FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Pro-Trump group tests officials’ patience with public testimony, triggers legal tangles
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/04/pro-trump-group-public-testimony-legal-tangles/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cook County Commissioner Tara Stamps declared after a recent meeting that she’d had enough. Jessica Jackson, a member of the group Chicago Flips Red, had taken to the podium that March morning during public comment in front of the county’s Finance Committee. Jackson didn’t address any agenda items, instead hitting what for her is a common refrain: that the county had spent too much on immigrants at the expense of other quality of life improvements.)
— DD: Democrat leaders continue to use Haymarket Square to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/04/opinion-chicago-haymarket-square-140th-anniversary/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever0increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/03/doc10-film-festival-ice-raids/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever0increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/04/30/nonprofit-mano-a-mano-unidos-patty-gamboa-immigrant-families-operation-midway-blitz
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout at Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders that Republicans cause all their problems. But then again, Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fewer-aapi-adults-report-hate-incidents-but-racism-concerns-linger-new-poll-shows/article_355f5390-8db0-54c6-900b-468fb2f901f8.html
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Who relies on SNAP in Illinois? Data shows many recipients live in these counties.
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article315601297.html
CWB CHICAGO
— When judges release dangerous criminals, there are ways for prosecutors to fight back. In Cook County, that almost never happens.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/05/when-judges-release-dangerous-criminals-there-are-ways-for-prosecutors-to-fight-back-in-cook-county-that-almost-never-happens.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/04/2-names-join-the-mayoral-mix-00904168
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— A review of Pritzker scandals
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/a-review-of-pritzker-scandals/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your disapproval rating with your critics/opponents? Based on the many big adverse actions that the following have taken against me since 2000, my disapproval rating with them is very high: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) major Republican donors, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders. Adverse actions that the aforesaid have had their operatives and their dupes take against me include a) throwing me off the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, d) ending my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, e) ending my service as the MTRO webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) ending my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, g) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) defeating my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and i) getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000. – Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
— What drives up your disapproval rating with your critics/opponents? For me, it is my promotion of conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject, especially its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. For me, it is my refusal to be manipulated/dominated by my critics/opponents, my refusal to glorify and praise them, my refusal to pander to them, my refusal to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, my refusal to cover up their wrong doing, and I refusal to give them money. – Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
— How old are you? The more of the following that you are, the sooner that you should anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace those who are the aforesaid with those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, noncitizen, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
— Are/were you in the private sector or the public sector? I was in the public sector. According to my critics/opponents, if I had been in the private sector, my ending salary would have been much less than $154,682/year in today’s dollars. I my defense, I earned a) three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In my defense, my Democrat superiors did everything that they could to waste my career and to get rid of me. – Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
— I have watched DuPage County Republican elected officials closely ever since I moved to DuPage County when I was 29 in 1978. To get votes from the Democrats who have ever-increasingly moved in, they have ever-increasingly welcomed them with open arms and painted themselves as being Democrat Lite. To get votes from Democrats, they have ever-increasingly given more preference to those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. To get votes from Democrats, they have ever-increasingly dumped the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform. To get votes from Democrats, they have ever-increasingly dumped conservatives like me. – Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
— What do you anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents will do sooner or later? I anticipate/expect that sooner or later, my critics/opponents will cast Democrat primary ballots, that is, that they will officially declare that they always really have been Democrats. I anticipate expect that those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me will cast Democrat primary ballots sooner rather than later. Exceptions will be those who want to keep their Republican offices to further destroy Republicans. – Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump disapproval hits new high as cost concerns, Iran war continue
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4553090/trump-disapproval-high-as-iran-war-cost-concerns-new-poll/
— Marriage is what really matters. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4533807/what-really-matters-is-marriage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: America’s cultural foundations are cracking. Marriage has been redefined and weakened, the family cast aside as outdated, and traditional ideas of manhood attacked as toxic. The result is a nation of lonely, disconnected individuals — unhappier, less stable, and increasingly unable to sustain the free institutions that made America exceptional.)
NEW YORK POST
— Cole Allen thought he was Rambo, wanted Trump dead.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/03/us-news/whcd-suspect-cole-allen-thought-he-was-rambo-wanted-trump-dead-pirro/
— A lack of cooperation with ICE to deport an illegal immigrant resulted in a family tragedy.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/03/opinion/a-lack-of-cooperation-with-ice-to-deport-an-illegal-immigrant-resulted-in-a-family-tragedy/
BREITBART
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/05/03/spike-lee-calls-supreme-court-voiding-race-based-redistricting-map-in-louisiana-an-attack-on-voters/
CHRISTIAN POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/more-gen-z-adults-say-life-can-be-fulfilling-without-marriage.html
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Maryland to host ‘anti-oppression’ workshops. DD: According to Democrat leaders, Republicans oppress those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors hinted/implied/argued that I oppressed my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, problematic, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. All of my subordinates were some, many, most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-maryland-to-host-anti-oppression-workshops-for-social-workers-to-fight-institutional-racism/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Real Reason Why Barack Obama Condemned the Supreme Court’s Racial Redistricting Ruling. DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/03/obamas-redistricting-hypocrisy/
FEDERALIST
— Defund The Education Institutions Churning Out Left-Wing Assassins
https://thefederalist.com/2026/05/04/defund-the-education-institutions-churning-out-left-wing-assassins/
FOX NEWS
— Black Chicagoans call on reparations from government, money deposits like ‘stimulus’ checks. Chicago residents tell Fox News Digital why they think reparations are in order.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/black-chicagoans-call-reparations-from-government-money-deposits-like-stimulus-checks
— DD: Far too many candidates lie to get elected.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-senate-candidate-sherrod-brown-claims-supports-closing-border-gop-says-record-proves-otherwise
NEWS BUSTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2026/05/03/ny-times-panics-supreme-court-voting-rights-ruling-banished
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5861331-warnock-slams-supreme-court-voting-rights/amp/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. How successful have they been doing that in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct?
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5693180-hate-taught-trump-policies/
— DD: Illegals promote the Dignity Act.
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-dignity-act-realistic-step-143000092.html
REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/how-redistricting-supreme-court-have-cut-voters-out-us-house-races-2026-05-03/
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/supreme-court-upholds-texas-redistricting-what-it-means-for-2026-midterms/ar-AA21QpAB
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-just-made-it-much-harder-to-fight-racial-gerrymandering/ar-AA2260zq
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/david-brooks-gerrymandering-districts-by-race-created-fewer-and-fewer-swing-districts/ar-AA22fIlP
— DD: What did you take personal responsibility for? For me it included a) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), b) earning three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), c) earning six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, and forensic accounting), and d) becoming a licensed CPA.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/i-m-sick-and-tired-of-hearing-my-grandkids-whine-about-how-the-system-isn-t-fair-whatever-happened-to-taking-personal-responsibility/ss-AA1XEFuS?ocid=ACERDHP15
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.newsweek.com/list-of-states-stepping-up-redistricting-wars-after-supreme-court-ruling-11907710
AOL
— DD: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are gaslighters. I should write about them.
https://www.aol.com/articles/psychologists-explain-7-common-signs-130000259.html
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/raphael-warnock-callais-decision-supreme-court-redistricting-gerrymandering/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/us/politics/supreme-court-voting-rights-act.html
— E.E.O.C. Investigating Discrimination Claim at The New York Times. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently referred a reverse-discrimination complaint by an employee to the agency’s legal unit for review. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC had a tremendous impact on me. When I was 22 in 1971, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/business/economy/eeoc-discrimination-claim-new-york-times.html
— Graduates Reset Ambitions in Pursuit of First Jobs. DD: WHAT Harmed you job search? When I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970, I applied to many fortune 500 firms. Only Firestone Stores offered me a job, and it was for a job that did not really require a college degree. In the name of “training,” my boss used me like I was a car mechanic trainee. All the firms that I applied to were under tremendous pressure from EEOC to hire minorities, females, and veterans. I was not a minority, female, or veteran. To make matters worse, potential employers saw me as being Vietnam War draft bait. They did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved. Beyond that, my GPA was not that great because to work my way through college, I had spent far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/business/economy/college-graduates-job-market.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/05/03/kagan-supreme-court-dissent-reveals-odd-idea-voting-rights/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is poised to file a civil rights lawsuit against The New York Times, centered on the allegations of a white male employee who did not get a sought-after promotion and argued it was because of his race and gender, two people familiar with the matter said.)
— George Will: The Voting Rights Act long ago achieved its original purpose. The justices’ 6-3 ruling on a Louisiana gerrymandering case reveals a stark disagreement. DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/05/03/supreme-court-confirms-voting-rights-act-has-achieved-original-purpose/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/05/03/race-to-the-bottom-supreme-court-ruling-on-voting-rights-act-rewrites-the-law/
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at those who are the following that they are victims of Republicans: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, non-married, non-rich, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-joecks/victor-joecks-the-victims-of-victimhood-3796280/
FLORIDA POLITICS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/793749-political-violence-is-reshaping-who-runs-report-details-threats-to-lgbtq-candidates/
USA TODAY
— Exit interviews. DD: Employers that want to get rid of their employees and succeed doing that, do not offer exit interviews. My Democrat GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office superiors wanted to get rid of me, so of course, when they succeeded in getting rid of me, they did not offer me an exit interview. They would not have wanted to get rid of me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/what-is-a-stay-interview/89718705007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Supreme Court Victory Over Racial Division. Louisiana v. Callais will discourage districts where politicians stoke resentment in their communities. DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-supreme-court-victory-over-racial-division-3aef3c48
— Racial Gerrymandering: That ’70s Show. I argued against the practice in 1977. Only Chief Justice Warren Burger took my side. DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/racial-gerrymandering-that-70s-show-2f78926c
LEVEL MAN
— DD: How bad are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the sooner that Democrats and RINOs will destroy you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.levelman.com/the-demographics-of-maga-supporters/#a-look-at-the-socioeconomic-status-of-those-who-support-trump
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
COUNTER CURRENTS
— Meritocracy Myth in India: Who Really Gets Ahead? DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who had less work experience than I had, had less education that I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://countercurrents.org/2026/05/meritocracy-myth-in-india-who-really-gets-ahead/
DAILY MAIL
— Private sector jobs stall as public rise. DD: Are/were you in the private sector or the public sector? I was in the public sector. According to my critics/opponents, if I had been in the private sector, my ending salary would have been much less than $154,682/year in today’s dollars. I my defense, I earned a) three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In my defense, my Democrat superiors did everything that they could to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/jobs-market-stalls-but-figures-show-the-public-sector-still-growing/ar-AA1YXm5A
https://www.aol.com/news/private-sector-jobs-stall-public-142649859.html
Tag: GOPUSA
May 3, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/makers-abortion-pill-mifepristone-file-us-supreme-court-emergency-appeal-lower-ruling-blocks-online-access-mail/19023740/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBT and pot.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/new-lgbtq-treatment-facility-opens-in-chicago-to-address-drug-epidemic/3931085/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/majority-say-ethics-honesty-in-government-have-declined-under-trump-pew/
FOX32
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-trump-i-think-man-has-dementia
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/03/illinois-pritzker-no-constitutional-abortion-amendment/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more Islam.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/03/suburban-school-controversy-arabic-language/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Policing grows more dangerous as laws change and public sentiment shifts. The criminal justice system now prioritizes second chances — or more — for alleged offenders, and that is endangering officers and communities.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/05/01/police-officers-swedish-hospital-shooting-safe-t-act-electronic-monitoring-tom-weitzel
DAILY HERALD
— Healthy workers are ditching company insurance to save $1,000 a month. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance since 1966 and then also paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260502/business/healthy-workers-are-ditching-company-insurance-to-save-1000-a-month/
WAND TV
— Sen. Rose files bill to allow IL police to coordinate with immigration authorities.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/sen-rose-files-bill-to-allow-il-police-to-coordinate-with-immigration-authorities/article_aad741b8-1956-4bf8-88f0-c04d29493a83.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Legal-marijuana movement not the panacea its backers claim. DD: If I had used pot, I would not have been able to a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) earn six job-related professional certifications, and c) earn a job-related professional licenses.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-legal-marijuana-movement-not-the-panacea-its-backers-claim/article_10d9b0d7-9b3b-4903-bd30-6efe138d03c8.html
DAILY ILLINI
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/university-news/protests-strikes/2026/05/02/campus-labor-coalition-rallies-delivers-anti-ice-petition-to-ui-administration/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— What if Republicans Threatened Obama The Way Democrats Threaten Trump? DD: Obama is protected because he is a member of the following protected groups: Democrat, minority, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. Other protected groups include female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and noncitizen.
https://johnkassnews.com/could-republicans-threaten-the-life-of-president-obama-and-succeed/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Cary GOP Precinct Committeeperson Appreciation/Recruitment Night. DD: Having been a Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) since 1999, I am becoming one of the senior RPCs in DuPage County.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/02/cary-gop-precinct-committeeperson-appreciation-recruitment-night/
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— SCOTUS Redistricting Ruling Sparks Pushback from Pritzker
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/05/scotus-redistricting-ruling-sparks-pushback-from-pritzker/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats rush to court to stop GOP states’ new redistricting push
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/1/democrats-rush-court-stop-gop-states-new-redistricting-push/
— Newsom’s illegal-alien funding spree
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/2/editorial-newsoms-illegal-alien-funding-spree/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How millions of illegal immigrants got jobs in the US. 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.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3897219/how-millions-illegal-immigrants-got-jobs-us/
— Where illegal immigrants find work in the US. 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.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3895435/where-illegal-immigrants-find-work-in-the-us/
— Viral fearmongering after Supreme Court rules on racial gerrymandering.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4551494/viral-fearmongering-supreme-court-racial-gerrymandering/
NEW YORK POST
— The left wastes time weaponizing everything, from policing to immigration, and it’s rotting our infrastructure.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/02/opinion/the-left-weaponizes-everything-and-its-rotting-our-infrastructure/
— What will the new congressional redistricting mean for the House? DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/02/opinion/new-supreme-court-ruling-means-a-new-political-map/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The SPLC’s War on America. The SPLC built its power by branding dissent as hate; now its legal reckoning may expose how political smears became a weapon of institutional coercion.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/05/03/the-splcs-war-on-immigration-restriction-and-america/
COLLEGE FIX
— DePaul launches ‘journalism and racial justice’ center with former Mayor Lori Lightfoot. DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy Republicans.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/depaul-launches-journalism-institute-with-former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot/
1819 NEWS
— Auburn University counseling program ‘always shined a negative light on white males’
https://1819news.com/news/item/auburn-university-counseling-program-always-shined-a-negative-light-on-white-males
FOX NEWS
— NYC Board of Elections worker says ‘not my job to report anyone’ when asked about registering noncitizens. Board of Elections employee told undercover reporter posing as a Canadian green card holder that the office ‘accepts anything that comes over the counter.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-board-elections-worker-says-not-my-job-report-anyone-when-asked-about-registering-non-citizens
NEWSMAX
— Pro sports has bent knee to LGBTQ ideology
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/royce-white-to-newsmax-pro-sports-has-bent-knee-to-lgbtq-ideology/ar-AA1ZRmlP
PJ MEDIA
— DHS Arrests Illegal Alien Criminals, Dems Release Them
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/05/02/dhs-arrests-illegal-criminals-dems-release-them-n4952437
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— DD: SPLC exists to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/04/22/chuck_schumer_defends_splc_trump_doj_is_sending_the_message_if_you_fight_white_supremacy_youre_next.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5859743-supreme-court-bars-racial-gerrymandering/
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/black-americans-face-new-fight-racial-representation-after-132600647
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-american-man-ice-deportation-congo/
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. I am a product of a traditional marriage and family. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/the-pros-and-cons-of-being-a-modern-day-trad-wife/ar-AA227UzU
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-gerrymander-gambit-has-mostly-failed/ar-AA21RgbN
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-limits-use-of-race-in-redistricting-in-a-win-for-gop/ar-AA220aJo
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/as-trump-attacks-dei-college-diversity-officers-from-across-the-country-gather-in-philly-to-find-a-path-forward/ar-AA1ZtEiQ
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Jobs That Pay for College. DD: I had to work my way through college. If my employers had paid for my tuition and books, my entire life would be different. For one thing, my GPA would have been higher. I spent far too many hours working instead of studying.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/slideshows/10-types-of-part-time-jobs-that-pay-for-college
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Springsteen to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/briefing/bruce-springsteen-donald-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: In Primaries, Trump Targets The ‘Disloyal.’ DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. I should write about my critics/opponents. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/us/politics/trump-republican-primaries-candidates.html
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/us/elections/tennessee-congressional-map.html
— 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.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/opinion/immigration-farming-trump-robots-labor.html
— India Is Pioneering a Perilous Model of Web Censorship. DD: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading them. I should write about my critics/opponents. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/opinion/india-modi-internet-censorship.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage those who are the following from getting a college degree: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me when I was 22 in 1971 and if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, they would not have promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25. If I had not earned an MBA when I was 27 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me when I was 31. If I had not earned master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, a became a licensed CPA when I was 32, they would not have promoted me when I was 38.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/realestate/young-new-yorkers-construction-jobs.html
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/05/03/race-to-the-bottom-supreme-court-ruling-on-voting-rights-act-rewrites-the-law/
USA TODAY
— DD: My critics/opponents have always treated TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) like SPLC had officially designate them as being hate groups. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/02/southern-poverty-law-center-indictment-fraud-case/89732727007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/potomac-watch-strassel/wsj-opinion-the-supreme-court-6-3-ruling-against-racial-gerrymandering/74936289-8C71-4E62-B5C3-AC7BAE4B3A7F
FINANCE BUZZ
— 8 Useful College Degrees Employers Are Always Looking To Hire. DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, career-wise, what would have done differently? I would have majored in accounting from the beginning. I did not because I wrongly believed that I could not pass the CPA examination. But I passed it on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. But by then, it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being too old. Further, the accounting profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females, and I was none of the aforesaid. My doing the following did not help. I earned a master’s degree in accounting 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 became a certified fraud examiner when I was 41, government financial manager when I was 45, financial services auditor when I was 47, and forensic accountant when I was 48.
https://www.aol.com/8-useful-college-degrees-employers-124200196.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Accounting)
INVESTOPEDIA
— Top Bachelor’s Degrees That Lead to Strong Job Opportunities After College. DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, career-wise, what would have done differently? I would have majored in accounting from the beginning. I did not because I wrongly believed that I could not pass the CPA examination. But I passed it on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. But by then, it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being too old. Further, the accounting profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females, and I was none of the aforesaid. My doing the following did not help. I earned a master’s degree in accounting 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 became a certified fraud examiner when I was 41, government financial manager when I was 45, financial services auditor when I was 47, and forensic accountant when I was 48.
https://www.aol.com/finance/top-bachelors-degrees-lead-strong-103000811.html
MARKETPLACE
— 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.
https://www.marketplace.org/story/2026/02/18/job-growth-immigration-are-directly-related-new-fed-study-argues
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
— 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.
https://www.epi.org/blog/trumps-deportation-plans-threaten-400000-direct-care-jobs-older-adults-and-people-with-disabilities-could-lose-vital-in-home-support/
https://www.epi.org/publication/trumps-deportation-agenda-will-destroy-millions-of-jobs-both-immigrants-and-u-s-born-workers-would-suffer-job-losses-particularly-in-construction-and-child-care/
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION FORUM
— 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.
https://forumtogether.org/article/immigrants-as-economic-contributors-immigrants-fill-the-temporary-needs-of-american-employers/
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— 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.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/holiday-guide-debunking-myths-about-immigration/
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
— 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.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/immigrants-make-the-labor-market-great/
MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE
— Indian Immigrants in the United States. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/indian-immigrants-united-states
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/content/explainer-immigrants-and-us-economy
AMERICAN BAZAAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Asian Americans and at Pacific Islanders that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/05/02/49-of-aapi-adults-experienced-racial-hate-in-2025-third-year-in-a-row-480010/
NEW YORKER
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-the-supreme-court-demolished-the-voting-rights-act
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederacy.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/2/800032029/community/trumps-republican-party-resurrects-the-old-confederacy/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/karnataka-high-court-quashes-rajiv-gandhi-university-of-health-sciences-move-to-exclude-senate-members-from-inspection-panel/ar-AA22fBbq
TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, Democrat and RINO leaders have used AA and DEI to give more and more and more preference to young minorities and to young females. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/technology/is-the-end-of-affirmative-action-wiping-out-black-student-enrollment-new-data-says-yes/ar-AA1P53Qm
May 1, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— CPS teachers, students expected to join May Day rally at Union Park, march through downtown Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/may-day-chicago-2026-cps-teachers-students-expected-join-union-park-rally-march-downtown/19012972/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/30/illinois-accountability-report-completed-midway-blitz/
— If Chicago wants to reduce absenteeism, start with families.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/01/opinion-chicago-school-absenteeism-education/
— DD: The Democrat Party platform destroys traditional marriage and family, that is, it promotes homelessness.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/01/opinion-homelessness-shelter-hb1429-illinois-legislation/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Noble charter network, suburban school districts face federal probe over LGBTQ-related lessons. The U.S. Department of Justice announced investigations into 35 Illinois school districts and a Chicago charter operator over whether they teach about “sexual orientation and gender ideology” in class and whether parents are allowed to opt out. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/04/30/noble-charter-network-suburban-school-districts-face-federal-probe-over-lgbtq-related-lessons
DAILY HERALD
— DD: The Democrat Party platform destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260501/syndicated-columnists/marriage-the-inequality-gap-we-should-be-talking-about/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-ice-misconduct-state-report-20260430/
CBS2
— Violent organized retail crime on the rise in Illinois. DD: The Democrat Party platform promote poverty and crime.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-organized-retail-crime-association-report-violent-retail-crime/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Department of Justice investigating sexuality and gender teaching in 36 Illinois school districts. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/30/illinois-schools-department-of-justice-investigation/
WGLT
— Justice Department investigates District 87, Ridgeview and 34 other Illinois school districts over ‘gender ideology.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-04-30/justice-department-investigates-district-87-ridgeview-and-34-other-illinois-school-districts-over-gender-ideology
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/01/ice-scrutiny-chicago-illinois-00902153
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Republicans will land the top line on ballots in suburban Cook County for the Nov. 3 election, following a lottery held this week by the county clerk’s office. That means Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey will be at the top of ballots.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-728/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS SENATE GOP
— Illinois Senate GOP and Angel Father Call for Action on Legislation to Allow Illinois Law Enforcement to Keep Illinoisans Safe
https://ilsenategop.org/2026/04/30/illinois-senate-gop-and-angel-father-call-for-action-on-legislation-to-allow-illinois-law-enforcement-to-keep-illinoisans-safe/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Precinct Training Opportunity Tuesday Evening, May 5th. DD: I have been a DuPage County and Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman since I was appointed one in 1999. In 2000, DuPage County Republican Central Committee and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) RINO and Democrat plant leaders succeeded in getting a registered Republican voter to run against me, but not since then. In 2004 and 2010 they rudely fired me as the MTRO webmaster. In 2004, they rudely defeated me when I ran for the open MTRO Treasurer position. In 2015, they rudely gerrymandered my precinct. In 2021, they rudely ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, a role that I had since 2005. In 2024, they rudely ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. They ever-increasingly blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/01/precinct-training-opportunity-tuesday-evening-may-5th/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Brace for battle as Hochul revives New York’s gerrymander threat. DD: Democrat leaders know that Democrat candidates cannot win if they do not gerrymander.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/30/opinion/brace-for-battle-as-hochul-revives-ny-gerrymander-threat/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Supreme Court Rules Racial Gerrymandering ILLEGAL! DD: Democrat leaders know that Democrat candidates cannot win if they do not gerrymander.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAipntmficw
— Mamdani Has Already Run Out of Other People’s Money. DD: Democrat elected officials ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/30/mamdani-has-already-run-out-of-other-peoples-money/
— Pro‑Family Policy Is Now Central to Conservatism. DD: I owe all my successes in life to my parents and their traditional marriage.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/30/sen-banks-pro-family-policy-central/
NEWSMAX
— Disgraced Ex-Lawmakers Eye Taxpayer Pensions. DD: Did your employer(s) disgrace you? My Democrat superiors in the federal government disgraced me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign and disallowed my sick leave requests. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. Since 2000, to disgrace me, the following have taken many big adverse actions against me: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) major Republican donors, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/disgraced-lawmakers-taxpayer/2026/04/26/id/1254220/
PJ MEDIA
— Democrats Don’t Hate Gerrymandering; They Hate the GOP Fighting Back. DD: Democrat leaders know that Democrat candidates cannot win if they do not gerrymander.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/04/30/democrats-dont-hate-gerrymandering-they-hate-the-gop-fighting-back-n4952389
WESTERN JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders will forever use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hakeem-jeffries-tells-activist-audience-dei-is-explicitly-written-into-constitution/ar-AA20EUgk
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— DD: Democrat leader use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. The gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District that I live in was drawn by Illinois Democrats based on race. Minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/30/politics/supreme-court-decision-gerrymandering-scramble
— Trump signs executive order expanding workers’ access to retirement plans. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. Knowing that helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to get rid of me. Further, after my wife and I got married in 1978, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates got ever-increasingly more furious that we could and that we did save lots of our salaries for our retirement because we gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not have foster children.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/30/economy/trump-executive-order-new-retirement-plan-proposal
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Texas House Democrat Gene Wu calls for minority groups to take over America. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite minorities against Whites, unite females against males, unite younger people against older people, unite veterans against non-veterans, unite those who have less money against those who have more money, unite unmarried people against married people, unite LGBTQers against heterosexuals, unite non-Protestants against Protestants, unite non-German Americans against German Americans, unite those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time against those whose ancestors have been in America for less time, unite citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America, unite etc. against etc.
https://www.newsweek.com/gene-wu-texas-democrat-white-11487908
— Hegseth Denies Bias in Firings, Says Decisions Based on “Merit.” DD: My Democrat GAO (1980-1997), IRS (1971-1980), and Post Office (1966-1969) superiors outrageously, disgusting, falsely, and unethically hinted/implied that I lacked merit, that is, that I had performance problems, and that justified the many big adverse actions that they took against me. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32. In my defense, I got promoted when I was 23, 24, 25, and 38.
https://www.newsweek.com/videos/hegseth-denies-bias-in-firings-says-decisions-based-on-merit
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leader use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. The gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District that I live in was drawn by Illinois Democrats based on race. Minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/upshot/gerrymanders-redistricting-democrats-republicans.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/opinion/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-2026.html
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/28/opinion/focus-group-trump-voters-disappointed.html
— DD: To avoid potential conflicts of interest in job assignments, IRS and GAO employees are required to fully disclose their and their spouse’s finances to their superiors. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used the financial information I gave them to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn my wife and I as being underserving disgusting filthy rich DINKs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/us/politics/elon-musk-finances.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/us/politics/trump-pope-latino-voters.html
ABC CHARLESTON & WTMA
— A Charleston-based reparations task force is calling for the transfer of 700,000 acres of land from three of the Lowcountry’s most well-known plantations. DD: If I had ran for a government office, my critics/opponents would have stressed that my ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854.
https://abcnews4.com/news/local/charleston-reparations-task-force-demands-7000-acres-from-historic-plantations
https://www.wtma.com/2026/04/30/charleston-reparations-task-force-demands-7000-acres-from-historic-plantations/
BRIDGE MICHIGAN
— Political parties, not voters, to pick candidates. DD: I should write about the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000 and the candidates who they picked to run in Republican primaries. I would focus on those leaders whose candidates won primary elections but lost general elections. I would focus on those leaders who have blamed those losses the most on me, on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, on what I did as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, on what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, and on what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member.
https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/political-parties-not-voters-to-decide-key-michigan-candidates/
ARIZONA PBS
— Scottsdale high school senior gets perfect ACT score. DD: My critics/opponents have always used against me my ACT score being only 24. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have used the money that I earned washing dishes while I was in high school for ACT tutoring instead of for a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC.
https://azpbs.org/2026/04/scottsdale-high-school-senior-gets-perfect-act-score/
CALIFORNIA GLOBE
— LA City Council Socialists Launch Bid to Give Noncitizens Full Voting Rights in Local Elections. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://californiaglobe.com/fl/la-city-council-socialists-launch-bid-to-give-noncitizens-full-voting-rights-in-local-elections/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The SPLC Is a Journalism Scandal. News outlets treat it as an authority when it is actually a competitor, and a disreputable one. DD: My critics/opponent have always treated TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition like SPLC had officially designate them as being hate groups.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-splc-is-a-journalism-scandal-99ab0fab?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
FORBES
— Zero-Sum-Game. DD: Everything is zero-sum. All the promotions that I did not get were given by my Democrat superiors to Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who had less work experience than I had, had less education that I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffraikes/2019/06/17/can-power-be-anything-but-zero-sum/
LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
— Your Rights as a Federal Worker. DD: Democrats run the federal government. Because of that, federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.naacpldf.org/five-rights-federal-workers/
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat leader use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. The gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District that I live in was drawn by Illinois Democrats based on race. Minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/louisiana-kicks-off-supreme-court-backed-gerrymander-frenzy.html
POLITICO
— DD: Democrat leader use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. The gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District that I live in was drawn by Illinois Democrats based on race. Minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/30/hakeem-jeffries-voting-rights-act-gerrymandering-redistricting-2026-midterms-00900661
MS. MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://msmagazine.com/2026/04/30/trump-fy-2027-budget-fiscal-year-title-x-planned-parenthood-birth-control-contraception-family-planning/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— DD: Democrat candidates know that they need racial gerrymandering to win.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/us-supreme-court-ruling-guts-minority-vote-protections-could-redraw-political-map-by-2028/ar-AA222ZII
MIRROR
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Hegseth.
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/pete-hegseth-humiliated-angry-protester-1815960
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk1kgn95AXA
April 28, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Slain Chicago police officer would still be alive but for our broken system of enforcing arrest warrants
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/28/editorial-john-bartholomew-chicago-police-alphanso-talley-warrants-shooting/
— DD: Anticipate/expect that this summer, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/28/opinion-chicago-teen-takeovers/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/04/28/illinois-families-separated-by-trump-immigrant-visa-ban
DAILY HERALD
— After mayor’s remarks, Geneva rethinking its support for chamber of commerce fests. DD: In 2021, to cut the number of Republican candidate entries in Wheaton Independence Day parades, Democrat and RINO Wheaton leaders ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for those parades.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260426/local-politics/after-mayors-remarks-geneva-rethinking-its-support-for-chamber-of-commerce-fests/
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/border-patrol-ice-chicago-illinois-accountability-commission-reveal-results-operation-midway-blitz-investigation/18976454/
NBC5
— SAFE-T Act questioned after Chicago police officer fatally shot at hospital. The suspect in the shooting was out on electronic monitoring at the time of the attack, though there was an active warrant for his arrest, according to NBC 5 Investigates.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/officials-question-safe-t-act-after-chicago-police-officer-fatally-shot-at-hospital/3928605/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/mother-says-trump-immigration-campaign-featured-daughter-without-her-approval/3928691/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/pritzker-backed-commission-accuses-trump-administration-of-federal-misconduct/amp/
WBEZ
— DD: The less death penalty, the more murders.
https://www.wbez.org/2026/04/27/dead-man-walking-nun-brings-message-of-hope-and-activism-to-depaul-university
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— ABA settles lawsuit claiming minority scholarship fund was discriminatory
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/ccb-aba-lawsuit-settlement-dei-scholarship-20260427/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Florida’s redistricting fight puts Ron DeSantis back in the Republican spotlight.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/florida-s-redistricting-fight-puts-ron-desantis-22229451.php
WCIA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/champaign-co-dispensary-reacts-to-trump-admin-reclassifying-medical-marijuana/
EVANSTON NOW
— Guaranteed income plan expanded
https://evanstonnow.com/guaranteed-income-plan-expanded/
LEGAL NEWSLINE
— Constitutional tests await IL Dems’ race-based district plan
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/constitutional-tests-await-il-dems-race-based-district-plan/article_c4b1ec83-efc9-47cf-8eec-f35736f554be.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/28/illinois-hearings-revisit-ice-chaos-00894461
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-725/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County GOP Sees New Treasurer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/04/27/mchenry-county-gop-sees-new-treasurer/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put their noncitizens who are minority, female, and/or younger ahead of Republicans who are White, male, and/or older. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Noncitizens are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Suspected WHCD gunman Cole Allen came from picture-perfect family of achievers — with church-leader dad at helm.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/27/us-news/suspected-whcd-gunman-cole-allen-came-picture-perfect-family/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Allen — a 31-year-old engineering graduate from prestigious Cal Tech — has three siblings with even more impressive resumes and lived with his parents in a neatly kempt home in Torrance, Calif. His kin are reportedly shocked and alarmed by his extremist, anti-Trump rhetoric, which surfaced after he allegedly tried to attack President Trump and other senior administration officials at the ritzy DC gala Saturday. His sister Avriana, 27, recounted his “radical” statements to federal investigators, while his brother called police about a chilling manifesto he allegedly sent the day he tried to storm past White House security with knives and guns. Allen’s brother, Gabriel, studied engineering at the elite Webb Institute in Glen Cove on Long Island, where his projects included designing Navy vessels, according to materials from the school’s website. His graduation page said he was bound for the maritime engineering firm Thayer Mayan. Gabriel married in 2025, and he and his wife may have a baby on the way this year, according to a gift registry with their names created exactly one week before the attack. Avriana, one of Cole’s two sisters, studied journalism and statistics at the prestigious Northwestern University. She worked as a reporter for CalMatters, where she helped build their 2021 recall election guide. She later joined the Pew Research Center as a junior engineer. The baby of the family, Stephanie, 23, studied physics at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., reports said. She later joined the National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University, where she researched dark matter and energy-based cancer treatment. Cole’s father Thomas Allen has been a leader at their local Grace United Reformed Church, according to public records. The church declined to speak to reporters after Saturday’s violence and took down its leadership page. The suspect — a self-styled “friendly federal assassin,” according to his alleged manifesto — stayed close to home. He was employed by C2 Education, a tutor and test prep company, and named “Teacher of the Month” in December 2024, according to social-media posts. He graduated from the California Institute of Technology with an engineering degree in 2017 and earned a master’s in computer science before dabbling in video-game design and released his own game on Steam in 2018. One of Cole’s students, Max Harris, a high-school senior, told the New York Times that he never felt anything amiss. “He seemed like a completely average guy. … Like, I never would have expected anything like this from a guy like him,” Harris said of Cole. But simmering beneath the surface of this seemingly well-adjusted math whiz was violent vitriol for the president and his administration, prosecutors claim. “I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes,” Cole’s alleged manifesto reads, an apparent reference to Trump. It includes a thank-you to “my family, both personal and church,” along with a theological defense of the assassination attempt to people who might tell him to “turn the other cheek.” The manifesto ends with: “Stay in school, kids.”)
— KKK informants to the SPLC de-hooded: One-legged Imperial Wizard ‘true believer’ and cleaning lady, who show no signs of reform
https://nypost.com/2026/04/27/us-news/kkk-informants-to-the-splc-de-hooded-one-legged-true-believer-and-cleaning-lady-who-show-no-signs-of-reform/
— SPLC’s high-profile donors like Clooney, Soros stay mum after nonprofit indicted over alleged $3M hate group informant scheme
https://www.aol.com/news/splc-high-profile-donors-clooney-033407448.html
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Has There Been a ‘Minneapolis Effect’ on Immigration Enforcement? ICE ‘interior arrests’ decrease 21.7 percent between December and March.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Has-There-Been-Minneapolis-Effect-Immigration-Enforcement
COLLEGE FIX
— Dozens of law schools still require DEI to graduate
https://www.thecollegefix.com/dozens-of-law-schools-still-require-dei-to-graduate-watchdog-group-finds/
— Arizona honors colleges push DEI, anti-capitalist, anti-Israel agendas
https://www.thecollegefix.com/arizona-honors-colleges-push-dei-anti-capitalist-anti-israel-agendas-report/
DAILY SIGNAL
— $10.5 Million in Medicaid Given to Illegal Aliens in Mississippi, State Auditor Says
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/27/10-5-million-in-medicaid-given-to-illegals-in-mississippi/
DAILY WIRE
— SPLC Does Not Define Hate Groups — Corporate America Shouldn’t Act Like It Does. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate groups. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT and ICRC.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-splc-does-not-define-hate-groups-corporate-america-shouldnt-act-like-it-does
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani education plan undermines merit
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6393804686112
— Radical activist groups circle wagons around Southern Poverty Law Center amid federal charges
https://www.aol.com/news/radical-activist-groups-circle-wagons-104218164.html
— Mamdani’s education plan’s ‘lack of merit’ could fundamentally change student outcomes. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I was able to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license not because of merit, but because I benefitted from discrimination against those who were minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdanis-education-plans-lack-merit-could-fundamentally-change-student-outcomes-gop-leader-warns
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mamdani has proposed phasing out the city’s gifted and talented programs for younger students over inequity concerns, a move critics argue could limit academic opportunities for high performers from low-income families. “That’s my biggest concern,” Forte told Fox News Digital. “The lack of merit and the lack of competitiveness…is going to lead to test scores declining and the quality of our education declining significantly.”)
WESTERN JOURNAL
— After Karoline Leavitt Calls Out Dems for Their Vile Anti-Trump Rhetoric, GOP Brings the Receipts. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most. I would start with past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) major Republican donors, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders. I would focus on the many big adverse actions that the aforesaid have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 2000.
https://www.westernjournal.com/karoline-leavitt-calls-dems-vile-anti-trump-rhetoric-gop-brings-receipts/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Leavitt also quoted Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who said, “Never before in my life have I called for mass protest disruptions. These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace.” Last fall, Pritzker took several minutes of a podcast to liken actions taken by Trump and his administration to Nazi Germany. “I think [Trump] needs to prove otherwise, because at the moment, he’s following precisely a kind of playbook that we’ve seen throughout history,” the governor said. “I also built a Holocaust museum with Holocaust survivors.” “I’m not suggesting we’re heading toward a Holocaust,” Pritzker hedged, but then continued, “I am suggesting, though, that authoritarianism, which they easily recognize the early stages of, is coming upon this country and that people are beginning to wake up and recognize it.” After podcast host Nicolle Wallace commended him for making the comparison, the governor dialed it back even further. “I do want to separate myself from the idea that I’m calling him Hitler. … I haven’t suggested that Donald Trump is Hitler,” Pritzker said. “I don’t think any Democrat has,” Wallace then responded, but that’s a false statement.)
— Leftist SPLC ‘secretly funneled’ over $3 million to members of white supremacist and extremist groups. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were extremist groups. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT and ICRC.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bombshell-indictment-leftist-splc-secretly-funneled-over-3-million-to-members-of-white-supremacist-and-extremist-groups/ar-AA21tdFt
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
AOL
— Fox News turns on Donald Trump in shock move as network reveals his awful approval ratings. DD: What percent of the following approve of what I do as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) major Republican donors, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders? My critics/opponents stress the many big adverse actions that the aforesaid have taken against me since 2000.
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/fox-news-turns-donald-trump-094600703.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump. Were it not for America’s military actions, there would be no Christianity, no Catholicism, and no Pope.
https://www.aol.com/archbishop-praises-popes-anti-war-111930827.html
https://www.aol.com/articles/famed-conclave-actor-praises-pope-211418228.html
THE HILL
— White House blames WHCA shooting on Democratic rhetoric.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5851255-democrats-rhetoric-trump-violence-whca-dinner/amp/
CNN
— White House blames press dinner shooting on systemic demonization of Trump by Democrats
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/27/politics/video/leavitt-whcd-rhetoric-digvid
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://apnews.com/video/leavitt-blames-democrats-for-promoting-rhetoric-that-fueled-cult-of-hatred-against-trump-a1e26a72f91e4deda172f8f546fda468
MSN
— Cole Allen’s LinkedIn gives glance into his background
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/alleged-whcd-gunman-cole-allens-linkedin-gives-glance-into-his-background/ar-AA21LLOJ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad. Since 2000, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly blamed defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct a) on me, b) on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, c) on what I did as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, d) on what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, and e) on what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I painted candidates on ballots in my precinct as being more conservative than they wanted to be, and that caused them to lose and/or b) that I promoted candidates who were unelectable because they were too conservative.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/77-percent-blame-trump-for-gas-prices-survey/ar-AA21IvLh
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/trump-faces-steep-approval-collapse/gm-GM1E49E466
NEW YORK TIMES
— Canada’s New Route to Citizenship Has Thousands of Americans Lining Up to Apply. DD: You can be loyal to only one country at a time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/world/canada/canadian-citizenship-by-descent-applications-americans-us.html
— Raising children. DD: My wife and I got married in 1978 when I was 29 and she was 27. We lived on one of our paychecks in anticipation of our having children. But we gave up trying to have children because we both had major fertility problems. My Democrat GAO superiors used that and our not adopting or becoming foster parents against me big time. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I lied about our efforts to have children. All my Democrat GAO superiors had children. They all complained about their paychecks and the time and money they spent raising their children. Their spouses had little or no income. According to them, if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, b) to earn a master’s degree in accounting, c) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, or d) to become a licensed CPA.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/business/children-rising-costs.html
USA TODAY
— Average cost of raising a child rises to $303,418. DD: My wife and I got married in 1978 when I was 29 and she was 27. We lived on one of our paychecks in anticipation of our having children. But we gave up trying to have children because we both had major fertility problems. My Democrat GAO superiors used that and our not adopting or becoming foster parents against me big time. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I lied about our efforts to have children. All my Democrat GAO superiors had children. They all complained about their paychecks and the time and money they spent raising their children. Their spouses had little or no income. According to them, if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, b) to earn a master’s degree in accounting, c) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, or d) to become a licensed CPA.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/04/22/cost-raising-child-by-state/89708045007/
SPECTRUM NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump. Were it not for America’s military actions, there would be no Christianity, no Catholicism, and no Pope.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2026/04/27/pope-leo-donald-trump-religion-
FORBES
— Career Coaches. DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, career-wise, what would have done differently? I would have majored in accounting from the beginning. I did not because I wrongly believed that I could not pass the CPA examination. But I passed it on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. But by then, it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being too old. Further, the accounting profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females, and I was none of the aforesaid. My doing the following did not help. I earned a master’s degree in accounting 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 became a certified fraud examiner when I was 41, government financial manager when I was 45, financial services auditor when I was 47, and forensic accountant when I was 48.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2026/04/27/why-job-seekers-shouldnt-skip-the-fundamentals/
TIME
— Pritzker May Be Running for More Than Governor
https://time.com/article/2026/04/28/jb-pritzker-trump-presidency-2028/
WEEK
— Cole Allen shared social media posts saying Trump staged previous assassination attempt. Allen’s social media showed that he shared posts comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and encouraged gun purchases.
https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2026/04/28/white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-suspect-cole-allen-shared-posts-saying-trump-staged-his-previous-assassination-attempt.html
KTRH
— Newsom Spent $1 Billion To Import 400,000 Extra Illegal Aliens
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2026-04-23-report-newsom-spent-1-billion-to-import-400000-extra-illegal-aliens/
FED WEEK
— Consolidating Job Classification a First Step in Larger Effort. DD: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically used my IRS job classification to force me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer. They ignored/dismissed/belittled a) the fact that much of what I did as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years was similar to what I would do as a GAO Analyst, b) the fact that GAO audits IRS, c) I had earned an MBA in 1976, d) I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and e) I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/consolidating-job-classification-a-first-step-in-larger-effort-says-opm/
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump. Were it not for America’s military actions, there would be no Christianity, no Catholicism, and no Pope.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/pope-leo-trump-iran/686964/
RAW STORY
— ‘Unsettling’: New details emerge about suspected would-be WHCD shooter
https://www.rawstory.com/cole-allen-unsettling-new-detail/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
WION NEWS
— ‘Friendly Federal Assassin’ Allen was carrying THESE weapons when he tried to assassinate Trump at WHCD
https://www.wionews.com/photos/-friendly-federal-assassin-allen-was-carrying-these-weapons-when-he-tried-to-assassinate-trump-at-whcd-1777354027890
(FROM THE ARTICLE: a 12-gauge pump-action Mossberg shotgun and a .38 semiautomatic pistol, along with “at least three knives and all kinds of paraphernalia.”)
AL JAZEERA
— DD: Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/27/leavitt-blames-democrats-for-cult-of-hatred-against-trump
— DD: Democrat leaders and the rest of America’s enemies ever-increasingly side with Iran against America.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/27/iran-very-skilful-as-us-humiliated-says-german-chancellor
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/27/have-us-iran-talks-failed-why-no-deal-yet-doesnt-mean-diplomacy-is-dead
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/27/iran-war-whats-happening-on-day-59-amid-diplomatic-push-to-end-conflict
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/27/who-holds-the-cards-in-iran-us-talks
April 25, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Morris mom is pushing for tougher child grooming laws in Illinois
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/morris-mom-is-pushing-for-tougher-child-grooming-laws-in-illinois/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: The less death penalty, the more murders.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/04/24/pope-leo-affirms-support-illinois-death-penalty-ban-2011-quinn-ryan-trump-firing-squads
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Illinois Democrats pass redistricting amendment
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/dems-pass-redistricting-amendment/article_b129fa30-b330-432b-9d34-29d2c36df89a.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/will-trumps-reclassifying-of-medical-marijuana-have-any-impact-on-criminal-justice-reform/article_dee2f674-2547-58dd-8039-5954afb6d6b5.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use veterans to promote Iran.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-04-24/at-a-veteran-led-protest-on-capitol-hill-grief-and-dismay-reverberate-over-iran-war
WGLT
— DD: Democrat leaders use veterans to push more pot.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-04-24/why-veterans-want-looser-research-restrictions-on-psychedelics-and-marijuana
WCIA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wcia.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-reclassifying-marijuana-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-might-only-be-the-first-step-for-trump/
KWQC
— Illinois House approves redistricting amendment
https://www.kwqc.com/2026/04/24/house-approves-redistricting-amendment-fearing-federal-voting-rights-act-will-be-eliminated/
EFFINGHAM RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2026/04/25/governor-pritzker-awards-95-loans-to-licensed-social-equity-cannabis-businesses-across-all-license-types/
NADIG NEWSPAPERS
— Which Chicago schools will be sending students to May Day rallies? CPS says it’s up to each principal.
https://nadignewspapers.com/which-chicago-schools-will-be-sending-students-to-may-day-rallies-cps-says-its-up-to-each-principal/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Return on investment questioned as Chicago Red Line construction begins. DD: I lived in Crete 1948-1972. If commuter rail service had existed for Crete, Steger, or Chicago Heights, my entire life would be different. Commuter rail service for University Park was a big reason why I bought a new townhome there in 1972.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5ea5f86a-28ec-4841-8609-f79db7aac72b.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Ferrari drivers on food stamps — how states help scammers game welfare.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/22/opinion/ferraris-and-food-stamps-states-help-scammers-game-welfare/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Why (Traditional) Marriage Matters
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-traditional-marriage-matters/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Voters in Virginia narrowly passed a gerrymander Tuesday that could eliminate up to four GOP congressional seats. Democrats are thrilled. They need only three seats to win control of the House of Representatives this November.
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/virginias-gerrymander-is-a-pyrrhic-victory-for-democrats/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago schools reward protest while students can’t read. Some of the sentiments expressed in Chicago could have been ripped from Mao’s Little Red Book and speeches.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-chicago-schools-reward-protest-students-cant-read
— New HUD rules will stop sheltering illegals in public housing.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/new-hud-rules-stop-sheltering-illegals-public-housing-heres-really-benefits
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— SPLC – The Racial Arsonist Fundraised Off The Fire. “This has got to be just the tip of the iceberg, not just for SPLC but for a lot of left-wing movements.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/04/splc-the-racial-arsonist-fundraised-off-the-fire/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats, not Trump, started the gerrymander fight
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5846155-democrats-responsible-gerrymandering/
WASHINGTON POST
— Generous Federal Retirement System. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. I have gotten a CSRS pension since I was 49 in 1997. Currently, it is $68,640/year. In addition, the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance premiums since 1966 and 72% of my wife’s health insurance premiums since 1978. My critics/opponents are ever-increasingly furious about that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/10/18/generous-federal-retirement-system/3a9ef61d-0601-4bc7-a967-708c3a0a2c33/
BOSTON GLOBE
— DD: What demonstrates your mental capacity? For me, it is my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/24/opinion/president-trump-mentally-unfit-debate/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Obama’s Gerrymandering Pivot Opened a New Strategic Front for Democrats
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/obama-democrats-congressional-map-redistricting-97e39b4c
KIPLINGER
— States That Won’t Tax Your Retirement Income in 2026
https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/states-that-dont-tax-retirement-income
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois has a flat income tax rate of 4.95%. However, the state doesn’t tax retirement income, meaning Social Security benefits, pensions, IRA, and 401(k) distributions are state tax-exempt. But Illinois does tax: Investment income. Gas (Illinois has one of the highest gas taxes in the U.S.). Estates worth more than $8 million (in 2026).)
WEEK
— Gerrymandering warps the balance of minority and majority rights. DD: Ever-increasingly, in Illinois, under the Democrats, those who are the following are in the minority or will soon to be in the minority: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://theweek.com/politics/instant-opinion-gerrymandering-texas-cuba-hospitals-tech
MEDIA MATTERS
— DD: What demonstrates your mental capacity? For me, it is my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.mediamatters.org/ms-now-msnbc/deadline-white-house-angelo-carusone-discusses-mainstream-media-ignoring-donald-trumps
FROM OTHER SOURCES
ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— Sitting for the CPA examination. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old in 1979 because my Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me a) had not taken the examination or b) had taken it, but failed it.
https://www.icpas.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/future-cpa/cpa-candidates/cpaexam-faq.pdf
— CPA License Requirements. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981 because my Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me a) had not applied to be licensed or b) had applied, but had been rejected.
https://www.icpas.org/information/licensing-registration/initial-license-requirements
INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS
— Become a Certified Internal Auditor. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I passed the CIA examination on my first attempt when I was 32 years old in 1981 because my Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me a) had not taken the examination or b) had taken it, but failed it.
https://www.theiia.org/en/certifications/cia/
April 22, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Democrats trying to get ‘millionaire tax’ and redistricting amendment questions on fall ballot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/22/illinois-millionaire-tax-redistricting-amendment-questions/
DAILY HERALD
— Illinois House approves redistricting amendment, fearing federal Voting Rights Act will be eliminated
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260422/illinois-state-politics/illinois-house-approves-redistricting-amendment-fearing-federal-voting-rights-act-will-be-eliminate/
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their millionaires tax.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-millionaires-tax-proposal-seeks-fund-education-provide-relief-3-surcharge-people-earning-1-million/18945058/
— Video shows car explosion amid takeover on Chicago’s South Side
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-car-takeover-fire-explodes-76th-street-ashland-avenue-saturday-april-18-gresham/18932977/
WBEZ
— How has the Black Chicago accent retained its Southern roots?
https://www.wbez.org/curious-city/2026/04/22/how-has-the-black-chicago-accent-retained-its-southern-roots
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Five years later, Black caucus says SAFE-T Act working just fine
https://archive.ph/a7W6E#selection-3554.0-3554.3
Q985
— Illinois Marijuana Arrests Rise After Legalization
https://q985online.com/ixp/721/p/illinois-marijuana-arrests-rise/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-509/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois millionaire’s tax moves closer to November ballot
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1252da07-7b75-43d8-8af0-edd51c6eb765.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— IRS: Illinois led nation in rate of income loss in 2023
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/irs-illinois-led-nation-in-rate-of-income-loss-in-2023/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. My critics/opponents succeeded in having their operatives and their dupes end my chairmanship and destroy TAPROOT in 2012. My critics/opponents have always blamed me for all the problems that TAPROOT had.
http://www.gopillinois.com
(FROM GOOGLE AI: The Taproot Republicans of Illinois is a DuPage County-based political organization that focuses on public policy and supporting Republican candidates. Historically, it has been active in hosting events such as candidate forums and annual brunches to engage with policymakers. The group prioritizes public policy and policymakers over purely partisan campaign activities. It primarily operates within DuPage County, often hosting meetings in areas like Downers Grove or Willowbrook. The organization has historically honored prominent Illinois Republicans, such as the late U.S. Congressman Henry J. Hyde, who received awards from the group for his defense of the Constitution. While the group has held recurring events like an “annual brunch” as recently as 2024, it maintains a relatively low digital profile compared to larger state-level political committees.)
— I served on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee (SC) 2003-2007. My critics/opponents succeeded in having their operatives and their dupes end my ICRC SC membership and destroy ICRC in 2007. My critics/opponents have always blamed me for all the problems that ICRC had.
http://www.gopillinois.com
(FROM GOOGLE AI: The Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) is a political organization that aims to unify various conservative and center-right factions within Illinois. It often serves as a networking and coordinating body for Republican candidates, activists, and affiliated organizations to promote conservative principles in the state. ICRC frequently provides endorsements for local and statewide candidates who align with their platform. For instance, current 2026 Republican Secretary of State nominee Diane Harris has previously served as the chair of the coalition. The group hosts annual conventions and forums to bring together conservative leaders and discuss policy priorities for Illinois. It operates as a hub for precinct committeepersons and grassroots organizers to share campaign information and coordinate social platform outreach. The coalition generally adheres to traditional center-right and conservative viewpoints, including: Fiscal Conservatism: Prioritizing balanced budgets and reducing government waste. Economic Liberty: Promoting free enterprise and private property rights. Social Values: Supporting Judeo-Christian frameworks and traditional family structures. Governance: Advocating for election integrity, secure borders, and limited government scope. ICRC remains active in the 2026 election cycle, with former and current members participating in primary races to challenge incumbent Democratic officials.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— More Democrats, fewer Republicans, to address college graduates as anti-Trump tensions grow
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/20/democrats-fewer-republicans-address-college-graduates-anti-trump/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— CPAC Is Dead. CPAC 2026 underscored a movement conference in decline, marked by thin crowds, internal contradictions, and a widening gap between its rhetoric and its base.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/04/22/cpac-is-dead/
BREITBART
— Newsom Spent $1 Billion to Import 400,000 Extra Illegal Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/04/22/report-gov-newsom-spent-1-billion-to-import-400000-extra-illegal-migrants/
FOX NEWS
— America must choose between faith, order and a culture of lawlessness. Rooftop Revelations: Victor Glover’s biblical call to be neighbors and a young father’s brutal death in Chicago represent two competing visions for America’
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/america-must-choose-faith-order-culture-lawlessness
— The truth behind the gender wage gap myth isn’t what you’ve been told. AAUW and Department of Labor research find most of the commonly cited disparity is explained by individual worker choices.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/truth-behind-gender-wage-gap-myth-isnt-youve-told
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Rise of a Dangerous Anti-American Ideology
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/04/intersectionality-the-rise-of-a-dangerous-anti-american-ideology/
TOWNHALL
— Anti-ICE Protesters Are Stalking Federal Employees in Minneapolis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/04/22/whipple-federal-building-employee-stalked-by-protesters-n2674881
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— White men are disfavored.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/desantis-signs-florida-law-banning-local-dei-22220777.php
CBS NEWS
— Senate defeats Democrats’ 5th attempt to limit Trump’s war powers in Iran
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-trump-war-powers-iran/
USA TODAY
— Democrats put unions over families. DD: Are/were you a union member? I was a union member 1966-1969 while I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office. I was a union member 1971-1980 while I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most. I would focus on those who have shouted the loudest that federal employees are overpaid because of federal unions, and that therefore, I was overpaid. In today’s dollars, my Post Office salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour and my IRS salary increased from $56,409/year to $113,402/year. In my defense, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, I earned an MBA in 1976, and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/04/22/democrats-trump-tax-credit-scholarship-program/89713286007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— It’s Not Just People Moving to Texas. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker authors a signature policy disaster.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/its-not-just-people-moving-to-texas-653ba966
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Are federal workers grossly overpaid or underpaid? DD: Are/were you a union member? I was a union member 1966-1969 while I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office. I was a union member 1971-1980 while I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most. I would focus on those who have shouted the loudest that federal employees are overpaid because of federal unions, and that therefore, I was overpaid. In today’s dollars, my Post Office salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour and my IRS salary increased from $56,409/year to $113,402/year. In my defense, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, I earned an MBA in 1976, and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-report/2019/07/are-federal-workers-grossly-overpaid-or-underpaid/
April 22, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Local labor leaders call for economic blackout on May Day. DD: Are/were you a union member? I was a union member 1966-1969 while I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office. I was a union member 1971-1980 while I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most. I would focus on those who have shouted the loudest that federal employees are overpaid because of federal unions, and that therefore, I was overpaid. In today’s dollars, my Post Office salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour and my IRS salary increased from $56,409/year to $113,402/year. In my defense, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, I earned an MBA in 1976, and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/local-labor-leaders-call-for-economic-blackout-on-may-day/vi-AA20rAPn
— Cannabis linked to slower cognitive development in teens. Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that teenagers who use cannabis show slower thinking and memory skills as they get older. DD: I have never used pot and I never will. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to a) earn an ACT score of 24 and graduate in the upper 20% of my class, b) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, c) earn three job-related master’s degrees, d) earn six job-related professional certifications, and e) earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/cannabis-linked-to-slower-cognitive-development-in-teens-health-watch/
— DD: Those who vote against Trump want more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, e) abortion, f) mass/illegal immigration, g) vice, h) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or i) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination. Those who vote against Trump are anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-those who have more money than they have, anti-married people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/columbia-college-hosts-documentary-screening-for-alumnus-made-why-trump-two-americas/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Jerseyville protest group draws honks at weekly anti-Trump rallies
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/jerseyville-protests-standing-together-anti-war-22216748.php
WAND TV
— IL Freedom Caucus airs grievances about Democrats blocking their bills
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-freedom-caucus-airs-grievances-about-democrats-blocking-their-bills/article_c7cc6521-0a40-477b-b436-2dddca51a7a6.html
CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION
— Time to Plan Your Civic Day of Action on May 1st
https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/time-to-plan-your-civic-day-of-action-on-may-1st/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Bob Fioretti, the Republican candidate for Illinois attorney general, has been endorsed by Retired Chief of Riverside Police Tom Weitzel. Weitzel is a 37-year veteran of law enforcement who praised Fioretti’s “decades of legal experience, a proven commitment to justice, and a willingness to challenge the political establishment when it fails the people of Illinois.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/22/back-at-work-under-a-cloud-00885862
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What differentiates Democrat candidates, elected officials, and party leaders from RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders? Democrat candidates, elected officials, and party leaders aggressively defend and advance the Democrat Party platform. RINO candidates, elected officials, and party leaders do not defend and advance the Republican Party platform. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What does Google AI say about you and what you do? Google AI says the following about me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: “GOPUSA ILLINOIS is a long-standing, conservative political news aggregator and daily newsletter focused on Illinois government and Republican politics. The newsletter is curated and edited by David Diersen, who has managed the publication for over two decades. It primarily consists of “Daily Clips”—a comprehensive collection of links and excerpts from various news outlets (local, state, and national) that impact Illinois Republicans. Updates are typically delivered twice daily. You can read the latest editions directly at www.gopillinois.com . Editor David Diersen frequently posts notifications when new newsletters are live on his Facebook profile. To subscribe or manage existing email updates, users can find contact and administrative links at the bottom of the email versions or through the main GOPUSA Contact Page.” – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What impact did the grade school(s) that your parents sent you to have on you? My parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and e) job-related professional license. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Republicans say Dems’ redistricting amendment would create more corrupt maps
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e297d104-1d6f-4c11-b617-7dcfbdb3284e.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois income growth lags U.S. under Pritzker
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-income-growth-lags-u-s-under-pritzker/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Election Fraud Allegations Emerge in Illinois GOP Insider-Run Elections. DD: Since 2000, I have fought for direct election of Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members. Since 2000, those who oppose direct election of IRP SCC members have done everything that they could to destroy me.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/04/election-fraud-allegations-emerge-in-illinois-gop-insider-run-elections.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Ingredients that Make Up a Democrat
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/the_ingredients_that_make_up_a_democrat.html
CENTER SQUARE
— National Education Association has given nearly two million dollars in donations since 2020 to an organization that trains for May Day school “walk-in” protests, as well as demands agendas such as “tax the rich” and the removal of ICE.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/report-teacher-s-union-gives-nearly-2m-to-org-that-trains-for-may-day-protests/ar-AA20lY4E
DAILY SIGNAL
— The SPLC Was Paying the Ku Klux Klan, DOJ Indictment Claims
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/21/splc-paid-ku-klux-klan-doj-indictment-claims/
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
— DD: I should write about those who did the most to destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and the Illinois Center Right Coalition.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1437146/dl
(FROM THE LAWSUIT: The Southern Poverty Law Center’s (“SPLC”) stated mission included the dismantling of white supremacy and confronting hate across the country. However, unbeknownst to donors, some of their donated money was being used to fund the leaders and organizers of racist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nation, and the National Alliance.)
FOX NEWS
— Cubs’ co-owner pushes back on woke backlash Matt Shaw received for attending Charlie Kirk’s memorial. Ricketts told Dan Dakich that Shaw and Kirk were close friends who met in Arizona outside of politics or baseball.
https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/cubs-co-owner-pushes-back-woke-backlash-matt-shaw-received-attending-charlie-kirks-memorial
JONATHAN TURLEY
— Chicago to Subsidize May Day Protests By Teachers
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/04/21/civic-action-requires-more-than-textbooks-chicago-to-subsidizes-may-day-protests/amp/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Liberals and moderates fight Turning Point USA
https://apnews.com/article/turning-point-clubs-high-schools-charlie-kirk-6ff5b410b6c5272e2203b6adac4a198c
USA TODAY
— Work experience predicts whether a college graduate lands a job out of school. Working during college more than doubles graduates’ odds of landing a job (81% vs 40%). DD: Yes, but your employers and the type of work experience matters the most. I worked for the Park Forest Post Office while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1969. That work experience did not impress potential employers when I graduated from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in management. For some, if not many, if not most, if not virtually all of my potential employers, it worked against me. Virtually all employers view federal employees negatively. Because of that, I took and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination as a backup before I graduated.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/04/21/work-strongest-predictor-post-graduation-employment/89699839007/
CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— Illinois CPA Society Names 2026 Award Recipients. DD: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32 in 1981. To discredit me, my critics/opponents have always not only ignored/dismissed/belittled the aforesaid, but they have stressed that my scores could have been better.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2026/04/21/illinois-cpa-society-names-2026-award-recipients/182002/
CHILD TRENDS
— Lessons for Engaging Youth in After-School Programs. DD: I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969, I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970.
https://www.childtrends.org/publications/5-lessons-engaging-youth-participants-education-program
April 18, 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/2026/04/17/ice-operation-midway-blitz-response-illinois-congressional-delegation-letter
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/04/17/after-mather-student-and-mom-detained-by-ice-a-school-and-soccer-community-are-left-reeling
— Rahm Emanuel’s mayoral record ‘disqualifying’ for a possible presidential contender, Johnson says. DD: What in your record do your critics/opponents use to disqualify you? My critics/opponents use the articles that I have linked to in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and the comments that I have made on them since 2000. In addition, they use what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that what I have done has caused all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/04/16/mayor-brandon-johnson-rahm-emanuel-presidential-bid-2028
DAILY HERALD
— Fenne reelected College of DuPage board chairwoman
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260417/news/fenne-reelected-college-of-dupage-board-chairwoman/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Legal migration of “wealth” issue of growing importance. DD: If you are a Republican in Illinois, the more money that you have, the more that Illinois Democrats do to drive you out of Illinois.
https://archive.ph/yLqU6#selection-3558.0-3558.3
SHAW LOCAL
— 60 dead people found on Illinois jury panel, triggering constitutional challenge
https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/2026/04/17/60-dead-people-found-on-illinois-jury-panel-triggering-constitutional-challenge/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/why-the-future-of-marijuana-legalization-remains-22211801.php
WAND TV
— DD: Pot is never safe. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/is-cannabis-safe-in-pregnancy/526-9edcdee2-2637-433f-997e-8ed54b4c3534
WGLT
— Illinois House Republicans split on bill allowing eligible high schoolers to register to vote
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-04-17/illinois-house-republicans-split-on-bill-allowing-eligible-high-schoolers-to-register-to-vote
HYDE PARK HERALD
— ‘Parent takeover’ greets teen gathering on 53rd Street. DD: How soon will Democrat leaders have their teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.hpherald.com/evening_digest/parent-takeover-greets-teen-gathering-on-53rd-street/article_d0f22d1e-09ab-4b11-8e6d-0391be7acd6b.html
SOUTHSDE PATCH
— Chicago Parents, Mentors, Teens Come Together To Discuss Solutions To Teen Takeovers. My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, which hosted the event, is a nonprofit dedicated to improving outcomes for boys and young men of color. DD: How soon will Democrat leaders have their teens takeover your downtown?
https://patch.com/illinois/southside/chicago-parents-mentors-teens-come-together-discuss-solutions-teen-takeovers
CHICAGO TODAY
— Chicago Pension Buyout Proposal Shifts Debt, Fails to Address Broader Fiscal Woes. DD: Since I was 49 in 1997, to stop me from coming to work, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $2 million in today’s dollars. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. GAO audits IRS. They especially do not want Republicans like me to audit IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, I brought with me almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988. I also brought with me what I learned earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. Because they assigned me to audits of federal financial regulators in 1990, I started taking graduate finance courses at IIT in 1992 and earned a master’s degree in Financial Markets and Trading from IIT in 1997. My Democrat GAO flushed all the aforesaid down their toilets when they succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://nationaltoday.com/us/il/chicago/news/2026/04/15/chicago-pension-buyout-proposal-shifts-debt-fails-to-address-broader-fiscal-woes/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-506/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Public Schools will stay open May 1
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-public-schools-will-stay-open-may-1/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Insiders vs. Voters: How Illinois Republicans Shut Out Their Own Base
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/04/insiders-vs-voters-how-illinois-republicans-shut-out-their-own-base.html
— Springfield Lawmakers Name Sandwiches While Illinois Families Face Crime, High Taxes
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/04/springfield-lawmakers-name-sandwiches-while-illinois-families-face-crime-high-taxes.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump seeks to rally youth vote for GOP at Turning Point USA event
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/17/trump-seeks-rally-youth-vote-gop-turning-point-usa-event/
— The pope is wrong on Iran. Here’s why.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/17/pope-wrong-iran-heres/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Marriage is what really matters
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4533807/what-really-matters-is-marriage/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Rep. John Larson (D-CT) has introduced 13 articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, House Resolution 1155
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-it-time-to-impeach-trump/
AMERICAN THINKER
— DHS Says It Costs $18,000 To Deport An Illegal Alien. It’s criminal that taxpayers must foot that bill, but it’s worth every penny.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/dhs_says_it_costs_18_000_to_deport_an_illegal_alien.html
DAILY CITIZEN
— Teachers Unions Celebrate ‘May Day’ – A Communist Workers Holiday
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/what-is-may-day/
FEDERALIST
— Racial Preferences in Economic Benefits: From Widely Accepted to Legally Indefensible. DD: During the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat elected officials to hire, to retain, and to promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasing rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. During the 4 years that I served on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee and during the 7 years that I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organizations were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to promote more minorities, females, younger people, and/or veterans.
https://fedsoc.org/fedsoc-review/racial-preferences-in-economic-benefits-from-widely-accepted-to-legally-indefensible
FOX NEWS
— Detroit teen takeover spirals into chaos—gunfire reported as police rush in day after leaders call for calm. DD: How soon will Democrat leaders have their teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/teen-takeover-spirals-into-chaos-gunfire-reported-as-police-rush-in-day-after-leaders-call-for-calm/ar-AA20RBzV
— Washington Post columnist argues Muslims shouldn’t have to assimilate in America. ‘I’m tired of proving I belong in America,’ Shadi Hamid wrote.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-columnist-argues-muslims-shouldnt-have-assimilate-america
— Illegal street racing ‘takeover’ explodes as hundreds swarm Atlanta streets and suspects bolt. DD: How soon will Democrat leaders have their teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.aol.com/articles/watch-illegal-street-racing-takeover-184656578.html
NEWSMAX
— As Muslims gain in numbers and influence in the United States, they’ve become more reluctant to assimilate — to become Americanized.
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/mamdani-roosevelt-sharia/2026/04/17/id/1253302/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/sharia-radical-islam-make-the-case-for-muslim-assimilation/ar-AA2193tY
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Trump holds Turning Point USA rally. DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasing use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-holds-turning-point-usa-rally-amid-growing-tensions-with-the-pope-261613637721
AOL
— DC expands juvenile curfew zones across four neighborhoods. DD: How soon will Democrat leaders have their teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.aol.com/news/dc-mayor-bowser-reinstates-limited-125607730.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasing use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/us/politics/republicans-trump-pope-midterms.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: To discourage assimilation is to destroy America. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. They were slow to assimilate. All my grandparents spoke German. Consequently, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/04/08/muslims-religion-republicans-assimilation/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America Loses Its Will to Work. From the War on Poverty to ‘quiet quitting,’ we’ve stopped appreciating the value of honest labor.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-loses-its-will-to-work-85d74fd6
BLOOMBERG
— Mass Migration Has ‘Serious Social Consequences’
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-lionel-shriver-weekend-interview/?embedded-checkout=true
BLOOMBERG GOVERNMENT
— DD: To “work across the aisle,” RINO leaders destroy conservatives like me and destroy conservative organizations like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition.
https://about.bgov.com/insights/news/moderate-republicans-struggle-to-hold-the-center-as-fringe-grows/
DARTMOUTH
— Looking at the Future of American Democracy. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly use democracy a) to take more and more and more away from Republicans and b) to give it all to Democrats.
https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2026/04/looking-future-american-democracy
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I was born way back in 1948. If I had been born later, because I am all of the aforesaid bad demographics, I would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree, earn three master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, and earn a professional license. Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders give more and more and more preference to those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/time-travel-across-borders/202402/why-americans-see-a-gloomy-future-but-others-dont
CATO
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Islam.
https://www.cato.org/blog/muslim-immigrants-assimilate-even-more-polls-muslims-indicate
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight assimilation.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/1/27/2365703/community/why-assimilation-fails-in-the-us/
GAO
— Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request. DD: GAO is supposed to fight fraud, waste, and abuse. But since I was 49 in 1997, to stop me from coming to work, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $2 million in today’s dollars. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. GAO audits IRS. They especially do not want Republicans like me to audit IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, I brought with me almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988. I also brought with me what I learned earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. Because they assigned me to audits of federal financial regulators in 1990, I started taking graduate finance courses at IIT in 1992 and earned a master’s degree in Financial Markets and Trading from IIT in 1997. My Democrat GAO flushed all the aforesaid down their toilets when they succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-900719
April 17, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders hint/imply/imply/shout that Trump inspires threats against the Pope.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pope-leos-brother-john-prevost-receive-false-bomb-threat-new-lenox-illinois-police-say/18899122/
CBS2
— Chicago parents, mentors, teens come together to discuss solutions to teen takeovers. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-parents-mentors-teens-come-together-to-discuss-solutions-to-teen-takeovers/
FOX32
— Chicago FOP president calls Mayor Johnson a ‘coward’ over teen takeover response. Chicago FOP President John Catanzara delivers fiery remarks on the growing issue of teen takeovers, sharply criticizing Mayor Brandon Johnson’s response and calling for stronger action. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-f5oclwr0snegiv2b
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bailey, lacking big fundraising help, spent just $2.30 per vote to win Illinois GOP governor primary.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/16/illinois-republican-darren-bailey-shoestring-primary-win/
— Pritzker pumped $10 million into Juliana Stratton’s Senate primary win through outside PAC
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/16/jb-pritzker-10-million-stratton-senate/
— The Will County Board voted Thursday to approve a 2,400-acre solar farm near Crete and reversed course on six previously denied solar projects near New Lenox, Wilmington, Shorewood and Channahon.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/16/will-county-solar-farm-votes/
— Salvi: Pritzker should welcome federal tax dollars that would benefit our students
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/17/letters-041726-jb-pritzker-federal-tax-credit-scholarship-program/
(FROM THE LETTER: As a mother of six and grandmother to 12 and a product of public school education, I am deeply troubled by the Chicago Board of Education’s recent decision to urge Gov. JB Pritzker to reject federal funding from the Education Freedom Tax Credit that expands school choice for Illinois families. This reckless decision proves that if President Donald Trump and Republicans are for something, Illinois Democrats are against it, even when it helps our children and empowers our families. This commonsense legislation creates new opportunities for scholarships that help make quality education more affordable. It enables parents to choose the school — public, private, charter or otherwise — that best meets their child’s unique needs. No child should be trapped in a failing school simply because of their ZIP code. Yet, unfortunately, the Board of Education and Mayor Brandon Johnson would rather slam the door shut on these opportunities than allow families real options for their children. Illinois Democrats continue to prioritize political control over our students. They care more about the numbers of students enrolled in failing schools than in educating our students and being held accountable for their schools’ failures to educate them. As chair of the Illinois Republican Party and a proud mom and grandmother who always puts children first, I call on Pritzker to reject this shortsighted resolution and embrace the opportunity to give every Illinois family the educational freedom they deserve. Our kids’ futures are too important to sacrifice for partisan ideology.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republicans rip 4 blue states for keeping taxes on tips, overtime after Trump reprieve. GOP rips Dem obstruction on ‘making life more affordable’ before midterms.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-rip-4-blue-states-keeping-taxes-tips-overtime-trump-reprieve
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican Party Chair Kathy Salvi says that while Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is running for re-election in the nation’s third-largest blue state, he is really positioning himself for a 2028 presidential campaign on the agenda of obstructing Trump. “Last year, President Trump delivered the largest tax cut in American history, putting millions of dollars back in the pockets of Americans; this commonsense legislation is good for Illinois, but wannabe president, JB Pritzker would rather slam the door shut on opportunity and relief, knowing full well that he supported and empowered Joe Biden’s economic disaster,” Salvi told Fox News Digital.
— Burdened by costs of an ICE facility in town, Broadview reckons with a spotlight it never wanted. While communities elsewhere have been shielded from the costs of ICE facilities, the western suburb was stuck with bills for nearly $400,000. The costs continue as Broadview preps its new budget. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/04/17/burdened-by-costs-of-an-ice-facility-in-town-broadview-reckons-with-a-spotlight-it-never-wanted
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at Black women, and at everyone else, that Republicans who are the following cause all the problems that Black women and everyone else have: conservative, White, male. older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/04/17/black-women-chicago-power-rising-summit-kamala-harris-juliana-stratton-empowerment-voting-elections
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Did SAFE-T Act loophole contribute to DuPage County slaying? Top prosecutor thinks so.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260416/crime/did-safe-t-act-loophole-contribute-to-dupage-county-slaying-top-prosecutor-thinks-so/
— DuPage County forced to pay bill after vendor disables election equipment
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260416/local-politics/dupage-county-forced-to-pay-bill-after-vendor-disables-election-equipment/
— DuPage Democrats reelect party chair
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260416/news/dupage-democrats-reelect-party-chair/
EVANSTON NOW
— Schakowsky to lead July 4 parade. DD: I was the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks between 2005 and 2020. The Democrats, the RINOs, and the Democrat plants who run Wheaton ended that in 2021.
https://evanstonnow.com/schakowsky-to-lead-july-4-parade/
ST. LOUIS TODAY
— Nearly 1 in 4 people seeking abortions out of state chose Illinois.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/article_b1b3b727-165d-41d2-ad8f-76205e5ba128.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that they are going to drive all Republicans out of Illinois starting with those who are conservative, White, male. older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/stratton-urges-democrats-to-offer-bold-solutions-not-the-bare-minimum/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker’s cash surge lifted Stratton. DD: How much cash will Pritzker give each Democrat candidate on the November 3 ballot in your precinct? To vote for Democrats is to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/17/pritzkers-cash-surge-lifted-stratton-00877876
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican State Central Committee has elected its new members, including state Reps. Patrick Sheehan and Jason Bunting. Illinois House GOP attorney Zach Emberton defeated Republican insider Tom DeVore. Beth Findley Smith succeeds her former husband, Larry Smith. And incumbents who won reelection are Aaron Del Mar, who’s running as the lieutenant governor candidate, and Debbie Kanarowski, Joan LaSonde and Rhonda Belford. Here’s the full list.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-718/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-505/
— Another loss for Tom DeVore
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/16/another-day-another-loss-for-tom-devore-2/
— Sen. Rezin: ‘There is a broken concept in Springfield that the taxpayers’ money belongs to the government”
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/16/sen-rezin-there-is-a-broken-concept-in-springfield-that-the-taxpayers%e2%80%99-money-belongs-to-the-government/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP State Central Committee Results
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/04/16/gop-state-central-committee-results/
— Bill to Send Kids to Mental Health Providers without Parental Permission Passes Senate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/04/16/bill-to-send-kids-to-mental-health-providers-without-parental-permission/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Bill advances to prevent local governments from clearing homeless camps. DD: Where do Democrat leaders want to put their homeless camps in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_9ad50af0-4bff-4018-a1ef-1a3d8f7dfb11.html
— Illinois lawmakers grill diversity commission over lack of progress. DD: During the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat elected officials to hire, to retain, and to promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasing rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. During the 4 years that I served on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee and during the 7 years that I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organizations were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to promote more minorities, females, younger people, and/or veterans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e449012f-e439-47b0-9dfe-14e3ac89c8d5.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Hundreds Rally in Springfield for IGOLD 2026 as Gun Owners Push Back on Democrat Policies.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/04/hundreds-rally-in-springfield-for-igold-2026-as-gun-owners-push-back-on-democrat-policies.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— It would be great if conservative organizations in Illinois and Republican organizations in Illinois, including the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, would issue more press releases and include GOPUSA ILLINOIS at diersen@aol.com on their press release lists. Facebook is a Democrat website. Posting something on Facebook is not issuing a press release. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Yes, Muslims should assimilate to belong. DD: All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. They were slow to assimilate. All my grandparents spoke German. Consequently, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4528627/muslims-should-assimilate-to-belong/
NEW YORK POST
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I was born way back in 1948. If I had been born later, because I am all of the aforesaid, I would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree, earn three master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, and earn a professional license.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/16/lifestyle/the-american-dream-still-persists-despite-financial-stress-new-survey-suggests/
— DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Whites and men cannot advance unless they promise more preference for minorities and for females.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/07/opinion/zohran-mamdanis-acs-choice-puts-racial-equity-above-keeping-nyc-kids-safe-and-alive/
— Woke Boston mayor hands out $500 haircut and massage vouchers to queer and trans migrants, refugees
https://nypost.com/2026/04/16/us-news/woke-boston-mayor-hands-out-500-haircut-and-massage-vouchers-to-queer-and-trans-migrants-refugees/
AMAC
— Chicago Democrats Deny Scholarships to Students to Spite Trump
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/chicago-democrats-deny-scholarships-to-students-to-spite-trump/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— DD: Google ever-increasingly exists a) to promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party and b) to destroy conservative principles and the Republican Party.
https://www.aei.org/articles/the-real-reason-republicans-should-be-concerned-google-skews-liberal/
CITY JOURNAL
— DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Whites and men cannot advance unless they promise more preference for minorities and for females.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-city-mamdani-racial-equity-plan
DAILY CALLER
— Leave it to a Muslim to accidentally prove why Muslims don’t belong in America. “I’m tired of proving I belong in America,” reads the headline of a Washington Post opinion piece by Shadi Hamid.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/muslim-makes-perfect-case-for-keeping-muslims-out-of-america/ar-AA20wYo8
DAILY SIGNAL
— Americans Want Mass Deportations, Not Amnesty
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/16/americans-want-mass-deportations-not-amnesty/
FOX NEWS
— DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Whites and men cannot advance unless they promise more preference for minorities and for females.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-unveils-new-racial-equity-plan-more-equitable-future-prompts-quick-doj-pushback
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-mayor-cites-180k-racial-wealth-gap-justify-taxes-police-cuts
— The Secret Service doesn’t have a recruiting problem, it has a hiring problem — how woke, DEI hiring practices have destroyed the world’s most enigmatic and foremost protective agency.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/i-supervisor-secret-service-has-huge-problems-people-hires
— DD: How successful will foreign countries be using birthright citizenship to destroy America?
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/president-trumps-birthright-citizenship-fight-history-hysteria
HANNITY
— AGE ADVANTAGE: Trump’s Support Among Seniors Historically Strong In Second Term. DD: To get votes from those who are minority, female, and/or younger, the Republican Party ever-increasingly replaces it leaders who are White, male, and/or older with those who are minority, female, and/or younger.
https://hannity.com/media-room/age-advantage-trumps-support-among-seniors-historically-strong-in-second-term-watch/
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Shadi Hamid, a Muslim Washington Post columnist, Makes Outlandish Claims About Islam, Assimilation, and America
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/shadi-hamid-makes-outlandish-claims-about-islam-assimilation-and-america
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hamid’s arguments are likely to repel even those who harbored hopes that Muslim immigrants and their descendants would be assimilable. Among the main arguments [was] the following: America no longer has a unifying culture to conserve.)
NATIONAL REVIEW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) encourage minority women have children and b) encourage White women to have abortions. Under the Democrats, the percentage of Americans who are White is ever-increasingly decreasing. Minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats.
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2026/06/birth-rate-citizenship-an-all-american-approach-to-demographic-decline/
PJ MEDIA
— WaPo Columnist Says Muslims Should Not Be Expected to Assimilate, and What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2026/04/10/wapo-columnist-says-muslims-should-not-be-expected-to-assimilate-and-what-could-possibly-go-wrong-n4951659
FROM CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders hint/imply/imply/shout that Trump inspires threats against the Pope.
https://abcnews.com/US/pope-leos-brothers-home-targeted-false-bomb-threat/story?id=132104698
MSN
— Trump’s support plunges among key voter groups ahead of midterms
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/trump-s-support-plunges-among-key-voter-groups-ahead-of-midterms/gm-GMDB6C633A
— Vance faces sparse crowd and protests at Georgia event
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/vance-faces-sparse-crowd-and-protests-at-georgia-event/gm-GMB5DA31E9
— DD: All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. They were slow to assimilate. All my grandparents spoke German. Consequently, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/assimilation-talk-is-a-dog-whistle-for-white-supremacy/vi-AA20SijB
— DD: Democrat leaders hint/imply/imply/shout that Trump inspires threats against the Pope.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/insight/bomb-threat-at-pope-s-brother-s-home-deepens-trump-feud-fallout/gm-GM550A3B54
NEWSWEEK
— Trump’s approval rating with women grows
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-approval-rating-with-women-grows-poll-finds/ar-AA20mCKO
NPR
— DD: Facebook ever-increasingly exists a) to promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party and b) to destroy conservative principles and the Republican Party.
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190383104/new-study-shows-just-how-facebooks-algorithm-shapes-conservative-and-liberal-bub
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Whites and men cannot advance unless they promise more preference for minorities and for females.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/nyregion/mamdani-dei-report.html
— DD: Facebook ever-increasingly exists a) to promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party and b) to destroy conservative principles and the Republican Party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/us/politics/facebook-ads-politics.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Facebook ever-increasingly exists a) to promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party and b) to destroy conservative principles and the Republican Party.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/26/facebook-algorithm-conservative-liberal-extremes/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How the ABA Spreads DEI in Law Schools. The lawyers’ guild still has a monopoly on accreditation. Why?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/american-bar-association-dei-law-school-accreditation-36e77872
POLITICO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint the Pope as despising Trump if not hating Trump. That will inspire even more hatred against Trump. What is the Pope’s position on those who voted for Trump? What does the Pope want them to do?
https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-leo-says-world-ravaged-tyrants-donald-trump/
GALLUP & THE HILL & MSN
— DD: Because ever-increasingly, everything is stacked against White men, young White men should ever-increasingly focus on earning job-related college degrees, professional certifications, and professional licenses. If I had not earned the aforesaid, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars when I was 23, 25, 29, etc., b) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., c) get married when I was 29, d) etc.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/708410/rise-young-men-religiosity-realigns-gender-gaps.aspx
https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/5835277-religion-gender-gap-millennials/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/number-of-young-men-who-call-religion-very-important-is-skyrocketing/ar-AA213464
PEW RESEARCH
— Multiple indicators show a decline in the health of America’s democracy. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly use democracy a) to take more and more and more away from Republicans and b) to give it all to Democrats.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/04/15/multiple-indicators-show-a-decline-in-the-health-of-americas-democracy-in-2025/
— DD: Facebook ever-increasingly exists a) to promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party and b) to destroy conservative principles and the Republican Party.
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/06/12/how-facebook-users-view-experience-the-platform/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 70% of Republicans Want All Illegal Aliens Deported
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/70_of_republicans_want_all_illegal_aliens_deported
FORD FOUNDATION
— Ford Foundation Adds $60 Million in New Funding to Strengthen Democracy. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly use democracy a) to take more and more and more away from Republicans and b) to give it all to Democrats.
https://www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-stories/news-and-press/news/ford-foundation-adds-60-million-in-new-funding-to-strengthen-democracy/
HARVARD LAW TODAY
— Citizens need to make this democracy work. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly use democracy a) to take more and more and more away from Republicans and b) to give it all to Democrats.
https://hls.harvard.edu/today/america-at-250-citizens-need-to-make-this-democracy-work/
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— 16 Million Eligible Immigrant Voters Will Decide the Winners and Losers of the 2026 Elections. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in more immigrants because they vote for Democrats. Immigrants want/need/demand massive government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, have financial, health, and/or other problems, and reject the rule of law. Immigrants are overwhelmingly non-White, liberal/moderate, and non-Protestant. Immigrants overwhelming blame those who are the following for their problems: American, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/immigrant-voters-2026-elections/
CONVERSATION
— DD: Google ever-increasingly exists a) to promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party and b) to destroy conservative principles and the Republican Party.
https://theconversation.com/google-news-serves-conservatives-and-liberals-similar-results-but-favors-mainstream-media-102389
NIEMAN LAB
— DD: Google ever-increasingly exists a) to promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party and b) to destroy conservative principles and the Republican Party.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/08/does-your-google-news-change-based-on-whether-youre-conservative-or-liberal/
ACLU
— DD: How successful will foreign countries be using birthright citizenship to destroy America?
https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/my-child-is-now-a-political-debate-immigrant-families-battle-trumps-birthright-citizenship-threats
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MEAWW
— Trump leads every 21st century president among seniors, boosting GOP midterm odds. DD: Seniors see how badly anti-Trumps treat seniors.
https://news.meaww.com/cn-ns-enten-says-trump-leads-every-21st-century-president-among-seniors-boosting-gop-midterm-odds
ECONOMIST
— DD: The hatred that you promote against Trump, the more that Trump-haters promote you.
https://www.economist.com/1843/2026/04/17/the-republican-congressman-taking-on-trump
April 15, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— “Parent Takeover” planned in Hyde Park amid expected teen takeover.
WGN9
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will ever-increasingly use AI to hire Democrats and RINOs, that is, to not hire Republicans.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lake County Auditor criticized for not coming into work, tax error
— Froylan Jimenez: Why I choose to teach in CPS on May Day
— Education advocates: Illinois should not scrap indicator that shows whether students can succeed after high school
— Before adding new rules on homelessness, let’s enforce the ones we have
— Chicago video gambling terminal fight continues as aldermen try to jump-start approval. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville receives another ‘best places to live’ in US honor
DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton officials favor stop signs over other traffic calming measures at intersection. DD: I led the successful effort to stop the stop light at Harrison and President in 1981. I handed out 1,000 “Stop the Stop Light” post cards at the intersection that were addressed to the Wheaton City Council. Motorists signed, put a stamp on, and sent in 400 of those post cards to the City Council. Ever since then, those who wanted that traffic signal have done everything that they can to destroy me. I should write a book about that.
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/lgbtq/2026/04/14/same-sex-couple-households-chicago-increase-census-data-shows
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Anti-conservatives ever-increasingly fight Turning Point USA.
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
— After 20-point Supreme Court loss, Wisconsin Republicans look for who’s to blame. Some conservatives want state Republican Party Chair Brian Schimming fired. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have blamed me the most for the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I would focus on those who still have lots of clout and who have blamed what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, and what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007.
DUPAGE COUNTY
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone in DuPage County will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
WHEATON PATCH & POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/amp/33959638/giving-dupage-days-to-kick-off-7th-year
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Don’t call Darren Bailey MAGA. DD: In the March 17 Republican primary, in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, Dabrowski got 66 votes, Bailey 32, Mendrick 27, and Heidner 11.
(FROM THE ARTICLE: NOT SO MAGA: Darren Bailey, the Republican who once eagerly aligned himself with President Donald Trump and his political movement, is now drawing a more careful distinction: He’s not MAGA — he’s just a Republican. In an interview, the GOP gubernatorial candidate said a MAGA Republican would accept whatever Trump said without question. Bailey says that’s not him. And to back it up, he has doubled down on criticizing Trump’s recent attack on Pope Leo XIV and his posting a meme appearing as Jesus. “It’s divisive. I wish President Trump would simply apologize and acknowledge that he messed up, and I think that would correct a lot,” Bailey told your Playbook host. It’s a notable bit of daylight between Bailey and a figure he once courted aggressively on the campaign trail. It also suggests that some Republicans may be recalibrating their stance as they try to balance Trump’s lasting influence with the realities of appealing to voters in a tough national climate in November. Bailey says he’s “concerned” about how the Trump v. pope exchange could affect the midterms “and Americans” in general, though he also acknowledges it’s too early to know. Besides, he said, “there’s going to be a bunch of drama in the next several months.” He also resisted predicting whether the controversy will impact key Republican constituencies, including Catholics. “I don’t know the political makeup of the church,” he said, before pivoting to campaign mode. Bailey criticized Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, whom he says is to blame for a state “spiraling out of control” with rising costs and what he sees as mismanagement in Springfield.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-716
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-503
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— John Deere Quietly Choosing Indiana and North Carolina Over Illinois, Springfield Moving to Mandate Homeless Encampments in Suburban Parks. DD: My critics/opponents would love to see a homeless encampment in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct.
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State Rep. Adam Niemerg, R-Dieterich, is raising concerns about a proposal he says would expand access to in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in Illinois.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_54b71d86-623a-425c-aea3-cc81caf05de4.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Under the Democrats, your demographics are going to ever-increasingly impact your future. Democrats will ever-increasingly a) give more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) destroy those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Demographics that vote for Democrats include: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and noncitizen. Demographics that vote for Republicans include: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, RINO leaders give them more preference and destroy those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. – Dave Diersen
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman doing to get more votes in your precinct for Republican candidates on November 3? I am in the process of hand-delivering a letter to the 140 (39%) voters of the 361 registered Republican voters in my precinct who cast a Republican ballot in the March 17 primary. In that letter, I thanked them for voting. For the contested races, listed the candidates and how many votes each got in the precinct and which candidates won in their political jurisdictions. I listed the candidate in the uncontested races who got the most votes. I urged the voters to consider helping elect the candidates who won the primary to win the November 3 election. – Dave Diersen
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Unrestricted birthright citizenship devalues America. U.S. nationality a privilege, not a right.
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pope Leo attacked Trump first, on several occasions, not the other way around.
NEW YORK POST
— Pope’s stance on Iran war is shocking and ignores Tehran’s evil.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/14/opinion/popes-stance-on-iran-war-is-shocking-and-ignores-tehrans-evil
CHRISTIAN TODAY
— Young men are demoralized. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for those who are American, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give more preference to those who are noncitizen, liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.christiantoday.com/news/young-men-are-demoralised-not-apathetic-says-report
FOX BUSINESS
— DEI policies cost US economy by promoting unqualified managers. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
FREE PRESS
— Colleges Will Never Give Up Racial Preferences
https://www.thefp.com/p/will-colleges-ever-give-up-racial
NEWSMAX
— Illegals Pull Back on Filing Taxes as IRS Data Sharing Sparks Fear.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/illegals-taxes-irs/2026/04/14/id/1252935
PATRIOT POST
— Republican Amnesty? The ‘Dignidad’ Act Ignores the Will of the People. A bipartisan bill that seeks to bring dignity to illegal aliens misses what voters are screaming for with regard to immigration enforcement.
WESTERN JOURNAL
— FAA puts DEI in the crosshairs, threatens any airline that doesn’t hire by merit. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always put their meeting their Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets ahead of everything. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degree, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump promised tax relief, but polling shows most Americans still think they’re overpaying. DD: Ever since I became an IRS employee when I was 22 years old in 1971, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes.
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote LGBTQ and b) destroy traditional marriage and family. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
NEW YORK TIMES
— After Charlie Kirk’s Death, a Fight for the Youth Vote. A fledgling Democratic group and the far-right white nationalist Nick Fuentes seek to make gains on college campuses that have recently been dominated by Turning Point USA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/nyregion/pride-flag-stonewall-trump.html
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly focus on getting young people to protest Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/opinion/trump-protest-ai-phones-social-media.html
CONCORD MONITOR
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, when those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time do better than those who are not the aforesaid, it is because those who are the aforesaid benefit from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid.
WSJ
— Why Pope Leo Is Such a Challenging Opponent for Trump. Pontiff is more popular than the president—and is a methodical political operator.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-pope-leo-catholic-church-41d834ce
— DD: Pot is poison. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) earn three job-related master’s degrees, c) earn six job-related professional certifications, or d) earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/should-pot-be-legal-af972838
(FROM A LETTER: Using marijuana diminishes one’s ability to reason clearly and make sound judgments—a core human capacity. From an ethical standpoint, reason isn’t only a biological function, it’s what enables moral discernment, responsibility and self-governance. Many would say our ability to have a conscience is a gift from God. Impairing this faculty through habitual drug use shrinks human dignity and weakens the moral foundation of society. When individuals voluntarily dull their reasoning, they become more susceptible to poor decisions that hurt not only themselves but their families and communities. The data reinforces this concern. According to research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, marijuana use is associated with impaired memory, attention and learning. Even more concerning, studies show that regular use, especially in younger people, can reduce IQ and long-term cognitive performance. If a substance measurably degrades the very capacity that allows people to think, choose wisely and act responsibly, its widespread legalization raises serious ethical and societal questions. Ultimately, laws exist not only to protect freedom, but to preserve the conditions that make freedom meaningful. Normalizing substances that impair reason risks eroding personal responsibility and moral accountability. If reason is a divine gift, then safeguarding it should be a priority, not something we compromise through legalization.)
POLITICO
— ‘They’re not getting what they voted for’: Jesus meme lays bare GOP frustrations with Trump. The president’s attacks on the first American pope and a deleted Jesus meme are deepening fractures within his MAGA coalition.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/14/trump-jesus-meme-pope-backlash-00872163
THOMPSON REUTERS
— 20 ways employees are motivated by their work. DD: GAO’s mission is to fight government fraud, waste, and abuse. That helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat GAO superiors to get rid of me. IRS’s mission is to administer tax laws. That helped me endure tremendous efforts starting in 1974 by my Democrat GAO superiors to get rid of me. The Post Office’s mission is to deliver mail. That helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office superiors to get rid of me. My aforesaid superiors wanted to get rid of me because I was not a Democrat, because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, because I was not a minority, female, or younger, because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and because I became an active member ii a class action lawsuit when I was 40 in 1988 that charged them with the aforesaid.
https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/careers/careers-blog/20-ways-employees-are-motivated-by-work
FEDERAL NEWS NEWORK
— Civilian job training program for transitioning service members. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, because of Republican-led budget cuts, they got rid of thousands of their employees, including me. There was no transitioning service. Worse yet, they despised/hated/punished their Republican employees like me because Gingrich and other Republicans cut GAO’s budget dramatically. When they succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, they did everything that they could to a stop me from getting a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. I should write about the aforesaid.
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Department of the Air Force and Space Force have limited the amount of time active-duty service members can spend gaining civilian work experience before separating from the military. The Defense Department’s SkillBridge program connects transitioning military personnel with private and public-sector organizations that offer internships and training opportunities to help them prepare for civilian careers. Service members could previously begin the program six months before leaving the service. The updated Air Force policy still allows Airmen and Guardians to participate in SkillBridge during their final 180 days of service, but caps participation time within that 6-month window based on rank.)
MEDIUM
— Investing in Yourself. DD: When I was in high school, no one thought that I was college material. Nevertheless, I took college preparatory courses, got an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my class, worked my way through college, earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, earned three job-related master’s degrees, earned six job-related professional certifications, and earned a job-related professional license. My father’s often decrying his not having a bachelor’s degree put me on track to do the aforesaid.
NTD
— All New York City employees have to take mandatory critical race theory training, which says that America is systematically racist. DD: Ever-increasingly, those who come to America hate Republicans, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
TPM
— How a Texas City Became the Far Right’s Next Example of the Great Replacement Theory. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and for RINOs.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/frisco-texas-great-replacement