FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Legislature bans new immigration detention centers near homes and schools. A bill awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature would bar new immigration detention centers from being built within 1,500 feet of certain community buildings.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/01/illinois-legislature-bans-immigration-detention-centers-homes-schools
ABC7
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/northern-illinois-food-banks-summer-meals-program-returns-schools-close-break/19214885/
WMBD RADIO
— Bailey says latest state budget is “tax and spend”
https://wmbdradio.com/2026/06/01/republican-challenger-to-gov-pritzker-says-latest-state-budget-is-tax-and-spend/
WISCONSIN EXAMINER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Wisconsin.
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/06/01/gov-tony-evers-raises-lgbtq-pride-flag-over-wisconsin-capitol-for-his-last-time/
3 NEWS NOW
— Iowa man received survivor benefits as a teen after dad’s death; the government wants it back decades later. Christopher Storm received roughly $500 a month in survivor benefits as a teenager after his father died. Now the government says he owes almost $8,000. DD: My father died suddenly when in October of 1969 he was 47 and I was 21. My Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors had recently forced me to resign my part-time job. Because I was unemployed and a full-time student at NIU, my mother received small monthly checks from Social Security to help support me until I graduated in August of 1970.
https://www.3newsnow.com/southwest-iowa/iowa-man-received-survivor-benefits-as-a-teen-after-dads-death-the-government-wants-it-back-decades-later
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Christopher Storm was 17 years old, working at Pizza Hut and going to high school in Texas when his father died. He received survivor benefits from Social Security — roughly $500 a month — until he turned 18. “It was a help to receive the money, the funds, and be able to try to make it on my own,” Storm said. After a final, lump sum payment of roughly $3,000, he says benefits stopped when he came of age. Thirty years later, the government wants that money back. Storm and his wife, Amy, expected a tax refund this year. Instead, they were told the IRS was claiming it for a past debt. The Social Security Administration says Storm was overpaid in 1996 and now owes almost $8,000. “We’re frantically just trying to figure out what was going on,” Storm said of the moment they learned the IRS was clawing back their refund. Council Bluffs attorney, Keith Buzzard with McGinn Law, says over-payment cases like this are not unusual. “It is fairly common. I think in any given year, there’s like a million of these letters that go out to people,” he said. Buzzard says the financial impact can be severe for some recipients: “They’ll get a letter that they owe 40 or 50 grand.” One possible explanation Buzzard offered is that Storm may have earned too much money while working at Pizza Hut, which could have affected his eligibility for benefits. The Social Security Administration may have made the mistake in overpaying Storm, but that doesn’t mean they’ll just waive the debt. There is also no time limit on when the government can pursue these debts. “They can come back any time,” Buzzard said. The Storms say they would have put the tax refund toward some needed home repairs. “It may not seem real substantial to some people. It feels substantial to us,” Storm said. “To have them say, you know, thirty years later, ‘Hey, that was an over-payment’ definitely feels very unjust.” Buzzard says the Storms are taking the right first step by appealing the debt because that will at least help them get answers.)
SUBURBAN LIFE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Downers Grove.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2026/06/01/pride-month-supporters-speak-out-at-downers-grove-library-board-meeting/
CITY OF CHICAGO
— Homegrown Purchase Assistance Program. HomeGrown Program will provide up to $70,000 in assistance for low to moderate income home buyers. DD: When I was 24 in 1972, HUD made the new townhome that I bought in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) affordable. I could not have afforded to buy that townhome if it had cost more. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $94,200. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2026/may/homegrown-purchase-assistance.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The hottest ticket in town
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/02/the-hottest-ticket-in-town-00946038
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Forget Soldier Field concerts and summer music festivals. The hottest ticket in Chicago right now is an invitation to the June 18 grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center. The invitations have been trickling into inboxes and mailboxes, setting off a scramble among politicians, donors, civic leaders and longtime Obama supporters hoping to secure their spots at what is shaping up to be one of the city’s biggest events of the year. . .The invite list also includes familiar Illinois names, including Republican Kirk Dillard, now chair of the Regional Transportation Authority. In a different political era, Dillard and Obama served together in the Illinois Senate, where they worked on ethics reform, racial-profiling legislation and death-penalty safeguards. They also developed a friendship as fathers of young daughters and were part of a regular poker game. That relationship became nationally significant during Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. Concerned about his standing ahead of the Iowa caucuses against Hillary Clinton and John Edwards, Obama asked Dillard to appear in a TV ad highlighting his willingness to work across party lines. Dillard agreed, and the ad became part of Obama’s broader electability argument to independents and moderate voters. Obama won Iowa, altering the course of the Democratic primary and ultimately the presidency. Dillard recalls that conversation when Obama asked him to vouch for their bipartisan relationship in a brief online endorsement. The testimonial then evolved into one of Obama’s early TV ads. “Voters responded well” to the online comments, recalls Dillard today, prompting political consultant David Axelrod to talk to him at the time about adapting the online endorsement into a TV ad. That ad helped Obama, but it became a political liability for Dillard, Axelrod said recently during an Institute of Politics discussion on Obama’s Chicago journey. During Dillard’s 2010 gubernatorial campaign, opponents Bill Brady and Andy McKenna Jr. portrayed him as insufficiently conservative. Dillard narrowly lost the Republican primary. A few days after the defeat, Dillard said, he received an unexpected call from the White House. “‘Kirk, Barack Obama,’” Dillard recalled the president saying. “I said, ‘Mr. President, how many Baracks do you think I know?’” Dillard said Obama apologized, telling him, “I’m sorry our friendship hurt you in your governor’s race,” and invited Dillard and his family to visit the White House. Despite the political cost, Dillard said he remains proud of helping promote a bipartisan message and of Obama’s historic election as the nation’s first Black president. Strautmanis said it was natural for Dillard to be on the guest list because the opening of the Obama center “is a celebration of those who helped us get here.” Sidenote: One person who didn’t receive an invitation to the Obama Presidential Center opening was President Donald Trump.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-751/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker Extracted $162 Billion in Additional Taxes From Illinois Residents While State Remains 50th in Bond Ratings, Fiscal Cliff Ahead
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-am560-pritzker-extracted-162-billion-in-additional-taxes-from-illinois-residents-while-state-remains-50th-in-bond-ratings-fiscal-cliff-ahead/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How conservative is your county, township, municipality, and school district? Conservative counties, townships, municipalities, and school districts promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, anti-vice, Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Conservative places do not promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, or Affirmative Action, DEI, or wokeness/wokeism, that is, they do not promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, or national origin discrimination. I should write about DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— From what I see, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be hired, retained, and promoted: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The Left’s War on Patriotism Reaches America’s 250th Celebration
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/the-lefts-war-on-patriotism-reaches-americas-250th-celebration.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Anti-ICE protesters all the way from Portland arrested during violent Delaney Hall clashes
https://nypost.com/2026/06/01/us-news/anti-ice-protesters-all-the-way-from-portland-arrested-during-delaney-hall-clashes/
DAILY CALLER
— Life’s About To Get More Complicated For Gun Owners In Colorado
https://dailycaller.com/2026/05/26/lifes-complicated-gun-owners-colorado/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In April 2025, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation that requires anyone wishing to buy a modern semiautomatic firearm, including the AR-15 rifle, to first receive a firearms safety course eligibility card, then to complete a firearms safety course within five years. The legislation passed after being changed from an outright ban on so-called “assault weapons” that passed in other Democratic-controlled states like California, New Jersey and Virginia.)
DAILY SIGNAL
— Mass Muslim Migration
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/01/michigan-mass-muslim-migration/
DAILY WIRE
— Republicans’ Latest Pro-Union Move Has Some Conservatives Sounding The Alarm. DD: My critics/opponents are extremely anti-union. They have always stressed that that while I was a union member for almost 12 years, my salary increased from $19.57/hour to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, I have always stressed that during that time, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, I earned a job-related master’s degree, and I earned a job-related professional certification.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-latest-pro-union-move-has-some-conservatives-sounding-the-alarm
NEWS BUSTERS
— Tennessee’s 1st ‘Nuclear Family Month’ Honoring Traditional Marriage Starts June 1
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/cnsnews/craig-bannister/2026/06/01/tennessees-1st-nuclear-family-month-honoring-traditional
TOWNHALL
— Conservatives Give Better Graduation Speeches than Liberals
https://townhall.com/columnists/tompurcell/2026/06/02/conservatives-give-better-graduation-speeches-than-liberals-n2677054
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Hegseth blocks promotion of several Navy officers to 1-star rank. DD: I should write about all the promotions that I was passed over for while I was an IRS employee 1975-1980 and a GAO employee 1980-1997. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/hegseth-blocks-promotion-navy-officers-1-star-rank/story?id=133498412
MSN
— GOP unrest grows as Trump faces health and strategy scrutiny
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/gop-unrest-grows-as-trump-faces-health-and-strategy-scrutiny/gm-GMEE6D697A
— Pence warns GOP to resist Trump-led populism shift
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/pence-warns-gop-to-resist-trump-led-populism-shift/gm-GM156201D3
— Pence warns Trump is abandoning conservative values
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/insight/pence-warns-trump-is-abandoning-conservative-values-amid-fund-dispute/gm-GMA0F30631
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
AOL
— DD: Pot is poison. I have never used pot and I never will. If I had used pot I would not have been able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-effort-reform-marijuana-policy-214401000.html
— Illinois FOID lawsuit: Federal challenge filed against state gun owner ID law. DD: I have had an FOID card since I was 20 in 1968.
https://www.aol.com/articles/illinois-foid-lawsuit-federal-challenge-210045000.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders a) decry Hegseth’s striking female and black Navy officers from promotion list and b) say his decision was driven by his anti-diversity stance rather than based on merit. I should write about all the promotions that I was passed over for while I was an IRS employee 1975-1980 and a GAO employee 1980-1997. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/us/politics/hegseth-navy-promotion-list.html
— DD: Since 1984, my critics/opponents have wanted public housing to be built on the north border of my Wheaton precinct on the south side of Roosevelt Road.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/nyregion/mamdani-turns-to-the-private-sector-to-help-with-public-housing.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight against personal responsibility. According to Democrat leaders, all problems are caused by Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/well/public-health-stigma-shame-rfk-jr.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Pentagon bans journalists from press office, designating it a classified space. DD: I should sue my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued that I have improperly shared information.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/06/01/pentagon-bans-journalists-press-office-designating-it-classified-space/
USA TODAY
— Trump and Obamacare. DD: My critics/opponents are ever-increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance premiums since 1966 and 72% of my wife’s health insurance premiums since 1978 because I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and because I have been a federal retiree for almost 29 years.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/05/27/healthcare-costs-blame-trump-affordable-care-act/90198503007/
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— DD: To get more votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that those who have demographics that vote for Democrats have.
https://www.ajc.com/opinion/2026/06/supreme-court-colorblind-decisions-preserve-status-quo-and-ignore-the-past/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Pot is poison. I have never used pot and I never will. If I had used pot I would not have been able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/thanksgiving-dinner-cousin-walk-smoke-pot-33e0df67
— The Thorniest Question for Parents of New Grads: Is Your Wallet Still Open? DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. I should write about those whose parents were the wealthiest. I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-thorniest-question-for-parents-of-new-grads-is-your-wallet-still-open-5c0daab8
— FRONT PAGE: No Raise, No Promotion: 1 in 4 White-Collar Workers Are Stalling Out. Invisible barrier keeping many Americans from getting ahead—midcareer stall. DD: The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 hired me as a GS-7 when I was 22. While I got promoted as fast as time-in-grade rules allowed to GS-9 when I was 23, to GS-11 when I was 24, and to GS-12 when I was 25, that was not fast enough for them. They used their up-or-out rule to deem me to be too old to be promoted to GS-13 because they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/white-collar-workers-career-nyu-study-a81a7d9c
FORBES
— Relevant work experience. DD: GAO audits IRS. To outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically justify forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that a) much of what I had done for IRS was very similar to what I would do for GAO, b) my last 5 1/2 years at IRS had been at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, c) I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and e) I had earned an MBA in 1976. My Democrat GAO superiors would not have forced me to take a pay cut to transfer if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always used my having to take a pay cut to transfer against me viciously. They were furious when I a) earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) became a licensed CPA in 1981, d) earned four more professional certifications in in 1990 (fraud examiner), 1994 (government financial manager), 1996 (financial services auditor), and 1997 (forensic accountant), and e) earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2015/03/26/4-ways-to-overcome-a-lack-of-relevant-work-experience/
KCRG
— Promotion killers. DD: The following are promotion killers for federal employees: a) being a Republican, b) avoiding the Vietnam War draft, c) complaining about political affiliation discrimination, d) complaining about reverse discrimination, e) complaining about age discrimination, f) complaining about religious discrimination, and g) complaining about national origin discrimination.
https://www.kcrg.com/video/2026/05/31/promotion-killers-workplace-habits-that-hurt-your-career/
FLORIDA POLITICS
— Crowded CD 19 GOP Primary heats up with Catalina Lauf attack ads, other media digs
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/799439-crowded-cd-19-gop-primary-heats-up-with-catalina-lauf-attack-ads-other-media-digs/
SPECTATOR
— DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action, DEI, wokeness, and wokeism to get rid of Republicans.
https://spectator.com/article/woke-isnt-dead-its-just-getting-started/?edition=us
CENTER FOR RETIREMENT RESEARCH
— Lowering Pay for Federal Jobs Is Bad for Workers – and Bad for America. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me a) as having been grossly overpaid as a federal employee for almost 30 years and b) as receiving a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension since I was 49 in 1997that is much too generous. In today’s dollars, my federal salary increased from $19.57/hour when I was 18 in 1966 to $154,683/year when I was 49 in 1997. My COLA-adjusted CSRS pension is currently $68,640/year. In my defense, between 1970 and 1997, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (1970), three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), six job-related professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and a job-related professional license (1981).
https://crr.bc.edu/lowering-pay-for-federal-jobs-is-bad-for-workers-and-bad-for-america/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Total compensation consists of cash wages and fringe benefits, primarily health insurance and employer contributions to retirement plans. According to the Congressional Budget Office, for employees with a college degree or above, wages for federal employees are consistently less than those for private sector workers (see Figure 1). Benefits, however, are more generous for federal workers, which fully compensates for the low wages for those with a bachelor’s degree, but federal workers with higher degrees continue to fall short.)
FED SMITH
— Legislation Would Make U.S. Citizenship Permanent Condition of Federal Employment. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/06/01/legislation-would-make-us-citizenship-permanent-condition-of-federal-employment/
CHRISTIANITY TODAY
— DD: Pot is poison. I have never used pot and I never will. If I had used pot I would not have been able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/05/can-christians-smoke-weed-pot-marijuana-medical-cbd/
CROSSTALK
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/spiritual-life/things-christians-should-consider-during-pride-month-when-it-comes-to-loving-others.html
ATLANTIC & VOGE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote vices.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/11/american-vice-national-character/684785/
https://www.vogue.com/article/are-vices-really-all-that-bad-for-you
NEW REPUBLIC
— DD: My critics/opponents look down on the working class. I was a member of the working class 1964-1997. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critic/opponents.
https://newrepublic.com/article/211161/trump-wrecking-nlrb-labor-rights
BENZINGA
— Pence Accuses Trump Of Steering Republicans Away From Conservatism
https://www.benzinga.com/news/politics/26/06/52898365/mike-pence-says-republicans-have-lost-their-way-under-trump-as-he-blasts-presidents-newfound-populism
HIGHER ED DRIVE
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyouts and early retirement to get rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.highereddive.com/news/western-michigan-university-launches-buyout-program-to-ease-budget/821538/
PBS
— DD: Pot is poison. I have never used pot and I never will. If I had used pot I would not have been able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-will-consider-whether-people-who-regularly-smoke-pot-can-legally-own-guns
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— Hegseth removes women, Black officers from Navy promotion list; Pentagon denies bias. DD: I should write about all the promotions that I was passed over for while I was an IRS employee 1975-1980 and a GAO employee 1980-1997. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hegseth-removes-women-black-officers-from-navy-promotion-list-pentagon-denies-bias-report/articleshow/131459345.cms
INDEPENDENT
— Hegseth targets women and Black military officers in ‘anti-DEI’ move. DD: I should write about all the promotions that I was passed over for while I was an IRS employee 1975-1980 and a GAO employee 1980-1997. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/hegseth-military-promotions-dei-black-b2987879.html
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June 1, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Mullin plan to punish sanctuary jurisdictions by targeting their airports faces fierce headwinds. ‘We shouldn’t be processing international flights into their cities,’ Mullin said.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dhs-security-secretary-markwayne-mullin-plan-punish-sanctuary-jurisdictions-targeting-airports-faces-pushback/19213439/
— DOJ says it will abide by ruling that temporarily paused ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund. The statement came amid reports that the DOJ was backing away from the fund.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/doj-says-will-abide-ruling-temporarily-paused-anti-weaponization-fund/19213909/
FOX32
— Federal lawsuit targets major cannabis companies. A federal class-action lawsuit is drawing comparisons between the cannabis industry and big tobacco.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-dh28yb2ofvslr1nh
— Best used cars for teen drivers in 2026. DD: I bought a 1958 Chevrolet BelAir when I was 16 in 1964 with money I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, poor man’s GTO, when I was 17 with money I earned washing dishes. I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19 with money I earned delivering mail. I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20 with money I earned delivering mail.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/experts-rank-best-used-cars-teen-drivers-2026
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES & WBEZ
— Housing program to give eligible Chicagoans up to $70,000 toward down payment. The HomeGrown Purchase Assistance Grant comes at a time when homeownership is becoming increasingly out of reach for many city residents. DD: When I was 24 in 1972, HUD made the new townhome that I bought in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) affordable. I could not have afforded to buy that townhome if it had cost more. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $94,200. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2026/06/01/homegrown-purchase-assistance-program-eligible-chicagoans-70-000-down-payment
https://www.wbez.org/housing/2026/06/01/homegrown-purchase-assistance-program-eligible-chicagoans-70-000-down-payment
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pentagon policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service, appeals court panel rules
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/01/pentagon-transgender-troops/
— Pritzker’s multiunit housing plans for Illinois stall in Springfield’s spring session. DD: Since 1984, my critics/opponents have wanted public housing to be built on the north border of my Wheaton precinct on the south side of Roosevelt Road.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/01/pritzker-build-housing-bill-fails/
DAILY HERALD
— How DuPage County plans to fight rat invasion near Bensenville
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260601/news/how-dupage-county-plans-to-fight-rat-invasion-near-bensenville/
SOUTHERN & EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— Area Republican Legislators Unhappy with More Taxes and Bigger State Budget
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/06/01/area-republican-legislators-unhappy-with-more-taxes-and-bigger-state-budget/
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/illinois-budget-opposition-metro-east-gop-22286138.php
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/gov-pritzkers-statement-on-passage-of-electronic-medical-records-protection-legislation-93884.cfm
CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicagoreader.com/city-life/queers-on-the-rocks/
CHAMBANA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chambanatoday.com/news/298892-champaign-urbana-celebrates-pride-month-with-support-visibility-and-community/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois lawmakers give raises to diversity commissioners they criticized
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1b0e2c94-cdf7-40c3-9b1e-8c0e09df6575.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyouts and early retirement to get rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pension-buyout-extension-passes-forecast-to-save-1-4-billion/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Freedom Held the Line: How ISRA Delivered Major Victories for Illinois Gun Owners in 2026.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/freedom-held-the-line-how-isra-delivered-major-victories-for-illinois-gun-owners-in-2026.html
— Democrat Dysfunction May Be Driving the Chicago Bears to Indiana
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/democrat-dysfunction-may-be-driving-the-chicago-bears-to-indiana.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Justice Department to drop Anti-Weaponization Fund in compliance with court ruling
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/1/justice-department-drop-anti-weaponization-fund-compliance-court/
— American deaths at the hands of non-English-speaking drivers mount. When will Congress pass ‘Dalilah’s Law’? DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/1/american-deaths-hands-non-english-speaking-drivers-mount/
— American companies should hire Americans first. Foreign worker pipelines have devalued U.S. degrees and displaced skilled employees. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/31/american-companies-hire-americans-first/
— DD: My critics/opponents look down on the working class. I was a member of the working class 1964-1997. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critic/opponents.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/1/letter-editor-anyone-works-hard-earns-paycheck-working-class/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump admin pushed to probe CUNY ‘Black Male’ program for blocking out other students
https://nypost.com/2026/06/01/us-news/trump-justice-dept-urged-to-probe-cuny-black-male-initiative-as-exclusionary/
— Teens can learn more from retail and service work than at a fancy summer internship in an office. DD: When you were young, what did you do after-school, weekends, and summers? I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I have always been an unmitigated loser.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/31/opinion/why-teens-should-skip-the-fancy-summer-internship-in-an-office/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— The 50 best conservative places to live in America. DD: Barrington Hills is on the list. Conservative places promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, anti-vice, Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Conservative places do not promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, or Affirmative Action, DEI, or wokeness/wokeism, that is, they do not promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, or national origin discrimination.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/the-50-best-conservative-places-to-live-in-america-according-to-data/ss-AA245laC
USA TODAY
— Pence warns of GOP ‘departure’ from conservative principles
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/31/republican-party-populism-mike-pence-donald-trump/90343125007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Administration Signals ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund About-Face.
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/trump-administration-signals-anti-weaponization-fund-about-face-f775f25c
— Hegseth Blocks Eight Navy Senior Officer Promotions. The defense secretary is trying to promote at least one member of his inner circle who was previously passed over for promotion several times. DD: I should write about all the promotions that I was passed over for while I was an IRS employee 1975-1980 and a GAO employee 1980-1997. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-blocks-eight-navy-senior-officer-promotions-aa536aa2
JD SUPRA
— EEOC wants to eliminate safe harbor for voluntary affirmative action plans. DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eeoc-wants-to-eliminate-safe-harbor-for-9517970/
NEW YORKER
— Patriotism. DD: What makes you patriotic? For me, it includes my being able to earn enough money to do the following even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, he died when he was 47 and I was 21, and my mother never attended high school: a) work my way through college and earn a bachelor’s degree in management, master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, a CPA certificate, a Certified Internal Auditor certificate, four more job-related professional certifications, and a CPA license, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., and c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/01/how-problematic-is-patriotism
POLITICO
— Trump administration retreats on ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/01/trump-weaponization-fund-retreat-00944656
FROM FOREIGN SOURSES
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— In promoting his new book, Mike Pence cautions that the Republican Party faces an internal divide.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/what-mike-pence-said-about-trump-and-jd-vance-explosive-claims-spark-gop-debate-new-threat-to-101780254624294-amp.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
GMAC
— Work experience. DD: For Democrat and RINO employers, hiring, retaining, and promoting young minorities and young females is their top priority. Because young minorities and young females have less work experience, Democrat and RINO employers devalue work experience. Because I am not a minority or female, my Democrat GAO superiors wasted the almost 18 years of work experience that I had. My Democrat IRS superiors wasted the almost 9 years of work experience that I had. And my Democrat Post Office superiors wasted the almost 3 years of work experience that I had.
https://www.gmac.com/resources/learners/how-to-apply/application-guidance/mba-work-experience
June 1, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: After towns reject flag requests, advocates put signs of Pride in storefronts. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. Back in the good old days, back in 2002, to get Xfinity to carry Fox News Channel, I succeeded in getting 30 downtown Wheaton businesses to display “Wheaton Wants Fox News Channel” signs.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260531/news/after-towns-reject-flag-requests-advocates-put-signs-of-pride-in-storefronts/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers pass $56B budget deal backed by gas tax windfall and some election-year tax breaks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/31/illinois-2027-budget-legislative-session-final-day/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it ever-increasingly clear that to win, they will ever-increasingly a) promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination and b) promote more hated against Trump and especially against Republicans who share his demographics: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/01/column-democrats-dnc-autopsy-page/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win unless the racially gerrymander. I live in Illinois’ racially gerrymandered 3rd Congressional District.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/06/01/supreme-courts-takedown-voting-rights-act-bolsters-case-court-expansion-robert-lehrer
— 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/2026/06/01/broadview-six-midway-blitz-abughazaleh-straw-rabbit-perry-trump-ice-crime
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Springfield’s overtime slog ends in $59B budget
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-illinois-budget-passes-20260601/
ABC7
— 18 shot, 3 killed in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-14-shot-2-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-update/19200688/
CBS2
— Illinois lawmakers pass Gov. Pritzker’s $56 million budget, ban on cellphone use in classrooms
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-lawmakers-pass-budget-ban-cellphone-use-classrooms/
WGN9
— Illinois lawmakers pass $56B budget, largest in state history
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-lawmakers-pass-56b-budget-largest-in-state-history/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawmakers-pass-bill-to-shield-abortion-information-from-digital-medical-records/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Budget passes, but Bears bill strikes out
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/01/budget-passes-but-bears-bill-strikes-out-00943991
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: June 24: DuPage County Republicans’ Summer Kickoff will feature State GOP Chair Bob Grogan, state Sen. Seth Lewis, state Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro and former Cubs and White Sox pitcher Steve Trout.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-750/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS FREEDOM CAUCUS
— Democrats Pass Midnight Tax Increases. Once again – the Illinois Democrats pass the largest state budget in history, under the cover of darkness.
https://illinoisfreedomcaucus.substack.com/p/breaking-democrats-pass-midnight
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois passes record $55.9 billion budget, with over $800 million in tax increases
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-passes-record-55-9-billion-budget-with-over-800-million-in-tax-increases/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Since you graduated from college, who has had the greatest impact on you? I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970. Those who have had the greatest impact on me include a) my Firestone Store boss 1970-1971, b) my IRS superiors 1971-1980, and my GAO superiors 1980-1997. I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman (IRP) in 1999 and the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000. Currently, those who have the greatest impact on me include Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman Bob Grogan, IRP State Central Committee member and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Treasurer Mike Flynn, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) chairman Kevin Coyne, and DCRCC Secretary and MTRO chairman Jeff Castle. The aforesaid have a tremendous impact on RPCs in Illinoi, one of my biggest target audiences for my newsletters. What position do the aforesaid have on the many big adverse actions that IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders have taken against me since 2000 to stop me from sending out my newsletters and to stop everyone from reading them? What is going to change under Grogan? What do Grogan, Flynn, Coyne, and Castle want me to do so that they would encourage RPCs to read my newsletters? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rep Jeff Keicher on State Budget: “Makes It Eight Years in a Row That Governor Pritzker and the Democrats Have Raised Taxes”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/rep-jeff-keicher-on-state-budget-makes-it-eight-years-in-a-row-that-governor-pritzker-and-the-democrats-have-raised-taxes/
— Debating the ACLU’s Harvey Grossman in Bughouse Square
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/debating-the-aclus-harvey-grossman/
— Strict Rodeo Regulations Being Considered by Planning, Environment & Development Committee Tuesday at 8:30 AM
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/strict-rodeo-regulations-being-considered-by-planning-environment-development-committee-tuesday-at-830-am/
— Rep. Joe Sosnowski on the Budget: “$410 Million on a Multitude of Services for Non-Citizens”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/rep-joe-sosnowski-on-the-budget-410-million-on-a-multitude-of-services-for-non-citizens/
— Rep. Sue Ness on the Budget: $500 for Those Removed from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/rep-sue-ness-on-the-budget-500-for-those-removed-from-the-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap/
— Illinois Freedom Caucus on the Budget: “Less Than 1 Day to Read a 6,000-Page Budget”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/illinois-freedom-caucus-on-the-budget-less-than-1-day-to-read-a-6000-page-budget/
— Rep. Tom Weber on the Budget: “$220 million Is Earmarked for Democrat Pork Projects… a Pay Raise for Themselves”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/rep-tom-weber-on-the-budget-220-million-is-earmarked-for-democrat-pork-projects-a-pay-raise-for-themselves/
— “Silent Majority” Demonstration in McHenry – Religious Aspects
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/silent-majority-demonstration-in-mchenry/
— “Silent Majority” Demonstration in McHenry – – Support of Trump
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/silent-majority-demonstration-in-mchenry-support-of-trump/
— Debating the ACLU’s Harvey Grossman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/debating-the-aclus-harvey-grossman/
— Candidates’ Night in Cary Monday, June 1st
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/candidates-night-in-cary-monday-june-1st/
— MARENGO PARK DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ELECTS OFFICERS FOR UPCOMING TERM
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/marengo-park-district-board-of-commissioners-elects-officers-for-upcoming-term/
— County Considering Battery Farm, Windmill and Solar Zoning Rules
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/county-considering-battery-farm-windmill-and-solar-zoning-rules/
— Changes Being Considered in County Zoning Ordinance
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/30/changes-being-considered-in-county-zoning-ordinance/
— Turkey Harvest Larger This Year Than Last (Link to All Counties)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/29/turkey-harvest-larger-this-year-than-last/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— California GOP incumbents go to war in Trump loyalty test
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4587478/california-gop-incumbents-at-war-trump-loyalty-test/
NEW YORK POST
— Migrants choosing to voluntarily give up asylum claims surge under Trump admin
https://www.aol.com/articles/migrants-choosing-voluntarily-asylum-claims-200543000.html
AMERICAN THINKER
— University of California system STEM professors argue for…merit?! We’re about to discover if merit matters more than DEI in California universities.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/university_of_california_system_stem_professors_argue_for_merit.html
CENTER SQUARE
— Almost 25,000 immigration arrests made in Florida
https://www.aol.com/articles/almost-25-000-immigration-arrests-224500710.html
— New Jersey sued over tuition rate for ‘illegal aliens’ at public colleges
https://www.aol.com/articles/jersey-sued-over-tuition-rate-213400000.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Hegseth Vows to Resist China ‘Hegemony’ Amid ‘Frightful alarm’ in Southeast Asia. DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with China.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/29/hegseth-vows-to-resist-china-hegemony-amid-frightful-alarm-in-southeast-asia/
— The Federal Government is Still Funding the Immigration Industrial Complex
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/31/are-your-tax-dollars-still-funding-leftist-activist-groups-white-house-demands-answers/
— What happens when college freshmen can’t do elementary math? DD: UIC would not have admitted me in 1966 if I had not gotten an ACT score of 24 and graduated in the upper 29% of my class.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/31/university-of-california-profs-revolt-advocate-sat-return/
— University of California Profs Revolt, Advocate SAT Return
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/31/university-of-california-profs-revolt-advocate-sat-return/
FOX NEWS
— ICE arrests illegal alien who faked asylum claim based on homosexuality, became Indiana jail officer. Selah Dine Habib married the daughter of an Indiana sheriff, became correction officer at father-in-law’s jail.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-allegedly-faked-asylum-claim-based-homosexuality-became-indiana-jail-officer
https://www.fox8tv.com/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-who-allegedly-faked-asylum-claim-based-on-homosexuality-became-indiana-jail-officer/
— EEOC sues New York Times for violating federal law when it passed over a White male employee for a promotion because of his race and/or sex. DD: All my IRS and GAO coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me 1971-1997 were Democrats 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 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.aol.com/articles/york-times-sued-federal-government-220055000.html
PJ MEDIA
— Coast Guard Eliminates Racially Biased Officer Commissioning Standards. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government crowed about their success in hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, that is, they crowed about their success in wasting the careers of and getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/05/31/coast-guard-eliminates-racially-biased-officer-commissioning-standards-n4953426
TOWNHALL
— Suddenly, the Left Objects to Grievance Politics
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/06/01/mom-vip-economist-pratt-trump-grievance-politics-n2676969
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Entertainers punish America to punish Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5903008-trump-america-250-concert/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in and try to keep in more illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders do the same because RINOs want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5900141-immigration-policies-economic-impact/amp/
MSN
— 15 jobs men have that women consider deal breakers in relationships. DD: The list includes debt collector. I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 in 1971 because of EEOC. My Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/15-jobs-men-have-that-women-consider-deal-breakers-in-relationships/ss-AA1Sy2xO
— Resume and interview red flags. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, being the following harms your chance of getting hire, retained, and promoted: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/hiring-manager-shares-the-13-fastest-ways-to-instantly-get-rejected/ss-AA1MU2fi
— Almost half of new retirees got pushed out early. DD: The more of the following that you are, the likely that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 forced me to disclose lots about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/almost-half-of-new-retirees-got-pushed-out-early-7-ways-to-be-ready/ar-AA24th02
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
YAHOO
— Equal Opportunity, Not Equal Outcomes. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/equal-opportunity-not-equal-outcomes-170114368.html
NEWSWEEK
— Arkansas Declares June ‘Fidelity Month.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-declares-june-fidelity-monthwhat-does-it-mean-12015517
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in and try to keep in more illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders do the same because RINOs want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/us/politics/trump-immigrants-health-housing.html
— Student Loan Repayments Are Being Overhauled. DD: My critics/opponents stress that I could not have gotten a student loan if I had tried. My ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/your-money/student-loans-repayment-save-biden.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Why a Chinese-owned company is bringing factory jobs back to the U.S. GE Appliances is a poster child for the president’s promised manufacturing revival. But tariffs are making it harder to onshore jobs. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in and try to keep in more illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders do the same because RINOs want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/31/chinese-owned-company-is-bringing-factory-jobs-back-united-states/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Although factory wages in China have risen rapidly in recent years, Chinese workers make just one-fifth of their American counterparts’ pay, he said. “There are still people moving production offshore because it’s cheaper,” Shih said.)
USA TODAY
— Delaney Hall ICE protests escalate. Advocates outside protested conditions. Detainees inside have staged a hunger strike. And federal officials called in New Jersey police at the gates.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/30/delaney-hall-protests-ice-new-jersey-police/90330145007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Springsteen to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/05/28/bruce-springsteen-trump-tour-dc-festival/90290521007/
— What’s harder than landing a job? Holding onto one you already have. DD: In addition to focusing on my Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO jobs, to get promoted, I earned a) a bachelor’s degree in management, b) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, c) a CPA certificate and a Certified Internal Auditor certificate, d) four more job-related professional certifications, and e) a CPA license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/05/21/what-to-do-job-stuck-search/90058470007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pence: A Republican Time for Choosing. Will we remain the party of conservative principles or embrace progressivism in the guise of populism?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-republican-time-for-choosing-c1f4f8a4
ECONOMIST
— Welcome to Evanston, where woke never died. A Chicago suburb is paying reparations to African-Americans. DD: All my critics/opponents are woke. Sooner or later, if not already, they will all call for reparations. Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Since the 1960s, AA and DEI recipients have received trillions of dollars in benefits.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/05/31/welcome-to-evanston-where-woke-never-died
FORTUNE
— DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents who bought them cars, pay for their college expenses, and got them jobs. Because my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir when I was 16 in 1964 with money I saved doing yard work and delivering newspapers and I worked my way through college. My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/27/income-wealth-inequality-housing-consumer-pessimism-index-high/
FAST COMPANY
— DD: I owe my successes in life to my parents and their traditional marriage and family.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91536282/stability-successful-kids-harvard-research
CHRONICLES MAGAZINE
— Diversity Is Inequality. DD: Anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents will a) stress your weaknesses/shortcomings and b) ignore/dismiss/belittle your strengths/accomplishments. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my becoming a licensed CPA, b) my passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) my earning professional certifications in fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and d) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. Worse yet, my critics/opponents attribute the aforesaid to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/reviews/diversity-is-inequality/
ELDER LAW ANSWERS
— Unpaid Family Caregiving Is Worth a Six-Figure Salary. DD: My aunt had Alzheimer’s. She never married. She had no children. Her only sibling, my father, died suddenly in 1969. I had total responsibility for her from 2009 until her death in 2022. That ate up lots of my time. Of course, I was unpaid.
https://www.elderlawanswers.com/unpaid-family-caregiving-is-worth-a-six-figure-salary-20777
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the population ages, the number of people affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia continues to rise. In turn, families increasingly find themselves providing unpaid care to loved ones with cognitive impairments. This caregiving role, though essential, comes with hidden personal, financial, and societal costs that can be substantial. In fact, a new study reveals that family caregivers of loved ones with dementia, if they were paid for their services, would be making six figures.)
WEEK
— DD: What percent of illegals use airlines?
https://theweek.com/politics/mullin-airports-santuary-cities-dhs-immigration
PSY POST
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to promote more hatred a) against Trump and b) against those who do not hate Trump.
https://www.psypost.org/how-unexpected-news-angles-help-partisan-readers-spot-misinformation-2026-03-19/
CAP RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=nx-s1-5827069
FIT GURU
— The 9 Things Baby Boomers Could Afford at 40 That Many Americans Can’t Today
https://www.fitguru.training/en/news/the-9-things-baby-boomers-could-afford-at-40-that-many-americans-cant-today-20260531-0039.html
BUZZ FEED
— Trump’s Presidency Has Sparked A Surge Of Family And Friendship Breakups. DD: My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being blindly loyal to Trump. That has caused many to dump me. But if you would ask Trump supporters, they would say I am absolutely not blindly loyal to Trump.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahmarder/people-who-cut-off-others-over-election-share-why
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FINANCIAL TIMES & HR MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.ft.com/content/6f99e401-d8c7-4024-8c08-7b5039e4b5c7?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/comment/cutting-investment-in-inclusion-may-cost-organisations-more-than-it-saves
May 31, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump set to headline ‘Great American State Fair’ after artists drop out over ties
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-set-headline-great-american-state-fair-artists-drop-ties/19201064/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump’s physician says the president is in ‘excellent health’ and is ‘fully fit’ to serve
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/30/donald-trump-health/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/30/ice-immigrants-michigan-illinois/
— DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/31/opinion-gun-violence-chicago-prison-sentences/
— DD: The more of the following that you are and the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrat leaders demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/31/vintage-tribune-i-am-an-american-day/
— DD: Ever-increasingly, newspapers serve as mouthpieces for the Democrat Party.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/27/column-charles-selle-newspapers/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote tattooing.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/inking-well-tattoos/2026/05/29/portage-park-man-honors-four-years-sobriety-tattoo
DAILY HERALD
— Ex-Glendale Heights president pleads guilty to perjury
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260530/crime/ex-glendale-heights-president-pleads-guilty-to-forgery/
WBEZ
— Muslim families look to Arabic immersion education to give their children a foundation in faith and identity. Chicago-area Muslim families are flocking to a small southwest suburban school for its rigorous, play-based curriculum taught entirely in Arabic.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/05/30/chicago-muslim-families-arabic-immersion-education-faith-identity-bridgeview-quran-mas-blossoms
NPR ILLINOIS
— Pride celebrations struggle as corporate sponsorships dry up. DD: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-05-30/pride-celebrations-struggle-as-corporate-sponsorships-dry-up
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump calls out Pope Leo for meeting with ‘useless’ Chicago mayor
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-calls-out-pope-leo-for-meeting-with-useless-chicago-mayor/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— State Sen. Dale Fowler says he’ll step down at end of legislative session. The Harrisburg Republican has served his southern Illinois district for a decade.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/state-sen-dale-fowler-says-hell-step-down-at-end-of-legislative-session/
FULCRUM ILLINOIS
— A Year of Resistance, Advocating for Representation in Legislature, at Latino Unity Day. DD: I live in Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District. Illinois Democrat leaders gerrymandered it to elect and to reelect Latino Delia Ramirez.
https://thefulcrum.us/illinois-latino-unity-day-2026-advocacy-representation-legislature
IPM NEWSROOM
— Illinois pension divestment repeal sparks debate over free speech
https://ipmnewsroom.org/illinois-pension-divestment-repeal-sparks-debate-over-free-speech/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago Mayor’s Political Ideology Is Costing Lives
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-mayors-political-ideology-is-costing-lives
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “Silent Majority” Demonstration in McHenry – Religious Aspects
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/silent-majority-demonstration-in-mchenry/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you do? I use my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to promote conservative principles and the Republican Party platform. Who has the greatest impact on what you do? For me it is Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman Bob Grogan, IRP State Central Committee member and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Treasurer Mike Flynn, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) chairman Kevin Coyne, and DCRCC Secretary and MTRO chairman Jeff Castle. What position do the aforesaid have on the many big adverse actions that IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders have taken against me since 2000 a) to stop me from sending out my newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading them? What is going to change under Grogan? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Hold parents, not social media, accountable for teen takeovers. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4586836/hold-parents-not-social-media-accountable-for-teen-takeovers/
— The woke era that began in 2014 ended in 2024. Wokeness, of course, is not dead — it still hangs over many school districts and colleges and will make a comeback with Democratic victories over the next three years — but it no longer is the default mindset. DD: All my critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4583453/out-of-boundaries/
— While teachers unions push politics, reading scores hit historic lows
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/while-teachers-unions-push-politics-reading-scores-hit-historic-lows/ar-AA24pCFm
— Democratic Party activists have long targeted standardized testing by defaming it as a tool of racial oppression. DD: What standardized tests have you passed? I passed all the tests required to earn a) a bachelor’s degree in management, b) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, and c) a CPA certificate and a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) certificate. I passed the CPA and CIA examinations on my first attempt, something that only about 20% do. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was able to do the aforesaid because I benefitted from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4587100/california-right-to-junk-woke-admissions-standards/
NEW YORK POST
— ‘Teen takeovers’ will bring bloody chaos nationwide this summer — because Blue America isn’t bending. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://nypost.com/2026/05/30/opinion/teen-takeovers-will-bring-bloody-chaos-nationwide-this-summer/
— Mamdani-tapped NYC sheriff has long history of claiming NYPD is ‘racist’ and tied to slave patrols
https://nypost.com/2026/05/30/us-news/mamdani-tapped-nyc-sheriff-has-long-history-of-claiming-nypd-is-systemically-racist-and-tied-to-slave-patrols/
— New York’s new sanctuary state laws are a recipe for chaos
https://nypost.com/2026/05/30/opinion/new-yorks-new-sanctuary-state-laws-are-a-recipe-for-chaos/
— In California, public safety loses to open-border theater
https://nypost.com/2026/05/30/opinion/in-california-public-safety-loses-to-sanctuary-theater/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— One in Three American Men No Longer Working. Just 66 percent of men age 20 and older were employed or actively seeking work. DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly dump men who are conservative, Republican, White, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/05/29/one-in-three-american-men-no-longer-working/
DAILY CALLER
— Clock Ticking On GOP To Pass Literally Anything As Midterms Loom
https://dailycaller.com/2026/05/31/clock-ticking-gop-midterms-agenda/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Selective Outrage and Hypocrisy of Antisemitism
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/28/selective-outrage-of-antisemitism/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Anti-ICE ‘Protests’ are Propaganda Disguised as Citizen Activism
https://www.fairus.org/anti-ice-protests-are-propaganda-disguised-citizen-activism
FOX NEWS
— Dead voter allegation fuels concerns about voting safeguards as Illinois official turns herself in. Sylvia Sims Bolton, an alderman in Waukegan turned herself in on Wednesday.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dead-voter-allegation-fuels-concern-about-voting-safeguards-illinois-official-turns-herself
— Pope Leo meets with Chicago’s far-left mayor, George Floyd’s family lawyer at the Vatican. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson led the delegation, which included George Floyd family lawyer Antonio Romanucci. DD: Democrat leaders and their operatives and their dupes will forever use George Floy to promote more hated against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pope-leo-meets-chicagos-far-left-mayor-george-floyds-family-lawyer-vatican
— New Jersey agitators bite, kick and punch ICE agents as Delaney Hall clashes continue; 9 more arrested. Federal agents use pepper spray as Newark detention demonstrations intensify.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-jersey-agitators-bite-kick-punch-ice-agents-delaney-hall-clashes-continue-9-arrested-dhs
— Pope Leo says family based on ‘union between a man and a woman,’ defends dignity of unborn.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-leo-says-family-based-union-between-man-woman-defends-dignity-unborn
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
— The Relationship Between Higher Education and Family Formation. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/2021/11/examining-the-relationship-between-higher-education-and-family-formation
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As educational attainment continues rising, the presumed price of admission to the middle class increasingly seems to require a college degree. In the United States, more young adults than ever attend college, and more young adults than ever rely on student loans. The percentage of all households with any outstanding student loan debt rose from 8.9 percent in 1989 to 21.4 percent in 2019. And from 2006 to 2020, the average amount of outstanding student loan debt per working-age American grew from under $4,000 to over $13,000. At the same time, a growing cultural emphasis on “individual financial and personal responsibility as a necessary precursor for marriage” has led to a profound shift in attitudes towards family formation. Marriage has become more of a “capstone,” signaling a full transition into adulthood, and less of a “cornerstone,” on which young couples begin to build a life together.)
NEW AMERICAN
— Soul Killers in the Classroom. DD: My teachers were overwhelming conservative. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/education/soul-killers-in-the-classroom/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There has been much talk in recent years about “misinformation” on social media. There’s relatively little focus, however, on the misinformation pumped directly into the most damaging place of all: young people’s minds. Moreover, this misinformation — or “brainwashing,” as a critic puts it — has supplanted real learning to the point where youths now lack basic skills. A major reason why, too, is that while some proclaim “wokeness’” death, it’s alive and well. And this is because, says that critic, independent journalist Emil Hasle, wokeness-mind-virus carriers pervade American education. Publishing at Substack last Sunday, the journalist laments a decades-long ideological transformation in Western education, writing: Conservatives have become vanishingly rare in academia, and even moderates now find themselves marginalized as a fringe group. Data on U.S. faculty ideology from 1969 to 2022 illustrates this shift dramatically: the share of liberals and far-left educators rose from 45% to 74%, while centrists declined to 15% and conservatives to just 11%.)
TOWNHAL
— To hear Democrats talk about black people is a mix of arrogance, racism and more condescension than could be crammed into the Grand Canyon. What do I mean by that? It’s pretty simple, really: the left simultaneously insists black people are perpetual victims with economic hardship thrust upon them by “systemic racism” and the sole builders of everything good and superior to everyone else. None of it is true, but all of it is designed to manipulate. Democrats, even black Democrats, treat the average black American like they’re a child and special; neither is true. They’re just people, like everyone else.
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/05/31/black-people-are-not-children-nor-are-they-special-n2676957
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— A proposal by the Trump administration to push federal workers to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) has sparked accusations that the White House is trying to silence its workforce, including those who have been speaking to the press. DD: When I was 40 years old in 1988, I went public against my Democrat GAO superiors. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. To punish me, they a) threw me off audits of IRS, b) gave me bad job assignments, c) gave me unfair performance expectations, d) gave me unfair performance appraisals, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Previously, they had a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in when I was 31 years old in 1980, b) kept me off audits of IRS until 1986, c) delayed my promotions, and d) never promoted me beyond GS-13. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5901850-nondisclosure-agreements-federal-workers-trump-administration/
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
AOL
— Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.aol.com/articles/lawsuit-alleges-gender-age-race-121500000.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/us/politics/trump-immigrants-health-housing.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/us/customs-airports-markwayne-mullin.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/magazine/voting-rights-act-reconstruction-civil-rights-redistricting.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Israel.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/opinion/israel-palestinians-boycott-eurovision.html?searchResultPosition=1
POLITICO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/30/ice-immigration-privacy-data-advertising-00939078
FROM OTHER SOURCES
EXP REALTY
— FOR SALE: Iron Gate Motor Condo: 2240 Ferry Road, #108, Naperville – $1,200,000
https://leeernst.exprealty.com/details.php?mls=103&mlsid=12651984
REALTY ONE GROUP
— FOR SALE: Iron Gate Motor Condo: 2112 Ferry Road, #111, Naperville – $579,000
https://www.realtyonegroupimpact.com/commercial/mrd/12653023/2112-ferry-road-111-naperville-il-60563
May 29, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Community organization hosting youth-centered conversation on ‘teen takeovers’ in Chicago. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/community-organization-season-soar-hosting-youth-centered-conversation-teen-takeovers-chicagos-south-side/19187556/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cps-student-ricardo-hernandez-navarrete-detained-ice-receives-diploma-mather-high-school-graduation-chicago-return/19189259/
NBC5
— ‘Significant police presence’ expected in Naperville ahead of teen gathering. NPD included a flyer for a “Downtown Naperville Teen Takeover” that has been circulating on social media in the warning. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/significant-police-presence-planned-for-western-suburb-on-monday-ahead-of-teen-gathering/3941662/
— DHS Secretary threatens to pull CBP agents from ‘sanctuary city’ airports
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/dhs-secretary-threatens-to-pull-cbp-agents-from-sanctuary-city-airports/3941489/
— Illinois U.S. Attorney denies he’s investigating Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/embattled-illinois-u-s-attorney-now-investigating-trump-accuser-e-jean-carroll-sources/3941585/
CBS2
— South Side youth weigh in on teen takeovers after recent gatherings turned violent. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/teen-takeovers-conversation-south-side-discussion/
FOX32
— Migrant arrivals linked to homelessness spike
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-idxer8y5ndv2ahfm
— Group wants to split Illinois into two states
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-aq7666zdpi2sd3xg
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote more abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/05/28/illinois-lawmakers-look-protect-abortion-care-records
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Possible ‘teen takeover’ has Naperville beefing up downtown police presence. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/28/possible-teen-takeover-monday-has-naperville-beefing-up-downtown-police-presence/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increase promote Springsteen.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/28/bruce-springsteen-power-to-the-people-festival/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/28/ice-cps-mather-graduation/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/28/e-jean-carroll-investigation/
— CTU must put the brakes on excessive political activity and be considerate of its members
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/29/opinion-chicago-teachers-union-dues-political-action/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/05/28/mather-senior-laces-up-his-soccer-shoes-again-after-months-in-immigration-detention
— ‘Broadview Six’ might try to tap Trump’s $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization fund’ after feds’ conduct tanked case. DD: Democrat U.S. Senators and Democrat U.S. Representative weaponized my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors against me.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-house/2026/05/28/broadview-6-trump-blanche-doj-justice-department-weaponization-fund
SOUTHERN
— DD: How many votes will Corbett take from Bailey?
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/05/28/286512/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— New Illinois GOP boss says party rebuild a long-term project. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-new-illinois-gop-boss-says-party-rebuild-a-long-term-project/article_0ed9ba0f-a63b-4c9d-933e-89e814ff76f7.html
WIFR
— DD: How many votes will Corbett take from Bailey?
https://www.wifr.com/video/2026/05/28/former-republican-strategist-collin-corbett-files-run-illinois-governor-independent/
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Naperville police increasing downtown presence due to possible teen takeover. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nctv17.org/news/naperville-police-increasing-downtown-presence-monday-due-to-possible-teen-takeover/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— Community Violence Intervention Members Search For Solutions To Prevent “Teen Takeovers.” Police intervened as hundreds of teens came out to 56th Street Beach before spilling into Hyde Park. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://patch.com/illinois/southside/community-violence-intervention-members-search-solutions-prevent-teen-takeovers
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— ‘Teen Takeovers’ Revive Chicago Debate Over Curfews And Parental Accountability. Large Near West Side and Hyde Park gatherings have alderpeople again weighing stricter rules to combat them, while the mayor sees programming and prevention as a better approach. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/05/28/teen-takeovers-revive-chicago-debate-over-curfews-and-parental-accountability/
CWB CHICAGO
— 15 years of flash mobs, teen trends, and takeovers: Chicago’s repeating summer problem
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/05/15-years-of-flash-mobs-teen-trends-and-takeovers-chicagos-repeating-summer-problem.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Johnson courts pope amid budget crunch
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/29/johnson-courts-pope-amid-budget-crunch-00941969
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-534/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republicans claim fake transparency in early budget, demand better.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6cb0ccac-d097-4221-8530-b224b38eec6a.html
— Illinois may take DOJ ‘Anti-Weaponization’ payouts from residents. DD: Democrat U.S. Senators and Democrat U.S. Representative weaponized my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors against me.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_49042d8e-1fa5-49ad-8016-c6a715e767f0.html
THOMAS DEVORE
— Colin Corbett Didn’t “Leave” the GOP — He Planned to Sabotage It
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=thomas%20devore&filters=eyJyZWNlbnRfcG9zdHM6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcInJlY2VudF9wb3N0c1wiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwiXCJ9In0%3D
— Illinois Republicans Cannot Afford Another Insider Experiment
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=thomas%20devore&filters=eyJyZWNlbnRfcG9zdHM6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcInJlY2VudF9wb3N0c1wiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwiXCJ9In0%3D
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker’s proposed budget shorts pensions by $5.4 billion.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzkers-proposed-budget-shorts-pensions-by-5-4-billion/
— More schools double-dipping taxpayers for teacher pension costs
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/more-schools-double-dipping-taxpayers-for-teacher-pension-costs/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Johnson Brings CTU President Whose Leadership Is Viewed as Hostile to Catholic Education to Vatican Meeting.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/05/johnson-brings-ctu-president-whose-leadership-is-viewed-as-hostile-to-catholic-education-to-vatican-meeting.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Legislature Finally Moves to Reform Property Tax Sale Process Three Years after U.S. Supreme Court Decision
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/28/state-legislature-finally-moves-to-reform-property-tax-sale-process-three-years-after-u-s-supreme-court-decision/
— U.S. Attorney Calls Out Media for False Story
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/29/u-s-attorney-calls-out-media-for-false-story/
— AI Regulation Bills Pass Senate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/29/ai-regulation-bills-pass-senate/
— Tony Colatorti Running for Sheriff Again
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/29/tony-colatorti-running-for-sheriff-again/
— Turkey Harvest Larger This Year Than Last (links to all counties)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/29/turkey-harvest-larger-this-year-than-last/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Go back’: DHS secretary tells hunger-strike migrants to deport back home for better food.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/28/go-back-dhs-secretary-tells-hunger-strike-migrants-deport-back-home/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— As pope apologizes for slavery, remember it was African countries that started slave trade.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4585496/pope-apologizes-slavery-african-countries-started-slave-trade/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Having a wild weekend. “Teens” in Chicago whoop it up and cause mass destruction. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/having_a_wild_weekend.html
BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
— Colorado Middle School Student Censored from Reciting Pro-Life Poem
https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/colo-middle-school-student-censored-from-reciting-pro-life-poem
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Anti-ICE Activism on Campus. The purpose of abolishing ICE is not to abolish unjust suffering, but to redistribute it onto Americans.
https://cis.org/Cao/FirstHand-Look-AntiICE-Activism-Campus
COLLEGE FIX
— Medical watchdog demands removal of DEI standards in social work education. DD: While worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their top priority was advancing their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/medical-watchdog-demands-removal-of-dei-standards-in-social-work-education/
FIRST THINGS
— Combating Vice. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://firstthings.com/combating-vice/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS & CHRISTIAN CENTURY & NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER & CATHOLIC WEEKLY & PALESTINE CHRONICLE
— DD: According to America’s enemies, no war against them is just.
https://www.reuters.com/world/spurning-just-war-pope-leo-ends-catholic-permission-slip-conflicts-2026-05-28/
https://www.christiancentury.org/news/pope-leo-calls-just-war-theory-outdated-new-encyclical-nbsp
https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/editorial/editorial-pope-leo-xiv-says-just-war-theory-outdated-catholics-should-take-heed
https://catholicweekly.com.au/george-weigel-the-peace-we-can-make/
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/unjust-to-remain-neutral-on-popes-algorithmic-peace-and-middle-easts-real-wars/
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in turning Vietnam War veterans against Trump. They stress that Trump avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.aol.com/articles/group-vietnam-vets-standing-trumps-100005000.html
ABC NEWS
— Some federal pensions pay handsome rewards. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. Since then, ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents, and especially those who are not in line to get a pension and are not getting a pension, have been increasingly furious about that. In my defense, I paid 7% of my Post Office (almost 3 years), IRS (almost 9 years) , and GAO (almost 18 years) salaries into the CSRS for my $68,640/year CSRS pension. Further, my critics/opponents are ever-increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance premiums since 1966 and 72% of my wife’s health insurance premiums since 1978. Further, my critics/opponents are ever-increasingly furious that I get $18.711.60/year Social Security. In my defense, I paid into Social Security 1964-1973, and more recently, I have been entitled to about half my wife’s Social Security.
https://abcnews.com/Business/federal-pensions-pay-handsome-rewards/story?id=17007196
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 21,000 retired federal workers receive lifetime government pensions of $100,000 or more per year. Of these, nearly 2,000 have federal pensions that pay $125,000 or more annually, and 151 take home $150,000 or more. Six federal retirees get more than $200,000 a year. Some 1.2% of federal retirees collect six-figure pensions. By comparison, 0.1% of military retirees collect as much. The New York State and Local Retirement System pays 0.2% of its retirees pensions of $100,000 or more. The New Jersey retirement system pays 0.4% of retirees that much. Comparable private figures aren’t available. The six-figure pensions spread across a broad swath of the federal workforce: doctors, budget analysts, accountants, public relations specialists and human resource managers. Most do not get Social Security benefits. Retired law enforcement is the most common profession receiving $100,000-plus pensions, including 326 Drug Enforcement Administration agents, 237 IRS investigators and 186 FBI agents. The Postal Service has 714 retired workers getting six-figure retirements. The Social Security Administration has 444. A retired Smithsonian zoologist has a $162,000 annual lifetime pension. The six $200,000-plus pensions include a doctor, a dentist and a credit union regulator, plus three retirees whose occupations weren’t listed. Pensions are a growing federal budget burden, rising twice as fast as inflation over the last decade. Pension payments cost $70 billion last year, plus $13 billion for retiree health care. Taxpayers face a $2 trillion unfunded liability — the amount needed to cover future benefits — for these programs, according to the government’s audited financial statement. “These people are highly trained, highly skilled and often put their lives on the line in law enforcement,” says Julie Tagen, legislative director of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. “It’s a very, very small portion of retirees at that ($100,000) level.” “Government pensions are vastly more generous than those in the private sector,” says economist Veronique de Rugy of the market-oriented Mercatus Center. “It’s no coincidence that if there is a good plan, it’s available to federal employees rather than in the private sector.” USA TODAY and the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press— both owned by Gannett — analyzed the Civil Service Retirement System database, obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request. The Office of Personnel Management withheld some information, including names, ages and length of service. The records cover 1.9 million federal civilian pensions. Congress members were not included, nor were military retirees. The average federal pension pays $32,824 annually. The average state and local government pension pays $24,373, Census data show. The average military pension is $22,492. ExxonMobil, which has one of the best remaining private pensions, pays an average of $18,250 per retiree, Labor Department filings show. The federal government has two retirement systems: one for those hired before 1984 (Civil Service Retirement System) and another for those hired after. Under the older system, employees did not participate in Social Security. CSRS covers 78% of current retirees and accounts for 96% of six-figure pensions. All federal retirees receive health benefits.)
NBC NEWS
— Teen ‘takeovers’ push cities to take action. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/covid-pandemic-blame-teen-takeover-experts-say-rcna347075
AOL
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyout and early retirement “offers” to get rid of their employees who are: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/articles/retirement-trend-among-60-olds-162700030.html
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
NEW YORK TIMES
— Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms? He is intervening in a bunch of Republican primaries to purge people who opposed him in one way or another. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes purge me. Have your critics/opponents purged you? If so, what have your critics/opponents used to purge you? To purge me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, from my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, from my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster position, from TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, from Illinois Center Right Coalition, from etc., my critics/opponents have used a) my using my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to promote conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject, b) my promoting Republican candidates who they reject, c) my encouraging Republican participation in Wheaton Independence Day parades, d) my successfully leading efforts to ban video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton, e) my suing them, f) my successfully leading the effort to stop the installation of a stoplight at the intersection of Harrison and President in Wheaton, g) my successfully leading the effort to force Xfinity to carry Fox News Channel in Wheaton, h) etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-liam-donovan.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: IVF. DD: Duckworth has an extremely low opinion of Trump. What does she think of you? Both Trump and I avoided the Vietnam War draft. We are both conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time. In 2006, Duckworth had me throw out of her press conference with Michael J. Fox in Wheaton. SEE: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/10/25/celebrity-and-controversy-mark-6th-race/ Further, my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF. We did not adopt. We did not become foster parents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/us/ivf-embryos-custody.html
— Southern Poverty Law Center Accuses Justice Dept. of Vindictive Prosecution. DD: What adverse actions have been taken against you? I should write about a) my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me and b) why they did that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/us/politics/southern-poverty-law-center-doj.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn the Pope against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/05/28/pope-leo-chicago-brandon-johnson-visit-vatican/deedce52-5ab5-11f1-8a9d-afb1148204e1_story.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/04/29/fentanyl-awareness-day-kids-drug-prevention/89756058007/
SAN ANTONIO FIRST
— Teen takeovers are a result of repeated failures to prosecute juvenile delinquents. DD: Teen takeovers are a result of Democrat leader success in destroying traditional marriage and family.
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2026-05-27-the-main-reason-teen-takeovers-have-been-spreading/
SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS
— DD: For Democrats, democracy exists to take opportunities, money, and everything else away from Republicans and to give it all to Democrats.
https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/letters-editor/article/impeach-remove-president-trump-bipartisan-issue-22277275.php
DAILY MONTANAN
— Trump-style loyalty tests fracture Montana’s Republicans. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://dailymontanan.com/2026/05/29/trump-style-loyalty-tests-fracture-montanas-republicans/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Reparations for Trump and Slavery? Given the precedent of the Anti-Weaponization Fund, a future president could do all sorts of mischief.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/reparations-for-trump-and-slavery-e439ce51
— The GOP Wants to Tax Your Car. A federal registration fee is one of the worst Republican ideas to come along in a while.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-gop-wants-to-tax-your-car-e6c78ff6?mod=opinion_lead_pos8
BLOOMBERG LAW
— EEOC Seeks to Revoke Rule Shielding Affirmative Action Plans. DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/eeoc-seeks-to-revoke-rule-shielding-affirmative-action-plans
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— Guide to Hiring Noncitizens. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/guide-to-hiring-noncitizens-on-temporary-visas/
LAW 360
— EEOC Set To Scrap Decades-Old Affirmative Action Guidance. DD: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/amp/articles/2482950
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyout and early retirement “offers” to get rid of their employees who are: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2026/05/as-agencies-try-to-bring-in-new-talent-a-lot-of-current-employees-are-making-tough-decisions/
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
— Political Stress. DD: Putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out has harmed my health, is harming my health, and will ever-increasingly harm my health. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly stress that to discourage/stop me from putting the newsletters together and sending them out.
https://news.syr.edu/2025/03/27/protecting-your-health-in-a-polarized-world-expert-advice-on-political-stress/
REASON
— DD: Democrat leaders, their operatives, and their dupes decry DHS and ICE cracking down on fraudulent asylum claims.
https://reason.com/2026/05/28/dhs-directs-ice-to-crack-down-on-allegedly-fraudulent-asylum-claims/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
EDUCATOR
— It’s time to stop blaming teachers: Students are responsible for their learning. What motivated you to learn things in high school? For me it was getting the highest ACT score that I could, getting highest class ranking that I could, and getting accepted by UIC. But I spent far too much time washing dishes instead of studying.
https://www.theeducatoronline.com/k12/news/its-time-to-stop-blaming-teachers-students-are-responsible-for-their-learning/288964
FROM OTHER SOURCES
CHRISTIE’S INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE
— FOR SALE: 629 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $985,000
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/629-W-Elm-St-Wheaton-IL-60189/4447893_zpid/
May 28, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— US Attorney for Northern District of Illinois leading criminal probe into E. Jean Carroll. Acting AG Todd Blanche recused himself from the investigation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-attorney-northern-district-illinois-andrew-boutros-leading-doj-criminal-probe-jean-carroll-sources/19183723/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-high-school-soccer-star-reunites-with-team-after-release-from-ice-custody/3941237/
— Chicago faith leaders plan a new kind of ‘teen takeover’ after violent gatherings. It’s all to prevent the dangerous trend that caused chaos in the city over the holiday weekend. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-faith-leaders-plan-a-new-kind-of-teen-takeover-after-violent-gatherings/3941156/
WGN9
— Girl, 14, charged after teen takeover in Hyde Park. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://wgntv.com/video/girl-14-charged-after-teen-takeover-in-hyde-park-cpd-says/11804054/
— Concerns growing over how to put a stop to teen takeovers. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSF2VGBo3xs
FOX32
— Alderman pushing to penalize parents in teen takeovers. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-yau47ow8m11099j6
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Fundraiser for Illinois GOP governor candidate Darren Bailey delayed after Tribune raised ethics law questions. DD: Anticipate/expect that the Pope will ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/27/darren-bailey-fundraiser-ethics/
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyout and early retirement “offers” to get rid of their employees who are: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/28/opinion-illinois-voluntary-pension-buyouts/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/28/illinois-hiv-advocates-funding-trump-cuts/
STATELINE
— DD: How many votes will Corbett take from Bailey?
https://www.mystateline.com/news/independent-candidate-enters-illinois-governor-race-challenging-pritzker-and-bailey/
WIFR
— DD: How many votes will Corbett take from Bailey?
https://www.wifr.com/2026/05/27/former-republican-strategist-collin-corbett-files-run-illinois-governor-independent/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders raise questions about Trump’s health.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2026-05-27/trumps-third-check-up-at-walter-reed-raises-more-questions-about-his-health
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Durbin invokes Lincoln in democracy warning. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint Democrats as having been the Union in the Civil War and paint Republicans as having been the Confederacy.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/28/durbin-invokes-lincoln-in-democracy-warning-00939505
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Democratic state Rep. La Shawn Ford has been endorsed by the Congressional Black Caucus’ political organization in his bid for the 7th congressional seat now held by Rep. Danny Davis, who also has endorsed him. Ford survived a competitive primary to emerge as the Democratic nominee in a predominantly blue district. He faces Republican Chad Koppie, a retired farmer and jet pilot, in the November election.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-746/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republican Candidate to Replace Dick Durbin Comments on His Speech to the Illinois General Assembly
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/28/republican-candidate-to-replace-dick-durbin-comments-on-his-speech-to-the-illinois-general-assembly/
— Taxpayers Subsidizing Teacher Pensions, Often with Teachers Paying Nothing. DD: For my Civil Service Retirement System pension, I paid 7% of my federal salary.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/28/taxpayers-subsidizing-teacher-pensions-often-with-teachers-paying-nothing/
ILLINOIS ANSWERS PORJECT
— A Proposed Law Would Push Wealthy Suburbs to Build More Affordable Housing. Mayors Are Pushing Back.
https://illinoisanswers.org/2026/05/27/proposed-illinois-law-push-wealthy-suburbs-build-more-affordable-housing/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to Criticize Trump Policies, Push Reparations Agenda During Vatican Meeting. DD: DD: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations. Anticipate/expect that the Pope will ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/05/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-to-criticize-trump-policies-push-reparations-agenda-during-vatican-meeting.html
— The Hatred Against the Trump Family Has Turned Dangerous. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting hatred against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/05/opinion-the-hatred-against-the-trump-family-has-turned-dangerous.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
— Trial Awaits Lifeguard Who Sought Pride Flag Exemption. LA County allegedly refused to accommodate Christian beliefs. The case of a Christian lifeguard in Los Angeles County who was denied a religious accommodation that would have excused him from raising or lowering the LGBTQ+ “Progress Pride Flag” is going to trial after a federal judge’s sealed ruling last week. Capt. Jeffrey Little, a lifeguard with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, first filed a lawsuit against the county and several supervisors in 2024 after the county enacted a policy requiring the Progress Pride Flag to be flown over county facilities, including some lifeguard stations, during LGBTQ Pride Month each June.
https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/trial-awaits-lifeguard-who-sought-pride-flag-exemption
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— West Point wake-up call: Hegseth torches DEI obsession in military ranks
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/05/27/west-point-wake-up-call-hegseth-torches-dei-obsession-in-military-ranks-1642715/
BREITBART
— Blue States Starting to Curb ‘Free’ Healthcare to Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/05/27/blue-states-starting-to-curb-free-healthcare-to-migrants-as-budgets-spin-out-of-control/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— GOP Establishment Quietly Memory-Holes Months Of Anti-Paxton Content
https://dailycaller.com/2026/05/27/nrsc-deletes-anti-ken-paxton-content/
DAILY WIRE
— Camouflage-Clad Chinese Illegals Caught At Border
https://www.dailywire.com/news/camouflage-clad-chinese-illegals-caught-at-border
— DEI’s Hidden Cost: The Quiet Consequences Of A Flawed Policy. Diversity mandates fracture merit, mental health, and relationships.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/deis-hidden-cost-the-quiet-consequences-of-a-flawed-policy
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
— Older Americans Month: Champion Your Health. DD: Putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out has harmed my health, is harming my health, and will ever-increasingly harm my health. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly stress that to discourage/stop me from putting the newsletters together and sending them out.
https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2026/05/older-americans-month-champion-your-health
FOX NEWS
— Lindsey Graham: Iran became ‘rich and lethal’ under Biden and Obama.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6396807522112
— Trump offers federal help for Chicago’s teen takeovers. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6396737300112
— Illinois official charged after allegedly submitting dead mother’s mail-in ballot. Authorities say the investigation began after election officials flagged a vote-by-mail ballot connected to a deceased voter.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-official-charged-allegedly-submitting-dead-mothers-mail-ballot
— Pete Hegseth’s anti-DEI speech at West Point is a template to save American lives. Regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, we need the best of the best to protect us.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/pete-hegseths-anti-dei-speech-west-point-template-save-american-lives
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5897035-trump-control-republicans-paxton/
MS NOW
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.ms.now/morning-joe/watch/top-democrat-loyalty-to-trump-only-thing-that-matters-to-gop-2501512771945
ABC NEWS
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/americans-democrats-dont-stand-republicans-republicans-support-trump/story?id=133320627
ABC NEW YORK
— DD: How long have your ancestors been in America? According to Democrat leaders, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the more that you have benefited from slavery, and therefore the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American. My critics/opponents have always stressed that I am all of the aforesaid and that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In my ancestors’ defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois, they never were in a position to discriminate against Blacks, and they never did discriminate against Blacks.
https://abc7ny.com/post/pope-leo-xiv-makes-historic-apology-vaticans-role-legitimizing-slavery/19175137/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Wants Federal Employees to Sign Nondisclosure Agreements. Lawyers representing federal workers said the move is intended to chill speech and could be challenged on First Amendment grounds. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors’ forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 forced me to disclose lots about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/us/politics/trump-administration-nondisclosure-agreements.html
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/us/trump-cornyn-paxton-senate-republicans.html
— Vice and the Crisis of Liberalism. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/opinion/vice-liberalism-addiction-gambling-drugs.html
USA TODAY
— 59% retire earlier than planned. DD: The more of the following that you are, the likely that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/05/25/early-retirement-job-loss-health-layoffs/90218745007/
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/05/27/paxton-win-texas-runoff-midterms-trump-endorsement/90211135007/
FED SMITH
— OPM Proposes Eliminating the Time-in-Grade Rule. DD: The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 hired me as a GS-7 when I was 22. While I got promoted as fast as time-in-grade rules allowed to GS-9 when I was 23, to GS-11 when I was 24, and to GS-12 when I was 25, that was not fast enough for them. They used their up-or-out rule to deem me to be too old to be promoted to GS-13 because they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/05/27/eliminating-time-in-grade-rule-federal-workforce-impact/
TIME
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://time.com/article/2026/05/26/paxton-defeats-cornyn-trump-texas-talarico/
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
— The Case for Prohibiting Vice. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/case-prohibiting-vice
NEW REPUBLIC
— DD: For Democrats, democracy exists to take opportunities, money, and everything else away from Republicans and to give it all to Democrats.
https://newrepublic.com/article/210941/southern-states-anti-democracy-gerrymandering
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/green-card-news-uscis-memo/
YALE DAILY NEWS
— Yale reinstates SAT, ACT requirement. DD: UIC would not have admitted me in 1966 if I had not gotten an ACT score of 24.
https://yaledailynews.com/articles/yale-reinstates-sat-act-requirement-after-six-years-of-flexible-policy
AXIOS
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/27/trump-primary-elections-retribution-loyal-maga
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/27/trump-republican-party-maga
May 27, 2026
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The Illinois GOP has a new operator. DD: Under Grogan, what will change? Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Past and present anti-conservative leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters because I emphasize the following conservative planks in the Republican Party platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading my newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop me from emphasizing those planks. Under Grogan, what will change? How will anti-conservative IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and treat me?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/27/the-illinois-gop-has-a-new-operator-00937440
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bob Grogan has spent so many years around Illinois Republican politics that he jokes he used to be “the youngest person in the room” at party meetings. Now, at 58, the former DuPage County auditor is stepping into leadership of a state GOP that is less competitive in the suburbs that once powered Republican success statewide. Culture wars: Grogan isn’t interested in being a culture-war bomb thrower. He says he’s more drawn to the mechanics of politics — recruiting volunteers, knocking on doors and figuring out what makes a campaign work. “I’m an optimizer. I’m a problem solver,” Grogan told your Playbook host in an interview after he was elected the new chair of the Illinois Republican Party. “I’m a collector of best practices.” That managerial mindset helped Grogan defeat outgoing Chair Kathy Salvi in a closed-door vote of the Republican State Central Committee. He now inherits a party that has become an afterthought, with Democrats controlling every statewide office and dominating the suburbs that once were the backbone of Illinois Republicanism. Reality bites: Grogan doesn’t deny the depth of the problem. But he also isn’t particularly interested in ideological navel-gazing. Instead, he talks about spending smarter, recruiting better candidates and wooing suburban moderates who increasingly view the GOP as out of step. “We cannot purge our way to 51 percent. You can’t grow the church by excommunicating all the sinners,” he said, referring to Republicans who lean left on social issues. Grogan describes himself as conservative, and he rejects the idea that every disagreement inside the party should become a loyalty test. Asked whether he saw himself as more aligned with former Sen. Mark Kirk’s moderate wing or the activist Dan Proft’s conservative faction, Grogan laughed, saying, “I’m a Bob Grogan Republican.” The Trump factor: Even his relationship to President Donald Trump is nuanced. Grogan says Republicans would be foolish to “run away” from Trump, but he also seems keenly aware that suburban voters have grown wary of him and largely want to tune out the endless partisan infighting. “There’s very little that I can say to change anybody’s mind because everyone at this point in life has probably had 10,000 hours of input as to Donald Trump,” he said. Get real: Instead, Grogan insists Illinois Republicans need to focus on what he calls “the actual issues in front of people,” including crime, affordability, taxes and frustrations with local government. He also thinks Republicans too often talk at voters instead of listening to them. On listening: “One of the things I’ve often criticized my own brethren [for] is, we see somebody and we tell them what they should be worried about, as opposed to listening [to] what they’re worried about,” he said. Call me: When we spoke a few days after his election, Grogan and GOP gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey hadn’t yet spoken, but he has since said they have made plans to campaign together. The two were on opposite sides of the March 17 primary as Grogan backed Ted Dabrowski, who got trounced by Bailey 54 percent to 29 percent, with third-place finisher James Mendrick receiving 10 percent of the vote. Stand by his man: Grogan assured us that he’s behind Bailey’s campaign, saying the electorate is tired of Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker: “There’s fatigue out there.”)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Crowds prompt large police response at Chicago’s 57th Street Beach amid teen takeover plans. A chaotic scene also unfolded near North Avenue Beach on Monday night. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/teen-takeover-chicago-news-crowds-prompt-large-police-response-57th-street-beach-hyde-park-amid-trend-plans/19171065/
— Trump wraps up 3-hour medical visit to Walter Reed and declares ‘Everything checked out PERFECTLY.’ It will be his fourth publicly disclosed medical exam since returning to office.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trump-see-doctors-annual-physical-walter-reed-medical-center-what-public-finds-is/19173662/
NBC5
— Debate intensifies over tackling Illinois’ housing shortage. Senate Democrats introduced a plan that is separate from Gov. JB Pritzker’s BUILD plan. DD: Since 1984, my critics/opponents have wanted public housing to be built on the north border of my precinct on the south side of Roosevelt Road.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/debate-intensifies-over-tackling-illinois-housing-shortage/3940714/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: However, suburban mayors continue to raise alarm bells about how the plan would change neighborhoods. Their biggest concern is that small apartment buildings between 4 and 8 units could be built on lots designed for single-family homes. Some mayors even have taken the step to adopt resolutions explaining their opposition. “Your neighbor next door can leave town, sell that property, and have a multi-family, four-unit, six-units complex built right next to your single-family home. We just don’t think that’s right,” said Wheaton Mayor Phil Suess. More than 500 new units of housing are on their way to Wheaton. Suess believes the construction is a sign his city’s affordable housing plans are working. So, he doesn’t believe Springfield needs to get involved. “Things are working well. We’re achieving a lot of the points that are referenced in the BUILD Act, and we’re doing it without mandated legislation,” Suess explained.)
CBS2
— 53 people arrested, 9 weapons seized during large teen gathering in Hyde Park. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/3-shot-teen-gathering-hyde-park-memorial-day-weekend/
WGN9
— Millennial job seekers trimming resumes to avoid ageism. DD: The more of the follow that you are, the more that you will face ageism: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://wgntv.com/news/trending/resume-botox-millennial-job-seekers-trimming-resumes-to-avoid-ageism/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— It’s time to get tougher on teen takeovers after chaotic Memorial Day weekend. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/26/editorial-teen-takeovers-brandon-johnson-chaos-memorial-day-weekend/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv/2026/05/26/pope-leo-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-vatican-visit
WBEZ
— The job market is brutal. DD: Anticipate/expect that employers will hang out signs that say that those who are the following need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/05/26/how-recent-chicago-college-graduates-are-navigating-a-brutal-job-market
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DuPage auditor takes Grogan on onus of state GOP leadership. DD: Serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job; they are always blamed for their party’s losses. I survived for 7 years as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. During that time, I invited speakers for all 78 of the organization’s monthly meetings, August picnics, and December Christmas parties. I should list all those who spoke at those events and what they emphasized. My critics/opponents always demonized, denigrated, and condemned those speakers and what they emphasized. To end my TAPROOT chairmanship and to destroy TAPROOT in 2012, my critics/opponents had their TAPROOT officers and their TAPROOT directors charge me with gross incompetence. They argued/shouted that anyone could do a better job of heading TAPROOT than I did. Previously, I survived for 4 years as a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee (SC) 2003-2007. My critics/opponents had my fellow ICRC SC members end my ICRC SC membership and destroy ICRC in 2007. In 2006, they unsuccessfully tried to get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on IRP SCC members since 1999.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-dupage-auditor-takes-on-onus-of-state-gop-leadership/article_8fe70a48-ac5d-435a-a4de-b882fdeab8c0.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat leaders say that Trump is getting the Republican Party that he wants, but ask can he win in the midterms?
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-is-getting-the-republican-party-that-he-wants-but-can-he-win-in-the-midterms/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois lawmakers roll out broad cannabis industry overhaul. DD: Illinois Democrats ever-increasing crow about their success in pushing pot, that is, their success in destroying Illinois.
https://www.nprillinois.org/economy-business/2026-05-26/illinois-lawmakers-roll-out-broad-cannabis-industry-overhaul
— American men leaving the workforce at historic rates. DD: Anticipate/expect that employers will hang out signs that say that those who are the following need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-05-26/why-are-american-men-leaving-the-workforce-at-historic-rates
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Former Republican strategist Collin Corbett files to run for governor as independent. Says he’s dissatisfied with direction of Republican Party. DD: How many votes will Corbett take from conservative Bailey? Since at least 1976, the Illinois Republican Party has moved further to the left, that is, the more that it has become anti-conservative.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/former-republican-strategist-collin-corbett-files-to-run-for-governor-as-independent/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Pritzker says suspension of state gas tax possible, blames Trump for having to consider it.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-pritzker-says-suspension-of-state-gas-tax-possible-blames-trump-for-consideration/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-532/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Bill to let felons vote from prison draws criticism from Republicans. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote criminals and crime.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_cac9ebd9-4ee3-4563-9922-f96045ce9bd8.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-745/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Supreme Court refuses Florida’s complaint against states that issue truck licenses to migrants. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/26/supreme-court-refuses-floridas-complaint-states-issue-truck-licenses/
— Americans whining over gas prices ignore Iran’s greater threat. Stopping a nuclear threat should matter more than cheaper fill-ups.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/26/americans-whining-gas-prices-ignore-irans-greater-threat/
— ‘Wild West’: 81% of online abortion companies violate FDA’s 10-week gestational limit.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/26/wild-west-81-online-abortion-companies-violate-fdas-10-week/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Supreme Court denies Florida’s lawsuit over CDLs issued to illegal immigrants. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/4581678/supreme-court-denies-florida-lawsuit-cdls-illegal-immigrants/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Harvard Gives $90,000-a-Year Fellowships to Four Anti-Israel Activists
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/harvard-gives-90000-a-year-fellowships-3c5
NEW YORK POST
— Trump blasts ‘terrible’ Dem Chicago leaders after driver allegedly plows into 5 cops during ‘teen takeover’
https://nypost.com/2026/05/27/us-news/trump-blasts-terrible-dem-chicago-leaders-after-driver-allegedly-plows-into-5-cops-during-teen-takeover/
DAILY CALLER
— Justice Thomas Baffled SCOTUS Won’t Hear Case Against Blue States Handing Truck Licenses To Illegals Like Candy. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/05/26/thomas-scotus-case-blue-states-handing-truck-licenses-illegals/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Fairfax GOP Stands Up to State Party on Abortion and Gender. The GOP in Fairfax County was getting pressure from the state GOP to not fight Democrats on abortion and gender issues. They responded “No!” DD: I should write about pressure from RINO leaders in Illinois to get Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois to officially dump the following planks in the Republican Party platform: 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).
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/26/fairfax-gop-stands-abortion-gender/
— Thomas Slams Court for Refusing to Hear Florida’s Case Against California on Illegal Alien Drivers
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/26/thomas-slams-court-refusing-hear-floridas-case-against-california-illegal-alien-drivers/
— Law School Threatened Disciplinary Action Against Students Who Opted Out of DEI Training
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/26/law-school-threatened-students-who-opted-out-of-dei-training/
DAILY WIRE
— Democrat’s Financial Ties To Gender Mutilation Of Kids
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-lawmaker-linked-to-woke-distillery-that-pushes-trans-ideology-on-kids
EEOC
— Northwestern Medicine to Pay $325,000 to Resolve EEOC Discrimination Charges. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/northwestern-medicine-pay-325000-resolve-eeoc-religious-discrimination-charges
FEDERALIST
— Thomas, Alito Blast SCOTUS For Ducking Case On Illegal-Alien Truck Drivers ‘Causing Fatal Accidents’
https://thefederalist.com/2026/05/26/thomas-alito-blast-scotus-for-ducking-case-on-illegal-alien-truck-drivers-causing-fatal-accidents/
FOX NEWS
— Teenagers run Chicago with ‘mob violence’ says former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6396698010112
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump: Chicago mayor, Illinois governor should ask for help after ‘teen takeover.’ DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5895958-teen-car-ramming-chicago-police/
— ICE ordered to ramp up cases against attorneys accused of filing false asylum claims. DD: All those who promote illegal immigration should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5895886-homeland-security-targets-asylum-fraud/
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders will forever use George Floyd to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/video/george-floyd-remembered-6-years-later-as-family-says-more-change-is-needed/
NBC NEWS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-transgender-healthcare-gender-veterans-federal-employees-rcna346425
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. If my parents had not had a traditional marriage, I would not have been able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-05-26/1950s-marriage-family-nostalgia-economic-inequality
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
STATELINE
— Trump administration targets attorneys who file fraudulent asylum claims. DD: All those who promote illegal immigration should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://stateline.org/2026/05/26/trump-administration-targets-attorneys-who-file-fraudulent-asylum-claims/
FORBES
— Meritocracy. My critics/opponents reject meritocracy. They applaud that all those who were promoted over me 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. They applaud that all those who were promoted over me were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adiaharveywingfield/2026/05/26/want-to-make-your-company-a-meritocracy-dont-mention-it/
BUSINESS INSIDER
— DD: My critics/opponents are woke. According to them, I owe all my successes in my life to my benefiting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.businessinsider.com/habits-billionaire-success-jpmorgan-2025-12
CHICAGO BOOTH REVIEW
— Meritocracy. My critics/opponents reject meritocracy. They applaud that all those who were promoted over me 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. They applaud that all those who were promoted over me 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.chicagobooth.edu/review/virtues-rough-meritocracy
PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— Nearly half of states have legalized recreational marijuana use. DD: Democrats ever-increasing crow about their success in pushing pot, that is, their success in destroying America.
https://www.pewresearch.org/chart/nearly-half-of-states-have-legalized-recreational-marijuana-use/
BROOKINGS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-demographics-of-racial-inequality-in-the-united-states/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MEAWW
— Trump slams ‘terrible’ Chicago Dem leaders after driver plows into 5 cops at ‘teen takeover.’ Trump demands intervention after 18-year-old drove into multiple officers before crashing.
https://news.meaww.com/trump-slams-terrible-chicago-dem-leaders-after-driver-plows-into-5-cops-at-teen-takeover
ONE NEWS NOW
— Pritzker GOES NUCLEAR On Trump During Explosive Press Meet.
https://www.onenewspage.com/video/20260527/17768876/Wannabe-Dictator-Illinois-Gov-Pritzker-GOES-NUCLEAR.htm
IFS
— Wealthy parents have wealthy children. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. I should write about those whose parents were the wealthiest. I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying.
https://ifs.org.uk/publications/why-do-wealthy-parents-have-wealthy-children-0
May 26, 2026
How will things change under Grogan? For how long and how closely have you watched the Illinois Republican Party (IRP)? Ever since Big Jim Thompson got elected governor in 1976, the IRP has moved to the left, that is, it has become Democrat Lite and the more that it has pushed out platform Republicans like me, that is, the more that it has pushed out conservatives like me. How will things change under Grogan? I have watched the IRP since the 1960s, and more closely since I started working the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, and more closely since I started working for the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971, and more closely since I was the subject of a 4-page One Person’s Finances article in Money Magazine ( https://gopillinois.com/documents/ ) in 1978, and more closely since I started working for the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, and more closely since they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, and more closely since I filed Diersen v. GAO in 1998 ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), and more closely since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, and more closely since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, and more closely since I became an Illinois Center Right Steering Committee member in 2003, and more closely since I became the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2005. I have attended all the IRP State Conventions as a delegate since 2000. I have attended many IRP State Central Committee (SCC) meetings, although not recently. I served on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2008. How will things change under Grogan? Many believe that nothing will change until IRP SCC members are directly elected.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Can Bob Grogan rebuild the Illinois GOP in the suburbs?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/26/bob-grogan-gop-ilgop-illinois-republicans-kathy-salvi-tom-cross-gop/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: After years of infighting, ideological warfare and organizational atrophy, Illinois Republicans appear to be betting on a different model: coalition building over purity tests, precinct organizing over political theatrics and suburban recovery over grievance politics. “You can’t purge your way to 51%,” new Illinois Republican Chairman Bob Grogan told us over the phone Thursday. He went on: “Fratricide isn’t a good campaign strategy.” Republican State Central Committee members on May 18 voted out Kathy Salvi after roughly two years at the party’s helm in favor of Grogan, an accountant, former DuPage County auditor and a lifelong resident of the collar counties Republicans once dominated politically. Grogan, who served as DuPage County auditor from 2008 to 2020, is no stranger to rooting out waste, fraud and abuse, almost a prerequisite for anyone who wants to take on Springfield’s many challenges. Some may remember Grogan from his 2014 primary campaign for state treasurer against longtime Illinois Republican politician Tom Cross, a race Grogan lost before Cross himself lost the general election to Democrat Michael Frerichs. Yet Grogan comes off today as more of a tempering force than one might expect to meet in today’s GOP. First and foremost, he told us, he wants to present a positive message. Among his many catchphrases, Grogan shared a vision that’s at odds with what’s playing in Washington. “You can’t grow the church by excommunicating all the sinners,” he said. Something must be in the water, because that’s the tone GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey of downstate Xenia is taking this time around, too. Bailey, a Republican who had trouble ginning up support here in Chicagoland when he last ran for governor in 2022, is doing his level best to right past wrongs. He even came before the City Council on May 20 to apologize formally for calling our city a “hellhole” in his previous gubernatorial campaign. Can a kinder, friendlier GOP work? Not on its own, and adjusting the party’s tone and tent are not the only things Grogan aims to change about the tired party structure. He also pointed out the obvious: Illinois Republicans need to focus on getting out the vote. “We haven’t failed in a very short period of time, we’ve had failures over a long period of time,” he said. He’s not wrong there. After former Gov. Bruce Rauner — temporarily the GOP’s largest benefactor and anchor — picked up his ball and went home, the party became rudderless. The Rauner void led to competing factions, overlapping power centers and deep internal discord. While we respect Republicans like state Rep. Ryan Spain of Peoria and House Republican Leader Tony McCombie of Savanna, others within the party have gone to the fringes alongside many of their national counterparts. While outgoing Chair Kathy Salvi has been praised for her fundraising abilities, the party remains disorganized and has been unable to assemble and execute adequate GOTV strategies. Republican turnout tells the story. The four GOP gubernatorial candidates this year combined had about 560,000 primary votes — nearly 230,000 fewer than Republicans cast in the 2022 gubernatorial primary, and far below even the low-turnout 2014 contest won by Rauner. While many tend to view the ticket top-down, Grogan said he sees things in a more bottom-up way. If Republicans think Salvi’s best skill set was fundraising, Grogan says his is his ground game. For Grogan, “ground game” means rebuilding the Republican Party as a neighborhood-level organization again — training volunteers, strengthening precinct operations, coordinating county groups and creating a durable turnout machine instead of relying on personalities and TV ads. It also helps that he’s from DuPage, formerly a Republican stronghold where the GOP has atrophied and needs to build back up. That means running candidates in all races, no excuses. While Republicans this primary season had a crowded gubernatorial race, down the ticket Republicans have done a spottier job of making sure Democrats face a challenger. That’s part of what frustrates would-be Republican voters here, especially because Illinois is a land of political opportunity for anyone with a solid plan to make a go of it. First, there’s money here. Ahead of the 2024 election, President Donald Trump and affiliated super PACs raised over $30 million out of Illinois. Second, it’s not as if Democrats are wildly popular. Illinois Democrats control the Statehouse and the governor’s mansion, and preside over years of fiscal mismanagement and an unwillingness to face up to our state’s biggest problems, though they aren’t as shy about turning to taxpayers for more revenue. And while it’s likely Gov. JB Pritzker will win reelection in November, his most recent victory wasn’t exactly a sweeping mandate — he didn’t even crack 55% of the vote. All that to say, Illinois is ripe for a commonsense voice to come in and challenge our state’s one-party rule. “If it takes a long time to screw things up, it’ll take a long time to make things right,” Grogan said. He has less than six months until the November general election to make his mark, but the new Republican chairman’s legacy will extend far beyond this fall. Moderate voters and Republican donors need a reason to invest in the state party. Grogan’s task is to give them one.)
— Stomping on IRS audits is an egregious abuse of power by Trump. DD: Has IRS audited you? To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions when I was 29 years old in 1978. I had deducted graduate evening business courses at Loyola 1972-1976 and accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1978. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued in tax court a) that the courses I deducted did not relate to my job duties, b) that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took them to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took them to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically ignored the fact a) that my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take the courses, b) the course descriptions and my position descriptions, and c) that I had stated in my applications that I wanted to take the courses to maintain and improve my IRS job skills. They would not have done that a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran and/or b) if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/21/editorial-donald-trump-justice-department-lawsuit-settlement-lawfare-fund-irs/
DAILY HERALD
— ‘Discussion by discussion’: Republicans make promising choice with new state party leader.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260526/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-discussion-by-discussion-republicans-make-promising-choice-with-new-state-p/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: A combination of voter demographics and structural election dynamics — read gerrymandering — has made it tough in recent years for Republicans to show enough political strength to become relevant in Illinois government. Adding to the picture have been philosophical differences eating away at the party from within. In 2024, then-state party Chairman Don Tracy stepped away from the job complaining that he spent “far too much time dealing with intraparty power struggles, and local intraparty animosities.” Some of that squabbling appears to have settled down under Tracy’s successor, Kathy Salvi, of Mundelein, yet it’s not clear whether that is because the internal forces are cooperating or much of the strength of the party has simply abandoned ship. If the latter is true — and, for that matter, even if it is not — Republicans could hardly have done better last week than to elect former DuPage County Auditor Bob Grogan to take the reins. In three terms as auditor, Grogan, of Downers Grove, was an innovative, efficient, taxpayer-focused executive, known for his concentration on the demands of the job over partisan political concerns. His lists of county firsts include a county online checkbook, an office transparency and an auditor hotline. He was one of the most respected auditors in the state, eventually serving as president of the Association of Illinois County Auditors. Yet, although his focus centered on the functions of his job, he also understood the political side of the equation and demonstrated leadership in promoting traditional Republican values, including serving on the influential Republican State Central Committee. His new role no doubt will be one of the most challenging he has faced. Through a systematic process of legislative boundary control, Democrats have stacked the political calculus strongly in their favor, and the animus-driven influence of Trumpian politics that breaches no sense of compromise still fractures the party. Yet, if anyone can placate what the Republicans’ arch-conservative wing call the “grass roots” while wooing back traditional conservative voters like those in the molds of George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan who used to dominate suburban politics, it is someone like Grogan. His basic spirit is a good place to start. In an interview following his election, he told our Marni Pyke, “I consider myself a member of the ‘civil right.’ Which means I consider myself conservative, however, I believe in deliberate, peaceful discussion. I don’t believe in calling people names.” That alone will be a welcome priority in elevating political discussions. But Grogan’s fundamental strategy also holds great promise. “I do believe in the average common sense of the Illinois voter,” he said. “At some point, one by one, discussion by discussion, door knock by door knock, Facebook post by Facebook post … they do see that Republicans’ answers to some of these everyday life problems are better.” It takes two strong, influential political parties to produce the kind of strong, well-moderated government needed for a diverse state like Illinois. That has not been the case for too long. The state Republican Party took a good step in the right direction by putting Grogan at its head.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Dozens march in anti-war protest on Memorial Day in the Loop. Dozens, including many veterans and relatives of veterans, gathered in front of the city’s Riverwalk Vietnam War memorial wall to protest ongoing U.S. military action around the globe. DD: My many Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/05/25/dozens-march-in-anti-war-protest-on-memorial-day-in-the-loop
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/music/2026/05/24/suenos-music-festival-midway-blitz-latino-mexican-celebration-joy-fuerza-regida
— DD: Democrat leaders will never stop using George Floyd to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/05/23/george-floyd-murder-racial-injustice-civil-rights-black-brown-zindy-marquez
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Seth Lewis: Illinois has all the advantages to make it an economic leader, not a laggard
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/forum/ccb-illinois-pritzker-economic-advantages-leader-20250525/
ABC7
— Trump honors troops killed in Iran war during Memorial Day remarks.
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/iran-war-news-trump-peace-deal-strait-of-hormuz-oil-gas-prices/19168718/
— Chicago veterans protest against Trump administration’s military interventions on Memorial Day. DD: My many Democrat superiors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/veterans-gather-downtown-chicago-protest-iran-war-donald-trump-administration-actions-vietnam-memorial/19169540/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wbez.org/music/2026/05/24/suenos-music-festival-midway-blitz-latino-mexican-celebration-joy-fuerza-regida
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Juliana Stratton doubles Don Tracy in Illinois U.S. Senate fundraising. Inside the money trail shaping the Illinois race to replace U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/juliana-stratton-illinois-senate-fundraising-tracy-22229090.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Meanwhile, Tracy has pulled together roughly $2.32 million for his Senate campaign, with $2 million of that coming from a loan. The remainder of his fundraising dollars came predominantly from individual and committee contributions. Tracy ended the reporting period with about $1.54 million in cash on hand.)
SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Pot industry oversold medical benefits, downplayed risks. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/05/26/lawsuit-claims-cannabis-industry-oversold-medical-benefits-downplayed-risks/
FOX NEWS ILLINOIS
— Trump will see doctors for his annual physical. What the public finds out is up to him. President Donald Trump is scheduled to get a medical exam on Tuesday, putting his health back under public scrutiny. DD: How old are you? I am 77. What do you stress to defend your health? I stress my putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-will-see-doctors-for-his-annual-physical-what-the-public-finds-out-is-up/article_0ef56e9f-4e3e-574a-81ba-ace909033f26.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Durbin will return to Springfield on Wednesday to address a rare joint session of the Illinois General Assembly, where lawmakers are also expected to recognize his nearly 44 years in Congress. DD: GAO works for Congress. Durbin was my U.S. Senator in 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/26/ctus-dues-hike-falls-flat-00935596
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-744/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER_RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Totaling the unsustainable tax increases and windfall revenue during Pritzker Administration
https://wirepoints.org/totaling-the-unsustainable-tax-increases-and-windfall-revenue-during-pritzker-administration-wirepoints/
OPEN THE BOOKS
— Southern Poverty Law Center Received Millions of Taxpayer Dollars to Spread its Message and Materials, Including in Schools
https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/southern-poverty-law-center-received
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pride for veterans, America’s 250th felt from crowd during D.C. Memorial Day parade
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/25/pride-veterans-americas-250th-felt-crowd-dc-memorial-day-parade/
— IRS weighing adding non-U.S. citizen checkbox to tax forms
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/25/irs-reportedly-weighing-adding-non-us-citizen-checkbox-tax-forms/
— Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/25/vaticans-role-legitimizing-slavery-leo-makes-historic-apology/
— Trump thanks service members who died in Operation Epic Fury
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/25/trump-thanks-service-members-died-operation-epic-fury/
— Primaries prove Trump clout stronger than ever
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/25/primaries-prove-trump-clout-stronger-ever/
— Will Democrat wrongdoers ever face justice? Public memory of leftist malfeasance is short thanks to legacy media.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/24/democrat-wrongdoers-ever-face-justice/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pope Leo urges significant regulation to disarm AI
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/4581180/pope-leo-artificial-intelligence-regulation-encyclical/
NEW YORK POST
— AOC lays groundwork for White House bid while insisting she’s not focused on presidency.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/us-news/aoc-lays-groundwork-for-white-house-bid-while-insisting-shes-not-focused-on-presidency/
— Classic cars don’t need smog tests —so pass Leno’s Law. DD: Emissions testing for cars with low mileage is a waste.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/opinion/classic-cars-dont-need-smog-tests-pass-lenos-law/
— More proof that progressives are pro-crime.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/25/opinion/more-proof-that-progressives-are-pro-crime/
— Mai Vang, who disdains Pledge of Allegiance, has no place in Congress.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/23/opinion/mai-vang-who-disdains-america-has-no-place-in-congress/
— Democrats’ radicalism is their biggest problem.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/23/opinion/the-concept-of-transgenderism-has-created-disarray-in-the-democratic-party/
— With gambling, marijuana, NYC’s new vice economy is set up for failure. DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. I led the successful efforts to ban video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://nypost.com/2022/12/10/why-nycs-new-vice-economy-weed-casinos-might-be-doomed/
FOX NEWS
— Anti-ICE protesters clash with agents outside New Jersey detention center as Gov Sherrill denied entry.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/anti-ice-protesters-clash-agents-outside-new-jersey-detention-center-gov-sherrill-denied-entry.amp
INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY STUDIES
— The Success Sequence. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://ifstudies.org/blog/what-does-the-success-sequence-mean
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Finish high school. Get a full-time job once you finish school. Get married before you have children. . .Most men and women have the capacity to make choices, to embrace virtues or avoid vices, and to otherwise take steps that increase or decrease their odds of doing well in school, finding and keeping a job, or deciding when to marry and have children.)
TOWNHALL
— DEI Is Not Disappearing. New York Is Just Renaming It.
https://townhall.com/columnists/gregory-lyakhov/2026/05/26/dei-is-not-disappearing-new-york-is-just-renaming-it-n2676632
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been destroying traditional marriage and family in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
— DD: Democrat leaders had tremendous success making the military woke. To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents are either woke and/or are operatives or dupes for those who are woke.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pete-hegseth-left-isolated-at-pentagon-as-he-continues-firing-spree-to-weed-out-wokeness/ar-AA22jE1c
NEW YORK TIMES
— Vice and the Crisis of Liberalism. DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. I led the successful efforts to ban video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/opinion/vice-liberalism-addiction-gambling-drugs.html
— Retirees Expect Their Home to Be a Financial Safety Net. They Shouldn’t. DD: Reverse mortgages have limits.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/business/retirement-home-equity-selling-your-house.html
— FRONT PAGE: G.O.P. Worries It’s Trump First, Midterms Last. Trump’s Self-Indulgence Deepens G.O.P. Fears in Midterms. “The stupid stuff is killing our chances,” said a retiring Republican senator.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/us/politics/trump-gop-fears-midterms.html
— Trump Wants to Compile Citizenship Lists, but They Would Be Hard to Create. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/us/politics/trump-lists-noncitizens-states.html
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: USPS DD: I delivered mail for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/18/usps-built-a-mighty-network-financial-problems/90044771007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/05/06/liberal-women-less-likely-marry-conservatives/89929874007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Reports of Woke’s Death Are Exaggerated. DD: My critics/opponents are woke. According to them, I owe all my successes in my life to my benefiting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/reports-of-wokes-death-are-exaggerated-30f09ab8
— Trump’s Anti-DEI Push Is Unraveling College Scholarships. DD: Since the 1960s, ever-increasingly, scholarships are for those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-trump-s-anti-dei-push-is-unraveling-college-scholarships/ar-AA1I1HlT
— People Hate the Idea of Losing Their Job. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 was one of the biggest negatives in my life.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/people-hate-the-idea-of-losing-their-job-even-more-than-high-gas-prices-f25e3a49
— The New Big Labor GOP. Republicans in Congress hand union bosses a pair of political victories. DD: My critics/opponents are anti-union. They stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years. According to them, my salary would not have increased from $19.57/hour to $113,402/year in today’s dollars if I had not been a union member. In my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in business, I earned an MBA, and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-new-big-labor-gop-41539fa0
— You’ve Landed Your First Job. Now Don’t Sink Your Career Before It Starts. Your first job holds promise and peril. Here’s how to protect your future self. DD: If I had become a Democrat, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21. I earned an MBA when I was 27. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditing examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading when I was 48.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/youve-landed-your-first-job-now-dont-sink-your-career-before-it-starts-96a3ad5b
FORBES
— Pope Leo Paints Bleak AI Future—With ‘Tower Of Babel’ Warning—Without Human Control
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/05/25/pope-leo-paints-bleak-ai-future-with-tower-of-babel-warning-without-human-control/
FORTUNE
— It’s a lot harder to put yourself through college than it used to be. Even if you do, you’ll probably graduate later. DD: To discredit me, my critics/opponents stress that it was much easier to work yourself through college like I did 1966-1970. They stress that if my ACT score and my GPA were higher I could have gotten scholarships. What percent of those who graduated in 1970 worked their way through college?
https://fortune.com/2023/01/11/college-students-with-jobs-20-percent-less-likely-to-graduate-than-privileged-peers-study-side-hustle/
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DD: According my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in my life to my benefiting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://hbr.org/2018/09/use-your-everyday-privilege-to-help-others
BUSINESS INSIDER
— 8 Ways That Money Can Buy Happiness. DD: When you were young, what did you use the money for that you earned? For me, it was for job-related college degrees when I was 21, 27, 31, and 48; professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a professional license when I was 32. Also, for cars when I was 16, 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, 41, etc. Also, for real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35.
https://www.businessinsider.com/8-ways-that-money-can-buy-happiness-2012-11
POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU
— DD: All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.prb.org/resource/college-education-benefits-some-more-than-others/
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
— The Case for Prohibiting Vice. DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. I led the successful efforts to ban video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/case-prohibiting-vice
ATLANTIC
— America Has Gone Too Far in Legalizing Vice. DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. I led the successful efforts to ban video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/legalized-gambling-marijuana-use-addiction/673028/
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their successes in destroying Republicans.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/25/800028836/news/woke-mob-defeats-trumps-team-3-times/
— DD: My critics/opponents want Blacks to get preference. They were overjoyed when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/20/800041803/community/if-it-was-a-black-person-theyd-be-let-go/
POLITICO
— Donald Trump’s unlikely weed wager. The former president’s pro-cannabis policies could bolster his efforts to gain support with key Democratic constituencies. DD: To get more votes, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. I led the successful efforts to ban video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/15/donald-trump-marijuana-legalization-00179205
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: According my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in my life to my benefiting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/03/11/about-one-in-four-americans-say-theyve-had-fewer-advantages-in-life-than-others-their-age/
— DD: For Democrats, voting exists to take opportunities, money, and everything else away from Republicans and to give it to Democrats.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/07/22/wide-partisan-divide-on-whether-voting-is-a-fundamental-right-or-a-privilege-with-responsibilities/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
NATIONAL HERALD INDIA
— The new US immigration policy forces millions of Indians into uncertainty. Green card applications currently under adjudication will be significantly impacted as it changes how officers handle pending and incoming applications. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/amp/story/opinion/the-new-us-immigration-policy-forces-millions-of-indians-into-uncertainty
May 25, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Memorial Day weekend ceremony remembers DuPage County residents killed in U.S. military operations
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/24/memorial-day-dupage-county-veterans/
NBC5
— More than a dozen arrested after teen gathering on Near West side. Among the 13 taken into custody was a teen driver who allegedly struck multiple police officers with a vehicle. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/more-than-a-dozen-arrested-after-teen-gathering-on-near-west-side/3939999/
CBS2
— Teens shot, officers hit by car in violent Memorial Day weekend in Chicago. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/teens-shot-officers-hit-by-car-violent-memorial-day-weekend-chicago/
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote SPLC, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use SPLC to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/attorney-general-raoul-urges-funds-to-reevaluate-decision-to-cut-off-donations-to-southern-poverty-law-center-93642.cfm?
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Trump’s slush fund goes way beyond bounds of propriety. DD: Just kidding, but should I apply? Democrat leaders in Illinois had my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors waste my career and take many big adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) forced me to resign in 1969 and b) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents have always stressed that in Diersen v. GAO, not only Bush’s DOJ sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me, but that no Republican federal elected officials in Illinois came to my defense, that is, they sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me. To side with my Democrat GAO superiors, is to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-trumps-slush-fund-goes-way-beyond-bounds-of-propriety/article_7cf44ce9-f366-42db-8003-2e46cf0e621b.html
JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Pritzker and Trump agree housing affordability is a major problem. How do we fix it? DD: My critics/opponents want the north end of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton to be rezoned for public housing.
https://jg-tc.com/opinion/column/article_dfcc5b01-554a-54c9-8da3-b0a01e4ce3ad.html
NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Illinois is closed for business
https://nwitimes.com/opinion/article_c1843271-f1c9-5e16-bc01-6bb9ddc4ff3f.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois DHS appointment sparks backlash over alleged voter registration mailer practices
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_65a52879-f8e6-4ec8-9dc2-7e879a618c91.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— 5 officers struck by car after ‘teen takeover’ hits Chicago’s West Side — as 19 people hurt in shootings. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://nypost.com/2026/05/24/us-news/5-officers-struck-by-car-after-teen-takeover-hits-chicagos-west-side-as-19-peopkle-hurt-in-shootings/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— GAO Report Confirms Everything the Center Told You About Biden’s Parole Schemes. Bland government document that’s chock-full of scary details.
https://cis.org/Arthur/GAO-Report-Confirms-Everything-Center-Told-You-About-Bidens-Parole-Schemes
— DHS and DOJ Begin Imposing (Often Massive) Fines on Aliens Who Refuse to Leave
https://cis.org/Arthur/DHS-and-DOJ-Begin-Imposing-Often-Massive-Fines-Aliens-Who-Refuse-Leave
DAILY SIGNAL
— DNC 2024 Autopsy Reveals Why Democrats Won’t Shake Their Worst Political Liability: Woke Makes Democrats Radioactive. DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or those who have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents are either woke or are operatives or dupes for those who are woke.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/24/democrats-worst-political-liability/
FOX NEWS
— Scalise urges Pritzker to ‘look at the man in the mirror’ after he blames Trump for political violence
https://www.aol.com/scalise-urges-pritzker-look-man-024806224.html
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Stamping Out Food Stamp Fraud
https://www.heritage.org/welfare/commentary/stamping-out-food-stamp-fraud
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— 50 years since conservatives broke through in the Republican Party. DD: When will conservatives break through in Illinois?
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5892184-ford-reagan-1976-republican-primary/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conservatives had been marginalized ever since Herbert Hoover’s defeat in 1932. . .Reagan’s popularity showed the ideas of the right — limited government, sound money, liberty, staunch anti-Communism, belief in the traditional family unit — could find a receptive audience. The Republican Party had been transfixed by FDR’s success and had spent decades fielding candidates who seemed to accept the basic architecture of the New Deal. Roe v. Wade, Watergate, stagflation, racial strife, the fall of Saigon, détente, these were the birds now coming home to roost, and increasingly Republican voters accepted that the party needed a correction. Reagan’s performance consolidated a conservative revival which had begun with Goldwater in 1964 and was soon to reach its apotheosis.)
AOL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.aol.com/news/settlement-rnc-requires-nc-elections-185456739.html
MSN
— Hegseth tells West Point class of 2026 they may soon see combat
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/hegseth-warns-west-point-grads-they-may-soon-face-war/gm-GME3A1ECEE
— Trump defends ballroom project as GOP unease grows over costs
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tillis-warns-trump-feud-risks-gop-midterm-chances/ss-AA23S2HS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. If you are a product of a traditional marriage, you are far more likely to be successful and vote for Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
BOSTON GLOBE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/24/metro/trump-green-card-impossible-choice/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Five Takeaways From the DNC’s 2024 ‘Autopsy.’ Democratic officials disowned their own deep dive on how the party can learn from its election losses.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/dnc-2024-election-autopsy-kamala-harris-b3138cb9
— Did Democrats Learn Anything from Losing in 2024?
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/opinion-potomac-watch/did-democrats-learn-anything-from-losing-in-2024/0e267af4-fffb-4074-a7e5-1a66383cd76f
— This Summer’s Teen Job Market Is the Toughest in Decades. DD: When you were young, what did you do after-school, weekends, and summers? I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I have always been an unmitigated loser.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/teen-summer-jobs-f3ffdbfa
BARRON’S
— Teens Face Challenging Summer Job Prospects. DD: When you were young, what did you do after-school, weekends, and summers? I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I have always been an unmitigated loser.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/teens-summer-jobs-retail-045ed2c0
— Your Political Affiliation Could Be Hurting Your Returns. DD: Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will ever-increasingly destroy Republican businesses in Illinois.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/politics-and-investing-dont-mix-why-your-political-affiliation-could-be-hurting-your-returns-25735778
FORBES
— DD: Employers have always been under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to give more preference to their Democrat and RINO employees who are minority, female, and/or younger.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2026/05/19/the-myth-of-meritocracy-and-other-outdated-beliefs-women-are-told-at-work/
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Most Performance Evaluations Are Biased. DD: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government used the subjectivity in their performance evaluation systems to get rid of their Republican employees. My Democrat GAO superiors used that subjectivity to a) force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, and d) force me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors used that subjectivity to a) never promote me beyond GS-12, b) disallow my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallow my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors used that subjectivity to a) force me to resign in 1969 and b) disallow my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. They used that subjectivity to ignore/dismiss/belittle a) my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, c) my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and d) my 1981 job-related professional license. They would not have done any of the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://hbr.org/2019/01/why-most-performance-evaluations-are-biased-and-how-to-fix-them
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Challenges federal workers face pivoting into the private sector. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997 because of performance problems. They have always stressed that my superiors had delayed my promotions, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. In my defense, I have always stressed that I had earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. I have always stressed that I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit since I was 40 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I have always stressed that they replaced me with my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-workers-private-sector-job-search-challenge-2025-3
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fighting stigma. DOGE-led job cuts have pushed layoffs to their highest level since the pandemic, and more positions will likely be cut. DOGE has said that the reductions, in part, have targeted “low performers,” a narrative that some federal employees have pushed back on. Still, any stigma could prove challenging for one-time government staffers, said Ken Crowell, founder of EmployTest, which creates assessments for job candidates. Tropes about bureaucrats and inefficiency could emerge as a headwind, he told BI. “We can talk about fair and not fair, but you know, at a personal level, it’s going to be tough for them to get through,” Crowell said. Still, he said many former government workers have vast experience and substantive leadership and management skills that employers would be foolish to dismiss out of turn.)
FED WEEK
— Reductions in force. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997 because of performance problems. They have always stressed that my superiors had delayed my promotions, never promoted me beyond GS-13, and always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. In my defense, I have always stressed that I had earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. I have always stressed that I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit since I was 40 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I have always stressed that they replaced me with my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/if-opms-proposed-rif-rules-become-final-what-federal-employees-should-do-now/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Under current RIF rules, agencies consider several retention factors, including tenure, veterans’ preference, length of service, and performance. Proposed changes could increase the role of performance ratings in that calculation. . .Many employees disagree with a performance rating but never create a written record. That can be a serious mistake. . .If RIF activity appears possible in your agency, ask HR specific questions. General assurances are not enough. . .Many RIF appeals turn on records. Unfortunately, employees often lose access to government systems quickly after separation, demotion, or placement on administrative status. . .The possible expansion of performance ratings in RIF decisions should change how federal employees think about their records. Performance appraisals may no longer be just annual paperwork. They may become a deciding factor in whether an employee keeps a job during a workforce reduction. Federal employees should act now: download records, correct errors, challenge unsupported ratings, document accomplishments, and preserve evidence. If a RIF comes, the employees best positioned to protect themselves will be those who prepared before the notice arrived.)
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
YAHOO UK
— Having wealthy parents leads to young adults being six times better off. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. I should write about those whose parents were the wealthiest. I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/having-wealthy-parents-leads-young-230100398.html
GUARDIAN
— A college degree once ensured prosperity – but gen Z is finding ‘just not much out there.’ DD: What was your entry-level job? When I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970, potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be granted. Further, they were under tremendous pressure to hire minorities, females, and veterans. Further, I had the stigma of having been a federal employee who had been forced to resign. I had to have a job. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was from Firestone Stores for a sales job that did not really require a college degree. My Chicago Heights store boss would never had hired me, but his boss had assigned me to him. He did not have a college degree. He refused to let me start until after I passed a probationary period in Indiana. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant, my being German American, my having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and my living in Crete. Under him, I saw that my Firestone career was bleak, if not nonexistent. Consequently, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in early 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely, if not violently, fired me because I had accepted that offer. I had to have a job. So I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was to be an IRS Revenue Officer.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/may/24/gen-z-college-degree-employment
May 24, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/22/fallout-from-broadview-six-case/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/25/legal-providers-try-to-bridge-the-gap-touting-the-benefits-of-counsel-for-immigrants-fighting-removal/
— The answer to rising antisemitism is to stand proud, not silent
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/24/opinion-antisemitism-college-campuses-synagogues/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Work permits. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make America more dependent on foreign countries and their citizens. All my employers would have hired noncitizens if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/05/21/work-permits-immigrant-workforce-rules-backlogs
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly want to replace GOD with government.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260524/news/references-to-god-didnt-come-from-founders/
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. Democrat leaders especially blame Trump and those who share his demographics: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. How many demographics do you share with Trump?
https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/columnists/james-causey/2026/05/23/trump-fund-reparations-black-americans/90183069007/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Illinois House Republicans say Governor J.B. Pritzker’s housing proposals will give local control to state politicians, but the governor says decisions will still be made by local government units. The governor’s Building Up Illinois Developments plan consists of at least five bills aiming to address housing supply and affordability issues. State Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro, R-Hanover Park, said the plan would take zoning decisions away from local communities and move them to Springfield. DD: My critics/opponents want the north end of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton to be rezoned for public housing.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/house-gop-pushes-pritzker-for-local-control/article_e3c44520-a08e-41f6-8e06-942bd7be4176.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats vow a redistricting counterpunch but are facing hurdles Republicans don’t. Democrats are poised to finish several seats behind Republicans in 2026 in the nationwide race to redraw maps for the U.S. House. DD: I live in Illinois’ racially gerrymandered 3rd Congressional District.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/democrats-vow-a-redistricting-counterpunch-but-are-facing-hurdles-republicans-dont/article_2e475e0d-5d0a-56b4-ac01-3bf08b73cd3f.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Suspect dead after opening fire near White House security checkpoint
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-05-23/suspect-dead-after-opening-fire-near-white-house-security-checkpoint-secret-service-says
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Catalina Lauf Takes Hit in Her Florida Congressional Campaign from The Conservative Journal
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/24/catalina-lauf-takes-hit-in-her-florida-congressional-campaign-from-the-conservative-journal/
LEGAL NEWSLINE
— IL Supreme Court again turns aside challenge to state’s FOID law. DD: I have had a FOID card since I was 20 in 1968.
https://www.legalnewsline.com/madison-stclair-record/il-supreme-court-again-turns-aside-challenge-to-state-s-foid-law/article_891e5daa-d385-4525-8a6a-bbf6ef91ea94.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Registration is open for political entries in Wheaton’s July 4 Independence Day Parade. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wheaton-independence-day-parade-entry-2026-tickets-1984881886153 The deadline is June 28. The cost is $183.58. I hope that all the Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct will participate in the parade: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to help elect the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct win November 3? The Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct are Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. I am going to hand-deliver to all the residences in my precinct a copy of the sample ballot, campaign literature that the candidates provide the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), and whatever else MTRO asks me to deliver. I did the aforesaid for the March 17 Republican primary in my precinct. 39% of the registered Republican voters voted. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— A tree limb recently fell on the overhead ComEd and Xfinity lines that bring electricity and internet to my subdivision. The resultant outage caused me lots of problems. I have filed tree trimming requests with ComEd and Xfinity. Further, I have asked that they put the lines underground. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Hegseth praises West Point cadets as ‘not an army of woke’ in commencement speech. DD: My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/4580616/hegseth-praise-west-point-cadet-commencement-speech/
NEW YORK POST
— Pete Hegseth tears into DEI, ‘woke military’ in fiery West Point graduation speech. DD: My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/23/us-news/pete-hegseth-tears-into-dei-woke-military-in-fiery-west-point-graduation-speech/
— Master’s degrees yielding fewest jobs in 20 years as some businesses uninterested in candidates with advanced education. DD: I spent lots of my time and lots of my money earning three master’s degrees: 16 courses for an MBA from Loyola in 1976 when I was 27, 12 courses for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and 14 courses for a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. 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 would not have hired me in 1980. If I had earned a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, earned four more professional certifications, and earned a master’s degree in finance, my Democrat GAO superiors a) would not have promoted me in 1986 and b) would have succeeded in forcing me to retire sooner than they did.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/21/us-news/masters-degrees-hiring-at-one-of-its-worst-levels-in-20-years-been-a-bit-tough/
AMERICAN THINKER
— DD: If you live in a Republican state, county, township, municipality, school district, and/or precinct, anticipate/expect that sooner or later, Democrats will move in and destroy it. I should write about the Democrat invasion of a) DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct and b) Will county, Crete Township, and Crete.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/we_need_to_educate_renegade_democrats_in_the_ways_of_conservativism.html
BREITBART
— Socialist Dream: Zohran Mamdani Touts Universal Childcare for Two-Year-Olds. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/05/23/socialist-dream-zohran-mamdani-touts-universal-childcare-for-two-year-olds/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Team to Restore ‘Integrity and Safety’ for American Truckers
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/23/trump-team-american-truckers/
EPOCH TIMES
— AI Content Is Swamping the Internet—How It Impacts Critical Thinking. Under near constant exposure to AI output, experts say the dangers are real and the evidence is already showing up. DD: All the decisions made to include or to not include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are made my me. All the comments on those articles in those newsletters are made by me.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/ai-content-is-swamping-the-internet-how-it-impacts-critical-thinking-6026954
FOX NEWS
— Hegseth reveals Army hit its recruiting goal early
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6396440826112
PJ MEDIA
— Voter Received Ballots for Prior Residents
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/05/23/harmeet-dhillon-says-she-received-ballots-for-prior-residents-n4953177
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Thousands of Illegal Aliens Live in Taxpayer-Funded Housing. Trump Is Ending it.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/19/thousands_of_illegal_aliens_live_in_taxpayer-funded_housing_trump_is_ending_it_154133.html
TOWNHALL
— Illegal Alien Stole Identity, Collected Over $300K in Taxpayer Benefits for Decades
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/05/23/illegal-alien-stole-identity-collected-over-300k-in-taxpayer-benefits-for-decades-n2676580
— Here Is What’s Wrong With the Republican Party
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/05/24/here-is-whats-wrong-with-the-republican-party-n2676592
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Hegseth torches identity politics in West Point speech: ‘Can’t throw your pronouns at the enemy.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5892744-defense-secretary-west-point-address/
CNN
— Hegseth slams ‘woke ideology’ in West Point speech. DD: My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/23/politics/video/pete-hegseth-commencement-speech-west-point-digvid-vrtc
REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/visitors-celebrate-lgbtq-pride-at-pensacola-beach-park-east-during-annual-party-on-may-23-2026/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6bmV3c21sX01UMVVTQVRPREFZMjkwNDEwMjU
MSN
— Hegseth tells West Point grads to reject ‘woke ideology.’ DD: My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hegseth-tells-west-point-grads-slow-slide-into-woke-is-over/ss-AA23TTip
— Traditional marriage and family. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
ABC NEWS
— Individuals targeted by the Trump. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have targeted me the most and why. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) Republican political consultants, fundraisers, major doners, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders.
https://abcnews.com/US/list-individuals-including-lisa-cook-targeted-trump-administration/story?id=124968309
CBS NEWS
— Wealthy parents. DD: My critics/opponent had wealthy parents. They bought them cars, paid for their education, got them jobs. etc. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to buy all my own cars. I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents whose parents had the most money. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) Republican political consultants, fundraisers, major doners, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/parents-wealth-homeownership-study/
NBC NEWS
— Green cards. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make America more dependent on foreign countries and their citizens. All my employers would have hired noncitizens if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/trump-announces-new-green-card-application-rules-263858757707
— $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund. DD: Just kidding, but should I apply? Democrat leaders in Illinois had my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors waste my career and take many big adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) forced me to resign in 1969 and b) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents have always stressed that in Diersen v. GAO, not only Bush’s DOJ sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me, but that no Republican federal elected officials in Illinois came to my defense, that is, they sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me. To side with my Democrat GAO superiors, is to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anti-weaponization-fund-trump-settlement-justice-lawsuits-blowback-rcna346424
NEW YORK TIMES
— Illegals. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/19/us/trump-news
— Three Decades on the Supreme Court Is Too Long. DD: For my Democrat GAO superiors, 18 years was too long. For my Democrat IRS superiors, 9 years was too long. For my Democrat Post Office superiors, 3 years was too long.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/opinion/supreme-court-tenure.html
NEW YORK SUN
— Defense Secretary Slams DEI and ‘Woke’ Military Policies in West Point Commencement Address
https://www.nysun.com/article/defense-secretary-slams-dei-and-woke-military-policies-in-west-point-commencement-address
BOSTON HERALD
— Ex-CIA officer tapped to replace Gabbard blasted ‘toxic’ DEI culture
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/05/23/ex-cia-officer-tapped-to-replace-gabbard-blasted-toxic-dei-culture/
FORTUNE
— Illegals. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make America more dependent on foreign countries and their citizens. All my employers would have hired noncitizens if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/05/ice-deportations-us-born-job-losses-study/
— Affirmative Action and DEI: DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers what to a) hire, retain, and promote Democrats and RINOs who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) get rid of their Republican employees. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/22/beyond-the-diploma-skills-that-actually-get-graduates-hired/
MONEYWISE
— Office jobs ‘are over’ as AI-fluent workers earn 25% more and get promoted 3.5x faster. Do you have an office job? Did you have an office job? I had office jobs working for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997.
https://moneywise.com/managing-money/employment/office-jobs-over-randstad-ceo-ai-skilled-trades
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Noncitizens. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make America more dependent on foreign countries and their citizens. All my employers would have hired noncitizens if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.businessinsider.com/experts-react-donald-trump-new-immigration-policy-green-card-applications-2026-5
HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR
— Entry-level jobs are disappearing. DD: What was your entry-level job? When I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970, I had to have a job. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was from Firestone Stores for a sales job that did not really require a college degree. My Chicago Heights store boss would never had hired me, but his boss had assigned me to him. He did not have a college degree. He refused to let me start until after I passed a probationary period in Indiana. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant, my being German American, my having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and my living in Crete. Under him, I saw that my Firestone career was bleak, if not nonexistent. Consequently, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in early 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely, if not violently, fired me because I had accepted that offer. I had to have a job. So I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was to be an IRS Revenue Officer.
https://www.hcamag.com/au/specialisation/hr-technology/the-entry-level-job-is-disappearing/575695
NPR
— Noncitizens. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make America more dependent on foreign countries and their citizens. All my employers would have hired noncitizens if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2026/05/12/g-s1-121493/the-economic-chilling-effect-of-trumps-immigration-crackdown
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Federal job applicants can’t skip ‘loyalty question.’ DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2026/04/federal-job-applicants-cant-skip-loyalty-question-that-opm-says-is-optional-court-filings-claim/
DAILY KOS
— DD: To get more votes from Black women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/23/800043877/community/the-extermination/
FROM OTHER SOURCES
CONSUMER REPORTS
— 6 Best Whole-House Generators of 2026, Lab-Tested and Reviewed. Home standby generators from companies like Champion, Generac, and Kohler are pricey, but they provide immediate backup power during outages. DD: Sadly, the motor in my 2011 20KW unit failed in late 2024, and recently, the motor in my 2024 24KW unit also failed. While Generac has provided me with a 17KW loaner, I am anxiously awaiting either a replacement of the whole 24KW unit or replacement of its motor.
https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/generators/best-home-standby-generators-consumer-reports-tests-a5942327707/