DUPAGE GOP
— PRESS RELEASE: DuPage County GOP Brings Together Nearly 200 Republicans for Statewide Candidate Rally
Bloomingdale, IL — October 6, 2026 — Nearly 200 Republicans from across Illinois gathered Monday evening at Bloomingdale Golf Club as the DuPage County Republican Party hosted a statewide candidate rally featuring the Republican candidates running for statewide office in the November 3 General Election.
The enthusiastic crowd included Republicans from several counties across Illinois, along with dozens of local candidates, elected officials, township Republican leaders and grassroots activists.
Illinois Republican Party Chairman Bob Grogan served as master of ceremonies and welcomed attendees before introducing DuPage County Republican leaders and township Republican chairmen from throughout the county.
The evening featured remarks from Republican candidates for statewide office, including Darren Bailey for Governor, Aaron Del Mar for Lieutenant Governor, Don Tracy for U.S. Senate, Bob Fioretti for Attorney General, Diane Harris for Secretary of State, Bryan Drew for Comptroller and Max Solomon for Treasurer.
Local and congressional candidates also addressed the crowd, including Sean Noonan for DuPage County Sheriff, Patricia Kladis-Schiappa for DuPage County Clerk, Niki Conforti for Congress in Illinois’ 6th District, Lupe Castillo for Congress in Illinois’ 4th District, Rob Vrankovich for State Representative in the 47th District, Pedro Mendoza for State Representative in the 46th District, Laura Hois for State Representative in the 81st District, and Eric Poplanski for DuPage County Board.
The candidates delivered what organizers described as a message of less government, lower taxes and greater accountability, while encouraging voters to make a plan to participate in the November election.
Following the formal program, candidates met with supporters, posed for photographs and distributed campaign yard signs.
Republican Leadership From Across DuPage
Grogan introduced Republican township leadership from throughout DuPage County, including:
• Mike Musson, Wayne Township
• Dave Rogers, Bloomingdale Township
• Art Woods, Addison Township Vice Chairman
• Jerry Evans, Winfield Township
• Jeff Castle, Milton Township and DCRCC Secretary
• Dan Kordik, York Township
• Andy Manno, Naperville Township
• Becky Rudolph, Lisle Township and DCRCC Vice Chair
• Tony Schiappa, Downers Grove Township
Elected officials and local Republican leaders from DuPage and surrounding counties also attended, including State Senator Seth Lewis, Will County Board Member Mark Revis, LaSalle County GOP Chairman Chris Lukow, Barrington Township Republican Committeeman Terry Yormark II, and numerous municipal and school board officials.
“A Sign That We Are Not Just Preaching to the Choir”
Grogan highlighted the energy in the room and the broad mix of attendees.
“On top of a great crowd with great energy was the fact that the room was filled with so many unfamiliar faces. That is a sign that we are not just preaching to the choir.”
DuPage County Republican Chairman Kevin Coyne said the rally demonstrated the strength of the Republican ticket from the statewide level to local races.
“It was a wonderful event and showcased the very strong candidates the GOP has running statewide and locally. We have terrific candidates up and down the ballot. Last night was a great opportunity for voters to meet them all. Now let’s get out there and vote and take a crack at turning our state around!”
The evening concluded with remarks from Carol Davis of the Illinois Election Integrity Program and Illinois Conservative Union, who encouraged attendees to become involved as poll watchers during the November election.
With early voting already underway, organizers encouraged Republicans to make a plan to vote, bring others to the polls, and stay engaged through Election Day on November 3.
MEDIA CONTACT
DuPage County Republican Party
info@dupagegop.com
630-653-7200
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Darin LaHood for US House of Representatives in District 16.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/06/editorial-darin-lahood-us-house-of-representatives-illinois-district-16/
— Mike Bost for US House of Representatives in District 12.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/06/editorial-mike-bost-us-house-of-representatives-illinois-district-12/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/05/marimar-martinez-border-patrol/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/10/05/marimar-martinez-lawsuit-trump-midway-blitz
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Glen Ellyn named the 19th-best small city in the U.S.
https://amp.bnd.com/news/local/community/belleville/article317496165.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media exists to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-10-06/democrats-advantage-is-clear-with-less-than-a-month-to-go-in-the-midterm-elections
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-10-06/as-trump-focuses-the-fbi-on-immigration-counterintelligence-is-falling-behind
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Durkin’s defection draws GOP fire.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/10/06/durkin-pritzker-endorsement-gop-fire-01107901
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: ‘OPPORTUNIST’: Republicans blasted former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin on Monday for endorsing Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker in the governor’s race over his party’s nominee, Darren Bailey. The gall: Bailey’s lieutenant governor running mate, Aaron Del Mar, told Playbook Durkin’s move is “surrender dressed up as leadership,” adding that Durkin, now a Springfield lobbyist, is trying “to strengthen his ties to the Democratic establishment and fatten his wallet.” Durkin is a lobbyist with Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres. Also weighing in: The Illinois GOP also criticized Durkin, calling him an “opportunist” seeking relevance, according to a statement. It’s “proof,” added Illinois GOP Chair Bob Grogan, “that the only way to save Illinois is by electing new, strong leadership like Darren Bailey.” It’s an old grudge: Durkin left the House after a bitter 2022 election cycle that exposed deep divisions within the Illinois Republican Party. Back then, Durkin refused to endorse Bailey for governor after Bailey defeated then-Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin — Durkin’s preferred candidate — in the Republican primary. A similar dynamic is playing out this year. After losing the primary to Bailey, Ted Dabrowski has remained silent about Bailey’s campaign. Instead, he recently launched a nonprofit possibly aimed at supporting his own future political efforts — a move critics say risks diverting resources from the November election. Sounds familiar: It’s not the first time Pritzker has won over a prominent Republican: in 2018, former GOP Gov. Jim Edgar refused to endorse Bruce Rauner, instead advising Pritzker’s campaign and later joining his transition team.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-821/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Glennon on Breakthrough Ideas: Did Illinois Taxpayers Pay for Credit Upgrades? – 560AM
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-breakthrough-ideas-did-illinois-taxpayers-pay-for-credit-upgrades-560am/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Outstanding DuPage County GOP Statewide Candidate Rally Monday, October 5 at 7:00 – 9:00 pm, at the Bloomingdale Golf Club. The statewide candidates are: Don Tracy for U.S. Senate ( https://dontracyforil.com/ ), Darren Bailey for Governor and Aaron Del Mar for Lt. Governor ( https://baileyforillinois.com/ ), Bob Fioretti for Attorney General ( https://www.bobforillinois.com/ ), Diane Harris for Secretary of State ( https://harrisforsos.com/ ), Bryan Drew for Comptroller ( https://www.drewforillinois.com/ ), and Max Solomon for Treasurer ( https://maxsolomon.info/ ). The DuPage GOP-provided video is at: https://www.facebook.com/DuPageGOP/videos/1607096254448960 ABC7 also filmed the event. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you say to my critics/opponents who discourage me from helping elect Republican candidates? More specifically, what do you say to my critics/opponents who discouraged me from hand-delivering the following to the 170 Independent households in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton: DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes with 300 DuPage County Election-provided mailing labels that contained the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Voter Guide, the sample ballot, and Republican candidate literature from the 14 candidates who provided their literature to MTRO? To discourage me from seeking votes for Republican candidates from Independent voters in my precinct, my critics/opponents stress that according to polls, 54% of independents say their vote will be mostly to express their opposition to Trump. I stress the 46% of Independent voters who do not say that. According to my critics/opponents, I am far too conservative, and because of that, the more that I do to help Republican candidates, the fewer votes that they will get. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents do? My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They blame conservatives like me for the defeats that Republican candidates suffer. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What adverse actions have your critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes take against you? My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes a) end my Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee membership in 2024, b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymander my precinct in 2015 d) end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership 2007, f) almost get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, g) end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2004 and 2010, and h) defeat my bid for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004 by a vote of 69 to 13. My critics/opponents have had great success turning MTRO, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and IRP leaders against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois reporter since 2000. I should write about Republican candidates and party leaders who have a) treated me like they can tell me what to do because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, b) denied that I am a reporter, c) demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me because I am a reporter, d) barred me from attending their events, e) barred me from attending their events unless I gave them money, f) intimidated/harassed me at their events, and/or g) had me thrown out of their events. I would focus on those candidates and party leaders who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Moving on from MAGA: 2028 GOP presidential field is suddenly getting crowded.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/6/moving-maga-2028-gop-presidential-field-suddenly-getting-crowded/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=subscriber&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&utm_term=newsalert&tpcc=newsletter_newsalert&lctg=c264828b-7ff2-4c41-9e62-832f993e1664&bt_ee=AzqdljsQvuyin3bRsrOHtCl%2F6luw2YkkUvQqzKAj45E%3D&bt_ts=1791293294119
— Democratic socialism’s $50 trillion price tag. A hole big enough to bury the American economy.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/5/democratic-socialisms-50-trillion-price-tag/
— Harvard wants $10 million gifts to hire conservative professors — critics say it’s all about Trump. DD: In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired. In 1971, I was one of the last Republicans IRS hired. In 1966, I was one of the last Republicans the Post Office hired.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/5/harvard-conservative-professors-plan-critics-tie-10-million-push/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Why young Americans think the market has failed them. DD: What did you do when you were young? I took jobs that my peers would never have stooped to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. In today’s dollars, that increased my salary from $12.74/hour in 1964 to $19.57/hour in 1966, to $56,409/year in 1971, to $113,402/year in 1980, to $118,984/year in 1986, and to $154,682/year in 1997. The aforesaid enabled me to buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc. The aforesaid enabled me to buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984. The aforesaid enabled me to get married in 1978. The aforesaid enabled me to buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4754132/why-young-americans-think-market-failed-them/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Imagine you are a recent college graduate in your mid-20s with student loan payments already due. You are working full-time but still unable to afford to leave your parents’ home, and you feel like something has gone very wrong. For the far too many young people in this situation, the economy stops being an academic argument about global prosperity. Economic questions become practical and deeply existential questions about what you can afford and what you cannot.)
NEW YORK POST
— More than half of New York voters ‘concerned’ about rise of socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/05/us-news/more-than-half-of-new-york-voters-concerned-about-rise-of-socialism-poll/
— Even Biden DOJ officials called memo targeting parents as potential domestic terrorists ‘ridiculous.’
https://nypost.com/2026/10/05/us-news/even-biden-doj-attorneys-griped-about-ridiculous-school-board-memo-new-report-shows/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Wokeism’s War on Sanity. A society that forfeits reality forfeits its future.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/wokeism-s-war-on-sanity/
FOX BUSINESS
— Democrats are ‘not going to stop’ the socialist invasion. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6406329053112
FOX NEWS
— Socialists have no concept of economics. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6406330910112
NEW AMERICAN
— Republican Socialists of America. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/republican-socialists-of-america/
NEWSMAX
— Democrat Socialist Pitches ‘Trans Bill of Rights.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/claire-valdez-darializa-avila-chevalier-nyc/2026/10/05/id/1271765/
TOWNHALL
— Here’s How Much Socialism Would Cost Your Family Each Year, and How Much It Already Does. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://townhall.com/news/dmitri-bolt/2026/10/05/heres-how-much-socialism-would-cost-your-family-each-year-n2684130
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media exists to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/us/politics/trump-rallies-midterms-rituals.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/opinion/trump-conservatism-maga.html
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media exists to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/10/05/trump-midterms-unprecedented-efforts-to-boost-gop/92028724007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Fraud of White Guilt. DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-fraud-of-white-guilt-2baa634b
— U.K. Prime Minister Burnham Pitches an Unapologetically Socialist Makeover. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/u-k-prime-minister-burnham-pitches-an-unapologetically-socialist-makeover-2ad7f602
PBS
— Democrats hold midterm lead with independents breaking sharply against Trump. DD: To discourage me from seeking votes for Republican candidates from Independent voters in my precinct, my critics/opponents stress that according to polls, 54% of independents say their vote will be mostly to express their opposition to Trump. I stress the 46% of Independent voters who do not say that.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democrats-lead-in-new-poll-as-trump-looms-over-midterms
HARVARD CRIMSON
— When Conservative Scholarship Belongs at Harvard.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/10/6/editorial-harvard-conservative-scholar-hiring/
AMERICAN BAZAAR
— Raja Krishnamoorthi condemns anti-Indian bigotry. DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/10/05/raja-krishnamoorthi-anti-indian-bigotry-midterms-489416/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
NEWS24
— ‘Free stuff’: Democrat Party using socialism to win over voters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IstLP1REd7w
— ‘Radicalized lunatics’: Trump tears into America ‘hating’ socialists.
https://www.news24.com.au/world/united-states/radicalised-lunatics-trump-tears-into-america-hating-socialists/video/88f3fe4058f8e6694567e0866517fb87
Tag: GOPUSA
October 4, 2026
DUPAGE GOP
— Statewide Candidate Rally. Monday, October 5 at 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Bloomingdale Golf Club, 181 N. Glen Ellyn Road, Bloomingdale
https://dupagegop.com/candidatemeetandgreet/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Illinois Senate race: Republican Don Tracy, a onetime Democrat, makes long-shot bid against Juliana Stratton. DD: Don Tracy’s outstanding campaign literature piece was one of the 14 candidate literature pieces along with the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization Voter Guide and sample ballot that I hand-delivered last week to the 370 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican voter or one registered Independent voter.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/04/illinois-senate-don-tracy/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/illinois-senate-race-republican-don-100000412.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Granted, (Stratton) has more name ID than I do, so far,” Tracy said. “But it’s not that much more.” Such is the political challenge for Tracy, a candidate for a statewide office with a unique background — a onetime Democrat who became chair of the Illinois Republican Party, a position he later left amid party turmoil. Nonetheless, he has taken up the GOP mantle to make a long-shot Senate bid. The 76-year-old attorney and eldest son of the founders of one of the state’s largest family-owned businesses faces Democratic nominee Juliana Stratton, Illinois’ lieutenant governor. While Tracy notes she may not be a household name, Stratton is one of the top officials in the state’s dominant party and No. 2 to billionaire Gov. JB Pritzker, who has long supported her politically and financially. . .Tracy said his own candidacy will help other Illinois Republicans. “We don’t have a strong bench in the Republican Party,” Tracy said in a September interview with the Tribune. “I (was) state party chair. I know the players. And I think this is an opportunity to begin to make it a two-party state again. “I happen to think I’m, for better or for worse, the best-qualified Republican to win that seat.” Long odds, less cash. Tracy faces a two-headed challenge: Pritzker’s vast resources behind Stratton and “the Trump factor,” said Kirk Dillard, a former Republican state senator and former chair of the Regional Transportation Authority. Dillard has known Tracy for decades and ran for governor in 2014 with Tracy’s sister-in-law, Jil Tracy, as his running mate. “For anyone that is scared off by Darren Bailey — and that would especially probably be suburban women — Don Tracy needs to differentiate himself from that, as well as letting people know that he clearly understands the importance of the city of Chicago,” Dillard said. “Having Don Tracy be the standard-bearer of the Republican Party … it should reassure regular traditional establishment Republicans that there is still a place for them in the Republican Party.” Tracy said it was an easy decision to skip the Trump-led GOP midterm convention in Dallas last month, deciding instead to campaign in Illinois and sit down with the Tribune at a downtown Chicago coffee shop to discuss his priorities. “I’m just 100% focused on winning this campaign, and I just didn’t see how going out, going to Dallas was going to be as important as, say, sitting with you or speaking in Evanston tonight, being on Polish radio earlier today or attending the joint meeting of the German American Police Association, Polish American Police Association and Emerald Society last evening, and whatever else I did yesterday,” he said. Still, Tracy repeatedly declined to say whether running alongside Bailey, with Trump leading the national party, made it harder to win over independent Illinois voters. Then there’s money. Tracy is a scion of a large family business, but says he doesn’t have “Pritzker bucks,” a reference to the governor’s status as a billionaire member of one of the wealthiest families in the country. Tracy, who previously lent his campaign $2 million, said early this month he had lent his campaign another $1 million-plus. He didn’t immediately share how much he raised this summer, and the deadline to report fundraising activity is weeks away. Stratton’s campaign said it raised $1.53 million across multiple campaign funds this summer, though it also had not yet formally filed its reports. Tracy raised about $133,000 from April through June and spent more than he brought in, according to federal campaign finance records filed in July. By comparison, Stratton raised more than $1.1 million, and Bailey raised $1.33 million. It’s hard to raise “big money” as a Republican running statewide in Illinois, Tracy said. “In Illinois, money still gravitates to the power. Illinois Republicans have very little power in this state.” Tracy also hasn’t gotten much free media attention. The general election campaign for the U.S. Senate seat representing Illinois has been far quieter than the blockbuster races in competitive states around the nation where control of the Senate hangs in the balance. It hasn’t even generated the same interest seen in the primaries earlier this year, with Democrats so highly favored statewide. Tracy and Stratton are scheduled to appear together just once, on WTTW in late October, according to the campaigns. The Tracy camp blames that on the Democrat’s lack of engagement. Even so, Tracy has continued to appear on TV, including a mid-September Fox 32 interview that he said was supposed to be a debate with Stratton. He is running digital ads pitching himself as someone who can “keep it simple,” while also trying to tie Stratton to socialism. As he introduces himself to more voters in Chicago and the suburbs, he has often stayed in a city condo he bought last fall. Opposing ‘socialism’ and ‘extremes.’ To understand how high Tracy thinks the stakes are, look up at his campaign billboards, like the one looming over the junction of the Dan Ryan and Stevenson expressways. “SOCIALISM DESTROYS LIVES,” it reads. “VOTE DON TRACY FOR US SENATE.” Stratton doesn’t identify as a socialist. But she carved out a lane in the Democratic primary by taking progressive positions, campaigning to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to raise the federal minimum wage to $25 — positions that helped her stand out in the primary earlier this year. Tracy calls Stratton’s positions radical and is campaigning against “extremes” in energy, business regulation and resistance to immigration enforcement. Also central to his campaign is a call for geographic balance. Illinois, he says, shouldn’t be represented in the Senate by two Cook County Democrats, as it would be if Stratton wins. U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat, lives in Hoffman Estates, and Stratton lives in Chicago; Durbin lives in Springfield. “Most of the Democrats in charge of the state and the city are career politicians, or career government workers,” Tracy said. ”They’ve never had to make a payroll like I had to make a payroll. So we need someone from a more conservative basis with a business background to be involved, and I think I’m it.” But to win in heavily blue Illinois, Tracy will need to win over independents and even some Democrats. And in his Tribune interview, he took several stances that seem unlikely to appeal to Democrats, including defending a position he took in a primary campaign appearance on CBS Chicago when asked whether he agreed with Trump’s immigration enforcement tactics. “In sanctuary cities, immigration law enforcement is more of a challenge because of massive resistance,” Tracy said in the CBS interview. “Much like the resistance to civil rights in the South.” Asked whether he was comparing Chicagoans resisting federal immigration enforcement to white Southerners resisting integration during the Civil Rights Movement, Tracy said he was, “in a sense.” “A lot of the elected officials in the South and their supporters were opposed to that federal law, and they were in open defiance of a federal law. And in sanctuary cities, particularly … relative to the enforcement of federal immigration law, have been in open defiance of federal immigration law,” Tracy said. “There’s no civil rights law that says you cannot enforce federal immigration law.” . . . A ‘throwback candidate.’ Tracy is a “throwback candidate,” “as earnest as the day is long” and a contrast to the “professional politicians” on the Democratic side, said Richard Porter, a former Republican National Committeeman and a friend of Tracy’s who considered a run for the seat last year. Porter repeatedly compared him to Jimmy Stewart’s character, Jefferson Smith, in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” a classic 1939 movie about an ordinary, good man appointed to the U.S. Senate. But unlike Mr. Smith, Tracy has no shortcut to Capitol Hill. Because of Tracy’s time leading the party, he could serve as a bridge between Trump-enthusiast Republicans and the rest of the GOP, Dillard said. Several allies emphasized that he’s in the race because of his principles, regardless of the odds. “Don Tracy is a low-key but highly likable gentleman,” Dillard said. “Whatever’s left of the Illinois Republican Party base, he should do pretty well there.”)
— Endorsement: Angel Oakley for US House of Representatives in District 3. DD: Angel Oakley’s outstanding campaign literature piece was one of the 14 candidate literature pieces along with the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization Voter Guide and sample ballot that I hand-delivered last week to the 370 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican voter or one registered Independent voter.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/04/editorial-angel-oakley-for-u-s-house-of-representatives-in-district-3/
(FROM THE ENDORSEMENT: The 3rd Congressional District, which includes much of the Northwest Side of Chicago, parts of suburban Cook County and some suburbs in the eastern part of DuPage County, is represented by Democrat Delia Ramirez, 43, who has served the district since 2023. Ramirez was unopposed in the primary, as was her opponent, former Winfield Village Trustee Angel Oakley, 50, who describes herself as “a conservative moderate who leads with American values, love, and compassion — seeking to bring people together around common-sense solutions.” We have had our issues with Ramirez, most notably when it comes to her slow condemnation of Hamas and when she said last year in Mexico City that she was “a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American,” hardly ideal rhetoric for a U.S.-born member of Congress who has sworn an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States. In an editorial at the time, we argued that Ramirez’s words “crossed the line between honoring heritage and undermining public trust,” although she did later attempt to walk them back. We’d also note that Ramirez, on the left flank of the Democratic Party, has worked hard to serve her district. She describes herself as “a staunch advocate of housing as a human right, healthcare for all, climate justice, and the fight to preserve and protect our democracy.” Oakley, though, does not occupy the right flank of her party; we think she would be a moderate very much in the political center. “Every dollar Congress spends should be tracked, audited, and posted online so taxpayers can see where it goes,” she told us, arguing that we should “get money out of politics so decisions are made for constituents, not donors.” She also said the U.S. should “back true free markets with real competition, so big companies can’t rig the game and small businesses can grow.” Agreed. “When government spends wisely and markets are fair,” she told us, “prices can come down and paychecks can go further.” We also appreciated her bipartisan approach: “I believe there are major issues where Americans across the political spectrum should be able to find common ground,” she told us. “The health and well-being of our children is one of them. Regardless of party, we should all want our kids to have access to healthy food and to grow up with clean air, clean water, and healthy soil. Those are not Republican values or Democratic values — they are fundamental to the health and future of our communities.” We differ with her on her support for Donald Trump’s tariffs, though, although she did say her support was nuanced. Elsewhere, in conversation, she outlined several other departures from Trumpian rhetoric and Republican orthodoxy with which we agree, and that should appeal to independents (and there are many) in this district. In conversation, Oakley told us that she meets initial resistance when she says the word “Republican,” especially in the city, but said she has managed to change several minds when she describes her independence. She also said that her extensive international experience in the corporate sector compensates for any lack of national political experience. With limited campaign funds compared to Ramirez, Oakley has a very tough path to victory. But she has our support. Angel Oakley is endorsed.)
— DD: Democrat leaders create problems and then blame those problems on Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/03/midterms-ap-norc-party-poll/
— Gaming giant Bally doesn’t like video betting odds. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/28/charles-selle-column-video-gaming/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Social media influencers may soon be required to disclose campaign ties. DD: No one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor. All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/10/03/social-media-influence-disclose-political-campaign-curtis-tarver-rich-miller
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Demonstrators protest how Wheaton College hid sex abuse allegations.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261003/crime/this-is-enough-demonstrators-protest-how-wheaton-college-hid-sex-abuse-allegations/
ROCKFORD NEWS FIRST
— DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly destroys traditional marriage and family, that is, it ever-increasingly promotes more homelessness.
https://www.rockfordnewsfirst.com/2026/10/03/five-years-what-home-illinois-plan-reveals-about-state-homelessness/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Bailey meets with supporters during DeKalb visit.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2026-10-03/supporters-meet-with-darren-bailey-during-dekalb-visit
WQAD & VIDETTE & EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, there will be more and more and more people in need. Fewer and fewer and fewer people will become productive members of society.
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/outreach/pay-it-forward/quad-cities-woman-runs-free-store-for-people-in-need-pay-it-forward-clothes/526-984471f6-2f83-4a1c-905f-6f59f6a98219
https://www.videtteonline.com/news/million-meal-pack-produces-large-turnout-for-students-looking-to-help-community/article_caf40bf6-c048-472c-8738-7ce001c80ae3.html
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/mapo-concert-maryville-il-22453904.php
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Last week, to get out the vote for Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton ( https://electionresults.dupagecounty.gov/election/PrecinctMaps/map50059.pdf ), I walked to the front doors of 370 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter and delivered 370 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes using 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels that contained a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot ( https://electionresults.dupageco.org/election/ballots/2026/General/Milton%20059-0316-NP.PDF ), and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. Those 370 envelopes contained 5,920 pieces: 5,180 campaign pieces (14X370), 370 Voter Guides, and 370 sample ballots. About 200 of those households were Republican and about 170 of those households were Independent. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
JOIHN KASS
— The “Christian” West and War in the Middle East.
https://johnkassnews.com/the-christian-west-and-war-in-the-middle-east/
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Four Edison Middle School students overdosed on marijuana gummies in one day, prompting 911 calls. Sources say the students ate marijuana gummies; the school confirms four emergencies but not the cause. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/four-edison-middle-school-students-overdosed-on-marijuana-gummies-in-one-day-prompting-911-calls
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pritzker’s cannabis push, and critics’ warnings about children. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has made cannabis legalization a cornerstone of his administration. He signed the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act in June 2019, making Illinois the 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older. Sales began Jan. 1, 2020. Pritzker and the General Assembly have continued to back the state’s legal cannabis market, where edibles such as gummies are sold to adults. The Illinois Family Institute has been one of the most prominent critics of that push. The group has argued that legalization leads to aggressive commercialization that harms children and young adults, and it has pointed to the risks of high-potency marijuana and increased youth addiction. IFI has also criticized Pritzker for treating legalization as a way to raise state revenue, arguing that funding state programs “on the backs of our kids” is an unethical trade-off. It says the normalization of drug use damages neighborhoods and worsens substance abuse. Other groups have focused on accidental ingestion by young children. Smart Approaches to Marijuana, a national anti-legalization group led by former White House drug policy adviser Kevin Sabet, says poison control calls in Illinois for children 5 and under rose from 37 in 2019 to 244 in 2023. The group also says hospitalizations of children for THC exposure in Cook County rose from three in 2017 to 124 in 2021. It blames edibles and high-potency products sold through the legal market.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump files speedy appeal after Biden judge rules Congress can’t ban noncitizens from voting. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/2/trump-files-speedy-appeal-biden-judge-rules-congress-cant-ban/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialists want to abolish landlords. Good luck finding an apartment. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4744591/rent-control-housing-supply-market-competition/
— DD: To get more votes from non-Republicans, Democrat candidates ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that they will use socialism to take money and everything else away from Republicans and give it to non-Republicans. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/4753196/voter-back-democrat-economy-affordability-poll/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani’s definition of socialism sounds like state-controlled ‘totalitarianism.’
https://nypost.com/2026/10/03/us-news/mamdanis-definition-of-socialism-sounds-like-state-controlled-totalitarianism-critics/
1819
— Far-left protesters target Trump, capitalism outside Mobile rally. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://1819news.com/news/item/their-time-is-coming-to-an-end-far-left-protesters-target-trump-capitalism-outside-mobile-rally
AMERICAN THINKER
— Woke hospitals finally pulling back on transing kids. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been making children LGBTQers in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/10/woke-hospitals-finally-pulling-back-on-transing-kids/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ICE isn’t backing down from sanctuary cities – and definitely shouldn’t.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/10/03/ice-isnt-backing-down-from-sanctuary-cities-and-definitely-shouldnt-1661688/
BREITBART
— Trump Sending Nearly $100 to More than 20 Million Seniors on Medicare to Offset Healthcare Costs.
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2026/10/03/trump-sending-nearly-100-more-than-20-million-seniors-medicare-offset-healthcare-costs/amp/
FEDERALIST
— Difference Between Dems And DSA Is Honesty About Their Socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. What are you honest about? I state that I am a conservative Republican and that I promote conservative principles and the Republican Party platform.
https://thefederalist.com/videos/hemingway-dems-problem-is-they-cant-be-normal-for-five-minutes/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Left Conveniently Forgets Who Writes Immigration Law.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/10/the-left-conveniently-forgets-who-writes-immigration-law/
NEW AMERICAN
— Illegal Border Crossings at Lowest Level in Nearly 60 Years, but a New Migrant Caravan Approaches.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/illegal-border-crossings-at-lowest-level-in-nearly-60-years-but-a-new-migrant-caravan-approaches/
PJ MEDIA
— Republicans Must Rethink Their Socialism Strategy Before It’s Too Late. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/10/03/republicans-must-rethink-their-socialism-strategy-before-its-too-late-n4957932
— How Socialism Kills American Homebuying Dream. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. One could argue that working for Democrats is like working for socialists. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. Democrats could argue that my working for those Democrats enabled me to buy new cars when I was 19 in 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc., buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972, buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976, get married and buy a home in Wheaton in 1978, etc. But to do the aforesaid, I worked private sector jobs 1964-1966 and 1970-1972, I earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970, I earned an MBA in 1976, etc.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/10/03/scott-turner-gives-the-data-on-how-socialism-kills-american-homebuying-dream-n4957928
TOWNHALL
— Liberal reporters don’t get it and never will: if you’re here illegally, you go. You’re subject to deportation, and that’s what we voted for in 2024. There was an election, you guys. Your side lost; we won. Deal with it.
https://townhall.com/news/mattvespa/2026/10/03/watch-tom-homan-schooled-a-cbs-news-reporter-on-immigration-enforcement-with-another-killer-line-n2684059
WESTERN JOURNAL
— There Are No Socialists, Just DSA Communists Who Won’t Say the Word.
https://www.westernjournal.com/no-socialists-just-dsa-communists-wont-say-word/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— The GOP’s Dry Spell. Young Republicans are giving up alcohol at twice the national rate—the shift could reshape the party’s future. DD: Virtually all my old White male Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors were big drinkers. They had no use for me because I have never been a drinker. Further, they were big on spectator sports and gambling which I never have been.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/newsweek/20260828/281522232923803
CBS NEWS
— Judge says federal law banning noncitizen voting is unconstitutional. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-federal-law-banning-noncitizen-voting-unconstitutional/
— Judge blocks Trump’s firing of top federal prosecutor in Seattle and restores him as U.S. attorney. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, federal courts ruled that my GAO superiors could fire me, that is, they could force me to retire, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-firing-top-federal-prosecutor-seattle-roger-rogoff/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in isolating Chief Justice Roberts. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that Republicans will be ever-increasingly isolated, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/us/politics/supreme-court-roberts-maine.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/opinion/sittenfeld-marriage-nyt-175.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Mamdani.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/opinion/zohran-mamdani-united-nations.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Chronic absenteeism plagues our schools and society.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/09/01/chronic-absenteeism-crisis-solutions/
BOSTON HERALD
— White House launches website on the real cost of socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/10/04/pols-politics-white-house-launches-website-on-the-real-cost-of-socialism/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— When Blue States Chase Away Their Billionaires. Don’t politicians understand that the money leaves, too?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/when-blue-states-chase-away-their-billionaires-d7a65d7b
BARRON’S
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the more money that you have, the more that you unfairly benefitted from capitalism.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/capitalism-is-out-of-style-both-parties-are-to-blame-6fae44d3
METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
— 5 Reasons Why You Need a College Degree for Career Advancement. DD: My father frequently decried his not having a college degree. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.msudenver.edu/do-you-need-a-college-degree-for-career-advancement-here-are-5-reasons-you-do/
POLITICO
— DD: For Democrats and RINOs, Trump and Bailey are the November 3, 2026 boogeymen.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/03/gop-midterm-boogeyman-biden-democratic-socialism-01105904
SHRM
— College Degree Requirements Hinder Black Workers’ Earnings, Career Advancement. Qualified Black job-seekers less likely than white applicants to have degrees. DD: My Democrat GAO superior during my last 8 years at GAO 1990-1997 wanted/demanded that her subordinates have a master’s degree in finance. Because of that, I started taking one graduate evening finance course at a time at IIT and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. But in 1997, she flushed me down her toilet. She forced me to retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had no degree in finance, who had one job-related professional certification while I had six, had no job-related professional license like the one I had, and had far less work experience than I had. She would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/news/benefits-compensation/college-degree-requirements-hinder-black-workers-earnings-career-advancement
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SPECTATOR
— Get ready to flee socialist America. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://spectator.com/article/get-ready-flee-socialist-america-peter-thiel/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thiel, who is a friend of mine, foresees parallels between the dynamics of right-wing populism and left-wing socialism. Just as Trump unseated the Bush family establishment in the Republican party in 2016, so too Zohran Mamdani and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez might evict the Clinton-Obama center left in 2028.)
EDUCATION NEWS
— Merit or seniority? Teachers question TSC promotion scoring. DD: All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) 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.
https://educationnews.co.ke/merit-or-seniority-teachers-question-tsc-promotion-scoring/
September 27, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Demonstrators clash, security heightened as Trump attends final day of Presidents Cup at Medinah.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/presidents-cup-2026-sunday-rally-protest-planned-security-heightened-donald-trump-expected-chicago-ohare-airport/19879791/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As Trump walked the course, the protesters clashed with some of the president’s supporters. Police stepped in, and the groups eventually moved apart. “My business is booming,” Jeff Castle, DuPage County Republican secretary, told ABC7. “People are comfortable spending money, and people have more money to spend.” ABC7’s Price Tracker reveals rising costs for groceries and housing. Gas is at $4.47 a gallon, up more than $1.50 since the attack on Iran. “I’m not worried about high gas prices or anything like that,” Donna Reboletti, a Trump supporter, told ABC7. “I’ll suffer through that.”. . .”We can easily go the wrong direction if we don’t pick the right people, especially in this midterm election,” Trump supporter Peter Lara told ABC7.)
NBC5
— Trump claims US is ‘better than ever’ during speech at Presidents Cup in Medinah. Hundreds of protesters lined the streets outside the golf tournament on Sunday, holding signs critical of Trump and his administration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-claims-us-is-better-than-ever-during-speech-at-presidents-cup-in-west-suburb-of-chicago/3994426/
FOX32
— President Trump speaks to Presidents Cup crowd in Chicago area.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-hajav52dw68f6lwk
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mostly receptive crowd greets Trump at Presidents Cup in Medinah while dozens protest outside the club.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/27/trump-presidents-cup-medinah/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: to Glenn Graham, 41, who wore a Reagan-Bush ‘84 hat and said he lives in Trump Tower. Seeing the president “reinstills my sense of pride in America,” Graham said. “It’s very patriotic.” . . . Trump supporters arrived early, and the sight of Air Force One gliding low overhead early Sunday revved up the pro-Trump crowd. One man held a thin blue line flag and carried a sign reading “SUPPORT ICE (THE LAW).” “He does what is right for the American people,” said one supporter, Addison resident Donna Reboletti. “He puts America first.” DuPage County Republican Secretary Jeff Castle sported a wardrobe with a stars and stripes motif, including a cape and matching shorts and socks. “I think anybody who doesn’t support the president, no matter who it is, Republican or Democrat alike, they’re a fool. Because to not support the president is to want this country to fail,” he said. At the same time, he said, “I think we need to start talking with each other. Both sides should start listening to each other a little bit.”)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump says U.S. is doing ‘better than ever before’ at Presidents Cup golf tournament in suburban Medinah.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/09/27/trump-appears-sunday-at-the-presidents-cup-golf-tournament-in-suburban-medinah
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The crowd chanted “USA, USA, USA” before he took the stage, and spectators shook red, white and blue pom poms and American flags. . .A handful of demonstrators, both pro- and anti-Trump, gathered around 9:30 a.m. Sunday outside the tournament before Trump arrived.)
SHAW LOCAL
— Trump’s visit to Medinah sparks protests, draws supporters.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/09/27/trumps-visit-to-medinah-sparks-protests-draws-supporters/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Two DuPage Democrats (Anne Stava-Murray and Diane Blair-Sherlock) Pushed Bill That Would Have Barred Suburbs From Clearing Homeless Encampments. DD: My critics/opponents would love to see a homeless encampment in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/two-dupage-democrats-pushed-bill-that-would-have-barred-suburbs-from-clearing-homeless-encampments
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DD: What do you take as a badge of honor? According to my critics/opponents, “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” Of course, I take that as a badge of honor. I do not want anyone to call my tunes. According to my critics/opponents, I never was a journalist, I am not a journalist, and I never will be a journalist a) because I do not have a degree in journalism, b) because no one has paid me for what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) because all the money needed for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and for my www.gopillinois.com website comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings, d) because either my newsletters nor my website are paywalled or contain any advertising or donation requests, e) because I do not claim to be nonpartisan, f) because I fully disclose that I am a conservative Republican, and g) because I fully disclose that I have been an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000. My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth the fact a) that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years 1980-1997, b) that what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do, and c) that during my last 11 years at GAO, my salary increased from $118,984/year to $154,682/year in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTIN TIMES
— The hypocrisy of progressive Christianity. Jesus is all the rage on the left this year. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is a liberal Democrat who promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/27/hypocrisy-progressive-christianity/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In case you have not noticed, talk of religion is no longer verboten in the ranks of the political left. From the likes of the loud and proud homosexual and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to the current Democratic Senate nominee and Presbyterian seminarian James Talarico, it seems that Jesus is all the rage for Democrats in this year’s election season. This is a world that some have dubbed “exvangelicalism,” a theological and political camp for aggrieved and disenchanted millennials and Gen Z-ers who have concluded that the biblical definition of Christianity is no longer acceptable for them.)
NEW YORK POST
— Trump hosts MAGA influencers at private White House soiree in prep for midterms. DD: I was not invited. Who from Illinois was invited? I promote conservative principles. My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a bad political influencer. According to them, I am far too conservative and my demographics are terrible. But they know that I am not paid for what I do. All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post copies of them at www.gopillinois.com comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement saving. My critics/opponent have lots of money. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy me. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/27/us-news/trump-hosts-maga-influencers-at-private-white-house-soiree-as-he-goes-all-in-on-midterms/
— Gen Z voters hate capitalism — but they’ve barely even seen it.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/27/opinion/gen-z-voters-hate-capitalism-but-theyve-barely-seen-it/
COLLEGE FIX
— Rutgers University leftist student coalition marches against ICE.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/rutgers-university-leftist-student-coalition-marches-against-ice/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Cancels $810M for Illegal Immigrants, Race-Based Programs.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/09/trump-cancels-810m-for-illegal-immigrants-race-based-programs/amp/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Trump blasts MAGA influencers who have split with him over Iran. “They’re not ‘MAGA,’ they’re losers,” he posted on his social media platform. DD: I promote conservative principles. My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a bad political influencer. According to them, I am far too conservative and my demographics are terrible. But they know that I am not paid for what I do. All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post copies of them at www.gopillinois.com comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement saving. My critics/opponent have lots of money. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy me. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-blasts-maga-influencers-split-iran/story?id=131897807
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump makes appearance at Presidents Cup, briefly addresses crowd.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7635677/2026/09/27/trump-presidents-cup-appearance/
USA TODAY
— Do independent voters have too much power in midterms? About 4 in 10 registered U.S. voters say they are independent. DD: That motivated me to hand-deliver the following to the 170 Independent residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/09/22/independent-voters-2026-midterm-elections/91580019007/
TIMES UNION
— DD: Far too many non-Republicans cast Republican primary ballots. They vote for candidates a) who are the least likely to win in general elections and/or b) who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/commentary-open-primaries-independent-voters-22442707.php
SAN ANTONIO CURRENT
— San Antonio Current launching Texas Politics This Week newsletter. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents a) who work the hardest to stop me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) who work the hardest to stop everyone from reading my newsletters.
https://www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-news/san-antonio-current-launching-texas-politics-this-week-newsletter/
FORTUNE
— In the affordability crisis, 37% of parents are counting on financial help from the Bank of Baby Boomers and can’t wait for the Great Wealth Transfer.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/27/affordability-crisis-37-parents-financial-help-baby-boomers/
GOVERNING
— The Growing Need for Opposition Research — on Yourself — in Today’s Political World. DD: If you ran for an office, what would your critics/opponents use against you? My critics/opponents would stress the big adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me. They would stress the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had wasting my career and forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-ralph-northam-importance-opposition-research.html
PROTECT DEMOCRACY
— The Authoritarian Playbook. DD: Since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999 and the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) , DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) have become less and less and less conservative. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. According to the anti-conservative leaders of the aforesaid, I am far too conservative. To get rid of me, they a) fired me as the MTRO webmaster in 2004 and 2010, b) defeated my bid for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004, c) almost got the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, d) threw me off the ICRC Steering Committee in 2007, e) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, f) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and g) threw me off IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024.
https://protectdemocracy.org/work/the-authoritarian-playbook/
PEW RESEARCH
— America’s News Influencers. DD: I promote conservative principles. My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a bad political influencer. According to them, I am far too conservative and my demographics are terrible. But they know that I am not paid for what I do. All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post copies of them at www.gopillinois.com comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement saving. My critics/opponent have lots of money. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy me. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/11/18/americas-news-influencers/
PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders say they hold the midterm lead with Independents breaking sharply against Trump. To the extent that might be true, that motivated me to hand-delivered the following to the 170 Independent residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democrats-lead-in-new-poll-as-trump-looms-over-midterms
INDEPENDENT VOTER NEWS
— DD: Far too many non-Republicans cast Republican primary ballots. They vote for candidates a) who are the least likely to win in general elections and/or b) who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://ivn.us/9-of-voters-already-picked-your-congress-a-new-poll-says-everyone-else-is-fed-up/
FULCRUM
— Independents are 48% of voters and about to decide the midterms. So why does nobody negotiate with us? DD: To address that, I hand-delivered the following to the 170 Independent residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://thefulcrum.us/electoral-reforms/independent-politics
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Paid influencers are everywhere in US politics. We need transparency. DD: I promote conservative principles. My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a bad political influencer. According to them, I am far too conservative and my demographics are terrible. But they know that I am not paid for what I do. All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post copies of them at www.gopillinois.com comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement saving. My critics/opponent have lots of money. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy me. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/17/paid-influencers-us-politics-transparency
September 27, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Trump set to make appearance at Presidents Cup in suburban Medinah.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/president-donald-trump-set-to-make-appearance-at-presidents-cup-in-suburban-medinah/3994259/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Members of the Illinois Republican Party plan to show their support for the president on Irving Park Road. DuPage County Republicans described the president’s visit as historic. The group in a Facebook post said: “We have a historic week ahead! The President of the United States will be in DuPage this week. We look forward to having the leader of the free world in DuPage County! DuPage County welcomes you President Trump.”)
— New proposal aims to crackdown on influencers paid to support political campaigns. DD: My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a bad political influencer. According to them, I am far too conservative. But they know that I am not paid for what I do. All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post copies of them at www.gopillinois.com comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement saving. My critics/opponent have lots of money. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy me. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/new-proposal-aims-to-crackdown-on-influencers-paid-to-support-political-campaigns/3994044/
(FROM GOOGLE AI: A political influencer is a content creator, commentator, or public figure who uses social media and digital platforms to shape public opinion, advocate for policies, and support political candidates. Millions of people now get their daily news and civic updates from independent digital creators rather than traditional media. Modern political campaigns routinely credential creators alongside traditional journalists at major events like national conventions. Lawmakers in various states are introducing or expanding regulations to require paid social media influencers to clearly disclose financial backing and sponsorships from political campaigns or advocacy groups. States like California enforce strict financial disclosure requirements and fine non-compliant paid digital posts to prevent hidden election interference.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that flooding America with their illegals is one of their top priorities. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the more illegals that there are, the lower that inflation will be.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/27/operation-midway-blitz-challenges-remain/
— Trump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/25/congress-spending/
— The competitiveness in parenting to give kids a leg up has reached a new level. DD: My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. During my junior and senior years in high school 1964-1966, instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes to buy a new car to commute to/from UIC and my parents’ home in Crete. Nevertheless, I got accepted by UIC in 1966. Because of that dishwashing job, because neither of my patents attended college, because my father was only the first of ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and because my mother never attended high school, virtually no one saw me as being college material. But nevertheless, I took college preparatory courses, I earned an ACT score of 24, and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/26/opinion-parents-children-college-competition/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: American parents are working harder than ever to give their children a leg up. Economists Garey Ramey and Valerie Ramey documented that college-educated mothers increased their childcare time by more than nine hours per week starting in the mid-1990s. They attributed this “rug rat race” to intensifying competition for college admissions. The competition isn’t only about time investment, and much of what parents do to give their child an advantage is hard to fault. Families routinely move from cities and their challenged public school systems to suburban neighborhoods with public schools that send large shares of graduates to elite colleges. Once a child is installed at that suburban school, the parent might add private tutoring, an SAT coach and a call to a business contact to secure the child’s summer internship. Each decision, in isolation, seems like good parenting. And after all, it seems like everyone else is doing it. But in the aggregate, these advantages compound, and the opportunity gaps between the advantaged and the disadvantaged widen.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Obama Presidential Center’s price tag: almost $1 billion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/architecture-design/2026/09/26/obama-presidential-center-price-tag-1-billion
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260926/syndicated-columnists/neighbors-in-need-campaign-again-underway-to-fight-hunger-homelessness-health-care-issues/
WGN9
— Dabrowski re-emerges ahead of November election.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/wgn-the-point-politics-chicago-illinois/former-gop-candidate-for-governor-re-emerges-ahead-of-november-election/
WBEZ
— Chicago teens want more jobs in their neighborhoods. DD: While I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, I could not find a job in Crete. My high school friend was a part-time stockboy at the S.S. Kresge in Chicago Heights 5 miles north. I took his suggestion and applied for and got hired as a part-time dishwasher there. In 1964, I bought a 1958 Chevrolet BelAir with money I had earned delivering newspapers and doing yard work. We carpooled. His father had bought him 1960 Plymouth.
https://www.wbez.org/moment-of-youth/2026/09/25/downtown-day-teen-survey-results
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasingly disrupt every event that Trump attends.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-is-attending-a-big-college-football-game-and-coaches-are-worried-about-disruptions/article_a1221b0e-b484-5f3d-b33d-1e36d0a4bf0a.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/as-early-voting-begins-officials-seek-to-reassure-public-about-election-security-integrity/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Best colleges in Illinois. DD: UIC is #4. To get accepted by UIC in 1966, I took college preparatory courses at Crete-Monee High School, got an ACT score of 24, and graduated in the upper 20% of my class. IIT Is #5. To get accepted by IIT in 1992, I earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970, earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, became a licensed CPA in 1981, and became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-best-colleges-in-illinois/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Vallas: Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Learned Nothing From Risking Her Daughters Future. DD: My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://johnkassnews.com/nikole-hannah-joness-learned-nothing-from-risking-her-daughters-future/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How strongly are the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct stressing that to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism? How strongly are they stressing the negatives of socialism and the positives of capitalism? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman doing to get out the Republican vote? Yesterday, I finished hand-delivering DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes to the 370 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. Those 370 envelopes had 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels and contained: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. I stuffed 5,920 pieces in those 370 envelopes — 5,180 campaign pieces (14X370), 370 Voter Guides, and 370 sample ballots. I had to fold the Voter Guides, sample ballots, and two of the campaign pieces. I used my photocopier to make 370 copies of the 2-sided sample ballot and 170 color copies of the Voter Guide. MTRO provided 200 of the Voter Guides. I hand-delivered the envelopes in 5 batches. There are about 550 residences in my precinct. There are tremendous difference in household incomes and housing values in my precinct. About 4 our 5 times when a Republican home is listed for sale, a Democrat buys it. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What are your top priorities in life? According to Google AI: “Your top priorities in life are the core values, relationships, and activities that deserve your time, energy, and focus. Health: Taking care of your physical fitness, mental well-being, nutrition, and rest. Family and Relationships: Building deep, supportive, and loving connections with loved ones. Career and Purpose: Pursuing meaningful work, professional growth, or personal ambitions. Financial Stability: Managing money wisely to build security and reduce stress. Personal Growth: Learning new skills, exploring hobbies, and engaging in self-care.” My top priorities in life include my wife and my promoting conservative principles. To promote conservative principles I put together and send my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I promote the following planks in the Republican Party platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). I discourage the promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I stress that if I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have what I have including my marriage of 48 years, my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Two months before the midterm elections, the Republican Party has a problem. No, it’s not its record, which is strong. And no, it’s not the Democrats, who are weaker than the coverage claims, drowning under the dead weight of a deepening socialist wing that is taking over. The problem is that Republicans haven’t yet successfully presented their strategy as the popular alternative to socialism. Voters need to be reminded that the choice is not between President Donald Trump and some abstract “perfect” policy. It’s between Trump’s strong record and the terrifying prospect of a socialist victory. And in that comparison, there’s no contest.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4742019/gop-election-strategy-trump-record-vs-socialism/
— Trump contradicting socialist/communist messaging with Xi Jinping’s visit.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k47cO_m7Too
— Brazil is exporting socialism to America — and the DSA is eagerly importing it.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4736855/lula-dsa-brazil-socialism-us-elections/
— Democrats think they’re voting for Sweden. DSA is offering Venezuela.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4740528/democratic-socialism-nordic-model-dsa-platform/
— Seattle is a slowly dying city. Several Democrat-run cities across the United States are in the decay process thanks to their left-wing policies. Perhaps none is dying faster than socialist Seattle.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4739810/seattle-slowly-dying-city/?itm_source=parsely-api
NEW YORK POST
— Prostitution busts plunge 60% — but hookers multiply — in NYC’s infamous ‘Market of Sweethearts.’ DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/27/us-news/nypd-making-60-less-arrests-at-queens-notorious-market-of-sweethearts-strip/
— US medical schools have gone DEI-crazy — with deadly results.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/26/opinion/us-medical-schools-have-gone-dei-crazy-with-deadly-results/
— Meet Generation ‘I Do … Not’: Young women who refuse to get married — and vow to never change their minds about it. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything they can to promote LGBTQ, that is, to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/16/lifestyle/meet-generation-i-do-not-young-women-who-refuse-to-get-married-and-vow-to-never-change-their-minds-about-it/
1819
— ‘Our immigration system should serve to make our country better, not worse’: Tuberville touts new legislation eliminating Diversity Visa Lottery.
DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://1819news.com/news/item/our-immigration-system-should-serve-to-make-our-country-better-not-worse-tuberville-touts-new-legislation-eliminating-diversity-visa-lottery
AMERICAN THINKER
— The bennies flowing to Americans from Trump’s tariffs. Trump seems to have been correct that tariffs would work for the American economy, not against it.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/09/the-bennies-flowing-to-americans-from-trump-s-tariffs/
BREITBART
— When the Berlin Wall Fell, Who Ran to Which Side? Socialism Is for Morons.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/26/kennedy-when-the-berlin-wall-fell-who-ran-to-which-side-socialism-is-for-morons/amp/
— DD: What percent of those in America legally are Hispanic. What percent of those in America illegally are Hispanic? Ever-increasing, the Hispanics tradesmen I encounter do not speak English.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/26/tx-agriculture-commissioner-even-people-here-legally-staying-out-of-public-due-to-fear-of-being-arrested/amp/
— ICE Raiding Packing Plants Will Raise Beef Prices. DD: Employers want illegals because employers want cheap labor.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/26/tx-agriculture-commissioner-ice-raiding-packing-plants-will-raise-beef-prices/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Professors worry ‘immigrants’ left out of school choice. DD: My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professors-worry-immigrants-left-out-of-school-choice-dont-say-if-illegals-included/
FOX NEWS
— America’s socialist elite got rich bashing capitalism.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/economist-calls-out-americas-socialist-elite-says-they-got-rich-bashing-capitalism
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Saving America by Saving the Family. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything they can to promote LGBTQ, that is, to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/report/saving-america-saving-the-family-foundation-the-next-250-years
NEWSMAX
— Duckworth: Trump’s Arch Could Threaten Air Safety.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tammy-duckworth-air-safety-faa/2026/09/25/id/1270740/
— Republicans Must Explain ‘Socialism’ to Win Midterms.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/morris-socialism-election/2026/09/26/id/1270797/
REAL CLEAR DEFENSE
— A recent survey of journalists in America helped expose a hidden truth of the feminization of journalism: Female reporters now make up over two thirds of journalists under 30 and half of those over 30. Another study put female representation at 72% of all journalists. In researching this subject, I found a survey from 2017 showing women were around two thirds of journalists then. In comparison, in 1970 women made up only around 20% of U.S. reporters. As Journalism has becoming increasingly feminized, in direct correlation we have seen the changes in reporting from the more objective and fact-based to today’s more “woke” reporting. Feminization of the profession may best explain what so many decry and its exposure the motivation to fix the problem. First, men and women are different in ways that drastically effect the framing and reporting of stories. Multiple polls show men are far more likely to be opposed to censorship than women. Men are also far more tolerant of allowing the views of all sides in debates. One poll, for example, showed men were 3.5 times more tolerant than women for allowing speakers with of even opposing viewpoints to exercise free speech In a recent Pew Poll, men were found to be far more in favor of free speech than women, even when that speech is an opposing view and provocative. Women generally favor consensus and non-offensiveness over hard truth compared with men.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2026/09/26/over-feminization_of_journalism_and_modern_woke_reporting_1208423.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
YAHOO
— DD: Democrat demonstrators rally near Medinah Country Club.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/kick-trump-illinois-demonstrators-rally-114500999.html
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Islam.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/muslim-americans-push-back-republican-politicians-stoke-anti-136746491
CBS NEWS
— Trump cancels nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, a move some lawmakers called illegal.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-cancels-billion-spending-pocket-rescission/
NEWSWEEK
— DHS Denies Change of ICE Strategy: ‘No One Is off the Table.’
https://www.newsweek.com/dhs-denies-change-of-ice-strategy-no-one-is-off-the-table-12493743
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do everything they can to promote LGBTQ, that is, to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/opinion/heritage-foundation-women.html
— Quitting Prosecutor Felt Pressure to File Charges. DD: When I was 49 in 1997, my Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors talked and acted like Durbin, Mosely-Braun, and Illinois’ Democrat congressmen pressured them to force me to retire. If I could do it over again, I would have strongly asked Illinois’ Republican congressmen to come to my defense. They were Hyde, Crane, Porter, Weller, Fawell, Hastert, Manzullo, LaHood, and Shimkus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/us/chicago-federal-prosecutor-resigns-broadview-six.html
— Antiwar Veterans Group Spends Millions to Elect Democrats, Shaping Midterms. The organization, founded in 2006 to back Democratic veterans opposing the Iraq war, is pouring huge sums into this year’s elections amid intense voter antipathy for another conflict in the Middle East. DD: My many Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government were veterans a) who blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam war and b) who punished me for that especially because I was a Republican who avoided the war with student deferments and a financial hardship draft deferment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/us/politics/votevets-midterm-elections.html
DESERET NEWS
— Unsure about marriage? The research should reassure you. While naysayers keep pronouncing its demise, traditional marriage continues to show up in academic research as enormously beneficial. DD: My critics/opponents attribute my wife for my successes in life after we got married when I was in 29 in 1978. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. GAO promoted me in 1986. I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997. But when we 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.deseret.com/opinion/2024/12/15/marriage-has-enormous-benefits/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Married mothers are much better off financially, with a median family income of $108,000 in 2020, twice as much as the $41,000 for childless single women. They head into retirement with over three times as many assets than single peers. And even factoring in controls for variables like children, education, and race, married women’s household incomes are 45% larger than their unmarried peers. All in all, married women are 80% less likely to be poor while single moms are six times more likely. Married men, Wilcox likewise argues, “work harder, smarter, and more successfully” than their single peers. A Harvard study found them much less likely to be fired, and other research finds that married men earn 10% to 20% more than single men with similar backgrounds; even among identical twins, the married twins make 18-26% more than the unmarried. Married thirty-something men’s household income hovers around $95,000 while cohabiting men average $68,000, and singles average $42,000. Even controlling for factors like race, education and age, married men have 40% more household income than unmarried men and are 55% less likely to live in poverty. While impacts of family instability on women are well known, such as a much higher likelihood of poverty and the economic challenges of raising kids alone, single men also end up paying child support and find covering housing costs for two or more family configurations difficult. However, married men with children are three times more likely to attain middle class or higher status, and four times more likely to avoid poverty. They also retire with 10 times more assets than their unmarried peers.)
FORTUNE
— Trump’s new Medicaid rules will kick in, and GOP states are tougher about proving inability to work.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/26/trump-new-medicaid-work-requirements-obba-gop-states-tougher-doctor-documentation/
GEORGETOWN
— The class ceiling among first-generation college graduates. DD: Neither of my patents attended college. My father was only the first of ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. I should write about my critics/opponents whose parents had the most education.
https://feed.georgetown.edu/access-affordability/measuring-the-class-ceiling-among-first-gen-college-graduates/
GALLUP
— One in Four U.S. Employees Lack Advancement Opportunities. DD: Advancement opportunities exist in the federal government, but only for Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Because I am none of the aforesaid, a) my Democrat Post Office superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-4, b) my Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-12, and c) my Democrat GAO superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-13 even though I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/695996/one-four-employees-lack-advancement-opportunities.aspx
AMERICAN BAZAAR
— Nalin Haley, the son of former South Carolina Gov. and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, has again taken a hardline position on immigration, this time linking illegal and legal immigration to the affordability crisis in the United States. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/09/26/america-for-americans-nalin-haley-demands-end-to-h-1b-visas-and-legal-immigration-488873/
HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Rove against Trump.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/karl-rove-says-he-got-credible-threats-for-voting-democrat_n_6ab82cd6e4b07795582c6a4f
September 26, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— DD: Pritzker blasts Trump’s attending the Presidents Cup.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-attend-presidents-cup-golf-tournament-medinah-country-club/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Donald Trump has attacked Chicago and Illinois at every turn of his term, like joking about the smell of deportations in the morning and sending masked agents into our neighborhoods. Now, he wants to come here for golf. “He is neither wanted here nor needed here. But if he is going to spend time in DuPage County, he can leave the country club and explain to Illinoisans why his tariffs have made groceries, electricity, and everything else too damned expensive. “He will not. He will watch golf, he will call our city names, and he will get on a plane. And every day he is here, and every day after he leaves, I will keep doing what I have done since the day his agents showed up: use every tool I have at my disposal to protect the people of Illinois. He knows where to find me. We are ready for this fight.”)
WGN9
— Ford Heights Village Hall raided as part of Illinois Attorney General investigation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yztiya4DBPs
TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Illinois Republicans pitch candidacies, talk voter engagement in Elizabeth.
https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/tri-state/article_09dbe0f7-d983-4548-85e1-0bba05661fb0.html
SHAW LOCAL
— 2026 Election Questionnaire: Darin LaHood, U.S. House of Representatives, 16th District.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/election/2026/09/25/2026-election-questionnaire-darin-lahood-us-house-of-representatives-16th-district/
— 2026 Election Questionnaire: Sean Noonan, DuPage County Sheriff
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/election/2026/09/25/2026-election-questionnaire-sean-noonan-dupage-county-sheriff/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-25/the-supreme-court-revives-a-controversial-data-system-for-citizenship-checks
ILLINOIS TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news/officials-tackle-election-misinformation/
RAMIREZ
— DD: Ramirez ever-increasingly a) glorifies and praises illegals and b) fights their deportation.
https://ramirez.house.gov/media/press-releases/ramirez-garcia-host-election-protection-roundtable-local-advocates-election
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-603/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How strongly are the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct stressing that to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism? How strongly are they stressing the negatives of socialism and the positives of capitalism? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.
— What motivates you to donate to candidates? I should survey the biggest major Republican donors in Illinois about the Republican candidates who they have donated to, why they donated to them, their satisfaction/dissatisfaction with what the candidates did to win, and why they won or lost. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— In what ways are you increasingly in the minority in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and/or in your precinct? I am increasingly in the minority because I am conservative, Republican, Protestant (Missouri Synod Lutheran), German American (100%), and my ancestors have been in America for a long time (1844). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Democrat Socialists Introduce Blueprint for National Chaos.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/09/democrat-socialists-introduce-blueprint-for-national-chaos/
— Pritzker Redefines Civil Rights to Include Gender Dysphoria.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/09/jb-pritzker-redefines-civil-rights-to-include-gender-dysphoria/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASZHINGTON TIMES
— The IRS loses up to $304 billion a year to fraud. It still has no antifraud strategy. DD: I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for 3 years. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-88-61 and https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41 My Democrat GAO superiors wasted my knowledge of IRS’s Collection Division. When I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, I brought with me almost 9 years of knowledge of IRS’s Collection Division, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. While they did assign me to audits of CID for 3 years 1986-1988, they never assigned me to audits of IRS’s Collection Division for the other 15 years that I worked for them. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/25/fraudsters-steal-300-billion-irs-year/
NEW YORK POST
— Ramirez slammed by Trump admin for most ‘radical’ plan targeting ICE yet.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/26/us-news/illinois-rep-delia-ramirez-slammed-by-trump-admin-for-most-radical-plan-targeting-ice-yet/
— Americans are embracing socialism at record levels — as popularity tops 40% for first time since 2010. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/25/us-news/americans-are-embracing-socialism-at-record-levels-gallup-poll/
AMAC
— President Donald Trump recently revoked White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, accusing the outlets of repeatedly publishing false information. A federal judge subsequently ordered their access temporarily restored, finding that the administration likely violated their right to due process. Which of the following best reflects your opinion? DD: I should write about the following who since 2000 have constructively and literally revoked my GOPUSA press credentials: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://amac.us/polls/president-trump-white-house-access-journalists
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Employer of last resort. DD: According to my critics/opponents who have never worked for the federal government, the federal government is the employer of last resort, that is, it employs those who are deficient and therefore rejected by the private sector, by state government, by local government, and by all other employers. Of course, I disagree. While Democrats have reduced federal hiring, retention, and promotion standards for federal jobs, those standards are much higher than for private sector, state, local, and other jobs.
https://www.aei.org/economics/underwhelming-ideas-a-federal-jobs-guarantee/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Supreme Court clears way for Trump admin to boot illegal aliens from voter rolls.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/09/25/supreme-court-clears-way-for-trump-admin-to-boot-illegal-aliens-from-voter-rolls-1660623/
BLAZE
— ‘NEVER going to happen’: DHS Sec. Mullin CRUSHES ‘open borders’ Democrat Ramirez pushing ‘radical’ anti-ICE bill.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mullin-delia-ramirez-anti-ice
CAMPUS REFORM
— Rock Valley College in Rockford quietly rebranded its DEI office sometime last year while keeping its DEI programs largely intact. DD: Democrats and RINOs will always use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/rock-valley-college-drops-dei-name-retains-programs/30654
DAILY CITIZEN
— The Most Republican or Democrat-Leaning Jobs in America? DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Almost all federal employees are Democrats.
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/republican-democrat-jobs-america/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But what does it mean to work in a “religious organization”? That could be almost anything: a Catholic hospital, a Muslim or Jewish organization, a historic religiously based university, or a local rescue mission or food pantry. Burge found that Christian-based workplaces were dramatically more likely to lean Right or Republican over and against either Muslim or Jewish employers.)
DAILY WIRE
— They’re Using A Drowning Victim To Start A Race Riot. It’s a coordinated effort to bring back the BLM riots of 2020.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/unbelievable-theyre-using-a-drowning-victim-to-start-a-race-riot
FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
— If Work Is Punitive, What Is a Lifetime of Government Dependency? DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://thefga.org/blog/if-work-is-punitive-what-is-a-lifetime-of-government-dependency/
FOX NEWS
— More Americans than ever now have a positive view of socialism. 43% now see socialism favorably, driven by a shift among independents whose rating jumped to 45%. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/more-americans-than-ever-positive-view-socialism-new-poll-says.amp
JONATHAN TURLEY
— The Socialist Chic: Almost Half of Americans Now Hold Positive Views of Socialism. Karl Marx believed that “Democracy is the road to socialism.” DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/09/25/the-socialist-chic-almost-half-of-americans-now-hold-positive-views-of-socialism/comment-page-1/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Castro’s playbook: Dozens of congressional bills are pushing socialist ideas. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/castros-playbook-ex-ag-warns-dozens-congressional-bills-pushing-socialist-ideas.amp
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Daughter Is Not the Only Victim. DD: My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/09/nikole-hannah-joness-daughter-is-not-the-only-victim/
NEWSMAX
— Danger as Voters Embrace Socialism. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/mclaughlin/economic-hispanic-moderates-voters/2026/09/25/id/1270654/
TOWNHALL
— This Is Why America Could Become a Socialist Nightmare. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://townhall.com/news/jeff-charles/2026/09/25/this-is-why-america-could-become-a-socialist-nightmare-n2683563
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6112712-trump-approval-ratings-midterm-elections/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: In Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So. DD: The mainstream news media has done far more to destroy Trump than China ever has.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/politics/trump-xi-press-pool-boycott-media.html
— DD: Democrats promote Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/us/politics/maine-michigan-democrats-unity-poll.html
— DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) 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 and/or b) 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. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/hegseth-blocks-navy-promotions.html
— Not Democrats. Not Republicans. But Not a Third Party Either. DD: To get rid of me, my anti-conservative critics/opponents want me to leave the Illinois Republican Party and join the Illinois Conservative Party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/opinion/independents-midterms-democrats.html
— After Tough Primaries, Democrats in Crucial States Feel Unified. DD: What have Dabrowski and Mendrick done to help elect Bailey?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/us/politics/maine-michigan-democrats-unity-poll.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Collectivism is socialism. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/25/what-religious-integralists-right-socialists-share/
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— Are your coworkers more Democratic or Republican? See donation data by company. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Almost all federal employees are Democrats.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2026/partisan-donation-occupations/
DESERT NEWS
— What’s the most Republican job in America? DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Almost all federal employees are Democrats.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/12/25/new-data-finds-construction-and-christian-organizations-are-the-most-republican-leaning-industries-in-america/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in all industries except for Christian organizations and construction. The sectors with the smallest share of Republican employees are tech development, media and higher education. Employees of law firms, fast food and clothing retail also leaned disproportionately toward the Democratic Party.)
LEWISTON TRIBUNE
— Why socialism erodes liberty and destroys people’s freedom. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.lmtribune.com/opinion/why-socialism-erodes-liberty-and-destroys-people8217s-freedom-9944ea71
ABC6
— Greg Bovino launches a committee to explore a 2028 presidential run.
https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/gallery/greg-bovino-launches-a-committee-to-explore-a-2028-presidential-run-trump-administration-border-patrol-minneapolis
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Nikole Hannah-Jones and the Price of ‘Equality.’ She sacrificed her child’s education for a false ideal. I lost my job and many friends for a true one. DD: My critics/opponents promote equal outcome, that is, they reject equal opportunity.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/nikole-hannah-jones-and-the-price-of-equality-e89b312c
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In fact, I was on the side of equality, and I did pay a price. In my capacity as president of a local school council, I was defending New York City’s “screened schools,” which admit students based on objective criteria, without regard to race or ethnicity. Ms. Hannah-Jones was interviewing me for a New York Times series titled “Segregated City,” a video companion piece of sorts to her 2016 article “Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City.” Everyone I knew told me not to do it. I probably should have listened. I was run out of my job as a public defender, lost many friends, and had to navigate a steady stream of racism accusations while serving on the school council. Ms. Hannah-Jones, who is notorious for leading the Times’s “1619 Project,” has a different idea of equality: identical statistical outcomes by race, regardless of individual achievement. It turns out she was willing to sacrifice something in pursuit of this ideal: her daughter’s education.)
FORTUNE
— Harvard’s last Affirmative Action program is for the rich.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/26/harvard-legacy-admissions-affirmative-action/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s called the Z-List. Over the years, it has become notorious for just who gets ushered through Harvard’s back door. They’ve often included children of uber-wealthy donors, connected alumni, and heads of state. Some have academic credentials that would make admission through Harvard’s front door highly unlikely. For decades, preferences like these were part of the peculiar ecosystem of elite college admissions. Then came June 2023. When the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions at Harvard and UNC, it was obvious what should come next. Legacy admissions would have to go.)
INC.
— The Job Search Is Crushing Workers’ Confidence. The Worst Part Isn’t Rejection. For today’s job seekers, the most damaging part of looking for work may not be rejection, but months of silence that erode confidence, financial security, and hope. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. That made it impossible for me to get a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. Previously, they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS when I was 31 in 1980.
https://www.inc.com/chloe-rosenberg/the-job-search-is-crushing-workers-confidence-the-worst-part-isnt-rejection/91410610
JD SUPRA
— When a Workplace Protest Isn’t “Protected.” DD: I did far more than demonstrate. When I was 40 in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/when-a-workplace-protest-isn-t-4884508/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A recent NLRB Division of Advice memorandum gives employers a useful roadmap for handling on-site demonstrations that are driven by political or social causes rather than workplace conditions. The takeaway: not every group employee action is “protected concerted activity,” and discipline for a genuine policy violation can be lawful, but the margin for error is narrow, especially in California. . .Federal law is only half the picture here. California has some of the nation’s strongest statutory protections for employee political activity. Labor Code section 1101 bars employers from adopting or enforcing any policy that controls or directs employees’ political activities, and section 1102 prohibits using the threat of discharge to coerce employees to follow (or not follow) a particular line of political action. That means a California employer cannot safely rely on the NLRA analysis alone. Even where a protest falls outside federal “concerted activity” protection, discipline that looks like it targets the political message itself – rather than a neutral, evenhandedly enforced rule – can expose the employer to a separate state-law claim.)
HR BREW
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/75-of-americans-believe-diverse-workforces-are-more-profitable
SECRETS OF OPM
— Private sector v. public sector employees. DD: I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. Further, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://usopm.substack.com/p/this-is-not-your-grandfathers-federal
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Without mincing words, we have done a poor job of getting early career folks into government. Today, only 7% of the federal workforce is under the age of 30. In the overall U.S. workforce, 22% of employees are under 30. You don’t need a calculator to realize the problem – by a factor of more than 3:1, the federal workforce is under-indexed on early career talent. At the same time, fully 44% of the federal workforce is over the age of 50 – I’m helping support that statistic personally! In the overall U.S. workforce, 33% of employees fall into this demographic. So, the federal workforce skews older by 11 percentage points than other employers. And this means that within a 5-10 year span, close to half of current federal employees could leave the workforce through retirement.)
GAO
— Tax Fraud: The Federal Government Loses an Estimated $116 Billion to $304 Billion Annually. DD: I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for 3 years. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-88-61 and https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41 My Democrat GAO superiors wasted my knowledge of IRS’s Collection Division. When I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, I brought with me almost 9 years of knowledge of IRS’s Collection Division, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. While they did assign me to audits of CID for 3 years 1986-1988, they never assigned me to audits of IRS’s Collection Division for the other 15 years that I worked for them. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-107810
NPR
— Why working-class voters have been shifting toward the Republican Party.
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/14/nx-s1-5183060/why-working-class-voters-have-been-shifting-toward-the-republican-party
September 25, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Secret Service make extensive preparations for President Trump’s upcoming visit to Medinah.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-secret-service-make-extensive-preparations-president-trumps-upcoming-visit-medinah-country-club-presidents-cup/19867787/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrats protest against Trump’s upcoming visit to Chicago area for golf tournament.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/09/24/protest-trump-presidents-cup-medinah-golf-tournament
— CPS enrollment drops again amid low birth rates and immigrant fears. Enrollment had stabilized — even increasing briefly — with an influx of immigrant students in 2023 and 2024. But the trend proved short-lived. CPS enrollment has been on the decline for more than two decades.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/09/24/chicago-public-schools-enrollment-drops-by-more-than-11-000-accelerating-long-term-downward-trend
— Chicago School Board member Jessica Biggs faces scrutiny over 2018 CPS firing as she runs for board president. Biggs was fired from her job as principal of Burke Elementary and put on the Chicago Public Schools’ “Do Not Hire” list in 2018. Now, with that employment ban overturned, she’s running for the school board’s top position. DD: When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, they constructively put me on everyone’s do not hire list. My critics/opponents side with my Democrat GAO superiors.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-school-board/2026/09/23/chicago-school-board-member-jessica-biggs-faces-scrutiny-over-2018-firing-as-she-runs-for-presidents-seat
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” Of course, I take that as a badge of honor. According to my critics/opponents, I never was a journalist, I am not a journalist, and I never will be a journalist a) because I do not have a degree in journalism, b) because no one has paid me for what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) because all the money needed for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and for my www.gopillinois.com website comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings, d) because either my newsletters nor my website are paywalled or contain any advertising or donation requests, e) because I do not claim to be nonpartisan, f) because I fully disclose that I am conservative Republican, and g) because I fully disclose that I have been an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000. My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth the fact a) that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years 1980-1997, b) that what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do, and c) that during my last 11 years at GAO, my salary increased from $118,984/year to $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/09/24/trump-media-ban-journalists-ap-cnn-ms-now-politico-jacob-sullum
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GAO: ICE is wasting tens of millions of dollars on ‘uninformed’ detention projects.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/24/ice-is-wasting-tens-of-millions-of-dollars-on-uninformed-detention-projects-report-finds/
— Prosecutor at center of ‘Broadview Six’ scandal retires. DD: My critics/opponents side with my Democrat GAO superiors who forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/24/prosecutor-at-center-of-broadview-six-scandal-retires-says-boutros-ordered-grand-jury-transcript/
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County suspends early voting due to technical problems.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260924/local-politics/dupage-suspends-early-voting-due-to-technical-problems/
— DD: Homelessness increases because the Democrat Party platform destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260924/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-challenge-of-engagement-communities-consortium-combines-various-resource/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders have always encouraged citizens of foreign countries to claim asylum in America. Democrat leaders because they will vote for Democrats. RINO leaders because they want cheap labor.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2026/09/25/now-nearly-impossible-asylum-chicago-immigration-court
— CPS enrollment drops again amid low birth rates and immigrant fears. Enrollment had stabilized — even increasing briefly — with an influx of immigrant students in 2023 and 2024. But the trend proved short-lived. CPS enrollment has been on the decline for more than two decades.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/09/24/cps-enrollment-drops-again-amid-low-birth-rates-and-immigrant-fears
STATELINE
— Don Tracy blames state leaders for rising costs during Freeport campaign stop.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/don-tracy-blames-state-leaders-for-rising-costs-during-freeport-campaign-stop/amp/
SHAW LOCAL
— Darren Bailey to make gubernatorial campaign stop in DeKalb Oct. 3.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/09/24/darren-bailey-to-make-gubernatorial-campaign-stop-in-dekalb-oct-3/
— 2026 Election Questionnaire: Stephanie Trussell, Illinois State Representative, 42nd District.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/election/2026/09/25/2026-election-questionnaire-stephanie-trussell-illinois-state-representative-42nd-district/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media ever-increasingly paint everything as being bad and blame Trump for that.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-25/as-election-enters-its-final-stretch-some-republicans-are-distancing-from-trump
DURBIN
— Durbin, Reed, Peters Release GAO Report Detailing Reckless Expansion Of Immigration Detention Under Trump. Senators release damning findings on rushed efforts to expand unsuitable immigration detention facilities, including Alligator Alcatraz and Guantánamo Bay.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-reed-peters-release-gao-report-detailing-reckless-expansion-of-immigration-detention-under-trump
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Existing City Curfew Laws Enforced Largely In Black And Latino Communities. While some alderpeople push for tougher curfew laws, many parents and teens say the current approach is unfair and ineffective. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/24/existing-city-curfew-laws-enforced-largely-in-black-and-latino-communities-data-shows/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker’s data-center tightrope
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-815/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-602/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHRIS LAUZEN
— Lauzen Calls for In-depth Public Debate for Kane County Treasurer.
https://f1bb82a4-e6d5-4ea0-9f9c-6f411a52fdad.filesusr.com/ugd/4de132_5375c69df77f4071953dd3635df2f881.pdf
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County Republicans: Here’s who’s on your Nov. 3 ballot.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/dupage-county-republicans-here-s-who-s-on-your-nov-3-ballot
— Two DuPage Democrats Pushed Bill That Would Have Barred Suburbs From Clearing Homeless Encampments.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/two-dupage-democrats-pushed-bill-that-would-have-barred-suburbs-from-clearing-homeless-encampments
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Technical problems halt early voting in DuPage.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_2a29ca8e-306d-4d51-a0b5-81a4961e0d9c.html
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Chairman Grogan on Early Voting Being Suspended in DuPage County.
https://x.com/ILGOP/status/2103173487716450380
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Which Chicago CTA stations have the highest crime rates.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-cta-crime-rates-dangerous-stations/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski Tells Bailey to ‘Unite Republicans’ – After Skipping GOP Unity Breakfast Himself.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/09/dabrowski-tells-bailey-to-unite-republicans-after-skipping-gop-unity-breakfast-himself.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Is the Illinois Environmental Council Engaging in Pay to Play?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/24/is-the-illinois-environmental-council-engaging-in-pay-to-play/
— Lauzen Calls for Debates with Opponent in Quest for a Second Term as Kane County Treasurer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/24/lauzen-calls-for-debates-with-opponent-in-quest-for-a-second-term-as-kane-county-treasurer/
— Electric and Gas Assistance for Lower Income Families, Can Apply Starting October 1st
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/24/electric-and-gas-assistance-for-lower-income-families-can-apply-starting-october-1st/
— Why People Should Vote “No” on Home Rule/County Executive Referendum, Plus Early Voting Locations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/24/why-people-should-vote-no-on-home-rule-county-exective-referendum-plus-early-voting-locations/
— Hypocrisy in Politics? Oh, My
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/23/hypocracy-in-politics-oh-my/
— State Rep. Jeff Keicher on Artificial Intelligence
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/23/state-rep-jeff-keicher-on-artificial-intelligence/
— Independent Candidate for Governor Releases Real Estate Tax Relief Plan (with Critique)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/23/independent-candidate-for-governor-releases-real-estate-tax-relief-plan-with-critique/
— An Election Cartoon
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/22/an-election-cartoon-2/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The stories that got them banned: Trump lists ‘reporting incidents’ in letters to three news outlets. DD: I should write about the articles that I included links to in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that caused my critics/opponents to have their operatives and their dupes take big adverse actions against me for. My critics/opponents blame me and blame my newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/24/stories-got-banned-trump-lists-reporting-incidents-letters-three-news/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4741494/trump-anti-socialist-ad-paid-us-government/
— The Right doesn’t need to remake itself. It just needs courage. DD: Sadly, in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in the Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, fewer and fewer and fewer promote conservative principles like I do.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/4739789/the-right-needs-courage-nettr/
BREITBART
— Trump Immigration Crackdown Pushing Illegal Aliens Out U.S. Banking System.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/09/24/trump-immigration-crackdown-pushing-illegal-aliens-out-u-s-banking-system/amp/
CENTER SQUARE
— GAO: ICE sunk $20M into abandoned detention center expansions.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f5ce180c-0612-459b-9e56-5ae5c3f002ee.html
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Chicago reverses, won’t cancel ‘controversial’ Tim Pool event. The cancellation attempt follows the school’s long history of denying a Turning Point USA chapter, despite the school’s professed commitment to free speech.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-chicago-reverses-wont-cancel-controversial-tim-pool-event/
FOX NEWS
— Team USA golfers welcome Trump’s expected Presidents Cup visit, share pride in representing America.
https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/team-usa-golfers-welcome-trumps-expected-presidents-cup-visit-share-pride-representing-america
— Mamdani-backed socialist arrested at anti-Netanyahu protest outside UN. The socialist-backed candidate was reportedly among 80 to 100 demonstrators arrested for blocking a roadway Thursday.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-backed-socialist-house-nominee-arrested-anti-netanyahu-protest-outside-un
— Joe Rogan warns of rise of socialism after guest describes escape from USSR.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6405557349112
HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— Socialism’s Long March Through America’s Public Schools. DD: My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://heartland.org/opinion/guest-booking-opportunity-heartland-institutes-chris-talgo-on-the-socialist-long-march-through-americas-public-schools/
HOT AIR
— We Overestimate the Progress Made in Stamping Out Wokeness.
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/09/24/we-overestimate-the-progress-made-in-stamping-out-wokeness-n3819309
NEWSMAX
— Socialist Indoctrination Machine Is No Joke. DD: I escaped socialist indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance. That enabled me to earn six professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a professional license (CPA).
https://www.newsmax.com/kenbuck/capitalism-government-indoctrination/2026/09/24/id/1270497/
TOWNHALL
— America First Policies Are Restoring the American Dream of Homeownership for Hispanic Families. DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) University Pary was developed to help non-Whites and b) my buying a new townhome there denied a non-White family from buying it.
https://townhall.com/columnists/alfonso-aguilar/2026/09/25/america-first-policies-are-restoring-the-american-dream-of-homeownership-for-hispanic-families-n2683485
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6110237-trump-government-ad-criticism/
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6110148-younger-voters-negative-capitalism/
ABC NEWS
— DD: To get more votes from voters who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that their problems are caused by voters who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/trump-administration-moves-limit-fixes-systemic-racism-schools-136743667
CBS NEWS
— Trump’s expected Presidents Cup visit prompts (Democrat) protests at Medinah Country Club.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/medinah-country-club-protest-president-trump-visit-presidents-cup/
NBC NEWS
— Republican candidates increasingly distance themselves from Trump. DD: As anti-conservatives ever-increasingly move into Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct, more and more and more in the aforesaid distance themselves from conservatives, if not banish conservatives.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/republican-candidates-distance-trump-rcna599690
NEWSWEEK
— Melania Trump Says She Had ‘Beautiful Childhood’ Living Under Communism. DD: All you have to do to advance under communism is to be a communist. All you have to do to advance under Democrats to be a Democrat. I have always been a Republican. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. To advance, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional licenses, and a job-related professional license. None of my Democrat coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me came close to doing that.
https://www.newsweek.com/melania-trump-says-she-had-beautiful-childhood-living-under-communism-12480724
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/opinion/democrats-young-voters-joy-mamdani.html
— Meta’s smart glasses are the latest in a line of products to raise eyebrows over privacy. That’s not stopping other companies from creating similar devices. DD: I should wear these glasses to document threats made against me by hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters while I deliver Republican election materials.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/technology/personaltech/meta-glasses-wearables.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/09/25/democrats-dsa-candidates-problem-midterms/91810550007/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/democrats-cant-shake-dsa-problem-090458505.html
–DD: Ever since my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted it was because I am an extremely bad person and even worse things.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/2026/09/20/too-old-to-hire-workers-early-retirement-layoffs/91680065007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Government Airs Pro-Trump, Anti-Communism Ad. The unusual ad, which says it was paid for by the U.S. government, aired on Fox News in major TV markets. DD: Democrats constructively own the mainstream news media. Under socialism, they would officially own it.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/u-s-government-airs-pro-trump-anti-communism-ad-39cd8227
FORBES
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/karadennison/2026/09/24/companies-that-dropped-dei-have-nothing-to-show-for-it/
BLOOMBERG
— Trump-Xi Summit Goes Big on Pomp But Small on Substance.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-25/trump-xi-summit-goes-big-on-pomp-but-small-on-substance
DESERET NEWS
— DD: Under capitalism, UIC in 1966, NIU in 1969, Loyola in 1972, DePaul in 1976, and IIT in 1992 admitted me even though my patents were Republicans and I have always been a Republican. Under socialism, if my parents and I had not been socialists, they would not have admitted me. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger, or veteran and who would take the job. They got rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat. Working for Democrats is like working for socialists.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2026/09/25/new-poll-finds-two-thirds-of-democratic-voters-favor-democratic-socialist-candidates/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you are receiving welfare or you will receive welfare: not raided in a traditional family, liberal/moderate, non-Republican, non-White, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-demographics-of-racial-inequality-in-the-united-states/
LOS ANGELES PROGRESSIVE
— JD Vance Wants to Pay Parents to Stay Home—but With Child Care Money. His $9,000-per-child proposal sounds pro-family until you look at the working and single parents who already depend on those federal funds. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I was tremendously privileged because my stay at home mother raised me and my parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. My critics/opponents use that to outrageously/disgustingly/falsely/unethically hint/imply/argue/shout that my parents were filthy rich. They ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact that my mother never attended high school, that neither of my parents attended college, that my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, that he almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, that he never earned more than $75,000/year in today’s dollars, that he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, and that I had to work my way through college.
https://www.laprogressive.com/labor-social-justice/pay-parents-to-stay-home
— DD: To get more votes from voters who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that their problems are caused by voters who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/affirmative-action-needs-to-continue
AXIOS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting socialism.
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/24/socialism-opinion-polls-midterms
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GREAT BRITAIN NEWS
— Illegal migrants who have arrived under Labour now outnumber entire British Army.
https://www.gbnews.com/news/migrant-crisis-illegals-arrived-labour-outnumber-british-army
BUSINESS STANDARD
— Disney’s fired CEO returns to settle scores with Bob Iger in his new memoir. DD: I should write about my Democrat superiors who took the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on my Democrat Post Office superiors who a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. I would focus on my Democrat Firestone Store boss who fired me when I told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. I would focus on my Democrat IRS superiors who a) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. I would focus on my Democrat GAO superiors who a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) got rid of the GAO manager in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/disney-s-fired-ceo-returns-to-settle-scores-with-bob-iger-in-his-new-memoir-126092401532_1.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chapek rejects any personal responsibility for his ouster. He places all blame on a “relentless” sabotage campaign by the man who handpicked him for the job, his predecessor and eventual successor, Robert A Iger.)
DAILY MAIL
— Socialist candidate for Congress arrested protesting Netanyahu at the United Nations.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16158895/Socialist-arrested-protesting-Netanyahu-United-Nations.html
September 24, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Ramirez Proposal would abolish ICE, shut down DHS. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-ewvmgakr06att13e
FOX32
— Illinois immigrant rights group plans protest during Trump’s Chicago visit.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-zoagqoxj9qgpnqys
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/23/judge-sets-hearing-date-broadview-six-want-further-investigation-prosecutors-misconduct
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Early voting begins Thursday in collar counties but not until Oct. 1 in Chicago and Oct. 7 in suburban Cook.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/24/illinois-election-early-voting/
— Cook County leaders warn of ‘devastation’ with 100 days to go before Medicaid work requirements take effect. DD: According to Google AI, “Able-bodied in the Medicaid program is a policy term used to describe adults who do not qualify for traditional coverage categories like being elderly, blind, disabled, pregnant, or a child.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/23/medicaid-work-requirements/
— The Nov. 3 ballot lacks real choices.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/23/charles-selle-column-nov-3-ballot/
— Who’s afraid of a big, bad debate?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/23/judy-bowlby-hilario-dominguez-darren-bailey-mary-miller-juliana-stratton-don-tracy-jennifer-davis-melissa-bean/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Just ask Don Tracy, the Republican running for U.S. Senate against Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton. He’s made his opponent’s unwillingness to face off a leading campaign talking point. While Stratton has committed to a debate on WTTW, Chicago’s local public television channel, that’s it. Darren Bailey this spring declined to debate his primary opponents Ted Dabrowski, Rick Heinder and James Mendrick, winning the primary election soundly anyway. Bailey is rightfully upset that Gov. JB Pritzker has apparently declined to debate him and has agreed only to a single “forum” on WTTW, which does not typically reach a large downstage audience. We’d hope arrangements are being made for wider distribution. Downstate U.S. Rep. Mary Miller also demurred when it came to debates. We suspect she didn’t want to have to take on a more pragmatic, independent-minded candidate in Judy Bowlby, whom we endorsed. Both Bailey and Miller won their primaries handily, which unfortunately reinforces bad behavior. Namely, once you’re confident enough that you can win, campaigning becomes less about making your case to the public and more about holding your ground.)
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: $710 million DuPage County budget proposal includes money for first-time homebuyers. DD: Back in the good old days, back when I was 24 in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome in University Park. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ . But it had only 1,000 square feet. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it and the down payment would have been about $36,000. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had just increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $88.700. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260923/local-politics/710-million-dupage-county-budget-proposal-includes-money-for-first-time-homebuyers-rental-assistan/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One highlight of the proposed budget is a plan to use $5 million for a first-time homebuyer program administered in partnership with the Illinois Housing Development Authority. The program, which Conroy hopes to begin in early 2027, would provide up to $30,000 in down payment assistance to qualifying residents.)
JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Region’s Republicans follow president’s plan: Campaign like he’s on ballot.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/morgan-county-republicans-talk-voting-data-22442639.php
SHAW LOCAL
— 2026 Election Questionnaire: JB Pritzker, Illinois Governor.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/09/23/2026-election-questionnaire-jb-pritzker-illinois-governor/
WAND TV
— Schumer says Trump needs to stand up to Xi.
https://www.wandtv.com/video/2026/09/23/schumer-says-trump-needs-stand-up-xi/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois attorney general claims victory in lawsuit against Trump administration. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat judges and justices will ever-increasingly will rule not only against Trump, but against all Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2026-09-23/illinois-attorney-general-claims-victory-in-lawsuit-against-trump-administration
— Judge orders Trump administration to restore journalists’ access to White House. DD: I should write about the following who have done the most since 2000 to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-24/judge-orders-trump-administration-to-restore-journalists-access-to-white-house
(FROM THE ARTICLE: CNN, MS NOW and Politico filed a joint lawsuit against Trump to challenge that decision on Monday, on the grounds that their constitutional rights had been violated. They sought a temporary restraining order on the ban that would allow them to report from the White House as the proceedings in the case continue. In his Thursday ruling, Kelly ordered White House representatives to “immediately return, reinstate, and restore” their press credentials to reporters of the three news organizations.)
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media ever-increasingly paint everything as being bad and blame Trump for that.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-disapproval-highest-in-second-term-amid-economic-woes-emerson-college/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— State Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago): Illinois is a leader in LGBTQ rights. A priority is to ban the use of tax dollars for conversion therapy.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-lawmaker-il-is-a-leader-in-lgbtq-rights/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— Illinois Becomes First Midwest State To Allow Medically Assisted Death As ‘Deb’s Law’ Goes Into Effect.
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/illinois-becomes-first-midwest-state-allow-medically-assisted-death-debs-law-goes
ILLINOIZE
— Spending, Attacks Ramp Up in Competitive House Races.
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/spending-attacks-ramp-up-house
(FROM THEW ARTICLE: There are more than a few Republicans who tell us they believe the seat being vacated by Rep. Amy Grant (R-Wheaton) is all but lost to Democrats and Wheaton City Council member Erica Bray-Parker. Bray-Parker has had digital ads running in the district and at least one mail piece, we’re told. Republican sources say digital ads will be going up for Republican candidate Rob Vrankovich. . .Democrats appear to believe Ugaste’s district is trending their way, so they’ve begun hitting Ugaste pretty hard in mail and digital. The digital ad looks as if it is from a congressional race and not a state legislative race. Dems haven’t hit Ugaste in mailboxes for a couple of weeks, though, so they may not be fully invested. Ugaste is dropping mail and running digital ads.)
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The Bailey-Dabrowski divide deepens.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/24/the-bailey-dabrowski-divide-deepens-01091210
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party is also drawing criticism from some Republicans for not seeming to do more to support Bailey. Its chair, Bob Grogan, served as treasurer for Dabrowski’s campaign before heading the party. He now insists he’s supporting all candidates, including Bailey. Stirring the pot: Downstate attorney Tom DeVore, a former attorney general candidate, accused Dabrowski and Grogan of purposely trying to make sure Bailey loses significantly to Pritzker in order to help prop up Republicans for 2030. “They want to convince the base that votes in a primary that it takes a Dabrowski or it takes an Irvin or a Rauner to actually beat the Democrats,” said DeVore, referring to Richard Irvin, who lost to Bailey in the primary in 2022, and former Gov. Bruce Rauner, who lost to Pritzker in 2018. “They think that unless they can get enough Republicans in the base convinced of that, they can never get through a primary. Dabrowski denies the accusation. “That’s crazy talk,” he said, and he suggested that Bailey, as the standard bearer of the party, should be trying to unite Republicans. The back-and-forth is exposing a deep divide inside the Illinois GOP that hasn’t won statewide office in over a decade and continues to struggle for relevance.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-814/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-601/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who works the hardest against you? Those who work the hardest against me promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I should write about those who have worked the hardest against me. I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
httpo://www.gopillinois.com
— Why do your critics/opponents get involved in Republican politics? My critics/opponents get involved in Republican politics to get the Republican party to officially dump its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in its platform. I should write about my critics/opponents in the following who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because I promote the aforesaid planks: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman doing to get out the Republican vote? I am hand-delivering DuPage GOP-provided envelopes to the 660 registered Republican and Independent voters in their 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. The envelopes have 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels and contain a copy of the sample ballot, a Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided outstanding Voter Guide, and campaign literature from the 14 of 18 Republican candidates who provided their literature to the MTRO so far. By the time I am done, I will have stuffed 6,400 pieces — 5,600 literature pieces (14X400), 400 Voter Guides, and 400 sample ballots — in 400 envelopes and hand-delivered them. I have to fold the Voter Guides (400), sample ballots (400), and two of the literature pieces (800). I am using my photocopier to make 400 copies of the 2-sided sample ballot and 200 color copies of the Voter Guide. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Billionaire Pritzker Lets Taxpayers Finance His Health Insurance
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/22/billionaire-pritzker-lets-taxpayers-finance-his-health-insurance/
— State Rep. Jeff Keicher on Artificial Intelligence
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/23/state-rep-jeff-keicher-on-artificial-intelligence/
— Independent Candidate for Governor Releases Real Estate Tax Relief Plan (with Critique)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/23/independent-candidate-for-governor-releases-real-estate-tax-relief-plan-with-critique/
— Federal Judge Gives Suburbanite a Year for Threatening to “Kill the Nazi Rapist Pigs”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/22/federal-judge-gives-suburbanite-a-year-for-thretening-to-kill-the-nazi-rapist-pigs/
— Senator Craig Wilcox Holding Pig Roast at Highest Elevation in Algonquin Township Saturday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/21/senator-craig-wilcox-holding-pig-roast-at-highest-elevation-in-algonquin-township/
— Illinois Environment Council Zoom Presents One-Sided Look at Battery Farms
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/18/illinois-environment-council-zoom-presents-one-sided-look-at-battery-farms/
— Illinois Battery Farm Construction Far Behind Expectations
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/17/illinois-battery-farm-construction-far-behind-expectations/
— Corbett Catches WTTW with It Pants Down in Preventing His Debate Attendance
— https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/16/corbett-catches-wttw-with-it-pants-down-in-preventing-his-debate-attendance/
— Sun-Times Reports Colin Corbett “a Fiscal Conservative Who Supports Abortion Rights”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/17/sun-times-reports-colin-corbett-a-fiscal-conservative-who-supports-abortion-rights/
— No Measles Cases Found in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/09/17/no-measles-cases-found-in-mchenry-county/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Taxpayers pay extra for early voting.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_3e0ec8f4-0a38-4950-8902-c5f3438b214f.html
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago’s Finger Pointing Mayor.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-finger-pointing-mayor
WIREPOINTS
— Bravo: Ted Dabrowski launches ‘Fight for Illinois’
https://wirepoints.org/bravo-ted-dabrowski-launches-fight-for-illinois-wirepoints/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— As Bailey Battles Pritzker, Dabrowski Launches His Own Statewide Political Machine, Fueling 2030 Talk.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/09/as-bailey-battles-pritzker-dabrowski-launches-his-own-statewide-political-machine-fueling-2030-talk.html
— Dabrowski Is ‘Fighting for Illinois’ — From Delaware.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/09/dabrowski-is-fighting-for-illinois-from-delaware.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: Pritzker’s credit upgrades come with a nearly $86 billion tax bill.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-credit-rating-pritzker-tax-hikes/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— More than 4 in 10 Americans favor socialism for the first time. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/23/gallup-poll-finds-4-10-americans-favor-socialism-first-time/
— Trump and the press boycott each other. Presidents don’t need a friendly media; they need the confidence to face a hostile one. DD: I should write about the following who have done the most since 2000 to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/23/trump-press-boycott/
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago commuters are hit with a bold new Florida billboard campaign.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/22/business/florida-chamber-gives-jb-pritzker-runner-up-for-economic-developer-of-the-year-award-on-chicago-billboards/
— Marco Rubio begins yanking visas of birth tourism enablers: ‘Sending a clear message.’
https://nypost.com/2026/09/23/us-news/marco-rubio-begins-yanking-visas-of-birth-tourism-enablers/
— People who don’t like America should go somewhere else. DD: What do you say to Democrats who come to DuPage County and who stay in DuPage County a) to flee Democrat poverty and crime and b) to take advantage of Republican prosperity and safety, but continue to vote for Democrats?
https://nypost.com/2026/09/23/media/judge-judy-says-people-who-dont-like-america-should-go-somewhere-else/
— Gay media empire forced out board member over MAGA hat.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/23/media/equalpride-board-member-resigns-after-staff-pushback-over-trump-hat/
AMERICAN THINKER
— So why did Nikole Hannah-Jones expose New York City’s horrible public schools now?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/09/so-why-did-nikole-hannah-jones-expose-new-york-city-s-horrible-public-schools-now/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I think the answer lies in her own ideology, in her own ‘contributions’ to social thought. Her error-filled 1619 Project, which the American Federation of Teachers promoted in schools, likely in those very schools Hannah-Jones’s daughter attended (Update: was taught), claimed that America was fatally flawed from its foundation, and remained hopelessly flawed. Black people were victims. The only conclusion that could be reached from it was reparations and of course, reinforced affirmative action. That made it easy to not worry too much about the results coming out of the public schools, which Democrats running these cities don’t worry too much about as they throw more money at them. It would explain why promoting black children without merit, giving every kid an ‘A’ no matter how poorly they performed, could continue without any apparent consequences for the kids or the schools. One reason, of course, is that teachers were afraid to be branded ‘racist’ if they did flunk any of the kids for nonperformance, given the atmosphere. Another reason was, why not? If teachers could never be fired for failing to teach and kids would go on to college no matter what their preparation, why not just give all A’s? There would be no consequences either way and less attention from giving the A’s and passing the kids along to the next level. But what actually became of the kids in these failing schools, especially the ones who were tracked into college with no education?)
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Kamala Harris says attacking DEI means attacking maternal care.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/09/23/kamala-harris-says-attacking-dei-means-attacking-maternal-care-1660225/
BLAZE
— Socialists want a new Constitution. Believe them. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-socialists-want-a-new-constitution-believe-them
BREITBART
— Homan: ‘They Will Never Abolish ICE’ DD: Democrats have always run GAO. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired. Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996. Under him, GAO shrank from more than 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. GAO is just a shell of what it once was. If Bowsher had defended GAO and reformed GAO, there would have been no need for DOGE.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/23/homan-they-will-never-abolish-ice/amp/
— More than 40% of Americans have positive view of socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting young people a) to blame their career problems on capitalism and b) to want socialism. What do you blame your career problems on? I blame my career problems on the Democrats who run the federal government and their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/poll-more-than-40-of-americans-have-positive-view-of-socialism/
— Report Exposes California’s $11B ‘Shadow Welfare System’ for Illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/09/23/report-exposes-californias-11b-shadow-welfare-system-for-illegals/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Howard University homecoming to feature LGBTQ ‘Lavender Reception.’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/howard-university-homecoming-feature-lgbtq-lavender-reception/30628
COLLEGE FIX
— New Jersey university trains counseling students to be ‘social justice advocates.’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/monmouth-u-trains-counseling-students-to-be-social-justice-advocates/
DAILY WIRE
— Speaker Johnson: Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan An Excellent ‘Investment.’ Johnson said that deportations were a solid way to protect Americans from crime. DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-johnson-trumps-mass-deportation-plan-an-excellent-investment
DISPATCH
— Young People Need Know the American Dream Isn’t Dead. It’s fine to be angry about affordability, but grievance can’t be the response. DD: What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://thedispatch.com/article/american-dream-generation-z-socialism-populism/
FOX BUSINESS
— Socialists and communists want government control over your life. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6405515888112
— Americans look at socialism as being big government. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. What do you blame your career problems on? I blame my career problems on the Democrats who run the federal government and their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6405517279112
— Socialism is predicated on jealousy. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. My Democrat Post Office (1966-1969), IRS (1971-1980), and GAO (1980-1997) superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were filled with envy. They always painted themselves as being underpaid. After I got married in 1978, they were ever-increasingly more furious at my and my wife’s ever-increasing income and net worth. To turn everyone against me, they stressed a) the new cars that I bought when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) the real estate that I bought when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) the collector cars that I bought when I was 40 and 45, d) the college degrees that I earned when I was 21, 27, 31, and 48, e) the professional certifications that I earned when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, f) the professional license that I earned when I was 32, g) the many vacations that my wife and I took, h) etc. Some of my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates circulated copies of Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on me and my wife. SEE https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6405514875112
FOX NEWS
— Chicago’s half-empty schools reveal a crisis city leaders refuse to confront. Rooftop Revelations: Let me explain is why the school buildings are empty. The people who run these buildings are largely the problem.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/chicago-half-empty-schools-reveal-crisis-city-leaders-refuse-confront
HOT AIR
— Teen Takeovers Are a Legacy of Woke 1.0. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/09/23/teen-takeovers-are-a-legacy-of-woke-10-n3819215
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Seattle U. To Host ‘People of Color’ Law Conference.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/09/seattle-u-to-host-people-of-color-law-conference/amp/
NEWSMAX
— It is America vs Socialism on the ballot. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/matt-schlapp-midterms-america-vs-225220298.html
POST MILLENNIAL
— Kamala Harris claims an ‘attack on DEI is an attack on Black maternal care’ as El-Sayed shows off friendship bracelets. By Harris’ metric, a person’s dark skin color should give them that advantage of access and a person’s dark skin color automatically gives them a greater understanding of health care for Black moms.
https://thepostmillennial.com/kamala-harris-claims-an-attack-on-dei-is-an-attack-on-maternal-care-as-el-sayed-shows-off-friendship-bracelets
POWERLINE
— Late-stage socialism. As a society, we have lost the plot. From Gallup, “Forty-three percent of Americans now have a positive view of socialism, marking the first time this figure has exceeded 39% in Gallup’s trend since 2010. Socialism still trails capitalism and free enterprise in public favorability but now ranks ahead of big business.” DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/09/late-stage-socialism.php
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— New White House Ad: We Will Defeat Communism, Socialism, and Marxism In America. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/09/23/new_white_house_ad_we_will_defeat_communism_socialism_and_marxism_in_america.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting young people a) to blame their career problems on capitalism and b) to want socialism. What do you blame your career problems on? I blame my career problems on the Democrats who run the federal government and their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/poll-voters-grow-concerned-capitalism-re-still-wary-socialism-dsa-rcna599194
CBS NEWS
— DOJ defends Trump White House media ban, citing national security and “professionalism and decorum.” DD: I should write about the following who have done the most since 2000 to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-defends-trump-white-house-media-ban/
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/09/24/how-trump-administration-is-dismantling-us-asylum-system/
USA TODAY
— Women to inherit most of $124T ‘great wealth transfer.’ Many aren’t ready.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/2026/09/22/great-wealth-transfer-women-unprepared/91816260007/
— DD: Alcohol and pot are vices. Anticipate/expect that as more pot is used, less alcohol will be used.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/09/22/alcohol-use-drops-first-time-covid-19-pandemic-study/91888128007/
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Stratton.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/18/juliana-stratton-lisa-blunt-rochester-angela-alsobrooks-senate/91759441007/
ABC17
— Where dedication pays: Jobs with the biggest earning upside. DD: What did you do to increase your earning potential? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. My critics/opponents stress notwithstanding all that, I never made more than $154,682/year in today’s dollars and I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997. According to them, that proves that I am an unmitigated loser and even worse things.
https://abc17news.com/stacker-careers-education/2026/09/23/where-dedication-pays-jobs-with-the-biggest-earning-upside/
WALL STREET JOUNAL
— Some Republicans Don’t Want Indian-American Votes. The multiracial coalition that elected Trump in 2024 may fracture because of bigotry within the party. DD: How many Indian-Americans voted for Trump because he and Modi were great friends?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/some-republicans-dont-want-indian-american-votes-bebd6382
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Carnegie Endowment for International Peace survey estimated that 32% of Indian-Americans backed Mr. Trump in the 2024 election. Yet this year only 22% of Indian-Americans favor Republicans for the Senate and only 18% favor them for the House, according to last month’s Asian American Voter Survey. Indian-American Trump supporters aren’t the only minority voters apparently feeling buyer’s remorse. Two years ago, the president won around 48% of the Hispanic vote. Hispanic support for Mr. Trump has since crashed to 26%, according to a recent New York Times/Siena poll. Mr. Trump’s 15% support among black voters in 2024 has declined to 11%.)
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
— DD: The mainstream news media ever-increasingly a) ascribes positive motives to liberals and to Democrats and b) ascribes negative motives to conservatives and to Republicans.
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/november/conservatives-and-liberals-motivated-by-different-psychological-.html
FED SMITH
— The average federal civilian salary is about $112,000/year. DD: According to my critics/opponents, a) the federal government grossly overpaid me, b) I should not have gotten the promotions I got, and c) my federal career was an abject failure. They stress that while I was a federal union member for almost 12 years, almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and almost 9 years while I worked for IRS 1971-1980, a) my Post Office salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour and b) my IRS salary increased from $56,409/year to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, I earned an MBA in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. They stress that while I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my salary increased from $89,703/year to $154,682/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, b) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, c) I earned four more job-elated professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year, long before I was 40 in 1988.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/06/10/why-some-federal-employees-earn-twice-average-salary/
POLITICO
— POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/24/politico-barred-from-white-house-after-court-ruling-restoring-access-01091259
— Judge restores White House access for POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW. DD: I should write about the following who have done the most since 2000 to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/24/white-house-access-media-ban-ruling-01091226
DAILY BEAST
— Pete Hegseth’s wife is waging her own war on wokeness. Jenny Hegseth, the Secretary of War’s third wife, held the inaugural meeting of the Military Spouse Commission at the White House on Monday, a month after President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the commission and naming Jenny as its leader.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pentagon-pete-hegseths-third-wife-jenny-hegseth-flaunts-new-power-grab/
ADVOCATE
— The 15 best universities in the U.S. for LGBTQ+ students. These are the top places to get a great education in a queer-friendly and affirming environment. The University of Illinois Chicago scored high on all of the LGBTQ+-inclusive metrics, but suffered from having only one queer venue within 10 miles of the college.
https://www.advocate.com/news/education/lgbtq-friendly-universities-study#rebelltitem10
September 21, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Protesters pursuing legal action after mace incident outside Broadview ICE facility. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protesters-pursuing-legal-action-after-mace-incident-outside-broadview-ice-facility/3991415/
CBS2
— Protestors sprayed by ICE agent during clash outside Broadview facility. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protestors-sprayed-by-ice-agents-broadview-facility/
FOX32
— Protesters at Broadview ICE facility maced, 2 hospitalized. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/broadview-protesters-maced-9-19
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker doesn’t condemn remarks by streamer Hasan Piker while ex-Mayor Rahm Emanuel blasts them.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/20/gov-jb-pritzker-wont-condemn-remarks-by-streamer-hasan-piker-while-ex-mayor-rahm-emanuel-blasts-them/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Early voting begins Thursday for Nov. 3 election in Madison County.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/madison-county-early-voting-election-illinois-22428762.php
FOX ILLINOIS
— CNN, MS NOW, Politico say they’ve notified Trump they’re suing over denied White House access.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/cnn-ms-now-politico-say-theyve-notified-trump-theyre-suing-over-denied-white-house-access/article_34f1f3e0-be31-52d5-ad4b-9cf0187703b7.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Rising gas prices frustrate voters. Trump says it’s an ‘inexpensive price to pay’ for the Iran war.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-rising-gas-prices-frustrate-voters-trump-says-its-an-inexpensive-price-to-pay-for-the-iran-war/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and Republican candidates.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-21/many-gop-candidates-still-echo-trumps-2020-claims-lots-of-voters-want-to-move-on
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/21/pritzkers-national-push-01085721
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County sample ballots are now available at https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/voting_information/voter_lookup_tool.php What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to get out the Republican vote? I am going to hand-deliver DuPage GOP-provided envelopes to the 660 registered Republican and Independent voters in the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. The envelopes will have DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels and contain a copy of the sample ballot, a Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided outstanding Voter Guide, and campaign literature from the Republican candidates who have provided their literature to the MTRO. I am halfway done with stuffing the envelopes with the aforesaid. Today, I will add the sample ballot to them and start hand-delivering them. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans back Trump’s ban of liberal news outlets. DD: GOPUSA ILLINOIS is a conservative news outlet. Anti-conservatives ban it.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/20/republicans-back-trumps-ban-liberal-news-outlets/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The value of your college degree is collapsing before your eyes. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional licenses, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) 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.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4730609/declining-value-college-degree/
NEW YORK POST
— Wealthy parents. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/13/tech/elite-sf-parents-ditch-traditional-schools-for-ai-homeschooling/
BREITBART
— DOJ Crackdown on Illegal Alien Voting Picks Up Steam with Charges Announced in Seven States. DD: There are tremendous motivations for illegals to use their false identifications to vote for Democrats.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/09/20/video-doj-crackdown-on-illegal-alien-voting-picks-up-steam-with-charges-announced-in-seven-states/
— French Military Priest Punished over Sermon Urging Soldiers to Stand Up Against Demographic Displacement. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/09/20/french-military-priest-punished-over-sermon-urging-soldiers-to-stand-up-against-demographic-displacement/
EPOCH TIMES
— The Marriage Deficit Is an Economic Catastrophe. DD: Because unmarried people are far more likely to vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ because LGBTQ destroys traditional marriage and family. Unmarried people are far more likely to have financial, health, and other problems. They are far more likely to want/need/demand government assistance.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/the-marriage-deficit-is-an-economic-catastrophe-6088983
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2025, nearly twice as many men ages 18 to 39 were unmarried as were married. There were 30.4 million unmarried men ages 18 to 39 in 2025, up 47 percent from 20.7 million in 2000. In the same period, married men in this age range dropped by 15 percent, from 18.1 million to 15.4 million. Such men are more likely to be lonely, prone to deaths of despair and unhappy. Forty-two percent of working-class men are unmarried. In 1980, 73 percent of working-class men were married.)
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— The End Of Upward Mobility. DD: What enabled you achieve more than your parents did? For me, it was my working my way through college, my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, my earning three job-related master’s degrees, my earning six job-related professional certifications, and my earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2026/09/21/the_end_of_upward_mobility_1207064.html
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Rick Scott: How To Rescue America From the Spread of Socialism.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/09/20/how_to_rescue_america_from_the_spread_of_socialism_711554.html
TOWNHALL
— Vladimir Lenin: “The goal of socialism is communism.” Truth Is Not Political Fear Mongering. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2026/09/21/truth-is-not-political-fear-mongering-n2683168
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Sports betting apps prod and entice fans as gambling exacts a growing financial toll. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more gambling and other vices. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sports-betting-apps-gambling/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Ever-increasingly, according to Democrat leaders, you cannot advance without government assistance. I never accepted that. Instead, I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earning a job-related professional license. Far too many of my coworkers and subordinates in the federal government used the federal government’s not reimbursing tuition and book expenses to not seek job-related degrees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/opinion/success-asking-for-help.html
— DD: Because unmarried people are far more likely to vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ because LGBTQ destroys traditional marriage and family. Unmarried people are far more likely to have financial, health, and other problems. They are far more likely to want/need/demand government assistance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/opinion/trump-vance-single-parents-married-family.html
USA TODAY
— What has helped you afford things the most? For me, it was my working my way through college, my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, my earning three job-related master’s degrees, my earning six job-related professional certifications, and my earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/20/john-barrasso-meet-the-press-kristen-welker-trump-economy/91859716007/
— Senior poverty climbs. DD: What did you do to avoid poverty? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/retirement/social-security/2026/09/15/senior-poverty-rises-social-security/91775689007/
NORTHEAST TIMES
— Tuition reimbursement. DD: I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. My entire life would have been different if they had reimbursed my tuition expenses. I spent far too many hours working to pay for tuition and books instead of studying. That harmed my GPA and delayed my earning job-related degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license. Except for some small token amounts, the Post Office, IRS, and GAO did not reimburse the money I spent to earn my job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, my job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, my job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and my job-related professional license in 1981. Many big private sector employers including UPS, FedEx, Fidelity, and JP Morgan Chase, reimburse such expenses. Further, to get rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education expenses in 1978. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued that the courses I took a) did not relate to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) qualified me for a new trade or business. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take the courses. They ignored/dismissed my Loyola and DePaul applications and course descriptions and my IRS position descriptions.
https://northeasttimes.com/2026/08/24/local-employers-help-workers-earn-degrees-without-leaving-their-jobs/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Wealthy Families Are Setting Up Home Bases in America’s Priciest College Towns. Traditional home buyers still dominate in Wellesley, but parents buying apartments for their kids fuel the market near New York University. DD: My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 to pay for my tuition and books at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970 and for my living expenses in DeKalb 1969-1970.
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/the-most-expensive-college-towns-in-america-2f1be00a
— Wealthy parents are buying their kids $75,000 AI schooling. How wealthy were your parents? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $75,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. All my grandparents spoke German. I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents have always known the aforesaid full-well. But nevertheless, they have always outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically painted my parents as having been filthy rich. They have always known full-well that I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/10/alpha-school-wealthy-parents-ai-school/
FORTUNE
— Even billionaires are worried their Gen Z kids can’t keep a job—and their wealth advisors say the fear is ‘very real.’ DD: What did you do to keep the jobs that you had? While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, I took job-related undergraduate courses at UIC and at NIU. While I worked for my Democrat Firestone Store boss in 1970, I took a job-related graduate course at UIC. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, I took job-related graduate courses at Loyola and DePaul, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. While I worked for the Democrats who GAO 1980-1997, I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I became a licensed CPA in 1981, I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and I earned a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997.
https://fortune.com/article/billionaires-worried-gen-z-kids-cant-keep-job/
POLITICO
— News outlets Trump banned from White House announce lawsuit. POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW to seek restraining order to restore reporters’ access. DD: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write about Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have banned me from their events. I would focus on the aforesaid who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who are the most anti-conservative. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/21/news-outlets-trump-banned-from-white-house-announce-lawsuit-01085995
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: Democrat educators want only that data collected that helps them crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/09/21/what-new-data-race-and-admissions-will-miss-opinion
ENTERTAINEMENT
— Taylor Swift Shouts ‘That’s My Husband’ After Travis Kelce’s Big Play at Chiefs Game. DD: What did you do that made your spouse proud of you? My wife and I got married in 1978. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I got promoted in 1986. I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/taylor-swift-shouts-husband-travis-050640367.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
UA NEWS
— Wealthy parents in the US worry about Gen Z children’s careers.
https://ua.news/en/money/zamozhni-batki-u-ssha-nepokoiatsia-za-karieri-ditei-pokolinnia-z-fortune
MORNING SUN
— Struggling US home buyers, and market, face new hurdles as mortgage rates near 7%. DD: Mortgage rates were 17% when I took out a mortgage to buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972. They were 11% when I took out a mortgage to buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974. They were 9% when I took out a mortgage to buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976. They were 9% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to buy a home in Wheaton in 1978. They were 14% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to have a home built in Wheaton 1984.
https://www.themorningsun.com/2026/09/20/struggling-us-home-buyers-and-market-face-new-hurdles-as-mortgage-rates-near-7/
ISKCON NEWS
— India Divided As Caste Census Begins. DD: What Caste were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $75,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. All my grandparents spoke German. I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents have always known the aforesaid full-well. But nevertheless, they have always outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically painted my parents as having been filthy rich. They have always known full-well that I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://iskconnews.org/bn/india-divided-as-caste-census-begins/
FROM OTHER SOURCES
EXP REALTY
— FOR SALE: Iron Gate Motor Condo: 2236 Ferry Road #115, Naperville – $1,000,000
https://leeernst.exprealty.com/details.php?mls=103&mlsid=12751891
September 20, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Groups break into nearly 70 vehicles in parking lots near Bronzeville. At least 41 vehicles targeted at Illinois Institute of Technology parking lot. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bronzeville-chicago-crime-police-department-investigating-41-car-break-ins-parking-lot-33rd-state/19849568/
NBC5
— 10 protesters maced by federal agents outside Broadview ICE facility, 2 hospitalized. The protesters were “‘staging’ in the middle of street and blockings ICE agents from entering/exiting onto the property, which ensued confrontation with the ICE agents,” a village spokesperson said. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/10-protesters-maced-by-federal-agents-outside-broadview-ice-facility/3991170/
FOX32
— What to know as early voting begins in Chicago.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-e8gvas887ztie7jh
— Midterm Megadonors, Candidate Character & Rural Voters.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-zcal074dr7shn03l
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/20/operation-midway-blitz-anniversary-detainees/
— Our mayor uses ‘corporate’ as a slur. But Chicago’s business community opts for constructive engagement.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/
— To bandits, robbing gaming machines worth the gamble. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/16/charles-selle-gaming-machines/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-blitz/2026/09/17/operation-midway-blitz-ice-arrests-little-village-fears-of-displacement-gentrification
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260919/nation-and-world-politics/a-city-on-guard-what-the-raids-left-behind-after-operation-midway-blitz/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Mr. Mayor, don’t use Jewish Chicagoans as political foils.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/commentary/ccb-brandon-johnson-michael-sacks-juf-letter-20260917/
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— How Republican Darren Bailey sees the numbers adding up to victory in the Illinois Governor’s race November 3.
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/how-republican-darren-bailey-sees-the-numbers-adding-up-to-victory-in-the-illinois-governors-race-november-3/20260920063258/
— Republican U.S. Senate candidate’s mantra: Don’t vote for crazy, vote for Don Tracy.
https://muddyrivernews.com/top-stories/republican-u-s-senate-candidates-mantra-dont-vote-for-crazy-vote-for-don-tracy/20260920064156/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DD: The more critical that you are of Trump, the more that Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media promote you.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2026-09-20/in-colorado-a-gop-candidate-says-his-differences-with-trump-show-hes-with-the-voters
93.3 THE DRIVE & 25 NEWS NOW
— Bailey meets with voters at Morton Pumpkin Festival breakfast in GOTV effort.
https://www.933thedrive.com/2026/09/19/bailey-meets-with-voters-at-morton-pumpkin-festival-breakfast-in-gotv-effort/
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/09/19/gops-bailey-meets-with-voters-morton-pumpkin-festival-get-out-vote-effort/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Thousands join protest outside Kennedy Center, expressing concern that Trump might tear it down.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-thousands-join-protest-outside-kennedy-center-expressing-concern-that-trump-might-tear-it-down/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump says his planned arch would become a ‘military complex’ able to host drones and snipers. President Donald Trump says the massive arch he wants to build between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery would become a “top grade military complex” able to host drones and snipers while storing ammunition.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-says-his-planned-arch-would-become-a-military-complex-able-to-host-drones-and/article_75ac67d1-55df-55d4-92e8-8394675dfad1.html
ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and diversity to replace 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 with Democrats who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/8605/1322372608
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Vallas: Brandon Johnson’s So-Called Progressive Equity Agenda Is a Potemkin Village That’s Hurting the Black Community.
https://johnkassnews.com/brandon-johnsons-so-called-progressive-equity-agenda-is-a-potemkin-village-thats-hurting-the-black-community/
RAY HANANIA
— In Illinois, it’s the economy stupid, not Trump, not name-calling, not slimy scandals. Some elections are won by lots of PAC money & mudslinging, failing to address real issues facing voters. It’s one reason why so few taxpayers vote in local municipal, county or congressional elections.
https://hanania.substack.com/p/in-illinois-its-the-economy-stupid
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to get out the vote? I am going to hand-deliver DuPage GOP-provided envelopes to the 660 registered Republican and Independent voters in the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. The envelopes will have DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels and contain a copy of the sample ballot, a Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided outstanding Voter Guide, and campaign literature from the Republican candidates who provided their literature to the MTRO. I have started stuffing the envelopes. As soon as the sample ballot is available, I will stuff it and head out the door. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Your political affiliation ever-increasingly impacts your life. As Democrat domination of Illinois ever-increasingly increases, being a Republican ever-increasingly negatively impacts your life. Democrats ever-increasingly get rid of Republicans. If I had been active in Republican politics when I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics when I attended UIC 1966-1968 or NIU 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I attended Loyola 1972-1976 or DePaul 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had become a Democrat, my Democrat Post Office superiors would not have a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. If I had become a Democrat, my Democrat Firestone Store boss would not have fired me when I told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971. If I had become a Democrat, my Democrat IRS superiors not have a) gotten rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. If I had become a Democrat, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) got rid of the GAO manager in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.would not have – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Your being a conservative, moderate, or liberal ever-increasingly impacts your life. Moderates get rid of conservatives. As moderates ever-increasingly take over Republican politics in Illinois, being a conservative ever-increasingly negatively impacts your life. If I had been a moderate, they would not have a) run a moderate against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000, b) dumped me as the as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2004 and 2010, c) defeated me 69 to 13 when I ran for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004, d) almost got the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, e) dumped me as an ICRC Steering Committee member in 2007, f) dumped me as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, g) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, h) dumped me as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and h) dumped me as a membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in 2024. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get more votes from voters who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that their problems are caused by voters who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinoisa.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State Rep. Adam Niemerg, R-Dieterich, pushes back on Durbin over immigration terminology, work permits.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_9a58d9b9-cc05-48f4-adf9-ddf6c9da69ad.html
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— City of Chicago Paid Migrant Crisis Workers to Do Nothing.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-paid-migrant-crisis-workers-to-do-nothing
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Three things to know three years later about the end of cash bail in Chicago.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/did-ending-cash-bail-increase-crime-illinois/
— Illinois’ 2nd-largest government union spent 38 times more on politics than member representation.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/seiu-illinois-political-spending-2025/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Texas shuts down company that coached Chinese on birthright citizenship.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/18/texas-shuts-company-coached-chinese-birthright-citizenship/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialism on two wheels: The fatal delusion of the city cyclist.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4732449/urban-bicycling-traffic-laws-physics/
— DD: Under socialism, you have to be a socialist to advance. Under Democrats and under RINOs, you have to be a Democrat or a RIMO to advance.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4730307/american-dream-opportunity-guarantee/
NEW YORK POST
— US universities are teaching kids to wage war on American society — where has the sanity gone?
https://nypost.com/2026/09/19/opinion/us-universities-teaching-kids-to-wage-war-on-american-society/
BLAZE
— Sanctuary cities’ get-out-of-jail fail.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/sanctuary-cities-get-out-of-jail-fail
CAMPUS REFORM
— Washington University in St. Louis’ ‘Academic Freedom’ series features far-left activists, including communist VP candidate.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/washus-academic-freedom-series-features-far-left-activists-including-communist-vp-candidate/30612
— University of Illinois partners on minority and women owned business program.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-illinois-partners-minority-women-owned-business-program/30611
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Federal law prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in federally assisted programs under Title VI, while Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs, subject to statutory exceptions. The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment provides that no state shall deny any person within its jurisdiction “the equal protection of the laws.”)
COLLEGE FIX
— Federal judge strikes down Education Department rule stripping DEI grants.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/federal-judge-strikes-down-education-department-rule-stripping-dei-grants/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left’s Race Narrative Is Driving Americans Apart. DD: To get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans oppress them: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/18/hanson-left-race-narrative-dying/
DEPARTMENT OF WAR
— Meritocracy at Center of Military Service, Hegseth Tells Cadets at Texas A&M. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional licenses, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) 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.
https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4606696/meritocracy-at-center-of-military-service-hegseth-tells-cadets-at-texas-am/
FEDERALIST
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialists.
https://thefederalist.com/videos/hemingway-more-americans-would-oppose-socialism-if-our-education-system-werent-garbage/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— What Are Schools of Education Teaching Teachers? DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/09/what-are-schools-of-education-teaching-teachers/
— ‘Woke’ Is Not Dead.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/09/woke-is-not-dead/
NEWSMAX
— DD: How many noncitizens are there in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district?
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/census-midterms-redistricting/2026/09/19/id/1269974/
PJ MEDIA
— DD: Socialist leaders use Big Tent policies to take over political parties. Anti-conservatives ever-increasingly use the Republican Party’s Big Tent policy to take over and destroy the Republican Party. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialists.
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/09/19/chuck-schumer-built-the-big-tent-the-socialists-are-changing-the-locks-n4957435
— Do Washington and California Commies See Fires As Helpful Wreckers of Private Property?
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/19/do-washington-and-california-commies-see-fires-as-helpful-wreckers-of-private-property-n4957424
WESTERN JOURNAL
— DSA Democrats Praise This ‘Socialist Model’ – Communist Cuba’s Power Grid Collapses. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialists.
https://www.westernjournal.com/dsa-democrats-praise-socialist-model-communist-cubas-power-grid-collapses/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat voters ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/black-voters-democratic-candidates-south.html
— Out of Work, and Too Young for Medicare? Here’s What to Consider. At best, older, laid-off workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/business/jobless-health-insurance.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is hitting the road to stamp out socialism. In a six-week trip, the organization hopes to convince midterm voters that free markets still offer the best hope for solving the nation’s economic woes. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialists.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/09/19/nations-premier-business-group-is-hitting-road-stamp-out-socialism/
SEATTLE TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame all problems on Republicans.
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/americans-arent-becoming-socialists-theyre-revolting-against-a-broken-political-economy/
LAS VEGAS REVIEW
— Socialism erodes liberty.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-joecks/victor-joecks-why-socialism-erodes-liberty-3888665/
JILL SCHLESINGER
— Are recent grads worse off today?
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/14/jill-on-money-are-recent-grads-worse-off-today/
HARVARD GAZETTE
— When everything is politics on campus. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrats run education in America. Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that colleges will accept you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/09/when-everything-is-politics-on-campus/
— Interracial marriages. DD: Many of my superiors and supervisors in the federal government were in interracial marriages. None of them were Protestant or German American.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/06/why-are-white-black-marriage-rates-so-low/
TUFFS
— DD: What did you do qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I worked my way through college and earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/its-economy-stupid-young-peoples-financial-struggles-shape-their-political-views
PEW RESEARCH
— Loyal Liberals. Liberal across most issues, they are invested in the Democratic Party and in domestic and international institutions.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2026/06/10/loyal-liberals/
PHYS
— CEO politics may shape how companies compete.
https://phys.org/news/2026-09-ceo-politics-companies.html
YOU GOV
— Americans say they have more in common with people who share their political party than their gender, religion, or race. DD: What are your interests? Mine include promoting conservative principles. Tragically, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly reject conservative principles and drive conservatives out of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct. Conservatives are more likely to be Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time like me.
https://yougov.com/en-us/articles/50866-americans-have-a-lot-in-common-with-people-who-share-their-political-party
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among Americans’ many identities, their age and political party is the basis for sharing the most common interests and concerns, a recent survey shows. Fewer Americans say they share the most in common based on gender, religion, geography, money, or race. 27% of Americans say they share the most common interests and concerns with people in the same age group, among seven options asked about in the survey. 24% say they have the most in common with people who identify with the same political party. 17% think they have the most in common with people who live near them; the same percentage (17%) say they share the most in common with people of the same gender. Democrats and Republicans both are most likely to say the group they share the most common interests and concerns with is people who identify with the same political party (32% and 31%). Among the biggest differences by party: 27% of Republicans and 11% of Democrats say they share the most common interests and concerns with people of the same religion. 6% of Republicans and 19% of Democrats say people of their racial or ethnic background are the group they share the most common interests and concerns with. 12% of Republicans and 20% of Democrats say they have the most in common with people of the same gender.)
GOOD MEN PROJECT
— How Student Debt Changes the Modern Career Path. DD: Because I worked my way through college and graduated debt-free owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1970, I was able to a) help support my mother and brother 1970-1972, b) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, c) pay for tuition and books for graduate evening business and then accounting courses at Loyola 1972-1976 and DePaul 1976-1980, d) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972, e) buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, f) buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976, g) get married in 1978, h) etc. My taking graduate evening business courses helped me get promoted in 1972, 1973, and 1974.
https://goodmenproject.com/everyday-life-2/the-pressure-to-succeed-how-student-debt-changes-the-modern-career-path/
AXIOS
— DD; Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/18/house-republicans-lisa-mcclain-socialism-communism
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
NATIONAL POST
— Canada: Does the government prioritize hiring competent workers? A new study found that 40 per cent of federal job postings examined prioritized applicants based on identity characteristics. DD: In America, 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. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional licenses, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) 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.
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-eder-does-the-government-prioritize-hiring-competent-workers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two candidates pass each other in a corridor: one is heading into a job interview; the other has just finished. Neither will be evaluated merely by ability, education and experience. Who gets the job will also depend on skin colour, gender and other factors of group identity. This is Canada’s federal public service, today. A new study by the Aristotle Foundation reviewed 301 federal job postings across 59 departments, agencies and Crown corporations. Forty-two per cent prioritized, or potentially prioritized, applicants based on identity characteristics, while 4 per cent restricted, or potentially restricted, a candidate’s eligibility on the same basis.)
September 19, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Illinois marks 3-year anniversary of cash bail elimination amid debate over its impact.
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/safe-act-illinois-marks-3-year-anniversary-cash-bail-elimination-amid-debate-impact/19847701/
NBC5
— Trump says he’s banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. The president posted to his Truth Social account that he had banned the news organizations “as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!” and threatened to ban other outlets. DD: The mainstream news media spins everything against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-says-hes-banning-cnn-ms-now-and-politico-from-white-house/3990871/
— Forbes released their list of richest Americans for 2026. 18 of them are from Illinois. At the top of Forbes’ list, with a net worth of $908 billion was Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who lives in Texas.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/forbes-released-their-list-of-richest-americans-for-2026-18-of-them-are-from-illinois/3990815/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/durbin-blames-trump-for-rising-gas-prices-record-diesel-prices-he-is-personally-responsible/
WGN9
— Illinois could bill gunmakers for costs of gun violence. DD: What about billing criminals and their protectors/promoters for the cost of gun violence?
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-could-bill-gunmakers-for-costs-of-gun-violence/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oak Park organizer pushes for right of recall question on April ballot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/18/oak-park-organizer-recall-question-april-ballot/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260918/news/bartlett-panel-still-considering-two-marijuana-dispensaries-across-street-from-each-other/
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran against America.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-durbin-senate-democrats-call-on-hegseth-to-report-total-costs-of-iran-war-96838.cfm?
SHAW LOCAL
— Illinois food pantries get millions in grants as demand for food grows. DD: Soon, under the Democrats who run Illinois, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/09/18/illinois-food-pantries-get-millions-in-grants-as-demand-for-food-grows/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump pushes his $5,000 ‘dividend’ pledge if GOP wins midterms. Republican candidates, not as much.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-pushes-his-5000-dividend-pledge-if-gop-wins-midterms-republican-candidates-not-as-much/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-598/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to get out the vote? I am going to hand-deliver DuPage GOP-provided envelopes to the 660 registered Republican and Independent voters in 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. The envelopes will have DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels and contain a copy of the sample ballot, a Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided outstanding Voter Guide, and campaign literature from the Republican candidates who provided their literature to the MTRO. I want to start stuffing the envelopes ASAP. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Why do your critics/opponents get involved in Republican politics? My critics/opponents get involved in Republican politics to get the Republican party to officially dump its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in its platform. I should write about my critics/opponents in the following who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because I promote the aforesaid planks: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— A “Declaration for Life” Introduced in the U.S. Senate.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/09/a-declaration-for-life-introduced-in-the-u-s-senate/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski Skips the Fight for Bailey — Campaigning During General Election to Build His Own Brand Instead. DD: It would be great if Dabrowski and Mendrick would help elect Bailey.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/09/dabrowski-skips-the-fight-for-bailey-campaigning-during-general-election-to-build-his-own-brand-instead.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BLAZE
— DD: Socialists side with Mexico and Mexicans against America.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/democrat-mexico-online-backlash
FOX NEWS
— Democratic socialists want to ‘strip’ America apart.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6405280122112
— Socialist Claire Valdez faces calls for federal probe after Mexico ‘fight’ pledge. DD: Socialists side with Mexico and Mexicans against America.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialist-claire-valdez-faces-calls-federal-probe-mexico-fight-pledge
DAILY SIGNAL
— Documentary Shows How Mass Muslim Migration Takes Advantage of America.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/18/documentary-shows-how-mass-muslim-migration-takes-advantage-of-america/
JUDICIAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch Uncovers Anti-Charlie Kirk Emails at Utah University.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/judicial-watch-uncovers-anti-charlie-kirk-emails-at-utah-university/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, everything is bad and they blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6098451-donald-trump-us-economy-affordability-voters-survey/
NBC NEWS
— DD: What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/which-party-will-win-on-affordability-270089285661
YAHOO & WFMD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting socialism.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/poll-young-adults-nearly-split-152600357.html
https://www.wfmd.com/2026/09/18/young-swing-state-voters-cozy-up-to-democratic-socialists-say-party-establishment-must-learn-from-dsa-wins/
REUTERS
— Amazon raises minimum hourly pay by $1 to $20 for US operations workers. DD: In today’s dollars, I started earning $19.57/hour working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office when I was 18 in 1966. I had earned a high school diploma and passed the postal employment test.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/amazon-raises-minimum-hourly-pay-by-1-20-us-operations-workers-2026-09-16/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Says He Has Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House. The president cited reporting from the outlets that he deemed “fake news.” It was unclear how such a ban would be enforced or defended in court. DD: I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois reporter since 2000. I should write about the times when the following banned me from their events: a) Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, and c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. Those who banned me destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/business/media/trump-cnn-ms-now-politico-white-house-ban.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/18/lawsuits-eliminate-in-state-tuition-dreamers-are-cruel/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— A border surge reshaped America. Now, data show who 4.5 million migrants were and where they went. DD: How many illegals are there in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-09-17/new-data-show-who-4-5-million-migrants-were-where-they-went
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A decade-long border surge brought 4.5 million migrants from more than 150 countries, dramatically expanding America’s immigrant population and remaking communities from New York and Miami to Midwestern factory towns. Many newcomers are bypassing traditional gateways for smaller cities and suburbs, drawn to emerging enclaves from Cincinnati and Knoxville to Utah’s booming communities, even as Florida remains the top destination for some nationalities. The data reveal a sharp rise in women and children crossing the border and show Chinese migrants concentrating in Los Angeles and New York, while Trump’s revived deportation machine targets some migrant hubs, spares others. An unprecedented surge in border crossings over the last decade reshaped America: Millions of people from more than 150 countries arrived, bringing the U.S. immigrant population to its highest levels.)
FOX56
— Mortgage rates near 7%, raising affordability concerns for homebuyers. DD: Mortgage rates were 17% when I took out a mortgage to buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972. They were 11% when I took out a mortgage to buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974. They were 9% when I took out a mortgage to buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976. They were 9% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to buy a home in Wheaton in 1978. They were 14% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to have a home built in Wheaton 1984.
https://fox56.com/news/local/mortgage-rates-near-7-raising-affordability-concerns-for-homebuyers
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Republicans in Tough Races Are Tip-Toeing Away From Trump. Some in the GOP are breaking with the president on data centers, immigration and other issues.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/republicans-in-tough-races-are-tip-toeing-away-from-trump-374ddd4f
— Socialist governments control production and allocate resources without regard to individual contribution. DD: I contributed far more than my Democrat coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me. None of my Democrat coworkers did what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialism-and-entitlements-1eab1428
— Law Firms Have a Big Problem: Senior Partners Aren’t Retiring. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They force their Republican employees who are White, male, and/or non-veteran to retire as soon as they are eligible. I am all of the foresaid. I became eligible for early retirement when I was 45 in 1993. They succeeded forcing me to take their expiring early retirement “offer” when I was 49 in 1997. I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until I was 55 in 2003. I would not have survived those 4 years if I had not earned three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), six job-related professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and earned a job-related professional license (1981).
https://www.wsj.com/business/law-firms-retirement-incentives-packages-1e9bccbd
FORBES
— U.S. Army Sergeants To Receive Merit-Based Promotions Under New Policy. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional licenses, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) 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.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2026/09/18/us-army-sergeants-to-receive-merit-based-promotions-under-new-policy/
POLITICO
— Trump says he’s banning media outlets, including POLITICO, from White House. CNN and MS NOW are the other two outlets Trump announced can no longer send journalists into the White House. DD: The mainstream news media spins everything against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/trump-white-house-media-ban-politico-01084438
FROM OTHER SOURCES
CAR BUZZ
— Car Affordability Is Crumbling, And The Fed Just Piled On More Cost. DD: Back in the good old days, I bought a new 1972 Corvette for $6,000 in 1971. I took out a $3,000 car loan at 12% interest. Most of the rest came from an insurance settlement for the theft of my 1969 Dodge Charger SE. My IRS salary was $8,600/year.
https://carbuzz.com/car-affordability-federal-reserve-interest-rate-september-2026/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES
— The DSA is hosting date nights to ‘put the social into socialist.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. How did you meet your spouse? I met my outstanding wife at a Presbyterian singles social event. I am Missouri Synod Lutheran and she is Catholic.
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/democratic-socialists-of-america-date-nights-03r2djm0v