FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump pushes legislation to end birthright citizenship after SCOTUS decision. House Speaker Johnson says Congress will discuss a constitutional amendment.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/president-trump-pushes-legislation-end-birthright-citizenship-scotus-decision/19427323/
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-says-he-thinks-us-president-donald-trump-has-dementia-during-cnn-interview/19430261/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3JgY5_b2PQ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote E. Jean Carroll against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jean-carroll-attorneys-say-time-pay-scotus-rejects-trump-appeal/19431342/
NBC5
— Dozens of shots fired in ‘gang-on-gang’ attack in River North that left 1 dead. Downtown Alderman Brendan Reilly requested “increased late-hour police presence in downtown Chicago during the summer months and especially heading into the July 4th weekend” in response to the shooting.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dozens-of-shots-fired-in-gang-on-gang-attack-in-river-north-that-left-1-dead/3956149/
FOX32
— Court blocks Trump administration’s student loan forgiveness overhaul. DD: I had to work my way through college and I did. But my GPA suffered. I spent far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/court-blocks-trump-administrations-student-loan-forgiveness-overhaul
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Congress created Public Service Loan Forgiveness in 2007 to encourage college graduates to work in government and nonprofit jobs. The Trump administration’s overhaul amounted to a major reworking of a program that has canceled loans for more than 1 million Americans.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders and other anti-Americans ever-increasingly encourage pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/30/editorial-on-the-birthright-matter-the-u-s-constitution-is-pretty-clear/
— Illinois Speaker Welch calls on Rep. Harry Benton to resign. DD: My Democrat Post Office superiors called for me to resign and succeeded in forcing me to resign in 1969 by falsely claiming that I was not available to work enough part-time hours. I was available to work every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Holiday, and every day that NIU was not in session. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. My Democrat GAO superiors called for me to retire and succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 by threatening me with severe adverse actions if I did not retire. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/01/illinois-speaker-welch-calls-on-rep-harry-benton-to-resign-after-probe-of-his-conduct/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago marijuana mogul gets year in prison for laundering cash used to book jets for cocaine trafficker. DD: In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/07/01/cannabis-marijuana-berger-ivy-hall-illinois
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/06/30/supreme-court-says-states-can-ban-trans-girls-from-playing-womens-sports
WAND TV
— Illinois launches America 250 website, events celebrating state history. DD: My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844, mainly in Crete and in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois/illinois-launches-america-250-website-events-celebrating-state-history/article_75fbc74a-d0b2-4640-93ba-389e5930da16.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— How valuable is a college degree? DD: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I have not been taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA from Loyola and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-30/statewide-how-valuable-is-a-college-degree
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more voter fraud.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-01/a-federal-law-bans-late-voter-roll-purges-republicans-are-pushing-to-reinterpret-it
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Duckworth blasts Trump refusal to sign housing bill. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-13. My Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat Post Office superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-4. Beyond that, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my education deductions in 1978 and b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/il-dems-blast-trump-refusal-to-sign-housing-bill/article_75f125b2-909e-4aad-aba1-018826a321a0.html
ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/as-pride-month-ends-midwest-splits-on-lgbtq-rights
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS & CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New Illinois Republican Party chair hopes for ‘JB fatigue’ in tough midterm. More consistent fundraising, better unity part of Bob Grogan’s long-term goals. DD: Far too many Republican leaders in Illinois not only fail/refuse to promote the Republican Party platform, they get rid of Republicans like me who promote the platform.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/new-illinois-republican-party-chair-hopes-for-jb-fatigue-in-tough-midterm/
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-republican-party-illinois-midterms-20260701/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “We have to go back to the Reagan rule, where if somebody agrees with us 80% of the time, they’re not a 20% traitor,” Grogan said. “You know, they are actually part of our team, and that our entire Republican team is better than the entire Democratic team, and we need to pull together. We can’t purge our way to 51%” of the vote.)
CITY OF WHEATON
— 1976 – The Bicentennial We Remember. DD: My wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and we had one built in Wheaton in 1984 because it was overwhelmingly religious, conservative, and Republican.
https://www.wheaton.il.us/1422/1976-The-Bicentennial-We-Remember
RAMIREZ
— DD: Democrat leaders and other anti-Americans ever-increasingly encourage pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://ramirez.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ramirez-sen-markey-introduce-resolution-reaffirm-congresss-commitment
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-548/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Because of the Supreme Court birthright ruling and because of the tremendous benefits of American citizenship, more and more and more pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries will give birth in America. What will they do with their babies? – Dave Diersen
http://www.goillinoius.com
(ACCORDING TO GOOGLE AI: United States citizenship unlocks exclusive civic, legal, and economic privileges that are unavailable to lawful permanent residents (green card holders). The most critical advantage is absolute protection from deportation, guaranteeing your right to remain in the U.S. permanently. The primary benefits of U.S. citizenship are divided into several key categories: Civic and Political Rights Voting Power: You gain the exclusive right to vote in federal elections and influence national leadership. Public Office: You become eligible to run for elected positions, including the U.S. Congress. Jury Service: You can participate directly in the legal system by serving on a jury. Expanded Family Immigration Priority Sponsorship: You can sponsor immediate relatives (spouse, parents, minor children) with no annual visa caps or wait times. Extended Family: You gain the unique ability to petition for adult siblings and married children. Automatic Citizenship for Kids: Minor children with permanent residency automatically derive citizenship when you naturalize. Children Born Abroad: In most cases, your children born outside the U.S. automatically become citizens. Global Mobility and Freedom Powerful Passport: You can travel visa-free or visa-on-arrival to more than 180 destinations globally. No Travel Restrictions: You can stay outside the U.S. indefinitely without risk of abandoning your residency status. Consular Assistance: You receive full protection and support from U.S. embassies and consulates while abroad. Financial and Career Opportunities Federal Employment: You unlock high-level government, law enforcement, and intelligence careers restricted to citizens. Educational Aid: You gain full access to exclusive federal college grants, scholarships, and low-interest financial aid. Unrestricted Benefits: You eliminate immigration-related caps on critical public safety nets like Social Security and Medicare. Cost Savings: You permanently end the financial burden and administrative hassle of renewing your Green Card.)
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago minimum wage increases could reduce opportunities. Hourly pay in the city rises every year per ordinance. On July 1 it goes to $17.05.
DD: I worked for the minimum wage 1964-1966. In today’s dollars, it was $13.43-$12.97/hour.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-minimum-wage-increases-could-reduce-opportunities/
— How a school district cut chronic absenteeism by 65%. DD: I rarely missed classes while I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School 1961-1962, Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, UIC in 1971, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, Becker CPA Review 1978-1979, Roosevelt 1980-1981, IIA Certified Internal Auditor Review in 1981, and IIT 1992-1997.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/how-a-school-district-cut-absenteeism-by-65/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker Signs More Than 60 Bills Into Law as Illinois Moves Further Left.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/pritzker-signs-more-than-60-bills-into-law-as-illinois-moves-further-left.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Anchor babies hit surge status, totaling 9 percent of U.S. births. DD: What are the demographics of anchor babies? What will their mothers do with them?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/2/anchor-babies-hit-surge-status-totaling-9-percent-us-births/
— Marxist tycoon is funding a China-backed influence campaign against AI data centers. DD: China want to rule the world.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/30/neville-roy-singham-funding-china-backed-influence-campaign-ai-data/
— U.S. Air Force Major arrested at Capitol while demonstrating for Trump’s impeachment. DD: During the last 11 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, I was a GS-13. GS-13 is the civilian equivalent of a Major in the military. While they never had me arrested for being an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/1/us-air-force-major-arrested-capitol-demonstrating-trumps-impeachment/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Maj. Jason Watson calls for President Trump’s impeachment, risking his military career. He attended a press conference led by the Removal Coalition outside the Capitol. Watson accused Trump of violating the Constitution and committing impeachable offenses.
He cited violations of the War Powers Act regarding military strikes against Iran and Venezuela. Watson claimed these actions resulted in deaths and injuries to service members. U.S. Air Force Maj. Jason Watson was arrested Wednesday while demonstrating at the Capitol for the impeachment of President Trump. Capitol police said they arrested Maj. Watson for demonstrating on the Capitol steps, which is against the law unless the demonstrator is with a member of Congress. Maj. Watson was initially accompanied by Rep. Al Green, Texas Democrat, after an impeachment press conference led by the Removal Coalition, a grassroots organization. When the congressman left the area, police officers told Maj. Watson to stop his demonstration or he would be arrested. “The man refused our lawful orders and was then arrested for 22-1307 Crowding, Obstructing, and Incommoding,” a Capitol Police spokesperson said. “It is important to note that there are plenty of other spots on Capitol Grounds where demonstrating is allowed.” Maj. Watson is risking his active-duty military career to publicly call for Mr. Trump’s impeachment.)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Depression is real. It’s also a sad excuse for Tom Kean Jr.’s disappearance. DD: My critics/opponents have always done everything that they could to make me depressed and angry. They have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4632921/depression-sad-excuse-tom-kean-jr-disappearance/
— The pro-life movement is in jeopardy. Can it pull through? DD: I should write about my many critics/opponents who reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4632544/pro-life-movement-jeopardy-next-steps-post-roe-dobbs/
NEW YORK POST
— DOJ vows ‘birth tourism’ crackdown after Supreme Court rules against Trump in birthright citizenship case.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/01/us-news/doj-vows-birth-tourism-crackdown-after-supreme-court-rules-against-trump-in-birthright-citizenship-case/
— Anchor babies reach nearly 10% of all US births. DD: What are the demographics of anchor babies? What will their mothers do with them?
https://nypost.com/2026/04/18/us-news/anchor-babies-reach-nearly-10-of-all-us-births-new-data/
— DD: Democrat leaders and other anti-Americans ever-increasingly encourage pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/30/opinion/supremes-nod-to-reality-in-three-huge-rulings/
— Nationwide, Democrats elect and embrace socialists who hate America.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/01/opinion/nationwide-democrats-elect-and-embrace-socialists-who-hate-america/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Democrat Left’s Socialist Wave Will Come for Religion Next.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/01/socialist-warning-bishop-barron/
— How the Trump Administration Made It Easier to Institutionalize the Mentally Ill.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/30/how-trump-administration-institutionalize-mentally-ill/
FEDERAIST
— Citizenship Has Become A Financial Product Ripe For Exploitation By Birth Tourists And Illegals.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/01/citizenship-has-become-a-financial-product-ripe-for-exploitation-by-birth-tourists-and-illegals/
(ACCORDING TO GOOGLE AI: United States citizenship unlocks exclusive civic, legal, and economic privileges that are unavailable to lawful permanent residents (green card holders). The most critical advantage is absolute protection from deportation, guaranteeing your right to remain in the U.S. permanently. The primary benefits of U.S. citizenship are divided into several key categories: Civic and Political Rights Voting Power: You gain the exclusive right to vote in federal elections and influence national leadership. Public Office: You become eligible to run for elected positions, including the U.S. Congress. Jury Service: You can participate directly in the legal system by serving on a jury. Expanded Family Immigration Priority Sponsorship: You can sponsor immediate relatives (spouse, parents, minor children) with no annual visa caps or wait times. Extended Family: You gain the unique ability to petition for adult siblings and married children. Automatic Citizenship for Kids: Minor children with permanent residency automatically derive citizenship when you naturalize. Children Born Abroad: In most cases, your children born outside the U.S. automatically become citizens. Global Mobility and Freedom Powerful Passport: You can travel visa-free or visa-on-arrival to more than 180 destinations globally. No Travel Restrictions: You can stay outside the U.S. indefinitely without risk of abandoning your residency status. Consular Assistance: You receive full protection and support from U.S. embassies and consulates while abroad. Financial and Career Opportunities Federal Employment: You unlock high-level government, law enforcement, and intelligence careers restricted to citizens. Educational Aid: You gain full access to exclusive federal college grants, scholarships, and low-interest financial aid. Unrestricted Benefits: You eliminate immigration-related caps on critical public safety nets like Social Security and Medicare. Cost Savings: You permanently end the financial burden and administrative hassle of renewing your Green Card.)
— Roberts’ Argument For Birthplace Citizenship Is Self-Defeating.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/01/roberts-the-sacred-bond-between-nation-and-citizen-requires-us-to-blow-it-up/
FOX NEWS
— Vance calls SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling a ‘major mistake,’ warns of more birth tourism.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/vance-calls-scotus-birthright-citizenship-ruling-major-mistake-warns-more-birth-tourism.amp
— Anchor babies are here to stay. DD: What are the demographics of anchor babies? What will their mothers do with them?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399846573112
https://www.fox.com/watch/clip/6399846573112/greg-gutfeld-anchor-babies-are-here-to-stay
https://www.aol.com/news/greg-gutfeld-anchor-babies-stay-220044145.html
— House hearing ERUPTS in fury over sanctuary city policies.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399929733112
TOWNHALL
— A House hearing on the impacts of sanctuary cities turned into a shouting match between Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD). Democrats, of course, treated Jessica Gorman with disdain. She’s the mother of Sheridan, who was shot and killed by an illegal alien earlier this year. What’s painfully clear again is that Democrats prioritize the rights and needs of illegal aliens over American citizens.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/07/01/hearing-on-sanctuary-cities-turned-into-a-full-blown-fight-between-these-two-house-members-n2678639
FROM NATIONAL CENTER LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-pritzker-vows-illinois-protect-trans-athletes-supreme-court-decision/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders and other anti-Americans ever-increasingly encourage pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America. DD: What are the demographics of anchor babies? What will their mothers do with them?
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-06-30/birthright-citizenship-should-never-have-been-in-question
GAO
— Priority Open Recommendations: Internal Revenue Service. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 wasted my knowledge of IRS. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for them. I had worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108992
(FROM THE REPORT: In September 2025, GAO identified 26 priority recommendations for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Since then, IRS has implemented one of those recommendations. In June 2026, GAO identified an additional two priority recommendations, bringing the total to 27. GAO is highlighting the following three areas that warrant timely and focused attention: Managing agency transformation, Addressing the tax gap, and Improving the taxpayer experience. Addressing GAO’s recommendations in these areas can help inform IRS’s transformation efforts, strengthen its tax enforcement and revenue collection while reducing taxpayer burden, and inform its resource decisions to best improve the taxpayer experience. Taking action to implement all of GAO’s open priority recommendations could significantly improve operations across IRS.)
SPLC
— DD: My critics/opponents are anti-conservative if not conservative-haters. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate groups. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT from 2005 until 2012 when they succeeded in destroying the organization. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member from 2003 until 2007 when they succeeded in destroying the organization.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/guides/reporting-hard-right-hate-extremist-movements/
FROM FOREIGN SCOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: Trump eyes stopping pregnant women from coming to America after the Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/pregnant-women-cant-come-to-this-country-trump-administration-eyes-crack-down-on-birth-tourism-after-us-supreme-court-ruling-on-birthright-citizenship/articleshow/132118836.cms
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Why Indians will benefit the most by US Supreme Court’s order on birthright citizenship. DD: What are the demographics of anchor babies? What will their mothers do with them?
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/why-indians-will-benefit-the-most-by-us-supreme-court-s-order-on-birthright-citizenship-explained/ar-AA26YCji
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June 30, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders praise mail-in ballot decision.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/supreme-court-mail-ballots-ruling-illinoisans-praise-decision-affirming-election-administration-largely-state-control/19415869/
FOX32
— DD: Ever-increasingly, to drive Trump down, Democrat leaders drive America down.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/american-pride-reaches-lowest-level-quarter-century-poll
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused all the problems that Blacks have had, are causing all the problems that Blacks are having, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that with my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had (CPA).
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/30/opinion-evanston-reparations-housing-discrimination/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with citizens of foreign countries and b) put them on track to vote for Democrats. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260630/syndicated-columnists/days-of-disgrace-america-tells-refugees-to-pound-sand/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago told us it was insolvent. Then it made the problem larger.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/commentary/ccb-pension-crisis-constitutional-amendment-oped-20260626/
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success to destroying Illinois Republicans. I was born in 1948. Because I have always been a Republican, if I had been born later, I never would have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-hinz-election-threats-250-anniversary-democracy-20260629/
— Illinois joins states’ lawsuit to kill Medicaid work requirements. DD: Democrat leaders do everything they can to put more people on Medicaid.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ccb-illinois-lawsuit-medicaid-work-requirements-20260629/
INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE
— Teen employment teaches responsibility and builds confidence. DD: I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970.
https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2023/05/11/time-for-a-real-job-teen-employment-is-an-easy-win-win/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Half of states sue Trump administration over its strict interpretation of Medicaid work rules. DD: Democrat leaders do everything they can to put more people on Medicaid.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/half-of-states-sue-trump-administration-over-its-strict-interpretation-of-medicaid-work-rules/article_bae07ffb-9825-5a55-baeb-43822e9d5467.html
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newschannel20.com/news/national-day-of-action-highlighting-us-diversity-and-rally-for-equality/article_6d939b08-611b-4c39-8352-a575b452d4d1.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/30/illinois-keeps-counting-as-trump-fumes-00981156
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-546/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois lawmaker promotes welfare water aid bill as critics raise concerns over federal expansion.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_df353254-f66d-45d8-a570-b7096eeb805f.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to Google AI, “If you can’t beat them, join them” is a popular proverb meaning that when you cannot defeat a competitor or opponent, it is often more practical to stop fighting them and instead cooperate, adopt their methods, or join their side.” My critics/opponents who state that they are Republican are Democrat Lite. Constructively, they have joined the Democrat Party. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the 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 ever-increasingly destroy those like me who promote the aforesaid planks. To get rid of me, they have taken many big adverse actions against me since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Far-left candidates expose Democratic Party’s radical turn.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/29/far-left-candidates-expose-democratic-partys-radical-turn/
AMERICAN THINKER
— LGBTQ ‘pride’ destroys families.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/lgbtq-pride-destroys-another-family/
CENTER SQUARE
— Federal workforce shrank by 256,000 in 2025. DD: While worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Gingrich-led budget cuts to cut the agency from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. Virtually all the employees they got rid of were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ed41f1cd-509e-4ff8-b0e1-344ff411f2f9.html
DAILY CALLER
— Inside Classroom Battle That Will Decide If Freedom Survives Next Generation. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/06/29/rooke-texas-state-board-education-bible-english-literature-american-founding/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: American liberty, as described in the Declaration of Independence, rests on the idea that rights come from a Creator and that people are capable of self-government under higher moral standards. Without basic exposure to the Christian principles that informed those ideas, students struggle to see why restraint, personal responsibility, and conscience matter more than raw individual desire. Even more worrisome is the rise in thought that our rights are not endowed by our Creator but by the government.)
FEDERALIST
— What Part Of ‘The Right To Keep And Bear Arms’ Do Democrat States Not Understand?
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/29/what-part-of-the-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms-do-democrat-states-not-understand/
FOX NEWS
— Conservatives revolt after Trump-appointed Barrett joins liberals in ‘shockingly wrong’ mail ballot ruling. The 5-4 decision held that federal law sets no standard for when ballots must be received to be counted.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservatives-revolt-after-trump-appointed-barrett-joins-liberals-shockingly-wrong-mail-ballot-ruling
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/actress-leslie-jones-declares-traditional-marriage-legalized-slavery-may-well-involve-whip-chains
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Black Communities and Firearm Violence.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/new-data-on-black-communities-and-firearm-violence
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— Vatican issues sweeping defense of traditional marriage. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-issues-sweeping-defense-traditional-marriage-pushing-back-polygamy
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/is-the-era-of-the-traditional-family-over-in-america-survey-suggests-yes
REAL CLEAR INVESTIGATIONS
— News of Woke’s Death Is Greatly Exaggerated.
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/06/30/alive_and_kicking_news_of_wokes_death_is_greatly_exaggerated_1191570.html
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Meet Trump’s New ICE Director Nominee, Who Was Patrolling Oklahoma Highways for Illegals Just Months Ago. DD: How successful is/was your career? My critics/opponents have always stressed that I only made GS-13 Step 10, currently $154,682/year, and that I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997 a) even though I became a licensed CPA, b) even though I became a Certified Forensic Accountant, Financial Services Auditor, Government Financial Manager, Internal Auditor, and Public Accountant, and c) even though I earned master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the aforesaid proves that I am an extremely bad person if not even worse things.
https://www.westernjournal.com/meet-trumps-new-ice-director-nominee-patrolling-oklahoma-highways-illegals-just-months-ago/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused all the problems that Blacks have had, are causing all the problems that Blacks are having, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that with my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had (CPA).
https://www.wvua23.com/news/some-paid-the-ultimate-price-to-enact-voting-rights-their-survivors-see-america-turning-backward/article_6dd16ade-b2b2-5711-ad0c-84ab1b1057d3.html
CBS NEWS
— Supreme Court expands presidential firing power. DD: Federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Unions provide some protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I transferred from IRS in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. But even though I was a union member at the time, a) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and b) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. That was because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-trump-ftc-slaughter-humphreys-executor/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/heritage-foundation-women.html
— The Purging of General Donahue Is a Breaking Point. DD: My critics/opponents had no problem with if not applauded a) my Democrat superiors in the federal government purging me, b) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, and other political organizations purging me, c) leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton and other governments purging me, d) leaders of TAPRROT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and other conservative organizations purging me, and e) leaders of religious organizations purging me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/opinion/hegseth-donahue-military-purge.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: To badmouth Trump, Democrats ever-increasingly badmouth America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/06/29/freedom-trucks-offer-simplified-upbeat-story-americas-founding/
— DD: ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are politically biased.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026/06/24/are-ai-chatbots-like-chatgpt-politically-biased-we-tested-them/
USA TODAY
— Planning to work in retirement? Don’t count on it. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and made it impossible for me to find work appropriate for my work experience, professional license, professional certifications, and education.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/06/20/most-americans-plan-to-work-in-retirement-few-actually-do/90603686007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America Is the Land of Endless Choice, Except in Politics. There’s a case to be made for a two-party system, but what do you do when your party loses its mind? DD: RINO leaders want conservatives like me to leave the Republican Party.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-is-the-land-of-endless-choice-except-in-politics-abea9604
— Trump Should Be Able to Fire Junior Employees, Too. Civil-service protections keep the president and the people from holding the government accountable. DD: Federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Unions provide some protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I transferred from IRS in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. But even though I was a union member at the time, a) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and b) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. That was because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-should-be-able-to-fire-junior-employees-too-71204356
MORNINGSTAR
— Think you are facing age discrimination? Don’t get bitter, do this. DD: All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were younger than me, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/20260604230/think-you-are-facing-age-discrimination-dont-get-bitter-do-this
FORTUNE
— The Supreme Court upholds Fed independence by saving Lisa Cook’s job. DD: Have adverse actions been taken against you “for cause?” My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that GAO forced me to retire “for cause” when I was 49 in 1997. They stress the adverse actions that my GAO superiors had taken against me previously. They had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They had delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They had forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Previously, my IRS superiors had never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. Previously, my Post Office superiors had forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact a) that I have always been a Republican, b) that all my GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors who took the aforesaid actions against me were Democrats, c) that I become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation since 1988, and d) that I had ever-increasingly complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I must have been guilty of “gross malfeasance or negligence” or even worse things because the many big aforesaid adverse actions were taken against me even though I had earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, I had earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1981, and 1976, and had earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://fortune.com/2026/06/29/supreme-court-fed-independence-lisa-cook-us-debt-treasury-bonds/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Justices ruled 5–4 on Monday that President Donald Trump was wrong to try ousting Fed Governor Lisa Cook last August because she didn’t receive due process. Trump’s bid to fire her—the first such attempt ever—came as he was demanding the Fed lower interest rates, despite data showing inflation remained elevated, the result, in part, of his tariffs. While Fed officials can be removed “for cause,” which has been interpreted to mean gross malfeasance or negligence, Cook was accused of committing mortgage fraud before joining the Fed. She has denied the charges and said she wasn’t given the chance to rebut the claims. Lower courts agreed with her. “Under our precedents, Cook was entitled to notice and some opportunity to respond prior to her termination,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote. He also asserted the Trump administration’s argument that a president can remove a member of the Fed “at any time, for any reason, without any notice before, and without any judicial check” would render the “for-cause protection into little more than at-will employment.” Protecting the Fed from the whims of a president is vital to the central bank’s duty to set monetary policy free of political considerations, Roberts explained.)
FEDERAL RETIREMENT
— OPM Proposes Eliminating Time-in-Grade Rule. DD: My critics/opponents have always been furious that my IRS manager (Dave) promoted me as soon as I was eligible to GS-9 (currently $68,999/year) when I was 23 in 1972, to GS-11 (currently $83,483/year) when I was 24, and to GS-12 (currently $100,059/year) when I was 25. My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of Dave for doing that. According to them, those promotions should have been given to my Democrat IRS coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Dave was impressed that I was taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola. None of my coworkers did anything like that.
https://www.myfederalretirement.com/eliminating-time-in-grade-federal-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For decades, one of the most predictable aspects of a federal career has been the time-in-grade (TIG) requirement. In most cases, General Schedule (GS) employees have had to spend 52 weeks at their current grade before becoming eligible for promotion to the next higher grade. However the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has proposed eliminating the federal government’s time-in-grade requirement for competitive service employees. If finalized, agencies could promote qualified employees based on their abilities and qualifications instead of waiting for a one-year clock to expire. For some employees, this could mean faster career advancement and higher lifetime earnings. For agencies, it could provide greater flexibility in recruiting and retaining talented employees. However, it also raises questions about consistency and fairness in promotion decisions. Key Takeaways. If this rule becomes final: The one-year time-in-grade requirement would be eliminated. Employees would still have to meet all qualification and specialized experience requirements.
Promotions would not become automatic. Agencies would have greater flexibility in deciding when employees are ready for promotion.
Faster promotions could increase lifetime earnings, TSP contributions, and potentially a federal employee’s High-3 average salary used to calculate a FERS pension.)
NATIONAL CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused all the problems that Blacks have had, are causing all the problems that Blacks are having, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that with my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had (CPA).
https://nationalcenter.org/ncppr/2026/06/29/what-americas-250th-anniversary-means-for-black-america/
BROOKINGS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-unfinished-work-of-the-civil-rights-movement/
BRITANNICA
— Bakke decision, ruling in which, on June 28, 1978, the U.S. Supreme Court declared affirmative action constitutional but invalidated the use of racial quotas. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997. They rejected Bakke. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Bakke-decision
VANGUARD
— DD: What do your critics/opponents hold you responsible for? My critics/opponents hold me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters responsible for all the defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. They hold me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters responsible for the failure of efforts to directly elect Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members. They hold me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters responsible for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They blame my advocacy for conservative principles and for planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://davisvanguard.org/2026/01/personal-responsibility-vs-systemic-issues/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
CATHOLIC WORLD REPORT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and the rule of law. They ever-increasing hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD condemns Trump and that GOD condemns those voted for Trump, and especially those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2026/06/29/procession-urges-dignity-and-respect-for-migrants-at-border-crossing/
June 29, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The Great American State Fair kicks off in Washington in honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/27/great-american-state-fair-kickoff/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: — DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/29/chicago-ice-venezuela-immigration/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/29/column-pete-hegseth-military-diversity-segregation-page/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/06/28/steinberg-abortion-roe-wade-technology-pill
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES & CHICAGO TRIBUNE & ABC7 & NBC5 & CBS2 & WGN9 & WAND TV & BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family. LGBTQ promoters ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. Far too many Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders fail/refuse to speak out against the ever-increasing Democrat promotion of LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2026/06/28/55th-annual-chicago-pride-parade-lake-view
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/06/29/trump-ended-crisis-lifeline-lgbtqi-988-youth-access-congress-bill-raja-krishnamoorthi
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/28/chicago-pride-parade-2026/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/when-is-pride-chicago-2026-what-know-parade-route-street-closures-parking-restrictions/19374061/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/protest-new-hope-community-church-sign-draws-dozens-palatine-ahead-chicago-area-weekend-lgbtq-pride-celebrations/19392510/
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/chicago-celebrating-pride-month-northalsted/19398141/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/photos-scenes-from-chicagos-2026-pride-parade/3954645/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/2026-chicago-pride-parade-steps-off-as-more-than-a-million-gather-to-celebrate/3954575/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/huge-crowds-gather-for-the-2026-chicago-pride-parade-how-to-watch-it-live/3954519/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-pride-parade-step-off-concerns-building-heat/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/pritzker-signs-3-bills-to-boost-protection-for-lgbtq-illinoisans/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3Oh5qcT_A0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-jvPa7Iys
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-bills-lgbtq-illinoisans/
https://wgntv.com/news/features/chicago-pride-parade-celebrates-55-years-of-pursuing-equality-and-acceptance/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PXklg13zT4
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/pritzker-signs-new-laws-expanding-lgbtq-protections-in-illinois/article_ba0ce8b4-ea62-485f-9568-673998176cf8.html
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/28/pride-parade-kicks-off-in-lakeview-as-thousands-celebrate-chicagos-lgbtq-community/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/29/reunited-and-it-feel-so-good-in-texas-00979409
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing.
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. According to Google AI: “Democrat Lite is a pejorative political term used primarily by conservative or libertarian critics to describe moderate or establishment Republicans. It implies that these politicians lack core conservative principles and instead support a milder version of liberal or Democratic policies (such as big-government spending). Critics often use the phrase to argue that Republicans abandon their base by offering a watered-down agenda to appeal to the political center.” My critics/opponents who state that they are Republican are Democrat Lite. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the 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 destroy those like me who promote the aforesaid planks. To get rid of me, they have taken many big adverse actions against me since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Google AI: “Come to your defense is a phrase that means stepping in to protect, support, or justify someone when they are being criticized, attacked, or facing a challenge. Depending on context, it could refer to legal/physical self-defense, an academic thesis defense, or simply standing up for a friend.” Ever-increasingly, if you live in Illinois, the more of the following that you are, the more that you should not anticipate/expect that others will come to your defense: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponent stress those who I have done much to help elect and to help reelect since 2000, but who did not come to my defense when my critics/opponents had their operatives and dupes a) rudely through off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) rudely end my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) rudely gerrymander my precinct in 2015, d) rudely end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) rudely end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) rudely end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) rudely almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and h) rudely defeat my bid for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— From what I see spending 10+ hours a day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, if you live in Illinois, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, those who are the aforesaid are leaving Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly dive those who are the aforesaid out of Illinois and replace them with those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Wheaton College Professor’s Anti-White, Anti-Conservative Diatribe
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/06/25/wheaton-college-professors-anti-white-anti-conservative-diatribe
— DuPage County Dem Chair Excited To Install Government Housing. DD: My critics/opponents want to install government housing on the north end of my precinct.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/06/28/dupage-county-dem-chair-excited-to-install-government-housing
HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— DeSantis to speak at 42nd ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT DINNER, Thursday, September 3, 2026
https://benefit.heartland.org/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Socialism clashes with Christian teaching despite Pope Leo’s claims. Christians are not obligated to heed leader’s call for ‘equitable distribution.’ DD: To promote socialism is to destroy religion. Socialist leaders ever-increasingly manipulate/dominate religious leaders. Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at those who have less money than others that capitalism caused that.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/28/socialism-clashes-christian-teaching-despite-pope-leos-claims/
— Democrats are the disloyal opposition. DD: Ever-increasingly, to destroy Trump, Democrat leaders a) destroy those who voted for Trump and b) destroy America. Democrat leaders will never “forgive” those who voted for Trump. Many voted for Trump because his Democrat opponents were so bad.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/28/editorial-democrats-disloyal-opposition/
— Minimum wage debate not about fairness. DD: Working for IRS, I did not start earning $27.12/hour in today’s dollars until I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970. I did not start earning $33.17/hour in today’s dollars until I had completed three graduate business courses in 1972 .I did not start earning $40.14/hour in today’s dollars until I had completed seven graduate business courses in 1973. I did not start earning $48.11/hour in today’s dollars until I had completed eleven graduate business courses in 1974.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/28/minimum-wage-debate-not-fairness/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A bill introduced this year in the New York City legislature aims to raise the minimum wage level to as much as $30 per hour for all businesses. In California, where the minimum wage is approaching $17 per hour, large fast-food employers must pay $20 per hour. Beginning Wednesday, healthcare employers will have to start paying $25 per hour.)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialism is winning our elections because it already won our classrooms. DD: I escaped socialist indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at those who have less money than others that capitalism caused that.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4626838/socialism-winning-elections-because-it-won-classrooms/
— America at 250: Still funding its largest abortion provider. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/4626937/america-250-still-funding-largest-abortion-provider/
NEW YORK POST
— Democrats are in desperate need of a new leader as communists overrun their party.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/28/opinion/miranda-devine-dems-are-in-desperate-need-of-a-new-leader-as-communists-overrun-their-party-but-all-they-got-is-obama/
— ‘Temporary’ deportation shield for immigrants has always been a total farce. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with citizens of foreign countries and b) put them on track to vote for Democrats. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/28/opinion/temporary-deportation-for-immigrants-is-a-total-farce/
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani-backed socialists look to take New York playbook nationwide after primary victories. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at those who have less money than others that capitalism caused that.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-backed-socialists-look-take-new-york-playbook-nationwide-after-primary-victories
TOWNHALL
— LA Votes to Give Illegals the Vote. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with citizens of foreign countries and b) put them on track to vote for Democrats. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit. Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at those who have less money than others that capitalism caused that.
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2026/06/29/la-votes-to-give-illegals-the-vote-n2678262
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Los Angeles, the city that no longer loves itself, the city that is casting out the angels and replacing them with progressive demons and rabid communists, has unleashed another political inferno with their latest diabolical election scheme. By a vote of 10 to 5, the Los Angeles City Council passed a charter amendment initiative which, if approved by the voters in November, would allow non-citizens to vote in Los Angeles’ local city and school board elections. The Democratic Socialist of America-allied (DSA) leader of the LA City Council’s progressive phalanx, Hugo Soto-Martinez, rolled out the usual dodgy reasons proffered for this scandalous proposal. The reasons are daunting and disturbing:)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family. LGBTQ promoters ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. Far too many Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders fail/refuse to speak out against the ever-increasing Democrat promotion of LGBTQ.
https://www.wral.com/news/ap/c2301-lgbtq-pride-parades-set-for-sunday-in-nyc-and-san-francisco/
MSN
— Marriage is starting later than ever. DD: I did not get married until I was 29 in 1978. If I had not met my outstanding wife at a church sponsored singles social event when I was 28 in 1977, I might never had gotten married. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I got married. To get rid of me, they had painted me being an extremely bad person because I had refused to become a Democrat. They hinted/implied/argued that because of that, I would never get married. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/why-marriage-is-starting-later-than-ever/ss-AA26C1uz
NEW YORK TIMES
— The Latest in College Pricing: Tuition at 10% of Your Income. DD: My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/business/whitman-college-tuition-pricing.html
USA TODAY
— Forget Trump. Democrats have lost faith in America itself. New polling shows a historic, and deeply partisan, decline in how proud Americans feel about their country, with Democrats driving nearly all of the drop.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/06/22/democrats-less-patriotic-trump-america/90558433007/
— Americans are struggling to pay for health care. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance since 1966 and then also paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/06/25/health-care-affordability-crisis-worsens/90665306007/
SUN SENTINEL & BOSTON GLOBE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with citizens of foreign countries and b) put them on track to vote for Democrats. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/06/28/a-devastating-reality-asylum-seeking-florida-workers-contribute-billions-to-economy-study-finds/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/27/metro/supreme-court-immigration-ruling-impact-on-tps-holders/
PENN LIVE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump to demonize, denigrate, and condemn America and Americans, and especially Americans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. All of my ancestors were Protestants who immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois, that they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and that they never did discriminate against anyone.
https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2026/06/america-250-is-a-reckoning-not-just-a-birthday-party-opinion.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Being ‘Progressive’ Is No Longer Enough on the Left. Leftist Democrats are losing to the Mamdani socialists who think they aren’t radical enough. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at those who have less money than others that capitalism caused that.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-being-progressive-is-no-longer-enough-on-the-left-b3970c5d
— Trump Opened the Window for the DSA. Democrats’ hatred for him led them to tolerate radical, vicious ideas that are colonizing their party.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-opened-the-window-for-the-dsa-0459c607
— As Prices Climb, Americans Shrink Vacations. DD: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates became ever-increasingly furious as I ever-increasingly benefitted from my wife’s job as Corporate Secretary for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. I went with her four annual business trips to luxury resorts across America 1978-1992. We almost always followed her business meetings with trips to national parks. According to my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, they were grossly underpaid. They decried the time and money they spent raising their children. They decried their wives having little or no income. They ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I as being selfish disgustingly rich DINKs.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/travel/these-americans-are-scrimping-to-save-their-summer-vacations-fba2419d
— DD: Without America’s military might, there would be no Catholicism, no Catholic Church, and no Pope.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/opinion/pope-leo-just-war-theory-encyclical-ai-iran.html
NPR
— DD: To get more votes from those who do not share Trump’s demographics, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against those who do share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/01/nx-s1-5827069/trump-eeoc-discrimination-dei-data
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
— DD: To get more votes from those who do not share Trump’s demographics, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against those who do share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.epi.org/blog/a-more-diverse-workforce-isnt-dei-motivated-discrimination-its-just-demographic-change-how-trump-is-weaponizing-the-eeoc-against-the-workers-it-was-built-to-protect/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FINANCIAL TIMES
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestor who have been in America for a long time have always caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that non-Whites have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that with my many non-White superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates.
https://www.ft.com/content/3fa9d4d1-74f3-4e44-bd8e-0c359b85108f?syn-25a6b1a6=1
MONDAQ
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will use AI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/discrimination-disability-sexual-harassment/1808286/the-dangers-of-using-ai-in-hiring
LAVENDER HOTELS
— Civil Service Protections. DD: Federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Unions provide some protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I transferred from IRS in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. But even though I was a union member at the time, a) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and b) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. That was because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://weddings.lavenderhotels.co.uk/merit-systems-protection-board-battle-federal-job-protections-crumbling
LOKMAT TIMES
— Marriage on hold: Is education and career redefining the traditional marriage timeline? DD: I did not get married until I was 29 in 1978. If I had not met my outstanding wife at a church sponsored singles social event when I was 28 in 1977, I might never had gotten married. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I got married. To get rid of me, they had painted me being an extremely bad person because I had refused to become a Democrat. They hinted/implied/argued that because of that, I would never get married. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.lokmattimes.com/aurangabad/marriage-on-hold-is-education-and-career-redefining-the-traditional-marriage-timeline/
June 19, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Suspect charged with hate crime, burning cross in Grant Park released from custody pending trial. Prosecutors say Naperville man Merlin Lu, 21, claimed he wanted to send message to Trump administration. DD: Who has had the greatest influence on Merlin Lu – his parents, his teachers?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-crime-suspect-merlin-lu-21-due-court-hate-charges-burning-cross-found-grant-park/19321872/
NBC5
— Suspect charged with burning cross in Chicago’s Grant Park appears in court. The suspect appeared in court Thursday, with prosecutors saying he had admitted to the act after being read his rights. DD: Who has had the greatest influence on Merlin Lu – his parents, his teachers?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suspect-charged-with-burning-cross-in-chicagos-grant-park-appears-in-court/3950857/
CBS2
— Man charged with burning cross in Grant Park to go free while he awaits trial. DD: Who has had the greatest influence on Merlin Lu – his parents, his teachers?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/man-charged-grant-park-cross-burning-first-court-appearance/
FOX32
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-h701yvswc0zre604
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: For Democrats, government exists a) to take opportunities, money, and everything else away from those who vote for Republicans and b) to give it all to those who vote for Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/18/obama-presidential-center-grand-opening-ceremony/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/18/obama-center-opening-celebrities/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/18/msnow-obama-center-opening/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/18/obama-presidential-center-watch-party/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/18/photos-the-obama-presidential-center-dedication-ceremony/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Anticipate/expect that that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly destroy you if you do not promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/18/elisa-malary-plaza-andersonville/
— ‘Toll free in ‘73’ was just another empty promise. Buckle up for a 45-cent toll hike, Illinois. DD: When have you paid the most tolls? For me it was during my first semester at NIU in 1969 when I came back to my parents’ home in Crete every weekend in my 1969 Dodge Charger SE to keep my part-time Park Forest Post Office job.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/19/metra-pace-cta-tollway-tolls-hikes-pritzker-transit/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: For Democrats, government exists a) to take opportunities, money, and everything else away from those who vote for Republicans and b) to give it all to those who vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/06/18/obama-presidential-center-opening-jackson-park
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/06/17/immigrant-refugee-communities-invisible-backpack-worry-fear-enforcement-mental-health-aimee-hilado
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/06/18/stephen-miller-suspending-habeas-corpus-immigrants-jacob-sullum
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Anticipate/expect that that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly destroy you if you do not promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260618/obituaries/the-best-of-us-longtime-des-plaines-public-library-board-leader-and-lgbtq-advocate-dies/
RIVER BENDER
— Davidsmeyer Blasts Pritzker After Signing Illinois’ $56 Billion FY27 Budget
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/davidsmeyer-blasts-pritzker-after-signing-illinois-56-billion-fy27-budget-94388.cfm
EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Mid America Motorworks: ‘The Corvette museum, the cars, all of the memorabilia is gone.’ DD: My wife and I have attended many Corvette Funfest events there, but not recently. I have spoken with founder Mike Yager many times, but not recently.
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/mid-america-motorworks-the-museum-the-cars-all-of-the-memorabilia-is-gone-volkswagen-fest/article_53d0864e-75bb-424d-ab47-7616160cd4f8.html
EVANSTON NOW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use reparations to get more votes from Blacks and to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://evanstonnow.com/biss-defends-reparations-amid-doj-challenge/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: The Democrat mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-18/poll-most-americans-have-the-summer-blues-about-trump-and-the-economy
— DD: What percent of criminals are using pot when they use guns to commit crimes?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-18/supreme-court-sides-with-a-marijuana-user-who-was-barred-from-owning-guns
WAND TV
— Man who admits setting cross on fire in Chicago park is charged with a hate crime. Police in Chicago say a 21-year-old man has been charged with a hate crime, arson and other offenses for a cross that was set on fire in a park. DD: Who has had the greatest influence on Merlin Lu – his parents, his teachers?
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/man-who-admitted-setting-cross-on-fire-in-chicago-park-is-charged-with-a-hate/article_852c6429-4ea4-5bd0-8340-8359b0618448.html
WGLT
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn the economy to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-06-18/new-npr-poll-finds-trumps-lowest-approval-on-the-economy-ever
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: For Democrats, government exists a) to take opportunities, money, and everything else away from those who vote for Republicans and b) to give it all to those who vote for Democrats.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/federal-cuts-are-hitting-illinois-food-assistance-recipients-and-the-farmers-who-feed-them/
ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— Corbett Survives Del Mar-McCloy Ballot Challenge, Secures Spot on November Ballot
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/should-illinois-pursue-reparations-for-descendants-of-slavery-take-the-survey
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Anticipate/expect that that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly destroy you if you do not promote more LGBTQ.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/18/there-is-hope-why-12-queer-americans-moved-to-chicago-in-search-of-safety-and-acceptance/
CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Anticipate/expect that that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly destroy you if you do not promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicagoreader.com/news/logan-square-homeless-encampment-closure-lgbtq-pride/
NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Grant Park Cross Burning: Hate Crime Charges Filed Against Naperville Native. Merlin Lu, 21, was charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors in connection with the June 9 incident. DD: Who has had the greatest influence on Merlin Lu – his parents, his teachers?
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/grant-park-cross-burning-hate-crime-charges-filed-against-naperville-native
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Searching for Answers About Chicago’s Obama Center and Its Spooky “Death Star” Building
https://johnkassnews.com/searching-for-answers-about-chicagos-obama-center-and-its-spooky-death-star-building/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Registration is open for political entries in Wheaton’s July 4 Independence Day Parade. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wheaton-independence-day-parade-entry-2026-tickets-1984881886153 The deadline is June 26. The cost is $183.58. I hope that all the Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct will walk in the parade: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton in 1999, I have encouraged Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to walk in Wheaton Independence Day parades. In 2003, the day after all the announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate (Cox, Kathuria, McKenna, Oberweis, and Ryan) had walked in the parade, they all attended a picnic that I had organized in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct. More than 200 attended. In 2005, I started raising $2,500/year from Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to help sponsor the parade and fireworks. Each year I would hand-deliver 500 parade flyers to the homes and businesses along the parade route. In 2007, I raised $2,000 on short notice for an elephant to walk behind Roskam in the parade. U.S. Senate candidate Obama and his wife walked in the parade in 2004. But my critics/opponents ended my fundraising in 2021 by having the Wheaton Park District stop parade and fireworks sponsorships. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take many other adverse actions against me. They want to de-politized the parade, that is, they want to keep Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders out of the parade. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— For Democrats, government exists a) to take opportunities, money, and everything else away from those who vote for Republicans and b) to give it all to those who vote for Democrats. Those who vote for Republicans are conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Those who vote for Democrats are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, to get votes from those who vote for Democrats, Democrat plant and RINO political consultants advise Republican candidates to run as Democrat Lite. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— RINO leaders not only do not want me to use the term RINO in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, they have their operatives and their dupes destroy me for using the term. RINO leaders are anti-conservatives if not Democrat plants. They most commonly 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 have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Corbett Survives Del Mar-McCloy Ballot Challenge, Secures Spot on November Ballot
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/corbett-survives-del-mar-mccloy-ballot-challenge-secures-spot-on-november-ballot.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— York Revolution baseball team forfeits Pride Night game after players refuse LGBTQ-themed jerseys. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Anticipate/expect that that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly destroy you if you do not promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/18/york-revolution-baseball-team-forfeits-pride-night-game-players/
— Mastermind behind foiled UFC terror plot is an Obama-era ‘Dreamer’ in U.S. illegally
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/18/alleged-mastermind-behind-foiled-ufc-terror-plot-obama-era-dreamer-us/
— Cross-burning suspect insists it was anti-Trump protest, denies racism motive. DD: Who has had the greatest influence on Merlin Lu – his parents, his teachers?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/18/suspect-charged-cross-burning-says-anti-trump-protest-not-hate-crime/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Pritzker Adds $800 Million a Year in New Taxes to Already High-Tax Illinois. Digital advertising, social media, crypto, prediction markets are targeted by governor.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/pritzker-adds-800-million-a-year-in-new-taxes-to-already-high-tax-illinois/
NEW YORK POST
— Noncitizen voting cheapens citizenship
https://nypost.com/2026/06/18/opinion/los-angeles-plots-to-let-noncitizens-vote/
— Juneteenth: A reminder that affirmative action undermines equality. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/18/opinion/juneteenth-and-californias-debate-over-affirmative-action/
— Minneapolis city council hear arguments in favor of legalizing adult bathhouses for LGBTQ community. DD: Democrat RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Anticipate/expect that that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly destroy you if you do not promote more LGBTQ.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/19/us-news/minneapolis-city-council-hears-arguments-for-lgbtq-bathhouses/
BREITBART
— Feds Indict Eight Illegals Who Used Stolen Social Security Numbers to Work in Kentucky
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/18/feds-indict-8-illegals-who-used-stolen-social-security-numbers-to-work-in-kentucky/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Harvard sells $5,100 ‘executive’ course built around LGBTQ identity and DEI initiatives. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Anticipate/expect that that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly destroy you if you do not promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/harvard-sells-5100-executive-course-built-around-lgbtq-identity-dei-initiatives/30107
— ‘Black Trans Studies’ course ties transgenderism to the ‘pressures of race, policing, labor’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/black-trans-studies-course-ties-transgenderism-pressures-race-policing-labor/29901
CENTER SQUARE
— Illegal immigrants across U.S. get financial aid for college. Taxpayers help subsidize illegal immigrants in 21 states, including California, Texas, Illinois, New York.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_25916ad8-4e6f-4dda-a8b4-334cc6d58ebb.html
DAILY CALLER
— Michelle Obama Says Illegals Are ‘The Beating Heart’ Of America. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/06/18/michelle-obama-illegals-ceremony-presidential-center/
— MLB Shoots Itself In The Foot While Bending Knee To Woke Left — Again
https://dailycaller.com/2026/06/18/opinion-mlb-san-francisco-giants-christianity-david-bossie/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that a drug user could not lose his Second Amendment rights, in a case that put the ACLU and the National Rifle Association on the same side. The court held that a federal law that automatically disarms someone who unlawfully uses a controlled substance is unconstitutional. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion for the unanimous court. DD: What percent of criminals are using pot when they use guns to commit crimes?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/18/supreme-court-makes-major-9-0-ruling-on-second-amendment-and-drug-offenders/
— 5 Things to Know About the SPLC’s Incoming CEO
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/18/5-things-know-about-splcs-incoming-ceo-ryan-haygood-critical-race-theory-reparations/
FOX NEWS
— The far left is the Democratic Party’s nominating committee. DD: RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage conservatives from running for offices, that is, RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage platform Republicans from running for offices. Ever-increasingly, candidates who run for offices as Republicans are Democrat Lite candidates.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6398715609112
— Presbyterian Church faces internal revolt after proposing clergy must be in monogamous relationships
https://www.aol.com/articles/presbyterian-church-faces-internal-revolt-120026772.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The PC(USA) has allowed for the ordination of openly gay clergy since 2011 and altered its definition of marriage to “two people” in 2014. The new proposed rule, known as CON-10, does not mention sexual orientation or same-sex relationships. Instead, it targets multipartner relationships, arguing that the practice of polyamory or polygamy can create “power imbalances, emotional harm, and spiritual confusion,” particularly for women, children and historically marginalized persons.)
— Senate Republican pushes merit-based military promotions, targets Biden-era DEI policies. Jim Banks’ measure would refocus promotion boards on merit and replace DEI training with military values instruction. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They use the subjectivity in their performance management systems to get rid of their Republican employees who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my attention was drawn to the aforesaid because my undergraduate degree was in personnel management and my MBA area of concentration was personnel management.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-republican-pushes-merit-based-military-promotions-targets-biden-era-dei-policies
JONATHAN TURLEY
— Chicago’s Cross Burning Found to be Set by Liberal, Anti-Trump Protester. DD: Who has had the greatest influence on Merlin Lu – his parents, his teachers?
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/06/18/the-impact-was-devastating-chicagos-cross-burning-found-to-be-set-by-liberal-anti-trump-protester/
TOWNHALL
— Don’t Let the Left Shackle You With Juneteenth Propaganda. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that Democrats ended slavery. My parents, my grandparents, and the rest of my ancestors were Republicans because Republicans ended slavery.
https://townhall.com/columnists/ryanbomberger/2026/06/19/dont-let-the-left-shackle-you-with-juneteenth-propaganda-n2677985
— The Obama Presidential Center’s Opening Ceremony Was a Complete Mess
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/06/18/the-obama-presidential-library-opening-ceremony-was-a-complete-mess-n2677973
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in making Blacks hate Trump. How successful have Democrat leaders been making Blacks in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct hate Trump. To hate Trump is to hate those who have voted for him.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-birthday-protests-free-park-access-12022711
MSN
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. DD: Anticipate/expect that that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly destroy you if you do not promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/14-american-customs-and-traditions-in-decline/ss-AA25MvC5#image=9
— Median age for first marriage in US reaches record high. DD: What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986. According to Google AI, “Age is the single most important factor affecting fertility.” My wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF because we both had big fertility problems. But according to my Democrat GAO superiors, we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents because I was a disgusting hypocritical DINK. My Democrat GAO superiors decried the time and money they spent raising their children. They decried their spouses having little or no income. 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) suffer a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, or e) become a licensed CPA when I was 32. Further, that we would not have been able to have a home built in Wheaton when I was 35.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/median-age-for-first-marriage-in-us-reaches-record-high/ss-AA25Xm1A
NBC NEWS
— Man charged with hate crime in cross burning in Chicago park. The 21-year-old man was arrested on two felony hate crime counts and other counts in connection with the cross, which was set on fire in Grant Park on June 9. DD: Who has had the greatest influence on Merlin Lu – his parents, his teachers?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-charged-hate-crime-cross-burning-chicago-park-rcna350281
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arrests-immigrant-parents-mental-health-crisis-children/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Man Charged With Hate Crime Over Burning Cross in Chicago Park. A former university student, Merlin Lu, 21, has claimed that he set the cross on fire in Grant Park to protest the Trump administration, not as an act of racism. DD: Who has had the greatest influence on Merlin Lu – his parents, his teachers?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/us/chicago-burning-cross-arrest.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. Because of that, federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Unions provide some protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I transferred from IRS in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. But even though I was a union member, a) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and b) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. That was because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/06/18/removing-civil-servants-cant-be-easy-trump-wants-it-be/
FRESNO BEE
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Anticipate/expect that that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly destroy you if you do not promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.aol.com/news/lawmaker-proposes-nuclear-family-month-001614653.html
NAPLES DAILY NEWS
— Publishers, pilots, pardoned politicians: Who’s running for FL-19? DD: The list includes Oberweis and Lauf.
https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/06/19/florida-congressional-election-candidates/90219388007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Obamas Open Presidential Center With Hollywood Stars and Subtle Digs at Trump. All living former presidents attended the dedication in Chicago. The current commander in chief wasn’t invited.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/obamas-open-presidential-center-with-hollywood-stars-and-subtle-digs-at-trump-b5a4ccb5
— ‘I’m the President and You’re Not’: Trump Tests His Power and Frustrates the GOP. The president has made a series of decisions that have confounded Republicans and are challenging his grip on the party.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/im-the-president-and-youre-not-trump-tests-his-power-and-frustrates-the-gop-871732c9
— Hegseth blocked nine Air Force senior officer promotions, delayed dozens more. DD: I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors who delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and who blocked me from being promoted to GS-14. I should write about my Democrat IRS superiors who blocked me from being promoted to GS-13. I should write about my Democrat Post Office superiors who blocked me from being promoted to GS-5.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hegseth-blocked-nine-air-force-senior-officer-promotions-delayed-dozens-more/ar-AA24Fwjl
— Drugs, Guns and Whiskey at the Supreme Court. A marijuana user wins a 9-0 decision under the Second Amendment. DD: What percent of criminals are using pot when they use guns to commit crimes?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/u-s-v-hemani-supreme-court-marijuana-gun-case-neil-gorsuch-27dbdb45
— Getting a Summer Job Isn’t as Easy as It Looks. DD: While I was in high school and college, few of my peers did what I did. I took bad jobs. I had to work my way through college. I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid jobs prove that I have always been an unmitigated loser. My critics/opponents did not have to take bad jobs because they had wealthy parents. I spent lots of time working the aforesaid jobs. That dragged down my ACT score and my GPA.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/getting-a-summer-job-isnt-as-easy-as-it-looks-bf00129c
FORBES
— AMERICA’S BEST EMPLOYERS FOR DIVERSITY. DD: Under the Democrat and RINO leaders, anticipate/expect that sooner or later, if not already, employers will officially post signs that say those who are following need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-birthday-protests-free-park-access-12022711
— Starting at the Bottom. DD: When I was 22 years old in 1971, I started at the bottom working for the Democrats who ran IRS as a GS-7 (currently $56,409/year). While it took me only 3 years to get to GS-12 Step 1 (currently $100,059/year), it took me 5 1/2 more years to get to GS-12 Step 5 (currently $113,402/year). When I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade to GS-9 Step 10 (currently $89,703/year) to transfer in. They really wanted me to transfer in as an intern and take a $60,487/year (53%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade to GS-4 Step 10 (currently $52,915/year). If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, they would have let me transfer in as a GS-12 Step 10 if not as a GS-13 Step 1 (currently $118,984/year). To outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically force me to take a downgrade, they ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact a) that I had earned an MBA when I was 27 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, b) that much of what I had done for IRS was very similar to what I would do for GAO, and c) that GAO audits IRS.
https://www.forbes.com/video/13b199bd-6305-438d-8b8e-7884f6ebcc78/started-at-the-bottom-how-resilience-creates-real-success/
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use slavery to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nilc.org/articles/the-legacy-of-slavery-continues-in-modern-immigration-law/
TIME
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth and reparations to get more votes from Blacks and to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://time.com/article/2026/06/19/you-can-not-separate-juneteenth-from-the-call-for-reparations/
ROBERT REICH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans. Then again, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use everything to promote more hatred against Republicans. How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting hatred against Republicans in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-reality-that-must-be-acknowledged
HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. DD: Anticipate/expect that that Democrat and RINO leaders will ever-increasingly destroy you if you do not promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-nuclear-family-pride-month-june_n_6a32fa19e4b04f5fa0bebee1
https://www.aol.com/articles/gop-makes-pointed-dig-family-120017000.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
CORVETTE STORE
— Fourteen Corvettes. Sixty-six years. One man who has never once stopped. DD: I have owned my 1972 Corvette since I was 23 in 1971. I have owned my 2005 Corvette since I was 56 in 2005.
https://www.corvettestoreonline.com/blogs/news/fan-friday-frank-harriss-2025-red-mist-metallic-c8-stingray
June 9, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Teen takeovers are spreading across the U.S. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/national-international/teen-takeover-across-us-explained/3945492/?amp
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Over 100 ex-federal prosecutors call out ‘failure of leadership’ by Chicago’s embattled U.S. attorney Boutros. DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating ex-federal prosecutors attack Boutros. They charge him with letting political considerations infect his prosecutorial decisions. The Republicans who ran DOJ under Bush sided with my Democrat GAO superiors in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf To side with my Democrat GAO superiors is to promote the Democrat Party platform. That is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination in the federal government.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/08/broadview-six-andrew-boutros-federal-prosecutor-justice-department-doj
— Northwestern researcher among group kicked out of conference for distributing paper critical of Trump. DD: I should write about the many big adverse actions that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, fundraisers, political consultants, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers have taken against me since 2000 because I included links to articles in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they did not like because they because they were critical of them or reported their wrong doing.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/06/08/northwestern-researcher-among-group-kicked-out-of-conference-for-distributing-paper-critical-of-trump
WGN9
— Judge blocks $100,000 fee for H-1B visas imposed by Trump. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid jobs prove that I have always been an unmitigated loser.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/judge-blocks-100000-fee-for-h-1b-visas-imposed-by-trump/
WTTW
— Teen Takeovers Prompt Discussion About Community Engagement, Police Intervention. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://news.wttw.com/2026/06/08/teen-takeovers-prompt-discussion-about-community-engagement-police-intervention
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/factcheck/2026/06/09/did-a-wisconsin-gop-governor-sign-the-nations-first-lgbtq-rights-law/90462420007/
DECATUR DAILY
— Cal Thomas: Lessons from Graham Planter. DD: Far too often, far too many candidates have run for offices as Republicans, but they should not have because they have far too much personal baggage. Voters hold Republican candidates to far higher standards than they hold Democrat candidates. I should write about the many big adverse actions that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, fundraisers, political consultants, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers have taken against me since 2000 because I included links to articles in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they did not like because they were critical of them or reported their wrong doing.
https://www.decaturdaily.com/opinion/columnists/cal-thomas-lessons-from-graham-platner/article_e209c6f0-5b47-4e42-a9c2-06d22304be48.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: How can Graham Planter, who might win the Democratic nomination for senator from Maine in next Tuesday’s primary election ever be seriously considered for such a job, given the amount of personal baggage he carries? The answer is we have so lowered our standards and think so little of our politicians that, as the saying used to go, anyone can grow up to be president, or senator.)
WSIL TV
— Teens Struggling to find Summer Jobs. DD: While I was in high school and college, few of my peers did what I did. I took bad jobs. I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid jobs prove that I have always been an unmitigated loser. My critics/opponents had wealthy parents.
https://www.wsiltv.com/video/teens-struggling-to-find-summer-jobs/video_eb52f5f0-c021-54ba-bc03-72d88ac5e851.html
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL
— ‘Pay Attention to the World Around You.’ Remarks Offered by Judge David S. Tatel, ’66, at the 2026 Law School Diploma and Hooding Ceremony. DD: The fastest, easiest, and least costly way for Illinois Republicans to stay up to date with Illinois government and political news and commentary from a conservative perspective is to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.law.uchicago.edu/news/pay-attention-world-around-you
ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— Streamline Your Hiring Process. DD: Under the Democrats, anticipate/expect that sooner or later, if not already, employers will officially post signs that say those who are following need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://learn.icpas.org/Public/Catalog/Details.aspx
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/09/no-pride-in-mary-millers-proposal-00954034
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-753/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Lawmakers Thumb Noses at Constitution to Impose New Taxes
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-lawmakers-thumb-their-noses-at-constitution-to-impose-new-taxes-wirepoints/
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago’s Pathway to Real Pension Reform
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-pathway-real-pension-reform
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jeanne Ives Publishes Cartoon of JB’s Punting Bears to Indiana
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/08/jeanne-ives-publishes-cartoon-of-jbs-punting-bears-to-indiana/
— Would You Want a DEI Doctor? Illinois State Rep. Bill Hauter, a Republican physician and graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, sharply criticized reports that the school is promoting “equitable assessments” in medical education. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They use the subjectivity in their performance management systems to get rid of their Republican employees who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my attention was drawn to the aforesaid because my undergraduate degree was in personnel management and my MBA area of concentration was personnel management.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/08/would-you-want-a-dei-doctor/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to Google AI, “The top political newsletters in Illinois for Republican and conservative news include Illinois Review, the Illinois Conservative Union, and state politics staple Capitol Fax.” What does that say about Google AI? I have been sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000. Since 2004, those newsletters have included links to more than 541,500 articles. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Far too many Republican leaders accept the aforesaid. I should write about that. I would show how my career in the federal government would have been dramatically different if the Republican U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives who represented me had fought political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination in the federal government. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats dodge Platner scandal — after years of ‘believe all women.’ DD: My Democrat GAO superiors had their female GAO Chicago Office manager and my female supervisor force me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. I should write about that.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/8/democrats-silent-platner-misconduct-allegations-despite-believe-women/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ex-Border Patrol official Bovino not ruling out 2028 run if that’s ‘what it takes
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4599700/gregory-bovino-2028-president-bid/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Britain’s Anti-White Wokeness. No one prominent has taken the knee for Henry Nowak, the young man stabbed to death in Britain.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/britains-anti-white-wokeness-americas-pro-israel-madness/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump team faces growing threat of investigations and criminal referrals. DD: If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, my Democrat superiors in the federal government would not have taken the many big adverse actions against me that they did.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/06/08/trump-team-faces-growing-threat-of-investigations-and-criminal-referrals-1644787/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Loyola University Chicago faculty donate almost exclusively to Democrats during 2026 midterms. The university’s faculty gave over $34,000 to the left, representing 99% of total donations. Only one individual donated to Republicans, making a single contribution of $25.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/loyola-university-chicago-faculty-donate-almost-exclusively-democrats-2026-midterms/29994
CENTER SQUARE
— DC schools use sex ed curriculum that avoids using ‘male,’ ‘female,’ promotes abortion.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_cd674363-d2f8-4a13-baf8-351bde0ff738.html
DAILY CALLER
— Bears Set To Leave Democratic Chicago After Over 100 Years. DD: The aforesaid is because the Bears failed/refused to do enough to elect Democrats.
https://www.aol.com/news/bears-set-leave-democratic-chicago-174615602.html
— Bernie Sanders lashes out at GOP ‘morality’ while rallying behind Dem with Nazi-linked tattoo
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sanders-lashes-out-gop-morality-while-backing-dem-nazi-linked-tattoo
FEDERALIST
— GOP-Run Indiana City Considers Democrat-Run, California-Style Homeless Center. Hundreds of billions spent nationwide on homeless services have only resulted in more homelessness. Councilman Russ Jehl says Fort Wayne should try a third option besides doing nothing or enabling addicts.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/09/gop-run-indiana-city-considers-democrat-run-california-style-homeless-center/
FOX NEWS
— ‘You’re destroying your countries’: Is Europe finally heeding Trump’s warning on illegal immigration?
https://www.foxnews.com/world/youre-destroying-your-countries-europe-finally-heeding-trumps-warning-illegal-immigration
HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
— The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate. DD: My critics/opponents hinted/implied that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate groups. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://judiciary.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/southern-poverty-law-center-manufacturing-hate-part-ii
POST MILLENNIAL
— Patriots chant ‘USA’, leftists boo Trump as he attends NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden.
https://thepostmillennial.com/patriots-chant-usa-leftists-boo-trump-as-he-attends-nba-finals-at-madison-square-garden
TOWNHALL
— Deranged Man Re-Enacts Charlie Kirk’s Murder Outside of TPUSA Women’s Summit Hosted by Erika Kirk.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/julia-cassidy/2026/06/08/man-re-enacts-charlie-kirks-murder-outside-of-tpusa-womens-summit-hosted-by-erika-kirk-n2677414
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: For Democrats, democracy exists to take opportunities, money, and everything else away from Republicans and to give it all to Democrats.
https://apnews.com/article/ap-poll-america-250-democracy-exceptional-474874cbb88c08908c8b6c01e386ba91
YAHOO
— As teens seek summer jobs, finding roles becomes more challenging: ‘Hard work of life.’ DD: While I was in high school and college, few of my peers did what I did. I took bad jobs. I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid jobs prove that I have always been an unmitigated loser. My critics/opponents had wealthy parents.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/teens-seek-summer-jobs-finding-233937948.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Vance Blames Migrant ‘Invasion’ for Henry Nowak Stabbing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/world/europe/vance-uk-stabbing-migrants.html
— Veterans. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran federal government for almost 30 years, many, most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and/or subordinates were veterans who blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. My Democrat superiors preferred veterans because they wanted employees who “followed orders.” The most important order that they wanted followed was to get rid of their employees who were Republican, and especially those who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I was all of the aforesaid. And on top of that, I was 1-A for Vietnam War draft, but had avoided it with draft deferments. Further, earlier in my federal career, many of my superiors and supervisors had parents, siblings, grandparents, relatives, friends, etc. who had been killed by Germans in WWI and WWII.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/opinion/veterans-politics.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-06-09/school-programs-to-aid-black-students-under-increased-scrutiny-as-illegal-dei-under-trump
BOSTON GLOBE
— DD: To get more votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, Democrat candidates and Democrat elected officials ever-increasingly promise to use government to give them more preference. To give preference to one demographic is to discriminate against another demographic. Demographics that vote for Democrats include liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote Republicans include conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/09/opinion/race-dei-survey-democrats-politics/
PRESS HERALD
— Platner’s ex tells New York Times about Nazi tattoo, ‘toxic’ relationship. The latest scandalous report on Platner comes days after stories about sexually explicit texts he had previously sent several women while married.
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/06/04/platner-bragged-of-nazi-tattoo-to-ex-physically-threatened-another-new-york-times-report-says/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Adverse Actions. DD: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically less a) because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and b) because they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I should write about the adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors would have taken against me if I had tried to work to my regular retirement age of 55 in 2003. They had made it clear that they would constructively, if not literally, demote me and that they would have given me adverse transfers, bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance evaluations. I continue to ask myself what exactly would have happened if I had not succumbed to their threats. Would Speaker Gingrich, Speaker Hastert, U.S. Senator Fitzgerald, U.S. Representative Hyde, and/or the Bush Administration have come to my defense? The aforesaid did not come to my defense in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf To not come to my defense was a) to reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, b) to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination in the federal government.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/06/opm-details-changes-for-federal-employees-in-schedule-policy-career/
JD SUPRA
— EEOC Releases New National Enforcement Plan. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC had a tremendous impact on me. When I was 22 in 1971, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eeoc-releases-new-national-enforcement-4768151/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies against America.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/05/01/americans-remain-critical-of-trump-administrations-approach-to-iran/
RESEARCH GATE
— Transparency in journalism: Meanings, merits and risks. DD: At a minimum, everyone involved in journalism should be required to disclose their sources and amounts of income. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is $68,640/year. My Social Security is $18,712/year.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353597370_Transparency_in_journalism_Meanings_merits_and_risks
PBS
— Teen Takeovers. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.pbs.org/video/a-look-at-teen-takeovers-and-efforts-to-keep-kids-safe-this-summer-rr2zch/
POLITICO
— Democrats are furious after latest Platner revelations. A New York Times report with new allegations about the Democrat’s Nazi symbol tattoo and conduct with women has the party freaking out over its Maine Senate chances. DD: Political parties should have the power to stop candidates from running for government offices as members of their party. But I acknowledge if the RINOs who ran the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party had that power, and if I had tried to run for a government office, they would have stopped me. According to them, I am far too conservative, that is, I defend and advance far too many planks in the Republican Party platform. They would have stressed my bad demographics, the lawsuits that I filed, and that I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/04/platner-democrats-furious-new-york-times-report-00951496
MEDIUM
— Retirement Bravery: Criticizing Trump After Stepping Down. Politicians lack the courage while still in office. DD: I did not sue my Democrat GAO superiors for political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination until after they had forced me to retire in 1997. Since I was 40 in 1988, I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://aninjusticemag.com/retirement-bravery-criticizing-trump-after-stepping-down-d5dfa24c349a
COMPACT MAGAZINE
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Henry Nowak.
https://www.compactmag.com/article/there-will-be-more-henry-nowaks/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SPECTATOR
— Ten reasons why the murder of Henry Novak was an example of Wokeness
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/06/ten-reasons-why-the-murder-of-henry-novak-was-an-example-of-wokeness/
DAILY STAR
— DD: Governments ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.thedailystar.net/slow-reads/wisdom/news/why-more-people-are-choosing-stay-single-4192891
June 5, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Bears’ Board of Directors votes to advance stadium development in Hammond, Indiana
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-bears-board-directors-vote-advance-stadium-development-hammond-indiana-espn-sources/19240596/
NBC5
— How far is Hammond, Indiana, from Chicago? What to know as Bears ‘advance’ stadium project. A Friday afternoon, rush-hour drive to Hammond was said to take 40 minutes, with Google Maps estimating typical travel times between 26 and 45 minutes, depending on the time of day.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/nfl/chicago-bears/how-far-is-hammond-indiana-from-chicago-what-to-know-as-bears-advance-stadium-project/3944735/
— Mayor of Arlington Heights responds as Bears move forward with Indiana stadium plans
https://www.nbcchicago.com/chicago-sports-bears-sox-cubs-bulls-blackhawks/mayor-of-arlington-heights-responds-to-bears-moving-ahead-with-indiana-plans/3944683/
— ‘Not surprising’: Illinois lawmakers react to Bears’ announcement on Indiana stadium plans
https://www.nbcchicago.com/chicago-sports-bears-sox-cubs-bulls-blackhawks/not-surprising-illinois-lawmakers-react-to-bears-announcement-on-indiana-stadium-plans/3944629/
CBS2
— Bears fans divided in reaction to team’s decision to focus on Hammond for new stadium
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-bears-fans-reacation-hammond-indiana-stadium/
WGN RADIO
— Who is to blame if the Bears move to Indiana?
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-7/#/questions
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders attack Bailey.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/darren-bailey-reset-image/
— Bears say they will proceed with plans for a stadium in Hammond
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/chicago-bears-stadium-indiana-vote/
— Get used to ‘Bear Down, Hammond Bears’ as Illinois’ reputation gets tackled for a loss
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/editorial-chicago-bears-stadium-hammond-springfield-reputation-pritzker/
— Side-by-side Wheaton mansions for sale for $2.4M and $3.3M. DD: These homes are in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/wheaton-mansions/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two adjoining mansions located at the end of a long, private lane in Wheaton — and that were built at the same time — are on the market for $2.4 million and $3.3 million. The two homes, located immediately west of the Chicago Golf Club, occupy historic ground. Together, they sit on the 3.4-acre site that once held a rambling mansion called Overlinks, which had been designed by architect Jarvis Hunt and built in 1897 for Chicago Golf Club member and influential Chicago Board of Trade member Edward S. Worthington. Overlinks was demolished around 1990, and soon afterward, longtime homebuilder Harold “Mac” Airhart, who died on April 16 at age 86, subdivided the land and constructed the two mansions, one of which became Airhart’s own personal home. Airhart, a Wheaton College alumnus and a longtime Wheaton College trustee, in 1964 founded Airhart Construction, which now has constructed more than 1,800 homes. Even before Airhart’s passing, he and his wife, Vonla, had one of the two homes, their own, five-bedroom, 5,794-square-foot Georgian-style home, on the market. It’s available for $2.4 million. Situated on 1.61 acres, the Airhart mansion has 4 1/2 bathrooms, a grand foyer, soaring ceilings, millwork, a great room with a fireplace, an adjacent octagon-shaped sunroom with floor-to-ceiling windows, a library with custom built-ins and architectural molding and a kitchen with granite countertops, newer appliances and two pantries. Other features include a primary bedroom suite with a walk-in wardrobe and a finished walkout lower level. Outside on the property are hosta beds, mature trees, a three-car garage and a 60-foot-by-60-foot motor court. “This is a fabulous house and 1.6-acre lot,” listing agent Pattie Murray of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices told Elite Street. “It has such grandeur. I think it is one of the most iconic, beautiful places near Chicago Golf.” The Airhart house currently is listed in an agents-only private listing network. Airhart and his wife, Vonla, who spent winters in Naples, Florida, previously had listed the house for $2.35 million from 2011 until 2013, when they cut their asking price to just under $2.3 million. They took the home off the market later that year. Also for sale in an agents-only private listing network is the five-bedroom, 6,504-square-foot mansion immediately to the east. Listed on Tuesday for $3.3 million and known as Grey Walls, the home was constructed by Airhart’s firm and designed by Chicago architect Richard Hague. Its first owner, former Amoco CEO H. Laurance Fuller, owned the mansion from its completion in 1992 until 2004, when he sold it to spend more time at homes in South Carolina and Massachusetts. The mansion was inspired by — and takes its name from — Greywalls, the onetime country house on Scotland’s east coast that borders the Muirfield golf links there and now functions as a hotel. With 10,000 square feet of total space including the lower level, the Grey Walls mansion in Wheaton has five full bathrooms, two half bathrooms, two fireplaces, a dual stair entry, an oversize dining room, a mahogany library with custom built-ins and a limestone fireplace, a great room with a coffered ceiling, a sunroom and a kitchen with hand-crafted William Huber cabinetry, granite countertops, Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances and a walk-in pantry. The mansion’s main-level primary bedroom suite has 11-foot ceilings, dual vanities and custom walk-in closets. Outside on the 1.77-acre property are bluestone patios and limestone terraces that overlook the Chicago Golf Club. The grounds were landscaped by the late Morton Arboretum landscape architect Tony Tyznik. “The location is spectacular, and this home is for somebody who appreciates architecture and who appreciates the Scottish and really European flair to the home,” listing agent Michael LaFido of LPT Realty told Elite Street. “It is really special. I think anybody who would come over as a guest and entertain would be like, ‘That’s a cool house.’” The Airhart house had a $34,704 property tax bill in the 2025 tax year, while Grey Walls had a $45,988 property tax bill in the 2025 tax year.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Play-by-play of failed Bears stadium bill. Rumor about the football team having second thoughts leaving Chicago damaged the legislative effort to help the Bears move to the suburbs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/06/05/bears-stadium-bill-cunnigham-kam-buckner-hammond-rich-miller
— With Bears saying they’re leaving for Indiana, blame game in Illinois spreads far and wide. Springfield’s inaction on incentives to keep the team in-state has been just the latest in a long-running political comedy of errors.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears-stadium/2026/06/05/chicago-bears-stadium-illinois-indiana-arlington-heights-hammond-blame
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2026/06/04/trump-blanche-boutros-doj-broadview
DAILY HERALD
— ‘Done deal’ or ‘door remains open’? In latest stadium shift, Bears board advances Indiana plan.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260605/news/bears-board-votes-to-advance-northwest-indiana-stadium-project/
RIVER BENDER
— Plummer Blames Illinois Leadership After Bears Advance Hammond Stadium Plan
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/sen-jason-plummer-blames-illinois-leadership-after-bears-advance-hammond-stadium-plan-94055.cfm
WAND TV
— IL Democrats pass bill allowing undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition at public universities. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-democrats-pass-bill-allowing-undocumented-immigrants-to-pay-in-state-tuition-at-public-universities/article_eb0eeb98-461a-4c0c-b369-8b79f2bf06a7.html
14 NEWS
— Marijuana is a factor in many local crimes
https://www.14news.com/2026/06/05/epd-discusses-how-marijuana-is-factor-many-local-crimes/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/now-cleared-broadview-6-immigration-protesters-seek-evidence-of-white-house-pressure-to-indict/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Indiana Governor Hints at ‘Favorable Announcement’ as Pritzker Inches Closer to Losing the Bears
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/indiana-governor-hints-at-favorable-announcement-as-pritzker-inches-closer-to-losing-the-bears.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— America reaches 250 with unity and patriotism in retreat. The spirit of 1976 has given way to anger, grievance and political exhaustion. DD: What makes you patriotic? For me, it includes my being able to earn enough money to do the following even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, he died when he was 47 and I was 21, and my mother never attended high school: a) work my way through college and earn a bachelor’s degree in management, master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, a CPA certificate, a Certified Internal Auditor certificate, four more job-related professional certifications, and a CPA license, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., and c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/3/america-reaches-250-unity-patriotism-retreat/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Sanctuary cities: Compassion on other people’s dime
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4592847/sanctuary-cities-compassion-on-other-peoples-dime/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Antifa-Democrat ‘narrative’ about deplorable conditions for detained illegals at Delaney Hall falls apart. Antifa and all its minions put on quite a show last month to promote the narrative that conditions for detained migrants were deplorable. One problem: None of it was true.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/antifa_democrat_narrative_about_deplorable_conditions_for_detained_illegals_at_delaney_hall_in_new_jersey_falls_apart.html
PJ MEDIA
— White Supremacists Used SPLC Money to Buy KKK Hoods and Cross-Burning Gear
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/04/supremacists-used-splc-money-to-buy-kkk-hoods-cross-burning-gear-n4953590
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— FBI fires analysts who worked on “Richmond memo” about Catholic extremist ideology
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-fires-analysts-richmond-memo-catholic-extremist-ideology/
May 18, 2026
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC) elect Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members who elect IRP chairmen. I have been a RPC since 1999. QUESTION: What information should each of the 17 IRP SCC members have provided directly to each of the RPCs in their congressional district by now concerning their electing the next IRP chairman? ANSWER: The date, time, and location of the election. Who the candidates are. The candidates’ letter/document outlining their vision for the IRP, a list of the those who submitted letters of recommendations for them, and their biography and/or professional resume. The weighted vote that each IRP SCC member has. Who each candidate intends to pick for vice chairman, secretary, and treasurer. Most importantly, which candidate the IRP SCC member intends to vote for and why. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I hope that by close of business today, all the RPCs in Illinois will receive an email from the IRP concerning the IRP chairman election that includes a) the name of winning candidate, b) how the weighted voting played out, c) a statement from the winning candidate, c) any statements from the losing candidates, and d) who the winning candidate wants to serve as vice chairman, secretary, and treasurer. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTIONS TO ASK THE IRP CHAIRMAN CANDIDATES: What would you do to improve IRP communication with RPCs? What do you say to those who want the IRP to be the “Democrat Lite Party?” What is your position on direct election of IRP SCC members? What is your position on Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? What is your position on Diersen being thrown off the 2024 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Thomas DeVore May 14, 2026 Posting
https://www.facebook.com/
(THE POSTING: In my opinion, what is happening inside the Illinois Republican Party right now is nothing short of an establishment takeover by a bunch of bad actors who hate grassroots conservatism. Behind the public statements and polished talking points, there is a coordinated effort underway by entrenched insiders, political operatives, donors, and career party figures to consolidate power, crush the grassroots movement, and sideline the conservatives who could actually build the energy behind the modern Illinois GOP. And at the center of this fight is the party chair vote. You must stop pretending this is some open, organic process driven purely by ideas and debate. Most grassroots Republicans already believe the outcome is being engineered behind closed doors by the same network of establishment figures who always seem to end up protecting each other while the base gets ignored. It is well accepted inside political circles that Rhonda Belford is all but certain to support Bob Grogan, not because grassroots conservatives in the 12th Congressional District demanded it, but because the pressure and influence surrounding this vote are being leveled on Belford. Remember that one of Belford’s four titles is the Illinois RNC committee member. She’s in Florida right now on a trip that costs thousands. The reality nobody wants to say out loud is that national party politics are expensive. RNC involvement requires travel, appearances, conferences, donor events, dinners, and constant participation in a political world built around money and access. That system naturally creates dependency on the people willing and able to finance it and when a person like Belford who naturally can’t afford it, it opens the door for donor influence. And within Illinois Republican circles, Eloise Gerson is widely viewed as one of the people eager to wield financial influence on anyone she can rope in. That matters because when political survival and continued access depend on wealthy benefactors, independence becomes very difficult. People can dance around that fact all they want, but grassroots Republicans are not stupid. They understand how influence works. They understand how loyalty is cultivated. And they understand why certain votes suddenly become “inevitable” long before they ever happen publicly. I believe Rhonda Belford knows exactly where the power structure wants her vote to go, and I believe defying that structure would come with political consequences she has no interest in facing. An unhappy Eloise Gerson could spell financial problems for a modest Belford who doesn’t have an extra $30-$40K a year to travel the nation and attending events with national political figures. You picking up what I’m laying down here? But this is bigger than Rhonda Belford. The real issue is the growing establishment machine forming around Bob Grogan, Jeanne Ives, Jason Plummer, Tony McCombie, and the network of insiders who appear determined to regain total control over the Illinois Republican Party apparatus. Grassroots conservatives should not ignore what is happening here. This is not merely a disagreement over leadership style. This is a battle over whether the Illinois GOP will belong to Republican voters or to a handful of connected insiders, donors, consultants, and power brokers who believe they are entitled to run the party from the top down. The Bailey-DeMar movement terrified the establishment because it proved the grassroots could organize outside the control of the traditional power structure. Ever since Dabrowski lost, there has been a clear effort to neutralize, isolate, and marginalize conservative grassroots wing of the party while reasserting establishment dominance. Maybe the establishment succeeds. Maybe Grogan gets the votes. Maybe the insiders lock down the machinery once again. But if that happens, grassroots Republicans should at least understand exactly what they are watching: not a movement driven by principle, but a consolidation of power driven by influence, access, and political self-preservation. This will all but guarantee more Republican losses and a continued path to political irrelevance!)
— Thomas DeVore May 14, 2026 Posting
(FROM THE POSTING: I’ve recently began warning people that State Senator Jason Plummer has been working behind the scenes to undermine the grassroots movement rising up inside Illinois Republican politics. And the deeper you look, the more obvious the network becomes. Take Bob Grogan. Plummer and Grogan have known each other for years. Plummer appointed Grogan to the board of Constitution Bank, Plummer’s bank, despite the fact that Grogan lives hours away in northern Illinois. People don’t drive across the state to sit on small-town bank boards unless there’s a close political and personal alliance involved. Then there’s the Dabrowski campaign. While Plummer served as chair, Bob Grogan was made treasurer; therefore, putting one of Plummer’s closest allies in charge of the campaign finances and infrastructure. Again, the same names. The same inner circle. The same power structure. Now suddenly Grogan is being positioned as a potential Illinois Republican Party chairman right after the establishment operation in DuPage County shoved its way through internal party politics and maneuvering. Republicans are supposed to believe this is all organic? Please. This looks like a coordinated effort by Plummer to consolidate influence over every layer of Republican politics in Illinois campaigns, party leadership, donor networks, and institutional power. The grassroots movement threatens the old insider system, and the insiders are responding exactly how political machines always respond: by tightening control and elevating loyalists. Republicans need to wake up to what’s happening here. This isn’t about reform. It isn’t about unity. It’s about power, who controls it, who keeps it, and who gets shut out. And from my perspective Jason Plummer appears to be right in the middle of it.)
— Illinois Freedom Caucus May 17, 2026 Posting
https://www.facebook.com/
(THE POSTING: Tomorrow, the State Central Committee will vote on who should be the Chair of the Illinois Republican Party. The grassroots deserve real Republicans. We’re not here to endorse a candidate – rather something much more important. We’re here to endorse ideals, principles and the Republican Party Platform. Whoever is going to lead the party must: – Believe, firmly, in the conservative principles and ideals that make us REPUBLICANS, – Be unafraid to call out leaders and elected representatives of the party when they sell out the good people of this state by voting for things such as tax increases, the green bad deal, woke education mandates and other items that violate Republican principles, – REJECT woke, immoral, blood money from organizations like the teachers unions that seek to indoctrinate and exploit our children. If someone cannot commit to these values, then they should not be chairing a party that represents the interests of working families, taxpayers, and small businesses.)
— Beth Findley Smith April 17 Posting
https://www.facebook.com/
(FROM THE POSTING: Recently, many people have asked me “what the heck is an SCC?” I thought I’d post some information to clarify the ILGOP structure. The Illinois Republican Party has a fairly structured, top-down leadership system—but it’s built on local participation at the base. Here’s a clear breakdown of how it works: Top Level: State Party Leadership State Party Chair Leads the ILGOP day-to-day Acts as the public face of the party Hires staff, coordinates statewide campaigns, and fundraising State Central Committee (SCC): Made up of one State Central Committeeman and Deputy (opposite sexes) from each of Illinois’ 17 congressional districts (34 total members). Elected at the County Convention 29 days after the Primary. The Deputy is appointed later. The SCC: Sets party direction and strategy Oversees operations and finances Elects the State Party Chair These are your direct link between: grassroots voters, county organizations, and the state party County Level Each county has its own Republican organization: Led by a County Chairman Governed by a County Central Committee Who makes up the County Central Committee? Precinct Committeepersons (PCs) These are elected (or sometimes appointed) at the precinct level (elected in the primary) They vote on: County leadership Local endorsements Filling vacancies for certain offices Precinct Level (The Grassroots) This is the foundation of everything: Precinct Committeepersons Represent voters in a small geographic area Recruit candidates and volunteers Get out the vote (GOTV) Communicate voter concerns upward If the grassroots are active, the whole party is stronger. If not, everything above gets disconnected. How It All Connects Think of it like a chain: Voters → Precinct Committeepersons → County Party → State Central Committee → State Party Leadership Ideally: Information flows UP (grassroots concerns) Support/resources flow DOWN (strategy, funding, messaging))
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/18/ice-detains-chicago-public-schools-senior/
DAILY HERALD
— Trump supporters gather for ‘silent majority’ rally in McHenry County
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260517/nation-and-world-politics/trump-supporters-gather-for-silent-majority-rally-in-mchenry-county/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Power Families of Chicago: Uihlein
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-most-powerful-families-uihlein-20260518/
— Chicago power families: Who holds influence now
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/ccb-most-powerful-families-intro-20260518/
NORTHWEST HERALD
— Trump supporters gather for ‘silent majority’ rally in McHenry. The rally coincided with the White House’s National Day of Prayer in D.C.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2026/05/17/trump-supporters-gather-for-silent-majority-rally-in-mchenry/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Black leaders and the redistricting divide
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/18/illinois-black-leaders-and-the-redistricting-divide-00925683
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Illinois Taxes Are Being Used to Celebrate Homosexuality
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/05/12/illinois-taxes-are-being-used-to-celebrate-homosexuality
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: Why do pollical parities and their organizations exist? ANSWER: To help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Illinois Republican Party (IRP) exists to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance its IRP platform. The platform is conservative. I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. During that time, I invited speakers for all 78 of the organization’s monthly meetings, August picnics, and December Christmas parties. I routinely took the chairman’s prerogative and asked candidates who spoke at those events the first question after they spoke. I asked them if it would be correct to say that if elected, they would defend and advance all the planks in the IRP platform. Of course, the more planks in the IRP platform that they rejected, the more furious that they were against me. The more planks in the IRP platform that Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders rejected, the more that they rejected my invitations to speak. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: Which planks in the Republican Party platform do RINOs most commonly reject? ANSWER: 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). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— In Illinois, ever-increasingly, leaders make it clear that their top priority is advancing those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. To do that is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The aforesaid destroys meritocracy and destroys everything else. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Kathy Salvi, Bob Grogan, Scott Gryder, and Lawrence Stowe are candidates for IRP chairman. The 17 IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members will cast their weighted votes today, Monday, May 18, in Springfield. The three IRP SCC members with the greatest weighted vote are Zach Emberton (15th CD) with 16.5%, Rhonda Belford (12th CD) with 15.9%, and Jim Rule (16th CD) with 10.2%. Other IRP SCC members include Grogan (6th CD) with 5.9%, Aaron Del Mar (5th CD) with 3.3%, and Mike Flynn (3rd CD) with 2.7%. In 2005, as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, I organized a candidate forum in Springfield the evening before the day the IRP SCC elected Andy McKenna as the IRP chairman. Participants in that forum were John Cox, Stephen McGlynn, McKenna, and Jim Nalepa. Jim Oberweis wanted to participate, but could not. Back then, IRP SCC members let the candidates give their presentations in an open forum before they voted in a closed session. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Which of the four candidates for IRP chairman (Salvi, Grogan, Gryder, and Stowe) do you want your IRP SCC member to vote for and why? In my opinion, the IRP should publish on its website the candidates’ letter/document outlining their vision for the IRP, a list of the those who submitted letters of recommendation for them, and their biography and/or professional resume. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How could a registered Republican voter in Illinois have input on the May 18 IRP SCC chairman election? One route would be providing input to their Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) who would provide that input it to his/her IRP SCC member. RPCs elect IRP SCC members. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Google AI, serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I survived for 7 years as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. During that time, I invited speakers for all 78 of the organization’s monthly meetings, August picnics, and December Christmas parties. I should list all those who spoke at those events. My critics/opponents always demonized, denigrated, and condemned those who spoke at those events. To end my TAPROOT chairmanship and to destroy TAPROOT in 2012, my critics/opponents had their TAPROOT officers and their TAPROOT directors charge me with gross incompetence. They argued/shouted that anyone could do a better job of heading TAPROOT than I did. Previously, to end my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee (SC) and to destroy ICRC in 2007, they almost got their ICRC SC members to get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on IRP SCC members since 1999. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— Seattle contemplates a state of emergency because of red state LGBTQ migrants
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/seattle_contemplates_a_state_of_emergency_because_of_red_state_lgbtq_migrants.html
TOWNHALL
— The GOP’s Midterm Reversal of Fortune
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/05/18/the-gops-midterm-reversal-of-fortune-n2676169
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
AOL
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.aol.com/articles/fbi-veteran-claims-kash-patel-173044000.html
USA TODAY
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/05/18/trump-massie-revenge-republican-kentucky-primary/90058239007/
SEATTLE TIMES
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/cassidy-tried-to-get-along-with-trump-after-his-impeachment-vote-retribution-came-anyway/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Career: You need sponsors more than mentors. DD: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors got rid of my sponsors. My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my IRS sponsor who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my GAO sponsor who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986 and to promote me in 1986.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/no-one-cares-about-your-gpa-and-more-career-advice-for-new-grads-2696c174
FROM THE ARTICLE: These terms sound similar, but “there’s a difference,” researcher Emily Riley told me when we discussed her study of women who have cracked the top 1% of U.S. earners. The distinction comes down to advocacy. Mentors dispense good advice. Sponsors lobby for you to get that stretch assignment or promotion. “Mentorship is valuable because you always want to learn, but sponsorship is really where the power lives,” Riley says.)
May 17, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media demonize, denigrate, and condemn Grasso.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/15/restaurant-owner-indiana-gambling-case-outfit-beating-plot/
— DD: Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/17/donald-trump-conservatism-republican-party-future-thomas-massie-justin-amash-midterms/
— FRONT PAGE: Illinois passed a law to expose diversity gaps at top nonprofits. Almost none are complying. DD: Anticipate/expect that under the Democrats and under the RINOs, as time goes on, more and more and more leaders in Illinois will be: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/17/illinois-nonprofits-diversity/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As June 2024 came to a close, Gov. JB Pritzker was characteristically bullish while he marked the end of Pride Month by signing into law a requirement that Illinois’ largest nonprofit foundations disclose the demographic makeup of their boards of directors and officers. “Here in Illinois, we reject hate, bigotry, and discrimination and embrace the ethos of Pride through not only our laws but through our actions and shared values,” Pritzker said in a statement released after a bill signing event at the Fat Cat bar and restaurant in Uptown. He soon added that the disclosure requirement represented an expansion of his “administration’s work to better serve the LGBTQ+ community of Illinois. But nearly two years later, the measure has shed little light on who actually runs these organizations — and may never do so. As of mid-April, only three of the largest grantmaking foundations in Illinois had published the required demographic information on their websites as the law outlines — disclosing the makeup of their leadership across categories including LGBTQ+ identity, gender, race and ethnicity, disability status and military service: the MacArthur Foundation, the Polk Bros. Foundation and the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, according to a Tribune review. A fourth, the Chicago Community Trust, had some demographic information available on its website and added more data after being contacted by the Tribune.)
— Aurora residents push for way to recall a sitting mayor and at-large aldermen from office
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/17/aurora-residents-push-for-way-to-recall-a-sitting-mayor-and-at-large-aldermen-from-office/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/05/16/u-of-c-faculty-and-parents-protest-lab-school-policy-they-say-limits-classroom-discussion-inclusion
CBS2
— CPS high school under fire for slavery-themed play
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/video-shows-students-at-cps-high-school-reenacting-a-slave-auction/3936610/
SHAW LOCAL
— Wheaton: Single-family home sells for $2.5 million
https://www.shawlocal.com/real-estate/2026/05/16/wheaton-single-family-home-sells-for-25-million/
LEGAL NEWSLINE
— Lawsuit: D300 secretly gender transitioned student; Seeks to nix IL gender ‘guidance,’ too
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/lawsuit-d300-secretly-gender-transitioned-student-seeks-to-nix-il-gender-guidance-too/article_a3d9c85a-e5f5-40b8-baf9-a0ae24119471.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: Why do pollical parities and their organizations exist? ANSWER: To help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Illinois Republican Party (IRP) exists to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance its IRP platform. The platform is conservative. I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. During that time, I invited speakers for all 78 of the organization’s monthly meetings, August picnics, and December Christmas parties. I routinely took the chairman’s prerogative and asked candidates who spoke at those events the first question after they spoke. I asked them if it would be correct to say that if elected, they would defend and advance all the planks in the IRP platform. Of course, the more planks in the IRP platform that they rejected, the more furious that they were against me. The more planks in the IRP platform that candidates rejected, the more that they rejected my invitations to speak. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: Which planks in the Republican Party platform do RINOs most commonly reject? ANSWER: 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). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— In Illinois, ever-increasingly, leaders make it clear that their top priority is advancing those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. To do that is to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The aforesaid destroys meritocracy and destroys everything else. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Kathy Salvi, Bob Grogan, Scott Gryder, and Lawrence Stowe are candidates for Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman. The 17 IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members will cast their weighted votes tomorrow, Monday, May 18, in Springfield. The three IRP SCC members with the greatest weighted vote are Zach Emberton (15th CD) with 16.5%, Rhonda Belford (12th CD) with 15.9%, and Jim Rule (16th CD) with 10.2%. Other IRP SCC members include Grogan (6th CD) with 5.9%, Aaron Del Mar (5th CD) with 3.3%, and Mike Flynn (3rd CD) with 2.7%. In 2005, as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, I organized a candidate forum in Springfield the evening before the day the IRP SCC elected Andy McKenna as the IRP chairman. Participants in that forum were John Cox, Stephen McGlynn, McKenna, and Jim Nalepa. Jim Oberweis wanted to participate, but could not. Back then, IRP SCC members let the candidates give their presentations in an open forum before they voted in a closed session. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Which of the four candidates for IRP chairman (Kathy Salvi, Bob Grogan, Scott Gryder, and Lawrence Stowe) do you want your IRP SCC to vote for and why? In my opinion, the IRP should publish on its website the candidates’ letter/document outlining their vision for the IRP, a list of the those who submitted letters of recommendation for them, and their biography and/or professional resume. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How could a registered Republican voter in Illinois have input on the May 18 IRP SCC chairman election? One route would be providing input to their Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) who would provide that input it to his/her IRP SCC member. RPCs elect IRP SCC members. – Dave Diersen
— According to Google AI, serving as the chairman of a political organization is a thankless job. I survived for 7 years as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. During that time, I invited speakers for all 78 of the organization’s monthly meetings, August picnics, and December Christmas parties. I should list all those who spoke at those events. My critics/opponents always demonized, denigrated, and condemned those who spoke at those events. To end my TAPROOT chairmanship and to destroy TAPROOT in 2012, my critics/opponents had their TAPROOT officers and their TAPROOT directors charge me with gross incompetence. They argued/shouted that anyone could do a better job of heading TAPROOT than I did. Previously, to end my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee (SC) and to destroy ICRC in 2007, they almost got their ICRC SC members to get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
JOHN KASS
— Are Boss Hog Democrats Pushing Vallas Into Next Year’s 2027 Chicago Mayoral Race?
https://johnkassnews.com/weasel-democrats-pushing-vallas-into-chicago-mayoral-race/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— The Contest for State Republican Party Chairman (woman)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/15/the-contest-for-state-republican-party-chairman-woman/
— “Spencer Pratt Is the Single Best Campaigner of His Generation and It’s Not Even Close”: Lego Movie Song Ridicule
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/17/spencer-pratt-is-the-single-best-campaigner-of-his-general-and-its-not-even-close/
— Want to See How a Republican Might Become Mayor in Los Angeles
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/14/want-to-see-how-a-more-or-less-conservative-might-become-mayor-in-los-angelos/
— Income Losses from People Moving Out of Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/17/income-losses-from-people-moving-out-of-illinois/
— We’re Number One in Another Tax Comparison Study – Taxes 17% of Income
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/16/were-number-one-in-another-tax-comparison-study-taxes-17-of-income/
— Comparing Inflation Under Trump and Biden
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/16/comparing-inflation-under-trump-and-biden/
— Corbett Releases Internet Ad Attacking Both Pritzker and Bailey
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/17/corbett-releases-internet-ad-attacking-both-pritzker-and-bailey/
— Trump Store Makes the Tribune Again
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/16/trump-store-makes-the-tribune-again/
— Chuck Percy’s Thoughtfulness
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/16/chuck-percys-thoughtfulness/
— Ready for a Four-Story Building Next to Your Lakefront Home or Anywhere in Town?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/15/ready-for-a-four-story-building-next-to-your-lakefront-home/
— Citizens Urged to Contact Legislators to Stop State Government from Taking Control of Local Zoning
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/14/citizens-urged-to-contact-legislators-to-stop-state-government-from-taking-control-of-local-zoning/
— Democrat Congressional Map Challenged for Being Race Drawn
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/14/democrat-congressional-map-challenged-for-being-race-drawn/
— Teachers Union Exec Well Summarizes Problem of Megaproject PILOT Plot in Chicago Tribune
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/14/tribune-well-summarizes-problem-of-megaproject-pilot-plot/
— Steve Reick Returns with Analysis of Bears’ Bailout Bill
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/12/steve-reick-returns-with-analysis-of-bears-bailout-bill/
— Trump Wants To Dump 19 Cent Federal Gas Tax, But Illinois Still Charges 48.3 Cents a Gallon, Plus Sales Tax on the Gas Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/11/trump-wants-to-dump-19-cent-federal-gas-tax-but-illinois-still-charges-48-3-cents-a-gallon-plus-sales-tax-on-the-gas-tax/
— Nick Shirley To Headline June 12th State GOP Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/11/nick-shirley-to-headline-june-12th-state-gop-fundraiser/
— Why Morton Salt Left Illinois for Kansas
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/10/why-morton-salt-left-illinois-for-kansas/
— Illinois Christian Congressional Rankings: From 2.3% to 92.3%
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/10/illinois-christian-congressional-rankings-from-2-3-to-92-3/
— Illegal Who Had Bonded Out of Kane County Jail Sentenced To a Year in Prison for Assaulting ICE Officers and Biting Kane County Deputy Sheriff
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/13/illegal-who-had-bonded-out-of-kane-county-jail-sentenced-to-a-year-in-prison-for-assaulting-ice-officers-and-kane-county-deputy-sheriff/
— Federal Court Ruling Could End Up Endangering Every County’s Taxpayers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/13/federal-court-ruling-could-end-up-endangering-mchenry-county-taxpayers/
— In McHenry County Only Harvard and Crystal Lake High 155 Schools Completely Prohibit Home School Kids from Extracurricular Activities
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/12/only-harvard-and-crystal-lake-high-schools-prohibit-home-school-kids-from-extraocular-participation/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Woke New School kept anti-Israel ‘ringleader’ on despite arrest
https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/us-news/new-school-quietly-hires-controversial-professor-who-led-anti-israel-campus-protests/
— ‘SNL’ can’t stop making fun of conservatives, Trump
https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/us-news/snl-cant-stop-making-fun-of-conservatives-trump-and-unbelievable-data-proves-it/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— The Marxist playbook to change America
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/05/16/the-marxist-playbook-to-change-america-1639295/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Rutgers promotes month-long ‘GAYpril’ with drag shows, ‘queer’ films.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/rutgers-promotes-month-long-gaypril-drag-shows-queer-films/29858
CENTER FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Asylum Applicants Are Skipping Immigration Court at Record Levels. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders have always outrageously, disgustingly, unethically, and treasonously hinted/implied/argued/shouted at citizens of foreign countries that they should falsely claim asylum in America.
https://cis.org/Arthur/DOJ-Asylum-Applicants-Are-Skipping-Immigration-Court-Record-Levels
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Anti-ICE ‘Protests’ are Propaganda Disguised as Citizen Activism
https://www.fairus.org/anti-ice-protests-are-propaganda-disguised-citizen-activism
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Alma College Religious Studies Students Taught Lessons On Imperialism, ‘Queer/Trans Antagonism.’ Students in the program “reflect upon how systems of oppression — such as racism, colonialism, patriarchy and queer/trans antagonism.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/05/alma-college-religious-studies-students-taught-lessons-on-imperialism-queer-trans-antagonism/
LEWISTON TRIBUNE
— The left’s ‘war on poverty’ created the victims of victimhood. DD: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, if you have money problems, it is because those who are the following discriminate against you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.lmtribune.com/opinion/the-lefts-war-on-poverty-created-the-victims-of-victimhood-95a641ef
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The left’s compassion has inflicted a terrible price on America’s poor. In 1964, former President Lyndon B. Johnson declared an “unconditional war on poverty.” He warned it “will not be a short or easy struggle,” but that “the richest Nation on earth can afford to win it.” He was right that it wouldn’t be a short or easy struggle. Johnson and Congress created a host of new federal programs, including the Job Corps, Head Start and the Office of Economic Opportunity. His “Great Society” programs included Medicare and Medicaid. In 1965, he signed a housing bill that included rent subsidies. It’s grown from there. In 2022, the Cato Institute reported, “the federal government funds more than 100 separate anti-poverty programs.” But Johnson was wrong about two things. First, the U.S. couldn’t afford it. Government, at the federal, state and local levels, has spent more than $30 trillion fighting poverty. For context, the national debt is more than $39 trillion. Second, the U.S. didn’t defeat poverty, which was already falling when he announced this effort. In 1960, the poverty rate was 22.2%. In 1964, it had dropped to 19%. By 1968, it was at 12.8%. For the next few decades, the rate was always within 3 percentage points, up or down, of 13%. In 2024, the poverty rate was 10.6%. It is possible to defeat poverty. The key isn’t government money, but better individual choices.)
NEW AMERICAN
— Wokeness Is Dead? Think Again: The Statue Serial Killers Are Still at It. San Francisco’s Pioneer Monument is now being targeted as part of the Left’s ongoing effort to “deconstruct our history.”
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/wokeness-is-dead-think-again-the-statue-serial-killers-are-still-at-it/
TOWNHALL
— RINO Sen. Bill Cassidy Loses Historic Louisiana Senate Primary Race
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/05/16/rino-sen-bill-cassidy-loses-historic-senate-primary-race-n2676213
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/us/politics/trump-flexes-hold-on-gop-even-as-it-braces-for-midterm-backlash.html
USA TODAY
— DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasingly shout at women that men cause all the problems that women have.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/diversity-is-down-across-the-boardroom-it-s-bad-news-for-women/ar-AA23cUnX
CBS NEWS
— Tens of thousands of demonstrators descended on central London on Saturday for a rally organized by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, with supporters framing the event as a protest against the erosion of British identity. Police estimated that around 60,000 people attended the “Unite the Kingdom” march, making it one of the largest right-wing mobilizations seen in Britain in recent years
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/london-unite-the-kingdom-march-tommy-robinson/
CBS LOS ANGELES
— Dodgers to unveil permanent display honoring LGBTQ players Billy Bean, Glenn Burke on Pride Night
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/dodgers-to-unveil-permanent-display-honoring-lgbtq-players-billy-bean-glenn-burke-on-pride-night/ar-AA233D7D
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: My critics/opponents want Pritzker to build public housing in my precinct.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/yimby-has-arrived-in-illinois-and-some-cities-dont-like-it-1d21f742
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Trump rants about Republican enemy Bill Cassidy before Louisiana election loss: ‘Sleazebag, terrible guy, disloyal disaster.’ DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.aol.co.uk/articles/trump-rants-republican-enemy-amid-173701670.html
May 15, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— US students performing worse in school than 10 years ago. DD: Democrats run education in America.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-students-performing-worse-school-10-years-ago-education-scorecard-researchers-harvard-stanford-dartmouth/19101276/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/supreme-court-preserves-access-to-abortion-pill/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage County approves a 35% raise for its board chair. Taxpayers should ask why.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/15/dupage-county-deb-conroy-raises-illinois-legislature/
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win elections unless the racially gerrymander.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/14/south-suburban-black-leaders-southern-redistricting/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies against America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/15/column-defense-budget-pete-hegseth-shackelford/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Has Facebook begun the long slide toward ruin?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/05/14/facebook-popularity-decline-meta-mark-zuckerberg
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give Blacks more preference. To keep my Black subordinate from leaving GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and gave him my job and my preferred corner office. He had less education than I had, he had less work experience than I had, he had one professional certification while I had six, and he had no professional license like the one I had.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/05/14/redistricting-black-white-voters-democrat-republican-trump-s-e-cupp
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300 is being sued by a parent who claims her constitutional rights were violated when the district aided her child’s gender transition without parental involvement. The lawsuit was filed this week in federal court on behalf of the mother of a high school student. DD: In your school district, how strongly do Democrat teachers push LGBTQ?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260514/news/parent-sues-district-300-over-students-gender-transition/
DURBIN
— Durbin Speaks Against Extreme, Unqualified Trump U.S. Attorney Nominees. DD: GAO works for Congress. Durbin was one of my U.S. Senators when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Of course, Durbin did not speak out against that. My Democrat GAO superiors gave my job to my Democrat Black subordinate who had less education than I had, who had less work experience than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/videos/view/durbin-speaks-against-extreme-unqualified-trump-us-attorney-nominees
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Dems fine-tune midterm message
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/14/illinois-democrats-midterm-message-00922460
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-525/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEWS TALK ST. LOUIS
— Dabrowski on gerrymandering, jobs and outmigration in Illinois
https://omny.fm/shows/newstalk-stl/ted-dabrowski-of-wirepoints-5-12-2026
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to Google AI, Trump exhibits hostility toward federal employees. Federal employees are demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being lazy, incompetent, and grossly overpaid. How hostile are you toward federal employees and retirees? My critics/opponents have always been hostile toward federal employees and retirees. I was cursed as being a postal employee 1966-1969, an IRS employee 1971-1980, and a GAO employee 1980-1997. I have been cursed as being a federal retiree since 1997. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to take the postal employment test with him. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I would not have become a GAO employee in 1980 if my Democrat IRS superiors had not made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. Further, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were always hostile toward me because I am a Republican, because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, and because I benefitted from rights that federal employees have to transfer between federal agencies. Further, while I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS, I worked for their Collection Division. IRS employees who work for other IRS divisions look down on IRS Collection Division employees. Further, while I worked the Democrats who ran GAO, they stressed that GAO is part of the legislative branch. They looked down on executive branch employees like I had been for almost 12 years. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago drug store closure is another case study in Leftist failure.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4568031/chicago-drug-store-closure-case-study-leftist-failure/
— One in five Fairfax County residents is an illegal immigrant or lives with one.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4568989/fairfax-county-illegal-immigrants-david-bier-cato-institute/
— DD: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout at those who are the following that conservatives cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are noncitizen.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/conservatives-must-embrace-personal-responsibility-and-reject-victimhood/ar-AA231zZA
CITY JOURNAL
— Straight White Males Strongly Encouraged Not to Apply
https://www.city-journal.org/article/straight-white-males-strongly-encouraged-not-to-apply
COLLEGE FIX
— White males need not apply: Universities continue to hire faculty that meet diversity quotas
https://www.thecollegefix.com/white-males-need-not-apply-universities-continue-hire-faculty-meet-diversity-quotas/
— 6 to 1: Democratic speakers dominate 2026 commencement stages at Top 100 universities.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/democrats-outnumber-graduation-speakers-6-to-1/
DAILY CITIZEN
— SPLC Has Been Poisoning Pupils’ Minds for Years
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/the-splc-has-been-poisoning-pupils-minds-for-years/
DAILY SIGNAL
— It’s All According to Plan: Protesters Target Jewish Area in Mamdani’s NYC
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/14/protesters-target-jewish-mamdanist/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— DOJ Targets Criminals and Terror Suspects for Denaturalization
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/doj-targets-criminals-and-terror-suspects-denaturalization
FOX NEWS
— Hundreds of criminals now UNTRACEABLE in Illinois. Cook County officials admitted they lost track of hundreds of people on electronic monitoring systems, including 21 charged with murder.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6395547655112
EPOCH TIMES
— The Age of Cultural Tribalism Has Begun. Why We’ve Become Increasingly Siloed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qov9Ukqb3RE
INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY STUDIES
— Modern Marriage. DD: I owe my successes in life to my parents and to their traditional marriage.
https://ifstudies.org/blog/modern-marriage-for-our-kids
NATIONAL REVIEW
— DEI or DIE: White Males Need Not Apply
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/dei-or-die-white-males-need-not-apply/
NEW AMERICAN
— SCOTUS Redistricting Decision Just Ended Affirmative Action — for House Democrats
https://thenewamerican.com/us/scotus-redistricting-decision-just-ended-affirmative-action-for-house-democrats/
USA FACTS
— Immigrants were 18.9% of employed workers in Illinois in 2024. Immigrants are defined as foreign-born residents, including those who became US citizens, are authorized to work in the US, or are undocumented residents. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://usafacts.org/answers/what-percent-of-the-workforce-in-the-us-are-immigrants/state/illinois/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump promised to hold 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo. A year later, it’s mostly empty.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-guantanamo-bay-migrants/
MSN
— Gita Gopinath slams all-male US-China summit
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/end-of-meritocracy-gita-gopinath-slams-all-male-us-china-summit/ar-AA23c8Hu
— DD: Those who speak for Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that Democrats hate Republicans and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/reid-claims-america-was-built-by-weak-chinned-mediocre-white-men/ss-AA23b1HG
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/opinion/trump-arrives-china-xi-beijing.html
— DD: Yale medical school favors Black applicants. My Democrat GAO superiors favored my Black subordinate. They forced me to retire and gave him my job and my preferred corner office. He had less education than I had, he had less work experience than I had, he had one professional certification while I had six, and he had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/us/politics/doj-lawsuit-yale-medical.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Republicans: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Democrats: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/05/14/redistricting-census-shed-light-democrats-immigration-stand/
— Why the U.S. job market is so hard, especially for recent college graduates. DD: When you earned your bachelor’s degree, what harmed your job search? For me, it was potential employers seeing me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Further, potential employers were under tremendous pressure from Democrat elected officials to hire Democrats who were minority, female, and/or veteran and I was none of the aforesaid. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got. But it was for a job that did not really require a college degree.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/13/why-us-job-market-is-so-hard-recent-college-graduates/
USA TODAY
— DD: According to Democrats and to RINOs, when Whites and males do better than minorities and females, it is because Whites and males discriminate against minorities and females. Virtually all their employees who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors assigned me to supervise were Democrats who were minority and/or female. They blamed me for all the problems that my subordinates had.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/05/14/trump-dei-crackdown-fewer-women-boardroom/90069767007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is a liberal Democrat who hates those who are conservative, Republicans, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/13/catholic-church-fights-border-wall-on-sacred-mountain/90062506007/
WSJ
— The Congressional Pension Racket
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-congressional-pension-racket-b2fd3eac
FORBES
— 10 Scholarships And Grants For Adults Going Back To School. DD: I went back to school when I was 23 in 1972. I started taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola. But by then, it was too late.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/student-loans/scholarships-for-adults/
GAO
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those who are the following will be ever-increasingly under-represented: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-106320
LAW & LIBERTY
— Embracing the American Family. DD: I owe my successes in life to my parents and to their traditional marriage.
https://lawliberty.org/book-review/why-the-decline-of-marriage-matters/
BROOKINGS
— 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, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to accomplish the aforesaid because I benefitted from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-sequence-of-personal-responsibility/
CATO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.cato.org/testimony/fairfax-virginia-highlights-the-value-of-immigration-to-the-country
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Gita Gopinath calls out lack of female representation at US-China high-level talks. Gita Gopinath’s post about the all-male Xi-Trump meet has gone viral.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/us/gita-gopinath-calls-out-lack-of-female-representation-at-us-china-high-level-talks-101778819282136-amp.html
GUARDIAN
— Photo of US-China delegation criticized over absence of women: ‘masculine, militarized and exclusionary.’ ‘Backward’ photo panned for display of patriarchy, signaling that ‘women’s voices don’t matter in shaping global order.’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/14/us-china-delegation-photo-no-women
ECONOMIST
— The Republican Party has lurched towards populism and illiberalism. DD: My critics/opponents in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization would love it if I would leave the Republican Party and join the Conservative Party of Illinois. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(United_States)#Illinois
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/10/31/the-republican-party-has-lurched-towards-populism-and-illiberalism
May 9, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote women over men.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-rep-lauren-underwood-new-host-womens-power-brunch-jan-schakowsky-retires-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-keynote-speaker/19065999/
NBC5
— The current Republican candidate for DuPage County board chairman and long-time mayor of Burr Ridge Gary Grasso is standing up for his town’s quasi-celebrity chef and accused outfit operative Gigi Rovito.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/burr-ridge-mayor-goes-to-bat-for-accused-outfit-operative-gigi-rovito/3933255/
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/05/06/daca-recipients-legal-limbo-renewal-application-delays-mount
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrats leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-first-year-donald-trump/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Obama Presidential Center helped by $123 million in public infrastructure improvements. There’s more work planned at the site, with the final cost likely to approach $200 million.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/architecture-design/2026/05/09/obama-presidential-center-123-million-cdot-public-infrastructure-improvements
— DD: Democrat leaders know they cannot win without gerrymandering. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/05/08/black-political-representation-supreme-court-voter-rights-act-marc-morial
DAILY HERALD
— McHenry County conservatives plan ‘Rally of the Silent Majority’ May 17
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260508/news/mchenry-county-conservatives-plan-rally-of-the-silent-majority-may-17/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2026/05/08/downers-grove-commissioner-angered-by-rhetoric-that-accompanied-request-to-end-villages-pride-month/
NPR
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy trump.
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/09/nx-s1-5816844/abc-trump-administration-free-speech
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders use the Pope to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/world/ap-vatican-sending-new-signals-of-openness-but-limitations-in-outreach-to-lgbtq-catholics/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Google settles racial discrimination lawsuit for $50 million. Google has reached a settlement with Black employees who alleged systemic racial disparities in hiring, pay, and advancement in a lawsuit filed in 2022. DD: Of course, Google sides with GAO in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf . GAO forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and replaced me with my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no CPA license like I had.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/google-settles-racial-discrimination-lawsuit-for-50-million/article_7ebb4b93-b69c-5e8a-b9da-588722c30153.html
CHAMBANA TODAY
— Aaron Del Mar joins Darren Bailey to push pro-business, bipartisan agenda in Illinois. Former Palatine councilman emphasizes experience, collaboration, and statewide governance in campaign for Lieutenant Governor.
https://chambanatoday.com/news/298892-aaron-del-mar-joins-darren-bailey-to-push-pro-business-bipartisan-agenda-in-illinois/
ELMHURST PATCH
— Lawsuit: DuPage Sheriff Retaliated Against Sergeant Over Bias Complaint. The sergeant alleged a superior treated white deputies better. But a county panel said the allegations were based on rumors, not facts. DD: I introduced many facts in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf . My Democrat GAO superiors retaliated against me because I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation since 1988. They forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. The always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They kept me off audits of IRS since 1988. They refused to promote me to GS-14. Previously, they delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13. They kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1986. They forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, to transfer from IRS in 1980.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/amp/34089000/dupage-sheriff-retaliated-against-sergeant-over-bias-complaint-lawsuit
WHEATON PATCH
— Public Hearing Set For Planned Renovation, Addition To Islamic Center Of Wheaton. Islamic Center of Wheaton is seeking approval for renovations and a 34,000 square foot addition to house a youth center and classrooms.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/public-hearing-set-planned-renovation-addition-islamic-center-wheaton
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-521/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Pritzker Sued by Jeanne Ives Over Gerrymandered Districts And Illinois Voting Rights Act.
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2026/05/gov-pritzker-sued-over-gerrymandered-districts-and-illinois-voting-rights-act/
NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS CAMPAIGN WATCH
— The Negative Impact of Negative Campaigning on Political Campaigns in Northeastern Illinois. DD: Ever since my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, to discourage/stop me from running for a government office or for a political office, my critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have done everything that they could to destroy me. They most feared that I would run for DuPage County Auditor a) because I had worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, b) because I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years before that, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, c) because had I passed the CPA examination and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, d) because I had become a licensed CPA, e) because I had become a certified fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, and f) because I had master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I should write about my critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and the many big adverse actions that have had their operatives and their dupes take against me.
https://www.jacobsforillinois.com/the-impact-of-negative-campaigning-on-political-campaigns-in-northeastern-illinois
— The Power of Grassroots Organizations in Political Campaigns in Northeastern Illinois. DD: My critics/opponents hinted/implied that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate groups. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.jacobsforillinois.com/the-vital-role-of-grassroots-organizations-in-political-campaigns-in-northeastern-illinois
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The State Is Not a Parent
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/child-exploitation/the-state-is-not-a-parent/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— How a Supreme Court bombshell is redrawing the congressional map before November.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/8/video-supreme-court-bombshell-redrawing-congressional-map-november/
— IRS pays millions of dollars in erroneous tax breaks to noncitizens.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/8/irs-pays-millions-dollars-erroneous-tax-breaks-noncitizens/
NEW YORK POST
— Migrants choosing to voluntarily give up asylum claims surge under Trump admin.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/08/us-news/migrants-choosing-to-voluntarily-give-up-asylum-claims-surge/
— WHCD shooting suspect Cole Allen wants 2 top prosecutors (Blanche and Pirro) booted from his case
https://nypost.com/2026/05/08/us-news/whcd-shooting-suspect-cole-allen-wants-2-top-prosecutors-booted-from-his-case/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Pritzker Lied Defending the SAFE-T Act, Now a Chicago Police Officer Is Dead. Lenient judges and offenders who know how to game the system are a major problem.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/05/09/pritzker-lied-defending-the-safe-t-act-now-a-chicago-police-officer-is-dead/
BREITBART
— DHS Hires Debt Agencies to Collect Federal Fines on Illegal Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/05/08/dhs-hires-debt-agencies-to-collect-federal-fines-on-illegal-migrants/
CITY JOURNAL
— In Higher Ed, the Constitution Is Optional. DEI Is Not. Universities emphasize diversity, equity, and inclusion over civics—and produce uninformed citizens hostile to free expression.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/universities-dei-civics-education
— May Day Madness with the Chicago Teachers Union. Before students can engage in civic action, they must first learn to read and write.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/chicago-teachers-union-public-school-students-may-day
FEDERALIST
— Hochul Doesn’t Want Deportations Because She Needs Illegals For Apportionment.
https://thefederalist.com/videos/lyman-kathy-hochul-doesnt-want-deportations-because-she-needs-illegals-for-apportionment/
— To Stop Radicalizing America’s Youth, Yale Needs To Change A Lot More Than Its Mission Statement
https://thefederalist.com/2026/05/08/to-stop-radicalizing-americas-youth-yale-needs-to-change-a-lot-more-than-its-mission-statement/
FOX NEWS
— Number of K-12 public school students has declined in more than half of states. The New York Times claimed that experts say the nation’s falling fertility rate is the largest factor.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/number-k-12-public-school-students-declined-half-states-report-indicates
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Another Day in D.C., Another Amnesty Deal Attempt for Illegal Immigrants
https://www.heritage.org/border-security/commentary/another-day-dc-another-amnesty-deal-attempt-illegal-immigrants
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The ABA’s DEI Shell Game
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/the-abas-dei-shell-game/
TOWNHALL
— How Democrats Plan to Hold On to Power
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/05/08/victor-davis-hanson-reveals-the-democrats-plan-to-hold-on-to-power-n2675725
https://wcbm.com/national-headline/victor-davis-hanson-reveals-how-democrats-plan-to-hold-on-to-power/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders use the Pope to promote LGBTQ.
https://apnews.com/article/vatican-lgbtq-pope-b58b0ac6e1ec26d4285aaa5502eb90ba
MSN
— DD: MSN exists to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
FORBES
— How To Find The Right Mentor At Every Career Stage. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980, who was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS in 1986, and who promoted me in 1986.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/cynthiapong/2026/01/18/how-to-find-the-right-mentor-at-every-career-stage/
BARRON’S
— Wealthy Parents. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. Because of that, they did not have to work their way through college like I had to. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. All that harmed my GPA.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/wealthy-parents-have-turned-into-banks-for-their-children-why-thats-a-problem-f6f1878b
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Work your way through college. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. Because of that, they did not have to work their way through college like I had to. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. All that harmed my GPA.
https://www.businessinsider.com/paying-for-college-mom-making-kids-pay-tuition-2026-5
BUSINESS
— Top 5 Accounting and Finance Certifications to Get Ahead. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997. I should write about their attitude toward accounting certifications and licenses. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled the aforesaid. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.business.com/articles/best-accounting-finance-certifications/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Certified Government Financial Manager. Those interested in government accounting, financial reporting, auditing and budget planning at the local, state or federal level should consider the Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) certification offered by the Association of Government Accountants (AGA). According to the AGA, CGFM-certified professionals demonstrate mastery of governmental accounting standards, financial reporting and internal controls — skills that are in consistent demand across federal, state and local agencies. Salary data reflects that demand. According to ZipRecruiter, CGFM professionals earn an average salary of about $86,000 per year in the United States, with top earners making around $117,500. To obtain a CGFM certification, candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree and have at least two years of professional experience in government financial management. . .3. CPA. The CPA is considered the crème de la crème of accounting certifications. CPAs can work for public- or private-sector organizations or as consultants. These professionals can handle various tasks, such as maintaining financial records, corporate finance, budget oversight, tax preparation and financial planning. Some CPAs earn additional certifications and take on more specialized roles, such as auditing internal financial records, using forensic accounting techniques to detect financial crimes or working as fraud examiners. Each state, along with several U.S. jurisdictions, certifies and licenses CPAs through its board of accountancy, so you’ll need to research your state’s specific requirements. Most states require at least a bachelor’s degree and additional accounting coursework, often totaling 150 college credit hours. AccountingEdu.org and the Association of International Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) CPA Exam page are good starting points for determining the requirements you’ll need to meet. ZipRecruiter reports that CPAs earn about $92,000 annually in the United States. CPAs who also hold a CMA certification can command significantly higher compensation, with some combined credential holders earning well above $100,000 annually.)
ACCOUNTING TODAY
— U.S. Department of Education rejects accounting for graduate and professional degree programs that can receive student loans of up to $200,000. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. I should write about his attitude toward accounting. Bowsher was a veteran. Bowsher was a consultant. He was not a CPA. He was not a licensed CPA. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled the aforesaid. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/education-dept-rejects-accounting-as-professional-degree
CPA JOURNAL
— Valuable Credential Opportunities for Contemporary Accounting Professionals. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination my first attempt in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled that. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.cpajournal.com/2020/11/01/valuable-credential-opportunities-for-contemporary-accounting-professionals/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The CIA certification has been identified as a top certification valued by employers (Robert Half 2018, 2019). The CIA credential demonstrates competence for individuals working with both internal staff and external clients in areas such as risk, control, and information technology. A candidate must have a minimum of an associate’s degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university. If the candidate does not have either credential, approval can be granted for candidates with seven years’ verified experience in internal audit or its equivalent. To obtain the certification, the candidate must have at least 60 months of internal auditing experience. A bachelor’s degree can substitute for 24 months of this experience requirement, and a master’s degree can substitute for 12 additional months.)
FAST COMPANY
— Overqualified. DD: As I got older, I ever-increasingly had more qualifications than my superiors. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned a job-related master’s degree when I was 27. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. I earned a job-related master’s degree when I was 48. Consequently, my superiors ever-increasingly ignored, dismissed, belittled, if not badmouthed my qualifications. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91472821/overqualified-isnt-a-compliment-its-a-hiring-risk-label-overqualified-hiring-risk
HR BREW
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers will never stop using Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/88-of-companies-globally-still-include-diversity-and-inclusion-in-workforce-reports
OTHER SOURCES
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS
— Consumer Guide: Understanding Condo Ownership. DD: Have you owned condos? I have owned a condo in Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville since 2020. I owned a condo in University Park 1972-1984. I owned a condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago 1974-1978.
https://www.nar.realtor/the-facts/consumer-guide-understanding-condo-ownership