FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Former Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas fined $214,000 by ethics board for campaign finance violations
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/12/former-chicago-mayoral-candidate-paul-vallas-fined-214000-by-ethics-board-for-campaign-finance-violations/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Kane County tax bill angering some residents, but it’s not why you think
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260512/news/kane-county-tax-bill-angering-some-residents-but-its-not-why-you-think/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/05/13/many-illinois-public-colleges-fail-to-follow-law-to-protect-immigrant-students-from-federal-agents-on-campus
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. If my parents had not sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools, I would not have been able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2026-05-12/in-illinois-everyone-wants-higher-education-reform-but-disagree-on-what-reform-looks-like
ELMHURST UNIVERSITY
— A Guide to Getting Financial Aid for Graduate School. DD: If you earned a master’s degree, where did the money come from? For my 1976 MBA from Loyola, it came from what I earned working for IRS 1972-1976. For my 1980 master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, it came from what I earned working for IRS 1976 -1980 and for GAO in 1980. For my 1997 master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT, it came from what I earned working for GAO 1992-1997.
https://www.elmhurst.edu/blog/a-guide-to-getting-financial-aid-for-graduate-school/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/13/pritzker-to-feds-hit-send-already-00917897
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-736/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Kathy Salvi, Bob Grogan, Scott Gryder, and Lawrence Stowe are candidates for Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman. The 17 IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members will cast their weighted votes on Monday, May 18, in Springfield. The three IRP SCC members with the greatest weighted vote are Zach Emberton (15th CD) with 16.5%, Rhonda Belford (12th CD) with 15.9%, and Jim Rule (16th CD) with 10.2%. Other IRP SCC members include Grogan (6th CD) with 5.9%, Aaron Del Mar (5th CD) with 3.3%, and Mike Flynn (3rd CD) with 2.7%. Which candidate will your IRP SCC member vote for and why? In 2005, as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, I organized a candidate forum in Springfield the evening before the day the IRP SCC elected Andy McKenna as the IRP chairman. Participants in that forum were John Cox, Stephen McGlynn, McKenna, and Jim Nalepa. Jim Oberweis wanted to participate, but could not. Back then, IRP SCC members let the candidates give their presentations in an open forum before they voted in a closed session. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The following was posted on the Illinois Republican Party’s (IRP) Facebook page on May 4, 2026 by IRP State Central Committee member Beth Findley Smith: “IF YOU WANT THE CHAIRMAN APPLICATION MATERIALS, I WILL EMAIL THEM TO YOU. The Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee will convene on Monday, May 18, 2026, for its reorganizational meeting. During this meeting, the Committee will elect a Chairman. Individuals interested in being considered for the position are invited to submit the required materials outlined below. All application materials must be submitted to Matt Janes, Executive Director of the Illinois Republican Party, at Matt@illinois.gop no earlier than Monday May 4th, 2026 at 9:00 AM CT and no later than Sunday, May 10, 2026, at 11:59 PM CT. This deadline is firm and necessary to allow sufficient time for Committee review. Applicants may be invited to address the Committee. Applicants must provide the following: Completed and signed the Ethics Disclosure Form portion of this application. Provide a certified copy of your voting history. A letter/document outlining the applicant’s vision for the Illinois Republican Party. Provide a letter of recommendation from an elected Republican official who resides in Illinois. Any elected Republican who appears on a partisan ballot is eligible to serve as a recommendation (There is no limit on the number that may be submitted). If you have any questions on eligibility, please contact ILGOP Executive Director Matt Janes. Provide a biography and/or professional resume. In addition, all applicants must consent to a background check as a condition of consideration. Please ensure that all materials are submitted in full by the stated deadline.”
— Which of the four candidates for Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman (Kathy Salvi, Bob Grogan, Scott Gryder, and Lawrence Stowe) do you want your IRP State Central Committee member to vote for and why? In my opinion, the IRP should publish the candidates’ letter/document outlining their vision for the IRP, a list of the those who submitted letters of recommendation for them, and their biography and/or professional resume. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How could a registered Republican voter in Illinois have input on the May 18 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) chairman election? One route could be providing input to your Republican Precinct Committeeman who would provide it to his IRP SCC member. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Since 2000, ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents have blamed me for losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) Republican political consultants, fundraisers, major doners, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders. Of course, if Grogan does not win on May 18, Grogan promoters who are the aforesaid will blame me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents charge you with the most? My critics/opponents charge me the most with being “too conservative.” According to them, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct lose elections because I paint them in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters as being more conservative than they want to be. According to my critics/opponents, to win elections in Illinois, Republican candidates have to be “Democrat Lite,” that is, they have to dump the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Ever since my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, to discourage/stop me from running for a government office or for a political office, my critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have done everything that they could to destroy me. They most feared that I would run for DuPage County Auditor a) because I had worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, b) because I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years before that, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, c) because had I passed the CPA examination and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, d) because I had become a licensed CPA, e) because I had become a certified fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, and f) because I had master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I should write about my critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and the many big adverse actions that have had their operatives and their dupes take against me. Of course, they ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth what I did to help elect and to help reelect Jim Rasins and Bob Grogan as DuPage County Auditors. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents do? My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents demand? My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. My critics/opponents want to manipulate/dominate everything. My critics/opponents want me to stop sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading my newsletters. According to my critics/opponents, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters cause Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to lose. I should start naming my critics/opponents and start writing about them. I would start with my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Registration is open for political entries in Wheaton’s July 4 Independence Day Parade. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wheaton-independence-day-parade-entry-2026-tickets-1984881886153 The deadline is June 28. The cost is $183.58. I hope that all the Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct will participate: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Conservatives must embrace personal responsibility. DD: My critics/opponents reject personal responsibility. They blame those who are the following for their problems: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America longer than their ancestors.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/conservatives-must-embrace-personal-responsibility-and-reject-victimhood/ar-AA231zZA
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chicago Walgreens shuts doors over theft, reveals eye-popping number
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/05/12/chicago-walgreens-shuts-doors-over-theft-reveals-eye-popping-number-1638430/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Intifada Comes to Brooklyn Under New York’s Socialist Mayor
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/12/intifada-brooklyn-new-york/
— What’s Behind the Demonization of Israel?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/12/hanson-demonization-israel/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Anti-ICE ‘Protests’ are Propaganda Disguised as Citizen Activism
https://www.fairus.org/anti-ice-protests-are-propaganda-disguised-citizen-activism
— Twenty-Five Years After the Attacks of 9/11–Illegal Aliens Can Still Open U.S. Bank Accounts
https://www.fairus.org/fair-investigations-twenty-five-years-after-attacks-911-illegal-aliens-can-still-open-us-bank
NEWSMAX
— Republicans Shut Out in Deep Blue States. DD: I am ever-increasingly shut out in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois because I am conservative and because my demographics are terrible: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/dan-meuser-supreme-court-map/2026/05/12/id/1256006/
TOWNHALL
— ICE Uncovered a Massive Immigration Fraud Scheme
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/05/12/ice-uncovered-a-massive-immigration-fraud-scheme-n2675971
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win elections unless the racially gerrymander.
https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-republicans-voting-primaries-black-voters-c12196b188922ae2c03319bcb9533431
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/why-many-young-people-no-longer-believe-in-marriage-or-long-term-commitment/ss-AA22NmTN
— US faces population collapse as birth rates hit record lows. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Republicans: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Democrats: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/joe-rogan-warns-us-faces-population-collapse-as-birth-rates-hit-record-lows/gm-GMABCA8AB5
NEWSWEEK
— Turning Point USA Blamed for Election Losses. DD: Since 2000, ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents have blamed me for losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) Republican political consultants, fundraisers, major doners, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders.
https://www.newsweek.com/turning-point-usa-blamed-for-election-losses-11803898
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Since 2000, ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents have blamed me for losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) Republican political consultants, fundraisers, major doners, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/politics/republicans-elections-trump.html
— DD: What do your critics/opponents demand? My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. My critics/opponents want to manipulate/dominate everything. My critics/opponents want me to stop sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading my newsletters. According to my critics/opponents, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters cause Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to lose. I should start naming my critics/opponents and start writing about them. I would start with my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/nyregion/aide-fired-by-christie-is-called-loyal-team-player-not-rogue-operative.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DOJ paid millions to FBI agents suspended for misconduct. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always hinted/implied that my misconduct was the reason why they took so many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/05/12/doj-paid-millions-fbi-agents-suspended-misconduct-raskin-says/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Are There Five Parties in America’s Future? DD: My critics/opponents are anti-conservative, curry favor with anti-conservatives, and/or pander to anti-conservatives. They have always wanted me to leave the Republican Party and join the Conservative Party. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(United_States)#Illinois
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/are-there-five-parties-in-americas-future-f1068d72
— FRONT PAGE: There Is a Fire Sale on MBAs. With applications down, more business schools are offering discounts. DD: If I had not been taking evening MBA courses at Loyola, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. But by the time I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, they had gotten rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me those three times. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning that MBA just like they ignored/dismissed/belittled my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. My Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and who they promoted over me earned no such master’s degrees or certifications.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/there-is-a-fire-sale-on-m-b-a-s-87d56c69
— Included in President Trump’s May 4 proclamation for Jewish American Heritage month was a call for Jewish-Americans to observe a “national Sabbath” from sundown on May 15 to nightfall on May 16. “Shabbat 250,” as it has been dubbed, precedes “Rededicate 250,” Mr. Trump’s coinciding national Christian prayer and worship event in Washington on May 17.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/shabbat-brings-out-our-better-angels-fe47ab12
VIRGINIA PATCH
— Here’s How Loudoun County Precincts Voted On State Redistricting. DD: I should write about how my critics/opponents gerrymandered my precinct in 2015.
https://patch.com/virginia/ashburn/heres-how-loudoun-county-precincts-voted-state-redistricting
AMERICAN PROSPECT
— DD: To get elected and to get reelected, Democrat candidates ever-increasingly call Republicans racists.
https://prospect.org/2026/05/13/trumps-appalling-racial-legacy/
Tag: GOPUSA
May 12, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/12/column-fertility-rate-children-anxiety-page/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote more crime and poverty and b) blame it on Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/05/12/willie-horton-black-brown-immigrants-crime-second-chances-ben-jealous
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/05/12/working-class-families-social-service-cuts-wealthy-taxes-carol-ammons-graciela-guzman-dave-koehler
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260511/news/kane-county-states-attorney-aurora-police-acted-appropriately-during-anti-ice-school-protest/
FOX32
— Street takeovers show Chicago police car rammed, teens smacking hood
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/street-takeovers-show-chicago-police-car-rammed-teens-smacking-hood
WTTW
— SAFE-T Act Once Again Under the Microscope Following Killing of CPD Officer. State Lawmakers Weigh In.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/05/11/safe-t-act-once-again-under-microscope-following-killing-cpd-officer-state-lawmakers
MAHOMET DAILY
— On May 8, former state representative and Illinois resident Jeanne Ives filed a complaint against Gov. JB Pritzker, Illinois State Board of Elections Executive Director Bernadette Matthews, and the Illinois State Board of Elections, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief blocking enforcement of the Illinois Voting Rights Act of 2011.
https://mahometdaily.com/illinois-lawsuit-claims-state-voting-rights-act-unconstitutionally-uses-race-in-drawing-legislative-maps/
LOYOLA
— DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn men.
https://www.luc.edu/english/stories/archive/melissabradshaw.shtml
COD COURIER
— Newly Elected College of DuPage Student Trustee Apologizes for Use of Racial Slurs
https://codcourier.org/newly-elected-college-of-dupage-student-trustee-apologizes-for-use-of-racial-slurs/
— College of DuPage Survey Finds Struggle with Anxiety and Sleep
https://codcourier.org/college-of-dupage-survey-finds-struggle-with-anxiety-and-sleep/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois Dems wary of redraw push
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/12/illinois-dems-wary-of-redraw-push-00915607
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
PJ MEDIA
— Academia Continues to Defy Trump Administration Anti-DEI Rules. DD: Democrats and RINOs will always use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/05/11/academia-continues-to-defy-trump-administration-anti-dei-rules-n4952747
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Chicago’s State-Sponsored Protest
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2026/05/11/how_the_charter_school_idea_reshaped_public_education_from_boutique_to_baseline_1182116.html
— Segregating Minorities Into Districts To Elect A Minority Is Over; The Constitution Is Color Blind
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/05/11/john_yoo_segregating_minorities_into_districts_to_elect_a_minority_is_over_the_constitution_is_color_blind.html
— Trump: If we find the fraud in this country, you’ll have a balanced budget without even cutting anything.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-if-we-find-the-fraud-in-this-country-you-ll-have-a-balanced-budget-without-even-cutting-anything/vi-AA1VCuxs
— SCOTUS Just Ended 60 Years of Affirmative Action for House Democrats. Congressional Democrats talk tough about leveling the playing field. Now they’re complaining that the Supreme Court just gave them one. It turns out “fair” meant “rigged in our favor” – and on April 29 the court called their bluff. Louisiana v. Callais is about ending a 60-year abuse that turned the 1965 Voting Rights Act from a tool for stopping racial discrimination into a weapon for mandating it. Under a warped interpretation of the law’s original purpose, federal courts long forced states to draw congressional maps based on voters’ race. The result: 144 majority-minority districts, just 23 of which elected Republicans in 2024. Call it what it is: affirmative action for Democratic members of Congress.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/12/scotus_just_ended_60_years_of_affirmative_action_for_house_democrats__154111.html
TOWNHALL
— Democratic Socialist Morons Have Money and Momentum
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/05/12/democratic-socialist-morons-have-money-and-momentum-n2675909
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they have to racially gerrymander to win.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5872681-jeffries-virginia-redistricting-response/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.indy100.com/news/trump-immigration-us-poll-birthright
REUTERS
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us-presidential-candidate-cory-booker-proposes-office-to-fight-white-supremacy-idUSKCN1V50ZN/
AOL & MSN
— Target quietly expands THC hemp drinks across Florida Texas Illinois, luring back shoppers
https://www.aol.com/articles/target-quietly-expands-thc-hemp-210300000.html
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/thc-drinks-move-into-mainstream-retail-as-target-adds-them-to-300-stores-across-3-states/ar-AA22WoNU
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/why-many-young-people-no-longer-believe-in-marriage-or-long-term-commitment/ss-AA22NmTN
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they have to racially gerrymander to win.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/politics/redistricting-republicans-democrats.html
WASHINGTON POST
— In 2022, speakers that spring at the nation’s top 25 research universities and top 25 liberal arts colleges: There was not a single conservative among a sea of liberal and progressive speakers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/05/11/politics-commencement-there-better-way/
WTVB
— Erica Kirk delivers commencement address at Hillsdale College
https://wtvbam.com/2026/05/11/936138/
KPC NEWS
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, Republicans are guilty for all the problems that that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.kpcnews.com/article_6b1024c6-40e2-450c-966f-0a1a4b92d97c.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Job Market Leans Against Men. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, if you are a man, your future is ever-increasingly bleak if you are also: conservative, Republican, American, White, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/jobs-men-employment-data-ec4d6d68
— Where Does Our Free Time Go in Retirement? DD: Since 2000, more and more and more of my free time has gone into putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out. I have more free time because my critics/opponents ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012 and my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/retirement-social-media-addiction-befe32b4
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/college-waitlists-national-decision-day-4cb7b5d8
FORBES
— DD: All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or were minority and/or younger than me.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/gender-pay-gap-statistics/
— Student Loan Debt Statistics. DD: What percent worked their way through college? I did. I graduated debt-free from NIU when I was 21 in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled that. They stress that I would not have been able to do that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/student-loans/average-student-loan-debt-statistics/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: $1.75 trillion in total student loan debt (including federal and private loans); $28,950 owed per borrower on average
About 92% of all student debt are federal student loans; the remaining amount is private student loans; 55% of students from public four-year institutions had student loans; 57% of students from private nonprofit four-year institutions took on education debt)
BLOOMBERG GOVERNMENT
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they have to racially gerrymander to win.
https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/jeffries-insists-democrats-can-win-house-despite-redistricting
BROOKINGS
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they have to racially gerrymander to win.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/callais-decision-threatens-to-stall-diversity-gains-in-house/
HR DRIVE
— DD: Democrats and RINOs will always use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/how-to-reduce-dei-programs-legal-risk/819826/
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
— College degrees are losing their edge: Unemployment for young college graduates has risen in historical terms, and the college wage premium has been flat or falling in recent years. DD: Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 if I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business. The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me if I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination.
https://www.epi.org/blog/class-of-2026-young-college-graduates-face-a-weaker-labor-market-but-a-more-mixed-picture-than-the-headlines-suggest/
STATISTA
— Master’s degrees. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses. My Democrat GAO superiors would not have hired me in 1980 if I had not had an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. My Democrat GAO superiors would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not had a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, and became a licensed CPA.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/185160/number-of-masters-degrees-by-gender-since-1950/
GALLUP
— How has alcohol drinking impacted you? Virtually all my superiors who were White, male, and/or older and who took adverse actions against me were heavy drinkers. They disapproved of my conservatism.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/467507/percentage-americans-drink-alcohol.aspx
WEEK
— DD: Because minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, racial gerrymandering makes it all but impossible for Republicans to win.
https://theweek.com/politics/democrats-reel-court-imposed-redistricting
PBS
— DD: Because minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, racial gerrymandering makes it all but impossible for Republicans to win.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/gop-rush-to-redraw-u-s-house-seats-creates-voter-confusion-headaches-for-election-officials
POLITICO
— DD: Because minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats, racial gerrymandering makes it all but impossible for Republicans to win.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/05/11/trump-gop-redistricting-warning-00913677
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/21/straight-white-men-overrepresentation
May 8, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— A $10 million investment to reduce chronic absenteeism in schools.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/05/08/chronic-absenteeism-schools-10-million-community-nonprofit-grants-beth-swanson-janice-jackson
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— South Side Walgreens closures fuel fears of more drugstore deserts. The company said the stores slated to be shut down, along with others in Milwaukee, Seattle and New York, are racked with issues of theft and violence.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ccb-walgreens-closures-drugstore-deserts-20260507/
ABC7
— Six Round Lake middle school students were taken to a local hospital after eating THC gummies. DD: How many THC gummies do the students in your school district ingest every day? How much pot do they smoke? In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/6-round-lake-middle-school-students-hospitalized-appearing-eat-thc-gummies-community-unit-district-116/19052411/
CBS2
— 6 students at Round Lake Middle School hospitalized after taking THC gummies. DD: How many THC gummies do the students in your school district ingest every day? How much pot do they smoke? In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/round-lake-middle-school-students-hospitalized-thc-gummies/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/08/trump-approval-rating-today-illinois-us-may-2026-polls-iran-war-gas-prices/89978966007/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Older Americans Month. DD: I should write about age discrimination.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/sponsored/2026/05/07/heritage-woods-of-batavia-191446/
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2026/05/06/evanston-organizations-prepare-to-support-residents-losing-snap-benefits/
LAKE & MCHENNRY COUNTY SCANNER
— 6 Round Lake Middle School students transported to the hospital after taking THC gummies, falling sick. DD: How many THC gummies do the students in your school district ingest every day? How much pot do they smoke? In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/05/06/6-round-lake-middle-school-students-transported-to-the-hospital-after-possibly-overdosing-falling-sick/
SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2026/05/07/request-to-terminate-downers-grove-pride-month-sparks-debate/
WCIA
— Unemployment rises; job totals fall in Illinois over last year
https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-news/unemployment-rises-job-totals-fall-in-illinois-over-last-year/
WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/new-cannabis-dispensary-to-open-in-mt-zion/article_159b9680-bbf3-4a59-9061-c45d91824bb2.html
ILLINOIS PATCH
— 6 Middle School Students Hospitalized After Ingesting THC Gummies. DD: How many THC gummies do the students in your school district ingest every day? How much pot do they smoke? In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/6-kids-hospitalized-after-eating-thc-gummies-illinois-patchpm
https://patch.com/illinois/crystallake/6-middle-school-students-hospitalized-after-ingesting-thc-gummies-officials
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Immigration Agents Return To Courthouses, Make Arrests. Federal immigration agents were reported at four Cook County courthouses Thursday, and they have detained at least 12 people at those facilities since February.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/05/07/immigration-agents-return-to-courthouses-make-arrest-local-officials-say/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders know they cannot win without gerrymandering. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/08/biss-backs-political-hardball-on-maps-00911115
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-733/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— New data shows that violent retail crime is on the rise, and taxpayers can be counted among the victims. DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_072ec5b8-ba8a-481e-b990-15d82dc22854.html
JOHN KASS
— Vallas: The Boy Who Cried Trump
https://johnkassnews.com/the-boy-who-cried-trump/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats that Republicans cause all their problems. Demographics that vote for Democrats include: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Why do people dump you? People dump me because they reject conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote and 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. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DD: My critics/opponents hinted/implied that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate groups. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4559980/splc-not-guilty-plea-fraud-case/
NEW YORK POST
— Pope Leo XIV gifts Rubio an olive branch during ‘cordial’ Vatican City meeting.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/us-news/rubio-arrives-for-audience-with-pope-leo-xiv-days-after-latest-trump-attack/
BLAZE
— Funding is useless if Democrat judges can still hold ICE hostage
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/funding-is-useless-if-democrat-judges-can-still-hold-ice-hostage
DAILY WIRE
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/brutal-blow-for-democrats-in-red-state-sparks-leftist-outrage
FOX NEWS
— Rubio meets Pope Leo XIV at Vatican after Trump criticism, controversial social media posts.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6394918637112
REASON
— EEOC files lawsuit on a New York Times employee’s behalf stating that NYT “chose not to promote a well-qualified white male employee because of his race and/or sex.” DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for less time than mine had been.
https://reason.com/2026/05/07/did-the-new-york-times-discriminate-against-a-while-male-employee/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The employee, a white male, and an editor at the Times, had applied for a more senior position as a deputy real estate editor. He did not get the job, despite extensive relevant experience, including with real estate news, according to the lawsuit. This is not dispositive on its own, of course. However, the lawsuit also claims that he did not even make it to the final round of interviews, losing out to “a white female, a black male, an Asian female, and a multiracial female.” The candidate who did receive the position, the “multiracial female,” did not meet the stated qualifications for the position, since she did not have experience in real estate journalism. Nevertheless, the hiring manager sent an email to herself signaling an intent to choose this person before even interviewing her.)
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The War on Patriotism
https://www.heritage.org/american-history/commentary/roger-scruton-was-right-about-the-war-patriotism
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5866310-gerrymandering-threat-democracy-virginia/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/opinion-demographics-not-the-supreme-court-are-killing-racial-gerrymandering/ar-AA22rzRA
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrats leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/pope-leo-xiv-sought-pastoral-role-year-verbal-132771494
— DD: Democrats leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/proud-lgbtq-celebs-share-empowering-advice/story?id=63920287
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrats leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3FUVXskH-8
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-redistricting-decision-partisan-gerrymandering-rcna343649
CNBC
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/07/election-2026-tennessee-redistricting-gop-redraw-house-maps.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrats leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/arts/television/late-night-rubio-pope.html
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/gop-memphis-tennessee-house-map.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrats leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/05/07/trump-pope-leo-rubio-rift/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Ramaswamy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/08/vivek-ramaswamy-racism-ohio-governor/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/05/08/trump-immigration-voluntary-removal-ice-detention/
USA TODAY
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/07/donald-trump-approval-rating/89942684007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/tennessee-redistricting-map-gerrymander-steve-cohen-eb9cc389
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.wsj.com/business/entrepreneurship/california-cannabis-dispensary-business-d11981eb
PEOPLE
— Six students at Round Lake Middle School in Illinois were hospitalized after consuming THC gummies and required medical intervention. DD: How many THC gummies do the students in your school district ingest every day? How much pot do they smoke? In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://people.com/6-students-middle-school-hospitalized-thc-gummies-11969706
JD SUPRA
— ICE Raises I-9 Enforcement Standards and Broadens its List of Fines. DD: What percent of those employed in the following are illegals: your county, township, municipality, and school district? All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ice-raises-i-9-enforcement-standards-5916259/
PBS
— DD: Democrats leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/rubio-attempts-to-mend-relations-with-pope-leo-in-vatican-meeting-after-trumps-criticisms
POLITICO
— Trump calls for Jeffries to be charged with ‘inciting violence’ in social media post. Trump in the post implied Jeffries’ call for “maximum warfare” against the GOP in redistricting efforts was connected to a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner three days later.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/07/trump-jeffries-charge-inciting-violence-00909976
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/07/tennessee-republicans-redistricting-voting-rights-act-midterms-00910430
May 7, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— Video gambling debate in Chicago area grows over crime, revenue concerns. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/video-gambling-debate-chicago-area-grows-over-crime-revenue-concerns
WTTW
— Shootings, Homicides in Chicago Up This Year as They Continue to Outpace Last Year’s Historic Lows
https://news.wttw.com/2026/05/05/shootings-homicides-chicago-year-they-continue-outpace-last-year-s-historic-lows
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/05/06/illinois-state-police-launch-investigation-killing-silverio-villegas-gonz-lez-federal
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/05/illinois-state-police-silverio-gonzalez/
— Illinois built a police decertification system. DD: Constructively, with their forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and with the many big adverse actions that they took against me before that, my Democrat GAO superiors decertified me. They rendered worthless my CPA license and my public accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting certifications.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/07/police-decertification-misconduct-cpd-laquan-mcdonald-jason-van-dyke-cops-illinois-justice-project/
— DD: For Democrat leaders, the goal of government budgeting is a) to take away as much money as possible from those who have demographics that vote for Republicans and b) to give that money to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/07/opinion-illinois-2027-budget-fairness-equity/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/05/07/rapid-responders-immigration-enforcement-ice-puno-mimi-guiracoch-pilsen-unidos-nuestro-orgullo-casa-dupage-workers-center
DAILY HERALD
— Trump’s Indiana wins show his power over GOP with more primaries and redistricting debates ahead.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260506/nation-and-world-politics/trumps-indiana-wins-show-his-power-over-gop-with-more-primaries-and-redistricting-debates-ahead/
— Lawsuit filed in Illinois takes aim at cannabis companies for not warning of mental health risks. DD: In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260506/business/lawsuit-filed-in-illinois-takes-aim-at-cannabis-companies-for-not-warning-of-mental-health-risks/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to create more hatred against Trump.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/02/pope-leo-xiv-catholic-church-donald-trump/89845150007/
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.newschannel20.com/news/local/latino-unity-day-sees-calls-for-help-support-amid-ice-operations/article_396628a6-103b-52e3-b7fe-3bf4aa036a23.html
WAND TV
— Trump purges Republican dissenters. DD: Have your critics/opponents purged you? If so, what have your critics/opponents used to purge you? To purge me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, from my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, from the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster position, from TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, from Illinois Center Right Coalition, from etc., my critics/opponents have used a) my using my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to promote conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject, b) my promoting Republican candidates who they reject, c) my encouraging Republican participation in Wheaton Independence Day parades, d) my successfully leading efforts to ban video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton, e) my suing them, f) my successfully leading the effort to stop the installation of a stoplight at the intersection of Harrison and President in Wheaton, g) my successfully leading the effort to force Xfinity to carry Fox News Channel in Wheaton, h) etc.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/trumps-success-at-purging-republican-dissenters-may-not-help-in-midterm-elections/article_408a4bde-8b00-538c-be3e-3c6c6ce8aff2.html
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders blame Trump for high gasoline prices.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2026-05-06/poll-most-americans-say-trump-deserves-blame-for-high-gas-prices
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Johnson blitzes Capitol for Bears, funds
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/07/johnson-blitzes-capitol-for-bears-funds-00909550
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-732/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-519/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Dems eye $7B from new tax proposals, push ‘Billionaire Wealth Tax’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6baca800-4e34-4604-a1ff-48b83df2621c.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump flexes his muscle in Indiana, ousts rebels who defied his redistricting push.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/6/donald-trump-flexes-muscle-indiana-ousts-rebels-defied-redistricting/
— Liberals accuse the Democratic Party of pushing far-left candidates out of the primaries.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/5/liberals-accuse-democratic-party-pushing-far-left-candidates/
— Tennessee Republicans introduce new congressional map wiping out lone Democrat-leaning district.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/6/tennessee-republicans-introduce-new-congressional-map-wiping-lone/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DOJ will prosecute people who assault federal law enforcement ‘every single time’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4557194/doj-prosecute-assailants-immigration-enforcement-every-single-time-blanche/
BREITBART
— Majority Alarm About Migration’s Impact on Americans
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/05/06/ap-poll-shows-majority-alarm-about-migrations-impact-on-americans/
— ‘Star Wars’ Star Mark Hamill Posts Image of President Trump Dead in a Grave With Caption ‘If Only’
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/05/07/star-wars-star-mark-hamill-posts-image-of-president-trump-dead-in-a-grave-with-caption-if-only/
CENTER SQUARE
— Reject automatic legal status for migrant children
https://www.thecentersquare.com/opinion/article_a1239273-7613-4f99-8e18-e1eebe19e5aa.html
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— State Department Takes Aim at Asylum Abuse in Visa Interviews.
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/state-department-takes-aim-asylum-abuse-visa-interviews
— States Introduce Bills to Prohibit Trump ICE Officers from State Law Enforcement Employment. DD: The many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me, including their forcing to retire when I was 49 in 1997, made it impossible for me to get a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/states-introduce-bills-prohibit-trump-ice-officers-state-law
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Senator Laura Fine (D-Glenview) who sponsored SB 2820, which prohibits Illinois law-enforcement agencies from hiring individuals who worked as federal immigration officers with ICE between January 2025 and January 2029, argued these types of bills are necessary, saying, “Police officers occupy positions of public trust. Given widespread concern over ICE’s violent tactics, allowing current ICE agents to police local communities undermines that trust and should be prohibited.” While the bill was introduced in January and referred to the Assignments Committee, it has received no further action, and the Illinois legislature is scheduled to adjourn at the end of May. California Assembly Bill (AB) 1627, introduced by Assemblywoman Anamarie Avila Farias (D- Contra Costa), resembles the Illinois legislation by disqualifying individuals from employment in state law-enforcement agencies or public education positions if they worked for ICE between September 1, 2025, and January 20, 2029. However, AB 1627 goes further by prohibiting the employment of law enforcement officers from other states if they engaged in immigration enforcement. The Assembly Public Safety Committee passed the bill on April 22 by a vote of 6-2 and on May 6, there was a hearing scheduled in the Appropriations Committee.)
FOX NEWS
— California Dems rally around healthcare for illegal immigrants during fiery debate. Gov Gavin Newsom had cut the coverage to help reduce California’s ballooning deficit
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/watch-california-dems-rally-around-healthcare-illegal-immigrants-fiery-debate
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Marco Rubio’s Hope for America. DD: Democrats and RINOs always have, are now, and always will use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans. Because of that, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for Republicans, and especially for Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/marco-rubios-hope-for-america/
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The War On Patriotism
https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/roger-scruton-was-right-about-the-war-patriotism
(FROM THE ARTICLE: American pride is declining due to a cultural shift from patriotism to “oikophobia,” or rejection of national heritage. Institutions like museums, academia, and media are accused of emphasizing America’s flaws over its achievements. Oikophobia replaces gratitude with grievance, weakening national identity and belief in America’s value.)
MINDING THE CAMPUS
— The Disappearing Male Student. It’s time to stop pathologizing masculinity.
https://mindingthecampus.org/2026/05/06/the-disappearing-male-student/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The damaging effects of wokeness coincide with the increased presence of women in institutional leadership. Universities were once factories of progress—not to be mistaken with progressive—led by innovative risk-takers. Today, they operate more as re-education camps designed to stamp out any hint of masculinity, labeling it as toxic. The feminization of higher education is an ideological takeover that has declared war on the characteristics of the “alpha male,” letting intellectual curiosity and excellence melt in the acid bath of cancel culture. Look at the numbers, because they don’t lie even if the administrators do. Women now dominate college enrollment, graduate programs, and entire fields like psychology, education, and the humanities. Recent reports show that female representation in college leadership has also increased steadily. Meanwhile, the share of men on campus has dropped precipitously. Men now account for roughly 41 to 44 percent of U.S. undergraduates, down from an even split in the 1970s. Fewer men are enrolling in college, and those who do enroll are more likely to drop out. This shift is generally celebrated, and any area where women make up less than 50 percent is often treated as a problem to be solved. Why aren’t there more female university presidents?, activists bemoan. Instead, we should be asking what to do about the missing men. Men are leaving for other spaces because they are constantly under attack in higher education. Every semester, I have male students in my office venting about how professors allow classmates to openly stereotype and malign them. They feel uncomfortable, but most don’t speak up against this discrimination because doing so risks igniting the fire of a Title IX investigation. Challenging a female professor or classmate risks hurting someone’s feelings and becoming the target of a complaint. Make a woman feel uncomfortable, and the inquisition ensues. Do the same to a man? The feelings-first, anti-male brigade shrugs: he probably deserved it. Ironically, the men who do endure this environment, endure it precisely because of the qualities modern feminists vilify: the ability to tolerate disagreement. Men are more tolerant of political enemies than women are of allies. Consider what that tells us about the inclusivity of female-run spaces.)
NTD
— Illegal Aliens Being Arrested by ICE Throw a Fit to Make It Difficult for ICE, Rile up Protestors.
https://www.ntd.com/ntdplus/illegal-aliens-being-arrested-by-ice-throw-a-fit-to-make-it-difficult-for-ice-rile-up-protestors-expert_1143134.html
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— California Democrats Think Illegal Immigration Will Save Their Party, It’s Their Only Hope.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/05/06/sean_davis_california_democrats_think_illegal_immigration_will_save_their_party_its_their_only_hope.html
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Here’s How Chicago Has Been Putting Illegal Aliens Above American Citizens.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/heres-how-chicago-has-been-putting-illegal-aliens-above-american-citizens/ar-AA1Oe9EP
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Pritzker blames Trump for violent threats against Jews.
https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/5866522-pritzker-blames-trump-rhetoric/
— EEOC sues NY Times, alleging discrimination. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC had a tremendous impact on me. When I was 22 in 1971, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5865552-new-york-times-discrimination-lawsuit/
— ICE to end shortened training programs after criticism. DD: The first 6 months that I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer was in classroom training. I got lots classroom training while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5866624-ice-ends-shortened-training/
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to create more hatred against Trump.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/06/world/video/john-prevost-pope-leo-brother-ebof-vrtc
REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to create more hatred against Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/world/rubio-meet-pope-leo-trump-keeps-up-attacks-pontiff-2026-05-07/
MSN
— DD: I should write about how my Democrat superiors in the federal government who had my many Democrat superiors and supervisors who were veterans waste my career and get rid of me. They stressed that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They stressed that because of that, I was able to a) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, b) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) graduate debt-free for NIU owning that Charger in 1970, d) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, e) buy a new townhome in 1972, f) buy condos in 1974 and 1976, g) earn an MBA in 1976, h) get married in 1978, i) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978, j) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, k) etc.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-wants-to-make-it-harder-for-veterans-to-work-in-government/ar-AA21jXXG
ABC NEWS
— DOJ targets slow immigration judges as Trump pushes faster deportations.
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/justice-department-targets-slow-immigration-judges-trump-pushes-132730620
CBS NEWS
— Higher rate of mental health challenges among LGBTQ+ youth. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/new-study-shows-higher-rate-of-mental-health-challenges-among-lgbtq-youth/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Most Trump-Backed Challengers Beat Indiana Incumbents Who Bucked Trump. DD: Who has backed you? What adverse actions have your critics/opponents taken against them? I should write about my critics/opponents and the adverse actions that they took against those who have backed me. I would start with a) my Democrat IRS superiors who got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and b) my Democrat GAO superiors who got rid of the GAO manager who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and promoted me in 1986.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/trump-candidates-win-indiana-republican-primary.html
— DD: Democrats and RINOs always have, are now, and always will use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans. Because of that, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for Republicans, and especially for Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/politics/conservative-groups-influence-inside-the-state-department-raises-alarms.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to create more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/05/07/trump-pope-leo-rubio-rift/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2026/05/06/poll-trump-leo-hegseth-approval/
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to create more hatred against Trump.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/world/article/rubio-faces-challenge-in-pope-leo-meeting-after-22246317.php
COLUMBIA DISPATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Ramaswamy.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2026/05/06/indian-americans-other-ohioans-reject-ramaswamy-as-governor-opinion/89942561007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— To End Racial Gerrymandering, Congress Needs to Act. The Supreme Court issues a welcome ruling, but a couple of vacancies could lead to its undoing. DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/to-end-racial-gerrymandering-congress-needs-to-act-7f69c716
— Trump Accuses Pope Leo of Endangering Catholics by Opposing Iran War. The president’s criticism adds to tensions ahead of Rubio’s visit to the Vatican.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-accuses-pope-leo-of-endangering-catholics-by-opposing-iran-war-4805fe38
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to create more hatred against Trump.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2026/05/06/trump-lashes-out-at-pope-leo-over-iran-war-again-before-rubio-visit/
BLOOMBERG LAW
— DD: Democrat and RINO judges and justices promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trumps-anti-dei-efforts-struggle-under-federal-judges-scrutiny
SPECTATOR
— DD: Democrats and RINOs always have, are now, and always will use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans. Because of that, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for Republicans, and especially for Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://spectator.com/article/the-slow-death-of-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/?edition=us
TIME
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to create more hatred against Trump.
https://time.com/article/2026/05/06/pope-leo-nuclear-weapons-trump/
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for less time than mine had been.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/racial-diversity-boosts-graduate-salaries-finds-major-study
May 4, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Pro-Trump group tests officials’ patience with public testimony, triggers legal tangles
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/04/pro-trump-group-public-testimony-legal-tangles/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cook County Commissioner Tara Stamps declared after a recent meeting that she’d had enough. Jessica Jackson, a member of the group Chicago Flips Red, had taken to the podium that March morning during public comment in front of the county’s Finance Committee. Jackson didn’t address any agenda items, instead hitting what for her is a common refrain: that the county had spent too much on immigrants at the expense of other quality of life improvements.)
— DD: Democrat leaders continue to use Haymarket Square to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/04/opinion-chicago-haymarket-square-140th-anniversary/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever0increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/03/doc10-film-festival-ice-raids/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever0increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/04/30/nonprofit-mano-a-mano-unidos-patty-gamboa-immigrant-families-operation-midway-blitz
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout at Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders that Republicans cause all their problems. But then again, Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fewer-aapi-adults-report-hate-incidents-but-racism-concerns-linger-new-poll-shows/article_355f5390-8db0-54c6-900b-468fb2f901f8.html
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Who relies on SNAP in Illinois? Data shows many recipients live in these counties.
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article315601297.html
CWB CHICAGO
— When judges release dangerous criminals, there are ways for prosecutors to fight back. In Cook County, that almost never happens.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/05/when-judges-release-dangerous-criminals-there-are-ways-for-prosecutors-to-fight-back-in-cook-county-that-almost-never-happens.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/04/2-names-join-the-mayoral-mix-00904168
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— A review of Pritzker scandals
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/a-review-of-pritzker-scandals/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your disapproval rating with your critics/opponents? Based on the many big adverse actions that the following have taken against me since 2000, my disapproval rating with them is very high: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) major Republican donors, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders. Adverse actions that the aforesaid have had their operatives and their dupes take against me include a) throwing me off the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, d) ending my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, e) ending my service as the MTRO webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) ending my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, g) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) defeating my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and i) getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000. – Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
— What drives up your disapproval rating with your critics/opponents? For me, it is my promotion of conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject, especially its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. For me, it is my refusal to be manipulated/dominated by my critics/opponents, my refusal to glorify and praise them, my refusal to pander to them, my refusal to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, my refusal to cover up their wrong doing, and I refusal to give them money. – Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
— How old are you? The more of the following that you are, the sooner that you should anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace those who are the aforesaid with those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, noncitizen, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
— Are/were you in the private sector or the public sector? I was in the public sector. According to my critics/opponents, if I had been in the private sector, my ending salary would have been much less than $154,682/year in today’s dollars. I my defense, I earned a) three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In my defense, my Democrat superiors did everything that they could to waste my career and to get rid of me. – Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
— I have watched DuPage County Republican elected officials closely ever since I moved to DuPage County when I was 29 in 1978. To get votes from the Democrats who have ever-increasingly moved in, they have ever-increasingly welcomed them with open arms and painted themselves as being Democrat Lite. To get votes from Democrats, they have ever-increasingly given more preference to those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. To get votes from Democrats, they have ever-increasingly dumped the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform. To get votes from Democrats, they have ever-increasingly dumped conservatives like me. – Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
— What do you anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents will do sooner or later? I anticipate/expect that sooner or later, my critics/opponents will cast Democrat primary ballots, that is, that they will officially declare that they always really have been Democrats. I anticipate expect that those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me will cast Democrat primary ballots sooner rather than later. Exceptions will be those who want to keep their Republican offices to further destroy Republicans. – Dave Diersen
www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump disapproval hits new high as cost concerns, Iran war continue
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4553090/trump-disapproval-high-as-iran-war-cost-concerns-new-poll/
— Marriage is what really matters. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4533807/what-really-matters-is-marriage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: America’s cultural foundations are cracking. Marriage has been redefined and weakened, the family cast aside as outdated, and traditional ideas of manhood attacked as toxic. The result is a nation of lonely, disconnected individuals — unhappier, less stable, and increasingly unable to sustain the free institutions that made America exceptional.)
NEW YORK POST
— Cole Allen thought he was Rambo, wanted Trump dead.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/03/us-news/whcd-suspect-cole-allen-thought-he-was-rambo-wanted-trump-dead-pirro/
— A lack of cooperation with ICE to deport an illegal immigrant resulted in a family tragedy.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/03/opinion/a-lack-of-cooperation-with-ice-to-deport-an-illegal-immigrant-resulted-in-a-family-tragedy/
BREITBART
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/05/03/spike-lee-calls-supreme-court-voiding-race-based-redistricting-map-in-louisiana-an-attack-on-voters/
CHRISTIAN POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/more-gen-z-adults-say-life-can-be-fulfilling-without-marriage.html
COLLEGE FIX
— University of Maryland to host ‘anti-oppression’ workshops. DD: According to Democrat leaders, Republicans oppress those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors hinted/implied/argued that I oppressed my Democrat subordinates who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, problematic, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. All of my subordinates were some, many, most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-maryland-to-host-anti-oppression-workshops-for-social-workers-to-fight-institutional-racism/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Real Reason Why Barack Obama Condemned the Supreme Court’s Racial Redistricting Ruling. DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/03/obamas-redistricting-hypocrisy/
FEDERALIST
— Defund The Education Institutions Churning Out Left-Wing Assassins
https://thefederalist.com/2026/05/04/defund-the-education-institutions-churning-out-left-wing-assassins/
FOX NEWS
— Black Chicagoans call on reparations from government, money deposits like ‘stimulus’ checks. Chicago residents tell Fox News Digital why they think reparations are in order.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/black-chicagoans-call-reparations-from-government-money-deposits-like-stimulus-checks
— DD: Far too many candidates lie to get elected.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-senate-candidate-sherrod-brown-claims-supports-closing-border-gop-says-record-proves-otherwise
NEWS BUSTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2026/05/03/ny-times-panics-supreme-court-voting-rights-ruling-banished
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5861331-warnock-slams-supreme-court-voting-rights/amp/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. How successful have they been doing that in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct?
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5693180-hate-taught-trump-policies/
— DD: Illegals promote the Dignity Act.
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-dignity-act-realistic-step-143000092.html
REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/how-redistricting-supreme-court-have-cut-voters-out-us-house-races-2026-05-03/
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/supreme-court-upholds-texas-redistricting-what-it-means-for-2026-midterms/ar-AA21QpAB
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-just-made-it-much-harder-to-fight-racial-gerrymandering/ar-AA2260zq
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/david-brooks-gerrymandering-districts-by-race-created-fewer-and-fewer-swing-districts/ar-AA22fIlP
— DD: What did you take personal responsibility for? For me it included a) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree (management), b) earning three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance), c) earning six job-related professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, and forensic accounting), and d) becoming a licensed CPA.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/i-m-sick-and-tired-of-hearing-my-grandkids-whine-about-how-the-system-isn-t-fair-whatever-happened-to-taking-personal-responsibility/ss-AA1XEFuS?ocid=ACERDHP15
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.newsweek.com/list-of-states-stepping-up-redistricting-wars-after-supreme-court-ruling-11907710
AOL
— DD: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are gaslighters. I should write about them.
https://www.aol.com/articles/psychologists-explain-7-common-signs-130000259.html
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/raphael-warnock-callais-decision-supreme-court-redistricting-gerrymandering/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/us/politics/supreme-court-voting-rights-act.html
— E.E.O.C. Investigating Discrimination Claim at The New York Times. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently referred a reverse-discrimination complaint by an employee to the agency’s legal unit for review. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC had a tremendous impact on me. When I was 22 in 1971, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/business/economy/eeoc-discrimination-claim-new-york-times.html
— Graduates Reset Ambitions in Pursuit of First Jobs. DD: WHAT Harmed you job search? When I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970, I applied to many fortune 500 firms. Only Firestone Stores offered me a job, and it was for a job that did not really require a college degree. In the name of “training,” my boss used me like I was a car mechanic trainee. All the firms that I applied to were under tremendous pressure from EEOC to hire minorities, females, and veterans. I was not a minority, female, or veteran. To make matters worse, potential employers saw me as being Vietnam War draft bait. They did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved. Beyond that, my GPA was not that great because to work my way through college, I had spent far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/28/business/economy/college-graduates-job-market.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/05/03/kagan-supreme-court-dissent-reveals-odd-idea-voting-rights/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is poised to file a civil rights lawsuit against The New York Times, centered on the allegations of a white male employee who did not get a sought-after promotion and argued it was because of his race and gender, two people familiar with the matter said.)
— George Will: The Voting Rights Act long ago achieved its original purpose. The justices’ 6-3 ruling on a Louisiana gerrymandering case reveals a stark disagreement. DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/05/03/supreme-court-confirms-voting-rights-act-has-achieved-original-purpose/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/05/03/race-to-the-bottom-supreme-court-ruling-on-voting-rights-act-rewrites-the-law/
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout at those who are the following that they are victims of Republicans: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, non-married, non-rich, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-joecks/victor-joecks-the-victims-of-victimhood-3796280/
FLORIDA POLITICS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/793749-political-violence-is-reshaping-who-runs-report-details-threats-to-lgbtq-candidates/
USA TODAY
— Exit interviews. DD: Employers that want to get rid of their employees and succeed doing that, do not offer exit interviews. My Democrat GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, and Post Office superiors wanted to get rid of me, so of course, when they succeeded in getting rid of me, they did not offer me an exit interview. They would not have wanted to get rid of me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/what-is-a-stay-interview/89718705007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Supreme Court Victory Over Racial Division. Louisiana v. Callais will discourage districts where politicians stoke resentment in their communities. DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-supreme-court-victory-over-racial-division-3aef3c48
— Racial Gerrymandering: That ’70s Show. I argued against the practice in 1977. Only Chief Justice Warren Burger took my side. DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/racial-gerrymandering-that-70s-show-2f78926c
LEVEL MAN
— DD: How bad are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the sooner that Democrats and RINOs will destroy you: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.levelman.com/the-demographics-of-maga-supporters/#a-look-at-the-socioeconomic-status-of-those-who-support-trump
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
COUNTER CURRENTS
— Meritocracy Myth in India: Who Really Gets Ahead? DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who had less work experience than I had, had less education that I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://countercurrents.org/2026/05/meritocracy-myth-in-india-who-really-gets-ahead/
DAILY MAIL
— Private sector jobs stall as public rise. DD: Are/were you in the private sector or the public sector? I was in the public sector. According to my critics/opponents, if I had been in the private sector, my ending salary would have been much less than $154,682/year in today’s dollars. I my defense, I earned a) three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In my defense, my Democrat superiors did everything that they could to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/jobs-market-stalls-but-figures-show-the-public-sector-still-growing/ar-AA1YXm5A
https://www.aol.com/news/private-sector-jobs-stall-public-142649859.html
May 3, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/makers-abortion-pill-mifepristone-file-us-supreme-court-emergency-appeal-lower-ruling-blocks-online-access-mail/19023740/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBT and pot.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/new-lgbtq-treatment-facility-opens-in-chicago-to-address-drug-epidemic/3931085/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/majority-say-ethics-honesty-in-government-have-declined-under-trump-pew/
FOX32
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-trump-i-think-man-has-dementia
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/03/illinois-pritzker-no-constitutional-abortion-amendment/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more Islam.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/03/suburban-school-controversy-arabic-language/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Policing grows more dangerous as laws change and public sentiment shifts. The criminal justice system now prioritizes second chances — or more — for alleged offenders, and that is endangering officers and communities.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/05/01/police-officers-swedish-hospital-shooting-safe-t-act-electronic-monitoring-tom-weitzel
DAILY HERALD
— Healthy workers are ditching company insurance to save $1,000 a month. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance since 1966 and then also paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260502/business/healthy-workers-are-ditching-company-insurance-to-save-1000-a-month/
WAND TV
— Sen. Rose files bill to allow IL police to coordinate with immigration authorities.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/sen-rose-files-bill-to-allow-il-police-to-coordinate-with-immigration-authorities/article_aad741b8-1956-4bf8-88f0-c04d29493a83.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Legal-marijuana movement not the panacea its backers claim. DD: If I had used pot, I would not have been able to a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, b) earn six job-related professional certifications, and c) earn a job-related professional licenses.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-legal-marijuana-movement-not-the-panacea-its-backers-claim/article_10d9b0d7-9b3b-4903-bd30-6efe138d03c8.html
DAILY ILLINI
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/university-news/protests-strikes/2026/05/02/campus-labor-coalition-rallies-delivers-anti-ice-petition-to-ui-administration/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— What if Republicans Threatened Obama The Way Democrats Threaten Trump? DD: Obama is protected because he is a member of the following protected groups: Democrat, minority, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. Other protected groups include female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and noncitizen.
https://johnkassnews.com/could-republicans-threaten-the-life-of-president-obama-and-succeed/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Cary GOP Precinct Committeeperson Appreciation/Recruitment Night. DD: Having been a Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) since 1999, I am becoming one of the senior RPCs in DuPage County.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/02/cary-gop-precinct-committeeperson-appreciation-recruitment-night/
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— SCOTUS Redistricting Ruling Sparks Pushback from Pritzker
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/05/scotus-redistricting-ruling-sparks-pushback-from-pritzker/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats rush to court to stop GOP states’ new redistricting push
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/1/democrats-rush-court-stop-gop-states-new-redistricting-push/
— Newsom’s illegal-alien funding spree
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/2/editorial-newsoms-illegal-alien-funding-spree/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How millions of illegal immigrants got jobs in the US. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3897219/how-millions-illegal-immigrants-got-jobs-us/
— Where illegal immigrants find work in the US. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3895435/where-illegal-immigrants-find-work-in-the-us/
— Viral fearmongering after Supreme Court rules on racial gerrymandering.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4551494/viral-fearmongering-supreme-court-racial-gerrymandering/
NEW YORK POST
— The left wastes time weaponizing everything, from policing to immigration, and it’s rotting our infrastructure.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/02/opinion/the-left-weaponizes-everything-and-its-rotting-our-infrastructure/
— What will the new congressional redistricting mean for the House? DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/02/opinion/new-supreme-court-ruling-means-a-new-political-map/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The SPLC’s War on America. The SPLC built its power by branding dissent as hate; now its legal reckoning may expose how political smears became a weapon of institutional coercion.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/05/03/the-splcs-war-on-immigration-restriction-and-america/
COLLEGE FIX
— DePaul launches ‘journalism and racial justice’ center with former Mayor Lori Lightfoot. DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy Republicans.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/depaul-launches-journalism-institute-with-former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot/
1819 NEWS
— Auburn University counseling program ‘always shined a negative light on white males’
https://1819news.com/news/item/auburn-university-counseling-program-always-shined-a-negative-light-on-white-males
FOX NEWS
— NYC Board of Elections worker says ‘not my job to report anyone’ when asked about registering noncitizens. Board of Elections employee told undercover reporter posing as a Canadian green card holder that the office ‘accepts anything that comes over the counter.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-board-elections-worker-says-not-my-job-report-anyone-when-asked-about-registering-non-citizens
NEWSMAX
— Pro sports has bent knee to LGBTQ ideology
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/royce-white-to-newsmax-pro-sports-has-bent-knee-to-lgbtq-ideology/ar-AA1ZRmlP
PJ MEDIA
— DHS Arrests Illegal Alien Criminals, Dems Release Them
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/05/02/dhs-arrests-illegal-criminals-dems-release-them-n4952437
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— DD: SPLC exists to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/04/22/chuck_schumer_defends_splc_trump_doj_is_sending_the_message_if_you_fight_white_supremacy_youre_next.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5859743-supreme-court-bars-racial-gerrymandering/
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/black-americans-face-new-fight-racial-representation-after-132600647
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-american-man-ice-deportation-congo/
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. I am a product of a traditional marriage and family. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/the-pros-and-cons-of-being-a-modern-day-trad-wife/ar-AA227UzU
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-gerrymander-gambit-has-mostly-failed/ar-AA21RgbN
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-limits-use-of-race-in-redistricting-in-a-win-for-gop/ar-AA220aJo
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/as-trump-attacks-dei-college-diversity-officers-from-across-the-country-gather-in-philly-to-find-a-path-forward/ar-AA1ZtEiQ
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Jobs That Pay for College. DD: I had to work my way through college. If my employers had paid for my tuition and books, my entire life would be different. For one thing, my GPA would have been higher. I spent far too many hours working instead of studying.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/slideshows/10-types-of-part-time-jobs-that-pay-for-college
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Springsteen to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/briefing/bruce-springsteen-donald-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: In Primaries, Trump Targets The ‘Disloyal.’ DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. I should write about my critics/opponents. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/02/us/politics/trump-republican-primaries-candidates.html
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/us/elections/tennessee-congressional-map.html
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/opinion/immigration-farming-trump-robots-labor.html
— India Is Pioneering a Perilous Model of Web Censorship. DD: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want stop everyone from reading them. I should write about my critics/opponents. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/opinion/india-modi-internet-censorship.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage those who are the following from getting a college degree: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me when I was 22 in 1971 and if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, they would not have promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25. If I had not earned an MBA when I was 27 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me when I was 31. If I had not earned master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, a became a licensed CPA when I was 32, they would not have promoted me when I was 38.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/realestate/young-new-yorkers-construction-jobs.html
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/05/03/race-to-the-bottom-supreme-court-ruling-on-voting-rights-act-rewrites-the-law/
USA TODAY
— DD: My critics/opponents have always treated TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) like SPLC had officially designate them as being hate groups. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/02/southern-poverty-law-center-indictment-fraud-case/89732727007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/potomac-watch-strassel/wsj-opinion-the-supreme-court-6-3-ruling-against-racial-gerrymandering/74936289-8C71-4E62-B5C3-AC7BAE4B3A7F
FINANCE BUZZ
— 8 Useful College Degrees Employers Are Always Looking To Hire. DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, career-wise, what would have done differently? I would have majored in accounting from the beginning. I did not because I wrongly believed that I could not pass the CPA examination. But I passed it on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. But by then, it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being too old. Further, the accounting profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females, and I was none of the aforesaid. My doing the following did not help. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I became a certified fraud examiner when I was 41, government financial manager when I was 45, financial services auditor when I was 47, and forensic accountant when I was 48.
https://www.aol.com/8-useful-college-degrees-employers-124200196.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Accounting)
INVESTOPEDIA
— Top Bachelor’s Degrees That Lead to Strong Job Opportunities After College. DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, career-wise, what would have done differently? I would have majored in accounting from the beginning. I did not because I wrongly believed that I could not pass the CPA examination. But I passed it on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. But by then, it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being too old. Further, the accounting profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females, and I was none of the aforesaid. My doing the following did not help. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I became a certified fraud examiner when I was 41, government financial manager when I was 45, financial services auditor when I was 47, and forensic accountant when I was 48.
https://www.aol.com/finance/top-bachelors-degrees-lead-strong-103000811.html
MARKETPLACE
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.marketplace.org/story/2026/02/18/job-growth-immigration-are-directly-related-new-fed-study-argues
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.epi.org/blog/trumps-deportation-plans-threaten-400000-direct-care-jobs-older-adults-and-people-with-disabilities-could-lose-vital-in-home-support/
https://www.epi.org/publication/trumps-deportation-agenda-will-destroy-millions-of-jobs-both-immigrants-and-u-s-born-workers-would-suffer-job-losses-particularly-in-construction-and-child-care/
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION FORUM
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://forumtogether.org/article/immigrants-as-economic-contributors-immigrants-fill-the-temporary-needs-of-american-employers/
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/holiday-guide-debunking-myths-about-immigration/
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/immigrants-make-the-labor-market-great/
MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE
— Indian Immigrants in the United States. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/indian-immigrants-united-states
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/content/explainer-immigrants-and-us-economy
AMERICAN BAZAAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Asian Americans and at Pacific Islanders that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/05/02/49-of-aapi-adults-experienced-racial-hate-in-2025-third-year-in-a-row-480010/
NEW YORKER
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-the-supreme-court-demolished-the-voting-rights-act
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederacy.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/2/800032029/community/trumps-republican-party-resurrects-the-old-confederacy/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. Illinois Democrats racially gerrymandered the 3rd Congressional District that I live in.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/karnataka-high-court-quashes-rajiv-gandhi-university-of-health-sciences-move-to-exclude-senate-members-from-inspection-panel/ar-AA22fBbq
TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, Democrat and RINO leaders have used AA and DEI to give more and more and more preference to young minorities and to young females. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/technology/is-the-end-of-affirmative-action-wiping-out-black-student-enrollment-new-data-says-yes/ar-AA1P53Qm
May 1, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— CPS teachers, students expected to join May Day rally at Union Park, march through downtown Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/may-day-chicago-2026-cps-teachers-students-expected-join-union-park-rally-march-downtown/19012972/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/30/illinois-accountability-report-completed-midway-blitz/
— If Chicago wants to reduce absenteeism, start with families.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/01/opinion-chicago-school-absenteeism-education/
— DD: The Democrat Party platform destroys traditional marriage and family, that is, it promotes homelessness.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/01/opinion-homelessness-shelter-hb1429-illinois-legislation/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Noble charter network, suburban school districts face federal probe over LGBTQ-related lessons. The U.S. Department of Justice announced investigations into 35 Illinois school districts and a Chicago charter operator over whether they teach about “sexual orientation and gender ideology” in class and whether parents are allowed to opt out. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/04/30/noble-charter-network-suburban-school-districts-face-federal-probe-over-lgbtq-related-lessons
DAILY HERALD
— DD: The Democrat Party platform destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260501/syndicated-columnists/marriage-the-inequality-gap-we-should-be-talking-about/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-ice-misconduct-state-report-20260430/
CBS2
— Violent organized retail crime on the rise in Illinois. DD: The Democrat Party platform promote poverty and crime.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-organized-retail-crime-association-report-violent-retail-crime/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Department of Justice investigating sexuality and gender teaching in 36 Illinois school districts. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/30/illinois-schools-department-of-justice-investigation/
WGLT
— Justice Department investigates District 87, Ridgeview and 34 other Illinois school districts over ‘gender ideology.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-04-30/justice-department-investigates-district-87-ridgeview-and-34-other-illinois-school-districts-over-gender-ideology
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/01/ice-scrutiny-chicago-illinois-00902153
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Republicans will land the top line on ballots in suburban Cook County for the Nov. 3 election, following a lottery held this week by the county clerk’s office. That means Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey will be at the top of ballots.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-728/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS SENATE GOP
— Illinois Senate GOP and Angel Father Call for Action on Legislation to Allow Illinois Law Enforcement to Keep Illinoisans Safe
https://ilsenategop.org/2026/04/30/illinois-senate-gop-and-angel-father-call-for-action-on-legislation-to-allow-illinois-law-enforcement-to-keep-illinoisans-safe/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Precinct Training Opportunity Tuesday Evening, May 5th. DD: I have been a DuPage County and Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman since I was appointed one in 1999. In 2000, DuPage County Republican Central Committee and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) RINO and Democrat plant leaders succeeded in getting a registered Republican voter to run against me, but not since then. In 2004 and 2010 they rudely fired me as the MTRO webmaster. In 2004, they rudely defeated me when I ran for the open MTRO Treasurer position. In 2015, they rudely gerrymandered my precinct. In 2021, they rudely ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, a role that I had since 2005. In 2024, they rudely ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee. They ever-increasingly blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/01/precinct-training-opportunity-tuesday-evening-may-5th/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Brace for battle as Hochul revives New York’s gerrymander threat. DD: Democrat leaders know that Democrat candidates cannot win if they do not gerrymander.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/30/opinion/brace-for-battle-as-hochul-revives-ny-gerrymander-threat/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Supreme Court Rules Racial Gerrymandering ILLEGAL! DD: Democrat leaders know that Democrat candidates cannot win if they do not gerrymander.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAipntmficw
— Mamdani Has Already Run Out of Other People’s Money. DD: Democrat elected officials ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/30/mamdani-has-already-run-out-of-other-peoples-money/
— Pro‑Family Policy Is Now Central to Conservatism. DD: I owe all my successes in life to my parents and their traditional marriage.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/30/sen-banks-pro-family-policy-central/
NEWSMAX
— Disgraced Ex-Lawmakers Eye Taxpayer Pensions. DD: Did your employer(s) disgrace you? My Democrat superiors in the federal government disgraced me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions, and disallowed my travel vouchers. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign and disallowed my sick leave requests. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. Since 2000, to disgrace me, the following have taken many big adverse actions against me: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) major Republican donors, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/disgraced-lawmakers-taxpayer/2026/04/26/id/1254220/
PJ MEDIA
— Democrats Don’t Hate Gerrymandering; They Hate the GOP Fighting Back. DD: Democrat leaders know that Democrat candidates cannot win if they do not gerrymander.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/04/30/democrats-dont-hate-gerrymandering-they-hate-the-gop-fighting-back-n4952389
WESTERN JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders will forever use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hakeem-jeffries-tells-activist-audience-dei-is-explicitly-written-into-constitution/ar-AA20EUgk
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— DD: Democrat leader use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. The gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District that I live in was drawn by Illinois Democrats based on race. Minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/30/politics/supreme-court-decision-gerrymandering-scramble
— Trump signs executive order expanding workers’ access to retirement plans. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System pension when I was 18 years old in 1966. Knowing that helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors to get rid of me. Further, after my wife and I got married in 1978, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates got ever-increasingly more furious that we could and that we did save lots of our salaries for our retirement because we gave up trying to have children, because we did not adopt, and because we did not have foster children.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/30/economy/trump-executive-order-new-retirement-plan-proposal
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Texas House Democrat Gene Wu calls for minority groups to take over America. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite minorities against Whites, unite females against males, unite younger people against older people, unite veterans against non-veterans, unite those who have less money against those who have more money, unite unmarried people against married people, unite LGBTQers against heterosexuals, unite non-Protestants against Protestants, unite non-German Americans against German Americans, unite those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time against those whose ancestors have been in America for less time, unite citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America, unite etc. against etc.
https://www.newsweek.com/gene-wu-texas-democrat-white-11487908
— Hegseth Denies Bias in Firings, Says Decisions Based on “Merit.” DD: My Democrat GAO (1980-1997), IRS (1971-1980), and Post Office (1966-1969) superiors outrageously, disgusting, falsely, and unethically hinted/implied that I lacked merit, that is, that I had performance problems, and that justified the many big adverse actions that they took against me. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32. In my defense, I got promoted when I was 23, 24, 25, and 38.
https://www.newsweek.com/videos/hegseth-denies-bias-in-firings-says-decisions-based-on-merit
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leader use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. The gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District that I live in was drawn by Illinois Democrats based on race. Minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/upshot/gerrymanders-redistricting-democrats-republicans.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/opinion/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-2026.html
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/28/opinion/focus-group-trump-voters-disappointed.html
— DD: To avoid potential conflicts of interest in job assignments, IRS and GAO employees are required to fully disclose their and their spouse’s finances to their superiors. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used the financial information I gave them to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn my wife and I as being underserving disgusting filthy rich DINKs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/us/politics/elon-musk-finances.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/us/politics/trump-pope-latino-voters.html
ABC CHARLESTON & WTMA
— A Charleston-based reparations task force is calling for the transfer of 700,000 acres of land from three of the Lowcountry’s most well-known plantations. DD: If I had ran for a government office, my critics/opponents would have stressed that my ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854.
https://abcnews4.com/news/local/charleston-reparations-task-force-demands-7000-acres-from-historic-plantations
https://www.wtma.com/2026/04/30/charleston-reparations-task-force-demands-7000-acres-from-historic-plantations/
BRIDGE MICHIGAN
— Political parties, not voters, to pick candidates. DD: I should write about the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000 and the candidates who they picked to run in Republican primaries. I would focus on those leaders whose candidates won primary elections but lost general elections. I would focus on those leaders who have blamed those losses the most on me, on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, on what I did as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, on what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, and on what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member.
https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/political-parties-not-voters-to-decide-key-michigan-candidates/
ARIZONA PBS
— Scottsdale high school senior gets perfect ACT score. DD: My critics/opponents have always used against me my ACT score being only 24. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have used the money that I earned washing dishes while I was in high school for ACT tutoring instead of for a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO, to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC.
https://azpbs.org/2026/04/scottsdale-high-school-senior-gets-perfect-act-score/
CALIFORNIA GLOBE
— LA City Council Socialists Launch Bid to Give Noncitizens Full Voting Rights in Local Elections. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://californiaglobe.com/fl/la-city-council-socialists-launch-bid-to-give-noncitizens-full-voting-rights-in-local-elections/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The SPLC Is a Journalism Scandal. News outlets treat it as an authority when it is actually a competitor, and a disreputable one. DD: My critics/opponent have always treated TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition like SPLC had officially designate them as being hate groups.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-splc-is-a-journalism-scandal-99ab0fab?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
FORBES
— Zero-Sum-Game. DD: Everything is zero-sum. All the promotions that I did not get were given by my Democrat superiors to Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who had less work experience than I had, had less education that I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffraikes/2019/06/17/can-power-be-anything-but-zero-sum/
LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
— Your Rights as a Federal Worker. DD: Democrats run the federal government. Because of that, federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.naacpldf.org/five-rights-federal-workers/
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat leader use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. The gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District that I live in was drawn by Illinois Democrats based on race. Minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/louisiana-kicks-off-supreme-court-backed-gerrymander-frenzy.html
POLITICO
— DD: Democrat leader use racial gerrymandering to destroy Republicans. The gerrymandered Illinois 3rd Congressional District that I live in was drawn by Illinois Democrats based on race. Minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/30/hakeem-jeffries-voting-rights-act-gerrymandering-redistricting-2026-midterms-00900661
MS. MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://msmagazine.com/2026/04/30/trump-fy-2027-budget-fiscal-year-title-x-planned-parenthood-birth-control-contraception-family-planning/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— DD: Democrat candidates know that they need racial gerrymandering to win.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/us-supreme-court-ruling-guts-minority-vote-protections-could-redraw-political-map-by-2028/ar-AA222ZII
MIRROR
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Hegseth.
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/pete-hegseth-humiliated-angry-protester-1815960
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk1kgn95AXA
April 28, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Slain Chicago police officer would still be alive but for our broken system of enforcing arrest warrants
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/28/editorial-john-bartholomew-chicago-police-alphanso-talley-warrants-shooting/
— DD: Anticipate/expect that this summer, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/28/opinion-chicago-teen-takeovers/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/04/28/illinois-families-separated-by-trump-immigrant-visa-ban
DAILY HERALD
— After mayor’s remarks, Geneva rethinking its support for chamber of commerce fests. DD: In 2021, to cut the number of Republican candidate entries in Wheaton Independence Day parades, Democrat and RINO Wheaton leaders ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for those parades.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260426/local-politics/after-mayors-remarks-geneva-rethinking-its-support-for-chamber-of-commerce-fests/
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/border-patrol-ice-chicago-illinois-accountability-commission-reveal-results-operation-midway-blitz-investigation/18976454/
NBC5
— SAFE-T Act questioned after Chicago police officer fatally shot at hospital. The suspect in the shooting was out on electronic monitoring at the time of the attack, though there was an active warrant for his arrest, according to NBC 5 Investigates.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/officials-question-safe-t-act-after-chicago-police-officer-fatally-shot-at-hospital/3928605/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/mother-says-trump-immigration-campaign-featured-daughter-without-her-approval/3928691/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/pritzker-backed-commission-accuses-trump-administration-of-federal-misconduct/amp/
WBEZ
— DD: The less death penalty, the more murders.
https://www.wbez.org/2026/04/27/dead-man-walking-nun-brings-message-of-hope-and-activism-to-depaul-university
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— ABA settles lawsuit claiming minority scholarship fund was discriminatory
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/ccb-aba-lawsuit-settlement-dei-scholarship-20260427/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Florida’s redistricting fight puts Ron DeSantis back in the Republican spotlight.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/politics/article/florida-s-redistricting-fight-puts-ron-desantis-22229451.php
WCIA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/champaign-co-dispensary-reacts-to-trump-admin-reclassifying-medical-marijuana/
EVANSTON NOW
— Guaranteed income plan expanded
https://evanstonnow.com/guaranteed-income-plan-expanded/
LEGAL NEWSLINE
— Constitutional tests await IL Dems’ race-based district plan
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/constitutional-tests-await-il-dems-race-based-district-plan/article_c4b1ec83-efc9-47cf-8eec-f35736f554be.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/28/illinois-hearings-revisit-ice-chaos-00894461
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-725/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County GOP Sees New Treasurer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/04/27/mchenry-county-gop-sees-new-treasurer/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly put their noncitizens who are minority, female, and/or younger ahead of Republicans who are White, male, and/or older. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Noncitizens are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Suspected WHCD gunman Cole Allen came from picture-perfect family of achievers — with church-leader dad at helm.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/27/us-news/suspected-whcd-gunman-cole-allen-came-picture-perfect-family/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Allen — a 31-year-old engineering graduate from prestigious Cal Tech — has three siblings with even more impressive resumes and lived with his parents in a neatly kempt home in Torrance, Calif. His kin are reportedly shocked and alarmed by his extremist, anti-Trump rhetoric, which surfaced after he allegedly tried to attack President Trump and other senior administration officials at the ritzy DC gala Saturday. His sister Avriana, 27, recounted his “radical” statements to federal investigators, while his brother called police about a chilling manifesto he allegedly sent the day he tried to storm past White House security with knives and guns. Allen’s brother, Gabriel, studied engineering at the elite Webb Institute in Glen Cove on Long Island, where his projects included designing Navy vessels, according to materials from the school’s website. His graduation page said he was bound for the maritime engineering firm Thayer Mayan. Gabriel married in 2025, and he and his wife may have a baby on the way this year, according to a gift registry with their names created exactly one week before the attack. Avriana, one of Cole’s two sisters, studied journalism and statistics at the prestigious Northwestern University. She worked as a reporter for CalMatters, where she helped build their 2021 recall election guide. She later joined the Pew Research Center as a junior engineer. The baby of the family, Stephanie, 23, studied physics at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., reports said. She later joined the National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University, where she researched dark matter and energy-based cancer treatment. Cole’s father Thomas Allen has been a leader at their local Grace United Reformed Church, according to public records. The church declined to speak to reporters after Saturday’s violence and took down its leadership page. The suspect — a self-styled “friendly federal assassin,” according to his alleged manifesto — stayed close to home. He was employed by C2 Education, a tutor and test prep company, and named “Teacher of the Month” in December 2024, according to social-media posts. He graduated from the California Institute of Technology with an engineering degree in 2017 and earned a master’s in computer science before dabbling in video-game design and released his own game on Steam in 2018. One of Cole’s students, Max Harris, a high-school senior, told the New York Times that he never felt anything amiss. “He seemed like a completely average guy. … Like, I never would have expected anything like this from a guy like him,” Harris said of Cole. But simmering beneath the surface of this seemingly well-adjusted math whiz was violent vitriol for the president and his administration, prosecutors claim. “I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes,” Cole’s alleged manifesto reads, an apparent reference to Trump. It includes a thank-you to “my family, both personal and church,” along with a theological defense of the assassination attempt to people who might tell him to “turn the other cheek.” The manifesto ends with: “Stay in school, kids.”)
— KKK informants to the SPLC de-hooded: One-legged Imperial Wizard ‘true believer’ and cleaning lady, who show no signs of reform
https://nypost.com/2026/04/27/us-news/kkk-informants-to-the-splc-de-hooded-one-legged-true-believer-and-cleaning-lady-who-show-no-signs-of-reform/
— SPLC’s high-profile donors like Clooney, Soros stay mum after nonprofit indicted over alleged $3M hate group informant scheme
https://www.aol.com/news/splc-high-profile-donors-clooney-033407448.html
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Has There Been a ‘Minneapolis Effect’ on Immigration Enforcement? ICE ‘interior arrests’ decrease 21.7 percent between December and March.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Has-There-Been-Minneapolis-Effect-Immigration-Enforcement
COLLEGE FIX
— Dozens of law schools still require DEI to graduate
https://www.thecollegefix.com/dozens-of-law-schools-still-require-dei-to-graduate-watchdog-group-finds/
— Arizona honors colleges push DEI, anti-capitalist, anti-Israel agendas
https://www.thecollegefix.com/arizona-honors-colleges-push-dei-anti-capitalist-anti-israel-agendas-report/
DAILY SIGNAL
— $10.5 Million in Medicaid Given to Illegal Aliens in Mississippi, State Auditor Says
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/27/10-5-million-in-medicaid-given-to-illegals-in-mississippi/
DAILY WIRE
— SPLC Does Not Define Hate Groups — Corporate America Shouldn’t Act Like It Does. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate groups. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT and ICRC.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-splc-does-not-define-hate-groups-corporate-america-shouldnt-act-like-it-does
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani education plan undermines merit
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6393804686112
— Radical activist groups circle wagons around Southern Poverty Law Center amid federal charges
https://www.aol.com/news/radical-activist-groups-circle-wagons-104218164.html
— Mamdani’s education plan’s ‘lack of merit’ could fundamentally change student outcomes. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I was able to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license not because of merit, but because I benefitted from discrimination against those who were minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. In my defense, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdanis-education-plans-lack-merit-could-fundamentally-change-student-outcomes-gop-leader-warns
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mamdani has proposed phasing out the city’s gifted and talented programs for younger students over inequity concerns, a move critics argue could limit academic opportunities for high performers from low-income families. “That’s my biggest concern,” Forte told Fox News Digital. “The lack of merit and the lack of competitiveness…is going to lead to test scores declining and the quality of our education declining significantly.”)
WESTERN JOURNAL
— After Karoline Leavitt Calls Out Dems for Their Vile Anti-Trump Rhetoric, GOP Brings the Receipts. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most. I would start with past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) major Republican donors, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders. I would focus on the many big adverse actions that the aforesaid have had their operatives and their dupes take against me since 2000.
https://www.westernjournal.com/karoline-leavitt-calls-dems-vile-anti-trump-rhetoric-gop-brings-receipts/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Leavitt also quoted Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who said, “Never before in my life have I called for mass protest disruptions. These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace.” Last fall, Pritzker took several minutes of a podcast to liken actions taken by Trump and his administration to Nazi Germany. “I think [Trump] needs to prove otherwise, because at the moment, he’s following precisely a kind of playbook that we’ve seen throughout history,” the governor said. “I also built a Holocaust museum with Holocaust survivors.” “I’m not suggesting we’re heading toward a Holocaust,” Pritzker hedged, but then continued, “I am suggesting, though, that authoritarianism, which they easily recognize the early stages of, is coming upon this country and that people are beginning to wake up and recognize it.” After podcast host Nicolle Wallace commended him for making the comparison, the governor dialed it back even further. “I do want to separate myself from the idea that I’m calling him Hitler. … I haven’t suggested that Donald Trump is Hitler,” Pritzker said. “I don’t think any Democrat has,” Wallace then responded, but that’s a false statement.)
— Leftist SPLC ‘secretly funneled’ over $3 million to members of white supremacist and extremist groups. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were extremist groups. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes destroy TAPROOT and ICRC.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/bombshell-indictment-leftist-splc-secretly-funneled-over-3-million-to-members-of-white-supremacist-and-extremist-groups/ar-AA21tdFt
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
AOL
— Fox News turns on Donald Trump in shock move as network reveals his awful approval ratings. DD: What percent of the following approve of what I do as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) major Republican donors, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders? My critics/opponents stress the many big adverse actions that the aforesaid have taken against me since 2000.
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/fox-news-turns-donald-trump-094600703.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump. Were it not for America’s military actions, there would be no Christianity, no Catholicism, and no Pope.
https://www.aol.com/archbishop-praises-popes-anti-war-111930827.html
https://www.aol.com/articles/famed-conclave-actor-praises-pope-211418228.html
THE HILL
— White House blames WHCA shooting on Democratic rhetoric.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5851255-democrats-rhetoric-trump-violence-whca-dinner/amp/
CNN
— White House blames press dinner shooting on systemic demonization of Trump by Democrats
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/27/politics/video/leavitt-whcd-rhetoric-digvid
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://apnews.com/video/leavitt-blames-democrats-for-promoting-rhetoric-that-fueled-cult-of-hatred-against-trump-a1e26a72f91e4deda172f8f546fda468
MSN
— Cole Allen’s LinkedIn gives glance into his background
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/alleged-whcd-gunman-cole-allens-linkedin-gives-glance-into-his-background/ar-AA21LLOJ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad. Since 2000, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly blamed defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct a) on me, b) on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, c) on what I did as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, d) on what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, and e) on what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I painted candidates on ballots in my precinct as being more conservative than they wanted to be, and that caused them to lose and/or b) that I promoted candidates who were unelectable because they were too conservative.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/77-percent-blame-trump-for-gas-prices-survey/ar-AA21IvLh
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/trump-faces-steep-approval-collapse/gm-GM1E49E466
NEW YORK TIMES
— Canada’s New Route to Citizenship Has Thousands of Americans Lining Up to Apply. DD: You can be loyal to only one country at a time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/world/canada/canadian-citizenship-by-descent-applications-americans-us.html
— Raising children. DD: My wife and I got married in 1978 when I was 29 and she was 27. We lived on one of our paychecks in anticipation of our having children. But we gave up trying to have children because we both had major fertility problems. My Democrat GAO superiors used that and our not adopting or becoming foster parents against me big time. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I lied about our efforts to have children. All my Democrat GAO superiors had children. They all complained about their paychecks and the time and money they spent raising their children. Their spouses had little or no income. According to them, if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, b) to earn a master’s degree in accounting, c) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, or d) to become a licensed CPA.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/business/children-rising-costs.html
USA TODAY
— Average cost of raising a child rises to $303,418. DD: My wife and I got married in 1978 when I was 29 and she was 27. We lived on one of our paychecks in anticipation of our having children. But we gave up trying to have children because we both had major fertility problems. My Democrat GAO superiors used that and our not adopting or becoming foster parents against me big time. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I lied about our efforts to have children. All my Democrat GAO superiors had children. They all complained about their paychecks and the time and money they spent raising their children. Their spouses had little or no income. According to them, if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt, b) to earn a master’s degree in accounting, c) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, or d) to become a licensed CPA.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/04/22/cost-raising-child-by-state/89708045007/
SPECTRUM NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump. Were it not for America’s military actions, there would be no Christianity, no Catholicism, and no Pope.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2026/04/27/pope-leo-donald-trump-religion-
FORBES
— Career Coaches. DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, career-wise, what would have done differently? I would have majored in accounting from the beginning. I did not because I wrongly believed that I could not pass the CPA examination. But I passed it on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. But by then, it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being too old. Further, the accounting profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females, and I was none of the aforesaid. My doing the following did not help. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I became a certified fraud examiner when I was 41, government financial manager when I was 45, financial services auditor when I was 47, and forensic accountant when I was 48.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2026/04/27/why-job-seekers-shouldnt-skip-the-fundamentals/
TIME
— Pritzker May Be Running for More Than Governor
https://time.com/article/2026/04/28/jb-pritzker-trump-presidency-2028/
WEEK
— Cole Allen shared social media posts saying Trump staged previous assassination attempt. Allen’s social media showed that he shared posts comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and encouraged gun purchases.
https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2026/04/28/white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-suspect-cole-allen-shared-posts-saying-trump-staged-his-previous-assassination-attempt.html
KTRH
— Newsom Spent $1 Billion To Import 400,000 Extra Illegal Aliens
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2026-04-23-report-newsom-spent-1-billion-to-import-400000-extra-illegal-aliens/
FED WEEK
— Consolidating Job Classification a First Step in Larger Effort. DD: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically used my IRS job classification to force me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer. They ignored/dismissed/belittled a) the fact that much of what I did as an IRS Revenue Officer for almost 9 years was similar to what I would do as a GAO Analyst, b) the fact that GAO audits IRS, c) I had earned an MBA in 1976, d) I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and e) I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/consolidating-job-classification-a-first-step-in-larger-effort-says-opm/
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump. Were it not for America’s military actions, there would be no Christianity, no Catholicism, and no Pope.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/pope-leo-trump-iran/686964/
RAW STORY
— ‘Unsettling’: New details emerge about suspected would-be WHCD shooter
https://www.rawstory.com/cole-allen-unsettling-new-detail/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
WION NEWS
— ‘Friendly Federal Assassin’ Allen was carrying THESE weapons when he tried to assassinate Trump at WHCD
https://www.wionews.com/photos/-friendly-federal-assassin-allen-was-carrying-these-weapons-when-he-tried-to-assassinate-trump-at-whcd-1777354027890
(FROM THE ARTICLE: a 12-gauge pump-action Mossberg shotgun and a .38 semiautomatic pistol, along with “at least three knives and all kinds of paraphernalia.”)
AL JAZEERA
— DD: Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/27/leavitt-blames-democrats-for-cult-of-hatred-against-trump
— DD: Democrat leaders and the rest of America’s enemies ever-increasingly side with Iran against America.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/27/iran-very-skilful-as-us-humiliated-says-german-chancellor
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/27/have-us-iran-talks-failed-why-no-deal-yet-doesnt-mean-diplomacy-is-dead
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/27/iran-war-whats-happening-on-day-59-amid-diplomatic-push-to-end-conflict
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/4/27/who-holds-the-cards-in-iran-us-talks
April 25, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Morris mom is pushing for tougher child grooming laws in Illinois
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/morris-mom-is-pushing-for-tougher-child-grooming-laws-in-illinois/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: The less death penalty, the more murders.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/04/24/pope-leo-affirms-support-illinois-death-penalty-ban-2011-quinn-ryan-trump-firing-squads
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Illinois Democrats pass redistricting amendment
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/dems-pass-redistricting-amendment/article_b129fa30-b330-432b-9d34-29d2c36df89a.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/will-trumps-reclassifying-of-medical-marijuana-have-any-impact-on-criminal-justice-reform/article_dee2f674-2547-58dd-8039-5954afb6d6b5.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use veterans to promote Iran.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-04-24/at-a-veteran-led-protest-on-capitol-hill-grief-and-dismay-reverberate-over-iran-war
WGLT
— DD: Democrat leaders use veterans to push more pot.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-04-24/why-veterans-want-looser-research-restrictions-on-psychedelics-and-marijuana
WCIA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wcia.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-reclassifying-marijuana-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-might-only-be-the-first-step-for-trump/
KWQC
— Illinois House approves redistricting amendment
https://www.kwqc.com/2026/04/24/house-approves-redistricting-amendment-fearing-federal-voting-rights-act-will-be-eliminated/
EFFINGHAM RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2026/04/25/governor-pritzker-awards-95-loans-to-licensed-social-equity-cannabis-businesses-across-all-license-types/
NADIG NEWSPAPERS
— Which Chicago schools will be sending students to May Day rallies? CPS says it’s up to each principal.
https://nadignewspapers.com/which-chicago-schools-will-be-sending-students-to-may-day-rallies-cps-says-its-up-to-each-principal/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Return on investment questioned as Chicago Red Line construction begins. DD: I lived in Crete 1948-1972. If commuter rail service had existed for Crete, Steger, or Chicago Heights, my entire life would be different. Commuter rail service for University Park was a big reason why I bought a new townhome there in 1972.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5ea5f86a-28ec-4841-8609-f79db7aac72b.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Ferrari drivers on food stamps — how states help scammers game welfare.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/22/opinion/ferraris-and-food-stamps-states-help-scammers-game-welfare/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Why (Traditional) Marriage Matters
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/why-traditional-marriage-matters/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Voters in Virginia narrowly passed a gerrymander Tuesday that could eliminate up to four GOP congressional seats. Democrats are thrilled. They need only three seats to win control of the House of Representatives this November.
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/virginias-gerrymander-is-a-pyrrhic-victory-for-democrats/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago schools reward protest while students can’t read. Some of the sentiments expressed in Chicago could have been ripped from Mao’s Little Red Book and speeches.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-chicago-schools-reward-protest-students-cant-read
— New HUD rules will stop sheltering illegals in public housing.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/new-hud-rules-stop-sheltering-illegals-public-housing-heres-really-benefits
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— SPLC – The Racial Arsonist Fundraised Off The Fire. “This has got to be just the tip of the iceberg, not just for SPLC but for a lot of left-wing movements.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/04/splc-the-racial-arsonist-fundraised-off-the-fire/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats, not Trump, started the gerrymander fight
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5846155-democrats-responsible-gerrymandering/
WASHINGTON POST
— Generous Federal Retirement System. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. I have gotten a CSRS pension since I was 49 in 1997. Currently, it is $68,640/year. In addition, the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance premiums since 1966 and 72% of my wife’s health insurance premiums since 1978. My critics/opponents are ever-increasingly furious about that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/10/18/generous-federal-retirement-system/3a9ef61d-0601-4bc7-a967-708c3a0a2c33/
BOSTON GLOBE
— DD: What demonstrates your mental capacity? For me, it is my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/24/opinion/president-trump-mentally-unfit-debate/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Obama’s Gerrymandering Pivot Opened a New Strategic Front for Democrats
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/obama-democrats-congressional-map-redistricting-97e39b4c
KIPLINGER
— States That Won’t Tax Your Retirement Income in 2026
https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/states-that-dont-tax-retirement-income
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois has a flat income tax rate of 4.95%. However, the state doesn’t tax retirement income, meaning Social Security benefits, pensions, IRA, and 401(k) distributions are state tax-exempt. But Illinois does tax: Investment income. Gas (Illinois has one of the highest gas taxes in the U.S.). Estates worth more than $8 million (in 2026).)
WEEK
— Gerrymandering warps the balance of minority and majority rights. DD: Ever-increasingly, in Illinois, under the Democrats, those who are the following are in the minority or will soon to be in the minority: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://theweek.com/politics/instant-opinion-gerrymandering-texas-cuba-hospitals-tech
MEDIA MATTERS
— DD: What demonstrates your mental capacity? For me, it is my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.mediamatters.org/ms-now-msnbc/deadline-white-house-angelo-carusone-discusses-mainstream-media-ignoring-donald-trumps
FROM OTHER SOURCES
ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— Sitting for the CPA examination. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old in 1979 because my Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me a) had not taken the examination or b) had taken it, but failed it.
https://www.icpas.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/future-cpa/cpa-candidates/cpaexam-faq.pdf
— CPA License Requirements. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 years old in 1981 because my Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me a) had not applied to be licensed or b) had applied, but had been rejected.
https://www.icpas.org/information/licensing-registration/initial-license-requirements
INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS
— Become a Certified Internal Auditor. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I passed the CIA examination on my first attempt when I was 32 years old in 1981 because my Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me a) had not taken the examination or b) had taken it, but failed it.
https://www.theiia.org/en/certifications/cia/
April 22, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Democrats trying to get ‘millionaire tax’ and redistricting amendment questions on fall ballot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/22/illinois-millionaire-tax-redistricting-amendment-questions/
DAILY HERALD
— Illinois House approves redistricting amendment, fearing federal Voting Rights Act will be eliminated
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260422/illinois-state-politics/illinois-house-approves-redistricting-amendment-fearing-federal-voting-rights-act-will-be-eliminate/
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their millionaires tax.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-millionaires-tax-proposal-seeks-fund-education-provide-relief-3-surcharge-people-earning-1-million/18945058/
— Video shows car explosion amid takeover on Chicago’s South Side
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-car-takeover-fire-explodes-76th-street-ashland-avenue-saturday-april-18-gresham/18932977/
WBEZ
— How has the Black Chicago accent retained its Southern roots?
https://www.wbez.org/curious-city/2026/04/22/how-has-the-black-chicago-accent-retained-its-southern-roots
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Five years later, Black caucus says SAFE-T Act working just fine
https://archive.ph/a7W6E#selection-3554.0-3554.3
Q985
— Illinois Marijuana Arrests Rise After Legalization
https://q985online.com/ixp/721/p/illinois-marijuana-arrests-rise/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-509/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois millionaire’s tax moves closer to November ballot
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1252da07-7b75-43d8-8af0-edd51c6eb765.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— IRS: Illinois led nation in rate of income loss in 2023
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/irs-illinois-led-nation-in-rate-of-income-loss-in-2023/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. My critics/opponents succeeded in having their operatives and their dupes end my chairmanship and destroy TAPROOT in 2012. My critics/opponents have always blamed me for all the problems that TAPROOT had.
http://www.gopillinois.com
(FROM GOOGLE AI: The Taproot Republicans of Illinois is a DuPage County-based political organization that focuses on public policy and supporting Republican candidates. Historically, it has been active in hosting events such as candidate forums and annual brunches to engage with policymakers. The group prioritizes public policy and policymakers over purely partisan campaign activities. It primarily operates within DuPage County, often hosting meetings in areas like Downers Grove or Willowbrook. The organization has historically honored prominent Illinois Republicans, such as the late U.S. Congressman Henry J. Hyde, who received awards from the group for his defense of the Constitution. While the group has held recurring events like an “annual brunch” as recently as 2024, it maintains a relatively low digital profile compared to larger state-level political committees.)
— I served on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee (SC) 2003-2007. My critics/opponents succeeded in having their operatives and their dupes end my ICRC SC membership and destroy ICRC in 2007. My critics/opponents have always blamed me for all the problems that ICRC had.
http://www.gopillinois.com
(FROM GOOGLE AI: The Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) is a political organization that aims to unify various conservative and center-right factions within Illinois. It often serves as a networking and coordinating body for Republican candidates, activists, and affiliated organizations to promote conservative principles in the state. ICRC frequently provides endorsements for local and statewide candidates who align with their platform. For instance, current 2026 Republican Secretary of State nominee Diane Harris has previously served as the chair of the coalition. The group hosts annual conventions and forums to bring together conservative leaders and discuss policy priorities for Illinois. It operates as a hub for precinct committeepersons and grassroots organizers to share campaign information and coordinate social platform outreach. The coalition generally adheres to traditional center-right and conservative viewpoints, including: Fiscal Conservatism: Prioritizing balanced budgets and reducing government waste. Economic Liberty: Promoting free enterprise and private property rights. Social Values: Supporting Judeo-Christian frameworks and traditional family structures. Governance: Advocating for election integrity, secure borders, and limited government scope. ICRC remains active in the 2026 election cycle, with former and current members participating in primary races to challenge incumbent Democratic officials.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— More Democrats, fewer Republicans, to address college graduates as anti-Trump tensions grow
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/20/democrats-fewer-republicans-address-college-graduates-anti-trump/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— CPAC Is Dead. CPAC 2026 underscored a movement conference in decline, marked by thin crowds, internal contradictions, and a widening gap between its rhetoric and its base.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/04/22/cpac-is-dead/
BREITBART
— Newsom Spent $1 Billion to Import 400,000 Extra Illegal Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/04/22/report-gov-newsom-spent-1-billion-to-import-400000-extra-illegal-migrants/
FOX NEWS
— America must choose between faith, order and a culture of lawlessness. Rooftop Revelations: Victor Glover’s biblical call to be neighbors and a young father’s brutal death in Chicago represent two competing visions for America’
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/america-must-choose-faith-order-culture-lawlessness
— The truth behind the gender wage gap myth isn’t what you’ve been told. AAUW and Department of Labor research find most of the commonly cited disparity is explained by individual worker choices.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/truth-behind-gender-wage-gap-myth-isnt-youve-told
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Rise of a Dangerous Anti-American Ideology
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/04/intersectionality-the-rise-of-a-dangerous-anti-american-ideology/
TOWNHALL
— Anti-ICE Protesters Are Stalking Federal Employees in Minneapolis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/04/22/whipple-federal-building-employee-stalked-by-protesters-n2674881
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— White men are disfavored.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/desantis-signs-florida-law-banning-local-dei-22220777.php
CBS NEWS
— Senate defeats Democrats’ 5th attempt to limit Trump’s war powers in Iran
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-trump-war-powers-iran/
USA TODAY
— Democrats put unions over families. DD: Are/were you a union member? I was a union member 1966-1969 while I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office. I was a union member 1971-1980 while I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most. I would focus on those who have shouted the loudest that federal employees are overpaid because of federal unions, and that therefore, I was overpaid. In today’s dollars, my Post Office salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour and my IRS salary increased from $56,409/year to $113,402/year. In my defense, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, I earned an MBA in 1976, and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/04/22/democrats-trump-tax-credit-scholarship-program/89713286007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— It’s Not Just People Moving to Texas. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker authors a signature policy disaster.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/its-not-just-people-moving-to-texas-653ba966
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Are federal workers grossly overpaid or underpaid? DD: Are/were you a union member? I was a union member 1966-1969 while I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office. I was a union member 1971-1980 while I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most. I would focus on those who have shouted the loudest that federal employees are overpaid because of federal unions, and that therefore, I was overpaid. In today’s dollars, my Post Office salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour and my IRS salary increased from $56,409/year to $113,402/year. In my defense, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970, I earned an MBA in 1976, and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-report/2019/07/are-federal-workers-grossly-overpaid-or-underpaid/