avoids congressional approval. Mike Gonzalez’s report argues the museum’s inaugural exhibition reflected anti-Western ideology and Marxist messaging.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/smithsonian-move-reignites-woke-marxist-criticism-latino-museum-avoids-congressional-approval
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Half of Voters Dislike Socialism Amid Progressive Wins.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/politics/democratic-socialism-poll.html
— DD: Democrat leaders have always used and abused Jews. My Democrat superiors in the federal government successfully forced my many anti-conservative anti-Republican Democrat Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978. My Jewish Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. My Jewish IRS superiors a) forced the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 to transfer to Dallas, b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me again. My Jewish GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23.699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer to GAO in 1980, b) delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13, c) made it clear that would never promote me to GS-14, d) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/opinion/trump-antisemitism-israel-civil-rights.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Why Republicans struggle to prove the danger of socialism. When the GOP embraces big government, it’s harder to champion free markets.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/15/gop-socialism-lite-risks-midterms-without-free-market-contrast/
NBC DALLAS FORT WORTH
— Mortgage rates climb above 7%. DD: Mortgage rates were 17% when I took out a mortgage to buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972. They were 11% when I took out a mortgage to buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974. They were 9% when I took out a mortgage to buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976. They were 9% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to buy a home in Wheaton in 1978. They were 14% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to have a home built in Wheaton 1984.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/mortgage-rates-north-texas-homebuyers/4077739/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— This English Village Is Threatening to Quit the U.K. Over Planned Asylum Camp. Piddington, population 350, is up in arms over a proposal to house 1,250 asylum seekers at a former military site.
https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/this-english-village-is-threatening-to-quit-the-u-k-over-planned-asylum-camp-cd0d7610
— Pensions Were on the Brink of Extinction. Now Companies Are Bringing Them Back. Some companies are turning to the lost benefit to recruit employees or settle negotiations with labor unions. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. While I worked part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969, I got both Social Security credits and full-time CSRS credits. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. Further, they are furious that since I was 49 in 1997, I have gotten a CSRS pension, currently $68,640/year. Further, they are furious that last year, my Social Security increased from $3,000/year to $19,000/year. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $2 million dollars.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/pensions-were-on-the-brink-of-extinction-now-companies-are-bringing-them-back-81b009dc
— DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/gender-pay-gap-return-to-office-002bb828
TIME
— Relevant work experience. DD: To force me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors not only ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, they outrageously/disgustingly/falsely/unethically ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that GAO audits IRS and treated my almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, as being not only not job related, but worthless. They knew full-well that much of what I did for IRS was very similar to what I would do be doing for GAO. They would not have forced me to take the aforesaid pay cut if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. They would have offered me a promotion to GS-13 to transfer, currently $118,984/year.
https://time.com/partner-content/charter/why-college-isn-t-enough-anymore/
KERA NEWS
— Karl Rove said he’ll break 30 years of only supporting Republicans to vote against ‘bigot’ Bo French. DD: I have always not only voted for the Republican candidates on general election ballots in my precinct, but also promoted them. That includes not only candidates who blame me for their defeats, but candidates who have taken big adverse actions against me.
https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2026-09-15/karl-rove-said-hell-break-30-years-of-only-supporting-republicans-to-vote-against-bigot-bo-french
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Karl Rove, former adviser to President George W. Bush and longtime Texas GOP political consultant, said he will vote for Jon Rosenthal, a Houston Democrat running to serve the Texas Railroad Commission, after Republican Bo French posted racist comments on Sunday about South Asian students at the University of Texas at Austin. Rove made the comments at a members-only lunch event at the Headliners Club in Austin, where he called French a “bigot,” according to three attendees to whom The Texas Tribune has granted anonymity to discuss the conversation. Rove said he has only ever voted for one Democratic candidate, Texas Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, who was up for reelection in 1994.)
AMERICAN BAZAAR
— Mamdani leads lawsuit challenging Trump’s new ‘public charge’ rule to deny green cards, visas. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/09/15/mamdani-leads-lawsuit-challenging-trumps-new-public-charge-rule-to-deny-green-cards-visas-488186/
FINDLAW
— Lawsuit Seeks to Block Trump Rule Linking Green Cards to Public Benefits. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/courtside/lawsuit-seeks-to-block-trump-rule-linking-green-cards-to-public-benefits/
HR DIVE
— DD: DEI-motivated hirings and promotions cost Accenture $25M in DOJ settlement. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/alleged-dei-motivated-hirings-promotions-cost-accenture-25m-in-doj-settlement/830448/
FINANCIAL POST
— Should you accept your employer’s invitation to resign rather than be fired? DD: My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign when I was 20 in 1969 falsely saying that I was not going to be available to work enough part-time hours. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 saying they would demote me, give me adverse transfers, give me unfair performance expectations, and give me unfair performance appraisals if I did not retire. If I had not taken their early retirement “offer,” I would not have been eligible to take regular retirement until I was 55 in 2003.
https://financialpost.com/fp-work/accept-employers-invitation-to-resign-or-be-fired
SCOTUS BLOG
— Court prevents Trump from firing Fed governor. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied that they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 “for cause.” SEE: Diersen v. GAO at https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf Previously, they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS when I was 31 in 1980.
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-prevents-trump-from-firing-fed-governor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts contended that, if the Trump administration were correct, it “would in effect transform the Federal Reserve’s for-cause protection into at-will employment—an interpretive leap out of step with the statute Congress enacted and our Nation’s tradition of central banking protected from political interference.”
NPR
— DD: Democrats use “democracy” to take everything away from Republicans and to give it to Democrats.
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/15/nx-s1-5969741/state-of-u-s-democracy-reaches-new-low-report-finds
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
— DD: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors ever-increasing gave more preference to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who were the aforesaid and 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. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/amid-rising-costs-the-gender-wage-gap-deepens-affordability-challenges-for-women/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIST
— In the coming years the “silent” and “baby boomer” generations in America—people born between the 1920s and 1960s—will pass $110 trillion in wealth to their children. DD: My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. Of course, my critics/opponents are furious that I inherited money when my mother, aunt, and brother passed away recently.
https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/09/16/dont-fear-the-inheritocracy
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— New Green Card rule takes effect Sept 18: What changes for Indian applicants under the new public charge guidance? Starting September 18, Indian nationals applying for US green cards will face expanded public-charge assessments. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/nri/new-green-card-rule-takes-effect-sept-18-what-changes-for-indian-applicants-under-the-new-public-charge-guidance-101789543441057.html
TIMES OF ISRAEL
— Despite anti-Israel turmoil, 67% of US Jews plan to vote Democrat in midterms. DD: All my many Jewish superiors in the federal government were Democrats, that is, they all were anti-Republican, that is, they all were anti-conservative, that is, they all were anti-Israel.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/despite-anti-israel-turmoil-67-of-us-jews-plan-to-vote-democrat-in-midterms-poll/
September 15, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Pritzker praises Supreme Court for rejecting Trump’s mail-in ballot restrictions ahead of midterms. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-election-news-us-supreme-court-ruling-blocks-donald-trump-mail-ballot-restrictions-ahead-midterm-elections/19836160/
— Air Force secretary acknowledges the US has weapons in space. Troy Meink’s statement is seen as a clear warning to China and Russia.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/air-force-secretary-acknowledges-us-has-weapons-space/19834965/
WGN9
— Illinois and Chicago among those suing over ‘public charge’ green card restrictions.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/illinois-among-states-suing-over-green-card-restrictions/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/the-harm-continues-gov-pritzker-reacts-to-impact-of-operation-midway-blitz-one-year-later/
FOX32
— Rep. Thomas Massie moves to impeach Pete Hegseth over Iran war.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/rep-thomas-massie-moves-impeach-pete-hegseth-over-iran-war
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Democrats cheer Supreme Court mail-in voting order while President Trump lashes out at justices. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/15/supreme-court-mail-in-ballot/
— Will Iran become a two-front war?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/15/column-iran-problem-worse-houthis-depetris/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Larry Snelling now getting a $190,000 yearly pension after retiring as Chicago’s top cop. Fred Waller is serving as acting police superintendent for a second time amid a nationwide search for Snelling’s permanent replacement. Between his pension and city salary, Waller was making $374,695.32 a year as of late June.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/police-reform/2026/09/15/larry-snelling-fred-waller-police-superintendent-chicago
DAILY HERALD
— Illinois Democrats cheer Supreme Court mail-in voting order while President Trump lashes out at justices. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260915/news/illinois-democrats-cheer-supreme-court-mail-in-voting-order-while-president-trump-lashes-out-at-just/
— The League of Women Voters of Roselle-Bloomingdale Area has canceled its Sept. 20 candidate event for the Illinois Senate District 24 and Illinois House District 48 races.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260915/submitted-content/league-of-women-voters-cancels-sept-20-candidate-event-for-two-state-legislative-races/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois, Chicago sue to block Trump plan to restrict green cards to legal Medicaid, SNAP users. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2026-09-15/illinois-chicago-sue-to-block-trump-plan-to-restrict-green-cards-to-legal-medicaid-snap-users
BUR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge’s decision to eliminate its property tax is a campaign ad that can write itself. The village’s mayor, Gary Grasso, is running as a Republican for DuPage County Board chairperson against Democrat Deb Conroy of Elmhurst.
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-mayor-campaign-ad-writes-itself
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-595/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State, local officials reflect on Midway Blitz, response to ICE ‘occupation.’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_beeff635-d7ef-41af-b655-abe84c0c17c7.html
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago Private Schools Discriminated for Years to Further DEI and Now the IRS Wants Its Money Back.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-private-schools-discriminated-for-years-to-further-dei-and-now-the-irs-wants-its-money-back
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Latin School of Chicago, Francis Parker, Shipley, and thousands of other National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) members could lose their non-profit status. The trade association that writes the DEI playbook for Latin, Parker, Shipley, and hundreds of other private schools just told its members, in writing, that they are probably breaking the law, and that the schools, not NAIS, are the ones facing liability.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Iran hit hundreds of buildings, dozens of aircraft as war drains U.S. munitions.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/iran-hit-hundreds-buildings-dozens-aircraft-mideast-war-drains-us/
— Republican Massie moves to impeach Hegseth.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/thomas-massie-moves-impeach-pete-hegseth/
— Trump’s federal worker buyouts cost $6.7 billion. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old 29 years ago. In today’s dollars, the Civil Service Retirement System has paid me $2 million dollars.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/donald-trumps-federal-worker-buyouts-cost-67-billion/
— George W. Bush still gets Islam wrong after 9/11. The 25th anniversary revives a debate over jihad, terrorism and what schools should teach.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/george-w-bush-still-gets-islam-wrong-911/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the eve of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, former President George W. Bush reiterated what he said less than a week after those attacks. “I also made it clear that Islam was a religion of peace, not a religion of war, and that [the 9/11 terrorists] subverted their religion. He could not be more wrong. One need only review the Quran and the history of Islam to come to the opposite conclusion. As “Reliance of the Traveler,” the most-relied-on book of Shariah says, “Jihad means to wage war against non-Muslims.” It is the obligation of the entire Muslim community, the ummah. “Reliance” goes on to quote the Quran, saying, “Fighting is prescribed for you (Quran 2:216),” “Slay them wherever you find them (Quran 4:89) and “The caliph makes war on Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians,” (“Reliance,” 09.8) and “Fight those who do not believe in Allah or the Last Day and who forbid not what Allah and His messenger have forbidden.” (Quran 9:29) To understand Islamic history, one needs to absorb not only that but also much more of the Quran. Islam originated in the seventh century of the Christian era in the divine visions of the Prophet Muhammad, which formed the Quran. Islam has never spread peacefully. For most of its history, Islam has inspired its adherents to invent solutions to the sometimes conflicting demands of warfare, imperial politics and missionary zeal. Within its first few centuries, Islamic armies had taken over most of the Mediterranean countries and Northern Africa. Muslim armies spread their religion through southern France, Persia, India and almost as far as China. They conquered with great speed and effectiveness, supplanting Christianity and Judaism along the way. This continued until Charles “The Hammer” Martel defeated Islamic forces at the Battle of Tours in 732. Charlemagne, who effectively succeeded Martel, became king of the Franks. His leadership was so effective in resisting Islamic incursions that he became known as the father of Europe. Islam remained relatively quiet until the 20th century, when enormous wealth, derived from oil, was brought to the Islamic states. Now, Islamic states threaten Christian nations not with armies, but with immigration. Last year, in its National Security Strategy, the Trump administration predicted “civilizational erasure” and economic decline for Europe.)
— America’s enemies are winning the anti-Israel PR war. Surreptitiously investing huge sums to influence U.S. public opinion.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/americas-enemies-winning-anti-israel-pr-war/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Blue cities sue Trump administration to keep immigrants on welfare.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4727285/blue-cities-sue-trump-administration-immigrants-welfare/
— The right kind of immigrants.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4727769/right-kind-of-immigrants-bo-french-texas/
— Stop defending ‘democracy’ — it’s the republic we’re losing. DD: Democrats use “democracy” to take everything away from Republicans and to give it to Democrats.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4726082/stop-defending-democracy-restore-republic/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump v. Rove: POTUS lashes out at ‘stone cold loser’ over report he’s going to vote for Democrat.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/09/15/trump-v-rove-potus-lashes-out-at-stone-cold-loser-over-report-hes-going-to-vote-for-dem-1658997/
CAMPUS REFORM
— The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) School of Law allows students to use federal work-study funding for jobs with Planned Parenthood of Illinois, an abortion provider that operates clinics across the state.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/uic-law-approves-abortion-provider-planned-parenthood-federal-work-study-jobs/30583
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— President Trump blasted Republican strategist Karl Rove on Monday, calling former President George W. Bush’s White House adviser “so bad for the Republican Party.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6090127-donald-trump-karl-rove-criticism-republican-party-midterms/
— The Movement: Friction among conservative media grows as Trump’s approval falls.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-movement/6089349-conservative-media-trump-criticism/
CBS NEWS
— New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-photos-damage-u-s-kuwait-saudi-arabia-iran-drone-missile-attacks/
— Trump administration will comply with mail ballot ruling by Supreme Court, Blanche says. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-mail-ballot-ruling-supreme-court-blanche/
— FBI director insists new hiring standards on prostitution and bestiality were only meant to assist sexual assault victims. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional licenses, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kash-patel-fbi-hiring-standards-bestiality-prostitution/
— American households earned a record median income of $87,460 last year, according to new Census Bureau data. The catch? That figure is only slightly above the previous peak set in 2019. Adjusting for inflation, that means the typical household has gained little economic ground in six years marked by pandemic upheaval and surging consumer prices. In 2019, households had a median income of $85,320, a level that wasn’t surpassed until 2025, the Census said on Tuesday. DD: In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $83,482/year when I was 24 in 1973 and it was $100,059/year in 1974.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/census-income-data-pandemic-levels/
WASHINGTON POST
— Why Republicans struggle to prove the danger of socialism. When the GOP embraces big government, it’s harder to champion free markets.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/15/gop-socialism-lite-risks-midterms-without-free-market-contrast/
BLOOMBERG
— Will an MBA pay off for you? My taking evening MBA courses helped me get promoted by IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My earning an MBA in 1976 helped me get hired by GAO in 1980.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/mba-return-on-investment/
NARFE
— Rep. Vindman and Rep. Subramanyam Introduce Federal Worker Protection Act to Bolster Whistleblower Protections. DD: I was a federal whistleblower. I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on my Democrat IRS superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and retaliation. Because of that, to get rid of me, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me.
https://www.narfe.org/blog/2026/09/15/rep-vindman-and-rep-subramanyam-introduce-federal-worker-protection-act-to-bolster-whistleblower-protections/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill would limit and condition the use of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) by federal agencies to prevent the chilling of whistleblowing, reinforcing existing protections under the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989. It would require that any covered NDA prominently include a disclosure specifying that the employee retains the right to make protected disclosures to enumerated entities including the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), any Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congress and its committees or cleared staff, the Merit Systems Protection Board, federal courts, and any legally designated channel and that the NDA may not be enforced to penalize protected disclosures. Should employees be disciplined for violating their NDAs through whistleblowing, they will have the right to sue their agency.)
September 12, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naper Pride Fest not happening this year.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/11/naper-pride-fest-naperville-canceled/
ABC7
— College of DuPage ceremony honors 9/11 victims and teaches new generation of first responders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhT0p1g95Q8
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dPTAECQyn0o
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://wgntv.com/daytime-chicago/reeling-the-chicago-lgbtq-international-film-festival/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Not your parents’ pot: Experts push against teen use of highly concentrated THC products. Chicago parents say they came to the forum, held at Kenwood Academy Wednesday, to empower themselves — and their teens — with evidence-based information about cannabis use. DD: I never have used pot and I never will use pot. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, work my way through college, earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, earn three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, earned a job-related professional license, etc.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/09/12/not-your-parents-pot-experts-push-against-teen-use-of-highly-concentrated-thc-products
DAILY ILLINI
— UI TPUSA chapter holds Charlie Kirk vigil.
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/university-news/campus-events/2026/09/11/tpusa-charlie-kirk-vigil/
POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Naperville Marks 25th Anniversary of Sept. 11 at Cmdr. Dan Shanower Memorial.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2026/09/11/naperville-marks-25th-anniversary-of-sept-11-at-cmdr-dan-shanower-memorial/161023
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— DuPage County Board funds gun safe distribution at upcoming event.
https://www.nctv17.org/news/dupage-county-board-funds-gun-safe-distribution-at-upcoming-event/amp/
ELMHURST PATCH
— DuPage Settles Excessive Force Claims Against Sheriff Candidate.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/amp/34816677/dupage-settles-excessive-force-claims-against-sheriff-candidate
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Twenty-Five Years Since 9/11 — Have We Fallen Asleep?
https://illinoisfamily.org/islam-sharia/twenty-five-years-since-9-11-have-we-fallen-asleep/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Denver Socialist Says She’s Qualified To Serve as Mayor Because She Was Convicted of Stealing Food Stamps.
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/denver-socialist-says-shes-qualified-to-serve-as-mayor-because-she-was-convicted-of-stealing-food-stamps/
NEW YORK POST
— AOC spotted laughing next to Mamdani at 9/11 ceremony — as victims’ families weep during reading of names.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/11/us-news/zohran-mamdani-aoc-spotted-laughing-at-9-11-ceremony-while-victims-families-weep-during-reading-of-names/
— Personal responsibility isn’t racist.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/11/opinion/responsibilitys-not-racist-whats-new-york-hiding-and-other-commentary/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tuskegee University’s recent request for “its mostly Black students to stop wearing revealing clothes to class” and “dressing down by wearing durags,” is a welcome bid “to end habits that hurt any Black youngster’s chances for success,” cheers Juan Williams in The Hill. These days, “any call for personal responsibility in Black America gets confused with partisan politics and ideological purity,” but: “Standards are not racist. Discipline is not disrespectful of Black culture.” Note that former President Barack Obama agreed that “too Black men were under the influence of negative stereotypes.” Tuskegee is doing its part to counteract the lie that “ ‘authentic’ Black life” should replicate “jailtime.” Instead of “surrendering to popular stereotypes,” the school is “preparing young people to win.”)
BREITBART
— Violence-Stoking Leftists Trash Charlie Kirk on One-Year Anniversary of His Assassination.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/11/violence-stoking-leftists-trash-charlie-kirk-on-one-year-anniversary-of-his-assassination/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— DSA Takeover Of The Democrat Party Is Nearly Complete.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/09/11/dsa-democratic-party-socialists-poll-quinnipiac/
FEDERALIST
— American Bar Association Keeps Proving It’s A Left-Wing Activist Group. It enforced a standard it knew was constitutionally infirm, cannot justify its own benchmarks, and has appointed itself an amender of the Constitution.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/09/11/american-bar-association-keeps-proving-its-a-left-wing-activist-group/
FOX BUSINESS
— Vance fires back at protester waving Mexican flag at RNC midterm convention.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6404925051112
FOX NEWS
— Americans react to socialists arguing U.S. deserved 9/11.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404948314112
— ‘Trump-level’ smackdown earns Vance roaring praise as 2028 buzz builds at GOP convention.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-level-smackdown-earns-vance-roaring-praise-2028-buzz-builds-gop-convention
— 30% of college students say violence acceptable way to stop speakers on campuses.
https://www.wfmd.com/2026/09/11/30-of-college-students-say-violence-acceptable-way-to-stop-speakers-on-campuses-survey-finds/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Berkeley Law Discriminated Against White and Asian Applicants.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/09/doj-u-c-berkeley-law-discriminated-against-white-and-asian-applicants/amp/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Joins Socialists, Embraces Bribery. His pledge of $5,000 ‘dividends’ to voters if Republicans win is just preposterous.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/09/trump-breaks-glass-joins-socialists-embraces-bribery/
PJ MEDIA
— Like Being on Another Planet: Socialism 2026 Chicago Conference.
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/09/11/like-being-on-another-planet-socialism-2026-chicago-conference-n4957113
WHITE HOUSE
— America Will Never Be A Socialist/Communist Country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB2tJV8bMnU
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— McConnell’s return shines spotlight on older lawmakers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6085627-mitch-mcconnell-aging-lawmakers-term-limits-health-challenges/
CNN
— Charlie Kirk statue draws supporters to Times Square.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/11/us/video/charlie-kirk-statue-times-square-digvid-vrtc
REUTERS
— Trump and Musk super PACs unleash millions to boost Republicans in battleground races.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-musk-super-pacs-unleash-millions-boost-republicans-battleground-races-2026-09-11/
NEWSWEEK
— Student Loan Forgiveness Would Get Easier, Quicker for Many Under New Bill. DD: My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth that I worked my way through college and paid for my bachelor’s degree (1970), three master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), six professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and a professional license (1981). They stress that costs were much lower back then.
https://www.newsweek.com/student-loan-forgiveness-would-get-easier-quicker-for-many-under-new-bill-12433966
NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘Mangionistas’ Who Present Themselves as Journalists. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I never was a journalist, I am not a journalist, and I never will be a journalist a) because I do not have a degree in journalism, b) because no one has paid me for what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) because all the money needed for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and for my www.gopillinois.com website comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings, d) because either my newsletters nor my website are paywalled or contain any advertising or donation requests, e) because I do not claim to be nonpartisan, f) because I fully disclose that I am conservative Republican, and g) because I fully disclose that I have been an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000. My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth the fact a) that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years 1980-1997, b) that what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do, and c) that during my last 11 years at GAO, my salary increased from $118,984/year to $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/nyregion/luigi-mangione-mangionistas-nyc-bill.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To receive a press card, applicants must submit six or more “articles, commentaries, books, photographs, videos, films, or audios published, broadcast, or cablecast” within the 24 months before the application, according to the city agency. A member of the press can mean someone employed by a traditional news-gathering organization or a “self-employed newsperson.”
UTAH PUBLIC RADIO
— Thousands came to UVU to mourn Charlie Kirk. Others protested the memorial.
https://www.upr.org/utah-news/2026-09-11/charlie-kirk-memorial-anniversary
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
— Modern-day martyr’: Charlie Kirk memorial draws thousands to Utah campus where he was killed. The event at Utah Valley University was headlined by major conservative names, including Glenn Beck and Michael Knowles.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2026/09/11/charlie-kirk-memorial-event-draws/
YORK NEWS TIMES
— Charlie Kirk Statue Unveiling Gets Ugly as Opposing Crowds Face Off in Times Square.
https://yorknewstimes.com/video_628b3ace-eabf-521a-ae59-c9cae9306227.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Democratic operative counsels his party to scrap its unpopular views and stand up to radical activists.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/supermajority-review-losing-dogmas-winning-elections-95971b61
— Populist Republicans and Democratic Socialists Are Starting to Merge. Call it the ‘Horseshoe party’: The extremes in both parties are starting to sound alike in their disdain for capitalism and centrism.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/populist-republicans-and-democratic-socialists-are-starting-to-merge-d6f5917e
— Pence: A Republican Time for Choosing. Will we remain the party of conservative principles or embrace progressivism in the guise of populism?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-republican-time-for-choosing-c1f4f8a4
— Rules for Succeeding at Work. DD: If I had been a Democrat, my Democrat superiors in the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 in 1988 even though I was not a minority, a female, or a veteran because I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30 and 32, and I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. None of my coworkers had come close to doing that.
https://www.wsj.com/business/new-rules-for-succeeding-at-work-success-331969f8
— DD: Democrat leaders blame Trump for India joining up with China.
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/shifting-u-s-alliances-push-rivals-china-and-india-together-37c95b68
BUSINESS JOURNAL
— Who loses when standardized tests for college admissions are optional? DD: UIC would not have admitted me in 1966 if my ACT score and GPA had been lower. Loyola would not have admitted me in 1972 if my ATGSB score had been lower.
https://rbj.net/2026/09/11/who-loses-when-standardized-tests-for-college-admissions-are-optional/
HR EXECUTIVE
— Career success. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, I had to do much more to advance. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, something very few of my Democrat Post Office coworkers did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, something none of my IRS and GAO coworkers did.
https://hrexecutive.com/peace-over-promotion-how-gen-zen-is-redefining-career-success/
EDUCATION WEEK
— DD: The more that you condemn Charlie Kirk, the more that Democrats promote you.
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/disciplined-for-charlie-kirk-posts-these-teachers-fought-back-and-won/2026/09
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “He was a horrible person, a fascist full of hate for anyone who was different.”
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Federal judge halts federal agencies from asking job applicants about their favorite Trump administration initiative, a question that civil service advocates call a “loyalty question.” DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger, or veteran and who would take the job. When I was 19 in 1968, my Democrat Post Office superiors came to realize that I would never become a Democrat. To get rid of me, they disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969. When I was 25 in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors came to realize that I would never become a Democrat. To get rid of me, they got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. When I was 40 in 1988, my Democrat GAO superiors came to realize that I would never become a Democrat. To get rid of me, they threw me off audits of IRS, gave me a very bad job assignment, gave me very unfair performance expectations, gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance (PFP), and then always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP. They forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. According to them, I held jobs and I got promotions that should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/09/judge-halts-favorite-eo-question-federal-job-applications/415952/%3Foref%3Dge-home-top-story
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MEAWW
— Trump recounts Flight 93 hero’s final prayer before his defiant last words: ‘Let’s roll.’ President Trump described how Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer reached out to an operator in Illinois and asked to join her in prayer.
https://news.meaww.com/trump-recounts-flight-93-heros-final-prayer-before-his-defiant-last-words-lets-roll
September 11, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Oak Brook display of thousands of American flags seeks to humanize 9/11 attacks. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. Far too many Democrats and RINOs boycotted the ceremonies.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/911-news-healing-fields-memorial-made-thousands-american-flags-seeks-humanize-attacks-twin-towers-pentagon/19812691/
NBC5
— ‘Let’s roll:’ Wheaton College graduate remembered as 9/11 hero. Sept 11, 2001, Todd Beamer, a Wheaton College student and basketball player, was on United flight 93 when the plane got hijacked. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. Far too many Democrats and RINOs boycotted the ceremonies.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lets-roll-wheaton-college-graduate-remembered-as-9-11-hero/3987109/
— Republican convention pays tribute to Charlie Kirk one year after his killing.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/charlie-kirk-tribute-republican-convention/3987493/
WGN9
— CPS data shows 13 high schools are 80% empty.
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/cps-data-shows-13-high-schools-are-80-empty/
WTTW
— 25 Years Later, Sept. 11 Impacts Felt at Home and Abroad.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/10/25-years-later-sept-11-impacts-felt-home-and-abroad
WGN RADIO
— Trump to commemorate 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks at the Pentagon. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. Far too many Democrats and RINOs boycotted the ceremonies.
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-trump-to-commemorate-25th-anniversary-of-9-11-attacks-at-the-pentagon/amp/
WBEZ
— Construction sites will be required to be more welcoming to women under a new Illinois law. A successful legislative push embraced by Gov. JB Pritzker means the state’s male-dominated construction industry soon will have to make new job-site accommodations to employees who lactate and menstruate. Illinois is the second state with such a mandate. DD: While I worked for GAO in its Chicago office in the 1990s, it converted its smoking room to a lactation room.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2026/09/11/construction-jobs-women-job-sites-illinois-law-pritzker-zahrah-hill
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders use Dolly Parton to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/dolly-parton-driver-gender-affirming-care/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/09/11/attacks-against-dei-stop-america-from-reaching-its-full-promise
— Chicago-area consultant, along with other experts, raised alarms about sloppy airport security before 9/11. But proposed reforms, such as the government taking over passenger screening from contractors hired by airlines, didn’t happen until it was too late. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. Far too many Democrats and RINOs boycotted the ceremonies.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/09/10/ohare-airport-security-terrorism-airlines-checkpoint-government-oversight
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Why suburban police are teaming up to fight video gambling smash-and-grabs. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260910/crime/suburban-police-form-task-force-to-target-video-gambling-smash-and-grabs/
OUR QUAD CITIES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/illinois-to-expand-access-to-grocery-stores/
HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR CHRONICLE
— Illinois Education Association, local union presidents release joint statement after racist actions at high school football game.
https://www.hfchronicle.com/2026/09/11/illinois-education-association-local-union-presidents-release-joint-statement-after-racist-actions-at-high-school-football-game/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: The more that you do to promote Trump, the more that Democrats and RINOs do to destroy you.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-11/empty-seats-socialism-and-trump-dominate-the-republican-midterm-convention
— Vance, Trump issue plea for Americans to vote Republican on last night of convention. DD: What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman doing to get out the vote? I hope that each of the 18 Republican candidates on the November 3, 2006 ballot in my precinct will soon provide the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) with enough of their campaign literature pieces so that I can pick up 400 for each of them and hand-deliver them to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. That is 7,200 pieces (400 X 18). So far, I have placed 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels on 400 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes. I have split them into five batches and put them in walk order. I want to start stuffing those envelopes with MTRO-provided outstanding Voter Guides and the literature pieces ASAP. I want to start stuffing as soon as I have at least 100 pieces from each of the candidates. As soon as the sample ballot for my precinct is available, I will make 400 photocopies, stuff them, and head out the door. The 18 candidates are Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-10/vance-trump-issue-plea-for-americans-to-vote-republican-on-last-night-of-convention
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Republican convention pays tribute to Charlie Kirk one year after his killing.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-republican-convention-pays-tribute-to-charlie-kirk-one-year-after-his-killing/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Prosecutor brought in to lead investigation of Trump foes says he has resigned his position. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat superiors did far more than just investigate me. My Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969. My Democrat IRS superiors a) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) got rid of the GAO manager in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, they would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/prosecutor-brought-in-to-lead-investigation-of-tru. mp-foes-says-he-has-resigned-his-position/article_f2a70791-5020-5c5b-8b04-b7fbd2102668.html
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democratic Socialists Are Winning Big Across America. Are They Losing Ground In Chicago?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/10/democratic-socialists-are-winning-big-across-america-are-they-losing-ground-in-chicago/
ILLINOIS
— Illinois Welcoming Centers Program. DD: Under Pritzker, those who are the following are ever-increasingly unwelcome in Illinois: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://omb.illinois.gov/public/gata/csfa/Program.aspx?csfa=1493
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— State Sen. Dave Syverson, a Republican from Cherry Valley, is sponsoring legislation requiring Illinois schools to teach about the events of 9/11 every year.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/11/marylands-moore-rallies-illinois-dems-01071867
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-805/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— 25 years later, America honors 9/11 heroes with solemn memorial services. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. Far too many Democrats and RINOs boycotted the ceremonies.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/11/25-years-later-america-honors-911-heroes-solemn-memorial-services/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Why They Hate Us: The Sources of Terrorist Conduct.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/why-they-hate-us-the-sources-of-terrorist
NEW YORK POST
— Vance takes on Abdul El-Sayed and ‘Mexican’ protester in rousing RNC midterm speech on ‘birthright’ American values.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/10/us-news/vice-president-jd-vance-reignites-spat-with-abdul-el-sayed-in-gop-midterm-convention-speech/
— Protester heckles JD Vance, spices up his GOP midterm convention speech: ‘Just discovered the symbol of the far-left.’
https://nypost.com/2026/09/10/us-news/protester-heckles-jd-vance-spices-up-his-gop-midterm-convention-speech/
— Vance steals 2028 show at GOP convention — attendees deem VP ‘ready’ to be crowned Trump’s MAGA heir.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/11/us-news/jd-vance-steals-2028-show-at-gop-convention-attendees-hail-him-as-trumps-maga-heir/
AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY
— Affirmative Consideration, Not Affirmative Action. DD: Ever since the 1960s, all those above me have been under ever-increasing pressure to give more preference to those who do not share my demographics. If had been born decades later if not years later, I never would have been able to work my way through college, earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, earn three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, or earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/affirmative-consideration-not-affirmative-action/
BILLY GRAHM EVENGELICAL ASSOCIATION
— Australian Principal Forced to Resign for Refusing to Promote LGBTQ Content to Elementary Students. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire because I refused to promote their a) race and gender based preference giving, b) political affiliation discrimination, c) reverse discrimination, d) age discrimination, e) religious discrimination, and f) national origin discrimination.
https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/principal-forced-to-resign-for-refusing-to-promote-lgbtq-content-to-elementary-students
— University of Georgia Training Claims Religious Liberty Is ‘License to Discriminate’ Against ‘LGBTQ People’
https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/university-of-georgia-training-claims-religious-liberty-is-license-to-discriminate-against-lgbtq-people-1
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Parents have new way to determine if their child’s doctor is part of pro-trans group.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/09/10/exclusive-parents-have-new-way-to-determine-if-their-childs-doctor-is-part-of-pro-trans-group-1658402/
BLAZE
— Socialists and Antifa agitators tussle with Christians outside GOP convention — riot police respond.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/antifa-christians-gop-convention-video
— Outgoing Democrat demands taxpayers pay for transgender health care for detained illegal aliens.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/al-green-trans-healthcare-illegals
BREITBART
— Capacity Crowd Goes Wild for Trump, Vance at Midterm Convention Closing.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/10/capacity-crowd-wild-trump-vance-midterm-convention-closing/
DAILY SIGNAL
— True Democratic Socialists Can’t Run on Their Real Platform.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByJPzlCHGlo
DAILY WIRE
— The Hidden AI Battle For America’s Classrooms. Universities are pushing for AI tools to adopt DEI priorities.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-hidden-ai-battle-for-americas-classrooms
CHRISTIAN POST
— Trump reiterates warning against Democrat ‘dark age’ in final RNC address.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-reiterates-warning-against-dark-age-from-democrats-at-rnc.html
COLLEGE FIX
— UCLA features terror sympathizers at 9/11 anniversary symposium. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. Far too many Democrats and RINOs boycotted the ceremonies.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/ucla-features-terror-sympathizers-at-9-11-anniversary-symposium/
EPOCH TIMES
— Never Forget
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/ByjaBQktD/Jlid8tcrj/wQqUiYhGYFPe
FOX NEWS
— Crowd erupts as Vance smacks down protester waving Mexican flag.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/crowd-erupts-vance-smacks-down-protester-waving-mexican-flag-get-your-over-there
— ‘He is PROUD of those taking the stage tonight,’ ‘Charlie Kirk Show’ producer says.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxub7I7fblw
— America should not be a safe haven for those who promote terrorism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6393500638112
— Moderate Muslim activist warns Mamdani promoting extremist politics.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6396678566112
— Socialists will ‘kill the American Dream.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404907893112
— History proves socialism goes hand in hand with bigotry.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6404897454112
— Socialist anti-Trump protester blames ‘right-wing provocateurs’ for confrontation outside RNC.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404905551112
NEWS BUSTERS
— The View HATES Fetterman’s GOP Message, Claims DSA Only About ‘Social Security.’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2026/09/10/view-hates-fettermans-gop-message-claims-dsa-only-about
— CNN’s Hunt Lets Pritzker Go Unchallenged on More ‘Trump Has Dementia’ Garbage.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/steve-malzberg/2026/09/11/soft-cnns-hunt-lets-pritzker-go-unchallenged-more-trump-has
PJ MEDIA
— Sodom and Gomorrica: Foster the Children.
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2026/09/10/sodom-and-gomorrica-foster-the-children-n4957078
— RNC Convention Honors Victims of Illegal Alien Crime, Remembers Those Lost on 9/11. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. Far too many Democrats and RINOs boycotted the ceremonies.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/10/rnc-convention-honors-illegal-alien-crime-victims-911-heroes-n4957106
STAND
— 9/11 25 Years Later. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. Far too many Democrats and RINOs boycotted the ceremonies.
https://afa.net/the-stand/culture/2026/09/911-25-years-later/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lately, we have seen the rise of influence of Islamists in our culture. Islamist and socialist Hasan Piker is a pal of Michigan Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, Abdul El-Sayed. Piker has a lot of influence among many young people on the Left – he reportedly has 3 million followers. Piker says America deserved 9/11. He’s not the only one. Democratic Socialist Candidate Melot Kiros, running for the U.S. Congress in the Denver area, basically said the United States deserved what happened to us that fateful Tuesday a quarter of a century ago. Meanwhile, the media often downplays the Islamic angle to 9/11. But, in contrast, scholars note that the Qur’an teaches the faithful Muslim should “Fight those who do not believe in Allah” (Surah 9:29). Recently, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said that they would not allow people to call 9/11 a “terrorist” attack. But the hue and outcry caused them to reverse course, only for the case of 9/11. One of the lessons the West seems not to have learned in these 25 years is to recognize that there is a vibrant strand within Islam that is committed to violent Jihad. No whitewashing can wish this away. Post 9/11, one study found a 31% increase in mosques in the United States, just from 2010 to 2020. We cherish religious freedom in America, and well we should. But we don’t welcome those who would kill to advance their faith. Of course, there are virtually no churches in Islamic countries.)
TOWNHALL
— The Border Has Gone Quiet – but Here’s What the Cartels Are Up To.
https://townhall.com/news/cameron-arcand/2026/09/10/the-borders-gone-quiet-but-heres-what-the-cartels-are-up-to-n2682799
— Diet Coke Socialism. DD: My mother was raised on a farm and she never attended high school. She stayed home and raised me and my brother. To afford that, my father almost always worked second jobs. He died suddenly when I was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. He never earned more than $75,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college.
https://townhall.com/columnists/erickerickson/2026/09/11/diet-coke-socialism-n2682757
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump administration is drafting a rule that would let married couples with a stay-at-home spouse collect federal welfare benefits. The money comes from a 1990s Health and Human Services fund meant to cover daycare so low-income parents could work or go to school. About 870,000 families draw on it now, roughly 80 percent headed by a single working mom, and it pays about $9,000 per child per year. Vice President JD Vance champions the change, and the administration intends to do it without a vote in Congress. Superficially, the policy sounds good. Children raised in two-parent, single-earner homes outperform every other group in school and in earnings, and those families are the only ones reproducing above the replacement rate. We should want more stay-at-home mothers, and the vice president’s heart is in the right place. His plan is still a terrible idea. He is offering socialism-lite, and Diet Coke socialism never beats the real thing. Republicans spent 30 years arguing that welfare made people dependent on government. In the 1990s, former President Bill Clinton and the GOP restructured welfare to end dependency by allowing single moms to work or get a degree while their childcare costs were covered. The Vance Plan hands that money to mothers who stay home with working husbands, so long as the husbands do not earn too much and the mothers do not work. The income cap is near $75,000 in most states, and a couple with two children would collect $18,000 a year. If the father makes $70,000 and his boss offers a promotion with a 10 percent raise, the $7,000 increase takes the household to $77,000 and wipes out the entire $18,000. The father must turn down that promotion, and the next one, because the math does not change until the children turn 18. By then he is in his 50s and has passed on every rung of the ladder. The mom cannot take a part-time job, because anything paying less than $18,000 is a pay cut. A nurse who steps away for 5 years to raise kids can get recertified. A nurse who steps away for 25 years starts over at 50. That is the benefits cliff conservatives spent a generation warning about, and it remains even when the recipient is married and votes Republican. My Christian friends praising this idea are making families dependent on government and turning stay-at-home mothers into welfare queens. Many of the voices cheering this plan spent last year going through grocery receipts to decide whether a poor woman could buy a Coke with an EBT card. A subsidy conditioned on staying home invites a rule defining what staying home requires, and they will write it. The socialist left loves the collective and the post-liberal right knows what is best for your household, and both want a bureaucrat in Washington controlling your family. There is a better answer, which is to not take the money at all. Give an uncapped deduction per child for as long as that child is at home or in college, and let parents who homeschool or pay tuition deduct the school taxes they pay for a system they do not use. Then address the national debt, because people do not have children when they have given up on the future and the debt destroys the private sector’s opportunities. The people most supportive of this plan have given up on America and want to manage its decline. They have replaced the Republican establishment that gave us Medicare Part D and now want welfare expansion. Democrat-lite never beats Democrat. The vice president is gambling that socialists will balk at subsidizing stay-at-home mothers over working mothers. They will not balk. Democrats will take the deal and raise it, and each raise gets easier once Republicans concede that Washington should put families on welfare. It is also amateurish to divide the right this close to the midterms, pitting stay-at-home mothers against the mothers who work and will pay for it. Let parents keep their own money and run their households as they see fit. Pay down the debt, grow the private sector, and give hope back to the people instead of trying to manage a decline that itself is a choice.)
TURNING POINT USA
— Freedom Built to Last | Honoring Charlie Kirk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Log3saPGGk
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— 9/11 overshadows other major events of the past 25 years for many Americans.
https://apnews.com/article/sept-11-25th-anniversary-polling-4df26c1a52c88c9cd1d1bf07367db4d7
— Republican convention pays tribute to Charlie Kirk one year after his killing.
https://apnews.com/article/charlie-kirk-anniversary-gop-convention-5b5985c228a2e6d9128e7dc748c1da29
ABC NEWS
— Vance? Rubio? DeSantis? Cruz? Republicans at Dallas convention ponder options for post-Trump leader.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/vance-rubio-desantis-cruz-republicans-dallas-convention-ponder-136354801
— Hegseth blocks promotion of several Navy officers to 1-star rank. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors blocked my promotion to GS-14, my Democrat IRS superiors to GS-13, and my Democrat Post Office superiors to GS-5. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/hegseth-blocks-promotion-navy-officers-1-star-rank/story?id=133498412
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, nearly half of Americans view the Republican Party platform as being “too conservative.” They ignore, downplay, dismiss, and belittle the fact that a similar share view the Democratic Party platform as being “too liberal.’ Since 2000, RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have used my promotion conservative principles and the Republican Party platform against me big time. Previously the RINO leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition used that against me big time. Ever-increasingly, the aforesaid blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that the more that I do to help elect them, the fewer votes that they will get, and especially from Independent voters. They would be overjoyed if I left the IRP and joined the Conservative Party of Illinois ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(United_States)#Illinois ).
https://abcnews.com/Politics/thirds-americans-country-headed-wrong-direction-abc-newswashington/story?id=132583099
NBC NEWS
— Vance positions himself as a fighter for family values.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/vance-positions-fighter-family-values-national-birthright-rcna596594
NEW YORK TIMES
— Vance, Eying 2028, Relishes the Spotlight at Trump’s Convention.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/us/politics/vance-republican-convention-speech-trump.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight terrorism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/opinion/911-patriot-act-trump-politics.html
— What Would Charlie Kirk Do Today?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/us/politics/charlie-kirk-killing-one-year.html?searchResultPosition=1
WASHINGTON POST
— Vance appears more like Trump’s heir apparent at GOP convention.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/10/vance-keynote-speech-gop-midterm-event-strengthens-image-heir/
DENVER GAZETTE
— Republicans competitive in blue-state Senate races thanks to socialists, not Trump, as party gathers in Dallas.
https://www.denvergazette.com/2026/09/10/republicans-competitive-in-blue-state-senate-races-thanks-to-socialists-not-trump-as-party-gathers-in-dallas/
DALLAS MORNING NEWS
— Vance and Cruz share Dallas stage, offering a preview of the GOP’s future.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/article/vance-auditions-for-2028-as-cruz-makes-own-pitch-22425798.php
— Vance claps back at protester who interrupted his speech with a Mexican flag.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/article/vance-protester-gop-convention-22426655.php
DETROIT NEWS
— Vance seizes MAGA spotlight as Republicans begin looking beyond Trump.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/10/vance-seizes-maga-spotlight-as-republicans-begin-looking-beyond-trump/91701887007/
DESERET NEWS
— Vance pushes restoration of nuclear family, traditional marriage in primetime convention speech. The vice president spent much of his nearly half-hour speech highlighting the importance of the nuclear family and how the most important thing to do is find someone ‘who’s worth building a life with.’
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2026/09/10/jd-vance-donald-trump-gop-convention-speeches/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Targets the Wrong Base. It’s the ‘traditional Republicans’ he needs to get to the polls, not MAGA enthusiasts. DD: I have always been a traditional Republican.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-targets-the-wrong-base-d5886214
— The 9/11 Lessons for Next Time. The U.S. homeland is more vulnerable now than it was 25 years ago.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/9-11-25th-anniversary-twin-towers-terrorism-7fcb6674
— How the Unity of 9/11 Sowed the Seeds of America’s Deep Political Division.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/how-the-unity-of-9-11-sowed-the-seeds-of-americas-deep-political-division-41cf4d13
FORBES
— ‘The Story Of Socialism Is A Story Of Mass Suffering’: Trump Jr. Laces Into Dems Over ‘Communism.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtEDJ_KkCNk
FED WEEK
— An arbitrator has ruled in favor of the NTEU union in a grievance over firings of some 3,500 probationary employees at HHS last year, agreeing that they were a “reduction in force masquerading as probationary terminations” and not meeting the employee protections and other requirements of a RIF. The arbitrator also agreed with the union that the boilerplate language many agencies used to justify the layoffs on performance grounds was a pretext—another argument common to the challenges. (OPM since has changed the rules to no longer require that agencies cite performance reasons for firing a probationary employee.) DD: After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious when they learned that they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me. Nevertheless, they did everything that could to get me to transfer back to IRS, to transfer to another federal agency, or to quit. They gave me bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance appraisals. They kept me off audits of IRS. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. Further, previously, in 1970, my Chicago Heights Firestone Store boss refused to let me start until after I passed a 2-week probationary period in Indiana. He would never had hired me, but his boss had assigned me to him. He did not have a college degree and he disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, my being Protestant, my being German American, my having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and my living in Crete.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/arbitrator-rules-for-union-on-probationary-employee-firings/
PSY POST
— DD; Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting women to blame Republicans for all their problems.
https://www.psypost.org/when-equality-rises-egalitarians-start-defending-the-establishment/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Karoline Leavitt trades White House podium for tough campaign talk as she unleashes on ‘extreme socialist’ Democrats.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16121781/Karoline-Leavitt-campaign-Republicans-Democrats.html
NEWS24
— Attempts at silencing Charlie Kirk have only amplified his voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv9VO6pGBs8
GUARDIAN
— How far would you go to give your children a better chance in life? DD: My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/jul/20/how-far-would-you-go-give-your-children-better-chance-life-richard-reeves
September 10, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Vice President JD Vance to deliver keynote address on final day of Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Texas.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/vice-president-jd-vance-deliver-keynote-address-final-day-republican-midterm-convention-dallas-texas/19816642/
— Charlie Kirk remembered at GOP midterm convention 1 year after shooting death.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/charlie-kirk-shooting-year-political-activist-was-killed-front-thousands-utah-speaking-event/19816054/
NBC5
— Trump claims U.S. adults will get $5k ‘dividend’ if Republicans win midterms.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/politics/donald-trump-dividend-5k-elections-republicans/3987081/
— Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ offer sparks intense criticism, questions of legality. President Trump’s proposal to send Americans $5,000 checks if Republicans retain control of Congress has sparked criticism and even mockery.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trumps-5000-dividend-offer-sparks-intense-criticism-questions-of-legality/3987329/
FOX32
— Charlie Kirk death: Where the case stands 1 year after his death.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/charlie-kirk-death-where-murder-case-stands-1-year-later
WTTW
— Despite More Diverse Applicants, Those Promoted in CFD Remain Overwhelmingly White, Male. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/09/despite-more-diverse-applicants-those-promoted-cfd-remain-overwhelmingly-white-male
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican convention provides JD Vance center stage moment as party faces midterm verdict.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/jd-vance-republican-midterm-convention/
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Hoping to salvage midterms, Donald Trump makes dubious pledge to give every US adult $5,000 if GOP wins.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/donald-trump-gop-dallas-convention/
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Republicans showcase their ‘big beautiful bill’ to voters, but the law’s impact has been mixed.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/republicans-big-beautiful-bill-impact/
— President Donald Trump promises $500 Obamacare rebate checks for 1M enrollees in 30 states.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/donald-trump-500-obamacare-rebate-checks/
— Lake County Board GOP candidate may not appear on ballot: ‘It should be up to the voters.’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/09/lake-county-board-jorge-sanchez/
— Donald Trump wants to send Americans money. Congress and economists don’t seem thrilled with the idea.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/donald-trump-money-congress-economists/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/cannabis-shop-streeterville/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Memories of 9/11 horror still fresh after a quarter-century. The worst bloodshed on American soil since the Civil War unfolded on an ordinary Tuesday morning in September.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/09/10/9-11-memories-25th-anniversary-twin-towers-chicago-scene
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/09/10/illinois-officials-put-pressure-on-trump-administration-to-restore-crisis-lifeline-for-lgbtq-youth
RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth Pushes For Clarity And Due Process For Exemplary Military Officers Whose Promotions Are Blocked By Pete Hegseth. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors blocked my promotion to GS-14, my Democrat IRS superiors to GS-13, and my Democrat Post Office superiors to GS-5. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign. Would Duckworth have come to my defense?
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-pushes-for-clarity-and-due-process-for-exemplary-military-officers-whose-promotions-are-blocked-by-pete-hegseth-96610.cfm?
BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— Republicans honor Charlie Kirk before Vance and Trump speak on Day 2 of convention.
https://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/national-news/the-latest-republicans-honor-charlie-kirk-before-vance-and-trump-speak-on-day-2-of/article_cea4077f-a7ff-5b2a-a221-095da4772f4e.html
WSPY
— Republican governor candidate Darren Bailey coming to Sandwich Fair.
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/republican-governor-candidate-darren-bailey-coming-to-sandwich-fair/article_f01c8453-a2a3-4bd9-b9fe-b95476ebc3ee.html
ELMHURST PATCH
— ICE Jail Unlikely In Elmhurst, Given State Law: Official. Residents speculated earlier this year that such a lockup may come to town.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/ice-jail-unlikely-elmhurst-given-state-law-official
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-592/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, about half of American voters view the Republican Party’s platform as being too conservative. They ignore, downplay, dismiss, and belittle the fact that a similar share view the Democratic Party’s platform as too liberal. Since 2000, RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have used my promotion conservative principles and the Republican Party platform against me big time. Previously the RINO leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition used that against me big time. Ever-increasingly, the aforesaid blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that the more that I do to help elect them, the fewer votes that they will get and especially from Independent voters. They would be overjoyed if I left the IRP and joined the Conservative Party of Illinois ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(United_States)#Illinois ). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— RINO leaders want the Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party. They want the Republican Party to dump 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 in its platform. But the Republican Party exists to promote conservatism. The Democrat Party exists to promote liberalism. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I challenge my critics/opponents to justify their demonizing me, denigrating me, and condemning me as being too conservative. To promote personal responsibility, I discourage the promotion of dependency on government and charity. To promote traditional marriage and family, I discourage the promotion of LGBTQ. To promote right to life, I discourage the promotion of abortion. To promote enforcement of immigration laws, I discourage the promotion of illegal immigration. To promote conservative principles, I discourage the promotion of vices. To promote Second Amendment rights, I discourage the diminishment of those rights. To promote equal opportunity, I discourage the promotion of Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism, that is, I discourage the promotion of race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Because of pensions, Chicago pays $157 for $100 of payroll.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-pension-crisis-payroll-premium-2025/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— 90% of colleges still don’t require the SAT, even as the Ivy League returns to it.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/10/report-finds-90-colleges-resisting-return-mandatory-sat/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s $5,000 dividend pledge divides Republicans.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4721724/trump-dividend-pledge-divides-republicans-spending/
— Former presidents, excluding Trump, will attend 9/11 ceremony in New York City.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4721740/former-presidents-trump-911-new-york-and-jd-vance-moments-of-silence/
— The dark celebration of the ‘Kirkaversary.’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4720841/dark-celebration-kirkaversary/
— The Left made Charlie Kirk’s assassination inevitable. Stop burying the politics.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4720907/charlie-kirk-assassination-left-wing-identity-politics/
— They couldn’t win the argument, so they ended it: One year after Charlie Kirk.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4720866/charlie-kirk-political-violence-politics-progressivism/
NEW YORK POST
— 25 years after the horrific 9/11 attacks, America’s collective memory is fading — but the lessons learned mustn’t be forgotten.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/10/opinion/25-years-after-the-horrific-9-11-attacks-its-meaning-must-continue-to-stand-forever/
— Vance pays tribute to friend Charlie Kirk — credits widow Erika for major life decision.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/10/us-news/jd-vance-pays-tribute-to-friend-charlie-kirk-credits-widow-erika-for-major-life-decision/
BREITBART
— Liberals Are Worried Too Many Women Got Jobs Last Month.
https://link.breitbart.com/view/5d13d86afc942d626ccc80b7s8uyw.2vo/9942e99c
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ever since the August jobs report was released last week, the legacy media and liberal pundits have been highlighting the fact that the payrolls show the net gains for women dwarfed the gains for men. Employers added 158,000 women to payrolls in August and just 4,000 men. “Women accounted for almost all of job gains in August. Here’s why,” CNBC announced. Fortune went with: “Who runs the labor market? Women accounted for 98% of U.S. job gains in August.” This is a curious development. Why are the financial press and liberal pundits highlighting these job gains for women? Surely it is not to celebrate the feminist economy of Donald Trump or a great stride toward gender equality achieved by tariffs and the One Big Beautiful Bill. The Secretly Sexist MAGA Agenda Finally, an analysis from Mike Konczal, VP Policy and Research at the Economic Security Project and a former staffer at the National Economic Council, explained it. “One of the great ironies of the second Trump administration has been that, despite their attempt to reassert a male breadwinner family model and make a gender vibe shift, men have gained no jobs under it,” Konczal explained. As it turns out, the reason for all these stories was that liberals were attacking a demon of their own imagining. They have conjured a patriarchal Trump economic policy out of nothing but their own conviction that deep down Trump and his supporters have been fashioning a world where only men work, a male breadwinner family model of the economy. The fact that nothing Trump has said or done supports this is entirely beside the point. They just know that’s what he really wanted, and they’re eager to point out that he failed at the thing they only imagined he was trying to engineer.)
DAILY CALLER
— One Year Passed, What Charlie Kirk Would Want From Us Now.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/09/10/charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-florida-ohio-tpusa-erika-one-year-anniversary/
FOX NEWS
— RNC Midterm Convention chants Charlie Kirk’s name.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404864944112
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— George W. Bush says Americans “don’t pay attention to the lesson of 9/11.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-w-bush-911-attacks-condoleezza-rice/
— Trump says he doesn’t think $5,000 dividend payments would need to be approved by Congress.
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/president-donald-trump-dallas-texas-republican-midterm-convention-interview/
— Trump’s $5,000 dividend would reignite inflation and swell the U.S. deficit.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-5000-checks-inflation-deficit-economists/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— $5,000 Checks for Every American? What to Know About Trump’s Latest Promise. President’s trillion-dollar idea faces hurdles in Congress, risks sparking inflation
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/5-000-checks-for-every-american-what-to-know-about-trumps-latest-promise-0eb47fe6
FORTUNE
— Billionaire Democratic governor of Illinois Pritzker insists ‘Republicans have done nothing to earn your vote.’
https://fortune.com/2026/09/10/billionaire-democratic-governor-of-illinois-insists-republicans-have-done-nothing-to-earn-your-vote/
— Trump tries to bribe Americans to vote Republican with promise of $5,000 dividend — only if the GOP wins.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/10/trump-5000-dividend-republicans-midterms-us-debt/
— Trump’s first term had real stimulus checks. His second has promised ones tied to problems he started.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/10/trump-5000-check-republicans-midterms-stimulus/
September 10, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Northwest suburbs hope to capitalize on Presidents Cup visitors, international stage
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicagos-northwest-suburbs-hope-capitalize-presidents-cup-golf-competition-visitors-medinah-country-club/19812042/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Today in History: Charlie Kirk killed.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/today-in-history-charlie-kirk-killed/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois service members killed in combat after 9/11 memorialized ahead of terror attack anniversary. Hand-drawn portraits of more than 300 Illinoisans killed overseas during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are now temporarily on display in the lobby of the Daley Center ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois/2026/09/09/illinois-service-members-killed-in-combat-memorial-9-11-terror-attack-anniversary
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers? When you were a teen, what did you do when you were not in school? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/moment-of-youth/2026/09/10/teen-beach-gathering-conflict
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How we compiled Crain’s Best Places to Work 2026. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, it was the best place to work for those who were liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and the worst place to work for those who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/recognitions/best-places-to-work/ccb-how-crains-best-places-to-work-2026-were-chosen-20260909/
WGN RADIO
— How much are the top Illinois pensioners receiving?
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/how-much-are-the-top-illinois-pensioners-receiving/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senior Director of Fiscal and Economic Analysis at the Illinois Policy Institute Bryce Hill joins the Lisa Dent Show to discuss how last year, the top fifty of Illinois’ state pensioners each averaged about $437,000. Together, they discuss the factors that could lead to such an unsustainable system and what measures need to be made to change it.)
STATELINE
— Northern Illinois University welcomes third-largest freshman class in a decade.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/northern-illinois-university-welcomes-third-largest-freshman-class-in-a-decade/
WAND TV
— Decatur’s 9/11 Memorial serves as tribute, but many remain unaware it exists.
https://www.wandtv.com/2026/09/09/decaturs-911-memorial-serves-tribute-many-remain-unaware-it-exists/
WCBU
— Rep. LaHood says mail-in voting will not be disrupted; Trump should work on affordability.
https://www.wcbu.org/local-news/2026-09-08/rep-lahood-says-mail-in-voting-will-not-be-disrupted-trump-should-work-on-affordability
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TV
— DuPage County Sheriff’s Office honors 9/11 victims with memorial wall.
https://www.nctv17.org/news/dupage-county-sheriffs-office-honors-9-11-victims-with-memorial-wall/amp/
NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Naper Pride Will Not Take Place This September: Organizers. This year’s Naper Pride event had been scheduled for Sept. 12.
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/naper-pride-will-not-take-place-september
WEST CHICAGO
— Mexican Independence Day Festival Street Closures – September 13.
https://westchicago.org/annual/mexican-independence-day-festival-street-closures-2026/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/09/a-year-after-operation-midway-blitz-chicagoans-are-still-picking-up-the-pieces/
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/08/city-officials-promise-safe-mexican-independence-day-celebrations-this-weekend-1-year-after-midway-blitz/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Underwood.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/10/underwood-ready-for-the-next-rung-01070068
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: TAKEAWAY FROM TEXAS: IN DALLAS: We caught up with Jennifer Davis, the Republican nominee for the 8th Congressional District, about her take on the Republican convention – the first one she’s ever attended. Davis is impressed: “It’s an electric place,” she said, marveling at the size and choreography of an event that was pulled together quickly but has brought together a wide swath of Republican elected officials, candidates, donors and strategists from across the country. Along with 80 Illinois Republicans at the event, she spotted all the big national names, including Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Whip Tom Emmer and Majority Leader Steve Scalise. “They all put their pants on the same way,” she chuckled at their approachability. Asked about the possibility that Republicans could lose control of the House, she argued that the midterm convention helps strengthen the party: “Bringing people together always helps advance a cause. The more people rally around the mission, the stronger the effort becomes.” As for the buzz around President Donald Trump’s role in the midterms, Davis largely sidestepped that. She said she’s focused less on national personalities and more on her own race back home. “I can’t wait to get back and door-knock,” she said. . . Republican Don Tracy is putting up billboards in Chicago and surrounding communities. The message will be variations of “Socialism Destroys Lives. Vote Don Tracy for U.S. Senate.”)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-804/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— One year later, Charlie Kirk’s voice still carries.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/9/one-year-later-charlie-kirks-voice-still-carries/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker says anyone showing up in support of Trump’s midterm convention is ‘probably going to be disqualified’ from running in 2028.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4718794/pritzker-midterm-gop-convention-disqualified-2028/
— I thought free speech could save America. Charlie Kirk’s murder proved me wrong.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4715290/charlie-kirk-murder-one-year-anniversary-free-speech-political-violence/
NEW YORK POST
— My friend Charlie Kirk, the ‘indispensable man’ — killed for seeking truth.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/10/opinion/my-friend-charlie-kirk-the-indispensable-man-killed-for-seeking-truth/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It feels like just yesterday that America lost Charlie Kirk. I remember every detail vividly. Charlie and I were in daily contact that week as he prepared for his next national campus speaking tour. I was part of an intimate Zoom meeting he had organized the night prior to its first stop, at Utah Valley University. Less than 24 hours later, it was the site of his murder. Everything about the assassination was astonishing: The unconscionable security failure from the campus police and Charlie’s detail, the fact he was killed while modeling robust and respectful debate, the utterly depraved nature of the act and the apparent transgender-related motive of the accused killer.)
AMAC
— Four Big Ways Democrats Prioritize Illegal Aliens Over American Citizens.
https://amac.us/newsline/four-big-ways-democrats-prioritize-illegal-aliens-over-american-citizens
BREITBART
— Pritzker: Trump Likely to Send ICE Agents ‘Carrying Automatic Weapons’ to Polling Places.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/09/pritzker-trump-likely-to-send-ice-agents-carrying-automatic-weapons-to-polling-places/amp/
— Rubio Again Steps Aside for Vance in 2028, Says He Has No Plans to Run.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/09/rubio-again-steps-aside-for-vance-in-2028-says-he-has-no-plans-to-run/
COLLEGE FIX
— Not all UVU students agree on Charlie Kirk memorial (but most do!)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/not-all-uvu-students-agree-on-charlie-kirk-memorial-but-most-do/
FEDERALIST
— Racial Preferences in Economic Benefits: From Widely Accepted to Legally Indefensible.
https://fedsoc.org/fedsoc-review/racial-preferences-in-economic-benefits-from-widely-accepted-to-legally-indefensible
FOX NEWS
— Democratic student group to protest Charlie Kirk memorial at campus where he was killed.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/democratic-student-group-protest-charlie-kirk-memorial-campus-where-he-was-killed
— I spent eight years beside Charlie Kirk. Here’s what the world never understood.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/andrew-kolvet-spent-eight-years-beside-charlie-kirk-heres-what-world-never-understood
— In the year since we lost Charlie Kirk, the media has done its best to act its worst.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/year-since-lost-charlie-kirk-media-done-best-act-worst
— Charlie Kirk’s top debate moments and speeches.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404849508112
— Charlie Kirk’s 10 most powerful moments from college campuses to the Republican National Convention.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/charlie-kirks-10-most-powerful-moments-college-campuses-republican-national-convention
— Portland tattoo artist advertises $50 ‘Kirkiversary’ neck tattoos on anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s death. https://www.foxnews.com/media/portland-tattoo-artist-advertises-50-kirkiversary-neck-tattoos-anniversary-charlie-kirks-death.
— Debate grows over proposal funding married, stay-at-home parents.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404831792112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Efforts to diversify the workforce have reached critical mass. Women accounted for 98 percent of new jobs added in August and now boast the largest gap in employment over men in history, outnumbering men by 432,000 jobs, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The employment gap has been trending smaller and smaller for decades, accelerating around the turn of the century with the cultural push toward equal representation of the genders in the workplace. And since Trump began his presidency, virtually all net job gains have gone to women.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/no-mission-creep-for-womens-employment/
PJ MEDIA
— Universities Are Still Obsessed With DEI. Trump Needs to Cut Them Off Entirely.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/09/universities-are-still-dei-obsessed-trump-needs-to-cut-them-off-entirely-n4957043
REASON
— Urging SCOTUS To Reject AR-15 Bans, the Trump Administration Explains Why They Are Unconstitutional. The case hinges on the distinction between “unusual” weapons and arms in common use for lawful purposes.
https://reason.com/2026/09/09/urging-scotus-to-reject-ar-15-bans-the-trump-administration-explains-why-they-are-unconstitutional/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— GOP midterm convention lives up to its ‘Trump-a-Palooza’ hype.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6080104-trump-gop-midterm-convention-dallas/amp/
ROLL CALL
— Day One of the Republican midterm convention.
https://rollcall.com/2026/09/10/roll-call-on-the-road-day-one-of-the-republican-midterm-convention/
— Republicans make ‘crazed’ Democrats the focus of their first midterm convention.
https://rollcall.com/2026/09/10/republican-midterm-convention-trump-crazed-democrats/
NEWSWEEK
— Who Could Be the Next Charlie Kirk?
https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-conservative-media-alex-clark-brett-cooper-riley-gaines-isabel-brown-amala-ekpunobi-12421024
— Erika Kirk’s Year of Grief—Timeline, Photos After Taking the Lead of TPUSA.
https://www.newsweek.com/erika-kirks-year-of-grief-timeline-photos-after-taking-the-lead-of-tpusa-12422643
— A Year Later, Charlie Kirk’s Death Has Fractured MAGA.
https://www.newsweek.com/year-later-charlie-kirks-death-fractured-maga-12423526
ABC NEWS
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will forever use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://abcnews.com/US/wont-erased-academics-defend-black-studies-amid-program/story?id=136117339
CBS NEWS
— Pritzker calls GOP midterm convention “a clown show” at Democrats’ Texas event.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-republicans-midterm-convention-clown-show-trump/
NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘Pretend That I Am Running’: 7 Takeaways From the G.O.P. Midterm Convention.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/us/politics/trump-republican-convention-speech-takeaways.html
— Trump Floats $5,000 Checks to Americans if Republicans Win Midterms.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09/09/us/rnc-trump-midterm-convention-updates
— Memorial on Anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s Killing Splits a Utah Campus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-assassination-anniversary.html
— Can the 9/11 Museum Tell Its Story for Another 25 Years?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/arts/design/sept-11-museum-memorial-finances.html
— DD: To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. To be woke is to reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/magazine/woke-antiwoke-outrage-future.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump makes case for Iran war, promises $5,000 payouts if GOP wins midterms.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/09/oil-price-spike-iran-attacks-intrudes-gops-midterm-convention/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blast Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/09/10/trump-midterm-convention-strategy-republicans/91578267007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Islam.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/09/06/sept-11-muslim-americans-and-a-new-backlash/91560611007/
WSJ
— The Long Shadow of 9/11, Told Through the WSJ Archive.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/sept-11-terrorist-attacks-anniversary-coverage-6339aa0b
— Key Moments From the First Night of the GOP Midterm Convention.
https://www.wsj.com/video/key-moments-from-the-first-night-of-the-gop-midterm-convention/653C9858-B504-4187-AD0B-5A61CAB366F2
BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s $5,000 Payout Promise Underscores GOP Midterm Peril.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-10/trump-urges-voters-to-let-him-finish-the-job-at-gop-convention
NEWS NATION
— Pritzker: Democrats have the ideas people really want to vote for. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/latest-video/democrats-have-the-ideas-people-really-want-to-vote-for-gov-jb-pritzker-newsnation-live/
LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
— To win the AI race, America must restore meritocracy and standardized testing.
https://www.dailynews.com/2026/09/09/to-win-the-ai-race-america-must-restore-meritocracy-and-standardized-testing/
STAR TELEGRAM
— What does a jury of your peers really mean? DD: Can you get a fair trial? Who are your peers? What is your jury appeal? My peers include people in northeast Illinois who are past/present federal employees, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I was denied my 7th Amendment rights to jury trials because too few in the jury pool are the aforesaid. Too many in the jury pool are anti-federal employees, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article316108727.html
MILITARY
— NDAA Provision Would Require Written Notification from Hegseth to Officers Withheld Promotions or Fired. NDAA language “would require timely written notification within seven days” so officers aren’t blindsided, as put forward by Sen. Tammy Duckworth. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors falsely led me to believe that they were going to let me work until I was eligible for regular retirement when I was 55 in 2003.
https://www.military.com/exclusive-senators-ndaa-provision-would-require-written-notification-hegseth-officers-promoted-fired
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats and RINOs will forever use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/diversity-inclusion/turns-out-keeping-dei-didnt-cost-companies-a-thing/589239
PHYS
— DD: On what are your successes attributed to? My critics/opponents attribute my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, etc.
https://phys.org/news/2026-09-luck-merit-inequality-equally.html
NPR
— A year after Charlie Kirk was killed, young conservatives navigate a divided movement.
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/10/nx-s1-5928517/charlie-kirk-death-anniversary-turning-point
— 1 year later, young conservatives still grapple with Charlie Kirk’s death.
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/10/nx-s1-5945761/1-year-later-young-conservatives-still-grapple-with-charlie-kirks-death
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Did 9/11 Really Change Everything?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/magazine/did-9-11-really-change-everything.html
NEW YORKER
— Is the Democratic Party Still Too Woke? DD: To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. To be woke is to reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/is-the-democratic-party-still-too-woke
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Calls for Marco Rubio rattle Republican convention as JD Vance attempts to seize MAGA crown.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16119413/Calls-Marco-Rubio-rattle-Republican-convention-JD-Vance-attempts-seize-MAGA-crown.html
GUARDIAN
— Grief, fury, conspiracy: inside Turning Point USA after Charlie Kirk’s killing.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/09/turning-point-usa-charlie-kirk-killing-one-year-later
NEWS24
— Charlie Kirk was ‘someone who actually truly believed’ in the USA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiR9m2Z-vgc
— Charlie Kirk is most missed as the ‘indispensable’ figure for the MAGA movement.
https://www.news24.com.au/politics/us-politics/charlie-kirk-is-most-missed-as-the-indispensable-figure-for-the-maga-movement/video/1e62885f30eaa3fcc85ffcde847034df
— Entirely possible Charlie Kirk could have been a future president.
https://www.news24.com.au/politics/us-politics/entirely-possible-charlie-kirk-could-have-been-a-future-president/video/c70bd3644fa7ecd5689221e0c396d792
— Charlie Kirk was ‘one of the most important conservative figures’ in the USA.
https://www.news24.com.au/politics/us-politics/charlie-kirk-was-one-of-the-most-important-conservative-figures-in-the-usa/video/6199b0fb6350ea9e50d6e5946c7b4cb8