FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD; To vote for Democrats is to further diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/09/07/washington-park-mass-shooting-gun-violence-manufacturers-anthony-douglas-selwyn-rogers
— DD: To get more votes from blue-collar union voters, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/09/07/blue-collar-voters-unions-november-polls-trump-labor-day-robert-forrant
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Labor Day kicks off Illinois’ fall campaign season. DD: I hope that each of the 18 Republican candidates on the November 3, 2006 ballot in my precinct will provide 400 of their campaign literature pieces to the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) that I can pick up and hand-deliver to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. That is 7,200 pieces (400 X 18). So far, I have placed 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels on 400 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes. I have split them into five batches and put them in walk order. I want to start stuffing those envelopes with MTRO-provided outstanding Voter Guides and the literature pieces ASAP. I want to start stuffing as soon as I have at least 100 pieces from each of the candidates. As soon as the sample ballot for my precinct is available, I will make 400 photocopies, stuff them, and head out the door. The 18 candidates are Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/07/illinois-election-labor-day/
— Every year, the Gallup organization asks Americans if they’re engaged with their work. And for years now, many American workers have responded with an emphatic, “No!” Employee engagement in the U.S. is hovering at its lowest level in more than a decade, Gallup reports. Workers on this Labor Day feel a growing sense of dissatisfaction and pessimism. DD: I was far more engaged than my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO coworkers. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in management in 1970. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, I earned an MBA, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, I earned a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, served on the Association of Government Accountants Executive Committee for 12 years, served on the Illinois CPA Society Membership Committee for 8 years, earned professional certifications in fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading. None of my Democrat coworkers came close to doing what I did. To get promoted, all they had to do was to be “good little Democrats.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/07/editorial-american-workers-have-come-a-long-way-yet-many-say-theyve-had-it-with-their-jobs/
DAILY HERALD
— Medinah, suburbs anticipating massive economic impact from Presidents Cup.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260906/other-pro-sports/medinah-suburbs-anticipating-massive-economic-impact-from-presidents-cup/
— Dancing in the streets of St. Charles to celebrate the Arcada’s 100th. DD: I miss the Lincoln-Dixie theater in Chicago Heights. I saw movies there in the 1950s and 1960s. It was opened on June 23, 1921. It was closed in 1970 and was left vacant to be boarded up following a fire. It was demolished in February 1972. SEE: https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/8926 I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260906/entertainment/dancing-in-the-streets-to-celebrate-the-arcadas-100th/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF TOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Something special in the air: Flight attendants reunite to mark 4 high-flying decades. DD: What connections do you have with your former coworkers? Sadly, I have virtually none. Virtually all of my coworkers were Democrats who disapproved of my being conservative, Republican, White, male, Vietnam War draft avoider, Protestant, German American, Crete resident 1948-1972, Wheaton resident since 1978, having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and/or my and my wife giving up trying to have children. They disapproved of the Post Office hiring me in 1966, IRS hiring me in 1971 and promoting me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and GAO hiring me in 1980 and promoting me in 1986.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260906/transportation/something-special-in-the-air-flight-attendants-reunite-to-mark-4-high-flying-decades/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump asks Supreme Court once again to allow USPS plan to restrict mail-in voting.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-07/trump-asks-supreme-court-once-again-to-allow-usps-plan-to-restrict-mail-in-voting
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct stressing the evils of socialism and that to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— RINOs have no problem with socialism, if not promote socialism. Socialists promote what Democrat leaders want: dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who are your critics/opponents and what do they want you to do? My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. 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. Because I promote the aforesaid planks in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, they want to stop me from sending out my newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading my newsletters. Failing that, they want me to stop including links in my newsletters to articles that promote the aforesaid planks that they reject. I should write about my critics/opponents and the planks they reject and why they reject them. My critics/opponents 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Socialism destroys motivation. Socialist leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to succeed is to be a socialist, that is, that working under socialism is like being a Democrat working for Democrats in the public sector. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. If I had been a Democrat, they would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year, long before I was 40 in 1988. But because I was not a Democrat, in today’s dollars I did not earn $100,059/year until I was 25 in 1974, $113,402/year until I was 29, $118,984/year until I was 38, and $154,682/year until I was 49 when they forced me to retire. 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, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license. Socialism destroys motivation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Socialism Conference at Chicago’s Hyatt Regency – Stupidity and Hypocrisy in One Spot. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/09/06/socialism-conference-at-chicagos-hyatt-regency-stupidity-and-hypocrisy-in-one-spot
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats mull impeaching Trump, Hegseth in 2027.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/6/democrats-mull-impeaching-trump-hegseth-2027/
— Federal Communications Commission plans to warn broadcasters against airing ‘fake polls.’ DD: During the last 8 years that I worked for GAO at the GS-13 Step 4-10 Levels, currently $130,844-$154,682/year in today’s dollars, I worked on major studies that involved major surveys. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-94-133 and https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-98-5 I learned a lot about survey methodology.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/6/federal-communications-commission-plans-warn-broadcasters-airing-fake/
— At 250, America faces the signs of civilizational decline. Debt, dependency and decadence now threaten the nation from within. DD: Because of Democrat leaders, in America today, a) what percent of young people believe that they cannot succeed without massive government assistance and b) what percent of minorities and females believe that Whites and males cause their problems?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/6/250-america-faces-signs-civilizational-decline/
— Trump admin’s corporate stakes hand Democrats a socialist weapon.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/6/trump-admins-corporate-stakes-hand-democrats-socialist-weapon/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Independent voters increasingly identify as Democrats. DD: Ever since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, I have always encouraged both the registered Republican voters and the registered Independent voters in my precinct to vote for Republican candidates.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4715260/voters-increasingly-democrat-poll/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump should draw a clear midterm line between his record and the blue wave of weirdo Dems.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/06/opinion/democrats-hoping-to-appear-normal-as-they-roll-out-their-blue-wave-of-weirdos-ahead-of-critical-midterms/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— A Federal Jobs Guarantee. Its aim is to create full employment and price stability, by having the state promise to hire unemployed workers as an employer of last resort.” DD: According to my critics/opponents who are not now or were never federal employees, the federal government has always been the employer of last resort. According to them, people take federal jobs only because they cannot get jobs in the private sector. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. Further, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who could not have gotten a federal job if they had tried. I would focus on those who lacked qualifications and/or could not pass a background investigation. If I had not passed the postal employment test and earned a high school diploma, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, my Democrat IRS superiors 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, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.aei.org/economics/underwhelming-ideas-a-federal-jobs-guarantee/
BLAZE
— Tired midterm voters want ‘normal’ — but that’s a costly trap. DD: Prior to Trump, the following was ever-increasingly increasing in America: dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/tired-voters-want-normal-but-costly-trapwarns-glenn-beck
BREITBART
— Socialism is essentially communism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/06/gop-rep-gill-dems-can-call-it-democratic-socialism-leftism-it-is-essentially-communism/
CENTER SQUARE
— Voters rate Trump’s economy below his overall approval. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint everything in America, including America’s economy, as being bad and b) blame Trump for that.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_fce20440-6a4f-4305-8688-d28d086392fc.html
— 25 years after 9/11: A look back at decades of terror attacks on America.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b9d9b8dd-c489-4f9a-90c1-143978d22aef.html
— Poll: Majority says student majors should dictate loan decisions. DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. I erroneously thought that I could never pass the CPA examination. But I did pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. Then, I finished the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. Then, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But by then it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_cd821ab0-bf96-4bef-bff5-716c32684e1c.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Georgetown U. students miffed pre-orientation program no longer ‘identity-focused.’ DD: Democrat leaders want citizens of America to first see themselves in terms of their race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, and national origin. Then, Democrat leaders want citizens of America who are non-White, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American to see themselves as being discriminated against by citizens of America who are White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/georgetown-u-students-miffed-pre-orientation-program-no-longer-identity-focused/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Promise of Socialism Is Misery for All. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/06/promise-socialism-is-misery-for-all/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump’s New Plan for Moms INFURIATES Lib Feminists.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/michael-knowles-show-ep-2054
FOX NEWS
— Chicago socialism conference raises questions over far-left influence on Democratic Party. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404682491112
— Socialists got their ‘prompt’ from the Democratic Party. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404692949112
— Destroying the American way of life: El-Sayed’s political orbit complicates effort to moderate his image. The Democrat appeared alongside figures who praised Hamas and Hezbollah while insisting he believes in capitalism.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/destroying-american-way-life-el-sayeds-political-orbit-complicates-effort-moderate-his-image.amp
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Elite Formation Is Fueling the Socialist Project. America’s institutions are overproducing ambitious young people hungry for consequence. The DSA is exploiting that reality.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/09/elite-formation-is-fueling-the-socialist-project/
NEWSMAX
— Socialism ‘Alive and Well’ With Dems. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/kevin-hern-nkiyla-jasmine-thomas-ok-senate/2026/09/06/id/1268550/– Socialism ‘Alive and Well’ With Dems
PJ MEDIA
— Trump Is Looking to Make Sanctuary Cities Pay the Price for Protecting Violent Immigrants. DD: My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://pjmedia.com/michael-a-letts/2026/09/06/trump-is-looking-to-make-sanctuary-cities-pay-the-price-for-protecting-violent-immigrants-n4956956
— 9/11 Families Were Right About Mamdani. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/09/06/911-families-were-right-about-mamdani-n4956947
— It’s Time to Examine the Union Mythology. DD: Realistically, I had no choice but to become a union member when I became a Post Office employee in 1966 and when I became an IRS employee in 1971. Virtually all, if not all, of my coworkers were union members. My critics/opponents outside of the executive branch of the federal government despise if not hate unions, union members, and past union members. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. GAO is part of the legislative branch of the federal government. My GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates looked down on, if not despised, if not hated union members and former union members like me. GAO did not unionize until 2007.
https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/09/06/its-time-to-examine-the-union-mythology-n4956944
— Asylum Denials Hit 94% in June.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/06/fraud-was-rampant-judges-now-deny-94-of-asylum-claims-in-june-n4956946
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Leftists Storm the Midterms – Just Don’t Call Them Socialists.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/09/06/leftists_storm_the_midterms_ndash_just_donrsquot_call_them_socialists_710156.html
TOWNHALL
— Woke 2.0 Was Revealed at the Socialism 2026 Conference. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://townhall.com/news/josephchalfant/2026/09/06/woke-20-was-revealed-at-the-socialism-2026-conference-n2682576
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Pritzker’s Chicago Hotel Workers Protest Outside Socialism 2026 Conference.
https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/us-chicago-hotel-workers-protest-outside-socialism-2026-conference/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6bmV3c21sX09XU1BDQzI2MDE5MDQwMQ
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats promise a big agenda if they win control of Congress, but their unity is being tested. DD: RINOs and Democrat plants ever-increasingly use the Republican Party’s BIG TENT policy to destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democrats-promise-a-big-agenda-if-they-win-control-of-congress-but-their-unity-is-being-tested
CBS NEWS
— Chicago Mayor Johnson seeks to turn a new page in progressive politics. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-mayor-race-brandon-johnson/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump’s War on Mail-In Ballots Has Voters Baffled. That May Be the Point. From Oregon to Florida, officials are at once reassuring voters that their ballots are safe and encouraging them to use drop boxes or vote in person.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/us/elections/trump-mail-in-voting-confusion.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits. An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge. DD: IRS would not have hired me to be a Revenue Officer when I was 22 in 1971 if I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business and had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. The first 6 months I worked for IRS was in classroom training.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/us/ice-recruits-national-security-risk-whistleblower.html
— Men Are Onto Something. Quitting Is Great. DD: I should write about the many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took to get me to quit. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/opinion/women-men-gender-quit.html
— Workers are earning a smaller and smaller share of the economy’s income. Their cut — referred to by economists as “the labor share” — has been falling for decades. And it’s getting worse. During the past few years, it declined at a rapid clip and is now at its lowest level on record — about 53 percent of income, down from about 65 percent after World War II. DD: I was a wage earner 1964-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. They stress that while I was a federal union member for almost 12 years, almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and almost 9 years while I worked for IRS 1971-1980, a) my Post Office salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour and b) my IRS salary increased from $56,409/year to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, I earned an MBA in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. They stress that while I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my salary increased from $89,703/year to $154,682/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, b) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, c) I earned four more job-elated professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/opinion/labor-capitol-workers-income.html
— Putin Denies a Draft Is Coming, but Some Russian Men Are Taking No Chances. DD: Because I was not a veteran, but more significantly, because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, my Democrat Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO superiors used the veterans’ preference to waste my career and to get rid of me. I should write about my many Democrat superiors and supervisors who took many big adverse actions against me. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me and who were Democrat veterans a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/world/europe/russia-war-mobilization-draft.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The DSA Is Using Coffee With Comrades and Socialist Softball to Convert the Curious. Fast-growing chapters use nonstop social activities to bring in new members and form closer bonds with existing ones. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-dsa-is-using-coffee-with-comrades-and-socialist-softball-to-convert-the-curious-ffcbcc65
— Upset About Data Centers? Big Tech and Trump Think You’re a Socialist Dupe. China is being blamed for stoking the grassroots revolt against AI in the U.S.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/upset-about-data-centers-big-tech-and-trump-think-youre-a-socialist-dupe-1bb0ee55
FORTUNE
— Single Americans want potential partners earning at least six figures, according to new study. Millennials set the ‘ideal’ bar at $160,000. DD: In today’s dollars, I never earned more than $154,682/year and that was not until I was 49 in 1997. When I got married when I was 29 in 1978, my salary was only $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/02/single-americans-partner-earnings-ideal-study-millennials/
AXIOS
— Democrat governors weighing White House face the DeSantis trap.
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/06/democrats-governors-desantis-dilemma
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
JAPAN TIMES
— How much socialism is America willing to swallow? DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/09/07/world/american-socialism-surge/
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September 4, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Bailey criticizes Pritzker as Socialism 2026 conference opens in Chicago. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/darren-bailey-criticizes-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-socialism-2026-conference-opens-hyatt-regency-chicago/19791146/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The rising visibility of socialist ideas within the Democratic Party became a flashpoint in the Illinois governor’s race Friday as Republican candidate Darren Bailey sought to tie the movement to Gov. JB Pritzker while the Socialism 2026 conference opened in Chicago. With the November election two months away, Bailey appeared outside the Hyatt Regency – a hotel connected to Pritzker’s family business interests – where the conference launched its holiday weekend program. Bailey is hoping to frame the gathering as an opportunity to highlight what he called a leftward shift among Democrats. “It’s no surprise that socialists feel at home here in Illinois. J.B. Pritzker has spent nearly eight years rolling out the red carpet for their policies,” Bailey said. An anti-Pritzker video billboard truck paid for by Bailey circled McCormick Place, where parts of the conference were also being held. The Pritzker campaign dismissed Bailey’s criticism, issuing a statement saying, “Darren Bailey wants to talk about anything but his extreme record. Governor Pritzker is going to continue delivering for all Illinoisans.” Pritzker has not embraced the socialist agenda promoted at the conference, though he has previously described Democrats as a “big tent” party. Bailey, meanwhile, said he is working to expand the Republican coalition. “It’s a choice between an out-of-touch billionaire who believes that government always needs more of your money and working Illinoisans who understand what it means to earn a living, balance a budget, and make difficult decisions,” Bailey said. The conference, which organizers say has more than 2,600 registered attendees, also drew attention from Americans for Prosperity, a conservative advocacy group that sent its own billboard truck past the hotel. Brian Costin of Americans for Prosperity said the group has concerns about the conference. “Hasan Piker is going to be presenting a program that talks about abolishing the Senate, abolishing prisons, abolishing police, abolishing the borders, and radically transforming life in America,” Costin said. Organizers of the conference defended their platform. “We’re for Medicare for all. We’re for eliminating all of that bureaucracy with the insurance system, and free healthcare, free childcare, and the way that we’re going to pay for that is by taxing rich people like Darren Bailey,” said Sean Larson of the Socialism 2026 organizing team. Bailey argued that voters are focused on economic pressures but said the policies promoted at the conference would worsen those concerns. “People are worried about housing, healthcare, wages, education, and the rising cost of everyday life, and that concern is real. But more government, higher taxes, and taking more from one group to give to another does not solve it,” he said. The Socialism 2026 Conference runs through the holiday weekend. Bailey is hoping the event will prompt voters to reconsider their support for a Democratic governor as he continues to argue the party is increasingly embracing socialist ideology.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/04/chicago-public-schools-custodian-released-from-ice-it-was-42-very-difficult-days-for-our-family/
DAILY HERALD
— Leaders of the Democratic and Republican parties in Lake County agree on the most important issue — affordability — for voters in the Nov. 3 federal, state and local elections, but they offer different explanations for their reasoning. DD: What is the biggest reason why you have less money? For me it is my Democrat superiors in the federal government who wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260904/news/affordability-is-key-as-lake-election-races-enter-stretch-run-we-may-have-a-higher-turnout-than-us/
NORTHWEST HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2026/09/04/cannabis-dispensaries-in-illinois-can-now-have-drive-thrus-among-the-1st-is-in-woodstock/
FOX ILLINOIS
— GAO: Holes and delays in how Secret Service updates its protection policy.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/report-finds-holes-and-delays-in-how-secret-service-updates-its-protection-policy/article_08201107-b8d2-559e-b303-2af362ba6d6e.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump’s arch may break ground without final approval. Veterans are trying to stop it.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-04/trumps-arch-may-break-ground-without-final-approval-veterans-are-trying-to-stop-it
ILLINOIS
— DD: The Democrats who run Illinois ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.illinois.gov/news/release.html?releaseid=32905
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/04/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-589/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREITBART
— 2026 Chicago Socialism Conference Features Covid Masking Requirements.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/04/2026-chicago-socialism-conference-features-covid-masking-requirements/amp/
— Federal Workforce Down 11.2% Since Trump Took Office.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/09/04/federal-workforce-down-11-2-since-trump-took-office/
FOX NEWS
— Asylum claims with no merit should be denied at the front end.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6404590599112
— Reince Priebus: Democrats made a huge mistake letting Bernie Sanders in. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I am too conservative, and because of that, the following made a huge mistake letting me in: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), Illinois Center Right Coalition, and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois. My critics/opponent reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the IRP platform. 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.
https://www.fox.com/watch/clip/fmc-c1fyptwbnoui4c9d/reince-priebus-democrats-made-a-huge-mistake-letting-bernie-sanders-in
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Sanders rejects Fetterman’s political advice. Why do people reject your political advice? People reject my political advice because the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), Illinois Center Right Coalition, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have taken so many big advise actions against me since 2000. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the IRP platform. 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.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5999521-sanders-rejects-fetterman-advice/
CBS NEWS
— Judge lets Pentagon move forward with firing Stars and Stripes journalists for insubordination. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the court ruled that federal agencies can force their employees to retire, that is, to fire them, for being active member in class action lawsuit that charge them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-allows-pentagon-fire-stars-stripes-journalists/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: My critics/opponents paint themselves as being champions of the oppressed. The ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that conservative Republicans like me oppress them: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/opinion/democrats-populism-big-tent.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America Needs Its Boys to Play Football. The sport forms character by harnessing wild masculinity and directing it toward the good and the pure. DD: I never played football. Neither did my father nor any of my ancestors. My father had brittle type 1 diabetes from childhood. Both my father and I had a hereditary bone disease that prevented us from running.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/america-needs-its-boys-to-play-football-5b9673de
— The American Dream Is Alive. And It’s Minting Millionaires. Meet the ‘Everywhere Millionaires’ proving that elite degrees aren’t a prerequisite for building massive wealth.
https://www.wsj.com/business/entrepreneurship/the-american-dream-is-alive-and-its-minting-millionaires-3903775b
FORTUNE
— Workers’ share of America’s income is at a record low.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/04/ai-productivity-labor-share/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Getting promoted. DD: What did your coworkers do to get promoted. My Democrat coworkers in the federal government stressed that they were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They stressed that they were blindly loyal to the Democrat Party platform. They painted themselves as being yes-men and yes-women. They stressed that their spouse, if they had one, had little or no income. They stressed if they had children, the tremendous amount of time and money they spent raising their children. They destroyed their fellow coworkers who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.businessinsider.com/things-do-january-want-promotion-december-2026-1
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— Email Newsletters as a Source of News. Three-in-ten Americans at least sometimes get news from newsletters, but many don’t read most of the newsletters they get.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2026/02/19/email-newsletters-as-a-source-of-news/
(FROM THE REPORT: As of 2025, 6% of U.S. adults say they often get news from email newsletters, while 24% say they sometimes get news this way. The majority rarely (26%) or never (43%) get news from email newsletters. Just 3% of Americans name newsletters as the platform they prefer for getting news, far behind television (34%), news websites/apps (21%) and other pathways. A slightly larger share of Americans (7%) say they have paid or given money to an email newsletter that focuses on news in the past year, whether by subscribing, donating or becoming a member. . .About the same share (24%) says most of their newsletters are independent and not connected to a news outlet. . .Americans with higher incomes and higher levels of formal education are more likely to get news from newsletters.)
QUARTZ
— 15 signs it’s time to leave your job. DD: The longer that you are employed in the public sector, the harder that it is to get a job in the private sector. I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. Further, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://qz.com/signs-its-time-to-leave-your-job#your-growth-trajectory-has-flattened
CALIFORNIA PATCH
— Legal cannabis produces almost $8.4B in California taxes. But nonprofit CEO says cannabis brings a high price tag of increased emergency room visits, impaired driving. DD: I never used pot. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to work my way through college, earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, earn three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, or earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_9fe7df56-14d0-4148-84c1-ff1eb217381d.html
September 1, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Voters deserve to know when influencers are being paid to sell candidates. DD: I am a conservative Republican. All the money that I spend putting my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings. My direct competitors continue to be furious that I have the money, time, motivation, ability, and experience to put my newsletters together and to send them out every day free of charge and without any advertising or donation requests and post copies of them on a website with no paywall, advertising, or donation requests. According to my critics/opponents, “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” Of course, I take that as a badge of honor. What do you say to my direct competitors who blame me and who blame my newsletters for the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/01/josh-greene-bernie-sanders-zohran-mamdani-brandon-johnson-politics-social-media-david-axelrod
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Board members Tuesday approved another $665,000 for election-related printing and postage expenses, even though the county clerk’s office could not guarantee the money would be spent as intended by the board.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260901/news/no-guarantee-dupage-clerk-wont-commit-to-using-665000-for-election-printing-and-postage/
ABC7
— Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to President Donald Trump’s comments on Chicago violence.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-mayor-brandon-johnson-responds-president-donald-trump-comments-violence/19775272/
WGN9
— A new poll aims to measure how public employees like police officers, teachers, and municipal workers feel six months ahead of the upcoming mayoral election in Chicago.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/wgn-the-point-politics-chicago-illinois/new-poll-gauges-public-employee-support-ahead-of-2027-election/
PEORIA JOURNL STAR
— Bailey splits from Trump on data centers.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/01/darren-bailey-splits-from-donald-trump-on-data-centers/91559752007/
INDY100
— DD: RINOs and Democrat plants use the Republican Party’s Big Tent policy to destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.indy100.com/politics/vance-republican-party-michigan-big-tent
CHICAGO PARENT
— Where your family can observe the 25th anniversary of 9/11 across Chicagoland. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 2003 and 2004 9/11 remembrance ceremonies.
https://www.chicagoparent.com/things-to-do/25th-anniversary-chicago-9-11-ceremonies/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wheaton Remembrance Ceremony. Hosted by the City of Wheaton and the Wheaton Park District, this ceremony draws a big community crowd under the Memorial Park bandshell. Expect remarks from the mayor, an honor guard from the Wheaton police and fire departments, live music from the Wheaton Municipal Band, and a bagpiper. This year’s ceremony will mark the 25th anniversary specifically. Date: Friday, Sept. 11, 2026 Time: 10:30 a.m. Location: Memorial Park bandshell, 225 Karlskoga Ave., Wheaton)
CWB CHICAGO
— 42 people shot across Chicago, marking the second-worst weekend of the year.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/08/42-people-shot-across-chicago-marking-the-second-worst-weekend-of-the-year.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup.
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-586/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pritzker rejects Trump’s offer to send federal law enforcement to Chicago.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/1/jb-pritzker-rejects-donald-trumps-offer-send-federal-law-enforcement/
— Lawyers defending accused assassin of Charlie Kirk cite victim’s ‘hateful’ speech.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/1/lawyers-defending-tyler-robinson-accused-assassin-charlie-kirk-cite/
— Kirk assassination suspect must stand trial for murder, face death penalty, Utah judge rules.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/1/tyler-robinson-face-death-penalty-assassination-charlie-kirk-judge/
— Fewer Democrats back anti-socialism resolution than did last year, as DSA gains clout in their party.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/1/fewer-democrats-back-anti-socialism-resolution-last-year-dsa-gains/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The five Republicans who defected on House rule condemning socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/4708857/five-republicans-defected-house-rule-condemn-socialism/
— Asylum denial rates reach all-time high under Trump.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4708277/asylum-denial-rates-all-time-high-trump/
NEW YORK POST
— Why the DSA’s agenda actually promises misery for all.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/01/opinion/why-the-dsas-agenda-actually-promises-misery-for-all/
FOX NEWS
— Corey Brooks: Gary, Indiana, can’t blame racism for every failure exposed by its catastrophic blackout. Rooftop Revelations: Gary is one of those places where the streak of bad luck never seems to run out.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/gary-indiana-cant-blame-racism-every-failure-exposed-catastrophic-blackout
PJ MEDIA
— Retired Port Authority Officers Urge Mayor Mamdani And Gov. Hochul To Skip 25th Anniversary 9/11 Ceremony.
https://pjnewsletter.com/hochul-mamdani-911/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described U.S. supporters of socialism Tuesday as “underachievers” who are “jealous” of others. DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government earned far fewer job-related college degrees, professional certifications, and professional licenses than I did and they were full of envy.
https://thehill.com/business/6063570-treasury-scott-bessent-socialism-underachievers/
CBS NEWS
— House adopts resolution condemning socialism, with 8 Democrats joining Republicans. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-vote-condemns-socialism-supports-save-act/
— IRS audit revenue plunged following workforce reductions. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980. They promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. But they would not have if Republicans had cut IRS’s budget at that time.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/irs-audit-revenue-decline-worker-cuts/
— Whistleblower warns Postal Service’s new mail ballot system has “potentially catastrophic problems.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whistleblower-postal-service-new-mail-ballot-system/
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Sooner or later, all my critics/opponents who claim to be Republican will officially announce that they really always have been Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/30/meet-ex-republicans-running-democrats-2026-midterms/
FORBES
— Trump Warns Of Federal Intervention In Chicago, Claiming ‘Unchecked’ And ‘Record’ Violence.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/09/01/trump-warns-of-federal-intervention-in-chicago-claiming-unchecked-and-record-violence/
POLITICO
— Markey defies age concerns, defeats Moulton in Massachusetts. The 80-year-old senator fended off the 47-year-old representative in a primary that offered a twist on anti-incumbent clashes this cycle.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/01/markey-wins-massachusetts-senate-primary-01061047
August 30, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump to attend Presidents Cup at Medinah Country Club as tournament’s honorary chairman.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/29/trump-presidents-cup-chicago-honorary-chairman/
— Noncitizen voting claims animate President Trump’s attacks on midterms and set up potential result challenges. DD: Noncitizens have tremendous motivations to vote for Democrats because Democrats give noncitizens tremendous benefits.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/29/noncitizen-voting-claims-midterms/
— First electric commuter trains improved the air, spurred South Side development. DD: In 1971, I rode in very old electric train cars to get from Crete to my new job working for IRS in the Loop. In 1973, I rode in new electric double-decker train cars to get from my townhome in University Park to my job IRS there. In the interim, I worked for IRS in its Harvey, 63rd and Halsted, and Joliet offices.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/30/vintage-tribune-electric-trains/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The Illinois Central Railroad’s suburban service had been electrified!” the Tribune exclaimed a day after four modern steel electric trains smoothly and noiselessly pulled into the Roosevelt Street depot in August 1926.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/08/29/trump-postal-service-mail-in-voting-supreme-court-marc-morial
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/08/28/trumps-blitz-on-chicago-targeting-the-worst-of-the-worst-only-detained-five-murderers-in-68-days
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Dillard presided over his final RTA board meeting Aug. 20. The new Northern Illinois Transit Authority replaces the RTA, effective Sept. 1.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260829/transportation/its-all-teed-up-dillards-last-stop-as-rta-chief-comes-as-new-agency-rises/
FOX32
— Tyson Foods shuts down Illinois meatpacking plant: cattle shortage or bad business climate?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-6hoy7ej7g5ij5rbp
WAND TV
— Noncitizen voting claims animate Trump’s attacks on midterms and set up potential result challenges. DD: Noncitizens have tremendous motivations to vote for Democrats because Democrats give noncitizens tremendous benefits.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/noncitizen-voting-claims-animate-trumps-attacks-on-midterms-and-set-up-potential-result-challenges/article_0840ced5-c2f9-5e7f-b46d-b819cc07d8bb.html
KWQC
— Pritzker: Illinois is going to ‘fight like hell’ to find buyer for Joslin plant.
https://www.kwqc.com/2026/08/30/pritzker-illinois-is-going-fight-like-hell-find-buyer-joslin-plant/?outputType=amp
CHICAGO MAROON
— UChicago Enrolled More Male, Fewer Black Undergraduates Last Year.
https://chicagomaroon.com/53303/news/uchicago-enrolled-more-male-fewer-black-undergraduates-last-year/
JOLIET PATCH
— Joliet’s Black community pride was on display in a big way in downtown Joliet as Saturday afternoon marked the return of the Black Joy Parade celebrating Black Excellence in the community.
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/13-amazing-photos-joliets-black-joy-parade-celebrating-black-excellence-our-diverse
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Chicago’s Political Dogs Walking Stiff-Legged Into Mayoral Race
https://johnkassnews.com/letting-my-big-mouth-do-the-talking/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What generation are you? I am a Baby Boomer. I was born in 1948. If I had been a Millennial or a Gen Z, because of my bad demographics, I would not have been able to accomplish what I did. I am White, male, conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time. Because of ever-increasing Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, because of ever-increasing discrimination against those who share demographics, I would not have been able to a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree (management) when I was 21 in 1970, b) earn job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance) when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) earn job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting) when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) earn a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32. The Post office, Firestone Stores, IRS, and GAO would not have hired me when I was 18, 21, 22, and 31. IRS would not have promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25. GAO would not have promoted me when I was 38. I would not have been able to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. or collector cars when I was 40 and 45. I would not have been able to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. I would not have gotten married when I was 29. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— AOC renews DSA membership after 7-year lapse.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/29/aoc-renews-dsa-membership-7-year-lapse/
— A Honduran immigrant who earlier this year was convicted of blocking ICE operations now stands accused of illegally registering to vote in California.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/29/noncitizen-who-disrupted-ice-charged-illegally-registering-vote/
— Delusional DSA commemorates ‘fighter’ Fidel Castro.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/29/delusional-dsa-commemorates-fighter-fidel-castro/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialism didn’t die with the Soviets — Mamdani just brought it to City Hall.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4694926/mamdani-socialism-private-property-threat-new-york-city/
— Socialists fail math: Everyone can’t ride for free — so no one should. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Socialist leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to advance is to be a socialist. Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that under Democrats, all you need to do to advance is to be a Democrat. That destroys motivation and meritocracy. None of my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO coworkers came close to doing what I did to advance. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. 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, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4694556/free-rider-problem-welfare-state-socialism-immanuel-kant/
— Those who wish to breezily dismiss or ridicule the left-wing Democratic Socialists of America amid the organization’s ongoing hostile takeover efforts against the Democratic Party do so at their peril.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4701113/the-revolution-will-not-be-peaceful/
NEW YORK POST
— ‘Illegal alien’ Milo Yiannopoulos kicked out of US one day after getting nabbed by ICE at airport.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/29/us-news/milo-yiannopoulos-deported-from-us-after-getting-nabbed-by-ice-at-airport/
— DSA’s ‘noblesse oblige’ motto isn’t just hypocrisy — it’s downright racist. DD: According to Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. When I was 19 in 1968, my Democrat Post Office superiors came to realize that I would never become a Democrat and proceed to get rid of me. When I was 25 in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors came to realize that I would never become a Democrat and proceed to get rid of me. When I was 40 in 1988, my Democrat GAO superiors came to realize that I would never become a Democrat and proceed to get rid of me. According to my aforesaid superiors, I held jobs that should have been held by Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, or veteran.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/29/opinion/dsas-noblesse-oblige-isnt-just-hypocrisy-its-downright-racist/
— Sen. Ed Markey, 80, defies call for new blood — as 43% doubt centrist Dem is mentally, physically capable of serving out his term. DD: I remember attending a meeting with Markey when I worked for GAO in the early 1980s.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/29/us-news/markey-80-defies-call-for-new-blood-as-43-doubt-dem-is-capable-of-serving-his-term/
— Married Lyons Township Clerk Elyse Hoffenberg, 51, beats ‘blackmailers’ to the punch by publishing footage of scandalous kiss with Bridgeview mayor.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/29/us-news/married-illinois-politician-drops-smooch-video-after-alleged-blackmail-plot/
— Socialists offer more of the same decay while LA crumbles in the dark.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/29/opinion/inside-the-14b-los-angeles-governance-failure/
— NYC socialist leaders caught living large, quietly collecting millions from real estate flips.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/29/us-news/dsa-leader-sold-luxe-nyc-triplex-for-nearly-2-5-million-used-profits-to-buy-pad-in-brooklyn/
AMAC
— Universities Push AI Tools As Trojan Horse for DEI Agenda.
https://amac.us/newsline/report-universities-push-ai-tools-as-trojan-horse-for-dei-agenda
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— The Path Ahead for Welfare Reform. Our opportunity-focused safety net will reinforce the social norm of personal responsibility, which starts with employment for those who are able. The 1996 law was formally called the “Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act” for good reason. Its legacy should continue to advance that critical goal.
https://www.aei.org/commentary/the-path-ahead-for-welfare-reform/
AMERICAN PROSPECT
— How the Republican Party Forgot It Was Conservative. DD: Trump would not have won the Republican primary in 2016 if he had not promised Phyllis Schlafly that he would defend and advance the Republican Party platform if elected.
https://prospect.org/2026/03/27/apr-2026-magazine-how-republican-party-forgot-it-was-conservative/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Woke’ is poised to come roaring back with a vengeance.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/08/29/insider-dont-look-now-but-woke-is-poised-to-come-roaring-back-with-a-vengeance-1656801/
BLAZE
— DEI refuses to die.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/dei-refuses-to-die
BREITBART
— Top Democrat: Migrant Crime Is a ‘Fake Problem.’ DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/08/29/top-democrat-migrant-crime-is-a-fake-problem/
DAILY CALLER
— Major Corporations Are Keeping ‘Woke 1.0’ Alive.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/08/29/consumers-research-report-claims-corporations-embrace-diversity-equity-inclusion-practices/
DAILY WIRE
— Socialist Leader’s Immigrant Sob Story Keeps Getting Harder To Believe. The NYC DSA co-chair has portrayed his parents as penniless immigrants, but public records suggest otherwise.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/socialist-leaders-immigrant-sob-story-keeps-getting-harder-to-believe
— DD: My critics/opponents have always been woke, are woke, and always will be woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/michael-knowles-show-woke-right-debate
FOX NEWS
— Steve Moore: Socialism creates ruination and deprivation.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404285560112
— Mark Levin: Socialism requires the control of the entire individual. 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 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.foxnews.com/video/6404287607112
— Colorado congressman introduces House measure condemning all forms of socialism amid DSA rise.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republican-aims-put-democrats-record-over-dsa-resolution-condemning-socialism
— Socialists use the STRONG ARM of a police state.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StqJ6R42X28
JONATHAN TURLEY
— “Institutionalist” Becomes the New “Oligarch” Label for the Far Left.
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/08/29/f-that-noise-institutionalist-becomes-in-the-new-oligarch-label-for-the-far-left/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— TX High Schoolers Could Soon Be Subjected to ‘Woke’ Finance Course That Promotes ‘Racial Justice.’ “…in reality, NGPF’s curriculum is a vessel for socialist propaganda and woke ideology that rejects the American notion of equality.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/08/tx-high-schoolers-could-soon-be-subjected-to-woke-finance-course-that-promotes-racial-justice/
PJ MEDIA
— Each Fake Asylum Claim Costs As Much As Treating One Pediatric Cancer Patient.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/08/29/miller-each-fake-asylum-claim-case-costs-same-as-treating-one-pediatric-cancer-patient-n4956695
TOWNHALL
— Trump Admin Is Setting Sights on States That Give Massive Tuition Discounts to Illegal Aliens.
https://townhall.com/news/josephchalfant/2026/08/29/the-trump-admin-is-setting-sights-on-states-who-give-massive-tuition-discounts-to-illegal-aliens-n2682110
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump rejects traditional conservatism, embraces a Republican version of socialism. DD: Trump would not have won the Republican primary in 2016 if he had not promised Phyllis Schlafly that he would defend and advance the Republican Party platform if elected.
https://thehill.com/opinion/5870607-trump-republican-socialism-democrats/
CBS NEWS
— U.S. military uses laser to shoot down 3 cartel drones at southern border.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-military-laser-shoots-down-cartel-drones-southern-border-pentagon/
NBC NEWS
— Mike Pence says the Trump administration has ‘departed’ from conservative principles. DD: Trump would not have won the Republican primary in 2016 if he had not promised Phyllis Schlafly that he would defend and advance the Republican Party platform if elected.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/mike-pence-trump-departed-conservative-principles-anti-weaponization-rcna347743
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Influencers Have a Lot to Say About Politics. Many Are Quietly Paid for It. Their videos have proliferated on social media, but the payments are frequently hidden from viewers. DD: My direct competitors continue to be furious that I have the money, time, motivation, ability, and experience to put together and send out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter every day without a paywall, without any advertising, and without any donation requests. All the money that I spend putting the newsletters together and sending them out comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings. Far too many of my direct competitors 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 them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/us/politics/campaigns-paid-influencers.html
— DD: My critics/opponents have always been woke, are woke, and always will be woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/opinion/wokeism-restitution.html
— Thankful for. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I am not thankful enough for what I have. According to them, I have what I have because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/briefing/what-youre-thankful-for.html
— Is This a New Era of Class Warfare? DD: According to my critics/opponents, I have always had too much money. They have always knowingly, outrageously, disgustingly, and falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were filthy rich and that is why I was able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, get accepted by UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license. They have always known that I had to work my way through college.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/opinion/class-warfare-violence.html
— It’s One Parking Spot in New York City. What Could It Cost, $250,000? Some New Yorkers are willing to pay condo-like prices for a bit of concrete convenience. DD: I have owned an Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville since 2020. Feel free to contact me about owning one.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/nyregion/private-parking-spots-new-york-city.html
— DD: Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Blacks that Republicans caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Backs had, have, and will have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/realestate/washington-state-redlining-covenant-homeownership.html
TAMPA FREE PRESS
— Fetterman Rips Dem Socialists As ‘Deeply Unserious Hypocrites.’
https://www.tampafp.com/pennsylvania-sen-john-fetterman-rips-dem-socialists-as-deeply-unserious-hypocrites/
UNION BULLETIN
— Dolly Parton stood up for undocumented immigrants when few others would.
https://www.union-bulletin.com/opinion/opinion_columns/commentary-dolly-parton-stood-up-for-undocumented-immigrants-when-few-others-would/article_c7412eb3-8b39-446a-b22b-7101df4effaa.html
HARVARD GAZETTE
— Gen Z puts high priority on jobs with meaning, purpose, but sees daunting hurdles. DD: The purposes that the Post Office (delivering mail), IRS (collecting taxes), and GAO (fighting government waste, abuse, and fraud) have helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors to waste my career and get rid of me.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/08/gen-z-puts-high-priority-on-jobs-with-meaning-purpose-but-sees-daunting-hurdles/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Chicago, Illinois mass shooting reports: At least 8 people shot near Washington Park. Reports of a mass shooting near Washington Park in Chicago, Illinois, have surfaced on social media.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/chicago-illinois-mass-shooting-reports-at-least-8-people-shot-near-washington-park-101788072984697.html
MEAWW
— ‘Big, big trouble’: Trump delivers new warning about Democrats. Trump said he had previously discussed socialism but argued that Democrats’ policies were ‘largely communism’ and ‘very dangerous’ for the country.
https://news.meaww.com/big-big-trouble-trump-delivers-new-warning-about-democrats
INDEPENDENT
— Consequences. DD: Since the 1960s, negative consequences have increased for being conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and/or having ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, those negative consequences have increased for being White, male, and/or older. Those who are not the aforesaid and those who curry favor with those who are not the aforesaid ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are the aforesaid as being racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/tv/news/candace-cameron-bure-religion-hollywood-b3039652.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
HR EXECUTIVE
— 1 in 3 employees say retirement is out of reach. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension, currently $68,640/year, since I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. Further, I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. Further, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://hrexecutive.com/1-in-3-employees-say-retirement-is-out-of-reach/
ABC11
— Teacher can buy dream car after $10M scratch-off win. DD: What is your dream car? My dream car is a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, as it came from the factory, numbers matching/correct, like new, 440 or 426, automatic, blue exterior, black vinyl roof, black leather interior, and air conditioning. There was one at the recent Wheaton concours with virtually all of the aforesaid. I owned a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 1994-2005 and a 1969 Dodge Charger SE 1968-1971.
https://abc11.com/post/chatham-county-woman-can-buy-dream-car-10m-scratch-off-win/19755056/
August 29, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/28/mail-in-voting-rule/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-march-on-washington-rally-draws-attention-to-voting-rights-with-jeffries-sanders
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois prosecutors fed ICE information about immigrants, leading to arrests and deportations.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/08/28/ice-trump-immigration-illinois-prosecutor
WTTW
— Pritzker to Trump: Don’t Force Illinois Farmers to ‘Pick Up the Tab’ for Iran War.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/08/28/pritzker-trump-don-t-force-illinois-farmers-pick-tab-iran-war
WGLT
— U.S. has entered deal with Venezuela to take control of 65 billion barrels of oil reserves.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-08-28/trump-says-u-s-has-entered-deal-with-venezuela-to-take-control-of-65-billion-barrels-of-oil-reserves
WFIW
— Illinois election officials are reviewing how a recent U.S. Supreme Court order could affect mail-in ballots ahead of the November 3 election.
https://www.wfiwradio.com/2026/08/29/illinois-election-officials-reviewing-mail-ballot-impact-after-supreme-court-order/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Experts warn more flooding might hit Nepal. DD: Of course, Democrat leaders blame that on “global warming” caused by Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-08-28/experts-warn-more-flooding-might-hit-nepal-and-fed-chairman-to-give-key-address
CHICAGO MAROON
— Career Advancement Report Appears to Overstate Post-Graduation Student Outcomes. DD: After you earned your bachelor’s degree, how fast did your career advance? I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970. In today’s dollars, working for IRS, I earned $56,409/year when I was 22, $68,999/year when I was 23, $83,482/year when I was 24, $100,059/year when I was 25, and $113,402/year when I was 30. Working for GAO 1980-1997, earned $89,703/year when I was 31, $118,964/year when I was 38, and $154,682/year when I was 49. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 (business-Loyola), 31 (accounting-DePaul), and 48 (finance-IIT). I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30 (public accounting), 32 (internal auditing), 41 (fraud examination), 45 (government financial management), 47 (financial services auditing), and 48 (forensic accounting). I earned a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32.
https://chicagomaroon.com/52872/news/career-advancement-appears-to-overstate-post-graduation-student-outcomes/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Socialist leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to advance is to be a socialist. Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that under Democrats, all you need to do to advance is to be a Democrat. That destroys motivation and meritocracy. None of my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO coworkers came close to doing what I did to advance. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. 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, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Ever-increasingly, in Democrat states, counties, townships, municipalities, and school districts, to be accepted, you have to be a Democrat. Democrats are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. To be accepted, you cannot change your race, gender, age, national origin, or ancestors, but you can become a Democrat, liberal/moderate, LGBTQ, unmarried, and/or non-Protestant. In your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct, to be accepted, how many have become Democrat, liberal/moderate, LGBTQ, unmarried, and/or non-Protestant? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Socialism and Antipathy.
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/poisonous-lips-socialism-and-antipathy-2/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Champagne socialism: Far-left movement brimming with affluent leaders. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents are wealthy. I should write about my critics/opponents and their operatives and their dupes.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/28/champagne-socialism-far-left-movement-brimming-affluent-leaders/
— Recall petition for Seattle’s socialist mayor withdrawn. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/28/recall-petition-katie-wilson-seattles-socialist-mayor-withdrawn/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— House will vote to denounce socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq8Bqy4Fyyw
— Americans care more about healthcare affordability than gas or groceries. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my healthcare insurance since 1966 and then also paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/4704431/americans-care-healthcare-affordability-gabrielle-etzel/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Socialist Senate Nominee Angie Nixon’s ‘Cafe Resistance’ Features Wall Glorifying Black Power Militants—Including Convicted Cop-Killers. The café held a dance lesson where participants were asked to wear Black Panther attire, and, shortly after Charlie Kirk’s murder, hosted a professor ‘targeted’ by Kirk. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/exclusive-socialist-senate-nominee-angie-nixons-cafe-resistance-features-wall-glorifying-black-power-militants-including-convicted-cop-killers/
AMERICAN MIND
— The Disparity Obsession. Attempting to eliminate every unequal outcome inevitably produces discrimination. DD: My critics/opponents want equal outcome. According to them, when Whites and males do better at something than minorities and females, it is because Whites and males discriminate against minorities and females. Overwhelmingly, those who earned college degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license with me were Whites and males.
https://americanmind.org/salvo/the-disparity-obsession/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We are living through a decade of wokeism in which racial favoritism has graduated from an ostensibly temporary thumb on the scale for the almost-qualified to the kind of unqualified frenzy that attracts grifters and con artists. And, correspondingly, the discrimination against the disfavored has gone from ambient to so intense as to bar advancement in culturally prestigious industries. Contra to dismissive talking points from purveyors like AOC, Woke 1 has done real damage to many lives.)
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Big Secret about Teen Takeovers. There’s something big the mainstream media don’t want to tell you about these disruptive and dangerous events. The fact that these takeovers involve mostly black teens is rarely if ever mentioned in media accounts. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/08/the-big-secret-about-teen-takeovers/
BREITBART
— Mayor Karen Bass: Hands Off Thousands of Migrant Food Vendors Operating Illegally in L.A.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/08/28/mayor-karen-bass-hands-off-thousands-migrant-food-vendors-operating-illegally-l-a/
— Socialist Positions: Trans ‘Rights’ for Children, Crushing 2nd Amendment. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/08/28/dem-gubernatorial-candidate-david-jolly-shares-socialist-positions-trans-rights-for-children-crushing-2nd-amendment/
— Milo Yiannopoulos Could Be Deported Without a Chance to Return.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/08/28/milo-yiannopoulos-couldbe-deported-without-chance-return/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— NIU hosts socials connecting students with gender, sexuality programs.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/niu-hosts-socials-connecting-students-gender-sexuality-programs/30489
DAILY SIGNAL
— Major Companies Are Rebranding DEI or Sticking With It. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/28/woke-alert-major-companies-are-rebranding-dei-sticking-with-it/
— Democrats Are Running From Hasan Piker—and He’s Exposing Their Socialist Agenda. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KI0kaDxgv48
DAILY WIRE
— Meet Democrat Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy Who Says Americans Are More Dangerous Than Illegals. The leftist Democrat argued that communities with large immigrant populations are safer than those with more native-born Americans.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/meet-the-dem-senator-who-says-americans-are-more-dangerous-than-illegals
— Why Democrat leaders want America To Be Racist. Because they can’t run on the issues, they run against pretend racism and bigotry.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-democrats-need-america-to-stay-racist
— Why We Can’t Let The Left Make Dolly Their Socialist Mascot. Parton embodied the reality that a person can be adored by the entire country not in spite of staying out of the political fray but because of it. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-we-cant-let-the-left-make-dolly-their-socialist-mascot
FEDERALIST
— American Culture, Not Mass Migration, Made America Great.
https://thefederalist.com/videos/davis-american-culture-not-mass-migration-made-america-great/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— All Quiet on the Southern Front, but Congress Will Need to Act to Keep it that Way.
https://www.fairus.org/opinion/all-quiet-southern-front-congress-will-need-act-keep-it-way
FOX BUSINESS
— Socialists have taken over the Democratic Party. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6404207223112
FOX NEWS
— The keys to the Democratic Party have been handed to the socialists. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaC4zDvGiaE
— Socialism creates ruination and depravation. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7duOWdEH2K0
— Right behind AOC is an army of ‘socialist foot soldiers.’ DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were foot soldiers in the Democrat Party. They did everything that they could to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404236805112
NEWSMAX
— Dems DC Socialist rally is a flop. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/dems-dc-socialist-rally-flop-021738404.html
— House to Vote on Resolution Denouncing Socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/house-vote-resolution-denouncing-socialism/2026/08/28/id/1267655/
PJ MEDIA
— Democrats Can’t Ignore Their Socialism Problem Much Longer. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/08/28/democrats-cant-ignore-their-socialism-problem-much-longer-n4956660
liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— DD: According to my critics/opponents those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time are victims of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents paint themselves as being champions for victims.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2026/08/28/victimization_is_cancer_forgiveness_heals_responsibility_triumphs_1202977.html
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrats Try to Brush Aside ‘Woke 1.’ DD: My critics/opponents have always been woke, are woke, and always will be woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Christian, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/28/democrats_try_to_brush_aside_woke_1_154451.html
SALEM NEWS CHANNEL
— Democrats Love Socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://salemnewschannel.com/watch/democrats-love-socialismwhy-6a92092ae3495825d7a339a8
TOWNHALL
— Everyone Knows Why Educational Declines Are Happening. DD: Democrat teachers ever-increasingly crank out good little Democrats.
https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/08/28/educational-declines-n2681897
— Fetterman Calls Out His Party’s Socialism Problem. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://townhall.com/news/jeff-charles/2026/08/28/john-fetterman-says-democrat-party-has-a-socialism-problem-n2682072
WESTERN JOURNAL
— The Psychology Behind Republicans Who Support Amnesty for Illegals. Amnesty Republicans typically suffer from two dark malign personality traits: an unsavory need for approval from elites and a desire for intimacy with the Chamber of Commerce. DD: My critics/opponents want amnesty for illegals.
https://www.westernjournal.com/psychology-behind-republicans-support-amnesty-illegals/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Mamdani socialism and Trump socialism — reject them both. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/6051425-rejecting-left-right-socialism/
— Hegseth blocks promotions of 4 Army officers with ties to sacked generals. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS when I was 31 and was finally able to assign me audits of IRS when I was 37 and to promoted me when I was 38.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6058699-hegseth-blocks-army-promotions-ousted-generals/
CBS NEWS
— Far-right political commentator and deportation advocate Milo Yiannopoulos is in ICE custody facing a final removal order. Yiannopoulos came to the U.S. legally in 2019 but “chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation’s laws.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/milo-yiannopoulos-ice-custody-agency-records/
AOL
— How Inflation Hits Retirees Differently Than Everyone Else. Social Security ‘Raises’ Do Not Keep Up With Inflation. DD: I have been retired since I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.aol.com/articles/inflation-hits-retirees-differently-everyone-130011000.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Hegseth Blocks Promotions of Four Army Officers as Purge Widens. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997. They gave all their Democrat managers who they sent to run their Democrat Chicago office lists of their employees who they wanted them to purge. Of course, I was on all those lists if not at the top of all those lists not only because I was a Republican, but because I was conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and I had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I never would have survived until I was 49 in 1997 if I had not a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination and became a licensed CPA when I was 32, e) earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and f) earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading when I was 48.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/us/politics/hegseth-blocks-army-promotions.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The ugly truth about ‘merit’ promotion in the federal government. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used the subjectivity in their performance appraisal procedures to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My Democrat Post Office superiors used that subjectivity to not promote me beyond GS-4 and to force me to resign when I was 20 in 1969. My Democrat IRS superiors used that subjectivity to not promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors used that subjectivity a) to force me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS when I was 31, to delay my promotions back to GS-12, to delay my promotion to GS-13, to never promote me to GS-14, and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/22/federal-jobs-compost-toilets-potomac/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Busting the ABA’s Accreditation Monopoly. The bar association’s power over law schools gets a useful Trump challenge.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/aba-accreditation-trump-administration-education-department-626d3d11
NEWS PRESS
— DD: According to Democrats, when Republicans do better on tests than Democrats, it is because Republicans discriminate against Democrats.
https://www.news-press.com/story/opinion/2026/08/29/correlation-between-test-scores-and-actual-learning-is-weak-opinion/91486742007/
FORBES
— 4 Useful Tips For When Your Manager Is Sabotaging Your Career Growth. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government sabotaged my career. My Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests when 19 and 20 and forced me to resign when I was 20. My Democrat IRS superiors a) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me when I was 23 in 1972, 24, and 25, b) disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25, c) ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA when I was 27, d) disallowed my education deductions when I was 29, e) ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, and f) made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS when I was 31, b) ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 and my passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32, c) delayed my promotions back to GS-12, d) got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS and had finally been able to assign me to audits or IRS when I was 37 and to promote me to GS-13 when I was 38, e) made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-14, f) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and g) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/heidilynnekurter/2021/08/19/4-useful-tips-for-when-your-boss-is-sabotaging-your-career-growth/
EXECUTIVE GOV
— OPM Urges Federal Agencies to Advance AI Use in Hiring Process. DD: Democrats run the federal government. Anticipate/expect that they will use AI to not hire those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.executivegov.com/articles/opm-ai-use-federal-hiring
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Trump formally proposes pay freeze for most federal workers, 3.8% increase for law enforcement. DD: As an IRS Revenue Officer 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, I enforced federal tax laws.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2026/08/trump-formally-proposes-pay-freeze-most-federal-workers-38-increase-law-enforcement/415707/
FEDERAL TIMES
— College grads shunning federal jobs. DD: Federal employees and federal retirees are looked down on if not despised if not hated. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 29 years. I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. Further, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I had taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination while I was a NIU student as an employment backup because I had been a federal employee for almost 3 years and because federal employees are viewed negatively.
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2022/08/26/few-recent-college-grads-are-considering-government-work-study-finds/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Less than half of recent graduates said they would consider federal employment. . .Very few recent college graduates are considering federal government jobs. According to the Qualtrics study, 20% of graduate respondents said they were not aware of federal jobs and 30% said the hiring process is too complicated. . .Minority graduates were even less likely to consider federal employment – only 40% said they would. Among minority students, 34% said they would consider federal employment and 37% were undecided.)
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Office of Personnel Management is touting new raining opportunities its Senior Executive Service (SES) members. DD: If I had been a Democrat, and even though I was not a minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who ran the federal government would have promoted me into their SES long before I was 40 in 1988. I had earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management) when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees (business and accounting) when I was 27 and 31. I had earned job-related professional certifications (accounting and internal auditing) when I was 29 and 32. I had earned a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32. But because I was not a Democrat, they did not promote me to GS-12 until I was 25 and to GS-13 until I was 38 and never promoted me to GS-14.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/ses/2025/08/opm-launches-radically-different-training-program-for-federal-executives/
FED MANAGER
— Trump’s Budget Proposes Major Cuts to Federal Retirement System. Specifically, the budget calls for cutting the COLA by 0.5 percent for Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) participants of what the typical formula currently allows. DD: My critics/opponents are furious that I get $18,712/year Social Security in addition to a $68,640/year Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. But I paid into Social Security for 10 years and I paid into CSRS for almost 30 tears.
https://www.fedmanager.com/news/president-trumps-budget-proposes-major-cuts-to-federal-retirement-system
LEXOLOGY
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use disparate impact a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=bf4f03b2-c94a-4fc1-a730-6d2f0e4116d4
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— When Career Advancement Feels Impossible. Many Americans feel stuck professionally and don’t buy in to potential of education to change their career circumstances. DD: What did you do to advance? I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in when I was 21 in 1970. I earned an MBA in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I earned four more job-elated professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. Nevertheless, notwithstanding all the aforesaid, I never earned more than $154,682/year in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents use that to imply/hint/argue/shout it proves that I am a career failure because I am a very bad person. They know full-well that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 in 1988.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/11/17/survey-many-americans-feel-powerless-over-ability-advance-professionally
ATLANTIC
— DD: My critics/opponents have always been woke, are woke, and always will be woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Christian, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/08/claudia-rankines-new-post-woke-book/688436/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Lyons Township Clerk Elyse Hoffenberg, 51, forced to release surveillance video of her KISSING mayor on lips for two seconds in back office, as she insists it was ‘non-romantic peck.’
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16087231/elyse-hoffenberg-mayor-steven-landek-kiss-illinois.html
MEAWW
— Fetterman says Democrats have a ‘socialism problem’, names candidates dragging them to the left. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://news.meaww.com/fetterman-says-democrats-have-a-socialism-problem-names-candidates-dragging-them-to-the-left
August 28, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Congressional committee requests information on Chicago Public Schools’ gender policies and curriculum.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/congressional-committee-requests-information-chicago-231100746.html
— Collin Corbett: Illinois’ ethics oversight system is broken. Here’s how to fix it..
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/28/opinion-illinois-ethics-oversight-michael-mccuskey/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Kiss video at center of Lyons Township FOIA fight could impact Cook County Board, Congress races.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/27/kiss-video-lyons-fight-cook-county-board-congress/
DAILY HERALD
— Ask — and explain. Cornered DuPage board deserves answers on clerk’s election-spending needs.
https://www.dailyherald.com/opinion/
NBC5
— 374K Cook County residents have requested mail-in ballots amid court fight.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/374000-cook-county-residents-have-requested-mail-in-votes-despite-trump-executive-order/3981555/
WGN9
— Chicago Scholars guiding students to career success. DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have majored in accounting. I erroneously thought that I could never pass the CPA examination. But I did pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But by then it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/chicago-scholars-guiding-students-to-career-success/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— As midterm elections approach, Republican candidates weigh how closely to align with Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-as-midterm-elections-approach-republican-candidates-weigh-how-closely-to-align-with-trump/
POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— DuPage County to Host Special Call Meeting to Address Election Funding.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2026/08/28/dupage-county-to-host-special-call-meeting-to-address-election-funding/160707
WHEATON PATCH
— ‘I Was Cheated Out Of A Fair Playing Field:’ DuPage County Clerk. Clerk Jean Kaczmarek is alleging campaign finance violations were made to benefit Paula Deacon Garcia, who won the 2026 primary election.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/i-was-cheated-out-fair-playing-field-dupage-county-clerk
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Closing the tourist visa loophole.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4702584/close-tourist-visa-loophole/
NEW YORK POST
— It’s the socialism, stupid: The DSA may cost Dems their blue wave.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/27/opinion/the-dsa-may-cost-democrats-their-blue-wave/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Welfare Reform 30 Years Later: How Has Government Assistance Changed?
https://cosm.aei.org/welfare-reform-30-years-later-how-has-government-assistance-changed/
https://www.aei.org/commentary/the-path-ahead-for-welfare-reform/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Dolly Parton versus the Democratic Socialists. The lesson Dolly Parton leaves us is a better one than what the DSA is selling.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/08/dolly-parton-versus-the-democratic-socialists/
— We will always love Dolly Parton’s America. Dolly Parton embodied America’s graciousness and kindness in everything she did.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/08/we-will-always-love-dolly-parton-s-america/
BLAZE
— Still OK with a candidate who calls Sharia criticism ‘white supremacy’?
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/pat-gray-unleashed/the-candidate-who-calls-sharia-criticism-white-supremacy
BREITBART
— Portland: 80% of Fentanyl Trafficking Arrests Are Illegal Migrants from Honduras.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/08/27/portland-80-of-fentanyl-trafficker-arrests-are-illegal-migrants-from-honduras/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— ‘Academic crisis’: California GOP joins battle to quickly reinstate SAT for college admissions. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I got a higher ACT score (24), graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and got accepted by UIC because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against my peers who were minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/academic-crisis-california-gop-joins-battle-to-quickly-reinstate-sat-for-college-admissions/
— George Washington medical school offers course to ‘change racist culture.’ DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, females, younger people, etc., Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/george-washington-medical-school-offers-course-to-change-racist-culture/
— Michigan State University opens $38 million ‘sanctuary’ for ‘minorities.’ DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, females, younger people, etc., Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans oppress them. My critics/opponents who are the aforesaid absolutely believe that Republicans oppress them.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/michigan-state-u-opens-38-million-sanctuary-for-minorities/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Rubio Puts Merit Over Seniority in Foreign Service Shake-Up. DD: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors never put seniority over merit. They put being Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran over being Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/27/rubio-reform-foreign-service/
— Dolly Parton, RIP: The Story of Her Most Famous Song Embodies Her Life Story—and the American Dream.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/27/dolly-parton-rip-most-famous-song-embodies-her-life-story-daily-signal-dolly-parton/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Parton was born dirt poor in 1946 to a loving family in the mountains of Tennessee. Her father couldn’t read or write, and often worked two jobs to make ends meet, but he inspired her strong work ethos. It was her mother who instilled in young Parton her love of music.)
FOX BUSINESS
— ‘A PACK OF LIES’: Florida congressman UNLOADS on socialism’s affordability promises.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMbmJj7DiLA
FOX NEWS
— Mail-voting crackdown moves ahead as Trump court win opens door to federal action. Federal agencies including USPS can now proceed with election-integrity order as states prepare fresh lawsuits.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mail-voting-crackdown-moves-ahead-trump-court-win-opens-door-federal-action?lid=5u6tm9mz7rhh
TOWNHALL
— States can prevent socialism’s spread by enforcing accurate education on communism in public schools.
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/08/28/states-can-help-nip-socialism-in-the-bud-n2682050
— Socialism: The Greatest Rebrand in Political History.
https://townhall.com/columnists/shabbos-kestenbaum/2026/08/28/socialism-the-greatest-rebrand-in-political-history-n2682049
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
YAHOO
— For Gen Z the American Dream Has No Borders. 82% of Gen Zs in the U.S. already see themselves as part of a global workforce. More than half of Gen Z would choose the world’s best company to work for over the best company in America. 64% said they would be very or extremely interested in temporary work opportunities in another country. 65% said they would be more likely to work for a company that demonstrates an ethical understanding of AI’s impact on people and communities. Only 19% gave Corporate America an ‘A.’ DD: What do Gen Zs think of you and why?
https://finance.yahoo.com/small-business/articles/gen-z-american-dream-no-120000693.html
— DOJ says George Washington University prioritized race over merit. DD: My critics/opponents have always prioritized a) liberals and moderates over conservatives, b) Democrats and RINOs over Republicans, c) non-Whites over Whites, d) women over men, e) younger people over older people, f) veterans over non-veterans, g) non-Protestants over Protestants, h) non-German Americans over German Americans, i) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time over those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and j) noncitizens over citizens.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/doj-says-george-washington-prioritized-212620947.html
NEWSWEEK
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-underwater-issues-poll-12373563
NEW YORK TIMES
— Republicans Caught in a Bind With Trump as Midterms Near. The president’s pull with the party base has been clear and his resources are vast. But his low approval ratings make him a liability with swing voters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/us/politics/trump-midterm-election-republicans.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/opinion/trump-canada-trade-war-dolly-parton.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Media’s Lawfare Enabling. Legal journalists who know better cheer on meritless lawsuits against Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-medias-lawfare-enabling-c54905c4
— What JD Vance Gets Wrong About Hamilton. The vice president rejects Milton Friedman’s free-market principles in favor of bigger government.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-jd-vance-gets-wrong-about-hamilton-b4eed1f1
— We the People Want Serious Welfare Reform. Congress may hem and haw, but the popular consensus is behind accountability and efficiency.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/we-the-people-want-serious-welfare-reform-91ec8522
FORBES
— Despite Recent Headlines, Most Colleges Remain Test-Optional For Admissions. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. If I had not passed the postal employment test and earned a high school diploma, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, my Democrat IRS superiors 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, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me. 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, the Democrats who ran 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 financial markets and trading in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors might very well have succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1993 instead of 1997.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2026/08/28/despite-recent-headlines-most-colleges-remain-test-optional-for-admissions/
— Long-Term Affordability: Finding The Cheapest New Vehicles To Own. DD: My critics/opponents could blast me for my buying a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint when I was 17 in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 instead buying of affordable cars. They could argue that I could have been studying instead washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assemble line in 1970, and pumping more gasoline 1971-1972 to pay for the aforesaid cars.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimgorzelany/2026/08/27/long-term-affordability-finding-the-cheapest-new-vehicles-to-own/
MOTLEY FOOL
— What Current Inflation Hints About Social Security’s 2027 COLA. Retirees may find a silver lining to the current inflation they’re facing. DD: What has helped you deal with inflation? COLAs have helped me deal with inflation big time. My critics/opponents are furious that I got COLAs while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I have continued to get COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997 and as a Social Security recipient since 2010.
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2026/08/27/what-current-inflation-hints-about-social-security/
REALTOR
— Retirees Get 265% of What They Paid Into Social Security—but Will Young Americans? DD: My critics/opponents are furious that I get $18,712/year Social Security in addition to a $68,640/year Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. But I paid into Social Security for 10 years and I paid into CSRS for almost 30 tears.
https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/social-security-benefits-generational-wealth-divide/
FAST COMPANY
— Coworkers. DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government painted themselves as being grossly underpaid. They decried their spouses having little or no income. They decried the costs of child raising. They were full of envy and were ever-increasingly envious of my and my wife’s income and assets.
https://www.fastcompany.com/video/91594997/what-to-do-if-your-coworker-is-lying
OPM
— Last Year’s Workforce Reductions Were Real. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1960-1997, Republicans reduced the agency’s workforce by 50%. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me viciously for that.
https://www.opm.gov/news/secrets-of-opm/last-year-s-workforce-reductions-were-real/
OPM & FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Hey Siri, Hire a Federal Employee. Okay, we’re not quite there yet, but we are helping move the federal government a whole lot closer. Every federal agency is now capable of adopting AI in the hiring process. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. If I had not passed the postal employment test and earned a high school diploma, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, my Democrat IRS superiors 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, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me. 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, the Democrats who ran 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 financial markets and trading in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors might very well have succeeded in forcing me to retire in 1993 instead of 1997.
https://www.opm.gov/news/secrets-of-opm/hey-siri-hire-a-federal-employee/
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/08/opm-calls-for-wider-ai-adoption-in-federal-hiring-process/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Unions: OPM’s suitability and performance management overhauls assert ‘plenary’ authority over federal firing. A coalition of labor groups sued the Trump administration Monday, arguing recent moves to centralize authority within the Office of Personnel Management and insert subjective criteria into employee evaluations amount to an end-run around the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used the subjectivity in their employee evaluation procedures to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/08/unions-opms-suitability-performance-management-overhauls-plenary-authority/415635/?oref=ge-topic-lander-featured-river
NFFE
— Trump attacks federal workers again. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 29 years.
https://www.nffe.org/news/trump-attacks-federal-workers-again/
NEWS ITEM
— Few Democratic Socialists are blue collar.
https://www.newsitem.com/opinion/columnists/few-democratic-socialists-are-blue-collar/article_e286c9ab-21d2-439c-b77b-8fdd88f129e9.html
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, females, younger people, etc., Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.creators.com/read/mona-charen/08/26/they-will-try-to-steal-the-2026-elections
GOVERNING
— DD: To promote DEI is to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.governing.com/management-and-administration/why-we-still-need-diversity-in-public-contracting
PENSION POLICY INTERNATIONAL
— 80% of Americans Say U.S. Faces Retirement Crisis. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension, currently $68,640/year, since I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. Further, I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. Further, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.pensionpolicyinternational.com/80-of-americans-say-u-s-faces-retirement-crisis-amid-affordability-pressures-and-debt-americans-wary-of-ai-financial-advice-and-crypto-in-retirement-plans/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— 90% of Colleges Don’t Require Test Scores for 2026–27. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I got a higher ACT score (24), graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and got accepted by UIC because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against my peers who were minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2026/08/28/90-colleges-dont-require-test-scores-2026-27
NPR
— DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are noncitizens.
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DD: Illegals are motivated to use their false identifications to vote for Democrats because Democrats give illegals tremendous benefits.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/non-citizen-voting-trump-new-york-city-local-law-11.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
CORVETTE STORE
— Eric Stalfort’s 2005 C6 Corvette Coupe. DD: I have owned my 2005 Corvette Coupe since 2005. Please let me know if you share my interest in C6 (2005-2013) Corvettes. Sadly, because I lacked money and garage space in 2005, to buy and garage that car, I sold my 1968 Dodge Charger R/T collector car and my 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS collector car.
https://www.corvettestoreonline.com/blogs/customer-spotlights/fan-friday-eric-stalforts-2005-daytona-sunset-orange-c6-corvette-coupe
August 27, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A suburban challenge to Chicago’s monopoly on Lake Michigan water makes major waves
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/editorial-suburban-challenge-chicago-monopoly-100000841.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/08/26/lawmakers-advocates-allege-chicago-immigration-court-violated-due-process-for-minors-handed-removal-orders
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/08/26/defense-attorney-wants-broadview-6-prosecutor-on-the-stand-in-cbp-sex-assault-case-she-hasnt-testified
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/illinois-leaders-slam-immigration-court/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Will Supreme Court’s order on mail-in ballots impact voting in Illinois?
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/will-supreme-courts-order-on-mail-in-ballots-impact-voting-in-illinois/
NCTV17
— DuPage County Board, clerk at odds over November election funding.
https://www.nctv17.org/news/dupage-county-board-clerk-at-odds-over-november-election-funding/amp/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Corbett Plays Gender Card in Campaign for Governor on Women’s Equality Day.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/08/26/corbett-plays-gender-card-in-campaign-for-governor-on-womens-equality-day/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois Review Calls for Attorney General Probe Into Possible Deletion of Lyons Township FOIA Video.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/08/illinois-review-calls-for-attorney-general-probe-into-possible-deletion-of-lyons-township-foia-video.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— AOC renews DSA membership after yearslong break ahead of possible 2028 bid.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4701610/aoc-rejoins-democratic-socialists-2028-after-lapsed-membership-since-2019/
ADVOCATES FOR SELF GOVERNMENT
— 10 DSA Arguments for Socialism and Why They Fail.
https://www.theadvocates.org/socialism-cant-abolish-scarcity/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Air Force awarded nearly $750,000 for AI-powered DEI training tool under Biden.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/08/26/air-force-awarded-nearly-750000-for-ai-powered-dei-training-tool-under-biden-1656412/
— Hillary says bring on the socialist ‘experiment’ as Democrats chase young voters.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/08/26/hillary-says-bring-on-the-socialist-experiment-as-democrats-chase-young-voters-1656425/
BREITBART
— Gun Control Support Falls Among Likely U.S. Voters.
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/08/26/rasmussen-gun-control-support-falls-among-likely-u-s-voters/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Cal State San Bernardino requires DEI statement for baseball coaching job.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/cal-state-san-bernardino-requires-dei-statement-baseball-coaching-job/30482
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Employment Effects of Immigration Enforcement. DD: Unlike my critics/opponents, because my parents lacked money, I had to compete against noncitizens for jobs. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://cis.org/Academic-Articles/Employment-Effects-Immigration-Enforcement-Initial-Assessment
COLLEGE FIX
— Slavery does not explain black-white health disparities.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/bulletin-board/no-slavery-does-not-explain-black-white-health-disparities/
DAILY SIGNAL
— We Need to Stop Letting in Ungrateful Immigrants.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/26/victor-davis-hanson-we-need-to-stop-letting-in-ungrateful-immigrants/
DAILY WIRE
— Why Global Jihad Remains Invisible To The West.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-global-jihad-remains-invisible-to-the-west
FOX BUSINESS
— Democrats continue to embrace socialists in key races.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6404092708112
— RICH ELITES: Socialists are PRETENDING to help working class.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3r0c6VpXY18
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Inflated Federal Pay: How Americans Are Overtaxed to Overpay the Civil Service. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I have always been grossly overpaid. They stress that I was a federal union member for almost 12 years, almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and almost 9 years while I worked for IRS 1971-1980. In today’s dollars, a) my Post Office salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour and b) my IRS salary increased from $56,409/year to $113,402/year. In my defense, during that time, I stress that I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, I earned an MBA in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. In today’s dollars, while I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my salary increased from $89,703/year to $154,682/year. In my defense, during that time, I stress that I earned a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, earned four more job-elated professional certifications, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading.
https://www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/report/inflated-federal-pay-how-americans-are-overtaxed-overpay-the-civil-service
HOT AIR
— DD: Wokeness is not in remission. My critics/opponents are woke.
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/08/26/wokeness-is-in-remission-but-leftists-have-not-been-cured-n3818391
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Hillary Clinton Suggests Rise of Socialism in the Democratic Party is ‘Healthy.’
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/08/hillary-clinton-suggests-rise-of-socialism-in-the-democratic-party-is-healthy/
NEWS BUSTERS
— Violent Socialists Have Taken Over Messaging for Democrats.
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/steve-malzberg/2026/08/26/cnns-jennings-rips-violent-socialists-who-have-taken-over
NEWSMAX
— The Left Clears the Way for Crime.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/katie-gorka-virginia-crime-left-policies/2026/08/26/id/1267449/
— 9 Weeks Left: Reframe Election to ‘Capitalism vs. Socialism’ for a Win. DD: Are the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct stressing that to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism?
https://www.newsmax.com/mclaughlin/capitalism-midterm-socialism/2026/08/26/id/1267365/
— America Doesn’t Guarantee Parity of Outcomes, and Shouldn’t. DD: My critics/opponents want equal outcome, that is, they reject equal opportunity. They want race and gender based preference giving. According to them, all the problems that minorities and females have are caused by Whites and men.
https://www.newsmax.com/judddunning/mao-marxism-truman/2026/08/26/id/1267399/
— Socialism Among History’s Greatest Failures.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/rudy-giuliani-socialism-new-york-city/2026/08/26/id/1267388/
— Mamdani’s socialism has to lead to dictatorship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PImjnhUb_UA
PJ MEDIA
— The DSA’s Revolution Will Be Funded by Mom and Dad.
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/08/26/the-dsas-revolution-will-be-funded-by-mom-and-dad-n4956502
REASON
— The GOP Is Becoming Anti-Conservative.
https://reason.com/podcast/2026/03/04/jonah-goldberg-the-gop-is-becoming-anti-conservative/
TOWNHALL
— The Case for Reparations Is Officially Closed.
https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/08/26/mehdi-hasan-reparations-vip-n2681937
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One of the worst ideas the Left has ever had is that of reparations. The notion that people who didn’t commit atrocities must give money to people who didn’t experience atrocities in the name of historical fairness has always been a steaming pile of bull dung. As I have often said: I was born in 1983, not 1683. I didn’t own slaves; my ancestors didn’t own slaves. I grew up not benefiting from slavery in any way, shape, or form. Paying for slavery, therefore, is not my responsibility.)
— The DSA Civil War Being Fought on Wikipedia.
https://townhall.com/columnists/theodore-cazals/2026/08/27/the-dsa-civil-war-being-fought-on-wikipedia-n2681991
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ROLL CALL
— Facebook Hires Ex-GOP Senator To Advise On Anti-Conservative Bias.
https://rollcall.com/2018/05/04/facebook-hires-ex-gop-senator-to-advise-on-anti-conservative-bias/
CNN
— State Dept. looking to sell US embassy artwork official called ‘very woke.’
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/26/us/video/wiley-woke-artwork-vrtc-digvid
CNBC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage traditional marriage and family.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5MKgZ24ZtE
— Working your way through college is practically impossible now. DD: I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying during my junior and senior years in high school. My ACT score and GPA suffered. I spent far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying during my first 3 years in college. My GPA suffered.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/23/20-best-cities-for-students-working-their-way-through-college.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Those who promote woke destroy those who do not promote woke. My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Christian, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/opinion/woke-right-trump-free-speech.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Republicans accuse Facebook of anti-conservative bias.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/republicans-accuse-facebook-of-anti-conservative-bias/2018/04/11/05628bc2-3db9-11e8-955b-7d2e19b79966_video.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— JD Vance Is the GOP’s Obama. He and the former president have much in common. And both disdain Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/jd-vance-is-the-gops-obama-2e35f480
FORBES
— What To Do When You Envy Your Colleague’s Success. DD: My coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran. While I could not change my race, gender, age, or veteran status, I could have become a Democrat. But I refused to do that.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronashkenas/2014/12/12/what-to-do-when-you-envy-your-colleagues-success/
— OK Boomers, About That Working-Through-College Thing. DD: I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying during my junior and senior years in high school. My ACT score and GPA suffered. I spent far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying during my first 3 years in college. My GPA suffered.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickwwatson/2019/12/09/ok-boomers-about-that-working-through-college-thing/
24/7 WALL STREET
— Medicare Part B Went Up 9.7% This Year. Your Social Security Raise Was 2.8%.
https://247wallst.com/investing/etf/2026/08/26/medicare-part-b-went-up-9-7-this-year-your-social-security-raise-was-2-8-these-3-etfs-close-the-gap/
FREE PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) blame capitalism for everyone’s problems and b) promote socialism to fix those problems.
https://www.thefp.com/p/honesty-project-capitalism-socialism-americans
CITY AND STATE
— AOC rejoined DSA this month after 7-year absence. The socialist standard-bearer apparently forgot to renew her annual DSA membership when it expired in 2019.
https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/08/aoc-rejoined-dsa-month-after-7-year-absence/415648/
WINSTON SALEM JOURNAL
— Will Black voters save the Democratic Party from socialism?
https://journalnow.com/opinion/column/article_47bdf39b-d6ca-56a1-bc2a-f3c40bb9b795.html
SPECTRUM NEWS
— Students working far more hours to pay for tuition than those 30 years ago. DD: I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying during my junior and senior years in high school. My ACT score and GPA suffered. I spent far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying during my first 3 years in college. My GPA suffered.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2023/02/09/students-have-to-tack-on-more-hours-of-work-to-afford-college-tuition-
COURTHOUSE NEWS
— Unions sue over new rules expanding feds power to fire workers. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to retire, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. According to the courts, that is OK.
https://www.courthousenews.com/unions-sue-over-new-rules-expanding-feds-power-to-fire-workers/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— GAO finds 96% of DOGE’s claimed savings on federal grants cannot be verified.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2026/08/gao-finds-96-of-doges-claimed-savings-on-federal-grants-cannot-be-verified/
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RETIREMENT SECURITY
— 80% of Americans Say U.S. Faces Retirement Crisis. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension, currently $68,640/year, since I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. Further, I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. Further, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/80-of-americans-say-us-faces-retirement-crisis-amid-affordability-pressures-and-debt-americans-wary-of-ai-financial-advice-and-crypto-in-retirement-plans-302860171.html
INVESTOPEDIA
— The College Majors Facing the Highest Unemployment Rates. DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have majored in accounting. I erroneously thought that I could never pass the CPA examination. But I did pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979, earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But by then it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://www.investopedia.com/the-college-majors-facing-the-highest-unemployment-rates-in-today-s-challenging-job-market-12062003
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Wealthy students with high standardized test scores make up the majority of students at the most selective universities. DD: My critics/opponents have always knowingly, outrageously, disgustingly, and falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were filthy rich and that is why I was able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, get accepted by UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT, earn six professional certifications, and earn a professional license. They have always known that I had to work my way through college.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2026/08/27/new-paper-takes-aim-meritocratic-admissions-policies
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
— Champion of the Oppressed. DD: My critics/opponents paint minorities, females, and younger people as being oppressed and paint themselves as being champions of the oppressed.
https://online.ucpress.edu/jrpc/article-abstract/29/2/132/204315/Champion-of-the-OppressedRedescribing-the?redirectedFrom=fulltext
PHYS
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, minorities, females, and younger people are oppressed by Whites, males, and older people. My critic/opponents paint themselves as being champions for minorities, females, and younger people.
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-appropriated-racial-oppression-black-parents.html
MEDIATE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederates.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/house-democrat-says-confederacy-still-185729081.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY TELEGRAPH
— Socialists took over the Democratic Party.
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/michael-knowles-socialists-took-over-the-democratic-party/video/fa388abe1182d9c0d09080422d3abfec
August 26, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America,’ denies claim he’d interfere with Canadians speaking French. The U.S. and Canada jointly manage the waterway.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/trump-floats-renaming-lake-ontario-america-denies-claim-hed-interfere-canadians-speaking-french/19733253/
WTTW
— ‘Do It Early’: Officials Urge Illinoisans to Submit Mail-In Ballots Well Before Election Day Amid Supreme Court ‘Chaos.’
https://news.wttw.com/2026/08/25/do-it-early-officials-urge-illinoisans-submit-mail-ballots-well-election-day-amid
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Illinois leaders anxious about Supreme Court ruling allowing Trump to push mail-in voting restrictions.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/25/supreme-court-ruling-mail-in-voting-illinois/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mail ballots are secure, Illinois election officials stress after Supreme Court ruling. Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon said it’s “business as usual,” and she prepares for the election by fighting misinformation, expanding drop boxes for mail ballots and prepares for an influx of early voting, which begins Oct. 19
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/08/25/mail-ballots-secure-illinois-election-officials-supreme-court-ruling-trump-executive-order
— Working class men. DD: Since the 1960s, women have ever-increasing been given more preference over men. That has ever-increasingly brought down men. Because I am a man, I would be nowhere today if I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. As time when on, more and more and more of my coworkers were women. All those who my Democrat superiors promoted over me a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/08/25/working-class-men-black-white-american-inequity-1879-ben-jealous
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/08/25/us-supreme-court-ruling-mail-in-voting-donald-trump-executive-order
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/08/25/marimar-martinez-ice-border-patrol-midway-blitz-chicago-police-cpd
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hostage crisis? Conroy offers more election funding amid dispute with clerk.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260825/news/hostage-crisis-conroy-offers-more-election-funding-amid-dispute-with-clerk/
— The $6 billion plan that would give the suburbs control over supplying Lake Michigan water.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260824/news/suburban-leaders-detail-6-billion-plan-for-water-independence-amid-pushback-from-chicago/
SOUTHERN
— Caucus to select Republican nominee for Marion County Sheriff set for Tuesday night with questions looming about the process.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/08/25/caucus-to-select-republican-nominee-for-marion-county-sheriff-set-for-wednesday-night-with-questions-looming-about-the-process/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Why are flags lowered in Illinois? Trump orders to honor Dolly Parton.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2026/08/25/why-are-flags-at-half-staff-today-in-illinois-trump-order-lowered-dolly-parton-death-pritzker/91462262007/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump and Vance to keynote Republicans’ midterm convention in Texas. As if there was any doubt, Republicans’ midterm convention will be the Donald Trump show, with the president appearing at both nights of the event in Dallas next month.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-and-vance-to-keynote-republicans-midterm-convention-in-texas/article_7c11c295-a1dd-5301-9a7f-0f10f89fef86.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Will Supreme Court’s order on mail-in ballots impact voting in Illinois?
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-08-25/will-supreme-courts-order-on-mail-in-ballots-impact-voting-in-illinois
WGEM
— Pritzker, Bailey offer different visions for Illinois education.
https://www.wgem.com/2026/08/25/pritzker-bailey-offer-different-visions-illinois-education/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Bailey implores Republicans to improve turnout as he plans to shift focus to Chicago. Republican nominee for governor says late August downstate tour is last of the campaign.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/bailey-implores-republicans-to-improve-turnout-as-he-plans-to-shift-focus-to-chicago/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Pritzker, Bailey offer different visions for Illinois education.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-pritzker-bailey-offer-different-visions-for-illinois-education/
ILLINOIS
— Governor Pritzker Announces $1 Billion to Expand High-Speed Internet Across Illinois. DD: To put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIIS newsletters, I have spent lots of money for high-speed internet, backup internet, computers, and backup computers.
https://www.illinois.gov/news/release.html?releaseid=32862
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What if America had been socialist when you were young? When I was young, because I would have refused to be a socialist, a) UIC would not have accepted me in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, or IIT in 1992, b) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, IRS in 1971, or GAO in 1980, and c) I would not have been able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, become a licensed CPA in 1981, or earn four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mainstream media love Arabs — as long as they hate Jews.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/25/mainstream-media-love-arabs-long-hate-jews/
— Musk faces no criminal charges for million-dollar voter giveaway. DD: Democrats run the federal government. To get more votes for Democrat candidates from their employees, they give their Democrat employees lots of preference.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/25/elon-musk-faces-no-criminal-charges-million-dollar-voter-giveaway/
— FEMA broke federal law by skipping homes with Trump signs after hurricane. DD: I have had a Vote Republican sign in front of my front porch for decades.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/25/fema-refused-visit-11-pro-trump-houses-2024/
— Florida restricts welfare benefits for ‘nonessential’ purchases. Items banned include vapes, tattoos, and spa services.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/25/florida-restricts-welfare-benefits-nonessential-purchases/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Consulting firm Deloitte to pay US government $21.5 million in DEI settlement. DD: The accounting profession had no interest in me a) because I did not pass the CPA examination until I was 30 in 1979, b) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, c) because I did not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt until I was 32, and d) because I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. But the accounting profession would have been interested in me if I had been a minority or a female.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/business/4700165/deloitte-us-government-dei-settlement/
NEW YORK POST
— Affordability trumps all other issues in midterm battleground states. DD: What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/26/us-news/affordability-trumps-all-other-issues-in-midterm-battleground-states-grassroots-survey-reveals/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Will Supreme Court Ruling Make It Harder for Noncitizens to Vote?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/25/will-supreme-court-ruling-make-it-harder-for-noncitizens-to-vote/
FOX NEWS
— Utah library confirms LGBTQ ‘Pride’ book for its ‘smallest patrons’ is kept easily accessible. DD: How successful have Democrats been making your children and grandchildren LGBTQers?
https://www.foxnews.com/media/utah-library-confirms-lgbtq-pride-book-its-smallest-patrons-kept-easily-accessible.amp
NEWSMAX
— Democrats embracing socialism.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/democrats-embracing-socialism-043004488.html
— Florida Bars Tattoos, Tanning, Tobacco From Welfare.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/ron-desantis-florida-tanf/2026/08/25/id/1267295/
OPM
— Restoring Merit With the Right Civil Service Exam. DD: If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination (FSEE) in 1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. My having been a public sector employee for almost 3 years harmed my efforts to get good job in the private sector after I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970. In anticipation of that, as a fallback, I took and passed the FSEE before I graduated.
https://www.opm.gov/news/secrets-of-opm/restoring-merit-with-the-right-civil-service-exam/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The exam that hired one in twenty. This is not the federal government’s first rodeo. In fact, we had civil service exams from 1955 to 1982 – the Federal Service Entrance Examination (FSEE) and its successor, the Professional and Administrative Career Examination (PACE) – that were intended to allow an applicant to earn their desk by out-scoring the competition in a proctored exam hall. In practice, however, relatively few civil servants were hired through the FSEE or PACE exam.)
TOWNHALL
— We Now Have the First Details of the Republican Midterm Convention.
https://townhall.com/news/josephchalfant/2026/08/25/we-now-have-the-first-details-of-the-republican-midterm-convention-n2681889
— No Amnesty Ever.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/08/26/get-it-through-your-thick-heads-gop-no-amnesty-ever-n2681808
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Democratic socialists notch another win in the Oklahoma Senate primary runoff. Nurse N’Kiyla Jasmine Thomas has won the Democratic Senate nomination in Oklahoma, NBC News projects, defeating an older, more moderate opponent. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/nkiyla-jasmine-thomas-wins-oklahoma-senate-primary-democrat-rcna593618
CBS NEWS
— Who qualifies for the IRS Fresh Start program? DD: While I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 1971-1980, I made many ability to pay decisions.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-qualifies-for-the-irs-fresh-start-program/
— U.S. airman faces charges under military justice system for criticizing Trump over Iran war. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. In Diersen v. GAO, the court ruled that was OK.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jason-watson-charged-trump-criticism-air-force-article-88/
FOX NEW YORK
— New York’s law banning police cooperation with ICE takes effect. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/new-york-bans-police-cooperation-with-ice-287-g
REUTERS
— Unions sue OPM over rules on ‘suitability firings,’ ranked performance reviews. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. According to them, I was never a suitable federal employee, not only because I was not a Democrat, but because I was not a minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and I had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. My Democrat superiors used the subjectivity in their performance appraisal rules to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/unions-sue-opm-over-rules-suitability-firings-ranked-performance-reviews-2026-08-25/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hegseth’s Purge of Top Generals Leaves the Army Rudderless. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors purged many while I worked for GAO 1980-1997. They were overwhelmingly White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/us/hegseth-purge-army-generals.html
— DD: Democrat leaders want voters on welfare because voters on welfare vote for Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000011107033/how-welfare-became-a-tool-of-humiliation.html
USA TODAY
— Here’s when the Social Security COLA update is expected to be released. DD: What has helped you deal with inflation? COLAs have helped me deal with inflation big time. My critics/opponents are furious that I got COLAs while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I have continued to get COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997 and as a Social Security recipient since 2010.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/retirement/2026/08/25/social-security-cola-2027-announcement-date/91454199007/
— A single Corvette just sold for $18,705,000. What makes it special?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/news/2026/08/21/corvette-grand-sport-sells-record-price/91409884007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Ascendant No More, Democrats Are a Coalition of the Pathetic. The party’s base—and its ideological vanguard—consists of downwardly mobile college graduates.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ascendant-no-more-democrats-are-a-coalition-of-the-pathetic-50d7c6b9
— The Socialism We Already Have. The fundamental flaw in the Marxian slogan: “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” is who decides? DD: According to Democrat leaders, since the 1960s, those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran have the ability to pay and those who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran need money. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and b) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-socialism-we-already-have-1328767f
FORTUNE
— The Trump administration proposes $103,000 fee for H-1B visas that DHS itself estimates would paralyze 76% of small businesses. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://fortune.com/2026/08/25/trump-h1b-visas-fee-startups/
— Gen Z wants to be ‘tradwives.’ New data reveals the exact salary your spouse needs to earn—and in most states it’s under $100K. DD: How old were you when you started earning $100,000/year in today’s dollars? For me, it was when I was 25 in 1974. I had worked for IRS for 3 years. I had completed 10 graduate business evening business courses at Loyola.
https://fortune.com/2026/08/26/stay-at-home-parent-tradwife-exact-salary-spouse-needs-to-earn-revealed-below-100k/
— Every politician says they’re for the working man, so why are only 1% of elected officials from the working class? DD: I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://fortune.com/2026/08/25/working-class-representation-global-democracies/
TIME
— DD: There are tremendous incentives to vote for Democrat candidates. Democrat elected officials give tremendous preference to those who vote for them. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates got tremendous preference from Democrat elected officials.
https://time.com/article/2026/08/26/the-false-fear-of-noncitizen-voting/
TAMPA FREE PRESS
— Voters Lean Toward Enforcing Existing Gun Laws Over New Bans As Midterms Loom.
https://www.tampafp.com/voters-lean-toward-enforcing-existing-gun-laws-over-new-bans-as-midterms-loom-poll-finds/
NAPLES DAILY NEWS
— More voters trust Democrats over GOP on cost of living. DD: What has helped you deal with inflation? COLAs have helped me deal with inflation big time. My critics/opponents are furious that I got COLAs while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I have continued to get COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997 and as a Social Security recipient since 2010.
https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/2026/08/25/voters-trust-dems-gop-affordability-new-poll/91464740007/
LAKE COUNTY EXAMINER
— Who rigged the economy against workers? DD: What did you do to fight the rigged economy? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.lakecountyexam.com/townnews/work/opinion-who-rigged-the-economy-against-workers/article_3a5db58f-0965-458a-9ee5-5c5bb61bcb83.amp.html
NATIONAL NEWS DESK
— Young Democrats increasingly pick socialism in fight against economic woes. DD: When you were young, what did you do to fight economic woes? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/young-democrats-increasingly-pick-socialism-in-fight-against-economic-political-woes-establishment-primary-elections
WTMJ
— Where are teens supposed to go? DD: When you were a teen, what did you do when you were not in school? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969.
https://wtmj.com/shows/point-taken/2026/08/25/what-happened-to-third-spaces-for-teenagers/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK & NFFE
— Unions challenge Trump admin overhaul of suitability, performance rules. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. According to them, I was never a suitable federal employee, not only because I was not a Democrat, but because I was not a minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and I had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. My Democrat superiors used the subjectivity in their performance appraisal rules to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/litigation/2026/08/unions-challenge-trump-admin-overhaul-of-suitability-performance-rules/
https://www.nffe.org/news/unions-challenge-trump-administration-rules-governing-federal-employee-performance-evaluations-and-job-suitability-decisions/
FED WEEK
— Within Grade Increases and Who Gets Them. DD: My critics/opponents were furious when I got within grade increases.
https://www.fedweek.com/ask/federal-pay/within-grade-increases/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: General schedule employees. . ..are eligible for within grade increases unless they are denied for poor performance, after the following waiting periods: 52 weeks for advancement to steps 2-4; 104 weeks for advancement to steps 5-7; and 156 weeks for advancement to steps 8-10. . .Within grade increases not meant to be “routine.”)
TAXPAYER ADVOCATE
— IRS halts most unannounced collection employee visits to taxpayers. DD: I made many unannounced visits to taxpayers to collect delinquent taxes while I worked for IRS’s Collection Division as a Revenue Officer 1971-1980.
https://www.taxpayeradvocate.irs.gov/news/tax-news/irs-halts-most-unannounced-collection-employee-visits-to-taxpayers/2023/08/
POLITICO
— Trump scoffs at ‘affordability’ issues. DD: What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/25/trumps-political-gamble-on-beef-shows-his-growing-anxiety-over-affordability-01049917
— Political newcomer Darline Graham wins South Carolina’s GOP Senate runoff. DD: My critics/opponents in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a newcomer. They have always stressed that I have lived in the aforesaid only since I was 29 in 1978, that I never attended any schools there, that I never attended any churches there, and that I never raised any children there.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/25/darline-graham-wins-south-carolina-senate-runoff-01050320
PBS
— Courting the independent vote. DD: I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have always gotten more votes because I hand-deliver to the independent voters in my precinct sample ballots, Republican voter guides, and campaign literature from Republican candidates.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/in-arizona-courting-the-independent-vote-requires-a-new-playbook
August 23, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: DuPage County clerk warns of ‘unprecedented disaster’ in November election if funding shortfalls aren’t addressed.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260822/news/dupage-county-clerk-warns-of-unprecedented-disaster-in-november-election-if-funding-shortfalls-are/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kaczmarek, who lost a bid for reelection in the March primary, says her office is about $2.5 million short of what is needed to run the election. If the gap isn’t addressed, Kaczmarek said it could lead to cuts resulting in fewer polling places, a later start date for early voting and fewer election judges. . According to budget figures provided by county officials, the clerk’s office has spent 99.8% of its postage budget. The county budgeted $277,050, a 201% increase over what was spent in 2022, for postage, and the clerk’s office already has spent $276,569. In her proposed spending plan last year, Kaczmarek requested $734,672 for postage and $623,226 to cover election-related printing costs. County officials also noted the clerk’s office already has spent 74% of its printing budget, or money used to print ballots and other election materials. The county budgeted $474,700, a 15% increase over actual expenses in 2022, the last year of a gubernatorial election. The clerk’s office already has spent $351,126. . .Kaczmarek said she is reviewing her options for the November election with her office’s election attorney. She does not intend to be at Tuesday’s county board meeting.)
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/2026/08/21/deported-operation-midway-blitz-asif-amin-cheema-pakistan-best-sub-humboldt-park-addison
ABC7
— ComEd crews deployed to NW Indiana as NIPSCO power outages, storm recovery continues. Chicago Bears announce $200,000 in donations for storm relief efforts. DD: The more that overhead lines bring power to your home, the more that those lines are near trees, the more that I recommend getting a whole-house backup electric generator.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-area-storm-recovery-comed-sending-crews-illinois-assist-nipsco-nw-indiana-power-restoration/19719373/
WGN9
— US Postal Service issues rule to tighten requirements for mail-in voting despite courts looking to block.
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/us-postal-service-issues-rule-to-tighten-requirements-for-mail-in-voting-despite-courts-looking-to-block/
FOX32
— Here’s how much it costs to live comfortably in your state for 2026: Illinois: $244,109 for a family of 4 and $101,587 single
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/heres-how-much-costs-live-comfortably-your-state-2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— And now the Democrat Party moves into open Marxism territory.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/22/democrat-party-moves-open-marxism-territory/
— Trump moves to cancel American Bar Association accreditation of law schools.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/21/trump-moves-cancel-american-bar-association-accreditation-law-schools/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— RNC raised $19 million in July and has $130 million for midterm elections.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4692615/rnc-touts-record-cash-on-hand/
NEW YORK POST
— DSA’s foreign-policy agenda has one goal: weaken America so that world’s worst regimes can reign instead.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/22/opinion/dsas-foreign-policy-agenda-weaken-america-strengthen-foes/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Socialists aiming to make ‘educational’ indoctrination ‘free.’ Socialists target educational systems for a reason. DD: I avoided Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/08/socialists-aiming-to-make-educational-indoctrination-free/
DAILY WIRE
— DD: According to Democrats, Jesus is a Democrat who condemns the concepts of countries, borders, laws, and private ownership. According to Democrats, Jesus wants dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, 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. According to democrats, Jesus condemns those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. How strongly have Democrats taken over your church?
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/michael-knowles-show-socialism-christianity-debate
FOX NEWS
— Schumer touts Democrats as ‘big tent party’ amid socialist surge.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6403876623112
— AOC’s ‘Woke 1’ comment conceals a dangerous pivot to socialist class war.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/aoc-woke-1-comment-conceals-dangerous-pivot-socialist-class-war-media-chief-warns.amp
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, I got a higher ACT score because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against my peers who were minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/california-professor-cited-irony-removing-act-sat-didnt-help-disadvantaged-groups-intended
— Trump’s welfare reforms are a major victory; bureaucrats could still wreck them.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-welfare-reforms-major-victory-bureaucrats-could-still-wreck-them
HOT AIR
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, I got a higher ACT score because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against my peers who were minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://hotair.com/john-stossel/2026/08/22/racist-tests-n3818242
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Maoist Faction of the DSA Claims Ocasio-Cortez too ‘Moderate’ to Run for President.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/08/maoist-faction-of-the-dsa-claims-ocasio-cortez-too-moderate-to-run-for-president/amp/
NEWSBUSTERS
— The Media Struggles with Socialism and ‘Progressive Credentials.’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2026/08/22/2026-media-struggles-socialism-and-progressive-credentials
PJ MEDIA
— The Democrats Have Already Lost to the Socialists.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/08/22/the-democrats-have-already-lost-to-the-socialists-n4956436
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
AOL
— The Rise of Democratic Socialists After Primaries.
https://www.aol.com/articles/definitely-growing-cnn-data-guru-135328000.html
— Democrats Have a More Positive View of Socialism Than Capitalism By a 26-Point Margin.
https://www.aol.com/articles/poll-democrats-more-positive-view-164901000.html
CNBC
— The top 10 colleges for financial aid in 2026, according to The Princeton Review — and what families actually pay. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships against me big time.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/18/colleges-best-financial-aid-2026-princeton-review.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: I should write about the lawsuits that I have filed. I would focus on the defendants and the big adverse actions that they and their attorneys have taken against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/opinion/trumps-revenge.html
USA TODAY
— Fetterman calls Dems the party of socialism.
https://www.aol.com/articles/fetterman-calls-dems-party-socialism-165228000.html
— What affordability really means. DD: What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/nletter/2026/08/21/affordability-prices-inflation-debt-credit-money/91335601007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Cracks in the Blue Wall Against Voter ID.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/cracks-in-the-blue-wall-against-voter-id-79da7f93
SCRIPPS NEWS
— A growing number of six-figure earners say the American Dream feels out of reach. DD: How old were you when you started earning $100,000/year in today’s dollars? For me, it was when I was 25 in 1974. I had worked for IRS for 3 years. I had completed 10 graduate business evening business courses at Loyola.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/economy/a-growing-number-of-six-figure-earners-say-the-american-dream-feels-out-of-reach
LAS VEGAS JOURNAL REVIEW
— Everyone is campaigning on ‘affordability’ that no one can deliver. DD: What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/jonah-goldberg-everyone-is-campaigning-on-affordability-that-no-one-can-deliver-3868118/
NEWS REVIEW
— Affordability is a real issue for Generation Z. DD: What did you do to afford things when you were young? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/opinion/columns/2026/08/22/affordability-is-a-real-issue-for-generation-z-opinion/91286235007/
CONCORD MONITOR
— Consider this before running for office. DD: What are your demographics? From what I see, because the following demographics are ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you will lose: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.concordmonitor.com/2026/08/23/my-turn-candidates-american-values-unity/
ALASKA NATIVE NEWS
— A Government of the Rich, by the Rich, for the Rich: Nearly 60 Top Trump Officials Worth $100 Million or More.
https://alaska-native-news.com/a-government-of-the-rich-by-the-rich-for-the-rich-nearly-60-top-trump-officials-worth-100-million-or-more/85802/
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/08/socialism-rich-kids-gordillo/688382/
FEDERAL RETIREMENT
— Federal employee retirement benefits are generous. Health, dental, and vision insurance cost the same in retirement as they did while working. DD: My critics/opponents are furious about me and my wife benefitting from that.
https://federalretirement.net/benefits/
SHRM
— Multi-Generational Workforce Poses Challenges for HR Professionals. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, their top priority was getting rid of their older employees who were Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. In 1993, when I was 45 years old, to get rid of their employees who were the aforesaid, they “offered” early retirement.
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/multi-generational-workforce-poses-challenges-hr
LEGIS
— Federal Probationary Workers Leaving Jobs at Higher Rates. DD: After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious when they learned that they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me. Nevertheless, they did everything that could to get me to transfer back to IRS, transfer to another federal agency, or quit. They gave me bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance appraisals. They kept me off audits of IRS. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. Further, previously, in 1970, my Chicago Heights Firestone Store boss refused to let me start until after I passed a 2-week probationary period in Indiana. He would never had hired me, but his boss had assigned me to him. He did not have a college degree and he disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, my being Protestant, my being German American, my having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and my living in Crete.
https://legis1.com/news/federal-probationary-workers-separation-rates
DAILY KOS
— DD: According to Democrats, a) slaves built America and b) the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefitted from slavery and the more reparations that you should pay. Democrats have always wanted me to pay lots of reparations because all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois, they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and they never did discriminate against anyone.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/8/23/800087432/community/what-does-it-mean-to-remember-slavery/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
— The New American Divide, Not Dream: Where You Start May Shape Where You End. DD: What helped you earn more than your parents did? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. My father had brittle type 1 diabetes from childhood. He was only the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. Because of his diabetes, he never attended college. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.ibtimes.sg/new-american-divide-not-dream-where-you-start-may-shape-where-you-end-92697
(FROM THE ATICLE: The share of American children who earn more than their parents has fallen from about 90% among those born in 1940 to roughly 50% among children born in the 1980s. The decline has affected the entire income distribution, but the fall has been particularly pronounced for the middle class.)
FROM OTHER SOURCES
CHICAGO MOTOR CARS & HAMILTON COLLECTION
— What a great day at the Wheaton Concours! DD: It was an outstanding event! My dream car is a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, as it came from the factory, numbers matching/correct, like new, 440 or 426, automatic, blue exterior, black vinyl roof, black leather interior, and air conditioning. There was one at the concours with virtually all of the aforesaid. I owned a 1968 R/T 1994-2005 and a 1969 SE 1968-1971.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcWahdYRneo/
https://www.chicagomotorcars.com/
https://thehamiltoncollection.com/
August 22, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Gary storm victims fill generators at a gas station, watch DVDs in their car, eat hot lunch at a school. A historic power outage in northwest Indiana has left 52% of Gary’s NIPSCO customers without power for 11 days. We spoke with people about their experiences as they wait for electricity to be restored and debris to be cleared. DD: The more that overhead lines bring power to your home, the more that those lines are near trees, the more that I recommend getting a whole-house backup electric generator.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/08/21/gary-storm-victims-fill-generators-at-a-gas-station-watch-dvds-in-car-eat-hot-lunch-at-a-school
https://chicago.suntimes.com/weather/northwest-indiana-gary-no-power-storm-recovery
— Many Trump-endorsed candidates landing with a thud.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/08/21/trump-endorsed-candidates-loss-voters-republicans-midterms-s-e-cupp
— Tollway hike will improve infrastructure, save commute time, boost economy. DD: What section of the tollway do you use the most? For me, it is the I-88 section between Naperville Road and Route 59.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2026/08/22/illinois-tollway-airplane-toilets-roosevelt-trump-india-israel-animal-cruelty-ice-term-limits
FOX32
— What Illinois voters can expect on the 2026 general election ballot.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-ro8xjcgk3nqfxfrd
WGEM
— U.S. Senate candidate Don Tracy makes stop in Quincy.
https://www.wgem.com/2026/08/22/us-senate-candidate-don-tracy-makes-stop-quincy/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/25-6-million-lgbtq-adults-in-us-transgender-population-twice-prior-estimates-study/
ELMHURST UNIVERSITY
— Four Career Benefits to Completing Your Degree. DD: If I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981, I never would have earned $154,682/year in today’s dollars in 1997. IRS would not have hired me in 1971 or promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986.
https://www.elmhurst.edu/blog/four-career-benefits-to-completing-your-degree/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/08/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-584/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Vallas: Anti-Semitism and the Unholy Alliance Between the Far Left and Radical Islam.
https://johnkassnews.com/anti-semitism-and-the-unholy-alliance-between-the-far-left-and-radical-islam/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to Google AI, campaign literature pieces cost roughly $290 per 5,000 from specialized political printers. I hope that each of the 17 Republican candidates on the November 3, 2006 ballot in my precinct will provide 400 of their pieces to the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) that I can pick them up and hand-deliver them to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. That is 7,200 pieces (400 X 17). So far, I have placed 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels on 400 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes. I have split them into five batches and put them in walk order. I want to start stuffing those envelopes with MTRO-provided outstanding Voter Guides and the literature pieces ASAP. I want to start stuffing as soon as I have at least 100 pieces from each of the candidates. As soon as the sample ballot for my precinct is available, I will make 400 photocopies, stuff them, and head out the door. The 18 candidates are Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Solomon, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Bread lines or bread winning? The Democratic Party’s fatal leftward drift.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4692671/democrats-socialism-vs-capitalism-economic-shift/
— Capitalism: The system Gen Z loves to roast but actually needs most. DD: What were you able to do under capitalism? I was able to buy a 1958 Chevy BeAir when I was 16 in 1964 with money I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers. I was able buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966 with money I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage. I was able buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968 with money I earned delivering mail. I was able to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 with money I earned delivering mail. I was able to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 with money I earned working for Firestone Stores and IRS. I was able to buy a new townhome in 1972 with money I earned working for Firestone Stores and IRS.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/4680934/capitalism-system-generation-z-needs-most/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At its core, capitalism is about private ownership and incentives. You have a right to own your property or ideas. You have the freedom to negotiate in your self-interest and engage in mutually beneficial agreements. Profit and competition motivate you to innovate. No one forces you to. . .Socialism relies on coercion as central planners decide what gets made, how much, and who gets it. Private ownership of land, factories, or businesses is limited or taken over. The government needs taxes, rules, or force to do that. Take Venezuela. History shows that top-down socialist directives and nationalization produced hyperinflation, shortages of food and medicine, poverty, and the collapse of public services. Under socialism, where private ownership and property rights do not exist, outcomes get worse, and innovation suffers. This is the classic tragedy of the commons problem. Imagine public transit: filled with litter, graffiti-covered cars, and slow. No private individual cleans it because “it’s the government’s problem,” and government workers are slow to do so because they get paid regardless. When the state or collective controls public services, resources are misallocated, and quality deteriorates.)
NEW YORK POST
— Democrats now overwhelmingly have a more favorable view of socialism than capitalism. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.aol.com/articles/dems-now-favor-socialism-over-205152000.html
— Why 58% of California Democrats lust after socialism. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/21/opinion/why-california-democrats-like-socialism/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Socialism, after all, is an ideology of oppression that’s brought mass death, forced labor, famine and executions to a long list of nations, including China, Cambodia, Vietnam, North Korea, and the former USSR. So … what gives in the Golden State?. . .Socialism (with a smile!) sells in blue enclaves in part because it’s faddish, on trend, of the moment. It’s a shiny object glorified on social media to an audience too young to remember the Cold War –– or the ghoulish history of socialist and communist regimes. It taps into disgruntlement, class envy, entitlement. And it sells utopian fantasies about, when it comes down to it, taking other people’s stuff.)
AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE
— We Must Save America’s Students from the False Promises of Socialism. DD: I avoided Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://aclj.org/radical-left/we-must-save-americas-students-from-the-false-promises-of-socialism
AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegitimate Elections Will Destroy the United States. ‘Sanctuary city’ secession is tearing the Union apart.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/08/illegitimate-elections-will-destroy-the-united-states/
BREITBART
— Chicago Threw $640M in Tax Dollars at Illegal Migrants Over Two Years.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/08/21/chicago-threw-640m-in-tax-dollars-at-illegal-migrants-over-two-years/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Education Dept. ends disparate impact, dropping requirement to balance racial outcomes. DD: When Whites and males do better on tests than minorities and females, Democrats and RINOs blame Republicans.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/education-dept-ends-disparate-impact-dropping-requirement-to-balance-racial-outcomes/
— Education Department praised for ending outcome-based discrimination rules. DD: When Whites and males do better on tests than minorities and females, Democrats and RINOs blame Republicans.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/bulletin-board/in-washington-post-education-department-praised-for-ending-outcome-based-discrimination-rules/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Ending the Welfare State as We Know It.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/21/ending-the-welfare-state-as-we-know-it/
DAILY WIRE
— Socialist Senate Nominee Called Charlie Kirk Supporters Tools ‘Of White Supremacy.’ DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/socialist-senate-nominee-called-charlie-kirk-supporters-tools-of-white-supremacy
FOX BUSINESS
— Virginia removes over 6,000 noncitizens from voter rolls.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6403805538112
FOX NEWS
— Socialism surges among Democrats as party leaders reject DSA agenda. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialism-surges-among-democrats-party-leaders-reject-dsa-agenda-pack-fools
— Democrats have built a ‘COALITION OF TRIBAL GRIEVANCES.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQd2F3IEJM8
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Path Ahead for Welfare Reform.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/08/the-path-ahead-for-welfare-reform/
PJ MEDIA
— Hegseth Used Slang for Transgender-Identifying Lefties.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/08/21/pete-hegseth-used-slang-for-transgender-identifying-lefties-and-wokies-lost-their-marbles-n4956398
PRESS BANNER
— Planning Your Financial Future Under Socialism. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://pressbanner.com/finance-planning-your-financial-future-under-socialism/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bernie Sanders won Santa Cruz County primaries twice and now Ocasio-Cortez, Mandami, El-Sayed and Flanagan gain power. DSA friendly candidates threaten moderate Democrats and independent votes enough to give MAGA a fighting chance in November. Democratic Socialists of America claim 95,000 members. Would socialism look more like DSA dreams, Republican nightmares or Nordic compromises? With threats from right and left, can personal financial planning survive? The DSA Program. In “What is Democratic Socialism,” the DSA proclaims: “We want a democracy that creates space for us all to flourish not just survive and answers the fundamental questions of our lives with the input of all. We want to collectively own the key economic drivers that dominate our lives, such as energy production and transportation.” On the site program.dsausa.org, the DSA shamelessly prophesies: “You work as much as you are able and no more than needed…You have no debt. You don’t need health insurance. You don’t pay a mortgage or have a landlord, because comfortable housing is a human right. Your retirement is publicly funded. Food, education, energy, medicine, and transportation aren’t for-profit businesses; they are common goods and utilities.” DSA would “Expand public resources to support recreation, learning, and social spaces accessible to all.” Sustainable publicly owned transit and energy replace fossil fuels. Investment, insurance and estate planning here is a question for government, not individuals. Mao’s Ideological Purity. The specter of Maoism transformed Chinese agricultural society down “the road of socialism under the leadership of the party.” So government controlled not only politics and religion, but production, borders, the arts and education. Peasants ate from common kitchens and married according to party needs. Individuals couldn’t even plan their daily dress. Estates of landlords — even poor landlords — and entrepreneurs were confiscated. Seized housing guaranteed housing “rights.” There were no stock or insurance markets and security was greatest for peasants who denounced neighbors publicly and worked harder and longer even when government horribly mismanaged steel production with backyard furnaces. To collectivize agriculture, the party appropriated food to starve tens of millions. Nordic Socialism? In UN World Happiness Reports, Nordics rank the happiest people and surely honest democracy, subsidized education and healthcare contribute. Unicameral legislatures and proportional representation model the DSA’s critique of America’s independent presidency and judiciary. Roughly 30% of the people work in health care, education and government and workers are highly unionized with government settling disputes. Unemployment insurance and government childcare are regular. But Deng Xiaoping brought markets back to China and the Swedish Social Democrats deregulated banking and currency in the 1980s. The financial crisis of 1990-94 resulted in deregulation. Socialists beware: Swedes get vouchers for educational choice and save in subsidized mutual fund accounts. Scandification.com says: “Sweden is a highly liberalized and competitive open-market economy. The country happily trades with countries all around the globe. Most Swedish enterprises are privately owned and pay quite low taxes compared to other parts of the globe.” The Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom ranks Sweden ahead of the United States! Questions for Socialists. What happens when socialism meets Amazon.com variety with bleak lifestyle choices? Canadians already venture abroad for delayed healthcare and Moscow bread lines were infamous. And we don’t all enjoy paying for solar panels on dull housing projects. F.A. Hayek says that the task of providing for everyone’s needs or wants while knowing all the human and natural resources is too much for any planning committee without the invisible hand of pricing. Mandami is already challenged delivering free buses. Poor worker motivation challenged Mao to lead constant rallies with art glorifying low-paid production — not short work and environmental purity. The DSO admittedly seeks “…aggressive wealth taxes on the richest individuals and corporations to spend on public goods and infrastructure.” Nordic countries tax over 40% of GDP versus OECD averages of 33.9%. Like our income tax, burdens start with the rich, but El-Sayed admitted that “you paid a little more in taxes” for free healthcare. Planning is impossible in Maoist China where planners would be lynched. Sweden’s welfare state hosts CFPs and tax planning with market investments flourishes. If Socialism — or Fascism — conquers America, we won’t have so many choices.)
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Woke 2.0 and the False Promise of Socialist Division.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/21/woke_20_and_the_false_promise_of_socialist_division_154432.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats hold more favorable view of socialism than capitalism. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.aol.com/articles/democrats-hold-more-favorable-view-172421000.html
— Gen Z turns against capitalism as DSA takes off. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/6042507-gen-z-capitalism-socialism-sports-betting-gender-political-divide/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Republicans Must Stop Being Democrat-Lite.
https://www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-the-gops-problem-in-its-strategies-or-its-policies/republicans-must-stop-being-democrat-lite
CNN
— DD: I often served as a fact checker while I worked for GAO 1986-1997 at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/17/politics/fact-check-trump-south-korea-cost-sharing-biden
AOL
— How Much Income You Need To Join the Top 10% in Every State. In Illinois it is $296,443/year.
https://www.aol.com/articles/much-income-join-top-10-142011000.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— The Socialist, a Million-Dollar Rowhouse and Unanswered Questions. Differing accounts of where Gustavo Gordillo, a leader of the Democratic Socialists of America, lives are raising doubts about whether the city’s left-wing organizers are ready for prime time. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/nyregion/nyc-gustavo-gordillo-democratic-socialist.html
— Journalism and Paywalls. An increasingly hostile environment for independent reporting in the United States and elsewhere has made our job harder, and more expensive. DD: My direct competitors continue to be furious that I have the money, time, motivation, ability, and experience to put together and send out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter every day without a paywall, without any advertising, and without any donation requests. All the money that I spend putting the newsletters together and sending them out comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings. Far too many of my direct competitors 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 them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/world/journalism-us-colombia-quake.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some of you have written in, surprised and sometimes annoyed at the prospect of hitting the paywall. I get it. So in today’s newsletter, I want to explain why we need people who can afford it to pay for our journalism. Many of you already do. Thank you.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— College Enrollments Are Expected to Plunge. DD: Under the Democrats, anticipate/expect that fewer and fewer and fewer Whites and males will earn college degrees.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/why-college-enrollments-are-expected-to-plunge-a8e00d7d
FORBES
— Employee Engagement. DD: I was far more engaged than my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO coworkers. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in management. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, I earned an MBA, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, I earned a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, served on the Association of Government Accountants Executive Committee for 12 years, served on the Illinois CPA Society Membership Committee for 8 years, earned professional certifications in fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading. None of my Democrat coworkers came close to doing what I did. To get promoted, all they had to do was to be “good little Democrats.”
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2026/08/20/12-employee-engagement-strategies-that-are-working-now/
— Career Slowdown. DD: My Post Office career more than slowed down, it crashed when my Democrat superiors disallowed my sick leave requests when I was 19 in 1968 and 20 and forced me to resign when I was 20 falsely claiming that I was not available to work enough part-time hours. My IRS career more than slowed down, it crashed when I was 25 when my Democrat superiors succeeded in getting rid of the manager who had promoted me when I was 23 (GS-9), 24 (GS-11), and 25 (GS-12). They disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA when I was 27. They disallowed my education expenses when I was 29. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. My GAO career more than slowed down, it crashed when I was 31 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, disempowering the GAO manager who had arranged that transfer, gave me bad job assignments and unfair performance expectations and performance appraisals and kept me off audits of IRS. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 and my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination and becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32. GAO finally did promote me to GS-13 when I was 38, but that was only because the manager who arranged my transfer got back into power, assigned me to audits of IRS, and promoted me to GS-13. But when I was 39, they forced him to retire and things when from bad to worse. When I was 40, my career really crashed. They threw me off audits of IRS, gave me a very bad job assignment, very unfair performance expectations, and performance appraisal and ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance (PFP). They ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP from then on. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning four more professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48 and my earning a master’s degree in financial markets and training when I was 48. They forced me to retire when I was 49.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2026/02/21/4-tips-to-keep-up-when-your-coworkers-careers-move-faster/
KEISER UNIVERSITY
— Which College Majors Offer the Best Work-Life Balance? DD: My not majoring in accounting from the beginning was one of my biggest mistakes. I erroneously thought that I could never pass the CPA examination. I did pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979, but by then it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://www.keiseruniversity.edu/articles/careers-with-best-work-life-balance/
STANDARD EXAMINER
— DD: When Whites and males do better on tests than minorities and females, Democrats and RINOs blame Republicans.
https://www.standard.net/opinion/national-commentary/2026/aug/21/stossel-racist-tests/
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
— Affordability For All. DD: What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://nul.org/news/affordability-all-its-time-rescue-american-dream
FROM OTHER SOURCES
MAYO CLINIC
— Type 2 diabetes over time: What to expect as you age. DD: My prescribed type 2 diabetes pills are: Glimepiride (2), Jardiance, Metformin, and Ozempic. I am using Stelo ( https://www.stelo.com/ ) to monitor my glucose levels.
https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/diabetes/type-2-diabetes-over-time-what-to-expect-as-you-age/
TOPSPEED
— 10 Affordable Cars That Make Perfect Daily Drivers. DD: Chevy Malibu is one of them. My 2021 Chevy Malibu Premier will me my daily driver if my 2018 Chevy Cruze LT is totaled or stolen.
https://www.topspeed.com/affordable-new-cars-for-daily-driving/