FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rep. Fred Crespo: Did Illinois’ Speaker of the House normalize sexual harassment?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/29/opinion-illinois-house-speaker-sexual-harassment-emanuel-chris-welch/
— Milwaukee makes a bid for laid off Chicago Public Schools teachers. DD: While Republicans dramatically downsized GAO while I worked for it 1980-1997, employers did not bid for the GAO employees who were dumped. Those employees were overwhelmingly White, male, and/or older.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/28/milwaukee-seeks-cps-teachers/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/28/operation-midway-blitz-lawsuit/
— JB Pritzker and Rahm Emanuel are on a collision course in the 2028 presidential race.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/29/column-jb-pritzker-rahm-emanuel-2028-presidential-race-washington/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: As Illinois House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch navigates a new crisis, an older scandal remains unresolved.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/07/28/illinois-house-speaker-emanuel-chris-welch-harry-benton-michael-j-madigan-sexual-harassment-inquiry
DAILY HERALD
— Schaumburg Township Republican Organization to hold annual picnic Aug. 2.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260728/local-politics/schaumburg-township-republican-organization-to-hold-annual-picnic-aug-2/
— Second arrest made in Wheaton carjacking.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260728/crime/second-arrest-made-in-wheaton-carjacking/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Around 170,000 ComEd customers remained without power Tuesday. As of 2:15 p.m., there were still 29,870 customers without power in DuPage County. DD: I bought a whole house backup generator in 2011. I should write about my Wheaton critics/opponents who have demonized/denigrated/condemned my decision the most.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260728/news/dupage-was-hit-hard-tornado-confirmed-in-glen-ellyn-straight-line-winds-strike-carol-stream-dow/
— The practical struggle for relevance: Campaign finance picture shows the challenge of being taken seriously.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260727/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-the-practical-struggle-for-relevance-campaign-finance-picture-shows-the-chall/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Our Russell Lissau’s campaign finance update for the November election last Sunday painted a grim picture for Republican candidates at the state and federal level in Illinois. Even more important is the grim picture it forebodes for American politics broadly. First, consider the immediate circumstance. As Lissau reported, Democratic candidates are overwhelmingly better fortified financially than Republicans, with many of their coffers swelling with $1 million or more. For the GOP, only one candidate reports having saved more than $100,000. In such a setting, Republican candidates cannot hope to keep pace with their opposition in getting their message out to voters through public appearances, online and broadcast advertising or other avenues. As a result, in the manner of a vicious circle, potential donors are holding onto their money, which only deepens the candidates’ predicament. College of DuPage political science professor Melissa Mouritsen described the situation in chilling terms. “This little cash so late in the game,” she said, “means few are taking them seriously.” It is troubling enough when a candidate in even one race is so irrelevant that he or she is not taken seriously. When the condition applies to a large body of candidates or even an entire party, that is a disturbing commentary on the state of our politics and the health of our democracy. Nor does the situation involve simply a lack of money. To an even greater extent, it involves the ability of some candidates to amass too much money, often from sources with much to gain from political favor. In such cases, the vicious cycle works in reverse, steadily expanding the war chests of candidates with an already decisive edge. Even before the 2010 Citizens United decision threw open the doors to unrestricted political donors and donations, many political observers fretted about the influence of money in politics. Sixteen years later, the situation is reaching a state of crisis. This crisis is exacerbated by another political factor — this one, too, enabled by a compliant Supreme Court seemingly indifferent to the quality of American self-government. It is the remaking of political boundaries that allows a party in power to tilt voting outcomes in its favor, commonly known as gerrymandering. To be sure, the Trump-shackled Republican Party suffers from certain self-inflicted ailments related to failures on traditional issues like guns and butter. But even discounting those, gerrymandering and all-but-unrestricted campaign fundraising have combined to put Republicans in Illinois in a life-or-death struggle for relevancy. This is not exactly a surprising or new observation, and its opposite is abundantly present in states like Republican-entrenched Florida, South Carolina and many more. But what is surprising is that more candidates of both parties are not rebelling against the conditions that so threaten the health of our political system. The solutions to gerrymandering and financial inequity among campaigns are not simple, and likely demand the difficult and complicated intercession of constitutional amendments. So, it is understandable that politicians avoid the complex, ugly work of producing systemic change and instead shift their messaging toward topics that involve people’s lives more directly and immediately. But it also should be obvious, as Republicans in Illinois offer ample evidence, that getting those messages out — not to mention getting them across — is growing more difficult by the year. At some point, and we urge candidates to make it soon, we’ve got to begin building more prominent messages about the fundamental scaffolding required to take seriously discussions of those direct and immediate issues.)
STATELINE
— Undocumented immigration population reached as high as 15.8M, report finds. Numbers from 2024 may have dropped under Trump administration policies. DD: How many millions of their illegals are Democrats harboring in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct?
https://stateline.org/2026/07/29/undocumented-immigration-population-reached-as-high-as-15-8m-report-finds/
WAND TV
— Republicans decry a new Democratic Socialists of America platform as Dem primaries split the party. A new platform from the progressive Democratic Socialists of America is sparking Republican attacks.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/republicans-decry-a-new-democratic-socialists-of-america-platform-as-dem-primaries-split-the-party/article_7c4bd890-debf-5618-99c4-52b366e74066.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: To get more votes from those who have less money, Democrat candidates ever-increasingly promise to ever-increasingly use government a) to take more money from those who have more money and b) give that money to those who have less money. It is called redistribution of wealth.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-29/to-win-over-working-class-voters-democrats-need-to-stop-talking-about-democracy
WGLT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-07-28/how-cannabis-effects-our-sleep-and-our-dreams
PEOPLE’S RESOURCE CENTER WHEATON
— Urgent Need: 3 tons of food lost at PRC Wheaton. The power on our Wheaton Campus is restored. We are replenishing what we lost with donations of avocados, clementines, corn, bell peppers, onions, and watermelon. DD: I bought a whole house backup generator in 2011. I should write about my Wheaton critics/opponents who have demonized/denigrated/condemned my decision the most.
https://www.facebook.com/peoplesresourcecenter/posts/the-power-on-our-wheaton-campus-is-restored-however-due-to-yesterdays-power-outa/1460225049475009/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— Over 214,000 Still Without Power Across Chicago Area After Monday’s Severe Weather. ComEd said that 80 percent of outages should be restored by noon on Wednesday. Damage/tornado surveys are happening Tuesday. DD: I bought a whole house backup generator in 2011. I should write about my Wheaton critics/opponents who have demonized/denigrated/condemned my decision the most.
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/over-214-000-still-without-power-across-chicago-area-after-mondays-severe-weather
CWB CHICAGO
— Migrant detained after allegedly dragging CPD officer with car, biting cop during arrest.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/07/migrant-detained-after-allegedly-dragging-cpd-officer-with-car-biting-cop-during-arrest.html
WINDY CITY TIMES
— The unapologetic queer history at the new Obama Presidential Center.
https://windycitytimes.com/2026/07/28/opinion-the-unapologetic-queer-history-at-the-new-obama-presidential-center/
PRITZKER
— Dangerous Darren Bailey. He’s too extreme for Illinois. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I am too extreme for my precinct, for Wheaton, for Milton Township, for DuPage County, and for Illinois. I challenge my critics/opponents to put their charges against me in writing and to give me an opportunity to respond.
https://www.dangerousdarrenbailey.com/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Petition season fuels mayoral suspense.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/29/petition-season-fuels-mayoral-suspense-01014573
CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois NOW: ‘We should be able to trust that men in leadership, who claim to want to protect women, will actually do so’
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/28/illinois-now-we-should-be-able-to-trust-that-men-in-leadership-who-claim-to-want-to-protect-women-will-actually-do-so/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-780/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-565/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— The Red Dawn of Realism: Why Brandon Johnson’s Base Is Fleeing Chicago’s Progressive Circus.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/red-dawn-realism-brandon-johnson-chicago-progressive-circus
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Tracy rips Stratton for liberal policies, not committing to debate.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_fc3a8aec-95de-47e7-ac47-255b9e423dc6.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Two Assistant State’s Attorneys Represent Private Client Using Courthouse Recourses– “Felonious Official Misconduct” Claimed in Suit
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/22/two-assistant-states-attorneys-represent-private-client-using-courthouse-recourses-felonious-official-misconduct-claimed-in-suit/
— Corbett Offers Video of Tuesday Night Questions from Listeners and His Answers
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/22/corbett-offers-video-of-tuesday-night-questions-from-listeners-and-his-answers/
— Ultra-Low-Temperature Cryogenic Systems Announce Facility in Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park — 21 New Jobs
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/23/ultra-low-temperature-cryogenic-systems-announce-facilty-in-illinois-quantum-and-microelectronics-park/
— In Public Comment, Kelly Liebman Keeps Pressure on County Board on Home Rule
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/23/in-public-comment-kelly-liebman-keeps-pressure-on-county-board-on-home-rule/
— Corbett Comments on State Police Killing Mother in St. Clair County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/23/corbett-comments-on-state-police-killing-mother-in-st-clair-county/
— Feds Take Down Woman Who Embezzled from a Sports Team Booster Club
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/23/feds-take-down-woman-who-embezzled-from-a-sports-team-booster-club/
— What’s Happening to Illinois Ex-Pats Running for Congress in Florida?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/23/whats-happening-to-illinois-ex-pats-running-for-congress-in-florida/
— TSA Screening Will Be Faster as New Imaging Process Is Implemented
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/24/tsa-screening-will-be-faster-as-new-imaging-process-is-implemented/
— Don Tracy, GOP Candidate for the U.S. Senate Releases Video
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/24/don-tracy-gop-candidate-for-the-u-s-senate-releases-video/
— Building Solar Farms Could Require Much Less Manpower
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/24/building-solar-farms-could-require-much-less-manpower/
— Female Highland Park Coyote Sentence to Nine Years for Forcing Illegal Aliens into Indentured Servants
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/24/female-highland-park-coyote-sentence-to-nine-years-for-forcing-illegal-aliens-into-indentured-servants/
— Bailey Finally Addresses Issue Suburbanites Can Relate To: Tolls
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/24/bailey-finally-addresses-issue-suburbanites-can-relate-to-tolls/
— District 300 Tax Hikers Vote 7-0 to Ask Voters for Permission to Borrow
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/24/district-300-tax-hikers-vote-7-0-to-ask-voters-for-permission-to-borrow/
— Woodstock Man One of Six Arrested and Kept in Jail for Running Brothels
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/24/woodstock-man-one-of-six-arrested-and-kept-i-jail-for-running-brothels/
— A Pension System Better Than State and local Government Employees
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/25/a-pension-system-better-than-state-and-local-government-employees/
— GOP Leader Calls for Common Sense at the Federal Drug Administration
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/25/gop-leader-calls-common-sense-at-the-federal-drug-administration/
— Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Don Tracy Criticizes Opponent’s Party’s Tax and Salary Hikes
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/25/republican-u-s-senate-candidate-don-tracy-criticizes-opponents-partys-tax-and-salary-hikes/
— Credit Will Be Given to Park Grant Requests That Seek Inclusive Designs That Go Beyond Minimum Accessibility Standards
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/25/credit-will-be-given-to-park-grant-requests-that-seek-inclusive-designs-that-go-beyond-minimum-accessibility-standards/
— Video of Apparition in McHenry County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/26/video-of-apparition-in-mchenry-county/
— The Second Amendment Explained by Man Who Signed All Four Founding Documents
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/26/the-second-amendment-explained-by-man-who-signed-all-four-founding-documents/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Abortion pills don’t empower women. They empower abusive men.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4665054/abortion-pills-empower-abusive-men-pressure-deception-into-pill-popping/
1819 NEWS
— Tuberville bashes Mamdani’s plan for government-run grocery stores, says customer base will be illegal aliens.
https://1819news.com/news/item/tuberville-bashes-mamdanis-plan-for-government-run-grocery-stores-argues-customer-base-will-be-illegal-aliens
AMERICAN ENTERPISE INSTITUTE
— Lessons from the 1996 Welfare Reform Law Approaching Its 30th Anniversary. DD: Because voters who receive welfare vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders put as many voters on welfare as they can. What did you do to avoid being on welfare? 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 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://www.aei.org/commentary/lessons-from-the-1996-welfare-reform-law-approaching-its-30th-anniversary/
BREITBART
— Retiring GOP Rep. Don Bacon says “hate” and ‘stupidity” are motivating the citizens who oppose his support of a cheap labor bill for the rural economy– even as multiple other GOP representatives are quietly quitting the amnesty push. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/28/hate-stupidity-rep-bacon-slams-citizen-opposition-to-visa-workforce-bill/amp/
— Democrat-run Chicago Blames Trump for 7 More Grocery Store Closings.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/28/nolte-democrat-run-chicago-blames-trump-for-7-more-grocery-store-closings/
COLLEGE FIX
— Professors push ‘antiracism’ therapy to train ‘white allies’ at psychology conference. DD: I should write about my White critics/opponents who promote hatred against Whites to curry favor with non-Whites. I should write about my male critics/opponents who promote hatred against males to curry favor with females. I should write about my older critics/opponents who promote hatred against older people to curry favor with younger people. I should write about my “heterosexual” critics/opponents who promote hatred against heterosexuals to curry favor with LGBTQers. I should write about my “conservative” critics/opponents who promote hatred against conservatives to curry favor with liberals and moderates. I should write about my “Republican” critics/opponents who promote hatred against Republicans curry favor with non-Republicans. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professors-push-antiracism-therapy-to-train-white-allies-at-psychology-conference/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Mamdani’s Tax List Reveals the Dark Side of Socialist Class Warfare.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/28/mamdani-tax-list-socialist-class-warfare/
FOX NEWS
— The welfare state broke Black families. Work can help restore the dream. Rooftop Revelations: Mothers on Chicago’s South Side are completing electrician training and passing the police exam to escape dependency.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/welfare-state-broke-black-families-work-restore-dream
FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
— Fake and Stolen Identities Lead to Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Welfare Programs.
https://thefga.org/research/fake-stolen-identities-welfare-programs/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University at Buffalo Dental Orientation Includes DEI-Focused Required Training.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/university-at-buffalo-dental-orientation-includes-dei-focused-required-training/amp/
— NYC Democrat Socialists Say They’re Coming For The School Kids. “They are emboldened by their win in the New York City Mayor’s race, and they’re going straight for the children.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/nyc-democrat-socialists-say-theyre-coming-for-the-school-kids/
NEWSMAX
— Dems Open 12-Point Lead on Healthcare. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my healthcare insurance since 1966 and then also paying 72% of my wife’s healthcare insurance since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/healthcare-rasmussen-democrats/2026/07/28/id/1264290/
TOWNHALL
— Here’s Chicago’s Latest Solution to Crime on the Subway.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/29/chicagos-solution-to-crime-on-the-subway-n2680286
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Corporate boardroom diversity sinks to lowest in more than a decade. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. They all a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/business/5995257-corporate-boardroom-diversity-sinks-to-lowest-in-more-than-a-decade-analysis/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— The Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military to help replace the tens of thousands of immigrant drivers who lost their licenses in a crackdown this year. A new campaign launched Friday will promote programs that let veterans who recently drove large military vehicles skip the required skills test for a commercial driver’s license. Other soldiers can attend a commercial driving school during their last six months of active duty. The GI Bill will also pay for 100% of commercial driver’s license training and for some people even pay a housing allowance while they are in school. DD: I often drove postal trucks while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969.
https://www.wftv.com/news/business/white-house-wants/ZBOS2L2IPI7NDPRNHPDJEKBWXU/
ABC NEWS
— Trump lobs insults at political opponents, press during rescheduled White House correspondents’ dinner. DD: My critics/opponents have their operatives and dupes lob insults at me. I should write about the biggest insults lobed at me at Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition events since 2000.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-attend-rescheduled-white-house-correspondents-dinner-friday/story?id=135027808
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: A California Beach City Struggles to Cope With Rowdy Outsiders. More than 400 people were arrested in Newport Beach on the July 4 weekend after a social media “takeover” got out of hand. Now the city is trying to figure out how to stop it from happening again. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/us/newport-beach-california-teen-takeover.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Whom will Democrats nominate in 2028? The scales just tilted. The DNC’s primary schedule is set to favor the establishment. South Carolina leads the way.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/28/dnc-proposes-2028-primary-schedule-that-could-hurt-socialists/
— DD: Because voters who receive welfare vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders put as many voters on welfare as they can. What did you do to avoid being on welfare? 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 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://www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/07/27/clinton-welfare-trump-big-beautiful-bill/
USA TODAY
— Trump says the northern border is weak.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/07/29/trump-us-canada-border-what-its-like/90832679007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/07/22/ice-killing-maine-texas-dhs-records-misconduct/90959563007/
— Almost anyone can be an ICE agent now. That’s a problem. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement hiring push lowers the bar for recruits, including reduced training, slower background checks and lower physical abilities. DD: IRS would not have hired me to be a Revenue Officer when I was 22 in 1971 if I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. The first 6 months I worked for IRS was in classroom training.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2025/12/03/ice-hiring-border-patrol-jobs-immigration-agents/87483770007/
SEATTLE WEEKLY
— When newspapers go, partisanship grows and lies are believed. DD: Do you help fill voids? I do. I put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters every morning and often in the evening too. Those newsletters help fill tremendous voids in government and political news and commentary reporting from a conservative perspective in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. My critics/opponents reject many conservative principles and many planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They are anti-conservative if not conservative-haters. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of government, political, financial, and/or religious clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.seattleweekly.com/2026/07/28/when-newspapers-go-partisanship-grows-and-lies-are-believed-the-free-press-initiative/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Has a Point About the Smithsonian. Its American history museum has become an instrument of left-wing culture warriors.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-has-a-point-about-the-smithsonian-ac436cc4
— The Welfare State That Ate Britain. The new Prime Minister learns he has narrow fiscal running room. DD: Because voters who receive welfare vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders put as many voters on welfare as they can. What did you do to avoid being on welfare? 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 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://www.wsj.com/opinion/u-k-welfare-state-treasury-disability-payments-andy-burnham-d09c9fa7
— Supersizing Your Retirement Account. DD: IRS and GAO employees have to file financial disclosure reports with their superiors annually. As I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997, they were ever-increasingly envious/furious at what I and then what my wife and I had saved for our retirement.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/the-everyday-guide-to-supersizing-your-retirement-account-8e914e8e
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Professors Notch Court Wins Over States Banning ‘Woke’ Teaching. DD: To promote wokeness/wokeism is to promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents promote wokeness/wokeism.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/professors-notch-court-wins-over-states-banning-woke-teaching
PARTNERSHIP FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
— Merit Systems Protection Board 101: Individual cases, including agency elimination, restructuring, probationary employees and more. DD: Federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Unions provide some protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I transferred from IRS in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors might not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did including forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://ourpublicservice.org/know-the-facts/blog/merit-systems-protection-board-mspb-cases-agency-elimination-restructuring-probationary-employees
MORNING POLITICS
— Senate Confirms Jay Clayton as Intelligence Chief on Party-Line Vote. The former SEC chair and Manhattan prosecutor takes over 18 spy agencies with no career intelligence background. DD: Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. The Democrat GAO Audits the Democrat IRS. To force me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed a) what I had learned working for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, b) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and d) the fact that much of what I did for IRS was similar to what I would do for GAO. They kept me off audits of IRS’s Collection Division for all of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO but did let me work on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years. They would not have wasted my knowledge of IRS if I had been a Democrat, female, or veteran.
https://www.morningpolitics.com/articles/senate-confirms-jay-clayton-as-intelligence-chief-on-party-line-vote
FED SMITH
— TSP Millionaires Hit New Record as Markets Rebound in Q2. A record 224,420 federal employees and retirees now hold $1 million or more in their TSP. Here is how the numbers shifted in 2026. DD: My Civil Service Retirement System pension and my retirement savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/07/27/tsp-millionaires-hit-new-record-as-markets-rebound-in-q2/
AARP
— What to Do If You Can’t Afford Your Health Insurance. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance since 1966 and then also paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.aarp.org/health/healthcare/cant-afford-health-insurance/
MANHATTAN INSTITUTE
— New York City’s Migrant Crisis A Case Study of Welfare Magnet Effects. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been attracting welfare recipients to your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? I should write about their success in attracting welfare recipients to DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct.
https://manhattan.institute/article/new-york-citys-migrant-crisis-a-case-study-of-welfare-magnet-effects
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Why It’s So Hard to Catch a Master Manipulator. DD: My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of government, political, financial, and/or religious clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/fulfillment-at-any-age/202412/its-remarkably-hard-to-catch-the-master-manipulator
LGBTQ NATION
— Gen Z adults are staying away from churches because of Trump.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/gen-z-adults-are-staying-away-from-churches-because-of/
FROM OTHER SOURCES
CONSUMER REPORTS
— How to Buy a New Car. DD: I have bought many new cars since I was 17 in 1966.
https://www.consumerreports.org/cars/buying-a-car/how-to-buy-a-car-in-todays-challenging-market-a7648220054/
Tag: GOPUSA
July 28, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Ethics report expected to scrutinize IL House Speaker Welch’s handling of harassment complaints.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/report-expected-detail-illinois-house-speaker-emanuel-chris-welchs-handling-harassment-complaint-harry-benton/19586740/
CBS2
— 3 men charged with stealing, vandalizing automated license plate reading cameras in Lisle.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/3-men-charged-stealing-alpr-cameras-lisle/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois GOP’s anemic fundraising underscores its life in the political wilderness
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/28/darren-bailey-jb-pritzker-margaret-croke-juliana-stratton-don-tracy/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Money talks, particularly in politics. And, right now, campaign donations are underscoring just how much of a one-party state Illinois has become. Democrats are dominating Republicans not just in the marquee races, but nearly every statewide contest. Consider the assets of our two major-party gubernatorial candidates. Incumbent JB Pritzker started July with over $3.1 million in his JB for Governor campaign fund. Republican Darren Bailey, on the other hand, began the month with less than $128,000. The fact that enthusiasm isn’t high given that Bailey lost to Pritzker in 2022 likely explains some of the disparity. So does billionaire Pritzker’s ability to self-finance — he has already spent hundreds of millions of dollars of his own fortune across his gubernatorial campaigns and seeded this reelection effort with another $25.5 million last fall. Not helping either is the shadow of an unpopular Trump administration. With conservative megadonor Richard Uihlein opting to observe from the sidelines, Republican funding has dried up. We’d argue that perhaps this is a prime opportunity for someone with more moderate conservative instincts to swoop in and fill the gap — Uihlein’s cash was both a blessing and a curse, as it tended to come with strings attached. In 2022, Uihlein gave more than $12 million directly to Bailey, doubling down on his commitment to oust Pritzker by pouring $42 million into an outside super PAC. This cycle, he has largely stayed out of statewide races. Among Bailey’s largest donors is former 2022 gubernatorial candidate Gary Rabine, who chipped in $25,000; a large sum, to be sure, but unless Bailey can start courting similar investments from other folks it won’t bridge the gap. But it’s not just the competition for governor, as Tribune reporting laid out last week. Don Tracy’s U.S. Senate bid has drawn far less financial support than his opponent, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton. Stratton emerged victorious in a challenging primary thanks in large part to $10 million from Pritzker. From April 2025 through June 2026, Stratton accepted roughly $5.3 million in general-election campaign contributions, according to FEC records. Tracy’s campaign, on the other hand, took in less than $2.5 million from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, including a $2 million personal loan he made to his own campaign. In the race for comptroller, Democratic nominee Margaret Croke has double the cash on hand compared with her Republican opponent. In spite of this vast gulf, this is currently the most competitive race for a constitutional office, based on fundraising. The bigger question isn’t whether the GOP can close the fundraising gap, but whether Illinois’ increasingly one-sided political landscape is healthy for voters, who benefit most when both parties are capable of mounting a serious challenge. We don’t think so. When one party no longer worries about losing elections, the incentives change. The pressure to compromise weakens. Difficult reforms become easier to postpone. The opposition becomes less capable of forcing uncomfortable but necessary debates. That truth is made evident repeatedly. Weak political competition doesn’t affect only elections — it affects governing. A recent headline in this paper read, “Illinois Democrats’ single-party rule and diminished GOP may shield Springfield from Benton scandal reforms.” That’s our sad reality. Whether it’s Springfield’s failure to confront Illinois’ property tax burden, billion-dollar spending plans that avoid structural reform, or another legislative session that produces hundreds of new laws with comparatively little attention paid to tackling our most pressing fiscal and economic challenges, our lopsided state government isn’t yielding the results Illinois needs. A more competitive political playing field would offer voters something they’re perpetually lacking these days: Options. A little variety, which is said to be the spice of life. Or, in politics, the push and pull needed to rein in the worst impulses of both sides. It’ll take funding to give voters more of a choice in November. But cash requires confidence. And the Illinois GOP isn’t doing enough to inspire it.)
— Andy Shaw: The side of Illinois JB Pritzker would rather ignore.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/28/opinion-darren-bailey-jb-pritzker-illinois-bureaucracy/
— Chicago shouldn’t give up on addressing food deserts.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/28/editorial-save-a-lot-south-west-side-yellow-banana-grocery-food-deserts/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders want as many voters as possible on SNAP because they vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/07/27/illinois-sees-16-drop-in-snap-enrollment-one-year-after-food-program-overhaul
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260727/news/daughters-fight-for-release-of-their-mother-a-green-card-holder-arrested-in-des-plaines-by-ice-last/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Godfrey-to-discuss-video-gaming-cannabis-kratom-14444276.php
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump defends his sweeping tariffs and watches ‘America First’ drag races during Michigan stop.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-trump-is-set-to-defend-his-economic-policies-in-michigan-where-new-canadian-tariffs-may-sting/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump visited a sprawling General Motors facility in the Detroit suburb of Milford that is a testing ground for its vehicles. He pumped a fist after watching a trio of drag races that involved muscle cars and luxury vehicles like the Corvette Z06, Cadillac Escalade V, and EV Hummer — events the announcer promised were “all America First power.” It was the kind of thundering speed the president is expecting at an IndyCar race in Washington next month, which is part of America’s 250th birthday celebrations.)
25 NEWS NOW
— Area lawmakers weigh in on speaker’s handling of allegations against disgraced representative.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/07/28/area-lawmakers-weigh-speakers-handling-sexual-harassment-allegations-against-disgraced-representative/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— GOP makes political push in House races amid lawmaker controversies.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/gop-makes-political-push-in-house-races-amid-lawmaker-controversies/article_93f65954-1401-4498-8eb7-17992d93e599.html
CAPITOL CITY
— Brad Cole to retire from IL Municipal League. Rockford mayor Tom McNamara will succeed him.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-brad-cole-to-retire-from-il-municipal-league/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote mote LGBTQ.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/27/taylors-tacos-is-offering-tacos-and-lgbtq-representation-on-the-west-side/
NIC FLOSI
— Chicago man led police on 100 mph chase after Wheaton carjacking.
https://www.aol.com/articles/chicago-man-led-police-100-123804000.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/28/governors-unlikely-group-chat-01013209
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-779/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Support for Cessation of Treating Illegals Better Than American Citizens.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/27/support-for-cessation-of-treating-illegals-better-than-american-citizens/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_ad83d3c8-b90c-4305-84a9-572daef08c00.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois sales taxes near top in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-sales-taxes-near-top-in-u-s/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Lingering Miasma of Marxism. No matter how many times it’s defeated, the politics of resentment always has an audience.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-lingering-miasma-of-marxism/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Imagine America under Sharia.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/07/imagine-america-under-sharia/
BLAZE
— Rush University Medical Center still promoting DEI and trans ideology despite federal funding.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trans-dei-hospital-federal-funds
BREITBART
— Wikipedia Labels Feminists Opposing Transgenderism Like J.K. Rowling ‘Exclusionary’
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2026/07/27/terf-war-wikipedia-labels-feminists-opposing-transgenderism-like-jk-rowling-exclusionary/
COLLEGE FIX
— UBuffalo dental school forces freshmen through DEI training on ‘structural marginalization’
https://www.thecollegefix.com/ubuffalo-dental-school-forces-freshmen-through-dei-training-on-structural-marginalization/
DAILY CALLER
— US Medical Schools Still Promote DEI Efforts.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/07/27/university-iowa-medical-school-dei-do-no-harm/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘A Car Plowed’? NYT Shredded For Sanitizing Muslim Terrorist Attack. “Was the car a Chevrolet radicalized Muslim?”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-car-plowed-nyt-shredded-for-sanitizing-muslim-terrorist-attack
FOX NEWS
— GIANNO CALDWELL: We marched for every family blue city politicians left behind. The people of Chicago deserve leaders who show up, not just at election time, but when it matters most.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/gianno-caldwell-marched-every-family-blue-city-politicians-left-behind.amp
— Trump admin targets woke schools accused of hiding students’ gender transitions from parents.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-targets-woke-schools-accused-hiding-students-gender-transitions-parents
NATIONAL REVIEW
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/vice-in-america-the-new-issue-of-nr-is-out/
TOWNHALL
— Chicago Residents Are Livid After Losing More Grocery Stores.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/27/7-grocery-stores-shut-down-in-chicago-n2680171
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Vice and the Crisis of Liberalism. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/opinion/vice-liberalism-addiction-gambling-drugs.html
— DD: When you graduated from college, what frustrated your job search? For me, it was employers seeing me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved. Further, my GPA was not that great because I had spent far too many hours working instead of studying. Further, I had the stigma of having been a federal employee for almost 3 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/business/college-graduates-job-market.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America Is Awash in Vice. Gambling, drugs and pornography were once held at bay by the country’s Judeo-Christian moral consensus. Not any more. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/america-is-awash-in-vice-a720daac
— It Bears Repeating: Your Life Is in Your Own Hands. DD: What do your critics/opponents hold you personally responsible for? My critics/opponents hold me personally responsible for my being forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and for all the other adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took against me. They hold me personally responsible for all the adverse actions that the defendants in the lawsuits I filed and their lawyers have taken against me. They hold me personally responsible a) for my being thrown off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) for my being stopped from serving as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) for my precinct being gerrymandered in 2015, d) for my being dumped from my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship position in 2012, e) for my being dumped from the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, f) for my almost being censured by ICRC for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, g) for my being dumped from my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster position in 2004 and 2010, and h) for my being defeated 69 to 13 when I ran for MTRO Treasurer in 2004.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/it-bears-repeating-your-life-is-in-your-own-hands-a46aeee9
FORBES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2026/07/17/where-is-cannabis-legal-a-guide-to-all-50-states/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2022/09/29/mr-vice-guy-meet-the-hedge-fund-vulture-who-made-120-million-betting-on-casinos-and-cannabis/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/willyakowicz/2021/12/31/forbes-vices-awards-2020-circa-downtown-vegas-first-new-casino-in-40-years/
TIME
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders have always used demographic data to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://time.com/article/2026/07/22/trump-administration-eeoc-worker-demographic-data-requirement/
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
— The Case for Prohibiting Vice. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/case-prohibiting-vice
DEFENSE SCOOP
— Hegseth directs removal of underperformers. DD: My Democrat superiors always hinted/implied that I underperformed and that was why they took adverse actions against me. They always used the subjectivity in their performance systems against me. In my defense, extremely few of my Post Office coworkers earned a job-related bachelor’s degree like I did. Very few of my IRS and GAO coworkers earned job-related master’s degrees and professional certifications like I did. None of my coworkers earned a job-related professional license like I did. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. My Democrat GAO superiors used the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems to a) force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delay my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) force me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors used that subjectivity to never promote me beyond GS-12, disallow my education deductions in 1978, and disallow my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors used that subjectivity to force me to resign in 1969 and disallow my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://defensescoop.com/2025/10/02/dod-civilian-employee-removal-procedures-underperformers-hegseth-tata-memos/
PSY
— What influences teens’ career expectations? DD: My father’s often decrying his not having a college degree had a big impact on me. It motivated me to work my way through college and 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://phys.org/news/2026-07-qa-teens-career.html
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/11/american-vice-national-character/684785/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/legalized-gambling-marijuana-use-addiction/673028/
ECONOMIST
— Knowing what your colleagues earn. DD: Federal employees have always known what their superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates earn, that is, what GS Grade and Step they were. My GAO, IRS and Post Office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always saw that those who my Democrat superiors promoted over me a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.economist.com/business/2025/01/23/knowing-what-your-colleagues-earn
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
INDIA TIMES
— Four in 10 employees admit sabotaging colleagues to get ahead. DD: To get promoted, my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office coworkers sabotaged me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, draft avoider, Protestant, German American, Crete resident 1948-1972, Wheaton resident since 1978, and my ancestors had been in America since 1844.
https://hrme.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/four-in-10-employees-admit-sabotaging-colleagues-to-get-ahead-survey-finds/132574317
JUSTICE FOR ALL
— India: Caste And Implications. 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 $50,000/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 grandparent spoke German. I had to work my way through college. Nevertheless, my critics/opponents 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://www.justiceforall.org/india-caste-and-implications/
July 24, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/07/24/chaotic-crowded-chicago-immigration-mega-court-hearings-are-fueling-record-deportation-orders
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Journalists discuss free press challenges. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I am not a journalist a) because I do not have a degree in journalism, b) because no one pays me for what I do 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 contain any advertising or donation requests, e) because I do not claim to be nonpartisan, f) because I state that and because I am conservative Republican, and g) because I state that and because I am an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman. My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle 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://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/24/journalists-discuss-free-press-challenges/
FOX32
— Chicago crime: 5 killed, 4 wounded in 6 shootings from Thursday into Friday.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-crime-5-killed-4-shootings-thursday-friday
WTTW
— What Happened to the American Dream? DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? 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://news.wttw.com/2026/07/23/what-happened-american-dream-new-documentary-asks-1000-people-across-50-states
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats to finalize their 2028 presidential nominating calendar, led by more diverse states. DD: The Democrat Party ever-increasingly moves further to the left.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-to-finalize-their-2028-presidential-nominating-calendar-led-by-more-diverse-states/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Illinois election integrity advocate Carol Davis says Trump’s allegations mirror concerns raised by state watchdogs.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/illinois-election-integrity-advocate-says-trumps-allegations-mirror-concerns-raised-by-state-watchdogs/article_d4d50eef-73ed-4ff2-9418-c13f0bf500a2.html
CWB CHICAGO
— Robbery suspect caught trying to cut off ankle monitor with bolt cutters at Home Depot.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/07/robbery-suspect-caught-trying-to-cut-off-ankle-monitor-with-bolt-cutters-at-home-depot.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/24/illinois-sexual-harassment-harry-benton-01010509
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-777/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— What’s Happening to Illinois Ex-Pats Running for Congress in Florida?
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/23/whats-happening-to-illinois-ex-pats-running-for-congress-in-florida/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— It’s Time for the DOJ Civil Rights Division to Investigate Speaker Chris Welch and Illinois House Democratic Leadership.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/its-time-for-the-doj-civil-rights-division-to-investigate-speaker-chris-welch-and-illinois-house-democratic-leadership.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Sitting judge posts ‘F*** ICE’: The shocking double standard of Illinois courts.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4659330/judge-ramirez-f-ice-post-double-standard-illinois-courts/
— DHS has issued $84 billion in fines to illegal immigrants who won’t go home.
DHS Announces More Than $84 Billion in Civil Fines Issued to Illegal Aliens
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Racial quota reckoning: Merit just got a deadline. DD: Since the 1960s, everyone above me has been under ever-increasing pressure to give more preference to those who do not share my demographics, that is, they have been under ever-increasing pressure to discriminate against those who share my demographics.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4660403/racial-quota-reckoning-federal-contracting/
— Establishment Democrats risk extinction as socialism rises.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/4660428/establishment-democrats-risk-extinction-socialism-rises-joe-concha/
— Will Democrats pick Harris or a socialist? Primary calendar may give early clue.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4659947/harris-socialist-democrats-2028-primary-calendar/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Socialism goes mainstream in America, and no one is stopping it. It was bad enough when they’d crept into all the American institutions. Now they’re getting elected to national office.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/socialism-goes-mainstream-in-america-and-no-one-is-stopping-it/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘They Don’t Know What It’s Like’: Communism Survivors Question Why Americans Like Marxism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/23/communism-survivors-question/
— Trump Axes Regulations Pushing Race-Based School Discipline.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/23/education-department-strikes-regulations-requiring-racial-quotas-in-school-discipline/
DAILY WIRE
— New Republican Amnesty Bill Ignites Ire Of Immigration Hardliners. “Vote every single one of them out in a massive wave, and replace them with real immigration hawks.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-republican-amnesty-bill-ignites-ire-of-immigration-hardliners
FEDERALIST
— Every American Needs To Know That Socialism Is Slavery.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/23/every-american-needs-to-know-that-socialism-is-slavery/
— Congress Spotlights American Bar Association’s Dance With The DEI Devil.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/23/congress-spotlights-american-bar-associations-dance-with-the-dei-devil/
FOX BUSINESS
— How America reached a political tipping point for socialism. The storm began with the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/how-america-reached-political-tipping-point-socialism.amp
FOX NEWS
— Laura Ingraham: They KNOW socialism is anti-American.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401968228112
— Partisan divide on capitalism and socialism. DD: To destroy Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401934457112
— Democratic Party’s socialist wing gains ground. DD: To destroy Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401954225112
— Trump heads back to correspondents’ dinner months after gunfire forced evacuation. The WHCA will honor Secret Service Officer Gonzales for his role in stopping the armed suspect at the Washington Hilton.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-heads-back-correspondents-dinner-months-after-gunfire-forced-evacuation
HOMELAND SECURITY
— DHS Announces More Than $84 Billion in Civil Fines Issued to Illegal Aliens.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/07/23/dhs-announces-more-84-billion-civil-fines-issued-illegal-aliens
PJ MEDIA
— Communism-Socialism, Islam: How to Meet the Threats?
https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/07/23/communismsocialism-islam-how-to-meet-the-threats-n4955364
POST MILLENNIAL
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson aims to give ‘reparations’ to illegal immigrants, residents impacted by ICE.
https://thepostmillennial.com/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-aims-to-give-reparations-to-illegal-immigrants-residents-impacted-by-ice
— Brandon Gill, Jim Banks draft bill to classify birth tourists as ‘invaders,’ prevent automatic citizenship. The legislation comes as Justice Kavanaugh left the door open for Congress to adjust who is not eligible for birthright citizenship.
https://thepostmillennial.com/brandon-gill-jim-banks-draft-bill-to-classify-birth-tourists-as-invaders-prevent-automatic-citizenship
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump on Democratic Socialists: “They’re Highly Educated, But Doing Very Poorly; In Other Words, They’re Losers”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/07/23/trump_on_democratic_socialists_theyre_highly_educated_but_doing_very_poorly_in_other_words_theyre_losers.html
— Trump: Communists Promise “Free Rent, Free House,” But Deliver “Squalor, Poverty, Death, And Destruction”
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/07/23/trump_communists_promise_a_free_house_but_they_deliver_absolute_squalor_poverty_death_and_destruction.html
STATES TOP LEADING NEWS
— 9.5 Million Student Loan Defaults: Systemic Failure or Personal Choice? DD: What percent of those who took out student loans had no intent of paying those loans back? I never sought a student loan or got a student loan. I worked my way through college. Because of that, my GPA suffered. That harmed my job searches. Students who took out student loan should be expected to have much higher GPAs than those who had to work their way through college.
https://www.stl.news/9-5-million-student-loan-defaults/
U.S. HOUSE
— DEI Erodes Integrity of Law Schools and the Legal Profession.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-dei-erodes-integrity-of-law-schools-and-the-legal-profession/
TOWNHALL
— Chicago Is Broke, but the Mayor Is Floating Another Plan for Reparations.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/23/brandon-johnson-reparations-for-ice-n2679998
— The Democratic Socialists of America vs. the United States of America.
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/07/24/the-democratic-socialists-of-america-vs-the-united-states-of-america-n2679963
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— DD: To destroy Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/23/politics/republicans-capitalism-socialism-poll
AOL
— Voters should take Democratic Socialists at their word.
https://www.aol.com/articles/voters-democratic-socialists-word-opinion-090848000.html
CBS NEWS
— Career limiting decisions. DD: What were the biggest decisions that you made that limited your career? I spent far too many hours working to earn money to buy new cars instead of studying. I avoided the Vietnam War draft with draft deferments. I majored in management instead of accounting. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take and pass on my first attempt the Certified Internal Auditor examination until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. When I became federal employee when I was 18, I refused to become a Democrat and I never became a Democrat. I ever-increasingly complained about my Democrat superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid discrimination when I was 40.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/10-career-limiting-mistakes-to-avoid/
NEW YORK TIMES
— To Win Their Races, Black Politicians Confront a New Landscape. With the Voting Rights Act weakened, Black representation will depend less on Black voters and more on broad, multiracial appeal or on ideological outsider campaigns. As majority-Black districts are blown up one by one, the future of Black representation in Congress could look something like Yorkville, Ill., where Representative Lauren Underwood joined the town parade on the Fourth of July. The congresswoman and her parents were among the few Black people in a sea of white faces along the mile-long route.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/us/politics/black-representation-voting-rights-act.html
— Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace? DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they ever-increasingly a) assigned me to work for their female employees, b) stressed to them that I opposed gender base preference giving, and/or c) had them waste my career and get rid of me. During my last 8 years that I worked for GAO all my superiors were females. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/opinion/women-workplace-feminism-conservative.html
— Google Is Building an A.I. Fence Around the Internet It Once Championed. As Google incorporates more artificial intelligence into search, people are spending more time on Google. Some website operators are crying foul. DD: The Democrats who run Google ever-increasingly a) steer everyone to websites that promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party platform and b) steer everyone away from websites that promote conservative principles and the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/technology/google-ai-open-web.html
— Biking to work: Tips to get started, stay safe and look presentable when you arrive. DD: I walked to/from work and evening classes 1974-1978. I first walked to/from my Outer Drive East studio condo and then my ODE one bedroom condo to my IRS job in the Loop and first to graduate evening business classes at Loyola and then to graduate evening accounting classes at DePaul.
https://www.newstimes.com/living/article/biking-to-work-tips-to-get-started-stay-safe-22357001.php
NEW YORK SUN
— The Socialists Await the Gullible. The leftist surge in America is shadowed by the incompatibility of Marxism and civil liberties.
https://www.nysun.com/article/the-socialists-await-the-gullible
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The ‘Bernie Bros’ Could Spoil Democrats’ Midterms. Republicans will make even moderate opponents answer for the radical views of DSA candidates.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-bernie-bros-could-spoil-democrats-midterms-0e6e6289
— How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, by JD Vance. His online minions attack me fiercely over last week’s column. They should hear what my kids call me. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-to-lose-friends-and-alienate-people-by-jd-vance-a6a1d5fe
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over many years of writing pieces critical of politicians, my Republican targets mostly took the beatings like men, many going so far as to acknowledge—if only in confidence—that they probably deserved it. Not so Vice President JD Vance, and his dreary band of online enforcers. This egotism—or rather, insecurity—is worth analyzing. This column reported last week on the bitterness Mr. Vance’s congressional colleagues are feeling over his continual absence. In recent administrations, governing majorities have come to rely on the vice president—who is ex officio Senate president—to act as primary liaison between the White House and Congress. Mr. Vance has blown off this important if unsung duty, preferring to stay in the spotlight. Tempers hit a boil last week when—at a pivotal legislative moment—Mr. Vance canceled a planned Tuesday House meeting in favor of appearing on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” where he bashed Congress. Republicans have mostly held their tongues on Mr. Vance out of deference. But the vice president has shown a lot of lefty leg lately: undermining Israel, panning free markets, touting a Christian-themed big-government agenda. That’s in addition to what many Republicans view as Mr. Vance’s naive approach to Iran. That elected Republicans were joining conservative commentators in a Vance rethink was worthy of reporting. And most readers would have seen the column for what it was: part of a growing GOP debate over who should lead the party in 2028. Team Vance saw it as it sees any slight: an all-hands call to delegitimize a critic—to brand her a RINO, “establishment,” a liar, a captive tool, or part of some anti-JD “op.” The Vance press team contacted my editors to demand corrections. They wanted a mea culpa for what I didn’t write—namely that Mr. Vance had showed up to the House . . . on Wednesday. Never mind that Congress’s anger stemmed from Mr. Vance’s decision to ditch them for Mr. Rogan’s program. They claimed that wasn’t “the reason” for canceling, though they didn’t provide an alternative explanation. What else was Mr. Vance doing in Austin, Texas? Their final complaint was a hair-splitting gotcha: I wrote that “lawmakers can count on a few fingers the times former Sen. Vance has set foot in the Capitol.” That’s what lawmakers told me. Mr. Vance’s spokesman insisted the vice president had been there more than two dozen times since taking office. The phrase obviously referred to the infrequency with which Mr. Vance huddled with members of Congress to solve problems and wasn’t a literal count of the number of times he was physically present to attend a speech or break a tie. Mr. Vance’s real bully-boy strength shows up with his online army, where a retinue of “influencers” and “journalists” stand ready with an arsenal of labels, whataboutisms and falsehoods. The tactics aren’t new. They are straight-up Saul Alinsky—pick the target, freeze it, personalize and polarize it—long practiced by the left. I wrote a whole book about that, “The Intimidation Game.” What is new is for the right to use such means in an effort to shut down conservative dissent.)
— Biden officials predicted 17,000 arbitration disputes a year under the No Surprises Act. In 2026 there were 2.6 million. DD: I have been a FINRA arbitrator since 1998.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/surprise-billing-act-health-insurance-providers-15c1eadb
— For Sale: The Childhood Home of Conservative Commentator William F. Buckley Jr. The historic Connecticut property, which dates back to 1812, was visited by influential figures like Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger and Sylvia Plath.
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/william-buckley-jr-childhood-home-connecticut-cc241ca2
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise everything that is foreign.
https://www.bloomberg.com/sessions/2026-07-28/live-q-amp-a-is-the-american-dream-fading-for-international-students
FORBES
— Women Don’t Have A Merit Problem. They Have A Sponsor Problem. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me when I was 23 in 1972, 23, and 25. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me when I was 38. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or a veteran. All the women who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaheenajanjuhajivrajeurope/2026/07/24/women-dont-have-a-merit-problem-they-have-a-sponsor-problem/
MOTLEY FOOL
— Why COLAs Have Lost Retirees 14% of Their Buying Power Since 2016. DD: My critics/opponents were, are, and will always be furious a) that I got COLAs when I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and b) that I have gotten COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997 and as a Social Security recipient since 2010.
https://www.aol.com/articles/why-colas-lost-retirees-14-152000000.html
HARVARD CRIMSON
— Students Still Want Public Service. They Just Don’t Want Washington Right Now. Students and faculty say the traditional pipeline from the school into the federal government has narrowed — and with it, the assumption that a degree from the school leads directly to a career in Washington. DD: I worked for GAO 1980-1997. While Charles Bowsher ran GAO 1981-1996, he did everything that he could to get rid the agency’s employees who had degrees in business, accounting, and finance and to replace them with employees who had degrees in public administration from Ivy league universities. That rendered worthless a) my having earned an MBA in 1976, b) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, f) my earning four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, g) and my earning a master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/4/6/hks-public-service/
WEST CENTRAL TRIBUNE
— Cal Thomas: Who are our domestic enemies? “The ignorant and sometimes deliberate voters who support the DSA agenda should be careful what they wish for.”
https://www.wctrib.com/opinion/columns/cal-thomas-who-are-our-domestic-enemies
TRILL MAGAZINE
— The American Dream Is Expensive. Is Democratic Socialism the Answer? Rising costs and changing expectations are driving a new generation of Americans to rethink the future of the American Dream. DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? 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://www.trillmag.com/news/politics/the-american-dream-is-expensive-is-democratic-socialism-the-answer/
JD SUPRA
— What Employers Need to Know About the EEOC’s Rescission of Affirmative Action Guidelines and Enforcement Priorities. DD: Since the 1960s, Democrats and RINOs have used Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/what-employers-need-to-know-about-the-2097270/
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
— Affordability For All: It’s Time To Rescue The American Dream. DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? 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://nul.org/news/affordability-all-its-time-rescue-american-dream
July 22. 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-voters-will-be-asked-whether-city-should-seek-compensation-after-midway-blitz/3964880/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Anticipate/expect that people who have less income/assets (renters) will vote for higher taxes on people who have more income/assets (homeowners).
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/22/cook-county-treasurer-mount-prospect-skokie-property-taxes/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/07/22/migrant-crisis-chicago-cost-inspector-general-david-glockner-report
— DD: By their actions and by their inactions, foreign countries ever-increasingly illegally a) send their citizens illegally to American illegally and b) keep their citizens in America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/07/22/mexico-seeks-accountability-in-chicago-area-ice-death-and-16-others-can-it-force-the-u-s-to-act
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all the disabled employees they hired.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/07/22/states-should-reject-doj-retreat-olmstead-ruling-disabilities-peggy-flaherty-debra-howard-frye
DAILY HERALD
— An Oswego man who was free on pretrial release on previous aggravated battery charges is facing additional felony charges after authorities say he punched a woman in the face and resisted arrest in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260722/news/oswego-man-on-pretrial-release-facing-new-felony-charges-after-woman-punched-in-wheaton/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Pritzker for president? Handicapping the Illinois governor’s political future.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-07-22/pritzker-for-president-handicapping-the-illinois-governors-political-future
FOX ILLINOIS & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— US civil rights agency moves to end demographic data collection after 60 years. DD: Since the 1960s, ever-increasingly, my bad demographics (White, male) have worked against me. Since the 1960s, my employers were under ever-increasingly pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote those who do not share my demographics (minority, female).
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/us-civil-rights-agency-moves-to-end-demographic-data-collection-after-60-years/article_8dc8ff78-255b-534e-92d8-52167af0ed35.html
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-us-civil-rights-agency-moves-to-end-demographic-data-collection-after-60-years/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders continue to use Emmett Till to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/22/emmett-tills-85th-birthday-to-bring-radical-joy-at-closing-of-bronzeville-art-exhibition/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-561/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats will one day regret standing against Israel. The Democratic Socialists of America’s anti-Israel hysteria.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/21/editorial-democrats-one-day-regret-standing-israel/
— AOC, Buttigieg lead hypothetical 2028 Democrats in New Hampshire; Rubio closes gap with Vance.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/22/aoc-buttigieg-lead-hypothetical-2028-democrats-new-hampshire-rubio/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s IRS chief reveals scrub of Social Security database found 10% of recipients erroneously listed.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/22/us-news/trumps-irs-chief-reveals-scrub-of-social-security-database-found-10-of-recipients-erroneously-listed/
— GOP Rep. Kat Cammack pitches mandatory background checks for Congress staffers over claims foreign agents running wild. DD: What percent of those in America are agents of foreign countries?
https://nypost.com/2026/07/22/us-news/gop-rep-kat-cammack-pitches-mandatory-background-checks-for-congress-staffers-amid-claims-foreign-agents-running-wild/
— Congress is ancient — someone needs to make sure they are fit to serve. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors hinted that they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 because too many of their employees were old White males.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/21/opinion/congress-is-ancient-someone-needs-to-make-sure-they-are-fit-to-serve/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Democratic Socialists Are Courting the Youth. How do we stop them? DD: Under socialism, to advance, all you need to do is be a socialist. Under Democrats, to advance, all you need to do is be a Democrat. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/07/democratic-socialists-are-courting-the-youth/
— Against the left: A time for resolution. Enough is enough. It’s time to speak out. DD: I speak out in every GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/against-the-left-a-time-for-resolution/
FEDERALIST
— DHS Should Be Threatening Employers Of Illegal Aliens, Not Buttering Them Up.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/22/dhs-should-be-threatening-employers-of-illegal-aliens-not-buttering-them-up/
— There Are No Ag ‘Jobs Americans Won’t Do’ If They Earn A Living Wage. Pro-amnesty Republicans are allowing the agriculture industry to shut out American workers in favor of foreign migrants.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/22/there-are-no-ag-jobs-americans-wont-do-if-they-earn-a-living-wage/
— How Woke Smithsonian Bureaucrats ‘Killed America’s Story’
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/22/how-woke-smithsonian-bureaucrats-killed-americas-story/
FOX NEWS
— Biden administration forced a false choice on Americans about immigration.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-administration-forced-false-choice-americans-immigration.amp
— Gluesenkamp Perez proposed an amendment to the FY27 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill in May that would have required “the Office of Congressional Conduct to develop a standard for what constitutes conduct that does not reflect creditably upon the House, as it relates to a member of Congress’ ability to perform the duties of office unimpeded by significant irreversible cognitive impairment.” DD: What shows your cognitive status? For me, it includes my putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out every day.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dems-cognitive-decline-crackdown-wins-rare-conservative-praise-extremely-based
— Turley: Democratic Socialists want to remake America in their image. That’s terrifying. DSA manifesto released on Bastille Day proposes ending capitalism and remaking the constitutional system.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-democratic-socialists-want-remake-america-image-thats-terrifying
TOWNHALL
— When the Left Says It Wants to ‘End Whiteness,’ This Is What They Mean.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/print/2679908
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— More people booked into ICE detention in June than in any month since crackdown began.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-people-booked-into-ice-detention-june-2026/
JD SUPRA
— Your EEO-1 Reporting Obligations May Be Over. DD: Since the 1960s, ever-increasingly, my bad demographics (White, male) have worked against me. Since the 1960s, my employers were under ever-increasingly pressure to hire, to retain, and to promote those who do not share my demographics (minority, female).
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/is-this-the-end-your-eeo-1-reporting-3566062/
July 21, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/midway-blitz-metro-surge-operation-metro-surge-operation-midway-blitz-ice-minneapolis-chicago-immigration/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare. To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance. To get more cheap labor, RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with those who will work for less money.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/snap-illinois-costs/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— City Council joins chorus demanding Boutros’ resignation as U.S. attorney. DD: I dealt with Patrick Fitzgerald’s U.S. attorney office in Chicago extensively 2000-2005 while I pursued Diersen v. GAO pro se. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf I should write about that.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/07/15/city-council-resolution-demanding-andrew-boutros-resignation-us-attorney
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260720/nation-and-world-politics/advocates-say-immigrant-community-afraid-amid-uptick-in-ice-activity-in-lake-county/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: The last one-room schoolhouse to operate in Illinois finds a new purpose after $1.6M restoration. DD; My mother, who was born in 1924, never attended high school. She walked to/from a one-room school house and the farm she was born on in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260720/news/the-last-one-room-schoolhouse-to-operate-in-illinois-finds-a-new-purpose-after-1-6m-restoration/
— Standardized tests. DD: My critics/opponents have always attributed my success in passing standardized tests to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who share their demographics. I passed all the tests needed to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I would not have survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years if I had not a) passed the postal employment test when I was 17 in 1966, b) passed the Federal Entrance Examination when I was 21, c) earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, d) earned an MBA when I was 27, e) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, f) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, g) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, h) became a licensed CPA when I was 32, i) earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and j) earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. Overwhelmingly those who took and passed tests with me were White males.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260721/syndicated-columnists/the-limits-of-merit/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/ccb-illinois-cannabis-sales-20260721/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Top of IL GOP ticket: Pocketbook issues, not social issues. DD: The more that you follow conservative principles, the fewer pocketbook issues that you will have. The more that you follow liberal principles, the more pocketbook issues that you will have.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-top-of-il-gop-ticket-pocketbook-issues-not-social-issues/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/21/chicagos-new-sports-era-taking-shape-01005616
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-774/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker spends over $12 million on national politics.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-spends-over-12-million-on-national-politics/
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state lawmakers have increased lawmaker pay while approving budgets that raised taxes on Illinoisans.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmaker-salaries-rise-33-faster-than-their-constituents-paychecks-under-pritzker/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The more that you follow conservative principles, the fewer pocketbook issues that you will have. The more that you follow liberal principles, the more pocketbook issues that you will have. If I had followed liberal principles, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) earn a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. d) earn an MBA when I was 27, e) get married when I was 29, f) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, g) earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, h) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, or i) become a licensed CPA when I was 32.- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What motivates you to donate money to Republican candidates? For me, it includes their demonstrated commitment and ability to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who do you know that has served as the chairman of a political organization? It is a thankless job. I know. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republican of Illinois 2005-2012. I agree with Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman Bob Grogan who told the Chicago Sun-Times “You get blamed for everything and credit for nothing” and that Trump has the “hardest job in the world, and I probably have the second hardest job in the world, being chairman of the Illinois Republican Party.” While served as the TAPROOT chairman, my critics/opponents ever-increasingly blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my DuPage County Milton Township precinct in Wheaton. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and IRP, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. What do you have in common with Grogan? Grogan and I are both long-time DuPage County residents, Republican Precinct Committeemen, licensed CPAs, Certified Fraud Examiners, and members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and Illinois CPA Society. Grogan represented me on the IRP State Central Committee 2018-2022. I worked hard to elect Grogan and to reelect Grogan as DuPage County Auditor in 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024.
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to get out the vote? As the Republican Precinct Committeeman for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I will hand-deliver to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter a copy of the sample ballot, campaign literature from all the candidates who provide it to the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), and a MTRO election guide. The Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What motivates your critics/opponents to take adverse actions against you? The following motivates my critics/opponents to have their operatives and their dupe take adverse actions against me: a) my sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, b) my promoting in those newsletters conservative principles and Republican Party platform planks that they reject, and/or c) my refusing to be manipulated or dominated by them, my refusing to glorify or praise them, my refusing to pander to them, my refusing to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, my refusing to cover up their wrong doing, and/or my refusing to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Assault weapons’ bans are on their way to the Supreme Court.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/4655258/assault-weapons-bans-on-their-way-to-supreme-court/
— Socialism and Marxism is spreading like a malignant tumor. DD: To advance under socialism, you have to be a socialist. To advance in the Democrat-run federal government, you have to be a Democrat. Working in the Democrat public sector when I was 49 in 1997, my salary was only $154,682/year in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had worked in the private sector, I never would have earned that much. In my defense, I had earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/finance-and-economy/4655809/socialism-marxism-spreading-tumor-joe-concha/
BREITBART
— Baby Abandoned at Illinois Tourism Spot, Parents Fled U.S.
https://www.breitbart.com/local/2026/07/20/baby-abandoned-illinois-tourism-spot-parents-fled-u-s/amp/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Police responded to the Cahokia Mounds parking lot on the evening of June 7 after receiving reports that a baby had been abandoned in the parking lot and left in a car seat, News Nation reported. The child was transported to a local hospital for evaluation, and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has since taken custody.)
CHRISTIAN POST
— Why the ‘Woke Right’ is more dangerous than conservatives admit. DD: My critics/opponents are woke, that is, they blame all problems on those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/why-the-woke-right-is-more-dangerous-than-conservatives-admit.html
COLLEGE FIX
— California medical schools ditch required social justice courses ‘filled with propaganda.’ DD: I avoided liberal indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/california-medical-schools-ditch-required-social-justice-courses-filled-with-propaganda/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left Isn’t Building a Working-Class Movement—It’s Building a New Elite.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/20/the-left-isnt-building-a-working-class-movement-its-building-a-new-elite-left/
FOX NEWS
— Birth tourism fight shifts to US ‘tropical maternity ward’ with history of Chinese exploitation. Rep Morgan Griffith says Congress can amend statutes granting automatic citizenship in U.S. territories.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/birth-tourism-fight-shifts-us-tropical-maternity-ward-history-chinese-exploitation
— California county approves bombshell reparations plan despite budget crisis.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6401644206112
— Democrat group says reparations are owed Blacks because Black median wealth is nearly 15 times less than White median wealth. DD: To get even more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans who are the following like me cause all their problems: conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about the successes and the failures that my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors had doing that with my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/new-york-far-left-group-claims-reparations-owed-blacks-median-wealth-nearly-15-times-less-whites
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Launch Renewed Attack on School Choice. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools 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://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/20/wes-moore-school-choice-attack-n2679747
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Students need education, not indoctrination. DD: I avoided liberal indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5974887-education-quality-civil-rights/
— DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly flood America with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance. To get more cheap labor, RINO leaders ever-increasingly flood America with those who will work for less money.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5975518-birthright-citizenship-scotus-challenge/
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/20/politics/democratic-socialist-candidates-polling
MSN
— Why young grads are struggling to get hired. DD: The more of the following that you are, the less likely that Democrat and RINO employers will hire you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The more of the following that you are, the more likely that Democrat and RINO employers will hire you: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/why-young-grads-are-struggling-to-get-hired/ss-AA28evKu
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/opinion/democrats-capitalism-socialism.html
— The Hunt for a Job Has Never Been Worse. DD: What was your post-graduate success? When I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970, I had to have a job. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. I had applied for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother, but potential employers did not believe it would be granted. So I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was being the Retail Sales Manager for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. But the job did not really require a college degree. To “learn the business,” I was required to dismount, mount, and balance many tires, pump lots of gasoline, change lots of engine oil and filters, change batteries, deliver major appliances to homes, etc. My Chicago Heights store boss would never had hired me, but his boss had assigned me to him. He did not have a college degree. He refused to let me start until after I passed a 2-week probationary period in the Firestone Store in Gary, Indiana. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant, my being German American, my having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and my living in Crete. Under him, I saw that my Firestone career was bleak if not nonexistent. Consequently, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. He rudely if not violently fired me because I had accepted that offer. I had to have a job. So I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was to be an IRS Revenue Officer. Then, oddly, puzzlingly, he then offered me a job working part-time pumping gasoline which I accepted until he “asked” me to resign at the end of 1972. The money I earned helped me a) buy a new Corvette in 1971, b) pay for four graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/opinion/job-market-ai-employees.html
BALTIMORE SUN
— The Democratic Part is being defined by its far-left flank.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/07/20/democratic-socialists-party-flank/
NEWS HERALD
— Cal Thomas: Who are our domestic enemies?
https://www.news-herald.com/2026/07/20/cal-thomas-who-are-our-domestic-enemies/
BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
— A district court judge in Helena has narrowed the scope of a lawsuit seeking to invalidate sections of the Montana Republican Party’s bylaws that require loyalty oaths and allows the state central committee to remove members as will, according to plaintiffs. DD: I should write about the following who have worked the hardest to get rid of me since 2000: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/judge-narrows-focus-of-lawsuit-against-state-gop-bylaws/article_59e82f0b-f7e3-4349-a679-1cfac0042b8b.html
SUMMIT DAILY
— Let’s get out the vote. DD: As the Republican Precinct Committeeman for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, I will hand-deliver to the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter a copy of the sample ballot, campaign literature from all the candidates who provide it to the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), and a MTRO election guide. The Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.summitdaily.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-lets-get-out-the-vote-and-participate-in-democracy/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A $55 Billion Safety Net? Government Tab to Prop Up American Farms Is Rising. DD: Democrats and RINOs despise/hate farms, farming, and farmers. Just look at how Democrats and RINOs are treating Bailey. My great grandparents on my father’s side were farmers. My grandparents on my mother’s side were farmers. During the 1950s, I spent lots of time at their farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
Trump’s latest request extends run of interventions supporting nation’s agricultural economy
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/a-55-billion-safety-net-government-tab-to-prop-up-american-farms-is-rising-67dc6634
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The Man Who Runs the IRS Spied on Colleagues When He Worked at JPMorgan. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Federal employees should assume that their Democrat superiors can see their 1040s if they want to and that they will use the information in those 1040s against their subordinates if they want to.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/irs-bisignano-spying-jpmorgan-6cd1ddf0
BARRON’S
— Career success. DD: What did you do to get promoted? I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. My critics/opponents use the aforesaid against me stressing that notwithstanding the aforesaid, I never earned more than $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.barrons.com/advisor/articles/merrill-financial-advisor-corina-davis-afcfb78c
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Family reunions. DD: Since 1847, all my ancestors were Missouri Synod Lutherans. But family reunions on both my father’s and mother’s sides died in the 1960s because Wisconsin Synod Lutherans defeated Missouri Synod Lutherans in Crete and in Grant Park. That had a tremendous impact on me. To stay with the Missouri Synod, my parents took me out of eight grade at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete in 1961 and transferred me to a newly formed very small eight grade at Hope Lutheran in Park Forest.
https://www.businessinsider.com/annual-family-reunion-kids-impact-2026-4
BLOOMBERG LAW
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/dhs-restores-30-day-rule-for-asylum-seekers-work-authorization
SMILE HUB
— Illinois Is 2026’s 8th Best State for People in Poverty. DD: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) invite to Illinois those who want/need/demand massive government assistance and b) drive out of Illinois those who are productive members of society.
https://smilehub.org/blog/states-most-supportive-of-people-in-poverty/144
FED SMITH
— What Recent Court Decisions Mean for Federal Employee Job Security. DD: Because Democrats run the federal government, federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Have adverse actions been taken against you “for cause?” My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that GAO forced me to retire “for cause” when I was 49 in 1997. They stress the adverse actions that my GAO superiors had taken against me previously. They had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They had delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They had forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Previously, my IRS superiors had never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. Previously, my Post Office superiors had forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact a) that Democrats run GAO, Democrats despise/hate Republicans, and I have always been a Republican, b) that all my GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors who took the aforesaid actions against me were Democrats, c) that I had been an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation since 1988, and d) that I had ever-increasingly complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I must have been guilty of “gross malfeasance or negligence” or even worse things because the many big aforesaid adverse actions were taken against me even though I had a) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, b) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1981, and 1976, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/07/20/court-decisions-federal-employee-job-security/
July 19, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Federal appeals court rules that New Jersey’s assault weapons ban is unconstitutional.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/federal-appeals-court-rules-new-jerseys-assault-weapons-ban-is-unconstitutional/19532978/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/17/aldermen-chicago-police-ice-complaints/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOILD WITH PICTURE: Big gaps between Democratic, Republican campaign coffers in suburban House races. DD: What motivates you to donate money to Republican candidates? For me, it includes their demonstrated commitment and ability to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260718/us-congress-politics/big-gaps-between-democratic-republican-campaign-coffers-in-suburban-house-races/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260718/news/rally-promoting-voter-turnout-brings-good-trouble-to-arlington-heights/
— DD: To get more votes, Democrats ever-increasingly flood America with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, those who want/need/demand massive government assistance.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260719/letters-to-the-editor/fear-stoking-citizenship-debate/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/river-city-pride-peoria/amp/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Secretary of State dismisses calls for clarity on migrant’s license status. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, those who drive vehicles will be noncitizens.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_92f9bb63-f01c-4b30-853f-33559b074085.html
JOHN KASS
— Media Mistrust and Why Illinois and California are Failing.
https://johnkassnews.com/media-mistrust-and-why-illinois-and-california-are-failing/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What motivates you to donate money to Republican candidates? For me, it includes their demonstrated commitment and ability to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What does your future hold for you? From what I see, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs will a) ascribe evil motives and bad judgement to everything that you say or do and b) blame you for everything that is bad. Ever-increasingly they will turn those who are the following against you: liberal/moderate, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democratic Party’s left-wing insurgency spreads to pivotal House race in Michigan. DD: Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, the Democrats who run Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your school district will pivot further to the left.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/17/democratic-partys-left-wing-insurgency-spreads-pivotal-house-race/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ben Shapiro denounces Marco Rubio’s socialist policies.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4654212/ben-shapiro-marco-rubio-socialist-policies/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Liberal News Media Bias Has a Serious Effect. DD: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media promotes the Democrat Party platform, that is, it ever-increasingly promotes more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action, DEI, that is, wokeness/wokeism, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media promotes more hated against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans, that is, those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aei.org/articles/liberal-news-media-bias-has-a-serious-effect/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Left Is Intrinsically Intolerant. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors never tolerated my refusing to become a Democrat. Because of that, to get rid of me, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me. Because I had none of the aforesaid demographics, they ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action, DEI, and the Veterans Preference to get rid of me. The final straw was when I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 in 1988. To get rid of me, they a) got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986, b) threw me off audits of IRS for the rest of my GAO career, c) assigned me to a Democrat veteran who gave me very unfair performance expectations and a very unfair performance appraisal, and d) ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/07/18/the-left-is-intrinsically-intolerant-attacking-new-york-nuns-is-a-feature-not-a-bug-of-the-lefts-civil-religion/
BREITBART
— Britain Set to Become ‘Third-World Country’
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/07/18/farage-warns-britain-will-become-a-third-world-country-under-establishment-uniparty-government/
— Socialism is a Tool to Further Exploit People. DD: My refusing to become a Democrat harmed my efforts to achieve the American Dream. Under socialism, if you refuse to become a socialist, you will never achieve the American Dream.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/18/polis-socialism-a-tool-to-further-exploit-people/
DAILY CALLER
— Secret Service Agents Tasked With Protecting JD Vance’s Family Appear To Be Leaking Their Private Affairs to Left-Wing Media.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/07/17/secret-service-media-leaks-jd-vance-family-marine-two/
DAILY SIGNAL
— If We Don’t Teach Liberty to the Next Generation, We’ll Lose It. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. To get promoted beyond GS-4 working for the Post Office, beyond GS-12 working for IRS, and beyond GS-13 working for GAO, you had to not only be a Democrat, but you had to excel at promoting Democrats who were the aforesaid. That is, you had to excel at getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/18/liberty-next-generation/
FEDERALIST
— 7 Ways DSA Plans To Turn America Into A Third-World Communist Country.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/17/7-ways-dsa-plans-to-turn-america-into-a-third-world-communist-country/
— CNBC: ‘Best States To Live In’ Mutilate Kids, Free Criminals, Take All Your Money. DD: He who sets the criteria determines the outcome.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/17/cnbc-best-states-to-live-in-mutilate-kids-free-criminals-take-all-your-money/
— After Birthplace Citizenship Ruling, China Won’t Need Hackers To Meddle In US Elections.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/17/after-birthplace-citizenship-ruling-china-wont-need-hackers-to-meddle-in-us-elections/
FOX NEWS
— A two-day conference featuring socialist, anti-war and pro-Palestinian activists at Chicago Teachers Union headquarters is drawing criticism from an education advocate who says the gathering reflects priorities far removed from the classroom.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/far-left-activist-conference-teachers-union-hq-raises-classroom-concerns
— Socialism’s rise inside the Democratic Party now threatens the American Dream. DD: My refusing to become a Democrat harmed my efforts to achieve the American Dream. Under socialism, if you refuse to become a socialist, you will never achieve the American Dream.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/socialisms-rise-inside-democratic-party-threatens-american-dream
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— White Supremacy Narrative Alive and Well On College Campuses. Everything on the campuses is framed through a racial lens. DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/white-supremacy-narrative-alive-and-well-on-college-campuses-criticalrace-org-report-reveals/
— Democrats Far Outraising Republicans in Key Senate Races. DD: What motivates you to donate money to Republican candidates? For me, it includes their demonstrated commitment and ability to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/uh-oh-democrats-far-outraising-republicans-in-key-senate-races/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— How We Get Shameless Candidates. DD: I should write about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me the most for their defeats. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2026/09/authentically-bad-how-we-get-shameless-candidates/
NEW AMERICAN
— Mamdani’s Year Zero: NYC Whites Out White People From Its History. DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/mamdanis-year-zero-nyc-whites-out-white-people-from-its-history/
NEWS BUSTERS
— The View Fears Testosterone for Male Solders, But Demand Trans in Military.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2026/07/17/view-fears-testosterone-male-solders-demand-trans-military
TOWNHALL
— Why the Left Hates Jews and Christians. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government had my many Jewish superiors and supervisors take many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/07/18/why-the-left-hates-jews-and-christians-n2679686
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Mamdani-backed candidate who blamed 9/11 on American ‘capitalism and racism’ wins Democratic primary. DD: One of the many reasons why 9/11 continues to have a big impact on me is my having been in the buildings that fell in New York when I worked for GAO. When the buildings fell, I was delivering press release kits for Republican State Representative Randy Hultgren.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/mamdani-backed-candidate-who-blamed-9-11-on-american-capitalism-and-racism-wins-democratic-primary/ar-AA26sCYP
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/immigration-chicago-prosecutors.html
— Democratic Lawmakers Tell Military to Refuse Illegal Orders. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I never refused to carry out any order that they gave me, including their ever-increasing orders to give more and more and more preference to my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems. All of those who they assigned me to supervise were many, most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid. But that was not enough for my Democrat superiors. When I was 49 in 1997, they forced me to retire and gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/politics/democratic-lawmakers-illegal-orders.html
FED WEEK & GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Rule Finalized Giving OPM Power to Fire Federal Employees on Suitability Grounds. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. According to my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, I was never a suitable federal employee because I refused to become a Democrat. Because of that, to get rid of me, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me. Because I had none of the aforesaid demographics, they ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action, DEI, and the Veterans Preference to get rid of me. The final straw was when I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 in 1988. To get rid of me, they a) got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986, b) threw me off audits of IRS for the rest of my GAO career, c) assigned me to a Democrat veteran who gave me very unfair performance expectations and a very unfair performance appraisal, and d) ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/rule-finalized-giving-opm-power-to-fire-federal-employees-on-suitability-grounds/
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/07/opm-finalizes-nixonian-rule-centralizing-enabling-some-firings/414575/
FEDERAL NEWS NEWORK
— Non-disclosure agreements for federal employees. DD: I was a whistleblower. I ever-increasingly complained about my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors’ ever-increasing political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Consequently, they took ever-increasingly bigger adverse actions against me. For my Democrat GAO superiors, the final straw was when I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation when I was 40 in 1988. To get rid of me, they a) got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and had finally been able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986, b) threw me off audits of IRS for the rest of my GAO career, c) assigned me to a Democrat veteran who gave me very unfair performance expectations and a very unfair performance appraisal, and d) ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2026/06/nda-proposal-draws-concerns-of-chilling-effect-on-federal-employees/
REASON
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace American students with foreign students.
https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/18/trumps-harmful-and-unjust-restrictions-on-foreign-students/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders are extremely divisive. They ever-increasingly turn those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time against those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/09/19/americans-feelings-about-politics-polarization-and-the-tone-of-political-discourse/
July 18, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois GOP trails badly in midterm cash.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/07/17/illinois-gop-trails-democrats-badly-midterm-cash-darren-bailey-jb-pritzker-rich-miller
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/07/17/ice-midway-blitz-chicago-police-brandon-johnson
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bailey uses trespassing arrest at JB Pritzker’s home for familiar attack on crime. DD: Democrat leaders say it is unclear whether Dwayne Cortez Milton, 46, the man charged with trespassing at Pritzker’s Astor Street home, would have been kept in jail while awaiting trial on a previous charge prior to passage of the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today law.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/18/darren-bailey-jb-pritzker-trespassing-arrest/
— Why must an election judge identify as either a Democrat or a Republican?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/18/letters-071826-election-judge/
— DD: Ever-increasingly, immigrants talk and/or act like they remain loyal to their motherland, if not like they came to America to turn America into their motherland, if not like they are paid agents of their motherland.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/18/bridgeview-little-palestine-way-idot/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Gary Sinise rocks Cantigny with 7,000-strong salute to veterans.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/ccb-candid-candace-gary-sinise-veterans-salute-20260717/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 7,000 patriotic fans packed Cantigny Park in Wheaton on July 11 for actor Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band’s largest concert to date. Rockin’ For Our Vets: America 250 was a record-breaking benefit for the West Suburban Foundation for Disabled Veterans. The concert raised awareness and support for the nonprofit’s mission of serving disabled veterans and their families. Guests began arriving early, filling the sprawling Parade Field as military displays, interactive exhibits, food vendors and the First Division Museum welcomed families throughout the day. The century-old Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band added another stirring patriotic touch to the afternoon’s ceremonies. The festivities officially kicked off with an America 250 program featuring distinguished veterans and inspiring guest speakers before the evening’s musical performances. Among the evening’s special guests was Benjamin Patton, grandson of General George S. Patton and founder of the Patton Veterans Project. He shared his personal story and introduced a moving video about his family’s military legacy, which spans generations and dates back to the American Revolution. Vietnam War hero and former Secret Service agent Capt. William “Hawk” Albracht shared his remarkable journey as one of the most decorated veterans of the Vietnam War. Former Army POW Jessica Lynch, whose story drew the nation’s attention during the Iraq War, was just 19 years old in 2003 when she was captured after her convoy was ambushed and rescued by U.S. Special Operations. Country star HunterGirl (Hunter Wolkonowski), a fan favorite from “American Idol,” kicked off the evening at 6 p.m. with a high-energy performance that had the crowd on its feet and set the perfect tone for the night’s festivities. An hour later, the moment thousands had been waiting for arrived as Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band took the stage. Their signature blend of classic rock, country hits and patriotic favorites transformed Cantigny’s Parade Field into one giant celebration. Fans sang along, waved American flags and danced well into the evening as Sinise, who has spent decades supporting America’s military community, delivered a performance that celebrated service, sacrifice and patriotism as much as it did the music. Leading the effort behind the event were Michelle Senatore, co-founder and president of the West Suburban Foundation for Disabled Veterans; U.S. Navy veteran and volunteer Staci Boyer; and a dedicated team of volunteers. Through programs that provide financial assistance, housing and transportation support, service dogs, mental health services and other essential resources, the nonprofit has become a vital lifeline for disabled veterans and their families. The organization’s mission is to ensure that those who have sacrificed for our country receive the support they deserve long after their military service has ended. With another successful event in the books, the West Suburban Foundation for Disabled Veterans is already looking ahead. Planning has begun for the return of Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band to Cantigny in 2027, continuing what organizers hope will become one of the region’s signature annual tributes to veterans.)
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-creates-legal-pathway-for-immigrant-children-as-deportations-speed-up/3963176/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-pushes-false-claims-about-election-security-in-primetime-address/
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Trump says Darline Graham should run for full US Senate term to replace late brother Lindsey Graham.
https://www.newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/trump-says-darline-graham-should-run-for-full-us-senate-term-to-replace-late-brother/article_018130b2-19d3-52a3-9176-dba41203936c.html
CWB CHICAGO
— 10% of electronic monitoring participants are AWOL, Cook County chief judge says, as high-profile violations continue to mount.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/07/10-of-electronic-monitoring-participants-are-awol-cook-county-chief-judge-says-as-high-profile-violations-continue-to-mount.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-558/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_356c80cf-60ef-40d6-9175-8e56d0de4cb1.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Urgent Case for Election Reform.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/07/the-urgent-case-for-election-reform/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Exposes Chinese Election Interference, Declassifies Previously Hidden Documents in Primetime Address.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/trump-exposes-chinese-election-interference-declassifies-previously-hidden-documents-in-primetime-address.html
MCHENY COUNTY BLOG
— Next Year’s Prevailing Wages Announced, Sample: Traffic Safety Worker 1 $44.65 DD: I did not start earning $54.52 in today’s dollars until after I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, earned an MBA, and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/18/next-years-prevailing-wages-announced-sample-traffic-safety-worker-1-44-65/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Carpenter $58.51, Cement Mason $52.15, Electrician $62.22, Laborer $53.00, Operating Engineer Bldg $68.80, Operating Engineer Hwy $67.00, Painter $56.30, Traffic Safety Worker 1 $44.65, Truck driver $44.65)
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Career success. Measures of career success include salary, promotions, professional certifications, and professional licenses. According to my critics/opponents, my career working for IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997 was an abject failure and they blame that on me. The Democrats who ran IRS hired me as a GS-7, currently $56,409/year, Revenue Officer when I was 22 in 1971 because I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination when I was 21. They promoted me to GS-9, currently $68,999/year, when I was 23, to GS-11, currently $83,482/year, when I was 24, and to GS-12, currently $100,059/year, when I was 25. Because they took adverse actions against me when I was 25 and 29 and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13, currently $118,984/year even though I had earned an MBA when II was 27 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, I took a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31. The Democrats who ran GAO finally promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 after I had earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. With step increases, my GS-13 salary increased to $154,684/year in today’s dollars when I was 49. After I transferred, I earned professional certifications when I was 32 (internal auditing), 41 (fraud examination), 45 (government financial management), 47 (financial services auditing), and 48 (forensic accounting) and a master’s degree (financial markets and trading) when I was 48. My superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents have always argued that because I had the aforesaid degrees, professional certifications, and professional license, I should have been promoted to GS-13 much faster than I was and then to GS-14, GS-15, and Senior Executive Service (SES), currently $197,200/year, before I was 40. They blame me for that. They ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact a) that my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me when I was 23, 23, and 25 and b) that my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me. According to my critics/opponents, I am 100% responsible for my not getting promoted to GS-13 sooner, for my never being promoted beyond GS-13, and for my being forced to retire when I was 49. I agree with them, but absolutely not for the reasons that they hint/imply/argue/shout. They know full-well that Democrats believe that the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and that I am none of the aforesaid. They know full well that federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran have no Civil Service protections. They know full-well that I would have made SES before I was 40 if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, b) if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and c) if I had not officially became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with the aforesaid when I was 40. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The rise of socialism. DD: Socialists hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a socialist just like Democrat employers hint/imply/argue/shout that under them, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a Democrat.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4651540/dispirit-of-76-and-rise-of-socialism/
ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— The Mainstream Media Attempts to Soft-pedal Socialism.
https://www.academia.org/the-mainstream-media-attempts-to-soft-pedal-socialism/
BREITBART
— Marsha Blackburn Reintroduces ‘Ban Birth Tourism Act’ in Wake of SCOTUS Ruling on Birthright Citizenship.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/17/exclusive-marsha-blackburn-reintroduces-ban-birth-tourism-act-wake-scotus-ruling-birthright-citizenship/amp/
— Tom Homan Pushes for More Worksite Arrests of Migrants. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/07/17/tom-homan-pushes-for-more-worksite-arrests-of-migrants/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— More Than 113,000 Deceased and Noncitizens Registered to Vote in Texas.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/17/dhs-report-more-than-113000-deceased-and-noncitizens-registered-to-vote-in-texas/
DAILY WIRE
— The DSA’s New Plan To Save America By Destroying It.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-dsas-new-plan-to-save-america-by-destroying-it
FEDERALIST
— Rather Than Back Down, Trump Must Escalate His Campaign For Mass Deportations.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/17/rather-than-back-down-trump-must-escalate-his-campaign-for-mass-deportations/
FOX NEWS
— House Dems pressed on socialist proposal to eliminate Senate and presidency. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Rep. Peter Aguilar, D-Calif., were reluctant to speak on the newly announced agenda by socialists to eliminate the Senate and presidency.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401415185112
— Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who has been intensely critical of the wealthy while on the campaign trail, makes enough money to put him and his wife in the top 1% of households in his state.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialist-backed-dem-who-ripped-wealthy-cracks-states-top-1-tax-returns-show
— America’s broken legal immigration system is replacing US workers by design. OPT program was never passed by Congress, but lets employers hire foreign graduates over Americans. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/americas-broken-legal-immigration-system-replacing-us-workers-design
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— White Supremacy Narrative Alive and Well On College Campuses.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/white-supremacy-narrative-alive-and-well-on-college-campuses-criticalrace-org-report-reveals/
— Political Agendas Killing Confidence in U.S. Higher Ed. The poll found that among respondents who lacked confidence in higher education, the most commonly cited reason was the perception that college campuses promote political agendas.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/gallup-poll-political-agendas-killing-confidence-in-u-s-higher-ed/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Americans more likely to vote socialist than MAGA.
https://thepostmillennial.com/americans-more-likely-to-vote-socialist-than-maga-as-midterms-approach-cnbc-poll
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— How Socialism Captured the West Coast. DD: Socialists hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a socialist just like Democrat employers hint/imply/argue/shout that under them, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a Democrat.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2026/07/17/how_socialism_captured_the_west_coast_1195129.html
TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Is Fundamentally Reimagining Violence.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/print/2679629
— Maine Senate Race Shows Democrats Are Determined to Grant Illegal Aliens Amnesty.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/17/maine-senate-race-path-to-amnesty-n2679644
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNBC
— Democratic socialists top MAGA candidates among voters. DD: Socialists hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a socialist just like Democrat employers hint/imply/argue/shout that under them, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a Democrat.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/democratic-socialists-top-maga-candidates-all-america-poll.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Dishonorable discharge. DD: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors gave me a dishonorable discharge when they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. 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 beyond GS-13, and c) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/hegseth-could-lead-troops-whod-face-getting-fired-for-actions-hes-done-in-the-past/
MSN
— DD: Both Trump and I avoided the Vietnam War draft. Ever since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have used against me my getting draft deferments instead of enlisting. I should write about my many Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors who were veterans and the many big adverse actions that they took against me. They used my avoiding the draft with deferments against me viciously. They blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. I have always asked myself if I had tried to enlist would I have been accepted. I was 1-A for the draft even though I could not run because I had an inherited bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. My critics/opponents have always used my aforesaid health problems against me. They have always stressed that if I had been accepted, I would not have been sent into combat and that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am a disgusting unmitigated hypocritical coward. According to my many Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who were veterans, if I had not avoided the draft, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) earn a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. d) earn an MBA when I was 27, e) get married when I was 29, f) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, g) earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, h) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, or i) become a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-s-ex-bunkmate-reveals-nickname-he-earned-after-dodging-vietnam-draft/ar-AA25rUOj
NEW YORK TIMES
— Voter support for candidates. DD: What motivates you to help elect Republican candidates? For me, it includes their demonstrated commitment and ability to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/07/14/polls/senate-elections-voters-polls.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Disparate impact. DD: Those who passed tests and examinations with me were overwhelming White males. Democrats blame their problems on disparate impact. Hiring, retention, and promotion requirements have a disparate impact against Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger, or veteran who would take the job. I would not have survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years if I had not a) passed the postal employment test when I was 17 in 1966, b) passed the Federal Entrance Examination when I was 21, c) earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, d) earned an MBA when I was 27, e) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, f) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, g) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, h) became a licensed CPA when I was 32, i) earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and j) earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and b) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. Overwhelmingly, those who passed the tests and examinations to earn the aforesaid degrees, certifications and license with me were White males.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/10/trump-doj-corrects-disparate-impact-record/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pentagon Dangles $400,000 Salaries to Recruit Wall Street Bankers. Plan to lend more than $200 billion to shore up defense manufacturing fuels a hiring spree.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-dangles-400-000-salaries-to-recruit-wall-street-bankers-944435dc
— DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. My critics/opponents will never forgive me for that.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/kevin-sabet-has-legal-marijuana-passed-its-high-point-6732b5af
PARADE
— Being Forced Into Retirement Is One of the Most Damaging Things That Can Happen to You. DD: I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. According to the aforesaid, I brought it on myself. I would not have been forced to retire if I had become a Democrat, if I had not complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, or age discrimination, if I had not become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with the aforesaid. My critics/opponents side with my superiors who forced me to retire. They reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. They promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://parade.com/living/being-forced-into-retirement-can-negatively-impact-mental-health
IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH
— Speaker Mike Johnson condemns Democratic Socialists at Iowa Christian gathering.
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/07/17/speaker-mike-johnson-condemns-democratic-socialists-at-iowa-christian-gathering/
FED SMITH
— Federal Employee Pay Has Reached Record Levels. DD: My critics/opponents who are/were not union members are vehemently anti-union. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been grossly overpaid. They have always been furious that while I was a union member when I was a postal employee for almost 3 years 1966-1969 and then an IRS employee for almost 9 years 1971-1980, my salary increased from $19.57/hour to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in business, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year when I was 22 in 1971, $68,999/year when I was 23, $83,482/year when I was 24, $100,059/year when I was 25, and $113,402/year when I was 31. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $89,703/year when I was 31, $118,984/year when I was 38, and $154,682/year when I was 49. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/06/05/federal-employee-pay-complicated-than-appears/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The average federal employee salary is $112,456/year and has increased dramatically over the last decade and is more than 50% higher than the average salary reported in 2017. While annual pay raises have contributed to this growth, they are only part of the story. . .One reason average federal salaries are relatively high is that federal employees are older and generally more experienced than workers in the overall U.S. labor force. This distinction is important. According to OPM’s latest workforce data, the median age of federal civilian employees is 47 years old. By comparison, the median age of the overall U.S. labor force is about 42 years old. This means the federal workforce is generally older and more experienced than the workforce as a whole. Workers typically earn more as they gain experience, move into supervisory positions, and acquire specialized skills. An organization with a larger share of mid-career and senior employees will have a higher average salary than one that relies heavily on entry-level workers.)
— Where Are the “Big Bucks” in Government? Why Average Federal Salary in Some Agencies is Twice As High. Some federal agencies pay more than others. One agency’s average is 183% higher than the average federal salary.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/06/10/why-some-federal-employees-earn-twice-average-salary/
JD SUPRA
— 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.jdsupra.com/legalnews/recent-legal-developments-offer-7047451/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: From what I see, far too many get involved in Republican politics in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton a) to get more preference for those who share their demographics, that is, to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination and/or b) to promote LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, and/or diminishment of Second Amendment rights. I should write about the aforesaid. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2026/07/16/engagement-in-public-life-is-linked-with-americans-views-of-politics-news/
NEW AMERICA
— DD: To get more votes from younger people, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame older people for the problems that younger people have. It is called age discrimination. As I got older, my Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly blamed me for the problems that my subordinates had. All those who they assigned me to supervise were Democrats who were younger than me and were minority, female, veteran, disabled, and/or had performance problems. My Republican critics/opponents stress that I did not get involved in Republican politics until I was 49 years old. They ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth that I worked for Democrats before then.
https://www.newamerica.org/events/the-next-generation-of-voters/
CANNABIS EQUIPMENT NEWS
— Massachusetts Has Allowed 13 Municipalities to Ban Cannabis Deliveries. DD: In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. My critics/opponents will never forgive me for that.
https://www.cannabisequipmentnews.com/distribution/news/22970714/massachusetts-has-allowed-13-municipalities-to-ban-cannabis-deliveries
July 14, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Growing downstate Illinois secessionist movement deserves more than smirks from Chicagoland.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/14/new-illinois-illinois-separation-downstate-secession-illinois/
— Do elected officials owe their constituents health reports?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/14/editorial-do-elected-officials-owe-their-constituents-health-reports/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker’s high school years. DD: What did you do during your junior and senior years in high school? While I was a Crete-Monee High School junior and senior 1964-1966, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights for 28 hours a week during the school years and for 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965. I got to/from my parents’ home in Crete and that job with a 1958 Chevrolet BelAir that I bought with money I had earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers. I used the money I earned washing dishes buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) in May of 1966 to use to commute to/from my parent’s home and UIC. Even though I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead or studying, I got an ACT score of 24 and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class, but only just barely, and I got accepted by UIC. Because of my dishwashing, my interaction with my classmates was very limited.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/14/summer-break-not-quite-00995832
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: OPPO MEETS NOSTALGIA: Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey appears to have gone digging through Gov. JB Pritzker‘s high school yearbook, posting images and comments from it and demanding answers about phrases including, “funny things on your knees” and “drugged for drugs.” Pritzker didn’t exactly take the bait. Instead, the governor responded as though he were signing the yearbook all over again: “This was a great year. Thanks for the reminder, Darren.” Here’s the post)
CAPITAL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-769/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— New revelation about Muslim ‘grooming gangs’ is yet one more way progressives have let women down.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/18/world-news/progressives-continue-to-let-women-down-with-victim-hierarchy/
1819 NEWS
— Combatting the rise of socialism in America.
https://1819news.com/news/item/kristin-landers-combatting-the-rise-of-socialism-in-america
FOX NEWS
— Democratic socialists erupt over 2028 endorsement as AOC speculation grows.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-socialist-party-infighting-erupts-pick-president-aoc-rumors-loom-dangerous-path
FOX BUSINESS
— Lack of leadership allowed socialism’s influence to grow.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6401066135112
— Destructive socialist policies.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6401067182112
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The Case for Capitalism. DD: To advance under socialism, you have to be a socialist. To advance in the Democrat-run federal government, you have to be a Democrat. When I was 49 in 1997, my salary was only $154,682/year in today’s dollars working in the Democrat public sector. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had worked in the private sector, I never would have earned that much. In my defense, I had earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. If I had been a Democrat, my GAO salary when I was 49 in 1997 would have been $197,200/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/commentary/the-case-capitalism
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— 2027 Social Security COLA forecast rises on inflation surge. DD: My critics/opponents were, are, and will always be furious a) that I got COLAs when I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and b) that I have gotten COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997 and as a Social Security recipient since 2010.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/2027-social-security-cola-forecast-rises-on-inflation-surge/gm-GM56D67C7D
NEW YORK TIMES
— Tension Emerges Among Democratic Socialists Over 2028 Endorsement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/nyregion/dsa-endorsement-aoc-new-york.html
— Our Never-Ending Race to the Bottom. Something is wrong if vice is all on their side and virtue is all on yours. DD: Far too many run for offices as Republicans and get elected as Republicans who have far too much baggage, that is, far too many skeletons in their closets. I should write about candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who ran as Republicans, but had far too much baggage, that is, far too many skeletons in their closets. I would focus on those who had their political consultants, major donors, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers destroy me because I refused to cover up their wrongdoing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/opinion/paxton-talarico-platner-trump.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This brings me to three of my least favorite politicians: Donald Trump, Ken Paxton and Graham Platner. Why have so many people so vigorously supported such deeply flawed men? Why are their supporters so loyal, so vociferous, even after scandal after scandal?
And why are their supporters often such raging hypocrites — gleefully pointing out the sins and flaws in others while ignoring or rationalizing their own candidate’s profound faults?)
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/13/colorblind-constitution-concept-underlies-key-supreme-court-rulings/
USA TODAY
— Leaving for a better job. DD: I had to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980 even though I had earned an MBA in 1976 and I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. My IRS supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about the precedent that the aforesaid pay cut set for them. I would stress to my Democrat IRS superiors, coworkers, and subordinates a) that none of them came to my defense when my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12 and b) that was why I had to take the aforesaid pay cut to transfer.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2026/07/07/is-it-disloyal-to-leave-supportive-company-job/90820006007/
— DD: Communism is taking over the Democrat Party.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/07/01/trump-communism-democrat-socialists-midterms/90752688007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG GRAPHIC: Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/07/12/trump-approval-rates-fall-rural-white-working-class-voters/90864576007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Capitalism Gets a Bum Rap. DD: Do/did you work in the private sector or the public sector? I planned to work in the private sector, the automotive industry to be exact. But my high school friend asked me to join him to take the postal employment test. Because I passed, I was a part-time postal employee while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1969. I graduated from NIU in 1970 and accepted the only job offer that I got, to be the Retail Sales Manager in a Firestone Store, a job that not really require a college degree. I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971, but Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer that I got from IRS. I had taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination while I was a NIU student. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother would be approved.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/capitalism-gets-a-bum-rap-c36d1cdf
— Mick Jagger Doesn’t Love Us Anymore. The Rolling Stones’ new song ‘Ringing Hollow’ knocks Trump and the country that elected him. DD: The more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against you.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/mick-jagger-doesnt-love-us-anymore-fea5c9cc
— Jewish Democrats have found their loyalty to the party isn’t being returned. DD: Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly antisemitic. My Democrat superiors in the federal government had my many Jewish superiors and supervisors take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/schumers-tragedyand-ours-39091bf2
— Why White-Collar Men Are Obsessed With the Perfect Lawn. DD: I am one of the few who continue to mow and edge their lawn, trim bushes, kill yard weeds and insects, rake leaves, shovel snow, etc.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/why-white-collar-men-are-obsessed-with-the-perfect-lawn-d2c0487d
— More U.S. Workers Are Testing Positive for Marijuana. Fewer Employers Are Concerned. DD: Pot is poison. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Sooner or later, Democrat pot will destroy America. I never used pot and I never will. If I had used pot, the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. IRS would not have hired me in 1971. GAO would not have hired me in 1980. I would not have been able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/more-u-s-workers-are-testing-positive-for-marijuana-fewer-employers-are-concerned-550bf186
— Chicago’s Coming Pension ‘Pneumonia.’ The Illinois comptroller warns of big trouble in a stock-market downturn.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/susana-mendoza-chicago-pensions-stock-market-aaa2f9c6?st=1szpdx&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
FORBES
— Getting promoted. DD: What did you do to get promoted? I focused on my job duties and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. What delayed/stopped your promotions? For me, it was my refusal to become a Democrat. Then it was my complaining about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Then it was my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with the aforesaid when I was 40 in 1988.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/10/24/16-mistakes-employees-make-when-trying-to-get-a-promotion/
— Workplace Favoritism. DD: My Democrat and RINO superiors have always favored those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or non-citizen.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2025/04/23/workplace-favoritism-one-in-10-are-quitting-over-it/
NPR
— How Lindsey Graham tried to stay ‘relevant.’ DD: I try to stay relevant in the Republican Party by continuing on as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman.
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5891751/how-lindsey-graham-tried-to-stay-relevant
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
— Veterans and the GI Bill. DD: My initial plan was to enlist and to earn a bachelor’s degree with the GI Bill. But then I saw that my high school neighbor friend in Crete was on track to get accepted by UIC and to commute to/from classes at UIC from his parents’ home. I adopted that plan, I took college preparatory classes, got an ACT score of 24, and I graduated in the upper 20% of my 1966 Crete-Monee High School class. My high school neighbor friend commuted in a new 1965 base Chevelle that his father bought for him. I commuted in a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint that I paid for with money that I earned washing dishes for 28 hours a week during my junior and senior years 1964-1966 and for 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965.
https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2014/08/back-to-school-veterans-and-the-gi-bill/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— DINKs. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors 1980-1997 a) decried the time and money that they spent raising their children and b) decried the little or no income that their spouses had. They used against me big time a) my wife and I giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents and b) my wife’s good job. According to them, were it not for the aforesaid, we would not have been able to buy two new cars and a home in Wheaton in when we got married in 1978 and I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) to become a licensed CPA in 1981, or f) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. My Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I as being disgusting selfish rich DINKs. I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors?
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/canada/psychology-explains-why-modern-couples-prefer-being-dinks-instead-of-having-children/articleshow/132106673.cms
THE WORLD
— India’s Caste system persists across the globe. 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 $50,000/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 grandparent spoke German. I had to work my way through college. Nevertheless, my critics/opponents 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 wealthy.
https://theworld.org/segments/2026/07/13/how-indias-caste-system-persists-across-the-globe
July 13, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 27 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-21-shot-3-fatally-gun-violence-city-police-department-says/19493170/
— Darline Graham Nordone, sister of Lindsey Graham, picked to fulfill remainder of his US Senate term.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/who-could-replace-lindsey-graham-south-carolinas-steps-senators-death/19498038/
CHICAGO TRINUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump acted in bad faith. My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted in bad faith.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/13/trump-irs-lawsuit/
— Regulators issue new guidance on bank lending risk tied to borrowers living illegally in US.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/13/bank-lending/
DAILY HERALD
— Pay raises demonstrate lawmakers’ corruption.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260713/letters-to-the-editor/pay-raises-demonstrate-lawmakers-corruption/
STATELINE
— Felon on pretrial release arrested in JB Pritzker’s backyard.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/felon-on-pretrial-release-arrested-in-jb-pritzkers-backyard/amp/
WGLT
— How Lindsey Graham tried to stay ‘relevant’ in the Republican Party. DD: I try to stay relevant in the Republican Party by continuing on as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-07-13/how-lindsey-graham-tried-to-stay-relevant
WCIA
— U of I program aims to help veterans transition to college. DD: My initial plan was to enlist and to earn a bachelor’s degree with the GI Bill. But then I saw that my high school neighbor friend in Crete was on track to getting accepted by UIC and commuting to/from classes at UIC from his parents’ home. I adopted that plan, I took college preparatory classes, got an ACT score of 24, and I graduated in the upper 20% of my 1966 Crete-Monee High School class. My high school neighbor friend commuted in a new 1965 base Chevelle that his father bought for him. I commuted in a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint that I paid for with money that I earned washing dishes for 28 hours a week during my junior and senior years 1964-1966 and for 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965.
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/u-of-i-program-aims-to-help-veterans-transition-to-college/
JOLET PATCH
— $316,000 For Black Lives Matter Will County, Money For 4 Other Organizations.
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/316-000-black-lives-matter-will-county-money-4-other-organizations-revealed-senator
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-554/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tollway Issues Press Release with Headline to Minimize Interest, Public Hearings on Toll Tax Hikes Listed
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/13/tollway-issues-press-release-with-headline-to-minimize-interest-public-hearings-on-toll-tax-hikes-listed/
— Pritzker Signs Bills Allowing School Debt to Increase without Referendums
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/pritzker-signs-bills-allowing-school-debt-to-increase-without-referendums/
— Animal Welfare Advocates Take on Ogle County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/animal-welfare-advocates-take-on-ogle-county/
— State Trade Association Features District 155 Finance Guy Kevin Werner, Constituent Comments
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/state-trade-association-features-district-155-finance-guy-kevin-werner-constituent-comments/
— Corbett Points to Two Democratic Party State Representees’ Behavior as Demonstration of How Broken Illinois Government Is
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/20981/
— Disgraced Democratic Party State Rep. Resigned from the House, But Remains Wheatland Township Highway Commissioner, Where Loran Underwood Lives
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/disgraced-democratic-party-state-rep-resigned-from-the-house-but-remains-wheatland-township-highway-commissioner-where-loran-underwood-lives/
— Still Another Big Company–True Value–Taking Leave of Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/still-another-big-company-true-value-taking-leave-of-illinois/
— Governor Pritzker to the Future: All You Need Is Love
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/governor-pritzker-to-the-future-all-you-need-is-love/
— Tollway’s Fifteen Year Plan Ignores Jordan Tollway
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/tollways-fifteen-year-plan-ignores-jordan-tollway/
— Democrats Replace “Mother” with “Birthing Persons” in Press Release Announcing Midwives Eligible for Medicaid Coverage
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/democrats-replace-mother-with-birthing-persons-in-press-release-announcing-midwives-eligible-for-medicaid-coverage/
— County Continues Campaign to Convict Drug Sellers Whose Customers Die
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/county-continues-campaign-to-convict-drug-sellers-whose-customers-die/
— Jim Marter Challenges Democratic Party Opponent Lauren Underwood to Call for Harry Benton Benton’s Resignation from Wheatland Township Road Commissioner
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/jim-marter-challenges-democratic-party-opponent-lauren-underwood-to-call-for-harry-benton-bentons-resignation-from-wheatland-township-road-commissioner/
— ICE Asks Pritzker Not to Release Illegal Alien from Kane County Jail
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/ice-asks-pritzker-not-to-release-illegal-alien-from-kane-county-jail/
— Illegal Alien Arrested for Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault, Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Exploitation of a Child (Pingrey Grove 8 Years Old)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/10/illegal-alien-arrested-for-predatory-criminal-sexual-assault-aggravated-criminal-sexual-abuse-and-sexual-exploitation-of-a-child-8-years-old/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois Politicians Stack Salaries, Benefits and Pensions – On Your Dime. DD: My critics/opponents are furious that I have gotten a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension since 1997 and Social Security since 2010. But I paid 7% of my federal salary into CSRS for almost 30 years and I paid into Social Security for 10 years.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/illinois-politicians-stack-salaries-benefits-and-pensions-on-your-dime.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bernie Sanders’ revenge. The Democratic Socialists of America’s takeover of the Democratic Party.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/13/bernie-sanders-revenge/
— Freedom Caucus presses House leadership for a vote to make Trump’s border policies law.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/13/freedom-caucus-presses-speaker-mike-johnson-vote-make-donald-trumps/
— America cannot survive without moral boundaries. No guardrails, no freedom, no civil society.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/13/america-cannot-survive-without-moral-boundaries/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Marxists, socialists, and the ‘Red Star’: Here are the DSA’s most prominent caucuses.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4646135/six-democratic-socialists-america-most-prominent-caucuses/
BREITBART
— 15 Shot During Seven Hour Timeframe in Gun-Controlled Chicago.
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/07/13/15-shot-during-seven-hour-timeframe-in-gun-controlled-chicago/amp/
— ICE Arrests Illegals Convicted of Murder, Manslaughter, Child Rape.
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2026/07/13/exclusive-ice-arrests-illegal-aliens-convicted-of-murder-manslaughter-child-rape/amp/
FOX BUSINESS
— Democratic socialists expand influence, push radical agenda.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6401048687112
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Media Is “Soft Peddling Socialists, Who Want To Deconstruct Our Society.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GumkNaGjSUA
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders rank Republican states to be the worst states to live in. He who sets the ranking criteria determines the outcome.
https://www.newsweek.com/ranking-10-worst-states-to-live-is-entirely-republican-sparks-backlash-12187925
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting younger voters to propel the Democratic Socialist Surge in New York.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/nyregion/dsa-young-voters-primary-ny.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The DSA can’t hide its extremism. Its leaders may deny it, but this group has designs far beyond the social safety net.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/10/democratic-socialists-america-cant-hide-its-extremism/
WCBM
— ‘Now We’re in Congress:’ Rashida Tlaib Lays Out the Socialist Agenda in Rage-Filled Rant.
https://wcbm.com/national-headline/now-were-in-congress-rashida-tlaib-lays-out-the-socialist-agenda-in-rage-filled-rant/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Lindsey Graham’s Sister Named to Fill His Senate Seat.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/lindsey-graham-trump-replacement-sister-ed58d06d?mod=djemwhatsnews
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump acted in bad faith. My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted in bad faith.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/judge-excoriates-trumps-irs-lawsuit-that-led-to-1-8-billion-fund-3a3c94fe
— Student loans. DD: I could not have gotten a student loan if I had tried. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Therefore, to pay for my UIC and then NIU college expenses and to pay for new cars to drive to/from my parents’ home in Crete to classes at UIC and then NIU, I spent far too many hours washing dishes during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee, during my first 2 years at UIC and my first semester at NIU. Therefore, my ACT score and my GPAs were lower. Therefore, when I graduated, the only job offer I got did not really require a college degree. I acknowledge that my wanting new cars resulted in a) my working more hours and b) my ACT score and GPAs being lower.
https://www.wsj.com/buyside/personal-finance/student-loans/best-private-student-loans
HR DRIVE
— DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 because I was an active member in class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/white-employee-lawsuit-equity-mindset-requirement-survives/825048/
July 13, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Medical examiner reveals preliminary findings in Sen. Lindsey Graham’s cause of death.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/lindsey-graham-cause-death-us-senator-dies-71-brief-sudden-illness-office-says-heres-what-know/19494199/
— Durbin remembers Sen. Lindsey Graham.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-us-senator-dick-durbin-remembers-south-carolina-sen-lindsey-graham-fierce-republican-key-bipartisan-ally/19493797/
CBS2
— Illinois U.S. senators pay tribute late Sen. Lindsey Graham.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/illinois-u-s-senators-pay-tribute-late-sen-lindsey-graham/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Should the fear of soccer-based violence qualify you for asylum in the US? The World Cup has been joyous but the game’s fans can be anything but beautiful.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/13/bojan-andric-serbia-red-devils-asylum-immigration-immigration-reform/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/07/09/pritzker-for-president-handicapping-the-illinois-governors-political-future
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/07/07/chicago-man-deported-in-error-by-ice-struggling-to-adjust-since-the-feds-returned-him-to-the-u-s
DAILY HERALD
— David Steiner is holding Americans’ ballots hostage.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260713/columns/david-steiner-is-holding-americans-ballots-hostage/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Lindsey Graham’s journey from a pool hall to the heights of political power.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-lindseys-grahams-journey-from-a-pool-hall-to-the-heights-of-political-power/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/13/reading-between-the-ad-lines-00994276
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-768/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Speaker Welch Quiet on Double-Dipping of State Rep. He Asked to Resign
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/02/speaker-welch-quiet-on-double-dipping-of-state-rep-he-asked-to-resign/
— Federal Chicago Violence Reduction Program Snags 17, 24 Children Bought Home
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/02/federal-chicago-violence-reduction-program-snags-179-24-children-bought-home/
— The Letter from Governor Pritzker in America’s Time Capsule To Be Opened 250 Years from Could Not Be Found by Governor’s Staff
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/03/the-letter-from-governor-pritzker-in-americas-time-capsule-to-be-opened-250-years-from-could-not-be-found-by-governors-staff/
— Bob Anderson Documents That Thornton Township Supervisor (and State Rep.) Does Not Live in His Township, As Required by Law
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/03/bob-anderson-documents-that-thornton-township-supervisor-and-state-rep-does-not-live-in-his-township-as-required-by-law/
— County Home Rule, That Is, “May We Raise Your Taxes WITHOUT Your Referendum Approval?” Surfaces on County Board Committee Agenda
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/03/county-home-rule-that-is-may-we-raise-your-taxes-with-your-referendum-approve-surfaces-on-county-board-committee-agenda/
— WBEZ (Chicago Public Radio) Includes Nippersink Creek in Its List of Creeks to Paddle
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/04/wbez-chicago-public-radio-includes-nippersink-creek-in-its-list-of/
— Sunday Rodeo Prompts Request for Oversight & Enforcement of County Ordinances and State Law
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/04/sunday-rodeo-prompts-request-for-oversight-enforcement-of-county-ordinances-and-state-law/
— Young People Moving Out of Illinois Faster Than from Any Other State
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/05/young-people-moving-out-of-illinois-faster-than-from-any-other-state/
— Comparing Budgets of JB Pritzker and Ron DeSantis
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/05/comparing-budgets-of-jb-pritzker-and-ron-desantis/
— Repealed Special State Funds
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/06/repealed-special-state-funds/
— To Save Money County Now Posting Assessment Notices on Internet Instead of Mailing Notices – Richmond Township First
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/07/to-save-money-county-now-posting-assessment-notices-on-internet-instead-of-mailing-notices-richmond-township-first/
— Prairie Grove Grade School District Put Deeply in Debt Without Voter Approval
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com
— Law Makes Governor’s Budgeting Less Transparent
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/07/law-makes-governors-budgeting-less-transparent/
— How School Boards Can Put Taxpayers in Deep Debt Without a Referendum
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/07/the-d46-leaks-leaked-emails-expose-how-taxpayer-hero-engineered-8-million-backdoor-debt-loophole/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democratic socialism offers communism with better branding. Rhetoric may sound softer, but the hostility to capitalism and private property remains.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/12/democratic-socialism-offers-communism-better-branding/
— Islam has no place in America’s public life. Our nation was founded on the Judeo-Christian ethic.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/12/islam-no-place-americas-public-life/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How hostile nations use US legal residency to spy. DD: Ever-increasingly, immigrants talk and/or act like they remain loyal to their motherland, if not like they came to America to turn America into their motherland, if not like they are paid agents of their motherland.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3390907/russia-china-cuba-iran-use-us-legal-residency-espionage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The discussion about U.S. border security focuses on mass migration and foreigners who circumvent our legal immigration system, but those aren’t the only valid concerns. What are the espionage risks to U.S. national security posed by legal immigration? First, it must be understood that the vetting scheme employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement is broadly inadequate from a counterintelligence viewpoint. ICE looks more for criminals and immigration fraudsters than foreign spies. The espionage threat from legal immigrants can be broken into two categories. First, there are spies coming to America on a secret espionage mission, which they don’t declare to ICE. Second are immigrants who, after their arrival in the United States, decide to commit espionage, usually on behalf of their homeland. Both groups are difficult for our counterintelligence to detect — the latter is especially so.)
— Leftward, ho! How socialists would shape a new Democratic majority.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4641323/how-socialists-would-shape-democratic-majority/
NEW YORK POST
— Never mind socialism — the rebellious kids are all conservative and love America.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/12/opinion/loving-america-is-the-most-rebellious-thing-kids-can-do/
— Lindsey Graham’s sudden death could hamstring Trump’s Senate agenda — after rogues and Mitch McConnell cut margin.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/12/us-news/lindsey-grahams-sudden-death-could-hamstring-trumps-senate-agenda/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Open Borders Are a Death Sentence to Western Nations. Governments have refused to respect the wishes of their citizens.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/07/open-borders-are-a-death-sentence-to-western-nations/
— What’s really in the rebooted Democratic Socialist platform. Sheltered in the Democrat party’s big tent, the DSA members are leaning even further left than most people realize. DD: Socialism destroys personal responsibility.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/what-s-really-in-the-rebooted-democratic-socialist-platform/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Medicare for all, free college education for all, public ownership of housing, establish permanent rent control, 32-hour work week, mandatory union membership, tax the rich, mandatory Green New Deal regulations, rescinding economic sanctions levied on Iran, Russia, and Cuba, ending legal restrictions on marriage, legalizing polygamy, expanding paid family leave, free universal childcare, public ownership of major transportation industries, massive public investment in green energy projects, end all economic aid and weapon sales to Israel, close all overseas American military bases, demilitarize and open the United States borders, abolish the Border Patrol agency, end deportation and detention of criminal aliens, provide access to jobs, social services, and health care to all immigrants regardless of immigration status, extend voting rights to all convicted felons and all non-citizens, statehood for Washington, D.C., replace the 2-party political system with a representative multi-party government and expand the House of Representatives.)
— Is America traveling down the road to another Holocaust? Those paying attention have noticed eerie similarities between Germany in the 1930s and America today. DD: Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly antisemitic. My Democrat superiors in the federal government had my many Jewish superiors and supervisors take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/is-america-traveling-down-the-road-to-another-holocaust/
BLAZE
— Where is the outrage over our stolen birthright?
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/where-is-the-outrage-over-our-stolen-birthright
CITY JOURNAL
— The Scourge of Teen Takeovers. Why youths are rampaging in cities across America—and how to stop it. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers? What did you do when you were a teen? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/teen-takeovers-streets-us-cities-looting
HOUSE REPUBLICANS
— House Republicans Stand for Homeland Security while Democrats Defend Violent Illegals. DD: Ever-increasingly, immigrants talk and/or act like they remain loyal to their motherland, if not like they came to America to turn America into their motherland, if not like they are paid agents of their motherland.
https://www.gop.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3157
TOWNHALL
— Absent 250th ‘Celebrities’ Did Not “Punish” Trump—They Dishonored Our History.
https://townhall.com/columnists/douglasmackinnon/2026/07/06/absent-250th-celebrities-did-not-punish-trump-they-dishonored-our-history-n2678834
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
AOL
— DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? 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://www.aol.com/articles/middle-class-american-dream-crumbling-143016320.html
MSN
— 1960s. DD: When were you born? I was born in 1948. What did your parents and teachers promote? My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. During the 1960s, I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. That enabled me to buy a 1958 Chevrolet BelAir in 1964, a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 1967, and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968. I worked my way through college and I graduated debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning that Charger.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/15-life-lessons-from-1960s-childhoods/ss-AA27r3LV
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Children growing up in the 1960s often developed independence, resilience, and practical skills through everyday experiences. Strong family bonds, close-knit neighborhoods, and shared responsibilities shaped their values, while social movements and cultural shifts encouraged adaptability, civic engagement, and environmental awareness. Outdoor play, slower-paced living, and simple home activities fostered creativity, connection, and appreciation for life’s basic pleasures.
NEW YORK BOOKS
— DD: My critics/opponents are woke and/or want to curry favor with those who are woke. They destroy those like me who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/07/12/the-freedom-to-be-woke/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Socialists Lead Democrats Into the Tea-Party Trap. Extremist candidates make it harder for a party to win and make a victory perilous for the country.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialists-lead-democrats-into-the-tea-party-trap-c991b290
— A Socialist Welfare Takeover. The young American voter and 1960s hippy voters cling to the myth that under the socialists, they are better off. DD: Socialism destroys personal responsibility.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-socialist-welfare-takeover-514ed056
— A Student Loan Subsidy for Government. Forgiveness favoritism for public and nonprofit workers has cost taxpayers some $91 billion.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-student-loan-subsidy-for-government-73eea243
FORBES
— Codes of ethics. DD: What codes of ethics are you under? I am under nine codes of ethics. I have been a CPA since I was 30 in 1979, a Certified Internal Auditor since I was 32, a licensed CPA (inactive since 2000) since I was 32, a Certified Fraud Examiner since I was 41, a Certified Government Financial Manager since I was 45, a Certified Financial Services Auditor since I was 47, a Forensic Accountant since I was 48, a FINRA arbitrator since I was 49, and an American Association of Political Consultants member since I was 50. My critics/opponents have always despised/hated codes of ethics. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2021/12/29/codes-of-conduct-and-ethics-can-help-guard-against-and-address-crisis-situations/
HARTFORD BUSINESS
— The American Dream is still alive. DD: To what do you attribute your success in achieving the American Dream? I attribute my success to my parents and to my teachers who promoted personal responsibility and conservative principles. My critics/opponents attribute my success to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://hartfordbusiness.com/article/opinion-at-250-the-american-dream-is-still-alive/
NEW UNIVERSITY
— The American Dream in 2026. DD: To what do you attribute your success in achieving the American Dream? I attribute my success to my parents and to my teachers who promoted personal responsibility and conservative principles. My critics/opponents attribute my success to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://newuniversity.org/2026/07/12/the-american-dream-in-2026/
CONVERSATION
— How ancient Rome dealt with the Barbarians at the gate. DD: Barbarians destroyed Rome. Barbarians are at America’s gate. How soon will they destroy America? Ever-increasingly, immigrants talk and/or act like they remain loyal to their motherland, if not like they came to America to turn America into their motherland, if not like they are paid agents of their motherland.
https://theconversation.com/immigration-how-ancient-rome-dealt-with-the-barbarians-at-the-gate-109933
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Roman border control rarely made use of massive walls, but depended on natural barriers in the landscape. This was particularly true on the northern border, which heavily relied on the Rhine and Danube rivers. Rome’s borders were gradual transitions more than hard and fast lines. When migrating tribes asked to be admitted to the empire, the Romans tended to follow a fairly standard policy. Tribes were broken up into smaller groups and sent to underpopulated regions. They were forced to surrender their weapons, renounce their loyalty to their tribal leaders, and commit a certain number of fighting men to the Roman legions. These policies had served the empire well for centuries. By diluting tribal loyalty and disarming the newcomers, the Romans strengthened their economy, increased tax revenue, and swelled the ranks of the army.)
U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
— Professional certifications and licenses. DD: My critics/opponents, and especially those who do not have a professional certification or license, despise/hate those like me who have professional certifications and licenses. I have been a CPA since I was 30 in 1979, a Certified Internal Auditor since I was 32, a licensed CPA (inactive since 2000) since I was 32, a Certified Fraud Examiner since I was 41, a Certified Government Financial Manager since I was 45, a Certified Financial Services Auditor since I was 47, a Forensic Accountant since I was 48, a FINRA arbitrator since I was 49, and an American Association of Political Consultants member since I was 50.
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2019/article/professional-certifications-and-occupational-licenses.htm
GOVERNING
— DD: Barbarians destroyed Rome. Barbarians are at America’s gate. How soon will they destroy America? Ever-increasingly, immigrants talk and/or act like they remain loyal to their motherland, if not like they came to America to turn America into their motherland, if not like they are paid agents of their motherland.
https://www.governing.com/context/the-stubborn-catch-22-of-the-u-s-immigration-puzzle
PEW RESEARCH
— U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population Reached a Record 14 Million in 2023. Preliminary data indicates continued growth into 2024 and a decrease in 2025. DD: Barbarians destroyed Rome. Barbarians are at America’s gate. How soon will they destroy America? Ever-increasingly, immigrants talk and/or act like they remain loyal to their motherland, if not like they came to America to turn America into their motherland, if not like they are paid agents of their motherland.
https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2025/08/21/u-s-unauthorized-immigrant-population-reached-a-record-14-million-in-2023/
ADVOCATE
— DD: LGBTQ advocates demonize, denigrate, and condemn Lindsey Graham. My critics/opponents are furious that I got married when I was 29 in 1978 and that I have stayed married.
https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/lindsey-graham-dead
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Born July 9, 1955, in Central, South Carolina, Graham grew up in the business his parents operated, which included a restaurant, bar, and pool hall. Both parents died while Graham was in his early 20s, and he helped care for his younger sister, Darline Graham Nordone. Graham earned undergraduate and law degrees from the University of South Carolina. He joined the Air Force as a military lawyer and continued to serve in the South Carolina Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, eventually retiring as a colonel. Graham was elected to the House in 1994 and took office in January 1995. He gained national attention as one of the House managers who presented the impeachment case against President Bill Clinton in the Senate. He won election to the Senate in 2002, succeeding Strom Thurmond, and took office in January 2003. He served for more than 23 years. For much of his early Senate career, Graham was closely associated with Arizona Sen. John McCain. The two promoted an interventionist foreign policy and occasionally joined bipartisan negotiations, most notably the 2013 effort to overhaul the country’s immigration system. The measure passed the Senate but did not receive a vote in the House. Graham mounted a brief campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. During the primary, he called Trump a “kook” and a “race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot.” Trump retaliated by reading Graham’s personal cellphone number aloud during a campaign event. After Trump won the presidency, Graham underwent one of Washington’s most conspicuous political transformations. He became a golfing companion, an informal adviser, and a vigorous defender of the president. As chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2019 to 2021, Graham helped advance Trump’s judicial nominees, including Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court. He defended Trump during both impeachment trials. Graham briefly appeared to break with Trump after the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Count me out. Enough is enough,” Graham said on the Senate floor. The separation did not last. Graham returned to Trump’s side and remained one of his most visible congressional allies through Trump’s second administration.)
FROIM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— The barbarians are at the gate but Europe’s leaders are too busy infighting to notice. DD: Barbarians destroyed Rome. Barbarians are at America’s gate. How soon will they destroy America? Ever-increasingly, immigrants talk and/or act like they remain loyal to their motherland, if not like they came to America to turn America into their motherland, if not like they are paid agents of their motherland.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/16/trump-putin-xi-strongmen-are-at-the-gate-but-europes-leaders-are-too-busy-infighting-to-notice
— Trump is turning the organs of the state against his personal enemies. DD: GAO audits IRS. After I earned an MBA when I was 27 in 1976, after I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, after I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting, and after I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31. To waste my GAO career and to get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors outrageously/disgustingly/falsely/unethically hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the only reason why I transferred and the only reason why I asked to be assigned to audits of IRS was that I wanted to get power to punish my IRS superiors who had a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) failed/refused to promote me beyond GS-12. They used that to keep me off audits of IRS until I was 37 and then again after I turned 40 and for the rest of me GAO career. Of course, I never asked to be assigned to audits that involved my IRS superiors who had taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me. I stressed that my knowledge of IRS would help me contribute more to GAO’s audits of IRS. I stressed that I was under seven codes of ethics because I had been CPA since I was 30, a Certified Internal Auditor since I was 32, a licensed CPA since I was 32, a Certified Fraud Examiner since I was 41, a Certified Government Financial Manager since I was 45, a Certified Financial Services Auditor since I was 47, and a Forensic Accountant since I was 48. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors knew full-well that my punishing anyone would violate those codes of conduct.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/06/trump-e-jean-carroll-justice-department
— DD: What do your critics/opponents want you to do? I should write about my critics/opponents who are the following who have made it the most clear that they want me a) to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman: past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) Republican political consultants, fundraisers, major doners, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks, and/or other planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should focus on those who blame me and blame my newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/26/tucker-carlson-marjorie-taylor-greene-republican-split
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/02/tucker-carlson-new-political-party-idea-interview