FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools have agreed to use May Day for a “day of civic action” for students and teachers. DD: To promote “civic action” is to promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-teachers-union-cps-may-day/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/more-than-half-of-americans-say-trump-immigration-agenda-too-aggressive-survey/
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people become productive members of society.
https://wgntv.com/news/1-in-3-us-households-struggle-to-pay-energy-bills-but-the-reality-is-likely-even-worse/
FOX32
— Teens charged after overnight crime wave hits multiple Chicago neighborhoods. DD: Under the Democrats, anticipate/expect that Democrat teens will ever-increasingly commit more crime.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/teens-charged-after-overnight-crime-wave-hits-multiple-chicago-neighborhoods-police
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Bailey seeks distance from Trump, but MAGA shadow looms. DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans. Ever-increasingly pro-Democrat editorials are falsely presented as being news articles.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/19/darren-bailey-illinois-governor-race-maga-distance/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone in DuPage County will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260417/news/giving-dupage-days-fundraiser-returns-to-help-nonprofits/
— Long-term care spending. Just as early retirement can cause a spending shock at the front end of retirement, long-term care costs can prompt a spending shock later in life. A 2025 report authored by Spencer Look and Jack VanDerhei of the Morningstar Center for Retirement & Policy Studies found that 43% of baby boomers will incur long-term care costs, with the average cost of that care $242,373. The likelihood of needing care correlates with longevity: While just 24% of men and 27% of women who die at age 75 will require long-term care, 52% of men and 60% of women who die at age 95 will require long-term care. Incurring sizable long-term care costs can have catastrophic effects for a financial plan.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260418/finance/how-spending-shocks-affect-retirement-planning/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/more-than-half-of-americans-say-trump-immigration-agenda-too-aggressive-survey/
WGLT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-04-18/tensions-between-president-trump-and-pope-leo-put-american-catholics-in-awkward-spot
WQAD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/nation-world/pope-leo-addresses-criticism-from-president-trump/526-3b71fc3a-3d3c-4d44-b469-6d2cc25111c9
WISCONSIN WATCH
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs because they had wealthy parents. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://wisconsinwatch.org/2026/01/skilled-but-uncertain-immigrant-workers-and-employers-navigate-hiring-hurdles-under-trump/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois lawmakers seek to eliminate state diversity commission
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_c0142076-cc4c-44f0-9801-44b42370861e.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Muslim Lobby Day in Illinois
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/04/muslim-lobby-day-in-illinois/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— HB 4855 and SEL: Doubling Down on Education Evil
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/hb4855-and-sel-doubling-down-on-education-evil/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Diligently applying SEL has these effects on students: They learn that more racism, not less, is the answer to our social ills. They don’t learn to be good citizens. Rather, they’re encouraged to be social activists, tearing down our culture and society. They learn to disregard their parents’ advice, trusting the school instead.)
— When Speech Is Silenced: The Case for Ethics Reform in Talk Therapy
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/child-exploitation/when-speech-is-silenced-the-case-for-ethics-reform-in-talk-therapy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On March 31, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States ruled 8-1 in Chiles v. Salazar that Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy counseling, as applied to licensed professional talk therapy, violated the First Amendment. )
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— ‘Anchor babies’ reach nearly 10% of all US births. DD: Anticipate/expect that ever-increasing, a) Democrat and RINO leaders will encourage pregnant citizens of foreign countries to come to America to give birth and b) foreign countries will send their pregnant citizens to America to give birth.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/18/us-news/anchor-babies-reach-nearly-10-of-all-us-births-new-data/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pew Research Center revealed that 320,000 of the 3.6 million babies born in the US that year were anchor babies who would not qualify for birthright citizenship if President Trump’s executive order is upheld by the Supreme Court. “Under the current erroneous birthright citizenship interpretation, these children automatically become citizens and unlock food stamps, welfare, specialized schooling for English education, and eventually college aid,” Brandy Perez Carbaugh of the Heritage Foundation told The Post. Of those 320,000, the center said 245,000 were born to parents who were illegal immigrants. Another 15,000 babies were born to mothers who had temporary legal status, while the fathers were not citizens or lawful permanent residents. The remaining 60,000 were born to illegal alien mothers while the child’s father was a citizen or lawful permanent resident. The massive number of US anchor baby births in 2023 is the highest total since 2010, when 325,000 babies were born to illegal immigrant parents, according to Pew data. The number of anchor baby births in the US has increased for three consecutive years. Immigration hawks warn illegal aliens will continue to abuse the generous laws in the Land of the Free while legal US citizens foot the bill. “High volumes of illegal and temporary aliens are having children in the US because they are exploiting the decades-old erroneous interpretation that such children are US citizens,” said Carbaugh. “Emergency Medicaid loopholes allow illegal aliens to qualify for free labor, delivery, and often prenatal care in some states, so taxpayers pay for these ‘anchor babies,’” said the expert. “This has brought alien parents both a claimed shield against deportation and financial benefits through the eligible child. Americans cover the cost as they struggle to provide for their own families,” she said. The Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments April 1 in Trump v. Barbara, a landmark challenge to the president’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship, which has been a right enshrined in the 14th Amendment since 1868.)
CITY JOURNAL
— Why We Should Be Skeptical About High Graduation Rates. When state exams and standardized test scores show declining student proficiency, there’s no reason to celebrate.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/graduation-rates-student-proficiency-test-scores
DAILY SIGNAL
— Pilot Ousted for Urging Merit-Based Military. DD: For Democrats, government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/18/musk-promotes-story-of-pilot-ousted-for-urging-merit-based-military/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats split on Israel funding as support for military aid slips. Fox News political analyst Reince Priebus explains the growing opposition to U.S. funding for Israel by Democrats. DD: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be anti-Jewish.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6393320738112
— Chicago mayor links restaurant industry to ‘slavery’ as tipped wage fight intensifies. Johnson said he is ‘boldly declaring that we need reparations in this city, and that’s why I’m funding it.’ DD: I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male that ever had that job, all the others were minorities and/or females.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-mayor-links-restaurant-industry-slavery-tipped-wage-fight-intensifies
TOWNHALL
— DEI Over Duty: How the Secret Service Put Identity Politics Above Operational Competence. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/04/19/dei-over-duty-how-the-secret-service-put-identity-politics-above-operational-competence-n2674609
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Young adults struggle to break into housing market as Congress seeks solution. DD: 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 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 $85,100. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://thehill.com/business/personal-finance/5836866-young-adults-struggle-housing-market/
NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘Turning Point Was Charlie Kirk’: Why This Student Group Moved On. Students at the University of Arkansas disagreed with Turning Point’s direction, pointing to challenges ahead for the conservative group. (DD: I should write about what Democrat and RINO leaders had their operatives and their dupes do to destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/us/politics/turning-point-university-arkansas-disbands.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The conservative split over the war in Iran has only amplified the question of what Mr. Kirk would want Turning Point to be in this moment. At the University of Arkansas, the question began to consume the chapter’s leadership. In recent interviews, some chapter members sketched out some of the group’s grievances. Ava Lacey, a student from Mississippi who sits on the executive board, said the chapter wanted to be more political than its nonprofit status allowed. Members were also bothered by Turning Point’s alliance with the Arkansas governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, which they thought hindered insurgent candidates interested in shaking up the state’s Republican establishment.)
— How Many Americans Are Marriage Material? DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote LGBTQ and b) destroy traditional marriage and family. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/opinion/marriage-kearney.html
— Texas Restaurants Are Forcing a Reckoning Over Immigrant Labor. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male that ever had that job, all the others were minorities and/or females.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/us/texas-restaurants-immigration-work-permits.html
WASHINGTON POST
— States eulogize Charlie Kirk with new laws promoting religion and free speech
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/18/charlie-kirk-laws-free-speech/f4ea06a8-3ae9-11f1-90c4-9772c7fabc03_story.html
MSN
— DD: How much success have Democrat leaders had destroying traditional marriage and family in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer men are marriage material.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
— Chicago Mayor Blames Gun Problem on Red States
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-mayor-blames-gun-problem-on-red-states/ss-AA1Mczv7
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
— Social isolation. DD: Because of ever-increasing success by Democrat and RINO leaders to rid of those who are the following, those who are the following should anticipate/expect that they will be ever-increasingly isolated: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/social-isolation-loneliness-older-people-pose-health-risks
LEE NEWS
— Millions in the US never finished college. DD: What helped you earn a bachelor’s degree? For me, it was a) my working for the Park Forest Post Office part-time during the first 3 years and full time during the summers in between and b) my parents providing me with room and board in Crete during my first 2 years, weekends during my 3rd year, and the summers in between.
https://news.lee.net/news/nation-world/education/millions-in-the-us-never-finished-college-with-targeted-help-reenrollments-are-ticking-up/article_0724cd8f-0a4d-43cb-b5d4-a066c69ba078.html
BLACK CHRONICLES
— The Chicago Teachers Union says Chicago Public Schools leaders have agreed to transform the school day on May 1 to one focused on civic engagement, student voice and standing up to the White House. DD: To promote “civic engagement” is to promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to get rid of Republicans.
https://blackchronicle.com/midwest/illinois/illinois-quick-hits-teachers-union-says-cps-to-bus-students-to-rally/
MONEY TALKS
— Half of middle-aged Americans are forced to retire early. That has devastating financial consequences. DD: In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $154,682. I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Because of that, my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and my retirement saving are dramatically less. My CSRS pension ($68,640) is less than what my IRS salary was in when I was 23 in 1972 in today’s dollars ($69,999).
https://www.moneytalksnews.com/heres-why-half-of-middle-aged-americans-are-forced-to-retire-early/
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— More than half of employees retire earlier than planned. Mental and physical health effects of being forced to retire. DD: I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997. If you are forced to retire early, for the rest of your life, your critics/opponents will use that to destroy you. I know that from personal experience. Your critics/opponents will hint/imply/argue/shout that you were an extremely bad person and even worse things, and that is why you were forced to retire early. Further, the more qualified that you were for the job that you had, the more that your critics/opponents will hint/imply/argue/shout that proves that you are an extremely bad person and even worse things. My critics/opponents stress that when I was forced to retire early, I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sex-life-of-the-american-male/202601/forced-to-retire
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump Is Nudging Alito and Thomas Toward Retirement. DD: Because of Gingrich-led budget cuts, to get rid of their employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1993 “offered” their employees who had 25 or more years of federal service a $25,000 buyout and early retirement. I was 45 years old in 1993 and I was eligible because I had 25 years of federal service. My Democrat GAO superiors falsely led me to believe that they were going to let me work until I was 55 in 2003 and eligible for regular retirement. But in September of 1997, just before their “offer” expired, they succeeded in forcing me to retire.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-is-nudging-alito-and-thomas-toward-retirement.html
ATLANTIC
— America’s ‘Marriage Material’ Shortage. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote LGBTQ and b) destroy traditional marriage and family. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/america-marriage-decline/681518/
Tag: gun
April 17, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders hint/imply/imply/shout that Trump inspires threats against the Pope.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/pope-leos-brother-john-prevost-receive-false-bomb-threat-new-lenox-illinois-police-say/18899122/
CBS2
— Chicago parents, mentors, teens come together to discuss solutions to teen takeovers. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-parents-mentors-teens-come-together-to-discuss-solutions-to-teen-takeovers/
FOX32
— Chicago FOP president calls Mayor Johnson a ‘coward’ over teen takeover response. Chicago FOP President John Catanzara delivers fiery remarks on the growing issue of teen takeovers, sharply criticizing Mayor Brandon Johnson’s response and calling for stronger action. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-f5oclwr0snegiv2b
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bailey, lacking big fundraising help, spent just $2.30 per vote to win Illinois GOP governor primary.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/16/illinois-republican-darren-bailey-shoestring-primary-win/
— Pritzker pumped $10 million into Juliana Stratton’s Senate primary win through outside PAC
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/16/jb-pritzker-10-million-stratton-senate/
— The Will County Board voted Thursday to approve a 2,400-acre solar farm near Crete and reversed course on six previously denied solar projects near New Lenox, Wilmington, Shorewood and Channahon.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/16/will-county-solar-farm-votes/
— Salvi: Pritzker should welcome federal tax dollars that would benefit our students
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/17/letters-041726-jb-pritzker-federal-tax-credit-scholarship-program/
(FROM THE LETTER: As a mother of six and grandmother to 12 and a product of public school education, I am deeply troubled by the Chicago Board of Education’s recent decision to urge Gov. JB Pritzker to reject federal funding from the Education Freedom Tax Credit that expands school choice for Illinois families. This reckless decision proves that if President Donald Trump and Republicans are for something, Illinois Democrats are against it, even when it helps our children and empowers our families. This commonsense legislation creates new opportunities for scholarships that help make quality education more affordable. It enables parents to choose the school — public, private, charter or otherwise — that best meets their child’s unique needs. No child should be trapped in a failing school simply because of their ZIP code. Yet, unfortunately, the Board of Education and Mayor Brandon Johnson would rather slam the door shut on these opportunities than allow families real options for their children. Illinois Democrats continue to prioritize political control over our students. They care more about the numbers of students enrolled in failing schools than in educating our students and being held accountable for their schools’ failures to educate them. As chair of the Illinois Republican Party and a proud mom and grandmother who always puts children first, I call on Pritzker to reject this shortsighted resolution and embrace the opportunity to give every Illinois family the educational freedom they deserve. Our kids’ futures are too important to sacrifice for partisan ideology.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republicans rip 4 blue states for keeping taxes on tips, overtime after Trump reprieve. GOP rips Dem obstruction on ‘making life more affordable’ before midterms.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-rip-4-blue-states-keeping-taxes-tips-overtime-trump-reprieve
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republican Party Chair Kathy Salvi says that while Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is running for re-election in the nation’s third-largest blue state, he is really positioning himself for a 2028 presidential campaign on the agenda of obstructing Trump. “Last year, President Trump delivered the largest tax cut in American history, putting millions of dollars back in the pockets of Americans; this commonsense legislation is good for Illinois, but wannabe president, JB Pritzker would rather slam the door shut on opportunity and relief, knowing full well that he supported and empowered Joe Biden’s economic disaster,” Salvi told Fox News Digital.
— Burdened by costs of an ICE facility in town, Broadview reckons with a spotlight it never wanted. While communities elsewhere have been shielded from the costs of ICE facilities, the western suburb was stuck with bills for nearly $400,000. The costs continue as Broadview preps its new budget. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/04/17/burdened-by-costs-of-an-ice-facility-in-town-broadview-reckons-with-a-spotlight-it-never-wanted
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at Black women, and at everyone else, that Republicans who are the following cause all the problems that Black women and everyone else have: conservative, White, male. older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/04/17/black-women-chicago-power-rising-summit-kamala-harris-juliana-stratton-empowerment-voting-elections
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Did SAFE-T Act loophole contribute to DuPage County slaying? Top prosecutor thinks so.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260416/crime/did-safe-t-act-loophole-contribute-to-dupage-county-slaying-top-prosecutor-thinks-so/
— DuPage County forced to pay bill after vendor disables election equipment
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260416/local-politics/dupage-county-forced-to-pay-bill-after-vendor-disables-election-equipment/
— DuPage Democrats reelect party chair
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260416/news/dupage-democrats-reelect-party-chair/
EVANSTON NOW
— Schakowsky to lead July 4 parade. DD: I was the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks between 2005 and 2020. The Democrats, the RINOs, and the Democrat plants who run Wheaton ended that in 2021.
https://evanstonnow.com/schakowsky-to-lead-july-4-parade/
ST. LOUIS TODAY
— Nearly 1 in 4 people seeking abortions out of state chose Illinois.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/article_b1b3b727-165d-41d2-ad8f-76205e5ba128.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders make it ever-increasingly clear that they are going to drive all Republicans out of Illinois starting with those who are conservative, White, male. older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/stratton-urges-democrats-to-offer-bold-solutions-not-the-bare-minimum/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker’s cash surge lifted Stratton. DD: How much cash will Pritzker give each Democrat candidate on the November 3 ballot in your precinct? To vote for Democrats is to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/17/pritzkers-cash-surge-lifted-stratton-00877876
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican State Central Committee has elected its new members, including state Reps. Patrick Sheehan and Jason Bunting. Illinois House GOP attorney Zach Emberton defeated Republican insider Tom DeVore. Beth Findley Smith succeeds her former husband, Larry Smith. And incumbents who won reelection are Aaron Del Mar, who’s running as the lieutenant governor candidate, and Debbie Kanarowski, Joan LaSonde and Rhonda Belford. Here’s the full list.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-718/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-505/
— Another loss for Tom DeVore
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/16/another-day-another-loss-for-tom-devore-2/
— Sen. Rezin: ‘There is a broken concept in Springfield that the taxpayers’ money belongs to the government”
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/16/sen-rezin-there-is-a-broken-concept-in-springfield-that-the-taxpayers%e2%80%99-money-belongs-to-the-government/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP State Central Committee Results
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/04/16/gop-state-central-committee-results/
— Bill to Send Kids to Mental Health Providers without Parental Permission Passes Senate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/04/16/bill-to-send-kids-to-mental-health-providers-without-parental-permission/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Bill advances to prevent local governments from clearing homeless camps. DD: Where do Democrat leaders want to put their homeless camps in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_9ad50af0-4bff-4018-a1ef-1a3d8f7dfb11.html
— Illinois lawmakers grill diversity commission over lack of progress. DD: During the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat elected officials to hire, to retain, and to promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasing rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. During the 4 years that I served on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee and during the 7 years that I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organizations were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to promote more minorities, females, younger people, and/or veterans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e449012f-e439-47b0-9dfe-14e3ac89c8d5.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Hundreds Rally in Springfield for IGOLD 2026 as Gun Owners Push Back on Democrat Policies.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/04/hundreds-rally-in-springfield-for-igold-2026-as-gun-owners-push-back-on-democrat-policies.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— It would be great if conservative organizations in Illinois and Republican organizations in Illinois, including the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, would issue more press releases and include GOPUSA ILLINOIS at diersen@aol.com on their press release lists. Facebook is a Democrat website. Posting something on Facebook is not issuing a press release. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Yes, Muslims should assimilate to belong. DD: All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. They were slow to assimilate. All my grandparents spoke German. Consequently, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4528627/muslims-should-assimilate-to-belong/
NEW YORK POST
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I was born way back in 1948. If I had been born later, because I am all of the aforesaid, I would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree, earn three master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, and earn a professional license.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/16/lifestyle/the-american-dream-still-persists-despite-financial-stress-new-survey-suggests/
— DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Whites and men cannot advance unless they promise more preference for minorities and for females.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/07/opinion/zohran-mamdanis-acs-choice-puts-racial-equity-above-keeping-nyc-kids-safe-and-alive/
— Woke Boston mayor hands out $500 haircut and massage vouchers to queer and trans migrants, refugees
https://nypost.com/2026/04/16/us-news/woke-boston-mayor-hands-out-500-haircut-and-massage-vouchers-to-queer-and-trans-migrants-refugees/
AMAC
— Chicago Democrats Deny Scholarships to Students to Spite Trump
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/chicago-democrats-deny-scholarships-to-students-to-spite-trump/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— DD: Google ever-increasingly exists a) to promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party and b) to destroy conservative principles and the Republican Party.
https://www.aei.org/articles/the-real-reason-republicans-should-be-concerned-google-skews-liberal/
CITY JOURNAL
— DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Whites and men cannot advance unless they promise more preference for minorities and for females.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-city-mamdani-racial-equity-plan
DAILY CALLER
— Leave it to a Muslim to accidentally prove why Muslims don’t belong in America. “I’m tired of proving I belong in America,” reads the headline of a Washington Post opinion piece by Shadi Hamid.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/muslim-makes-perfect-case-for-keeping-muslims-out-of-america/ar-AA20wYo8
DAILY SIGNAL
— Americans Want Mass Deportations, Not Amnesty
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/16/americans-want-mass-deportations-not-amnesty/
FOX NEWS
— DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Whites and men cannot advance unless they promise more preference for minorities and for females.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-unveils-new-racial-equity-plan-more-equitable-future-prompts-quick-doj-pushback
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-mayor-cites-180k-racial-wealth-gap-justify-taxes-police-cuts
— The Secret Service doesn’t have a recruiting problem, it has a hiring problem — how woke, DEI hiring practices have destroyed the world’s most enigmatic and foremost protective agency.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/i-supervisor-secret-service-has-huge-problems-people-hires
— DD: How successful will foreign countries be using birthright citizenship to destroy America?
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/president-trumps-birthright-citizenship-fight-history-hysteria
HANNITY
— AGE ADVANTAGE: Trump’s Support Among Seniors Historically Strong In Second Term. DD: To get votes from those who are minority, female, and/or younger, the Republican Party ever-increasingly replaces it leaders who are White, male, and/or older with those who are minority, female, and/or younger.
https://hannity.com/media-room/age-advantage-trumps-support-among-seniors-historically-strong-in-second-term-watch/
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Shadi Hamid, a Muslim Washington Post columnist, Makes Outlandish Claims About Islam, Assimilation, and America
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/shadi-hamid-makes-outlandish-claims-about-islam-assimilation-and-america
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hamid’s arguments are likely to repel even those who harbored hopes that Muslim immigrants and their descendants would be assimilable. Among the main arguments [was] the following: America no longer has a unifying culture to conserve.)
NATIONAL REVIEW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) encourage minority women have children and b) encourage White women to have abortions. Under the Democrats, the percentage of Americans who are White is ever-increasingly decreasing. Minorities overwhelmingly vote for Democrats.
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2026/06/birth-rate-citizenship-an-all-american-approach-to-demographic-decline/
PJ MEDIA
— WaPo Columnist Says Muslims Should Not Be Expected to Assimilate, and What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2026/04/10/wapo-columnist-says-muslims-should-not-be-expected-to-assimilate-and-what-could-possibly-go-wrong-n4951659
FROM CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders hint/imply/imply/shout that Trump inspires threats against the Pope.
https://abcnews.com/US/pope-leos-brothers-home-targeted-false-bomb-threat/story?id=132104698
MSN
— Trump’s support plunges among key voter groups ahead of midterms
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/trump-s-support-plunges-among-key-voter-groups-ahead-of-midterms/gm-GMDB6C633A
— Vance faces sparse crowd and protests at Georgia event
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/vance-faces-sparse-crowd-and-protests-at-georgia-event/gm-GMB5DA31E9
— DD: All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. They were slow to assimilate. All my grandparents spoke German. Consequently, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/assimilation-talk-is-a-dog-whistle-for-white-supremacy/vi-AA20SijB
— DD: Democrat leaders hint/imply/imply/shout that Trump inspires threats against the Pope.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/insight/bomb-threat-at-pope-s-brother-s-home-deepens-trump-feud-fallout/gm-GM550A3B54
NEWSWEEK
— Trump’s approval rating with women grows
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trumps-approval-rating-with-women-grows-poll-finds/ar-AA20mCKO
NPR
— DD: Facebook ever-increasingly exists a) to promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party and b) to destroy conservative principles and the Republican Party.
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190383104/new-study-shows-just-how-facebooks-algorithm-shapes-conservative-and-liberal-bub
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, Whites and men cannot advance unless they promise more preference for minorities and for females.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/nyregion/mamdani-dei-report.html
— DD: Facebook ever-increasingly exists a) to promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party and b) to destroy conservative principles and the Republican Party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/24/us/politics/facebook-ads-politics.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Facebook ever-increasingly exists a) to promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party and b) to destroy conservative principles and the Republican Party.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/26/facebook-algorithm-conservative-liberal-extremes/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How the ABA Spreads DEI in Law Schools. The lawyers’ guild still has a monopoly on accreditation. Why?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/american-bar-association-dei-law-school-accreditation-36e77872
POLITICO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint the Pope as despising Trump if not hating Trump. That will inspire even more hatred against Trump. What is the Pope’s position on those who voted for Trump? What does the Pope want them to do?
https://www.politico.eu/article/pope-leo-says-world-ravaged-tyrants-donald-trump/
GALLUP & THE HILL & MSN
— DD: Because ever-increasingly, everything is stacked against White men, young White men should ever-increasingly focus on earning job-related college degrees, professional certifications, and professional licenses. If I had not earned the aforesaid, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars when I was 23, 25, 29, etc., b) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc., c) get married when I was 29, d) etc.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/708410/rise-young-men-religiosity-realigns-gender-gaps.aspx
https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/5835277-religion-gender-gap-millennials/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/number-of-young-men-who-call-religion-very-important-is-skyrocketing/ar-AA213464
PEW RESEARCH
— Multiple indicators show a decline in the health of America’s democracy. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly use democracy a) to take more and more and more away from Republicans and b) to give it all to Democrats.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/04/15/multiple-indicators-show-a-decline-in-the-health-of-americas-democracy-in-2025/
— DD: Facebook ever-increasingly exists a) to promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party and b) to destroy conservative principles and the Republican Party.
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2024/06/12/how-facebook-users-view-experience-the-platform/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 70% of Republicans Want All Illegal Aliens Deported
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/70_of_republicans_want_all_illegal_aliens_deported
FORD FOUNDATION
— Ford Foundation Adds $60 Million in New Funding to Strengthen Democracy. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly use democracy a) to take more and more and more away from Republicans and b) to give it all to Democrats.
https://www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-stories/news-and-press/news/ford-foundation-adds-60-million-in-new-funding-to-strengthen-democracy/
HARVARD LAW TODAY
— Citizens need to make this democracy work. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly use democracy a) to take more and more and more away from Republicans and b) to give it all to Democrats.
https://hls.harvard.edu/today/america-at-250-citizens-need-to-make-this-democracy-work/
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— 16 Million Eligible Immigrant Voters Will Decide the Winners and Losers of the 2026 Elections. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in more immigrants because they vote for Democrats. Immigrants want/need/demand massive government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, have financial, health, and/or other problems, and reject the rule of law. Immigrants are overwhelmingly non-White, liberal/moderate, and non-Protestant. Immigrants overwhelming blame those who are the following for their problems: American, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/immigrant-voters-2026-elections/
CONVERSATION
— DD: Google ever-increasingly exists a) to promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party and b) to destroy conservative principles and the Republican Party.
https://theconversation.com/google-news-serves-conservatives-and-liberals-similar-results-but-favors-mainstream-media-102389
NIEMAN LAB
— DD: Google ever-increasingly exists a) to promote liberal principles and the Democrat Party and b) to destroy conservative principles and the Republican Party.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2018/08/does-your-google-news-change-based-on-whether-youre-conservative-or-liberal/
ACLU
— DD: How successful will foreign countries be using birthright citizenship to destroy America?
https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/my-child-is-now-a-political-debate-immigrant-families-battle-trumps-birthright-citizenship-threats
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MEAWW
— Trump leads every 21st century president among seniors, boosting GOP midterm odds. DD: Seniors see how badly anti-Trumps treat seniors.
https://news.meaww.com/cn-ns-enten-says-trump-leads-every-21st-century-president-among-seniors-boosting-gop-midterm-odds
ECONOMIST
— DD: The hatred that you promote against Trump, the more that Trump-haters promote you.
https://www.economist.com/1843/2026/04/17/the-republican-congressman-taking-on-trump
April 16, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Bailey moves into Chicago apartment
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-republican-governor-candidate-darren-bailey-moves-chicago-apartment-south-side/18894497/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pope doubles down on peace and unity message as Trump’s criticism continues
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/15/pope-doubles-down-on-peace-and-unity-message-as-trumps-criticism-continues/
DAILY HERALD
— Bailey moves into Chicago apartment as GOP candidate courts city, suburban votes
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260415/illinois-state-politics/bailey-moves-into-chicago-apartment-as-gop-candidate-courts-city-suburban-votes/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Illinois gun owners take stand against state regulation
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-gun-owners-take-stand-against-state-regulation/article_680a7738-6217-5dad-bb86-655de6c192b1.html
WAND TV
— IL House Democrats pass plan requiring K-12 Latin American history. DD: What is your race? What is your national origin?
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-house-democrats-pass-plan-requiring-k-12-latin-american-history/article_3af0272b-eb4f-4c64-9eed-3a139033d916.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/16/wage-fight-exposes-policy-rift-00875186
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-504/
— DeVore offers $5,000 reward for person behind oppo dump. Somebody mailed Republican precinct committeepersons in the 15th Congressional District a letter designed to dissuade them from voting for Tom DeVore for the state central committee.
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/15/devore-offers-5000-reward-for-person-behind-oppo-dump/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CANTRAL COMMITTEE
— Tonight Kevin Coyne and Jeff Castle were unanimously elected as Chairman and Secretary, respectively, by the DuPage County GOP Precinct Committeemen at our County Convention.
https://www.facebook.com/DuPageGOP/photos/tonight-kevin-coyne-and-jeff-castle-were-unanimously-elected-as-chairman-and-sec/1358913306282038/
https://x.com/DuPageCountyGOP/status/2044606740222636185
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IRS: Who Pays How Much Income Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/04/15/who-pays-how-much-income-tax/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pope Leo XIV and Trump clash as Catholic faith pushes back against culture and government power. Public disagreement signals broader conflict over faith, authority and conscience.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/15/pope-leo-xiv-trump-clash-catholic-faith-pushes-back-culture/
— ICE sets 1 million deportation target for 2026, 2027.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/15/ice-sets-1-million-deportation-target-2026-2027/
— Women will decide the 2026 midterms.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/15/women-decide-2026-midterms/
— Dearborn, America’s first Muslim-run city. The extremist stronghold is gaining ground.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/15/dearborn-americas-first-muslim-run-city/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How Trump reshaped immigration court to crush asylum
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4530302/how-trump-reshaped-immigration-court-to-crush-asylum/
NEW YORK POST
— Illegal aliens cross border seeking ‘free’ sex changes in California
https://www.aol.com/articles/illegal-aliens-cross-border-seeking-150000325.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Parents Want Civic Literacy and Colorblindness in Classrooms, Not Critical Race Theory
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/15/parents-want-civic-literacy-and-colorblindness-in-classrooms/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— America Cannot Survive Unlimited Birthright Citizenship
https://www.fairus.org/opinion/america-cannot-survive-unlimited-birthright-citizenship
FOX NEWS
— Chicago mayor warns of ‘teen trend’ after takeover chaos, violence concerns grow. The warning follows similar incidents nationwide, including a takeover in downtown Detroit over the weekend.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-mayor-warns-teen-trend-takeover-chaos-violence-concerns-grow
— Corey Brooks: Chicago’s deadly sanctuary madness is costing innocent Americans their lives
https://www.aol.com/articles/chicagos-deadly-sanctuary-madness-costing-140052956.html
TOWNHALL
— My Generation Cannot Sustain the America Democrats Are Creating. Over time, the United States has moved away from treating marriage and family formation as essential institutions. Public opinion reflects that change. Roughly 40 percent of Democrats say marriage is necessary for strong families, compared to approximately 80 percent of Republicans.
https://townhall.com/columnists/gregory-lyakhov/2026/04/13/my-generation-cannot-sustain-the-america-democrats-are-creating-n2674329
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— GOP stops 4th attempt to curtail Trump’s Iran war powers
https://thehill.com/newsletters/defense-national-security/5833467-senate-rejects-iran-war-resolution/
ROLL CALL
— Republicans attach transgender issues to voter ID push. Trump made it clear control of Congress was part of strategy for SAVE America Act.
https://r’New girls clubs’ took on the old boys. Now Trump wants to ban themollcall.com/2026/04/15/republicans-attach-transgender-issues-to-voter-id-push/
CBS NEWS
— House Democrats file articles of impeachment against Hegseth
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-impeachment-articles-house-democrats/
MSN
— Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signs severe anti-trans bill to ban kids from secretive transitions. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gop-governor-signs-severe-anti-trans-bill-to-ban-kids-from-secretive-transitions/ar-AA20S2cA
NEW YORK TIMES
— Vance Heckled in Antiwar Protest at Turning Point USA Event
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/us/politics/jd-vance-turning-point-usa-protest.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010841779/vance-turning-point-pope-heckle.html
USA TODAY
— ‘New girls clubs’ took on the old boys. Now Trump wants to ban them. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone, and especially at those who minority, female, and/or younger, that old White men who are Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time cause everyone’s problems and that they especially cause all the problems that those who are minority, female, and/or younger have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/04/15/trump-dei-crackdown-targets-women-networking/89426934007/
FOX DETROIT
— White House study says DEI policies cost US economy by promoting unqualified managers. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/white-house-study-dei-policies-cost-economy-promoting-unqualified-managers
WOAI
— GOP Still Failing To Grasp Amnesty For Illegals Is Political Poison Pill
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2026-04-14-gop-still-failing-to-grasp-amnesty-for-illegals-is-political-poison-pill/
NEWS NATION
— Democrats file articles of impeachment against Hegseth
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/democrats-impeachment-articles-against-hegseth/
NATIONAL TODAY
— California Shelters Provide Sex-Change Treatments to Homeless Illegal Aliens
https://nationaltoday.com/us/ca/san-francisco/news/2026/04/15/california-shelters-provide-sex-change-treatments-to-homeless-illegal-aliens/
CITY JOURNAL
— California Provides Sex-Change Procedures to Homeless Illegal Aliens. In San Francisco, ideology rules.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/homeless-illegal-immigrants-sex-change-california
— Mayor Mamdani’s Equity Plan Puts Group Identity Over Merit. Privileging ancestry risks dismantling the engine of opportunity that made New York City great.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-city-mamdani-racial-equity-plan
(FROM THE ARTICLE: New York City is one of the most opportunity-rich places on earth. It has attracted generations of immigrants of every race and creed, often arriving with little more than a suitcase and the firm belief that their hard work and determination would be rewarded. Yet Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s newly released Preliminary Citywide Racial Equity Plan—a 375-page monument to grievance politics and DEI—treats this urban engine of opportunity as a machine of oppression, in which “systemic racism” explains every gap in wealth, health, and achievement.
Released to great fanfare alongside a True Cost of Living report that dutifully slices data by race, Mamdani’s equity plan orders 45 agencies to view every budget line, hiring decision, and service through a “racial equity lens.” The result? More than 800 strategies and 600 indicators across seven domains—including economy, housing, education, and safety—that clothe institutionalized racial preferences in the garb of justice and will cost the city untold millions of dollars. The “missions and commitments” of city agencies are described with terms like diversity, equity, inclusion (listed separately so that the plan cannot be labeled DEI or critical theory), systemic disparity, racism, racial inequities, representation, discrimination, bias, segregation, and marginal. The agencies’ goals are to reinterpret their histories as structurally biased, to conduct extensive anti-bias trainings, to disaggregate data until disparities are all but guaranteed to appear, and then to align spending and policy decisions with predetermined equity targets, such as in hiring or minority- or women-owned business enterprise (M/WBE) procurement requirements. Mamdani’s equity plan is not the product of neutral analysis. It is a framework that presumes its conclusions and then operationalizes them. The result will be a city government less flexible and empirically oriented, one virtually obligated to see every outcome and process from a racial perspective. Searching keyword frequency offers insight into the plan’s identity hierarchy: “race,” including its variants “racist,” “racial,” and “racism,” appears 751 times. “Black” appears 189 times, “Latin” and “Hispanic” 97 times, “color” and “white” 49, “Asian” 27, and “Jew” or “Jewish” just once. In a sweeping, discrimination-obsessed government plan, a single, cursory mention of the group most disproportionately affected by bias attacks is striking. Jews have made up the largest share of hate-crime victims in New York City since 2000, when systematic tracking began. In recent years, even amid waves of attacks against Asians, attacks on Jews accounted for more than half of all hate-crime incidents (57 percent last year)—far in excess of the Jewish proportion of New York City residents. The word “merit” also gets but a single mention in the equity plan, relating to the New York State Civil Service Law requirement that candidates take a test to determine their qualifications for many jobs. The plan notes that this requirement reduced some groups’ “representation” in various positions. This suggests Mamdani’s readiness to favor identity-based characteristics over individual merit in civil service hiring. Dumbing down the test, for example, would align with the plan’s stated aim to produce equal employment outcomes across identity groups, reducing “gaps” without regard to actual performance in order to reach the goal of “equitable hiring.” This approach would undermine the very systems that once drove the city’s growth.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Twenty-somethings are drinking less, exercising more—and changing the way they socialize with others. DD: While you were working, what did you do that your coworkers did not do? While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I took job-related college courses 1966-1969, but none of my Democrat coworkers did that. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, I took job-related graduate evening courses 1972-1980, but none of my Democrat coworkers did that. I took the CPA examination and passed it on my first attempt in 1979, but none of my Democrat coworkers did that. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, I took job-related graduate evening courses in 1980 and then 1992-1997, but none of my Democrat coworkers did that. I took the Certified Internal Auditor examination and passed it on my first attempt in 1981, but none of my Democrat coworkers did that. I became a licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Managers in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, but none of my Democrat GAO coworkers did that. To get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of their superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/savings/gen-z-exercise-f33af2da
— IRS Chief Says Slimmer Tax Agency Is Pursuing Bad Actors. Frank Bisignano plans to lean on technology as tax enforcement staff shrinks. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors wasted my career. They wasted what I learned a) working for them 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, b) taking graduate evening business and accounting courses 1972-1980, and c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/irs-chief-says-slimmer-tax-agency-is-pursuing-bad-actors-abdcd520
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— OPM cuts degree requirements. DD: Because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980-1986 a) would not have hired me if I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and b) would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981. Because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1974 a) would not have hired me in 1971 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970 and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 and b) would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/04/opm-cuts-degree-requirements-government-tech-jobs-new-standards/412886/?oref=ge-featured-river-top
FED WEEK
— ‘Career Compass’ Site for HR Positions Launched. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted what I knew about HR. I earned a bachelor’s degree in HR from NIU when I was 21 in 1970. I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976. HR was my area of concentration.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/career-compass-site-for-hr-positions-launched/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Tennessee drops ‘pride’ from June and renames its ‘Nuclear Family Month’ sparking outrage from LGBT community. Tennessee Republicans tried — and failed — to pass a measure that would ban the use of Pride flags inside government buildings.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tennessee-pride-nuclear-family-month-b2958328.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/pride-nuclear-family-month-june-tennessee-b2958453.html
DAILY MAIL
— Fury from LGBTQ community as Tennessee declares June as ‘Nuclear Family Month’ and DROPS ‘pride’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15736435/Tennessee-nuclear-family-month-pride.html
April 14, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ordinance aims to kick officers with extremist ties out of Chicago Police Department. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes destroy the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) in 2007 and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. I would focus on my critics/opponents who still have lots of clout.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/13/cops-extremist-ties-chicago-police-department/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— City Council panel advances ban on cops joining extremist groups. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes destroy the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) in 2007 and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007 and as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012. I would focus on my critics/opponents who still have lots of clout.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/extremism-in-the-ranks/2026/04/13/city-council-panel-proposed-ban-cops-membership-proud-boys-extremist-groups
— Dear Abby: Didn’t expect my first job out of college to be this rough. DD: What made your first job out of college rough? For me, it was my boss. He never would have hired me. His superiors hired me assigned me to his store. The job did not really require a college degree. He forced me to pass a 2-week probationary period at a store in Indiana before I could start. In the name of learning the business, he ever-increasingly had me do all kinds of manual labor including cleaning things in the showroom white the store was open. When I gave him my 2-week notice, he rudely, if not violently, fired me. He disapproved of my being a Vietnam War draft avoider, college graduate, Protestant, German American, Crete resident, and my ancestors having been in America since 1844.
https://www.uexpress.com/life/dearabby/2026/04/14
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their criminals.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/04/13/should-illinois-ban-no-knock-warrants-state-lawmakers-debate
WPLN
— Tennessee’s Charlie Kirk Act bans student walkouts, protects conservative speakers.
https://wpln.org/post/tennessees-charlie-kirk-act-bans-student-walkouts-protects-conservative-speakers/
BATAVIA TODAY
— Illinois Committee Criticized for ‘Elitist’ Stance on Gun Ownership Costs. Proposed RIFL Act could add thousands in taxes, pricing out lower-income buyers, opponents say.
https://nationaltoday.com/us/il/batavia/news/2026/04/13/illinois-bill-criticized-for-trying-to-price-the-poor-out-of-gun-ownership/
WAND TV
— IL House Democrats pass bill allowing undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition at public universities
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-house-democrats-pass-bill-allowing-undocumented-immigrants-to-pay-in-state-tuition-at-public/article_68d5a0c3-ea7a-4566-8710-c95302b71cdf.html
WHEATON RECORD
— Online Betting Fuels Rise in Student Gambling. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.
https://thewheatonrecord.com/2026/04/13/online-betting-fuels-rise-in-student-gambling/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— BAILEY BREAKS RANKS: Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey waded into the escalating clash between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV on Monday — offering a glimpse of how conservatives are navigating the moment just months ahead of the midterms. Calling out Trump: “I’m a Christian and I’m an Illinoisan. President Trump mocking a Chicago-born Pope and posting himself as Jesus Christ is wrong,” Bailey wrote on X, later adding, “I’ll always call it like I see it.” Here’s Trump’s Truth Social post and the image he posted (and then deleted). It’s a notable divide: While Trump remains dominant within the GOP, some religious conservatives aren’t so comfortable with his attacks on the pope. In Bailey’s case: The Illinois Republican’s willingness to criticize Trump suggests he may not be seeking — or prioritizing — the president’s endorsement this time, as he works to broaden his coalition to include independents and conservative Democrats in an uphill statewide bid. Bailey’s not alone. Kendall County Circuit Clerk Matthew Prochaska, a Republican, also defended Pope Leo after Trump’s criticism, WSPYNEWS reports. The backlash has extended into conservative religious circles, where some Trump allies have also taken issue with the president’s rhetoric. Bishop Robert Barron, a Chicago native who serves on Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, called on the president to apologize, saying the Truth Social posts were “entirely inappropriate and disrespectful.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/14/mitchell-says-hes-ready-to-govern-00870295
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois property taxes up 27% under Pritzker.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-property-taxes-up-27-under-pritzker/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman doing to get more votes in your precinct for Republican candidates on November 3? I am in the process of hand-delivering a letter to the 140 (39%) voters of the 361 registered Republican voters in my precinct who cast a Republican ballot in the March 17 primary. In that letter, I thanked them for voting. For the contested races, listed the candidates and how many votes each got in the precinct and which candidates won in their political jurisdictions. I listed the candidate in the uncontested rases who got the most votes. I urged the voters to consider helping elect the candidates who won the primary to win the November 3 election. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— White House Declares the ‘Era of Amnesty’ in the Immigration Courts ‘Is Over.’ DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://cis.org/Arthur/White-House-Declares-Era-Amnesty-Immigration-Courts-Over
— One bill currently stuck in the House, H.R.4393, the “DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act of 2025” has drawn a lot of attention of late, which is confusing until you accept it for what it has become: rage bait for those clamoring for greater enforcement of the immigration laws. This bill was designed to go nowhere, but its filing shows a failure to read the room of voters who brought Donald Trump back to the White House in November 2024.
https://cis.org/Arthur/DIGNIDAD-Dignity-Act-Rage-Bait-Those-Who-Want-More-Enforcement
TEXAS INSIDER
— The Insulting DIGNITY Act. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://texasinsider.org/articles/the-insulting-dignity-act
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Sudden GOP infighting explodes over bipartisan immigration reform bill. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5828030-immigration-reform-gop-divides/
https://thehill.com/video/rep-maria-elvira-salazar-defends-dignity-act-despite-gop-uproar-led-by-rep-brandon-gill/11694446/
AOL
— 15 Dead End Jobs To Avoid at All Costs. DD: According to my critics/opponents all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. My critics/opponents have always used my taking those jobs to paint me as being an unmitigated loser and even worse things. My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://www.aol.com/15-dead-end-jobs-avoid-151000035.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Assembly line worker. . .Fast food worker)
— Apple, Google, Penguin Random House, Ernst & Young, Hilton, Costco, Whole Foods, Starbucks, Nordstrom, and IBM will hire you without a degree. DD: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me when I was 21 and IRS would not have hired me when I was 22. If had not earned an MBA when I was 27 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, GAO would not have hired me when I was 31.
https://www.aol.com/articles/10-elite-companies-literally-hire-173929428.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/trump-military-transgender-ban-paychecks.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Extreme Comments Revive Mental Health Debate. As the president threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, even some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced, describing him as “lunatic” and “clearly insane.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/trump-mental-fitness-25th-amendment.html
USA TODAY
— Pope Leo for president? Don’t get any hopes up. It would be almost functionally impossible for Leo to do so because of the church’s Canon law that prohibits clergy from holding public office, not to mention the pope being a foreign head of state and the conflict of dual loyalty,
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/12/pope-leo-president-trump-obama-axelrod/89554875007/
FORTUNE
— Gen Z is rewriting the American Dream, and their parents are funding it—using tuition money for down payments, instead. DD: I had to work my way through college. My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. I would not have been able to buy a new townhome in University Park when I was 24 in 1972 if I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. If I had not had that degree, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. Further, if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses in 1972, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972 because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.aol.com/finance/gen-z-rewriting-american-dream-152625419.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The cost of college has never been higher. But for a growing share of young Americans, the return has never felt more uncertain. Faced with rising tuition, stubborn student debt, and a cooling job market, many are questioning whether a four-year degree is worth it at all. Now, their parents are coming to a similar conclusion—and acting on it. Instead of prioritizing tuition, more families are putting their money toward something they see as a better investment: helping their kids achieve homeownership. Seventy-four percent of parents with children at home would consider or have already started financially planning to help their kids buy a home, according to a new report from Northwestern Mutual. Among those parents, 29% say helping their children purchase a home is more important than paying for college tuition. Ashley Russo, a wealth management advisor at Northwestern Mutual, said parents are increasingly redefining what financial success looks like for their children—shifting from degrees to deeds.)
ENTREPRENEUR
— Career success. DD: To have a successful career working for the Democrats who run the federal government, you have to be a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran and to excel at getting rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran. Because I am not any of the aforesaid and because refused to do the aforesaid, I never would have made GS-13 if I had not earned an MBA, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, earned a master’s degree in accounting, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, and became a licensed CPA.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/former-tesla-president-says-reading-is-most-important-habit-for-success
FAST COMPANY
— DD: To hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, and/or younger, Democrat employers ever-increasingly lower standards. 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, or younger person who would take the job.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91524191/entry-level-hiring-is-broken-these-companies-are-completely-reimagining-it
AZ BIG MEDIA
— How professional certifications are reshaping modern career development. DD: Because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who ran GAO a) would not have hired in 1980 me if I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and b) would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://azbigmedia.com/business/how-professional-certifications-are-reshaping-modern-career-development/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Professional certifications have become a defining element of modern career development. In an increasingly competitive and skill-driven job market, certifications help individuals demonstrate verified expertise and practical knowledge. They serve as formal proof that a professional meets industry standards and is capable of performing specific roles effectively. As organizations demand higher levels of specialization, certifications play a crucial role in bridging skill gaps and improving workforce quality.
CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— Illinois’ Eligibility Requirement for CPA Exam Reduced From 150 Credit Hours to 120. DD: In Diersen v. IRS, to disallow the graduate evening accounting courses that I had deducted, the small claims tax court judge imposed a new rule that accounting courses cannot be deducted until after you are qualified to take the CPA examination.
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2023/01/04/illinois-reduces-cpa-exam-eligibility-requirement-from-150/75431/
CONTRARIAN
— DD: My critics/opponents blame those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time for the problems that those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time have.
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/hegseths-enraging-purges-shock-but
MOTHER LODE
— Millions in the US never finished college. DD: I had to work my way through college. The money came from what earned doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, and working on an automotive assemble line in 1970. 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 with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE in August of 1970.
https://mymotherlode.com/sports/college-sports-general-news/10735932/millions-in-the-us-never-finished-college-with-targeted-help-reenrollments-are-ticking-up.html/amp
April 12, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push raising taxes on those who make $1 million or more a year. Obviously, few in Illinois make $1 million or more a year and even fewer dream that they might do that.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-millionaire-tax-explainer
DAILY HERALD
— Illinois farmers ease critical labor shortages through the H-2A agricultural visa program. DD: All my employers would have hired non-citizens instead of me if they could have. I never worked on a farm. But I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. My critics/opponents never had to take such bad jobs and they would never have stooped to take such bad jobs.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260411/agriculture/illinois-farmers-ease-critical-labor-shortages-through-this-agricultural-visa-program/
RIVER BENDER
— DD: How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC had a monumental impact on me when I was 22 in 1971. I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted that job offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/republic-services-paying-200000-to-settle-federal-lawsuit-alleging-sex-discrimination-92345.cfm
WSIU
— White House looks to Republican-led states to crack down on illegal immigration
https://www.wsiu.org/2026-04-11/white-house-looks-to-republican-led-states-to-crack-down-on-immigration
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Black Chicagoans Weigh In At City’s 1st Reparations Town Hall: ‘This Didn’t Happen That Long Ago.’ City leaders introduced a five-point agenda for creating a reparations plan at a Thursday town hall as a part of the “Repair Chicago” community engagement series. DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations, that is, they ever-increasingly more hatred against Republicans.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/10/black-chicagoans-weigh-in-at-citys-1st-reparations-town-hall-this-didnt-happen-that-long-ago/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE
— Illinoisans to pay for other’s abortion services under proposed grant program. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_946f6ff5-0f8a-4ccc-80d8-e44df6c32159.html
— Committee’s ‘tone’ criticized for trying to price the poor out of gun ownership. DD: Democrat leaders want to abolish the Second Amendment, that is, they want to disarm Republicans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f409d3c7-5abb-46eb-a31e-945736183e40.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What adverse actions were taken against you and why? I was throw off the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024 a) because my critics/opponents remembered that I favor direct election of IRP State Central Committee (SCC) members, b) because I expressed concern that efforts would be made to move the platform to the left, and c) because they wanted to assure that I would lose if I ran for IRP SCC in 2026. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Another day of learning lost
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/daily-comics/chicago-teachers-union-civic-action/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— No asylum for America’s enemies
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4524171/no-asylum-for-americas-enemies/
NEW YORK POST
— Prosecutor calls deportations of illegals a ‘perversion of justice’
https://nypost.com/2026/04/11/us-news/virginia-prosecutor-raked-for-calling-deportations-of-illegals-perversion-of-justice/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illegal alien in Pennsylvania who voted in 2020, 2024 elections is a career criminal
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/04/11/illegal-alien-in-pennsylvania-who-voted-in-2020-2024-elections-is-a-career-criminal-report-1632125/
BLAZE
— The Dignidad Act is a complete betrayal of Republican voters
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-dignidad-act-is-a-complete-betrayal-of-republican-voters
BREITBART
— IBM Forks Over $17 Million to Settle DOJ Lawsuit For ‘Woke’ DEI Practices. DD: My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti- Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-married people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2026/04/11/ibm-forks-over-17-million-to-settle-doj-lawsuit-for-woke-dei-practices/amp/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Left’s Demand for ‘Equity’ in Immigration Enforcement
https://cis.org/Arthur/Lefts-Demand-Equity-Immigration-Enforcement
FEDERALIST
— The Left Threw Columbus Into The Harbor — Now Trump Is Putting Him Back
https://thefederalist.com/2026/04/10/the-left-threw-columbus-into-the-harbor-now-trump-is-putting-him-back/
NEWSMAX
— Democrats See ‘Blue Wave’ Building for US Midterms
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/democrats-election/2026/04/12/id/1252607/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MS NOW
— DD: I should write about RINO and Democrat plant leaders in Illinois who have ever-increasingly pushed conservatives like me out of the party, that is, who have ever-increasingly pushed platform Republicans like me out of the party, that is, who have ever-increasingly pushed Republicans like me out of the party.
https://www.ms.now/top-stories/latest/republican-party-embraces-extremism-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-rcna243058
WASHINGTON POST
— Early audition for 2028 hopefuls focuses on civil rights issues. A parade of potential Democratic candidates for president were pushed to address voting rights, affirmative action and other civil rights issues before a largely Black audience at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s four-day conference.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/11/early-audition-2028-hopefuls-focuses-civil-rights-issues/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give women more preference over men and especially over men who are conservative, Republican, America, White, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/opinion/women-workplace-dei-feminism.html
— Online and on the Stump, Democrats Embrace a Four-Letter Word. Democratic politicians are swearing with glee. It is usually aimed at Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/politics/democrats-social-media-profanity-f-word.html
USA TODAY
— Young Republicans more skeptical of Iran war, dividing Trump base. Even within Trump’s GOP base, cracks are showing when it comes to the Iran conflict. Younger Republicans are much less likely to support the war.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/12/republicans-divided-age-support-iran-war-trump/89451934007/
FORBES
— How To Get Hired At Deloitte. DD: Your decisions a) to earn a college degree, b) to select the college to earn it from, and c) to select your major are all extremely important. I regret my not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. 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 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, because of my bad demographics, the accounting profession considered me to be too old to have a successful career in accounting.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/terinaallen/2025/06/29/how-to-get-hired-at-deloitte-3-insider-tips-from-the-head-of-talent/
BANKING RATES
— Is Now the Time To Improve Your Work Skills? DD: What did you do to get hired, retained, and promoted? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.aol.com/articles/now-time-improve-skills-suze-220006581.html
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
— When Helping is Risky. DD: I should write about those who I have done the most to help, but who have tuned on me. I would focus on those who have blamed me the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7614101/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FRONTLINE
— Scapegoating. DD: My critics/opponents are scapegoaters. They blame me and they blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. 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. I should start writing about my critics/opponents.
https://frontline.thehindu.com/politics/democracy-majoritarian-rule-politics-india-assam/article70624259.ece
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
— Manipulation in politics. DD: According to my critics/opponents, you are not a journalist if you are conservative, if you do not have a degree in journalism, and if you are not paid for what you do. My critics/opponents have a very low opinion of me, they vehemently disapprove of me, they strongly blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. 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. I should start writing about my critics/opponents.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/economics-and-philosophy/article/manipulation-in-politics-and-public-policy/1C6109A40D8038276F48987A637BF57E
ECONOMIC TIMES
— What jobseekers should do to get hired. DD: What did you do to get hired, retained, and promoted? I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21. I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48. I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/what-jobseekers-should-do-to-get-hired-amid-layoffs/articleshow/119338728.cms
April 9, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Protesters who rallied in Federal Plaza are demanding more from Congress. Meanwhile, those with direct ties to Iran say a ceasefire announced Tuesday still does not mean peace for Iran so long as the regime is still in power.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-iran-war-news-iranian-americans-chicago-fear-relatives-safety-says-civilization-will-die/18853593/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/new-sign-solidifies-little-palestine-community-in-bridgeview-illinois/
WGN9
— Students at Kenwood Academy signed their names and pledged to never take part in the teen takeover trend.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/cps-high-school-students-say-no-to-teen-takeovers/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois House passes youth voter registration bill and limits new immigration detention centers near homes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/08/illinois-house-passes-youth-voter-registration-bill-and-limits-new-immigration-detention-centers-near-homes/
— ‘Mixed Marriage Project’ charts decades of Black-white marital unions in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/08/mixed-marriage-project-chicago/
— Is newly minted CPS CEO Macquline King really resisting CTU’s May 1 day of protest? She should.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/08/editorial-macquline-king-may-day-protest-chicago-teachers-union/
— Lynwood shuts down roller rink to prevent teen takeover
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/08/lynwood-roller-rink-teen-takeover-fear/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinoisans push state leaders for more affordable housing options. DD: 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/ ) when I was 24 in 1972 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 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 $89,100. Sadly, that says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/04/03/illinoisans-poll-affordable-housing-crisis-rennt-state-legislature-rich-miller
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their noncitizens.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/04/08/chicagos-migrants-face-scams-sky-high-rents-and-squalor-in-search-for-housing
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/04/09/snap-food-benefits-refugee-families-supplemental-food-assistance-program-asylum
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their noncitizens.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2026/04/09/refugee-families-latest-group-to-face-snap-food-benefit-cutoff-supplemental-food-assistance-program-asylum
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Evanston’s Black population shrinks as city looks to address housing affordability
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2026/04/09/city/evanstons-black-population-shrinks-as-city-looks-to-address-housing-affordability/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats keep doing better in elections since Trump returned to office
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-04-08/democrats-keep-doing-better-in-elections-since-trump-returned-to-office
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After giving Republicans control of the White House and Congress in the 2024 presidential election, voters have continued to swing their support toward the Democratic Party in races held since then. In Tuesday’s elections, that shift was on display for key races in Wisconsin and Georgia, where results saw a shift of nearly 20 percentage points away from GOP margins in 2024.)
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— In criticism of the war in Iran, some conservatives focus their ire on Trump himself
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2026-04-08/in-criticism-of-the-war-in-iran-some-conservatives-focus-their-ire-on-trump-himself
WEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.25newsnow.com/video/2026/04/08/illinois-pursues-abortion-coverage-people-with-little-or-no-insurance/
CWB CHICAGO
— CPD calls hundreds of murders ‘cleared.’ In most cases, nobody was ever charged.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/04/cpd-calls-hundreds-of-murders-cleared-in-most-cases-nobody-was-ever-charged.html
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois GOP launches membership program in bid to rebuild fundraising base. The program seeks to convert one-time and infrequent small dollar donors into recurring contributors.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-gop-launches-membership-program-in-bid-to-rebuild-fundraising-base/
DAILY LINE
— Public safety committee to hold hearing on dispersal declaration ordinance aimed at ‘teen takeovers’
https://www.thedailyline.com/chicago-city-council-public-safety-committee-preview-april-2026-dispersal-declaration-ordinance-hearing-alderman-brian-hopkins-teen-takeovers
ILLINOIZE
— So Far, Bailey’s General Election Strategy Looks Familiar
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/baileys-general-election-strategy-looks
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/09/rainbow-push-taps-yusef-jackson-to-lead-in-new-era-00864991
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-499/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
THOMAS DEVORE
— These State Central Committee races will shape the future of the Illinois Republican Party for the next four years, and likely a generation!
https://www.facebook.com/thomas.devore.92/posts/the-future-of-the-ilgop-these-state-central-committee-races-will-shape-the-futur/27257492320505056/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois gun owners plan rally April 15 in wake of Supreme Court order. DD: Anticipate/expect that under the Democrats, Illinois will ever-increasingly take more Second Amendment rights away. Democrats want to abolish the Second Amendment. Democrats want to disarm Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/illinois-gun-owners-plan-rally-in-wake-of-supreme-court-order/ar-AA20i4rb
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— The Chicago Sun-Times Hits Rock Bottom. Neil Steinberg turns a murdered Loyola student into a prop for his immigration sermon — and calls it journalism.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-sun-times-hits-rock-bottom
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker Calls for Trump’s Removal Over Iran: Hours Later, Ceasefire Deal Undercuts Criticism
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/04/pritzker-calls-for-trumps-removal-over-iran-hours-later-ceasefire-deal-undercuts-criticism.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The following is an initial rough draft of a precinct letter that I am considering hand-delivering to the 140 voters in my precinct who cast Republican ballots in the March 17, 2026 primary: Thank you for casting a Republican ballot in the March 17, 2026 primary. You are one of the 140 (39%) of the 361 registered Republican voters in our precinct who did that. In the contested U.S. Senate race, Don Tracy got 61 votes, Jeannie Evans 39, Pamela Long 11, Cary Capparelli 10, Casey Chlebek 4, and Jimmy Lee Tillman 4. Tracy won statewide. In the contested Governor race, Ted Dabrowski got 66 votes, Darren Bailey 32, James Mendrick 27, and Rick Heidner 11. Bailey won statewide. In the contested Secretary of State race, Diane Harris got 76 votes and Walter Adamczyk 48. Harris won statewide. In the Treasurer race, Max Solomon got 5 write-in votes. He will be on the November 3, 2026 ballot. In the contested Sheriff race, Sean Noonan got 72 votes and Eddie Moore 61. Noonan won countywide. In the contested Judge of the Appellate Court Third Judicial District race, Jason Helland got 71 votes and Mark Senak 47. Helland won districtwide. In the uncontested races, Grant Eckhoff was the high vote getter with 129. The Milton Township Proposition got 187 no votes and 147 yes votes. The proposition lost townshipwide. The November 3, 2026 general election will be here before we know it. Early voting starts on September 24, 2026. My job as your Republican Precinct Committeeman is to maximize the number of votes the Republican primary winners get in the November 3, 2026 general election. Please help me do that. Displaying yard signs for the candidates is one way of doing that. Please consider contacting the candidates’ campaigns and volunteering to help. Please visit https://dupagegop.com/2026-candidates/ and https://miltongop.org/. To keep up with political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans from a conservative perspective, please visit my GOPUSA ILLINOIS website at www.gopillinois.com. I put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter every morning, and often in evenings too, and I post a copy of it on that website. Please consider subscribing to my newsletter. Subscriptions are free, they contain no advertising or donation requests, and I share your email address with no one. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— America needs ICE. Agency protects the vulnerable; its would-be dismantlers just pretend to.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/8/america-needs-ice/
NEW YORK POST
— Eligible young men will automatically be registered for US military draft later this year
https://nypost.com/2026/04/08/us-news/eligible-young-men-will-automatically-be-registered-for-us-military-draft-later-this-year/
— NYC’s top private schools gathering for woke DEI-focused ‘diversity symposium’ aimed at kids as young as 4
https://nypost.com/2026/04/08/us-news/nycs-top-private-schools-gathering-for-woke-diversity-symposium-aimed-at-kids-as-young-as-4/
AMERICAN ACTION FORUM
— DD: My critics/opponents were furious when I started earning $19.57/hour in today’s dollars as a part-time postal employee when I was 18 in 1966. They saw that my postal salary enabled me to a) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, b) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and c) graduate debt-free from NIU owning that Charger in 1970. Those who were most furious were Democrat veterans because I had avoided the Vietnam War draft with student deferments 1966-1970, a financial hardship 1970-1971, and a high draft lottery number. They blamed 1-A Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.americanactionforum.org/insight/the-2026-state-minimum-wage-increases-and-their-potential-costs-and-consequences/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— NYC Mayor’s ‘Racial Equity Plan’ Would Direct City Resources to ‘Black and Brown New Yorkers’
https://amgreatness.com/2026/04/08/nyc-mayors-racial-equity-plan-would-direct-city-resources-to-black-and-brown-new-yorkers/
DAILY CALLER
— US Is One Of Few Countries With Birthright Citizenship. DD: To takeover America, anticipate/expect that more and more and more countries will send their pregnant citizens to America to give birth.
https://www.aol.com/articles/jonathan-turley-says-insane-us-140339882.html
FEDERALIST
— Worst Thing GOP Could Do For Midterms Is Embrace Amnesty, So Of Course They’re Doing That
https://thefederalist.com/2026/04/08/worst-thing-gop-could-do-for-midterms-is-embrace-amnesty/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: America is either a nation with defined borders and laws, or it’s not. There is no in-between. You almost have to admire how far some Republicans are willing to go to lose the 2026 midterms — and ultimately, the country. Throughout their recent two-week vacation, several GOP lawmakers have been making the media rounds to tout “bipartisan” legislation they claim will finally solve America’s broken immigration system. There’s just one teensy-weensy important detail that somehow gets brushed aside: The bill would allow millions of illegal aliens to continue living in the United States. Sponsored by Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., and other lawmakers, the so-called DIGNIDAD (Dignity) Act permits “certain long-term undocumented immigrants to earn legal status, without amnesty or a path to citizenship” so that foreign nationals who broke U.S. immigration law can have an “opportunity,” according to a Salazar press release. The measure would notably create a “Dignity Program,” which the Florida congresswoman’s office described as a “7-year earned legal status program allowing undocumented immigrants to live and work legally, with renewable status based on good conduct and restitution.” The revived push to pass the bill appears to be part of sponsors’ recently announced “Dignity Tour” to rally support for the measure and get it through Congress. It’s bad enough that the legislation’s sponsors felt compelled to give it a deceptive (and dumb) name like the “DIGNIDAD Act.” But it’s even worse that its promoters like Salazar are trying to gaslight Republican voters into thinking that the measure is anything but one giant amnesty package. America is either a nation with defined borders and laws, or it’s not. There is no in-between. But rather than fulfill their 2024 campaign pledges to ensure the former, it’s clear some Republicans are content with handing out amnesty to foreign lawbreakers like candy on Halloween. Such a proposal isn’t just asinine because it cripples America’s sovereignty and long-term survival as a nation. It’s also incredibly moronic from a political standpoint. Aside from the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that they never effectively sold to voters, Republicans have virtually nothing to show for their congressional majorities. The Senate GOP still hasn’t passed the SAVE America Act, rogue judges continue to go unpunished, many of Trump’s executive orders haven’t been codified into law, and other conservative priorities remain untouched. So, exactly what are voters — including those who identify as Republicans — supposed to vote for this fall? Amnesty? More GOP obstruction of the conservative policies they were promised but are now told aren’t possible with Republican majorities? The Grand Old Party doesn’t have an answer — and it shows. The headwinds Republicans are facing this fall became evident on Tuesday night, when Democrats continued their domination of special and off-year elections since the 2024 contest. In Wisconsin, leftists easily expanded their majority on the state Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Democrats in Georgia significantly overperformed in the special House race to fill the seat left open by former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. The dynamic at play is one that’s existed for decades. While voters punish Democrats for abusing power when they have it, they punish Republicans for never using it to begin with. Shilling for amnesty is not going to give the GOP a fighting chance this fall. And neither is repeatedly stonewalling the policies they campaigned on. Only implementing a conservative agenda that addresses the needs of the electorate will. Should Republicans ignore this reality and decline to act on it, they should prepare to be demolished at the ballot box this November. And by every measure, they’ll have deserved it.)
FOX NEWS
— Residents alarmed after teen violence erupts in Washington, DC neighborhood. Mayor Muriel Bowser compared removing the youth curfew to taking ‘a band aid’ off ‘an active wound.’
https://noticias.foxnews.com/media/residents-alarmed-after-teen-violence-erupts-washington-dc-neighborhood
INSIGHTS & ISSUES
— 5.4 Million People Have Migrated To Pro-Trump Counties Since 2020 As The Great Divorce Continues
https://issuesinsights.com/2026/04/08/exclusive-5-4-million-people-have-migrated-to-pro-trump-counties-since-2020-as-the-great-divorce-continues/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— DD: How bad are your demographics? Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and for RINOs, Democrat and RINO leaders a) promise to give more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and for RINOs and b) dump those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Demographics that vote for Democrats include liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Republicans include conservative, White, male, older, married, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-demographics-of-democratic-candidates/
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
— Veteran Unemployment Rates. DD: According to Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, LGBTQ, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/latest-numbers
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— MAGA Erupts as Republican Pushes to Offer Path to Undocumented Migrants. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-erupts-republican-pushes-legalize-undocumented-migrants-11801468
MS NOW
— DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect and reelect Democrats and b) to advance the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-news-media-cpb-public-broadcasting-rcna223500
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Iran War against all Republicans, and especially against Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/us/politics/trump-war-goals.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Iran War against all Republicans, and especially against Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/04/08/trump-iran-war-strait-hormuz/
USA TODAY
— DD: The more of the following that you are, the more that you should anticipate/expect that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/04/04/retirement-age-in-america-social-security-medicare/89439716007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Where the GOP’s Future Is on the Ballot. Four upcoming races will be early signals of how the 2028 free-for-all could play out.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/where-the-gops-future-is-on-the-ballot-d7d149ff
— Trump Team Explores Punishment for NATO Countries That Didn’t Support Iran War
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/trump-weighs-punishing-certain-nato-countries-over-lack-of-iran-war-support-a2361995
NATIONAL NEWS DESK
— Teen ‘takeovers’ spark chaos in US cities, fueling debate over response
https://thenationaldesk.com/top-videos/teen-takeovers-spark-chaos-in-us-cities-fueling-debate-over-response-washington-dc-jeanine-pirro-chicago-hyde-park-crime-theft
BOSTON TODAY
— NYC Mayor Mamdani Proposes Tax Hikes on Wealthy Whites to Fund ‘Black and Brown’ Political Machine. Mamdani claims higher taxes are needed to address ‘decades of neglect and discrimination’ against minority communities.
https://nationaltoday.com/us/ma/boston/news/2026/04/09/nyc-mayor-mamdani-proposes-tax-hikes-on-wealthy-whites-to-fund-black-and-brown-political-machine/
HENRY COUNTY ENTERPRISE
— DD: Did the American Dream motivate you? It certainly motivated me. To achieve the American Dream, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 28, and a job-related professional license when I was 32. But if I was young today, would I have that motivation? I doubt it very much because of my bad demographics. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, everyone is under ever-increasing pressure to give more preference to those who do not share my demographics: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://henrycountyenterprise.com/american-dream-remains-out-of-reach-for-many-professor-says/
WTOP
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. Federal employees who are Republican and who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid, I would not have survived working for the federal government for almost 30 years and my ending salary would not have been $154,682/year in today’s dollars if I had not a) earned three job-related master’s degrees, b) earned six job-related professional certifications, and c) earned a job-related professional license.
https://wtop.com/government/2026/03/how-the-schedule-policy-career-plan-could-reshape-federal-agencies/
VATICAN NEWS
— DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-04/pope-leo-peace-appeals-easter-holy-week-darkness-conflict.html
PEOPLE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://people.com/bettina-anderson-wants-traditional-marriage-don-trump-jr-exclusive-11944649
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: I got better test scores because I followed conservative principles. But according to my critics/opponents, I got better test scores because I benefitted from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/traditional-age/2026/04/09/new-study-shows-broad-approval-test-optional-policies
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Performance prioritized over seniority. DD: When I started working for the Democrats who ran IRS when was 22 in 1971, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I brought with me almost 3 years of full-time federal seniority that I had earning working part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969. When I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were even more furious when I brought with me that almost 3 years of federal seniority and almost 9 more years of federal seniority that I had earning working for IRS 1971-1980. I had 25 years of federal seniority when I was 45 in 1993. I lost 34 months of federal seniority September of 1969 – June of 1971 because my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign. The aforesaid federal seniority gave me lots of vacation days much sooner. It enabled me to get a preferred corner office at GAO in 1990. It gave me the “option” of taking a $25,000 buyout and early retirement when I was 45 in 1994. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about the aforesaid. According to them, federal jobs were only for Democrats, and especially for Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/03/performance-seniority-proposed-rif-rule-osc/412095/
POLITICO
— ‘We lose the midterms’: Republicans worry Iran might have already cost them Congress
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/republicans-fear-iran-will-cost-them-the-midterms-ceasefire-or-not-00864697
POLITICO & NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Iran War against all Republicans, and especially against Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/08/us-not-won-iran-war-00864337
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/08/nx-s1-5771492/iran-war-goals-unmet-ceasefire-strait-hormuz-trump
ATLANTIC
— DD: Because those who have demographics that vote for Democrats get lower test scores than those who have demographics that vote for Republicans, Democrat leaders want those who have demographics that vote for Democrats to always get preference.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/pete-hegseth-military-diversity/686734/
COMMUNIST PARTY USA
— May Day: Take to the streets for workers’ power. DD: How soon will the Democrat Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://cpusa.org/article/may-day-take-to-the-streets-for-workers-power/
April 8, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Illinois Democrats decry Trump’s threats to Iran, call for 25th Amendment, impeachment and bipartisan cooperation
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-democrats-trump-iran-25th-amendment-impeachment/
— Stretch of Bridgeview designated as Little Palestine
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/bridgeview-little-palestine-sign-unveiling/
— Palestinian students say they’ve faced discrimination at DePaul University
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/palestinian-students-say-theyve-faced-discrimination-at-depaul-university/
FOX32
— Illinois leaders blast Trump, float 25th Amendment after Iran warning: ‘pure evil.’ Several Illinois politicians are responding to Trump’s threat by calling for his removal from office under the 25th Amendment or urging Congress to reconvene to halt potential military action.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-sjef0mu7is1lg8za
— Chicago saw 27% turnout for 2026 primary election, beating 2022 mark
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-2026-primary-election-turnout
— DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/stolen-teddy-bear-returned-after-teen-takeover-chicago-loop.amp
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-39otv0zhaowlahh6
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/07/clergy-ministry-broadview-ice-facility/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker wants 25th Amendment invoked to remove Trump from office over Iran threats. Pritzker joined more than 50 House Democrats — and an unlikely alliance of conservatives calling for the president’s removal, including former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, former MAGA ally and conservative radio host Alex Jones, conservative commentator Candace Owens.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2026/04/07/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-iran-war-power-plants-bridges-threat-25th-amendment
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTO OF PRITZKER: Pritzker, Illinois Dems say Trump’s Iran threat crosses a line, call for his removal
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260407/nation-and-world-politics/pritzker-illinois-dems-say-trumps-iran-threat-crosses-a-line-call-for-his-removal/
— Wheaton eyes ban on sale of delta-8 THC, ‘gas station heroin’ and other products. DD: In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260407/news/wheaton-eyes-ban-on-sale-of-delta-8-thc-gas-station-heroin-and-other-products/
— Arlington Heights couple pleads not guilty to vandalizing Republican headquarters
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260407/crime/arlington-heights-couple-pleads-not-guilty-to-vandalizing-republican-headquarters/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker calls for Trump’s removal as Iran tensions escalate
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-pritzker-calls-for-25th-amendment-on-trump-20260407/
— Abortion coverage mandates under federal fire in Illinois
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ccb-abortion-coverage-trump-pritzker-04072026/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois farmers ease critical labor shortages through this agricultural visa program. The H-2A visa has become a lifeline for farmers who can’t find enough domestic workers. DD: All my employers would have hired non-citizens instead of me if they could have. I never worked on a farm. But I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. My critics/opponents never had to take such bad jobs and they would never have stooped to take such bad jobs.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-farmers-ease-critical-labor-shortages-through-this-agricultural-visa-program/
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Chicago weighs resolution to condemn Trump’s private school tax credits. DD: My parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. My critic/opponents have always outrageously/disgustingly/falsely/unethically used that to demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents, and therefore me, as being filthy rich. But they have always known full-well that my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, that he almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, that he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969, and that I had to work my way through college. But they have always known full-well that I did yard work 1962-1964, that I delivered newspapers 1962-1966, that I washed dishes 1964-1966, that I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, that I delivered mail 1966-1969, that I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, that I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and that I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972.
https://cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/chicago-weighs-resolution-to-condemn-trump-s-private-school-tax-credits
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker calls for removing Trump
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/08/pritzker-urges-cabinet-to-restrain-trump-00863083
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-498/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Downtown Chicago’s office vacancy rate has risen to a record high for the 15th consecutive quarter. DD: I worked in downtown Chicago offices in 1971 and then 1973-1997.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8332f01f-078f-41b9-907f-f1e08f26b021.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Lawmakers Target Children’s Attitudes & “Mental Health”
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/child-exploitation/illinois-lawmakers-target-childrens-attitudes-mental-health/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois must rein in spending
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-must-rein-in-spending/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you do, who discourages you from doing it, and why? To discourage/stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out, my critics/opponents ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that my promoting conservative principles and the Republican Party platform is hopeless, and that therefore, it is a waste of my time, a waste of my effort, and a waste of my money. They stress the adverse actions that they have had their operatives and their dupes take against me including a) throwing me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, d) ending my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, e) ending my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) ending my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, g) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) defeating my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and i) getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Why have adverse actions been taken against you? Many big adverse actions have been taken against me a) because I fight against race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, b) because I fight against the promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vice, and diminishment of Second Amendment rights, c) because I have filed complaints, grievances, arbitration demands, and lawsuits, and d) because I refuse to be manipulated/dominated by my critics/opponents, I refuse to glorify and praise them, I refuse to pander to them, I refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, I refused to cover up their wrong doing, and I refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Teen mob descends on Chicago’s Hyde Park, damages cars as ‘takeover’ trend spreads across U.S. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/7/teen-mob-descends-chicagos-hyde-park-damages-cars-takeover-trend/
— Britain’s gun control led to ‘Islamist abyss’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/7/james-woods-says-britains-gun-control-led-islamist-abyss/
— California’s $20 fast-food minimum wage brought higher prices, fewer hours. DD: I did not start earning $20/hour in today’s dollars until I was 18 in 1966 and I had earned a high school diploma and I had passed the postal employment test.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/7/study-californias-20-fast-food-minimum-wage-brought-higher-prices/
BREITBART
— Chicago: Teen Mob Damages Cars, Terrorizes Neighbors. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2026/04/07/watch-chicago-teen-mob-damages-cars-terrorizes-neighbors-as-parents-let-them-run-rampant/amp/
— 14 Shot During Weekend in Democrat-Controlled Chicago
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/04/07/14-shot-during-weekend-democrat-controlled-chicago/amp/
— Gun Control Is Not a Suitable Substitute for Freedom
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/04/07/hawkins-gun-control-is-not-suitable-substitute-freedom/
— Trump’s Migration Rules Force Wage Gains in Meatpacking
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/04/07/trumps-migration-rules-force-wage-gains-in-meatpacking/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— China Dominates the World’s Critical Minerals Production
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/07/how-china-dominates-the-worlds-critical-minerals-production/
FOX NEWS
— Video shows teens take over Chicago streets as mayor warns of ‘trends’ that can turn ‘deadly.’ Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson referred to the takeovers as ‘teen trends’ and called them ‘unsafe.’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-shows-teens-take-over-chicago-streets-mayor-warns-trends-turn-deadly
— Violent mob of juveniles swarms D.C. streets, attacks officers in wild ‘teen takeover’ caught on video. Authorities had established five juvenile curfew zones and hosted evening events for teens ahead of the weekend brawls. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/violent-mob-juveniles-swarms-streets-attacks-officers-wild-teen-takeover-caught-video
HOT AIR
— The War in Iran Is Safer for Americans Than a Month on the Streets in Chicago
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/04/07/the-war-in-iran-is-safer-for-americans-than-a-month-in-chicago-and-other-city-stories-n3813648
NEW AMERICAN
— Rhode Island lawmakers are considering a bill that would turbocharge the state’s draconian gun control from banning the future sale of certain firearms — so-called assault weapons — to criminalizing possession itself. This would mark a major escalation, turning many otherwise law-abiding gun owners into potential felons. DD: How soon will Pritzker do this in Illinois?
https://thenewamerican.com/us/rhode-island-moves-toward-gun-confiscation/
PJ MEDIA
— Chelsea Handler Attacks Traditional Marriage, Claims It Turns Women Into ‘Property’
https://pjmedia.com/michaelcantrell/2026/04/07/chelsea-handler-attacks-traditional-marriage-claims-it-turns-women-into-property-n4951555
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Comedian — a term I use loosely in this instance — and far-left activist Chelsea Handler took the opportunity to share her thoughts about marriage, which, by the way, nobody really wanted to know. She called it “outdated” and a “really silly idea,” adding that she puts “freedom” above all else. The 51-year-old then slammed the institution, saying, “You’re kind of, like, property a little bit.” Never mind that God created marriage as a sacramental representation of His relationship to His Church and established it as the bedrock of every civilized society since mankind began. No, Handler finds it too limiting on freedom, which really translates to not allowing her to drop her panties for anyone, anytime. She has built something of a reputation for being, shall we say, “loose” with her sexuality.)
WHITE HOUSE
— Trump Administration Celebrates Successes for America’s Workers. DD: All my employers would have hired those who were the following instead of me if they could have: Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or were noncitizens. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors would have promoted those who were the aforesaid instead of me if they could have. My taking graduate evening business courses helped me get promoted by IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My earning an MBA, my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, my earning a master’s degree in accounting, my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, and my becoming a licensed CPA helped me get promoted by GAO in 1986.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2025/08/trump-administration-celebrates-successes-for-americas-workers/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump Organization to use E-Verify for worker status checks. DD: All my employers would have hired non-citizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.aol.com/trump-organization-e-verify-worker-status-checks-124710478–finance.html
MSN
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want birthright citizenship.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-s-scathing-14-word-rant-at-supreme-court-over-birthright-citizenship-challenge/ar-AA20ewTA
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/justices-question-administration-s-quirky-arguments-in-birthright-citizenship-case/ar-AA1ZUJ4f
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/trump-makes-abrupt-decision-during-cecillia-wangs-birthright-citizenship-argument/ar-AA1ZV6Jb
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/crackpot-secretly-behind-trump-s-birthright-citizenship-plot-exposed/ar-AA1ZQmW6
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/as-american-as-apple-pie-democratic-lawmaker-on-birthright-citizenship/vi-AA209PjN?ocid=ob-fb-frbe-84
— DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pope-marks-first-easter-under-cloud-of-mideast-war/ar-AA20aSYH
— American dream over? What may happen to Indians on H-1B visas if US birthright citizenship ends. DD: All my employers would have hired non-citizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/india/american-dream-over-what-may-happen-to-indians-on-h-1b-visas-if-us-birthright-citizenship-ends/ar-AA201aUb
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The historic oral arguments in the case of Trump vs Barbara have sent a wave of anxiety through the international community, particularly among the hundreds of thousands of Indian professionals currently residing in the United States on H-1B visas. For decades, the “American Dream” for Indian tech workers has included a silent guarantee: even if their own path to a Green Card takes twenty years, any child born on US soil would be an American citizen from day one. However, with President Donald Trump personally overseeing the legal challenge to the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause in April 2026, that guarantee is now under direct threat. If birthright citizenship ends, the legal and personal landscape for H-1B families will undergo a seismic shift, transforming “anchor babies” into a generation of “stateless” or “foreign” dependents.)
— If a man has these 6 habits, he’s likely a low-value partner. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary for 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/love-sex/if-a-man-has-these-6-habits-he-s-likely-a-low-value-partner/ss-AA1V3O1H
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer Americans are “marriage material.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/chelsea-handler-says-she-doesn-t-care-about-marriage-calls-it-outdated/ar-AA20ijqa
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DD: For Democrats, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/trumps-higher-education-crackdown-visa-revocations-dei-bans-lawsuits-and-funding-cuts
CBS NEWS
— Few Republicans condemn Trump’s Iran threat as Democrats call for his removal
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-iran-trump-threats-25th-amendment/
— Detroit business concerned about recent downtown teen takeover, wants parents held accountable. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/detroit-businesses-concerned-downtown-teen-takeover/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/world/middleeast/pope-leo-xiv-trump-iran-threats.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders promote mail-in voting.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/politics/trump-mail-voting-elections-fact-check.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/style/marriage-decline-delay.html
WASHINGTON POST
— D.C.’s teen takeovers have become a political lightning rod. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/04/07/dc-youth-arrests-teen-takeover/
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-federal-civil-service/2020/10/23/02fbf05c-1549-11eb-ba42-ec6a580836ed_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Farmworkers Day, formerly known as Cesar Chavez Day. DD: I never worked on a farm. But I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. My critics/opponents never had to take such bad jobs and they would never have stooped to take such bad jobs.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/la-county-farmworkers-day-highlights-demanding-labor-and-workers-who-do-it/ar-AA1ZLJyL
FOX BALTIMORE
— A Maryland bill would allow the state to sue private schools over claims of discrimination, including based on gender identity. DD: My parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. My critic/opponents have always outrageously/disgustingly/falsely/unethically used that to demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents, and therefore me, as being filthy rich. But they have always known full-well that my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, that he almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, that he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969, and that I had to work my way through college. But they have always known full-well that I did yard work 1962-1964, that I delivered newspapers 1962-1966, that I washed dishes 1964-1966, that I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, that I delivered mail 1966-1969, that I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, that I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and that I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972.
https://foxbaltimore.com/spotlight-on-maryland/gallery/discrimination-maryland-bill-would-allow-state-lawsuits-against-private-schools
WVNS TV
— Free self-defense class coming to YMCA of Southern West Virginia. DD: You cannot legally claim self-defense if you actively start or physically escalate the conflict and you cannot meet verbal threats, insults, or aggressive posturing with physical violence and you cannot use a deadly weapon against an unarmed, non-lethal threat without facing serious criminal charges according to Men’s Gear.
https://www.wvnstv.com/news/local-news/free-self-defense-class-coming-to-ymca-of-southern-west-virginia/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why More People Are Dropping Out of the Job Market. DD: In 1997, when I was 49, when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, they made it impossible for me to get a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/why-more-people-are-dropping-out-of-the-job-market-6e9f4eb4
BLOOMBERG LAW
— Trump Floats Scrapping Seniority Shield for Federal Layoffs. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I brought with me almost 3 years of federal seniority that I had earning working part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were even more furious when I brought with me that postal seniority and almost 9 years of federal seniority that I had earning working for IRS 1971-1980. I had 25 years of federal seniority when I was 45 in 1993. I lost 34 months of federal seniority September of 1969 – June of 1971 because my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-proposes-scrapping-seniority-shield-for-federal-layoffs
FED SMITH
— No College Degree, Not A Problem: Major Overhaul in Federal Hiring. DD: Federal hiring ever-increasingly a) dumps meritocracy and b) replaces objectivity with subjectivity. Because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job, a) the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me if I had not earned a high school diploma and passed the postal employment test, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me if I had not earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/04/07/no-college-degree-no-problem-feder. al-hiring-overhaul/
POLITICO
— DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/07/pope-leo-condemns-trumps-latest-threats-against-iran-00862464
CONVERSATION
— DD: The mainstream news media is beyond overwhelmingly anti-conservative, anti- Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-married people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who ancestors have been in America for a long time. The mainstream news media ever-increasingly promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vice, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. That is, the mainstream news media ever-increasingly serves as a mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.
https://theconversation.com/does-nonpartisan-journalism-have-a-future-70384
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MIRROR
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want birthright citizenship.
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-supreme-court-1770359
WEEKLY TIMES & SKY NEWS
— Charlie Kirk was the leader of the fight against woke ideology. But now, since his death, we’re back to square one. DD: Because I was not woke, that is, because I did not blame others for my problems, I was able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21; job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48; job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48; and a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/national/back-to-square-one-charlie-kirk-was-the-leader-of-the-fight-against-wokeness/video/dbc8db5266d1e301da0ab45d4f43980a
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofYNyl4n2R8
April 7, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chocolate-shops-bear-mascot-stolen-during-teen-takeover-recovered-by-chicago-police/3919143/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/chicago-police-recover-chocolate-shops-mascot-stolen-during-takeover/3919177/
CBS2
— DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-police-help-recover-teddy-bear-stolen-during-teen-takeover/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-police-helicopter-teddy-bear-downtown-teen-takeover/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/07/chicago-us-attorney-boutros-operation-midway-blitz/
— Springfield defends us all against Mayor Brandon Johnson’s worst ideas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/07/editorial-head-tax-brandon-johnson-springfield-anthony-deluca-curtis-tarver/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Supreme Court declines challenge to Illinois law restricting guns on public transit. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-supreme-court-illinois-concealed-carry-20260406/
DECATUR DAILY
— Pope Leo’s flawed war doctrine. DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.decaturdaily.com/opinion/columnists/cal-thomas-pope-leo-s-flawed-war-doctrine/article_9e9cb82f-09f1-4587-a8a6-dd5099d44444.html
WIFR & KWQC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wifr.com/video/2026/04/07/illinois-pursues-abortion-coverage-people-with-little-or-no-insurance/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbrNEqFoZkY
POLITICO Illinois
— Back to the grindstone in Springfield
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/07/back-to-the-grindstone-in-springfield-00861207
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-710/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Vallas: Chicago Mayor’s “Reparations” Rhetoric Masks His Policy Failures
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-mayor-reparations-rhetoric-masks-policy-failures
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois House speaker’s son to attend private school. DD: My parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. My critic/opponents have always outrageously/disgustingly/falsely/unethically used that to demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents, and therefore me, as being filthy rich. They have always known full-well that my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, that he almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, that he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969, and that I had to work my way through college. They have always known full-well that I did yard work 1962-1964, that I delivered newspapers 1962-1966, that I washed dishes 1964-1966, that I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, that I delivered mail 1966-1969, that I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, that I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and that I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6b5d5db7-919d-4590-b10c-68f3afa7e571.html
— Illinois gun owners plan rally in wake of Supreme Court order. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7fa1b719-3d12-4788-b26c-ebf320114239.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Anchor babies hit surge status, totaling 9 percent of U.S. births. DD: How many millions in America are anchor babies?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/2/anchor-babies-hit-surge-status-totaling-9-percent-us-births/
AMAC
— Supreme Court Must Abort Birthright Citizenship. DD: QUESTION: Who wants birthright citizenship? ANSWER: Leaders of foreign countries who want to takeover America. If the communists who run China decide to, they could sent many millions of their pregnant citizens into America to give birth. Further, more and more and more who are the following want citizenship because Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference: those who want/need/demand government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, have health, financial, and/or other problems and/or are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. How many millions in America are anchor babies?
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/supreme-court-must-abort-birthright-citizenship/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Birthright Citizenship and the Making of Citizens. DD: QUESTION: Who wants birthright citizenship? ANSWER: Leaders of foreign countries who want to takeover America. If the communists who run China decide to, they could sent many millions of their pregnant citizens into America to give birth. Further, more and more and more who are the following want citizenship because Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference: those who want/need/demand government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, have health, financial, and/or other problems and/or are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. How many millions in America are anchor babies?
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/birthright-citizenship-and-the-making-of-citizens/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— GOP looks at overturning case allowing undocumented children in US public schools. DD: What percent of the students in your school district are illegals?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/03/31/gop-looks-at-overturning-case-allowing-undocumented-children-in-us-public-schools-1630266/
BLAZE
— Bondi’s epic failures. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government got rid of my Democrat superiors and supervisors who failed to get rid of me and my coworkers who shared my demographics. Of course, they rapidly got rid of a) the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and b) the GAO manager who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me in 1986.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-liz-wheeler-show/liz-wheeler-exposes-pam-bondi-list-failures-trump-fires-her
BREITBART
— Britain Disarmed its People and Now Nears ‘Islamist Abyss.’ DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/04/06/james-woods-britain-disarmed-its-people-now-its-standing-on-the-edge-of-the-islamist-abyss/amp/
— ICE Has Arrested 20,000 Illegal Aliens in D.C. Region
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/04/06/report-ice-has-arrested-20000-illegal-aliens-d-c-region/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to decide whether individuals can carry firearms on public transportation. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/06/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-challenge-to-illinois-public-transport-gun-ban/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Obama Center takes heat as critics cry foul over ID rules for free entry — while Dems blast voter ID laws. Illinois residents must show valid ID for free Tuesday admission ahead of the center’s June 19 opening.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-center-heat-critics-cry-foul-over-id-rules-free-entry-while-dems-blast-voter-id-laws
— Supreme Court’s showdown on birthright citizenship decision could reshape America. DD: QUESTION: Who wants birthright citizenship? ANSWER: Leaders of foreign countries who want to takeover America. If the communists who run China decide to, they could sent many millions of their pregnant citizens into America to give birth. Further, more and more and more who are the following want citizenship because Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference: those who want/need/demand government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, have health, financial, and/or other problems and/or are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. How many millions in America are anchor babies?
https://www.aol.com/articles/supreme-courts-showdown-birthright-citizenship-090043186.html
MEN’S GEAR
— A Modern Guide to Self-Defense and Understanding Your Legal Boundaries
https://mensgear.net/a-modern-guide-to-self-defense/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: You cannot legally claim self-defense if you actively start or physically escalate the conflict. You cannot meet verbal threats, insults, or aggressive posturing with physical violence. You cannot use a deadly weapon against an unarmed, non-lethal threat without facing serious criminal charges.
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump rips Supreme Court over birthright citizenship. DD: QUESTION: Who wants birthright citizenship? ANSWER: Leaders of foreign countries who want to takeover America. If the communists who run China decide to, they could sent many millions of their pregnant citizens into America to give birth. Further, more and more and more who are the following want citizenship because Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference: those who want/need/demand government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, have health, financial, and/or other problems and/or are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. How many millions in America are anchor babies?
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5818557-birthright-citizenship-trump-sc/
ROLL CALL
— DD: My critics/opponents paint themselves as being woke. To paint yourself as being woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://rollcall.com/2026/04/06/for-these-republicans-the-war-on-woke-starts-at-home/
CBS NEWS
— Nationwide “teen takeover” trend causes concern for law enforcement. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/video/nationwide-teen-takeover-trend-causes-concern-for-law-enforcement/
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/atlanta-mayor-calls-for-safe-hangouts-and-parents-to-help-as-teen-takeovers-rise-across-the-city/
MSN
— Nationwide teen takeover trend causes concern for law enforcement. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nationwide-teen-takeover-trend-causes-concern-for-law-enforcement/vi-AA20i7QG
— Pope Leo rebukes ‘fake news’ in veiled swipe at Trump. DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/pope-leo-rebukes-fake-news-in-veiled-swipe-at-trump/gm-GM25BBE8F9
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history
https://apnews.com/article/news-industry-buyouts-ap-newspapers-dd790effc6a385514b3323560161ea4f
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The news organization is becoming more focused on visual journalism and developing new revenue sources, particularly through companies investing in artificial intelligence, to cope with the economic collapse of many legacy news outlets. Once the lion’s share of AP’s revenue, big newspaper companies now account for 10% of its income.)
NEWSWEEK
— Pope Leo Rebukes Signature Donald Trump Phrase. DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.newsweek.com/pope-leo-rebukes-signature-donald-trump-phrase-11788078
NEW YORK TIMES
— Pope Leo Calls for Peace and Warns of a World Indifferent to Violence. DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/world/europe/pope-leo-easter.html
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have and b) give non-Whites more preference over Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/nyregion/mamdani-moves-to-link-affordability-agenda-with-racial-equity.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats are turning Republicans’ arguments against them in midterm races. Republicans won in 2024 by promising to cut the cost of living, but high gas prices are frustrating voters and providing a potent line of attack ahead of this year’s elections.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/07/democrats-gas-prices-election-2026/
BOSTON HERALD
— DD: RINO leaders purge conservatives. I should write about past and present RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) who have purged the most conservatives from the aforesaid organizations. Of course, I would start with those who purged me. I am no longer the MTRO webmaster. I am no longer an ICRC Steering Committee member. I am no longer the TAPROOT chairman. I am no longer the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. I was thrown off the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/04/02/battenfeld-president-trump-and-maga-purging-rinos-from-party/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pope Leo XIV Goes to War. The pontiff wrongly suggests that pacifism is the sole acceptable moral position. DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/pope-leo-xiv-goes-to-war-2a4970be
— The Constitution Could Let Noncitizens Vote. States could loosen their rules, and an amendment is the only way to prevent it. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-constitution-could-let-noncitizens-vote-bee06b3f
— The Farm Labor Shortfall Bites. U.S. workers applied for only 182 of 415,000 jobs advertised last year. DD: I never worked on a farm. But I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. My critics/opponents never had to take such bad jobs and they would never have stooped to take such bad jobs.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/farm-labor-trump-administration-h-2a-visas-immigrants-d028e121
FORBES
— Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship? Supreme Court To Weigh In. DD: QUESTION: Who wants birthright citizenship? ANSWER: Leaders of foreign countries who want to takeover America. If the communists who run China decide to, they could sent many millions of their pregnant citizens into America to give birth. Further, more and more and more who are the following want citizenship because Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference: those who want/need/demand government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, have health, financial, and/or other problems and/or are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. How many millions in America are anchor babies?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2026/04/06/can-trump-end-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-to-weigh-in/
AMERICAN BANKER
— DD: Do not anticipate/expect to be hired by Goldman Sacks a) unless you are a Democrat, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, your ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and/or you are noncitizen and/or b) unless you promise to help Gorman Sacks get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of America.
https://www.americanbanker.com/news/goldman-sachs-defends-its-diversity-work-against-anti-dei-claims
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 55% Want Penalties on Companies That Hire Illegals. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/55_want_penalties_on_companies_that_hire_illegals
COLUMBIA MAGAZINE
— Is Objectivity in Journalism Even Possible? DD: According to my critics/opponents, you are not a journalist if you are conservative, if you do not have a degree in journalism, and if you are not paid for what you do. My critics/opponents have a very low opinion of me, they vehemently disapprove of me, they strongly blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. 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. I should start writing about my critics/opponents.
https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/objectivity-journalism-even-possible
MOVIE GUIDE
— High dating standards. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary for 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.movieguide.org/news-articles/sadie-robertson-and-christian-huff-talk-high-dating-standards.html
POLITICO
— IRS staffing shortage collides with GOP’s tax cut campaign pitch. 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 IRS’s new Centiphone automated answering system in downtown Chicago. I supervised the operation’s entire staff which included 90 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 that promoted me. They disallowed my travel vouchers. They disallowed my education deductions. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt. They made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. That directly resulted in my transferring to GAO.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/06/irs-falls-short-of-filing-season-staffing-00860634
— Donald Trump’s intervention in the California governor’s race caught much of the state’s political establishment by surprise.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/06/before-trump-backed-hilton-loomer-was-already-at-work-00861205
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I don’t know what to make of it. I thought we were heading to two Republicans in the final two,” said John Cox, a Republican who made the 2018 runoff against Gov. Gavin Newsom largely on the strength of Trump’s endorsement.)
DAILY KOS
— DD: QUESTION: Who wants birthright citizenship? ANSWER: Leaders of foreign countries who want to takeover America. If the communists who run China decide to, they could sent many millions of their pregnant citizens into America to give birth. Further, more and more and more who are the following want citizenship because Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference: those who want/need/demand government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, have health, financial, and/or other problems and/or are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. How many millions in America are anchor babies?
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/4/6/2376575/-14th-Amendment-attacks-are-about-White-birthright-citizenship-in-Trump-s-electoral-autocracy
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Trump Truth Store closes as owner blames low sales on Iran war: ‘Dead as a doornail.’ Proprietor shutters Illinois business as demand for MAGA merchandise dwindles.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-store-closure-iran-war-b2952946.html
FREE PRESS
— Colleges Will Never Give Up Racial Preferences
https://www.thefp.com/p/will-colleges-ever-give-up-racial
ECONOMIC TIMES
— I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. DD: To discourage/stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out, my critics/opponents ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that my promoting conservative principles and that my promoting the Republican Party platform is hopeless, and that therefore, it is a waste of my time, a waste of my effort, and a waste of my money. They stress the adverse actions that they have had their operative and their dupes take against me including a) throwing me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, d) ending my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, e) ending my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) ending my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, g) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) defeating my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and i) getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000.
https://m.economictimes.com/us/news/tuesday-motivation-by-angela-davis-i-am-no-longer-accepting-the-things-i-cannot-change-i-am-changing-the-things-i-iconic-voice-for-civil-rights-social-justice-and-prison-abolition/amp_articleshow/130073947.cms
DAILY MAIL
— Pope rejects claims God justifies war. DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/pope-rejects-claims-god-justifies-war-in-palm-sunday-mass-as-us-prepares-for-iran-ground-invasion/ar-AA1ZF9jx
— Naperville, a stunning suburb named America’s best place to live 2025, is overrun by hundreds of feral teens. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/stunning-suburb-named-america-s-best-place-to-live-2025-is-overrun-by-hundreds-of-feral-teens/ar-AA1ZQVKF
— Horrified tourists visiting Chicago confronted by nightmarish Mad Max scene unfolding outside window of their Hampton Inn hotel room. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15709507/chicago-teen-mad-max-scene-hotel-loop-cars.html
April 4, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Truth Store temporarily closes on account of low sales amid Iran war
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/03/trump-truth-store-closes-war-sales/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/03/daywatch-faith-leaders-wash-the-feet-of-14-detainees-inside-broadview-ice-facility-for-holy-thursday/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/04/03/illinois-accountability-commission-requests-testimony-from-trump-officials-responsible-for-midway-blitz
— Illinois and other Democrat-led states sue against Trump executive order that tightens mail-in voting. Illinois has joined 23 other Democrat-run states in a lawsuit against a Trump administration executive order. The order would establish a national list of eligible voters and restrict mail-in voting to those on the list.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/04/03/donald-trump-executive-order-national-voter-eligibility-list-mail-in-ballots-lawsuit-24-blue-states
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Iran to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/04/03/trump-iran-war-hawks-strait-hormuz-oil-gas-mona-charen
— Illinois remains abortion ‘safe haven’ for out-of-state patients in 2025. Nearly one in four people nationally who crossed state lines to obtain abortions last year came to Illinois for the procedure — a volume higher than any state in the country.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2026/04/03/illinois-abortion-safe-haven-out-of-state-patients-2025-report
DAILY HERALD
— Former Glendale Heights village president says he can’t get a fair trial in DuPage County. DD: Could you get a fair trial? One could argue that I could not get a fair trial in Cook County and that was why I was denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO. I lacked “jury appeal’ because of my bad demographics. I was , Republican, White, male, old, getting a $68,640/year federal pension in today’s dollars, my wife had a good-paying job, the federal government was paying 72% of our health insurance, we had no debts, we had no dependents, we lived in a home we had built in Wheaton in 1984, we owned cars, I am Protestant, I am 100% German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844, I had been a Crete resident 1948-1972, etc. One could argue that because of the aforesaid, no jury would ever rule in my favor.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260402/crime/why-former-glendale-heights-village-president-says-he-cant-get-a-fair-trial-in-dupage-county/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Can the GOP Thrive in Illinois and Chicago? DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Ever since Big Jim Thompson, Republican leaders in Illinois have a) dumped more and more and more planks in the Republican Party platform, b) moved the party further to the left, and c) made the party “Democrat Lite.” While they were doing that, Illinois Democrat leaders have ever-increasingly advanced the liberal Democrat Party platform.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/can-gop-thrive-illinois-chicago
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Hunger Industrial Complex, Part II: The Six-Figure Charity Racket
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/the-hunger-industrial-complex-part-ii-the-six-figure-charity-racket/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Darren Bailey Joins IGOLD Lineup in Springfield as Gun Owners Rally Against Pritzker-Era Restrictions
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/04/darren-bailey-joins-igold-lineup-in-springfield-as-gun-owners-rally-against-pritzker-era-restrictions.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Was the death of woke greatly exaggerated? DD: My critics/opponents have always been woke and will always will be woke. They have always and they always will blame all of their problems, all of your problems, all of my problems, and all of everyone’s problems on those like me who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/equality-not-elitism/4515154/was-death-woke-greatly-exaggerated/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— DD: What saved you from liberal indoctrination? My majoring in business, accounting, and finance while I a) attended UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997 and b) earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU and master’s degrees from Loyola, DePaul, and IIT saved me from liberal indoctrination.
https://www.aei.org/articles/are-colleges-and-universities-too-liberal-what-the-research-says-about-the-political-composition-of-campuses-and-campus-climate/
BREITBART
— Chinese Anchor Babies, Now Adults, Accused of Planting Bomb at MacDill Air Force Base
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/03/chinese-anchor-babies-now-adults-accused-of-planting-bomb-at-macdill-air-force-base/
CPAC
— CPAC Strongly Condemns Sharia Law and Its Growing Influence in America and Around the World
https://www.cpac.org/post/cpac-strongly-condemns-sharia-law-and-its-growing-influence-in-america-and-around-the-world
DAILY WIRE
— Chinese-Americans Accused Of Terrorism Were Anchor Babies For Illegal Parents
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-chinese-americans-accused-of-terrorism-were-anchor-babies-for-illegal-parents
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— DD: What saved you from liberal indoctrination? My majoring in business, accounting, and finance while I a) attended UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997 and b) earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU and master’s degrees from Loyola, DePaul, and IIT saved me from liberal indoctrination.
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/parents-are-going-offensive-fight-indoctrination-education
NATIONAL REVIEW
— DD: Ever-increasingly, RINO leaders discourage/stop Republicans who are the following from seeking/holding any kind of office as a Republican: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. RINO leaders want candidates and elected officials who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-demographics-of-democratic-candidates/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: What saved you from liberal indoctrination? My majoring in business, accounting, and finance while I a) attended UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997 and b) earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU and master’s degrees from Loyola, DePaul, and IIT saved me from liberal indoctrination.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5601601-college-indoctrination-myth-exposed/
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/3941143-the-myth-of-woke-indoctrination-of-students/
NBC NEWS
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, Hegseth has delayed and blocked military promotions for bad reasons. My critics/opponents applaud the reasons why my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors delayed and blocked my promotions. They delayed and blocked my promotions because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. They delayed and blocked my promotions a) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 in 1988.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-intervened-military-promotions-dozen-senior-officers-rcna266062
AOL
— Pete Hegseth’s ‘warrior ethos’ speech is now mandatory viewing for the entire US military. DD: I should write about the “training” that my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors forced on their employees. All of it hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Republicans who are the following have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that everyone has had, is having, and will have: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/articles/pete-hegseths-warrior-ethos-speech-213915765.html
CNN
— DD: What saved you from liberal indoctrination? My majoring in business, accounting, and finance while I a) attended UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997 and b) earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU and master’s degrees from Loyola, DePaul, and IIT saved me from liberal indoctrination.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/17/politics/donald-trump-national-archives-patriotic-education
MSN
— Pentagon blocks troops from elite universities. DD: What saved you from liberal indoctrination? My majoring in business, accounting, and finance while I a) attended UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997 and b) earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU and master’s degrees from Loyola, DePaul, and IIT saved me from liberal indoctrination.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/pentagon-blocks-troops-from-elite-universities/gm-GMD6C9F8C7
— Demonstrations and demographics. DD: Democrat leaders are having the greatest success getting Democrats to protest Trump who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/demonstrations-and-demographics/ar-AA205l8e
NEW YORK TIMES
— Pam Bondi Wanted a Graceful Exit. But Trump Wanted Her Gone. DD: When I was 49 in 1997, I wanted to work at least until I was eligible for regular retirement when I would be 55 in 2003. But my Democrat GAO superiors wanted me to take their early retirement “offer” which expired on September 30, 1997. They wanted to get rid of their employees like me who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and who they had not promoted to Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year. All my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of shared most if not virtually all of my demographics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/politics/pam-bondi-attorney-general-trump.html
— DD: What saved you from liberal indoctrination? My majoring in business, accounting, and finance while I a) attended UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997 and b) earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU and master’s degrees from Loyola, DePaul, and IIT saved me from liberal indoctrination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/opinion/sunday/college-doesnt-make-you-liberal.html
— The One Thing Trump Wanted That Pam Bondi Failed to Deliver. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they gave their Chicago field office managers lists of employees to get rid of who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I was always at the top of those lists. The less success that managers had ousting those employees, the sooner that they were ousted. I would not have survived for almost 18 years or have gotten promoted in 1986 if I had not a) earned master’s degrees in business in 1976, accounting in 1980, and finance in 1997, b) earned professional certifications in accounting in 1979, internal auditing in 1981, fraud examination in 1990, government financial management in 1994, financial services auditing in 1996, and forensic accounting in 1997, and c) become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/opinion/pam-bondi-fired-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/04/03/despite-signaling-change-ice-still-arrests-many-immigrants-with-no-record/
— DD: What saved you from liberal indoctrination? My majoring in business, accounting, and finance while I a) attended UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997 and b) earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU and master’s degrees from Loyola, DePaul, and IIT saved me from liberal indoctrination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/2024/indoctrination-schools-student-political-views-change/
USA TODAY
— DD: What saved you from liberal indoctrination? My majoring in business, accounting, and finance while I a) attended UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997 and b) earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU and master’s degrees from Loyola, DePaul, and IIT saved me from liberal indoctrination.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/06/12/college-education-conservatives-stem-liberal-arts-jobs/74048631007/
BALTIMORE SUN
— DD: What saved you from liberal indoctrination? My majoring in business, accounting, and finance while I a) attended UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997 and b) earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU and master’s degrees from Loyola, DePaul, and IIT saved me from liberal indoctrination.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/03/27/college-making-people-liberal-studies-find-diploma-divide-about-identity-not-beliefs/
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— DD: What saved you from liberal indoctrination? My majoring in business, accounting, and finance while I a) attended UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997 and b) earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU and master’s degrees from Loyola, DePaul, and IIT saved me from liberal indoctrination.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/uh-memo-not-indoctrinate-21336172.php
DAYTONA TIMES
— DD: Meritocracy means advancement based on merit and not on political affiliation, race, gender, age, veteran status, religion, national origin, length of time your ancestors have been in America, or on anything else. Since the 1960s, Democrat and RINO leaders have ever-increasingly advanced people because they were Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related 1970 bachelor’s degree, my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, my job-related 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 professional certifications, and my 1981 job-related professional license.
https://www.daytonatimes.com/commentaries/merit-based-promotions-should-also-be-about-fairness/article_19337bad-14f7-4678-a04f-0c7baedead62.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Paring the Government Payroll. Federal jobs have fallen by nearly 12% since the start of Trump II. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who despise/hate past/present/future federal employees and retirees the most. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for almost 29 years. In my defense, I would not have become postal employee when I was 18 in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to take the postal employment test with him. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because of that agreement, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/jobs-report-government-payroll-trump-administration-df2bec90
— Chrysler, Once an American Icon, Now Sells Just One Minivan. Can it Survive? Dealers want to see a fuller lineup but a turnaround will be expensive and difficult. DD: I worked part-time for Chrysler in early 1970.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/chrysler-minivans-pacifica-future-refresh-89194b33
BANKING RATES
— How Far $100K Goes in America’s 22 Best Small Midwest Towns. DD: When did you start earning $100K in today’s dollars? My critics/opponents were furious when I started earning $100K (GS-12) in today’s dollars in 1974 when I was 25. They stressed that I had worked for IRS for only 3 years. They stressed that I did not have an MBA and that I had only completed 10 of the 16 courses needed to earn one from Loyola. They were furious that I had a) bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) paid for the aforesaid courses, c) bought a new townhome in 1972, and d) bought a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974. They ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed that I had a) worked full-time for Firestone Stores 1970-1971 and part-time 1971-1972. They stressed that I could not have done the aforesaid if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.aol.com/articles/far-100k-goes-america-22-120505254.html
JD SUPRA
— EEOC’s first major DEI enforcement action signals new litigation risk. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC had a monumental impact on me when I was 22 in 1971. I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted that job offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eeoc-s-first-major-dei-enforcement-1533905/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a significant development reflecting heightened federal scrutiny of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced a $500,000 settlement with Planned Parenthood of Illinois. This resolution stems from an EEOC investigation into allegations of race-based discrimination and harassment tied to the organization’s DEI programming. The settlement serves as an important reminder that DEI initiatives, while often well-intentioned, remain subject to the same statutory requirements as all other workplace practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. EEOC allegations and findings. The EEOC initiated a class investigation following multiple employee charges alleging that Planned Parenthood’s DEI initiatives resulted in disparate treatment and a hostile work environment. According to the EEOC, the organization’s programs impermissibly classified employees based on race and created unequal working conditions. Specifically, the EEOC alleged that Planned Parenthood: Required employees to participate in mandatory affinity groups segregated by race; Conducted DEI trainings that included statements perceived as derogatory toward white employees; Administered workplace benefits, including time-off opportunities, in a manner that differed based on race; and Failed to adequately address or remediate alleged discriminatory conduct until after internal escalation. The EEOC emphasized that Title VII contains no exception for DEI-related initiatives and reiterated that its protections apply equally to all employees, regardless of race or other protected characteristics.)
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION & CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: What saved you from liberal indoctrination? My majoring in business, accounting, and finance while I a) attended UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997 and b) earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU and master’s degrees from Loyola, DePaul, and IIT saved me from liberal indoctrination.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/07/25/academics-fact-check-pervasive-idea-liberal-academics-indoctrinate-their-students
https://www.chronicle.com/article/what-is-indoctrination-anyway
BROOKINGS
— DD: What saved you from liberal indoctrination? My majoring in business, accounting, and finance while I a) attended UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997 and b) earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU and master’s degrees from Loyola, DePaul, and IIT saved me from liberal indoctrination.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-politics-of-free-speech-in-us-schools-today/
HUFFINGTON POST
— DD: What saved you from liberal indoctrination? My majoring in business, accounting, and finance while I a) attended UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997 and b) earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU and master’s degrees from Loyola, DePaul, and IIT saved me from liberal indoctrination.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teacher-student-liberal-woke-indoctrination_n_67e81b7fe4b051cf99eab029
PEOPLE FOR THE AMEICAN WAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they despise/hate Christians, Americans, and America.
https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/cpac-faith-summit-calls-unapologetic-christian-nationalism-0
PHYS
— Diversity of Black perspectives on race relations. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on making my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were the following hate me: liberal/moderate, Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. I should write about the many successes they had and the few failures that they had. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, White, male, older (born in 1948), a Vietnam War draft avoider, Protestant, 100% German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, Crete resident 1948-1972, Wheaton resident since 1978, etc.
https://phys.org/news/2026-04-diversity-black-perspectives.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
LIVE LAW
— DD: What Caste were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, My mother never attended high school. All my grandparent spoke German. I had to work my way through college. Nevertheless, my critics/opponents have always outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically painted my parents as having been filthy rich. They have always known full-well that I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and pumped more gasoline 1971-1972.
https://www.livelaw.in/amp/articles/qualifies-scheduled-caste-528860
GUARDIAN
— DD: What saved you from liberal indoctrination? My majoring in business, accounting, and finance while I a) attended UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997 and b) earned a bachelor’s degree from NIU and master’s degrees from Loyola, DePaul, and IIT saved me from liberal indoctrination.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/13/charlie-kirk-campus-culture-wars
March 31, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success using Trump to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/30/south-suburban-relentless-orland-park-no-kings/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/30/no-kings-western-springs/
— Maria Pappas’ property tax numbers don’t lie. Governance in Illinois has been a stark failure for 30 years.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/30/editorial-maria-pappas-property-taxes-inflation-wages-chicago-pritzker/
— DD: In your precinct, what percent of the voters cast Republican ballots in primary elections but then vote for Democrat candidates in general elections?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/31/opinion-ranked-choice-voting-illinois-primaries/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES & WGN9 & ETC.
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, if not already, if you do not promote LGBTQ, you will be officially banned from sports.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bulls/2026/03/30/league-source-says-bulls-working-exit-strategy-for-jaden-ivey
https://wgntv.com/sports/bulls/bulls-waive-jaden-ivey-after-anti-lgbtq-social-media-rant/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/bulls-waive-guard-jaden-ivey-after-anti-lgbtq-comments-remarks-about-religion-on-instagram/ar-AA1ZLGEu
https://www.barrons.com/news/nba-bulls-fire-ivey-after-anti-lgbtq-comments-8baee50a
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/bulls-jaden-ivey-anti-lgbtq-remarks/
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48350464/sources-bulls-waive-jaden-ivey-anti-gay-comments
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/bulls-waive-jaden-ivey-after-anti-lgbtq-comments-pride-month-rant-214109049.html
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/nba/pistons/2026/03/30/former-piston-jaden-ivey-released-by-bulls-after-anti-lgbtq-comments/89393543007/
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7159179/2026/03/30/jaden-ivey-waived-bulls-nba-pride-month/
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/nba/chicago-bulls-waive-guard-jaden-ivey-after-anti-lgbtq-comments-remarks-about-religion/4060775/
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/bulls-waive-jaden-ivey-after-he-called-nbas-pride-month-celebration-unrighteousness
https://nypost.com/2026/03/31/sports/jaden-ivey-calls-bulls-liars-over-framing-of-his-release-after-anti-religion-lgbtq-rants/
https://people.com/chicago-bulls-waive-jaden-ivey-after-anti-pride-month-comments-11937802
https://www.aol.com/articles/jaden-ivey-waived-bulls-controversial-020216179.html
FOX32
— Chicago launches ‘Repair Chicago’ forums as part of reparations effort. DD: Since the 1960s, Affirmative Action and DEI have been reparations.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/repair-chicago-reparations
WTTW
— Teen Takeover Raises Questions About Public Safety, Spaces for Young People. DD: When you were a high school and college student, what did you do after school, weekends, and summers? While I was a junior and a senior in high school, instead of studying, I washed dishes for 28 hours a week during the school years and 40 hours a week during the summer in between. During the summer between high school and college, I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline. While I took classes at UIC and NIU, instead of studying, I delivered mail for all the part-time hours that I could during the school years and full-time during the summers in between.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/03/30/teen-takeover-raises-questions-about-public-safety-spaces-young-people
WGLT
— DD: The Democrat Party platform causes a tremendous amount of suffering. It steers people away from being productive members of society. It steers them toward being wards of the state.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-03-30/pope-leo-tells-bloomington-normal-mayors-they-have-a-duty-to-reduce-suffering
IPM ILLINOIS
— DD: Overwhelmingly, those who Democrat leaders attract to Illinois a) want/need/demand massive government assistance, b) lack education and/or job skills, c) have health and/or other problems, and/or d) speak little or no English.
https://ipmnewsroom.org/immigrants-lose-access-to-food-aid-in-more-states-as-federal-restrictions-take-effect/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Pick up an Illinois passport for America’s 250th. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office in the 1990s, they had a diversity event at which we were all encouraged/required to publicly disclose the country/countries that our ancestors immigrated from, when they immigrated, and their religion(s). Of course, I disclosed that all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s and that they and I have always been Missouri Synod Lutheran. Very few in the office had ancestors who had immigrated from what is now Germany. Most had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. Virtually none were Protestant. Because of Affirmative Action and other reporting requirements, we all already knew each others’ political affiliation, race, gender, age, veteran status, salary and bonuses, marital status, children, federal seniority, etc. We all knew that our GAO superiors’ top priorities were a) retaining and promoting their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. They all knew about, if not applauded, the many big adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors had taken against me.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/03/30/illinois-america-250-passport-historic-sites-chicago-events-cahokia-pullman
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/31/the-strategist-who-beat-the-money-machine-00851414
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Salvi: Vandalism fueled by toxic rhetoric
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_263d745b-4bad-4c28-b43c-beaea36fa1ae.html
— Illinois’ population has continued to narrowly grow this year, despite a significant number of cities in the state losing residents to other states. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly a) drive those who have demographics that vote for Republicans out of the state and b) attract those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6740343e-0d34-4119-a88b-9bb38e9e164d.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Bailey Calls for FBI Probe Into Pritzker Spending During Lara Trump Interview, Citing “Immense” Fraud
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/03/bailey-calls-for-fbi-probe-into-pritzker-spending-during-lara-trump-interview-citing-immense-fraud.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— CPAC faces tough questions about its fading political clout
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/30/cpac-faces-tough-questions-fading-political-clout/
— White House says Trump still believes CPAC is relevant despite skipping conference
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/30/white-house-says-trump-still-believes-cpac-relevant-despite-skipping/
— Democrats’ endless fight for illegal aliens costing American lives
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/30/democrats-endless-fight-illegal-aliens-costing-american-lives/
— Lessons for Iran from the Vietnam War. Trump must explain why it’s worth fighting.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/30/lessons-iran-vietnam-war/
BREITBART
— Chicago: Pro-Gun Control Mayor’s ‘Armed Security’ Detail Costing Taxpayers $30 Million A Year
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/03/30/chicago-pro-gun-control-mayors-armed-security-detail-costing-taxpayers-30-million-a-year/
— New Yorkers Who Vote over 80 Percent Democrat Protest Against Homeless Shelter
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/30/nolte-new-yorkers-who-vote-over-80-percent-democrat-protest-against-homeless-shelter/amp/
FEDERALIST
— The Latest ‘No Kings’ Protest Is The Sound Of A Tired Old Thing Trying To Not Die
https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/30/the-latest-no-kings-protest-is-the-sound-of-a-tired-old-thing-trying-to-not-die/
FOX NEWS
— Chicago’s Brandon Johnson blasts ‘assaults against immigrants’ as slain Sheridan Gorman is laid to rest. Suspect Jose Medina-Medina, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, was released into the U.S. in 2023 under the Biden administration, DHS says.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-brandon-johnson-blasts-assaults-against-immigrants-slain-sheridan-gorman-laid-rest
— DD: Pentagon cites ‘meritocracy’ as reported officer promotion removals draw Democratic criticism. DD: Most if not virtually all of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were minorities and/or female. All of them had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had fewer professional certifications than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. During the last 8 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, all my Chicago office superiors and supervisors were women who were younger than me and did not share my conservativism, my Republicanism, my religion (Protestant), or my national origin (German). All of their parents were immigrants while my ancestors have been in America since 1844. When I was 49 in 1997, they took the lead in forcing me to retire. I should write about that.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-cites-meritocracy-officer-removals-draw-democratic-criticism
HOMELAND SECURITY
— ICE Agents Under Attack While Attempting to Arrest Criminal Illegal Alien in Sacramento, California
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/03/30/ice-agents-under-attack-while-attempting-arrest-criminal-illegal-alien-sacramento
INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY STUDIES
— DD: Were you college material? When I was in high school, no one thought I was college material. Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. Nevertheless, I a) took college preparatory courses, b) got an ACT score of 24, c) graduated in the upper 20% of my class, d) got accepted by UIC, e) worked my way through college, and f) graduated debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21 in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.
https://ifstudies.org/blog/yes-youre-smart-enough-to-homeschool-your-kids
JUDICIAL WATCH
— Federal Court Allows Lawsuit against Reparations Program to Move Forward—Evanston, Illinois, Gives $25,000 Gov’t Payments to Blacks Only. DD: Since the 1960s, Affirmative Action and DEI have been reparations.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/evanston-illinois-reparations-program-continue/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Hundreds of College DEI Officers Attend Conference to Complain About ‘Chaos’ Caused by Trump. DD: Virtually all educators are Democrats. For them, education exists to crank out good little Democrats who are liberal, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/03/hundreds-of-college-dei-officers-attend-conference-to-complain-about-chaos-caused-by-trump/
NEWSMAX
— Democrats ‘Doubling Down on Misery’ in DHS Shutdown
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/danmeuser-newsmax-dhs/2026/03/30/id/1251244/
TOWNHALL
— The New York Times Runs Sob Story About a WI Dairy Farmer Who Might Lose His ‘Undocumented’ Laborers
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/03/30/peter-baker-nyt-wi-farmers-undocumented-workers-n2673661
— Sanctuary Cities Aren’t Compassion – They’re Criminal Protection Rackets.
https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/03/31/sanctuary-cities-arent-compassion-theyre-criminal-protection-rackets-n2673658
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— Duckworth presses Trump on IVF pledge. DD: Duckworth has an extremely low opinion of Trump. What does she think of you? Both Trump and I avoided the Vietnam War draft. We are both conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time. In 2006, Duckworth had me throw out of her press conference with Michael J. Fox in Wheaton. SEE: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/10/25/celebrity-and-controversy-mark-6th-race/ Further, my wife and I gave up trying to have children with trying IVF. We did not adopt. We did not become foster parents.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/duckworth-presses-trump-on-ivf-pledge/gm-CE9D21BE61
AOL
— Spring Break. DD: When you were in college, did you take spring breaks? My Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors were veterans and they were furious when I took vacation days for a spring break in 1969 and drove to Daytona Beach with three of my female NIU classmates in my 1969 Dodge Charger SE. In 1970, I repeated the aforesaid. My Democrat Firestone Store boss who was a veteran was furious that I went on a student package trip to the Bahamas while I was taking a graduate evening business course at UIC in the spring of 1971. My aforesaid superiors and boss were furious that I took the aforesaid vacations because I had avoided the Vietnam War draft with student deferments and a financial hardship deferment at a time when my peers were dying in Vietnam. They blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War. Further, while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, many, most, and at times virtually all my of superiors and supervisors were Democrat veterans who also blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. They were also furious when took vacations every year starting in 1973. For them, the federal government existed to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrat veterans. In my defense, the four vacations to the Bahamas, Hawaii, Mexico, and Jamacia 1973-1976 were budget packages offered by the National Treasury Employees Union.
https://www.aol.com/30-photos-show-spring-break-144652401.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders give them more and more and more preference: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/03/31/eeoc-lawsuit-coca-cola-bottler-discrimination/
— DD: Democrats are not only ever-increasingly anti-American, they are ever-increasingly anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/03/30/education-mcmahon-history-tour/
USA TODAY
— DD: Do not expect/anticipate that those who rent homes will maintain them as well as those who own homes.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/03/27/rent-single-family-homes-zoning-housing-shortage/89210202007/
PITTSBURGH NEWS
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://pittnews.com/article/201329/featured/this-country-belongs-to-all-of-us-pittsburgh-participates-in-national-no-kings-rallies/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rahm Emanuel: How Democrats Can Use Their Coming Majority. Investigations of Trump won’t satisfy the voters. To win in 2028, the party needs a positive agenda.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-democrats-can-use-their-coming-majority-414369f0?mod=opinion_lead_pos5
NDTV PROFIT
— What Makes A Professional Valuable? DD: What made you valuable? For me, it included my knowledge of IRS because GAO audits IRS. When I was 31 in 1980 and transferred from IRS to GAO, I had gained a strong knowledge of IRS by working for it almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or a veteran. But because I had complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. And because Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats, my Democrat GAO superiors viciously discredited and wasted my knowledge of IRS. They did that a) by forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, b) by delaying my promotions back to GS-12, c) by keeping me off audits of IRS until I was 37, and d) by not promoting me to GS-13 until I was 38. Further, while they let me work on audits of IRS for 3 years, none of those audits were of IRS’s Collection Division, the division that I knew most about. Further, to discredit me, they ignored, dismissed, and belittled what I learned earning an MBA when I was 27, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earning a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32. Further, I never would have gotten assigned to audits of IRS or promoted to GS-13 if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer had not briefly gotten back into power. They forced him to retire when I was 39.
https://www.ndtvprofit.com/lifestyle/work-corporate-india-in-volatile-world-what-makes-a-young-professional-truly-valuable-11286574/amp/1
NPR
— DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders give them more and more and more preference: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/31/nx-s1-5763966/eeoc-trump-white-men-civil-rights-dei-discrimination
BROOKINGS
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that Republicans oppress you: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-demographics-of-racial-inequality-in-the-united-states/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that Republicans oppress you: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/03/18/majorities-of-americans-see-at-least-some-discrimination-against-black-hispanic-and-asian-people-in-the-u-s/
NEA TODAY
— The Racist Beginnings of Standardized Testing. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979 and that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981 because I benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who are liberal, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/racist-beginnings-standardized-testing
ON LABOR
— DD: Federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://onlabor.org/the-first-amendment-as-government-workers-protection-of-last-resort/
FINANCIAL CAREERS
— Success in investment banking is as much a function of opportunity, privilege, market timing, geography, and mobility as it is of talent and effort. DD: My critics/opponents do not attribute my career successes to my effort or to my ability. According to them, because I was a federal employee, I had plenty of time and money to do the following because federal employees work only 40 hours a week and because they are grossly overpaid: a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) get promoted when I was 22, 23, 25, and 38, c) earn job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, d) earn professional certifications when I was 30, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and e) earn a job-related professional license when I was 32. Further, they stress a) that I avoided the Vietnam War draft, b) that my wife always had good-paying jobs, and c) that we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.
https://www.efinancialcareers.com/news/unconventional-banking-backgrounds
CPA JOURNAL
— Reconciling Ambition with Reality. Addressing the Profession’s Diversity and Talent Pipeline Crisis. DD: The accounting profession wrote me off as being “TOO OLD” a) because I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27, b) because I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30, c) because I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31, d) because I did not take and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA until I was 32, and e) more significantly, because I was not a minority or a female.
https://www.cpajournal.com/2026/03/30/reconciling-ambition-with-reality-2/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For several years now, declining enrollments in universities and high turnover at firms have posed a serious threat to the accounting profession’s viability. The solution is not merely a numbers game, it requires a multifaceted approach to updating pedagogy, refreshing the profession’s image, and clearing firm-level cultural barriers. The leaky pipeline is not primarily due to a shallow pool of academic candidates, but rather to barriers that impede their successful entry, retention, and advancement within firms. The historical underrepresentation of minorities in the profession should be understood as intertwined with the pipeline problem, and solving the latter requires addressing the former. . .The accounting profession is currently grappling with a widespread and severe talent shortage, a crisis exacerbated by declining undergraduate enrollment in accounting programs and a significant decrease in candidates taking the CPA Exam. Data indicates that accounting graduates trended downward in the 2019/2020 academic year, with decreases of 2.8% at the bachelor’s level and 8.4% at the master’s level. Compounding this issue is a high turnover rate within the profession, with 82% of public accounting firms and 69% of private companies reporting significant retention challenges. The number of first-time CPA exam candidates also saw a substantial decline of 33% from 2016 to 2021. Various factors have contributed to this decline, including the perceived burden of the 150-hour education requirement, the perception of accounting as a “boring” field, the lower compensation compared to other majors like finance and technology, and the persistent lack of diversity within the profession.)
VEG OUT
— The more privileged you are, the less likely you’re able to truly comprehend your own privilege. DD: How privileged are you? According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more privileged you are: White, male, healthy, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and/or raised in a traditional family. I am all of the aforesaid. In my defense, no one viewed me as being college material, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, he died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21, my mother never attended high school, my ACT score was only 24, I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, and I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents stress that my parents raised me in Crete and that my father made enough money a) to send me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools and b) to provide me with room and board while I took classed at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.
https://vegoutmag.com/lifestyle/r-bt-the-more-privileged-you-are-the-less-likely-youre-able-to-truly-comprehend-your-own-privilege/
SLATE
— CPAC Now Has No Trump and No Swag. Without the president or many other boldface MAGA names, this year’s convention felt as if it was held out of obligation. DD: I not only attended many CPACs, I helped sponsor many CPACs. But, as time went on, they moved toward Libertarianism and away from conservatism, that is, they moved away from personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, anti-vice, Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving).
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/03/cpac-2026-no-trump-iran-rfk-jr.html