FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success using Trump to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/30/south-suburban-relentless-orland-park-no-kings/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/30/no-kings-western-springs/
— Maria Pappas’ property tax numbers don’t lie. Governance in Illinois has been a stark failure for 30 years.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/30/editorial-maria-pappas-property-taxes-inflation-wages-chicago-pritzker/
— DD: In your precinct, what percent of the voters cast Republican ballots in primary elections but then vote for Democrat candidates in general elections?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/31/opinion-ranked-choice-voting-illinois-primaries/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES & WGN9 & ETC.
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ, you will be officially banned from sports.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bulls/2026/03/30/league-source-says-bulls-working-exit-strategy-for-jaden-ivey
https://wgntv.com/sports/bulls/bulls-waive-jaden-ivey-after-anti-lgbtq-social-media-rant/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/bulls-waive-guard-jaden-ivey-after-anti-lgbtq-comments-remarks-about-religion-on-instagram/ar-AA1ZLGEu
https://www.barrons.com/news/nba-bulls-fire-ivey-after-anti-lgbtq-comments-8baee50a
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/bulls-jaden-ivey-anti-lgbtq-remarks/
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48350464/sources-bulls-waive-jaden-ivey-anti-gay-comments
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/bulls-waive-jaden-ivey-after-anti-lgbtq-comments-pride-month-rant-214109049.html
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2026/03/30/former-piston-jaden-ivey-released-by-bulls-after-anti-lgbtq-comments/89393543007/
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7159179/2026/03/30/jaden-ivey-waived-bulls-nba-pride-month/
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/nba/chicago-bulls-waive-guard-jaden-ivey-after-anti-lgbtq-comments-remarks-about-religion/4060775/
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/bulls-waive-jaden-ivey-after-he-called-nbas-pride-month-celebration-unrighteousness
https://nypost.com/2026/03/31/sports/jaden-ivey-calls-bulls-liars-over-framing-of-his-release-after-anti-religion-lgbtq-rants/
https://people.com/chicago-bulls-waive-jaden-ivey-after-anti-pride-month-comments-11937802
https://www.aol.com/articles/jaden-ivey-waived-bulls-controversial-020216179.html
FOX32
— Chicago launches ‘Repair Chicago’ forums as part of reparations effort. DD: Since the 1960s, Affirmative Action and DEI have been reparations.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/repair-chicago-reparations
WTTW
— Teen Takeover Raises Questions About Public Safety, Spaces for Young People. DD: When you were a high school and college student, what did you do after school, weekends, and summers? While I was a junior and a senior in high school, instead of studying, I washed dishes for 28 hours a week during the school years and 40 hours a week during the summer in between. During the summer between high school and college, I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline. While I took classes at UIC and NIU, instead of studying, I delivered mail for all the part-time hours that I could during the school years and full-time during the summers in between.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/03/30/teen-takeover-raises-questions-about-public-safety-spaces-young-people
WGLT
— DD: The Democrat Party platform causes a tremendous amount of suffering. It steers people away from being productive members of society. It steers them toward being wards of the state.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-03-30/pope-leo-tells-bloomington-normal-mayors-they-have-a-duty-to-reduce-suffering
IPM ILLINOIS
— DD: Overwhelmingly, those who Democrat leaders attract to Illinois a) want/need/demand massive government assistance, b) lack education and/or job skills, c) have health and/or other problems, and/or d) speak little or no English.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/immigrants-lose-access-to-food-aid-in-more-states-as-federal-restrictions-take-effect/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Pick up an Illinois passport for America’s 250th. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office in the 1990s, they had a diversity event at which we were all encouraged/required to publicly disclose the country/countries that our ancestors immigrated from, when they immigrated, and their religion(s). Of course, I disclosed that all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s and that they and I have always been Missouri Synod Lutheran. Very few in the office had ancestors who had immigrated from what is now Germany. Most had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. Virtually none were Protestant. Because of Affirmative Action and other reporting requirements, we all already knew each others’ political affiliation, race, gender, age, veteran status, salary and bonuses, marital status, children, federal seniority, etc. We all knew that our GAO superiors’ top priorities were a) retaining and promoting their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. They all knew about, if not applauded, the many big adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors had taken against me.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/03/30/illinois-america-250-passport-historic-sites-chicago-events-cahokia-pullman
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/31/the-strategist-who-beat-the-money-machine-00851414
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Salvi: Vandalism fueled by toxic rhetoric
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_263d745b-4bad-4c28-b43c-beaea36fa1ae.html
— Illinois’ population has continued to narrowly grow this year, despite a significant number of cities in the state losing residents to other states. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly a) drive those who have demographics that vote for Republicans out of the state and b) attract those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6740343e-0d34-4119-a88b-9bb38e9e164d.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Bailey Calls for FBI Probe Into Pritzker Spending During Lara Trump Interview, Citing “Immense” Fraud
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/03/bailey-calls-for-fbi-probe-into-pritzker-spending-during-lara-trump-interview-citing-immense-fraud.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— CPAC faces tough questions about its fading political clout
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/30/cpac-faces-tough-questions-fading-political-clout/
— White House says Trump still believes CPAC is relevant despite skipping conference
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/30/white-house-says-trump-still-believes-cpac-relevant-despite-skipping/
— Democrats’ endless fight for illegal aliens costing American lives
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/30/democrats-endless-fight-illegal-aliens-costing-american-lives/
— Lessons for Iran from the Vietnam War. Trump must explain why it’s worth fighting.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/30/lessons-iran-vietnam-war/
BREITBART
— Chicago: Pro-Gun Control Mayor’s ‘Armed Security’ Detail Costing Taxpayers $30 Million A Year
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/03/30/chicago-pro-gun-control-mayors-armed-security-detail-costing-taxpayers-30-million-a-year/
— New Yorkers Who Vote over 80 Percent Democrat Protest Against Homeless Shelter
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/30/nolte-new-yorkers-who-vote-over-80-percent-democrat-protest-against-homeless-shelter/amp/
FEDERALIST
— The Latest ‘No Kings’ Protest Is The Sound Of A Tired Old Thing Trying To Not Die
https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/30/the-latest-no-kings-protest-is-the-sound-of-a-tired-old-thing-trying-to-not-die/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago’s Brandon Johnson blasts ‘assaults against immigrants’ as slain Sheridan Gorman is laid to rest. Suspect Jose Medina-Medina, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, was released into the U.S. in 2023 under the Biden administration, DHS says.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-brandon-johnson-blasts-assaults-against-immigrants-slain-sheridan-gorman-laid-rest
— DD: Pentagon cites ‘meritocracy’ as reported officer promotion removals draw Democratic criticism. DD: Most if not virtually all of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were minorities and/or female. All of them had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had fewer professional certifications than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. During the last 8 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, all my Chicago office superiors and supervisors were women who were younger than me and did not share my conservativism, my Republicanism, my religion (Protestant), or my national origin (German). All of their parents were immigrants while my ancestors have been in America since 1844. When I was 49 in 1997, they took the lead in forcing me to retire. I should write about that.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-cites-meritocracy-officer-removals-draw-democratic-criticism
HOMELAND SECURITY
— ICE Agents Under Attack While Attempting to Arrest Criminal Illegal Alien in Sacramento, California
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/03/30/ice-agents-under-attack-while-attempting-arrest-criminal-illegal-alien-sacramento
INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY STUDIES
— DD: Were you college material? When I was in high school, no one thought I was college material. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. Nevertheless, I a) took college preparatory courses, b) got an ACT score of 24, c) graduated in the upper 20% of my class, d) got accepted by UIC, e) worked my way through college, and f) graduated debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21 in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.
https://ifstudies.org/blog/yes-youre-smart-enough-to-homeschool-your-kids
JUDICIAL WATCH
— Federal Court Allows Lawsuit against Reparations Program to Move Forward—Evanston, Illinois, Gives $25,000 Gov’t Payments to Blacks Only. DD: Since the 1960s, Affirmative Action and DEI have been reparations.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/evanston-illinois-reparations-program-continue/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Hundreds of College DEI Officers Attend Conference to Complain About ‘Chaos’ Caused by Trump. DD: Virtually all educators are Democrats. For them, education exists to crank out good little Democrats who are liberal, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/03/hundreds-of-college-dei-officers-attend-conference-to-complain-about-chaos-caused-by-trump/
NEWSMAX
— Democrats ‘Doubling Down on Misery’ in DHS Shutdown
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/danmeuser-newsmax-dhs/2026/03/30/id/1251244/
TOWNHALL
— The New York Times Runs Sob Story About a WI Dairy Farmer Who Might Lose His ‘Undocumented’ Laborers
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/03/30/peter-baker-nyt-wi-farmers-undocumented-workers-n2673661
— Sanctuary Cities Aren’t Compassion – They’re Criminal Protection Rackets.
https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/03/31/sanctuary-cities-arent-compassion-theyre-criminal-protection-rackets-n2673658
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— Duckworth presses Trump on IVF pledge. 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 with trying IVF. We did not adopt. We did not become foster parents.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/duckworth-presses-trump-on-ivf-pledge/gm-CE9D21BE61
AOL
— Spring Break. DD: When you were in college, did you take spring breaks? My Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors were veterans and they were furious when I took vacation days for a spring break in 1969 and drove to Daytona Beach with three of my female NIU classmates in my 1969 Dodge Charger SE. In 1970, I repeated the aforesaid. My Democrat Firestone Store boss who was a veteran was furious that I went on a student package trip to the Bahamas while I was taking a graduate evening business course at UIC in the spring of 1971. My aforesaid superiors and boss were furious that I took the aforesaid vacations because I had avoided the Vietnam War draft with student deferments and a financial hardship deferment at a time when my peers were dying in Vietnam. They blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War. Further, while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, many, most, and at times virtually all my of superiors and supervisors were Democrat veterans who also blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. They were also furious when took vacations every year starting in 1973. For them, the federal government existed to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrat veterans. In my defense, the four vacations to the Bahamas, Hawaii, Mexico, and Jamacia 1973-1976 were budget packages offered by the National Treasury Employees Union.
https://www.aol.com/30-photos-show-spring-break-144652401.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders give them more and more and more preference: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/03/31/eeoc-lawsuit-coca-cola-bottler-discrimination/
— DD: Democrats are not only ever-increasingly anti-American, they are ever-increasingly anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/03/30/education-mcmahon-history-tour/
USA TODAY
— DD: Do not expect/anticipate that those who rent homes will maintain them as well as those who own homes.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/03/27/rent-single-family-homes-zoning-housing-shortage/89210202007/
PITTSBURGH NEWS
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://pittnews.com/article/201329/featured/this-country-belongs-to-all-of-us-pittsburgh-participates-in-national-no-kings-rallies/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rahm Emanuel: How Democrats Can Use Their Coming Majority. Investigations of Trump won’t satisfy the voters. To win in 2028, the party needs a positive agenda.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-democrats-can-use-their-coming-majority-414369f0?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
NDTV PROFIT
— What Makes A Professional Valuable? DD: What made you valuable? For me, it included my knowledge of IRS because GAO audits IRS. When I was 31 in 1980 and transferred from IRS to GAO, I had gained a strong knowledge of IRS by working for it almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or a veteran. But because I had complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. And because Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats, my Democrat GAO superiors viciously discredited and wasted my knowledge of IRS. They did that a) by forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, b) by delaying my promotions back to GS-12, c) by keeping me off audits of IRS until I was 37, and d) by not promoting me to GS-13 until I was 38. Further, while they let me work on audits of IRS for 3 years, none of those audits were of IRS’s Collection Division, the division that I knew most about. Further, to discredit me, they ignored, dismissed, and belittled what I learned earning an MBA when I was 27, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32. Further, I never would have gotten assigned to audits of IRS or promoted to GS-13 if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer had not briefly gotten back into power. They forced him to retire when I was 39.
https://www.ndtvprofit.com/lifestyle/work-corporate-india-in-volatile-world-what-makes-a-young-professional-truly-valuable-11286574/amp/1
NPR
— DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders give them more and more and more preference: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/31/nx-s1-5763966/eeoc-trump-white-men-civil-rights-dei-discrimination
BROOKINGS
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that Republicans oppress you: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-demographics-of-racial-inequality-in-the-united-states/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that Republicans oppress you: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/03/18/majorities-of-americans-see-at-least-some-discrimination-against-black-hispanic-and-asian-people-in-the-u-s/
NEA TODAY
— The Racist Beginnings of Standardized Testing. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who are liberal, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/racist-beginnings-standardized-testing
ON LABOR
— DD: Federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://onlabor.org/the-first-amendment-as-government-workers-protection-of-last-resort/
FINANCIAL CAREERS
— Success in investment banking is as much a function of opportunity, privilege, market timing, geography, and mobility as it is of talent and effort. DD: My critics/opponents do not attribute my career successes to my effort or to my ability. According to them, because I was a federal employee, I had plenty of time and money to do the following because federal employees work only 40 hours a week and because they are grossly overpaid: a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) get promoted when I was 22, 23, 25, and 38, c) earn job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, d) earn professional certifications when I was 30, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and e) earn a job-related professional license when I was 32. Further, they stress a) that I avoided the Vietnam War draft, b) that my wife always had good-paying jobs, and c) that we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.
https://www.efinancialcareers.com/news/unconventional-banking-backgrounds
CPA JOURNAL
— Reconciling Ambition with Reality. Addressing the Profession’s Diversity and Talent Pipeline Crisis. DD: The accounting profession wrote me off as being “TOO OLD” a) because I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27, b) because I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, d) because I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA until I was 32, and e) more significantly, because I was not a minority or a female.
https://www.cpajournal.com/2026/03/30/reconciling-ambition-with-reality-2/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For several years now, declining enrollments in universities and high turnover at firms have posed a serious threat to the accounting profession’s viability. The solution is not merely a numbers game, it requires a multifaceted approach to updating pedagogy, refreshing the profession’s image, and clearing firm-level cultural barriers. The leaky pipeline is not primarily due to a shallow pool of academic candidates, but rather to barriers that impede their successful entry, retention, and advancement within firms. The historical underrepresentation of minorities in the profession should be understood as intertwined with the pipeline problem, and solving the latter requires addressing the former. . .The accounting profession is currently grappling with a widespread and severe talent shortage, a crisis exacerbated by declining undergraduate enrollment in accounting programs and a significant decrease in candidates taking the CPA Exam. Data indicates that accounting graduates trended downward in the 2019/2020 academic year, with decreases of 2.8% at the bachelor’s level and 8.4% at the master’s level. Compounding this issue is a high turnover rate within the profession, with 82% of public accounting firms and 69% of private companies reporting significant retention challenges. The number of first-time CPA exam candidates also saw a substantial decline of 33% from 2016 to 2021. Various factors have contributed to this decline, including the perceived burden of the 150-hour education requirement, the perception of accounting as a “boring” field, the lower compensation compared to other majors like finance and technology, and the persistent lack of diversity within the profession.)
VEG OUT
— The more privileged you are, the less likely you’re able to truly comprehend your own privilege. DD: How privileged are you? According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more privileged you are: White, male, healthy, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and/or raised in a traditional family. I am all of the aforesaid. In my defense, no one viewed me as being college material, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, he died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21, my mother never attended high school, my ACT score was only 24, I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, and I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents stress that my parents raised me in Crete and that my father made enough money a) to send me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools and b) to provide me with room and board while I took classed at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.
https://vegoutmag.com/lifestyle/r-bt-the-more-privileged-you-are-the-less-likely-youre-able-to-truly-comprehend-your-own-privilege/
SLATE
— CPAC Now Has No Trump and No Swag. Without the president or many other boldface MAGA names, this year’s convention felt as if it was held out of obligation. DD: I not only attended many CPACs, I helped sponsor many CPACs. But, as time went on, they moved toward Libertarianism and away from conservatism, that is, they moved away from 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).
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/03/cpac-2026-no-trump-iran-rfk-jr.html
Tag: gay
March 21, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Elgin police officer fired for social media post targeting undocumented immigrants. DD: As Democrat domination of Illinois ever-increasingly increases, the sooner that Democrats will get rid of you if you say or do anything that they do not like.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/20/elgin-officer-lentz-fired-social-media-immigrants/
— Hegseth’s Christian rhetoric draws renewed scrutiny after the US goes to war with Iran
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/20/pete-hegseths-christian-rhetoric/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: No longer old-school, matchmaking is drawing younger, more diverse singles looking for connections. DD: I would not be here today if a relative had not introduced my parents to each other. She knew that they were both conservative, Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL), German American, and shared an interest in music. I would not have met my wife if she and I had not both attended a young adults social group meeting at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She is Catholic and I am MSL. I was impressed by her having worked for the FBI, having helped elect Big Jim Thompson, and the job she had working for the U.S. League of Saving Institutions.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/21/matchmakers-help-black-gay-singles/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans continue to cause all the problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/21/today-in-history-civil-rights-activists-march/
— A federal judge agreed Friday to block the Trump administration from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters’ access to the Pentagon, agreeing with The New York Times that key portions of the new rules are unlawful. DD: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Reporter since 2000. I should write about those “Republican” candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who have done the most a) to stop me from learning about their events and b) to stop me from attending their events. I would focus on those who had their operatives and dupes throw me out of their events. I would focus on those who pander to the Democrat news media the most.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/20/judge-sides-new-york-times-reporters-access-pentagon/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Park District paints over César Chavez mural as calls grow to rename public buildings in Chicago. On Friday Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García called to rename a post office in Pilsen, while leaders at Cesar E. Chavez Multicultural Academic Center began the process of getting community feedback on renaming the school. DD: FROM BREITBART: Cesar Chavez opposed illegal immigration every bit as much as Donald J. Trump. Chávez understood that illegal aliens undermined the wages of legal migrant workers and their union bargaining power. Cesar Chavez was so opposed to illegal immigration that, just like Minuteman Project of 2004, which was widely smeared in the legacy media as racist, Chavez put together his own militia to stop illegals from crossing the border. There are credible reports that violence was used as an example to others. To form his United Farmworkers Union (UFW), it was Chavez versus the growers, and for obvious reasons, the growers loved the open border. For just as obvious reasons, Chavez did not. And there you have it.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/03/20/leaders-at-southwest-side-elementary-school-named-for-cesar-chavez-moving-to-potentially-rename-school
— Chicago young voter turnout jumped from previous midterm primary, but it’s no ‘systemic rise.’ About 85,000 Chicagoans ages 17 to 34 voted in Tuesday’s midterm primary, with more mail in votes still to be counted. That’s up from the close to 62,000 voters in that age group in the 2022 primary. Residents who are 17, but will be 18 years old by the November general election are allowed to vote in the primary. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at young voters in Chicago and at everyone else that Republican candidates are racists, sexists, ageists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout that Republicans cause all the problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/03/21/chicago-young-voter-turnout-increase-midterm-primary
— Definition of a company man? DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, I would have been more than happy to work for the Post Office for the rest of my career. My 1970 bachelor’s degree in management would have helped me move up the ladder. But my Democrat superiors did everything that they could to get rid of me. They disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and they forced me to resign in 1969 by outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically claiming that I was not available to work enough part-time hours.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/03/20/ford-stamping-plant-chicago-heights-calbert-wright-employee-since-1963
— Outspent but not outrun: Stratton, Ford among primary winners who beat deeper pockets. DD: What offices have you ran for? If you lost, what caused you to lose? When I ran for the open Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer office in 2004, I got only 13 votes while my opponent got 69. My critics/opponents a) belatedly got one of their own to run against me and b) got their high-profile operatives and dupes to demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me just before the vote was taken. They blamed me for Jim Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich big time. They ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed my qualifications including a) my having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, b) my having worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step-1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, c) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, d) my earning a master’s degree in accounting, e) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, f) my becoming a licensed CPA, g) my earning four more accounting-related professional certifications, h) my having served as the Treasurer of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter for 3 years, and i) my serving as the Treasurer in the Illinois Center Right Coalition since 2003.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/03/20/juliana-stratton-lashawn-ford-illinois-primary-winners-beat-deeper-pockets-rich-miller
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, the Iran War is being carried out to boost Trump’s ego and soothe his psychic wounds.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/03/21/iran-war-iranians-trump-ego-israel-allies-military-action-mona-charen
— AIPAC has become a political liability for many seeking office. DD: My critics/opponents have always painted me as being a political liability.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/03/21/aipac-israel-gaza-palestinians-illinois-primary-elections-natalie-moore
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTO: Elgin police officer fired for social media posts about immigration enforcement. DD: As Democrat domination of Illinois ever-increasingly increases, the sooner that Democrats will get rid of you if you say or do anything that they do not like.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260320/news/elgin-police-officer-fired-for-social-media-posts-about-immigration-enforcement/
— DuPage County Board to vote on $2.5 million for Loaves & Fishes project. DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in DuPage County will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260320/news/dupage-county-board-to-vote-on-2-5-million-for-loaves-fishes-project/
— Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly dividing those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260319/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-power-of-connection-our-country-may-feel-divided-but-shared-events-bring/
NBC5
— University of Notre Dame announces free tuition for families making less than $150K. DD: In today’s dollars, my father never earned more than $50,000/year.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/university-of-notre-dame-announces-free-tuition-for-families-making-less-than-150k/3911249/
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran against America.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-blasts-trumps-war-with-iran-91803.cfm
SHAW LOCAL
— DD: What percent of the students in your school district are in America illegally?
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/03/21/english-learner-programs-in-illinois-schools-face-uncertainty-amid-federal-funding-cuts/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump’s push to abolish the Education Department reaches student loan portfolio. DD: Did you get a student loan and/or a scholarship? I got neither. My critics/opponents have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. Further, they have always outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were filthy rich and that is why I could not get a financial scholarship. They have always known that I had to work my way through college.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trumps-push-to-abolish-the-education-department-reaches-student-loan-portfolio/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Thursday, the department announced it would seek to move its $1.7 trillion student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department, the latest in a series of interagency agreements shifting programs out of the Education Department, which could only be officially closed by an act of Congress.)
INDIVISIBLE
— Wheaton, Roosevelt Road Resistance: No Kings III – March 28, 2026. DD: What are the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party doing to counter such Democrat propaganda?
https://indivisible.org/events/wheaton-roosevelt-road-resistance-no-kings-iii-main-st-2/
(FROM THE POSTING: On March 28, communities across DuPage County will gather along Roosevelt Road from Elmhurst to West Chicago for No Kings 3 —a coordinated, peaceful demonstration to defend American democracy at a moment when it matters most. Our goal is simple: to make democracy visible. To remind our communities that civic engagement is not a spectator sport. And to demonstrate that when YOU show up—physically, publicly, and together—democracy grows stronger. At 11 major intersections up and down Roosevelt Road, neighbors, families, activists, and first‑time participants will stand shoulder to shoulder, forming a visible line of civic resolve stretching across one of the county’s most traveled corridors. Each gathering point will serve as a beacon of democratic commitment. Bring your creative signs to wave to passing cars and join us with chants and songs as we connect with each other and our communities. Small American flags will be distributed at each intersection (while supplies last). On March 28, Roosevelt Road becomes more than a roadway. It becomes a statement. A gathering place. A line in the sand. No Crowns, No Thrones, No Kings! This location is being organized by the League of Women Voters – Wheaton and Indivisible DuPage in collaboration with partner organizations: Downers Grove, Milton, Winfield & York Township Democrats; League of Women Voters-Glen Ellyn; Democratic Women of DuPage County; Swing Left DuPage; and Illinois Muslim Action Network. Please choose a location convenient for you or based on the organization. *A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.*)
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-491/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I want to help the candidates who won in the March 17 Republican primary get as many votes as possible in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 to win in the November 3 election. I anxiously await hearing from them on what they want me to do through communications from the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, and/or directly from their campaigns. The candidates are Tracy, Bailey, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland or Senak. Back in 2003, I organized a picnic in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct that all the announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate attended: Cox, Kathuria, McKenna, Oberweis, and Ryan. More than 200 attended. Back then, in addition to my being a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I was the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, the MTRO webmaster, and an officer of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter. I organized a major MTRO straw poll later that year that Ryan won. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to my critics/opponents, the more that I do to help elect candidates, a) the fewer votes that those candidates will get and b) the more votes that their opponents will get. If you were me, how would deal with that? Most commonly, my critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that I am far too conservative, and that therefore, the more that I do to help elect a candidate, that means that candidate is too conservative to win. My critics/opponents want the Republican Party to dump the following planks in its 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). My critics/opponents stress the many big adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Protecting Which of the Vulnerable? DD: According to Democrat leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more vulnerable that you are because Republicans discriminate against you: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/sb-2805-protecting-which-of-the-vulnerable/
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Without the Right to Life, No Other Rights Matter
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/03/without-the-right-to-life-no-other-rights-matter/
— Why Are Black Americans Still Trusting Democrats?
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/03/why-are-black-americans-still-trusting-democrats/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Failing California school district pays for black kids to learn to rap
https://nypost.com/2026/03/20/us-news/california-school-district-pays-270k-to-teach-students-rap/
BREITBART
— Why Cesar Chavez Suddenly Became Politically Inconvenient to the Left.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/19/nolte-why-cesar-chavez-suddenly-became-politically-inconvenient-to-the-left/amp/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cesar Chavez opposed illegal immigration every bit as much as Donald J. Trump. Chávez understood that illegal aliens undermined the wages of legal migrant workers and their union bargaining power. Cesar Chavez was so opposed to illegal immigration that, just like Minuteman Project of 2004, which was widely smeared in the legacy media as racist, Chavez put together his own militia to stop illegals from crossing the border. There are credible reports that violence was used as an example to others. To form his United Farmworkers Union (UFW), it was Chavez versus the growers, and for obvious reasons, the growers loved the open border. For just as obvious reasons, Chavez did not. And there you have it.)
— Trump Celebrates 10th Month of Zero Releases of Illegal Aliens at Border
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/20/trump-dhs-zero-releases-of-illegals-at-border/
— ICE Cast as Cruel, Causing Emergency Room Chaos on HBO’s ‘The Pitt’
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/03/20/ice-cast-as-cruel-causing-emergency-room-chaos-on-hbos-the-pitt-cant-we-just-tell-the-agents-to-fk-off/amp/
JONATHAN TURLEY
— Chi-Town Meltdown: Chicago Ramps Up Taxes and Debt in Familiar Death Spiral
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/03/21/chi-town-meltdown-chicago-ramps-up-taxes-and-debt-in-familiar-death-spiral/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Bailey faces uphill battle in Illinois governor’s race against Pritzker. DD: What uphill battles have you faced? Mine include getting promoted to GS-13. I finally made GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986, but not until after I had a) earned a MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred from IRS to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA when I was 32, and e) the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer got back into power and assigned me to audits of IRS and promoted me. Another uphill battle was keeping my GAO job at least until I was eligible for regular retirement when I was 55. I lost that battle when I was 49 even though I became a Certified Fraud Examiner when I was 41, Certified Government Financial Manager when I was 45, Certified Financial Services Auditor when I was 47, and Forensic Accountant when I was 48, and I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading when I was 48. I would have made GS-13 much sooner and I might still be a GAO employee if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5793205-darren-bailey-illinois-gubernatorial-race/
CBS NEWS
— Florida continues to draw spring break crowds. DD: When you were in college, did you take spring breaks? My Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors were furious when I took vacation days for a spring break in 1969 and drove to Daytona Beach with three of my female NIU classmates in my 1969 Dodge Charger SE. In 1970, I repeated the aforesaid. In 1971, while I was taking a graduate evening business course at UIC, I took advantage of a student package trip to the Bahamas.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/florida-continues-to-draw-spring-break-crowds/
NEW YORK TIMES
— The Future of the Democratic Party Is Emerging. DD: The Democrat Party is ever-increasingly a) anti-conservative, b) anti-personal responsibility, d) anti-traditional marriage and family, e) anti-life, f) anti-immigration laws and enforcement, g) pro-vice, h) anti-Second Amendment, i) anti-equal opportunity, j) anti-American, k) anti-White, l) anti-male, m) anti-older people, n) anti-Protestant, o) anti-German American, p) anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and q) anti-those who have more money than others unless they are Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/opinion/democrats-midterms-iran-future.html
— An Army Reservist Owns a Cannabis Dispensary. It May End His Career. Selling marijuana is strictly prohibited in the military. What that means for soldiers who own businesses is unclear. DD: In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/nyregion/times-square-cannabis-army.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to hate not only Trump, but to hate America.
https://www.wsj.com/world/american-pope-leo-donald-trump-relationship-c5e7e0a1
CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— Economic Affirmative Action Is Working. Low-income students are the beneficiaries of the Supreme Court’s striking down race-conscious admissions. DD: How much money did your parents have? My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother did not work outside the home until after he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. Consequently, I had to and I did work my way through college. But my GPA suffered because of that. Because of that, I got no scholarships. While I was a junior and a senior in high school, instead of studying, I washed dishes for 28 hours a week during the school years and 40 hours a week during the summer in between. While I took classes at UIC and NIU, instead of studying, I delivered mail for all the part-time hours that I could during the school years and full-time during the summers in between.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/economic-affirmative-action-is-working
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
BOLLYWOOD SHAADIS
— Meet Juliana Stratton’s Husband, Bryan Echols As She Wins Illinois Democratic Senate Primary Race. Juliana Stratton and her husband, Bryan Echols share an enduring bond. All about their over 7-year marriage amid her Illinois Senate position win.
https://www.bollywoodshaadis.com/articles/meet-juliana-stratton-husband-bryan-echols-she-wins-illinois-democratic-senate-primary-race-76393
March 7, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/california-official-calling-trump-administration-return-deaf-bay-area-boy-family-deported-colombia/18686782/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Two low-funded Republicans battle to run against Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias in the fall
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/07/illinois-gop-primary-secretary-state-other-statewides/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/06/rev-jesse-jackson-black-women-leaders/
— DD: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/06/evanston-reparations-committee-seeks-new-revenue-streams-as-original-funding-dwindles/
— Gayle Franzen, longtime Illinois and DuPage County public servant who helped build I-355, dies at 81
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/07/gayle-franzen-obituary-dupage/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/03/03/jesse-jackson-racism-black-white-civil-rights-rainbow-coalition-ben-jealous
DAILY HERALD
— GOP race for 14th Congressional seat features experienced candidates: Jim Marter an Gary Vician
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260306/us-congress-politics/gop-race-for-14th-congressional-seat-features-experienced-candidates/
WQAD
— Several claiming leadership at the Rock Island County Republican Party found in contempt of court
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/several-claiming-leadership-rock-island-county-republican-party-found-in-contempt-of-court/526-f0e8628a-16c0-410c-995b-f5c311f3f5fc
COUNTRY HERALD
— University Park: Crete Monee Middle School Hosts Community Cleanup March 14. DD: I delivered mail in University Park 1966-1969. I bought a new townhome in University Park in 1972 ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ), lived in it full-time 1972-1974, lived in it part-time 1974-1976, rented it out 1976-1984, and sold it in 1984.
https://countryherald.com/news/university-park-il-crete-monee-middle-school-hosts-community-cleanup-march-14/
CHAMBANA TODAY
— State Senator Chapin Rose appointed to Illinois Senate Republican leadership team
https://chambanatoday.com/news/298892-state-senator-chapin-rose-appointed-to-illinois-senate-republican-leadership-team/
BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso on Friday endorsed Sean Noonan in the March 17 Republican primary for DuPage County sheriff.
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-mayor-endorses-sheriffs-race
CHICAGO READER
— The death of diversity. Universities—in Illinois and across the U.S.—fall in line amid Trump’s attacks on higher education. DD: UIC accepted me when I was 18 in 1966, NIU when I was 20, Loyola when I was 23, DePaul when I was 27, and IIT when I was 43. But if I was 18, 20, 23, 27, or 43 today, I doubt that they would accept me because of my bad demographics. I am heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. According to Democrat universities, those who are the aforesaid have unfairly benefitted from discrimination against those who are LGBTQ, liberal/moderate, non-Republican, noncitizen, minority, female, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://chicagoreader.com/news/feature-news-politics/trump-universities-dei-illnois-ui-northwestern/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Darren Bailey Would Be Calamity for Illinois Republicans
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/darren-bailey-would-be-calamity-for-illinois-republicans
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Traditional marriage advocates sharpen message as Supreme Court eyes challenge to same-sex marriage. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn traditional marriage and family but then b) attribute all my successes in life to my benefitting from traditional marriage and family.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/5/traditional-marriage-advocates-sharpen-message-supreme-court-eyes/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Why Traditional Marriage Matters. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn traditional marriage and family but then b) attribute all my successes in life to my benefitting from traditional marriage and family.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-traditional-marriage-matters/
BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
–Trump Administration Rescinds Gender Ideology Requirement for Foster Parents. DD: Because my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF, because we did not adopt, and because we did not become foster parents, my Democrat GAO superiors viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a filthy rich disgusting DINK. According to them, if we had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, or d) become a licensed CPA when I was 32. None of them had as many job-related master’s degrees or professional certifications as I had. None of them was a licensed CPA like I was. According to them, if we had children, we would not have been able to have a home built in Wheaton when I was 35. My Democrat GAO superiors complained about the time and cost needed to raise children. They decried their spouses having little or no income.
https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/trump-administration-rescinds-gender-ideology-requirement-for-foster-parents
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DEI far from dead in Nashville, and it cost the city dearly
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/03/06/dei-far-from-dead-in-nashville-and-it-cost-the-city-dearly-report-1625874/
BLAZE
— Illegal alien voted in 2024 federal election, when Trump and Kamala were on the ballot. DD: How many illegals are using their false identifications to vote in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illegal-alien-allegedly-voted-in-2024-federal-election-when-trump-and-kamala-were-on-the-ballot
BREITBART
— Democrat’s SOTU Illegal Alien Guest Referenced in Police Documents Concerning Sexual Assault
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/03/06/report-democrats-sotu-illegal-alien-guest-referenced-in-police-documents-concerning-sexual-assault/amp/
CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE
— This Week In Waste. DD: For Democrat and RINO leaders, governments exist to hire, retain, and promote Democrats and RINOs. Because I have never been a Democrat or a RINO, governments wasted what I learned a) earning a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, f) becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, and g) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. They wasted what I learned working for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. They wasted what I learned working for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, RINO, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.cagw.org/this-week-in-waste-march-6-2026/
COLLEGE FIX
— DD: Yale publishes a letter from one of its seniors who thinks conservatives are dumb … well, dumber than liberals at least.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/yale-senior-thinks-conservatives-are-dumb-well-dumber-than-liberals-at-least/
DAILY CALLER
— James Talarico Has History Of Pushing Far-Left Priorities Down Students’ Throats
https://dailycaller.com/2026/03/06/james-talarico-history-pushing-his-left-priorities-down-students-throats/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘How Do You Make A Map Gay?’ Biden-Era Program Used Tax Dollars To ‘Queer’ Maps. Biden’s State Department funded a grant to make European maps queer.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-do-you-make-a-map-more-gay-gop-rep-trump-official-befuddled-by-biden-dei-program
EPOCH TIMES
— The Reason Obamacare Is So Hard to Fix. DD: Ever since I became a federal employee when I was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance premiums. Since I got married when I was 29 in 1978, my critics/opponents have been increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who never qualified themselves to become a federal employee, b) who would never stoop to take a federal job, and/or c) who despise/hate federal employees.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/3-reasons-why-obamacare-is-so-hard-to-fix-5989572
FOX NEWS
— Mike Johnson slams Democrats for putting illegal aliens over Americans as DHS shutdown continues. Senate Democrats blocked Republican attempt to reopen Department of Homeland Security.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mike-johnson-slams-democrats-putting-illegal-aliens-over-americans-dhs-shutdown-continues
— Illegal immigrant charged with voting in Pennsylvania in 5 presidential elections. Mahady Sacko was ordered removed from the US in 2000 but remained under ICE supervision while casting ballots. DD: How many illegals are using their false identifications to vote in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegal-immigrant-charged-voting-pennsylvania-5-presidential-elections
— ICE arrests illegal immigrant training as Pennsylvania corrections officer suspected of rape. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.aol.com/articles/ice-arrests-illegal-immigrant-training-200613203.html
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER
— Is the Era of the Traditional Family Over in America? DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn traditional marriage and family but then b) attribute all my successes in life to my benefitting from traditional marriage and family.
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/is-the-era-of-the-traditional-family-over-in-america-survey-suggests-yes
PJ MEDIA
— Federal Grant Money Flows to Race-Based Groups During Labor Department Chaos
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/03/06/federal-grant-money-flows-to-race-based-groups-during-labor-department-chaos-n4950346
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— DHS increasing self-deportation stipend from $1,000 to $2,600. DD: Unintended consequences. How many will come to America illegally to collect that stipend?
https://www.aol.com/articles/dhs-increasing-self-deportation-stipend-181110485.html
CBS NEWS
— Hegseth on reports Russia aided Iran: “Anything that shouldn’t be happening” will be “confronted strongly”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-us-iran-russia/
MSN
— Muskegon sandwich shop says business is booming after saying they will no longer serve ICE
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/muskegon-sandwich-shop-says-business-is-booming-after-saying-they-will-no-longer-serve-ice/ar-AA1TQpq4
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s New Pick to Lead Homeland: A Onetime Cage Fighter From the Heartland. DD: If you ran for an office, what would your critics/opponents stress that you did in the past? My critics/opponents would stress that I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes and chipped slag in 1966. I pumped gasoline in 1966, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. My critics/opponents would never stoop to take the aforesaid bad jobs. They did not have to because they had wealthy parents. They would hint/imply/argue/shout that I had to take the aforesaid bad jobs because I am an unmitigated loser.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/us/markwayne-mullin-trump-oklahoma.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-06/deaf-6-year-old-boy-deported-with-family-to-colombia-attorney-says
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Wants ‘Unconditional Surrender’ for Iran Deal
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-wants-unconditional-surrender-for-iran-deal-5f97cd49
STATEN ISLAND
— Noem banished to this humiliating new post after Trump dumps her from cabinet. DD: My supporters rudely dumped me because I supported Pat O’Malley instead of Jim Ryan in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary. I served as O’Malley’s Milton Township campaign coordinator. My doing everything that I could to help Ryan defeat Blagojevich in the general election meant nothing to them. They continue to blame me for Ryan’s loss. Because Ryan lost to Blagojevich, they rudely ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2004 and 2010. They rudely defeated me for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004. They rudely almost got the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me in 2006. They got me thrown off the ICRC Steering Committee in 2007. They ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012. They gerrymandered my precinct in 2015. They ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021. etc. Ryan’s loss to Blagojevich in 2002 is viewed as being the beginning of the end of the Illinois Republican Party.
https://www.silive.com/politics/2026/03/noem-banished-to-this-humiliating-new-post-after-trump-dumps-her-from-cabinet.html
NEWS NATION
— Traditional marriage decline sparks concern over kids’ well-being. Better outcomes for children in married households. 23% of U.S. kids live with single parents, three times the global average. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn traditional marriage and family but then b) attribute all my successes in life to my benefitting from traditional marriage and family.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/on-balance-with-leland-vittert/decline-marriage-trends-concern-child-well-being/
WRAL
— Meaningful work. DD: The importance of what the Post Office, IRS, and GAO did helped me endure ever-increasing efforts by my Democrat superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.wral.com/business/thompson-relationships-leadership-march-2026/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Indian professionals in US face rising anti-Indian hate after Trump’s H-1B changes. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/indian-professionals-in-us-face-rising-anti-indian-hate-after-trump-s-h-1b-changes-report/ar-AA1UgFFw?cvid=3b268e06faaa4eeea4a11a71a333dc02
FROM OTHER SOURCES
MEDICAL PRODUCT OUTSOURSING
— Staying in Target Range with Diabetes Technologies. Continuous glucose monitors (CGM) are transforming diabetes management. DD: I am a type 2 diabetic. In my opinion, if I had not spent so much time helping elect Republicans since 2000, I would not have become a type 2 diabetic. Instead of exercising and sleeping, I helped elect Republicans. Since 2000, I have ever-increasingly spent more time putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out instead of exercising and sleeping. I am now wearing a CGM ( https://www.stelo.com/ ) at $84/month out-of-pocket to help me keep my glucose within the 70-180 target range. Last week, my glucose was in range only 64% of the time; the goal is 70%. I take five diabetes pills a day – Glimepiride (2), Metformin, Jardiance, and Rybelsus. Life is a series of choices. Obviously, I put helping elect Republicans ahead of my health. Obviously, my critics/opponents put stopping me from helping elect Republicans above all else. Increasingly, I cannot bring myself to attend Republican, conservative, and religious events in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois because so many of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attend those events who have taken so many adverse actions against me to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Should I start naming my critics/opponents and writing about them? In addition to my serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I was a) the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, b) an Illinois Center Right Coalition officer 2003-2007, c) the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, and d) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2021. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2011.
https://www.mpo-mag.com/staying-in-target-range-with-diabetes-technologies/
SCIENCE FRIDAY
— The Long Push To Blame Systemic Problems On Individuals. DD: Do your critics/opponents blame you for your problems? Mine certainly do. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I would not have had problems if I had a) let them manipulate/dominate me, b) glorified and praised them, c) pandered to them, d) served as one of their operatives or dupes, e) covered up their wrong doing, and/or f) gave them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/its-on-you-book-excerpt/
— Fixing Society’s Toughest Problems? ‘It’s On You.’ DD: Obviously, I have always believed that conservatism is the way to go. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, or d) a job-related professional license when I was 32. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to a) buy a 6-year-old car when I was 16, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., d) get married when I was 29, e) etc. I ask my anti-conservative critics/opponents what they attribute their successes to?
https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/fixing-societal-problems-individual-responsibility/
February 27, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Hundreds of high school students in Cook County cast their first ballots. DD: Democrats a) run education in Illinois and b) shout at high school students that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/hundreds-of-high-school-students-in-cook-county-cast-their-first-ballots/3900753/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicagos-first-luxury-gay-hotel-is-coming-northalsted-heres-what-we-know
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Video gambling machine legalization in Chicago clears hurdle. DD: I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/26/video-gambling-machine-legalization-clears-hurdle-chicago/
DAILY HERALD
— Harris for Republican secretary of state nomination
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260227/opinion/harris-for-republican-secretary-of-state-nomination/
— Suburban officials oppose Pritzker’s plan to reduce local control over residential zoning. DD: Democrat leaders always want to put low income public housing in Republican areas. Democrat leaders have always wanted to put low income public housing at the north end of my precinct.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260226/real-estate/its-just-a-bad-idea-suburban-officials-oppose-pritzkers-plan-to-reduce-local-control-over-zonin/
— Republican congressional candidate Jim Marter supports President Donald Trump’s oft-repeated claim that a “deep state” network of people and organizations is manipulating the U.S. government — and he claims Trump’s executive orders have helped lessen its influence. Marter’s rival for the GOP nomination in the 14th District, Somonauk resident Gary Vician, dismissed the conspiracy-laden concept. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. For them, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260226/us-congress-politics/gop-candidate-shares-trump-concerns-of-a-deep-state-rival-rejects-concept/
— Why it’s becoming so expensive to buy a car in America. DD: How much money have you spent on cars? Maybe I spent too much. But cars were cheaper back then. I bought used cars in 1964, 1971, and 2011. I bought new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1989, etc. I bought collector cars in 1989 and 1994.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260221/business/real-sticker-shock-why-its-becoming-so-expensive-to-buy-a-car-in-america/
WBEZ
— 2026 Republican Primary Forum for the U.S. Senate in Illinois
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-news/2026/02/27/2026-republican-primary-forum-us-senate-illinois
WGLT & NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— GOP Senate candidates make case for conservative replacement for Durbin. DD: Conservatives are dramatically underrepresented in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton Warrenville School District 200.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-02-26/gop-senate-candidates-make-case-for-conservative-replacement-for-durbin
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2026-02-26/gop-senate-candidates-make-case-for-conservative-replacement-for-durbin
WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot in Danville. I led the successful effort to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.wandtv.com/seeing-green-first-cannabis-lounge-in-danville-hosts-grand-opening/video_c3f7c1ad-e58c-59db-931e-f01f05d150ae.html
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— Call for Nominations: Celebrate Career Excellence. DD: Very few federal employees have excellent careers. Federal employees who are Republican, White, male. and/or non-veteran are gotten rid of if they do not make GS-13 ($118,984) by age 25, GS-14 ($140,604) by age 30, GS-15 ($165,386) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($197,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. The Democrats who run the federal government use “up-or-out” to promote their Democrat employees who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. My federal career is a case example.
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2026/02/call-for-nominations-celebrate-career-excellence-attend-ceremony/
ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst Republican Backs Democratic County Hopeful. The candidate has the experience to manage the county’s budget, the Republican said. DD: Do not anticipate/expect that any Democrat will back a Republican candidate unless that candidate is RINO or a Democrat plant.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-republican-backs-democratic-county-hopeful
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois legislators introduce bills to regulate pricing based on personal data. DD: Of course, Democrat and RINO sellers want Republicans to pay more, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-legislators-introduce-bills-to-regulate-pricing-based-on-personal-data/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Politics pauses for Jackson
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/02/27/politics-takes-a-pause-for-jackson-00803341
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-688/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-476/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If America dramatically increased the number of work permits and the number that could immigrate legally, how many citizens of foreign countries would apply? Once you are in America legally, and especially once you become a citizen of America, you lose the tremendous protections and benefits that Democrats and RINOs give illegals. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The more Democrat primary ballots that are cast than Republican primary ballots are cast, the more that Democrat leaders will predict that Democrat candidates will win November 3. What has your Republican Precinct Committeeman done so far to increase the number of Republican primary ballots cast in your precinct? I have hand-delivered to the 400 residences in my precinct that have one or more registered Republican or NA voter a DuPage County GOP envelope that contained a copy of the sample ballot, a Voter Guide from the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), and campaign literature from the five Republican candidates on our ballot who provided their literature to the MTRO. I split the 400 envelopes into 5 batches. Delivering each batch took about 3 hours or about 15 hours altogether. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Donald Trump’s cuts to federal workforce a real conservative win. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They use Republican budget cuts first to get rid of any remaining Republican employees and then to get rid of employees who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/26/donald-trumps-cuts-federal-workforce-real-conservative-win/
— Democrats cannot stand America. Their inability to put country before party.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/26/democrats-stand-america/
— Noncitizen voting threatens election integrity and national security.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/26/noncitizen-voting-threatens-election-integrity-national-security/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— California to Spend $35 Million to Prevent the Deportation of Illegal Aliens
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/california-spend-35-million-prevent-deportation-illegal-aliens
HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
— Merit, Accountability, and Performance at State: Evaluating Promotion and Placement. DD: If Republicans had held such hearings on GAO since I starting working for GAO in 1980, they would have found a) that Democrats ran GAO, b) that virtually all GAO employees were Democrats, c) that virtually all their employees who they promoted were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, and d) that virtually all their employees who they promoted were Democrats who had less work experience, who had less education, who had no or fewer professional certifications, and/or who had no professional licenses or fewer than their Republican coworkers had. Another words, Republicans would have found that the Democrats who ran GAO grossly discriminated against their Republican employees, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I would have been a case example. If Gingrich had held such hearings and had reformed GAO instead of gutting GAO, my entire life since 1980 would have been dramatically better.
https://democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearings?ContentRecord_id=BCA168B9-5972-42AD-B29A-E88053CA637C
PJ MEDIA
— How Much Was the Government LYING About the Illegal Immigrant Crime Wave? DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://pjmedia.com/scott-pinsker/2026/02/26/how-much-was-the-government-lying-about-the-illegal-immigrant-crime-wave-n4949983
TOWNHALL
— The Judicial Coup Continues As Yet Another Judge Tries to Stop Trump’s Deportation Policy
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/02/26/judge-strikes-down-trumps-third-country-deportation-policy-n2671905
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX NEW YORK
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/lgbtq-gay-pride-flag-stonewall-nyc-trump-schumer
NEW YORK TIMES
— New A.C.A. Plans Could Increase Family Deductibles to $31,000. DD: My critics/opponents are furious that the federal government pays $21,000/year (72%) of my and my wife’s $30,000/year healthcare insurance premiums because I am a federal retiree. They started being furious when I became a postal employee when I was 18 in 1966. They got more furious when I got married when I was 29 in 1978. My critics/opponents would never stoop to take a federal job and/or they are not qualified for federal jobs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/health/obamacare-health-insurance-rollbacks.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote mass/illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/26/trump-immigration-democrats-sotu-midterms/
USA TODAY
— Personal Responsibility. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. I took it upon myself to earn money a) to pay for my college expenses, b) to buy cars, c) to buy real estate, d) etc. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes and chipped slag in 1966. I pumped gasoline in 1966, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. My critics/opponents would never stoop to take the aforesaid jobs.
https://www.usatoday.com/press-release/story/26789/chuck-thompson-announces-release-of-new-book-exploring-manifestation-and-personal-responsibility-2/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers. More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries. “I wasn’t expecting to be surrounded by this many Americans.”
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/americans-leaving-the-us-migration-a5795bfa
WMUR
— High School student maintains 4.0 GPA while playing three sports. DD: What harmed your GPA? For me, it was my spending far too many hours doing the following while took courses instead of studying: a) doing yard work 1962-1964, b) delivering newspapers 1962-1966, c) washing dishes 1964-1966, d) pumping gasoline in 1966, 1971, and 1972, e) delivering mail 1966-1969, f) working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, g) selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances in 1971, h) collecting delinquent federal taxes 1972-1980, and i) auditing federal agencies in 1980 and 1992-1997.
https://www.wmur.com/article/plymouth-high-school-student-maintains-40-gpa-while-playing-three-sports/70440282
SACRAMENT BEE
— CPA vs MBA: Salaries, Career Paths & More. DD: I did not earn an MBA until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late because I was a White male. Employers were under ever-increasing tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://www.sacbee.com/careers-education/cpa-vs-mba/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: CPA vs MBA: Why Not Have Both? You can, but it depends on what you want to do. Are you interested in management opportunities or consulting? If so, you can save a lot of time and money and just get your MBA. But if you enjoy working with numbers and want to get paid well for it, you should become a CPA and seek employment at one of the Big 4 Accounting Firms. However, there are unique career growth opportunities for a CPA who earned an MBA, including upper management positions. The inverse is also true: a finance-focused MBA interested in corporate finance or taxation could get a lot of mileage out of a CPA education.)
WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/26/england-respects-the-rule-of-law-why-dont-we/
SWOON
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. Traditional marriage helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) become a licensed CPA in 1981, e) etc. Traditional marriage helped my wife and I a) buy a home in Wheaton in 1978, b) buy two new cars in 1978, c) afford my taking a $23,699/year pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, d) etc. Traditional marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1986.
https://www.swooon.com/1261285/chris-harrison-new-dating-show-traditional-marriage-reaction/
CRIMSON WHITE
— Affordability concerns hit students. DD: Back in the good old days, my working all the hours that I could for the Park Forest Post office 1966-1969 at $19.57-$20.87/hour in today’s dollars enabled me to pay for my UIC and NIU expenses, buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and graduate debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 owning that Charger. But my GPA suffered.
https://thecrimsonwhite.com/127201/news/affordability-concerns-hit-students/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Prepare Now, Succeed Later. It’s never too early to start career planning. DD: I should have majored in accounting. But I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late because I was a White male. Employers were under ever-increasing tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/carpe-careers/2025/07/14/importance-early-career-planning-opinion
HR DRIVE
— EEOC warns Fortune 500 to ‘reject identity politics.’ DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/eeoc-warns-fortune-500-to-reject-identity-politics/813317/
February 20, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Candidate Rick Heidner discusses race for Illinois governor
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/candidate-rick-heidner-discusses-race-for-illinois-governor/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Juliana Stratton ad with anti-Trump expletive draws attention in Democratic primary race for US Senate
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/19/illinois-senate-race-stratton-ad-trump-expletive/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use religious leaders a) to glorify and praise their illegals and b) to fight their deportation. Judge Gettleman has helped them do that. When my lawsuit against GAO was transferred from Washington DC to Chicago in 2000, it was initially assigned to Gettleman. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/19/religious-leaders-allowed-into-broadview-ice-facility-for-ash-wednesday-after-judge-orders-dhs-to-grant-access/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Feb. 12, nearly three months into the legal battle, U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman issued a preliminary injunction allowing the coalition entry to the facility on Ash Wednesday to offer ashes and Holy Communion. “The court finds that the government has substantially burdened plaintiffs’ exercise of religion,” the order read. Gettleman ruled that allowing pastoral care to migrants and detainees “will improve the condition of those detained at Broadview.” . . . Gettleman last week ruled that with “reasonable notice and communication, addressing legitimate security and safety concerns, allowing plaintiffs to provide pastoral care to migrants and detainees does not pose any undue hardship on the government.” While the injunction specifically allowed access on Ash Wednesday, it also called on the Department of Homeland Security to confer with the coalition over how religious ministry could continue at the facility going forward. Gettleman set a status hearing in the case for next week.)
WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/democrats-bash-bill-banning-abortion-in-illinois/article_34a41482-8541-4441-b310-e5ab14b5bfcb.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders want their noncitizens to be counted for the census tor their congressional apportionment purposes.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-say-citizenship-question-could-derail-census-test-and-deter-immigrants-from-participating/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Pritzker focuses on affordability. DD: What has helped you afford things? For me, it has been my taking jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I did yard work in Crete 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1966. I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag in Chicago Heights in 1966. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances Chicago Heights in 1971 and 1972. I collected delinquent taxes for IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies for GAO in Chicago 1980-1997. To get those jobs, to keep those jobs, and to get promoted, I earned a diploma from Crete Monee High School in 1966. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-pritzker-focuses-on-history-affordability-in-8th-state-of-the-state-address/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use religious leaders to glorify and praise their illegals and to fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and laws. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that according to Jesus, when governments do exist, they should exist to hand out welfare. Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly fill their churches with their illegals.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/02/20/cardinal-cupich-meets-the-moment-00790538
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I have requested the DuPage County Election Division (DCED) to provide me with early voting data. It would be great if the DCED would provide me with the number of early votes cast daily, weekly, and cumulatively in DuPage County broken out by a) type of ballot (R,D,NA), b) township, and c) precinct. I would be great if the DCED would post the aforesaid data on its website. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois uses temporary federal aid to fund ongoing social programs
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/waste-watch-illinois-uses-temporary-federal-aid-to-fund-ongoing-social-programs/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump declares ‘I’ve won affordability’ during Georgia visit. DD: What has helped you afford things? For me, it has been my taking jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I did yard work in Crete 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1966. I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag in Chicago Heights in 1966. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances Chicago Heights in 1971 and 1972. I collected delinquent taxes for IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies for GAO in Chicago 1980-1997. To get those jobs, to keep those jobs, and to get promoted, I earned a diploma from Crete Monee High School in 1966. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4464558/trump-declares-ive-won-affordability-during-georgia-visit/
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls out Clarence Thomas while defending city’s reparations task force. DD: Democrats fought to keep slavery. Republicans fought to end it. Today’s Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for slavery. My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, I have always stressed that they always lived in northeast Illinois and that they always voted Republican.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/23/media/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-calls-out-clarence-thomas-while-defending-citys-reparations-task-force/
— Hollywood merger would scale up the ‘woke’
https://nypost.com/2026/02/19/opinion/glitzy-merger-would-scale-up-the-woke/
BLAZE
— Disney’s ‘Gay Days’ are canceled.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/disneys-gay-days-are-canceled-dont-pop-the-champagne-just-yet
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Record Number of Immigration Proceedings Resulting in Voluntary Departures
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/record-number-immigration-proceedings-resulting-voluntary-departures
FOX NEWS
— Illinois lieutenant governor seeking US Senate seat releases video of people saying ‘F— Trump’ ‘They said it. We’re all thinking it,’ Juliana Stratton wrote in a post on X.
https://noticias.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-lieutenant-governor-seeking-us-senate-seat-releases-video-people-saying-f-trump
— Lewis University moves classes online after learning ICE is operating in the same building. University says it has no control over leasing decisions involving other tenants in Oak Brook building.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/illinois-university-moves-classes-online-after-learning-ice-operating-same-building
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Contrived Coarseness Like Juliana Stratton’s Is Here to Stay
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/contrived-coarseness-like-juliana-strattons-is-here-to-stay/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Illinois Dem Lt. Gov Juliana Stratton releases ‘f*ck Trump’ Senate campaign ad vowing to ‘abolish ICE’
https://thepostmillennial.com/illinois-dem-lt-gov-juliana-stratton-releases-f-ck-trump-senate-campaign-ad-vowing-to-abolish-ice
TOWNHALL
— Based on These Remarks, No Wonder Why DC Water Is a Total Trainwreck
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/02/20/based-on-these-remarks-no-wonder-why-dc-water-is-a-total-trainwreck-n2671547
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Illinois Senate candidate Juliana Stratton launches campaign ad featuring people saying ‘F— Trump’
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5746907-juliana-stratton-trump-ad/
NBC NEWS
— New Trump administration order could lead to the detention of thousands of legal refugees. The Department of Homeland Security says in a memo that refugees applying for green cards must return to federal custody one year after they were admitted to the U.S.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-trump-administration-order-lead-detention-thousands-legal-refugees-rcna259838
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/hate-crimes-against-lgbtq-community-on-the-rise-in-texas-across-the-u-s-report-says/
NEW YORK TIMES
— HUD Revives First-Term Trump Proposal to Eject Undocumented Immigrants from Public Housing
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/us/politics/hud-trump-immigrants-housing.html
BLOOMBERG LAW
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchange-insights-and-commentary/employers-can-reduce-dei-risk-with-narrow-but-deep-equality-work
FORTUNE
— Stop waiting for the perfect job and just start working. DD: I did not wait. I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I did yard work in Crete 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1966. I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag in Chicago Heights in 1966. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances Chicago Heights in 1971 and 1972. I collected delinquent taxes for IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies for GAO in Chicago 1980-1997. To get those jobs, to keep those jobs, and to get promoted, I earned a diploma from Crete Monee High School in 1966. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://fortune.com/2026/02/15/fox-news-host-dana-perino-gen-z-college-graduate-advice-start-working-build-network-career-advancement/
POST REGISTER
— Precinct Committeeman: Your neighborhood. Your voice. Your chance to serve. DD: I might not have been elected Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) in 2000 if Peter Roskam and Randy Hultgren had not endorsed me in writing. Anti-conservative DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton “Republican” leaders had recruited a woman who had never been active in Republican politics to run against me even though I was officially serving as the precinct’s appointed RPC and I had served as the precinct’s Assistant RPC before that. I should write about the aforesaid “Republican” leaders who have taken and continue to take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.
https://www.postregister.com/opinion/columns/opinion-your-neighborhood-your-voice-your-chance-to-serve/article_9ba15e59-f4e9-4d8c-8061-227759874257.amp.html
CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: Democrat colleges use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not admit or hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican students and employees.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/diversity-officers-must-be-clearer-about-goals-says-new-leader
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— ‘F— Trump’: Democrat Juliana Stratton of Illinois under fire over ‘vulgar’ campaign ad for primaries. Juliana Stratton launched a blunt anti-Donald Trump Senate ad featuring a vulgar slogan, drawing backlash online as her primary bid heats up.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/f-trump-democrat-juliana-stratton-of-illinois-under-fire-over-vulgar-campaign-ad-for-primaries-101771541309782.html
February 12, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— ABC7 Chicago presents 2026 Republican US Senate primary forum
https://abc7chicago.com/post/abc7-chicago-league-women-voters-illinois-univision-broadcast-stream-2026-republican-us-senate-primary-forum-wednesday/18554376/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders say that Republicans’ edge on immigration shrinks as independents balk at Trump’s tactics
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-republicans-edge-on-immigration-shrinks-as-independents-balk-at-trumps-tactics-ap-norc-poll-shows/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/11/chicago-students-walkout-protest-ice/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Marimar Martínez to promote more hatred against ICE.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/11/marimar-martinez-shooting-immigration/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/11/ice-crimes/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/12/opinion-black-equality-obamas-racism/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their students to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/02/12/no-recess-lockdowns-less-learning-how-immigration-agents-disrupted-cps-schools-this-fall
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2026/02/12/president-donald-trump-ice-border-patrol-chicago-public-schools-marimar-martinez-city-hall
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/11/evidence-shows-feds-lied-about-marimar-martinezs-shooting-in-chicago-attorney-says
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/11/juan-espinoza-martinez-cleared-of-bovino-murder-plot-still-in-detention-after-judge-denies-bail
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Marimar Martínez to promote more hatred against ICE.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/11/evidence-shows-feds-lied-about-marimar-martinezs-shooting-in-chicago-attorney-says
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/02/11/federal-cuts-hiv-lead-poisoning-prevention-grants-raoul
— DD: ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasing crow about their success in flooding Chicago with people from foreign countries.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/11/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-latin-america-mexico-puerto-rico-ecuador-guatemala-venezuela
DAILY HERALD
— GOP candidates in 11th District differ on Trump’s efforts to dismantle Education Dept.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260211/us-congress-politics/gop-candidates-in-11th-district-differ-on-trumps-efforts-to-dismantle-education-dept/
— The Trump administration has withdrawn all federalized National Guard troops from U.S. cities, after its repeated attempts to surge forces into Democratic-run states encountered judicial roadblocks. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly clear that they will never stop a) flooding America with their illegals and b) fighting their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260211/nation-and-world/national-guard-troops-were-quietly-withdrawn-from-u-s-cities/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies against America.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260211/syndicated-columnists/latest-global-affairs-survey-shows-instability-of-america-as-a-partner/
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/02/11/even-though-marijuana-legal-illinois-clearing-old-criminal-records-still-challenge
WBEZ
— DuSable Black History Museum gets $1.6 million from state of Illinois for building improvements. The state money for renovations comes during Black History Month and as the museum is under investigation after a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former employee.
https://www.wbez.org/museums/2026/02/12/dusable-black-history-museum-chicago-state-grant-renovations-trump-dei-lawsuit
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing push more pot.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2026/02/11/clearing-old-marijuana-records-is-a-struggle-in-illinois/88609915007/
SHAW LOCAL
— 2026 Election Questionnaire: Ted Dabrowski, Illinois Governor
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/02/11/2026-election-questionnaire-ted-dabrowski-illinois-governor/
WISCONSIN EXAMINER
— DD: To get more votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference.
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/11/supreme-court-justices-call-right-wing-groups-arguments-against-minority-college-grants-shocking/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders say crowded GOP field targets Pritzker
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/02/12/gop-governor-jb-pritzker-darren-bailey-ted-dabrowski-illinois
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to stop their illegals from voting.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/02/12/illinois-mobilizing-to-guard-the-vote-00777960
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: BALLOT SAFEGUARDS: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says his office is in talks with election officials in Illinois and across the country about how to ensure the upcoming March 17 primary runs smoothly after the White House said it “can’t guarantee” immigration enforcement agents wouldn’t be near polling places. “We’re exploring ways in which we can ensure that we protect the fundamental right to be able to cast a vote,” Johnson said Wednesday after a speaking engagement hosted by the City Club of Chicago.
He’s not the only one: Johnson joins other government officials who are taking steps to ensure voting locations are secure out of concern that dispatching ICE agents to the polls could intimidate voters.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-467/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois House Republicans are calling on Democrats to oppose new tax proposals.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e68c79e4-10cc-47ef-acf4-2a608013808e.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you were me, what would you do to encourage people, and especially Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC), to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? I have been a RPC since 1999. As the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I have sent out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000. I have attended many Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) meetings and events since 1999. Since 2000, I have asked MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP leaders to encourage RPCs and attendees at their meetings and events to read my newsletters, but they have not. Yesterday, I attended a MTRO monthly meeting. It was again obvious, based on many statements made at that meeting, that many, if not most, of the PRCs and other attendees had never heard of my newsletters let alone read any of them. Many past and present MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP leaders disapprove/despise/hate me and my newsletters. They blame me and blame my newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They have taken many big adverse actions against me. My critics/opponents have hinted/implied that the aforesaid leaders might encourage readership of my newsletters if I stopped promoting the following planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject including the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Again, if you were me, what would you do to encourage people to read my newsletters? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters help their readers a) keep up with current political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans and especially in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 and b) get facts and arguments to use to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, especially its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Far too many who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters do so for opposition research. They reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy people like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I take the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me as badges of honor. But of course, my critics/opponents deny that they took their adverse actions against me for the aforesaid reasons. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Far too many leaders of far too many Republican organizations reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They use the Republican Party’s BIG TENT policy to destroy the Republican Party. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to encourage registered Republican and Not Affiliated voters in your precinct to cast Republican ballots in the March 17, 2026 primary? I am going to hand-deliver an envelope to each of the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Not Affiliated voter. I have affixed 800 mailing labels and my return address labels on 400 envelopes, sorted them into five batches, and put them in walk order. I am in the process of stuffing those envelopes with the sample ballot for my precinct, campaign literature that Republican candidates have provided the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), and a MTRO flyer. I use my Brother printer, paper, and my ink print the 400 2-sided sample ballots. So far, I have stuffed and delivered one of the five batches. The Republican candidates in contested races in my precinct are a) Chlebek, Tracy, Capparelli, Long, Tillman, and Evans for U.S. Senate, b) Dabrowski, Mendrick, Baley, and Heidner for Governor, c) Adamczyk and Harris for Secretary of State, d) Moore and Noonan for DuPage County Sheriff, and e) Helland and Senak for Appellate Court Judge. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump praises NY gov candidate Bruce Blakeman’s ‘fight’ in surprise endorsement video. DD: Which candidates on the March 17, 2026 Republican primary ballot in your precinct have a) sought Trump’s endorsement or b) gotten his endorsement?
https://nypost.com/2026/02/11/us-news/trump-praises-nys-gov-candidate-bruce-blakemans-fight-in-surprise-endorsement-video/
— American Olympic medalist Amber Glenn fires direct message at critics: ‘They hate to see two woke b—-es winning’
https://nypost.com/2026/02/12/sports/american-olympic-medalist-amber-glenn-fires-direct-message-at-critics-they-hate-to-see-two-woke-b-es-winning/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Woke Smithsonian Disrespects Our Nation’s 250th Anniversary. It receives over 1 billion taxpayer dollars per year but celebrates mosques and gay meccas while ignoring some of the most pivotal places in our founding history.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/02/the_woke_smithsonian_disrespects_our_nation_s_250th_anniversary.html
BLAZE
— No more ‘safe harbor for illegals’: Colony Ridge settles with DOJ, Texas. Colony Ridge has endangered American citizens by allowing illegal aliens to run rampant on its streets, in its schools, and in its community. DD: How many safe harbors are there for illegals in your county, township, municipality, and school district? The more safe harbors, the more poverty and crime.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/no-more-safe-harbor-for-illegals-colony-ridge-settles-with-doj-texas
CAMPUS REFORM
— Kansas ‘Freedom from Indoctrination Act’ targets DEI, CRT requirements. Republican legislators in Kansas recently introduced a bill to remove requirements relating to DEI and CRT from public universities. Supporters of House Bill 2428, which was introduced on Jan. 12 and received a hearing on Feb. 4, contend that students should not be required to join in DEI or CRT classes.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/kansas-freedom-indoctrination-act-targets-dei-crt-requirements/29403
CHRISTIAN POST
— Illinois school accused of unlawfully banning Christian Good News clubs: lawsuit
https://www.christianpost.com/news/illinois-school-accused-of-mistreating-good-news-clubs-lawsuit.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Military academies now accept Classical Learning Test as alternative to ‘woke’ AP exams. DD: If I had not passed the postal employment test, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/military-academies-now-accept-classical-learning-test-as-alternative-to-woke-ap-exams/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ICE Surge Ending in Minnesota, Border Czar Homan Announces
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/12/breaking-ice-surge-ending-in-minnesota-border-czar-homan-announces/
FEDERALIST
— Conservatives Can’t Beat Democrats Until They Defeat The RINOs In Their Own Party First
https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/11/conservatives-cant-beat-democrats-until-they-defeat-the-rinos-in-their-own-party-first/
FOX NEWS
— Billionaire JB Pritzker says he’s had to overcome his wealth, which would be ‘obstacle’ in 2028. Reporter pokes fun at Pritzker for ‘overcoming being a billionaire.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/billionaire-jp-pritzker-says-hes-had-overcome-his-wealth-would-obstacle-2028
— Judicial Watch sues Evanston’s reparations program over giving money based on race. Judicial Watch alleges program violates Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in Constitution
https://www.foxnews.com/media/watchdog-group-sues-illinois-citys-reparations-program-over-giving-money-based-race
— White House reaffirms any illegal immigrant can be deported as Trump team zeroes in on ‘worst of the worst’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-reaffirms-any-illegal-immigrant-can-deported-trump-team-zeroes-worst-worst
HOT AIR
— ‘Great Replacement’ Is No Longer Theory, but Openly Confessed. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and RINOs. Ever-increasingly, there are fewer and fewer and fewer Republican leaders who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://hotair.com/walter-hudson/2026/02/11/great-replacement-is-no-longer-theory-but-openly-confessed-n3811763
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The left has long dismissed “great replacement theory”—the notion that powerful institutions are deliberately working to reduce, supplant, or politically overwhelm the white population in Western countries—as a racist conspiracy theory. Merely raising the idea, they insist, should permanently discredit anyone as a vile racist unworthy of serious consideration.)
NEWSMAX
— Don’t Let Illegals ‘Cancel’ Our Vote
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/voter-id-house-vote/2026/02/11/id/1245684/
TOWNHALL
— A new Harvard/Harris public opinion poll shows two-thirds of Americans now disapprove of ICE. That spells trouble for taxpayers and for everyone who wants safe neighborhoods. DD: The more illegals, the more crime. By coming to America illegally and/or by staying in America illegally, illegals have demonstrated gross disrespect for the rule of law and for America.
https://townhall.com/columnists/betsymccaughey/2026/02/11/if-ice-is-hamstrung-hold-on-to-your-wallets-n2671137
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Evanston Issues $25,000 in Cash to Black Residents for Reparations
https://www.westernjournal.com/illinois-city-issues-25000-cash-black-residents-reparations/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says He Will Now Invite Democrats to Governors’ Meeting. Even as he reversed course on excluding Democrats, the president repeatedly attacked a Republican governor who had planned to oversee the meeting. DD: My critics/opponents do not openly attack me, they have their operatives and their dupes do that. They continue to have their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/politics/trump-governors-meeting-democrats.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/health/hhs-california-public-health-lawsuit.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-02-11/california-other-states-sue-over-trump-administrations-latest-cuts-to-hiv-programs
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting judges to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/11/judges-criticize-ice-comments/88603088007/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage those who have demographics that vote for Republicans from getting college degrees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/02/10/high-paying-jobs-no-college-degree/88593252007/
NEWSWEEK
— Kinzinger: Depoliticize the National Guard. DD: It seems that Kinzinger sides with George Wallace.
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-depoliticize-the-national-guard-opinion-11477634
YAHOO & USA TODAY
— Trump says he’s still excluding two Democratic governors from WH meeting
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-agrees-meet-white-house-202537419.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/11/trump-welcomes-democratic-governors-meeting/88623467007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I even invited the SLOB of a Governor, JB Pritzker, and horrendous California Governor, Gavin Newscum, to the Dinner, despite the terrible job that they are doing. As usual with him, Stitt got it WRONG!” Trump said. “The Invitations were sent out to all other Governors, Democrat and Republican. I look forward to seeing the Republican Governors, and some of the Democratic Governors who were worthy of being invited, but most of whom won’t show up.”)
AOL
— Chris Harrison Returning With ‘Traditional Marriage’ Dating Show. DD: How has traditional marriage helped you? I met my outstanding wife at a social meeting for young adults at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She was raised as a Catholic and I was raised as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. We were both looking for a traditional marriage. Our marriage in 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) get promoted to GS-13 in 1986. Our marriage helped us a) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978 and b) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. Our marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.aol.com/articles/chris-harrison-returning-traditional-marriage-190151573.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rove: Do Democrats Know How to Win? Their strategy for this November’s midterm elections is beginning to become clear.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/do-democrats-know-how-to-win-f86dfd98
— What I Suffered Being ‘Transgender.’ I’m suing the people who did this to me, and the Texas Supreme Court heard my case this week.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-i-suffered-being-transgender-3d0c891d
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders fight to allow illegals to vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohPsiLLpmyA
— Duckworth Accuses DHS Of ‘Implicitly Threatening The Independence’ Of Agency’s Watchdog. DD: The Democrats who run GAO falsely claim that the agency is independent. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who the agency hired. I doubt that there are any Republican GAO employees now.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestv/2026/02/11/tammy-duckworth-accuses-dhs-of-implicitly-threatening-the-independence-of-agencys-watchdog/
NATION
–DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/trump-economy-jobs-report/
NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Florida and Texas AGs Issue Sweeping Anti-DEI Opinions on MLK Day
https://natlawreview.com/article/florida-and-texas-ags-issue-sweeping-anti-dei-opinions-mlk-day
CLARK UNIVERSITY
— From Personal Responsibility to Systemic Failure: the Blame Divide in American Politics. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.clarku.edu/events/event/from-personal-responsibility-to-systemic-failure-the-blame-divide-in-american-politics/
POLITICO
— GOP Donors Hope Trump Will Back Cornyn In Three-Way GOP Primary. DD: To this day, my critics/opponents remain furious that I became an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000 because Roskam and Hultgren endorsed me over the woman they had run against me.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/11/money-being-burned-donors-fret-over-cornyn-primary-as-trump-sits-back-00773836
WASHINGTON SPECTATOR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Clarence Thomas.
https://washingtonspectator.org/how-clarence-thomas-bamboozled-his-way-onto-the-supreme-court/
DEMOCRACY DOCKET
— DD: Democrats want illegals to vote. Illegals want/need/demand massive government assistance. They lack education, lack job skills, have health problems, and/or have other problems. They will work for less money than citizens of America. They are much more easily exploited by employers. By coming to America illegally and/or staying in America illegally, they have demonstrated gross disrespect for the rule of law and for America.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/gop-uses-lies-in-push-for-save-america-act-as-house-prepares-vote/
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/house-passes-gops-sweeping-anti-voting-bill/
ENTERTAINMENT
— DD; Democrat leaders say Vice President JD Vance issues warning to U.S. Olympians over politics. Vance received a chilly reception laden with boos when he and wife Usha Vance attended the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan.
https://ew.com/vice-president-jd-vance-warns-us-olympians-over-politics-11905187
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MEAWW
— DD: Far too many who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters do so for opposition research. They reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy people like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I take the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me as badges of honor. But of course, my critics/opponents deny that they took their adverse actions against me for the aforesaid reasons.
https://news.meaww.com/pam-bondi-appeared-armed-with-opposition-research-during-tense-doj-hearing-says-legal-expert
February 11, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Demonstrators gather at Aurora PD after video shows officers, students clashing at anti-ICE protest. Demonstrators want the police chief to resign after Monday’s protest ended with three students arrested and an officer injured. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/aurora-protest-today-held-police-department-school-walkout-ice-ends-students-arrested-officer-hurt-video/18582100/
— ICE chief defends his officers’ actions before Congress after the deaths of 2 protesters.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/acting-ice-director-cbp-commissioner-testify-first-time-fatal-shootings/18578697/
NBC5
— Thousands of students from several suburban schools walk out of class to protest ICE. Three high school students in Aurora are facing charges after a Monday walkout protest that police said started peacefully but later escalated.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/thousands-of-students-from-several-suburban-schools-walk-out-of-class-to-protest-ice/3890816/
— Downers Grove students walk out of class to protest ICE enforcement. “We are the upcoming voters. We are the upcoming generation. We are the future,” one student told NBC Chicago at the protest. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/downers-grove-students-walk-out-of-class-to-protest-ice-enforcement/3890667/
— Video shows Aurora police officer kneeling on person amid student protest against ICE. Roughly 1,500 students walked out of class from several Aurora schools Monday afternoon, police said. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-shows-aurora-police-officer-kneeling-on-person-amid-student-protest-against-ice/3890760/
— Pritzker, Democratic governors to boycott White House dinner held by Trump
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pritzker-democratic-governors-to-boycott-white-house-dinner-held-by-trump/3890597/
CBS2
— Republican Illinois U.S. Senate candidate Don Tracy outlines his policies
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/republican-illinois-u-s-senate-candidate-don-tracy-outlines-his-policies/
FOX32
— Push for millionaire’s tax in Illinois for property tax relief
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-4is0qupvkq0k2r1c
— DOJ announces arrest of leader of 2012 attack on US consulate in Benghazi that left 4 Americans dead
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/doj-announces-arrest-benghazi-attack
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Students in Aurora stage walkout on Monday, three charged, Aurora. — DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/three-charged-student-walkout-aurora/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/gov-jb-pritzker-urges-democratic-governors-to-confront-trump-seek-accountability-for-immigration-actions/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/marimar-martinez-video-release-bovino/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2026/02/10/trump-administration-cuts-illinois-hiv-prevention-grants
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/tracker-federal-prosecutions-chicago-status-trumps-immigration-blitz-ice
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/10/marimar-martinez-the-chicago-woman-shot-by-border-patrol-agent-expected-to-file-lawsuit-release-evidence
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/02/10/phil-ponce-retired-chicago-tonight-host-video-latino-ice-agents
— Top Trump DHS officials defend enforcement during fiery hearing: ‘We are only getting started’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/10/donald-trump-dhs-officials-ice-immigration-enforcement-committee-hearing
WBEZ
— 1 in 4 Chicago adults live with a disability, majority on South and West sides. The first-of-its-kind report uncovers key information about the city’s population of those with disabilities and inequities in their neighborhoods and seeks input on how to improve conditions in their neighborhoods.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2026/02/10/disabilities-inequities-health-west-south-sides
STATELINE
— Proposed Illinois law would classify transgender identity as form of mental illness
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/proposed-illinois-law-would-classify-transgender-identity-as-form-of-mental-illness/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “There are only two genders,” Chesney said in a statement. “Radical activists are confusing children and pushing irreversible, life-altering decisions on kids who are far too young to understand the consequences. This bill draws a hard line and says Illinois will not abandon reality to appease the woke mob.”)
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Annual governors’ gathering with White House unraveling after Trump excludes Democrats
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/governors-wont-hold-trump-meeting-after-white-house-only-invited-republicans/article_03c3f12f-b5c6-5f97-8822-3d19b0db6b42.html
SOUTHERN
— Stonewall pride flag removed by National Park Service
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/02/10/trump-admin-removes-pride-flag-from-stonewall-national-monument/
JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/scrapping-dei-cost-black-women-jobs-21343372.php
WQAD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/politics/illinois-politics/even-though-marijuana-is-legal-in-illinois-clearing-old-criminal-records-still-a-challenge/526-4bb3215c-bce2-4a1e-8626-55a5bd3bea21
ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst Lawmakers Draw Cash From Corporate Interests. A longtime Elmhurst politician donated to a local legislator, explaining why.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-lawmakers-draw-cash-corporate-interests
PRITZKER
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://jbpritzker.substack.com/p/the-state-of-illinois-is-being-loud
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-466/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Budget Scrutiny Intensifies Over State Funding of Politically Active Nonprofits
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-budget-scrutiny-intensifies-over-state-funding-of-politically-active-nonprofits-wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-am560/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many get involved in Republican politics to get the Republican Party to strike planks from its platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Further, far too many get involved in Republican politics to get more preference for those who share their demographics. To want to strike the aforesaid planks and to want more preference is not only to be anti-conservative, it is to be anti-Republican. My critics/opponents a) reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the aforesaid planks and b) want more preference for those who share their demographics. I should write about my critics/opponents. I could publish a spreadsheet that shows which planks they want stricken and what demographics they want more preference for. I would focus on a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Evanston hands out $25K cash payments to 44 Black residents through reparations program
https://nypost.com/2026/02/11/us-news/evanston-illinois-giving-25k-reparations-to-44-black-residents/
— Trump admin quietly yanks rainbow flag from NYC’s Stonewall monument, sparking fury: ‘American symbol’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/10/us-news/trump-admin-yanks-rainbow-flag-from-nycs-stonewall-monument/
BLAZE
— Mamdani is outraged at Trump administration after Pride flag is quietly removed from Stonewall monument to gay riot. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mamdani-lgbtq-pride-flag-stonewall
— ‘Shady carriers hiring illegals’: Sen. Banks launches trucking tip line after 4 Amish men die in crash.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/shady-carriers-hiring-illegals-sen-banks-launches-trucking-tip-line-after-4-amish-men-die-in-crash
BREIUTBART
— A U.S. Olympic curler has become the latest in a trend of American athletes to use the Winter Olympics as a platform to blast President Trump’s policies at home.
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/02/10/watch-olympic-curler-blasts-ice-whats-happening-in-minnesota-is-wrong/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— University instructs staff to lower academic expectations, extend deadlines for illegal alien students
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-instructs-staff-lower-academic-expectations-extend-deadlines-illegal-alien-students-exclusive/29391
— Stanford discontinues fellowship built for ‘underrepresented’ recruits. DD: As I earned my bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, more and more and more of my classmates did not share my demographics.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/stanford-discontinues-edge-fellowship-built-underrepresented-phd-recruits/29390
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Sanctuary Jurisdictions Seek to Make Themselves Literal Battlegrounds Against ICE Enforcement. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.fairus.org/sanctuary-jurisdictions-seek-make-themselves-literal-battlegrounds-against-ice-enforcement
NEWSMAX
— HUD-funded housing is for Americans, not illegals. DD: University Park was created by HUD. Ever since I bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 years old in 1972, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my buying that townhome improperly/unethically stopped a Black and/or a female from buying that townhome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6vUG4bHRSk
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Democratic governors excluded by Trump from typically bipartisan gathering at White House
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-governors-excluded-by-trump-from-white-house/
MSN
— Trump advisers warn job growth could fall well below recent levels, citing deportations and productivity surge. DD: How many illegals are employed by Democrats and RINOs in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-advisers-warn-job-growth-could-fall-well-below-recent-levels-citing-deportations-and-productivity-surge/ar-AA1W5HJk
MSN & CNN & USA TODAY & SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/professional-athletes-who-identify-as-lgbtq/ss-AA1W0ONB
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/politics/pride-flag-removed-stonewall-monument-trump-administration
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/10/national-park-service-removes-pride-flag-stonewall-inn/88605713007/
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2026/02/10/pride-flag-stonewall-monument-photos/88611050007/
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/arts-exhibits/article/stonewall-pride-flag-removed-21345218.php
NEWSWEEK
— Project 2025 Group Has Plan for Next 250 Years of America. DD: How has traditional marriage helped you? I met my outstanding wife at a social meeting for young adults at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She was raised as a Catholic and I was raised as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. We were both looking for a traditional marriage. Our marriage in 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) get promoted to GS-13 in 1986. Our marriage helped us a) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978 and b) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. Our marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.newsweek.com/project-2025-heritage-foundation-latest-plans-11495097
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Its new report, Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years, was released in January and calls for traditional family values and the promotion of marriage and children to ensure what it deems positive outcomes for the U.S.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— ICE Hired Thousands While the Rest of the Immigration System Shrank. With more ICE agents and fewer judges and asylum officers, the balance of the federal immigration apparatus has shifted. DD: In 1971, while I was in training for my IRS Revenue Officer job, Nixon had me make telephone calls for 2 weeks to fight inflation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/ice-agents-hiring-immigration-system.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/opinion/bad-bunny-super-bowl-americans.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/arts/music/bad-bunny-super-bowl-show-everyday-people.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/arts/music/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-review.html
— Epstein Used Cash and Sway to Get Women He Abused Into Top Colleges
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/nyregion/epstein-columbia-nyu-donations-admission-young-women.html
— Gabbard Is Back in Trump’s Good Graces. DD: For me to try to get back in my critics’/opponents’ good graces, I would have to do the following, but I refuse to: a) glorify and praise them, b) pander to them, c) serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) cover up their wrongdoing, and/or e)give them money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard-2020-election.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/02/10/lgbtq-flag-trump-administration-remove/
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/10/republicans-are-pushing-drastically-change-way-you-cast-ballots/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Former federal employees follow their ‘calling’ to state and city jobs. DD: After my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, no federal, state, county, township, municipal, or private sector employer offered me a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. That is not surprising given my bad demographics and the many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had taken against me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/10/federal-workers-layoffs-city-state-jobs/88527503007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Schools Don’t Teach Personal Responsibility. Students learn to view themselves as victims and often don’t face consequences for bad behavior. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/schools-dont-teach-personal-responsibility-9ab43f99
— America Is Running Out of Patience With Republicans. Voters no longer blame Joe Biden for the state of the economy, and Trump’s policies haven’t delivered.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-is-running-out-of-patience-with-republicans-a1faa098
— Black and Jewish Americans Can Find Unity Again. The stories of the Hebrew Bible have long resonated with the experience of slavery and Jim Crow. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, many, most, and at times, virtually all my superiors and supervisors were Democrats who were veteran, minority, female, Jewish, and/or younger than me. They all took adverse actions against me.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/black-and-jewish-americans-can-find-unity-again-b1512b9b
— Even Trump Can’t Go Back to the Future. To MAGA, the 1950s were a better time. But the White House can’t bring it back. DD: Since the 1960s, because of Affirmative Action, my future has gotten bleaker and bleaker and bleaker.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/even-trump-cant-go-back-to-the-future-17f7fa39
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. Democrat leaders especially blame Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted at my Black subordinates that I caused all their problems. But not only my Black subordinates, but also my subordinates who were non-White, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems. Virtually all my subordinate were many, most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-10/black-bankers-feel-the-impact-of-dei-rollback-at-jpmorgan-and-citibank
FORTUNE
— In 2026, many employers are ditching merit-based pay bumps in favor of ‘peanut butter raises’ DD: In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO adopted “banding” and “pay-for-performance (PFP)” to get rid of their employees who they had not promoted to GS-15 (currently $165,386-$197,200/year) and who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, had ancestors who had been in America for a long time, and/or did not have a degree from an Ivy League university. They used Gingrich budget cuts to justify the aforesaid. For course, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP.
https://www.aol.com/articles/2026-many-employers-ditching-merit-163727296.html
BARRON’S
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.barrons.com/news/outrage-as-lgbtq-pride-flag-removed-from-stonewall-monument-cdfb5518
CORPORATE WELLNESS
— The concept of a linear career—steady upward progression within a single function, organization, or industry—is no longer the dominant model for many segments of the workforce. DD: Is/was your career linear? My career was not. To get promoted to GS-13, I had to transfer from IRS to GAO and take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5, currently $113,402/year, to GS-9 Step 9, currently $89,703/year, when I was 31 years old in 1980. I did not make GS-13, currently $118,984/year when I was 38 in 1986. But I would not have gotten that promotion if I had not a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I would not have gotten that promotion to GS-13 when I was 32 if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer from IRS had not been finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me when I was 32. I would not have had to do the aforesaid to get promoted to GS-13 if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors overtly practiced political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.corporatewellnessmagazine.com/article/creating-psychological-safety-for-employees-with-non-linear-careers
LAW
— The Celebration of Marriage. DD: How has traditional marriage helped you? I met my outstanding wife at a social meeting for young adults at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She was raised as a Catholic and I was raised as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. We were both looking for a traditional marriage. Our marriage in 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) get promoted to GS-13 in 1986. Our marriage helped us a) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978 and b) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. Our marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2026/02/10/the-celebration-of-marriage/
HRD MAGAZINE
— Employee sues Intuit alleging manager branded her a ‘DEI hire’ DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/diversity-inclusion/employee-sues-intuit-alleging-manager-branded-her-a-dei-hire/564902
HIGHER EDUCATION DRIVE
— Trump secures legal victory on anti-DEI directives. DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.highereddive.com/news/trump-secures-legal-victory-anti-dei-directives-higher-ed/811885/
CHALKBEAT
— Despite recent efforts to make change, top colleges are still home to mostly wealthy students. DD: How much money did your parents have? My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother had no income because she stayed home and raised me and my brother. Her earning was limited by her never having attended high school. Consequently, I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2026/02/10/top-universities-still-have-little-economic-diversity-and-few-low-income-students/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/02/former-cabinet-secretaries-urge-federal-employees-keep-faith-despite-threats-civil-service/411336/
VOX
— Woke isn’t dead. Bad Bunny’s halftime show proved it. Maybe the right didn’t capture the culture as much as they thought. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.vox.com/culture/478687/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-woke-vibe-shift-republican-backlash
MOVIEGUIDE
— Former BACHELOR host Chris Harrison just announced a new dating show that will focus on promoting “traditional marriage.” DD: How has traditional marriage helped you? I met my outstanding wife at a social meeting for young adults at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She was raised as a Catholic and I was raised as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. We were both looking for a traditional marriage. Our marriage in 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) get promoted to GS-13 in 1986. Our marriage helped us a) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978 and b) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. Our marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.movieguide.org/news-articles/chris-harrison-announces-traditional-love-dating-show.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
NTD
— Every Person in Our Country Illegally Committed a Crime to Do That, Does Not Respect US. DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. It is illegal to falsely claim asylum.
https://www.ntd.com/every-person-in-our-country-illegally-committed-a-crime-to-do-that-does-not-respect-us-rep-fine_1125400.html
— 89 Indians on US’ ‘worst of the worst’ criminal list amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/89-indians-on-us-worst-of-the-worst-criminal-list-amid-trumps-immigration-crackdown/ar-AA1VN6sO
January 27, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey weighs in on ICE tactics
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/gubernatorial-candidate-darren-bailey-weighs-in-on-ice-tactics/
NBC5
— Durbin, Duckworth against DHS funding package without ICE reform. The duo joined a large group of Democratic senators aiming to tie reform to DHS funding. DD: For Democrats, to reform ICE is to destroy ICE. Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/durbin-duckworth-against-dhs-funding-package-without-ice-reform/3881873/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Juliana Stratton takes progressive lane, only one who calls for abolishing ICE in Democratic US Senate debate
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/26/illinois-senate-debate-democrats-stratton-aggressor/
DAILY HERALD
— GOP hopefuls dig into taxes, school choice at gubernatorial debate. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260126/illinois-state-politics/gop-hopefuls-dig-into-taxes-school-choice-at-gubernatorial-debate/
— Candidate’s supporters come together to knit, crochet for people in need
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260126/us-congress-politics/candidates-supporters-come-together-to-knit-crochet-for-people-in-need/
DAILY EGYPTIAN
— Bailey rallies support in southern Illinois. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://dailyegyptian.com/123074/showcase/gubernatorial-candidate-darren-bailey-rallies-support-in-southern-illinois/
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Vote yes that Trump should cut funding to cities and states that resist immigration enforcement. Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://foxillinois.com/question-of-the-day/vote-should-president-trump-withhold-federal-funds-from-cities-and-states-that-dont-cooperate-with-immigration-enforcement-question-of-the-day-minnesota-social-services-fraud-immigration-enforcement-sanctuary-cities
IIT
— IIT in Chicago and Mumbai: Two Campuses, One Global Community
https://www.iit.edu/blog/illinois-tech-mumbai
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Stratton goes on the offense
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/27/stratton-goes-on-the-offense-00748805
(FROM THE ARTICLE: GOP response: Jeannie Evans, a GOP candidate for Senate, said the Democratic debate sounds familiar: “They still want higher taxes, open borders and a defunding of our law enforcement. Their policies make Illinois unsafe, and cause businesses, jobs and opportunities to leave the state.”)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DD: Democrats have no problem with their protesters carrying their loaded guns to their protests.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4433470/kyle-rittenhouse-blasts-democrats-using-his-story-rage-bait/
NEW YORK POST
— Alex Pretti was among 50 anti-ICE protesters who confronted Border Patrol before Minneapolis shooting
https://nypost.com/2026/01/26/us-news/alex-pretti-was-among-50-anti-ice-protesters-who-confronted-border-patrol-before-minneapolis-shooting/
— FBI investigating Minnesota anti-ICE Signal chat groups. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/27/us-news/fbi-investigating-minnesota-anti-ice-signal-groups-kash-patel/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— APRIL 3, 2012 FLASHBACK: E-Verify
https://www.fairus.org/issue/e-verify
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Overseen by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), E-Verify: Is a voluntary, free online workforce verification system, Acts as a virtual wall that allows employers to compare information on an employee’s Form 1-9 with records at the Department of Homeland Security and the Social Security Administration, In partial use in 22 states, but only mandatory in Alabama, Arizona, Mississippi, and Tennessee, One of the highest-rated government programs in terms of user satisfaction. WHY E-VERIFY? E-Verify is a highly-effective way to combat illegal immigration because it works to eliminate that illegal jobs magnet. Several studies show: The number of recent immigrants fell by almost 40 percent when a state had a universal E-Verify law in effect, That illegal immigration fell by as much as 50 percent in a single year in states with mandatory E-Verify laws. Mandatory E-Verify not only reduces illegal immigration, but encourages illegal workers to return home. E-Verify protects American workers by ensuring employers only hire individuals authorized to work in the United States.)
FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION
— Equality of Opportunity, Not Outcome, Is What Made America Awesome. If we truly want to raise the living standards for everyone, we must promote equality of opportunity—not spend our time policing equality of outcome. DD: My critics/opponents promote equality of outcome, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, Libertarian, minority, female, younger, unmarried, have less money than others, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for as long as mine have been.
https://fee.org/articles/equality-of-opportunity-not-outcome-is-what-made-america-awesome/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats have continuously sided with criminal illegal aliens
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388358741112
— Trump admin wins court victory freeing ICE agents from Minnesota protest restrictions
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-wins-court-victory-freeing-ice-agents-minnesota-protest-restrictions.print
— Anti-ICE mobs bankrolled by ‘shadowy interests’ putting law enforcement in danger. Crowds for hire CEO calls for Trump ‘cease-fire posture’ and outlines policy recommendations to prevent further escalation.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/anti-ice-mobs-bankrolled-shadowy-interests-putting-law-enforcement-danger-ceo-warns
HOT AIR
— DD: Democrats have no problem with their protesters carrying their loaded guns to their protests.
https://hotair.com/generalissimo/2026/01/26/finding-out-what-happens-when-you-bring-a-gun-to-an-ice-fight-n3811209
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Left Is Making Huge Progress Toward Letting Illegals Stay. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/01/26/left_is_making_huge_progress_toward_letting_illegals_stay_687523.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrats say Republicans are divided on ICE tactics as shutdown looms. Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5704000-senate-republicans-ice-tactics/
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5707180-gop-backlash-immigration-minneapolis/
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat anti-ICE protesters clash with federal officers. Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/shorts/anti-ice-protesters-clash-with-federal-officers-256627781897
— Most of the government could shut down this weekend. ICE operations would carry on. After a federal agent killed Alex Pretti in Minnesota, Democrats say they won’t vote for what was a bipartisan bill to fund most of the government, including DHS and ICE. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/government-shut-weekend-ice-operations-carry-rcna255971
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrats have no problem with their protesters carrying their loaded guns to their protests.
https://www.newsweek.com/kyle-rittenhouse-addresses-comparisons-to-alex-pretti-11420109
https://www.newsweek.com/what-kyle-rittenhouse-has-said-about-alex-pretti-ice-shooting-11417690
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly use Pretti to promote mor hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/us/alex-pretti-minneapolis-shooting.html
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrats ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation and for everything else that is bad.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/pageoneplus/quote-of-the-day-economic-fear-running-deep-times-poll-says.html
— DD: Democrats have no problem with their protesters carrying their loaded guns to their protests.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/minneapolis-shooting-trump-ice-gop.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/style/alex-pretti-kyle-rittenhouse-online.html
— DD: Democrat protesters enter Minneapolis hotel. During the 1970s, Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/ice-protests-minneapolis-hotel.html
— Trump Hobbled the I.R.S. This C.E.O. Now Has to Make It Work. Frank Bisignano is the first chief executive of the I.R.S., where there’s hope he will end a chaotic stretch at the agency. The tax filing season, which started Monday, is his first test.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/trump-irs-taxes-bisignano.html
— DD: The point of college is to qualify yourself for jobs, that is, to become a productive member of society.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/opinion/college-thinking-illiberalism.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly blame Trump for affordability problems. My critics/opponents have always stressed a) what I could not have afforded if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft and b) what my wife and I could not have afforded if we had children. What helped you afford more things? For me, it was my always earning money since I was 14 years old. For me, it was my earning 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.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/27/donald-trump-iowa-affordability/a1088034-fb40-11f0-954b-b80c7ed67fc7_story.html
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: The mainstream news media exists to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/24/ice-trump-frey-police-community-relations-minneapolis/88194150007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/25/trump-ice-death-turning-point-immigration-video/88349058007/
— DD: Democrats have no problem with their protesters carrying their loaded guns to their protests.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/25/alex-pretti-minneapolis-shooting-gun-rights-border-patrol-ice/88348880007/
TENNESSEAN
— Nobody forced you to take out that student loan. DD: Did you take out a student loan? I did not even try. My critics/opponents have always stressed that I could not have gotten a student loan if I had tried. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. I had not demonstrated any leadership capabilities. I had washed dishes for the minimum wage for 28 hours a week during my junior and senior years and for 40 hours a week during the summer in between. I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2025/05/08/nobody-forced-you-to-take-out-that-student-loan-opinion/83499281007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrats use Pretti to stop deportation of their illegals.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/minneapolis-pretti-trump-immigration-protests-068b69d4
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-48-hours-that-convinced-trump-to-change-course-in-minnesota-a91d7683
FORTUNE
— Trump’s war on immigration entangles business in PR disaster and the literal site of contested arrests
https://fortune.com/2026/01/26/business-immigration-controversy-disaster-public-relations-site-of-arrests/
FAST COMPANY
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers a) will not hire you if you do not promote LGBTQ and b) will get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91479625/the-reason-the-gay-glass-ceiling-hasnt-been-shattered
REDFIN
— Housing affordability by generation. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 24 in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ). The down payment came from the money I 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. That money I earned also enabled me to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 and to pay for four graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972.
https://www.msadvocate.com/premium/stacker/stories/housing-affordability-by-generation,56660
TIME
— DD: Democrats have no problem with their protesters carrying their loaded guns to their protests.
https://time.com/7357961/ice-shooting-alex-pretti-guns-trump/
BEAST
— DD: Democrats say Trump’s immigration polls hit record low after “nurse killing.” During the 1970s, Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-immigration-polls-hit-record-low-after-nurse-killing/
— DD: Democrats have no problem with their protesters carrying their loaded guns to their protests.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trigger-happy-kyle-rittenhouse-breaks-ranks-with-trump-after-nurse-killing/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MEAWW
— DD: Alex Pretti was part of a Democrat anti-ICE group that confronted ICE Minneapolis shooting. Democrats ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals. Democrat protesters succeeded in getting America to lose the Vietnam War. Will today’s Democrat protestors succeed in getting America to surrender to their illegals? NOTE: My Democrat superiors in the federal government blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://news.meaww.com/alex-pretti-part-of-anti-ice-group-that-confronted-border-patrol-before-minneapolis-shooting
January 22, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago organization says thousands more homeless in 2024 than city data show. DD: The Democrat Party platform destroys traditional marriage and family, that is, it promotes homelessness.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-coalition-end-homelessness-says-thousands-more-were-homes-2024-city-data-show/18445257/
— Chicago paid $26.5M in overtime to employees who may not have been eligible. DD: Have you worked overtime? I worked all the overtime hours that I could while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. That helped me pay for my UIC and NIU expenses and to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968. I graduated from NIU debt-free owning that Charger in 1970.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDbTnWxL9Ic
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can a) to flood America with their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/22/opinion-ice-immigration-pope-cardinals/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Democrats, childcare will be free.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/22/opinion-universal-child-care-chicago-affordability/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mentoring. DD: What happened to those who helped you? My Democrat IRS superiors forced the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 to transfer to Dallas in 1975. My Democrat GAO superiors forced the GAO manager who arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986 to retire in 1987.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/sponsored-content/2026/01/21/sponsored-mercy-home-one-on-one-mentoring-program
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260121/submitted-content/support-over-stigma-mobilizes-community-for-mlk-day-of-service/
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Duckworth ever-increasingly fights against everything that Trump says and does.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-reiterates-call-for-joint-investigation-into-ice-violence-in-chicago-and-minneapolis—90062.cfm
SAUK VALLEY
— Bailey talks faith, family, future at Sterling campaign stop
https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/news/government/2026/01/22/bailey-talks-faith-family-future-at-sterling-campaign-stop/
STARVED ROCK MEDIA
— Bailey/Del Mar ticket visit Princeton Wednesday
https://www.starvedrock.media/wlpo/bailey-del-mar-ticket-visit-princeton-wednesday/article_7e7f4db4-6026-45b4-ab49-750ee8730fcb.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats take a road trip through Trump country to hear what MAGA voters say about his second term.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-21/a-road-trip-through-trump-country-to-hear-what-maga-voters-say-about-his-second-term
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-22/some-voters-who-backed-trump-say-ice-is-going-too-far
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-22/trumps-provocative-rhetoric-about-greenland-threatens-long-standing-world-order
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-22/trump-vs-u-s-allies-how-will-this-end
WQAD
— Tony McCombie: Affordability cannot exist without government oversight. DD: While I worked for IRS in 1971, my superiors had me make phone calls for 2 weeks as part of Nixon’s “Wage & Price Freeze” program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK93H-Lu8Dg
WCIA
— New laptops given to people in need in Central Illinois. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO in the 1990s, my Democrat superiors blamed Republican lawmakers for their not having enough money to give my coworkers and subordinates computers. They were furious when I used my own money to buy a computer system for me to use in my office. They were even more furious when I used my own money to buy an upgraded system. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my doing that a) gave me an unfair advantage and b) proved that I was grossly overpaid.
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/new-laptops-given-to-people-in-need-in-central-illinois/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois House Dems torch Trump. Illinois House Democrats used the chamber floor to advance a slate of resolutions aimed at the Trump administration and its policies, including immigration enforcement. In a series of party-line votes, the Democratic-led House approved measures condemning what House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s team described as “illegal and corrupt actions undone by the Trump administration,” while Republicans uniformly opposed the effort. . .U.S. Senate race: GOP candidate Don Tracy is out with a list of endorsements, including from top Springfield Republicans.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/01/22/illinois-house-torches-trump-00740688
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rick Heidner Campaign for Republican Nomination for Governor Surfaces in the Mailbox
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/21/rick-heidner-campaign-for-republican-nomination-for-governor-surfaces-in-the-mailbox/
— McHenry County GOPAC is the largest Political Action Committee in McHenry County.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/22/mchenry-county-gopac-biggest-kahuna-in-county/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Organizer of GoFundMe for ‘agitating the Nazis’ involved in anti-ICE uprising at Minneapolis church. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly flood their churches with their illegals.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/4427561/organizer-of-gofundme-for-agitating-the-nazis-involved-in-anti-ice-uprising-at-minneapolis-church/
— Memo authorizes ICE officers sweeping power to forcibly enter homes. DD: I was an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. While I seized taxpayers’ homes, I never had to forcibly enter their homes while they were there. According to Google AI: IRS Revenue Officers are specialized, field-based personnel who handle high-priority, complex, and delinquent tax cases, exercising broad, legally authorized enforcement powers to secure payments. These officers possess greater discretion and authority compared to automated systems, allowing them to take direct, in-person action. Core Collection Powers Levies and Seizures: They can place levies on bank accounts, investment funds, and wages, and have the authority to seize property to satisfy tax debts. Summons Authority: Under IRC 7602(a), they may issue a summons to the taxpayer or third parties (banks, employers, etc.) to produce books, papers, or testimony, a power upheld by the Supreme Court. Liens: They can file a Notice of Federal Tax Lien, which acts as a public claim against a taxpayer’s property. Direct Interaction: They can visit a taxpayer’s home or place of business to demand payment or investigate financial situations. Employment Tax Enforcement: They are specifically assigned to cases involving unpaid payroll tax deposits.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4428622/memo-ice-officers-power-forcibly-enter-homes/
BREITBART
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly flood their churches with their illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/01/21/jeffries-on-shutdown-over-ice-well-demand-changes-including-making-churches-off-limits/
— Immigration Agents Sweep Across Maine with Local Police Help
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/01/21/immigration-agents-sweep-across-maine-with-local-police-help-despite-dem-govs-orders-to-stop/amp/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— NYT Tries to Measure Trump II ‘Deportations’
https://cis.org/Arthur/NYT-Tries-Measure-Trump-II-Deportations
— Home Op-ed A 1996 law prevented migrants from getting welfare — it’s been ignored for 30 years. A 1996 law prevented migrants from getting welfare — it’s been ignored for 30 years.
https://cis.org/Oped/1996-law-prevented-migrants-getting-welfare-its-been-ignored-30-years
— Undoing Clinton’s Sabotage of Restrictions on Immigrant Welfare Use. Here’s what President Trump can do.
https://cis.org/Report/Undoing-Clintons-Sabotage-Restrictions-Immigrant-Welfare-Use
DAILY SIGNAL
— Last year, the median age of the first-time homebuyer in America hit 40 years old. In the 1980s, the average age of the first-time homebuyer in America was just 28. DD: Back in the good old days, I was able to buy a new townhome when I was 24 years old in 1972. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/21/how-the-american-dream-of-homeownership-became-unaffordable/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Maryland Legislators Seek to Handcuff Law Enforcement Officers
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/maryland-legislators-consider-handcuffing-law-enforcement-officers
NEW AMERICAN
— The REAL Reason the Dems and Media Hate ICE. They’ve illegally imported enough people over the decades to steal a multitude of seats and elections.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/hidden-agenda-this-is-the-real-reason-the-dems-and-media-hate-ice/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Helping Americans break free from government dependency. DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes more dependency on government and charity.
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5673996-benefits-cliff-poverty-trap/
NBC NEWS
— Democratic lawmaker to introduce bill to cripple DHS’ ability to detain immigrants. Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Ill., is proposing the legislation as a number of Democratic candidates become increasingly vocal in their calls to rein in or eliminate ICE.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democratic-lawmaker-bill-crippling-dhs-detain-immigrants-rcna254998
CNN
— ICE Agents Have Power To Enter Homes Without Judge’s Warrant
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/laura-coates-live/episodes/93bcce1c-b5a4-11f0-a02e-0ff607258b89
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/21/politics/video/ice-memo-officers-have-power-to-enter-homes-without-judges-warrant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FcRWztkWj4
CNBC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation. DD: While I worked for IRS in 1971, my superiors had me make phone calls for 2 weeks as part of Nixon’s “Wage & Price Freeze” program. What has helped you deal with inflation? For me, it has been COLAs, step increases, and promotions. I have gotten federal wage, Civil Service Retirement System pension, and/or Social Security COLAs almost every year since 1966. I got step increases in 1967, 1968, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983-1985, and 1987-1996. I got promotions in 1972 (GS-9), 1973 (GS-11), 1974 (GS-12), 1981 (GS-11), 1982 (GS-12), and 1986 (GS-13).
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/21/trump-inflation-defeated.html
MSN
— The 20 best conservative places to live in America. DD: Wheaton being conservative and Republican was a big reason why my wife and I a) bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and b) had one built in Wheaton in 1984. But as more and more and more liberals, moderates, and Democrats have moved into Wheaton to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that conservatives and Republicans created in Wheaton, Wheaton is less and less and less prosperous and safe, in relative terms, if not absolute terms. Since 1984, my precinct has gone from being majority Republican to majority Democrat.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/the-20-best-conservative-places-to-live-in-america-according-to-data/ss-AA1UGf1d
NEW YORK TIMES
— Illinois U.S. Senate Election 2026: Latest Polls
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/illinois-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn minorities against Whites and turn women against men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/opinion/republicans-ice-white-women.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/heritage-foundation-women.html
— DD: With my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, I aggregate government and political news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans. I am conservative. I am Republican. I am independent. All the time and money to put the newsletters together and to send them out comes from me, from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, from my Social Security, and from my retirement savings.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/business/media/mediaite-media-newsletter.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/trump-europe-greenland.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that if you do not promote LGBTQ, they will destroy you.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/opinion/heated-rivalry-gay-prejudice.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Supreme Court Seems Poised to Reject Trump’s Attempt to Immediately Fire a Fed Governor. During arguments, key justices appeared concerned that the president’s efforts to oust Lisa Cook could imperil the central bank’s independence. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, the courts approved my Democrat superior’s forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-fed-cook.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Illinois faces federal defunding for state law requiring abortion referrals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/01/21/illinois-abortion-referral-law-hhs-violation/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders run the mainstream news media. They ever-increasingly succeed in getting those who are liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or noncitizen to protest against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or American.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/20/protests-ice-america-250/88180390007/
— The average 50-something American is now worth $1.4 million. DD: My net worth is dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/01/19/average-net-worth-1-million-50-year-olds/88202093007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rove: Is Trump Trying to Lose the Midterms? He spent much of his first year back in office undermining his political interests.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-trump-trying-to-lose-the-midterms-dde04b81
— Amazon Launching Its Largest-Ever Store in Orland Park
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/amazon-launching-its-largest-ever-store-c94920d8
— Democrats’ Nonprofit Problem. A vast, monied network of activist groups keeps the public inflamed.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-nonprofit-problem-dad76d2c
MONEY
— Education Department Delays Garnishing Pay From Student Loan Borrowers in Default. DD: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses? The money to pay for my bachelor’s degree in 1970 and for my master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997 came from what I earned a) doing yard work 1962-1964, b) delivering newspapers 1962-1966, c) washing dishes 1964-1966, d) cleaning golf shoes and chipping slag in 1966, e) pumping gasoline in 1966, 1971, and 1972, f) delivering mail 1966-1969, g) working on an automobile assembly line in 1970, h) selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances in 1971 and 1972, i) collecting delinquent taxes for IRS 1971-1980, and j) auditing federal agencies for GAO 1980-1997.
https://money.com/student-loan-garnishment-delay/
FEDERAL NEW NETWORK
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. For them, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. The Democrats who ran IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974 would not have promoted me if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, something that virtually none of my coworkers had done. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1986 would not have promoted me if I had not a) earned an MBA in 1976, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and e) became a licensed CPA in 1981, things that virtually none of my coworkers had done.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2026/01/opm-details-expectations-for-the-rule-of-many-in-federal-hiring/
POLITICO
— Rahm Emanuel calls for mandatory retirement age of 75 for public officials. DD: While I worked for the federal government, the retirement age was 55 a) if you were a Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and b) if you had not made Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year. In 1993, when I was 45 years old, to get rid of their employees sooner who were the aforesaid, my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” those who had 25 or more years of federal service like I had a $25,000 buyout if they took and early retirement. I have been fighting age discrimination since I was 25 in 1973. My Democrat IRS superiors used “up-or-out” to waste my career and get rid of me. According to them, because they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25, I was forever too old to be promoted to GS-13. Of course, they applied that rule only to Republicans like me. They forced the IRS manager to transfer to Dallas who had promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. Because of the aforesaid, I transferred to GAO in 1980. The Democrats who ran GAO finally did promote me to GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986. But that was not until after I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, and I had been assigned to audits of IRS in 1986. I never would have made GS-13 at GAO if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer not gotten back into power in 1985. They forced him to retire in 1987.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/21/rahm-emanuel-calls-for-mandatory-retirement-age-for-public-officials-including-him-00739398
C-SPAN
— Health Insurance CEOs Testify on Health Care Affordability. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you vote for Democrats, you will get free healthcare. The federal government paying for 72% of my healthcare insurance premiums since 1966 and for my wife since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.c-span.org/event/house-committee/health-insurance-ceos-testify-on-health-care-affordability/439735
PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation. While I worked for IRS in 1971, my superiors had me make phone calls for 2 weeks as part of Nixon’s “Wage & Price Freeze” program. What has helped you deal with inflation.? For me, it has been COLAs, step increases, and promotions. I have gotten federal wage, Civil Service Retirement System pension, and/or Social Security COLAs almost every year since 1966. I got step increases in 1967, 1968, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983-1985, and 1987-1996. I got promotions in 1972 (GS-9), 1973 (GS-11), 1974 (GS-12), 1981 (GS-11), 1982 (GS-12), and 1986 (GS-13).
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-affordability-crisis-has-evolved-since-trumps-return
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Google launches free practice tests for SAT exam in Gemini. DD: What was your ACT score? My critics/opponents have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24. My score would have been higher if I had studied instead of spending 28 hours a week during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966 and 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965 washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/news/google-launches-free-practice-tests-for-sat-exam-in-gemini-101769050099631-amp.html
January 15, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Johnson pushes back on Trump’s threat to cut off federal funding to sanctuary cities
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-pushes-back-president-donald-trumps-threat-cut-off-federal-funding-sanctuary-cities/18404155/
FOX32
— Illinois sues Trump over immigration enforcement, ICE in Minnesota. Illinois sues Trump over immigration enforcement and ICE enforcement continues in Minnesota.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-vleel5roxsn3uewu
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Fear and anger spread after another immigration shooting in Minneapolis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/15/immigration-shooting-minneapolis/
— Federal officer shoots person in leg after being attacked during Minneapolis arrest, officials say
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/immigration-enforcement-shooting-minneapolis/
— Survey of Chicagoans: 65% say President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has ‘gone too far’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/14/survey-chicagoans-federal-immigration-too-far/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/01/14/rick-garcia-activist-who-successfully-fought-for-gay-rights-legislation-dies-at-69
— What to know if you’re one of 170,000 people in Illinois behind on student loans. The Trump administration is resuming withholding wages from student loan borrowers in default. Here are some steps you can take to prevent that.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/01/15/what-to-know-if-youre-behind-on-student-loans-at-risk-of-default-and-wage-garnishment-in-illinois
DAILY HERALD
— Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to ‘put an end’ to protests in Minneapolis
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260115/nation-and-world-politics/trump-threatens-to-use-the-insurrection-act-to-put-an-end-to-protests-in-minneapolis/
WMBD
— DD: Everyone knows that Pritzker wants Bailey to win the 2026 Republican Party gubernatorial primary.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/darren-bailey-meets-peoria-residents-043002410.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump administration cuts nearly 2 billion in funding for mental health and addiction
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-01-14/trump-administration-cuts-nearly-2-billion-in-funding-for-mental-health-and-addiction
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois bettors pull back as online gambling costs rise. DD: Gambling is poison.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/01/14/illinois-betting-online-sports-gambling-draftkings-fanduel-betmgm
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-660/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Which conservative principles, that is, which planks in the Republican Party platform, do your critics/opponents reject? Most commonly, my critics/opponents reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on a) Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders, b) Republican candidates and elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, and c) conservative leaders and religious leaders in the aforesaid. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— It would be great if leaders of Republican organizations in Illinois would encourage their members to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Why don’t they? Far too many reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Which planks in the Republican Party platform do you support/promote that your critics/opponents reject? I support/promote the equal opportunity plank (no race or gender based preference giving) and my critics/opponents who reject that plank have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me because of that. Some because they have personally benefitted from race and/or gender based preference giving or want to personally benefit from it. Some because they want to curry favor with minorities and/or with females. Some for both reasons. I should write about my aforesaid critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately because I support/promote the equal opportunity plank (no race or gender based preference giving) plank. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Federal Government Drops Financial Support of McHenry County Drug Court, 20% of Cost
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/federal-government-drops-financial-support-of-mchenry-county-drug-court/
— 9th District Democratic Party Congressional Hopeful Mike Simmons Gains Endorsement
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/9th-district-democratic-party-congressional-hopeful-mike-simmons-gains-endorsement/
— Americans for Prosperity Praise Rep. Jeff Keicher, TIF Reform Efforts Cited
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/americans-for-prosperity-praise-rep-jeff-keicher-tif-reform-efforts-cited/
— Algonquin and McHenry Land $600,000 Apiece for Parks, Link to All Awards
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/algonquin-and-mchenry-land-600000-apiece-for-parks/
— On and Off Again 9th District Democrat Bruce Leon Now Out, Endorsing Phil Andrew
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/on-and-off-again-9th-district-democrat-bruce-leon-now-out-endorsing/
— Scanning Inmate Mail Approved
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/scanning-inmate-mail-approved/
— Left Bemoans Conservatives Monopolization of Urging Increasing the Birthrate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/left-bemoans-conservatives-monopolization-of-urging-increasing-the-birthrate/
— Tax Cap Will Allow 2.7% Property Tax Levy Hike in 2027
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/01/14/tax-cap-will-allow-2-7-property-tax-hike-in-2027/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IRS Receives Complaint Alleging Wirepoints Broke Federal Tax Law to Aid Dabrowski, Target Bailey
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/01/irs-receives-complaint-alleging-wirepoints-broke-federal-tax-law-to-aid-dabrowski-target-bailey.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to ‘put an end’ to protests in Minneapolis
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/15/donald-trump-threatens-use-insurrection-act-put-end-protests/
— Renee Good’s family hires law firm George Floyd’s family hired to look into Minneapolis ICE shooting
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/family-renee-good-hires-law-firm-george-floyds-family-hired-probe/
— California’s new Democrat-dominated congressional map survives court challenge
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/californias-new-democrat-dominated-congressional-map-survives-court/
— Another DHS shooting: Feds say officer was ambushed and beaten, fired to stop attack
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/14/another-immigration-enforcement-shooting-occurs-minneapolis-group/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Family of Renee Good hires George Floyd attorney one week after ICE shooting
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4418969/renee-good-family-hires-george-floyd-attorney-one-week-after-ice-shooting/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Kamala Harris Buys $8.2 Million Seaside Mansion After Warning ‘Sea Levels Are Rising’ Due to ‘Climate Crisis.’ Plus, Mamdani’s housing czar trashes ‘white, middle-class homeowners’
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/kamala-harris-buys-82-million-seaside
NEW YORK POST
— Sanctuary cities must work with the feds — or pay a price
https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/opinion/trumps-right-sanctuary-cities-must-work-with-the-feds-or-pay-a-price/
— Calif. Republicans launch plan to take down Newsom’s Prop 50
https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/us-news/california-dems-score-major-prop-50-win-in-federal-court-after-republicans-said-new-map-is-racist/
— Mamdani doubles down on NYC ‘sanctuary city’ status, vows to fight Trump funding threat
https://nypost.com/2026/01/14/us-news/zohran-mamdani-doubles-down-on-nyc-sanctuary-city-status-vows-to-fight-trump-funding-threat/
BREITBART
— Feds: Over $1.8 Billion in Medicaid Funds Spent on Health Care for Illegal Aliens in 8 States
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/01/14/feds-cms-medicaid-fraud-illegal-aliens/
CITY JOUNAL
— Want to Reduce Poverty? Teach the “Success Sequence.” DD: What put you on track for your successes? For me, it was my parents who sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. My parents and my teachers promoted personal responsibility.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/poverty-success-sequence-school-employment-marriage
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Traditional Families and American Prosperity. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.creators.com/read/daily-editorials/01/26/traditional-families-and-american-prosperity-ae595
DAILY WIRE
— DOJ Sues Minnesota Over Affirmative Action Hiring Practices: ‘DEI Codified Into Bad State Policy.’ “The Trump Administration has no tolerance for such DEI policies.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-sues-minnesota-over-affirmative-action-hiring-practices-dei-codified-into-bad-state-policy
FOX NEWS
— Agitators clash with federal officers after another ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Mayor Jacob Frey says ICE is ‘creating chaos’ and not keeping people safe.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/protesters-clash-federal-officers-after-another-ice-shooting-minneapolis?lid=ymf2uwaz4i5p
— Renee Nicole Good’s family hires George Floyd legal team for civil investigation after fatal ICE shooting
https://www.foxnews.com/us/renee-nicole-goods-family-hires-george-floyd-legal-team-civil-investigation-fatal-ice-shooting
— DHS, White House mock Chicago’s lawsuit over ICE: ‘Miraculously rediscover the 10th Amendment.’ DHS official says Democrats ‘rediscover’ 10th Amendment when blocking federal enforcement.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dhs-white-house-mock-chicagos-lawsuit-over-ice-miraculously-rediscovered-10th-amendment
— Mamdani housing czar called ‘White, middle-class homeowners’ a ‘huge problem’ during 2021 podcast appearance.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mamdani-housing-czar-called-white-030734148.html
NEWSMAX
— No to Mandatory Healthcare Abortion Coverage
https://www.newsmax.com/tonyperkins/hyde-lincoln-womb/2026/01/14/id/1242133/
— Judges Reject GOP Bid to Block California Maps
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/california-congressional-maps-gop/2026/01/14/id/1242174/
— How to Destroy a Thriving Republic, Step-By-Step
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/mccain-obama-republic/2026/01/14/id/1242094/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Family of Renee Good hires George Floyd lawyer to go after federal officials. Good’s wife, parents, and siblings have retained Antonio M. Romanucci, a founding partner of the Chicago-based law firm Romanucci & Blandin.
https://thepostmillennial.com/family-of-renee-good-hires-george-floyd-lawyer-to-go-after-federal-officials
TOWNHALL
— The Woke Billionaires and Democrat-Loving Corporations Are on Their Own
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/01/15/the-woke-billionaires-and-democrat-loving-corporations-are-on-their-own-n2669459
— Justice Department Challenges Minnesota’s Affirmative Action Hiring Requirements. DD: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action against me. As I complained more about that, they took more and bigger adverse actions against me.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/01/14/justice-department-challenges-minnesotas-affirmative-action-hiring-requirements-n2669460
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Battling Age Discrimination. Companies are required to treat older workers no differently than younger ones. DD: How old are you? I am 77. I have been fighting age discrimination since I was 25 in 1973. My Democrat IRS superiors used “up-or-out” to waste my career and get rid of me. According to them, if they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25, I was forever too old to be promoted to GS-13. Of course, they applied that rule only to Republicans like me. They forced the IRS manager to transfer to Dallas who had promoted me to GS-9 in 1972, GS-11 in 1973, and GS-12 in 1974. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. Because of the aforesaid, I transferred to GAO in 1980. The Democrats who ran GAO finally promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986. But that was not until after I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I had become a licensed CPA in 1981, and I had been assigned to audits of IRS in 1986. I never would have made GS-13 at GAO if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer not gotten back into power in 1985. They forced him to retire in 1987.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/CareerManagement/story?id=4429354
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Companies are legally bound to treat older workers no differently than younger ones. The ADEA specifically prohibits the following activities: a company can’t force you to retire at a certain age (with some exceptions); can’t treat older workers worse than younger ones or target them for layoffs; can’t give younger workers higher pay, more favorable assignments or more responsibilities; and can’t make decisions based on stereotypes about older workers. For example, a company can’t refuse to allow older workers access to training programs — the you-can’t-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks rationale is illegal.)
CBS NEWS
— Renee Good’s family retains George Floyd’s legal firm after ICE agent shooting
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/renee-good-family-george-floyd-lawyer-legal-representation-ice-agent/
MSN
— George Floyd’s family lawyer gears up to represent Renee Good’s estate after ICE death
https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/other/george-floyd-s-family-lawyer-gears-up-to-represent-renee-good-s-estate-after-ice-death/ar-AA1UdZUD
REUTERS
— Trump Says He Has No Plans To Fire Powell As Fed Chair. DD: If you would have asked my Democrat GAO superiors if they planned to force me to retire on September 30, 1997 when I was 49 years old, of course, they would have denied it. But they would have stressed the many big adverse actions that they had taken against me including a) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delaying my promotions and never promoting me beyond GS-13, c) keeping me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988, and d) forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. Notwithstanding he aforesaid, they falsely led me to believe that they were going to let me work until September 29, 2003 when I would have been 55 years old and eligible for regular retirement.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-has-no-plan-fire-feds-powell-despite-investigation-2026-01-15/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/ice-protests-activism.html
WASHINGTON POST
— ICE agent shoots man in leg as Minneapolis protests flare
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/01/14/minneapolis-shooting-victim-ice-lawyer/
USA TODAY
— DD; Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn Renee Good into George Floyd
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/14/george-floyd-minneapolis-renee-good-protests/88140745007/
— After Renee Good ICE shooting, lawyers for family launch investigation
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/14/lawyers-family-renee-good-investigation/88182405007/
— DD: Democrat leaders promote more gerrymandering in California.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/california/2026/01/14/federal-court-rejects-california-gops-block-of-redistricting-map-texas-proposition-50/88184353007/
SAN ANTONIO REPORT
— DD: Texas website lets college students report complaints about race and gender based preference giving. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors and supervisors always gave big time preference to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.
https://sanantonioreport.org/texas-website-college-students-report-complaints-related-to-diversity-dei/
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans when Whites do better than minorities and when men do better than women.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/social-justice/college-racial-diversity-drops-again-as-trump-ramps-up-scrutiny
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action, DEI, wokeness, and wokeism a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://hbr.org/2026/01/five-steps-to-identify-the-right-emotional-response-for-each-moment
POLITICO
— Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota after protests. His statement came just hours after a man was shot in the leg by federal law enforcement.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/15/trump-insurrection-act-minnesota-00730664
ROLLING OUT
— Why workplace politics matter more than skills. DD: My Black subordinate who my Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://rollingout.com/2026/01/14/workplace-politics-over-skills/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Competence becomes increasingly irrelevant. The most promoted people often lack technical competence in their roles. The advancement often requires abandoning the technical excellence that qualified them. The promotion rewards political skill not expertise. The promoted person manages people rather than doing excellent work. The excellent work gets abandoned. The politics becomes primary focus. The management level requires different skills than technical level. The technical excellence becomes liability at management level. The brilliant engineer becomes mediocre manager. The corporation accepts this tradeoff for political stability. The corporations value loyalty over competence. The person who questions decisions or suggests improvements gets labeled as not team player. The obedient mediocrity gets promoted over brilliant critics. The independent thought becomes career threat. The conformity becomes requirement for advancement. The best ideas get suppressed. The organizations become mediocre through promoting politics over excellence. The talented people recognize this pattern and leave. The remaining talent works around the system. The advancement becomes about succeeding despite the system not because of merit.)
ATLANTIC
–DD: 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.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/01/trump-war-against-wokeness/685626/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY MAIL
— Suspended Ford worker who heckled Trump receives $600k as woke liberals call him ‘working class hero’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15464385/amp/Suspended-Ford-worker-Trump-Gofundme.html
ONE NEWS PAGE
— Renee Nicole Good’s family hires George Floyd legal team for civil investigation after fatal ICE shooting
https://www.onenewspage.com/n/US/1ztdom2myw/Renee-Nicole-Good-family-hires-George-Floyd.htm
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Renee Good-George Floyd connection revealed as Minneapolis woman’s family hires legal team
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/renee-good-george-floyd-connection-revealed-as-minneapolis-womans-family-hires-legal-team-101768439075294.html
— Who is Antonio M. Romanucci? Renee Good’s wife, family hire lawyer who fought George Floyd case
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/who-is-antonio-m-romanucci-renee-nicole-goods-wife-family-hire-lawyer-who-fought-george-floyd-case-101768421656350.html
GUARDIAN
— Senate backs Donald Trump in Venezuela resolution as Vance casts tie-breaking vote
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/14/us-politics-live-latest-news-updates-supreme-court-donald-trump-tariffs-jd-vance-greenland
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly call Republicans White supremist.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/trump-administration-white-supremacist-language