FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Funding for commercial flights to small airports around the country, including to three communities in Illinois, could be reduced under President Donald Trump’s budget proposal.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trumps-budget-proposal-could-threaten-airline-service-several-illinois-airports-decatur-quincy-marion/19521773/
— Hegseth directs troops over 30 to have testosterone checked. Those diagnosed with a deficiency have an option to undergo replacement therapy.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/hegseth-directs-troops-30-have-testosterone-checked/19515685/
CBS2
— Poll finds few Chicago voters want Mayor Brandon Johnson to run for re-election.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-brandon-johnson-mayoral-reelection-poll-university-chicago-mansueto-institute/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad, including bad weather.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/climate-extremes-wildfires-canada-us-west/
FOX32
— University of Chicago poll: Under 14% of voters approve of Mayor Johnson reelection run.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-8wrcaz77phzhwyst
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican Darren Bailey treads water in governor’s race as GOP candidates struggle to raise campaign cash.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/16/illinois-governor-senate-gop-fundraising-struggles/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson bats away low fundraising: ‘My confidence will always remain strong’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/16/mayor-brandon-johnson-low-fundraising/
— Billions of dollars in spending has not saved Black Chicago from the scourge of gun violence.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/16/opinion-chicago-gun-violence-crisis-requires-leadership-not-more-money/
DAILY HERALD
— Kane County Board votes to put draft version of 2027 budget on display.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260716/news/kane-county-board-votes-to-put-draft-version-of-2027-budget-on-display/
WGN RADIO
— What is the best decade of life? DD: What was the best decade of your life? Things were looking up for me when I was 22-25 1971-1974 when IRS promoted me from GS-7 to GS-12, from $56,409/year to $100,059/year in today’s dollars. But then my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me, disallowed my travel vouchers, and disallowed my education expenses. Things were looking up for me when I was 37-40 1985-1988 when GAO assigned me to audits of IRS and promoted me to GS-13, $118,984/year in today’s dollars. But then my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS, got me assigned to audits of IRS, and promoted me.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-what-is-the-best-decade-of-life/#/questions
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump administration revives rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-administration-revives-rule-that-could-deny-green-cards-to-immigrants-who-use-public-benefits/article_78dd61f3-1e49-5457-9487-5cf0ee495f1a.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2026-07-16/after-years-of-false-claims-on-voting-trump-to-give-an-address-on-election-integrity
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Pritzker spends big in second fundraising quarter as Bailey struggles to keep up. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias also continued a hot fundraising streak.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzker-spends-big-in-second-fundraising-quarter-as-bailey-struggles-to-keep-up/
CIVIC FEDERATION
— Springfield’s unfunded mandates are paving the local government road to fiscal hell.
https://www.civicfed.org/blogs/joe-ferguson-springfields-unfunded-mandates-are-paving-local-government-road-fiscal-hell
ILLINOIZE
— Bailey Takes a Page from Pritzker’s Yearbook…But Why?
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/bailey-takes-page-pritzker-yearbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-557/
— Republicans called out for voting against state budgets and celebrating in-district spending.
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/16/repubs-called-out-for-voting-against-state-budgets-and-celebrating-in-district-spending/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Corbett Brags about Having Three Times as Much Cash as Bailey
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/16/corbett-brags-about-having-three-times-as-much-cash-as-bailey/
— McHenry County Libertarian Leader Trashes Home Rule & County Executive Form of Government by Asking Questions for Which No Answer Has Been Given
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/16/mchenry-county-libertarian-leader-trashes-home-rule-county-executive-form-of-government/
— Illinois Unemployment at 5.1%, Up Almost One Percentage Point from Last Year, Unemployed Up 16% Over Last Year
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/16/illinois-unemployment-at-5-1-up-almost-one-percentage-point-from-last-year-unemployed-up-16-over-last-yearr/
— $349,845 in Private Money for Each “Affordable Housing” Dwelling Unit Announced by Governor JB Pritzker
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/16/349845-affordable-housing-dwelling-united-announced-by-governor-jb-pritzker/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Black voters rejecting socialism. Democrats risk losing their most loyal voting bloc.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/16/black-voters-rejecting-socialism/
— Democratic governors want to destroy the economy over climate change. Leftists want to sue, legislate energy companies out of existence.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/16/democratic-governors-want-destroy-economy-climate-change/
— For the love of America, please stop calling them progressives.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/16/love-america-please-stop-calling-progressives/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialistic programs caused the affordability crisis. The DSA wants to double down.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4650588/socialistic-programs-caused-affordability-crisis-dsa-double-down/
NEW YORK POST
— Blame immigration chaos on Biden and Harris — not Trump.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/16/opinion/blame-immigration-chaos-on-biden-and-harris-not-trump/
— Another California city plots becoming sanctuary city for illegal migrants.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/16/us-news/another-california-city-plots-becoming-sanctuary-city-for-illegal-migrants/
— Humiliation for hundreds of California colleges whose alumni earn less than high school grads.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/16/us-news/humiliation-for-hundreds-of-california-colleges-whose-alumni-earn-less-than-high-school-grads/
— Californians hate Gavin Newsom’s gas vehicle ban.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/16/lifestyle/californians-hate-gavin-newsoms-gas-vehicle-ban-poll-shows/
DAILY SIGNAL
— 7 Colleges Suggest That White Supremacy Persists in America. DD: Because of Democrat and RINO leaders, Affirmative Action and DEI persist in America, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination persist in America.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/16/dei-entrenchment-7-colleges-suggesting-that-white-supremacy-persists-in-america/
FOX BUSINESS
— Antisemitism, socialism are reshaping Democratic Party.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6401313522112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— America’s Asylum System Is Broken.
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2026/09/americas-asylum-system-is-broken/?amp
TOWNHALL
— Who Will Be Held Accountable for the Border Policies of 2021–2025?
https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-abraham/2026/07/15/who-will-be-held-accountable-for-the-border-policies-of-20212025-n2679434
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WASHINGTON POST
— Socialists think wealth is stolen. They’re wrong.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/16/socialists-think-billionaires-steal-wealth/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hinsdale, Where Million Dollar Homes Sell in a Week. Demand is high in Hinsdale, which draws wealthy buyers for its historic properties and walkability.
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/hinsdale-illinois-home-prices-a3dccbdc
BUZZ FEED NEWS
— DD: He who sets the criteria determines the outcome.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/rondicker/laura-ingraham-worst-places-to-live-trump-won-fox-news
Tag: gun
July 13, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 27 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-21-shot-3-fatally-gun-violence-city-police-department-says/19493170/
— Darline Graham Nordone, sister of Lindsey Graham, picked to fulfill remainder of his US Senate term.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/who-could-replace-lindsey-graham-south-carolinas-steps-senators-death/19498038/
CHICAGO TRINUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump acted in bad faith. My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted in bad faith.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/13/trump-irs-lawsuit/
— Regulators issue new guidance on bank lending risk tied to borrowers living illegally in US.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/13/bank-lending/
DAILY HERALD
— Pay raises demonstrate lawmakers’ corruption.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260713/letters-to-the-editor/pay-raises-demonstrate-lawmakers-corruption/
STATELINE
— Felon on pretrial release arrested in JB Pritzker’s backyard.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/felon-on-pretrial-release-arrested-in-jb-pritzkers-backyard/amp/
WGLT
— How Lindsey Graham tried to stay ‘relevant’ in the Republican Party. DD: I try to stay relevant in the Republican Party by continuing on as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-07-13/how-lindsey-graham-tried-to-stay-relevant
WCIA
— U of I program aims to help veterans transition to college. DD: My initial plan was to enlist and to earn a bachelor’s degree with the GI Bill. But then I saw that my high school neighbor friend in Crete was on track to getting accepted by UIC and commuting to/from classes at UIC from his parents’ home. I adopted that plan, I took college preparatory classes, got an ACT score of 24, and I graduated in the upper 20% of my 1966 Crete-Monee High School class. My high school neighbor friend commuted in a new 1965 base Chevelle that his father bought for him. I commuted in a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint that I paid for with money that I earned washing dishes for 28 hours a week during my junior and senior years 1964-1966 and for 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965.
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/u-of-i-program-aims-to-help-veterans-transition-to-college/
JOLET PATCH
— $316,000 For Black Lives Matter Will County, Money For 4 Other Organizations.
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/316-000-black-lives-matter-will-county-money-4-other-organizations-revealed-senator
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-554/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tollway Issues Press Release with Headline to Minimize Interest, Public Hearings on Toll Tax Hikes Listed
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/13/tollway-issues-press-release-with-headline-to-minimize-interest-public-hearings-on-toll-tax-hikes-listed/
— Pritzker Signs Bills Allowing School Debt to Increase without Referendums
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/pritzker-signs-bills-allowing-school-debt-to-increase-without-referendums/
— Animal Welfare Advocates Take on Ogle County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/animal-welfare-advocates-take-on-ogle-county/
— State Trade Association Features District 155 Finance Guy Kevin Werner, Constituent Comments
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/state-trade-association-features-district-155-finance-guy-kevin-werner-constituent-comments/
— Corbett Points to Two Democratic Party State Representees’ Behavior as Demonstration of How Broken Illinois Government Is
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/20981/
— Disgraced Democratic Party State Rep. Resigned from the House, But Remains Wheatland Township Highway Commissioner, Where Loran Underwood Lives
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/disgraced-democratic-party-state-rep-resigned-from-the-house-but-remains-wheatland-township-highway-commissioner-where-loran-underwood-lives/
— Still Another Big Company–True Value–Taking Leave of Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/still-another-big-company-true-value-taking-leave-of-illinois/
— Governor Pritzker to the Future: All You Need Is Love
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/governor-pritzker-to-the-future-all-you-need-is-love/
— Tollway’s Fifteen Year Plan Ignores Jordan Tollway
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/tollways-fifteen-year-plan-ignores-jordan-tollway/
— Democrats Replace “Mother” with “Birthing Persons” in Press Release Announcing Midwives Eligible for Medicaid Coverage
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/democrats-replace-mother-with-birthing-persons-in-press-release-announcing-midwives-eligible-for-medicaid-coverage/
— County Continues Campaign to Convict Drug Sellers Whose Customers Die
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/county-continues-campaign-to-convict-drug-sellers-whose-customers-die/
— Jim Marter Challenges Democratic Party Opponent Lauren Underwood to Call for Harry Benton Benton’s Resignation from Wheatland Township Road Commissioner
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/jim-marter-challenges-democratic-party-opponent-lauren-underwood-to-call-for-harry-benton-bentons-resignation-from-wheatland-township-road-commissioner/
— ICE Asks Pritzker Not to Release Illegal Alien from Kane County Jail
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/ice-asks-pritzker-not-to-release-illegal-alien-from-kane-county-jail/
— Illegal Alien Arrested for Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault, Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Exploitation of a Child (Pingrey Grove 8 Years Old)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/10/illegal-alien-arrested-for-predatory-criminal-sexual-assault-aggravated-criminal-sexual-abuse-and-sexual-exploitation-of-a-child-8-years-old/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois Politicians Stack Salaries, Benefits and Pensions – On Your Dime. DD: My critics/opponents are furious that I have gotten a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension since 1997 and Social Security since 2010. But I paid 7% of my federal salary into CSRS for almost 30 years and I paid into Social Security for 10 years.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/illinois-politicians-stack-salaries-benefits-and-pensions-on-your-dime.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bernie Sanders’ revenge. The Democratic Socialists of America’s takeover of the Democratic Party.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/13/bernie-sanders-revenge/
— Freedom Caucus presses House leadership for a vote to make Trump’s border policies law.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/13/freedom-caucus-presses-speaker-mike-johnson-vote-make-donald-trumps/
— America cannot survive without moral boundaries. No guardrails, no freedom, no civil society.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/13/america-cannot-survive-without-moral-boundaries/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Marxists, socialists, and the ‘Red Star’: Here are the DSA’s most prominent caucuses.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4646135/six-democratic-socialists-america-most-prominent-caucuses/
BREITBART
— 15 Shot During Seven Hour Timeframe in Gun-Controlled Chicago.
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/07/13/15-shot-during-seven-hour-timeframe-in-gun-controlled-chicago/amp/
— ICE Arrests Illegals Convicted of Murder, Manslaughter, Child Rape.
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2026/07/13/exclusive-ice-arrests-illegal-aliens-convicted-of-murder-manslaughter-child-rape/amp/
FOX BUSINESS
— Democratic socialists expand influence, push radical agenda.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6401048687112
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Media Is “Soft Peddling Socialists, Who Want To Deconstruct Our Society.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GumkNaGjSUA
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders rank Republican states to be the worst states to live in. He who sets the ranking criteria determines the outcome.
https://www.newsweek.com/ranking-10-worst-states-to-live-is-entirely-republican-sparks-backlash-12187925
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting younger voters to propel the Democratic Socialist Surge in New York.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/nyregion/dsa-young-voters-primary-ny.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The DSA can’t hide its extremism. Its leaders may deny it, but this group has designs far beyond the social safety net.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/10/democratic-socialists-america-cant-hide-its-extremism/
WCBM
— ‘Now We’re in Congress:’ Rashida Tlaib Lays Out the Socialist Agenda in Rage-Filled Rant.
https://wcbm.com/national-headline/now-were-in-congress-rashida-tlaib-lays-out-the-socialist-agenda-in-rage-filled-rant/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Lindsey Graham’s Sister Named to Fill His Senate Seat.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/lindsey-graham-trump-replacement-sister-ed58d06d?mod=djemwhatsnews
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump acted in bad faith. My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted in bad faith.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/judge-excoriates-trumps-irs-lawsuit-that-led-to-1-8-billion-fund-3a3c94fe
— Student loans. DD: I could not have gotten a student loan if I had tried. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Therefore, to pay for my UIC and then NIU college expenses and to pay for new cars to drive to/from my parents’ home in Crete to classes at UIC and then NIU, I spent far too many hours washing dishes during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee, during my first 2 years at UIC and my first semester at NIU. Therefore, my ACT score and my GPAs were lower. Therefore, when I graduated, the only job offer I got did not really require a college degree. I acknowledge that my wanting new cars resulted in a) my working more hours and b) my ACT score and GPAs being lower.
https://www.wsj.com/buyside/personal-finance/student-loans/best-private-student-loans
HR DRIVE
— DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 because I was an active member in class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/white-employee-lawsuit-equity-mindset-requirement-survives/825048/
July 11, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— Push for youth-led violence prevention. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-teen-take-over-violence-prevention.amp
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/07/09/ice-arrests-increase-chicago-tactics-less-publicized-midway-blitz-back-yards-gage-brighton-park
— DD: Sooner or later, anchor babies will run America. What do anchor babies think of you? Democrat leaders shout at anchor babies that those who are the following cause all their problems: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/07/10/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-250-america-trump-mona-charen
WBEZ
— Another surge in ICE activity. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2026/07/10/the-rundown-another-surge-in-ice-activity-legal-groups-say
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DD: How soon will the Democrat Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2026/07/11/a-case-for-capitalism-during-a-rise-in-american-socialism-opinion/90860207007/
STATELINE
— DOJ threatens prosecution over noncitizens voting in Illinois. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/doj-threatens-prosecution-over-non-citizen-voting-in-illinois/
— Illinois FOID lawsuit: Federal challenge filed against state gun owner ID law. DD: I have had an FOID card since I was 20 in 1968.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-foid-lawsuit-federal-challenge-filed-against-state-gun-owner-id-law/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Illinois ‘reviewing’ DOJ’s threat to prosecute over non-citizen voting. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/state-reviewing-threat-prosecute-22339425.php
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— DD: Sooner or later, anchor babies will run America. What do anchor babies think of you? Democrat leaders shout at anchor babies that those who are the following cause all their problems: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/this-decision-is-personal-for-me-gong-gershowitz-reacts-quickly-to-scotus-ruling/
FOX ILLINOIS
— New York Times accuses EEOC of political retaliation in countersuit over discrimination case. The New York Times accused EEOC Friday of political retaliation and free speech infringement in a countersuit filed in response to a discrimination lawsuit NYT faces on behalf of a white male employee who was rejected for a role awarded to a multiracial woman. DD: All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/new-york-times-accuses-agency-of-political-retaliation-in-countersuit-over-discrimination-case/article_f1724006-ed3c-5bdd-b4a6-9f1e7c195154.html
WSIL TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Black women that Republicans who are the following cause all their problems: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/southern-illinois-conference-puts-african-american-womens-health-front-and-center/article_df3e9af0-50ab-4aaa-a511-775e75c47fce.html
FOX49
— Rural Illinois wants to split from Chicago and form a new state, it’s not alone.
https://fox49.tv/news/nation-world/rural-illinois-wants-to-split-from-chicago-and-form-a-new-state-its-not-alone-cook-county-idaho-oregon-portland-indiana
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-553/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois attorney general has paid private attorneys $2 million in recent years.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5a68910d-34e6-4c28-ab13-1a59e9a658d3.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— A DSA governor? Francesca Hong tests whether socialism can win statewide in Wisconsin.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/4642553/francesca-hong-wisconsin-governor-primary-socialism/
— Newsom defends backing socialist candidates, calling party divides ‘healthy.’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4644566/gavin-newsom-backing-socialist-candidates-party-divides-healthy/
AMAC
— Supreme Court Poised to Strike “Assault Weapon” Bans. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/supreme-court-poised-to-strike-assault-weapon-bans/
AMERICAN THINKER
— In Illinois, leaving the state — and taking the state with them. How bad is one-party blue state rule? Well, in Illinois, 30 counties are looking to secede. DD: My critics/opponents make it ever-increasingly clear that they want those who are the following to leave Illinois: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. How many of the aforesaid are you?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/in-illinois-leaving-the-state-and-taking-the-state-with-them/
BLAZE
— This birther tourism company helps illegals give birth in the state of Texas to create more anchor babies. DD: Sooner or later, anchor babies will run America. What do anchor babies think of you? Democrat leaders shout at anchor babies that those who are the following cause all their problems: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUYnaefytjI
BREITBART
— ‘I’ve Left Instructions’: Trump Reveals U.S. Response if Iran Kills Him.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/10/ive-left-instructions-trump-reveals-u-s-response-if-iran-kills-him/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Media’s Dangerous Minimization of the Left’s Radical Turn to Socialism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/10/socialism-media-dangerous/
FEDERALIST
— Equal Outcome v. Equal Opportunity. DD: My critics/opponents have always promoted equal outcome, that is, they have always rejected equal opportunity. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in my life to my tremendously benefitting from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. Those who do not share my demographics are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or non-citizen.
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/videos/disparate-impact-is-equal-outcome-the-same-as-equal-opportunity
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— How Trump Can Still Beat the Birthright Citizenship Racket. DD: Sooner or later, anchor babies will run America. What do anchor babies think of you? Democrat leaders shout at anchor babies that those who are the following cause all their problems: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fairus.org/opinion/how-trump-can-still-beat-birthright-citizenship-racket
FOX NEWS
— Democratic socialists to release policy platform.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6400841122112
— Federal appeals court upholds controversial Illinois ban on semiautomatic guns. Chief Judge Michael Brennan dissented, saying the state’s ‘ban goes too far.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-appeals-court-upholds-controversial-illinois-ban-semiautomatic-guns
— Walz prioritizes illegal immigrants over US citizens.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6400833571112?dicbo=v2-zC7LoFt
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— The firearm industry trade association, NSSF, is disappointed by the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Barnett v. Raoul. NSSF respectfully disagrees with the Court’s decision to reverse and remand a lower court’s ruling — made after conducting a several-day bench trial — that Illinois’ law is unconstitutional and that Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs) and standard-capacity magazines are “arms” protected by the Second Amendment.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ar-15-ban-court-ruling-supreme-court-second-amendment-fight
NEW AMERICAN
— Republicans Refuse to Back Down on Ending Birthright Citizenship.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/republicans-refuse-to-back-down-on-ending-birthright-citizenship/
NEWSMAX
— Federal Appeals Court Upholds Illinois Ban on Semiautomatic Weapons. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/illinois-semiautomatic-weapons-ban/2026/07/10/id/1262393/
— Democrats normalize socialism.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/democrats-normalize-socialism-042407207.html
TOWNHALL
— Federal Appeals Court Upholds Illinois AR-15 Ban. Here’s What They Said. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/07/10/federal-appeals-court-upholds-illinois-ar-15-ban-heres-what-they-said-n2679173
— Democrats Will Never Stop Trying to Abolish ICE.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/10/rep-mcgarvey-abolish-ice-n2679114
WARNER TODD HUSTON
— When slavery was abolished in Africa.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10163482504662807&set=a.10150615323797807
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
AOL
— Illinois Republicans urge immediate resignation of Democrat federally indicted. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors never indicted me, but they disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25 in 1974 and treated that as being more than enough reason for me to resign. (SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11-0 NOTE: Joliet and the Loop are not “nearby.”) Then they disallowed my education expenses when I was 29 in 1978 and again treated that as being more than enough reason for me to resign. My Democrat GAO superiors erroneously believed that their forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars would stop me from transferring from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980.
https://www.aol.com/articles/illinois-republicans-urge-immediate-resignation-001755000.html
MSN
— Sunny Hostin slams Karoline Leavitt for marriage to wealthy older man. A 28 years old married to a 65-year-old.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/sunny-hostin-slams-karoline-leavitt-for-marriage-to-wealthy-older-man/ss-AA27DVPu
NEW YORK TIMES
— Replacing a Senate Nominee Is Rare. Has It Ever Worked? Platner is one of just a handful of candidates in recent decades who have withdrawn from a Senate race after securing a major party nomination. DD: In 2004, as the Illinois reporter for GOPUSA, I reported on Jack Ryan’s U.S. Senate primary election campaign, his wining that campaign, his withdrawal, the selection of Alan Keyes to be his replacement, Keyes’ campaign, and Keyes’ losing to Obama. Obama and his wife walked in Wheaton’s 2004 Independence Day parade. Of course, my critics/opponents continue to blame me for Ryan winning the primary, for his withdrawing, for Keyes’ being selected to replace him, for Keyes’ campaign, for Keyes being defeated, and for Obama being elected.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/upshot/platner-senate-replacements-history.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One of the lopsided races cleared the way for a new political career: Barack Obama beat a replacement Republican candidate in Illinois by more than 40 points in 2004. Mr. Obama’s initial opponent, Jack Ryan, dropped out after unsealed divorce papers revealed his ex-wife’s accusations that he had taken her to sex clubs. The candidate who replaced Mr. Ryan, Alan Keyes, had never lived in Illinois.)
— DD: How soon will the Democrat Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/magazine/american-socialism-democratic-party.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: How soon will the Democrat Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/07/10/what-difference-between-democrats-democratic-socialists/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/10/democratic-socialists-america-cant-hide-its-extremism/
USA TODAY
— DD: How soon will the Democrat Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/07/11/democratic-socialist-versus-communists-trump/90839578007/
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2026/07/11/democratic-socialist-candidates-photos/90842667007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Cuba’s Market Lesson for American Socialists. DD: Socialism replaces personal responsibility and equal opportunity with loyalty to political parties. If I had been loyal to the Democrat Party, my Democrat superiors in the federal government would not have wasted my career, taken many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Instead, they would have promoted me into Senior Executive Service long before I was 40.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/cubas-market-lesson-for-american-socialists-19e7f19a
— Living With Mom and Dad Is Now a Savvy Money Move. DD: My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in October of 1969. He was earning $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother had never attended high school, she had never worked outside the home, and my brother was having problems. I graduated from NIU and I got a job working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights in August of 1970. I applied for and I got a financial hardship draft deferment. I lived with them in Crete and I helped support them until September of 1972.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/living-with-mom-and-dad-is-now-a-savvy-money-move-baba9159
FORTUNE
— The American Dream failed millennials and Gen Zers—even DINKs earning over $100,000 say they can’t afford kids. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors 1980-1997 a) decried the time and money that they spent raising their children and b) decried the little or no income that their spouses had. They used against me big time a) my wife and I giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents and b) my wife’s good job. According to them, were it not for the aforesaid, we would not have been able to buy two new cars and a home in Wheaton in when we got married in 1978 and I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) to become a licensed CPA in 1981, or f) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. My Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I as being disgusting selfish rich DINKs.
https://fortune.com/2024/11/22/dinks-millennials-genz-no-kids-thanksgiving-travel-vacation-economy-housing/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Federal pay rates are falling nearly 25% short of the private sector. DD: In today’s dollars, when I was 49 in 1997, my salary was only $154,682/year working in the Democrat public sector. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had worked in the private sector, I never would have earned that much. In my defense, I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. If I had been a Democrat, my GAO salary would have been $197,200/year in today’s dollars.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/pay/2024/11/federal-pay-rates-are-falling-nearly-25-short-of-the-private-sector/
— State Dept is looking to rebuild after major staffing cuts. Laid-off diplomats say they’re not welcome back.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/07/state-dept-is-looking-to-rebuild-after-major-staffing-cuts-laid-off-diplomats-say-theyre-not-welcome-back/
WEEK
— Why your salary should be public knowledge. In America, private-sector salaries are treated as secrets. Why? DD: My federal salary 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 was always public knowledge. Everyone saw that all of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. https://theweek.com/articles/570418/why-salary-should-public-knowledge
LAW AND THE WORKPLACE
— EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on National Origin Discrimination. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, employers ever-increasingly give more preference to those who are liberal, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or non-citizen, that they ever-increasingly discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of America.
https://www.lawandtheworkplace.com/2025/12/eeoc-issues-updated-guidance-on-national-origin-discrimination/
NATIONAL MEMO
— DD: Sooner or later, anchor babies will run America. What do anchor babies think of you? Democrat leaders shout at anchor babies that those who are the following cause all their problems: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nationalmemo.com/us-citizenship-naturalized-vs-birthright-equality
ATLANTIC
— Believe the Hype About Teen Takeovers. Outdoor street parties are turning into violent rumbles in D.C. and other large cities. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/teen-takeovers-violence-dc/687866/
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Replacing Senate Candidates Is a Risky Business. DD: In 2004, as the Illinois reporter for GOPUSA, I reported on Jack Ryan’s U.S. Senate primary election campaign, his wining that campaign, his withdrawal, the selection of Alan Keyes to be his replacement, Keyes’ campaign, and Keyes’ losing to Obama. Obama and his wife walked in Wheaton’s 2004 Independence Day parade. Of course, my critics/opponents continue to blame me for Ryan winning the primary, for his withdrawing, for Keyes’ being selected to replace him, for Keyes’ campaign, for Keyes being defeated, and for Obama being elected.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/replacing-senate-candidates-is-a-risky-business.html
MEDIAITE
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/pete-hegseth-gets-turning-point-usa-crowd-to-boo-idea-that-diversity-is-our-strength/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— DD: How soon will the Democrat Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/50_worried_about_democratic_socialists
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Overpaid: Why Americans agree with the DOGE firings. DD: My critics/opponents who are/were not union members are vehemently anti-union. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been grossly overpaid. They have always been furious that while I was a union member when I was a postal employee for almost 3 years and then an IRS employee for almost 9 years, my salary increased from $19.57/hour to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. I my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in business, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year when I was 22 in 1971, $68,999/year when I was 23, $83,482/year when I was 24, $100,059/year when I was 25, and $113,402/year when I was 31. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $89,703/year when I was 31, $118,984/year when I was 38, and $154,682/year when I was 49. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-americans-agree-with-doge-firings-federal-workers-pensions-pay-2025-5
DAILY STAR
— US birthright citizenship ruling eases fears among Indians. DD: Sooner or later, anchor babies will run America. What do anchor babies think of you? Democrat leaders shout at anchor babies that those who are the following cause all their problems: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thedailystar.net/news/world/news/us-birthright-citizenship-ruling-eases-fears-among-indians-4219661
GUARDIAN
— Credibility. DD: My critics/opponents have always attacked my credibility. They ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth a) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) my earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, c) my earning a CPA license, d) my working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, and e) my working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,684/year.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/26/john-edwards-lawyers-credibility-witness
MIBOLSILLO
— 12 U.S. Cities Where a $50,000 Salary Feels Like Six Figures. DD: None of them are in Illinois.
https://www.mibolsillo.co/12-u.s.-cities-where-a-50000-salary-feels-like-six-figures-t202607100043.html
— 11 U.S. Cities Where an Entry-Level Salary Is No Longer Enough to Live Alone. DD: Where did the money come from for your first down payment? When I was 24 in 1972, HUD made the new townhome that I bought in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) affordable. I could not have afforded to buy that townhome if it had cost more. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had just increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $92,200. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.mibolsillo.co/11-u.s.-cities-where-an-entry-level-salary-is-no-longer-enough-to-live-alone-t202607100041.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
EXP REALTY
— FOR SALE: Plamondon Road, Wheaton – $3,300,000 DD: This home is in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59.
https://leeernst.exprealty.com/details.php?mls=103&mlsid=12664021
July 10, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-court-appeals-7th-circuit-upholds-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-supreme-takes-chicago-area-connecticut-bans/19476860/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/09/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-upheld/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/us-supreme-court/2026/07/09/assault-weapon-illinois-cook-county-supreme-court
DAILY HERALD & WQAD
— Republicans call for more transparency, accountability after ‘disgraceful week’ for House Democrats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260709/news/republicans-call-for-more-transparency-accountability-after-disgraceful-week-for-house-democrats/
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/illinois-politics/illinois-republicans-call-more-transparency-accountability-disgraceful-week-house-democrats-capitol-news/526-1f41d928-3b70-44c6-ae3a-bab634663775
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-court-upholds-illinois-assault-weapons-ban-20260709/
MLWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— DOJ threatens to prosecute Wisconsin officials if noncitizens vote. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/09/doj-threatens-to-prosecute-wisconsin-officials-if-noncitizens-vote/90868441007/
WREX
— Illinois ‘reviewing’ DOJ’s threat to prosecute state election officials over noncitizen voting. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.wrex.com/news/illinois-news/illinois-reviewing-doj-s-threat-to-prosecute-state-election-officials-over-noncitizen-voting/article_6b2a04c7-de2f-4fbf-9821-9d73fb028ed7.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump says he’ll ask Supreme Court to rehear birthright citizenship case.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-says-hell-ask-supreme-court-to-rehear-birthright-citizenship-case/
— Illinois Republicans urge immediate resignation of Democrat federally indicted. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25 in 1974 and treated that as being more than enough reason for me to resign. (SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11-0 NOTE: Joliet and the Loop are not “nearby.”) My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education expenses when I was 29 in 1978 and treated that as being more than enough reason for me to resign. My Democrat GAO superiors erroneously believed that their forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars would stop me from transferring from IRS when I was 31 in 1980.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/illinois-news/carol-ammons-resignation-demanded/
NPR ILLINOIS
— The ‘grandparent economy’ quietly keeping Americans afloat. DD: How much financial help are/did your parents getting/get from their parents? On my mother’s side, parents did not get any. On my father’s side, because my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, he got some help from his parents.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-09/the-grandparent-economy-quietly-keeping-americans-afloat
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Census shows Illinois under-20 population declining. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly drive everyone out of Illinois, including those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/census-shows-illinois-under-20-population-declining/article_69cc872c-65fd-4127-b3f4-b9a10af94aa4.html
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/09/ice-arrests-are-on-the-rise-in-chicago-heres-what-immigrants-need-to-know/
ILLINOIS HUMAN RESOURCES
— Building Professional Credibility. DD: Should I start writing about those who have attacked my credibility the most?
https://humanresources.illinois.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Growth-Advancement_Individual_Building-Professional-Credibility.pdf
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrats despise/hate farms, farming, and farmers. My great grandparents on my father’s side were farmers. My grandparents on my mother’s side were farmers. During the 1950s, I spent lots of time at their farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/august-2026/meet-your-new-neighbor-darren-bailey/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-552/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— Vallas: Progressive Policies Have Left Illinois the Least Equitable State in the Country.
https://johnkassnews.com/progressive-policies-have-left-illinois-the-least-equitable-state-in-the-country/
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago’s Streets Awash with Crime, Brandon Johnson Launches Meaningless Gun Violence Office.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-streets-crime-brandon-johnson-gun-violence-office
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats silent on illegals’ murder victims. Left apparently has no time for ‘angels.’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/9/democrats-silent-illegals-murder-victims/
NEW YORK POST
— Less than half of Americans think capitalism is working as patriotism, support for democracy tanks. DD: In today’s dollars, when I was 49 in 1997, my salary was only $154,682/year working in the Democrat public sector. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had worked in the private sector, I never would have earned that much. In my defense, I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. If I had been a Democrat, my salary would have been $197,200/year in today’s dollars.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/09/us-news/under-half-of-americans-think-capitalism-works-well-survey-shows/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Texas hospital turns to ‘birth tourism.’
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/strained-by-illegals-free-health-care-texas-hospital-may-have-turned-to-birth-tourism-to-make-up-for-the-losses/
BREITBART
— Seventh Circuit Upholds Illinois ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban.
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/07/09/seventh-circuit-upholds-illinois-assault-weapons-ban/
— Federal Appeals Court Ends Texas In-State Tuition for Illegal Aliens.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/07/09/federal-appeals-court-ends-texas-in-state-tuition-for-illegal-aliens/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Europe Is Being Destroyed From Within.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/09/europe-good-old-days-destroyed/
— Mamdani Erases Little Italy … and (Of Course) the Jews.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/09/mamdani-erases-little-italy-jews/
— California Was Once the American Dream. Now It’s Ranked the 3rd Worst State to Move To.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/09/california-ranked-3rd-worst-state/
— The Ungrateful Urban Class Turning Into the New Democratic Socialist Party.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/09/urban-class-democrat-socialist/
— Supreme Court Defies Woke Commandments on Sex.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/09/supreme-court-woke-commandments/
— Ilhan Omar Aims at Repealing Alien Enemies Act, Blocking Military Force Against Designated Terrorist Organizations.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/09/ilhan-omar-alien-enemies-act/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATIONJ REFORM
— ‘No Human Is Illegal’ Sounds Noble—Until You Examine What It Really Means. DD: Those who hate America hate the concepts of countries, borders, and laws.
https://www.fairus.org/opinion/no-human-illegal-sounds-noble-until-you-examine-what-it-really-means
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— DEI Rebranding On College Campuses.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/dei-rebranding-on-college-campuses-new-criticalrace-org-report-exposes-name-change-game/amp/
— NY Italian Community Furious After Mamdani Omits Little Italy on NYC Immigrant Neighborhood Map.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/italians-furious-after-mamdani-omits-little-italy-on-nyc-immigrant-neighborhood-map/
PJ MEDIA
— Sodom and Gomorrica: Sanctuary Cities, Redux.
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2026/07/09/sodom-and-gomorrica-sanctuary-cities-redux-n4954824
— It Looks Like the Democrats Have Been Sending Their Best All Along.
https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/07/09/it-looks-like-the-democrats-have-been-sending-their-best-all-along-n4954844
PATRIOT POST
— Allen West: It is a sad reality that in the Land of Lincoln, the Law of the Land, our Constitution, is rendered irrelevant.
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/128992-the-law-of-the-land-in-the-land-of-lincoln-2026-07-09
TOWNHALL
— The Return of Socialism and the GOP’s Golden Opportunity.
https://townhall.com/columnists/joshhammer/2026/07/10/the-return-of-socialism-and-the-gops-golden-opportunity-n2679152
— Trump Administration Threatens Oregon Leaders With Criminal Prosecution for Letting Illegals Vote.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/07/09/trump-administration-threatens-oregon-leaders-with-criminal-prosecution-for-letting-illegals-vote-n2679117
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX DC
— Republicans sharpen “socialism” attacks as Democrats shift left. DD: In today’s dollars, when I was 49 in 1997, my salary was only $154,682/year working in the Democrat public sector. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had worked in the private sector, I never would have earned that much. In my defense, I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. If I had been a Democrat, my salary would have been $197,200/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.fox5dc.com/video/fmc-bf0jtluxeh2394uv
NEWSWEEK
— Turning Point USA Blamed for Election Losses. DD: Ever-increasingly, since 2000, my critics/opponents have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. Should I start writing about my critics/opponents? I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me lately.
https://www.newsweek.com/turning-point-usa-blamed-for-election-losses-11803898
AOL
— More Than 60% of Restaurant Workers Are Skipping Meals While They Feed the Rest of Us. DD: I was a restaurant worker 1964-1966.
https://www.aol.com/articles/more-60-restaurant-workers-skipping-130100000.html
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders 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?ocid=ob-fb-nlbe-SBS-NLBE-K3
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: Americans are abandoning the workforce. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/07/09/why-americans-leave-workforce/90826379007/
NEWS & OBSERVER
— Teen takeover drew 8,000 young people, most from outside Raleigh. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article316414416.html
TAMPA FREE PRESS
— Gunfire Cuts Through Massive Pensacola Teen Takeover, Leaving One Dead And Six Injured. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.aol.com/articles/gunfire-cuts-massive-florida-teen-114911000.html
— Why Americans Are Trading Capitalism For Socialism. DD: In today’s dollars, when I was 49 in 1997, my salary was only $154,682/year working in the Democrat public sector. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had worked in the private sector, I never would have earned that much. In my defense, I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. If I had been a Democrat, my salary would have been $197,200/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.aol.com/news/victor-davis-hanson-explains-why-161644567.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Iran Planned New Trump Assassination Attempt, Israel Warns U.S.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/iran-planned-new-trump-assassination-attempt-israel-warns-u-s-93f74c90
— Iran Hatched Fresh Plot to Kill Trump, Israel Told U.S.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-hatched-fresh-plot-to-kill-trump-israel-told-u-s-1511d9d2
THE STREET
— America’s car affordability crisis is getting worse. DD: Back in the good old days, back when I was 17 in May of 1966, I had earned enough money working for the minimum wage washing dishes for 28 hours a week for 15 months and for 40 hours a week for 3 months to buy new Pontiac Tempest Sprint, a poor man’s GTO. SEE: https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf
https://www.thestreet.com/automotive/america-car-affordability-crisis-worse
INVESTOPIDIA
— Inflation Has Eroded Wages For the College Class of 2026. DD: My critics/opponents were, are, and will always be furious a) that I got COLAs when I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and b) that I have gotten COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997.
https://www.aol.com/finance/inflation-eroded-wages-college-class-110000295.html
MONEY LION
— Why a $100K Salary Can Still Have You Living Paycheck to Paycheck. DD: Back in the good old days when I started earning $100,000/year in today’s dollars when I was 25 in 1974, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building so I could walk to/from my IRS job in the Loop and graduate evening business classes at Loyola. I continued to own my townhome in University Park that I had bought new in 1972 because I would have had to suffer a big loss to sell it. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. My daily driver was a 1962 Chevrolet BelAir.
https://www.moneylion.com/trending/money/why-six-figure-salary-can-still-have-you-living-paycheck-to-paycheck
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— More than a quarter of American voters now believe socialism is better than capitalism, and this preference is strongest among Democrats. DD: In today’s dollars, when I was 49 in 1997, my salary was only $154,682/year working in the Democrat public sector. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had worked in the private sector, I never would have earned that much. In my defense, I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. If I had been a Democrat, my salary would have been $197,200/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/support_for_socialism_still_growing
NOTUS
— Senate Candidates Have Been Replaced Before. Here’s How It Went. DD: In 2004, I reported on Ryan’s primary election win, his withdrawal, his replacement selection process, Keyes’ campaign, and Keyes’ defeat.
https://www.notus.org/analysis/graham-platner-senate-replacement-maine
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Perhaps the most cataclysmic mid-campaign change came in 2004. Illinois Democrats nominated an ambitious young state senator, Barack Obama, as their nominee. Republicans settled on Jack Ryan, a business executive with a deep background in charity. The public release of family custody records during divorce proceedings forced Ryan to bow out of the race. Illinois Republicans spent six weeks flailing in their bid to find a prominent politician to take the nomination, leading to a failed courtship with the famed Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka. Eventually they gave the nomination to Alan Keyes, a former Reagan administration official who became a prominent Black Republican commentator — even though he lived in Maryland. Obama won the election by more than 40 percentage points, and would be elected president four years later.)
AMERICAN PROSPECT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. DD: In today’s dollars, when I was 49 in 1997, my salary was only $154,682/year working in the Democrat public sector. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had worked in the private sector, I never would have earned that much. In my defense, I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. If I had been a Democrat, my salary would have been $197,200/year in today’s dollars.
https://prospect.org/2026/07/09/un-mysterious-case-of-the-socialist-surge/
July 8, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Illinois separation movement continues, with 7 more counties set to vote. 33 counties in the state have already voted in favor of exploring the idea of separating from Illinois.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-separation-movement-continues-with-7-more-counties-set-to-vote/3958136/
— DD: What is your primary voting record? I have always cast Republican ballots in primary elections. My Democrat superiors in the federal government always knew that and always used that against me big time. I remember many times when my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO coworkers and subordinates asked me about my political affiliation. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I am none of the aforesaid. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more and often many of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) were one or more of the aforesaid and/or b) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/did-pope-leo-vote-for-trump-before-locking-horns/3922089/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to county voter records, the would-be Pope Leo took Republican ballots in party primaries during the elections of 2012, 2014 and 2016.)
FOX32
— Berwyn smoke shop accused of illegally selling pot.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-area-420-smoke-shop-marijuana
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-u3cib52pugsf558j
— Rat infestation cleanup begins at DuPage County property after months of complaints.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/rat-infestation-cleanup-begins-dupage-county-property-after-months-complaints
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/07/opinion-pride-parade-judges-lgbtq-community/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes poverty and crime in Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame that poverty and crime on Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/07/06/cook-county-gun-violence-community-intervention-federal-funds-toni-preckwinkle
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH TWO PHOTOS: State agency wants more information on how DuPage County Board approved raises,
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260707/news/state-agency-wants-more-information-on-how-dupage-county-board-approved-raises/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect not only for the rule of law, but for that country.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260707/syndicated-columnists/supreme-court-says-birthright-citizenship-is-as-american-as-apple-pie/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/07/bud-ritas-opens-loops-first-weed-shop-as-city-eases-restrictions-for-downtown-dispensaries/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— When should an ethics report be public? DD: Far too many who are involved in politics have far too many skeletons in their closets.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/08/when-should-an-ethics-report-be-public-00989578
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-550/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: Making the SAFE-T Act safe
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-making-the-safe-t-act-safe/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Turning Point USA Educational Summit 2026
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/weyermuller-turning-point-usa-educational-summit-2026.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— America’s next 250 years faces a fight between freedom and socialism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/7/americas-next-250-years-faces-fight-freedom-socialism/
— Democrats, socialists, ‘godless communists’ — all are one and the same.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/7/democrats-socialists-godless-communists-one/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Minnesota mayor skips America’s birthday to meet Somalia’s president.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/07/07/minnesota-mayor-skips-americas-birthday-to-meet-somalias-president-1649545/
BREITBART
— Blue Sanctuary States Hiding Dangerous Illegal Migrant Truckers.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/07/07/tom-homan-blue-sanctuary-states-hiding-dangerous-illegal-migrant-truckers/amp/
— DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect not only for the rule of law, but for that country.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/07/homan-we-cant-wait-for-illegals-to-commit-crime-before-finding-them/
CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 times schools provided protection and legal services for illegal aliens. Colleges and universities across the country are using money often derived from taxpayers to fund efforts to shield illegal immigrants from the law.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-times-schools-provided-protection-legal-services-illegal-aliens/29907
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— 10,000 ICE Arrests in Five Days. A ‘quieter enforcement campaign’ doesn’t mean fewer aliens will be arrested and deported.
https://cis.org/Arthur/NYT-10000-ICE-Arrests-Five-Days
COLLEGE FIX
— Court rules Florida cannot restrict faculty speech with ‘Stop WOKE Act..’ DD: I avoided liberal indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/florida-cannot-restrict-faculty-speech-with-stop-woke-act-court-rules/
— Judge again upholds Ohio’s anti-DEI law. DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/judge-again-upholds-ohios-anti-dei-law/
FEDERALIST
— If Anyone Can Birth An ‘American,’ Citizenship Means Nothing.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/07/if-anyone-can-birth-an-american-citizenship-means-nothing/
FOX BUSINESS
— The Democratic Party’s moral compass has long been dead.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6400475947112
FOX NEWS
— 1619 Project creator claims paying reparations would be admission that US existence is a ‘crime.’ Hannah-Jones told The Meteor that paying reparations is an admission the ‘entire existence of the United States’ is a crime. DD: How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly, if you are the following, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American. Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Because I am all of the aforesaid, Democrat leaders have always made me pay the price of AA and DEI big time. I should write about that. My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. That on my father’s side, they homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township and that on my mother’s side, they sharecropped a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. According to my critics/opponents, my ancestors stole land from Native Americans and they benefitted tremendously from slavery and that is why I have everything that I have today.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/1619-project-creator-says-paying-reparations-admission-us-existence-crime
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Liberal Media is Dishonestly Painting DSA Radicals as Gentle Reformers.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/liberal-media-is-dishonestly-painting-dsa-radicals-as-gentle-reformers/
NEWS BUSTERS
— 58% of Democrats View Socialism Favorably.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/cnsnews/craig-bannister/2026/07/07/democratic-socialists-america-membership-sets-record-58
TOWNHALL
— Another Business Flees the Failing State of Illinois, Thanks to Democrats in Springfield.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/07/true-value-hq-leaves-il-for-in-n2678951
— White House accuses Smithsonian of political activism.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/07/07/white-house-accuses-smithsonian-of-political-activism-n2678956
— It’s About Time Democrats Are Finally Calling Themselves Socialists.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/07/07/its-about-time-democrats-are-finally-calling-themselves-socialists-n2678887
— Chip Away at Birthright Citizenship Until We Can Finish It Off Entirely.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/07/06/chip-away-at-birthright-citizenship-until-we-can-finish-it-off-entirely-n2678807
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. Why are there fewer and fewer and fewer men who are marriage material? Are you a man? What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS?ocid=ob-fb-nlbe-SBS-NLBE-K3
NEW YORK TIMES
— Lessons From the Graham Platner Disaster. DD: Far too many who are involved in politics have far too many skeletons in their closets.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/opinion/graham-platner-rape-accusation.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Did you get scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have used that against me since I was 17 in 1966. Academically, they stress that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Financially, they stress that my father made enough money to send me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. That harmed my ACT score and GPAs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/07/07/scholarships-racial-minorities-women-are-disappearing/
USA TODAY
— Birthright citizenship. DD: America-haters crow about their successes. Birthright citizenship advocates ever-increasingly make it clear that they want to replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/07/05/scotus-birthright-citizenship-right-wing-backlash/90756768007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Did They Cover for Graham Platner? The man with the Nazi tattoo was pushed by the leading Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-did-they-cover-for-graham-platner-a0e9c54c
— Socialism and the Decline of the Black Family. Children need fathers, but social fragmentation gives an advantage to those who seek centralized power.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialism-and-the-decline-of-the-black-family-0c2de7c6
— Equality. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my accomplishments in life to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, have less money than I do, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/equality-is-the-core-of-american-identity-d9888133
TRIBUNE TODAY
— It’s time to deport illegals to lessen inequality in 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. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.tribtoday.com/opinion/editorials/2026/07/its-time-to-deport-illegals-to-lessen-inequality-in-us/
LONG ISLAND LIFE & POLITICS
— America Didn’t Invent Slavery. It Helped End It.
https://lilifepolitics.com/opinion-editorials/america-didnt-invent-slavery-it-helped-end-it/
MOUNTAN PRESS
— Prevent student debt instead of forgiving it. DD: I had to work my way through college and I did, but it harmed my ACT score and GPA. I spent far too many hours washing dishes in Chicago Heights while I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1964-1966 instead of studying. I spent far too many hours delivering mail in Park Forest while I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and a NIU student in 1969 instead of studying. But nevertheless, graduated debt-free with a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 21 in 1970. I would not have been able to do that if my parents had not provided me with room and board in their Crete home 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.
https://www.themountainpress.com/lafollette/opinion/brandon-johnson—lets-prevent-student-debt-instead-of-forgiving-it/article_5b9da1a0-ca7a-5d77-b22f-616710225637.html
TIMES UNION
— America just turned 250: 12 charts show how it has changed over the past 50 years. DD: What were you doing in 1976? I was 27 years old. I had worked for IRS for 5 years and in its Loop office for 2 years. In today’s dollars, my salary was $106,731/year. That year, I earned an MBA from Loyola and I started taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I traded in my studio condo in the Outer Drive East building to its developer for a one bedroom condo. I started renting out my University Park townhome that I had bought 4 years earlier. I owned a 1972 Corvette and my daily driver was a 1962 Chevrolet BelAir. Efforts by my Democrat IRS superiors to get rid of me were increasing. They had gotten rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. They had disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They were making it ever-increasingly clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. My widowed mother and my brother lived in Crete.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/america-just-turned-250-12-110000735.html
PBS
— They Can’t Take That Away From Me. DD: What do your accomplishments include? My critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois ever-increasingly treat me like I never accomplished anything. But they can’t take the following away from me: I bought new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, etc. I worked my way through college and earned a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21. I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, etc. I earned an MBA when I was 27. I got married when I was 29. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. 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 earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/tony-bennett-and-diana-krall-our-love-is-here-to-stay-they-cant-take-that-away-from-me/9100/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
BUSINESS STANDARD
— Why the raise comes only after ‘I resign.’ DD: On September 30, 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors’ agency-wide early retirement “offer” expired. They succeeded in forced me to take their “offer” and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. They talked and acted like he had given them an ultimatum by my Black subordinate, either force me to retire or he would resign. He was one of GAO’s extremely few Black employees who was a CPA. However, he a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) had no professional license while I was a licensed CPA. He knew full-well that if I did not take the “offer,” I would not be eligible for regular retirement for another 6 years.
https://www.tbsnews.net/node/1482481
CAMPAIGN
— As higher ed admissions shift, standardized tests are repositioning their value in the process. DD: I passed all the tests needed to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all that to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, have less money than I do, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.campaignlive.com/article/higher-ed-admissions-shift-standardized-tests-repositioning-value-process/1963830
July 6, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage Blacks to be LGBTQers.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-pride-2026-south-side-celebrates-lgbtq-community-8th-annual-festival-dusable-black-history-museum/19454298/
CBS2
— Police disperse crowd lighting fireworks in Bridgeview.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgRz_nB7gWs
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump rings Wall Street’s opening bells as he ties his presidency to stock market gains.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/06/trump-rings-wall-streets-opening-bells/
— Why teens need summer jobs and why we worry they are disappearing. Part time work makes for one of the best classrooms ever invented. DD: While I was in high school and college, few of my peers did what I did. I took bad jobs. I had to work my way through college. I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid jobs prove that I have always been an unmitigated loser. My critics/opponents did not have to take bad jobs because they had wealthy parents. I spent lots of time working the aforesaid jobs. That dragged down my ACT score and my GPA.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/06/summer-job-summer-work-brandon-johnson-teenagers-first-job/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 7 shot, mostly teens, in West Garfield Park at ‘above and beyond chaotic’ gathering. A 17-year-old girl was in critical condition after she was shot in the chest early Sunday. A few minutes later, at least six people were shot on the same block, according to police. A long-time resident says it’s the result of ongoing rowdy gatherings in the neighborhood. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/07/05/7-shot-west-garfield-park
— DD: Democrat leaders promote the Patriot Front.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/07/05/those-patriotic-front-fellows-seem-confused-about-what-pride-means
— Illinois Democrats weigh pros and cons of using AI — ‘We must remain the master of the technology.’ DD: What does Google AI say about you? It says the following about me: David Diersen is a prominent conservative writer, editor, and political consultant based in Wheaton, Illinois, best known as the founder and editor of GOPUSA ILLINOIS. . .Diersen compiles and curates a highly active, daily aggregate newsletter focusing on Illinois Republican politics, local government news, and community updates. In 2019, he was one of 10 civic applicants who sought appointment to a vacant West District seat on the Wheaton City Council. He operates as an independent political and business consultant through Diersen Consulting. . .he holds four degrees from prominent Illinois universities. M.S. in Finance (1992 – 1997) – Illinois Institute of Technology, specializing in Financial Markets and Trading. M.S. in Accounting (1976 – 1980) – DePaul University (Driehaus College of Business). M.B.A. in Personnel Management (1972 – 1976) – Loyola University Chicago (Quinlan School of Business). B.S. in Management (1969 – 1970) – Northern Illinois University. High School Diploma (Class of 1966) – Crete-Monee High School. . .Diersen is a retired federal employee who is widely known for his daily, unpaid work compiling conservative political news. Current Status: Consultant at Diersen Consulting and independent political news aggregator. His background includes historical service with the Internal Revenue Service. He successfully passed his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) exams on his first attempts, he is primarily known for his career with the federal government and his subsequent involvement in Illinois Republican politics. Diersen worked for nearly 18 years as a Senior Evaluator for the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) from 1980 to 1997, where he audited federal agencies and programs. He took an early retirement at age 49, which he publicly stated was due to conflict with supervisors regarding his opposition to race- and gender-based preferences and his involvement in a related class-action lawsuit. (Diersen ads that he became a licensed CPA (#065012844, inactive since 2000) when he was 32 in 1981.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/us-house/2026/07/06/illinois-democrats-congress-artificial-intelligence-usage
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Gary Sinise’s Lt. Dan Band returns to Cantigny to support West Suburban Foundation for Disabled Veterans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260705/news/gary-sinises-lt-dan-band-returns-to-cantigny-to-support-west-suburban-foundation-for-disabled-vete/
— White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can’t be trusted.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260705/news/white-house-report-brands-smithsonian-leadership-as-radical-activists-who-cant-be-trusted/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Downtown Chicago condo market gets its wings clipped again. DD: While I worked for IRS in the Loop, I bought a one-bedroom unit in the Outer Drive East building when I was 27 in 1976 for $50,000 and sold it for $60,000 in 1978.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/real-estate/residential/ccb-condo-adjustments20260702/
(FROM GOOGLE AI: One-bedroom units in the famous Outer Drive East building (400 E Randolph St) in Chicago’s New Eastside are typically priced between $225,000 to $250,000 for buyers, or rent for around $2,250/month. These 650 to 825 sq. ft. condos include resort-style amenities like a geodesic domed indoor pool, health club, and a private shuttle.
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— AUGUST 16, 2012 FLASHBACK: GOPUSA ILLINOIS NEWSLETTERS: A bunch of political info.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2012/08/16/bernard-schoenburg-bunch-political-info/41733104007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There are lots of websites that compile political news, and I think it’s time I share one that I find quite interesting. It’s at www.gopillinois.com, and, as you can tell by its address, it has a Republican flavor. That is an understatement reinforced with the comments added by the compiler himself — DAVID DIERSEN of Wheaton. He introduced a recent UPI story about Republicans’ views on the drought and wildfires by saying: “Democrats blame everything bad, including bad weather, on Republicans, especially on Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor and non-veteran.” And talking of a New York Times article about a photographer arrested while on assignment in the Bronx, Diersen wrote that since 2000, he has been thrown out of, barred from, or not advised of news conferences “by Democrats, Democrat plants, RINOs (Republicans in name only), their operatives, and their dupes.” Thus, if you don’t want to read some very pointed comments, you may not want to go to gopillinois.com. But you would be missing a treasure of links to the day’s news and opinion. Diersen, 63, is a retired federal employee who became the Illinois editor of a national GOP website in 2000, and since 2004 has put out his own Illinois compilation every day. There’s usually about 50 articles daily, he says. He’s generally up by 3 a.m. He says he spends at least 10 hours a day on this passion of his, with no pay, and has put out links to more than 117,000 articles. As his comments above hinted, party regulars don’t always greet his work with relish. He includes dissident voices within the GOP tent, and some whose credibility is questionable. But he puts it all out there. He’s a GOP precinct committeeman, and he believes in people having information. He also wants to help elect Republican candidates who “will defend and advance the party’s platform.” The site makes available plenty of Diersen history, too, including how his “liberal Democrat superiors,” in his view, forced him to take early retirement at 49 from the U.S. General Accounting Office, “because of his opposition to race and gender based preference and his participation in a class action lawsuit” on that subject. He wouldn’t mind my telling you that he also passed his CPA and Certified Internal Auditor exams on first attempts more than three decades ago. Agree or disagree with him, but Diersen provides a bunch of interesting information — every day.)
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/06/dems-convention-conundrum-00987481
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Trump v. Barbara: Another Supreme Court Black Mark
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/07/01/trump-v-barbara-another-supreme-court-black-mark
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Unless Congress does their job of legislating, Chinese Communists can send over pregnant tourists and students to give birth to American citizens who will grow up in Communist China and be raised by parents whose allegiance will be to the Chinese Communist government. And foreigners of child-bearing age will be further incentivized to break our border laws in order to secure not only American taxpayer-funded goodies but also the blessings of American Citizenship.)
— University of Illinois & Daughters of the British Empire Host “Whole Family” Drag Tea Party
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/07/03/university-of-illinois-daughters-of-the-british-empire-host-whole-family-drag-tea-party
MILTON TOWNSHIP GOP
— Pre-parade pictures
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1463389885833484&set=pcb.1463392232499916
CARL SCHULTZ
— Pre-parade pictures
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1333752018728666&set=pcb.10162871552677267
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— GOP Primary Voters Remain Deeply Supportive of Israel.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/gop-primary-voters-remain-deeply
NEW YORK POST
— Scared Hakeem Jeffries rolls out the red carpet for DSA extremists — while they prep to feast on his carcass.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/05/opinion/scared-hakeem-jeffries-rolls-out-the-red-carpet-for-dsa-extremists-while-they-prep-to-feast-on-is-carcass/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Instead of celebrating America’s 250th, Pope Leo honored Muslim migrants.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/instead-of-celebrating-america-s-250th-pope-leo-honored-muslim-migrants/
— Democrats Struggle to Contain the Spread of Communism in Their Party
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/07/mamdomino-theory-democrats-struggle-to-contain-the-spread-of-communism-in-their-party/
— Fixing the Chicago public schools.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/fixing-the-chicago-public-schools/
— Declaration of independence or dependence? DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote dependency on government. According to Democrat leaders, you cannot succeed in America without massive government assistance. If I had listened to Democrat leaders, because I was never in line to get government assistance, I would not have even tried to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree like I did in 1970 let alone a) three job-related master’s degrees like I did in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) six job-related professional certifications like I did in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license like I did in 1981.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/declaration-of-independence-or-dependence/
BLAZE
— Pritzker says he’s one of the good billionaires, not the ones vilified by socialists.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/jb-pritzker-billionaire-ban-socialist
BREITBART
— Radical leftist Bill Ayers and a Princeton University professor led an event on Friday, the eve of America’s 250th birthday, called “250 Years of Resistance” in Democrat-run Chicago, Illinois.
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2026/07/05/watch-leftist-bill-ayers-and-princeton-professor-mark-fourth-of-july-at-250-years-of-resistance-event-fk-the-usa/
— New York’s First Lady Ditches America 250 to Attend Muslim Retreat on Spanish Resort Island.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/07/05/33196067new-yorks-first-lady-ditches-america-250-to-attend-muslim-retreat-on-spanish-resort-island/
DAILY SIGNAL
— News of Woke’s Death Is Greatly Exaggerated.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/05/woke-death-greatly-exaggerated/
EPOCH TIMES
— On 250th Anniversary, a Look Back at Gun Ownership in America.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/on-250th-anniversary-a-look-back-at-gun-ownership-in-america-6042334
FEDERALIST
— America’s Anti-American Public Schools Are Destroying What The Declaration Gave Us.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/03/americas-anti-american-public-schools-are-destroying-what-the-declaration-gave-us/
NEWSMAX
— Smithsonian Pushes Woke US History.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/white-house-smithsonian-woke/2026/07/05/id/1261835/
— Sanctuary policies cost lives.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/rep-mcclintock-to-newsmax-sanctuary-policies-cost-lives/ar-AA271jl8
HOT AIR
— Congress Can Ban Birthright Citizenship. Here’s How.
https://hotair.com/josh-hammer/2026/07/05/congress-can-still-ban-birthright-citizenship-heres-how-n3816599
TOWNHALL
— Chip Away at Birthright Citizenship Until We Can Finish It Off Entirely.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/07/06/chip-away-at-birthright-citizenship-until-we-can-finish-it-off-entirely-n2678807
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— 14th Amendment ‘devalued’ by ‘birthright tourism’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5954053-mike-johnson-birthright-tourism-14th-amendment/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters deride Trump, so Trump derides them back.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/us/politics/trump-speech-fourth-july.html
— 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/2026/07/05/us/politics/trump-dei-order-eeoc-discrimination.html
— DD: When I was 49 in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors not only succeeded in forcing me to retire, they succeeded in making it impossible for me to get a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. I should write about that. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. They would not have done that if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They would not have done that if I had not became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 in 1988.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/business/my-husband-cant-get-a-job-should-i-divorce-him.html
USA TODAY
— Congress should restrict birthright citizenship.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/05/mike-johnson-birthright-citizenship-bill/90814782007/
— SAT/ACT return as student readiness questioned. DD: What harmed your SAT/ACT score? My ACT score was only 24. I spent far too many hours washing dishes in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights instead of studying 1964-1966. My plan was to earn enough money to buy a new car to commute to/from classes at UIC and my patents’ home in Crete.
https://www.aol.com/articles/sat-returns-student-readiness-questioned-080035437.html
— Many retiring without spending plans. DD: My retirement income and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/06/24/401k-savings-how-spend-wirhdrawal/90658270007/
— For under-40 Americans, buying a first home has never been harder. DD: Back in the good old days, I was able to buy a new townhome in University Park when I was 24 in 1972.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/07/03/home-prices-mortgage-rates-first-time-buyers-millennials/90773681007/
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Deport illegals to reduce inequality. DD: Illegals make those who poor in America even poorer.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/victor-joecks-deport-illegals-to-reduce-inequality/ar-AA27exbg
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Evanston’s Race Reparations in the Dock. The Justice Department joins a case on race-based payments for long-ago discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/evanstons-race-reparations-in-the-dock-e88a8c80
— Last year, 49% of adults under age 30 lived with a parent, up 12 percentage points from 2019, according to the Federal Reserve. DD: My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. He was earning $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother had never attended high school, she had never worked outside the home, and my brother was having problems. I graduated from NIU and I got a job working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights in 1970. I applied for and I got a financial hardship draft deferment and I helped support them in Crete until September of 1972.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/living-with-parents-finances-0c35530c
— For a Good Job by 30, Do This in Your 20s. DD: I earned a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970. I earned an MBA when I was 27. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. But by then, it was too late. My Democrat superiors in the federal government had taken too many adverse actions against me. My Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests when I was 19 and 20 and forced me to resign when I was 20. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25, disallowed my education deductions when I was 29, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to retire when I was 49.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/best-chance-good-job-career-20s-c6540375
— 3 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your First 401(k). DD: Ever-since my wife and I got married in 1978, my critics/opponents have always been furious that we always put the maximums allowed into tax-deferred retirement accounts.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/first-401k-vesting-roth-fees-472152e6
— Democrats Are Seizing on Trump’s Soaring Wealth. DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were filled with envy. They were ever-increasingly furious at my and my wife’s ever-increasing net worth.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democrats-are-seizing-on-trumps-soaring-wealth-as-a-campaign-opportunity-66243558
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Disparate impact. DD: Hiring, retention, and promotion requirements have a disparate impact against those who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I would not have survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years if I had not a) passed the postal employment test when I was 17 in 1966, b) passed the Federal Entrance Examination when I was 21, c) earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, d) earned an MBA when I was 27, e) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, f) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, g) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, h) became a licensed CPA when I was 32, i) earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and j) earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and b) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. Overwhelmingly, those who passed the tests and examinations to earn the aforesaid degrees, certifications and license with me were White males.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/eeoc-targets-worker-selection-english-only-rules-in-new-agenda
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
— Want Workers to Reskill? Show Them Who They Can Become. DD: Have you reskilled? I had to reskill and I did big time. In 1988, when I was 40, my Democrat GAO superiors made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS. Because of that, in 1990, I volunteered for and I got accepted by their group that audited federal financial agencies. The leader of that group wanted/demanded that her subordinates have master’s degrees in finance. So I started taking graduate evening finance courses one at a time at IIT in 1992 and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. But my Democrat GAO superiors flushed that down their toilets when they forced me to retire in 1997.
https://www.library.hbs.edu/working-knowledge/want-workers-to-reskill-show-them-who-they-can-become
LA PROGRESSIVE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly do more to destroy traditional marriage and family. According to my Democrat GAO superiors, if I had not gotten married in 1978, we would not have been able to buy two new cars and a home in Wheaton in when we got married in 1978 and I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) to become a licensed CPA in 1981, or f) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984.
https://www.laprogressive.com/gender-discrimination/stephanie-coontz-the-marriage-crisis-is-really-a-crisis-of-inequality
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
YOUTUBE
— Left-wing believes 1619 is America’s ‘real’ anniversary. DD: How long have your ancestors been in America? Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use slavery to demonize, denigrate, and condemn not only Republicans, but America. Ever-increasingly, if you are the following, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American. Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Because I am all of the aforesaid, Democrat leaders have always made me pay the price of AA and DEI big time. I should write about that. My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. That on my father’s side, they homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township and that on my mother’s side, they sharecropped a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. According to my critics/opponents, my ancestors stole land from Native Americans and they benefitted tremendously from slavery and that is why I have everything that I have today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDkvsJxaUt4
June 28, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7 & NBC5 & CBS2 & WBEZ & WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family. LGBTQ promoters ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. Far too few Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders speak out against the ever-increasing Democrat promotion of LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-pride-parade-2026-route-barriers-police-officers-working-days-off-thousands-expected-attend/19396320/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pete-buttigieg-kids-were-targeted-child-services-swatting-call-police-say/19396086/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/the-2026-chicago-pride-parade-steps-off-sunday-and-heres-the-route/3954413/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-pride-parade-2026-route-street-closures/
https://www.wbez.org/lgbtq/2026/06/27/what-to-know-about-chicagos-2026-pride-parade-route-street-closures-and-more
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-lgbtq-pride-parades-set-for-sunday-in-nyc-and-san-francisco/amp/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with citizens of foreign countries and b) put them on track to vote for Democrats. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/28/opinion-save-america-act-voting-constitutional-amendment/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against conservatives, and especially against conservatives who are Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders make it clear that they are not only anti-conservative, that they are not only anti-Republican, but that they are anti-American. They are ever-increasingly furious at America because the majority of American voters voted for Trump. To punish Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly punish America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/28/opinion-america-owes-fourth-of-july/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2026/06/26/takeaways-jb-pritzker-headliner-speech-texas-democrats-corpus-christi
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with citizens of foreign countries and b) put them on track to vote for Democrats. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/26/chicagos-haitian-and-syrian-communities-in-limbo-after-supreme-court-decision-playing-with-peoples-lives
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. When people use firearms illegally, what percent of the time are they on booze and/or pot?
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/the-law-q-a-getting-into-the-weeds-of-gun-possession-marijuana/article_15246ada-a0bb-4f27-bdaa-949e453fbcaf.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats are ever-increasingly anti-American.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-27/as-america-turns-250-protesters-make-their-case
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the reflecting pool against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-a-reflecting-pool-that-has-long-enticed-visitors-now-gains-police-scrutiny-under-trump/
WGLT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.wglt.org/2026-06-27/as-supreme-court-expands-trumps-immigration-power-experts-warn-of-steeper-u-s-population-decline
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/america-split-from-monarchy-250-years-ago-trumps-presidency-is-testing-how-far-its-come/article_8801d4c5-4ea0-5a21-8979-56b1c54fcd71.html
— A new law could create a list of immigrants illegally living in Mississippi. Advocates are alarmed. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/a-new-law-could-create-a-list-of-immigrants-illegally-living-in-mississippi-advocates-are/article_bc82eb74-e59f-576b-bf11-ee5b147e5451.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders make it clear that they are not only anti-conservative, that they are not only anti-Republican, but that they are anti-American. They are ever-increasingly furious at America because the majority of American voters voted for Trump. To punish Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly punish America. – Dave Diersen
http:// www.gopillinois.com
— Hopefully, the registration deadline for political entries in Wheaton’s July 4 Independence Day parade will be extended. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wheaton-independence-day-parade-entry-2026-tickets-1984881886153 The deadline was Friday, June 26. The cost is $175+ tax. I hope that all the Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct will walk in the parade: 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
— In 2021, to diminish if not stop Republican participation in Wheaton’s Independence Day parades, Democrat, RINO, and Democrat plant leaders ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for those parades, a role that I had since 2005. They falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their motive was to diminish politicization of the parades. To make DuPage Republicans the lead sponsor for the parades, I raised $2,500 or more each year from Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders. The aforesaid got lots of positive publicity for the sponsorships. Republicans got specific credit for sponsoring the Wheaton high school marching bands, bagpipers, and other entries. Each year, I hand-delivered 500 flyers to the homes and the businesses on the parade route that promoted the parade and listed the Republican entries and sponsorships. In 2007, I raised $2,000 on short notice for an elephant to walk behind Roskam in the parade.
— My competitors reject conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote. What do your competitors envy about you? My competitors envy my having the time, money, experience, ability, and motivation to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out every day that contain no advertising or donation requests. They ever-increasingly do everything they can to discourage/stop me from sending my newsletters out. My competitors who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican demand blind loyalty. 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. What do you say to my competitors? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How socialists took over the Democratic Party.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4626998/how-socialists-took-over-democratic-party/
— Carville calls for formal ‘schism’ with socialist candidates: ‘Can’t be in the same party’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/entertainment/4627756/carville-schism-socialist-candidate/
— Socialists will try to destroy the Democratic Party.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/entertainment/4627710/socialists-destroy-democratic-party-byron-york/
NEW YORK POST
— Fetterman ravages Democratic Party’s ‘orgy of socialism’ after primary turmoil.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/27/us-news/fetterman-calls-out-orgy-of-socialism-in-democratic-party/
— Democrat leaders welcome incoming socialists as Pelosi, Ilhan Omar refuse to comment on growing DSA influence.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/27/us-news/rep-hank-johnson-welcomes-incoming-socialists-as-pelosi-refuses-to-comment/
— Entitlement of NYC’s Knicks trash-can thief exposes the ingrained flaws of the DEI movement. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy to advance minorities, females, and those who are younger. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/articles/entitlement-nyc-knicks-trash-thief-225020010.html
— Expect DEI to be a non-factor in the horse race for Jamie Dimon’s JPMorgan successor. DD: I disagree. JPMorgan is a Democrat company. Democrat companies put defending and advancing the Democrat Party platform ahead of everything else. Enough said.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/27/business/expect-dei-to-be-a-non-factor-in-the-horse-race-for-jamie-dimons-jpmorgan-successor/
CAMPUS REFORM
— UCLA prioritizes illegal aliens for $7,000 immigration activism summer fellowship.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/ucla-prioritizes-illegal-aliens-7000-immigration-activism-summer-fellowship/30051
DAILY SIGNAL
— What Is Meritocracy? And Why Does It Matter? DD: Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy to advance minorities, females, and those who are younger. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/27/a-meritocracy-if-you-can-keep-it/
DAILY WIRE
— Tax Hikes Are Coming To Left-Leaning Cities.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tax-hikes-are-coming-to-left-leaning-cities
FOX NEWS
— Leftist Democrats are being thrown under the bus, and socialists are in the driver’s seat.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/leftist-democrats-thrown-bus-socialists-drivers-seat
— Carville says socialist Democrat shouldn’t be in the party, calls her views ‘a bridge too far’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/james-carville-says-socialist-dem-shouldnt-democratic-party-calls-views-bridge-far
— Jeffries welcomes democratic socialists into the fold as critics warn party is revealing ‘exactly who it is’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jeffries-welcomes-democratic-socialists-fold-critics-warn-party-revealing-exactly
— Venezuelan immigrant warns of rise of socialism in US.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399549209112
— Socialist surge sparks Democratic Party divide.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399549268112
— Democratic socialist sweep shakes establishment Dems after NY primary.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399569794112
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— 14th Amendment Was Never Intended To Include Kids of Illegals.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/06/27/14th_amendment_was_never_intended_to_include_kids_of_illegals_703776.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Is the Democratic party headed for a civil war over socialism? DD: Democrat socialists ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying America.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/27/politics/video/is-the-democratic-party-headed-for-a-civil-war-over-socialism
MSN
— 11 countries ranked by nonmarital birth rates. DD: Traditional marriage and family made America great.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/countries-with-the-lowest-marriage-rates/ss-AA1DrHWC
NEWSWEEK
— Socialists Surge: Leftists in Congress Poised to Double After Midterm.
https://www.newsweek.com/socialists-surge-leftists-in-congress-poised-to-double-after-midterm-12128675
— Turning Point USA Blamed for Election Losses. DD: Who blames you for what? I should write about my critics/opponents who in 2006 almost succeeded in getting their operatives and their dupes in the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They ever-increasingly blamed me and blamed my newsletters for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct had suffered since 2000. I would focus on my critics/opponents who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. My critics/opponents blame conservative Republicans for Republican defeats, and especially conservative Republicans like me who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. They want the Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party. On who/what do you blame Republican defeats. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.newsweek.com/turning-point-usa-blamed-for-election-losses-11803898
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://abcnews.com/Politics/wireStory/supreme-courts-ruling-end-protections-haitian-syrian-immigrants-134223536
— DD: Democrat socialists ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying America.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/mayor-zohran-mamdani-touts-democratic-socialist-policies-political/story?id=134273884
— Millions drop Obamacare coverage after subsidies expire, costs rise. 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://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/millions-drop-obamacare-health-coverage-after-subsidies-expire-134277658
NBC NEWS
— Democratic rift over the party’s future widens amid the left’s New York victories.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/democratic-rift-partys-future-widens-lefts-new-york-victories-rcna351737
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against conservatives, and especially against conservatives who are Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/us/politics/freedom-con-christian-men.html
— Here’s What It Means to Be a Democratic Socialist. DD: Socialism destroys prosperity, safety, personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, and everything else that is good.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/us/politics/heres-what-it-means-to-be-a-democratic-socialist.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: End Military Aid to Israel. . .Expand the Social Safety Net. . .Guarantee Free Health Care. . .Tax the Rich. . .Defund or Abolish Prisons and the Police. . .Raise the Minimum Wage, Shorten the Workweek)
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. Federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Unions provide some protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I transferred from IRS in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. But even though I was a union member at the time, a) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and b) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. That was because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/28/us/politics/trump-firings-workers-merit-systems-protection-board.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Four takeaways on Black unemployment in Trump’s economy. College-educated Black workers are finding themselves left behind. DD: Did your ancestors own slaves. Mine did not. To get more votes from Blacks and to atone for their ancestors’ slave ownership, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. If anyone should pay reparations, it should be Democrat leaders whose ancestors owned slaves. Affirmative Action (AA) is reparations. Democrat leaders have always used AA to make Republicans who are the following pay reparations: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid, my Democrat superiors in the federal government made me pay reparations big time. It culminated when they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had (CPA).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/06/28/four-takeaways-black-unemployment-trumps-economy/
DALLAS NEWS
— Bernie Sanders gives Texas Democrats a boost, Republicans an opening.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/article/sanders-headlines-texas-democratic-convention-22323452.php
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Talarico makes pitch to Black voters at Democratic Convention. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on turning my many Democrat Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. I should write about their successes and their failures in doing that.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas-take/article/talarico-black-voters-democrat-convention-22322732.php
SUN SENTINEL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/06/28/a-devastating-reality-asylum-seeking-florida-workers-contribute-billions-to-economy-study-finds/
DAILY GAZETTE
— A new law could create a list of immigrants illegally living in Mississippi. Advocates are alarmed. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.dailygazette.com/ap/national/a-new-law-could-create-a-list-of-immigrants-illegally-living-in-mississippi-advocates-are/article_fb019445-039f-579d-8d94-77ec58cdd94b.html
GAZETTE
— Unqualified. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://gazette.com/2026/06/26/will-one-unqualified-ag-replace-another-george-brauchler/
NPR
— DD: In 2021, to diminish if not stop Republican participation in Wheaton’s Independence Day parades, Democrat, RINO, and Democrat plant leaders ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for those parades, a role that I had since 2005. They falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their motive was to diminish politicization of the parades. To make DuPage Republicans the lead sponsor for the parades, I raised $2,500 or more each year from Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders. The aforesaid got lots of positive publicity for the sponsorships. Republicans got specific credit for sponsoring the Wheaton high school marching bands, bagpipers, and other entries. Each year, I hand-delivered 500 flyers to the homes and the businesses on the parade route that promoted the parade and listed the Republican entries and sponsorships. In 2007, I raised $2,000 on short notice for an elephant to walk behind Roskam in the parade.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/15/nx-s1-5433765/3-takeaways-from-the-military-parade-and-no-kings-protests-on-trumps-birthday
AMERICA MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.americamagazine.org/editorials/2026/06/26/supreme-court-immigration-tps-asylum/
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/06/scotus-asylum-racial-discrimination/687710/
GOOD MEN PROJECT
— Ask for help. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have always been a Republican. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should asked for help from federal Republican elected officials much sooner than I did. To get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978,, and c) never promoted me beyond GS-12. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I did ask for help when I was 40 in 1989 and I did get some, but by then, it was too late.
https://goodmenproject.com/everyday-life-2/the-strength-in-asking-for-help-why-intensive-recovery-programs-matter-for-men/
SOLON
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.salon.com/2026/06/28/scotuss-immigration-decisions-prove-cruelty-is-still-the-point/
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat socialists ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying America.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/6/27/800061108/series/why-the-rights-attack-on-socialism-is-a-failure/
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/6/27/800061441/community/democratic-socialism-is-making-republicans-nervous/
— DD: How has envy been used against you? To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government against me, my Democrat superiors promoted envy big time. They stressed a) the new cars that I bought when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) the real estate that I bought when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I earned, d) the vacations that I took, e) etc. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to do the aforesaid. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if I had not gotten married when I was 29, I would not have been able to accomplish what did after then. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to accomplish what I did after we got married. My Democrat GAO superiors decried the time and money they spent raising their children, They decried their wives having little or no income.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/6/27/800059679/cartoon/green-with-envy/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
BUSINESS TIMES
— Democrats cannot afford to ignore Mamdani and the socialist movement any longer. A slate of progressive candidates backed by the New York mayor sweeps primary elections in the state.
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/opinion-features/us-democrats-cannot-afford-ignore-mamdani-and-socialist-movement-any-longer
GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat socialists ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying America.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/28/democratic-socialist-mayor-mamdani-wilson
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/28/mamdani-democratic-socialist-2028-election
SEOUL ECONOMIC DAILY
— Veterans Vice Minister to Inspect Free Health Checkups for National Merit Recipients. DD: When I was 25 years old in 1974, because an IRS Collection Division manager promoted me to GS-12, currently $100,059/year, the federal government gave me a free health checkup. Typically, IRS employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran were not promoted to GS-12 that young. My Democrat IRS superiors were furious that I got promoted that young because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. They got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me. They disallowed my travel vouchers. They disallowed my education deductions. They refused to promote me to GS-13.
https://en.sedaily.com/politics/2026/06/28/veterans-vice-minister-to-inspect-free-health-checkups-for
TIMES OF ISRAEL
— Wheaton College’s Asymmetry: Naming Injustice, Except for Jews.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/wheaton-colleges-asymmetry-naming-injustice-except-for-jews/
June 24, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-expected-sign-new-legislation-aimed-protecting-reproductive-health-records-illinois-4-years-dobbs/19372312/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Video gambling hearing ends after tensions flare between Mayor Brandon Johnson allies, opponents. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. My critics/opponents continue to use that against me big time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/24/chicago-video-gambling-hearing/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2026/06/24/illinois-law-abortion-medical-records-signed-jb-pritzker
— DD: What is your municipality doing to stop teen takeovers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/06/24/teen-takeovers-chicago-city-council-hearing-youth-testimony
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Did you have to work your way through college? I did. Because of that, my ACT score and my GPAs were lower. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes when I was in high school and delivering mail when I was in college.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/city-that-works/ccb-city-that-works-federal-scholarship-tax-credit-20260624/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.wbez.org/springfield/2026/06/24/illinois-law-abortion-medical-records-signed-jb-pritzker
QUAD CITY TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://qctimes.com/news/state-regional/business/health-care/article_01a6edec-bea1-5139-b191-60fb5c411832.html
SOUTHERN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/how-racist-history-books-spurred-the-black-history-education-of-today/html_4491e77d-b0ed-5a1e-a335-75130d58990d.html
DAILY EGYPTIAN
— DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on SNAP. How many are on SNAP in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://dailyegyptian.com/124494/showcase/federal-cuts-are-hitting-illinois-food-assistance-recipients-and-the-farmers-who-feed-them/
STATELINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois/cannabis-casino-tax-dollars/
STATELINE & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— IRS did better than expected in tax season after slashing staff, except on the phone. DD: In 1974, when I was a newly promoted 25-year-old GS-11 (currently $83,482/year) IRS Revenue Officer, I was responsible for IRS answering all the calls that came into its new Centiphone automated answering system in downtown Chicago. I supervised the operation’s entire staff which included 90 rotating IRS Revenue Agent trainees. Because of my job performance, the IRS manager who had given me that developmental assignment and who had promoted me in 1972 and 1973, promoted me to GS-12 (currently $100,059/year) in 1974. That made my Democrat IRS superiors furious. According to them, that Centiphone assignment should have been given to a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. They soon got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me. They disallowed my travel vouchers. They disallowed my education deductions. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. They made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. That directly resulted in my transferring to GAO.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/national/ap-irs-did-better-than-expected-in-tax-season-after-slashing-staff-except-on-the-phone-watchdog-says/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/irs-did-better-than-expected-in-tax-season-after-slashing-staff-except-on-the-phone-watchdog/
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote voter fraud.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/federal-judge-bars-trump-from-implementing-proof-of-citizenship-requirement-to-vote/article_fad72afb-f8b5-503e-bf87-2479307631c4.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Congress passes the largest housing affordability bill in decades. DD: Where did the money come from for your first down payment? When I was 24 in 1972, HUD made the new townhome that I bought in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) affordable. I could not have afforded to buy that townhome if it had cost more. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had just increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $98,900. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-23/congress-passes-the-largest-housing-affordability-bill-in-decades-and-trump-cancels-the-signing
DUCKWORTH
— DD: Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-underscores-the-trump-administrations-ongoing-attacks-on-reproductive-freedom-in-post-roe-america
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-543/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITITE
— Lawmakers boost their salaries to over $100,000.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/lawmakers-boost-their-salaries-to-over-100000/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Socialists draft an aggressive new agenda for the Democratic Party.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/24/socialists-draft-aggressive-new-agenda-democratic-party/
— Democrats block justice for lawfare’s victims. They weaponized government for years to their advantage. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat superiors in the federal government took many adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/24/democrats-block-justice-lawfares-victims/
NEW YORK POST
— Mayor Brandon Johnson declares a ‘transfemicide’ crisis, ignores hundreds of black deaths.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/23/opinion/mayor-brandon-johnson-declares-a-transfemicide-crisis-ignores-hundreds-of-black-deaths/
— AI chatbots show left-wing bias with ChatGPT giving lefty answers 80% of time.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/24/media/ai-chatbots-show-left-wing-bias-bombshell-report-finds-chatgpt-gives-lefty-answers-80-of-time/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Students Sue Minnesota University Over ‘Sexual Harassment’ Policy Compelling Obedience to Transgender Ideology. DD: I avoided Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/24/we-live-fear-students-sue-minnesota-university-over-sexual-harassment-policy-compelling-obedience-transgender-ideology/
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
— Socially Disadvantaged. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are that following that conservative Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been promoting more hatred against conservative Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time?
https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1447016/dl
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University of Denver Drops Religious Studies Dept, but Keeps Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. DD: I avoided Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/06/u-denver-drops-religious-studies-dept-but-keeps-critical-race-and-ethnic-studies/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— DD: What is the main reason why you cannot afford more today? For me, it is my Democrat superiors in the federal government and the many big adverse actions that they took against me. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, they would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me. Further, I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. My undergraduate major at UIC and NIU should have been accounting, my graduate major at Loyola should have been accounting, and I should have taken and passed the CPA examination much sooner than I did. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul until I was 27 in 1976. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting at DePaul until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late for me because the accounting profession saw me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting and because the accounting profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote minorities, females, and veterans, and I was none of the aforesaid.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/on-the-money/fewer-young-adults-rely-family-financial-help-many-still-live-paycheck-paycheck-2026-06-24/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders flood America with minorities. Because of that, the more of the following that you are, the more that you “need not apply:” conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/us/politics/trump-refugee-program-whites.html
LEGAL NEWSLINE
— DD: When people use firearms illegally, what percent of the time are they on booze and/or pot?
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/new-gun-rules-may-be-needed-in-il-after-scotus-marijuana-gun-rights-ruling/article_b4234f26-da4e-4e34-9703-7acc378d07e4.html
June 23, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Those celebrating Israel’s and US’ independence in Skokie express optimism, concern about Iran talks.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/attendees-skokie-illinois-israel-independence-day-event-express-optimism-concern-us-iran-talks/19358767/
— DHS proposes 75% increase in fees for US citizenship paperwork. The proposed rule says current fees do not cover the costs of applications.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/dhs-proposes-75-increase-fees-us-citizenship-paperwork/19357641/
CBS2
— Fresh wave of ICE arrests has begun, with new tactics in play.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-accountability-commission-chicago-ice-arrests-new-tactics/
FOX32
— Teen takeover problem remains unresolved. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/why-chicagos-teen-takeover-problem-remains-unresolved
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/23/zoo-same-sex-animals-pride/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Chicago faith leaders call for new Department of Gun Violence Prevention. DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. The Republican Part platform promotes prosperity and safety.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/22/department-of-gun-violence-prevention-chicago-faith-leaders/
— Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson says he’ll no longer support the Republican Party. DD: My critics/opponents who claim that they want Republican candidates to win want me to leave the Republican Party. The want me to stop sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and they want me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. They blame me and they blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Previously, they also blamed what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. Most commonly, they hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I promote candidates in Republican primary elections who are too conservative to win in general elections and/or b) that I paint Republican candidates in general elections as being more conservative than they wanted to be painted. Who do you hold responsible for Republican defeats since 2000 in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Warrenville School District 200 and why?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/22/tucker-carlson-republican-party/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Daily Herald sale to Tribune Publishing is complete.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/media-marketing/ccb-daily-herald-alden-tribune-sale-esop-20260622/
WGN RADIO
— Student Loans. DD: Did you get a student loan? I did not. When I was in high school, no one saw me as being college material. At best, they thought that Prairie State Community College in Chicago Heights might accept me. I could not have gotten a student loan. But nevertheless, I took college preparatory courses, I got an ACT score of 24, I graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and I got accepted by UIC. I had to work my way through college and I did by delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office. My critics/opponents stress that college expenses were much lower back then and that my parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. I graduated debt-free from NIU in August of 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in business and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.
https://wgnradio.com/bob-sirott/how-to-find-out-if-youre-eligible-for-student-loan-forgiveness/
JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: What percent of food produced in America is given by Democrat government leaders to Democrats free of charge?
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/cuts-hitting-food-assistance-recipients-22314014.php
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders say that Trump is the frontman for his own party as rival groups vie to shape America’s 250th anniversary. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn America to demonize, denigrate and condemn Trump. Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly furious at Americans because they elected Trump. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in America-haters from foreign countries.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-is-the-frontman-for-his-own-party-as-rival-groups-vie-to-shape-america/article_8d384901-5b7d-57bc-860d-612a44d3aad9.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to stop voter fraud.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-22/a-federal-judge-finds-a-trump-data-system-to-verify-voters-is-unlawful
— DD: So far, which of the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct a) have sought Trump’s endorsement and b) have gotten Trump’s endorsement? Which ones are unofficially or officially running as anti-Trumps?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-23/how-trumps-complete-and-total-endorsement-has-reshaped-the-republican-party
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-23/as-republican-party-looks-to-future-without-trump-in-office-utah-could-be-a-road-map
WCBU
— Peoria Riverfront Museum leader stresses its inclusion in Great American State Fair is not political. DD: Ever-increasingly, to promote more hatred against Trump, Democrat leaders promote more hatred against America because Americans elected Trump.
https://www.wcbu.org/local-news/2026-06-22/peoria-riverfront-museum-leader-stresses-inclusion-in-great-american-state-fair-is-not-political
CITIES 92.9
— ‘Half-baked’ Illinois social media tax poised to tee up court challenges. DD: Of course, to discourage/stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, my critics/opponents want the federal government, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton to tax them. They could not care less that my newsletters are not-for-profit and that all the money I spend to put them together and to send them out comes out my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings.
https://www.cities929.com/2026/06/22/half-baked-illinois-social-media-tax-poised-to-tee-up-court-challenges/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/illinois-venezuelans-face-economic-double-whammy/article_f5d23406-e433-4383-ac55-4342c6f6ced1.html
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/22/candyland-prom-in-little-village-celebrates-lgbtq-youth/
CHOOSE CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.choosechicago.com/blog/lgbtq/what-to-eat-drink-and-do-in-boystown-chicago/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Giannoulias.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/23/local-150-makes-a-move-00970957
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-541/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What does it mean to be a conservative? It includes not doing things that are anti-conservative. It includes leading your life in accordance with conservative principles. It includes personal responsibility. It includes getting an education, getting a job, and becoming a contributing member of society and staying a contributing member of society. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What does it mean to be a conservative activist/leader? It includes not doing things that are anti-conservative. It includes promoting conservative principles. It includes promoting personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment rights, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What does it mean to be a Republican? It includes casting Republican primary ballots. It includes voting for Republican candidates in general elections. It includes not doing things that are anti-Republican. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What does it mean to be a Republican activist/leader? It includes promoting Republican candidates. I includes promoting planks in the Republican Party platform. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What does it mean to be a conservative Republican reporter/journalist? It includes publishing articles monthly, if not weekly, if not daily that promote conservative planks in the Republican Party platform, including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Federal agents are not enough without local buy-in, Blanche says of Chicago violence.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/22/federal-agents-not-enough-without-local-buy-todd-blanche-says-chicago/
— Trump vows to enforce law against vandalizing D.C. statues and fountains.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/22/trump-vows-enforce-law-vandalizing-dc-statues-fountains/
— Judge rules Trump’s voter database violates Americans’ privacy. DD: Your voting record is public record. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors always knew that I always cast Republican primary ballots. They always used that against me.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/22/judge-rules-trumps-voter-database-violates-americans-privacy/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats become the party of socialists and Third-Worldism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4619261/democrats-become-party-socialists-third-worldism-new-york-city-primaries/
— Mamdani renews call to abolish ICE.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4619302/zohran-mamdani-renews-call-to-abolish-ice/
— Work permits. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponent cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4618058/resolve-refugee-crises-less-charity-more-permits/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani still backs his handpicked House candidate who now says she wouldn’t deport anyone — even criminals.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/22/us-news/mamdani-stands-by-his-handpicked-candidate-who-doesnt-want-to-deport-criminal-immigrants/
— Alberta is Canada’s Texas. It threatens secession and will vote whether to become the 51st US state.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/22/world-news/canadas-texas-threatens-secession-and-could-become-51st-us-state/
— Trump’s IGs are doing the job that past IGs let slide and the old guard hates it. DD: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I had lots of interactions with IG employees. While I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee for 13 years, I had lots of interactions with IG employees. I worked for GAO on an audit of EPA’s IG office in 1985. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/afmd-86-43
https://nypost.com/2026/06/22/opinion/trumps-federal-watchdogs-are-doing-the-job-past-igs-ignored/
— California’s Glock ban sets stage for nationwide gun control. DD: Democrats want to get rid of Republicans once and for all. Because of that, Democrats want to disarm Republicans. Because of that, Republicans should be buying more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/22/opinion/californias-glock-ban-sets-stage-for-nationwide-gun-control/
— Chicago sanctuary policies let Tren de Aragua mass shooting getaway driver walk free.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/22/us-news/chicago-sanctuary-policies-let-alleged-tren-de-aragua-mass-shooting-getaway-driver-walk-free/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Border crossings collapse 96 percent after Trump policy changes
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/06/22/border-crossings-collapse-96-percent-after-trump-policy-changes-1647324/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— DD: What percent of illegals are minority, female, and/or younger and want/need/demand massive government assistance, lack education, lack job skills, have health and/or other problems, have committed crimes, etc.? What percent are on track to be permanent wards of the state? All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponent cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://cis.org/Richwine/Course-Illegal-Immigrants-Access-Public-Health-Benefits
COLLEGE FIX
— More than half of Jesuit colleges celebrate LGBT ‘Pride Month.’ DD: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/more-than-half-of-jesuit-colleges-celebrate-lgbt-pride-month/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Politics and Parenthood: Why Liberals Are Having Fewer Kids Than Conservatives. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/22/politics-and-parenthood-liberals-fewer-kids-than-conservatives/
FOX NEWS
— Obama Center isn’t a traditional presidential library. Critics say it’s an activism center. Illinois GOP chairman Bob Grogan says the project was sold as a library to win support before evolving into something else.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-center-isnt-traditional-presidential-library-critics-say-activism-center.amp
JUDICIAL WATCH
— Justice Dept. Joins Challenge to Evanston Reparations. DD: Did your ancestors own slaves. Mine did not. To get more votes from Blacks and to atone for their ancestors’ slave ownership, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. If anyone should pay reparations, it should be Democrat leaders whose ancestors owned slaves. Affirmative Action (AA) is reparations. Democrat leaders have always used AA to make Republicans who are the following pay reparations: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid, my Democrat superiors in the federal government made me pay reparations big time. It culminated when they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/justice-dept-joins-challenge-to-evanston-reparations/
PJ MEDIA
— Illinois Illegal Alien Teacher Linked to Tren de Aragua Mass Shooting
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/22/illinois-illegal-alien-teacher-linked-to-tren-de-aragua-mass-shooting-n4954250
TOWNHALL
— Federal Judge Declares That Common-Sense Election Integrity Is Illegal.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/06/22/we-arent-allowed-to-have-secure-elections-according-to-this-federal-judge-n2678116
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump comments on Juneteenth weekend violence in Chicago.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-comments-on-juneteenth-weekend-violence-in-chicago/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders decry an Indiana professor losing her job for promoting hatred against Trump in her classroom. Democrats and RINOs did not decry my losing my job for opposing Democrat political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. In fact, they applauded it. My critics/opponents promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. They despise/hate Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/us/indiana-professor-white-supremacy-lesson-maga.html
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly punish America and punish Americans for electing Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/22/america-at-250-is-anxious-about-today-pessimistic-about-whats-next/90564030007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— JD Vance’s Faith-Based Ambition. Like the vice president’s religious beliefs, his politics seem rather too conveniently flexible. DD: My parents had me baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) at Trinity Lutheran Church in 1948, sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, sent me to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, and had me confirmed as a MSL in 1962. My critics/opponents have always used the aforesaid against me. One could call it religious discrimination.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/jd-vances-faith-based-ambition-022f7388
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— DD: What helped you endure the negatives of your jobs? For me, the following helped me endure the ever-increasing tremendous efforts of my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me: a) I needed a job, b) the importance of the missions of the agencies that I worked for, c) federal employee benefits including the federal government paying 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums for life, and d) Civil Service Retirement System benefits. The aforesaid helped me survive for almost 18 years at GAO, for almost 9 years at IRS, and for almost 3 years at the Post Office.
https://hbr.org/2018/01/when-burnout-is-a-sign-you-should-leave-your-job
NEW YORKER
— American Dream. DD: What is/was your American dream? When I was younger, it included having a successful career in the automotive industry. But that all ended when I was 22 in 1971 when my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me when I told him that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. I had to have a job. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS. I had not specifically applied for that job. I got that offer solely a) because I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, b) because I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business, and c) because the Democrats who ran IRS could not find a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/06/29/the-curious-career-of-the-american-dream
PSY POST
— Age is the strongest predictor of how people view their dating prospects. DD: If I had not met my outstanding wife at a church sponsored singles social event when I was 28 in 1977, I might never had gotten married. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I got married when I was 29 in 1978. To get rid of me, they had painted me being an extremely bad person because I had refused to become a Democrat. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.psypost.org/the-surprising-way-income-and-age-dictate-how-we-view-the-dating-market/
SPLC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hopewatch/pride-month-reminds-lgbtq-youth-need-love-support/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Pritzker rejects Trump’s call for federal help in Chicago crime crackdown
https://www.the-independent.com/bulletin/news/donald-trump-jb-pritzker-chicago-truth-social-b3001175.html
TIMES OF INDIA
— How illegals slip into city’s workforce.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/from-border-to-builder-how-illegals-slip-into-citys-workforce/articleshow/131916816.cms
ECONOMIC TIMES
— DD: What do your critics/opponents do to discredit/stop you? My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/african-proverb-of-the-day-do-not-follow-a-person-who-is-life-lessons-on-judgment-awareness-decision-making-responsibility-and-why-understanding-a-situation-matters-more-than-following-the-crowd/articleshow/131908386.cms
June 22, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/21/editorial-250th-birthday-america-trump-rallies-celebration/
— Illinois union leaders feel they’re not getting an adequate return on their investment in our one-party state government. DD: My critics/opponents who are/were not union members are vehemently anti-union. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been grossly overpaid. They have always been furious that while I was a union member for almost 12 years, my salary increased from $19.57/hour to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. I my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in business, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/21/editorial-unions-springfield-democrats-tim-shea-endorsements/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. LGBTQ destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/21/pride-bird-sit-south-shore/
— Elon Musk is a trillionaire — but the oligarchs of Congress wield more power.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/21/opinion-elon-musk-oligarch-congress-spending/
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/22/column-donald-trump-250th-annivesary-ufc-obama-presidential-center-page/
— Illinois spends 65 cents on pensions for every dollar it spends on classrooms. DD: Since I was 49 in 1997, my critics/opponents have been furious that I get a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. In my defense, I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire. I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/22/editorial-illinois-spends-65-cents-on-pensions-for-every-dollar-it-spends-on-classrooms/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote video gambling. I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in 2009.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/casinos-gambling/2026/06/19/chicago-video-gambling-machines-vgt-bars-restaurants
ABC7
— At least 36 shot, 6 fatally, in shootings across Chicago this weekend
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-shooting-incidents-police-department-says/19338035/
NBC5
— Trump denounces Chicago violence after weekend shootings leave at least 7 dead, 30 hurt. The wave of shootings captured Trump’s attention, with the president questioning why Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker hasn’t asked for his assistance.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-denounces-chicago-gun-violence-after-weekend-shootings-leave-at-least-7-dead-28-injured/3951762/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/trump-denounces-chicago-violence-after-shootings-leave-at-least-7-dead-30-hurt/3951784/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. LGBTQ destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/uss-fertility-rate-has-declined-since-2007-its-even-worse-in-these-states/
WGN RADIO
— Why a retirement income plan matters more than ever. DD: Anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early and especially if you are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. My retirement income and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://wgnradio.com/the-alpha-wealth-hour/why-a-retirement-income-plan-matters-more-than-ever/
SOUTHERN
— Gun Control Act of 1968. DD: I have had a FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.
https://thesouthern.com/news/gun-control-act-of-1968/image_0cbc18ad-2bce-572f-8a82-6fba20c959cd.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/sanctuary-city-crackdown-comes-up-short-in-court/html_38dba7da-b921-5d1d-ac22-3e5891e0af15.html
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint today’s Democrats as being yesterday’s Union Army and b) paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederates.
https://pantagraph.com/life-entertainment/local/events/article_db64a777-6189-4db4-a5e8-0e49d4d660d1.html
WFIN
— Obama Center isn’t a traditional presidential library. Critics say it’s an activism center.
https://wfin.com/fox-political-news/obama-center-isnt-a-traditional-presidential-library-critics-say-its-an-activism-center/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Despite state bans, abortions have almost doubled. The reason? Pills via telehealth. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-22/despite-state-bans-abortions-have-almost-doubled-the-reason-pills-via-telehealth
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/22/bears-are-back-in-play-00969412
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-755/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIRE POINTS
— New Study Spotlights Illinois’ Oversized Pension Burden on Public Schools
https://wirepoints.org/new-study-spotlights-illinois-oversized-pension-burden-on-public-schools-wirepoints/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Are you married? If I had not met my outstanding wife at a church sponsored singles social event, I might never had gotten married. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I got married when I was 29 in 1978. To get rid of me, they had painted me being an extremely bad person because I had refused to become a Democrat. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986. My wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF because we both had big fertility problems. But according to my Democrat GAO superiors, we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents because I was a disgusting hypocritical DINK. My Democrat GAO superiors decried the time and money they spent raising their children. They decried their spouses having little or no income. According to them, if we had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, b) suffer a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, or e) become a licensed CPA when I was 32. Further, that we would not have been able to have a home built in Wheaton when I was 35. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What was your biggest mistake in life? For me, it was my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. My many Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans used my avoiding the draft with deferments against me viciously. They blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. Did you try to enlist. I did not. I have always asked myself would I have been accepted if I had tried to enlist. I was 1-A even though I could not run because I had an inherited bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. My critics/opponents have always used my health problems against me. They have always stressed that if I had been accepted, I would not have been sent into combat and that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am a disgusting unmitigated hypocritical coward. According to my many Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government, if had not avoided the draft, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) earn a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. d) earn an MBA when I was 27, e) get married when I was 29, f) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, g) earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, h) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, or i) become a licensed CPA when I was 32. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you reject, the more RINO that you are. RINOs have far more in common with Democrats and with Libertarians than with Republicans, and especially RINOs who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Most commonly, RINOs 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 in the Republican Party platform. RINOs want the Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party. Far too many RINOs are Democrat plants. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— The left-wing nominee for California’s 22nd Congressional District, political science professor Randy Villegas, authored an academic paper disparaging conservative residents of the Central Valley—which includes the district he seeks to represent—as creators of a “climate of fear in some Latinx immigrant communities” due to their opposition to illegal immigration.
https://freebeacon.com/california/climate-of-fear-california-dem-house-candidate-suggested-conservatives-in-his-district-created-hostile-environment-for-latinx-immigrant-communities/
NEW YORK POST
— GM replaces more than 1,000 workers with 50 robots at flagship Detroit plant: ‘We’re disgusted.’ DD: I worked part-time on an automobile assembly line when I was a NIU student in 1970.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/21/us-news/gm-replaces-more-than-1000-workers-with-50-robots-at-flagship-detroit-plant/
— Juneteenth: A reminder that affirmative action undermines equality. DD: My critics/opponents want Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI a) because they have personally benefitted from it, b) because they are personally benefitting from it, c) because they want to benefit from it, d) because they use it to pander to minorities and to females, and/or e) because they use it to curry favor with minorities and with females. My critics/opponents have not had to pay the price of AA or DEI. My critics/opponents use AA and DEI to get rid of those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/articles/juneteenth-reminder-affirmative-action-undermines-023440000.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Communities around California and the nation are gathering this weekend to celebrate Juneteenth, the traditional day marking liberation from slavery. It is a day that reminds us that we ought to be equal under the law. And Californians believe opportunity should be based on merit and hard work, not race. That is why every time the voters of California are asked to change the state constitution to allow for affirmative action, defined as preferential treatment for government jobs or admission to public universities based on background characteristics, they say no. Time and again. But the debate is reemerging once again — this time in the form of Assembly Constitutional Amendment 7, a proposal that would repeal protections approved by voters in 1996 through Proposition 209.)
BREITBART
— Gun-Controlled Chicago: At Least 27 Shot Friday Into Saturday Evening.
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/06/21/gun-controlled-chicago-at-least-27-shot-friday-into-saturday-evening/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. LGBTQ destroys traditional marriage and family.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/stanford-trans-students-still-confused-and-abandoned-two-years-after-discussion-group-shut-down/
DONALD TRUMP
— Presidential Message on Father’s Day
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/06/presidential-message-on-fathers-day/
EPOCH TIMES
— Military Hopefuls Hit the Pool to Get a Jump on Selection. DD: Did you try to enlist. I did not. I have always asked myself would I have been accepted if I had tried to enlist. I was 1-A even though I could not run because I had an inherited bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. My critics/opponents have always used my health problems against me. They have always stressed that if I had been accepted, I would not have been sent into combat and that proves beyond a doubt that I am a disgusting unmitigated hypocritical coward. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/military-hopefuls-hit-the-pool-to-get-a-jump-on-selection-6045631
FOX NEWS
— DD: When people cause accidents and when people commit crimes, what percent of the time are they using pot? In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. I have never used pot and I never will use pot. If I had used pot, I would never have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399041238112
— LA moves closer to allowing noncitizen voting, sparking election mayhem concerns. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399046310112
— Rep Burchett rips Democrats over voter ID, says they allow ‘illegals’ to vote.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399042910112
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Chick-fil-A doubles down on wokeness
https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/other/chick-fil-a-doubles-down-on-wokeness-after-getting-backlash-for-gay-marriage-stunt/ar-AA1SpKrE
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrats have always done everything that they could to turn native Americans against Republicans, and especially since the Civil War. Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn you: conservative, White, male, non-poor, Protestant, and/or German American. My critics/opponents have always stressed a) that all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s, b) that on my father’s side, they homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854, c) that on my mother’s side, they soon after sharecropped a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border, and d) that they all were Republicans.
https://www.denverpost.com/2026/06/18/native-american-perspectives-america-250-birthday-celebration/
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?ocid=ob-fb-enph-376
AOL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage women to join the military.
https://www.aol.com/news/hegseths-anti-woke-agenda-hits-100325789.html
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/protecting-the-right-of-birthright-citizenship/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrats are ever-increasingly becoming more anti-American because America elected Trump not only once, but twice.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/opinion/resistance-activist-protest-trump.html
— New Student Loans Are About to Get Pricier. DD: When I was in high school, no one saw me as being college material. At best, they thought that Prairie State College might accept me. But I took college preparatory courses, I got an ACT score of 24, I graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and I got accepted by UIC.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/your-money/student-loans-interest-rates-changes.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— After a weekend of gun violence in Chicago, Trump renews call for military intervention.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-06-21/after-weekend-of-gun-violence-in-chicago-trump-renews-call-for-intervention
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE. DD: Democrat leaders have always done everything they can to get people on SNAP and to keep people on SNAP.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/19/snap-food-stamps-work-requirements-fraud/90521556007/
— A 2024 Washington Post poll found that 9 in 10 Americans say being middle class means: A secure job. Health insurance. Being able to pay bills on time. Being able to afford emergency expenses without going into debt. Ability to save for the future. Ability to retire with dignity. DD: What helped you achieve the aforesaid? For me it was my earning a bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/06/05/middle-class-inflation-food-healthcare/90275499007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— India Calls In Military, Blocks App to Lock Down College-Entrance Exam. The security measures follow a cheating scandal that forced a rerun of a test taken by two million prospective medical students. DD: I passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination (FSEE) when I was a 21-year-old NIU student in 1970. I wanted a job in the automotive industry. But I took the FSEE as a backup. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved.
https://www.wsj.com/world/india/india-calls-in-military-blocks-app-to-lock-down-college-entrance-exam-b9a47ef3
— The Rise of the Democratic Socialists. They’re taking over big cities and bidding for gains in Congress. DD: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. Democrat leaders want America to be like the federal government. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-rise-of-the-democratic-socialists-e2f171c0
— Live Free and Prosper. Socialists claim they haven’t experienced American prosperity. All you have to do is look around.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/live-free-and-prosper-185b520f
GULF BUSINESS
— Most candidates assume that if they were turned down for a role, their qualifications, experience or capabilities simply failed to measure up against the competition. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://gulfbusiness.com/en/2026/jobs/the-hidden-filters-of-hiring-why-great-candidates-never-make-it-to-the-interview/
ENTREPRENEUR
— Why Am I Not Getting Promoted? DD: Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly replace their employees who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and for RINOs. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply, the more likely that you will not be promoted, and the more likely that you will be gotten rid of: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO employers want yes-people.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/why-am-i-not-getting-promoted-3-frustrating-reasons-high-performers-get-passed-over
BUSINESS JOURNALS
— DD: More than anything else, Democrat and RINO employers want yes-people.
https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2026/06/women-execs-on-how-to-get-promoted.html
HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: LGBTQ promoters ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-nuclear-family-pride-month-june_n_6a32fa19e4b04f5fa0bebee1
PBS
— 7 killed and dozens injured following series of weekend shootings in Chicago.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/7-killed-and-dozens-injured-following-series-of-weekend-shootings-in-chicago
POLITICO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/20/daca-delays-dreamers-uscis-00968561
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, minorities and females need government assistance to succeed because Republicans discriminate against them.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/06/22/risk-proposition-law-school-changing-opinion
PSYCOLOGY TODAY
— DD: My critics/opponents attribute their successes in life to meritocracy. They attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/divergent-minds/202606/the-long-tail-of-disadvantage
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Happy Father’s Day. DD: What do you thank your farther the most for? I thank my father the most for his sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/festivals/happy-fathers-day-2026-wishes-150-plus-messages-images-greetings-whatsapp-status-to-share-with-your-dad-june-21-101781941584078.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
WIKIPEDIA
— Societal effects of cars. DD: Are you interested in cars? My uncle who lived four doors south of my parents’ home in Crete got me interested in cars in the 1950s and 1960s. His wife had introduced my parents to each other. To get to/from classes at Crete-Monee High School and my dish washing job in Chicago Heights, I used the money I had earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers to buy a 1958 Chevrolet BelAir in November of 1964. To get to/from summer jobs in 1966, my Park Forest Post Office job, and classes at UIC, I used the money I had earned washing dishes to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966. To get to/from my Post Office job and classes at UIC and then NIU, I used the money I had earned delivering mail to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in December of 1967 and then a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in December of 1968.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societal_effects_of_cars