FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/11/judge-doj-broadview-six-hearing/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Miller calls on Congress to codify Trump policies.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/miller-calls-on-congress-to-codify-trump-policies/article_0f5842bc-7b0c-495f-8521-e041ca113d3b.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Justice Richard A. Posner has died. His influence in law was beyond compare: Posner, who served from 1981 to 2017 on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Chicago, wrote thousands of judicial opinions and more than 50 books. DD: In 1996, I argued a case pro se in front of Posner. According to Google AI: The landmark federal case Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange (1997) ( https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/110/481/526770/ ) is a well-known U.S. Court of Appeals (7th Circuit) decision regarding federal odometer fraud and automobile sales.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/11/12/blagojevichs-memoir-recounts-old-feuds-01161621
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/
WIREPOINTS
https://wirepoints.org/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you get blamed for? My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems and they do not want me to “complain” about that. They blame me and my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me and they destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Illegal migrant who tried to hijack a United Airlines flight claimed to be trans and HIV positive — and was granted asylum.
https://nypost.com/2026/11/11/us-news/illegal-migrant-who-tried-to-hijack-a-united-airlines-flight-claimed-to-be-trans-and-hiv-positive-and-was-granted-asylum/
BREITBART
— Texas Democrat Files Bill to Give $1,500 to Every Household — Including Illegal Aliens.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/11/11/texas-democrat-files-bill-to-give-1500-to-every-household-including-illegal-aliens/
— Newsom Builds Wine Empire Using Illegal Migrant Labor.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/11/11/report-gavin-newsom-builds-wine-empire-using-illegal-migrant-labor/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Occidental College hosts ‘Transgender Operations’ event mocking Trump.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/occidental-college-hosts-transgender-operations-event-mocking-trump/30978
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://cis.org/Arthur/How-Big-Role-Did-Immigration-Play-2026-GOP-Wipeout
FOX NEWS
— Trump defends Iran war during Veterans Day address, says he is making the world ‘safer.’ The president used his Veterans Day address to argue Iran has been waging war on America since 1979.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-defends-iran-war-during-veterans-day-address-says-making-world-safer
— Senate Republicans fear ‘brutal’ 2028 map could keep Dems in power for years to come. Campaign chief Sen. Bernie Moreno says the path to reclaiming the majority is ‘very tough’ as GOP defends deep-red seats.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-republicans-fear-brutal-2028-map-could-keep-dems-power-years-come
— Women debate what it means to be a ‘trad wife’ on Chris Harrison’s new dating show. DD: From what I see, fewer and fewer and fewer men are marriage material. What did you do to make yourself 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 townhome in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6408151676112
PJ MEDIA
— Universities Are Turning Students Against America. Here’s the Proof.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/11/11/heres-how-we-know-universities-are-turning-students-against-america-n4959253
WHITE HOUSE
— “We Render You the Highest Salute”: President Trump Honors America’s Veterans on Hallowed Ground at Arlington.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/11/we-render-you-the-highest-salute-president-trump-honors-americas-veterans-on-hallowed-ground-at-arlington/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats, vowing action next year, stew over missed votes on Hegseth impeachment. DD: I should write about the failed effort by my critics/opponents in 2006 to have the Illinois Center Right Coalition censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6214625-house-democrats-fail-hegseth-measure/
ROLL CALL
— Remarks: Donald Trump Addresses a Veterans Day Ceremony at Arlington – November 11, 2026.
https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-veterans-day-arlington-national-cemetery-november-11-2026/
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders say Republicans tiptoe around Trump as they process defeat in the 2026 elections.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-hesitate-blame-trump-defeat-2026-elections-rcna608554
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump says the towering arch he wants to build might be dedicated to military veterans.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-arch-veterans-day-washington-2002012a2b0a6afb0ccf01325a41683f
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump said veterans have been waiting 200 years for proposed triumphal arch.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/11/politics/video/president-trump-participates-in-veterans-day-ceremony
MS NOW
— DD; Democrat leaders say that Trump DOJ orders staff to get on board or GET OUT. DD: For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are non-White, female, younger, and/or veteran. My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my superiors and supervisors to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran like me.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fUxSOGRGXac
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders say Republicans Begin Aggressive Lame-Duck Push to Install Trump Judges.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/11/us/politics/trump-federal-judges-senate-republicans.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders describe how Trump and the GOP are reacting to their midterm catastrophe.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/press-freedom-desk/2026/11/11/freedom-desk-how-trump-gop-are-reacting-their-midterm-catastrophe/
— DD: Democrat leaders blast Trump defended his war policies in speech at Arlington National Cemetery.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/11/11/trump-defends-his-war-policies-speech-arlington-national-cemetery/
— DD: Democrat leaders crow that Democratic sweep opens the door for major policy changes at state level. Democrats gained trifectas in six new states, flipped 12 state legislative chambers and are poised to flip six governorships.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/12/democratic-sweep-opens-door-major-policy-changes-state-level/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Melania Trump’s Initiative for Women Appears at Odds With D.E.I. Crackdown. Its name and mission also overlap with a company that left the United States after the administration sought to end corporate networking programs for women and people of color. DD: Since the 1960s, everyone above me has been under ever-increasing pressure to give more preference to those who do not share my demographics, that is, to discriminate against those who share my demographics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/11/us/politics/melania-trump-imperia-women-dei-programs.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in blaming Trump for inflation. Admittedly, COLAs have helped me deal with inflation. I got COLAs while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I have gotten COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997 and as a Social Security recipient since 2010.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/economy-cpi-inflation-republicans-wages-donald-trump-kevin-warsh-ae0a07a2
— DD: Rove blasts Trump again.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-if-trump-still-thinks-hes-winning-f82bbd4f
— Hiking the Minimum Wage Isn’t Affordable. Consumers pay when the fellow who flips burgers is required to be paid $20 an hour. DD: Have you ever worked for the minimum wage? I did for 19 months 1964-1966.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/hiking-the-minimum-wage-isnt-affordable-cee17e64
— How to Plan for a Career That Could Easily Last 60 Years. As lifespans increase, people have to prepare—mentally and financially—to work well into their 70s and 80s. That’s going to require a new plan. DD: My retirement income and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/career-lifespan-planning-retirement-savings-79dacdc3
— Infertility. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used against me big time my and my wife’s giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents. I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/home-vs-stock-market-investment-cda88604
INC.
— DD: Democrats and RINOs will forever use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Liberals and moderates will forever use DEI to get rid of conservatives.
https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/companies-may-restore-dei-after-the-midterms-but-employees-wont-trust-empty-promises/91434652
TEXARKANA GAZETTE
— They fled California for Republican Texas but then the blue wave hit the Lone Star State.
https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2026/nov/12/they-fled-california-for-republican-texas-but/
WTOP
— DD: Democrat leaders say the newest statue on the National Mall does not honor a war hero. For Veterans Day, the protest art group The Secret Handshake is once again targeting Trump, this time with a golden statue mocking his medical exemption from military service during the Vietnam War. DD: Since I was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have used against me my avoiding the Vietnam War draft with four student deferments and a financial hardship draft deferment. My critics/opponents do not want me to “complain” about their doing that. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on my many Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans. They blamed draft avoiders like me for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://wtop.com/dc/2026/11/the-statue-represents-a-draft-dodger-protest-art-mocks-trump-with-golden-statue/
KUTV
— DD: Democrat leaders acknowledge that Trump thanked Veterans for reassuring that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zcdoFgIoWic
APT
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump Praises Hegseth’s Leadership, Says War Secretary Has Done ‘Fantastic Job.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjJFjN-nq88
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump Demands ‘Total Victory’ Over Iran, Says US Has Already Won The War.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLZrq2HDGEQ
SCHUMER
— Schumer, Peters, Jeffries And Garcia Statement On Sham Nomination Process For Next GAO Leader. DD: Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. I worked for the Democrats who ran 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. I sued those Democrats for their using Affirmative Action, up-or-out, subjectivity in their performance appraisal system, and budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf I should write a book about GAO and its Democrat leaders.
https://www.forth.news/lists/ussen-schumer/CgxCJYYd6siaR4TQTx6Gx
(FROM THE POSTING: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and U.S. Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08), House Democratic Leader, and Robert Garcia (D-CA-42), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) initiated a sham process to recommend nominees to serve as the next Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for a 15-year term: “This afternoon, Chairman Rand Paul’s office requested submissions of candidates to serve as the next Comptroller General of GAO with a deadline of less than 24 hours. This is clearly a sham to enable President Trump to appoint a handpicked nominee to lead Congress’ watchdog. We cannot allow President Trump to install a fox in the henhouse at an agency Congress relies on to provide independent, nonpartisan oversight, and expose waste, fraud, and abuse across the Trump Administration. “Counter to the last time a GAO Comptroller was selected in 2010 in a yearlong, bipartisan process, Republican leaders have never convened the Commission for meetings, and the Commission has not interviewed a single candidate for this critical role, despite repeated requests to begin the process over the last two years. Every Member of Congress who values independent oversight and good stewardship of taxpayer dollars should call this out for what it is – a transparent effort to ram through another Trump crony at the 11th hour, and undercut Congress’ ability to conduct effective oversight of the Trump Administration. GAO is Congress’ nonpartisan watchdog, conducting research, investigations and audits that support Congressional oversight of the Executive Branch. By statute, a bipartisan, bicameral Commission is central to the process of selecting a new Comptroller General. The 10-member Commission recommends at least three candidates, and the President chooses a nominee from the Commission’s recommendations. In the past, the Commission engaged in an extensive process, seeking a wide range of applicants and reviewing and interviewing candidates in a bipartisan manner. The bipartisan Commission is made up of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the majority and minority leaders of the House and Senate, the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. All three times the Commission process has occurred in the past, the president has selected a nominee with bipartisan support.)
POLITICO
— Democrats accuse GOP of helping Trump put ‘fox in the henhouse’ at top watchdog. They warn that Republicans are driving a “sham” process to pick the next Government Accountability Office (GAO) head. DD: Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. I worked for the Democrats who ran 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. I sued those Democrats for their using Affirmative Action, up-or-out, subjectivity in their performance appraisal system, and budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf I should write a book about GAO and its Democrat leaders.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/11/senate-confirmation-gao-chief-01161896
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Congressional Democrats claim GOP leaders are trying to choke off the selection process for the federal government’s top watchdog in a bid to let President Donald Trump install one of his allies before Republicans cede the majority in January. Top Democrats in both chambers divulged Wednesday night that Republicans gave them less than 24 hours to submit candidates to serve as Comptroller General, otherwise known as the head of the Government Accountability Office — an official uniquely empowered to sue Trump on Congress’ behalf for clawing back federal funding lawmakers have approved. “This is clearly a sham to enable President Trump to appoint a handpicked nominee to lead Congress’ watchdog,” the Democrats said in a joint statement. “We cannot allow President Trump to install a fox in the henhouse at an agency Congress relies on to provide independent, nonpartisan oversight, and expose waste, fraud, and abuse across the Trump Administration.” The lawmakers signing onto the statement include Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and the top Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Committee on House Oversight and Governmental Affairs — Gary Peters of Michigan and Robert Garcia of California, respectively. GAO is currently headed by an acting comptroller general, Orice Williams Brown, who is under increasing pressure to sue the Trump administration for withholding federal cash after the president canceled hundreds of millions of dollars without Congress’ consent this fall. Brown assumed that role last December, when Gene Dodaro retired at the end of his 15-year term. By law, a bipartisan panel of 10 lawmakers is supposed to recommend candidates for Trump to nominate for Senate confirmation. And when Dodaro retired last year, Senate HSGAC Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) — one of the lawmakers on the broader recommendation committee — said he intended to “look for someone who’s honest,” warning that it would be “a mistake to get somebody who’s been real active in political processes.” Democrats now claim Paul and other top Republicans are working to “ram through another Trump crony at the 11th hour, and undercut Congress’ ability to conduct effective oversight of the Trump Administration.” The Washington Sun reported last month that the administration has floated the idea of nominating Eric Ueland to head GAO; POLITICO has not independently confirmed that the White House is considering the former longtime Senate aide who now serves as a senior official at the White House budget office. In the months leading up to Dodaro’s retirement last year, Democrats on Capitol Hill began to lament the fact that a president who continually challenges the bounds of Congress’ funding power would get to nominate the watchdog tasked with defending the authority of the legislative branch. In the more than 10 months since Dodaro left the role, Republican leaders on the bipartisan selection commission have held no meetings, nor have they interviewed any candidates for the role, said Schumer, Jeffries, Peters and Garcia Wednesday night. Peters and Garcia are supposed to be on the panel that recommends GAO candidates, since they are the leading Democrats on Congress’ oversight committees. Spokespeople for Paul and Senate Majority Leader John Thune did not immediately respond to requests for comment.)
ATLANTIC
— Civil Servants Are Not America’s Enemies. DD: For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are non-White, female, younger, and/or veteran. My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my superiors and supervisors to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran like me.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/civil-servants-trump-efficiency/681596/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: Liberals and moderates will forever use DEI to get rid of conservatives. Democrats and RINOs will forever use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Because most liberals, moderates, Democrats, and RINOs are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, they use DEI to get rid of conservatives and Republicans like me who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/11/12/anti-dei-trump-official-lead-doj-civil-rights-office
— 13 AGs Ask Supreme Court to Uphold Florida’s Stop WOKE Act. DD: To promote woke is to promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/11/12/13-ags-ask-supreme-court-uphold-floridas-stop-woke-act
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
— DD: To get more votes from voters who have less income/assets than others, Democrat and RINO candidates and elected officials ever-increasingly shout at them a) that those who have more income/assets than they have cause all their problems and b) that they will use government to take more income/assets away from those who have more and to give it to those who have less. Generally, those who have more income/assets are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and generally, those who have less are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/americans-want-federal-government-help-people-need/
DAILY BEAST
— Trump’s Tax Dodging Scheme. The president could get a $3 billion tax break for the development rights to his golf courses. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my deducting my education expenses was a tax dodging scheme. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS and GAO, I deducted graduate evening a) business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, b) accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and c) finance courses at IIT 1992-1997. According to them, the courses were not deductible because they were not related to my job duties, did not maintain or improve my job skills, were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and qualified me for a new trade or business.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-tax-dodging-scheme-laid-bare-in-bombshell-report
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat leaders call Jim Jordan a “Pugnacious Trump ideologue.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/10/who-is-jim-jordan-house-republicans
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November 11, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio elected to lead House Republicans in the minority. Rep. Jordan of Ohio defeated Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana on Tuesday.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/rep-jim-jordan-ohio-elected-lead-house-republicans-minority/20030740/
— Senate Republicans vote to keep Thune as leader after steep election losses. Some Republicans had tried to delay the leadership decision.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/senate-republicans-vote-keep-thune-leader-steep-election-losses/20030978/
FOX32
— House blocks effort to impeach Pete Hegseth. DD: Democrat leaders punish Hegseth because Trump appointed Hegseth. My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 because he had done that. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986 because he had done that.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-en26y0anh79lc1ca
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/11/10/chicago-area-man-dies-after-deportation-to-pakistan-family-attorney-says
DAILY HERALD
— Refurbished Illinois Holocaust Museum reopening.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261109/news/we-rise-together-and-we-fall-together-refurbished-illinois-holocaust-museum-reopening/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Del Mar: ‘I’m not going anywhere.’ Republican lt gov nominee says he and Bailey “did an amazing job,” incredibly well,” considering the lack of funding. Del Mar wants a party convention next year “to draft new bylaws, new platform and elect new leaders and build a solid foundation for future growth.” DD: According to my critics/opponents, the Republican Party platform is the problem. The Democrat Party exists to promote liberal principles; its platform promotes liberal principles. The Republican Party exists to promote conservative principles; its platform promotes conservative principles. Illinois Democrat leaders promote the Democrat Party platform and its liberal principles far more aggressively than Illinois Republican leaders promote the Republican Party platform and its conservative principles. Consequently, Illinois ever-increasingly moves further to the left.
https://caand its liberal principles pitolcitynow.com/news/248842-del-mar-im-not-going-anywhere/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois Republicans assess damage from nationwide ‘blue tsunami.’ Party members offer different paths forward, highlighting internal divisions. DD: According to my critics/opponents, the Republican Party platform is the problem. The Democrat Party exists to promote liberal principles; its platform promotes liberal principles. The Republican Party exists to promote conservative principles; its platform promotes conservative principles. Illinois Democrat leaders promote the Democrat Party platform and its liberal principles far more aggressively than Illinois Republican leaders promote the Republican Party platform and its conservative principles. Consequently, Illinois ever-increasingly moves further to the left.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-republicans-assess-damage-from-nationwide-blue-tsunami/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republicans are thinking about what to do next after a brutal election that saw candidates lose by significant margins throughout the state. Republicans lost at least 11 seats in the General Assembly, leading to a record super majority for Democrats. Republican Party Chair Bob Grogan said he believes Republicans still hold the upper hand on issues but they need better candidates. There’s also some internal frustration with Darren Bailey’s running mate Aaron Del Mar calling for a revamp of the party and some legislators asking for new leadership in the General Assembly.)
NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting educators to get their students to hate Republicans, and especially to hate Republicans who share Trump’s demographics like I do. Trump is conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, draft-avoider, married, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://northernstar.info/140034/opinion/the-midterms-prove-america-still-fights-back/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— A political musical chairs game.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/11/11/a-political-musical-chairs-game-01160607
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/11/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-rep-canty-says-she-won%e2%80%99t-run-for-speaker-sen-johnson-wants-reentry-housing-bill-taken-up-in-veto-session/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/
WIREPOINTS
https://wirepoints.org/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to my critics/opponents, the Republican Party platform is the problem. The Democrat Party exists to promote liberal principles; its platform promotes liberal principles. The Republican Party exists to promote conservative principles; its platform promotes conservative principles. Illinois Democrat leaders promote the Democrat Party platform and its liberal principles far more aggressively than Illinois Republican leaders promote the Republican Party platform and its conservative principles. Consequently, Illinois ever-increasingly moves further to the left and Republican candidates in Illinois are ever-increasingly defeated. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Google AI: “Using personal experiences to make a point is a powerful rhetorical strategy, often called an anecdotal appeal or exemplification. When done well, it turns abstract ideas into a human story your audience can feel and remember.” To make my points in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, I use my personal experiences. Of course, my critics/opponents do not want me to do that. I stress the adverse actions that my critics/opponents in Illinois, DuPage County, and Wheaton have had their operatives and their dupes take against me because I promote conservative principles, that is, because I promote planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. I promote 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. I stress the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me because I opposed their use of Affirmative Action, up-or-out, budget cuts, and the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems to get rid of their employees like me who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Democrat Party requires its candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to defend and advance the Democrat Party platform. The Republican Party DOES NOT require its candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. That is why Democrat candidates win and why Republican candidates lose. I should write about those Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they are going to get rid of Republicans once and for all. Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly take away more Second Amendment rights. For their personal defense, Republicans should be buying as many firearms and as much ammunition as they can. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. Being able to flee poverty and crime, that is, being able to flee Democrats, is a big reason, if not the biggest reason, to earn more money. To earn more money I worked my way through college and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. But now, Democrats are ever-increasingly moving in and taking over where I have lived since 1978: DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. Because of that, poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase in Wheaton, Milton Township, and Wheaton. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Why do your critics/opponents not want to hear your complaints? My critic/opponents do not want to hear or read my complaints for many reasons. Those reasons include a) their rejection of my conservatism, b) their rejection of my promotion of conservative principles, c) their envy for what I have because I followed conservative principles, d) my refusing to be manipulated or dominated by them, e) my refusing to glorify and praise them, f) my refusing to pander to them, g) my refusing to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, h) my refusing to cover up their wrong doing, h) my refusing to give them money, and i) their disapproval, despising, if not hatred of my demographics. I should start writing about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://wqww.gopillinois.com
— What offices have you worked in? I worked for GAO in the brand new 200 West Adams building in Chicago 1990-1997 in brand new space in a preferred office. Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents have always been furious about that. SEE: https://greencities.com/portfolio/200-w-adams/ I got that preferred office because of my federal seniority and because I was a GS-13. While I had 10 years GAO seniority, I also had almost 9 years IRS seniority and almost 3 years full-time Post Office seniority even though I had only been a part-time postal employee. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that. They looked down on executive branch employees. IRS had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. According to them, if I had been a GAO employee, I never would have gotten those promotions. They stressed that I did not earn an MBA until 1976 and that I had not taken and passed the CPA examination until 1979. Further, they stressed I did not make GS-13 until 1986 and that I would not have if I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, taken and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, became a licensed CPA in 1986, and if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer in 1980 had not gotten back into power and had promoted me to GS-13 in 1986. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Google AI, to go with the flow politically means to adopt the prevailing political trends, opinions, or dominant consensus of a group or society rather than challenging them or charting an independent course.” DD: If Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton had always been Democrat, my “Republican” critics/opponents would have always been Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How has Affirmative Action (AA) been used against you? Because of AA, my Black Democrat GAO subordinate saw no need to do what I did, and he was right. Our Democrat supervisor wanted/demanded that all her subordinates to have a master’s degree in finance. Neither me nor my Black Democrat subordinate had that. He could have, and he should have, joined me in taking graduate evening finance courses at IIT and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading at IIT. I did that, but he did not. Nevertheless, she successfully forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and she gave my Black Democrat subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN RIFLEMAN
— Demand for Guns, Ammo & Firearm Accessories Accelerates. And demand will only accelerate as the holiday season approaches and the 2026 midterm election results sink in. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they are going to get rid of Republicans once and for all. Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly take away more Second Amendment rights. For their personal defense, Republicans should be buying as many firearms and as much ammunition as they can.
https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/demand-for-guns-ammo-firearm-accessories-accelerates/
BREITBART
— Trump Hints at Migrant Legalization, but Does Not Mention Working Americans. DD: Illegal immigration harms working Americans more than anyone else. My critics/opponents do not understand that, if not reject that, because their parents were wealthy, because they are wealthy.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/11/10/trump-hints-at-migrant-legalization-but-does-not-mention-working-americans/amp/
— The Trump Administration is Carrying Out War on Asylum Fraud After Biden’s Wide Open Borders.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/11/10/exclusive-trump-administration-carrying-out-war-on-asylum-fraud-after-bidens-wide-open-borders/
COLLEGE FIX
— U. Illinois professor challenges sociologists to rethink presumptions about systemic racism.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-illinois-professor-challenges-sociologists-to-rethink-presumptions-about-systemic-racism/
DAILY WIRE
— Texas Dems Take Advantage Of Blue Wave To Draw Up Sanctuary City Plans. “This is the right thing to do at the right time.” DD: Tragically, Texas is no longer a state that conservative Republicans could flee to.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-dems-take-advantage-of-blue-wave-to-draw-up-sanctuary-city-plans
FOX NEWS
— DEI is bad for the Black community. Merit is key for Black achievement. DD: Because of AA, my Black Democrat GAO subordinate saw no need to do what I did, and he was right. Our Democrat supervisor wanted/demanded that all her subordinates to have a master’s degree in finance. Neither me nor my Black Democrat subordinate had that. He could have, and he should have, joined me in taking graduate evening finance courses at IIT and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading at IIT. I did that, but he did not. Nevertheless, she successfully forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and she gave my Black Democrat subordinate my job and my preferred corner office.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/curtis-hill-dei-bad-black-community-merit-key-black-achievement
HOMELAND SECURITY
— DHS is Taking Down Asylum Fraudsters. DD: What percent of asylum applications are fraudulent?
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/11/10/dhs-taking-down-asylum-fraudsters
NRA
— Election Results Put Second Amendment Rights Under Immediate Threat. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they are going to get rid of Republicans once and for all. Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly take away more Second Amendment rights. For their personal defense, Republicans should be buying as many firearms and as much ammunition as they can.
https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/nra-ila-election-results-put-second-amendment-rights-under-immediate-threat/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Madness: New Texas AG Sets Sights on ICE Agents Instead of Illegals, and That’s Just the Beginning. DD: The top priority for Democrat leaders is a) to flood America with their illegals and b) to stop their deportation.
https://www.westernjournal.com/madness-new-texas-ag-sets-sights-ice-agents-instead-illegals-just-beginning/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had getting my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates to blame me for their problems.
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/world_national/black-voters-help-propel-democrats-including-history-makers-in-sweeping-midterm-victories/article_193d8100-3735-408c-b09a-41998ec562b8.amp.html
ABC NEWS
— Immigration arrests go on unabated despite Trump’s misgivings after the GOP’s midterm wipeout. In the wake of midterm elections, President Donald Trump said his immigration crackdown may have been “too tough” and suggested it was time to sit down with the Democrats. DD: The top priority for Democrat leaders is a) to flood America with their illegals and b) to stop their deportation.
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/immigration-arrests-unabated-despite-trumps-misgivings-after-gops-138036657
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had getting my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates to blame me for their problems.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/11/11/black-midterm-victories-suggest-post-racial-politics-may-have-arrived/
— DD: To get more votes from voters who have problems, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all the problems that they have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had getting my many superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who had problems to blame me for their problems.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/11/11/inclusion-was-big-winner-midterms/
USA TODAY
— Can Bernie Sanders really boost your Social Security check by $2,400? DD: My critics/opponents are furious that because of a Bill that Biden signed, my Social Security increased from $3,000/year to $19,000/year.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/retirement/social-security/2026/11/11/bernie-sanders-2400-social-security-boost-save/92696909007/
— DD: JFK heirs use JFK’s assignation to promote more hatred against Trump. Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Trump’s avoiding the Vietnam War draft like I did against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/11/10/valor-over-vanity-jfk-heirs-sue-trump-over-plans-to-build-arch/92716131007/
— Hegseth avoids impeachment vote despite growing GOP frustration. DD: My critics/opponents almost succeeded in getting their operatives and their dupes in the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters a mere 20 years ago in 2006. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/11/10/pete-hegseth-avoids-impeachment-vote/92714806007/
— Planning a Roth conversion? Why 2027 could be a better time. You may have more leeway to convert funds in a tax-efficient manner. DD: My wife and I did not convert any of our IRA savings into Roth. We regret that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/money-management/retirement/2026/11/10/roth-conversion-rules-2027/92690510007/
— Social Security at 70 shouldn’t be automatic. Here’s what to consider. Filing later might boost your benefits monthly, but it’s not necessarily your smartest move. DD: I regret my taking Social Security when I was 62 in 2010. I would not have done that if my Democrat GAO superiors had not forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/11/11/social-security-delaying-70/92659746007/
— Americans want to live to age 88, but their money dies at 83. DD: My retirement income and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/retirement/2026/11/11/retirement-savings-gap-nursing-home-costs/92690653007/
— Inflation is vexing consumers. DD: Admittedly, COLAs have helped me deal with inflation. I got COLAs while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I have gotten COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/nletter/2026/11/10/inflation-is-still-vexing-american-consumers/92704764007/
— Federal employees get Veterans Day off. DD: Since I was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious about all the benefits that I got as a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I have gotten as a federal retiree since 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/11/11/veterans-day-2026-federal-holiday/92711988007/
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Diversity and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2026/11/10/diversity-is-our-strength-students-at-university-of-cincinnati-oppose-dei-reversal/80373695007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— If You Think War Is Unpopular, Wait Till You See Defeat. Truman’s lesson for Iran: History often vindicates difficult decisions that exact a political price.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/if-you-think-war-is-unpopular-wait-till-you-see-defeat-04608ab0
— Maybe Job-Hopping Isn’t the Smartest Career Move After All. DD: I should write about my decision to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-hopping-career-moves-89532b1c
MID MICHIGAN NOW
— 84% of Chicago-area students feel pressure to criticize Western civilization. DD: Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly anti-American.
https://midmichigannow.com/news/nation-world/84-of-chicago-area-students-feel-pressure-to-criticize-western-civilization-survey-says-campus-reform-zachary-marschall-illinois-higher-education-politics-academia-college-university-teaching-student-undergraduate-classroom
GAO
— IRS Taxpayer Services. DD: I worked for IRS Taxpayer Service for 6 months. When I was a 25-year-old newly promoted GS-11 (currently $83,482/year) IRS Revenue Officer in 1973, my Democrat IRS superiors were furious when my IRS manager (Dave) gave me an assignment instead of giving it to one of my coworkers who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. He made me responsible for IRS answering all the calls that came into its new Taxpayer Service Centiphone automated answering system in downtown Chicago. I supervised the operation’s entire staff which included 90 rotating IRS Revenue Agent trainees. Because of my job performance, Dave, who had promoted me in 1972 and 1973, promoted me to GS-12 (currently $100,059/year) in 1974. That made my Democrat IRS superiors even more furious. According to them, that Centiphone assignment and my promotion should have been given to a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. They soon got rid of Dave. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They disallowed my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. They made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. That directly resulted in my transferring to GAO.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-27-108701
November 7, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— What to know about new White House chief of staff Stephen Miller. He is an immigration hardliner and a bombastic critic of Democrats.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/words-new-white-house-chief-staff-stephen-miller-is-us-immigration-hardliner-bombastic-critic-democrats/20022193/
— Young voters overwhelmingly backed Democrats this year. The question is whether they’ll stay. DD: To get more votes from young voters, and especially from young Democrats who are minority and/or female, Democrats have always given them preference. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were younger than me and were minority and/or female. They used against me my not earning an MBA until I was 27, my not passing the CPA examination until I was 29, my not earning a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, and my not passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination and becoming a licensed CPA until I was 32.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/young-voters-overwhelmingly-backed-democrats-midterm-election-question-is-stay/20022742/
FOX32
— Democrat who dropped out of race over health wins anyway. DD: Beyond overwhelmingly, those who voted for Democrats in the November 3, 2026 election did so to punish Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/democrat-who-dropped-out-race-over-health-wins-anyway-gop-opponent-says-we-deserve-know-more
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrat Eric Armstrong stepped down from his Iowa House District 20 race on Sept. 7 because of health issues, but still won the election two months later over Republican Keith Jones. Following the win, Armstrong announced on Facebook that he would carry the voters’ message to the Capitol in January, later telling The New York Times that while he still faces health challenges, he will do his best to represent the district. Jones questioned Armstrong’s fitness for office and the legitimacy of his health claims, alleging without proof that Armstrong might have used illness to conceal damaging personal background information and calling for a media investigation.)
— Melania Trump, LSU announce $5M scholarship fund for foster kids. DD: I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors and the big adverse actions that they took against me because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/melania-trump-lsu-announce-5m-scholarship-fund-foster-kids
— Democrat leaders say House GOP erupts at Stephen Miller after his promotion.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/stephen-miller-gop-reaction-chief-staff
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago marchers take to streets with hope after blue wave. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will use their November 3, 2026 election wins a) to promote more dependency on government and charity, that is, welfare, LGBTQ, that is, destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, that is, Democrat votes and cheap labor, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination and b) to get rid of Republicans once and for all starting with Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/07/the-people-have-spoken-rally-chicago/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A lengthy procession of demonstrators swept through the streets of downtown Chicago Saturday afternoon, with homemade signs and American flags held high, fluttering overhead. As the crowd marched East on Adams Street, drums and the group’s rallying cry echoed off the surrounding buildings: “This is what a blue wave looks like.” Saturday’s demonstration in the Loop, “The People Have Spoken” Rally and March, came just days after Democrats’ major wins in the midterm elections. On Tuesday night, Democrats regained control of both houses of the U.S. Congress. Some newly elected Democratic leaders took their wins in historically Republican districts across the country. In Illinois, Gov. JB Pritzker was re-elected for a third term, and Senator-elect Juliana Stratton’s win made the state the first to be represented in the U.S. Senate by two women of color at the same time. Before the march began, newly elected U.S. Rep.-elect Daniel Biss, of Illinois’s 9th Congressional District and former Evanston mayor, took to the microphone at Federal Plaza to encourage Chicago demonstrators not to let up the pressure. “The election was an incredible repudiation,” Biss said to the crowd. “You all did your job; now it’s time for people like me to do our jobs.”)
— Now that Democrats have even more power in Springfield, moderates must assert themselves. DD: By definition, if you vote for Democrats, you are liberal.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/07/editorial-democrats-springfield-supermajority-blue-wave-progressives-moderates/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: What’s larger than a supermajority? A super-duper-majority? In the state Senate, Democrats appear poised to claim 45 of 59 seats, up from 40 before Tuesday’s election. The House could see up to 85 Democrats once all the races are certified; currently the Dems hold 78 seats. The Republican Party’s already minuscule 40 seats in the House appears set to shrink to 33 seats. The rout was so complete that Senate Minority Leader John Curran, R-Downers Grove, will be the only Republican left from suburban Chicago in the upper chamber. Needless to say, near-zero representation in Chicago and its suburbs equals practical irrelevancy in Illinois politics. So who will play the role of keeping progressive overreach at bay in a state that already is overtaxed and overregulated?)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After Democrats won big during midterm election, Chicago supporters rally. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will use their November 3, 2026 election wins a) to promote more dependency on government and charity, that is, welfare, LGBTQ, that is, destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, that is, Democrat votes and cheap labor, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination and b) to get rid of Republicans once and for all starting with Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/11/07/after-democrats-won-big-during-midterm-election-chicago-supporters-rally-for-productive-change
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they will use their November 3, 2026 election wins a) to promote more dependency on government and charity, that is, welfare, LGBTQ, that is, destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, that is, Democrat votes and cheap labor, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination and b) to get rid of Republicans once and for all starting with Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261107/us-congress-politics/elected-suburban-reps-say-they-will-focus-on-affordability-ending-war-in-next-congress/
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261107/editorials/tuesdays-great-message/
— Illinois GOP chair Grogan says better messaging needed to win back voters. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. My critics/opponents have always been extremely critical of my messaging. They blame me and they blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. According to them, I have always been too conservative because I have always promoted 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), and other planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. They want the aforesaid planks to be officially stricken from the platform. They want me to stop sending out my newsletters. They demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a Trump supporter. Previously, they blamed Republican defeats on what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. While I was an IRS employee, I did not do any messaging. At the height of Watergate in 1974, I was a 25-year-old Republican non-veteran IRS employee. My superiors were Democrat veterans who hated Nixon and blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War. They vehemently disapproved of my having avoided the Vietnam War draft. They took their anger out on me. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11-0 They got rid of the IRS manage who had promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 1974. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976. They disallowed my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. They made it ever-increasingly clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. That resulted in my transferring to GAO in 1980.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261107/news/suburban-cocktail-party-language-illinois-gop-chair-says-better-messaging-needed-to-win-back-vote/
(FROM TH ARTICLE: Bob Grogan was only a 6-year-old kindergartner at the height of the 1974 Watergate midterm elections. But it’s the closest comparison the self-described student of history could find for the electoral defeat Republicans had up and down the ballot last week. By 1980, Ronald Reagan — a native son of Illinois — would ascend to the White House, and it was a new era for Republican politics. So Grogan — chairman of the Illinois Republican Party — remains hopeful of his party’s future. But he couldn’t help but use another comparison, of a metaphorical sort, in a state with a rich farming and agricultural heritage. “Sometimes you have to have a controlled burn — this was less controlled — to put nutrients back into the soil, so that we can grow again,” said the Downers Grove resident, a local CPA and one-time elected DuPage County auditor. Grogan was performing his first electoral post mortem six months into his tenure at the helm of a state party that has dealt with internal squabbling across geographies and ideologies amid continued losses at the ballot box. Democrats, who still hold every statewide elected office, expanded their supermajorities in both chambers of the General Assembly — even picking up seats in suburban and some downstate districts thought to be reliably Republican. After election results are certified and new people sworn in, few elected Republicans will remain on the county-level throughout what was once the ruby red suburbs: only three GOP board members in Kane County, two in Lake County and one in DuPage County. Republicans also lost their only remaining seat on the Cook County Board. “The suburbs are a challenge, but I’m born and bred in the suburbs, and we have to be competitive here, and I think that we can be competitive again,” Grogan said. How so? Grogan sees silver linings in many local referendum results, like in Lake County, where voters rejected a proposed 1% sales tax to fund schools 57% to 43%. It’s the same county where GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey lost to Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, 30% to 66%, respectively.) Grogan thinks Republican policies about lower taxes, the size of government and safer streets can be winning issues for the GOP in the suburbs, but acknowledged the message and messengers haven’t been. “Our policies are actually majority policies, and right now the voters punished our brand for some other reasons,” he said. “The voters sent a message that they were not happy with Republicans in general. It didn’t matter whether it was (DuPage County Board member) Brian Krajewski or (DuPage Treasurer) Gwen Henry. I think that maybe it was a rejection of our governing style, and that’s on a national level.” “If we were going to be successful, we had to localize that election, and the Democrats obviously tried to nationalize it,” he added. DuPage County GOP Chair Kevin Coyne called the blue wave a political “earthquake” in which lack of support for the war in Iran and other national issues made it hard for local Republicans up and down the ballot. He said President Donald Trump “became the race.” “It’s sad that our county treasurer and sheriff’s races are being determined by international and foreign issues, but clearly they are,” Coyne said. He called for Republicans to “shake off” the losses and stay engaged, noting the next election cycle is just months away. He said he doesn’t think the country’s values have changed, but believes the “political pendulum seemingly swings faster and faster every cycle.” “(DuPage) went from red to blue on a dime here and it can go the other way too,” Coyne said. Kane County GOP Chair Michelle Bettag said “one bad Election Day” wouldn’t deter local Republican organizers, who worked hard knocking on doors to get out the vote this election cycle. “Unfortunately, the hatred for someone goes a long way,” she said about local voters’ feelings about Trump. “(Democrats) were able to sway the independents better than we were.” Collin Corbett, the one-time Republican strategist and pollster from Palatine whose independent bid for governor garnered a little over 3% of the vote, called on both parties to “come back to reasonable and mainstream and be big tent parties.” Corbett — a fiscal conservative who supports abortion rights and IVF — now labels himself an independent who is “politically homeless.” “What does the Republican Party do?” Corbett said. “Do they only want a party full of people who think and look and talk like them, or do they want a party that’s going to have different ideas and perspectives that’s going to be able to represent a larger swath of the electorate and actually be competitive in elections again?” Grogan seemed to agree with the concept of a big tent Illinois GOP, and a coalition of conservatives and moderates that prioritizes gaining back power, “as opposed to just virtue signaling with just the base,” he said. But he doesn’t see the party’s problems as much about ideological fractures as it is the ability to communicate. A downstate conservative is perfectly able to win statewide office, Grogan believes, so long as the candidate can talk to suburban voters who may disagree about some issues. “What we need to be competitive on a statewide level is someone who can actually speak suburban cocktail party language,” Grogan said. “We have to communicate in the method in which people understand and get past our own talking points.”)
— Coming to a ballot near you … Flock cameras? DD: Criminals oppose Flock cameras.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261106/crime/coming-to-a-ballot-near-you-flock-cameras/
— Antiburglary security fog systems growing in demand amid rise of smash-and-grab burglaries. DD: Under Democrats, poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261107/news/antiburglary-security-fog-systems-growing-in-demand-amid-rise-of-smash-and-grab-burglaries/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gambling establishments with machines that can contain $25,000 to $80,000 each are a growing market for the technology, Egel said. With such assets on the premises, it costs a business only a couple thousand dollars more than they’ve already invested in security to get started with the fog system, he added. While such methods have been used in Europe for three decades, technology upgrades over the past few years have driven growing popularity in the U.S., Egel said. The pump-driven systems his company delivers have replaced pressurized canisters that had the potential to explode. Wax emphasized to Hoffman Estates trustees that the fog being used would be completely non-toxic and safe to breathe. But out of an abundance of caution, the village’s enabling law requires any food exposed to the fog to be thrown out and any eating surfaces and utensils to be fully cleaned before they can be used again.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— What’s your message to Democrats as they prepare to take control of Congress? Here’s what you told us. Bring down gas and food prices, fix healthcare and end the war with Iran are among the asks some readers have. DD: Yes, but to vote for Democrats is to get more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/11/07/message-democrats-take-control-congress-what-you-told-us
NPR ILLINOIS
— The rise of the religious left. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout a) that Jesus is a socialist, b) that Jesus is a liberal Democrat, and c) that Jesus wants dependency on government and charity, wants LGBTQ, that is, wants the destruction of traditional marriage and family, wants abortion, that is, wants disrespect for human life, wants mass/illegal immigration, wants booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, wants diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and wants Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, wants race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The aforesaid is the Democrat Party platform. How successful have Democrats been in taking over your church?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-06/the-rise-of-the-religious-left
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you do and what motivates you to do it? I put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I am motivated by a) my strong belief in conservative principles and the Republican Party platform and b) the many big adverse actions that anti-conservatives and anti-Republicans have taken against me and continue to take against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you do and why do you have more time to do it? I put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I have more time to do that because I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, a GAO employee, etc.
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DeSantis denies report he’s planning 2028 presidential campaign. DD: My critics/opponents are never-Trumpers. They especially disapprove of Trump’s avoiding the Vietnam War draft like I did. They did not want Trump to win in 2016, 2020, or 2024. They wanted their candidates to win. They especially wanted DeSantis to win the 2024 Republican presidential primary.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/nov/7/desantis-denies-reports-planning-2028-presidential-campaign/
— Senate Republicans want midterm autopsy before leadership elections.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/nov/7/senate-republicans-want-midterm-autopsy-leadership-elections/
— Democrats’ victory sparks fear, panic.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/nov/6/democrats-victory-sparks-fear-panic-heres-theres-hope/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Social Security’s dirty secret: You weren’t supposed to live long enough to collect it. DD: My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4788196/raising-retirement-age-life-expectancy/
NEW YORK POST
— Power-hungry DSA vows to ‘break US-Israel relationship,’ ignores cost of living issue in first meeting since midterms.
https://nypost.com/2026/11/07/us-news/dsa-vows-to-break-us-israel-relationship-ignores-cost-of-living-issue-in-first-meeting-since-midterms/
— Democrats’ dubious plans to deliver on their ‘affordability’ vows.
https://nypost.com/2026/11/07/opinion/democrats-odd-plans-to-deliver-on-affordability-vows/
— Dem lawmakers already filling hopper with far left bills as socialists prepare to storm DC.
https://nypost.com/2026/11/07/us-news/dem-lawmakers-already-filling-hopper-with-left-wing-bills/
— Trump declares Alaska Senate race ‘over’ in favor of GOP candidate following ‘Decoy Dan’ scandal.
https://nypost.com/2026/11/07/us-news/trump-declares-alaska-senate-race-over/
— To survive, the GOP must learn from Trump’s strengths and weaknesses.
https://nypost.com/2026/11/06/opinion/to-survive-gop-must-forge-a-post-trump-identity/
LEGAL INSURECTION
— The Votes Are In, ‘Affordability’ Is Out: Dems Pivot to Sanctuary Cities and War on ICE. DD: Why can’t you afford more? I can’t afford more because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/11/the-votes-are-in-affordability-is-out-dems-pivot-to-sanctuary-cities-and-war-on-ice/
NEWSMAX
— Stephen Miller Pledges ‘Absolute Loyalty’ to Trump. DD: According to my critics/opponents, “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” Of course, I take that as a badge of honor. My critics/opponents demand absolute loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/cpac-gathering-stephen-miller-donald-trump/2026/11/07/id/1275502/
PJ MEDIA
— Gun Control Fail: Black Illinoisans Have Highest Firearm Death Rates in USA.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/11/07/gun-control-fail-black-illinoisans-have-high-firearm-death-rates-in-usa-n4959125
TOWNHALL
— Open Borders and Abolishing ICE Will Not Play in Peoria.
https://townhall.com/columnists/iramehlman/2026/11/07/open-borders-and-abolishing-ice-will-not-play-in-peoria-n2685997
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders say Turning Point Bet on the Midterms and Lost. Some Republicans Are Furious. Candidates backed by the right-wing activist group did not fare well, and the results set off recriminations from establishment Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/07/us/turning-point-arizona-midterms.html
— DD: Democrat leaders say Vance Is Probably Toast.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/06/opinion/jd-vance-midterms.html
— DD: Democrat leaders say Time’s Up, Hegseth.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/06/opinion/pete-hegseth-rant-impeachment.html
CBS NEWS
— Stephen Miller, Trump’s new chief of staff, is the architect of his controversial immigration policies.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen-miller-chief-of-staff-trump-immigration-policies/
FORTUNE
— High School Career Counseling. DD: I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1969, NIU 1969-1970, and Loyola 1972-1976. I majored in accounting at DePaul 1976-1980. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. But by then, it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. Further, the profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://fortune.com/2016/04/13/high-school-career-counseling/
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY
— How to craft the CPA career you want. DD: I should have majored in accounting at UIC 1966-1969, NIU 1969-1970, and Loyola 1972-1976. I majored in accounting at DePaul 1976-1980. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. But by then, it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. Further, the profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/issues/2026/nov/how-to-craft-the-cpa-career-you-want/
November 7, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Stephen Miller, driving force behind ‘Operation Midway Blitz,’ named Trump’s new chief of staff. DD: To varying degrees, all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/stephen-miller-driving-force-behind-trump-administrations-operation-midway-blitz-take-susie-wiles-role-chief-staff/20021606/
CBS2
— Frustrated West Side residents demand solutions for ongoing problems with drugs, prostitution, illegal dumping. DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/west-garfield-park-neighbors-complaints-drugs-illegal-dumping-prostitution/
FOX32
— Illinois secession push grows as downstate counties voice frustration with Chicago. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing drive those who are the following out of Illinois: American, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU2c7gbYqsA
— Undocumented immigrant arrested near White House over alleged plot to kill President Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/undocumented-immigrant-arrested-near-white-house-over-alleged-plot-kill-president-trump
WTTW
— 80% of Chicago Voters Say State Lawmakers Should Tax Millionaires. DD: Democrats always want higher taxes, that is, Democrats always want more redistribution of wealth. According to Democrats, if you have more income/wealth, it is because you benefitted tremendously from discrimination against Democrats who are liberal/moderate, non-White, female, younger, non-rich, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/11/04/80-chicago-voters-say-state-lawmakers-should-tax-millionaires
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261106/news/our-last-shot-federal-judge-grants-bond-hearing-for-illinois-woman-with-green-card-in-ice-detenti/
— Democrat candidates, elected officials, and party leaders are tremendously further to the left than Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders are to the right. The Democrat mainstream news media disgustingly, outrageously, falsely, and unethically ever-increasingly paints the aforesaid Democrats as being moderates and the aforesaid Republicans as being extremists.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261106/editorials/a-rebuke-that-was-years-in-the-making/
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicagocrusader.com/weve-got-some-difficult-days-ahead/
CITIES 92.9
— Separation referendum now approved by 44+ Illinois counties. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing drive those who are the following out of Illinois: American, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cities929.com/2026/11/05/separation-referendum-now-approved-by-44-illinois-counties/
WCIA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/rantoul-voters-approve-cannabis-dispensaries-in-the-village/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. What is your religion and national origin? What if those who share your religion and/or national origin a) were ever-increasing coming into America illegally and/or b) were ever-increasingly staying in America illegally?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-06/latino-voters-swing-back-toward-democrats-in-the-midterms
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they despise if not hate conservative Jews.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/us-election-confirms-erosion-of-support-for-israel-with-even-trump-questioning-military-aid/article_cc245256-3d8a-53c2-a19d-c10327e064c3.html
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, if you are not a Democrat, you have mental problems.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/trump-administration-demands-illinois-change-school-mental-health-screening-policies/article_cfe1ca6f-2fe1-4d4a-bec9-eaebcf3411d9.html
CITY OF WHEATON
— Notice and agenda. The City of Wheaton. Before the Municipal Officers Electoral Board of the City of Wheaton. For the hearing on objections to the nominating papers for candidates for the office of mayor of the City of Wheaton. Notice and agenda. Please take notice that: Lynn A. Robbins, Councilmember West District; Andrea Rosedale, City Clerk; Erica Bray-Parker, Councilmember At-large; constituting the Municipal Officers Electoral Board of the City of Wheaton for the hearing and passing upon of objections to nomination papers for candidates for Mayor, in the City of Wheaton, to be voted upon by the electors of the City, will hold a meeting of the Municipal Officers Electoral Board, which is required by law to meet and pass upon objections to nomination papers in the City of Wheaton, to be voted upon at the Consolidated Election to be held on April 6, 2027. The Municipal Officers Electoral Board shall meet on Monday, November 9, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., at City Hall, Council Chambers (2nd floor), 303 West Wesley Street, Wheaton, IL. The meeting will follow this agenda: 1. Call to Order. 2. Roll Call of Electoral Board (Robbins, Rosedale, Bray-Parker). 3. Introductory Remarks by Electoral Board Chair Lynn A. Robbins. 4. Adoption of Rules of Procedure. 5. Case No. 2026-2, Kimberly M. Alanis v. Philip J. Suess. 6. Public Comment. 7. Adjournment or Recess.
https://www.wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/Public-Notices-Hearings-28/
— Notice and agenda. Before the municipal officers electoral board of the city of Wheaton. For the hearing on objections to the nominating papers for candidates for the office of councilmember at-large of the city of Wheaton. Notice and agenda. Please take notice that: Philip J. Suess, Mayor; Andrea Rosedale, City Clerk; Erica Bray-Parker, Councilmember At-large; constituting the Municipal Officers Electoral Board of the City of Wheaton for the hearing and passing upon of objections to nomination papers for candidates for Councilmember At-Large, in the City of Wheaton, to be voted upon by the electors of the City, will hold a meeting of the Municipal Officers Electoral Board, which is required by law to meet and pass upon objections to nomination papers in the City of Wheaton, to be voted upon at the Consolidated Election to be held on April 6, 2027. The Municipal Officers Electoral Board shall meet on Monday, November 9, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., at City Hall, Council Chambers (2nd floor), 303 West Wesley Street, Wheaton, IL. The meeting will follow this agenda: Call to order. Roll Call of Electoral Board (Suess, Rosedale, Bray-Parker) Introductory Remarks by Electoral Board Chair Philip J. Suess. Adoption of Rules of Procedure. Case No. 2026-1, Kimberly M. Alanis v. James E. Pursley. Public Comment. Adjournment or Recess. Posted: November 6, 2026.
https://www.wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/Public-Notices-Hearings-28/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/11/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-631/
— DuPage Republicans go from 17-1 to 1-17 in a decade. DD: That shows how fast Democrats can invade and take over counties. Since 2000, I have watched DuPage Republican leaders welcome invading Democrats with open arms. I have watched DuPage Republican leaders get rid of the county’s conservatives to get votes the invading Democrats. I should write about that.
https://capitolfax.com/2026/11/06/dupage-republicans-go-from-17-1-to-1-17-in-a-decade/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/
WIREPOINTS
https://wirepoints.org/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is the Republican Party and the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) going to do to retake Illinois? What is the DuPage County Republican Central Committee going to do to retake DuPage County? What is the Milton Township Republican Organization going to do to retake Milton Township, that is, to retake Wheaton and Glen Ellyn? Democrat, RINO, and Democrat plant political consultants will advise a) officially becoming the Democrat Lite Party by officially dumping the following planks in the IRP platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) and b) officially banishing conservatives once and for all. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What does Google AI say about you? It says the following about me: “David J. Diersen is a Republican political consultant and editor based in Wheaton, Illinois. He is best known as the long-time editor of GOPUSA Illinois, a daily political newsletter and commentary platform he has managed since June 2000. Career: Prior to his work in political consulting and media, he served as a Senior Evaluator for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) from 1980 to 1997, auditing federal agencies. Politics: He became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999 and has held leadership roles in local organizations like the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois.” Of course, my critics/opponents want Google AI to stress the adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 2000 including: a) ending my Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee membership in 2024, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, d) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, f) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, g) ending my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, h) defeating my bid for the open MTRO Treasurer position by a vote of 69 to 13 in 2004, and i) getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Armed migrant arrested next to White House after alleged threat to assassinate Trump.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/4796235/armed-migrant-arrest-white-house-threat-assassinate-trump/
— How Trump can navigate the rest of his term with a Democratic Congress.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4793435/lame-duck-lessons-trump-navigate-rest-of-term-democratic-congress/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Newly elected House Dem says he’d risk jail to ‘kick the sh*t’ out of new Trump chief of staff.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/11/07/newly-elected-house-dem-says-hed-risk-jail-to-kick-the-sht-out-of-new-trump-chief-of-staff-1666607/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Newsom’s Outrageous Death Row Commutations Offer Larger Lesson About ‘Progressive’ Governance. DD: Shades of George Ryan.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/11/06/newsoms-outrageous-death-row-commutations-offer-larger-lesson-about-progressive-governance/
— Democrats have signaled that they will legally go after Republican staffers following the midterm election. This doesn’t seem to match their rhetoric on affordability. If you believe a senator should never threaten to ruin young Americans for choosing to serve their country, sign the petition at www.Change.org/stopslotkin . DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, c) ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. That directly resulted in my transferring to GAO.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/11/06/is-the-democrats-new-majority-coming-for-young-staffers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Oct. 13, three weeks before the vote, the Michigan Democrat spoke at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics about what her party would do with power. I was on campus that day. Her message was aimed at students like me. “I want young people coming out of school to say, ‘Should I go work for the Trump administration?’” she said. She wants them to think, “Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want.” And she was clear about the goal: “I want that deterrence message.” Not one of those words is about a crime. None is about catching people who broke the law. They are about graduates who have not even taken a job yet. Her target is the decision to serve. Picture who that is. A 22-year-old young man who grew up watching the news at the kitchen table with his parents. He spent college summers interning for free and sleeping on a friend’s couch. He finally gets the call offering a job answering phones at a federal agency or the White House. The pay is modest, and the hours are long, but he takes it anyway because he loves his country and believes he can help make it better. That is who works in an administration: schedulers, press assistants, and policy analysts in their 20s who are proud just to have a badge and a desk. They took those jobs to carry out the agenda Americans voted for in 2016 and again in 2024. They are not plotting anything illegal; they are trying to do right by the people who sent them there. Slotkin wants that young man to look at the offer and see a threat. Here is what the threat looks like. A congressional subpoena does not come with a public defender. A young staffer who gets one has to hire a lawyer or face Congress alone. Cabinet secretaries and senior officials have the salaries, the connections, and the legal teams to absorb the cost of a subpoena. A low-level staffer with student loans and an entry-level paycheck does not. That is the point. The investigation does not have to find anything. It only has to cost enough to ruin someone. A young man who wanted nothing more than to serve his country starts to wonder if his career is over before it starts. His parents worry about the legal bills. His friends tell him to get out while he can. And the next class of graduates, watching all of it, quietly takes a job somewhere else. Slotkin is describing a plan to bankrupt young conservative people for the crime of public service. On the campaign trail, barely two weeks later, Slotkin was caught on video describing a list of cases Democrats would pursue on every committee, “assuming we win both houses, even if we just win one.” Every committee. That is not a stray comment at a campus event. That is an agenda for an entire congressional majority, and now Democrats have the gavels to carry it out. When the backlash came, Slotkin called it “manufactured outrage.” She has not walked back any of her comments.)
EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Names Stephen Miller to Replace Susie Wiles as Chief of Staff. Current chief of staff Susie Wiles will be moving to a different position, the president said.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-announces-stephen-miller-will-be-white-house-chief-of-staff-6120159
FEDERALIST
— Republicans Lost Because Of The Iran War. DD: If those in the following who voted for Democrats were surveyed, what reasons would they give for why they voted for Democrats: your neighborhood, your precinct, your municipal district, your municipality, your township, and your county?
https://thefederalist.com/videos/davidson-republicans-lost-because-of-the-iran-war/
FOX BUSINESS
— Democrats won enormous political power. DD: Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use that power to get rid of Republicans once and for all starting with Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Needless-to-say, those who are the aforesaid should ever-increasingly do more to protect themselves from Democrats. Anticipate/expect that more and more and more of those who are the aforesaid will move to Florida and to other Republican states. But Democrats will move to those states and destroy those states too.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6408022532112
YOUNG AMERICA’S FOUNDATION
— Stephen Miller DD: What does Google AI say about you? It says the following about me: David J. Diersen is a Republican political consultant and editor based in Wheaton, Illinois. He is best known as the long-time editor of GOPUSA Illinois, a daily political newsletter and commentary platform he has managed since June 2000. Career: Prior to his work in political consulting and media, he served as a Senior Evaluator for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) from 1980 to 1997, auditing federal agencies. Politics: He became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999 and has held leadership roles in local organizations like the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois.
https://yaf.org/people/stephen-miller/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump sends ‘clear message’ to Democrats with Miller promotion.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6205475-trump-miller-promotion-democrats-majority/
— DD: Democrat leaders say “GOP fumbles for way forward in a world beyond Trump.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/analysis/6205560-trump-midterm-elections-republican-party-direction/
NEWSWEEK
— In Democratic Texas, the Southern Border is About to Change. DD: Democrat leaders want to a) immediately tear down all border walls, b) resume bringing in to America as many illegals as they can, c) keep as many illegals in America as they can, d) force everyone to speak, read, and write Spanish, e) first give California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma back to Mexico, and then b) give all of America to Mexico. How fast will Democrat leaders be able to do the aforesaid? Mexico will never forgive America for the War of 1848. The precent of those in America who are Hispanic ever-increasingly increases while the percent of those in America who are White ever-increasingly decreases.
https://www.newsweek.com/gina-hinojosa-ice-could-texas-become-sanctuary-state-12673735
REUTERS
— After midterm rout, Vance tries to build his own 2028 brand.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/after-midterm-rout-vance-tries-build-his-own-2028-brand-2026-11-07/
— Houston mayor curtails police cooperation with ICE, saying ‘elections matter.’ DD: Of course, with their November 3, 2026 victories, Democrat leaders will be more successful a) in flooding America with their illegals and b) in keeping their illegals in America.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/houston-mayor-curtails-police-cooperation-with-ice-saying-elections-matter-2026-11-07/
NBC NEWS & NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, those who voted for Democrats on November 3, 2026 did so a) because they want more dependency on government and charity, that is, because they want more welfare, b) because they want more LGBTQ, that is, because they want more destruction of traditional marriage and family, c) want they want more abortion, that is, because they want more disrespect for human life, d) because they want more mass/illegal immigration, that is, because they want more cheap labor, e) because they want more booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) because they want more diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) because they want more Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, because they want more patronage, more race and gender based preference giving, more political affiliation discrimination, more reverse discrimination, more age discrimination, more religious discrimination, and more national origin discrimination.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/americans-voted-change-trump-stephen-miller-dc-renovations-rcna607903
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/11/03/us/midterms-2026-election-day-trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/04/us/politics/midterm-election-photos.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing side with foreign countries against America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/11/07/despite-midterm-rebuke-trump-allies-see-us-turning-further-away/
— After their midterm win and Stephen Miller’s promotion, Democrats gear up for a fight on immigration. Democrats are set to take control of Congress and are focusing on reining in President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/07/immigration-democrats-congress-trump-stephen-miller/90cbf57c-da68-11f1-930a-e08f8086f5ac_story.html
USA TODAY
— Graham, Paxton and Ramaswamy lost. Some blame Trump for choosing them. Some conservatives are blaming the president for promoting flawed contenders who lost in red states.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/11/07/graham-paxton-ramaswamy-trump-endorsed-losers/92615526007/
NEW JERSEY GLOBE
— The New Jersey Republican Party Must Change — Or It Will Cease to Matter. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I was the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012 and I was a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee 2003-2007. Those organizations focused on helping elect candidates who could and would defend and advance the Republican Party platform. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT and ICRC. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://newjerseyglobe.com/campaigns/labarbera-the-new-jersey-republican-party-must-change-or-it-will-cease-to-matter/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The MAGA Faithful Confront the Unthinkable: Is This the End of MAGA? ‘Start planning and praying’: Brutal midterm wipeout forces hardcore loyalists to confront life after Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/the-maga-faithful-confront-the-unthinkable-is-this-the-end-of-maga-2b0d13a8
— Trump Outran His Leash With the Iran War. His voters have always understood his limitations. They expected him to understand them too.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-outran-his-leash-with-the-iran-war-40c96a15
— A County-by-County Look at How the Blue Wave Touched Nearly Every Part of America. The nation shifted leftward Tuesday. Here’s how it happened.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-county-by-county-look-at-how-the-blue-wave-touched-nearly-every-part-of-america-e1dd346c
— The MAGA Coalition Disintegrates. Things could hardly have been worse for Trump’s Republicans on Tuesday—but they may be in 2028.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-maga-coalition-disintegrates-4179a2be
— Democrats May Defund the Troops. They may cut off funds for the Iran blockade, aiding the mullahs.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-may-defund-the-troops-f1ba6094
— What the Democratic Sweep Means for the U.S. Economy
https://www.wsj.com/economy/voters-were-anxious-about-much-more-than-the-economy-3bfd3b37
https://www.wsj.com/video/what-the-democratic-sweep-means-for-the-us-economy/AA0E2914-BAF3-4254-A617-FCF1DD51E028
— Elon Musk Staked His Empire on Texas. Now State Democrats Want to Rein Him In.
Musk has big plans for Tesla and SpaceX in the Lone Star State, and now faces a blue wall of opposition
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/elon-musk-texas-midterm-elections-b993e58d
— Collateral damage. DD: I have aways argued that I was collateral damage at GAO. If Gingrich had not dramatically cut GAO’s budget, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/government-firings-service-cutbacks-865c2da2
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An unprecedented effort to shrink the federal labor force is impeding work at government sites across the country and spawning unintended consequences for services Americans rely on. The U.S. government is America’s largest employer, with 2.4 million civilian workers as of January, excluding the postal service. The Trump administration has started cutting tens of thousands of jobs through a plan encouraged by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency that aims to reduce the size of government by $1 trillion this fiscal year, roughly 15% of last year’s spending. The goal is to cull a workforce that President Trump has said includes many people who aren’t doing their jobs. Oxford Economics, a data provider and consulting firm, estimates there will be 200,000 fewer federal workers by the end of 2025. In the private sector, employment attorneys say, major companies can spend months analyzing workers’ job performance, position and skills before making big cuts. They enlist senior leaders to recommend which workers to keep, pore over union rules and smooth the process of applying for unemployment benefits for fired workers. Such forethought is key to ensuring the employees who remain can still get the work done, they say. The Trump administration has adhered to few of those norms so far. Managers say essential staff have been cut, and that the administration hasn’t followed detailed rules on how to enact widespread layoffs. Government agencies have granted voluntary buyouts to tens of thousands of people, fired probationary workers—a term for those who were hired or promoted in the past year or two—and are planning for deep reductions in the next few months. So far, many cuts haven’t taken into account workers’ performance or the necessity of their roles.)
PBS
— What Trump picking Stephen Miller for chief of staff signals about his agenda. DD: To varying degrees, all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-trump-picking-stephen-miller-for-chief-of-staff-signals-about-his-agenda
PEW RESEARCH
— Majority of Americans Say Social Media Companies, News Outlets Have Too Much Power in Politics. DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/11/06/majority-of-americans-say-social-media-companies-news-outlets-have-too-much-power-in-politics/
— DD: To varying degrees, all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-conservative. Most commonly, 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. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/06/10/beyond-red-vs-blue-the-political-typology/
November 5, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker takes personal pride in Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s defeat. Pritzker, the billionaire heir to the Hyatt hotel fortune, responded to all the Abbott ire with his dollars. Every Texas candidate he supported won Tuesday night.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/11/04/gov-jb-pritzker-role-texas-gov-greg-abbotts-defeat-gina-hinojosa-james-talarico
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker moves quickly to put his stamp on Democrats’ national agenda.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-pritzker-offers-congress-a-to-do-list/
— Johnson tells Crain’s: Election strengthens the case for taxing the wealthy. DD: Taxing the wealthy is redistribution of wealth, then socialism, then communism, and then dictatorship.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-brandon-johnson-city-council-20261104/
NBC5
— How did Illinois vote in governor’s race compared to 2022? Map shows which counties flipped. While the end result might have been the same as 2022, at a county level, the votes across the state look slightly different.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/elections/how-did-illinois-vote-in-governors-race-compared-to-2022-map-shows-which-counties-flipped/4012301/
— Illinois 2026 election recap: Who won and lost after day of polling problems, controversy.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/elections/live-illinois-election-updates-polling-place-problems-controversies-and-more/4011540/
— Midterm results: Which races still haven’t been called, and which states flipped blue? Democrats during Tuesday’s midterm election took control of the Senate, winning 54 seats and Republicans taking 44, but there are still two races left to call.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/election-2026-which-races-still-havent-been-called-and-what-states-flipped-seats-mississippi-alaska-election-results/4012174/
CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Chicago Voters Deliver Major Democratic Victories on Election Day. DD: Anticipate/expect that Illinois Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly give Chicago voters more preference over the rest of the voters in Illinois.
https://chicagocrusader.com/chicago-voters-deliver-major-democratic-victories-on-election-day/
ROCK RIVER CURRENT
— Syverson holds lead in tight race, waits for final mail-in votes to be counted.
https://www.rockrivercurrent.com/2026/11/syverson-holds-lead-in-tight-race-waits-for-final-mail-in-votes-to-be-counted/
SHAW LOCAL
— No blue wave in the Illinois Valley.
https://www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley/2026/11/04/no-blue-wave-in-the-illinois-valley/
NPR ILLINOIS
— On 1st day since winning 3rd term as governor, Pritzker releases 200-point national agenda.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-11-04/on-1st-day-since-winning-3rd-term-as-governor-pritzker-releases-200-point-national-agenda
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker’s Texas-sized grudge.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/11/05/pritzkers-texas-sized-grudge-01150371
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Gov. JB Pritzker won reelection with 2,345,862 votes (59.8%) to Republican Darren Bailey’s 1,445,559 votes (36.9%), a 22.9-percentage-point margin. That’s nearly double Pritzker’s 2022 margin over Bailey, when he won 2,197,760 votes (54.6%) to Bailey’s 1,717,777 (42.6%), a 12-percentage-point margin. Also worth noting: Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias was the highest statewide office vote-getter with 2,514,870 votes, defeating Republican challenger Diane Harris, who had 1,382,825. In Chicago, Giannoulias was the highest vote-getter of any candidate on the ballot, according to the Chicago Board of Elections. Details here In Lake County: The state Senate delegation will be all-female, all-Democratic: Karen Battaglia and Nabeela Syed were elected to the state Senate, and they’ll join state Sens. Julie Morrison, Adrian Johnson and Mary Edly-Allen as an all-female, all-Democratic group representing parts of a county that was once a reliable Republican stronghold, by the Lake County News-Sun’s Steve Sadin.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/11/05/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-842/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case.
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-am560-why-we-need-to-relentlessly-make-the-blue-state-red-state-case/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are your demographics? Ever-increasingly, in America, in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in the Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, fewer and fewer and fewer of the elected officials are conservative, White, male, older, accomplished, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, they are liberal/moderate, non-White, female, younger, less-accomplished, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, they are liberal Democrats who want socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What did your Republican Precinct Committeeman do to reach the voters in his/her precinct? I hand-delivered the following to the 200 Republican residences in my precinct and the 170 Independent residences in my precinct: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. I used 370 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes with 660 DuPage County-Election Division-provided labels. Those 370 envelopes contained 5,920 pieces: 5,180 campaign pieces (14X370), 370 Voter Guides, and 370 sample ballots. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your position on Trump? I am a conservative. I am a platform Republican. Trump won the 2016 Republican presidential primary by promising to defend and advance the Republican Party platform if elected. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I support things Trump says and does that defend and advance conservative principles and the Republican Party platform. But I do not support things he has said and done that do not defend and advance the Republican Party platform. I oppose things Trump has said and done that conflict with the Republican Party platform. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Young voters swung left in the midterms in large part because of inflation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation. Inflation was 13.5% in 1980 with high rates 1973–1974. Inflation was 9% in 2022. When you were young, what did you do to deal with inflation? I worked my way through college 1966-1970. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. Admittedly, COLAs have helped me deal with inflation. I got COLAs while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I have gotten COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Obama, redistribution of wealth is economic justice. My critics/opponents want redistribution of wealth. But of course, they do not want their own wealth to be redistributed. My critics/opponents remain overjoyed that my Democrat GAO superiors redistributed my wealth. They remain overjoyed that they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job to my Democrat subordinate a) who had less money than I had, b) who was a minority, c) who had less work experience than, d) who had less education than I had, e) who had one professional certification while I has six, and f) who had no professional license like the one I had. Previously they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— Exit polls tell a deeper story. Americans better wise up to the DSA scam fast, before it’s too late. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/11/exit-polls-tell-a-deeper-story/
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
— What does DSA’s vision for America actually look like? DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://americansforprosperity.org/blog/what-is-democratic-socialism-and-what-it-would-look-like-in-america/
BREITBART
— Ex-Democratic Socialist Flips Michigan Seat Trump Carried in 2024. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/11/04/ex-democratic-socialist-flips-michigan-seat-trump-carried-in-2024/
CHRISTIAN POST
— 3 takeaways from the midterm exit polls.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/3-takeaways-from-the-midterm-election-exit-polls.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Evangelicals hold steady for GOP, other Christian groups move left. . .2. GOP loses 2024 gains with Hispanic voters; support from Asians, whites declines. . .3. GOP loses support from parents, men and women)
COLLEGE FIX
— UChicago scrubs statement declaring gender fluid following media inquiry.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/uchicago-scrubs-statement-declaring-gender-fluid-following-media-inquiry/
— U. Illinois ‘unfinished revolutions’ exhibit highlights LGBTQ protests, ‘Indigenous resistance.’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-illinois-unfinished-revolutions-exhibit-highlights-lgbtq-protests-indigenous-resistance/
EPOCH TIMES
— The Biggest Shifts That Fueled the Blue Wave
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/DhvnuBFUf/Jlid8tcrj/wQqUiYhGYFPe
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democrats defied expectations and expanded into deep-red territory on Nov. 3, fracturing President Donald Trump’s coalition and delivering double-digit swings in key demographics that drove his 2024 victory. Democrats gained control of Congress, picking up at least seven Senate seats: Maine, Ohio, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kansas, and Iowa. More wins are possible, as Democratic candidates hold narrow leads in undeclared races in Alaska and Mississippi. The party reached a 237-seat House majority with 59 races yet to be called. “We haven’t seen a Congress that looks like this since the ’90s. I think this will go down as one of the most impactful election landslides we’ve seen since the 1970s when the Watergate class entered Congress,” Aaron Dusso, an associate professor of political science at Indiana University–Indianapolis, told The Epoch Times.)
— Mayor Mamdani Sees Blue Wave as Sign DSA Can Win Outside New York. ‘It means that we can go from being on the defensive to being on the offensive,’ Mamdani said from outside City Hall. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/mayor-mamdani-sees-blue-wave-as-sign-dsa-can-win-outside-new-york-6111398
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Abortion on the Ballot in 2026.
https://www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-fools/abortion-on-the-ballot-in-2026/
— Another Repudiation Election.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/another-repudiation-election/
— The Persistence of DEI Mandates.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-persistence-of-dei-mandates/
NEWSMAX
— Dirty Politics: Democrats Side With Illegal Aliens to Win Midterms.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/dirty-politics-democrats-side-illegal-060857711.html
PJ MEDIA
— How Left-Wing Racism Against White People Led to France’s Riots.
https://pjmedia.com/phone-kyaw/2026/11/05/how-left-wing-racism-against-white-people-led-to-frances-riots-n4959042
REASON
— Obama: redistribution of wealth is economic justice. DD: My critics/opponents want redistribution of wealth. But of course, they do not want their own wealth to be redistributed. My critics/opponents remain overjoyed that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job to my Democrat subordinate a) who was a minority, b) who had less money than I had, c) who had less work experience than, d) who had less education than I had, e) who had one professional certification while I has six, and f) who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://reason.org/commentary/obama-redistribution-of-wealth/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Midterms force a reckoning on Iran war.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/
NEW YORK TIMES
— How Americans Voted in the 2026 Election by Race, Gender, Age and Education. DD: According to this, of those who voted and had master’s degrees, only 26% were Republicans. I escaped Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance. My outstanding parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a) a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU when I was 21 in 1970, b) an MBA from Loyola in 1976), c) a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and d) a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997. I become a CPA in 1979, Certified Internal Auditor and licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I escaped Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/elections/voter-trends-national.html
USA TODAY & BOSTON GLOBE
— DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/11/05/democrats-win-election-republicans-trump-woke-socialism/92612117007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/11/05/dei-americans-vote-diversity-inclusion-midterm-elections/92610470007/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/11/05/business/dei-election-diversity-botttoms-donalds/
WIBC
— Voters Didn’t Choose Socialism — They Punished GOP Failure.
https://wibc.com/901145/voters-didnt-choose-socialism-they-punished-gop-failure/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Vance’s Theory of Election Defeat. Never mind corruption, tariffs or ICE raids. He blames only the Iran war. DD: What did Trump say and do that caused Republican candidates to lose the most votes?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/jd-vance-iran-war-2026-midterms-e3509fe1
— Will Democrats Misread Their Victory? Americans voted to rebuke Trump, not for a repeat of Biden-era left-wing overreach.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-2026-elections-chuck-schumer-hakeem-jeffries-20e65983
— Rove: The GOP’s Defeat Was Truly Massive. The party lost not only the House and Senate but crucial state legislatures.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-gops-defeat-was-truly-massive-7dc3bd88
— This Time, Trump Defeats Himself in a Rout. Democrats will need to find a direction and not just continue being the party of ‘Not Trump.’
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/this-time-trump-defeats-himself-in-a-rout-6629198b
— The Trump Reckoning Arrives. The President’s 2024 coalition rebukes his second-term priorities and performance.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/2026-midterms-gop-democrats-donald-trump-c5ef5cb2?mod=opinion_lead_pos4
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Young people swung left in the midterms, and it’s in large part because of skyrocketing prices. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation. Inflation was 13.5% in 1980 with high rates 1973–1974. Inflation was 9% in 2022. When you were young, what did you do to deal with inflation? I worked my way through college 1966-1970. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. Admittedly, COLAs have helped me deal with inflation. I got COLAs while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I have gotten COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997.
https://www.businessinsider.com/inflation-pushes-young-voters-to-democrats-in-2026-midterms-2026-11
PBS
— How key demographic groups voted in the 2026 midterms. DD: What percent of those who are the following vote for candidates who share their demographics: liberal/moderate, Democrat, non-White, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, and/or socialist?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-voter-poll-how-key-demographic-groups-voted-in-the-2026-midterms
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Young voters and Hispanic voters appear to shift away from Republicans. . .Many voters were driven by opposition to Trump. . .Voters think Congress isn’t doing enough to check an unpopular president. . .Concerns about democracy and corruption rival the economy for voters. . .Democrats have an advantage on handling issues)
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
IPP
— Door-to-door campaigning versus social media. DD: I hand-delivered the following to the 200 Republican residences in my precinct and the 170 Independent residences in my precinct: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. I used 370 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes with 660 DuPage County-Election Division-provided labels. Those 370 envelopes contained 5,920 pieces: 5,180 campaign pieces (14X370), 370 Voter Guides, and 370 sample ballots.
https://www.ipp.eu/en/publication/door-to-door-campaigning-versus-social-media-how-can-you-reach-voters-during-local-elections/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Door-to-door campaigning can enable candidates to win votes in at least three different ways: (1) by increasing the number of people registered to vote, (2) by mobilizing non-voters from their own camp to turn out at the polls, and (3) by persuading undecided voters to support them.)
FROM OTHER SOURCES
REAL DEAL
— Torque Motor Suites bets $13M on Chicago’s garage condo market. Neyer Properties plans 30 luxury garage condos in Westmont, kicking off sales at a Hinsdale McLaren dealership.
https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2026/11/04/torque-motor-bets-13m-on-chicago-garage-condos/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Torque Motor Suites is planning to enter Chicago’s budding “car condo” market and says it has the cash to rev up development. The company is set to put its plans in drive while others are stuck in neutral. Garage condos — essentially luxury housing that feature upscale garages for luxury cars — have seen a bit of interest in the Chicago area. Some have already been built: the first was the Autobahn Country Club near Joliet and Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville, but other recent efforts have stalled. Since 2024, proposals in Barrington, Lake Zurich and Kane County have been approved but haven’t seemingly progressed, according to the outlet. The key for Torque Motor is that it has the cash on hand to start the $12.5 million project. “We have the balance sheet to do it all and we’re ready to start,” Brad Albrecht, Torque’s director at parent company and commercial real estate developer Neyer Properties, told Crain’s. Torque Motor plans to build 30 garage condos and a clubhouse at 701 Oakmont Lane in Westmont. Construction should be getting underway next February, with the first units delivered by the end of 2027. Sales are set to begin Thursday at a McLaren dealership in nearby Hinsdale. Torque Motor told the outlet that they already have municipal approvals and zoning. Most garage condos aren’t simply places to show off luxury cars, they often have second story spaces for other activities. The garage condos, meant to showcase and work on high-end, collectible cars, start at $599,000 for a 30-by-40 foot garage. The larger units could be priced as high as $775,000. The company argues that the Chicago area is undersupplied in terms of garage condos. There are only seven garage condo complexes either built or proposed in the area. Miami has 17, Minneapolis 14 and there are 13 each in the Dallas and Denver areas.)
November 2, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Early voting draws steady turnout as candidates make final push before Election Day.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-election-news-early-voting-draws-steady-turnout-illinois-governor-candidates-jb-pritzker-darrien-bailey-make-final-push/20006428/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among those voting Sunday was 108-year-old Wheaton resident Nancy Rossi, who cast her ballot in person at the DuPage County Fairgrounds. “My birthday is April 10, 1918, and I live with my daughter,” Rossi said. Rossi said she stopped voting for 40 years because of her disillusionment with political corruption. Asked how grateful she was to be able to cast a ballot, Rossi replied, “Oh, greatly, greatly, greatly.” Her daughter, Carmine Pollack, said voting is now very important to Rossi. “She said we have to vote because if we don’t vote, we can’t complain,” Pollack said. Rossi was among many voters who took advantage of shorter lines on Sunday. Donna Ciszczon, a DuPage County election judge supervisor, said turnout has been unusually strong. “Voter turnout this midterm is probably one of the largest I’ve seen in the last 10 years. Surprisingly enough, both mail-in ballots as well as in-person voting, and I’m just very surprised at how large it’s been,” Ciszczon said. According to the ABC7 early voting ballot tracker, turnout in DuPage County stood at 21.4%, nearly five percentage points higher than the state average. Chicago’s turnout was 13.4%, both figures include both early voting and returned mail ballots.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/02/lawsuit-indiana-immigration-detention-center/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Obama against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/02/column-barack-obama-donald-trump-cheesecake-factory-page/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Despite Trump’s harsh rhetoric toward Chicago, he’s held significant private investments in the region. They extend well beyond his interests in the Trump Tower along the Chicago River and include local government bonds, as well as stocks in publicly traded companies in the metro area, from AbbVie to United Airlines.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/11/02/president-donald-trump-investments-economic-disclosure-chicago-illinois
WGN9 & CHICAGO TRIBUNE & CHICAGO DEFENDER & PEORIA JOURNAL STAR & ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR & BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT & FOX ILLINOIS & NPR ILLINOIS & WQAD
— DD: The Democrat mainstream news media ever-increasingly promotes Democrat candidates and bashes Republican candidates. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Democrats ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/illinois-democrats-make-final-campaign-push/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/01/final-campaign-weekend-illinois-democrats-republicans/
https://chicagodefender.com/juliana-stratton-could-make-history-as-illinois-chooses-its-next-u-s-senator/
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2026/11/01/polls-pritzker-enjoys-large-lead-over-bailey-in-bid-for-third-term/92483627007/
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/11/01/lahood-breaks-from-trump-on-some-key-issues-ahead-of-midterms/92484431007/
https://www.bnd.com/news/article317870271.html
https://www.bnd.com/news/article317870605.html
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trumps-rallies-in-iowa-and-kansas-come-as-republicans-fight-to-keep-senate-and-house/article_19924438-7b12-5a13-aa9d-7393732f9f36.html
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-01/how-gen-z-republicans-running-for-congress-are-thinking-about-the-future-of-the-party
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-01/trump-thanks-supporters-for-the-memories-in-final-campaign-stops-for-2026-midterms
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-01/whats-it-like-to-run-for-congress-when-the-odds-are-stacked-heavily-against-you
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-01/how-to-think-about-the-midterms-and-the-political-moment-the-country-is-in
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/voters-raise-midterm-concerns-at-trump-rally-in-dubuque/526-08fbe565-4334-4aa5-9868-3790e4a0e1b7
WAND & WASHINGTON POST
— Affordability among biggest issue facing voters. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use affordability against Trump. What have you done to afford things? I did far more than my peers to afford things. I worked my way through college and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, because of my wife’s income, and because we gave up trying to have children.
https://www.wandtv.com/video/2026/11/01/affordability-among-biggest-issue-facing-voters/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/11/02/meet-6-voters-battleground-states-who-say-affordability-is-their-top-worry/
WGN RADIO & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/preschool-case-puts-lgbtq-and-religious-rights-at-odds-in-supreme-court/amp/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/preschool-case-puts-lgbtq-and-religious-rights-at-odds-in-supreme-court/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders say “What Vance’s midterm push reveals about his potential 2028 bid.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-02/what-vances-midterm-push-reveals-about-his-potential-2028-bid
ILLINOIS TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news/peoples-rally-against-hate-at-uis/
WHEATON PATCH
— Wheaton 2026 General Election Info: Candidates, Polling Places, More. Here’s what to know about the 2026 General Election if you’re voting in Wheaton.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/amp/35118632/wheaton-2026-general-election-info-candidates-polling-places-more
LEGACY
— Joseph Keim Obituary
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/joseph-keim-obituary?id=62883497
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois candidates take different paths on final campaign day. In the race for U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton will join Pritzker on his four-city tour Monday, while Republican opponent Don Tracy will stop in Wheaton and Naperville before finishing in Will County.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/11/02/illinois-candidates-final-campaign-day-pritzker-bailey-stratton-tracy
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker makes his pitch. Michigan steals the show.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/11/02/pritzker-makes-his-pitch-michigan-steals-the-show-01144763
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DOUG IBENDAHL
— What good is a State GOP that won’t stand with President Trump?
https://dougelstonibendahl.substack.com/p/what-good-is-a-state-gop-that-wont
WIREPOINTS
— ‘White Guilt’ Comes to New Trier High School. Will Open Minds Follow?
https://wirepoints.org/white-guilt-comes-to-new-trier-high-school-will-open-minds-follow-wirepoints/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The far left has not lost its grip on public education. One movie screening won’t change that. But at New Trier High School in suburban Chicago, a small opening may be taking shape. A school that made national headlines in 2017 for refusing to include dissenting voices in its controversial “seminar day” on race now appears ready to let some of those same voices be heard on campus. On Thursday, November 5, New Trier Neighbors and Trevian Club America plan to host a screening and panel discussion of a new movie, White Guilt, by father-son filmmakers Shelby and Eli Steele at New Trier’s Cornog Auditorium. The film challenges precisely the kind of racial orthodoxy that New Trier once presented to students as indisputable fact. And the event will feature two of the names the 2017 dissenting parents asked the school to include nine years ago: Shelby Steele, who narrates the film, and Pastor Corey Brooks, who appears in the film and is scheduled to be in attendance. A privately hosted event is not a change in curriculum. Allowing a screening is not an endorsement. But at a school whose authoritarian approach to teaching race became a national flashpoint, making room for an unwelcome argument would be a step forward.)
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— The Precinct Packet Delivered to My Door WITH IMAGES. DD: To get out the vote for Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton ( https://electionresults.dupagecounty.gov/election/PrecinctMaps/map50059.pdf ), I walked to the front doors of 370 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter and delivered 370 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes using 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels that contained a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot ( https://electionresults.dupageco.org/election/ballots/2026/General/Milton%20059-0316-NP.PDF ), and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. Those 370 envelopes contained 5,920 pieces: 5,180 campaign pieces (14X370), 370 Voter Guides, and 370 sample ballots. About 200 of those 370 households were Republican and about 170 were Independent. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/11/02/the-precinct-packet-delivered-to-my-door/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Why do voters vote for candidates? Far too many vote for those candidates who promise to use government to give those who share their demographics the most preference. Democrat and RINO candidates have always shouted at voters who are the following that Republicans discriminate against them, and therefore, they need massive government assistance to survive let alone advance: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— On who/what do your critics/opponents blame their problems? My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. How strongly will they blame me and blame my newsletters for the defeats that Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in my precinct will suffer? I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would take all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have suffered defeats since 2000 and focus on the logic/arguments that my critics/opponents have used to blame me for those defeats. I would focus on my critics/opponents who are past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) major Republican donors. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents reject? My critics/opponents reject planks in the Republican Party 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. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents do? My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the federal government.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b9e0692b-b3a0-475c-8586-35a37a59dafd.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker has spent $545 million on politics over past 10 years.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-spent-545-million-politics-past-10-years/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— California’s dirty voter rolls and what they mean for future elections. Diluting real American votes.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/nov/1/californias-dirty-voter-rolls-mean-future-elections/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— America is holding an election. It needs a divorce.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4781616/national-divorce-red-blue-states/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sad to say, we’ve become two nations headed in two totally different directions. Red-state America still believes in the Constitution, American exceptionalism, and free enterprise. This means that you can come here from anywhere (legally, mind you), become an American, contribute to society, worship and raise your children as you choose, build wealth, and live the American dream. Blue-state America, by contrast, has torn up the Constitution, surrendered to socialism, and destroyed its patrimony of thriving cities and regions. Blue-state America wants to be Europe (while Europe has begun to wish it was Red-state America). Blue-state America pours scorn on the world’s longest standing experiment in democracy and wants to be ruled by unions, Islamists, and a government that fosters dependency, not opportunity. Red-state America, by contrast, appreciates our freedoms, our military, our public safety, our history, and our way of life.)
— Trump says he’ll become ‘Mr. Veto’ if Democrats control Congress after midterm elections.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4787399/trump-mr-veto-democrats-midterm-elections/
AMAC
— Why Your Midterm Vote Could Decide America’s Future in 2026. While many people skip the midterm elections, assuming that the real action is only in presidential years, too much is at stake to think all those other elections don’t matter much.
https://amac.us/newsline/election-2026-the-stakes
AMERICAN THINKER
— Is it our responsibility to deliver Muslims from temptation? Muslim men want all women covered up head to toe with burkas, hijabs, and niqabs, etc., because they say otherwise it would be too tempting and they couldn’t control themselves.
americanthinker.com/blog/2026/11/is-it-our-responsibility-to-deliver-muslims-from-temptation/
— The ignorance guiding leftist opinions on immigration. I follow a lot of leftists on Facebook, and I’m always stunned by their weird take on immigration, which results from deliberate misinformation.
americanthinker.com/blog/2026/11/the-ignorance-guiding-leftist-opinions-on-immigration/
— AP, California officials, focus on 40 percent claimed errors in non-citizen voter list, ignore the undisputed 60 percent.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/11/ap-california-officials-focus-on-40-percent-claimed-errors-in-non-citizen-voter-list-ignore-the-undisputed-60-percent/
BREITBART
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/11/01/pritzker-dems-will-hold-hearings-to-expose-extent-of-trumps-corruption/amp/
FOX NEWS
— ‘Squad’ could double in size amid ‘SOCIALIST HELLHOLE’ fears. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5LP11pAcOM
— Pope Leo XIV casts ballot in US election, raising questions about foreign leaders voting. DD: Of course, Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that the Pope voted Democrat, that is, that he voted for socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. To get more votes from non-Protestants, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote mote hatred against Protestants.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-pope-leo-xiv-casts-ballot-us-election-raising-questions-foreign-leaders-voting
— Trump boasts of ‘unbelievable’ support from young voters at campaign rallies. DD: To get more votes from young White male voters, Democrat leaders have always shouted at young White male voters that because of Republicans, young White male voters need massive government assistance to survive let alone advance. If I had fallen for that, because I was a young White male voter and because I was never in line to get government assistance or any other kind of assistance, I never would have had the motivation to work my way through college and to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6407627524112
— Haley Stevens endorses Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race shakeup.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6407778733112
HOT AIR
— ‘60 Minutes’ Still Frames Deportation as Cruelty, Not Correction.
https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/01/60-minutes-still-frames-deportation-as-cruelty-not-correction-n3820543
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Academic Leaders and Nonprofits Are Working Behind the Scenes to Defend DEI. DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/11/academic-leaders-and-nonprofits-are-working-behind-the-scenes-to-defend-dei/amp/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Young Men Have Lurched Left Since 2024. DD: To get more votes from young White male voters, Democrat leaders have always shouted at young White male voters that because of Republicans, young White male voters need massive government assistance to survive let alone advance. If I had fallen for that, because I was a young White male voter and because I was never in line to get government assistance or any other kind of assistance, I never would have had the motivation to work my way through college and to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/young-men-have-lurched-left-since-2024/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Blue State/Red State Comparisons: A Winning Message for GOP.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/11/02/blue_statered_state_comparisons_a_winning_message_for_gop_154642.amp.html
TOWNHALL
— Your Vote for the Republicans Is a Vote Against Tyranny.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/11/02/your-vote-for-the-republicans-is-a-vote-against-tyranny-n2685681
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The DSA welcomes you to the $47 trillion waiting room. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/6185936-dsa-medicare-for-all-costs/amp/
NBC NEWS
— Democratic? Republican? Most new young voters register as neither. More than half of voters who turned 18 since the 2024 presidential election didn’t affiliate with a major party. DD: If I had been active in Republican politics when I was in high school, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was earning my bachelor’s degree, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. I had been active in Republican politics when I was earning my master’s degrees, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/democratic-republican-registration-new-young-voters-rcna605053
NBC NEWS & NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: The Democrat mainstream news media ever-increasingly promotes Democrat candidates and bashes Republican candidates. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Democrats ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/jb-pritzker-says-trump-is-trying-to-rig-these-elections-full-interview-272656453669
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/jb-pritzker-doesn-t-rule-out-2028-run-it-s-all-about-what-s-best-for-the-people-of-illinois-272656453687
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/poll-voters-demand-change-check-trump-fueling-steep-democratic-midterm-rcna606183
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/poll-2024-trump-voters-explain-coalition-fraying-ahead-midterms-rcna606184
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/illinois-results
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/us/politics/election-mood-affordability.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/us/politics/john-sununu-new-hampshire-senate-race.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/us/elections/women-voters-midterms-democratic.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/business/anthony-romero-aclu.html
NEW YORK TIMES & WASHINGTON POST & USA TODAY & SPECTRUM NEWS & ORLANDO SENTINEL & CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR & DAILY BEAST & BLOOMBERG
— DD: To get more votes from young White male voters, Democrat leaders have always shouted at young White male voters that because of Republicans, young White male voters need massive government assistance to survive let alone advance. If I had fallen for that, because I was a young White male voter and because I was never in line to get government assistance or any other kind of assistance, I never would have had the motivation to work my way through college and to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/elections/100000011230123/trump-young-men-voters-michigan.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/01/democrats-are-embracing-new-tactics-win-over-young-voters/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/10/26/democratic-supermajority-trump-offers-cautionary-tale/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/11/01/gen-z-voters-2026-election-trump-economy/92459871007/
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/politics/2026/10/30/usc-student-voters-frustrated-yet-hopeful-ahead-of-the-midterm-elections
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/11/01/guest-commentary-how-young-people-are-uniting-against-florida-billionaires/
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/1029/young-men-voters-trump-gop
https://www.thedailybeast.com/good-news-americas-most-important-voters-hate-donald-trump
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-10-29/republicans-have-a-problem-with-young-men-vance-is-not-the-answer
DES MOINES REGISTER
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2026/11/01/dubuque-orders-removal-tarp-over-diversity-mural-trump-rally/92548964007/
AKRON BEACON JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demand that those who are the following get more preference: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2026/11/01/impossible-standard-black-women-politics-opinion/92466802007/
HOMEWOOD STAR
— 9 Homewood High School students named National Merit semifinalists. DD: My critics/opponents, and especially those who got academic scholarships, have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made into the upper 20% of my class. What harmed your ACT score and your high school GPA? For me, it was my spending far too many hours washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights instead of studying.
https://thehomewoodstar.com/schools/9-homewood-high-school-students-named-national-merit-semifin/
BLOOMBERG
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, the Democrat mainstream news media ever-increasingly hints/implies/argues/shouts that Republicans are racists.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-01/republicans-risk-losing-some-south-asian-voters-over-anti-immigration-rhetoric
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders blame Trump for socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-11-01/why-socialism-is-back-in-american-politics-video
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote higher taxes.
https://fortune.com/2026/11/01/income-wealth-tax-measures-ballot-midterms-politics-california-voting/
BUSINESS JOURNAL
— An MBA for every professional background. DD: I took 16 graduate evening business courses at Loyola 1972-1976 because my IRS employee manual encouraged me to do that. I took 12 graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul 1972-1976 because my IRS employee manual encouraged me to do that. I took 14 graduate evening finance courses at IIT 1992-1997 because my GAO supervisor encouraged/demanded me to do that.
https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2026/11/02/mba-professional-background-du-diverse-education.html
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— OPM’s performance rating system misses the real problem. DD: My Democrat Post Office (1966-1969), IRS (1971-1980), and GAO (1980-1997) superiors used the subjectivity in their performance rating systems to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/10/opms-performance-rating-system-misses-the-real-problem/
HR DIVE
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/rising-wages-still-fall-short-of-higher-cost-of-living/873025/
NPR
— Democrats are running on affordability. DD: What have you done to afford things? I did far more than my peers to afford things. I worked my way through college and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, because of my wife’s income, and because we gave up trying to have children.
https://www.npr.org/2026/11/01/nx-s1-6024693/democrats-are-running-on-affordability-are-voters-buying-it
ATLANTIC
— DD: On who/what do your critics/opponents blame their problems? My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. How strongly will they blame me and blame my newsletters for the defeats that Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in my precinct will suffer? I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would take all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have suffered defeats since 2000 and focus on the logic/arguments that my critics/opponents have used to blame me for those defeats. I would focus on my critics/opponents who are past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) major Republican donors.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/11/trump-advisers-iran-war/689247/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FINANCIAL EXPRESS
— DD: To get more votes from young White male voters, Democrat leaders have always shouted at young White male voters that because of Republicans, young White male voters need massive government assistance to survive let alone advance. If I had fallen for that, because I was a young White male voter and because I was never in line to get government assistance or any other kind of assistance, I never would have had the motivation to work my way through college and to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/us-news/us-midterms-2026-the-youth-turnout-gap-behind-democrats-polling-lead/4373412/
GUARDIAN
— Affordability top of mind for voters in final sprint to midterms: ‘I have to pick between medicine or groceries.’ DD: What have you done to afford things? I did far more than my peers to afford things. I worked my way through college and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, because of my wife’s income, and because we gave up trying to have children.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/01/affordability-voters-final-sprint-midterms
INDIAN EXPRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn Indian-Americans against Trump. Then again, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn those who are the following against Trump: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/america-vote-ballot-epstein-donald-trump-10945941/
October 31, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cook County Dems trying for blue sweep in board races, GOP hopes to keep one seat, make gains.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/31/cook-county-democrats-board-races/
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/advocates-highlight-chicagos-role-hosting-first-pride-march-during-2026-lgbtq-history-month/20000990/
NBC5
— Armed suspects use sledgehammers to break into suburban gaming café, steal nearly $14K. Prosecutors allege five people, four of them armed, then broke into the café using large sledgehammers and a crowbar.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/armed-suspects-use-sledgehammers-to-break-into-suburban-gaming-cafe-steal-nearly-14k/4009997/
WGN9
— Healthcare becomes key midterm issue ahead of policy changes. DD: Democrat leaders run the mainstream news media. The mainstream news media dictates what the campaign issues are.
https://wgntv.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/healthcare-becomes-key-midterm-issue-ahead-of-policy-changes/
FOX32
— Elmhurst coffee shop owner accused of selling meth to undercover cop 3 times.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/elmhurst-coffee-shop-owner-accused-selling-meth-undercover-cop-3-times
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-626/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I vehemently disagree with those who hint/imply/ague/shout that to punish Trump, to punish Bailey, and/or to save the Republican Party, you should vote for all the Democrat candidates on your ballot. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— As Democrats ever-increasing increase their domination of Illinois, what should the remaining Republicans in Illinois anticipate/expect? It will be ever-increasing difficult if not impossible for them a) to get accepted by colleges, b) to earn professional certifications and licenses, c) to get hired, retained, and promoted, d) to get loans, e) to buy cars, f) to buy real estate, g) to buy firearms, h) to get married, i) to get elected, j) to exercise their 1st and 7th Amendment rights, k) etc. The aforesaid will be especially true for Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. To vote for Democrats is to vote for more Democrat discrimination against Republicans. I should write about how DuPage County Republican leaders welcomed Democrat invaders with open arms. I would focus on those who did the most to dump conservatives to curry favor with the invading Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— As Democrats ever-increasing increase their domination of Illinois, what do you anticipate/expect the remaining Republicans in Illinois will do? I hope that they will not a) leave Illinois, b) become Democrats, or heaven forbid, c) promote socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I certainly hope that they will not promote hated against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. To vote for Democrats is to vote for more poverty and crime.
— On what/who will the following blame November 3 Republican defeats: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township party organization and b) the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct? The aforesaid who are RINOs or Democrat plants will blame a) the Republican Party platform and especially 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, b) conservative principles, c) conservatives, d) my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and e) me. Who will come to the defense of the platform, conservative principles, conservatives, my newsletters, and me? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get more votes from young people, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republican leaders have made it much more difficult for them to achieve the American Dream. But Democrat and RINO leaders, not Republican leaders, have ever-increasingly made it more difficult for young people to achieve the American Dream, and especially for young people who are citizens of America, conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. When I was young, if I had been noncitizen, liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, I would have achieved much more much faster than I did because my employers were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat leaders to give more preference to my coworkers who did not share my demographics. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, c) my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and d) my 1981 job-related professional license. It all culminated with my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Johnson warns Democrat midterm victory would unlock sweeping socialist power: ‘2026 is different’ DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4786340/johnson-warns-democrat-socialist-midterm-victory/
NEW YORK POST
— How Harvard changed since end of affirmative action — record breaking Asian admissions.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/30/opinion/how-harvard-changed-since-end-of-affirmative-action-record-breaking-asian-admissions/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— DD: I disagree with those who want Republican candidates to be defeated no matter what reasons they use.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/no-jonah-goldberg-wont-take-back-the-post-trump-gop/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— House GOP could use little-known move to block incoming socialists. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/10/30/not-so-fast-house-gop-could-use-little-known-move-to-block-incoming-socialists-1665475/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A number of rabidly socialist Democrats may be on a glide path to the House of Representatives, but a big surprise could await them when they get to Washington. The far-left radicals who toppled incumbents in a string of shocking summer primary upsets have now advanced to the general election and will serve as reinforcements for the socialists who have already established a beachhead in Congress despite their disdain for the nation’s founding principles as espoused in the U.S. Constitution. It is a document that incoming members are required to swear an oath to uphold before they can officially become House lawmakers, an oath that traditionally is taken by all 435 members en masse and is led by the Speaker of the House. But Fox News reports that there is “an argument circulating in conservative circles posits that any member-elect can challenge another member-elect’s right to be sworn in, provided they have compiled evidence that that person would not uphold their oath. That would then lead to House-wide deliberations followed by a vote on whether that member-elect has a right to be sworn in.” The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) – an organization which some of the likely incoming Democrats belong to – states in its platform that the Constitution should be thrown into the trash and replaced with a new one.)
BREITBART
— State Official Tells Minnesota Somalis They Can Show Up to Vote Without Proof of Citizenship.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/30/watch-state-official-tells-minnesota-somalis-they-can-show-up-to-vote-without-proof-of-citizenship/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Colorado College requires student groups seeking recognition to address DEI goals. DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/colorado-college-requires-student-groups-seeking-recognition-address-dei-goals/30898
DAILY SIGNAL
— Why Socialism Could Backfire on Democrats. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDmw999aGYo
DAILY WIRE
— DD: To get more votes from young people, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republican leaders have made it much more difficult for them to achieve the American Dream. But Democrat and RINO leaders, not Republican leaders, have ever-increasingly made it more difficult for young people to achieve the American Dream, and especially for young people who are citizens of America, conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. When I was young, if I had been noncitizen, liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, I would have achieved much more much faster than I did because my employers were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat leaders to give more preference to my coworkers who did not share my demographics. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, c) my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and d) my 1981 job-related professional license. It all culminated with my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-to-win-back-the-disillusioned-american-dream
FEDERALIST
— DHS: Trump Admin Revoked Immigration Status Of 2.2 Million Illegals.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/10/30/dhs-trump-admin-revoked-immigration-status-of-2-2-million-illegals/
— Dems Claim Voter ID Is Too Confusing But Not ‘Decoy Dan’ Ballot Trick.
https://thefederalist.com/videos/lyman-dems-claim-voter-id-is-too-confusing-but-not-decoy-dan-ballot-trick/
FOX NEWS
— Democratic socialists are gaining ground as Democrat leaders remain silent. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/joe-manchin-warns-democratic-socialists-gaining-ground-democrats-remain-silent.amp
HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— From the Golden State to the socialist state. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://heartland.org/opinion/from-the-golden-state-to-the-socialist-state/
— Is the Stage Being Set for Socialism in 2028?
https://heartland.org/opinion/is-the-stage-being-set-for-socialism-in-2028/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Maybe This Time, the GOP Will Confront Defeat. DD: On what/who will the following blame November 3 Republican defeats: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township party organization and b) the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct? The aforesaid who are RINOs or Democrat plants will blame a) the Republican Party platform and especially 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, b) conservative principles, c) conservatives, d) my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and e) me. Who will come to the defense of the platform, conservative principles, conservatives, my newsletters, and me?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/10/maybe-this-time-the-gop-will-confront-defeat/
NEWSMAX
— Democratic Win Would Hand Power to Socialists. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/johnson-socialists-democratic/2026/10/30/id/1274635/
— Midterms are about defeating Democratic Socialists of America. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnpaZvVfX-4
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Europe’s Riots: The Cost of Socialism and Globalism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2026/10/30/europes_riots_the_cost_of_socialism_and_globalism_1214352.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: People not taking personal responsibility for their health drives up healthcare costs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/well/public-health-stigma-shame-rfk-jr.html
NEWS NATION
— Could Republicans prevent Democratic Socialists from being sworn in? DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2026-midterm-elections/could-gop-prevent-democratic-socialists-sworn-in/
https://www.aol.com/articles/could-republicans-prevent-democratic-socialists-181741000.html
BALTIMORE SUN & CBS13
— Young Americans increasingly embrace socialism. Nearly half of young Americans now hold a favorable view of socialism, according to a new Fox News poll, highlighting a generational debate over capitalism, government intervention and the future of the American economy just days before the midterm elections. The poll found 48% of adults ages 18 to 34 view socialism favorably, as younger Americans grapple with rising living costs, expensive housing and student debt. DD: To get more votes from young people, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republican leaders have made it much more difficult for them to achieve the American Dream. But Democrat and RINO leaders, not Republican leaders, have ever-increasingly made it more difficult for young people to achieve the American Dream, and especially for young people who are citizens of America, conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. When I was young, if I had been noncitizen, liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, I would have achieved much more much faster than I did because my employers were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat leaders to give more preference to my coworkers who did not share my demographics. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, c) my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and d) my 1981 job-related professional license. It all culminated with my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/10/30/young-americans-increasingly-embrace-socialism-what-will-it-mean-for-election/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jJw5VpamvM
KTVB
— IRS collected its highest tax revenue in history. DD: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.
https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/nation-world/irs-collected-more-than-5-trillion-taxes-in-2026/507-fd36c8e1-5606-416e-a5a3-aba2bafb05aa
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Republican Anxiety Mounts in Final Days Before Midterm Elections. Polling showing Democrats are favored to make gains in Congress has GOP candidates in deep-red areas working to shore up support
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/republican-anxiety-mounts-in-final-days-before-midterm-elections-221bb03a
— The Signs That Voters Want a Check on Trump’s Power. DD: What about a check on Democrat power in Illinois?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-signs-that-voters-want-a-check-on-trumps-power-0a5cde4e
— DD: I vehemently disagree with those who hint/imply/ague/shout that to punish Trump, to punish Bailey, and/or to save the Republican Party, you should vote for all the Democrat candidates on your ballot.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-case-for-a-historic-wave-c11a0a92
MINNEAPOLIS FED
— Weakening job ladder. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, to get promoted beyond GS-13, you had to be a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, to get promoted beyond GS-12, you had to be a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, to get promoted beyond GS-4, you had to be a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2026/what-explains-the-broken-rungs-on-the-us-job-ladder
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://fortune.com/2026/10/30/trump-maga-supporters-approval-midterms/
— 42% of America’s recent college grads are working jobs that don’t need a degree. DD: When you graduated from college, what harmed your job hunt? When I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970, potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother would be approved. Further, my GPA was not that great because instead of studying, I had worked far too many hours for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. Further, potential employers were under tremendous pressure to hire minorities, females, and veterans. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got, to be the Retail Sales Manager in a Firestone Store, a job that did not really require a college degree. Because my future there was bleak, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971 to be a liaison between its factories and its Midwest dealerships. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer that I got from IRS to be a Revenue Officer, a job that required a business degree. I had taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination while I was a NIU student as a backup because I knew that private sector employers look down on federal employees and I had been a federal employee for almost 3 years.
https://fortune.com/2026/10/26/gen-z-underemployment-riots-france-cockroach-india-rebellion/
FAST COMPANY
— Today’s generation redefines the American Dream. From homeownership to the workplace, generations recast the dream for tomorrow. DD: What did you do to achieve the America Dream? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. In today’s dollars, that increased my salary from $19.57/hour in 1966, to $100,059/year in 1974, to $113,402 in 1980, and to $154,682/year in 1997. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and because my wife and I gave up trying to have children.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91632178/todays-generation-redefines-the-american-dream
INVESTOPEDIA
— See How Your Income Compares to the Typical Household in Your State. The typical annual income is above $100,000 in eight states and Washington D.C.
https://www.investopedia.com/here-s-the-typical-household-income-in-each-state-12202982
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The typical household income ranged from $59,350 in Mississippi to $107,800 in New Jersey, according to new Census data. The median income is above $100,000 in eight states and Washington, D.C. States where more adults are college-educated tended to have higher median household incomes in 2025.)
— California Is One of the Most Expensive States for the American Dream. Here’s What It Costs. DD: What did you do to achieve the America Dream? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. In today’s dollars, that increased my salary from $19.57/hour in 1966, to $100,059/year in 1974, to $113,402 in 1980, and to $154,682/year in 1997. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and because my wife and I gave up trying to have children.
https://www.investopedia.com/california-is-one-of-the-most-expensive-states-for-the-american-dream-here-s-what-it-costs-12198147
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The American Dream costs $6.63 million in California, the third-highest nationally and about 25% above the national figure. Housing alone costs $2.09 million, $818,000 more than the national figure.)
Raising two kids costs just over $1 million, about $300,000 more than the national figure.
TENNESSEE LOOKOUT
— DD: To get more votes from Democrat and RINO women, Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasingly promise to give women more preference over men. All my coworkers who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me and who were women were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority and/or younger than me.
.https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/10/30/work-a-little-bit-harder-tennessees-women-running-for-governor-face-challenges-men-dont/
FED SCOOP
— Court blocks OPM ‘loyalty question’ from use in agency job applications. DD: According to my critics/opponents, “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” Of course, I take that as a badge of honor. My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://fedscoop.com/court-blocks-trump-opm-loyalty-question-federal-hiring/
PHYS
— DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://phys.org/news/2026-10-politically-language-temperature-dei.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDIAN EXPRESS
— How the capitalist US became more socialist under a right-wing Trump administration. Ahead of the US midterm elections, Trump has sought to warn voters against supporting socialists within the Democratic Party. But under Trump, state control over the economy has increased.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-economics/us-midterms-trump-democrats-socialists-10943817/lite/
October 30, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Pritzker, Bailey make final push on affordability as Illinois governor’s race enters final days. DD: Democrat leaders run the mainstream news media. The mainstream news media dictates what the campaign issues are.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-elections-gov-jb-pritzker-darren-bailey-make-final-push-affordability-illinois-governors-race-enters-days/19996498/
NBC5
— TRAGIC: Nearly half of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 say they’ve gambled in the last year. DD: Gambling is a vice. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/nearly-half-us-teens-13-17-gambled-last-year-survey/4009330/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: The mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats and to defeat Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/30/gov-jb-pritzker-runs-for-rare-third-term-on-his-record-but-few-new-plans-for-illinois/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pope Leo will vote from the Vatican, by mail, in Illinois’ midterm election. That mail ballot had to travel a long way — from Joliet to the Vatican City, where Pope Leo XIV has led the Catholic church since white smoke appeared from the Sistine Chapel in May 2025. DD: I am pro-life. If you are pro-life, you vote for Republicans. My critics/opponents vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv/2026/10/29/pope-leo-xiv-mail-ballot-illinois-midterm-election
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats and to defeat Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/10/29/trump-republicans-midterm-elections-voters-policies-s-e-cupp
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-assault-weapons-ban-case-highland-park-20261029/
WGLT
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Support for Trump among white evangelicals has plummeted.” DD: The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious. To vote for Democrats is to vote against religion.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-10-29/support-for-trump-among-white-evangelicals-has-plummeted-polls-reveal
CITIES 92.9
— Durkin campaign filing raises questions about lobbyist contributions, PAC power in Illinois. DD: Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican will switch parties and declare that they always really have been Democrats. Most commonly, they falsely claim to be Republican to get the Republican Party to officially dump its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.
https://www.cities929.com/2026/10/29/durkin-campaign-filing-raises-questions-about-lobbyist-contributions-pac-power-in-illinois/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/10/30/backroom-deal-takes-on-a-ballot-test-01141706
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-625/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct stressing that? How strongly are they stressing the benefits of capitalism and the negatives of socialism? How strongly are they stressing how they have benefitted under capitalism? Socialism destroys motivation. Capitalism motivated me and enabled me to work my way through college and earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981. That enabled me to a) buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964, b) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc., c) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984, d) get married in 1978, e) buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, d) etc. Under socialism, I would not have had the aforesaid motivation or accomplishments because under socialism, all you need to do to advance is be a good little socialist. Being a good little socialist is like being a good little Democrat. All those who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were good little Democrats. To get promoted, none of my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned the aforesaid degrees, professional certifications and professional license. All my Democrat coworkers had to do to get promoted was to be good little Democrats. All those promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political consultants who want Republican candidates to lose on November 3, 2026 justify their telling them to not speak against socialism by claiming that voters who are the following want socialism: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. – Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
JOHN KASS
— Vallas: France Is the Canary in the Coal Mine.
https://johnkassnews.com/france-is-the-canary-in-the-coal-mine/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/
WIREPOINTS
https://wirepoints.org/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Durkin campaign filing raises questions about lobbyist contributions, PAC power in Illinois. DD: Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican will switch parties and declare that they always really have been anti-conservative Democrats. Most commonly, they falsely claim to be Republican to get the Republican Party to officially dump its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. At best, they want to make the Republican Party the Democrat Lite Party.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_3d9c61da-00a4-4180-a06e-bffd2daedabd.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Academic freedom should not be a shield for political activism. DD: If I had been active in Republican politics, UIC may very well have not admitted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/29/academic-freedom-not-shield-political-activism/
— U.S. must expose communist propaganda networks. DD: The mainstream news media exists to elect Democrats and to defeat Republicans.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/29/us-must-expose-communist-propaganda-networks/
— Democrats scheme to seize Senate ‘by any means necessary.’ DD: Democrats are moral relativists. They believe their end justifies their means. Virtually all of my superiors and supervisors in the federal government were Democrats. They all were moral relativists who believed their end justified their means. Their end was to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Their means was to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/29/editorial-democrats-scheme-seize-senate-means-necessary/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Johnson and Thune adopt Trump’s messaging on ‘fake’ polling as GOP looks to project midterm optimism. DD: Democrat leaders use their fake polls to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4781460/mike-johnson-john-thune-trump-messaging-fake-poll/
— Four in 10 undergraduate students say ‘offensive speech’ deserves prosecution. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents and the most offensive things that they have said about me since 2000. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) major Republican donors.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/4770433/four-in-10-undergraduate-students-say-offensive-speech-deserves-prosecution-poll/
NEW YORK POST
— Obama cheers for Iranian victory, Ilhan Omar believes everyone is ‘obsessed’ with her.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/29/opinion/the-week-in-whoppers-obama-cheers-for-iranian-victory-ilhan-omar-believes-everyone-is-obsessed-with-her-and-more/
— Philadelphia accused of wrongly denying 5 white male police officers promotions. DD: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action to promote over me my Democrat coworkers who were minority and/or female. They all had less education than I had, less work experience than I had, no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or no professional license like the one I had.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/26/us-news/philadelphia-accused-of-wrongly-denying-five-white-male-police-officers-promotions/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The city passed them over for some candidates who had higher ranks on the list and others who were ranked as low as 17th on the list, per the lawsuit. “Of the 10 individuals promoted to captain, only 50% were white males, even though white men constituted 70% of the top ten candidates and 73% of the top 15 candidates by test scores,” the suit reads.)
BREITBART
— Guns and Drugs Undermine Washington Post’s Latest Deportation Sob Story.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/10/29/nolte-guns-and-drugs-undermine-washington-posts-latest-deportation-sob-story/amp/
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Socialism Does Not Increase Affordability. DD: Socialism takes from those who work and save and gives to those who do not. Socialism destroys motivation because under socialism, all you need to do to advance is to be a good little socialist. Being a good little socialist is like being a good little Democrat. All those who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were good little Democrats. To get promoted, none of my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. All my Democrat coworkers had to do to get promoted was to be good little Democrats. All those promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/no-mamdani-socialism-does-not-increase-affordability
NEWS BUSTERS
— White evangelical Christians have been the bedrock of Donald Trump’s support for more than a decade, and they largely still are. DD: Trump won the 2016 Republican presidential primary by promising to defend and advance the Republican Party platform if elected.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2026/10/29/pbs-trump-supporting-christians-literally-demonize-political
PJ MEDIA
— Trying to Ignore France’s Muslim Problem, WaPo Stumbles Onto Truth About Socialism.
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/10/29/trying-to-ignore-frances-muslim-problem-wapo-stumbles-onto-truth-about-socialism-n4958802
REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Asian-American Share of Harvard Class Hits 43.2%. DD: Why are Asian-Americans surpassing White-Americans?
https://www.realcleareducation.com/2026/10/29/asian-american_share_of_harvard_class_hits_432_1214064.html
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— To Thwart Socialism, We Need More Capitalism. DD: I will never forget a story about capitalism that one of my GAO supervisors told me. His son took out a loan and started a landscaping business. He was soon driven into bankruptcy by illegals.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2026/10/30/to_thwart_socialism_we_need_more_capitalism_1214200.html
SOUTH SHORE PRESS
— Socialists’ platform proves they are communists at heart.
https://www.southshorepress.com/national/socialists-platform-proves-they-are-communists-at-heart-cc4f5924
TOWNHALL
— Socialism Is the Left’s Chatbot. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://townhall.com/columnists/jtyoung/2026/10/30/socialism-is-the-lefts-chatbot-n2685561
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Seeking explanation for socialism’s American ascent, modern technology is this archaic ideology’s perfect analogy. Socialism is a chatbot. It tells people, especially the Left, what they want to hear and refines its message to continually better do so. It is no secret that socialism’s acceptance by America’s Left has exploded. For the first time in our history, socialism is having a meaningful impact on our electoral system. Not long ago, even being labeled a liberal was a political liability in America. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) seemed little more than a poseur when he declared himself a Democratic Socialist; then in 2016, he took Hillary Clinton the distance in the Democrats’ presidential primary. In the intervening years, Democratic Socialists were elected to Congress as Democrats. In 2025, Democratic Socialists won mayoral elections in New York City and Seattle as Democrats. In 2026, more have been nominated and are likely to win election to Congress. According to a recent Gallup poll, 65 percent of Democrats have a positive image of socialism. This rise is astounding. It is not only so for socialism in America, which had virtually no meaningful socialist history here before, but for socialism itself. Socialism is nothing new. It had ample history before its most famous prophet, Karl Marx, and Marx himself would now be 208 years old if still alive. Its hoary history is surprising, given its lack of success. It has failed across centuries, continents, and cultures. There are many elements to this failure. . .Chatbots are souped-up software programs. They use AI to replicate human responses. But they don’t stop there. Their AI learns from users and continually refines responses to them. This give-and-take — or rather “give-and-fake” — creates an ever more enticing, and ensnaring, interaction between human users and their artificial interlocutors. The numbers show just how enticing chatbots can be. Pew Research Center found that the percentage of Americans who say they use ChatGPT has more than doubled in just three years: from 18 percent in 2023 to 44 percent in 2026. The young are far more likely to be enticed, with 1 in 3 adults under age 50 saying they use chatbots daily versus less than half that percentage for those over 50. What’s more, 20 percent of those aged 18-29 use it for emotional support, and one in three of those use it for companionship. For its part, socialism is an ideologically generated political system that tells its adherents what they want to hear. Like chatbots, socialism continually changes its message. Listen to New York City’s Democratic Socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani promise away about what the “warmth of collectivism” will mean — rent control, free buses, government-run grocery stores and childcare, and more — and you will quickly see the parallel. Like chatbots, socialism entices, promising something for nothing: Others will work as hard for you as they do for themselves. It creates dependency: Government will provide for you. It is dehumanizing: Responsibility is taken away from the individual. Ultimately, it is enslaving: Once given all power, government will not willingly return it to individuals. At the root of both chatbots and socialism is the innate belief that a “superior intelligence” can better order your life than you can. And all this belief requires is a detachment from reality.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Pope Leo requested an absentee ballot in Illinois to vote in the midterms. It’s not clear whether Leo, who has been critical of the Trump administration, has mailed off his ballot yet. DD: I am pro-life. If you are pro-life, you vote for Republicans. My critics/opponents vote for Democrats.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/pope-leo-requested-absentee-ballot-illinois-vote-midterms-rcna606468
CBS NEWS
— DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have sued my critics/opponents who hinted/implied/argued that I leaked confidential information. I can prove that their alleged confidential information was already in the public realm and that Democrats already knew that information. Republican organizations and Republican campaign teams have always had too many Democrat plants in them.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-fires-pentagons-top-military-planner/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Job Hunt Feelings. We look at how Gen Z feels about the job search. DD: When you graduated from college, what harmed your job hunt? When I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970, potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother would be approved. Further, my GPA was not that great because instead of studying, I had worked far too many hours for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. Further, potential employers were under tremendous pressure to hire minorities, females, and veterans. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got, to be the Retail Sales Manager in a Firestone Store, a job that did not really require a college degree. Because my future there was bleak, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer that I got from IRS to be a Revenue Officer. I had taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination while I was a NIU student as a backup because I knew that private sector employers look down on federal employees and I had been a federal employee for almost 3 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/29/briefing/job-hunt-feelings.html
KATV
— Young Americans increasingly embrace socialism as midterm elections approach. DD: Political consultants who want Republican candidates to lose on November 3, 2026 justify their telling them to not speak against socialism by claiming that voters who are the following want socialism: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://katv.com/news/nation-world/young-americans-increasingly-embrace-socialism-as-midterm-elections-approach-aoc-el-sayed
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Federal Debt Hits 100% of GDP. Surging borrowing lifts fiscal year-end debt ratio to highest since 1946.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/federal-debt-hits-100-of-gdp-585d3cb0
— Transgenderism and the Democrats. The party can’t seem to get over its attachment to this bizarre, esoteric and deeply unpopular cause.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/transgenderism-and-the-democrats-ae859a13
24/7 WALL STREET
— 49% of Americans Can’t Afford the True Cost of Living — and the Problem Is Spreading. DD: Democrat leaders blame Republicans for affordability problems. What helped you afford things? When I was young, I spent far less money on immediate pleasures than my peers did. I took jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. In today’s dollars, that increased my salary from $19.57/hour in 1966, to $100,059/year in 1974, to $113,402 in 1980, and to $154,682/year in 1997. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and because my wife and I gave up trying to have children.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/49-americans-t-afford-true-151220225.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 49% of Americans earn too much to count as poor but too little to save, invest, or absorb a financial shock, and the problem is spreading inland. Child care costs $6,600 more per year than a decade ago, and real wages have slid back to December 2024 levels, erasing nearly two years of gains. Adults spending more than their income reached an all-time survey high of 26% in 2024, what FINRA researchers call the ‘struggle of the middle.’)
— Real Home Prices Have Fallen for 15 Straight Months — but Buyers Still Can’t Afford One. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 24 in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ But if I was 24 today, I would not be able to do that. The jobs that I got back then are now ever-increasingly being given to minorities, to females, and to noncitizens. Back then, if they could have, all my employers would have hired minorities, females, and/or noncitizens instead of me.
https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/10/29/home-prices-have-fallen-for-15-straight-months-but-buyers-still-cant-afford-one/
BITTERROOT STAR
— Freedom is not a reward for obedience. DD: According to my critics/opponents, “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” Of course, I take that as a badge of honor. My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://bitterrootstar.com/2026/10/freedom-is-not-a-reward-for-obedience/
JOURNAL
— Have you given up certain things because you can’t afford them now? DD: Since I was 18 in 1966, because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and did everything that they could to get rid of me, I have had less money, and more so a) since 1969 when my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign, b) since 1971 when the Democrat EEOC forced Oldsmobile to withdraw a job offer that I had accepted, c) since 1971 when my Democrat Firestone Store boos fired me because I accepted that offer, d) since 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-12, d) since 1980 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer to from IRS to GAO, e) since 1980 when my Democrat GAO superiors delayed my promotions and refused to promote me beyond GS-13, f) since 1989 when my Democrat GAO superiors always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and g) since 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire.
https://www.thejournal.ie/your-stories-what-can-you-no-longer-afford-cost-of-living-high-prices-7208638-Oct2026/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.creators.com/read/bonnie-jean-feldkamp/10/26/universities-caved-to-anti-dei-threats-now-they-must-answer-for-the-damage
19TH NEWS
— Who is electable? DD: If you ran for an office, what would your critics/opponents use against you? My critics/opponents would stress my promoting planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. They would stress the adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me. They would stress my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasting my career and forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They would stress my wife and I giving up trying to have children. They would stress my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. They would stress the lawsuits that I have filed. They would stress my demographics. They would stress Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ .
https://19thnews.org/2026/07/michigan-senate-primary-democrats-electability/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
WORLD TRIBUNE
— Can socialists who want to tear down the Constitution take an oath to ‘support and defend’ it?
https://worldtribune.com/can-socialists-who-want-to-tear-down-the-constitution-take-an-oath-to-support-and-defend-it/
October 28, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Darren Bailey’s wife fires back on ads accusing GOP gov candidate of viewing women as ‘inferior.’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cindy-bailey-wife-darren-illinois-republican-governor-candidate-pushes-back-claims-gov-jb-pritzker-ads/19987362/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6gJ13qYJ_8
— Chicago businessman and Democratic donor Michael Sacks is set to receive a Catholic honor from Cardinal Blase Cupich this week, a recognition that has drawn opposition from Illinois Right to Life and sparked debate over the purpose of the award. DD: My critics/opponents reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-life-anti-abortion-rights-group-objects-catholic-award-honoring-chicago-businessman-michael-sacks/19986612/
CBS2
— Pritzker is seeking a third term in next week’s general election. If he wins, which the polling strongly suggests, he will be the first Democrat to be elected three times to the office. Standing in his way is Republican Bailey, the downstate farmer and former Illinois lawmaker who lost to Pritzker in the race for governor four years ago. Pritzker, the billionaire incumbent, spent millions during the 2022 Republican primary to boost Bailey’s profile, effectively urging Republican voters to choose a candidate Pritzker could easily defeat in the general election.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-governor-race-2026-republican-darren-bailey-profile/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Race for 65th District seat in Illinois House features Rivard, Ugaste.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/28/race-for-65th-district-seat-in-illinois-house-features-rivard-ugaste/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Today in Chicago History: Donald Trump watches as Sun-Times building razed to build Trump Tower. DD: In 2001, when the Sun-Times building housed the Fox News Channel Midwest Bureau, Fox News honored me in that building for my success in leading a group that got Comcast to carry Fox News Channel in Wheaton and in other western suburbs starting April 1, 2001.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/28/october-28-chicago-history/
DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Vrankovich for House District 47.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261027/endorsements/endorsement-vrankovich-for-house-district-47/
— Why DuPage County Board member Brian Krajewski wants to be mayor of Downers Grove again.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261027/local-politics/why-dupage-county-board-member-wants-to-be-mayor-of-downers-grove-again/
— DD: The Daily Herald should have endorsed Gary Grasso for DuPage County Board Chair.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261028/editorials/endorsement-conroy-for-dupage-county-board-chair/
— DD: The Daily Herald should have endorsed Patricia Kladis-Schiappa for DuPage County Clerk.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261028/endorsements/endorsement-deacon-garcia-for-dupage-county-clerk/
WQAD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/local/galesburg-approves-second-marijuana-dispensary/526-c577b211-c3cf-41c6-914c-51bc0763beef
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Cindy Bailey fires back at Pritzker.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/10/28/cindy-bailey-fires-back-at-pritzker-01138034
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Cindy Bailey, the wife of Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey, held her own press conference Tuesday to criticize Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker’s attacks on her husband, accusing him of unfairly portraying his character and views on women. “Governor, you have crossed a line from criticizing his positions and misrepresenting his character, and I will not let that go unanswered,” Bailey said. She pointed to her nearly 40-year marriage to Darren, and their life together raising four children, running a family farm and building businesses, including her own floral shop, as proof that her husband values women. “Through every chapter, Darren treated me as his partner and valued my opinions and the work that I did,” she said. “I know his heart, I know his character, and I know how he treats women because I’m the woman who has shared life with him,” she added. Pritzker’s campaign has attacked Bailey over his conservative views and aired a TV ad accusing Bailey of saying women are inferior to men and opposing abortion access. Darren Bailey’s campaign has countered that the governor is misrepresenting his beliefs and personal character. The timing: Cindy Bailey’s appearance came as the race for governor enters its final stretch, with Pritzker making female voters a central focus of his campaign. On Tuesday evening, the Democratic incumbent held a Women in the Fight event to show his support for women’s issues, including access to reproductive care. His campaign also emailed messaging calling Darren Bailey “an extremist with a dangerous anti-choice record.” At-home issues: Cindy Bailey said the attacks also disparage women who choose to stay home with their children. “A woman’s worth is not determined by whether she works in an office, runs a business, or stays home with her children,” she said, sounding like a candidate herself. When asked if she might one day run for office, Bailey said, “Never say never.” The comments turned emotional when Bailey spoke about motherhood and the family’s grief after the deaths last year of family members in a helicopter crash. “I carry that love and that loss with me every day,” she said, adding that the experience had taught her to treasure time with loved ones and remember that people may be carrying burdens others cannot see. Bailey then pivoted to the financial pressures facing families, from child care and groceries to electricity bills and unexpected car repairs — And challenged Pritzker to address those concerns rather than tell women to fear her husband.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-836/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-623/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political consultants who want Republican candidates to lose on November 3, 2026 justify their telling them to not speak against socialism by claiming that voters who are the following want socialism: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct stressing that? How strongly are they stressing the benefits of capitalism and the negatives of socialism? How strongly are they stressing how they have benefitted from capitalism? Capitalism motivated me and enabled me to work my way through college and earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981. That enabled me to a) buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964, b) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc., c) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984, d) get married in 1978, e) buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, d) etc. Under socialism, I would not have had the aforesaid motivation or accomplishments because under socialism, all you need to do to advance is be a good little socialist. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. The Republican Party exists to defend and advance conservative principles. The Democrat Party exists to defend and advance liberal principles, and now, also, ever-increasingly, socialism. Why do people get involved in Republican politics? Far too many become Republican precinct committeemen, Republican party leaders, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials, and/or Republican major donors for destructive reasons. Those destructive reasons include getting the party to officially dump conservative planks in 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. The aforesaid people are anti-conservatives, if not RINOs, if not Democrat plants. I should write about the aforesaid who have worked the hardest to destroy the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000. I would focus on those who have had the most success in doing that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for opposition research. I know that, they know that, and everyone should know that. They blame me and they blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They reject planks in the Republican Party 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. My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on those who a) ended my Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee membership in 2024, b) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, d) ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership 2007, f) almost got ICRC to censure me for my newsletters in 2006, g) ended my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, and h) defeated my bid for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004 by a vote of 69 to 13. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents use against you? My critics/opponents use my promoting planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. They use the adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me. They use my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasting my career and forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They use my wife and I giving up trying to have children. They use my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Federal employment and graduate admission: DD: While I was an IRS employee, a) Loyola accepted me into its graduate business school in 1972 when I was a GS-7 and b) DePaul accepted me into its graduate accounting school in 1976 when I was a GS-12. While I was a GAO employee, IIT accepted me into its graduate finance school in 1992 when I was a GS-13. I wonder how much my being a federal employee impacted the aforesaid acceptance decisions. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
(FROM GOOGLE AI: Federal employment serves as a highly competitive asset in college graduate admissions, functioning as a major evaluation factor primarily through the lens of professional experience, demonstrated public service, and specialized technical expertise.
Depending on the specific graduate discipline (such as an MPA, MPP, MBA, or JD), admissions committees evaluate a background in federal service using several key criteria: 1. Proof of “Specialized Experience” and Leadership. • Analytical and Policy Skills: Holding a federal role usually implies experience navigating complex regulatory environments, writing briefs, or managing public data. Admissions committees view this as a direct indicator that you can handle rigorous, advanced academic research. • The GS Scale Proxy: For programs that evaluate the depth of professional tenure, your General Schedule (GS) level serves as a proxy for professional advancement. Reaching mid-to-senior levels (such as GS-9 through GS-12+) signals to admissions boards that you have managed projects, supervised personnel, or held significant institutional accountability.)
— What would you have done differently if your parents had more money? I would have studied more and that would have increased my ACT score and my Crete-Monee High School, UIC, and NIU GPAs. I would not have had to a) do yard work 1962-1964, b) deliver newspapers 1962-1966, c) wash dishes 1964-1966, d) clean golf shoes, chip slag, and pump gasoline in 1966, e) deliver mail 1966-1969, or f) work on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I might have gotten scholarships. I would have majored in accounting at UIC and NIU. I would gotten a much better job when I graduated from NIU in 1970. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Not even 19% of CTU spending in 2026 went to teacher representation. DD: The National Treasury Employees Union represented me 1974-1977 in Diersen v. IRS. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/b-180010.11.pdf To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/19-ctu-spending-2026-teacher-representation/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Socialism does not increase affordability. DD: Socialism takes everything away from those who work and save and gives everything to those who do not work and save. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/27/no-mamdani-socialism-not-increase-affordability/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Don’t reward illegal immigrants for breaking the law. 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.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4780911/dont-reward-illegal-immigrants-for-breaking-the-law/
AMERICAN THINKER
— So, you want to be a socialist and a communist? With the looming midterm elections, there’s a political burden on our shoulders to do all we can to educate our Democrat counterparts on what their vote for communism actually means. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/10/so-you-want-to-be-a-socialist-and-a-communist/
— Ilhan Omar’s Odyssey. I don’t blame Ilhan for the sins of her father, but what she has done since then is entirely on her.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/ilhan-omar-s-odyssey/
— The Fairytale Of An America Without Limits. Leftism is reducing America to a self-hating, government-dependent, multicultural mess that still believes it has the wealth and moral authority to change the world.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/the-fairytale-of-an-america-without-limits/
— The Great Feminization, Wokeness, And The Rule Of Law. Anyone confronting the maladies coincident with culture’s feminization should follow the money to see who is ultimately pulling the strings.
americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/the-great-feminization-wokeness-and-the-rule-of-law/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Harper College in Palatine, Illinois, will host its annual Diversity Symposium on Nov. 6, continuing its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programming after allocating nearly $1 million to DEI operations in fiscal year 2025. Harper’s Diversity Symposium, held annually since 2004, will take place at the Wojcik Conference Center and offer participants ‘a unique opportunity to learn and discuss important topics that are centered around diversity, equity, and inclusion.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harper-college-plans-diversity-symposium-amid-965k-dei-budget/30875
FOX BUSINESS
— GOP campaigns against socialism ahead of midterm elections. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKZoZE0YoSg
FOX NEWS
— Chicago cardinal sparks controversy by honoring abortion-access donor at gala for future priests. DD: My critics/opponents reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.aol.com/articles/chicago-cardinal-sparks-controversy-honoring-195126000.html
— Frustrated Illinois residents seek to redraw state map in bid to break free from Chicago. Eleven counties will vote on a non-binding referendum in November gauging interest in separation via a constitutional process.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/frustrated-illinois-residents-seek-redraw-state-map-bid-break-free-chicago
— Kellyanne Conway warns of radical, Democratic socialist agenda ahead of midterms. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6407502998112
— College students define socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6407497537112
— How Obama Secretly Transformed Democrats Into Socialists. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6407460685112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— U. Michigan Students Try to Explain How They Think Socialism Works. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/10/u-michigan-students-try-to-explain-how-they-think-socialism-works/amp/
LIFE NEWS
— Pro-Life Group Will Protest Cardinal Cupich Giving Award to Abortion Activist. DD: My critics/opponents reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.lifenews.com/2026/10/27/pro-life-group-will-protest-cardinal-cupich-giving-award-to-abortion-activist/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Chicago Archbishop’s Cynical Move. DD: My critics/opponents reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-chicago-archbishops-cynical-move/
NEWSMAX
— GOP Must Vote to Stop Socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rick-scott-socialism-cuba/2026/10/27/id/1274234/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Swing voters reject DSA, socialism ahead of midterms. DD: Political consultants who want Republican candidates to lose on November 3, 2026 justify their telling them to not speak against socialism by claiming that voters who are the following want socialism: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thepostmillennial.com/news/swing-voters-reject-dsa-socialism-ahead-of-midterms-americans-for-prosperity-poll
TOWNHALL
— Democrats’ Embrace of Socialism Portends Chaos and Decline. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2026/10/28/democrats-embrace-of-socialism-portends-chaos-and-decline-n2685426
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Pritzker Blames ‘GOP Dysfunction’ for His State’s Problems – Ignores Decades of Dem Trifectas.
https://www.westernjournal.com/jb-pritzker-blames-gop-dysfunction-states-problems-ignores-decades-dem-trifectas/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS & NPR & PBS
— Opposition research. DD: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for opposition research. I know that, they know that, and everyone should know that. They blame me and they blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They reject planks in the Republican Party 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. My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on those who a) ended my Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee membership in 2024, b) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, d) ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership 2007, f) almost got ICRC to censure me for my newsletters in 2006, g) ended my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, and h) defeated my bid for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004 by a vote of 69 to 13.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-do-politicians-gather-opposition-research-on-other-candidates/
https://www.npr.org/2007/02/06/7226716/opposition-research-know-thine-enemies
https://www.npr.org/2012/05/14/152683320/the-job-dig-up-dirt-on-politicians
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-trumps-view-of-accepting-foreign-opposition-research-is-textbook-illegal
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders use fake polls to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/insider/polls-midterm-election.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders use fake polls to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/10/24/should-america-be-worried-survey-integrity/92387340007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/10/21/group-admits-faking-polls-midterms/92361162007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/10/28/election-polls-wrong-midterm-media-coverage/92363736007/
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to a) elect Democrats and b) defeat Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/10/27/trump-obama-agree-terms-all-about-trump/92440667007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for job search frustrations.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/10/25/the-heartbreaking-search-for-work-in-brutal-job-market/91814434007/
SANTA MONICA DAILY PRESS
— Affirmative action promotes racism. DD: To get votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.smdp.com/affirmative-action-promotes-racism-not-individualism/
STAR DEMOCRAT
— America’s college students prefer socialism over capitalism, Palestinians over Israel; 45% say violence is OK response to ‘hate speech.’ DD: I escaped Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business (UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, and Loyola 1972-1976), accounting (DePaul 1976-1980), and finance (IIT 1992-1997). To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.stardem.com/news/national/survey-says-americas-college-students-prefer-socialism-over-capitalism-palestinians-over-israel-45-say-violence/article_4c3bf21c-3bda-4696-be69-353908e06a60.html
KCUR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to defeat Republicans on November 3, 2026. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2026-10-28/midwest-voters-affordability-cost-of-living-election
FORBES
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Under socialism, socialists will take everything that Republicans have away from them, just like Democrats are taking everything that Republicans have away from them. My Democrat GAO superiors took my job and my preferred corner office away from me and gave it to my Democrat subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. Are you a Republican. What are you doing to protect what you have? What can I do to protect my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, my retirement savings, etc.? What can my wife do to protect her Social Security, her retirement savings, etc.? What can we do to protect our real estate, vehicles, etc.?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBdlc7793Ww
INC.
— You Can Do Everything Right and Still Lose. DD: I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But because I did not earn the aforesaid fast enough, I lost. IRS refused to promote me beyond GS-12. GAO forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS, delayed my promotions, refused to promote me beyond GS-13, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I could have earned the aforesaid master’s degrees, professional certifications, and professional license faster if I had taken more than one course at a time. But I took only one course at a time because that was what I could afford and because my focus was carrying out my job duties.
https://www.inc.com/alicia-teltz/meritocracy-myth-global-entrepreneurship-obediah-etito/91422252
FED MANAGER
— OPM Issues Recruitment Plan with Merit, Younger Workers as Key Pillars. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. For them, the federal government existed to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. If I had been a Democrat, even though I was not a minority, female, or veteran, my Democrat superiors would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 in 1988. To get promoted, none of my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. All my Democrat coworkers had to do to get promoted was to be a Democrat. All those promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.
https://www.fedmanager.com/news/opm-issues-recruitment-plan-with-merit-younger-workers-as-key-pillars
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Whoever wins in November, the career civil service needs rules that last. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. For them, the federal government existed to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/10/whoever-wins-in-november-the-career-civil-service-needs-rules-that-last/
PBS
— DD: Ever-increasingly, if you cannot afford things, Democrat leaders blame Republicans for that. Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders blame Republicans for everything that is bad.
https://www.pbs.org/video/vote-2026-package-1793131905/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: To get votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at women that Republicans cause all the problems that women have.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/10/28/reclaiming-womens-and-gender-studies-opinion
PHYS
— Inequality. DD: To discredit me, my critics/opponents have always falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were filthy rich. They have always ignored/dismissed/belittled a) that I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, etc. and b) that I had to work my way through college.
https://phys.org/news/2026-10-poor-automatically-politicians-inequality.html
ATLANTIC
— When ICE Comes for a MAGA Supporter. DD: My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/10/ice-maga-supporter-samuel-sey/689180/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCS
EXPRESS U.S.
— Barack Obama throws weight behind socialists as left wing of Democrats grow. Self-identified democratic-socialists are rising in prominence within the Democratic Party. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/218640/barack-obama-socialists-Democrats/amp
October 27, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois lieutenant governor race: Christian Mitchell, Aaron Del Mar vie for a No. 2 job with big stakes.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/27/illinois-christian-mitchell/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/10/27/illinois-voting-trump-election-day-attorney-general-kwame-raoul
SHAW LOCAL
— Good-not-great turnout expected on Election Day. Pritzker-Bailey 2.0 might draw less interest than in 2022.
https://www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley/2026/10/27/good-not-great-turnout-expected-on-election-day/
ABC7
— Trump offers $1M reward for voter fraud tips that result in conviction. It is not clear where the money for this reward would come from.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/trump-offers-1m-reward-voter-fraud-tips-result-conviction/19982613/
— Judge rules Trump DOJ ‘unlawfully’ fired Maurene Comey. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, constructively, the court ruled that federal officials can fire their employees a) who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and b) who charge their superiors with reverse discrimination and/or age discrimination.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/judge-reinstates-maurene-comey-ruling-firing-unlawful/19981351/
DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Noonan for DuPage County sheriff.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261026/endorsements/endorsement-noonan-for-dupage-county-sheriff/
— Sponsors of the East Dundee Oktoberfest will have their money returned in response to Village President Dan Pearson turning the event into an impromptu Republican political rally. DD: In 2021, my critics/opponents had 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.dailyherald.com/20261026/local-politics/east-dundee-to-return-sponsor-money-after-oktoberfest-controversy/
WGN9
— Illinois home prices increased 30% over 5 years. An average home cost roughly $230,000 in 2021, but is now around $300,000. The study also found that five-year annual mortgage costs for a typical home increased around $11,444, and buyers would need to earn nearly $40,000 more in annual salary to afford such a home at today’s prices. DD: Of course, Democrat leaders blame Trump for that.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/how-much-have-home-prices-increased-in-illinois-over-5-years/
TAYLORVILLE DAILY NEWS
— Polls, Predictions Point to Democrat Wins in Illinois Elections.
https://www.taylorvilledailynews.com/polls-predictions-point-to-democrat-wins-in-illinois-elections/
FOX ILLINOIS
— 6 citizens sue Trump, saying media ban deprives them of news as audience stakeholders. A new lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s media ban stakes a claim for the public itself. DD: But the mainstream news media is not independent. It is the mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/6-citizens-sue-trump-saying-media-ban-deprives-them-of-news-as-audience-stakeholders/article_ed2885f1-2d79-541e-a772-a59e5b5886d3.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the increasingly bitter legal standoff between President Donald Trump and media outlets whose reporting he dislikes, a new and crucial third party has emerged: citizens who watch and read the news and need it to do their jobs. A lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of six such citizens — effectively representing the audiences for the news media — argues that it’s not only the rights of news organizations that are violated when Trump bans them from White House premises. Even more fundamentally, the lawsuit argues, such bans violate the public’s right to independent reporting about its president and government.)
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Nicki Minaj’s role in Trump’s political circle divides fans.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/nicki-minajs-role-in-trumps-political-circle-divides-fans/amp/
COD COURIER
— College of DuPage Student Leader Removed from Office After Alleged Repeated Use of Racial Slurs. Student Leadership Council’s Operation Officer, Luke (Luka) Volarevic apologizes and takes accountability of his actions as he is removed from office.
https://codcourier.org/college-of-dupage-student-leader-removed-from-office-after-alleged-repeated-use-of-racial-slurs/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/10/27/illinois-dems-take-their-show-on-the-road-01135731
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Uihleins, you bet: Republican mega-donors Dick and Elizabeth Uihlein are opening their wallets for a handful of Illinois races after backing Ted Dabrowski’s unsuccessful run for governor. The couple has given $190,000 to state Rep. Martin McLaughlin, who is facing a rematch with Democrat Maria Peterson after narrowly defeating her in 2024. The Uihleins have also donated $100,000 to House Minority Leader Tony McCombie’s campaign and $6,900 to Bailey earlier in the summer. Tracy digs deep: Republican U.S. Senate nominee Don Tracy has lent his campaign another $1.5 million, according to his latest Federal Election Commission report. That’s on top of the $2 million the former Illinois Republican Party chair lent his campaign in August 2025, as the Daily Herald’s Russell Lissau reported. Democrat Juliana Stratton, meanwhile, has $1.6 million in the bank and no campaign debt. . .Dan Wagner has been tapped as Chicago senior adviser at Michael Frerich’s Illinois Treasurer’s Office. He has spent the past 22 years in various roles at The Inland Real Estate Group, working closely with the late Daniel Goodwin, who founded the company.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-622/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Under socialism, that is, under Democrats, government will take more and more and more away from Republicans and give it to Democrats. When I was 49 in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors took my job away from me and gave it to my Democrat subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. What are you doing to protect what you have? What can I do to protect my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, my retirement savings, etc.? What can my wife do to protect her Social Security, her retirement savings, etc.? What can we do to protect our real estate, vehicles, etc.? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Retirement. According to Google AI: “Retirees remain deeply active and vital contributing members of society by shifting their contributions from traditional paid employment to social, economic, civic, and familial support structures. A person’s value and capacity to contribute do not disappear when they stop collecting a paycheck. Instead, retirement often unlocks the free time, experience, and stability required to anchor critical community frameworks.” When I was 49 in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me retire and made it impossible for me to get a paid job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. Consequently, since 2000, I have ever-increasingly focused on putting together and sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. In them, I promote conservative principles and the Republican Party platform. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS RIGHT TO LIFE
— Cardinal Cupich accuses pro-life Catholics of antisemitism. Here’s our response.
https://secure.illinoisrighttolife.org/cardinal-cupich-petition
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 employees in AI push. DD: In 1993, when I was 45 years old, to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” $25,000 buyouts until September 30, 1994 and early retirement until September 30, 1997 to all their employees like me who had 25 or more years of federal service. They stressed the tremendous budget cuts that Gingrich had imposed on GAO. They succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997. I was not eligible to take regular retirement until I was 55 in 2003. They made it clear that if I refused to take their early retirement “offer,” they would make those 6 years an ever-increasing living hell for me. The following helped me survive until September 30, 1997: a) I became a Certified Government Financial manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997 and b) I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/26/microsoft-offers-buyouts-60000-employees-ai-push/
— Why does the Democratic Party give Islam special treatment? Left attacks Christianity at home while excusing political movements that reject many of their stated values. DD: Democrats are pro-Islam and anti-Christian.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/25/democratic-party-give-islam-special-treatment/
— Multiculturalism divides what a common culture once united. Europe’s unrest revives old warnings about assimilation, civic identity and the glue that holds nations together. DD: America-haters use multiculturalism to destroy America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/25/multiculturalism-divides-common-culture-united/
— Humanities dissertations increasingly critical of Western culture. DD: Democrats are ever-increasingly anti-American.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/21/humanities-phd-dissertations-decline-identity-politics-surges-study/
— Perceived importance of college hits 48-year low. DD: How important has college been for you? If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986. If I had not earned job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and earned a master’s degree in finance in 1997, GAO would have forced me to retire soon that it did.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/1/perceived-importance-college-hits-48-year-low-gallup-poll/
— Slotkin threatens young Republicans to keep them out of politics. Senator from Michigan says future investigations should make prospective Trump staffers think twice. DD: If I had been active in Republican politics when I was in high school, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was earning my bachelor’s degree, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. I had been active in Republican politics when I was earning my master’s degrees, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/25/editorial-slotkin-threatens-young-republicans-keep-politics/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: No one will ever accuse Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Michigan Democrat, of subtlety or finesse. Behaving like a Depression-era thug — “Nice little career you got here. It would be a shame if something happened to it.” — Ms. Slotkin made a clumsy attempt to intimidate young Republicans. Speaking at the University of Chicago on Oct. 13, Ms. Slotkin, a frequently described moderate who endorsed apparent Brotherhood bro Abdul El-Sayed, called for prosecuting members of the Trump administration on unspecified charges. This is reminiscent of Lavrentiy Beria, the head of Josef Stalin’s secret police, who is reported to have once said, “Show me the man, and I’ll show you the crime.” It gets worse. Ms. Slotkin confessed that these prosecutions are intended to keep young people out of Republican politics. “I want them to be like, ’Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that.’” Translation: By persecuting Trump officials, we will scare off young people from working in the Trump White House. Ms. Slotkin’s threat was just the latest instance of Democratic strong-arm tactics. The Obama and Biden administrations were infamous for intimidation and the weaponization of justice. President Obama sent the IRS after the tea parties. The Biden administration used the Justice Department against critics of his COVID-19 policy, opponents of the transgender agenda and pro-life demonstrators. The FBI put out an internal memo warning that traditional Catholics were a domestic terrorism threat. People had their personal information, including credit card records, seized. Opponents of the administration were debanked. Some lost their jobs for participating in perfectly legal demonstrations. As a lead-up to the 2024 presidential election, the FBI raided President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and seized records that the president had offered to surrender voluntarily. The Biden administration tried repeatedly to put the once and future president in prison. Britain has taken this political thuggery even further. There, a social media post considered provocative can get you a visit from the police and even a jail term for expressing unpopular views. Ms. Slotkin’s ham-handed attempts at intimidation will not work. Anyone who has the guts to be a Republican on a college campus today will not be scared off by vague threats of retribution for working for the most conservative president in our lifetime.)
— Why 30 million American men are single — and why that number keeps growing. DD: What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a townhome in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/7/analysts-see-social-economic-changes-pushing-men-not-marry/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump administration goes after 60 Minutes for framing of Texas deportation case. DD: The mainstream news media is not independent. It is the mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4779455/trump-administration-60-minutes-framing-texas-deportation-case/
NEW YORK POST
— LA set to mirror NY with socialist supreme leader. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/26/opinion/la-set-to-mirror-ny-with-socialist-supreme-leader/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Left Wants America to Look Like France. The Hexagon is reaping the consequences of socialism and mass migration. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-left-wants-america-to-look-like-france/
BLAZE
— DD: All my critics/opponents have been woke, are woke, and will forever be woke. To woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti those who have ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-auron-macintyre-show/woke-went-broke-but-that-doesn-t-mean-it-failed
COLLEGE FIX
— Professors dispute notion America’s founding was based on slavery in new book. DD: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professors-challenge-popular-notion-americas-founding-was-based-on-slavery-in-new-book/
DAILY CITIZEN
— Communist Group Hosts ‘Marxist School’ in Chicago. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/communist-group-rca-hosts-marxist-school-in-chicago/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Nearly 180 attendees attended sessions on topics including: Leading workers in general strikes that “challenge the ruling classes’ right to rule.” Understanding history through the lens of class struggles, rather than “a series of random dates, facts and ‘great men,’” as “bourgeois historians” do. The importance of revolution, instead of reformation, because true change does not come from “taking hold of the bourgeois state for our own ends.” The anti-immigration tactics of “the ruling class.” The excellence of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which “was the first time the working class overthrew capitalism and held onto power in the face of bourgeois counterrevolution.”)
DAILY WIRE
— How Comrade Zoomers Are Re-Branding The American Dream Into A National Nightmare. Gen Z has opted out of normalcy as the most pro-socialist generation in history. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-comrade-zoomers-are-re-branding-the-american-dream-into-a-national-nightmare
— ’60 Minutes’ Featured Deported Illegal’s Sob Story. His Asylum Application Adds A Twist. He had been living in the United States for 25 years. DD: The mainstream news media is not independent. It is the mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/60-minutes-featured-deported-illegals-sob-story-his-asylum-application-adds-a-twist
FOX NEWS
— Deported migrant who ’60 Minutes’ painted as sympathetic family man claimed he was gay on asylum application. Malian national Moussa Diawara claimed 25 years ago he was a homosexual facing persecution, but is now a married father of two. DD: The mainstream news media is not independent. It is the mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/deported-migrant-60-minutes-painted-sympathetic-family-man-claimed-gay-asylum-application
HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— Socialism Will Ruin the Economy, Stupid. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://heartland.org/opinion/socialism-will-ruin-the-economy-stupid/
HOT AIR
— France and the Dead End of Socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/10/26/france-and-the-dead-end-of-socialism-n3820360
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES & REUTERS & AP & THE HILL
— FRNOT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: The mainstream news media ever-increasingly blames all problems on Trump, and by extension, on all those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/us/politics/trumps-election-alaska.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/opinion/editorials/inflation-war-corruption-trump-editorial.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bipartisan-majority-americans-blame-trump-policies-rising-costs-reutersipsos-2026-10-09/
https://apnews.com/article/trump-economy-approval-trump-midterms-8d5809758a31b29c73f4351a8008147c
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6138619-reuters-poll-economic-approval/
— FRONT PAGE: Old Enough for a Driver’s License? They’re in No Rush. Gen Z teenagers are no longer racing toward this rite of passage. What’s the hurry, with so much of their lives happening online? DD: When I turned 16 In 1964, my getting a driver’s license was a top priority for me. I got one right away and then bought with money I had earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete and my dish washing job in Chicago Heights. With the money I earned washing dishes, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, in May of 1966 to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/style/drivers-license-gen-z-teens-learners-permit.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Islam.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/us/politics/trump-muslim-voters-feel-used.html
YAHOO
— Vacations. DD: My Democrat Post Office (1966-1969), IRS (1971-1980), and GAO (1980-1997) superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were filled with envy. They were furious when I took vacations in 1969 (Daytona Beach), 1970 (Daytona Beach), 1971 (Bahamas), 1973 (Hawaii), 1974 (Mexico), 1975 (Jamaca), 1976 (Bahamas), and 1978-1992 (four short vacations every year at and around luxury resorts in connection with my wife’s business trips). They painted themselves as be grossly underpaid. They decried the high cost of raising their children. They decided their wives having little or no income. Those who were veterans decried how their service set them back financially.
https://creators.yahoo.com/lifestyle/story/how-much-vacation-can-you-really-afford-what-a-financial-advisor-says-113927296.html
CNBC
— Caregiving for adult relatives can cost thousands. AARP survey finds support could matter to midterm voters. DD: From 2009 until she died when she was 91 in 2022, I had total responsibility for my outstanding aunt Eunice S. Diersen who had Alzheimer’s. She never married. She lived frugally. She helped my parents raise me in Crete. She had saved about $650,000 for her retirement.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/family-caregiving-costs-2026-midterm-elections.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Obama Goes Socialist. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/barack-obama-angie-nixon-cheesecake-factory-bf1303ce
FORBES
— America faces communism. Voters must defend America against Democratic Socialists. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j7JzvyIyGw
— Mentors Your Career Needs. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andymolinsky/2026/04/20/there-are-5-mentors-your-career-needs-how-many-do-you-have/
CIVIC MEDIA
— The 2026 midterms will also decide who runs elections in 29 states. DD: Democrats are moral relativists. They believe that their ends justify their means.
https://civicmedia.us/news/2026/10/26/the-2026-midterms-will-also-decide-who-runs-elections-in-29-states
REALTOR
— New York City renters looking to live in Manhattan now face a daunting financial threshold: a household income of at least $215,000 per year to afford the typical apartment rent. The latest New York City Rent Report found that Manhattan’s median asking rent surged to $5,375 per month in the third quarter of 2026—an 8.3% increase from a year earlier. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. In today’s dollars, my salary was $154,682/year in 1997. In my defense, I had earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I had earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I had earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. And I had earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/articles/manhattan-renters-now-215k-afford-081900172.html
— Is the Housing Affordability Crisis Becoming a Generational Wealth Fight? DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 24 in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ But if I was 24 today, I would not be able to do that. The jobs that I got back then are now ever-increasingly being given to noncitizens, to minorities, and to females. Back then, if they could have, all my employers would have hired noncitizens, minorities, and females instead of me.
https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/housing-affordability-generational-wealth-2026-midterms/
GALLUP
— Democrats Say They Have Advantage on Party Image and Issues. DD: The mainstream news media is not independent. It is the mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/715523/democrats-advantage-party-image-issues.aspx
WIKIPEDIA
— List of party switchers in the United States. DD: Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, my Republican critics/opponents will switch to Democrat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_party_switchers_in_the_United_States
JACOBIN
— A bout of unemployment may find you blaming yourself for your condition. Jobless workers: resist the siren song of self-castigation. DD: When you graduated from college, what harmed your job search? When I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970, potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother would be approved. Further, potential employers were under tremendous pressure to hire minorities and females. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got, to be the Retail Sales Manager in a Firestone Store, a job that did not really require a college degree. Because my future there was bleak, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer that I got from IRS to be a Revenue Officer. I had taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination while I was a NIU student as a backup because I knew that private sector employers look down on federal employees and I had been a federal employee for almost 3 years.
https://jacobin.com/2026/07/unemployment-mental-health-blame-safety-net
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2025, employers laid off 1.2 million workers. It’s the highest number of layoffs since the start of the pandemic and nearly the same as seen during 2008. This puts the first year of Donald Trump’s second term on par with the first year of the global financial crisis in the scale of its disastrous impact on the US workforce. The greatness to which Trump is returning the country seems to be that of the Great Recession. But rest assured, 2026 is proving to be more hopeful, as long as you don’t need to work to make a living. This is the miracle of the “jobless recovery,” and I am one of its many victims. Last fall, I was laid off from a staff position in higher education along with the rest of my team due to budget cuts. Seven months and one hundred applications later, I still do not have a job, and my unemployment benefits have expired. It’s a distressing situation. It’s also not exceptional. The number of workers who have been unemployed for twenty-seven weeks or longer, a category known as “long-term unemployment,” has grown to nearly two million and now constitutes 25 percent of the total unemployed population. Many workers are giving up on finding a job altogether. In June, the unemployment rate actually went down, but only because seven hundred thousand unemployed workers stopped searching and are no longer included in the official count. The crisis has been worse for black workers, who are disproportionately represented among the unemployed.)
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
JNS
— The unholy alliance between socialists and Islamists. Iran wants you dead; the socialists want your stuff; they are allies; and you should care. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.jns.org/opinion/daniel-winston/the-unholy-alliance-between-socialists-and-islamists
NEWS24
— Anarchy used as a tool to pave the way for socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.news24.com.au/world/global-affairs/anarchy-used-as-a-tool-to-pave-the-way-for-socialism/video/7f084b1833def4d7a3410dceb83b8944
— Europe protesters are ‘pro-socialism’ and ‘pro-communism.’ DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.news24.com.au/world/global-affairs/europe-protesters-are-prosocialism-and-procommunism/video/e89242fbecd5cb36498f52213dc9ecba
— ‘Closest you’ll get to socialism’: France spends 60 per cent of GDP on the public. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.news24.com.au/world/europe/closest-youll-get-to-socialism-france-spends-60-per-cent-of-gdp-on-the-public/video/f9962935be64e7bc287641cd5724458b
WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Workers Struggle. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. What made you struggle at work? For me, it was my refusal to be a Democrat. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. 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, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. If I had been a Democrat, even though I was not a minority, female, or veteran, my Democrat superiors would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 in 1988. To get promoted, none of my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. All my Democrat coworkers had to do to get promoted was to be a Democrat. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/10/27/umey-o27.html