FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Early voting expands in Chicago, Cook County for Illinois Primary. DD: How many have voted so far in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct? How many Democrat, Republican, and NA ballots have been cast so far? Who does not want the aforesaid information to be reported and why?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-primary-elections-2026-early-voting-expands-chicago-cook-county/18666942/
— Republican candidates for Illinois governor James Mendrick, Darren Bailey
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-election-primary-republican-governor-candidates-darren-bailey-james-mendrick-talk-abc7-before-midterms-2026/18658956/
— Trump says there will ‘likely’ be more US casualties amid operation. Iranian officials have vowed to hit back against the U.S. and Israel.
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/iran-live-updates-trump-says-major-combat-operations-have-begun/18660347/
— At least 10 killed in Pakistan as protesters try to storm US Consulate over Khamenei’s death
https://abc7chicago.com/post/karachi-deadly-protest-least-10-killed-pakistan-demonstrators-try-storm-us-consulate-khameneis-death/18664582/
— Oil prices rise sharply in market trading after attacks in Middle East disrupt global energy supply
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-israel-attack-iran-oil-prices-rise-sharply-market-trading-attacks-middle-east-disrupt-global-energy-supply/18665641/
NBC5
— Illinois primary election early voting set to expand this week. New early voting sites will open in all 50 Chicago wards this week, along with numerous suburban locations. DD: How many have voted so far in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct? How many Democrat, Republican, and NA ballots have been cast so far? Who does not want the aforesaid information to be reported and why?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-primary-election-early-voting-set-to-expand-this-week/3901636/
CBS2
— Early voting begins at locations all across Chicago, suburban Cook County. DD: How many have voted so far in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct? How many Democrat, Republican, and NA ballots have been cast so far? Who does not want the aforesaid information to be reported and why?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/early-voting-begins-across-chicago-suburban-cook-county/
FOX32
— Republicans join Democrats in effort to block Trump’s military authority over Iran
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/republicans-join-democrats-block-trumps-military-authority-over-iran
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Air strikes, death of Ayatollah Khamenei, celebrated by many in Chicago Iranian community
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/01/iran-strikes-chicago-reaction-ayatollah-khamenei/
— Video gambling terminals spell bad news for Chicago. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/02/opinion-video-gambling-terminals-chicago/
— Public servants are under attack. Here’s why their work matters. DD: What is your attitude toward federal employees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment examination with him. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me for accepting a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because government employees are so widely despised if not hated, once you become a government employee, it is almost impossible to get a job in the private sector. Because federal employees are so widely despised if not hated, once you become a federal employee, it is almost impossible to get a job working for state, county, township, or municipal governments.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/02/opinion-illinois-public-servants-matter/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Across the nation, public servants carry a burden that few in the private sector ever shoulder: a persistent (and loudly expressed) perception that they do not work hard, they are overpaid, they are lost in the swamp of bureaucracy, or worse, that they simply do not care. These assumptions were amplified on the national stage last year when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) took an axe to the federal workforce. Rather than collaborate with tenured employees who had firsthand insight on what processes needed to be reworked, DOGE told thousands of workers that their civic efforts were worthless and the country would be better off without them. In doing so, it continued a politically convenient narrative that has since had a chilling effect on state-level jobs and devastating impacts on real people. For instance, just hours after 2,400 Veterans Affairs jobs were dissolved, health care appointments for Illinois veterans were cancelled due to staffing shortages. We should all be concerned that the only efficiency DOGE delivered was deeper mistrust and disregard for those who keep our most fundamental systems running.)
— Chicago sees exodus of immigration judges during Trump’s second term
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/02/chicago-immigration-judges/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— War is much easier to enter than to exit. President Donald Trump begins a war with Iran without congressional approval, public debate or a clear path out.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/03/01/president-donald-trump-iran-strikes-israel-war
— More early voting sites open Monday in Chicago, suburbs. The 50 ward early voting sites in Chicago open as will 55 sites in suburban Cook County. Additional early voting sites also open in the collar counties. DD: How many have voted so far in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct? How many Democrat, Republican, and NA ballots have been cast so far? Who does not want the aforesaid information to be reported and why?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/03/01/early-voting-chicago-suburbs
DAILY HERALD
— Democratic comptroller candidates make push for why they’re voters’ best option. DD: If you had run for the comptroller office, which of your qualifications would you have stressed? I would have stressed a) that I worked as an Analyst for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, b) that before that, I worked as a Revenue Officer for IRS 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, c) that I became a CPA and a certified internal auditor, fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, d) that I became a licensed CPA, e) that I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, and f) that I served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter for 13 years.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260301/illinois-state-politics/democratic-comptroller-candidates-make-push-for-why-theyre-voters-best-option/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Time for electric vehicle owners to pony up? Legislation to hike EV fees has a pay-per-mile option. DD: Do you own a EV? I own a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV. How many miles did you dive your EV last year? I drove mine only 42 mile. I paid $100 more for an EV license plate sticker. The car weighs almost 6,000 pounds. If the car had been available with a Hemi, I would have opted for that.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260301/transportation/time-for-electric-vehicle-owners-to-pony-up-legislation-to-hike-ev-fees-has-a-pay-per-mile-option/
WGN RADIO
— The difference in average net worth across the country is vast, depending on where you live. It’s so vast that the median net worth in the U.S. can range from anywhere between $62,000 to nearly $700,000, based solely on which state you call home. DD: Illinois is 19th at $209,500.
https://wgnradio.com/news/curious-what-the-net-worth-of-residents-in-your-state-might-be-a-new-report-has-the-answer/
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— A guide to early voting before Evanston’s March 17 primary election. DD: How many have voted so far in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct? How many Democrat, Republican, and NA ballots have been cast so far? Who does not want the aforesaid information to be reported and why?
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2026/03/01/city/a-guide-to-early-voting-before-evanstons-march-17-primary-election/
BELLEVIEW NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Reviving the American dream. DD: The American Dream motivated me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a job-related professional license when I was 32. But if I was those ages today, I doubt that I could find the motivation. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the future is bleaker and bleaker and bleaker for those who share my demographics.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/belleville-news-democrat-sunday/20260301/281616721852123
WAND TV
— US, Israel pound targets in Iran as Trump signals openness to talk to new leadership. The U.S. and Israel are pounding targets across Iran, dropping massive bombs on the country’s ballistic missile facilities and wiping out warships as part of an intensifying military campaign that accompanied the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/us-israel-pound-targets-in-iran-as-trump-signals-openness-to-talk-to-new-leadership/article_266406e0-3045-5877-8af2-ac586d123e4e.html
WCIA
— Champaign Co. issues warning about lines due to lack of election judges
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/champaign-co-issues-warning-about-lines-due-to-lack-of-election-judges/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump says more US service member deaths ‘likely’ in Iran conflict after 3 killed, 5 injured
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-says-more-us-service-members-will-likely-die-in-iran-conflict-after-3-killed-5-injured/
NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://northernstar.info/133879/opinion/opinion-stop-treating-lgbtq-like-a-porn-category/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— How war could reshape the primaries
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/02/how-war-could-reshape-the-primary-00806681
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-689/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What discourages you from helping elect candidates win elections? For me, since 2000, it has been far too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have blamed their defeats a) on me, b) on what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, and c) on what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, and the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout that I painted them as being more conservative than they wanted to be painted, and that caused them to lose. According to them, I am far too conservative, and because of that, the more that I do to help them, the more votes that they will not get. Most commonly, they blame articles that I linked to in my newsletters that they do not like. Because Democrat and RINO leaders have ever-increasingly painted me so negatively, Republican candidates ever-increasingly make it clear that they do not want my help to get elected. Sadly, some Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have taken averse actions against me to get more votes. Comments? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Transgenderism: An attack on reality. For the left, facts are meaningless.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/1/transgenderism-attack-reality/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— NEA’s hyper-fixation on race shows fight against ‘woke’ indoctrination is not over
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4473612/nea-hyper-fixation-on-race-woke-indoctrination/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— ‘Unnecessary War of Choice’? Absolutely Not. Democratic talking point, not reality.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/unnecessary-war-of-choice-absolutely
NEW YORK POST
— Why the left’s serial insanities keep becoming the law of the land
https://nypost.com/2026/03/01/opinion/why-the-lefts-serial-insanities-keep-becoming-the-law-of-the-land/
— The end of college racial quotas is already making America more just. DD: UIC admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 because they could not find a qualitied minority or female to admit.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/opinion/the-end-of-college-racial-quotas-is-already-making-america-more-just/
FOX NEWS
— Three U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles were shot down in a friendly fire incident over Kuwait late Sunday during active combat operations tied to Operation Epic Fury, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said. The aircraft were mistakenly engaged by Kuwaiti air defenses amid a complex battle environment that included attacks from Iranian aircraft, ballistic missiles and drones. All six aircrew members safely ejected, were quickly recovered, and are reported to be in stable condition.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/3-us-warplanes-shot-down-kuwaiti-air-defenses-pilots-bail-out-friendly-fire-incident-centcom-says?lid=ehvfygq6rbvz
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Students Want School to Spend $25K on Reparations Commission. DD: The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats say you benefitted from slavery, and therefore, the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/03/u-illinois-urbana-champaign-students-want-school-to-spend-25k-on-reparations-commission/
POST BULLETIN
— No room for divided allegiance. DD: From what I see, more and more and more of those who come to America remain strongly aligned either for or against the countries they came from. Further, more and more and more want to turn America into their motherland.
https://www.postbulletin.com/news/let-no-room-for-divided-allegiance
WESTERN JOURNAL
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, they always had strict race and gender quotas to meet for promotions to GS-13. Because of that, they never promoted me to GS-13 even though I had earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they always had strict race and gender quotas to meet for promotions to GS-14. They never promoted me to GS-14 and they would not have promoted me to GS-13 in 1986 if I had not a) earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981. They would never have promoted me to GS-13 if the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 had not gotten back into power and assigned me to audits of IRS in 1986 and promoted me in 1986. Because he did that, my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire in 1987. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, they would have promoted me to GS-14, then GS-15, and then Senior Executive Service before I was 40 in 1988.
https://www.westernjournal.com/affirmative-action-quotas-question-female-minority-pilots-caused-half-pilot-error-crashes/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson admitted coordinating with other sanctuary city leaders to resist federal immigration enforcement. DD: Constructively, sanctuary states, that is, Democrat states, have declared war on America and have seceded from the United States.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/chicago-mayor-plots-anti-ice-strategy-with-peers/gm-70CE8E00F8
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasing fill their schools with their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/nyregion/immigration-agents-college-campus-columbia.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s attack on Iran risks alienating war-weary supporters
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/01/trump-iran-gop-coalition-divide/
USA TODAY
— Trump faces MAGA backlash on Iran. Trump campaigned as a staunch critic of previous U.S. wars in the Middle East, and some in his MAGA coalition aren’t happy about the Iran operation. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, many of my superiors and supervisors were veterans, and at times, most, if not virtually all of them were veterans. They did not blame Republicans for starting the Vietnam War, but they certainly blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War. They especially blamed Republicans like me who were 1-A and avoided the Vietnam War draft with deferments. I should write about the many big adverse actions that they took against me. At the Post Office, they disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969. At IRS, they disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. At GAO, they forced me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/01/trump-iran-maga-backlash-tucker-mtg/88935179007/
— Experts question Trump administration claims of Iran nuclear threat
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2026/03/01/trump-administration-faces-questions-over-iran-nuclear-threat-claims/88936194007/
— Unemployed Americans struggle to find next job. DD: Have you been unemployed, and if so, how long and why?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/03/01/unemployed-struggling-to-find-work/88903339007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A New Lost Generation: Why Gen Z Is Unprepared for the Workplace. Young employees often don’t have the skills they need to navigate organizations. Leaders should first understand the problem, and then how to fill the gaps. DD: The first 6 months that I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer in 1971 was classroom training. I worked for IRS 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. GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31. The Democrats who ran GAO wasted my knowledge of IRS. The succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/gen-z-worker-skills-294463f6
(FROM GOOGLE AI: IRS Revenue Officer training is a comprehensive, multi-year program focusing on tax law, civil investigative techniques, and collection procedures. Training includes in-person classroom instruction and on-the-job training (OJT) for navigating delinquent tax cases. As of 2025, training is primarily delivered through the Integrated Talent Management (ITM) system. Key aspects of the training program include: Curriculum Focus: Training covers the Internal Revenue Code, financial analysis, and investigative techniques for field work. Delivery Methods: Uses a combination of classroom training, web-based distance learning, and extensive on-the-job training. Initial Training: New hires undergo rigorous, often two-year, initial training to prepare for face-to-face interactions with taxpayers and representatives. System Access: Training is managed via the ITM system, with some specialized academies still under development as of April 2025. Career Path: Training supports the ability to handle complex tax collection cases, with opportunities for advancement. Newly hired revenue officers are typically trained to work in the field, analyzing financial information and enforcing tax compliance.)
FED WEEK
— OPM Guidance Addresses How Veterans’ Preference Applies in RIFs. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes because of Gingrich budget cuts. Many, if not most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were males were veterans. Because GAO officially exempted GAO employees who were veterans from any adverse impact of Gingrich budget cuts, because I was a Republican, because I was not a veteran, and especially because I avoided the Vietnam War draft with deferments, my Democrat GAO superiors made me pay the price big time. They ultimately forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.fedweek.com/issue-briefs/opm-guidance-addresses-how-veterans-preference-applies-in-rifs/
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
— Veterans’ Hiring Preference Goes Far Beyond Landing a Federal Job. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under hiring and/or promotion freezes because of Republican Gingrich budget cuts. Many, if not most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were males were veterans. Because GAO officially exempted GAO employees who were veterans from any adverse impact of Gingrich budget cuts, because I was a Republican, because I was not a veteran, and especially because I avoided the Vietnam War draft with deferments, my Democrat GAO superiors made me pay the price big time. They ultimately forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.moaa.org/content/publications-and-media/news-articles/2025-news-articles/transition-and-career/veterans-hiring-preference-goes-far-beyond-landing-a-federal-job/
OPM
— DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me if I had not passed the postal employment examination. The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me if I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me if I had not passed the CPA examination. They would not have hired me because I was not a Democrat, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.opm.gov/chcoc/latest-memos/ending-use-of-administrative-careers-with-america-assessments.pdf
PBS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders legally and illegally flood America with citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/trump-said-hes-pro-legal-immigration-his-policies-say-otherwise
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February 27, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Hundreds of high school students in Cook County cast their first ballots. DD: Democrats a) run education in Illinois and b) shout at high school students that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/hundreds-of-high-school-students-in-cook-county-cast-their-first-ballots/3900753/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicagos-first-luxury-gay-hotel-is-coming-northalsted-heres-what-we-know
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Video gambling machine legalization in Chicago clears hurdle. DD: I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/26/video-gambling-machine-legalization-clears-hurdle-chicago/
DAILY HERALD
— Harris for Republican secretary of state nomination
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260227/opinion/harris-for-republican-secretary-of-state-nomination/
— Suburban officials oppose Pritzker’s plan to reduce local control over residential zoning. DD: Democrat leaders always want to put low income public housing in Republican areas. Democrat leaders have always wanted to put low income public housing at the north end of my precinct.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260226/real-estate/its-just-a-bad-idea-suburban-officials-oppose-pritzkers-plan-to-reduce-local-control-over-zonin/
— Republican congressional candidate Jim Marter supports President Donald Trump’s oft-repeated claim that a “deep state” network of people and organizations is manipulating the U.S. government — and he claims Trump’s executive orders have helped lessen its influence. Marter’s rival for the GOP nomination in the 14th District, Somonauk resident Gary Vician, dismissed the conspiracy-laden concept. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. For them, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260226/us-congress-politics/gop-candidate-shares-trump-concerns-of-a-deep-state-rival-rejects-concept/
— Why it’s becoming so expensive to buy a car in America. DD: How much money have you spent on cars? Maybe I spent too much. But cars were cheaper back then. I bought used cars in 1964, 1971, and 2011. I bought new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1989, etc. I bought collector cars in 1989 and 1994.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260221/business/real-sticker-shock-why-its-becoming-so-expensive-to-buy-a-car-in-america/
WBEZ
— 2026 Republican Primary Forum for the U.S. Senate in Illinois
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-news/2026/02/27/2026-republican-primary-forum-us-senate-illinois
WGLT & NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— GOP Senate candidates make case for conservative replacement for Durbin. DD: Conservatives are dramatically underrepresented in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton Warrenville School District 200.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-02-26/gop-senate-candidates-make-case-for-conservative-replacement-for-durbin
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2026-02-26/gop-senate-candidates-make-case-for-conservative-replacement-for-durbin
WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot in Danville. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.wandtv.com/seeing-green-first-cannabis-lounge-in-danville-hosts-grand-opening/video_c3f7c1ad-e58c-59db-931e-f01f05d150ae.html
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— Call for Nominations: Celebrate Career Excellence. DD: Very few federal employees have excellent careers. Federal employees who are Republican, White, male. and/or non-veteran are gotten rid of if they do not make GS-13 ($118,984) by age 25, GS-14 ($140,604) by age 30, GS-15 ($165,386) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($197,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. The Democrats who run the federal government use “up-or-out” to promote their Democrat employees who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. My federal career is a case example.
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2026/02/call-for-nominations-celebrate-career-excellence-attend-ceremony/
ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst Republican Backs Democratic County Hopeful. The candidate has the experience to manage the county’s budget, the Republican said. DD: Do not anticipate/expect that any Democrat will back a Republican candidate unless that candidate is RINO or a Democrat plant.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-republican-backs-democratic-county-hopeful
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois legislators introduce bills to regulate pricing based on personal data. DD: Of course, Democrat and RINO sellers want Republicans to pay more, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-legislators-introduce-bills-to-regulate-pricing-based-on-personal-data/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Politics pauses for Jackson
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/02/27/politics-takes-a-pause-for-jackson-00803341
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-688/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-476/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If America dramatically increased the number of work permits and the number that could immigrate legally, how many citizens of foreign countries would apply? Once you are in America legally, and especially once you become a citizen of America, you lose the tremendous protections and benefits that Democrats and RINOs give illegals. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The more Democrat primary ballots that are cast than Republican primary ballots are cast, the more that Democrat leaders will predict that Democrat candidates will win November 3. What has your Republican Precinct Committeeman done so far to increase the number of Republican primary ballots cast in your precinct? I have hand-delivered to the 400 residences in my precinct that have one or more registered Republican or NA voter a DuPage County GOP envelope that contained a copy of the sample ballot, a Voter Guide from the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), and campaign literature from the five Republican candidates on our ballot who provided their literature to the MTRO. I split the 400 envelopes into 5 batches. Delivering each batch took about 3 hours or about 15 hours altogether. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Donald Trump’s cuts to federal workforce a real conservative win. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They use Republican budget cuts first to get rid of any remaining Republican employees and then to get rid of employees who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/26/donald-trumps-cuts-federal-workforce-real-conservative-win/
— Democrats cannot stand America. Their inability to put country before party.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/26/democrats-stand-america/
— Noncitizen voting threatens election integrity and national security.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/26/noncitizen-voting-threatens-election-integrity-national-security/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— California to Spend $35 Million to Prevent the Deportation of Illegal Aliens
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/california-spend-35-million-prevent-deportation-illegal-aliens
HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
— Merit, Accountability, and Performance at State: Evaluating Promotion and Placement. DD: If Republicans had held such hearings on GAO since I starting working for GAO in 1980, they would have found a) that Democrats ran GAO, b) that virtually all GAO employees were Democrats, c) that virtually all their employees who they promoted were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, and d) that virtually all their employees who they promoted were Democrats who had less work experience, who had less education, who had no or fewer professional certifications, and/or who had no professional licenses or fewer than their Republican coworkers had. Another words, Republicans would have found that the Democrats who ran GAO grossly discriminated against their Republican employees, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I would have been a case example. If Gingrich had held such hearings and had reformed GAO instead of gutting GAO, my entire life since 1980 would have been dramatically better.
https://democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearings?ContentRecord_id=BCA168B9-5972-42AD-B29A-E88053CA637C
PJ MEDIA
— How Much Was the Government LYING About the Illegal Immigrant Crime Wave? DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/02/26/how-much-was-the-government-lying-about-the-illegal-immigrant-crime-wave-n4949983
TOWNHALL
— The Judicial Coup Continues As Yet Another Judge Tries to Stop Trump’s Deportation Policy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/02/26/judge-strikes-down-trumps-third-country-deportation-policy-n2671905
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX NEW YORK
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/lgbtq-gay-pride-flag-stonewall-nyc-trump-schumer
NEW YORK TIMES
— New A.C.A. Plans Could Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000. DD: My critics/opponents are furious that the federal government pays $21,000/year (72%) of my and my wife’s $30,000/year healthcare insurance premiums because I am a federal retiree. They started being furious when I became a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966. They got more furious when I got married when I was 29 in 1978. My critics/opponents would never stoop to take a federal job and/or they are not qualified for federal jobs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/health/obamacare-health-insurance-rollbacks.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/26/trump-immigration-democrats-sotu-midterms/
USA TODAY
— Personal Responsibility. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. I took it upon myself to earn money a) to pay for my college expenses, b) to buy cars, c) to buy real estate, d) etc. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes and chipped slag in 1966. I pumped gasoline in 1966, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. My critics/opponents would never stoop to take the aforesaid jobs.
https://www.usatoday.com/press-release/story/26789/chuck-thompson-announces-release-of-new-book-exploring-manifestation-and-personal-responsibility-2/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers. More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries. “I wasn’t expecting to be surrounded by this many Americans.”
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americans-leaving-the-us-migration-a5795bfa
WMUR
— High School student maintains 4.0 GPA while playing three sports. DD: What harmed your GPA? For me, it was my spending far too many hours doing the following while took courses instead of studying: a) doing yard work 1962-1964, b) delivering newspapers 1962-1966, c) washing dishes 1964-1966, d) pumping gasoline in 1966, 1971, and 1972, e) delivering mail 1966-1969, f) working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, g) selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances in 1971, h) collecting delinquent federal taxes 1972-1980, and i) auditing federal agencies in 1980 and 1992-1997.
https://www.wmur.com/article/plymouth-high-school-student-maintains-40-gpa-while-playing-three-sports/70440282
SACRAMENT BEE
— CPA vs MBA: Salaries, Career Paths & More. DD: I did not earn an MBA until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late because I was a White male. Employers were under ever-increasing tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://www.sacbee.com/careers-education/cpa-vs-mba/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: CPA vs MBA: Why Not Have Both? You can, but it depends on what you want to do. Are you interested in management opportunities or consulting? If so, you can save a lot of time and money and just get your MBA. But if you enjoy working with numbers and want to get paid well for it, you should become a CPA and seek employment at one of the Big 4 Accounting Firms. However, there are unique career growth opportunities for a CPA who earned an MBA, including upper management positions. The inverse is also true: a finance-focused MBA interested in corporate finance or taxation could get a lot of mileage out of a CPA education.)
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/26/england-respects-the-rule-of-law-why-dont-we/
SWOON
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. Traditional marriage helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) become a licensed CPA in 1981, e) etc. Traditional marriage helped my wife and I a) buy a home in Wheaton in 1978, b) buy two new cars in 1978, c) afford my taking a $23,699/year pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, d) etc. Traditional marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1986.
https://www.swooon.com/1261285/chris-harrison-new-dating-show-traditional-marriage-reaction/
CRIMSON WHITE
— Affordability concerns hit students. DD: Back in the good old days, my working all the hours that I could for the Park Forest Post office 1966-1969 at $19.57-$20.87/hour in today’s dollars enabled me to pay for my UIC and NIU expenses, buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and graduate debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning that Charger. But my GPA suffered.
https://thecrimsonwhite.com/127201/news/affordability-concerns-hit-students/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Prepare Now, Succeed Later. It’s never too early to start career planning. DD: I should have majored in accounting. But I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late because I was a White male. Employers were under ever-increasing tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/carpe-careers/2025/07/14/importance-early-career-planning-opinion
HR DRIVE
— EEOC warns Fortune 500 to ‘reject identity politics.’ DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/eeoc-warns-fortune-500-to-reject-identity-politics/813317/
February 25, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Inflation. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/state-union-2026-virginia-gov-abigail-spanberger-hit-affordability-democrats-response/18645449/
NBC5
— Underwood leaves chamber during State of the Union address
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-rep-lauren-underwood-leaves-chamber-during-state-of-the-union-address/3899741/
— Illinois Democrats, Republicans respond to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union. Several Illinois Democrats blasted the president’s remarks, while Republicans offered praise.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/illinois-democrats-republicans-respond-to-president-donald-trumps-state-of-the-union/3899814/
— State of the Union. DD: Dozens of Democrats boycott Trump’s State of the Union
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/empty-seats-throughout-chamber-as-dozens-skip-trumps-state-of-the-union/3899683/
CBS2
— Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks at “State of the Swamp,” countering Trump’s State of the Union
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-brandon-johnson-state-of-the-swamp/
FOX32
— Illinois GOP governor candidates debate Bears, Trump, SAFE-T Act
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-i22byl9y1im0m3iu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsNHE9Dqiq4
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tariffs. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for all problems.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/24/editorial-tariffs-donald-trump-supreme-court-neil-gorsuch/
— Parades. DD: In 2021, my critics/opponents succeeded in having their operatives and their dupes end my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, a role that I had since 2005.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/24/highland-park-parade-shooting-memorial/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH TWO PHOTOS: CPA and assessor seek Republican nod for Will County treasurer. DD: Have you wanted to run for a government office? Since I was 49 years old in 1997, my DuPage County critics/opponents have falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I wanted to run for DuPage County Treasurer. To discourage me from considering doing that, they have taken many big adverse actions against me. I should write about my DuPage County critics/opponents and the many big adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me. Of course, they ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth what did to elect and to reelect Gwen Henry since 2006. I hand-delivered her campaign literature in my precinct in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022. My critics/opponents base their false accusations against me on my being highly qualified for the office. I became a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I earned professional certifications in fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years as a Revenue Officer, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,069-$113,402/year and for GAO for almost 18 years as an Analyst, the last 11 years of at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,807-$154,682/year. I have master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/24/cpa-village-manager-republican-will-county-treasurer/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Trump declares ‘golden age’ of America as six Illinois Democrats boycott his address — Underwood walks out. The president tried to reclaim his immigration messaging by focusing on border security first — rather than unpopular immigration enforcement campaigns in Democratic cities.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2026/02/24/president-donald-trump-state-of-the-union-speech-illinois-democrats-boycott
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/24/jaime-coria-jr-state-of-the-union-guest
— Pritzker announces $100 million redevelopment of Pullman’s Hotel Florence. The nearly 145-year-old building will become a boutique hotel, with new restaurants and a music venue nearby. DD: In 1973, when I was a 24-year-old IRS Revenue Officer, I collected delinquent taxes in that hotel.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2026/02/24/gov-jb-pritzker-100-million-redevelopment-pullman-hotel-florence
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/02/25/save-act-republicans-requiring-proof-citizenship-vote-no-basis-constitution-john-martin
DAILY HERALD
— James T. “Jim” Marter: 2026 candidate for 14th Congressional District
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260225/us-congress-politics/james-t-jim-marter-2026-candidate-for-14th-congressional-district/
WBEZ
— American Flag. DD: I have flown an American flag off my front porch 24-hours-a-day every day since September 11, 2001.
https://www.wbez.org/arts/2026/02/23/black-artists-express-complicated-relationship-with-u-s-flag-in-show-honoring-nations-250th-anniversary
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane County GOP Lincoln Dinner sends out clarion call for votes
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2026/02/24/kane-county-gop-lincoln-dinner-sends-out-clarion-call-for-votes/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Pritzker says Trump spewed lies during his State of the Union
https://www.nprillinois.org/news/2026-02-25/illinois-governor-says-president-trump-spewed-lies-during-his-state-of-the-union-first-listen
https://gov-pritzker-newsroom.prezly.com/gov-pritzkers-statement-on-president-trumps-state-of-the-union-address
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about how they used signs, silence, and skipping to protest Trump’s State of the Union
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-25/signs-silence-and-skipping-how-democrats-protested-trumps-state-of-the-union
WAND TV
— IL bill could allow counties to have more vote centers on Election Day
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-bill-could-allow-counties-to-have-more-vote-centers-on-election-day/article_1dea567a-4500-495d-b3f1-fe348dbf3dbc.html
25 NEWS NOW
— LaHood applauds Trump’s ‘vision of strength’
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/02/25/lahood-applauds-trumps-vision-strength-while-sorensen-claims-president-failed-address-real-challenges/
WGLT
— Amnesty. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-02-24/immigrants-in-mclean-county-seeking-legal-pathway-face-a-different-kind-of-fear
CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION
— Chicago Teachers Union Expresses Solidarity with State Sen. Mike Simmons After Neighbors Responded to His Outreach By Calling Police
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/sen-simmons-canvass-police/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Two Americas, one long night
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/02/25/two-americas-one-long-night-00797494
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-474/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHIEF TOM WEITZEL (ret.)
— When Criminal Histories Stop Mattering, Public Safety Suffers. Violent offenders don’t magically become safe—yet our policies act as if they do.
https://chieftomweitzelret.substack.com/p/when-criminal-histories-stop-mattering
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Kane County Democrats Trouncing Republicans in Vote by Mail Application. Democrats 14,362, Republicans 6,430 DD: In your county, how many have voted so far? How many have cast Republican, Democrat, and NA ballots?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/02/25/kane-county-democrats-trouncing-republicans-in-vote-by-mail-application/
— Tourism Abortion in Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/02/24/tourism-abortion-in-illinois/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Omar shouted at Trump ‘You killed Americans.” What have Democrats shouted at you lately? I am happy to report that only one Democrat voter in my precinct, albeit an aggressive, nasty, wealthy, and prominent realtor with a common name, shouted threats at me while I hand-delivered envelopes recently to residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one NA voter without knocking on any doors. He shouted at me in a very threatening tone that he had thrown my envelope in his trash, that I should not deliver anything there anymore, that he knew who I was, that he knew where I lived, and that if I ever did deliver anything there again, he would come to my home and dump it on my driveway. While I did not realize who he was until after the incident, he had known who I was for many years. He had been a registered D in my precinct very near my home years ago. I now know that after he sold that home, he bought a very expensive and prominent home in the new part of my precinct. I delivered to his new home only because there was a registered NA in his home. To avoid future threats like this from Ds, I will identify those homes in my precinct that have NAs and not deliver to those homes that also have Ds but no Rs, something I did not take the time to do this time. There are limits on the time that I can spend. I spend 10+ hours a day 7 days a week putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out. I spent many hours putting 800 mailing labels and 400 return address labels on 400 envelopes, putting them into walk order, stuffing them with a sample ballot, a Milton Township Republican Organization flyer, and five candidate campaign literature pieces, dividing them into 5 batches, and hand-delivering them. I used 400 DuPage County Republican Central Committee envelopes and I used my photocopier, paper, and ink to copy the sample ballot 400 times 2-sided back-to-back. If I spent 6 minutes getting each envelope ready, that would be 40 hours. I spent about 15 hours hand-delivering the envelopes, or about 3 hours per batch.
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— When Leadership Excuses Lawlessness – Minneapolis and the Cost of Anti-ICE Rhetoric
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/02/opinion-when-leadership-excuses-lawlessness-minneapolis-and-the-cost-of-anti-ice-rhetoric.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats abandoned America for illegal aliens
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/24/democrats-abandoned-america-illegal-aliens/
— Parade of victims: Democrats invite Epstein survivors, deportation targets as foils to Trump speech
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/24/parade-victims-democrats-invite-epstein-survivors-deportation-targets/
— Republicans unveil bill to block illegal immigrants from becoming armed police
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/25/republicans-unveil-bill-block-illegal-immigrants-becoming-gun-toting/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump shames Democrats for refusing to stand on call to put Americans over illegal immigrants
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/4470743/trump-shames-democrats-protect-americans-illegal-immigrants/
— State of the Union: Trump urges passage of Delilah’s Law to keep illegal immigrant truck drivers off US roads. DD: What stopped you from becoming a truck driver? For me, it was my vision not being correctable to 20/20 and my partial red/green color blindness. Because my father had brittle type 1 diabetes from childhood, a) he was discouraged from getting a college degree because of the stress that getting one causes and b) he was steered into low-stress office work.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4470446/state-of-the-union-trump-passage-delilah-law-illegal-immigrant-truck-drivers/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Why Democrats fight so hard for their illegals
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/why_democrats_fight_so_hard_for_their_illegals_comments.html
BREITBART
— Democrats Refuse When Asked to Stand Up for American Citizens over Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/02/24/watch-democrats-refuse-to-stand-when-asked-to-stand-up-for-american-citizens/
— Democrats Showed ‘Searing Disdain’ by Refusing to Stand for Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/02/24/jd-vance-stephen-miller-slam-democrats-refusal-to-stand-for-citizens/
— Omar Melts Down When Trump Calls for Protecting Americans over Illegal Aliens
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/02/24/ilhan-omar-melts-down-trump-calls-protecting-americans-not-illegal-aliens/
— Tax the rich. DD: According to my critics/opponents, my wife and I can and should pay way more taxes a) because we never had dependents, b) because we have no debts, c) because we have substantial retirement savings, d) because we inherited some money, e) because they believe that the federal government grossly overpaid me, f) because they believe that my $68,640/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is much too generous, g) because they believe that my $18,711.60/year Social Security is much too generous, h) because the federal government pays $21,000/year (72%) of our $30,000/year healthcare insurance premiums because I am a federal retiree, and i) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft. According to my critics/opponents, those who share our demographics and can pay more taxes should pay more taxes. According to them, we have what we have because we benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who do not share our demographics. Comments?
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/02/24/millionaire-marvel-star-mark-ruffalo-demands-new-york-gov-kathy-hochul-tax-the-rich/
— Many in Mexican Government, Military, Police Not Happy El Mencho Dead
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/02/24/clark-many-in-mexican-government-military-police-not-happy-el-mencho-dead/
— Gov. Abigail Spanberger Calls Illegal Aliens ‘Aspiring Americans’ in Democrat SOTU Response. DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect not only for the rule of law, but for that country. Far far far too many come to America illegally and/or stay in America illegally a) to take advantage of the tremendous welfare that Democrats and RINOs give them, b) to turn America into their motherland, c) to get everyone in America to speak, read, and write their language, d) to convert everyone in America to their religion, e) to turn America into a socialist country, then a communist country, and then a dictatorship, and/or f) to destroy America.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/02/24/gov-abigail-spanberger-calls-illegal-aliens-aspiring-americans-democrat-sotu-response/
— Trump Honors 6-Year-Old Dalilah Coleman, Left with Life-Altering Injuries by Illegal Alien Truck Driver
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/02/24/trump-honors-6-year-old-dalilah-coleman-left-with-life-altering-injuries-by-illegal-alien-truck-driver/
DAILY CALLER
— Largest Maryland School District’s ‘Anti-Racism’ Teaching Starts In Kindergarten. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools K-8 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://dailycaller.com/2026/02/24/major-school-district-anti-racism-teaching-start-kindergarten/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Democrats Sit in Protest After Trump Demands Americans Be Placed Over Illegal Aliens
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/24/dems-sit-in-protest-after-trump-demands-americans-be-placed-over-illegals/
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Hails ‘Turnaround for the Ages’ in State of the Union. The president delivered a record-long address, highlighting policy achievements and presenting his first year in office as a golden age.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-at-state-of-the-union-a-turnaround-for-the-ages-5990227
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Refuse En Masse To Say The Government Should Protect Americans, Not Illegals
https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/24/dems-refuse-en-masse-to-say-the-government-should-protect-americans-not-illegals/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats tap ICE detainees, illegal immigrants, and those arrested for obstructing federal immigration enforcement as guests for Trump’s speech.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-tap-ice-detainees-suspected-illegal-immigrants-guests-trumps-speech-dhs
NEWSMAX
— Democrats side with criminal illegals, not Americans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBa1Nuxj0Us
— Trump Touts Immigration, Border Security Efforts in SOTU
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-immigration-state-of-the-union/2026/02/25/id/1247343/
TOWNHALL
— Illegals. DD: How dependent on their illegals have Democrat and RINOs made Illinois, your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/02/24/tony-evers-wi-will-implode-without-illegals-n2671792
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Chaos Breaks Out at SOTU After Trump Asks Everyone in Favor of Putting US Citizens Before Illegals to Rise
https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-video-chaos-breaks-sotu-trump-asks-everyone-favor-putting-us-citizens-illegals-rise/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan — were two of the only people on the other side of the aisle who didn’t remain “still.” Instead, they were shouting “you’re killing Americans,” presumably in response to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement clashes in Minneapolis. Megyn Kelly noted that GOP Rep. “Joe Wilson was admonished for simply yelling ‘you lie’ in 2009,” when Barack Obama was president. “Will Omar face similar discipline?” she wondered on X. Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green, whose quixotic attempts at impeaching President Trump have made him a national name, was censured last year for standing during Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress. He was ejected from the State of the Union again this year. Despite several efforts, including attempts to hold her accountable for anti-Semitic remarks and unseemly comments about the death of Charlie Kirk, Omar has never been officially censured.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Illegals. DD: Democrat leaders have their Omar shout at Trump
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/rep-ilhan-omar-shouts-at-trump-during-his-address-258245701832
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/video/news/national-international/rep-ilhan-omar-shouts-rebuttal-at-trump-over-sanctuary-cities/6468887/
WASHINGTON POST
— Second Civil War. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will never stop a) flooding America with their illegals and b) fighting their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army along with needy Democrat minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. Wealthy Democrat minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time are leaders of the Democrat Army.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/25/trump-state-union-analysis/
USA TODAY
— Democrats keep misreading the room by moving left. Big mistake. It’s a problem for Democrats that a majority of the general electorate views the party as ideologically too far to the left.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/02/23/democrat-voters-midterms-socialist-policies/88757864007/
— Promoting Hatred. DD: Democrat leaders have their Omar shout at Trump ‘You killed Americans.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/24/ilhan-omar-trump-state-of-the-union/88853414007/
— Personal Responsibility. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/press-release/story/26789/chuck-thompson-announces-release-of-new-book-exploring-manifestation-and-personal-responsibility-2/
REGISTER GUARD
— Personal Responsibility. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job related master’s degrees, six job-related master’s degrees, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.registerguard.com/press-release/story/31527/tony-tenaglier-addresses-modern-work-and-meaning-in-new-book/
KILLEEN DAILY NEWS
— El Paso Police launch video contest for youth to promote alcohol-free lifestyle. DD: I have never been a drinker. From the beginning, some, many, most, virtually all, and at times, all of those above me were drinkers, if not big drinkers, if not alcoholics. If I had been a drinker, I would not have gotten an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class, earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, earned three job related master’s degrees. earned six job related professional certifications, and earned a job-related professional license. I should write about my critics/opponents who drink/drank the most and who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me. Drinkers favor drinkers and disfavor non-drinkers.
https://kdhnews.com/news/texas/el-paso-police-launch-video-contest-for-youth-to-promote-alcohol-free-lifestyle/article_2c5433d7-c144-5a0d-972a-24928f92290b.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘A Slumless America’ Review: Helping the Other Half Live. The progressive-era settlement movement led well-off Americans to move in alongside immigrants and help them get their start. DD: During their first 10 years in America 1844-1854, my ancestors on my father’s side worked in a brick factory in Chicago. They saved all the money they could so that they could homestead a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete-Township in 1854 which is what they did.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/a-slumless-america-review-helping-the-other-half-live-6a9e45ff
FORTUNE
— DD: Costco continues to make it clear that it does not want employees or customers who are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/articles/costco-defied-trump-dei-directive-130000707.html
BLOOMBERG LAW
— American Bar Association in Settlement Talks With Anti-DEI Group. DD: Did you consider becoming a lawyer? I did when I was 23 years old in 1971. My IRS Revenue Officer employee manual encouraged me to take graduate evening courses in business, accounting, and/or law. I chose business and accounting because tuition and books for law courses would not be deductible, because I was conservative, and because I was not a minority or female. Law school professors are overwhelmingly liberal.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/american-bar-association-in-settlement-talks-with-anti-dei-group
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This comes after the alliance sued the ABA in April 2025. The alliance alleged the professional organization’s Legal Opportunity Scholarship violates civil rights law by using “whiteness as a proxy for advantage and minority status as a proxy for disadvantage.”)
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— The Racialization of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s 960 SAT Score. Rebukes of his remarks were swift and strong, especially on the conservative news channels and social media—and had an especially racial aspect. DD: My critics/opponents look down on those who a) got lower ACT/SAT scores than they did, b) had lower GPAs than they did, c) did not get scholarships like they did, d) did not get degrees form Ivy League universities like they did, e) got lower scores on professional certification examinations than they did. f) earned less money than they did, g) did not run for a government office(s) like they did, h) do not share their race, gender, age group, religion, and/or national origin, i) etc.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/resident-scholar/2026/02/25/racialization-calif-gov-gavin-newsoms-960-sat-score
PBS
— Promoting Hatred. DD: Democrat leaders have their Omar shout at Trump ‘You killed Americans.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-you-killed-americans-lawmaker-says-as-trump-asks-congress-to-stand-for-protecting-citizens
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, veteran, LGBTQ, non-married, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.epi.org/blog/weve-been-here-before-and-we-know-what-comes-next-white-supremacy-has-always-been-used-to-usher-in-massive-economic-inequality/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SKY NEWS
— Democrats walk straight into Trump’s ‘obvious trap’ at State of the Union address
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fozQXJvf5aE
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Filmmaker Ami Horowitz mocks the Democratic Party for walking straight into US President Donald Trump’s “obvious trap” during his State of the Union address. “That’s kind of the core of the problem of the Democratic Party … they’re standing up for illegals, they’re literally having people protect criminal illegals,” Mr. Horowitz told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “He [Donald Trump] brought it back to his strength and said, look, we are here to close the borders … and the Democrats just could not do it, they had to have an own goal and sit on their hands with that most obvious statement. “It was an obvious trap; they still walked into it because, like I said, it’s kind of the ethos of the Democratic Party.”)
DAILY MAIL
— Trump explodes at Democrats for refusing to stand for Americans over ‘illegal aliens’… as the Squad goes berserk and dozens walk out in protest during longest State of the Union in HISTORY
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15588813/Trump-Democrats-protest-longest-State-Union.html
MEAWW
— Trump: American Government’s First Duty Is Protecting Citizens, Not Illegal Aliens
https://news.meaww.com/video/trump-american-governments-first-duty-is-protecting-citizens-not-illegal-aliens
— Trump honors little Dalilah Coleman, 7, who was crippled by illegal alien driving 18-wheeler truck. She sat in the audience with her father, Marcus, as Trump hailed her resilience and blasted lax border policies that put dangerous drivers on American roads.
https://news.meaww.com/trump-honors-little-dalilah-coleman-7-who-was-crippled-by-illegal-alien-driving-18-wheeler-truck
— Trump boasts about ending DEI, cutting ‘job-killing’ regulations in State of the Union. President Donald Trump said ending DEI restores merit, boosts jobs, cuts regulations and lifted 2.4 million Americans off food stamps
https://news.meaww.com/trump-boasts-about-ending-dei-cutting-job-killing-regulations-in-state-of-the-union
February 23, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— What candidates said to us when the cameras were off. DD: All the jobs that I had were bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Employers want cheap labor. Noncitizens are easier to exploit.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/23/bowlby-davis-schakowsky-davis-march-primary-candidates-illinois/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Heidner, who describes himself as an admirer of President Donald Trump, told us he supports creating a pathway to citizenship for hardworking immigrants who entered the country illegally.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/23/operation-midway-blitz-immigrant-detainees/
— DD: Democrat leaders promote Never Trump Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/22/never-trump-republicans-warnings/
— Pritzker’s cautious budget won’t rock Illinois’ boat, but at least doesn’t make things worse
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/23/editorial-budget-pritzker-state-springfield-taxes-spending/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Super PACs benefitting cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence and Israel are actively working to influence Illinois congressional races — and candidates in four already competitive and crowded districts aren’t happy.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/02/23/super-pac-influence-congressional-primary-races-illinois
— Illinois’ budget blues were around long before Trump’s cuts
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/02/22/pritzker-budget-address-tax-reform-fiscal-general-fund-trump-ralph-martire
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Never Trump Republicans are still issuing dire warnings. Is anyone listening?
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/never-trump-republicans-are-still-issuing-dire-warnings-is-anyone-listening/article_33b9dd78-ef66-5fe0-9076-d9aee03768f3.html
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— AUGUST 16, 2012 FLASHBACK: Bernard Schoenburg: A bunch of political info — daily DD: Since 2012, to get me to stop sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and to stop everyone from reading them, my critics/opponents a) ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, b) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, c) ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, d) ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee in 2024, and e) forced me to pay $75 to attend the February 27 DuPage County Republican Central Committee fundraiser in role as the Illinois reporter for GOPUSA.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2012/08/16/bernard-schoenburg-bunch-political-info/41733104007/
DAILY HORTHWESTERN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have and b) make Blacks hate Republicans. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had making my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hate me.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2026/02/23/ae/the-second-citys-hysterical-revue-black-and-highly-flavored-is-the-perfect-addition-to-black-history-month/
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois Republican Heidner wants to bring his business acumen to governor’s office. DD: What acumen do you have? My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled/demonized/denigrated/condemned what I learned a) working as an Analyst for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, b) working as a Revenue Officer for IRS 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, c) earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, d) becoming a certified public accountant, internal auditor, fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, and e) becoming a licensed CPA.
https://www.stlpr.org/podcast/politically-speaking/2026-02-23/illinois-republican-heidner-business-acumen-governors-office
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phaRU8bTerM
NPR ILLINOIS
— Only a fraction of House seats are competitive. (Gerrymandering) is driving that lower. What is the likelihood that Republican candidates will win on November 3 in Illinois, in your congressional district, and in your county?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-22/only-a-fraction-of-house-seats-are-competitive-redistricting-is-driving-that-lower
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn what Trump is going to say in his State of the Union address.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/how-trump-will-use-his-state-of-the-union-address-to-sell-skeptical-midterm-voters/article_352dbc27-fc7d-56d0-8d33-b038148566c2.html
WRMI
— Bailey Opposes State Sen. Anderson’s Push To Ban Abortions In Illinois, Calls Bill “Too Far”
https://wrmj.com/bailey-opposes-state-sen-andersons-push-to-ban-abortions-in-illinois-calls-bill-too-far/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Illinois advocates urge senate action on SAVE Act
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/illinois-advocates-urge-senate-action-on-save-act/article_df3c4118-47c7-4f11-afaf-2eb69a3589cb.html
HINSDALE PATCH
— DD: What do your critics/opponents use against you? Anti-conservative advocates discredit conservative advocates. Since the 1970s, to discredit me and to discredit my advocacy of traditional marriage and family, my critics/opponents have stressed that my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents. They have always known full-well that both of us have major fertility problems and that our doctors advised against our trying IVF. Nevertheless, they have always stressed that my wife’s health insurance covered IVF. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am boldfaced hypocrite and a boldfaced liar about my wanting to have children. They have had great success turning religious leaders against me. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if we had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination, let alone pass it on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination, let alone pass it on my first attempt in 1981, d) become a licensed CPA in 1981, e) buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, f) etc. and that we would not have been able to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, etc. They have viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned us as being disgusting selfish filthy rich DINKs. They could not have done that if we had children.
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/hinsdale-based-conservative-group-denounced-meeting
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/as-illinois-increasingly-becomes-destination-for-abortion-access-a-new-public-private-partnership-emerges/
JUST THE NEWS
— Giannoulias got more than $300K from trucking industry while his agency gave illegal licenses
https://justthenews.com/government/local/illinois-official-got-300k-donations-trucking-industry-while-agency-issued-illegal
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker to Trump: You owe us
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/02/23/pritzker-to-trump-you-owe-us-00792663
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois diversity leaders dodge questions as they slip farther from goals
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_83dd7093-803f-422b-9ebc-40d70c60fe80.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Juliana Stratton’s F-Bomb-Laden TV Commercial Not Mentioned in USA Today’s Article on Coarse Political Language
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/02/23/juliana-strattons-f-bomb-laden-tv-commercial-not-mentioned-in-usa-todays-article-on-coarse-political-language/
— Questionnaires from Two GOP U.S. Senate Candidates: R. Cary Capparelli and Don Tracy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/02/22/questionnaires-from-two-gop-u-s-senate-candidates-r-cary-capparelli-and-don-tracy/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to individuals and to organizations that I promote, but who do not promote me or promote my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? What do you say to individuals and organizations that I promote, but who discourage me from sending out my newsletters and discourage everyone from reading my newsletters? What do you say to those who read my newsletters for opposition research, that is, to get information to use against me? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— A city board in northwestern Virginia voted Tuesday to remove the Pledge of Allegiance as the opener for its meetings.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/22/democrats-foreigners-turned-voters-scam-lets-purusue-crony-socialism/
BLAZE
— Praise rolls in for high school suspending hundreds of students over anti-ICE walkout: ‘Adults are taking charge’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/praise-rolls-in-for-high-school-suspending-hundreds-of-students-over-anti-ice-walkout-adults-are-taking-charge
BREITBART
— New York High School Teacher Ousted After Helping Students Launch Turning Point USA Chapter
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2026/02/22/new-york-high-school-teacher-ousted-after-helping-students-launch-turning-point-usa-chapter/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Biden Granted ‘Quiet Amnesty’ to Nearly a Million Aliens. Cases that have been ‘temporarily paused’ for more than three decades.
https://cis.org/Arthur/DOJ-Reveals-Biden-Granted-Quiet-Amnesty-Nearly-Million-Aliens
FOX NEWS
— Illinois city’s reparations plan is misguided, divisive and likely unconstitutional. This year, Evanston, Illinois, will send $25,000 payments to 44 Black residents and descendants of Black residents who lived in the city between 1919 and 1969
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/illinois-citys-reparations-plan-misguided-divisive-likely-unconstitutional
PJ MEDIA
— Illinois CDL Scandal Demands Answers
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/02/22/the-chicago-way-never-dies-illinois-cdl-scandal-demands-answers-n4949816
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Former Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), who has entered the California gubernatorial race, took a stand against the Trump administration on Saturday, carrying a large sign that read “F— Trump” on stage at the state Democratic convention.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5750207-katie-porter-trump-protest/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Justice Department sues Harvard for data as it investigates how race factors into admissions. DD: All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.
https://www.aol.com/articles/justice-department-sues-harvard-data-171943257.html
AOL
— Why have student test scores been declining for a decade in America? DD: I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor tests on my first attempt. Only about 20% of those who take those tests can say that. Further, I passed all the tests needed to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees. Further, I passed the postal employment test and the Federal Service Entrance Examination. According to critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid because the tests a) favored those who shared my demographics (White, male, Protestant, German American) and b) discriminated against those who did not share my demographics (minority, female, non-Protestant, and non-German American). In my defense, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college.
https://www.aol.com/articles/why-student-test-scores-declining-160000798.html
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— 5 Ways to Pay for Community College. DD: I had to work my way through college. That enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU owning a 20-month-old 1969 Dodge Charger SE in August of 1970. But my GPA suffered.
https://www.usnews.com/education/community-colleges/articles/ways-to-pay-for-community-college
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Grants. . .Scholarships. . .Promise Programs. . .Part-Time or Full-Time Employment. . .Federal Loans)
NEW YORK TIMES
— A Fractured ‘Never Trump’ Movement Eyes an Uncertain Future. Divisions over what and who should come next were evident as G.O.P. critics of the president, weakened in their party, gathered at a summit near Washington.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/us/politics/anti-trump-republicans-divisions-2028-president.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have and b) make Blacks hate Republicans. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had making my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hate me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/us/politics/trump-black-people-history.html
USA TODAY
— DD: What do you do? I use my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and my Republican Precinct Committeeman position to promote conservative principles. More specifically, I promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. Previously, I also used my roles as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, and an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer to do that. But my critics/opponents ended those roles in 2021, 2012, and 2007 respectively. My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the aforesaid planks. I should name and write about my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to coverup their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/11/trump-republican-party-maga-conservative/83481933007/
— New workplace benefit aids first-time home buyers. DD: Back in the good old days, I was able to earn enough money to a) pay for my undergraduate and graduate college expenses, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., and c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/real-estate/2026/02/15/employee-benefit-helps-workers-buy-homes/88412353007/
CLARK UNIVERSITY
— DD: What do your critics/opponents blame you for? My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I should name and write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.
https://www.clarku.edu/events/event/from-personal-responsibility-to-systemic-failure-the-blame-divide-in-american-politics/
MINNESOTA DAILY
— DD: Are/were you overpaid? According to my critics/opponents, I have always been grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, a) the Post Office paid me $19.57/hour when I was 18 in 1966, b) IRS paid me $56,409/year when I was 22, $68,999/year when I was 23, $83,482/year when I was 24, $100,059/year when I was 25, and $113,402/year when I was 29, and c) GAO paid me $89,703/year when I was 31, $118,984/year when I was 38, and $154,682/year when I was 49. In today’s dollars, the Civil Service Retirement System has paid me $68,640/year since I was 49. I my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) I earned job-relate master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://mndaily.com/uncategorized/eric-kaler-overpaid/12/07/2010/snoadmin/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Cuban-American Republican Pushing Back on Trump’s Deportations. DD: Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly succeeding in uniting those who are the following against Republicans: minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/maria-elvira-salazar-florida-immigration-65ab4c21
— FRONT PAGE: Why Hold Your Straight-A Student Back a Year? To Get a Better Endorsement Deal. More boys repeat eighth grade in a ‘holdback’ year to grow ahead of recruitment for college NIL packages potentially worth millions. DD: Tragically, erroneously, my brother was forced to repeat first grade. He never recovered. Starting when I was in seventh grade, my hereditary bone disease stopped me from running for the rest of my life.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/sports-holdback-reclass-nil-endorsements-84804dbf
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly argue/shout that America is dependent on noncitizen labor and should be dependent on noncitizen labor. All the jobs that I had were bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Employers want cheap labor. Noncitizens are easier to exploit.
https://fortune.com/2026/02/22/trump-immigration-crackdown-biden-border-policies-economic-growth-labor-market/
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DD: When employers say that they are an “equal opportunity” employer, what they are really saying is that those who are the following need not apply: American, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Employers want to hire those who are noncitizen, Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://hbr.org/2013/06/is-your-firm-really-an-equal-o
FED WEEK
— Rules Finalized on College Graduate Hiring Authority. DD: Because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me if I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970. Because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me if I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/rules-finalized-on-college-graduate-hiring-authority/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MERCURY & DAILY MAIL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote LGBTQ and b) destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-mercury-south-africa/20260223/281758455759500
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/how-cancelled-bachelor-star-chris-harrison-spent-years-in-showbiz-exile-amid-racism-row/ar-AA1W5a5v
ECONOMIC TIMES
— DD: What do your critics/opponents attribute your successes to? According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes to a) my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, b) my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, c) my being grossly overpaid by the federal government, and d) my and my wife not having children.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/us/news/monday-motivation-your-life-does-not-get-better-by-chance-it-gets-better-by-by-american-author-jim-rohn/articleshow/128696471.cms
February 12, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— ABC7 Chicago presents 2026 Republican US Senate primary forum
https://abc7chicago.com/post/abc7-chicago-league-women-voters-illinois-univision-broadcast-stream-2026-republican-us-senate-primary-forum-wednesday/18554376/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders say that Republicans’ edge on immigration shrinks as independents balk at Trump’s tactics
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-republicans-edge-on-immigration-shrinks-as-independents-balk-at-trumps-tactics-ap-norc-poll-shows/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/11/chicago-students-walkout-protest-ice/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Marimar Martínez to promote more hatred against ICE.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/11/marimar-martinez-shooting-immigration/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/11/ice-crimes/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/12/opinion-black-equality-obamas-racism/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their students to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/02/12/no-recess-lockdowns-less-learning-how-immigration-agents-disrupted-cps-schools-this-fall
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2026/02/12/president-donald-trump-ice-border-patrol-chicago-public-schools-marimar-martinez-city-hall
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/11/evidence-shows-feds-lied-about-marimar-martinezs-shooting-in-chicago-attorney-says
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/11/juan-espinoza-martinez-cleared-of-bovino-murder-plot-still-in-detention-after-judge-denies-bail
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Marimar Martínez to promote more hatred against ICE.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/11/evidence-shows-feds-lied-about-marimar-martinezs-shooting-in-chicago-attorney-says
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/02/11/federal-cuts-hiv-lead-poisoning-prevention-grants-raoul
— DD: ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasing crow about their success in flooding Chicago with people from foreign countries.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/11/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-latin-america-mexico-puerto-rico-ecuador-guatemala-venezuela
DAILY HERALD
— GOP candidates in 11th District differ on Trump’s efforts to dismantle Education Dept.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260211/us-congress-politics/gop-candidates-in-11th-district-differ-on-trumps-efforts-to-dismantle-education-dept/
— The Trump administration has withdrawn all federalized National Guard troops from U.S. cities, after its repeated attempts to surge forces into Democratic-run states encountered judicial roadblocks. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly clear that they will never stop a) flooding America with their illegals and b) fighting their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260211/nation-and-world/national-guard-troops-were-quietly-withdrawn-from-u-s-cities/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies against America.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260211/syndicated-columnists/latest-global-affairs-survey-shows-instability-of-america-as-a-partner/
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/02/11/even-though-marijuana-legal-illinois-clearing-old-criminal-records-still-challenge
WBEZ
— DuSable Black History Museum gets $1.6 million from state of Illinois for building improvements. The state money for renovations comes during Black History Month and as the museum is under investigation after a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former employee.
https://www.wbez.org/museums/2026/02/12/dusable-black-history-museum-chicago-state-grant-renovations-trump-dei-lawsuit
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing push more pot.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2026/02/11/clearing-old-marijuana-records-is-a-struggle-in-illinois/88609915007/
SHAW LOCAL
— 2026 Election Questionnaire: Ted Dabrowski, Illinois Governor
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/02/11/2026-election-questionnaire-ted-dabrowski-illinois-governor/
WISCONSIN EXAMINER
— DD: To get more votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference.
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/11/supreme-court-justices-call-right-wing-groups-arguments-against-minority-college-grants-shocking/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders say crowded GOP field targets Pritzker
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/02/12/gop-governor-jb-pritzker-darren-bailey-ted-dabrowski-illinois
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to stop their illegals from voting.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/02/12/illinois-mobilizing-to-guard-the-vote-00777960
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: BALLOT SAFEGUARDS: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says his office is in talks with election officials in Illinois and across the country about how to ensure the upcoming March 17 primary runs smoothly after the White House said it “can’t guarantee” immigration enforcement agents wouldn’t be near polling places. “We’re exploring ways in which we can ensure that we protect the fundamental right to be able to cast a vote,” Johnson said Wednesday after a speaking engagement hosted by the City Club of Chicago.
He’s not the only one: Johnson joins other government officials who are taking steps to ensure voting locations are secure out of concern that dispatching ICE agents to the polls could intimidate voters.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-467/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois House Republicans are calling on Democrats to oppose new tax proposals.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e68c79e4-10cc-47ef-acf4-2a608013808e.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you were me, what would you do to encourage people, and especially Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC), to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? I have been a RPC since 1999. As the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I have sent out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000. I have attended many Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) meetings and events since 1999. Since 2000, I have asked MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP leaders to encourage RPCs and attendees at their meetings and events to read my newsletters, but they have not. Yesterday, I attended a MTRO monthly meeting. It was again obvious, based on many statements made at that meeting, that many, if not most, of the PRCs and other attendees had never heard of my newsletters let alone read any of them. Many past and present MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP leaders disapprove/despise/hate me and my newsletters. They blame me and blame my newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They have taken many big adverse actions against me. My critics/opponents have hinted/implied that the aforesaid leaders might encourage readership of my newsletters if I stopped promoting the following planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject including 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. Again, if you were me, what would you do to encourage people to read my newsletters? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters help their readers a) keep up with current political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans and especially in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 and b) get facts and arguments to use to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, especially its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Far too many who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters do so for opposition research. They reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy people like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I take the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me as badges of honor. But of course, my critics/opponents deny that they took their adverse actions against me for the aforesaid reasons. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Far too many leaders of far too many Republican organizations reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They use the Republican Party’s BIG TENT policy to destroy the Republican Party. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to encourage registered Republican and Not Affiliated voters in your precinct to cast Republican ballots in the March 17, 2026 primary? I am going to hand-deliver an envelope to each of the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Not Affiliated voter. I have affixed 800 mailing labels and my return address labels on 400 envelopes, sorted them into five batches, and put them in walk order. I am in the process of stuffing those envelopes with the sample ballot for my precinct, campaign literature that Republican candidates have provided the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), and a MTRO flyer. I use my Brother printer, paper, and my ink print the 400 2-sided sample ballots. So far, I have stuffed and delivered one of the five batches. The Republican candidates in contested races in my precinct are a) Chlebek, Tracy, Capparelli, Long, Tillman, and Evans for U.S. Senate, b) Dabrowski, Mendrick, Baley, and Heidner for Governor, c) Adamczyk and Harris for Secretary of State, d) Moore and Noonan for DuPage County Sheriff, and e) Helland and Senak for Appellate Court Judge. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump praises NY gov candidate Bruce Blakeman’s ‘fight’ in surprise endorsement video. DD: Which candidates on the March 17, 2026 Republican primary ballot in your precinct have a) sought Trump’s endorsement or b) gotten his endorsement?
https://nypost.com/2026/02/11/us-news/trump-praises-nys-gov-candidate-bruce-blakemans-fight-in-surprise-endorsement-video/
— American Olympic medalist Amber Glenn fires direct message at critics: ‘They hate to see two woke b—-es winning’
https://nypost.com/2026/02/12/sports/american-olympic-medalist-amber-glenn-fires-direct-message-at-critics-they-hate-to-see-two-woke-b-es-winning/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Woke Smithsonian Disrespects Our Nation’s 250th Anniversary. It receives over 1 billion taxpayer dollars per year but celebrates mosques and gay meccas while ignoring some of the most pivotal places in our founding history.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/02/the_woke_smithsonian_disrespects_our_nation_s_250th_anniversary.html
BLAZE
— No more ‘safe harbor for illegals’: Colony Ridge settles with DOJ, Texas. Colony Ridge has endangered American citizens by allowing illegal aliens to run rampant on its streets, in its schools, and in its community. DD: How many safe harbors are there for illegals in your county, township, municipality, and school district? The more safe harbors, the more poverty and crime.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/no-more-safe-harbor-for-illegals-colony-ridge-settles-with-doj-texas
CAMPUS REFORM
— Kansas ‘Freedom from Indoctrination Act’ targets DEI, CRT requirements. Republican legislators in Kansas recently introduced a bill to remove requirements relating to DEI and CRT from public universities. Supporters of House Bill 2428, which was introduced on Jan. 12 and received a hearing on Feb. 4, contend that students should not be required to join in DEI or CRT classes.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/kansas-freedom-indoctrination-act-targets-dei-crt-requirements/29403
CHRISTIAN POST
— Illinois school accused of unlawfully banning Christian Good News clubs: lawsuit
https://www.christianpost.com/news/illinois-school-accused-of-mistreating-good-news-clubs-lawsuit.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Military academies now accept Classical Learning Test as alternative to ‘woke’ AP exams. DD: If I had not passed the postal employment test, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/military-academies-now-accept-classical-learning-test-as-alternative-to-woke-ap-exams/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ICE Surge Ending in Minnesota, Border Czar Homan Announces
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/12/breaking-ice-surge-ending-in-minnesota-border-czar-homan-announces/
FEDERALIST
— Conservatives Can’t Beat Democrats Until They Defeat The RINOs In Their Own Party First
https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/11/conservatives-cant-beat-democrats-until-they-defeat-the-rinos-in-their-own-party-first/
FOX NEWS
— Billionaire JB Pritzker says he’s had to overcome his wealth, which would be ‘obstacle’ in 2028. Reporter pokes fun at Pritzker for ‘overcoming being a billionaire.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/billionaire-jp-pritzker-says-hes-had-overcome-his-wealth-would-obstacle-2028
— Judicial Watch sues Evanston’s reparations program over giving money based on race. Judicial Watch alleges program violates Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in Constitution
https://www.foxnews.com/media/watchdog-group-sues-illinois-citys-reparations-program-over-giving-money-based-race
— White House reaffirms any illegal immigrant can be deported as Trump team zeroes in on ‘worst of the worst’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-reaffirms-any-illegal-immigrant-can-deported-trump-team-zeroes-worst-worst
HOT AIR
— ‘Great Replacement’ Is No Longer Theory, but Openly Confessed. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and RINOs. Ever-increasingly, there are fewer and fewer and fewer Republican leaders who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://hotair.com/walter-hudson/2026/02/11/great-replacement-is-no-longer-theory-but-openly-confessed-n3811763
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The left has long dismissed “great replacement theory”—the notion that powerful institutions are deliberately working to reduce, supplant, or politically overwhelm the white population in Western countries—as a racist conspiracy theory. Merely raising the idea, they insist, should permanently discredit anyone as a vile racist unworthy of serious consideration.)
NEWSMAX
— Don’t Let Illegals ‘Cancel’ Our Vote
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/voter-id-house-vote/2026/02/11/id/1245684/
TOWNHALL
— A new Harvard/Harris public opinion poll shows two-thirds of Americans now disapprove of ICE. That spells trouble for taxpayers and for everyone who wants safe neighborhoods. DD: The more illegals, the more crime. By coming to America illegally and/or by staying in America illegally, illegals have demonstrated gross disrespect for the rule of law and for America.
https://townhall.com/columnists/betsymccaughey/2026/02/11/if-ice-is-hamstrung-hold-on-to-your-wallets-n2671137
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Evanston Issues $25,000 in Cash to Black Residents for Reparations
https://www.westernjournal.com/illinois-city-issues-25000-cash-black-residents-reparations/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says He Will Now Invite Democrats to Governors’ Meeting. Even as he reversed course on excluding Democrats, the president repeatedly attacked a Republican governor who had planned to oversee the meeting. DD: My critics/opponents do not openly attack me, they have their operatives and their dupes do that. They continue to have their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/politics/trump-governors-meeting-democrats.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/health/hhs-california-public-health-lawsuit.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-02-11/california-other-states-sue-over-trump-administrations-latest-cuts-to-hiv-programs
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting judges to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/11/judges-criticize-ice-comments/88603088007/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage those who have demographics that vote for Republicans from getting college degrees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/02/10/high-paying-jobs-no-college-degree/88593252007/
NEWSWEEK
— Kinzinger: Depoliticize the National Guard. DD: It seems that Kinzinger sides with George Wallace.
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-depoliticize-the-national-guard-opinion-11477634
YAHOO & USA TODAY
— Trump says he’s still excluding two Democratic governors from WH meeting
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-agrees-meet-white-house-202537419.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/11/trump-welcomes-democratic-governors-meeting/88623467007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I even invited the SLOB of a Governor, JB Pritzker, and horrendous California Governor, Gavin Newscum, to the Dinner, despite the terrible job that they are doing. As usual with him, Stitt got it WRONG!” Trump said. “The Invitations were sent out to all other Governors, Democrat and Republican. I look forward to seeing the Republican Governors, and some of the Democratic Governors who were worthy of being invited, but most of whom won’t show up.”)
AOL
— Chris Harrison Returning With ‘Traditional Marriage’ Dating Show. DD: How has traditional marriage helped you? I met my outstanding wife at a social meeting for young adults at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She was raised as a Catholic and I was raised as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. We were both looking for a traditional marriage. Our marriage in 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) get promoted to GS-13 in 1986. Our marriage helped us a) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978 and b) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. Our marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.aol.com/articles/chris-harrison-returning-traditional-marriage-190151573.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rove: Do Democrats Know How to Win? Their strategy for this November’s midterm elections is beginning to become clear.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/do-democrats-know-how-to-win-f86dfd98
— What I Suffered Being ‘Transgender.’ I’m suing the people who did this to me, and the Texas Supreme Court heard my case this week.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-i-suffered-being-transgender-3d0c891d
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders fight to allow illegals to vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohPsiLLpmyA
— Duckworth Accuses DHS Of ‘Implicitly Threatening The Independence’ Of Agency’s Watchdog. DD: The Democrats who run GAO falsely claim that the agency is independent. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who the agency hired. I doubt that there are any Republican GAO employees now.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestv/2026/02/11/tammy-duckworth-accuses-dhs-of-implicitly-threatening-the-independence-of-agencys-watchdog/
NATION
–DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/trump-economy-jobs-report/
NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Florida and Texas AGs Issue Sweeping Anti-DEI Opinions on MLK Day
https://natlawreview.com/article/florida-and-texas-ags-issue-sweeping-anti-dei-opinions-mlk-day
CLARK UNIVERSITY
— From Personal Responsibility to Systemic Failure: the Blame Divide in American Politics. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.clarku.edu/events/event/from-personal-responsibility-to-systemic-failure-the-blame-divide-in-american-politics/
POLITICO
— GOP Donors Hope Trump Will Back Cornyn In Three-Way GOP Primary. DD: To this day, my critics/opponents remain furious that I became an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000 because Roskam and Hultgren endorsed me over the woman they had run against me.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/11/money-being-burned-donors-fret-over-cornyn-primary-as-trump-sits-back-00773836
WASHINGTON SPECTATOR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Clarence Thomas.
https://washingtonspectator.org/how-clarence-thomas-bamboozled-his-way-onto-the-supreme-court/
DEMOCRACY DOCKET
— DD: Democrats want illegals to vote. Illegals want/need/demand massive government assistance. They lack education, lack job skills, have health problems, and/or have other problems. They will work for less money than citizens of America. They are much more easily exploited by employers. By coming to America illegally and/or staying in America illegally, they have demonstrated gross disrespect for the rule of law and for America.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/gop-uses-lies-in-push-for-save-america-act-as-house-prepares-vote/
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/house-passes-gops-sweeping-anti-voting-bill/
ENTERTAINMENT
— DD; Democrat leaders say Vice President JD Vance issues warning to U.S. Olympians over politics. Vance received a chilly reception laden with boos when he and wife Usha Vance attended the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan.
https://ew.com/vice-president-jd-vance-warns-us-olympians-over-politics-11905187
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MEAWW
— DD: Far too many who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters do so for opposition research. They reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy people like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I take the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me as badges of honor. But of course, my critics/opponents deny that they took their adverse actions against me for the aforesaid reasons.
https://news.meaww.com/pam-bondi-appeared-armed-with-opposition-research-during-tense-doj-hearing-says-legal-expert
February 11, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Demonstrators gather at Aurora PD after video shows officers, students clashing at anti-ICE protest. Demonstrators want the police chief to resign after Monday’s protest ended with three students arrested and an officer injured. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/aurora-protest-today-held-police-department-school-walkout-ice-ends-students-arrested-officer-hurt-video/18582100/
— ICE chief defends his officers’ actions before Congress after the deaths of 2 protesters.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/acting-ice-director-cbp-commissioner-testify-first-time-fatal-shootings/18578697/
NBC5
— Thousands of students from several suburban schools walk out of class to protest ICE. Three high school students in Aurora are facing charges after a Monday walkout protest that police said started peacefully but later escalated.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/thousands-of-students-from-several-suburban-schools-walk-out-of-class-to-protest-ice/3890816/
— Downers Grove students walk out of class to protest ICE enforcement. “We are the upcoming voters. We are the upcoming generation. We are the future,” one student told NBC Chicago at the protest. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/downers-grove-students-walk-out-of-class-to-protest-ice-enforcement/3890667/
— Video shows Aurora police officer kneeling on person amid student protest against ICE. Roughly 1,500 students walked out of class from several Aurora schools Monday afternoon, police said. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-shows-aurora-police-officer-kneeling-on-person-amid-student-protest-against-ice/3890760/
— Pritzker, Democratic governors to boycott White House dinner held by Trump
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pritzker-democratic-governors-to-boycott-white-house-dinner-held-by-trump/3890597/
CBS2
— Republican Illinois U.S. Senate candidate Don Tracy outlines his policies
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/republican-illinois-u-s-senate-candidate-don-tracy-outlines-his-policies/
FOX32
— Push for millionaire’s tax in Illinois for property tax relief
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-4is0qupvkq0k2r1c
— DOJ announces arrest of leader of 2012 attack on US consulate in Benghazi that left 4 Americans dead
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/doj-announces-arrest-benghazi-attack
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Students in Aurora stage walkout on Monday, three charged, Aurora. — DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/three-charged-student-walkout-aurora/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/gov-jb-pritzker-urges-democratic-governors-to-confront-trump-seek-accountability-for-immigration-actions/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/marimar-martinez-video-release-bovino/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2026/02/10/trump-administration-cuts-illinois-hiv-prevention-grants
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/tracker-federal-prosecutions-chicago-status-trumps-immigration-blitz-ice
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/10/marimar-martinez-the-chicago-woman-shot-by-border-patrol-agent-expected-to-file-lawsuit-release-evidence
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/02/10/phil-ponce-retired-chicago-tonight-host-video-latino-ice-agents
— Top Trump DHS officials defend enforcement during fiery hearing: ‘We are only getting started’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/10/donald-trump-dhs-officials-ice-immigration-enforcement-committee-hearing
WBEZ
— 1 in 4 Chicago adults live with a disability, majority on South and West sides. The first-of-its-kind report uncovers key information about the city’s population of those with disabilities and inequities in their neighborhoods and seeks input on how to improve conditions in their neighborhoods.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2026/02/10/disabilities-inequities-health-west-south-sides
STATELINE
— Proposed Illinois law would classify transgender identity as form of mental illness
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/proposed-illinois-law-would-classify-transgender-identity-as-form-of-mental-illness/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “There are only two genders,” Chesney said in a statement. “Radical activists are confusing children and pushing irreversible, life-altering decisions on kids who are far too young to understand the consequences. This bill draws a hard line and says Illinois will not abandon reality to appease the woke mob.”)
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Annual governors’ gathering with White House unraveling after Trump excludes Democrats
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/governors-wont-hold-trump-meeting-after-white-house-only-invited-republicans/article_03c3f12f-b5c6-5f97-8822-3d19b0db6b42.html
SOUTHERN
— Stonewall pride flag removed by National Park Service
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/02/10/trump-admin-removes-pride-flag-from-stonewall-national-monument/
JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/scrapping-dei-cost-black-women-jobs-21343372.php
WQAD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/politics/illinois-politics/even-though-marijuana-is-legal-in-illinois-clearing-old-criminal-records-still-a-challenge/526-4bb3215c-bce2-4a1e-8626-55a5bd3bea21
ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst Lawmakers Draw Cash From Corporate Interests. A longtime Elmhurst politician donated to a local legislator, explaining why.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-lawmakers-draw-cash-corporate-interests
PRITZKER
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://jbpritzker.substack.com/p/the-state-of-illinois-is-being-loud
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-466/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Budget Scrutiny Intensifies Over State Funding of Politically Active Nonprofits
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-budget-scrutiny-intensifies-over-state-funding-of-politically-active-nonprofits-wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-am560/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many get involved in Republican politics to get the Republican Party to strike planks from its platform, most commonly, 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. Further, far too many get involved in Republican politics to get more preference for those who share their demographics. To want to strike the aforesaid planks and to want more preference is not only to be anti-conservative, it is to be anti-Republican. My critics/opponents a) reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the aforesaid planks and b) want more preference for those who share their demographics. I should write about my critics/opponents. I could publish a spreadsheet that shows which planks they want stricken and what demographics they want more preference for. I would focus on a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Evanston hands out $25K cash payments to 44 Black residents through reparations program
https://nypost.com/2026/02/11/us-news/evanston-illinois-giving-25k-reparations-to-44-black-residents/
— Trump admin quietly yanks rainbow flag from NYC’s Stonewall monument, sparking fury: ‘American symbol’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/10/us-news/trump-admin-yanks-rainbow-flag-from-nycs-stonewall-monument/
BLAZE
— Mamdani is outraged at Trump administration after Pride flag is quietly removed from Stonewall monument to gay riot. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mamdani-lgbtq-pride-flag-stonewall
— ‘Shady carriers hiring illegals’: Sen. Banks launches trucking tip line after 4 Amish men die in crash.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/shady-carriers-hiring-illegals-sen-banks-launches-trucking-tip-line-after-4-amish-men-die-in-crash
BREIUTBART
— A U.S. Olympic curler has become the latest in a trend of American athletes to use the Winter Olympics as a platform to blast President Trump’s policies at home.
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/02/10/watch-olympic-curler-blasts-ice-whats-happening-in-minnesota-is-wrong/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— University instructs staff to lower academic expectations, extend deadlines for illegal alien students
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-instructs-staff-lower-academic-expectations-extend-deadlines-illegal-alien-students-exclusive/29391
— Stanford discontinues fellowship built for ‘underrepresented’ recruits. DD: As I earned my bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, more and more and more of my classmates did not share my demographics.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/stanford-discontinues-edge-fellowship-built-underrepresented-phd-recruits/29390
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Sanctuary Jurisdictions Seek to Make Themselves Literal Battlegrounds Against ICE Enforcement. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.fairus.org/sanctuary-jurisdictions-seek-make-themselves-literal-battlegrounds-against-ice-enforcement
NEWSMAX
— HUD-funded housing is for Americans, not illegals. DD: University Park was created by HUD. Ever since I bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 years old in 1972, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my buying that townhome improperly/unethically stopped a Black and/or a female from buying that townhome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6vUG4bHRSk
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Democratic governors excluded by Trump from typically bipartisan gathering at White House
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-governors-excluded-by-trump-from-white-house/
MSN
— Trump advisers warn job growth could fall well below recent levels, citing deportations and productivity surge. DD: How many illegals are employed by Democrats and RINOs in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-advisers-warn-job-growth-could-fall-well-below-recent-levels-citing-deportations-and-productivity-surge/ar-AA1W5HJk
MSN & CNN & USA TODAY & SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/professional-athletes-who-identify-as-lgbtq/ss-AA1W0ONB
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/politics/pride-flag-removed-stonewall-monument-trump-administration
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/10/national-park-service-removes-pride-flag-stonewall-inn/88605713007/
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2026/02/10/pride-flag-stonewall-monument-photos/88611050007/
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/arts-exhibits/article/stonewall-pride-flag-removed-21345218.php
NEWSWEEK
— Project 2025 Group Has Plan for Next 250 Years of America. DD: How has traditional marriage helped you? I met my outstanding wife at a social meeting for young adults at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She was raised as a Catholic and I was raised as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. We were both looking for a traditional marriage. Our marriage in 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) get promoted to GS-13 in 1986. Our marriage helped us a) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978 and b) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. Our marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.newsweek.com/project-2025-heritage-foundation-latest-plans-11495097
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Its new report, Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years, was released in January and calls for traditional family values and the promotion of marriage and children to ensure what it deems positive outcomes for the U.S.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— ICE Hired Thousands While the Rest of the Immigration System Shrank. With more ICE agents and fewer judges and asylum officers, the balance of the federal immigration apparatus has shifted. DD: In 1971, while I was in training for my IRS Revenue Officer job, Nixon had me make telephone calls for 2 weeks to fight inflation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/ice-agents-hiring-immigration-system.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/opinion/bad-bunny-super-bowl-americans.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/arts/music/bad-bunny-super-bowl-show-everyday-people.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/arts/music/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-review.html
— Epstein Used Cash and Sway to Get Women He Abused Into Top Colleges
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/nyregion/epstein-columbia-nyu-donations-admission-young-women.html
— Gabbard Is Back in Trump’s Good Graces. DD: For me to try to get back in my critics’/opponents’ good graces, I would have to do the following, but I refuse to: a) glorify and praise them, b) pander to them, c) serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) cover up their wrongdoing, and/or e)give them money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard-2020-election.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/02/10/lgbtq-flag-trump-administration-remove/
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/10/republicans-are-pushing-drastically-change-way-you-cast-ballots/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Former federal employees follow their ‘calling’ to state and city jobs. DD: After my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, no federal, state, county, township, municipal, or private sector employer offered me a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. That is not surprising given my bad demographics and the many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had taken against me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/10/federal-workers-layoffs-city-state-jobs/88527503007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Schools Don’t Teach Personal Responsibility. Students learn to view themselves as victims and often don’t face consequences for bad behavior. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/schools-dont-teach-personal-responsibility-9ab43f99
— America Is Running Out of Patience With Republicans. Voters no longer blame Joe Biden for the state of the economy, and Trump’s policies haven’t delivered.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-is-running-out-of-patience-with-republicans-a1faa098
— Black and Jewish Americans Can Find Unity Again. The stories of the Hebrew Bible have long resonated with the experience of slavery and Jim Crow. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, many, most, and at times, virtually all my superiors and supervisors were Democrats who were veteran, minority, female, Jewish, and/or younger than me. They all took adverse actions against me.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/black-and-jewish-americans-can-find-unity-again-b1512b9b
— Even Trump Can’t Go Back to the Future. To MAGA, the 1950s were a better time. But the White House can’t bring it back. DD: Since the 1960s, because of Affirmative Action, my future has gotten bleaker and bleaker and bleaker.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/even-trump-cant-go-back-to-the-future-17f7fa39
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. Democrat leaders especially blame Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted at my Black subordinates that I caused all their problems. But not only my Black subordinates, but also my subordinates who were non-White, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems. Virtually all my subordinate were many, most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-10/black-bankers-feel-the-impact-of-dei-rollback-at-jpmorgan-and-citibank
FORTUNE
— In 2026, many employers are ditching merit-based pay bumps in favor of ‘peanut butter raises’ DD: In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO adopted “banding” and “pay-for-performance (PFP)” to get rid of their employees who they had not promoted to GS-15 (currently $165,386-$197,200/year) and who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, had ancestors who had been in America for a long time, and/or did not have a degree from an Ivy League university. They used Gingrich budget cuts to justify the aforesaid. For course, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP.
https://www.aol.com/articles/2026-many-employers-ditching-merit-163727296.html
BARRON’S
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.barrons.com/news/outrage-as-lgbtq-pride-flag-removed-from-stonewall-monument-cdfb5518
CORPORATE WELLNESS
— The concept of a linear career—steady upward progression within a single function, organization, or industry—is no longer the dominant model for many segments of the workforce. DD: Is/was your career linear? My career was not. To get promoted to GS-13, I had to transfer from IRS to GAO and take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5, currently $113,402/year, to GS-9 Step 9, currently $89,703/year, when I was 31 years old in 1980. I did not make GS-13, currently $118,984/year when I was 38 in 1986. But I would not have gotten that promotion if I had not a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I would not have gotten that promotion to GS-13 when I was 32 if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer from IRS had not been finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me when I was 32. I would not have had to do the aforesaid to get promoted to GS-13 if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors overtly practiced political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.corporatewellnessmagazine.com/article/creating-psychological-safety-for-employees-with-non-linear-careers
LAW
— The Celebration of Marriage. DD: How has traditional marriage helped you? I met my outstanding wife at a social meeting for young adults at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She was raised as a Catholic and I was raised as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. We were both looking for a traditional marriage. Our marriage in 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) get promoted to GS-13 in 1986. Our marriage helped us a) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978 and b) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. Our marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2026/02/10/the-celebration-of-marriage/
HRD MAGAZINE
— Employee sues Intuit alleging manager branded her a ‘DEI hire’ DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/diversity-inclusion/employee-sues-intuit-alleging-manager-branded-her-a-dei-hire/564902
HIGHER EDUCATION DRIVE
— Trump secures legal victory on anti-DEI directives. DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.highereddive.com/news/trump-secures-legal-victory-anti-dei-directives-higher-ed/811885/
CHALKBEAT
— Despite recent efforts to make change, top colleges are still home to mostly wealthy students. DD: How much money did your parents have? My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother had no income because she stayed home and raised me and my brother. Her earning was limited by her never having attended high school. Consequently, I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2026/02/10/top-universities-still-have-little-economic-diversity-and-few-low-income-students/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/02/former-cabinet-secretaries-urge-federal-employees-keep-faith-despite-threats-civil-service/411336/
VOX
— Woke isn’t dead. Bad Bunny’s halftime show proved it. Maybe the right didn’t capture the culture as much as they thought. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.vox.com/culture/478687/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-woke-vibe-shift-republican-backlash
MOVIEGUIDE
— Former BACHELOR host Chris Harrison just announced a new dating show that will focus on promoting “traditional marriage.” DD: How has traditional marriage helped you? I met my outstanding wife at a social meeting for young adults at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She was raised as a Catholic and I was raised as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. We were both looking for a traditional marriage. Our marriage in 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) get promoted to GS-13 in 1986. Our marriage helped us a) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978 and b) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. Our marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.movieguide.org/news-articles/chris-harrison-announces-traditional-love-dating-show.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
NTD
— Every Person in Our Country Illegally Committed a Crime to Do That, Does Not Respect US. DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. It is illegal to falsely claim asylum.
https://www.ntd.com/every-person-in-our-country-illegally-committed-a-crime-to-do-that-does-not-respect-us-rep-fine_1125400.html
— 89 Indians on US’ ‘worst of the worst’ criminal list amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/89-indians-on-us-worst-of-the-worst-criminal-list-amid-trumps-immigration-crackdown/ar-AA1VN6sO
February 9, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— US Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash – including from Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/winter-olympics-2026-hunter-hess-chris-lillis-amber-glen-get-backlash-politics-speak-donald-trump-posts-truth-social/18568048/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash – including from Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/08/us-olympians-politics-at-home/
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/cascos-y-placas-falsas-reportes-sobre-tcticas-del-ice-aumentan-el-miedo-en-minnesota/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/02/09/donald-trump-propaganda-deed-video-violence-renee-macklin-good-alex-pretti-janette-defelice
https://chicago.suntimes.com/public-safety/2026/02/06/how-can-chicagos-top-prosecutor-hold-ice-accountable
— Chicago Tribune owner Alden wants to acquire publisher of northwest suburban Daily Herald. In a full-page ad in Sunday’s Tribune, Alden Global Capital said it could pay 30% more than others for employee-owned Paddock Publications and offer employees better terms. Crystal Lake-based Shaw Media could be another bidder.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2026/02/08/chicago-tribune-alden-global-paddock-daily-herald-shaw-media-newspapers
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— US Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash – including from Trump
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/us-olympians-speaking-up-about-politics-at-home-face-online-backlash-including-from-trump/article_4aa8a33a-6fe1-5993-afe0-58386766e6c5.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/appeals-court-affirms-trump-policy-of-jailing-immigrants-without-bond/article_26a5affa-996d-53ce-afdd-f3b14ee16077.html
SHAW LOCAL
— 2026 Election Questionnaire: Don Tracy, United States Senate
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/02/08/2026-election-questionnaire-don-tracy-united-states-senate/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump administration lauds plastic surgeons’ statement on trans surgery for minors
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-08/trump-administration-lauds-plastic-surgeons-statement-on-trans-surgery-for-minors
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-07/what-does-it-mean-when-the-president-calls-to-nationalize-the-voting
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning roundup
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct, how successful have Democrat leaders been blaming Republicans for all problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-married, non-rich, non-citizen, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time? Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Articles DD: Hopefully, Breakthrough Ideas will start posing its outstanding newsletters on its website. All my 10,000+ GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2016 are posted at www.gopillinois.com . Since 2004, my newsletters have included links to 534,000+ articles. I have sent out my newsletters since 2000.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Thank our schools and churches for the Minneapolis madness. They’ve taught and preached divisive, apologist swill for decades.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/8/thank-schools-churches-minneapolis-madness/
— DOJ reaches legal settlement declaring Biden’s border ‘parole’ to be unlawful. Deal would prevent future use of ‘parole’ for immigrants caught at the border, then released.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/8/doj-reaches-legal-settlement-declaring-bidens-border-parole-unlawful/
— No Noem or no deal: Democrats vow to oppose any funding bill if Noem remains in charge. DD: Democrats run the federal government. GAO works for Congress. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors talked and acted like Democrat politicians would fire them if they did not force me to retire. I should write about a) Democrat Durbin and Braun who were the U.S. Senators in 1997 and b) Democrat Rush, Jackson, Gutierrez, Blagojevich, Davis, and Yates who were U.S. Congressmen who represented Chicago in 1997. Hyde was my Congressman. My Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with my Democrat Black Chicagoan subordinate a) who had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) had no professional license like the one I had. Federal employees who are Republican have no Civil Service protections and especially those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time like me.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/8/no-noem-no-deal-remains-charge-dhs-democrats-vow-oppose-funding-bill/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats reject woke rebrand in favor of message to ‘fight’ for progressive ideals
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4448272/democrats-reject-anti-woke-rebrand-favor-message-fight-progressive-ideals/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump slams Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show: ‘An affront to the Greatness of America.’ DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/08/us-news/trump-slams-bad-bunnys-super-bowl-halftime-show/
— Trump slams ‘loser’ Olympian Hunter Hess over ‘mixed emotions’ representing US.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/08/sports/trump-slams-loser-olympian-hunter-hess-over-mixed-emotions-representing-us/
— Democrat leaders may go too far for their illegals
https://nypost.com/2026/02/08/opinion/dems-may-go-too-far-for-illegals-the-eus-digital-service-despots-and-other-commentary/
— Democrats’ ICE hysteria hides their deepest midterm fears
https://nypost.com/2026/02/08/opinion/democrats-ice-hysteria-hides-their-deepest-midterm-fears/
— California’s K-12 schools have been put on notice that indoctrinating children in extremist left wing ideology will lead to federal funding cuts.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/08/us-news/california-public-schools-indoctrinating-kids-with-leftist-ideology-could-lose-funding/
— Med schools’ racial preferences degrade all doctors
https://nypost.com/2026/02/08/opinion/the-death-of-dei-med-schools-racial-preferences-degrade-all-doctors/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The second American Civil War. We have been in a state of civil war for years; all it has lacked is a formal declaration. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/the_second_american_civil_war.html
— So You Wanna Be a Democrat? As a public service, then, let me educate potential Democrats on what will be necessary for them to fit in with their fellow donkeys. DD: To vote for Democrats is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/02/so_you_wanna_be_a_democrat.html
— What would America have looked like had Trump not won? Spain. Right now. The terrifying specter of what’s happening to Spain should tell everyone that, as Obama once said, “elections have consequences.”
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/what_would_america_have_looked_like_had_trump_not_won_spain_right_now.html
— Peaceful Protesters, or Fifth Column Insurrectionists? A sobering analysis of Chinese ties to progressive politicians.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/02/peaceful_protesters_or_fifth_column_insurrectionists.html
— Disrupting church isn’t journalism. There is no right to protest on private property, nor to be present there, journalist or not. DD: How successful have Democrats been taking over your church?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/disrupting_church_isn_t_journalism.html
— Interpreting the leftist noise about illegal alien deportations. One of the most important things we must understand is that, while there’s always a kernel of truth in leftist narratives, the direction is invariably toward indoctrination.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/interpreting_the_leftist_noise_about_illegal_alien_deportations.html
— New York in a Mamdani state of mind. New York’s mayor calls for looking to Islam for guidance as New York’s trash and snow pile high.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/new_york_in_a_mamdani_state_of_mind.html
— Keep the monkey and Hitler out of our politics. Politics in a civil society works when people focus on issues, not name-calling.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/keep_the_monkey_and_hitler_out_of_our_politics.html
BLAZE
— Mamdani cites the Quran and quotes Muhammed while announcing order to protect illegal aliens from ICE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mamdani-cites-the-quran-and-quotes-muhammed-while-announcing-order-to-protect-illegal-aliens-from-ice
BREITBART
— Turning Point USA’s All-American Halftime Show Wins the Super Bowl. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/02/08/charlie-spikes-the-ball-turning-point-usas-all-american-halftime-show-wins-the-super-bowl/
— Sports fans lament the left-wing political activism in this year’s NFL Super Bowl LX Sunday game, and especially from its halftime show star Bad Bunny, who has a long history of leftist activism. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/02/08/from-backing-blm-and-kamala-to-bashing-ice-super-bowl-60-star-bad-bunnys-history-of-left-wing-activist-fk-trump/amp/
CENTER SQUARE
— Majority prefer Trump’s immigration policies over Biden’s. DD: How successful was Biden filling your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct with his illegals?
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_11e240e1-37bc-40fe-ab3e-94b290a1785d.html
CITY JOURNAL
— Want to Reduce Poverty? Teach the “Success Sequence.” Any serious attempt to tackle the problem must address not just economics but culture. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/poverty-success-sequence-school-employment-marriage
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Success Sequence. Social scientists have long observed a simple, three-step behavioral pattern that dramatically lowers the risk of poverty: graduate from high school, secure full-time employment, and marry before having children. This pattern, known as the success sequence, is not a guarantee of success. But the numbers are striking. Ninety-seven percent of Americans who follow all three steps avoid poverty by age 30. Encouragingly, this idea enjoys broad support; a majority of both Democratic and Republican parents believe the success sequence should be taught in public schools. Cultural Norms and Elite Messaging. The success sequence is widely followed by affluent professionals—but rarely endorsed publicly. Many elites fear that endorsing these norms will seem moralizing or judgmental. But their silence sends mixed signals. When those at the top quietly follow a set of rules while refusing to articulate them, it creates confusion—especially for young people without strong role models, who rely more heavily on cultural cues to guide their decisions. Family Structure and Stability. In 1960, nearly all American children, regardless of income, lived with their married biological parents. Among high-income families today, that figure remains above 80 percent today. But for families in the bottom income quintile, the number has dropped to just 30 percent. This divergence matters. Research consistently shows that marriage boosts upward mobility, even when controlling for education and income. For example, a child born to a married mother with only a high school diploma is three times more likely to graduate from college than a child born to an unmarried mother with the same level of education. The Importance of School Discipline. Academic success also depends on order in the classroom. Even the best teachers struggle in environments filled with disruption. Recent efforts to reform school discipline, especially those aimed at reducing racial disparities in suspensions, have often had unintended consequences. In many districts, disorder has increased, teachers have left the profession, and student achievement has declined. Students cannot learn when chaos reigns. Schools must have the authority to enforce clear behavioral standards to create environments where learning can happen. A Cultural Foundation for Upward Mobility. Policymakers often look for quick, measurable solutions to complex problems. But the most powerful interventions work over the long term. If we want to confront poverty in a meaningful way, we must reinforce the social and cultural foundations that support stability: strong families, clear norms, disciplined schools, and a culture that values responsibility. These ideas are not novel—but they are neglected. The roots of poverty are not just economic; they are cultural, too. Any serious attempt to reduce poverty must be willing to address both aspects of the problem.)
COLLEGE FIX
— A University of Minnesota education professor ran an “ICE drill” in class which included having selected students “shield” peers who might be targeted by the agency. DD: Schools in Minnesota today, schools in your school district tomorrow, if not already.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/umn-professor-allegedly-conducted-ice-drill-in-class-had-students-shield-targeted-peers-report/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Conservative Media at a Crossroads
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/08/conservative-media-at-a-crossroads-daily-signals-rob-bluey-on-press-freedom-trust-and-future-of-journalism/
— Pollsters Don’t Ask If Anti-ICE Activists Have ‘Gone Too Far’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/08/pollsters-dont-ask-if-anti-ice-activists-have-gone-too-far/amp/
FEDERALIST
— It’s Time For Trump To Win The West’s Civil War. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/06/its-time-for-trump-to-win-the-wests-civil-war/
FOX NEWS
— Turning Point USA’s patriotic Super Bowl alternative earns praise as millions tune in over Bad Bunny. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/turning-point-usas-patriotic-super-bowl-alternative-earns-praise-millions-tune-over-bad-bunny.amp
— American Olympian taking social media breather over ‘hate’ after Trump criticism.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/american-olympian-taking-social-media-breather-over-hate-after-trump-criticism
— Mamdani expands sanctuary laws, defends alleged cop-attacker.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388973301112
— Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show ignites Trump’s fury, divides viewers. Many viewers were frustrated that almost none of the show was in English. DD: Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders will force everyone to speak, read, and write Spanish.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/bad-bunnys-super-bowl-halftime-show-ignites-trumps-fury-divides-viewers?lid=gxbe53lgujd2
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Non-Whites Can “Take Over This Country.” DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite those who are the following to destroy America: non-White, non-citizen, non-Republican, liberal/moderate, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/resurfaced-remarks-show-texas-lawmaker-pushing-racial-power-politics/
NUMBERS USA
— The Worst of the ICE Reform Demands
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/the-worst-of-the-ice-reform-demands/
POST MILLENNIAL
— DHS demands California honor ICE detainers for illegal immigrant criminals
https://thepostmillennial.com/dhs-demands-california-honor-ice-detainers-for-illegal-immigrant-criminals
TOWNHALL
— No Sanctuary in the Sanctuary. DD: Illinois is a lot like Minnesota.
https://townhall.com/columnists/jerrynewcombe/2026/02/08/no-sanctuary-in-the-sanctuary-n2670689
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Minnesota is a Sanctuary State, meaning that illegal aliens can flaunt our immigration laws, even though every nation has to have borders to remain a nation. But as we all know, there was no sanctuary for those in the sanctuary of Cities Church in St. Paul a couple of weeks ago. Just last week, Don Lemon—a former CNN anchor who was present during the sanctuary riot—was re-arrested for his role in the chaos that erupted when belligerent protesters commandeered a Sunday morning worship service. Lemon claims he was just acting as an impartial journalist at the scene. Fox News reports, “Lemon, who was released without bail Friday, says he was acting as a journalist, while prosecutors allege he coordinated with activists who disrupted services at Cities Church.” Lemon went on to quote Jesus in his defense (“The truth shall set you free.”)
— Foreign-Born Ohio Lawmaker Pushes ‘Sensitive Locations’ Bill to Limit ICE Enforcement
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/02/08/foreign-born-ohio-lawmaker-pushes-sensitive-locations-bill-to-limit-ice-enforcement-n2670936
— Texas Democrat Goes Viral After Pitting Whites Against Minorities
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/02/08/texas-democrat-goes-viral-after-pitting-whites-against-minorities-n2670938
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Affirmative Action Quotas in Question as Female, Minority Pilots Caused Half of Pilot-Error Crashes. DD: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they had to meet race and/or gender quotas, goals, and targets to promote their employees who were minority and/or female, that is, they had to discriminate against their employees who were White and/or male. They especially discriminated against their employees who were White and/or male and who were Republican, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. To meet their quotas, goals, and targets, they ever-increasingly lowered standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.westernjournal.com/affirmative-action-quotas-question-female-minority-pilots-caused-half-pilot-error-crashes/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— Millions of Super Bowl fans tune into Turning Point USA’s halftime show instead of Bad Bunny. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/millions-of-super-bowl-fans-tune-into-turning-point-usa-s-halftime-show-instead-of-bad-bunny/ar-AA1VWHCy
YAHOO
— Turning Point USA’s alternative Super Bowl halftime show draws millions. What happened. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/turning-point-usas-alternative-super-022229919.html
AOL
— Kid Rock’s Alternative Super Bowl Show By Turning Point USA Sparks Backlash Online. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.aol.com/articles/kid-rock-alternative-super-bowl-064438036.html
YAHOO
— Donald Trump called Bad Bunny ‘terrible,’ but still watched it over Erika Kirk’s Turning Point show. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/donald-trump-called-bad-bunny-080000264.html
CBS NEWS
— Trump lashes out at Team USA athlete for sharing thoughts on political situation at home.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-lashes-out-hunter-hess-milano-cortina-winter-games/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Turning Point USA’s All-American Halftime Show draws 6.1M concurrent viewers on YouTube. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7031946/2026/02/08/turning-point-usa-halftime-show-pete-hegseth/
— DD: I have been the Illinois reporter for GOPUSA since 2000. Democrat leaders stand up for reporter Georgia Fort. According to Google AI, she is “a Twin Cities-based independent, three-time Emmy-winning journalist and founder of BLCK Press, focusing on racial justice, policing, and community stories. She previously worked for WTVM, KBJR, and covered the George Floyd murder trial.” Republican and conservative leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton have rarely stood up for me. In fact, many of them have taken many big adverse actions against me since 2000.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/opinion/minnesota-protest-arrested-press-journalism.html
— Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors. Some offices are so decimated that the Justice Department has sent in military lawyers. More recently, officials asked for volunteers from other offices who can quickly deploy to places in desperate need. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Since then, to hire Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, they have lowered standards.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/politics/doj-prosecutors-recruiting-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders say “Trump Finds A Rare Need To Pull Back.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/politics/trump-social-post-reaction.html
USA TODAY
— Trump vows ‘softer touch’ but forges ahead with ‘mass deportation.’ Immigrant advocates point to the billions of dollars in funding to beef up ICE detention and put thousands more agents on the street.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/07/trump-softer-touch-ice-mass-deportation/88497160007/
— They had enough money to retire. Then the cost of living went up. DD: My retirement and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal retirement wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/02/05/why-older-adults-unretire/88483469007/
NEW YORK TODAY
— NYC Mayor Signs Order to Protect Immigrants from ICE Enforcement. Mamdani’s executive order aims to uphold sanctuary city laws and limit information-sharing with federal immigration authorities. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing use their illegals to destroy America.
https://nationaltoday.com/us/ny/new-york/news/2026/02/07/nyc-mayor-signs-order-to-protect-immigrants-from-ice-enforcement/
KGW
— Did you miss Turning Point’s ‘All American Halftime Show’? Here’s how to rewatch it. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.kgw.com/article/sports/nfl/superbowl/how-rewatch-turning-point-all-american-halftime-show/507-0a908db4-3408-4245-8cc9-a19ced3d0f10
KLEW
— More than 5 million people watch TPUSA halftime show live on YouTube. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://klewtv.com/news/nation-world/watch-tpusa-halftime-show?teaserSource=trending
WCNC
— Trump slams Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.wcnc.com/article/sports/nfl/superbowl/trump-critiques-bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show/507-5cd226dd-020f-415f-a23f-c161e63d7fdf
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Elderly Lawmakers Won’t Step Aside, Prompting New Debate Over Age Limits. Calls are increasing for mandatory retirement ages for politicians, with Rahm Emanuel proposing 75 for federal officeholders. DD: How old are you? I am 77. I have been fighting age discrimination since I was 25 in 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out to deem me to be too old to be promoted to GS-13. I finally succeeded in getting promoted to GS-13 by GAO when I was 38 in 1986 after a) I earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, e) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and f) became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I never would have made GS-13 if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer a) had not gotten back into power when I was 37, b) had not assigned to audits of IRS when I was 37, c) had not promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38. Because he did that, my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire when I was 39.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/politician-age-limits-debate-ef33b504
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An aging political class in Washington is prompting fresh calls for forcing older officeholders to step aside in favor of younger faces. Working well past retirement age is an area of rare bipartisan agreement in Washington. President Trump will turn 80 this year, and Joe Biden left office at age 82, both breaking Ronald Reagan-era records for age in office. In Congress, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) is 92 years old, while Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) is 87. It isn’t unusual for members to die on the job, as three did in 2025 alone. Rahm Emanuel, a 66-year-old Democrat and Washington veteran, recently called for a mandatory retirement age of 75 for presidents, cabinet officials, members of Congress and federal judges. The former congressman, White House chief of staff and Chicago mayor said that should also apply to him, should he ever return to a major Washington job. “Washington needs a good power washing,” Emanuel, who is exploring a possible 2028 presidential bid, said in an interview. Trump is showing signs of aging in public and private, The Wall Street Journal has reported. He has struggled to keep his eyes open during several televised events, and some people close to him have said he at times strains to hear. (Trump denied having a hearing problem and said he closes his eyes for relaxation.) Biden’s age-related collapse in 2024 damaged the Democratic Party in ways it is still working to repair.)
— Why Unemployment is Rising Among Young College Grads. Their skills, experience and ability to function are increasingly out of step with employers’ needs. DD: To waste my career and to get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors ever-increasingly outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically hinted/implied/argued/shouted that what I learned earning a) a job related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license a) was not related to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) was acquired by me to get a job in the private sector, d) qualified me for a new trade or business, and/or e) was a distraction. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female. and/or veteran.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-unemployment-is-rising-among-young-college-grads-42d037da
— Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? It turns out the way to become wealthy is to refrain from living as if you’re rich. DD: Ever since my wife and I got married in 1978, we tried to live on just one of our salaries. My salary ended abruptly in 1997, but my pension is 44% of what it was..
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-554fa8ee
— Brazil Criminalizes Transgender Dissent. A feminist could go to prison for asserting that a male can’t become a female.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/brazil-criminalizes-transgender-dissent-69ae7917
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How a $30 Billion Welfare Program Became a ‘Slush Fund’ for States. Republicans and Democrats alike decry the lack of oversight for America’s famous antipoverty experiment. ‘Fraud by design.’
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/how-a-30-billion-welfare-program-became-a-slush-fund-for-states-c39b8311
LA PROGRESSIVE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all problems that not only minorities have, but for all problems that those who are female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-married, non-rich, non-citizen, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.laprogressive.com/economic-equality/why-the-racial-wealth-gap-funds-white-supremacy
VANITY FAIR
— Democrat leaders say “As Bad Bunny Slayed the Super Bowl, Turning Point USA Staged Its Own Weird Little Event. The counterprogramming to the half time show was predictably xenophobic, but (perhaps) surprisingly low-quality and poorly attended.” DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/turning-point-usa-all-american-halftime-show-review
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— N.C. State Fires LGBTQ Pride Employee in Undercover Video. DD: When I was 49 in 1997, if I had recorded what my Democrat GAO superiors told me they would do to me if I did take their early retirement “offer,” I would have won Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf They said they would a) assign me to work for my subordinates, that is, that they would constructively demote me and/or b) throw me out of their group that audited federal financial regulators. I had worked in that group for 8 years. Because they had assigned to that group in 1990, I had taken 14 graduate evening finance courses at IIT starting in 1992 and I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. In addition, I had become a certified fraud examiner in 1990, government financial manager in 1994, financial services auditor in 1996, and forensic accountant in 1997. Previously, I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981. They made it clear they would ever-increasingly give me bad job assignments, assign me to supervise their most problematic employees, give me unfair performance expectations, give me unfair performance appraisals, and always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/02/09/nc-state-fires-secretly-recorded-lgbtq-pride-employee
SALON
— DD: Democrats fought for slavery in the Civil War. Today’s Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Democrats, that is, they ever-increasingly hint/imply that Republicans were the Confederates in the Civil War and that Democrats were the Union Army in the Civil War. Yesterday’s Democrats fought for slavery. Today’s Democrats fight for Affirmative Action and for DEI, that is, they fight for race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.salon.com/2026/02/08/magas-war-on-woke-has-a-long-history-like-400-years/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Laura Loomer threatens ICE raid on Bad Bunny Super Bowl performance over foreign flags; ‘nothing American about this.’ Loomer threatened that somebody should ‘call in an ICE raid’ during the Bad Bunny Super Bowl performance. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/laura-loomer-threatens-ice-raid-on-bad-bunny-super-bowl-performance-over-foreign-flags-nothing-american-about-this-101770602486657.html
EWTN NEWS
— Professor calls student ‘fascist bastard,’ stops speech in favor of traditional marriage. A lawsuit has been filed against officials of the Los Angeles Community College District after a professor censored and threatened to expel a student for his speech about marriage and his Christian faith in a public speaking class. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.ewtnnews.com/world/us/professor-calls-student-fascist-bastard-stops-speech-in-favor-of-traditional-marriage
INDEPENDENT
— Trump slams ‘absolutely terrible’ Bad Bunny halftime show: ‘Slap in the face to our country.’ Rant comes as Turning Point USA’s ‘All-American’ Super Bowl halftime show garnered just four million viewers. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-bad-bunny-halftime-show-response-b2916397.html
— Trump silent on Kid Rock’s MAGA alternative despite Democrats’ taunts. MAGA-friendly Super Bowl alternative to Bad Bunny featured Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert and more.
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/turning-point-halftime-show-kid-rock-b2916233.html
— Alternative Super Bowl halftime show features Charlie Kirk tribute. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/culture/super-bowl-turning-point-charlie-kirk-b2916458.html
U.S. SUN
— Erika Kirk breaks silence on Turning Point USA Super Bowl halftime show after failing to show at event honoring Charlie. The late Charlie Kirk’s wife took to social media after the show honoring the Turning Point USA founder. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.the-sun.com/sport/15911091/erika-kirk-super-bowl-turning-point/
— Turning Point USA confirms last-minute BAN on streaming its rival Super Bowl halftime show on X. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.the-sun.com/sport/15910201/turning-point-super-bowl-all-american-halftime-show/
— Turning Point USA legend Charlie Kirk sends gutwrenching messages from beyond the grave at rival halftime show. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.the-sun.com/sport/15910692/charlie-kirk-sends-messages-beyond-grave-rival-halftime-show/
— Nearly 5 MILLION tune in to Turning Point USA’s Super Bowl rival halftime show as fans switch off Bad Bunny. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.the-sun.com/sport/15910450/turning-point-usa-halftime-show-bad-bunny/
February 8, 2026
FOX NEWS
— How do you watch The All-American Halftime Show
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/how-watch-turning-point-usa-alternate-halftime-show
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals and their protesters to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-anti-ice-protests-held-area-1-month-fatal-shooting-renee-good-federal-agents-minneapolis-minnesota/18562004/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote LGBTQ and b) destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/wings-host-drag-extravaganza-valentines-day-2026-sidetrack-chicago-support-lgbtq-survivors-domestic-violence/18548137/
FOX32
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government. How many have Democrats put on SNAP in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-budget-bill-illinois-impact
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Waukegan High students walk out to protest federal crackdown. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals and their protesters to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/waukegan-high-school-walkout/
— Appeals court affirms Trump administration policy of jailing immigrants without bond
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/trump-policy-jailing-immigrants-without-bond/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Specifically, circuit judge Edith H. Jones wrote in the 2-1 majority opinion that the government correctly interpreted the Immigration and Nationality Act by asserting that “unadmitted aliens apprehended anywhere in the United States are ineligible for release on bond, regardless of how long they have resided inside the United States.”)
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for health costs.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/health-costs-are-fueling-voter-stress-and-powering-democratic-campaigns/
— Republicans rarely criticize Donald Trump in his second term. A racist post briefly changed that. DD: Advice for Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders. Anticipate/expect that Democrat candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and their mainstream news media will spin everything that you say or do against you.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/republicans-criticize-trump-racist-post/
— DD: Under Chicago Democrats, soon, if not already, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/divine-nine-repack-greater-chicago-food-depository-competition/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Long-beleaguered Gary is serious about the Bears. Are the Bears serious about Gary? DD: I worked in Gary for 2 weeks in 1970. Firestone had hired me and assigned me to its Chicago Heights store. But the manager of that store would never have hired me. He not only disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, he disapproved of my religion and national origin. He forced me to pass a 2-week probationary period in Firestone’s Gary store.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/bears-stadium-gary-indiana/
DAILY HERALD
— Pentagon cuts academic ties with ‘woke’ Harvard to focus on training ‘warriors’
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260207/nation-and-world/pentagon-cuts-academic-ties-with-woke-harvard-to-focus-on-training-warriors/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for health costs.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260207/nation-and-world-politics/health-costs-are-fueling-voter-stress-and-powering-democratic-campaigns/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly analogize Donald Trump to Joseph McCarthy.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260207/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-in-search-of-a-sense-of-decency-a-presidents-behavior-is-not-irrelevant-to-t/
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the “Trump ape video” to promote more hatred against all Republicans.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/columnists/james-causey/2026/02/08/trump-video-obama-ape/88549754007/
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Advice for Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders. Anticipate/expect that Democrat candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and their mainstream news media will spin everything that you say or do against you.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/republicans-rarely-criticize-trump-in-his-second-term-a-racist-post-briefly-changed-that/article_734dd055-4276-59fa-9b29-0bc54eb1429a.html
25 NEWS NOW
— Conservative policy wonk Ted Dabrowski says GOP needs to try something new to beat Pritzker in 2026
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/02/08/conservative-policy-wonk-says-gop-needs-try-something-new-beat-pritzker-2026/
CWB CHICAGO
— Chicago’s snowplow naming contest buries city in anti-ICE submissions. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly a) promote illegal immigration and b) fight deportation of their illegals.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/02/chicagos-snowplow-naming-contest-buries-city-in-anti-ice-submissions.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you do and why do you do it? Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000 to promote conservative principles and to help elect Republican candidates. But since 2000, virtually all the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have talked and acted like me and my newsletters do not exist. Far too many of them blame me and blame my newsletters for the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Far too many have taken many big adverse actions against me to stop me from sending out my newsletters. Far too many have done far too much to discourage everyone from reading my newsletters. What would you do if you were me? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Advice for Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders. Anticipate/expect that Democrat candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and their mainstream news media will spin everything that you say or do against you. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To what extent should candidates, elected officials, and party leaders be held responsible for the words and actions of those under them? I hold Democrat elected officials directly responsible for all the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me. I hold RINO elected officials directly responsible for all the adverse actions that leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton have taken against me and continue to take against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois gives almost $1.2M to labor activist group
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/waste-watch-illinois-gives-almost-1-2m-to-labor-activist-group/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump, another hair-on-fire uproar, and the midterms
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4450273/trump-another-uproar-midterms/
NEW YORK POST
— The anti-ICE activists are an insurgency, not a protest movement
https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/opinion/anti-ice-movement-an-insurgency-not-a-protest/
— The end of college racial quotas is already making America more just. DD: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they had to meet race and/or gender quotas, goals, and targets to promote their employees who were minority and/or female, that is, they had to discriminate against their employees who were White and/or male. They especially discriminated against their employees who were White and/or male and who were Republican, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/opinion/the-end-of-college-racial-quotas-is-already-making-america-more-just/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The kids should not be marching. Teachers can’t teach the basics, but they can organize child armies against ICE.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/the_kids_should_not_be_marching.html
— Democrats want to get you killed. Listening to Democrats is not only foolish, but potentially deadly.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/democrats_want_to_get_you_killed.html
— What if we went back to the moon and nobody cared? Something that was once seen as one of humanity’s and America’s greatest triumphs is now greeted with a nod and a yawn. DD: Democrat leaders have succeeded in making America’s top priority giving more and more and more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/what_if_we_went_back_to_the_moon_and_nobody_cared.html
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used my may Jewish superiors and supervisors to waste my career and to get rid of me. I should write about that.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/jews_should_not_be_indifferent_to_antisemitism.html
BREITBART
— National Teachers Union Encouraging School Walkouts, Pushing Anti-ICE Propaganda
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/02/07/national-teachers-union-encouraging-school-walkouts-pushing-anti-ice-propaganda/amp/
— Cross-Referencing SSNs Is Key to Catch Illegals Holding CDLs
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/02/07/ernst-cross-referencing-ssns-is-key-to-catch-illegals-holding-cdls-study-minnesota-fraudsters-to-see-if-that-was-template/
— Homan Has Struck Agreements with Nearly All Minnesota Counties to Hand Over Violent Illegal Aliens from Jails
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/02/07/exclusive-leavitt-tom-homan-has-struck-agreements-with-nearly-all-minnesota-counties-to-hand-over-violent-illegal-aliens-from-jails/
— Hegseth Cuts War Department Ties With His ‘Woke’ Alma Mater Harvard. DD: I earned degrees from NIU (BS-management), Loyola (MBA), DePaul (MS-accounting), and IIT (MS-finance) in 1970, 1976, 1980, and 1997 respectively. They all have moved dramatically to the left.
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2026/02/07/hegseth-cuts-war-department-ties-his-woke-alma-mater-harvard/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Former ‘Bachelor’ host comes under fire over casting call for ‘traditional marriage’ dating show. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. My critics/opponents have always been furious that my traditional marriage in 1978 a) helped my wife and I buy two news cars and a home in Wheaton in 1978, b) helped me pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) helped us afford my taking a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, d) helped me earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) helped me pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, f) helped me become a licensed CPA in 1981, g) helped us have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, h) helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986, i) helped me get promoted in 1986, j) etc.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/chris-harrison-criticized-for-traditional-marriage-dating-show.html
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Harvard Is Woke; The War Department Is Not’: Pentagon Terminates Academic Partnerships With Ivy League University
https://dailycaller.com/2026/02/07/harvard-university-woke-war-department-pentagon-pete-hegseth-terminates-academic-partnership/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ICE Operations: What Americans Actually Want
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/07/ice-operations-what-americans-actually-want/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Schools that let students leave class to protest ICE have failing academic records. High schools across multiple states staged walkouts while showing math and English proficiency rates well below state averages.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/schools-let-students-leave-class-protest-ice-have-failing-academic-records
— DHS says anti-ICE agitators helped child rapist, gang members evade deportation. ICE agitators threw rocks, bottles at officials after a gang member rammed them with his car and barricaded himself in an apartment.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/child-rapists-gang-members-domestic-abusers-helped-evading-deportation-anti-ice-agitators-dhs
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Hegseth: The War Department is Cutting Academic Ties With Harvard
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/pete-hegseth-the-war-department-is-cutting-academic-ties-with-harvard/amp/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Woke Team USA athletes trash talk America at Olympics
https://thepostmillennial.com/woke-team-usa-athletes-trash-talk-america-at-olympics-it-brings-up-mixed-emotions
PJ MEDIA
— A Handful of Examples of How ‘Harvard Is Woke,’ as Hegseth Said
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/02/07/a-handful-of-examples-how-harvard-is-woke-as-hegseth-said-n4949219
— Students Walk Out of School in Protest of ICE — With Support of the School Board. DD: Los Angeles Unified School District today, your school district tomorrow, if not already.
https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2026/02/07/students-walk-out-of-school-in-protest-of-ice-with-support-of-the-school-board-n4949248
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Friday, Feb. 6, over 22,500 students from 85 schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) walked out of class an organized protest. This was not a walkout in protest of the killing of innocent civilians in Iran. It wasn’t about the horrors that Hamas has perpetrated. Students were not leaving their schools as a way of calling for more learning tools at their schools, or better facilities. It was to protest ICE doing its job of arresting criminal illegal aliens. And LAUSD employees, teachers, and administrators tacitly (and in many cases overtly) supported and promoted it. Let’s be clear. This was not a protest against an injustice, but a supported walkout of middle and high school students protesting federal agents doing their job. It wasn’t based on a violation of civil rights or abuses of power. These teenagers were encouraged to walk out of their education in order to complain about duly appointed officers enforcing federal law. There’s certainly an argument to be made about protecting the children of illegal aliens, and the compassionate side of me says that all children should be educated in the best ways possible. The pragmatic side of me argues that it should not be the responsibility of American taxpayers to pay for the education of these children, and especially the financial support of their families. But while that inner dialogue may justify adults protesting immigration policies, it really doesn’t enter into this discussion of a student walkout. Worse still is the support that this kind of behavior has received from the LAUSD, which has even set up the website of WeAreOne to help illegal aliens evade law enforcement. Here, the LAUSD has created a campaign entitled “We Have Rights,” and states its mission as “We Have Rights is an empowerment campaign to prepare for and safely defend our rights during encounters with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).” On this website, the LAUSD provides videos (produced at taxpayers’ expense) on how to avoid ICE in Arabic, French, Haitian-Creole, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu (the language of the Islamic regime of Pakistan). Illegal aliens from countries that sponsor terrorism (Iran, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, et al) as well as nations that are clearly not allies, such as Russia and China, can go to the LAUSD website to learn how to avoid ICE. How does this fit into the LAUSD mission statement of “realizing excellence for all students by providing the unique, rigorous, and culturally relevant education that each and every student deserves”? In what way does scheduling a student walkout, let alone teaching families from terrorist-supporting nations, integrate with educating our children? Maybe the logic of LAUSD administrators is that their school district is so successful at educating children that they can spend their time, money, and resources on walkouts. But the reality is the opposite. If there’s any question about the quality, or lack thereof, of education at LAUSD, they are proud that in 2024/2025, only 43.1% of students demonstrated proficiency in math and 32.8% in reading, as this was slightly better than last year. Fewer than half the students in this district, the second-largest school district in the nation, know basic math, and fewer than a third are proficient in reading. This is despite the fact that LAUSD teachers are paid nearly 40% more than the national average. I grew up in the LAUSD public school system, when it was one of the top educational districts in the country, but that was a long time ago, when the governor of the state was Ronald Reagan (a Republican), and the mayors of Los Angeles were Sam Yorty and then Tom Bradley (both conservative Democrats). Then, it was a district dedicated to teaching children in a classic educational way, as opposed to indoctrinating children in neo-Marxism and ignoring educational standards. Most people do not have their children in a school system like LAUSD, but more and more cities, especially larger Democratic metropolitan cities, are following in the footsteps of LAUSD. Which is why, as we approach the upcoming elections this year, it is so important for people to recognize the importance of school boards. The left has been very successful over the last thirty years in taking over school boards around the country, and changing the educational agenda to focus more on far-left preoccupations and values such as drag queens, gender dysphoria, immigration, socialism, etc. They have been indoctrinating our children, the next generation of voters, and this indoctrination must stop… for the sake of our children, and of this country. I pray that as we approach elections this year that sensible parents will run for and take back seats on school boards. That school districts will again focus on educating our children in the subjects that they will need to succeed in life. That they will learn the skills and information that will allow them to be creators of brilliant inventions, informed voters, and successful contributors to society. Otherwise, God forbid, school districts around the country will be progressively more forced to deal with children walking out of school to protest the legal actions at federal officers.)
— Anti-ICE High Schoolers Depict Trump Crucified. DD: Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, Democrat leaders will get most if not virtually all of the students in your school district to walkout to protest enforcement of federal immigration laws. Anticipate/expect that the students who walkout will overwhelmingly be illegals, females, and minorities. Of course, their walking out will be on their records for the rest of their lives. Anticipate/expect that Democrat colleges and Democrat employers will give preference to those students who walked out over those who did not. For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. Democrats exist to destroy Republicans.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/02/07/anti-ice-high-schoolers-depict-trump-crucified-n4949233
— Trump Should Not Ease Up on Deportations
https://pjmedia.com/aj-christopher/2026/02/07/hugh-hewitt-is-wrong-president-trump-should-not-ease-up-on-deportations-n4949222
TOWNHALL
— A Few Simple Snarky Rules to Make Life Better
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/02/08/a-few-simple-snarky-rules-to-make-life-better-n2670921
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Jeffries calls on GOP leaders to denounce president over Obamas video. DD: Advice for Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders. Anticipate/expect that Democrat candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and their mainstream news media will spin everything that you say or do against you.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5727664-jeffries-gop-leaders-trump-obama-video/
REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use toddlers to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/toddler-was-returned-ice-custody-denied-medication-after-hospitalization-lawsuit-2026-02-08/
CBS NEWS
— As Winter Olympics begin in Italy, some Team USA athletes speak out about politics at home
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/as-winter-olympics-begin-in-italy-some-team-usa-athletes-speak-out-about-politics-at-home/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Obama Derangement Syndrome
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/opinion/trump-obama-apes-post-video.html
— DD: Federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran do not have Civil Service protections. The decision in Diersen v. GAO proves that. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf My critics/opponents have no problem with that, in fact, they applaud that.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/05/us/trump-news
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump stifles dissent. In Diersen v. GAO, the Democrats who ran GAO, DOJ, and the courts stifled dissent big time. Even though opposing political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination is legal, GAO, DOJ, and the courts denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial. That dramatically discourages Republicans, Whites, men, older people, and non-veterans from becoming and remaining federal employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/02/06/opinion/ice-minnesota-democracy-america.html
ABC BALTIMORE
— Hundreds of Baltimore students stage walkout demanding changes to ICE policies. DD: Anticipate/expect that high school students who walkout to protest ICE will stress that in their college and employment applications. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student 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 was an UIC student 1966-1968 and 1971 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time Loyola student 1972-1976, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986.
https://www.wmar2news.com/news/region/baltimore-city/hundreds-of-baltimore-students-stage-walkout-demanding-changes-to-ice-policies
TAMPA FREE PRESS
— The Immigration Crisis And The Question Of Fairness. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals and their protesters to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.tampafp.com/op-ed-the-immigration-crisis-and-the-question-of-fairness/
HOUSTON PRESS
— Hundreds of Cy Falls HS Students Walk Out to Protest ICE. The walkout turns into an improvised march. DD: Anticipate/expect that high school students who walkout to protest ICE will stress that in their college and employment applications. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student 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 was an UIC student 1966-1968 and 1971 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time Loyola student 1972-1976, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986.
https://www.houstonpress.com/news/hundreds-of-cy-falls-hs-students-walk-out-to-protest-ice/
CENTRAL MAINE & PRESS HERALD
— White Guilt. DD: My critics/opponents who promote Affirmative Action and DEI and are White and/or male have/had wealthy parents who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, and/or who got them jobs. I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air when I was 16 in 1964 with money I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966 with money I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage. I paid for my UIC expense 1966-1968 and my NIU expenses 1969-1970 with money I earned delivering mail. I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968 with money I earned delivering mail 1966-1968. I got my Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I got my Firestone Stores job by earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I got my IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 and earning the aforesaid bachelor’s degree.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2026/02/08/white-guilt-explains-everything-about-race-in-america-opinion/
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/02/08/white-guilt-explains-everything-about-race-in-america-opinion/
POST BULLETIN
— What motivates protesters to protect criminals?
https://www.postbulletin.com/opinion/letters/letter-what-motivates-protesters-to-protect-criminals
KWTX
— DHS condemns New York mayor’s executive order protecting criminal illegal immigrants
https://www.kwtx.com/2026/02/07/dhs-condemns-new-york-mayors-executive-order-protecting-criminal-illegal-immigrants/?outputType=amp
— Texas Education Agency warns students about penalties for staging walkouts. DD: Anticipate/expect that high school students who walkout to protest ICE will stress that in their college and employment applications. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student 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 was an UIC student 1966-1968 and 1971 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time Loyola student 1972-1976, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xssFgkUecS4
NATIONAL TODAY
— Loyola Chicago Offers Abortion Coverage in Student Health Plan. Catholic university’s student insurance includes “abortion care services” despite Jesuit identity and church teachings. DD: To promote abortion is to reject all religion.
https://nationaltoday.com/us/il/chicago/news/2026/02/07/loyola-chicago-offers-abortion-coverage-in-student-health-plan/
POLITICO
— ICE surveillance concerns shift Democrats’ demands for body cameras. Critics fear the cameras could be used to feed video of protesters into facial recognition tools. DD: If I had worn a body camera when my Democrat GAO superiors told me what they would do to me if I did take their early retirement “offer,” I would have won Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/07/democrats-fear-body-cameras-could-be-ices-new-mass-surveillance-tool-00769363
GAO
— GAO’s FY 2025 Report Card—What We Did to Improve Federal Programs and Save Billions of Dollars. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.gao.gov/blog/gaos-fy-2025-report-card-what-we-did-improve-federal-programs-and-save-billions-dollars
FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN INNOVATION
— Congress Should Prioritize the Comptroller General Nomination and Reform GAO. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.thefai.org/posts/congress-should-prioritize-the-comptroller-general-nomination-and-reform-gao
FEDERATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION
— Speech Protected Under the First Amendment. DD: According to my critics/opponents, the West Chicago teacher and me gave up our First Amendment rights. The West Chicago teacher because he chose to work for the Democrats who ran his school district and me because I chose to work for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. Republicans should be advised that if you choose to work for Democrats, by definition, you give up your First Amendment Rights. In America, ever-increasingly, Republicans do not have First Amendment rights. Federal employees have no Civil Service protections if they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/protected-speech
ACLU
— Protecting Free Speech in the Face of Government Retaliation. DD: According to my critics/opponents, the West Chicago teacher and me gave up our First Amendment rights. The West Chicago teacher because he chose to work for the Democrats who ran his school district and me because I chose to work for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. Republicans should be advised that if you choose to work for Democrats, by definition, you give up your First Amendment Rights. In America, ever-increasingly, Republicans do not have First Amendment rights. Federal employees have no Civil Service protections if they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/protecting-free-speech-in-the-face-of-government-retaliation
LIBERAL CURRENTS
— Speech That Plays It Safe Does Not Remain Free for Long. DD: The West Chicago teacher case proves that Democrats ever-increasingly a) run education in America and b) use education to crank out good little Democrats. The GAO Diersen case proves that Democrats a) run the federal government, b) use the federal government to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, and c) waste the careers of and get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/s/
EDUCATION WEEK
— DD: My critics/opponents promote free speech for anti-ICE students but oppose free speech for pro-ICE teachers. My critics/opponents promote employers that give preference to their employees who are Democrat, RINO, minority, female, and/or younger, that is, my critics/opponents promote employers that waste the careers of and get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or older.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/free-speech-debates-resurface-with-student-walkouts-over-ice-raids/2026/02
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use democracy a) to take more and more and more opportunities and money away from those who have demographics that vote for Republicans and b) to give those opportunities and that money to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/08/washington-post-layoffs-democracy-trump
February 6, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois should consider pragmatic tweaks to its sanctuary law
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/06/editorial-sanctuary-laws-juliana-stratton-minneapolis-tom-homan-immigration-trust-act/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: We asked her about Illinois’ sanctuary law, the Trust Act signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner in 2017, and how it bars state officials from cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to begin the process of deportation of undocumented individuals incarcerated in our prisons for violent crimes, as they’re being released back out onto the streets. The existing exception in the law to that prohibition is if ICE has a judicial warrant for the prisoner’s arrest. But that’s a rarity, we’re told.)
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hated against Trump and against those who share his demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/06/column-repression-dissent-ice-us-history-poland-chile-shackelford/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise minorities and females.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/06/mexican-seamstress-chicago-bulls-banners/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: What is your hometown? My hometown is Crete. My ancestors have lived in Crete since 1854. I lived in Crete 1948-1972. In defense of Crete, I stress the role it played in the underground railroad.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/05/martin-quilts-slaves-messages-settlement-naperville/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What to know about the Illinois Republican primary race for governor. Darren Bailey wants another shot at Gov. JB Pritzker in the general election. He’ll have to beat Ted Dabrowski, Rick Heidner and James Mendrick to get there.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/02/06/what-to-know-illinois-republican-primary-governor-bailey-heidner-dabrowski-mendrick
— DD: To turn conservatives against Trump, hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters ever-increasingly stress anti-conservative things that Trump says and does.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/02/05/conservatives-republicans-trump-debt-family-values-democracy-s-e-cupp
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly come to Don Lemon’s defense. I should write about Republican leaders who could and should have come to my defense but did not.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/02/05/don-lemon-georgia-forts-arrests-journalism-press-freedom-jacob-sullum
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/05/skokie-joliet-flossmoor-lansing-burbank-franklin-park-chicago-suburbs-census-diversity-race-ethnicity-black-latino
— DD: Democrats run education in America. For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2026/02/06/federal-school-voucher-program-illinois-pritzker-bicycles-traffic-trump-peron
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Reparations Committee announces 44 new payments. DD: Affirmative Action is reparations.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2026/02/06/city/reparations-committee-announces-44-new-payments-explores-delta-8-tax/
EVANSTON NOW
— Prosecutors warn of tainted jury in Broadview Six case. DD: By denying me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial, the judges and justices made it clear that they believed that no jury would rule in my favor. My demographics were terrible: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, Crete resident 1948-1972, and Wheaton resident since 1978.
https://evanstonnow.com/prosecutors-warn-of-tainted-jury-in-broadview-six-case/
WCIA
— Illinois Gaming Board, AG issue 60+ cease-and-desists for illegal betting operators
https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-news/illinois-gaming-board-ag-issue-60-cease-and-desists-for-illegal-betting-operators/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning ICE.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-05/poll-two-thirds-of-americans-say-ice-has-gone-too-far-in-immigration-enforcement
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-06/as-some-democrats-embrace-calls-to-abolish-ice-others-seek-more-targeted-reforms
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, Democrat leaders will get most if not virtually all of the students in your school district to walkout to protest enforcement of federal immigration laws. Anticipate/expect that the students who walkout will overwhelmingly be illegals, females, and minorities. Of course, their walking out will be on their records for the rest of their lives. Anticipate/expect that Democrat colleges will give preference to those students who walked out over those who did not. Anticipate/expect that Democrat employers will give preference to those students who walked over those students who did not. For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Are you conservative? What is holding you back from leaving Illinois? For me, it includes my ancestors having lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. Me living in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978 and my living in my precinct since 1984. My having earned a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license in Illinois. My having worked in Illinois 1962-1997. My wife and I not having children. My knowing that if you move to a state, county, township, municipality, school district, precinct, or neighborhood that is prosperous and safe because conservatives built it, sooner or later, Democrats will move in to take advantage of that prosperity and safety and that they will sooner or later destroy that prosperity and safety. Further, under the Democrats, and under the RINOs, there are fewer and fewer and fewer places in America where those who share my demographics are welcome. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois state pensions have less money to pay retirees than any state according to Equable Institute. It’s the third year in a row for Illinois coming in last. DD: My critics/opponents are anti-pension, anti-federal employee, and anti-federal retiree. They have been ever-increasingly furious ever since I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I started working part-time for the Post Office when I was 18 years old in 1966. They were more furious that I got almost 3 years of full-time CSRS credit even though I worked only part-time. They have been even more furious that I have gotten a CSRS pension ($68,640/year in today’s dollars) since I was 49 in 1997. They have been even more furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since 1966 and 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums since 1978. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment examination. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 years old in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, a job offer that Oldsmobile withdrew saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. If I was still working, I would still be paying into the CSRS instead of getting a CSRS pension.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/three-peat-illinois-pension-system-last-place-for-3rd-year-in-a-row/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DD: My critics/opponents will watch Bad Bunny, not the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/4443846/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-good/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani’s free for all, including illegals, will only end in bills for all taxpayers
https://nypost.com/2026/02/05/opinion/mamdanis-free-for-all-including-illegals-will-only-end-in-bills-for-all-taxpayers/
CENTER SQUARE
— ‘Ridiculous:’ Republicans reject Dems’ 10 demands for DHS reforms
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_a3b85b54-4baf-4648-b78f-1dc1e7fcd4dc.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Real Reason Why Advertisers Are Flocking to Fox News
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/05/fox-news-posts-highest-ever-second-quarter-ad-revenue-adds-200-new-advertisers/
FOX NEWS
— Chris Harrison sparks mixed reactions over ‘traditional marriage’ dating show casting call. Former ‘Bachelor’ host Chris Harrison faces social media backlash over casting call for ‘traditional, marriage-minded partnership’ series. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/chris-harrison-sparks-mixed-reactions-over-traditional-marriage-dating-show-casting-call
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Feds Investigating Nike for Discriminating Against White Employees. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority and/or female, that is, they discriminated tremendously against their Republican employees who were White and/or male.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/feds-investigating-nike-for-allegedly-discriminating-against-white-employees/amp/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Notre Dame Trustees Grapple with Backlash to Pro-Abortion Professor’s Appointment
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/notre-dame-trustees-grapple-with-backlash-to-pro-abortion-professors-appointment/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Poll Finds a Fractured Country With Little Faith in Fixes. DD: Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that the Democrat Party a) will never stop flooding America with their illegals and b) will never stop fighting their deportation. Further, Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that the Democrat Party will never stop promoting a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, that is, destruction of traditional marriage and family, c) abortion, d) vices, e) further diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and f) 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.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/01/30/poll_finds_a_fractured_country_with_little_faith_in_fixes_153784.amp.html
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Woke-ism Finally Blows up in Nike’s Face as Trump’s Administration Comes Calling. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they gave tremendous preference to their Democrat employees who were minority and/or female, that is, they discriminated tremendously against their Republican employees who were White and/or male.
https://www.westernjournal.com/woke-ism-finally-blows-nikes-face-trumps-administration-comes-calling/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— 12 Columbia Professors and Students Are Arrested at Anti-ICE Protest. Demonstrators, who were demanding that the university provide more protection for international students, blocked Broadway.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/nyregion/columbia-professors-students-protest-arrests.html
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/us/politics/trump-election-states-midterms.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/2026/college-faculty-diversity-initiatives/
NBC NEWS
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/local-officials-push-back-trumps-threats-nationalize-elections-targete-rcna257583
CBS NEWS
— Events to mark Black History Month. DD: My Black Democrat GAO subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/black-history-month-events-2026-twin-cities/
ABC NEWS
— DD: My critics/opponents will watch Bad Bunny, not the Turning Point USA show.
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/bad-bunny-previews-new-details-super-bowl-halftime/story?id=129886923
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Administration to Make It Easier to Fire 50,000 Federal Workers. A rule issued on Thursday would create a government-employee category that offers fewer job protections. DD: If you read the filings in Diersen v. GAO, ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), you will see how easy it was for my Democrat GAO superiors to fire me, that is, to force me to retire. Their being able to force me to retire notwithstanding my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license speaks volumes.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-federal-employees-new-category-1051bc29
— Trump’s Call to ‘Nationalize’ Voting. Do Democrats now see the constitutional wisdom of federalism? DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/donald-trump-nationalize-elections-congress-john-thune-c9f3c4c9
USA TODAY
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Bad Bunny. My critics/opponents will watch Bad Bunny, not the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/04/super-bowl-headliner-bad-bunny-broke-latin-pop-star-mold/88392294007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/05/bad-bunny-super-bowl-setlist-song-predictions/88210461007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/03/bad-bunny-profile-super-bowl-halftime-show-grammys-winner/88302767007/
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2026/02/05/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-not-likely-for-trump-says-white-house/88535440007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/03/bad-bunny-super-bowl-ratings-nfl-significance/88210458007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/05/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-surprise-guests/88298051007/
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/celebrities/2026/02/05/bad-bunny-super-bowl-celebrities-photos/88533017007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/02/05/bad-bunny-interview-super-bowl-halftime-show/88516784007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/02/04/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-puerto-rico/88477508007/
HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA
— Texas warns schools of possible state takeover over student protests, appoints misconduct enforcer. The move comes as the state’s education agency unveils a new enforcement role to oversee investigations into alleged misconduct by Texas teachers.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2026/02/05/542625/texas-education-walkouts-tea-takeover-ice/
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
— Utahns take to the streets outside of BYU to protest Border Patrol’s presence at campus job fair. Couple kicked out of recruitment event for wearing pro-immigrant T-shirts. Protesters say agency’s inclusion doesn’t fit with LDS principles.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/02/05/immigration-protests-break-out-off/
COLUMBUS SPECTATOR
— ‘ICE off campus’: Students, faculty, and community members protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside campus gates. Protesters demanded that the University declare itself a sanctuary campus and establish more protections for students targeted by immigration officers.
https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2026/02/05/ice-off-campus-students-faculty-and-community-members-protest-against-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-outside-campus-gates/
FOX MINNESOTA
— Minnesota caucusgoers vote in straw polls, potentially shaping GOP race for governor. DD: As a member of Milton Township Republican Organization fundraising committees and as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, I conducted many straw polls. My critic/opponents were furious because they could not manipulate those straw polls. They were beyond furious when their candidates did not win.
https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-caucusgoers-vote-straw-polls-potentially-shaping-gop-race-governor
NEWS NATION
— Project 2025 plan to make federal workers easier to fire takes effect. DD: If you read the filings in Diersen v. GAO, ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), you will see how easy it was for my Democrat GAO superiors to fire me, that is, to force me to retire. Their being able to force me to retire notwithstanding my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license speaks volumes.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/project-2025-federal-workers-takes-effect/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Trump administration advances plan to strip job protections from career federal employees. DD: If you read the filings in Diersen v. GAO, ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), you will see how easy it was for my Democrat GAO superiors to fire me, that is, to force me to retire. Their being able to force me to retire notwithstanding my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license speaks volumes.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/02/trump-administration-advances-plan-to-strip-job-protections-from-career-federal-employees/
EDUCATION WEEK
— DD: Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, Democrat leaders will get most if not virtually all of the students in your school district to walkout to protest enforcement of federal immigration laws. Anticipate/expect that the students who walkout will overwhelmingly be illegals, females, and minorities. Of course, their walking out will be on their records for the rest of their lives. Anticipate/expect that Democrat colleges will give preference to those students who walked out over those who did not. Anticipate/expect that Democrat employers will give preference to those students who walked over those students who did not. For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/free-speech-debates-resurface-with-student-walkouts-over-ice-raids/2026/02
PBS
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democratic-governors-blast-trumps-call-to-nationalize-elections
ATLANTIC
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/02/trump-threats-american-elections/685873/
PEW RESEARCH
— Key facts about the U.S. Black population
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/02/05/key-facts-about-black-americans/
(FROM THE REPORT: Black Americans are less likely than other Americans to be married. . .About two-in-ten married Black adults (18%) are married to someone who is not Black.)
FROM FOREIN SOURCES
SKY NEWS
— DD: My critics/opponents will watch Bad Bunny, not the Turning Point USA show.
https://news.sky.com/story/a-terrible-choice-or-uniting-the-nation-why-bad-bunnys-super-bowl-show-is-causing-a-stir-13503221
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Yale wipes out $90,000 tuition for many families in major expansion of free college aid. DD: According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless, that is, my 1970 degree from NIU, my 1976 degree from Loyola, my 1980 degree from DePaul, and my 1997 degree from IIT are worthless. My Democrat superiors in the federal government treated my degrees like they were worthless. My critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois treat my degrees like they are worthless. My critics/opponents glorify and praise and pander to those who have degrees from Ivy League universities.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/yale-wipes-out-90000-tuition-for-many-families-in-major-expansion-of-free-college-aid/ar-AA1VfpOV
February 5, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Elgin HS students stage walkout to protest ICE. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to walkout over ICE. The more walkouts, the more proof that for Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. How many students have Democrats gotten to walkout in your school district so far?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/04/elgin-high-students-walkout-protest-ice/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/05/opinion-immigration-crime-statistics-public-safety/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ahead of midterms, Illinois’ GOP members of Congress question the state’s ‘election integrity.’ In a letter sent to the Illinois State Board of Elections, Reps. Mike Bost, Mary Miller and Darin LaHood urged the state to provide more information about how voting records are vetted. DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/02/04/illinois-voter-rolls-challenge-republicans-bost-miller-lahood-state-board-of-elections-trump
NBC5
— As Trump promises ‘softer touch’ on immigration, Chicago residents stay wary. There is some concern in Chicago that agents leaving Minneapolis could be redeployed, including back to Illinois. DD: Any hint of a “softer touch” reopens the floodgates.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/as-trump-promises-softer-touch-on-immigration-chicago-residents-stay-wary/3886839/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump taking steps toward installing a Columbus statue near the White House. DD: How strongly anti-Italian are the Democrats in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-taking-steps-toward-installing-a-columbus-statue-near-the-white-house/article_601745f2-a8ce-5179-be61-e7bc90cba9b6.html
WEEK
— Trump proposal to ‘nationalize’ elections sparks debate. DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/02/05/trump-proposal-nationalize-elections-sparks-local-debate/?outputType=amp
WAND TV
— Democrats demand ‘dramatic changes’ for ICE, including masks, cameras and judicial warrants. Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Homeland Security Department when it expires in two weeks unless there are “dramatic changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s campaign of federal immigration enforcement. DD: Democrats want to stop deportation of their illegals. But failing that, they want to cripple, disable, hinder, impede, hamstring, and undermine ICE.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/what-democrats-are-demanding-in-the-fight-over-immigration-and-customs-enforcement-funding/article_269f32b5-2ab4-51c7-9434-93e6c26bf320.html
— Illinois bill could ban ICE agents from working as state, local police. DD: Have you been banned? By their wasting my career, by their taking many big adverse actions against me, and by their forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat superiors in the federal government banned me from getting any kind of employment appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/illinois-bill-could-ban-ice-agents-from-working-as-state-local-police/article_f91d9a48-14ad-49d0-958d-573344840d4a.html
DAILY ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/university-news/student-organizations/2026/02/03/illini-democrats-illini-republicans-ice-statement/
DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
— Loaded Gun Found Stashed Under Child’s Car Seat During Traffic Stop In Naperville. A Downers Grove man is being held in DuPage County Jail after Tuesday night’s incident.
https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/loaded-gun-found-stashed-under-childs-car-seat-during-traffic-stop-naperville
HINDSDALE PATCH
— Hinsdale-Based Conservative Group Concerned Parents of Illinois Denounced At Meeting. It was called a hate group that hurts youth and the LGBTQ community. DD: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois were hate groups. I served as an ICRC officer 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. My critics/opponents succeeded in having their operatives and their dupes destroy ICRC in 2007 and TAPROOT in 2012. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes a) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) end my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and c) gerrymander my precinct in 2015.
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/hinsdale-based-conservative-group-denounced-meeting
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— In IL-09, friendly forum turns fierce
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/02/05/in-il-09-friendly-forum-turns-fierce-00766712
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— A proposal backed by Illinois Democrats to expand voter registration opportunities for high school students is raising concerns among some parents and education advocates, who argue the measure could add strain to already overburdened schools and open the door to partisan influence.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a3232f6f-2a97-4346-8084-b284ed21d740.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to walkout over ICE. The more walkouts, the more proof that for Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. How many students have Democrats gotten to walkout in your school district so far? If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student 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 was an UIC student 1966-1968 and 1971 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time Loyola student 1972-1976, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats reveal 10-point list of demands for ICE reforms. Topping the list are bans on ICE officers wearing masks to hide their identities, and new rules barring immigration arrests near hospitals, schools, churches, courts, child-care facilities and other “sensitive locations.” The 10-point list also calls for new limits on use of force, and would explicitly give state and local authorities a veto over “large-scale” immigration operations. DD: Democrats want to stop deportation of their illegals. But failing that, they want to cripple, disable, hinder, impede, hamstring, and undermine ICE.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/4/democrats-reveal-ice-reform-demands-continue-funding-homeland/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Some Crying Kids Are Way Cooler Than Others. This week’s illegal immigrant poster boy is 5-year-old Liam Ramos.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/some-crying-kids-are-way-cooler-than-others/
BLAZE
— The West’s forbidden truth: Ethnic cleansing is now official policy. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-wests-forbidden-truth-ethnic-cleansing-is-now-official-policy
BREITBART
— Left-Wing Teachers Across the Country Are Forcing Kids to Protest ICE
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/02/04/left-wing-teachers-across-the-country-are-forcing-kids-to-protest-ice/
CENTER SQUARE
— Federal Way council pres & teacher urging students to walk out in ICE protest
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_c62e2923-4eba-4972-a631-e3b2344ccc2f.html
FOX NEWS
— Greg Abbott threatens arrests for violent student protesters, funding cuts for schools allowing walkouts. Texas governor says schools allowing ‘disruptive walkouts’ should be treated as ‘co-conspirators’ after Kyle incident.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/greg-abbott-threatens-arrests-violent-student-protesters-funding-cuts-schools-allowing-walkouts
FOX NEWS RADIO
— Sanctuary City Cooperation & The President’s ‘Softer Touch’ Immigration Approach. DD: Any hint of a “softer touch” reopens the floodgates.
https://radio.foxnews.com/2026/02/05/sanctuary-city-cooperation-the-presidents-softer-touch-immigration-approach/
PJ MEDIA
— Shocking Cost of Migrant Crime
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/02/04/estimating-the-cost-of-illegal-alien-crimes-n4949119
— Texas Sues County for Using Taxpayer Cash to Pay Illegal Aliens’ Lawyers
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/02/04/texas-sues-county-for-using-taxpayer-cash-to-pay-illegal-aliens-lawyers-n4949122
TOWNHALL
— Democrats’ Demands for DHS Funding Are Here—They Would Destroy ICE As We Know It. DD: Democrats want to stop deportation of their illegals. But failing that, they want to cripple, disable, hinder, impede, hamstring, and undermine ICE.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/02/04/democrats-demands-for-dhs-funding-are-herethey-would-destroy-ice-as-we-know-it-n2670714
— Immigration Enforcement Should Not Be Limited to the ‘Worst of the Worst’
https://townhall.com/columnists/dalewilcox/2026/02/05/immigration-enforcement-should-not-be-limited-to-the-worst-of-the-worst-n2670707
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump says he does not believe his team is good at public relations on immigration
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5723686-trump-administration-immigration-handling-public-relations/amp/
— Trump says Good, Pretti were ‘not angels’ but their actions didn’t justify fatal shootings
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5723664-good-pretti-shooting-trump/amp/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Good and Pretti to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5723685-public-skepticism-trump-ice-pretti-good-poll/amp/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/arts/music/super-bowl-bad-bunny-puerto-rico-nfl.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/business/eeoc-nike-white-employee-discrimination.html
— Educators Sue to Keep Immigration Agents From Schools and Bus Stops. The lawsuit is challenging a Trump administration policy allowing federal agents near locations such as schools, churches and hospitals. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly fill their schools, churches, and hospitals with their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/us/minnesota-educators-immigration-agents-lawsuit-schools-bus-stops.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/ice-lawsuits-states.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/us/politics/border-patrol-history-aggression.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use children to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/us/minneapolis-children-ice-schools.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/02/05/super-bowl-bad-bunny-turning-point-usa-halftime-show/88509842007/
CBS NEWS
— Hundreds of Ann Arbor high school students walk out in protest of ICE. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to walkout over ICE. The more walkouts, the more proof that for Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. How many students have Democrats gotten to walkout in your school district so far?
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/ann-arbor-high-school-students-walk-out-ice-operations/
ABC SAN FRANCISCO
— Thousands of East Bay high school students walk out to protest ICE enforcement. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to walkout over ICE. The more walkouts, the more proof that for Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. How many students have Democrats gotten to walkout in your school district so far?
https://abc7news.com/post/thousands-east-bay-high-school-students-walk-protest-ice-enforcement/18544017/
INDY STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to walkout over ICE. The more walkouts, the more proof that for Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. How many students have Democrats gotten to walkout in your school district so far?
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2026/02/05/organizing-ice-walkouts-meet-indianapolis-students-risking-writeups/88365956007/
https://www.indystar.com/picture-gallery/news/local/hamilton-county/noblesville/2026/02/05/noblesville-high-school-students-walkout-in-protest-of-ice/88478191007/
MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE
— Local leaders demand faster ICE withdrawal from Minnesota. DD: Any hint of a withdrawal reopens the floodgates.
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426
FOX AUSTIN
— Texas student walkouts. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to walkout over ICE. The more walkouts, the more proof that for Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. How many students have Democrats gotten to walkout in your school district so far?
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/texas-student-walkouts-elgin-isd-protest-ice-operations
HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA
— Texas state leaders target school walkouts. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to walkout over ICE. The more walkouts, the more proof that for Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. How many students have Democrats gotten to walkout in your school district so far?
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/education/2026/02/04/542549/ice-protest-houston-school-tea/
KXXV
— Texas Education Agency says students, schools could face serious consequences for walkouts. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to walkout over ICE. The more walkouts, the more proof that for Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. How many students have Democrats gotten to walkout in your school district so far?
https://www.kxxv.com/news/local-news/texas-education-agency-releases-new-guidelines-on-student-ice-walkouts
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Negotiators Say Talks to Restore ACA Subsidies Likely Dead. New, higher health-insurance bills are kicking in for many households. DD: Because I am a retired federal employee, the federal government pays 72% of my and my wife’s healthcare insurance premiums. The 28% that we pay just increased from $600/month to $700/month.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/negotiators-say-talks-to-restore-aca-subsidies-likely-dead-a9c710b4
MONEY WISE
— DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems a) to delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13 and b) to force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. My Democrat IRS superiors used the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems to never promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat Post Office superiors used the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems to force me to resign when I was 20 in 1969.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/employers-set-to-give-peanut-butter-raises-in-place-of-merit-based-pay-bumps-in-2026-here-s-what-it-means-for-your-paycheck-and-budget/ar-AA1VEjYO
HRD MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hcamag.com/us/news/general/nike-investigated-for-discrimination-against-white-people/564287
https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/diversity-inclusion/dei-goes-dark-employers-retreat-from-transparency-not-inclusion/564336
AFSCME
— Black History Month. DD: My Black Democrat GAO subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with led the office’s Black History Month events. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.afscme.org/blog/what-a-century-of-black-history-month-teaches-us-about-todays-fight-for-working-people