Tag: GOPUSA

September 19, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Illinois marks 3-year anniversary of cash bail elimination amid debate over its impact.
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/safe-act-illinois-marks-3-year-anniversary-cash-bail-elimination-amid-debate-impact/19847701/

NBC5
— Trump says he’s banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. The president posted to his Truth Social account that he had banned the news organizations “as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!” and threatened to ban other outlets. DD: The mainstream news media spins everything against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-says-hes-banning-cnn-ms-now-and-politico-from-white-house/3990871/
— Forbes released their list of richest Americans for 2026. 18 of them are from Illinois. At the top of Forbes’ list, with a net worth of $908 billion was Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who lives in Texas.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/forbes-released-their-list-of-richest-americans-for-2026-18-of-them-are-from-illinois/3990815/

CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/durbin-blames-trump-for-rising-gas-prices-record-diesel-prices-he-is-personally-responsible/

WGN9
— Illinois could bill gunmakers for costs of gun violence. DD: What about billing criminals and their protectors/promoters for the cost of gun violence?
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-could-bill-gunmakers-for-costs-of-gun-violence/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oak Park organizer pushes for right of recall question on April ballot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/18/oak-park-organizer-recall-question-april-ballot/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260918/news/bartlett-panel-still-considering-two-marijuana-dispensaries-across-street-from-each-other/

RIVER BENDER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran against America.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-durbin-senate-democrats-call-on-hegseth-to-report-total-costs-of-iran-war-96838.cfm?

SHAW LOCAL
— Illinois food pantries get millions in grants as demand for food grows. DD: Soon, under the Democrats who run Illinois, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/09/18/illinois-food-pantries-get-millions-in-grants-as-demand-for-food-grows/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump pushes his $5,000 ‘dividend’ pledge if GOP wins midterms. Republican candidates, not as much.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-pushes-his-5000-dividend-pledge-if-gop-wins-midterms-republican-candidates-not-as-much/

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-598/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to get out the vote? I am going to hand-deliver DuPage GOP-provided envelopes to the 660 registered Republican and Independent voters in 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. The envelopes will have DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels and contain a copy of the sample ballot, a Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided outstanding Voter Guide, and campaign literature from the Republican candidates who provided their literature to the MTRO. I want to start stuffing the envelopes ASAP. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Why do your critics/opponents get involved in Republican politics? My critics/opponents get involved in Republican politics to get the Republican party to officially dump its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in its platform. I should write about my critics/opponents in the following who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because I promote the aforesaid planks: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— A “Declaration for Life” Introduced in the U.S. Senate.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/09/a-declaration-for-life-introduced-in-the-u-s-senate/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski Skips the Fight for Bailey — Campaigning During General Election to Build His Own Brand Instead. DD: It would be great if Dabrowski and Mendrick would help elect Bailey.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/09/dabrowski-skips-the-fight-for-bailey-campaigning-during-general-election-to-build-his-own-brand-instead.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BLAZE
— DD: Socialists side with Mexico and Mexicans against America.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/democrat-mexico-online-backlash

FOX NEWS
— Democratic socialists want to ‘strip’ America apart.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6405280122112
— Socialist Claire Valdez faces calls for federal probe after Mexico ‘fight’ pledge. DD: Socialists side with Mexico and Mexicans against America.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialist-claire-valdez-faces-calls-federal-probe-mexico-fight-pledge

DAILY SIGNAL
— Documentary Shows How Mass Muslim Migration Takes Advantage of America.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/18/documentary-shows-how-mass-muslim-migration-takes-advantage-of-america/

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch Uncovers Anti-Charlie Kirk Emails at Utah University.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/judicial-watch-uncovers-anti-charlie-kirk-emails-at-utah-university/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, everything is bad and they blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6098451-donald-trump-us-economy-affordability-voters-survey/

NBC NEWS
— DD: What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/which-party-will-win-on-affordability-270089285661

YAHOO & WFMD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting socialism.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/poll-young-adults-nearly-split-152600357.html
https://www.wfmd.com/2026/09/18/young-swing-state-voters-cozy-up-to-democratic-socialists-say-party-establishment-must-learn-from-dsa-wins/

REUTERS
— Amazon raises minimum hourly pay by $1 to $20 for US operations workers. DD: In today’s dollars, I started earning $19.57/hour working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office when I was 18 in 1966. I had earned a high school diploma and passed the postal employment test.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/amazon-raises-minimum-hourly-pay-by-1-20-us-operations-workers-2026-09-16/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Says He Has Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House. The president cited reporting from the outlets that he deemed “fake news.” It was unclear how such a ban would be enforced or defended in court. DD: I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois reporter since 2000. I should write about the times when the following banned me from their events: a) Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, and c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. Those who banned me destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/business/media/trump-cnn-ms-now-politico-white-house-ban.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/18/lawsuits-eliminate-in-state-tuition-dreamers-are-cruel/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— A border surge reshaped America. Now, data show who 4.5 million migrants were and where they went. DD: How many illegals are there in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-09-17/new-data-show-who-4-5-million-migrants-were-where-they-went
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A decade-long border surge brought 4.5 million migrants from more than 150 countries, dramatically expanding America’s immigrant population and remaking communities from New York and Miami to Midwestern factory towns. Many newcomers are bypassing traditional gateways for smaller cities and suburbs, drawn to emerging enclaves from Cincinnati and Knoxville to Utah’s booming communities, even as Florida remains the top destination for some nationalities. The data reveal a sharp rise in women and children crossing the border and show Chinese migrants concentrating in Los Angeles and New York, while Trump’s revived deportation machine targets some migrant hubs, spares others. An unprecedented surge in border crossings over the last decade reshaped America: Millions of people from more than 150 countries arrived, bringing the U.S. immigrant population to its highest levels.)

FOX56
— Mortgage rates near 7%, raising affordability concerns for homebuyers. DD: Mortgage rates were 17% when I took out a mortgage to buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972. They were 11% when I took out a mortgage to buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974. They were 9% when I took out a mortgage to buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976. They were 9% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to buy a home in Wheaton in 1978. They were 14% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to have a home built in Wheaton 1984.
https://fox56.com/news/local/mortgage-rates-near-7-raising-affordability-concerns-for-homebuyers

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Republicans in Tough Races Are Tip-Toeing Away From Trump. Some in the GOP are breaking with the president on data centers, immigration and other issues.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/republicans-in-tough-races-are-tip-toeing-away-from-trump-374ddd4f
— Socialist governments control production and allocate resources without regard to individual contribution. DD: I contributed far more than my Democrat coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me. None of my Democrat  coworkers did what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialism-and-entitlements-1eab1428
— Law Firms Have a Big Problem: Senior Partners Aren’t Retiring. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They force their Republican employees who are White, male, and/or non-veteran to retire as soon as they are eligible. I am all of the foresaid. I became eligible for early retirement when I was 45 in 1993. They succeeded forcing me to take their expiring early retirement “offer” when I was 49 in 1997. I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until I was 55 in 2003. I would not have survived those 4 years if I had not earned three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), six job-related professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and earned a job-related professional license (1981).
https://www.wsj.com/business/law-firms-retirement-incentives-packages-1e9bccbd

FORBES
— U.S. Army Sergeants To Receive Merit-Based Promotions Under New Policy. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional licenses, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2026/09/18/us-army-sergeants-to-receive-merit-based-promotions-under-new-policy/

POLITICO
— Trump says he’s banning media outlets, including POLITICO, from White House. CNN and MS NOW are the other two outlets Trump announced can no longer send journalists into the White House. DD: The mainstream news media spins everything against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/trump-white-house-media-ban-politico-01084438

FROM OTHER SOURCES

CAR BUZZ
— Car Affordability Is Crumbling, And The Fed Just Piled On More Cost. DD: Back in the good old days, I bought a new 1972 Corvette for $6,000 in 1971. I took out a $3,000 car loan at 12% interest. Most of the rest came from an insurance settlement for the theft of my 1969 Dodge Charger SE. My IRS salary was $8,600/year.
https://carbuzz.com/car-affordability-federal-reserve-interest-rate-september-2026/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

TIMES
— The DSA is hosting date nights to ‘put the social into socialist.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. How did you meet your spouse?  I met my outstanding wife at a Presbyterian singles social event. I am Missouri Synod Lutheran and she is Catholic.
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/democratic-socialists-of-america-date-nights-03r2djm0v

September 18, 2026

DUPAGE COUNTY GOP
— DuPage County Republicans Bring More Than 100 Voters Together for Countywide Candidate Forum
https://dupagegop.com/
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: More than 100 DuPage County voters, Republican leaders, candidates, and supporters gathered Thursday evening at Harry Caray’s in Lombard for an energetic and informative countywide candidate event focused on the upcoming November 3 General Election. The evening brought together Republican candidates from across DuPage County and the region, giving attendees a chance to hear directly from those seeking elected office and learn more about the races on the November ballot. Among the candidates and elected Republican leaders attending were Don Tracy, candidate for U.S. Senate; Jeff Walter, candidate for Congress in Illinois’ 11th Congressional District; candidates for State Representative in the 49th, 56th and 85th Districts; a candidate for State Senate in the 23rd District; and candidates for DuPage County Board Districts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6. Tracy and Walter are listed among the Republican candidates for the 2026 General Election. The countywide portion of the program featured Gary Grasso, candidate for DuPage County Board Chairman; Patricia Kladis-Schiappa, candidate for DuPage County Clerk; Sean Noonan, candidate for DuPage County Sheriff; Carl Schultz, candidate for Forest Preserve President; and Amber Quirk, candidate for Regional Board of Education Superintendent. Candidates addressed issues important to DuPage County residents before taking questions from the audience during a lively Q&A.  Bob Schillerstrom, former 12-year DuPage County Board Chairman and former candidate for Governor of Illinois, moderated the forum. The event also brought together a broad cross-section of DuPage Republican leadership, including Illinois Republican Party Chairman Bob Grogan; DuPage County GOP Vice-Chair and Lisle Township Republican Organization Chairwoman Becky Rudolph; DuPage County GOP Secretary Jeff Castle, an ILSCC-06 member and Milton Township Republican Organization Chairman; Tony Schiappa, Downers Grove Township Republican Organization Chairman and Burr Ridge Village Trustee; Dave Rogers, Bloomingdale Township Republican Organization Chairman and Bloomingdale Township Trustee; Jerry Evans, Winfield Township Republican Organization Chairman; Dan Kordik, York Township Republican Organization Chairman; and JP Augustynowicz, Warrenville Alderman. Local candidates attending included: State Rep 49th John Paul Augustynowicz; 56th Rhys Read; & 84th Brian Scopa, State Senate 23 Linda Polacek, CB1  Paula Pezza; CB2  Theresa McClear & Rusty Stevens; CB 4 Isobel Michaud, C5  Daniel Lomeli & CB6  Kathy Zander. The evening provided voters with an opportunity to meet candidates, ask questions, learn more about the November election and connect with Republican organizations from throughout DuPage County. As the November 3 General Election approaches, attendees were encouraged to remain engaged, support their local candidates and campaigns, take advantage of early voting opportunities, and make a plan to vote. “Events like this are important to do because voters deserve the opportunity to meet our candidates, hear directly from them, and get a chance to ask them questions,” said Larisa Calvanese, Downers Grove TRO Secretary. “Bringing candidates, township leaders and voters together in one room strengthens the local political organizations and hopefully  keeps our communities engaged in the election process.” The DuPage County Republican organizations will continue working with candidates, volunteers and voters throughout the remainder of the 2026 election season.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— 5 Lincoln-Way East students withdraw from school after alleged racial harassment.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/5-lincoln-east-high-school-students-withdraw-alleged-racial-harassment-homewood-flossmoor-football-game-officials/19845507/

CBS2
— 6 Lincoln-Way East students allowed to withdraw from school after racist behavior during Homewood-Flossmoor football game.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lincoln-way-east-students-withdraw-racist-behavior-homewood-flossmoor/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/17/operation-midway-blitz-claims/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Chicago’s Latino population is shifting west, with Belmont Cragin now the city’s largest Latino neighborhood.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/18/latino-population-chicago/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lincoln-Way board votes to allow students involved in racist incident to withdraw instead of being expelled.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-football/2026/09/17/lincoln-way-east-homewood-flossmoor-racist-incident
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Customs officer guilty of using gun, badge to sexually assault women in Chicago suburbs. DD: Uribe should not have been hired let alone retained.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/09/17/customs-border-protection-luis-uribe-chicago

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Battle for control: DuPage County clerk takes fight to appellate court.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260917/local-politics/battle-for-control-dupage-county-clerk-takes-fight-to-appellate-court/

SHAW LOCAL
— Illinois food pantries get millions in grants as demand for food grows. State distributes $3.5M in grants to aid local food distributors across northern Illinois.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/09/18/illinois-food-pantries-get-millions-in-grants-as-demand-for-food-grows/

FOX32
— Aaron Del Mar responds after George Floyd remarks spark controversy.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/exclusive-aaron-del-mar-responds-after-george-floyd-remarks-spark-controversy

WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/17/15-illinois-residents-file-claims-against-dhs-alleging-they-were-victimized-federal

WBEZ
— A law requires Illinois schools to teach Asian American history. Is it happening? Five years ago, the TEAACH Act made Illinois the first state to require public schools to teach Asian American history. WBEZ checks in on its progress.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/09/17/teaach-act-faq-illinois-aapi-asian-american-history-public-schools

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-18/a-dhs-email-raises-new-questions-about-the-trump-administrations-election-plans
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-18/republican-candidate-in-florida-runs-ads-criticizing-trumps-immigration-enforcement
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to defeat Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-18/what-do-trumps-supporters-think-of-the-political-pushback-hes-faced
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-18/trumps-week-of-setbacks-the-presidents-priorities-get-rare-pushback

25 NEWS NOW
— Former state GOP chair sees key decisions ahead after party leaders oust Salvi.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/05/20/former-state-gop-chair-brady-sees-key-decisions-ahead-after-party-leaders-oust-salvi/

VIDETTE
— Federal court decision changes tuition plans for undocumented students in Illinois. The ruling left undocumented students facing higher tuition bills.
https://www.videtteonline.com/news/federal-court-decision-changes-tuition-plans-for-undocumented-students-in-illinois/article_d6132135-b3d0-43cd-85e5-abaafcb6e8c7.html

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Park District Adds Homeless Specialist, More Surveillance As It Struggles To Address Encampments. The Chicago Park District is bringing more cameras online to monitor the encampments as a new staff person meets with residents living in parks around the city.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/15/park-district-adds-homeless-specialist-more-surveillance-as-it-struggles-to-address-encampments/

ILLINOIZE
— Del Mar Accuses Illinois GOP of Withholding Funding from Bailey.
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/delmar-accuses-illinois-gop-withholding

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker presses Congress on AI
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-810/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/17/isabel%E2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-597/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to Republican candidates who lose Republican primary elections and then fail/refuse to help elect those Republican candidates who win those elections? I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) since 1999. RPCs can help elect whichever Republican candidates they want to in Republican primaries, but in general elections, they must help elect the Republican candidates who win those Republican primaries. I have always done that. Sadly, I am ever-increasingly discouraged from helping elect Republican candidates in Republican primary elections a) because too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who lose Republican primary elections blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats and b) because too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who lose general elections blame me and blame my newsletters for their defeats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to your critics/opponents, what disqualifies you as a candidate? My critics/opponents stress their success in having their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. They stress their success in ousting me a) as an Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in 2024, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, and e) as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004. They stress their success in a) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, b) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and c) defeating me 69 to 13 when I ran for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004. Since 2000, they have ever-increasingly demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being too conservative, that is, that I promote too many planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. They ever-increasingly blame me and blame my newsletter for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct suffer. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the more that I do to help elect Republican candidates, the fewer votes that they will get. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Google AI. “Noblesse oblige is a French expression meaning “nobility obliges,” which describes the moral duty of wealthy, powerful, or privileged people to act honorably, generously, and responsibly toward others. Literal translation: “Nobility obliges”. Core idea: Privilege entails responsibility. Having status, wealth, or power means you must help and protect those with less. Modern use: The concept applies beyond old-money aristocrats to modern business elites, politicians, celebrities, or anyone in a high-status position.” DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government believed in noblesse oblige big time. That is, they believed a) that the promotions that I got in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986 were because I was privileged and wealthy and b) that those promotions should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, and/or veteran. They stressed that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They stressed that I bought new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc. They stressed that I bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984. They stressed that I got married in 1978. They stressed that I bought collector cars in 1989 and 1994. They stressed that I earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970, master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a professional license in 1981. They ignored/dismissed/belittled a) that to buy my first new car, I washed dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months and b) that I had to work my way through college and that did work my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Blame Chicago’s Failing Media.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/blame-chicago-failing-media

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Bob Grogan’s Unity Test: Will IL GOP Chair Condemn Close Ally Jim Durkin’s Attacks on Trump, Bailey? DD: I did a lot to help elect Grogan DuPage County Auditor in 2008 and to reelect him in 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. I did a lot to help elect Durkin U.S. Senator in 2002. My critics/opponents side with Durkin.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/08/grogans-unity-test-will-il-gop-chair-condemn-close-ally-jim-durkins-attacks-on-trump-bailey.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker’s record: Illinois unemployment rate averages 3rd-highest in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-unemployment-rate-pritzker-record/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Capitalism beats socialism every time. Giving government more power will worsen young people’s woes.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/17/capitalism-beats-socialism-every-time/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Florida was top stated destination of illegal immigrants who arrived under Biden.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4731331/florida-top-stated-destination-illegal-immigrants-joe-biden/
— ‘Break the law and get away with it’: Inside the youth group training campus radicals.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4729619/ydsa-student-militancy-political-violence-threat/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Socialism’s fatal flaw: Misunderstanding human nature.  DD: Socialism demotivates. Under socialism, to advance, all you need to do is to be a socialist. Under Democrats, to advance, all you need to do is to be a Democrat. That is a tremendous demotivator. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. I worked for Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. None of them came close to doing what I did to advance. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. Virtually none of my Democrat Post Office coworkers did that. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. None of my Democrat IRS and GAO coworkers did that. Notwithstanding the aforesaid that I did to advance, all my Democrat coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. They got promoted because they were Democrats.
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/socialisms-fatal-flaw.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To quote Karl Marx, the central tenet of Marxism and socialism is: “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” Every nation in the world that has tried to implement this dictum has resulted in massive economic dislocation and depressed living standards. . .Writing for The Wall Street Journal, James Grant noted: “The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition.”)

COLLEGE FIX
— Southern Illinois U. sends cops after student journalist for asking questions.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/southern-illinois-u-sends-cops-after-student-journalist-for-asking-questions/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Diet Coke Socialism.
https://www.creators.com/read/daily-editorials/09/26/diet-coke-socialism-d2f3b
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that non-Whites have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.creators.com/read/bonnie-jean-feldkamp/09/26/i-grew-up-in-a-white-community-heres-how-i-didnt-become-a-karen

DAILY CALLER
— Government-Owned Capitalism: Brilliant Strategy Or Socialist Disaster?
https://dailycaller.com/2026/09/17/opinion-government-shareholder-companies-manufacturing-mark-minnella/

DAILY SIGNAL
— New Study Challenges Claim That Laws Restricting Transgender Medicine Increase Teen Suicide. DD: How much success have Democrat leaders had promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/17/study-challenges-transgender-teen-suicide/

FOX BUSINESS
— Socialist ‘golden boy’ makes SHOCKING claim about US, Al Qaeda.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWDdINaQWGw
— Socialist streamer Hasan Piker under fire for comparing US to Al Qaeda.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6405217065112
— Rand Paul GOES OFF on socialism’s true cost: ‘Make us all impoverished.’
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Oh3ny18R4YE

FOX NEWS
— Socialist Seattle mayor UNDER FIRE as businesses revolt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHpDlzNT2J8
— Powerful teachers’ unions share striking link with states struggling to teach kids to read. The Progressive Policy Institute found eight (including Illinois) of the 10 lowest-scoring states for reading had strong labor unions.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/powerful-teachers-unions-share-striking-link-states-struggling-teach-kids-read

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Three “Students of Color” Programs At Bentley University Challenged By Equal Protection Project. “Students who identify as members of Bentley’s preferred racial, ethnic, and national origin groups are automatically eligible for these Programs, while students outside those groups must satisfy an additional condition…”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/09/three-students-of-color-programs-at-bentley-university-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/

MANHATTAN INSTITUTE
— The Democratic Socialist Congregation.  DD: According to Google AI. “Noblesse oblige is a French expression meaning “nobility obliges,” which describes the moral duty of wealthy, powerful, or privileged people to act honorably, generously, and responsibly toward others. Literal translation: “Nobility obliges”. Core idea: Privilege entails responsibility. Having status, wealth, or power means you must help and protect those with less. Modern use: The concept applies beyond old-money aristocrats to modern business elites, politicians, celebrities, or anyone in a high-status position.” DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government believed in noblesse oblige big time. That is, they believed a) that the promotions that I got in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986 were because I was privileged and wealthy and b) that those promotions should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, and/or veteran. They stressed that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They stressed that I bought new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc. They stressed that I bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984. They stressed that I got married in 1978. They stressed that I bought collector cars in 1989 and 1994. They stressed that I earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970, master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a professional license in 1981. They ignored/dismissed/belittled a) that to buy my first new car, I washed dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months and b) that I had to work my way through college and that did work my way through college.
https://manhattan.institute/article/the-democratic-socialist-congregation
(FROM THE ARTICLE: How the DSA serves as a religion substitute for downwardly mobile elites. In August, when the New York Post profiled Grace Ryan—a 25-year-old NYU graduate, chocolate heiress, and socialist activist known online as “Lulu Lenin”—it supplied her critics with an irresistible caricature. Ryan had displayed the expensive clothes and vacations of a young woman born to wealth even as she was championing a movement devoted to dismantling class privilege. Confronted with the contradiction, she offered a defense more suited to an Edwardian drawing room than a Democratic Socialists of America meeting: “Y’all never heard of noblesse oblige?” Ludicrous and unknowing as Ryan’s remark was, it was revelatory nonetheless about something very real. The DSA attracts people who have benefited from capitalism but feel cheated by it. It provides them with a moral vocabulary that gives them room to reinterpret personal disappointment as systemic injustice. And, most important, it gives them somewhere to go on a lonely Tuesday night, just as, for thousands of years, religion provided a social basis for Mormons on a Monday, Muslims on a Friday, Jews on a Saturday, and Christians on a Sunday.)

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Future of Woke.
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2026/11/the-future-of-woke/

NEWSMAX
— Mark Vargas: Ill. GOP Doesn’t Want Trump’s Candidate To Win.
https://www.newsmax.com/markvargas/tiffany-wisconsin-grogan/2026/09/17/id/1269802/

POWERLINE
— Who Defends the Decline in Higher Education? The New York Times does, or at least one Miriam Pawal does, on the Times op-ed page.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/09/who-defends-the-decline-in-higher-education.php

TOWNHALL
— America Is Exceptional, Which Is Why the Left Wants to Destroy It.
https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/17/vip-south-african-amazed-were-not-killed-n2683133

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Country Club Karen Trashes Patient Golf Staffer.
https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-country-club-karen-trashes-patient-golf-staffer-friend-walks-pulls-rug-front-everyone/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A woman at Beverly Country Club on Chicago’s South Side unloaded on the pro shop after the summer looping kids went back to class, Golf Digest reported. Dan Proft posted the video. Millions watched a member treat a staffing shortage like a human rights infraction.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MS NOW
— DD: Democrat leader use Critical Race Theory to destroy Republican.
https://www.ms.now/al-sharpton/politicsnation/watch/in-attempt-to-hide-from-the-truth-conservative-activists-weaponize-critical-race-theory-124503109826?showId=152

CBS NEWS
— The 80 Percent Rule. DD: My critics/opponents reject far more than 20% of the Republican Party platform.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-80-percent-rule/

NEW YOR TIMES
— Billions in Taxes Go Unpaid. Under Trump, the I.R.S. Won’t Say How Much. The absence of the annual estimate on the tax gap could make it more difficult to assess whether more taxes are going unpaid since President Trump took office. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. My Democrat IRS superior wasted my IRS career. GAO audits IRS. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. My Democrat GAO superiors refused to assign me to audits of IRS’s Collection Division. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/business/trump-irs-tax-gap.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/midterms-map-republicans-democrats.html
— An M.I.T. Report Warns A.I. Is Causing ‘Cognitive Surrender.’ Universities Are in a Bind. As A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students. DD: How will your critics/opponents use AI to destroy you?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/universities-ai-warnings-enthusiasm.html
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their top priority was hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/us/politics/capitol-police-discrimination-lawsuit.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/minnesota-judge-trump-immigration.html
— How Sept. 11 Paved the Way to Mideast Power for Iran. The American invasion of Iraq in 2003 set the path for Tehran to dominate its neighbor and whetted its appetite to expand its influence across the greater Middle East.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/world/middleeast/sept-11-iran-islamic-state-iraq.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rahm Emanuel: Democrats Can Win Back the Midwest. Even Ohio and Iowa, after trending Republican for years, are battlegrounds in the midterm elections.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-can-win-back-the-midwest-a6d00f5d

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

MOSCOW TIMES
— How Russia Purged Opposition Candidates From the Ballot. DD: According to your critics/opponents, what disqualifies you as a candidate? My critics/opponents stress their success in having their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. They stress their success in ousting me a) as an Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in 2024, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, and e) as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004. They stress their success in a) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, b) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and c) defeating me 69 to 13 when I ran for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004. Since 2000, they have ever-increasingly demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being too conservative, that is, that I promote too many planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. They ever-increasingly blame me and blame my newsletter for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct suffer. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the more that I do to help elect Republican candidates, the fewer votes that they will get.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/09/17/bad-to-the-bone-how-russia-purged-opposition-candidates-from-the-ballot-a93730

NEWS24
— Democratic socialists personify ‘big government socialism.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wqc9PPqHPo

September 17, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Charlie Kirk’s family signals intent to sue, alleging ‘stunning failures’ led to on-campus assassination.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/charlie-kirks-family-signals-intent-sue-alleging-stunning-failures-led-campus-assassination/19838903/

WGN9
— Over 400 arrested during targeted immigration enforcement operation in Indiana.
https://wgntv.com/news/indiana/over-400-arrested-during-targeted-immigration-enforcement-operation-in-indiana-ice/

WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/16/broadview-six-continue-push-inquiry-poisoned-prosecution

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 5 public universities in Illinois use controversial Flock cameras to surveil campus. The list includes the state’s two largest public campuses, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois Chicago. Altogether, the five universities have spent nearly half a million dollars on AI-powered surveillance services from Flock.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/09/17/five-public-universities-in-illinois-use-controversial-flock-cameras-to-surveil-campus
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As towns, cities and colleges in Illinois and across the country cut ties with Flock Safety, a comprehensive review of contracts by WBEZ found that five of the state’s 12 public universities still work with the controversial surveillance technology company. That includes the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the largest campus in the state, and the University of Illinois Chicago, which is in the process of renewing its contract. Southern Illinois University Carbondale even employs a Flock surveillance drone that costs more than $40,000 a year. These schools, in addition to Western Illinois University and the University of Illinois Springfield, have spent more than $450,000 on Flock’s services since 2021, records show.)

DAILY HERALD
— Legislative panel weighs in on children’s mental health, data centers and state vs. local control.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260916/news/legislative-panel-weighs-in-on-childrens-mental-health-data-centers-and-state-vs-local-control/

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Organizer responds to concerns about Illinois gubernatorial candidate at Morton event.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2026/09/16/illinois-gubernatorial-candidate-creates-stir-with-planned-appearance-in-morton-il/91791365007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Republican candidate for Illinois governor, Darren Bailey, plans to attend the Morton Pumpkin Pancake Breakfast. The Morton Chamber of Commerce clarified that Mr. Bailey was not invited and is attending as a member of the public. Organizers stated they do not use the family-friendly festival as a platform for political candidates. Community members expressed concern after social media posts circulated about the candidate’s planned attendance.)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Stratton, Tracy weigh in on Trump, healthcare and more.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/09/17/u-s-senate-candidates-don-tracy-julianna-stratton-weigh-in-on-trump-midterm-election-in-november/91583048007/

SHAW LOCAL
— Northern Illinois prosecutors agree on 6 offenses they want added to pretrial detention list.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/09/17/northern-illinois-prosecutors-agree-on-6-offenses-they-want-added-to-pretrial-detention-list/
— DD: Democrats use “democracy” to take money and everything else away from Republicans and to give it to Democrats.
https://www.shawlocal.com/opinion/2026/09/16/froma-harrop-women-in-politics-show-greater-commitment-to-democracy/

NORTHERN STAR
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://northernstar.info/138012/opinion/how-young-is-too-young-for-a-child-to-feel-the-effects-of-racism/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-17/pediatricians-raise-the-alarm-on-the-effect-of-trumps-immigration-crackdown-on-kids

CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Illinois, Chicago sue to block Trump plan to restrict green cards to legal Medicaid, SNAP users. Administration’s new rule, halted by courts during first term, set to take effect Friday.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-illinois-chicago-sue-to-block-trump-plan-to-restrict-green-cards-to-legal-medicaid-snap-users/

ILLINOIS TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news/collaborating-with-ice/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/17/casten-wants-dems-to-have-a-plan-01081425

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-596/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER- RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to Google AI, “Journalists are not legally required by the government to publicly disclose their personal income sources or amounts, as they are private citizens rather than elected public officials. Instead, financial disclosure in journalism is governed by newsroom internal policies, professional ethics codes, and capital transparency standards designed to prevent conflicts of interest.” All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post them on www.gopillinois.com comes from my $68,640/year Civil Service Retirement System pension, my $18,712/year Social Security, and my retirement savings. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The State Department lists 94 groups as foreign terrorist organizations — we should ask: What more must we do to ensure that 9/11 never happens again?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/16/cannot-miss-warning-signs-another-911/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Independent voters increasingly identify as Democrats. DD: Nevertheless, I am still going to hand-deliver Republican candidate campaign literature to the residences in my precinct that have at least one independent voter to the extent that candidates and/or the Milton Township Republican Organization provide me with it. I still need either 400 or 200 pieces of literature from Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Floretti, Solomon, Harris, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Henry, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4715260/voters-increasingly-democrat-poll/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Of the respondents in the Q2 survey who considered themselves neither a Republican nor a Democrat, 49% said they lean toward the Democratic Party, compared with 39% who prefer the Republican Party. That split has increased by four percentage points in favor of Democrats since the first quarter of 2025, when President Donald Trump returned to the White House for his second term.)

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Abdul El-Sayed’s Imam Scrubs Videos of Sermons Lauding Hamas Leader.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/abdul-el-sayeds-imam-scrubs-videos

NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani hires ‘gay communist’ who railed about abolishing police for $185K adviser role.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/16/us-news/mamdani-hires-185k-adviser-who-edited-pinko-magazine-and-railed-about-abolishing-police/

AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
— On Constitution Day, here are the ways the DSA agenda undermines America’s founding. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://americansforprosperity.org/blog/socialism-vs-the-constitution-where-they-conflict-on-freedom/

BREITBART
— Radical anti-American activist group pushes National Muslim Voter Registration Day on Friday, September 18. In addition to registering voters, its goal is to build a mass movement of diverse U.S. Muslims and allies ready to “fight for a future free from Islamophobia and white supremacy.”  DD: There are tremendous conflicts between Islam and all other religions. Radical anti-American Muslim activists are ever-increasing recruiting those who are minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are noncitizens.
https://www.breitbart.com/midterm-election/2026/09/16/linda-sarsour-s-radical-anti-american-activist-group-pushes-national-muslim-voter-registration-day/
— Mexico Deploys 1,800 Troops to Cartel-Controlled State Amid Raging Violence.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/09/16/mexico-deploys-1800-troops-to-cartel-controlled-state-amid-raging-violence/
— Kamala Harris to Stump in Michigan with Socialist Abdul El-Sayed. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/16/kamala-harris-to-stump-in-michigan-with-socialist-abdul-el-sayed/

CATO
— How Socialism Destroyed Venezuela in 16 Charts. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.cato.org/blog/how-socialism-destroyed-venezuela-16-charts

DAILY SIGNAL
— Federal Union Suing Trump Endorses AOC, Tlaib, Omar, Talarico, 100+ Democrats. DD: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/16/federal-union-suing-trump-endorses-aoc-tlaib-omar-talarico-100-democrats/

FEDERALIST
— Democrats Admit They Want To Bring Third-Worlders To America To Put Them On Welfare.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/09/16/democrats-admit-they-want-to-bring-third-worlders-to-america-to-put-them-on-welfare/

FOX BUSINESS
— Over half of likely voters reject socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6405136896112

FOX NEWS
— 20 states sue to block Trump admin rule that would make it harder for immigrants to obtain visas, green cards.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/20-states-sue-block-trump-admin-rule-harder-immigrants-obtain-visas-green-cards

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Pre-Employment Marijuana Tests Are Falling Away as Positive Test Results Increase — What Employers Need to Do Now. DD: Anticipate/expect that because of Democrats, RINOs, Libertarians, and other anti-conservatives and their legalization of pot, a) more and more and more of those you have to deal with will be more and more and more impaired if not stoned and b) they will cause more and more and more accidents and other negatives. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://natlawreview.com/article/will-work-weed-pre-employment-marijuana-tests-are-falling-away-positive-test
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Journal cites Fisher Phillips partner Todd Logsdon and the firm’s 2024 survey of roughly 1,000 employers; about half don’t test for cannabis pre-hire at all, largely because it shrinks the applicant pool. Of those that do test, 44% reported recruiting difficulties tied to it, and nearly a quarter were considering loosening their policy. Named examples of companies that have already dropped pre-hire marijuana testing, per the article, include Citigroup and “many” Wall Street peers, AutoNation, Home Depot (for most positions), and Amazon (for most applicants, since 2021).)

NEW AMERICAN
— Many Young Democratic Women Hate Men. DD: To get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans oppress them: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/many-young-democratic-women-hate-men-not-all-the-reasons-why-are-obvious/

NEWSMAX
— Democrats Want Socialism, the Rest of Us Don’t. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/morris/primaries-quinnepiac-senate/2026/09/16/id/1269657/
— Democrats Put Illegal Aliens Ahead of Americans.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/lauren-bis-donald-trump-immigration/2026/09/16/id/1269691/

PATRIOT POST
— Has Socialism Ruined Canada? DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://patriotpost.us/videos/1001068-has-socialism-ruined-canada

POST MILLENNIAL
— Portland socialist city councilor Mitch Green advocated for ‘rioting and looting,’ expressed ‘pure hatred’ for police. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thepostmillennial.com/portland-socialist-city-councilor-mitch-green-advocated-for-rioting-and-looting-expressed-pure-hatred-for-police-unearthed-tweets

WESTERN JOURNAL
— ‘Socialist’ Florida Dem Gov Nominee Makes $300k a Year, But Won’t Pay Taxes or Student Loans Back.
https://www.westernjournal.com/socialist-florida-dem-gov-nominee-makes-300k-year-wont-pay-taxes-student-loans-back/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

REUTERS
— DD: To get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans oppress them: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-criticizes-smithsonians-focus-oppression-2026-09-12/

ABC NEWS
— Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state.
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/trump-administration-cut-frozen-177-billion-grants-state-136488616

CBS NEWS
— GAO: Trump administration paid $9.5 billion in paid leave for federal employees in 2025, due to DOGE-era buyout program. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Since then, so far, in today’s dollars, the Civil Service Retirement System has paid me $2 million.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-deferred-resignation-program-administrative-leave-cost-2025/
— U.S. slaps South Africa with new sanctions due to alleged discrimination against White people.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-south-africa-new-sanctions-discrimination-white-people/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/opinion/immmigration-green-card-trump.html

USA TODAY & GALLUP & FORBES
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans. Because of that, the more of the following that you are, the more bleak that your future is: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/09/17/corporate-dei-retreat-surprising-bipartisan-pushback/91767177007/
https://news.gallup.com/poll/714011/americans-business-benefits-diverse-workforces.aspx
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adiaharveywingfield/2026/09/16/what-happens-to-companies-that-maintain-dei-turns-out-not-much/

INDY100
— DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Democrat plants and RINOs use the Republican Party’s “Big Tent” policy to destroy the Republican Party. They are having great success in driving conservatives, that is, Republicans, out of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.
https://www.indy100.com/politics/vance-republican-party-michigan-big-tent

FLORIDA’S VOICE
— Rick Scott launches ‘Rescuing America’ project, warns socialism will kill the American Dream.
https://flvoicenews.com/scott-launches-rescuing-america-project-warns-socialism-will-kill-the-american-dream/

WGME & 29 NEWS & WKYT & ABC7 AMARILLO & NBC MIAMI
— DD: What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://wgme.com/news/local/wednesday-sit-down-families-stuck-in-affordability-crisis
https://www.29news.com/video/2026/09/17/charlottesville-housing-panel-addresses-affordability-displacement/
https://www.wkyt.com/2026/09/17/lexington-mayoral-council-candidates-address-housing-affordability-forum/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrtg5oMmypg
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/education-on-6/nbc6-teacher-survey-affordability/3860377/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— India’s Affirmative-Action Lesson for America. Quotas hold the country back, even as China’s meritocracy fuels its economic advancement. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, ever-increasingly, their meeting their Affirmative Action quotas was their top priority. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional licenses, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/indias-affirmative-action-lesson-for-america-26f2dbaf
— DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would have been no need for DOGE. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich’s budget cuts to waste my career at to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/doge-works-lets-keep-it-going-d5356363
— Rove: Why I’m Voting for a Texas Democrat. DD: It is one thing to not vote for a Republican candidate. It is much more to vote for a Democrat candidate. I have always voted only for Republican candidates. I should write about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I have voted for and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me before, during, and after elections.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-im-voting-for-a-texas-democrat-4c835d2d
— Americans Are Getting Richer.* The Census Bureau says median incomes rose in 2025, though many had to work more hours.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/americans-household-income-2025-census-bureau-2e2a9e36

FORBES
— Employee Retention. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government did everything they could to get rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. My Democrat IRS superiors a) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) got rid of the GAO manager in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, they would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/employee-retention-strategies/

FAST COMPANY
— DD: What did you do to advance your career? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90282863/how-to-accomplish-your-biggest-career-goals-this-year

VOX
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at voters that if you do not like what Trump says and/or does, vote for all the Democrats on your ballot. What does Trump say about that?
https://www.vox.com/politics/499701/midterms-actually-electability-question-donald-trump-republicans

BROOKINGS
— DD: Democrat candidates, elected officials, and party leaders aggressively promote the liberal Democrat Party platform. Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders do not aggressively promote the conservative Republican Party platform.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/electability-over-ideology-takeaways-from-the-2026-primaries/

PEW RESEARCH
— DD: To get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans discriminate against them: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/05/20/views-of-how-much-discrimination-racial-and-ethnic-groups-in-the-u-s-face/

September 13, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Charlie Kirk supporters host vigil in hometown of Arlington Heights year after his killing.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/12/supporters-united-at-vigil-charlie-kirks-death/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/13/chicago-operation-midway-blitz-anniversary-city-on-guard/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/12/silverio-villegas-gonzalez-killing-anniversary/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/13/operation-midway-blitz-joaquin-brito/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/11/operation-midway-blitz/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/11/naper-pride-fest-naperville-canceled/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you disapprove of something Trump has said and/or done, you should vote for all the Democrats on your ballot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/13/opinion-democrats-message-for-midterms-taxes/
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/12/chicago-teens-peace-warriors-restorative-justice/
— A prevalent pattern in Gen Z: moving home after graduation. There are a myriad reasons. Most commonly, it makes financial sense to pay discounted or no rent in today’s economy. It’s a decision nearly 60% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 are making — or are forced to make — to live with their parents. DD: I lived with and helped support my mother and brother in Crete for 25 months after I graduated from college. My father had died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in October of 1969. He was earning only $75,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother had never attended high school, she had never worked outside the home, and my brother was having problems. I graduated from NIU in August of 1970 and I got a job working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights that month. I applied for and I got a financial hardship draft deferment. In 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome in University Park. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ . But it had only 1,000 square feet. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it and the down payment would have been about $36,000. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had just increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $92,300. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/12/young-adults-move-home-post-college/
— As Chicago Bears eye Indiana move, Arlington Heights extends lobbyist contract to lure team there.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/12/chicago-bears-indiana-arlington-heights-lobbyist-contract/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lobbyist Matt Murphy — a former Republican state senator from Palatine — and firm principal Ryan McLaughlin were in the hallways of the Illinois state Capitol on Arlington Heights’ behalf in the waning days and hours of the spring legislative session.)
— Tracking COVID cash. Illinois, Chicago, Cook County got $11B in pandemic aid but there were gaps in oversight and transparency.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/13/illinois-pandemic-aid/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/09/11/ice-shooting-silverio-villegas-gonzalez-chicago-franklin-park
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/09/12/northwest-side-residents-demand-answers-amid-reports-of-ice-agents-staging-at-cpds-17th-district

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OD FOLD: Supporters united in Arlington Heights at vigil and remembrance on anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s death.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260912/news/supporters-united-at-vigil-and-remembrance-on-anniversary-of-charlie-kirks-death/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Even as Bears eye Indiana move, Arlington Heights extends lobbyist contract to lure team to suburbs.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260912/news/even-as-bears-eye-indiana-move-arlington-heights-extends-lobbyist-contract-to-lure-team-to-suburbs/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lobbyist Matt Murphy — a former Republican state senator from Palatine — and firm principal Ryan McLaughlin were in the hallways of the Illinois state Capitol on Arlington Heights’ behalf in the waning days and hours of the spring legislative session.)
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260912/news/right-thing-to-do-or-feel-good-pr-suburbs-split-on-whether-ice-bans-on-municipal-property-actua/

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— City honors Afghan refugee, former interpreter for U.S. military.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2026/09/12/city-honors-afghan-refugee-former-interpreter-for-u-s-military/

LAKE MCHENRY SCANNER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/09/12/cannabis-dispensary-in-woodstock-among-first-to-open-drive-thru-service-after-state-law-change-city-council-approval/

ILLINOIS VALLEY
— Darren Bailey to visit Sandwich Fair. Republican gubernatorial candidate set to appear on Sunday, Sept. 13.
https://www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley/2026/09/12/darren-bailey-to-visit-sandwich-fair/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What arguments would socialists use to sell you on socialism? They would argue to me that under socialism, I would be much better off today than I am. They would stress that even though I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional licenses, and a job-related professional license, I never made more than $154,682/year in today’s dollars and that my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $68,640/year. I would respond that if I had been a Democrat, the Democrats who ran the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year, long before I was 40 in 1988 and let me work at least until I was eligible for regular retirement when I was 55 in 2003 even though I am not a minority, female, or veteran. All you need to do to advance under socialism is to be a socialist. All you need to do to advance under Democrats is to be a Democrat. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge boots Trump ‘loyalty’ question from civil service job applications. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They demand loyalty to the Democrat Party platform. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger, or veteran and who would take the job. They got rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/12/judge-boots-trump-loyalty-question-civil-service-job-applications/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The socialist takeover. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4717752/democratic-socialist-takeover-agenda/
— Fairfax County schools’ guidance on teaching 9/11 is ‘woke.’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/entertainment/4724823/joe-concha-fairfax-county-school-9-11-woke/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said Fairfax County Public Schools are more worried about people being “offended” than teaching what’s “factual and true” about 9/11. “If you take the whole ‘we can’t say Islam’ thing out of this, well, that’s central to this entire history lesson,” Concha said on Fox News’s Hannity on Friday.)
— Mamdani is importing Biden’s economic nightmare. It’ll cost you $664 a year.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4719965/mamdani-nyc-delivery-protection-act-cost-jobs-biden/

NEW YORK POST
– ‘Ungendered’ activist claims GLP-1s are ‘fascist’ and ‘genocide fat people’ in unhinged moment during DSA conference. DD: I take Ozempic to fight type 2 diabetes.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/12/us-news/unhinged-activist-claims-glp-1s-are-fascist-and-genocide-fat-people/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The extremist claimed the drugs, like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro — which were developed to treat diabetes are credited with lowering the risk of death from heart attack or stroke by 20% in high-risk patients — exist “to sustain a social order in which fat people are monitored, restricted, guilted, stolen from and punished.”)

NEW YORK SUN
— America’s Jobs Surge Is Good News for Trump’s Crackdown on Illegal Immigration. It’s no longer so easy for companies to abandon Americans by hiring foreign labor instead.  DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.nysun.com/article/americas-jobs-surge-is-good-news-for-trumps-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration

BREITBART
— Hollywood Power Players Mute Their Support for Democrats as Socialists Surge in Party. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/09/12/report-hollywood-power-players-mute-their-support-for-democrats-as-socialists-surge-in-party/
— Far-Left Authors Declare War on ‘Fascist’ Ozempic and Other GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs. DD: I take Ozempic to fight type 2 diabetes.
https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2026/09/12/video-far-left-authors-declare-war-fascist-ozempic-other-glp-1-weight-loss-drugs/amp/

CATO
— Redistributing Wealth Means Redistributing Power to the State.
https://www.cato.org/blog/when-government-redistributes-wealth-it-redistributes-power

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Since 9/11, the Number of Immigrants from the Muslim World Has Grown by 1.8 Million. Population doubling largely reflects legal immigration.
https://cis.org/Camarota/911-Number-Immigrants-Muslim-World-Has-Grown-18-Million
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks approaches, some may wonder if increased vetting or possible distrust of Muslims in the United States caused fewer people from the Islamic world to immigrate here. An analysis of Census Bureau data shows that the immigrant population (also called the foreign-born) from predominantly Muslim countries has more than doubled since 2001.1 Not all immigrants from these countries are Muslims. (The Census Bureau does not ask about religion.) Nevertheless, the data indicate that the U.S. did not fundamentally change immigration policy after September 11th, nor does the desire of many people in the Muslim world to settle here seem to have changed much. As a result, the number of immigrants from these countries has soared. Key Findings: The number of immigrants — including naturalized citizens, legal permanent residents, long-term temporary visitors, and illegal immigrants — from the Muslim world increased from 1.7 million in 2001 to 3.4 million in 2024. This represents the net increase — new arrivals minus emigration and natural mortality. Immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries increased by 103 percent from 2001 to 2024. This is much faster than the growth in the overall foreign-born population (58 percent) and is nearly seven times faster than for the overall U.S.-born population. The decision to admit large numbers of people from Afghanistan after the U.S. withdrawal caused the population of Afghan immigrants to nearly double from 2020 to 2024, but Afghans accounted for only a quarter of the total increase from the Islamic world over this time period. Prior research indicates that 10 to 20 percent of immigrants from majority-Muslim countries may be illegal immigrants — lower than the 25 to 30 percent share for the overall foreign-born. The rapid increase in immigrants from the Islamic world overwhelmingly reflects legal immigration policies. Many top immigrant-sending countries in the Muslim world have hostile relations with the United States or struggle with powerful terrorist movements. From 2001 to 2024, the immigrant population increased by 202,000 (476 percent) for Afghanistan, 201,000 (93 percent) for Pakistan, 119,000 (41 percent) for Iran, 65,000 (109 percent) for Syria, 66,000 (416 percent) for Yemen, and 45,000 (87 percent) for Somalia. In addition to immigrants from majority-Muslim countries, there are 1.9 million U.S.-born individuals with parent(s) from such countries. The total number of immigrants from the Muslim world plus their U.S.-born offspring was 5.4 million in 2024, compared to 2.5 million in 2001 — a 118 percent increase. Assuming that recent trends continue, the number of immigrants from majority-Muslim countries and their U.S.-born offspring will nearly double to 10.4 million by 2050.)

DAILY SIGNAL
— Only Half of Traditional Republicans Are Excited to Vote. DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you disapprove of something Trump has said and/or done, you should vote for all the Democrats on your ballot.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/12/republicans-vote-midterm-election/

DAILY WIRE
— 9/11 Lesson Plan Used By Schools Nationwide Omits Bin Laden, Al-Qaeda, And Islam.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/9-11-lesson-plan-used-by-schools-nationwide-omits-bin-laden-al-qaeda-and-islam
— The 2026 Socialism Conference Reveals The Dangers Of The Marxist Mindset. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-2026-socialism-conference-reveals-the-dangers-of-the-marxist-mindset

FOX NEWS
— The Democratic Socialist of America are communists. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404992292112
— DD: Because Democrat leaders say that Americans are being crushed by affordability, a growing trend of mayors push cash handouts as the answer. What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/americans-crushed-affordability-organization-claims-cash-handouts-answer

NATIONAL POST
— Diversity quotas reduce excellence. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, ever-increasingly, their meeting their Affirmative Action quotas was their top priority. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional licenses, and my job-related professional license.
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/christopher-dummitt-racism-accusations-cant-stifle-the-truth-about-diversity

TOWNHALL
— What Is Patriotism?
https://townhall.com/columnists/jackkerwick/2026/09/13/what-is-patriotism-n2682888

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— President Trump’s childhood home in Queens sells for nearly $2 million. DD: What is the status of your childhood home? I lived with my parents in an apartment above my grandfather’s hardware store in Crete 1948-1953 ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/214492231934655/posts/5573842849332873/ ). It was torn down in 1966. I then lived with my parents and brother in 1286 Wood Street in Crete 1953-1972 ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1286-Wood-St-Crete-IL-60417/5461313_zpid/ ), a home that my grandparents had built in 1926. I have since inherited it and sold it.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-childhood-home-queens-sells/

NEW YORK TIMES
— For Influencers, Convention Access Was Easy. Selling the Message Was More Complicated. Online media stars eager to promote President Trump and Republicans worked to find a message that would resonate with an audience that is struggling with an affordability crisis. DD: According to my critics/opponents, “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” Of course, I take that as a badge of honor. According to my critics/opponents, I never was a journalist, I am not a journalist, and I never will be a journalist a) because I do not have a degree in journalism, b) because no one has paid me for what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) because all the money needed for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and for my www.gopillinois.com website comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings, d) because either my newsletters nor my website are paywalled or contain any advertising or donation requests, e) because I do not claim to be nonpartisan, f) because I fully disclose that I am conservative Republican, and g) because I fully disclose that I have been an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000. My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth the fact a) that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years 1980-1997, b) that what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do, and c) that during my last 11 years at GAO, my salary increased from $118,984/year to $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/us/politics/trump-republican-convention-influencers-message.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 100 influencers were invited to the midterm convention by members of the Republican National Committee, a committee spokeswoman said. They were given some of the best seats in the arena and special “creator” credentials that granted them access to a list of Republican Party leaders eager to sit for interviews. They recorded content from a special platform directly across from the stage where the president spoke. They partied after hours at an event hosted by TikTok, where they snacked on miniature cheesecakes and an assortment of cake balls. “We got great treatment in 2024,” said Xaviaer DuRousseau, who boasts well over a million followers across Instagram and TikTok, referring to the Republican National Convention two years ago. “But this is even better.” The difficult task facing these dozens of conservative influencers was figuring out how to boost the Republican Party, when the image of prosperity projected from the stage was different from the reality of surging costs.)

USA TODAY
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/09/12/democrats-dsa-midterm-elections-socialism-capitalism/91676903007/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you disapprove of something Trump has said and/or done, you should vote for all the Democrats on your ballot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/09/13/trump-republican-convention-embarrassment-midterms/91695089007/

DETROIT FREE PRESS
— New car prices soared to the highest level yet this year. DD: Back in the good old days, in 1966, I was able to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint with money I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage for 15 months part-time and 3 months full-time. In 1967, I was able to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 with money I earned cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, and delivering mail for 12 months part-time and 6 months full-time. In 1968, I was able to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE with money I had earned delivering mail for 9 months part-time and 3 months full-time. In 1971, I was able to buy a new 1972 Corvette with money I earned delivering mail for 5 months part-time and 3 months full-time, working for a Firestone Store for 7 months full-time and 8 months part-time, and working for IRS for 4 months full-time.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2026/09/12/average-new-car-prices-soar-above-50000-for-the-first-time-this-year/91716076007/

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— The Democratic chicken or the socialist egg? DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-davis-hanson/victor-davis-hanson-the-democratic-chicken-or-the-socialist-egg-3885713/

KSL
— Vance pushes restoration of nuclear family, traditional marriage in convention speech.
https://www.ksl.com/article/news/politics/vance-pushes-restoration-of-nuclear-family-traditional-marriage-in-convention-speech/51622697

C-SPAN
— Vivek Ramaswamy Says Sanctuary Cities “Spit in The Face of The Rule of Law.”
https://www.c-span.org/clip/campaign-2026/vivek-ramaswamy-says-sanctuary-cities-spit-in-the-face-of-the-rule-of-law/5206165

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Meet the Factions Driving the Democratic Socialists of America. From cocktail-party pragmatists to Constitution-abolishing ‘theory bros,’ these groups are steering America’s largest socialist organization in its breakout year. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/meet-the-factions-driving-the-democratic-socialists-of-america-0c5e74f0

GEN ZER
— Gen Z’s skills seem to be on the decline. DD: What did you do to acquire, maintain, and improve your job skills?  I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://thegenzer.substack.com/p/gen-zs-skills-seem-to-be-on-the-declinebut

POYNTER
— Want to get promoted? Make sure you understand what your bosses want. My superiors in the federal government wanted me to become a Democrat. Because I refused, they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/how-to-get-promoted-at-work/

PHYS
— Luck or merit? Not all inequality is equally acceptable. DD: Where does your income come from. My income comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, Social Security, and retirement savings. Where did the money come from for what you own? For me, it came from what I earned doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping more gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, and audit federal agencies 1980-1997. More recently, it has come from inheritances.
https://phys.org/news/2026-09-luck-merit-inequality-equally.html

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

ECONOMIC TIMES
— The Marxist-Socialist-Islamist alliance smiling. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEa3n0wmTNo

September 12, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naper Pride Fest not happening this year.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/11/naper-pride-fest-naperville-canceled/

ABC7
— College of DuPage ceremony honors 9/11 victims and teaches new generation of first responders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhT0p1g95Q8
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dPTAECQyn0o

WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://wgntv.com/daytime-chicago/reeling-the-chicago-lgbtq-international-film-festival/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Not your parents’ pot: Experts push against teen use of highly concentrated THC products. Chicago parents say they came to the forum, held at Kenwood Academy Wednesday, to empower themselves — and their teens — with evidence-based information about cannabis use. DD: I never have used pot and I never will use pot. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to get an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, work my way through college, earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, earn three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, earned a job-related professional license, etc.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/09/12/not-your-parents-pot-experts-push-against-teen-use-of-highly-concentrated-thc-products

DAILY ILLINI
— UI TPUSA chapter holds Charlie Kirk vigil.
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/university-news/campus-events/2026/09/11/tpusa-charlie-kirk-vigil/

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Naperville Marks 25th Anniversary of Sept. 11 at Cmdr. Dan Shanower Memorial.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2026/09/11/naperville-marks-25th-anniversary-of-sept-11-at-cmdr-dan-shanower-memorial/161023

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— DuPage County Board funds gun safe distribution at upcoming event.
https://www.nctv17.org/news/dupage-county-board-funds-gun-safe-distribution-at-upcoming-event/amp/

ELMHURST PATCH
— DuPage Settles Excessive Force Claims Against Sheriff Candidate.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/amp/34816677/dupage-settles-excessive-force-claims-against-sheriff-candidate

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Twenty-Five Years Since 9/11 — Have We Fallen Asleep?
https://illinoisfamily.org/islam-sharia/twenty-five-years-since-9-11-have-we-fallen-asleep/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Denver Socialist Says She’s Qualified To Serve as Mayor Because She Was Convicted of Stealing Food Stamps.
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/denver-socialist-says-shes-qualified-to-serve-as-mayor-because-she-was-convicted-of-stealing-food-stamps/

NEW YORK POST
— AOC spotted laughing next to Mamdani at 9/11 ceremony — as victims’ families weep during reading of names.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/11/us-news/zohran-mamdani-aoc-spotted-laughing-at-9-11-ceremony-while-victims-families-weep-during-reading-of-names/
— Personal responsibility isn’t racist.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/11/opinion/responsibilitys-not-racist-whats-new-york-hiding-and-other-commentary/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tuskegee University’s recent request for “its mostly Black students to stop wearing revealing clothes to class” and “dressing down by wearing durags,” is a welcome bid “to end habits that hurt any Black youngster’s chances for success,” cheers Juan Williams in The Hill. These days, “any call for personal responsibility in Black America gets confused with partisan politics and ideological purity,” but: “Standards are not racist. Discipline is not disrespectful of Black culture.” Note that former President Barack Obama agreed that “too Black men were under the influence of negative stereotypes.” Tuskegee is doing its part to counteract the lie that “ ‘authentic’ Black life” should replicate “jailtime.” Instead of “surrendering to popular stereotypes,” the school is “preparing young people to win.”)

BREITBART
— Violence-Stoking Leftists Trash Charlie Kirk on One-Year Anniversary of His Assassination.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/11/violence-stoking-leftists-trash-charlie-kirk-on-one-year-anniversary-of-his-assassination/amp/

DAILY CALLER
— DSA Takeover Of The Democrat Party Is Nearly Complete.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/09/11/dsa-democratic-party-socialists-poll-quinnipiac/

FEDERALIST
— American Bar Association Keeps Proving It’s A Left-Wing Activist Group. It enforced a standard it knew was constitutionally infirm, cannot justify its own benchmarks, and has appointed itself an amender of the Constitution.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/09/11/american-bar-association-keeps-proving-its-a-left-wing-activist-group/

FOX BUSINESS
— Vance fires back at protester waving Mexican flag at RNC midterm convention.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6404925051112

FOX NEWS
— Americans react to socialists arguing U.S. deserved 9/11.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404948314112
— ‘Trump-level’ smackdown earns Vance roaring praise as 2028 buzz builds at GOP convention.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-level-smackdown-earns-vance-roaring-praise-2028-buzz-builds-gop-convention
— 30% of college students say violence acceptable way to stop speakers on campuses.
https://www.wfmd.com/2026/09/11/30-of-college-students-say-violence-acceptable-way-to-stop-speakers-on-campuses-survey-finds/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Berkeley Law Discriminated Against White and Asian Applicants.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/09/doj-u-c-berkeley-law-discriminated-against-white-and-asian-applicants/amp/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Joins Socialists, Embraces Bribery. His pledge of $5,000 ‘dividends’ to voters if Republicans win is just preposterous.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/09/trump-breaks-glass-joins-socialists-embraces-bribery/

PJ MEDIA
— Like Being on Another Planet: Socialism 2026 Chicago Conference.
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/09/11/like-being-on-another-planet-socialism-2026-chicago-conference-n4957113

WHITE HOUSE
— America Will Never Be A Socialist/Communist Country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB2tJV8bMnU

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— McConnell’s return shines spotlight on older lawmakers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6085627-mitch-mcconnell-aging-lawmakers-term-limits-health-challenges/

CNN
— Charlie Kirk statue draws supporters to Times Square.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/11/us/video/charlie-kirk-statue-times-square-digvid-vrtc

REUTERS
— Trump and Musk super PACs unleash millions to boost Republicans in battleground races.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-musk-super-pacs-unleash-millions-boost-republicans-battleground-races-2026-09-11/

NEWSWEEK
— Student Loan Forgiveness Would Get Easier, Quicker for Many Under New Bill. DD: My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth that I worked my way through college and paid for my bachelor’s degree (1970), three master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), six professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and a professional license (1981). They stress that costs were much lower back then.
https://www.newsweek.com/student-loan-forgiveness-would-get-easier-quicker-for-many-under-new-bill-12433966

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘Mangionistas’ Who Present Themselves as Journalists.  DD: According to my critics/opponents, I never was a journalist, I am not a journalist, and I never will be a journalist a) because I do not have a degree in journalism, b) because no one has paid me for what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) because all the money needed for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and for my www.gopillinois.com website comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings, d) because either my newsletters nor my website are paywalled or contain any advertising or donation requests, e) because I do not claim to be nonpartisan, f) because I fully disclose that I am conservative Republican, and g) because I fully disclose that I have been an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000. My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth the fact a) that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years 1980-1997, b) that what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do, and c) that during my last 11 years at GAO, my salary increased from $118,984/year to $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/nyregion/luigi-mangione-mangionistas-nyc-bill.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To receive a press card, applicants must submit six or more “articles, commentaries, books, photographs, videos, films, or audios published, broadcast, or cablecast” within the 24 months before the application, according to the city agency. A member of the press can mean someone employed by a traditional news-gathering organization or a “self-employed newsperson.”

UTAH PUBLIC RADIO
— Thousands came to UVU to mourn Charlie Kirk. Others protested the memorial.
https://www.upr.org/utah-news/2026-09-11/charlie-kirk-memorial-anniversary

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
— Modern-day martyr’: Charlie Kirk memorial draws thousands to Utah campus where he was killed. The event at Utah Valley University was headlined by major conservative names, including Glenn Beck and Michael Knowles.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2026/09/11/charlie-kirk-memorial-event-draws/

YORK NEWS TIMES
— Charlie Kirk Statue Unveiling Gets Ugly as Opposing Crowds Face Off in Times Square.
https://yorknewstimes.com/video_628b3ace-eabf-521a-ae59-c9cae9306227.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Democratic operative counsels his party to scrap its unpopular views and stand up to radical activists.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/supermajority-review-losing-dogmas-winning-elections-95971b61
— Populist Republicans and Democratic Socialists Are Starting to Merge. Call it the ‘Horseshoe party’: The extremes in both parties are starting to sound alike in their disdain for capitalism and centrism.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/populist-republicans-and-democratic-socialists-are-starting-to-merge-d6f5917e
— Pence: A Republican Time for Choosing. Will we remain the party of conservative principles or embrace progressivism in the guise of populism?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-republican-time-for-choosing-c1f4f8a4
— Rules for Succeeding at Work. DD: If I had been a Democrat, my Democrat superiors in the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 in 1988 even though I was not a minority, a female, or a veteran because I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30 and 32, and I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. None of my coworkers had come close to doing that.
https://www.wsj.com/business/new-rules-for-succeeding-at-work-success-331969f8
— DD: Democrat leaders blame Trump for India joining up with China.
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/shifting-u-s-alliances-push-rivals-china-and-india-together-37c95b68

BUSINESS JOURNAL
— Who loses when standardized tests for college admissions are optional? DD: UIC would not have admitted me in 1966 if my ACT score and GPA had been lower. Loyola would not have admitted me in 1972 if my ATGSB score had been lower.
https://rbj.net/2026/09/11/who-loses-when-standardized-tests-for-college-admissions-are-optional/

HR EXECUTIVE
— Career success. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, I had to do much more to advance. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, something very few of my Democrat Post Office coworkers did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, something none of my IRS and GAO coworkers did.
https://hrexecutive.com/peace-over-promotion-how-gen-zen-is-redefining-career-success/

EDUCATION WEEK
— DD: The more that you condemn Charlie Kirk, the more that Democrats promote you.
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/disciplined-for-charlie-kirk-posts-these-teachers-fought-back-and-won/2026/09
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “He was a horrible person, a fascist full of hate for anyone who was different.”

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Federal judge halts federal agencies from asking job applicants about their favorite Trump administration initiative, a question that civil service advocates call a “loyalty question.” DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger, or veteran and who would take the job. When I was 19 in 1968, my Democrat Post Office superiors came to realize that I would never become a Democrat. To get rid of me, they disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969. When I was 25 in 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors came to realize that I would never become a Democrat. To get rid of me, they got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. When I was 40 in 1988, my Democrat GAO superiors came to realize that I would never become a Democrat. To get rid of me, they threw me off audits of IRS, gave me a very bad job assignment, gave me very unfair performance expectations, gave me a very unfair performance appraisal, ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance (PFP), and then always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP. They forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. According to them, I held jobs and I got promotions that should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger,  and/or veteran.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/09/judge-halts-favorite-eo-question-federal-job-applications/415952/%3Foref%3Dge-home-top-story

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

MEAWW
— Trump recounts Flight 93 hero’s final prayer before his defiant last words: ‘Let’s roll.’  President Trump described how Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer reached out to an operator in Illinois and asked to join her in prayer.
https://news.meaww.com/trump-recounts-flight-93-heros-final-prayer-before-his-defiant-last-words-lets-roll

September 11, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Oak Brook display of thousands of American flags seeks to humanize 9/11 attacks. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. Far too many Democrats and RINOs boycotted the ceremonies.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/911-news-healing-fields-memorial-made-thousands-american-flags-seeks-humanize-attacks-twin-towers-pentagon/19812691/

NBC5
— ‘Let’s roll:’ Wheaton College graduate remembered as 9/11 hero. Sept 11, 2001, Todd Beamer, a Wheaton College student and basketball player, was on United flight 93 when the plane got hijacked. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. Far too many Democrats and RINOs boycotted the ceremonies.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lets-roll-wheaton-college-graduate-remembered-as-9-11-hero/3987109/
— Republican convention pays tribute to Charlie Kirk one year after his killing.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/charlie-kirk-tribute-republican-convention/3987493/

WGN9
— CPS data shows 13 high schools are 80% empty.
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/cps-data-shows-13-high-schools-are-80-empty/

WTTW
— 25 Years Later, Sept. 11 Impacts Felt at Home and Abroad.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/10/25-years-later-sept-11-impacts-felt-home-and-abroad

WGN RADIO
— Trump to commemorate 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks at the Pentagon. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. Far too many Democrats and RINOs boycotted the ceremonies.
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/ap-trump-to-commemorate-25th-anniversary-of-9-11-attacks-at-the-pentagon/amp/

WBEZ
— Construction sites will be required to be more welcoming to women under a new Illinois law. A successful legislative push embraced by Gov. JB Pritzker means the state’s male-dominated construction industry soon will have to make new job-site accommodations to employees who lactate and menstruate. Illinois is the second state with such a mandate. DD: While I worked for GAO in its Chicago office in the 1990s, it converted its smoking room to a lactation room.
https://www.wbez.org/politics/2026/09/11/construction-jobs-women-job-sites-illinois-law-pritzker-zahrah-hill

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders use Dolly Parton to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/dolly-parton-driver-gender-affirming-care/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/09/11/attacks-against-dei-stop-america-from-reaching-its-full-promise
— Chicago-area consultant, along with other experts, raised alarms about sloppy airport security before 9/11. But proposed reforms, such as the government taking over passenger screening from contractors hired by airlines, didn’t happen until it was too late. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. Far too many Democrats and RINOs boycotted the ceremonies.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/09/10/ohare-airport-security-terrorism-airlines-checkpoint-government-oversight

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Why suburban police are teaming up to fight video gambling smash-and-grabs. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260910/crime/suburban-police-form-task-force-to-target-video-gambling-smash-and-grabs/

OUR QUAD CITIES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity.
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/illinois-to-expand-access-to-grocery-stores/

HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR CHRONICLE
— Illinois Education Association, local union presidents release joint statement after racist actions at high school football game.
https://www.hfchronicle.com/2026/09/11/illinois-education-association-local-union-presidents-release-joint-statement-after-racist-actions-at-high-school-football-game/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: The more that you do to promote Trump, the more that Democrats and RINOs do to destroy you.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-11/empty-seats-socialism-and-trump-dominate-the-republican-midterm-convention
— Vance, Trump issue plea for Americans to vote Republican on last night of convention. DD: What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman doing to get out the vote? I hope that each of the 18 Republican candidates on the November 3, 2006 ballot in my precinct will soon provide the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) with enough of their campaign literature pieces so that I can pick up 400 for each of them and hand-deliver them to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. That is 7,200 pieces (400 X 18). So far, I have placed 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels on 400 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes. I have split them into five batches and put them in walk order. I want to start stuffing those envelopes with MTRO-provided outstanding Voter Guides and the literature pieces ASAP. I want to start stuffing as soon as I have at least 100 pieces from each of the candidates. As soon as the sample ballot for my precinct is available, I will make 400 photocopies, stuff them, and head out the door. The 18 candidates are Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-10/vance-trump-issue-plea-for-americans-to-vote-republican-on-last-night-of-convention

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Republican convention pays tribute to Charlie Kirk one year after his killing.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-republican-convention-pays-tribute-to-charlie-kirk-one-year-after-his-killing/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Prosecutor brought in to lead investigation of Trump foes says he has resigned his position. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat superiors did far more than just investigate me. My Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969. My Democrat IRS superiors a) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) got rid of the GAO manager in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, they would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/prosecutor-brought-in-to-lead-investigation-of-tru. mp-foes-says-he-has-resigned-his-position/article_f2a70791-5020-5c5b-8b04-b7fbd2102668.html

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democratic Socialists Are Winning Big Across America. Are They Losing Ground In Chicago?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/10/democratic-socialists-are-winning-big-across-america-are-they-losing-ground-in-chicago/

ILLINOIS
— Illinois Welcoming Centers Program. DD: Under Pritzker, those who are the following are ever-increasingly unwelcome in Illinois: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://omb.illinois.gov/public/gata/csfa/Program.aspx?csfa=1493

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— State Sen. Dave Syverson, a Republican from Cherry Valley, is sponsoring legislation requiring Illinois schools to teach about the events of 9/11 every year.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/11/marylands-moore-rallies-illinois-dems-01071867

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-805/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— 25 years later, America honors 9/11 heroes with solemn memorial services. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. Far too many Democrats and RINOs boycotted the ceremonies.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/11/25-years-later-america-honors-911-heroes-solemn-memorial-services/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Why They Hate Us: The Sources of Terrorist Conduct.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/why-they-hate-us-the-sources-of-terrorist

NEW YORK POST
— Vance takes on Abdul El-Sayed and ‘Mexican’ protester in rousing RNC midterm speech on ‘birthright’ American values.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/10/us-news/vice-president-jd-vance-reignites-spat-with-abdul-el-sayed-in-gop-midterm-convention-speech/
— Protester heckles JD Vance, spices up his GOP midterm convention speech: ‘Just discovered the symbol of the far-left.’
https://nypost.com/2026/09/10/us-news/protester-heckles-jd-vance-spices-up-his-gop-midterm-convention-speech/
— Vance steals 2028 show at GOP convention — attendees deem VP ‘ready’ to be crowned Trump’s MAGA heir.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/11/us-news/jd-vance-steals-2028-show-at-gop-convention-attendees-hail-him-as-trumps-maga-heir/

AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY
— Affirmative Consideration, Not Affirmative Action. DD: Ever since the 1960s, all those above me have been under ever-increasing pressure to give more preference to those who do not share my demographics. If had been born decades later if not years later, I never would have been able to work my way through college, earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, earn three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, or earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.acslaw.org/expertforum/affirmative-consideration-not-affirmative-action/

BILLY GRAHM EVENGELICAL ASSOCIATION
— Australian Principal Forced to Resign for Refusing to Promote LGBTQ Content to Elementary Students. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire because I refused to promote their a) race and gender based preference giving, b) political affiliation discrimination, c) reverse discrimination, d) age discrimination, e) religious discrimination, and f) national origin discrimination.
https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/principal-forced-to-resign-for-refusing-to-promote-lgbtq-content-to-elementary-students
— University of Georgia Training Claims Religious Liberty Is ‘License to Discriminate’ Against ‘LGBTQ People’
https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/university-of-georgia-training-claims-religious-liberty-is-license-to-discriminate-against-lgbtq-people-1

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Parents have new way to determine if their child’s doctor is part of pro-trans group.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/09/10/exclusive-parents-have-new-way-to-determine-if-their-childs-doctor-is-part-of-pro-trans-group-1658402/

BLAZE
— Socialists and Antifa agitators tussle with Christians outside GOP convention — riot police respond.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/antifa-christians-gop-convention-video
— Outgoing Democrat demands taxpayers pay for transgender health care for detained illegal aliens.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/al-green-trans-healthcare-illegals

BREITBART
— Capacity Crowd Goes Wild for Trump, Vance at Midterm Convention Closing.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/10/capacity-crowd-wild-trump-vance-midterm-convention-closing/

DAILY SIGNAL
— True Democratic Socialists Can’t Run on Their Real Platform.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByJPzlCHGlo

DAILY WIRE
— The Hidden AI Battle For America’s Classrooms. Universities are pushing for AI tools to adopt DEI priorities.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-hidden-ai-battle-for-americas-classrooms

CHRISTIAN POST
— Trump reiterates warning against Democrat ‘dark age’ in final RNC address.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/trump-reiterates-warning-against-dark-age-from-democrats-at-rnc.html

COLLEGE FIX
— UCLA features terror sympathizers at 9/11 anniversary symposium. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. Far too many Democrats and RINOs boycotted the ceremonies.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/ucla-features-terror-sympathizers-at-9-11-anniversary-symposium/

EPOCH TIMES
— Never Forget
https://lists.theepochtimes.com/archive/ByjaBQktD/Jlid8tcrj/wQqUiYhGYFPe

FOX NEWS
— Crowd erupts as Vance smacks down protester waving Mexican flag.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/crowd-erupts-vance-smacks-down-protester-waving-mexican-flag-get-your-over-there
— ‘He is PROUD of those taking the stage tonight,’ ‘Charlie Kirk Show’ producer says.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxub7I7fblw
— America should not be a safe haven for those who promote terrorism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6393500638112
— Moderate Muslim activist warns Mamdani promoting extremist politics.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6396678566112
— Socialists will ‘kill the American Dream.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404907893112
— History proves socialism goes hand in hand with bigotry.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6404897454112
— Socialist anti-Trump protester blames ‘right-wing provocateurs’ for confrontation outside RNC.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404905551112

NEWS BUSTERS
— The View HATES Fetterman’s GOP Message, Claims DSA Only About ‘Social Security.’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2026/09/10/view-hates-fettermans-gop-message-claims-dsa-only-about
— CNN’s Hunt Lets Pritzker Go Unchallenged on More ‘Trump Has Dementia’ Garbage.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/steve-malzberg/2026/09/11/soft-cnns-hunt-lets-pritzker-go-unchallenged-more-trump-has

PJ MEDIA
— Sodom and Gomorrica: Foster the Children.
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2026/09/10/sodom-and-gomorrica-foster-the-children-n4957078
— RNC Convention Honors Victims of Illegal Alien Crime, Remembers Those Lost on 9/11. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. Far too many Democrats and RINOs boycotted the ceremonies.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/10/rnc-convention-honors-illegal-alien-crime-victims-911-heroes-n4957106

STAND
— 9/11 25 Years Later. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2003 and 2004. Far too many Democrats and RINOs boycotted the ceremonies.
https://afa.net/the-stand/culture/2026/09/911-25-years-later/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lately, we have seen the rise of influence of Islamists in our culture. Islamist and socialist Hasan Piker is a pal of Michigan Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, Abdul El-Sayed. Piker has a lot of influence among many young people on the Left – he reportedly has 3 million followers. Piker says America deserved 9/11. He’s not the only one. Democratic Socialist Candidate Melot Kiros, running for the U.S. Congress in the Denver area, basically said the United States deserved what happened to us that fateful Tuesday a quarter of a century ago. Meanwhile, the media often downplays the Islamic angle to 9/11. But, in contrast, scholars note that the Qur’an teaches the faithful Muslim should “Fight those who do not believe in Allah” (Surah 9:29). Recently, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said that they would not allow people to call 9/11 a “terrorist” attack. But the hue and outcry caused them to reverse course, only for the case of 9/11. One of the lessons the West seems not to have learned in these 25 years is to recognize that there is a vibrant strand within Islam that is committed to violent Jihad. No whitewashing can wish this away. Post 9/11, one study found a 31% increase in mosques in the United States, just from 2010 to 2020. We cherish religious freedom in America, and well we should. But we don’t welcome those who would kill to advance their faith. Of course, there are virtually no churches in Islamic countries.)

TOWNHALL
— The Border Has Gone Quiet – but Here’s What the Cartels Are Up To.
https://townhall.com/news/cameron-arcand/2026/09/10/the-borders-gone-quiet-but-heres-what-the-cartels-are-up-to-n2682799
— Diet Coke Socialism. DD: My mother was raised on a farm and she never attended high school. She stayed home and raised me and my brother. To afford that, my father almost always worked second jobs. He died suddenly when I was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. He never earned more than $75,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college.
https://townhall.com/columnists/erickerickson/2026/09/11/diet-coke-socialism-n2682757
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Trump administration is drafting a rule that would let married couples with a stay-at-home spouse collect federal welfare benefits. The money comes from a 1990s Health and Human Services fund meant to cover daycare so low-income parents could work or go to school. About 870,000 families draw on it now, roughly 80 percent headed by a single working mom, and it pays about $9,000 per child per year. Vice President JD Vance champions the change, and the administration intends to do it without a vote in Congress. Superficially, the policy sounds good. Children raised in two-parent, single-earner homes outperform every other group in school and in earnings, and those families are the only ones reproducing above the replacement rate. We should want more stay-at-home mothers, and the vice president’s heart is in the right place. His plan is still a terrible idea. He is offering socialism-lite, and Diet Coke socialism never beats the real thing. Republicans spent 30 years arguing that welfare made people dependent on government. In the 1990s, former President Bill Clinton and the GOP restructured welfare to end dependency by allowing single moms to work or get a degree while their childcare costs were covered. The Vance Plan hands that money to mothers who stay home with working husbands, so long as the husbands do not earn too much and the mothers do not work. The income cap is near $75,000 in most states, and a couple with two children would collect $18,000 a year. If the father makes $70,000 and his boss offers a promotion with a 10 percent raise, the $7,000 increase takes the household to $77,000 and wipes out the entire $18,000. The father must turn down that promotion, and the next one, because the math does not change until the children turn 18. By then he is in his 50s and has passed on every rung of the ladder. The mom cannot take a part-time job, because anything paying less than $18,000 is a pay cut. A nurse who steps away for 5 years to raise kids can get recertified. A nurse who steps away for 25 years starts over at 50. That is the benefits cliff conservatives spent a generation warning about, and it remains even when the recipient is married and votes Republican. My Christian friends praising this idea are making families dependent on government and turning stay-at-home mothers into welfare queens. Many of the voices cheering this plan spent last year going through grocery receipts to decide whether a poor woman could buy a Coke with an EBT card. A subsidy conditioned on staying home invites a rule defining what staying home requires, and they will write it. The socialist left loves the collective and the post-liberal right knows what is best for your household, and both want a bureaucrat in Washington controlling your family. There is a better answer, which is to not take the money at all. Give an uncapped deduction per child for as long as that child is at home or in college, and let parents who homeschool or pay tuition deduct the school taxes they pay for a system they do not use. Then address the national debt, because people do not have children when they have given up on the future and the debt destroys the private sector’s opportunities. The people most supportive of this plan have given up on America and want to manage its decline. They have replaced the Republican establishment that gave us Medicare Part D and now want welfare expansion. Democrat-lite never beats Democrat. The vice president is gambling that socialists will balk at subsidizing stay-at-home mothers over working mothers. They will not balk. Democrats will take the deal and raise it, and each raise gets easier once Republicans concede that Washington should put families on welfare. It is also amateurish to divide the right this close to the midterms, pitting stay-at-home mothers against the mothers who work and will pay for it. Let parents keep their own money and run their households as they see fit. Pay down the debt, grow the private sector, and give hope back to the people instead of trying to manage a decline that itself is a choice.)

TURNING POINT USA
— Freedom Built to Last | Honoring Charlie Kirk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Log3saPGGk

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— 9/11 overshadows other major events of the past 25 years for many Americans.
https://apnews.com/article/sept-11-25th-anniversary-polling-4df26c1a52c88c9cd1d1bf07367db4d7
— Republican convention pays tribute to Charlie Kirk one year after his killing.
https://apnews.com/article/charlie-kirk-anniversary-gop-convention-5b5985c228a2e6d9128e7dc748c1da29

ABC NEWS
— Vance? Rubio? DeSantis? Cruz? Republicans at Dallas convention ponder options for post-Trump leader.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/vance-rubio-desantis-cruz-republicans-dallas-convention-ponder-136354801
— Hegseth blocks promotion of several Navy officers to 1-star rank. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors blocked my promotion to GS-14, my Democrat IRS superiors to GS-13, and my Democrat Post Office superiors to GS-5. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/hegseth-blocks-promotion-navy-officers-1-star-rank/story?id=133498412
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, nearly half of Americans view the Republican Party platform as being “too conservative.” They ignore, downplay, dismiss, and belittle the fact that a similar share view the Democratic Party platform as being “too liberal.’ Since 2000, RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have used my promotion conservative principles and the Republican Party platform against me big time. Previously the RINO leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition used that against me big time. Ever-increasingly, the aforesaid blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that the more that I do to help elect them, the fewer votes that they will get, and especially from Independent voters. They would be overjoyed if I left the IRP and joined the Conservative Party of Illinois ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(United_States)#Illinois ).
https://abcnews.com/Politics/thirds-americans-country-headed-wrong-direction-abc-newswashington/story?id=132583099

NBC NEWS
— Vance positions himself as a fighter for family values.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/vance-positions-fighter-family-values-national-birthright-rcna596594

NEW YORK TIMES
— Vance, Eying 2028, Relishes the Spotlight at Trump’s Convention.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/us/politics/vance-republican-convention-speech-trump.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight terrorism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/opinion/911-patriot-act-trump-politics.html
— What Would Charlie Kirk Do Today?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/us/politics/charlie-kirk-killing-one-year.html?searchResultPosition=1

WASHINGTON POST
— Vance appears more like Trump’s heir apparent at GOP convention.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/10/vance-keynote-speech-gop-midterm-event-strengthens-image-heir/

DENVER GAZETTE
— Republicans competitive in blue-state Senate races thanks to socialists, not Trump, as party gathers in Dallas.
https://www.denvergazette.com/2026/09/10/republicans-competitive-in-blue-state-senate-races-thanks-to-socialists-not-trump-as-party-gathers-in-dallas/

DALLAS MORNING NEWS
— Vance and Cruz share Dallas stage, offering a preview of the GOP’s future.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/article/vance-auditions-for-2028-as-cruz-makes-own-pitch-22425798.php
— Vance claps back at protester who interrupted his speech with a Mexican flag.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/article/vance-protester-gop-convention-22426655.php

DETROIT NEWS
— Vance seizes MAGA spotlight as Republicans begin looking beyond Trump.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/10/vance-seizes-maga-spotlight-as-republicans-begin-looking-beyond-trump/91701887007/

DESERET NEWS
—  Vance pushes restoration of nuclear family, traditional marriage in primetime convention speech. The vice president spent much of his nearly half-hour speech highlighting the importance of the nuclear family and how the most important thing to do is find someone ‘who’s worth building a life with.’
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2026/09/10/jd-vance-donald-trump-gop-convention-speeches/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Targets the Wrong Base. It’s the ‘traditional Republicans’ he needs to get to the polls, not MAGA enthusiasts. DD: I have always been a traditional Republican.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-targets-the-wrong-base-d5886214
— The 9/11 Lessons for Next Time. The U.S. homeland is more vulnerable now than it was 25 years ago.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/9-11-25th-anniversary-twin-towers-terrorism-7fcb6674
— How the Unity of 9/11 Sowed the Seeds of America’s Deep Political Division.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/how-the-unity-of-9-11-sowed-the-seeds-of-americas-deep-political-division-41cf4d13

FORBES
— ‘The Story Of Socialism Is A Story Of Mass Suffering’: Trump Jr. Laces Into Dems Over ‘Communism.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtEDJ_KkCNk

FED WEEK
— An arbitrator has ruled in favor of the NTEU union in a grievance over firings of some 3,500 probationary employees at HHS last year, agreeing that they were a “reduction in force masquerading as probationary terminations” and not meeting the employee protections and other requirements of a RIF. The arbitrator also agreed with the union that the boilerplate language many agencies used to justify the layoffs on performance grounds was a pretext—another argument common to the challenges. (OPM since has changed the rules to no longer require that agencies cite performance reasons for firing a probationary employee.) DD: After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious when they learned that they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me. Nevertheless, they did everything that could to get me to transfer back to IRS, to transfer to another federal agency, or to quit. They gave me bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance appraisals. They kept me off audits of IRS. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. Further, previously, in 1970, my Chicago Heights Firestone Store boss refused to let me start until after I passed a 2-week probationary period in Indiana. He would never had hired me, but his boss had assigned me to him. He did not have a college degree and he disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, my being Protestant, my being German American, my having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and my living in Crete.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/arbitrator-rules-for-union-on-probationary-employee-firings/

PSY POST
— DD; Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting women to blame Republicans for all their problems.
https://www.psypost.org/when-equality-rises-egalitarians-start-defending-the-establishment/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DAILY MAIL
— Karoline Leavitt trades White House podium for tough campaign talk as she unleashes on ‘extreme socialist’ Democrats.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16121781/Karoline-Leavitt-campaign-Republicans-Democrats.html

NEWS24
— Attempts at silencing Charlie Kirk have only amplified his voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv9VO6pGBs8

GUARDIAN
— How far would you go to give your children a better chance in life? DD: My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/jul/20/how-far-would-you-go-give-your-children-better-chance-life-richard-reeves

September 10, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Vice President JD Vance to deliver keynote address on final day of Republican midterm convention in Dallas, Texas.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/vice-president-jd-vance-deliver-keynote-address-final-day-republican-midterm-convention-dallas-texas/19816642/
— Charlie Kirk remembered at GOP midterm convention 1 year after shooting death.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/charlie-kirk-shooting-year-political-activist-was-killed-front-thousands-utah-speaking-event/19816054/

NBC5
— Trump claims U.S. adults will get $5k ‘dividend’ if Republicans win midterms.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/politics/donald-trump-dividend-5k-elections-republicans/3987081/
— Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ offer sparks intense criticism, questions of legality. President Trump’s proposal to send Americans $5,000 checks if Republicans retain control of Congress has sparked criticism and even mockery.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/trumps-5000-dividend-offer-sparks-intense-criticism-questions-of-legality/3987329/

FOX32
— Charlie Kirk death: Where the case stands 1 year after his death.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/charlie-kirk-death-where-murder-case-stands-1-year-later

WTTW
— Despite More Diverse Applicants, Those Promoted in CFD Remain Overwhelmingly White, Male. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/09/despite-more-diverse-applicants-those-promoted-cfd-remain-overwhelmingly-white-male

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican convention provides JD Vance center stage moment as party faces midterm verdict.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/jd-vance-republican-midterm-convention/
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Hoping to salvage midterms, Donald Trump makes dubious pledge to give every US adult $5,000 if GOP wins.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/donald-trump-gop-dallas-convention/
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Republicans showcase their ‘big beautiful bill’ to voters, but the law’s impact has been mixed.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/republicans-big-beautiful-bill-impact/
— President Donald Trump promises $500 Obamacare rebate checks for 1M enrollees in 30 states.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/donald-trump-500-obamacare-rebate-checks/
— Lake County Board GOP candidate may not appear on ballot: ‘It should be up to the voters.’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/09/lake-county-board-jorge-sanchez/
— Donald Trump wants to send Americans money. Congress and economists don’t seem thrilled with the idea.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/donald-trump-money-congress-economists/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/10/cannabis-shop-streeterville/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Memories of 9/11 horror still fresh after a quarter-century. The worst bloodshed on American soil since the Civil War unfolded on an ordinary Tuesday morning in September.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/09/10/9-11-memories-25th-anniversary-twin-towers-chicago-scene
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/09/10/illinois-officials-put-pressure-on-trump-administration-to-restore-crisis-lifeline-for-lgbtq-youth

RIVER BENDER
— Duckworth Pushes For Clarity And Due Process For Exemplary Military Officers Whose Promotions Are Blocked By Pete Hegseth. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors blocked my promotion to GS-14, my Democrat IRS superiors to GS-13, and my Democrat Post Office superiors to GS-5. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign. Would Duckworth have come to my defense?
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-pushes-for-clarity-and-due-process-for-exemplary-military-officers-whose-promotions-are-blocked-by-pete-hegseth-96610.cfm?

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— Republicans honor Charlie Kirk before Vance and Trump speak on Day 2 of convention.
https://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/national-news/the-latest-republicans-honor-charlie-kirk-before-vance-and-trump-speak-on-day-2-of/article_cea4077f-a7ff-5b2a-a221-095da4772f4e.html

WSPY
— Republican governor candidate Darren Bailey coming to Sandwich Fair.
https://www.wspynews.com/news/local/republican-governor-candidate-darren-bailey-coming-to-sandwich-fair/article_f01c8453-a2a3-4bd9-b9fe-b95476ebc3ee.html

ELMHURST PATCH
— ICE Jail Unlikely In Elmhurst, Given State Law: Official. Residents speculated earlier this year that such a lockup may come to town.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/ice-jail-unlikely-elmhurst-given-state-law-official

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-592/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, about half of American voters view the Republican Party’s platform as being too conservative. They ignore, downplay, dismiss, and belittle the fact that a similar share view the Democratic Party’s platform as too liberal. Since 2000, RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have used my promotion conservative principles and the Republican Party platform against me big time. Previously the RINO leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition used that against me big time. Ever-increasingly, the aforesaid blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that the more that I do to help elect them, the fewer votes that they will get and especially from Independent voters. They would be overjoyed if I left the IRP and joined the Conservative Party of Illinois ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(United_States)#Illinois ). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— RINO leaders want the Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party. They want the Republican Party to dump its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in its platform. But the Republican Party exists to promote conservatism. The Democrat Party exists to promote liberalism. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I challenge my critics/opponents to justify their demonizing me, denigrating me, and condemning me as being too conservative. To promote personal responsibility, I discourage the promotion of dependency on government and charity. To promote traditional marriage and family, I discourage the promotion of LGBTQ. To promote right to life, I discourage the promotion of abortion. To promote enforcement of immigration laws, I discourage the promotion of illegal immigration. To promote conservative principles, I discourage the promotion of vices. To promote Second Amendment rights, I discourage the diminishment of those rights. To promote equal opportunity, I discourage the promotion of Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism, that is, I discourage the promotion of race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Because of pensions, Chicago pays $157 for $100 of payroll.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-pension-crisis-payroll-premium-2025/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— 90% of colleges still don’t require the SAT, even as the Ivy League returns to it.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/10/report-finds-90-colleges-resisting-return-mandatory-sat/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s $5,000 dividend pledge divides Republicans.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4721724/trump-dividend-pledge-divides-republicans-spending/
— Former presidents, excluding Trump, will attend 9/11 ceremony in New York City.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4721740/former-presidents-trump-911-new-york-and-jd-vance-moments-of-silence/
— The dark celebration of the ‘Kirkaversary.’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4720841/dark-celebration-kirkaversary/
— The Left made Charlie Kirk’s assassination inevitable. Stop burying the politics.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4720907/charlie-kirk-assassination-left-wing-identity-politics/
— They couldn’t win the argument, so they ended it: One year after Charlie Kirk.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4720866/charlie-kirk-political-violence-politics-progressivism/

NEW YORK POST
— 25 years after the horrific 9/11 attacks, America’s collective memory is fading — but the lessons learned mustn’t be forgotten.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/10/opinion/25-years-after-the-horrific-9-11-attacks-its-meaning-must-continue-to-stand-forever/
— Vance pays tribute to friend Charlie Kirk — credits widow Erika for major life decision.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/10/us-news/jd-vance-pays-tribute-to-friend-charlie-kirk-credits-widow-erika-for-major-life-decision/

BREITBART
— Liberals Are Worried Too Many Women Got Jobs Last Month.
https://link.breitbart.com/view/5d13d86afc942d626ccc80b7s8uyw.2vo/9942e99c
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ever since the August jobs report was released last week, the legacy media and liberal pundits have been highlighting the fact that the payrolls show the net gains for women dwarfed the gains for men. Employers added 158,000 women to payrolls in August and just 4,000 men. “Women accounted for almost all of job gains in August. Here’s why,” CNBC announced. Fortune went with: “Who runs the labor market? Women accounted for 98% of U.S. job gains in August.” This is a curious development. Why are the financial press and liberal pundits highlighting these job gains for women? Surely it is not to celebrate the feminist economy of Donald Trump or a great stride toward gender equality achieved by tariffs and the One Big Beautiful Bill. The Secretly Sexist MAGA Agenda  Finally, an analysis from Mike Konczal, VP Policy and Research at the Economic Security Project and a former staffer at the National Economic Council, explained it. “One of the great ironies of the second Trump administration has been that, despite their attempt to reassert a male breadwinner family model and make a gender vibe shift, men have gained no jobs under it,” Konczal explained. As it turns out, the reason for all these stories was that liberals were attacking a demon of their own imagining. They have conjured a patriarchal Trump economic policy out of nothing but their own conviction that deep down Trump and his supporters have been fashioning a world where only men work, a male breadwinner family model of the economy. The fact that nothing Trump has said or done supports this is entirely beside the point. They just know that’s what he really wanted, and they’re eager to point out that he failed at the thing they only imagined he was trying to engineer.)

DAILY CALLER
— One Year Passed, What Charlie Kirk Would Want From Us Now.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/09/10/charlie-kirk-turning-point-usa-florida-ohio-tpusa-erika-one-year-anniversary/

FOX NEWS
— RNC Midterm Convention chants Charlie Kirk’s name.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404864944112

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— George W. Bush says Americans “don’t pay attention to the lesson of 9/11.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-w-bush-911-attacks-condoleezza-rice/
— Trump says he doesn’t think $5,000 dividend payments would need to be approved by Congress.
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/president-donald-trump-dallas-texas-republican-midterm-convention-interview/
— Trump’s $5,000 dividend would reignite inflation and swell the U.S. deficit.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-5000-checks-inflation-deficit-economists/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— $5,000 Checks for Every American? What to Know About Trump’s Latest Promise. President’s trillion-dollar idea faces hurdles in Congress, risks sparking inflation
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/5-000-checks-for-every-american-what-to-know-about-trumps-latest-promise-0eb47fe6

FORTUNE
— Billionaire Democratic governor of Illinois Pritzker insists ‘Republicans have done nothing to earn your vote.’
https://fortune.com/2026/09/10/billionaire-democratic-governor-of-illinois-insists-republicans-have-done-nothing-to-earn-your-vote/
— Trump tries to bribe Americans to vote Republican with promise of $5,000 dividend — only if the GOP wins.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/10/trump-5000-dividend-republicans-midterms-us-debt/
— Trump’s first term had real stimulus checks. His second has promised ones tied to problems he started.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/10/trump-5000-check-republicans-midterms-stimulus/

September 8, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/graphics/immigration/2026/midway-blitz-by-the-numbers/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-blitz/2026/09/08/photos-what-operation-midway-blitz-left-behind
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-blitz/2026/09/08/how-operation-midway-blitz-played-out
— 6 killed, 28 hurt in Labor Day weekend gun violence. Labor Day caps a historically peaceful summer in Chicago. The city had had 122 murders in June, July and August — the lowest summer total since 1965.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/09/07/labor-day-weekend-shooting
— Illinois joins lawsuit against latest Trump admin push to cut funding for youth gender-affirming care. DD: Ever-increasingly, to send your child to a public school is to make your child an LGBTQer.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/09/04/illinois-joins-lawsuit-against-second-trump-admin-push-to-cut-federal-funding-for-youth-gender-affirming-care

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders say the GOP was confident about keeping its Senate majority but now the fight for control is wide open.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/08/gop-senate-majority-control/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight illegal drugs.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/08/column-operation-southern-spear-drug-trafficking-donald-trump-depetris/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/08/illinois-in-state-tuition-changes/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/08/opinion-midway-blitz-one-year-later-donald-trump-ice/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Suburban ‘Angel Mom’ turns grief into advocacy for immigration enforcement.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260907/news/suburban-angel-mom-turns-grief-into-advocacy-for-immigration-enforcement/
— How the suburbs will honor the 25th anniversary of 9/11. DD: I organized Wheaton’s 2003 and 2004 9/11 ceremonies. Sadly, my critics/opponents boycotted the events.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260908/news/we-remember-how-the-suburbs-will-honor-the-25th-anniversary-of-9-11/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wheaton Sept. 11 Remembrance Ceremony: 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at Memorial Park band shell, 225 N. Karlskoga Ave. Join the city and Wheaton Park District in paying tribute to those lost in the terrorist attacks 25 years ago and the ensuing military conflicts, and honoring fire and police personnel. Ceremony participants will include Wheaton Mayor Philip Suess, members of the Wheaton police and fire departments and honor guard, local musicians, and community leaders. Visit www.wheaton.il.us .)

FOX ILLINOIS
— What to watch as Republicans gather in Dallas for Trump’s unusual midterm convention. Republicans will descend on Dallas this week for a two-day convention dreamed up by President Donald Trump to rally his party ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/what-to-watch-as-republicans-gather-in-dallas-for-trumps-unusual-midterm-convention/article_c00fea0e-313a-55b3-bb26-cef4bf45f167.html
— Trump wants voters to pretend he’s on the ballot. The Republican Party is going along for the ride. President Donald Trump may try to channel the role of cowboy as he heads to the first-ever off-year Republican convention in Dallas beginning Wednesday.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-wants-voters-to-pretend-he-s-on-the-ballot-the-republican-party-is-going/article_bcb6cb69-2f16-53f4-9ea9-0bc25b61e1b7.html

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Naperville Jaycees’ Labor Day Parade 9/7/2026.
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2026/09/07/photo-gallery-naperville-jaycees-labor-day-parade-9-7-2026/160933

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Investigation Underway After Shots Fired Incident In Naperville. Police say they have interviewed “several subjects” who they believed were involved in the shots fired incident.
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/investigation-underway-after-shots-fired-incident-naperville

CAPITOL CITY NOW
— IL reparations commission wants your input. DD: How strongly do Democrat leaders blame your ancestors for slavery?
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-il-reparations-commission-wants-your-input/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democratic Senate nominee Juliana Stratton and Republican nominee Don Tracy are set to debate Oct. 20 on WTTW. Tracy recently released a new ad ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gCmzRelTbI ).
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/08/campaigns-hit-the-gas-01067063

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-802/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP rep, Pritzker targeted with AI photo, death threats.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/gop-rep-pritzker-targeted-ai-150000531.html

WIREPOINTS
— Low Returns and a New Political Handout: How the Illinois Treasurer Invests Your Money.
https://wirepoints.org/low-returns-and-a-new-political-handout-how-the-illinois-treasurer-invests-your-money-wirepoints/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Too conservative? Since 2000, my critics/opponents have blamed me and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. They hint/imply/argue/shout at Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders that is because I am too conservative, that is, because I promote too many conservative principles and too many planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They stress the success they have had getting their operatives and their dupes to take adverse actions against me. According to them, the more that I do to help elect Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, the fewer votes they will get. My more extreme critics/opponents discourage candidates and the Milton Township Republican Organization from giving me candidates’ campaign literature for me to distribute in my precinct. What do you say to my critics/opponents? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans should set midterm eyes on exposing leftist lunacy, lies, hypocrisies.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/8/republicans-set-midterm-eyes-exposing-leftist-lunacy-lies-hypocrisies/
— Why 30 million American men are single — and why that number keeps growing. DD: What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/7/analysts-see-social-economic-changes-pushing-men-not-marry/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s immigration enforcement was no miracle, just responsible government.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4714184/immigration-enforcement-responsible-government/
— Osama bin Laden is winning from the grave.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4713112/america-political-violence-bin-laden-logic/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump, GOP turn up the heat to ensure fairness, purge wokeism on campuses.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/08/opinion/trump-gop-turn-up-the-heat-to-ensure-fairness-purge-wokism-on-campuses/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Personal Finance and the Road to Reparations. The problem of poverty is not slavery. It is the black culture with single-parent families. It is the adoption of Democrat Party government programs that encourage dependency.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/09/personal-finance-and-the-road-to-reparations/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Government Employees Fight Trump’s Reforms From Within the Executive Branch. DD: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/07/federal-unions-act-like-deep-state-suing-block-trump-policy/

FOX NEWS
— Five reasons the Democrat Party will only keep making a hard left turn. Government spending, union campaign finance and super PAC influence are pushing Democrats further left.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/five-reasons-democrat-party-keep-making-hard-left-turn
— Socialists wrestle with party strategy at annual conference in Chicago.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/socialists-wrestle-party-strategy-annual-233402075.html

LIBERTY NATION
— The Horrifying Legacy of Socialism.
https://www.libertynation.com/the-horrifying-legacy-of-socialism/

NATIONAL POLICE ASSOCIATION
— The National Police Association Investigates Who Was Behind Illinois Laws Targeting Federal Officers. DD: I enforced federal tax laws for IRS for almost 9 years a Revenue Officer, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year.
https://nationalpolice.org/the-national-police-association-investigates-who-was-behind-illinois-laws-targeting-federal-officers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The National Police Association (NPA) has opened a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) public-records investigation into the origins of the Illinois Bivens Act and the Illinois Court Access, Safety, and Participation Act, laws designed to put the men and women enforcing federal immigration law personally in the crosshairs of lawsuits, punitive damages, and political retribution. The NPA’s FOIA requests are seeking drafts, redlines, legal memoranda, meeting records, emails, text messages, and other communications from the offices of Gov. J.B. Pritzker, State Attorney General Kwame Raoul, and the Illinois Senate. The records sought cover the conception, drafting, promotion, and planned enforcement of the laws, including any and all coordination with immigration organizations, civil-rights groups, legal-aid organizations, outside lawyers, lobbyists, and anti-police organizations. The laws create the authority for illegal aliens and others to sue federal immigration enforcement officers, turning Illinois courts into a venue for illegal aliens and their attorneys to extract money from federal agents. And Illinois lawmakers went further. An officer’s facial covering, identification practices, body-camera use, vehicle license plates, and even crowd-control equipment can become factors in determining punitive damages. Another provision restricts arrests in and around state courthouses and exposes federal officers to an additional $10,000 in statutory damages. The public has the right to know whether politicians in Springfield worked hand-in-glove with anti-law enforcement organizations to build this litigation scheme and whether those organizations expect to profit from the lawsuits the new laws authorize. “It is unacceptable for a state government to declare open season on federal officers because political leaders despise the federal laws those officers were sworn to enforce,” said Eddie Hutchison, President of the National Police Association. “Illinois politicians could not repeal federal immigration law, and they could not abolish ICE, so they appear to have chosen to make the enforcement of federal law as personally financially ruinous as possible,” Hutchison added. If that was the plan, then open the files and name the names: who conceived it, who wrote it, who helped arm it, and who intends to cash in as Illinois turns its courthouses into weapons against federal officers for doing their jobs enforcing America’s immigration laws. The NPA’s individual FOIAs can be viewed here. The National Police Association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting for law enforcement through advocacy, education, and the courts.)

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Leftists Call for Murder of Liberal Financial YouTuber for Promoting Personal Responsibility to Overcome Debt.
https://www.westernjournal.com/leftists-call-murder-liberal-financial-youtuber-promoting-personal-responsibility-overcome-debt/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: You’ve likely seen viral clips of financial YouTuber Caleb Hammer. His channel boasts 3.7 million subscribers, mostly due to videos in which he sits down with guests to go over their spending habits. That might sound boring to the average viewer, but Hammer makes it wildly entertaining as he admonishes guests over their poor budget decisions and life choices that landed them in dire financial straits.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Midterm elections head into the home stretch as candidates attend Labor Day events.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/midterm-elections-head-into-the-home-stretch-as-candidates-attend-labor-day-events

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As Midterms Approach, Republicans Find There Is No Escape From Trump. The president’s strategy, message and spending have left the G.O.P. in a difficult spot as lawmakers try to outrun his sagging approval ratings.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/us/politics/trump-miderm-elections-republicans.html
— Inside the Battle to Save One Pioneering General From Hegseth’s Purge. DD: There was no battle to save me from being purged by my Democrat GAO superiors when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents continue to uses that against me. According to them, my being purged even though I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license proves that I brought it on myself, that I deserved it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/us/politics/hegseth-army-general-donahue.html

USA TODAY
— Trump bets on himself as midterm savior. Will ‘Trumpapalooza’ backfire?  Trump is putting himself center stage in the midterms with a Dallas convention, even as his low approval rating threatens to drag down GOP candidates.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/06/trump-midterm-election-convention-risk/91576603007/
– Single Americans who say income matters in a relationship expect a potential lifelong partner to earn an average of $139,000 a year. DD: In today’s dollars, I never earned more than $154,682/year and that was not until I was 49 in 1997. When I got married when I was 29 in 1978, my salary was only $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/budget-and-spending/2026/09/03/single-americans-partners-earning-six-figures-study/91595118007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Socialism and the Dumbest Generation. Young people embrace an ideology that goes against everything they actually believe.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialism-and-the-dumbest-generation-687024bf
— The Unexpected Cost of Pet Care Has Young Adults Rethinking Their Finances. Pet ownership among Gen Z has spiked, but many are unprepared for the inevitable vet bills.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/cost-pet-care-finances-5a1cd072
— American Workers Have Slammed the Brakes on Switching Jobs. The country is adding around 80,000 jobs a month, up from last year, but workers are still wary. DD: The longer that you are employed in the public sector, the more impossible it is to get a job in the private sector.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/american-workers-have-slammed-the-brakes-on-switching-jobs-767c45d1
— FRONT PAGE: Americans Without College Degrees Are Having One of the Best Job Markets in Years. Unemployment among younger workers who didn’t go to college has rarely been lower in recent decades. It is the opposite story for college grads. DD: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21 in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/americans-without-college-degrees-are-having-one-of-the-best-job-markets-in-years-5f37d00e

JOURNAL COURIER
— Demonization of Trump to blame for rise of socialism.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/mark-serrano-demonization-trump-blame-rise-22411520.php

LA PROGRESSIVE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn capitalism.
https://www.laprogressive.com/progressive-issues/socialism-in-the-dock

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

ECONOMIST
— How American universities get around the DEI backlash.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/09/07/how-american-universities-get-around-the-dei-backlash

September 7, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD; To vote for Democrats is to further diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/09/07/washington-park-mass-shooting-gun-violence-manufacturers-anthony-douglas-selwyn-rogers
— DD: To get more votes from blue-collar union voters, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/09/07/blue-collar-voters-unions-november-polls-trump-labor-day-robert-forrant

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Labor Day kicks off Illinois’ fall campaign season. DD: I hope that each of the 18 Republican candidates on the November 3, 2006 ballot in my precinct will provide 400 of their campaign literature pieces to the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) that I can pick up and hand-deliver to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. That is 7,200 pieces (400 X 18). So far, I have placed 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels on 400 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes. I have split them into five batches and put them in walk order. I want to start stuffing those envelopes with MTRO-provided outstanding Voter Guides and the literature pieces ASAP. I want to start stuffing as soon as I have at least 100 pieces from each of the candidates. As soon as the sample ballot for my precinct is available, I will make 400 photocopies, stuff them, and head out the door. The 18 candidates are Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/07/illinois-election-labor-day/
— Every year, the Gallup organization asks Americans if they’re engaged with their work. And for years now, many American workers have responded with an emphatic, “No!” Employee engagement in the U.S. is hovering at its lowest level in more than a decade, Gallup reports. Workers on this Labor Day feel a growing sense of dissatisfaction and pessimism. DD: I was far more engaged than my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO coworkers. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in management in 1970. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, I earned an MBA, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, I earned a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, became a licensed CPA, served on the Association of Government Accountants Executive Committee for 12 years, served on the Illinois CPA Society Membership Committee for 8 years, earned professional certifications in fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading. None of my Democrat coworkers came close to doing what I did. To get promoted, all they had to do was to be “good little Democrats.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/07/editorial-american-workers-have-come-a-long-way-yet-many-say-theyve-had-it-with-their-jobs/

DAILY HERALD
— Medinah, suburbs anticipating massive economic impact from Presidents Cup.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260906/other-pro-sports/medinah-suburbs-anticipating-massive-economic-impact-from-presidents-cup/
— Dancing in the streets of St. Charles to celebrate the Arcada’s 100th. DD: I miss the Lincoln-Dixie theater in Chicago Heights. I saw movies there in the 1950s and 1960s. It was opened on June 23, 1921. It was closed in 1970 and was left vacant to be boarded up following a fire. It was demolished in February 1972. SEE: https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/8926  I worked in Chicago Heights 1964-1966 and 1970-1972.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260906/entertainment/dancing-in-the-streets-to-celebrate-the-arcadas-100th/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF TOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Something special in the air: Flight attendants reunite to mark 4 high-flying decades. DD: What connections do you have with your former coworkers? Sadly, I have virtually none. Virtually all of my coworkers were Democrats who disapproved of my being conservative, Republican, White, male, Vietnam War draft avoider, Protestant, German American, Crete resident 1948-1972, Wheaton resident since 1978, having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and/or my and my wife giving up trying to have children. They disapproved of the Post Office hiring me in 1966, IRS hiring me in 1971 and promoting me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and GAO hiring me in 1980 and promoting me in 1986.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260906/transportation/something-special-in-the-air-flight-attendants-reunite-to-mark-4-high-flying-decades/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump asks Supreme Court once again to allow USPS plan to restrict mail-in voting.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-07/trump-asks-supreme-court-once-again-to-allow-usps-plan-to-restrict-mail-in-voting

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How strongly are the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct stressing the evils of socialism and that to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— RINOs have no problem with socialism, if not promote socialism. Socialists promote what Democrat leaders want: dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who are your critics/opponents and what do they want you to do? My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Because I promote the aforesaid planks in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, they want to stop me from sending out my newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading my newsletters. Failing that, they want me to stop including links in my newsletters to articles that promote the aforesaid planks that they reject. I should write about my critics/opponents and the planks they reject and why they reject them. My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Socialism destroys motivation. Socialist leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to succeed is to be a socialist, that is, that working under socialism is like being a Democrat working for Democrats in the public sector. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. If I had been a Democrat, they would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year, long before I was 40 in 1988. But because I was not a Democrat, in today’s dollars I did not earn $100,059/year until I was 25 in 1974, $113,402/year until I was 29, $118,984/year until I was 38, and $154,682/year until I was 49 when they forced me to retire. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license. Socialism destroys motivation. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Socialism Conference at Chicago’s Hyatt Regency – Stupidity and Hypocrisy in One Spot. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/09/06/socialism-conference-at-chicagos-hyatt-regency-stupidity-and-hypocrisy-in-one-spot

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats mull impeaching Trump, Hegseth in 2027.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/6/democrats-mull-impeaching-trump-hegseth-2027/
— Federal Communications Commission plans to warn broadcasters against airing ‘fake polls.’ DD:  During the last 8 years that I worked for GAO at the GS-13 Step 4-10 Levels, currently $130,844-$154,682/year in today’s dollars, I worked on major studies that involved major surveys.  SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-94-133 and https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-98-5  I learned a lot about survey methodology.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/6/federal-communications-commission-plans-warn-broadcasters-airing-fake/
— At 250, America faces the signs of civilizational decline. Debt, dependency and decadence now threaten the nation from within. DD: Because of Democrat leaders, in America today, a) what percent of young people believe that they cannot succeed without massive government assistance and b) what percent of minorities and females believe that Whites and males cause their problems?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/6/250-america-faces-signs-civilizational-decline/
— Trump admin’s corporate stakes hand Democrats a socialist weapon.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/6/trump-admins-corporate-stakes-hand-democrats-socialist-weapon/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Independent voters increasingly identify as Democrats. DD: Ever since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999, I have always encouraged both the registered Republican voters and the registered Independent voters in my precinct to vote for Republican candidates.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4715260/voters-increasingly-democrat-poll/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump should draw a clear midterm line between his record and the blue wave of weirdo Dems.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/06/opinion/democrats-hoping-to-appear-normal-as-they-roll-out-their-blue-wave-of-weirdos-ahead-of-critical-midterms/

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— A Federal Jobs Guarantee. Its aim is to create full employment and price stability, by having the state promise to hire unemployed workers as an employer of last resort.” DD: According to my critics/opponents who are not now or were never federal employees, the federal government has always been the employer of last resort. According to them, people take federal jobs only because they cannot get jobs in the private sector. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. Further, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who could not have gotten a federal job if they had tried. I would focus on those who lacked qualifications and/or could not pass a background investigation. If I had not passed the postal employment test and earned a high school diploma, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.aei.org/economics/underwhelming-ideas-a-federal-jobs-guarantee/

BLAZE
— Tired midterm voters want ‘normal’ — but that’s a costly trap. DD: Prior to Trump, the following was ever-increasingly increasing in America: dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, pot and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/tired-voters-want-normal-but-costly-trapwarns-glenn-beck

BREITBART
— Socialism is essentially communism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/09/06/gop-rep-gill-dems-can-call-it-democratic-socialism-leftism-it-is-essentially-communism/

CENTER SQUARE
— Voters rate Trump’s economy below his overall approval. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint everything in America, including America’s economy, as being bad and b) blame Trump for that.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_fce20440-6a4f-4305-8688-d28d086392fc.html
— 25 years after 9/11: A look back at decades of terror attacks on America.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b9d9b8dd-c489-4f9a-90c1-143978d22aef.html
— Poll: Majority says student majors should dictate loan decisions. DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. I erroneously thought that I could never pass the CPA examination. But I did pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. Then, I finished the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. Then, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But by then it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_cd821ab0-bf96-4bef-bff5-716c32684e1c.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Georgetown U. students miffed pre-orientation program no longer ‘identity-focused.’ DD: Democrat leaders want citizens of America to first see themselves in terms of their race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, and national origin. Then, Democrat leaders want citizens of America who are  non-White, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American to see themselves as being discriminated against by citizens of America who are White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/georgetown-u-students-miffed-pre-orientation-program-no-longer-identity-focused/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Promise of Socialism Is Misery for All.  DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/06/promise-socialism-is-misery-for-all/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump’s New Plan for Moms INFURIATES Lib Feminists.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/michael-knowles-show-ep-2054

FOX NEWS
— Chicago socialism conference raises questions over far-left influence on Democratic Party. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404682491112
— Socialists got their ‘prompt’ from the Democratic Party. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404692949112
— Destroying the American way of life: El-Sayed’s political orbit complicates effort to moderate his image. The Democrat appeared alongside figures who praised Hamas and Hezbollah while insisting he believes in capitalism.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/destroying-american-way-life-el-sayeds-political-orbit-complicates-effort-moderate-his-image.amp

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Elite Formation Is Fueling the Socialist Project. America’s institutions are overproducing ambitious young people hungry for consequence. The DSA is exploiting that reality.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/09/elite-formation-is-fueling-the-socialist-project/

NEWSMAX
— Socialism ‘Alive and Well’ With Dems. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/kevin-hern-nkiyla-jasmine-thomas-ok-senate/2026/09/06/id/1268550/– Socialism ‘Alive and Well’ With Dems

PJ MEDIA
— Trump Is Looking to Make Sanctuary Cities Pay the Price for Protecting Violent Immigrants. DD: My critics/opponents reject the immigration plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://pjmedia.com/michael-a-letts/2026/09/06/trump-is-looking-to-make-sanctuary-cities-pay-the-price-for-protecting-violent-immigrants-n4956956
— 9/11 Families Were Right About Mamdani. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/09/06/911-families-were-right-about-mamdani-n4956947
— It’s Time to Examine the Union Mythology. DD: Realistically, I had no choice but to become a union member when I became a Post Office employee in 1966 and when I became an IRS employee in 1971. Virtually all, if not all, of my coworkers were union members. My critics/opponents outside of the executive branch of the federal government despise if not hate unions, union members, and past union members. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. GAO is part of the legislative branch of the federal government. My GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates looked down on, if not despised, if not hated union members and former union members like me. GAO did not unionize until 2007.
https://pjmedia.com/eric-florack/2026/09/06/its-time-to-examine-the-union-mythology-n4956944
— Asylum Denials Hit 94% in June.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/09/06/fraud-was-rampant-judges-now-deny-94-of-asylum-claims-in-june-n4956946

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Leftists Storm the Midterms – Just Don’t Call Them Socialists.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/09/06/leftists_storm_the_midterms_ndash_just_donrsquot_call_them_socialists_710156.html

TOWNHALL
— Woke 2.0 Was Revealed at the Socialism 2026 Conference. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://townhall.com/news/josephchalfant/2026/09/06/woke-20-was-revealed-at-the-socialism-2026-conference-n2682576

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

REUTERS
— Pritzker’s Chicago Hotel Workers Protest Outside Socialism 2026 Conference.
https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/us-chicago-hotel-workers-protest-outside-socialism-2026-conference/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6bmV3c21sX09XU1BDQzI2MDE5MDQwMQ

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats promise a big agenda if they win control of Congress, but their unity is being tested. DD: RINOs and Democrat plants ever-increasingly use the Republican Party’s BIG TENT policy to destroy the Republican Party.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democrats-promise-a-big-agenda-if-they-win-control-of-congress-but-their-unity-is-being-tested

CBS NEWS
— Chicago Mayor Johnson seeks to turn a new page in progressive politics. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-mayor-race-brandon-johnson/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump’s War on Mail-In Ballots Has Voters Baffled. That May Be the Point. From Oregon to Florida, officials are at once reassuring voters that their ballots are safe and encouraging them to use drop boxes or vote in person.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/us/elections/trump-mail-in-voting-confusion.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits. An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge.  DD: IRS would not have hired me to be a Revenue Officer when I was 22 in 1971 if I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business and had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination. The first 6 months I worked for IRS was in classroom training.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/us/ice-recruits-national-security-risk-whistleblower.html
— Men Are Onto Something. Quitting Is Great. DD: I should write about the many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors took to get me to quit. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/opinion/women-men-gender-quit.html
— Workers are earning a smaller and smaller share of the economy’s income. Their cut — referred to by economists as “the labor share” — has been falling for decades. And it’s getting worse. During the past few years, it declined at a rapid clip and is now at its lowest level on record — about 53 percent of income, down from about 65 percent after World War II. DD: I was a wage earner 1964-1997. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid. They stress that while I was a federal union member for almost 12 years, almost 3 years while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and almost 9 years while I worked for IRS 1971-1980, a) my Post Office salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour and b) my IRS salary increased from $56,409/year to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, I earned an MBA in 1976, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. They stress that while I worked for GAO 1980-1997, my salary increased from $89,703/year to $154,682/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, a) I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, b) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981, c) I earned four more job-elated professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/opinion/labor-capitol-workers-income.html
— Putin Denies a Draft Is Coming, but Some Russian Men Are Taking No Chances. DD: Because I was not a veteran, but more significantly, because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, my Democrat Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO superiors used the veterans’ preference to waste my career and to get rid of me. I should write about my many Democrat superiors and supervisors who took many big adverse actions against me. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me and who were Democrat veterans a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/world/europe/russia-war-mobilization-draft.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The DSA Is Using Coffee With Comrades and Socialist Softball to Convert the Curious. Fast-growing chapters use nonstop social activities to bring in new members and form closer bonds with existing ones. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-dsa-is-using-coffee-with-comrades-and-socialist-softball-to-convert-the-curious-ffcbcc65
— Upset About Data Centers? Big Tech and Trump Think You’re a Socialist Dupe. China is being blamed for stoking the grassroots revolt against AI in the U.S.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/upset-about-data-centers-big-tech-and-trump-think-youre-a-socialist-dupe-1bb0ee55

FORTUNE
— Single Americans want potential partners earning at least six figures, according to new study. Millennials set the ‘ideal’ bar at $160,000. DD: In today’s dollars, I never earned more than $154,682/year and that was not until I was 49 in 1997. When I got married when I was 29 in 1978, my salary was only $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/02/single-americans-partner-earnings-ideal-study-millennials/

AXIOS
— Democrat governors weighing White House face the DeSantis trap.
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/06/democrats-governors-desantis-dilemma

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

JAPAN TIMES
— How much socialism is America willing to swallow? DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/09/07/world/american-socialism-surge/

September 5, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Socialism 2026 conference opens in Chicago, Bailey criticizes Pritzker. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC0flNUDQAE
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/bailey-criticizes-pritzker-socialism-2026-234057445.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OIF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-blitz/2026/09/04/midway-blitz-bovino-grand-jury-chicago

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Minnesota can be the firewall to stop the spread of socialism across our country, or we can be the next domino to fall. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4710209/minnesota-dsa-socialist-policies-peggy-flanagan/
— Elon Musk is right: Hitler was a socialist. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4712226/was-hitler-a-socialist-nazi-economy/

WASHINGTON STAND
— The Promise of Socialism Is Misery for All. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://washingtonstand.com/article/perkins-the-promise-of-socialism-is-misery-for-all
— Dems Declare War on Moderates but Tolerate Their Socialist Fringe. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://washingtonstand.com/article/dems-declare-war-on-their-moderates-but-tolerate-socialist-fringe

NEW YORK POST
— The DSA’s socialist plans carry a $212T price tag — and every one of us will pay. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/04/opinion/dsa-plan-has-a-212t-price-tag-and-all-of-us-will-pay/
— Ted Cruz names Mamdani ‘most powerful Democrat in the country’ as he warns of socialist rise. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/05/us-news/ted-cruz-names-mamdani-most-powerful-democrat-in-the-country-as-he-warns-of-socialist-rise/

BREITBART
— Socialism Conference Draws Radicals for Lessons on Marxism and ‘Fighting Fascism’ in Chicago. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2026/09/04/video-socialism-conference-draws-radicals-lessons-marxism-fighting-fascism-chicago/
— Blue Collar Boom.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/09/04/breitbart-business-digest-blue-collar-boom-labor-day-special-edition/amp/
— ICE Breaks Record, Arrests Nearly 51K Illegal Aliens Across U.S. in August.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/04/ice-breaks-record-arrests-nearly-51k-illegal-aliens-across-u-s-in-august/amp/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Employment Effects of Immigration Enforcement. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://cis.org/Academic-Articles/Employment-Effects-Immigration-Enforcement-Initial-Assessment

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Ten Times Democrats in Congress Put Their Dangerous Socialist Agenda Ahead of the American People. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://conservativehq.com/post/ten-times-democrats-in-congress-put-their-dangerous-socialist-agenda-ahead-of-the-american-people

FOX NEWS
— ‘Socialism 2026’ conference kicks off, teaches lessons from the Russian Revolution. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404630195112

NEWSMAX
— On Socialism, GOP Should Tell Us What They Believe and Oppose. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/revjimharden/crank-republican-quebec/2026/09/04/id/1268362/

NUMBERS USA
— 17 million Americans want work this Labor Day. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.numbersusa.org/blog/newsletter-17-million-americans-want-work-this-labor-day/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mandatory E-Verify would accelerate self-removals, discourage future illegal immigration, and crack down on the illegal hiring that deprives Americans of wealth, wages, and opportunities.)

PJ MEDIA
— Socialism: The Nightmare From Which We May Never Wake Up. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/09/04/the-nightmare-from-which-we-may-never-wake-up-n4956882

REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Socialist Takeover Spreads From Town Halls to Classrooms. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2026/09/05/socialist_takeover_spreads_from_town_halls_to_classrooms_1204456.html

SCALISE
— Socialists Have Taken Over the Democrat Party. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://scalise.house.gov/press-releases/scalise-socialists-have-taken-over-the-democrat-party

TOWNHALL
— Parents Must Be Their Own School Investigators. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://townhall.com/columnists/adamguillette/2026/09/05/parents-must-be-their-own-school-investigators-n2682463
— Illegal Alien Charged in $1.3 Billion Medicare Fraud Money Laundering Scheme.
https://townhall.com/news/scott-mcclallen/2026/09/04/illegal-alien-charged-in-13-billion-medicare-fraud-money-laundering-scheme-n2682523

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Left-Wing Outlet (Mediaite) Says It’s a ‘Racist Conspiracy Theory’ to Talk About Immigrants Replacing American Voters. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries. Democrat leaders because noncitizens vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.westernjournal.com/left-wing-outlet-says-racist-conspiracy-theory-talk-immigrants-replacing-american-voters/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats worry rising socialism turning off Hispanic voters. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6070463-democrats-hispanic-voter-socialism/amp/

NEWSWEEK
— Map Shows States Where It’s Hardest to Survive on $120,000 Per Year. DD: I did not earn $120,000/year in today’s dollars until I was 39 in 1987. By then, I had worked for GAO for 7 years and for IRS for almost 9 years before that. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980 and an MBA in 1976.
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-where-its-hardest-to-survive-on-120000-per-year-12387962

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Democrat leader Jefferies saves wrath for moderates, not socialists. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-democrat-leader-saves-wrath-for-moderates-not-socialists-3881588/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— 25 Years of Thinking About 9/11. DD: I have flown an American flag off my front porch 24 hours a day since September 11, 2001. I organized Wheaton’s 2003 and 2004 9/11 ceremonies. Sadly, my critics/opponents boycotted the events.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/25-years-of-thinking-about-9-11-c95cc9c7
— Young People See a Different America Than Older People. Where Do You Fit In? Take our quiz, based on 1,862 survey responses, to find the new fault lines in U.S. values. DD: Survey results show the damage that Democrat leaders are doing to young people.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/young-people-see-a-different-america-than-older-people-where-do-you-fit-in-571f768c
— More Secret School Gender Transitions. The Justice Department sues over transgender guidance.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-administration-kansas-city-lawsuit-gender-transitions-schools-7ea59e90

FORBES
— Socialism Is Not Just About Bad Policy. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK49RqIbia8

COURSERA
— Average Salary With a Master’s Degree. DD: In today’s dollars, my salary was $106,731/year when I earned my MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976, $89,703/year when I earned my master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31 in 1980, and $154,682/year when I earned my master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT when I was 48 in 1997. I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997.
https://www.coursera.org/articles/average-salary-with-masters-degree

PBS
— DD: Oppressed people. My critics/opponents paint themselves as being champions of oppressed people. The ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that they are oppressed and that conservative Republicans like me oppress them: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, noncitizen, etc.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/heres-what-to-know-about-international-womens-day-a-celebration-and-a-call-to-action

COMMON DREAMS
— CEOs Get Rich Underpaying Their Workers and Then Don’t Stand Up for Them.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/ceos-don-t-defend-workers

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

INDEPENDENT
— Big decisions. DD: My big decisions include a) following conservative principles, b) working my way through college instead of enlisting and earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, c) working for the Post Office, IRS, and GAO, d) buying new cars, real estate, and collector cars, e) filing grievances and lawsuits, f) becoming the subject of a 4-page Money Magazine “One Person’s Finances” article, g) getting married and my wife and I giving up trying to have children, h) complaining about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, i) taking a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO, j) serving as a leader of a professional association Chicago chapter for 13 years, k) becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with the aforesaid discrimination, l) succumbing to my Democrat GAO superior’ threats and taking their early retirement” offer, and m) promoting conservative principles by becoming a Republican Precinct Committeeman, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, a Pat O’Malley for Governor supporter, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman.
https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/psychology-life-changing-decisions-impacts-b2998398.html