Tag: illegals

February 16, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS2
— DHS shutdown under way after funding expires without a deal in Congress. The latest shutdown is affecting agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Transportation Security Administration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/dhs-shutdown-under-way-after-funding-expires-without-a-deal-in-congress/
— Early voting to resume in DuPage County on Monday after delays, ballot issues
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/early-voting-dupage-county/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Tony McCombie for Illinois 89th House District Republican primary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/16/editorial-tony-mccombie-illinois-89th-house-district-republican-primary/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/14/ofelia-giselle-torres-hidalgo-dies-immigration-ice-cancer

DAILY HERALD
— Daily Herald endorsement: Darren Bailey in GOP gubernatorial primary
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250215/endorsements/daily-herald-endorsement-darren-bailey-in-gop-gubernatorial-primary/
— GOP Senate candidates offer contrasting solutions to rising costs and economic challenges
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260215/us-congress-politics/gop-senate-candidates-offer-contrasting-solutions-to-rising-costs-and-economic-challenges/

WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgnradio.com/news/teen-who-fought-for-fathers-release-from-ice-custody-dies-from-rare-cancer-family/

HERALD REVIEW
— Protesters chant, sing outside Broadview ICE facility, plan recurring Saturday demonstrations. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://herald-review.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/article_644348c9-e61d-5431-9f4e-5abe8196ca5f.html

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Election Extra: Profiles of Republican U.S. Senate candidates
https://evanstonroundtable.com/newsletter-archive/election-extra-profiles-of-republican-u-s-senate-candidates/
— City of Evanston to host Reparations Repair Expo Feb. 21. DD: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. DD: Who wants you to pay reparations and why, that is, who wants you to pay the price of AA and DEI and why? My critics/opponents have always used against me the fact that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, I have always stressed that they always lived in northeast Illinois. My critics/opponents have also always used against me the fact that a) my ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete township in 1854 and b) my ancestors on my mother’s side became owners of a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border after they sharecropped it. According to my critics/opponents, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the more that you have benefitted from slavery and therefore the more reparations you should pay, that is, the more that you should pay the price of AA and DEI: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2026/02/09/city-of-evanston-to-host-reparations-repair-expo-feb-21/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/world/article/she-was-denied-a-legal-abortion-and-sent-to-21356021.php

NPR ILLINOIS
— Immigration enforcement will remain largely uninterrupted by the government shutdown
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-15/immigration-enforcement-will-remain-largely-uninterrupted-by-the-government-shutdown
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use “democracy” to take more and more and more freedoms, opportunities, and money away from Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-16/concerns-over-autocracy-in-the-u-s-continue-to-grow

CHICAGO TODAY
— GOP Faces Backlash Over Fat-Shaming Illinois Governor. Some Republicans criticize the party’s body-shaming post targeting Democratic Governor JB Pritzker.
https://nationaltoday.com/us/il/chicago/news/2026/02/16/gop-faces-backlash-over-fat-shaming-illinois-governor/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Max Solomon: GOP Write-In Candidate for Treasurer
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/02/max-solomon-gop-write-in-candidate-for-illinois-treasurer/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The inevitable, unbearable politicization of the Olympics
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4457856/inevitable-unbearable-politicization-olympics/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump should insist on E-Verify. The easy way to determine who is in this country illegally.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/15/trump-insist-e-verify/
— Hispanic groups warn Trump’s ICE surge could ‘nullify’ GOP’s Texas congressional goals. DD: Democrat leaders want Hispanics to first think of themselves as being Hispanics before thinking of themselves as being anything else including being citizens of America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/13/hispanic-groups-warn-trumps-ice-surge-could-nullify-gops-texas/

NEW YORK POST
— ICE offering six-figure salaries and $50K signing bonuses as it ramps up hiring to fuel deportations. DD: I did not earn $100,000/year in today’s dollars until 1974 after I had a) earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, b) worked for IRS for 3 years, and c) taken 10 graduate evening business courses at Loyola.
https://www.aol.com/ice-offering-six-figure-salaries-225718060.html

AMERICAN THINKER
— The persecution of Christians in the Islamic Middle East. Western governments feel too much colonial guilt to do anything about this.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/the_persecution_of_christians_in_the_islamic_middle_east.html
— France to send out letters to young women urging them to have babies before it’s too late. DD: My wife and I did not get married until I was 29 and she was 27. We erroneously believed that we would not have fertility problems, but both of us had major fertility problems. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied/shouted that I lied about our major fertility problems. They stressed that we did not try IVF even though my wife’s health insurance covered it. They stressed that we did not adopt or become foster parents. They viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned us as being disgusting filthy rich DINKs. They decried the tremendous amount of time and money that they spent raising their children. They decried that their spouses had little or no income. They crowed that they got married when they were young. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, f) get promoted in 1986, g) etc. According to them, if we had children, we would not have been able a) go on four vacations a year after my wife’s business trips to luxury resorts across America 1978-1992, b) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, c) to buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, d) etc. They would not have used our not having children against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/france_to_send_out_letters_to_young_women_urging_them_to_have_babies_before_it_s_too_late.html
— Real scientists have known the truth about global warming for decades. DD: Democrats blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/real_scientists_have_known_the_truth_about_global_warming_for_decades.html
— Ahead of midterms, Obama and Hillary suddenly embrace the Trump agenda. Anybody dumb enough to believe them? The talking points are going out.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/ahead_of_midterms_obama_and_hillary_suddenly_embrace_the_trump_agenda.html

BREITBART
— Nearly Seven in Ten Spaniards Oppose Socialist Government’s Illegal Migrant Amnesty Scheme
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/02/15/nearly-seven-in-ten-spaniards-oppose-socialist-governments-illegal-migrant-amnesty-scheme/
— Wisconsin Republican Party Headquarters Vandalized
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/02/15/photo-wisconsin-republican-party-headquarters-targeted-in-despicable-act-of-vandalism/amp/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Dissecting CBS News’ Claim that ‘Less than 14%’ of Trump II ICE Arrestees Are ‘Violent Criminals’
https://cis.org/Arthur/Dissecting-CBS-News-Claim-Less-14-Trump-II-ICE-Arrestees-Are-Violent-Criminals

COLLEGE FIX
— Free speech group defends U. Illinois College Republicans amid uproar over ICE post
https://www.thecollegefix.com/free-speech-group-defends-u-illinois-college-republicans-amid-uproar-over-ice-post/
— University of Florida to stop ‘gender-affirming care’ for students
https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-of-florida-to-stop-gender-affirming-care-for-students/

FOX NEWS
— ICE ramps up deportation push by boosting capacity to 92,600 beds with $38.3B expansion.
https://www.aol.com/news/ice-ramps-deportation-push-boosting-194632362.html
— Schools that let students leave class to protest ICE have failing academic records. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting walkouts in your school district? How soon, if not already, will they promise students free rides at Ivy League universities if they walkout?
https://www.aol.com/news/schools-let-students-leave-class-230023642.html

INSTITUTE FOR FAMLY STUDIES
— Why Young People Are Delaying Marriage. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used my not getting married until I was 29 against me. They stressed that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They stressed a) that I bought new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, b) that I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and a job-related master’s degree when I was 27, c) that I was earning $100,059/year in today’s dollars when I was 25, and d) that I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, and 27.
https://ifstudies.org/in-the-news/one-reason-why-young-people-are-delaying-marriage-and-what-you-can-do-about-it

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Minnesota Insurgency Needs to Be Addressed. DD: What about the Illinois insurgency?
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/minnesota-insurgency-needs-to-be-addressed/
— Gavin Newsom Compares ICE Agents to Nazi ‘Secret Police’
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/gavin-newsom-compares-ice-agents-to-nazi-secret-police/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Throws In the Towel on Minneapolis Surge
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/02/trump-throws-in-towel-on-minneapolis-surge/

NEWSMAX
— DHS Funding Fight Should Protect ICE
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tom-homan-ice-dhs-funding/2026/02/15/id/1246219/

POST MILLENNIAL
— US airlines must certify use of merit-based hiring for pilots. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Since then, to hire Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, they have lowered standards.
https://thepostmillennial.com/us-airlines-must-certify-use-of-merit-based-hiring-for-pilots-faa-says

TOWNHALL
— How Soft Persecution and Socialist Indoctrination Are Erasing America’s Soul
https://townhall.com/columnists/virginia-prodan/2026/02/15/how-soft-persecution-and-socialist-indoctrination-are-erasing-americas-soul-n2671224
— This New Rule Will Finally End the Illegal Immigrant Truck Driver Crisis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/02/15/this-new-rule-will-finally-end-the-illegal-immigrant-truck-driver-crisis-n2671346
— Polling Data Confirms the Left’s Disastrous Position on Trump’s Deportation Agenda
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/chloe-trapanotto/2026/02/15/polling-data-confirms-the-lefts-three-word-answer-on-ice-operations-its-devestating-n2671339

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Duckworth says to Vance: “Forrest Gump ran toward danger in Vietnam. Your boss ran to his podiatrist crying bone spurs,” Duckworth wrote in a post on the social platform X, referring to President Trump’s medical draft deferments that excused him from serving in the Vietnam War. DD: My avoiding the Vietnam War draft has had a tremendous negative impact on me. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many, most, virtually all, and at times, all of my superiors and supervisors were Democrat veterans who blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. They especially blamed Republicans like me who are White, male, and 1-A. They were furious that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, I earned college degrees, bought new cars, bought real estate, and went on vacations. Democrat veterans either orchestrated or carried out all the many adverse actions that the federal government took against me.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5711910-duckworth-responds-to-vance/

AOL
— Straw polls reveal frontrunners. DD: What would have sold more tickets for the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) February 27 fundraiser? Many more tickets would have been sold if the event included a straw poll. If I had been asked, I would have conducted one for the contested statewide and countywide races (U.S. Senate, Illinois Governor, Illinois Secretary of State, DuPage Sheriff, and 3rd District Appellate Court) like I did for the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) in the past. DuPage County straw polls have had big impacts on races. Jack Ryan’s winning MTRO’s 2003 Oktoberfest fundraiser U.S. Senate straw poll helped him win the 2004 Illinois U.S. Senate primary. 600 attended the fundraiser and 400 voted in the straw poll. The fundraiser’s profit was $20,000+, that is, it was $35,000+ in today’s dollars.
https://www.aol.com/news/dfl-sees-historic-minnesota-caucus-175835864.html

MSN
— Here’s how much more singles need to save for retirement to enjoy the same lifestyle as couples. DD: Since I got married when I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have been furious, and especially my critics/opponents who are not married, whose spouses have little or no income, and/or who have children. When we got married, my wife had saved $20,000 ($102,000 in today’s dollars). She had a good job with the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. We used her savings to buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/1017-E-Harrison-Ave-60187/home/18135528 ). For the next 14 years, we went on vacations 4 times a year following her business trips to luxury golf resorts across America. Her income helped us have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/915-Cove-Ct-60189/home/18126600 ) in 1984. My being married to her helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, f) get promoted in 1986, g) buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, h) etc.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/heres-how-much-more-singles-need-to-save-for-retirement-to-enjoy-the-same-lifestyle-as-couples/ar-AA1WcUR2

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting walkouts in your school district? How soon, if not already, will they promise students free rides at Ivy League universities if they walkout?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/student-protests-walkouts-ice-texas.html

MY NEWS LA
— City of West Covina and its former Fire Department captain have reached a settlement in his lawsuit that alleged he was forced to resign in 2022. DD: Should I refile Diersen v. GAO? Just kidding. But a lot has changed since 1998. Back then, it was legal to use Affirmative Action to get rid Republicans who White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/city-of-west-covina-settles-with-former-fire-captain/ar-AA1Wf7tk

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— For College Applicants, Pressure to Make Summers Count Has Gotten Even Worse. Teens scramble to specialize their summer pursuits early—to convey a ‘story’ to college admissions officers. DD: What did you do during the summer between your junior and senior years in high school? I washed dishes for the minimum wage for 40 hours a week in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights. What did you do during the summer between your senior year in high school and your freshman year in college? I cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag and pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/college-admissions-summer-resume-activities-high-school-d2bfe312
— Gen Z, Locked Out of Home Buying, Puts Its Money in the Market. The share of young people transferring funds to investment accounts has climbed steeply over a decade. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 24 in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ). The down payment came from the money I 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. That money I earned also enabled me to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 and to pay for four graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/gen-z-investments-home-ownership-ec0bbe98
— The Ultrawealthy Are Doubling Down on Home Security
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/the-ultrawealthy-are-doubling-down-on-home-security-181c69bc

FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2026/02/15/bad-bunny-owns-90-of-the-top-10-on-multiple-billboard-charts/

MARKET WATCH
— Here’s the only group in New York City having children at a rate high enough to maintain the population
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-the-only-group-in-new-york-city-having-children-at-a-rate-high-enough-to-maintain-the-population-2815d103

GALLUP
— LGBTQ+ Identification Holds at 9% in U.S. DD: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/702206/lgbtq-identification-holds.aspx

LIST WIRE
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down to 33% in Illinois.
https://thelistwire.usatoday.com/story/life/2026/02/15/trump-approval-rating-united-states-february-2026/88694047007/

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting walkouts in your school district? How soon, if not already, will they promise students free rides at Ivy League universities if they walkout?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/us/student-protests-walkouts-ice-texas.html

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DECCAN HERALD
— Caste is by birth. Conversion or marriage doesn’t change it. 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 made 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. Because that dramatically lowered her earning potential, she stayed home and raised me and my brother.
https://www.deccanherald.com/india/caste-is-by-birth-conversion-or-marriage-doesnt-change-it-says-allahabad-hc-3897439

February 15, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/icirr-2026-illinois-coalition-immigrant-refugee-rights-summit-launching-state-campaign-ice-border-patrol-agenda/18601453/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-deportation-news-us-spent-40m-roughly-300-deportations-nations-other-own-democratic-report-says/18599935/

WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/bad-bunny-represents-u-s-better-than-trump-americans-say-in-poll/

FOX32
— ICE ramps up deportation push with 92,600 new beds in $38.3B expansion
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ice-ramps-up-deportation-push-92600-new-beds-38-3b-expansion

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/protest-broadview-ice/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/chicago-teen-fought-cancer-dies/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Neighborhood, Loop protests are part of nationwide ‘spring surge to melt ICE’  Campus walkouts and a large cross-city gathering in Federal Plaza spotlight the continuing actions of the Trump administration against immigrants and U.S. citizens. “We’re just telling ICE to get out of our streets,” a high school freshman says. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their high school students to fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/13/immigration-ice-trump-administration-protest-students-walkouts
— DD: Democrat leaders say that as Trump administration holds back funding, new taxes could be in store for Illinois.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/02/14/illlinois-democrats-budget-address-federal-tax-trump-rich-miller
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate their runaway slaves with their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/02/13/chicago-resistance-ice-operation-midway-blitz-deportation-campaign-fugitive-slave-act

DAILY HERALD
–DD: In its Sunday, February 15, 2026 hardcopy edition, the Daily Herald indorsed Bailey for governor.
https://www.dailyherald.com/

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Kane County GOP to host annual Lincoln Dinner fundraiser
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2026/02/14/kane-county-gop-to-host-annual-lincoln-dinner-fundraiser/
— Kane County Democrats’ Truman Dinner speaker lineup includes Durbin, Duckworth, Krishnamoorthi
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/2026/02/14/kane-county-democrats-truman-dinner-speaker-lineup-includes-durbin-duckworth-krishnamoorthi/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their students walkout to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.aol.com/news/second-aurora-school-walkout-remains-005959824.html

SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their students walkout to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.shawlocal.com/kendall-county-now/2026/02/13/oswego-east-h-s-students-walk-out-of-school-friday-to-protest-actions-of-ice-agents/

CHICAGO TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their students walkout to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://nationaltoday.com/us/il/chicago/news/2026/02/14/chicago-area-students-walk-out-to-protest-trump-policies/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What would have sold more tickets for the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) February 27 fundraiser? Many more tickets would have been sold if the event included a straw poll. If I had been asked, I would have conducted one for the contested statewide and countywide races (U.S. Senate, Illinois Governor, Illinois Secretary of State, DuPage Sheriff, and 3rd District Appellate Court) like I did for the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) in the past. DuPage County straw polls have had big impacts on races. Jack Ryan’s winning MTRO’s 2003 Oktoberfest fundraiser U.S. Senate straw poll helped him win the 2004 Illinois U.S. Senate primary. 600 attended the fundraiser and 400 voted in the straw poll. The fundraiser’s profit was $20,000+, that is, it was $35,000+ in today’s dollars. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Wheaton College Professor Really Didn’t Like My Bad Bunny Article
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/02/12/wheaton-college-professor-really-didnt-like-my-bad-bunny-article

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— New bill offers police and firefighters pension buyout option.  DD: When I was 45 years old In 1993, my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” my coworkers including me a $25,000 ($56,000 in today’s dollars) buyout to get rid of us. We had to have at least 25 years of federal service which I did. Virtually all my workers who took that “offer” were older White males.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/new-bill-offers-police-and-firefighters-pension-buyout-option/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Minneapolis prosecutors charge few anti-ICE protesters amid mass unrest
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/4457253/minneapolis-prosecutors-charge-few-anti-ice-protesters/
— It’s getting harder to walk down the aisle with someone from across the aisle. DD: 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.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/4457813/its-getting-harder-to-walk-down-the-aisle-with-someone-from-across-the-aisle/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to a new poll, 60% of Americans aged 18 to 29 say it is important that a romantic partner share their political views. Among baby boomers, only one-third feel the same way. Research from 2016 onward shows that roughly 60% of both Democrats and Republicans prefer to marry within their own party. This is a dramatic leap from 1958, when just 33% of Democrats and 25% of Republicans expressed such a preference.)

NEW YORK POST
— California dreamin’ migrants better off in front of SF judges than LA ones
https://nypost.com/2026/02/14/us-news/big-gap-in-california-immigration-asylum-cases-in-la-sf/
— Educators need to stop radicalizing kids
https://nypost.com/2026/02/14/opinion/educators-stop-radicalizing-kids/

AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
— India’s caste system determines much about an individual’s opportunities, from marriage prospects to occupation. Such a long history of rigid social norms has also created a stigma around certain jobs and tasks. Defying these stereotypes may come with social and psychological costs. 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 made 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. Because that dramatically lowered her earning potential, she stayed home and raised me and my brother.
https://www.aeaweb.org/research/charts/labor-supply-castes-india

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump ends the era of fake asylum claims. Suddenly, the law now means what it says, thanks to Trump.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/trump_ends_the_era_of_fake_asylum_claims.html
— Why haven’t there been protests at Mayorkas’s house? After all, he was the architect of the immigration disaster plaguing America, and he implemented his plan during both Obama’s and Biden’s terms.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/why_haven_t_there_been_protests_at_mayorkas_s_house.html
— Trump didn’t declare defeat in Minneapolis; he switched to a smarter strategy. What he did was take a pragmatic look at the current board and adjust the pieces so that he can win the midterm.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/trump_didn_t_declare_defeat_in_minneapolis_he_switched_to_a_smarter_strategy.html

BREITBART
— Concealed Carry Permit Applications ‘Nearly Double,’ Gun Sales Up in Minnesota
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/02/14/concealed-carry-permit-applications-nearly-double-gun-sales-up-minnesota/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago Teachers Union budgeting millions for ‘political activities.’ CTU’s November fiscal report shows union plans ‘Environmental Justice Freedom School’ and anti-Trump protests while student proficiency declines.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-teachers-union-budgeting-millions-political-activities-according-fiscal-report
— San Francisco residents band together to shut down reparations fund, claiming it’s ‘dividing’ the city.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/san-francisco-residents-band-together-shut-down-reparations-fund-claiming-its-dividing-city

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Penn State’s DEI requirement for faculty promotion prompts lawsuit. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office for almost 3 years, to keep your job and to get promoted, you had to be a Democrat. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS for almost 9 years, to keep your job and to get promoted to GS-13, you had to be a Democrat. While worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, to keep your job and to get promoted to GS-14, you had to be a Democrat. Further, to get promoted, you had to be a minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/penn-states-dei-requirement-for-faculty-promotion-typical-among-us-universities/

NEWSMAX
— 50 GOP Senators Co-sponsoring SAVE America Act
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mike-lee-save-america-act-republicans/2026/02/14/id/1246189/

TOWNHALL
— What Is Harvard Trying to Hide? This DOJ Lawsuit Aims to Find Out
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/02/14/justice-department-sues-harvard-for-refusing-to-turn-over-admissions-data-n2671299

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
—  DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Obama to fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-president-barack-obama-ice-shootings-minnesota/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump boasts of over $1.5B in political funds. His spending tactic could shape the midterms.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-boasts-of-over-1-5b-in-political-funds-his-spending-tactic-could-shape-the-midterms

MSN
— Chris Harrison is looking for ‘traditional’ singles. 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/tv/news/chris-harrison-is-looking-for-traditional-singles/ar-AA1VGdXz
— Finding a life partner will put you on the path to a richer retirement. DD: Since I got married when I was 29 years old in 1978, my critics/opponents have been furious, and especially my critics/opponents who are not married, whose spouses have little or no income, and/or who have children. When we got married, my wife had saved $20,000 ($102,000 in today’s dollars). She had a good job with the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. We used her savings to buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/1017-E-Harrison-Ave-60187/home/18135528 ). For the next 14 years, we went on vacations 4 times a year following her business trips to luxury golf resorts across America. Her income helped us have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton ( https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/915-Cove-Ct-60189/home/18126600 ) in 1984. My being married to her helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, f) get promoted in 1986, g) buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, h) etc.
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/heres-how-much-more-singles-need-to-save-for-retirement-to-enjoy-the-same-lifestyle-as-couples/ar-AA1Wd1Tx

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/opinion/ice-congress-trump-dhs.html
— Maybe America Needs Some New Cities Built From Scratch. DD: HUD built Park Forest South (now University Park) from scratch. Between 1966 and 1969, I delivered mail in what is now University Park. I bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) in 1972. I lived in it full-time 1972-1974, part-time 1974-1976, rented it out 1976-1984, and sold it in 1984.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/business/economy/america-new-cities-irvine.html
— Want More Babies? Abolish Commutes. DD: My wife and I got married in 1978. We soon learned that we had fertility problems. Because of that, when I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, I asked my GAO superiors to assign me to in-town audits instead of out-of-town audits. My GAO coworkers overwhelming wanted to be assigned to out-of-town audits. When my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, my Democrat GAO superiors used that against me viciously. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I lied about are wanting/trying to have children and that we were disgusting filthy rich DINKs.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/

WASHINGTON POST
— Dr. Oz has a point about retirement. Spending healthy years in idleness isn’t good for you. DD: If you are not retired, what do you plan to do when you are retired? If you are retired, what are you doing? I was forced to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997. Since 2000, ever-increasingly, I spend more of my time and money putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out. Between 2000 and 2010, I spent a lot of my time helping the Milton Township Republican Organization and the DuPage County Republican Central Committee be successful. Between 2003 and 2007, I spent a lot of my time serving as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member. Between 2005 and 2012, I spent a lot of my time serving as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman. All of the aforesaid was to defend and advance conservative principles and the Republican Party platform.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/14/retirement-age-dr-oz-social-security/
— Job applicants scrub campus political activism from their résumés. DD: If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and 1971 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time Loyola student 1972-1976, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/09/gen-z-job-applicants-campus-activism/

FOX SAN ANTONIO & WBALTV & KSWO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their students walkout to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://foxsanantonio.com/newsletter-daily/east-central-hs-plans-walkout-friday-as-student-protests-against-ice-continue-immigration-customs-enforcement-trump
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/students-walk-out-of-two-baltimore-area-high-schools-to-protest-ice/70351166
https://www.kswo.com/video/2026/02/15/lawton-students-walk-out-ice-out-protests/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, my wife and I can and should pay way more taxes a) because we never had dependents, b) because we have no debts, c) because we have substantial retirement savings, d) because we inherited some money, e) because they believe that the federal government grossly overpaid me, f) because they believe that my $68,640/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is much too generous, g) because they believe that my $18,711.60/year Social Security is much too generous, h) because the federal government pays $21,000/year (72%) of our $30,000/year healthcare insurance premiums because I am a federal retiree, and i) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft. According to my critics/opponents, those who share our demographics and can pay more taxes should pay more taxes. According to them, we have what we have because we benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who do not share our demographics. Comments?
https://www.businessinsider.com/california-millionaire-support-billionaire-wealth-tax-higher-taxation-2026-1

TIME
— From Eisenhower to Trump: How Military Service Impacts the Presidency. DD: How has the draft impacted you? My avoiding the Vietnam War draft has had a tremendous negative impact on me. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many, most, virtually all, and at times, all of my superiors and supervisors were Democrat veterans who blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. They especially blamed Republicans like me who are White, male, and 1-A. They were furious that while my peers were dying in Vietnam, I earned college degrees, bought new cars, bought real estate, and went on vacations. Democrat veterans either orchestrated or carried out all the many adverse actions that the federal government took against me.
https://time.com/7221827/presidents-combat-veterans/

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
— Success in high school and college athletics often is influenced by race and gender, as well as socioeconomic status, including family wealth and education. DD: What limited your athletic success? For me, it was my not being able to run since I was in grade school because I have a hereditary bone disease. If I was been 4-F for the Vietnam draft because of that along with my eyesight not being correctable to 20/20 and my having partial red/green color blindness, my entire life would have been drastically different.
https://news.osu.edu/how-family-background-can-help-lead-to-athletic-success/

NEXT 25
— Your campus activism could destroy job prospects forever. New survey reveals troubling employer attitudes toward politically active college graduates seeking their first professional positions. DD: If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and 1971 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time Loyola student 1972-1976, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986.
https://rollingout.com/2026/01/25/you-campus-activism-destroy-job-prospect/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

TELEGRAPH
— How to avoid living with retirement regret. Choosing the right time, or what to do next, takes careful planning. DD: I should write about what my last 28 years would have been like if I had not succumbed to my Democrat GAO superiors’ threats to retire 6 years early. If I had survived until I was 55 in 2003 and took regular retirement, my Civil Service Retirement System pension and retirement savings would be much higher. But my last 6 years would have been a living hell. They would have constructively demoted me, assigned me to work for my former subordinates, given me adverse transfers, given me bad job assignments, assigned me to supervise their most problematic employees, given me unfair performance expectations, given me unfair performance appraisals, and always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/pensions/news/how-to-avoid-living-with-retirement-regret/

February 14, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-agents-detain-5-men-work-du-quoin-sawmill-1-first-reported-mass-immigration-actions-far-south-il/18597868/

NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders have their students walk out from class to protest Trump policies
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-and-suburban-students-walk-out-from-class-to-protest-trump-policies/3892757/

CBS2
— Partial government shutdown underway
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/partial-government-shutdown-underway/

FOX32
— Illinois GOP governor primary debate: Submit your questions for candidates
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-governor-gop-primary-debate-2026
— The typical American worker has just $955 saved for retirement. DD: I started earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension when I was 18 in 1966. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. They got more furious when my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” me early retirement when I was 45 in 1993 and that I took it when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/typical-american-worker-just-955-saved-retirement-study

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting high school students to walk out. Walkout students know that their walking out will forever be on their records and that their walking out will help them get accepted by Democrat colleges and help them get hired by Democrat employers. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and 1971 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time Loyola student 1972-1976, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/13/chicago-students-school-walkout/
— Trump administration cuts more than $100 million in Illinois transportation dollars
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/13/trump-administration-transportation-grant-cuts/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting high school students to walk out. Walkout students know that their walking out will forever be on their records and that their walking out will help them get accepted by Democrat colleges and help them get hired by Democrat employers. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and 1971 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time Loyola student 1972-1976, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/13/immigration-ice-trump-administration-protest-students-walkouts
— Illinois after-school programs in limbo as lawsuits challenge Trump administration cuts. DD: When you were in high school, what did you do after class and/or Saturdays? I did yard work in Crete during my freshman and sophomore years. I delivered newspapers in Crete during all 4 years. I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights during my junior and senior years.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/02/13/illinois-after-school-programs-parent-services-trump-administration-cuts-grants
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/02/13/grocery-prices-chicago-climbed-inflation-trump-cpi-food
— DD: What limited your sports activities in grade school, high school, and college? For me it was my inability to run because I had an inherited bone disease. Also, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20 and I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/books/2026/02/13/heated-rivalry-book-tv-steamy-sports-romance-chicago-authors-independent-bookstores

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH FOUR PHOTOS: GOP candidate wins appeal and slot on 11th Congressional District ballots; DuPage halts early voting as result
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260213/us-congress-politics/gop-candidate-wins-appeal-and-slot-on-11th-congressional-district-ballots/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Daley, LaHood put ‘fair maps’ campaign on hold
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/daley-lahood-suspend-fair-maps-illinois-campaign

SOUTHERN
— State races gain visibility as early voting continues
https://thesouthern.com/news/state-races-gain-visibility-as-early-voting-continues/article_dc6a781d-3e39-5587-b6b5-883f280cb87e.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) use their teachers to fight their deportation.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/teachers-describe-immigration-enforcements-impact-on-classrooms-in-challenge-of-trump-policy/article_3b326ae8-2d0f-5bc9-8401-97cfd3e3066c.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-468/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WEST SUBURBAN FOUNDATION FOR DISABLED VETERANS
— Gary Sinise & The Lt. Dan Band are returning for another unforgettable ROCKIN’ FOR OUR VETS concert at Cantigny July 11!
https://www.wsfdv.org/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois election-integrity advocates are pushing the U.S. Senate to agree with a recent House move and pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility America Act. They say it will strengthen federal election safeguards by requiring proof of citizenship and improving voter-roll maintenance.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1d69088b-9e85-4041-9e71-b194dc64dc2c.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Needless-to-say, you define yourself by who you take adverse actions against. I should write about my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me including a) barring me from attending in my role as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor the DuPage County Republican Central Committee Lincoln Day Dinner on February 27, b) ending my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, c) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, d) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) almost getting the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006 and ending my membership on its Steering Committee in 2007, and f) firing me as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2004 and 2010 and rejecting my bid to serve as its treasurer in 2004. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who wants you to pay reparations and why, that is, who wants you to pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI and why? My critics/opponents have always used against me the fact that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, I have always stressed that they always lived in northeast Illinois. My critics/opponents have also always used against me the fact that a) my ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete township in 1854 and b) my ancestors on my mother’s side became owners of a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border after they sharecropped it. According to my critics/opponents, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the more that you have benefitted from slavery and therefore the more reparations you should pay, that is, the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What career setbacks have you suffered? My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign when I was 20 years old in 1969. My Democrat Firestone Store boss fired me when I was 22. My Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25, b) disallowed my education deductions when I was 29, and c) never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS when I was 31, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to retire when I was 49. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. What political setbacks have you suffered? The Milton Township Republican Organization fired me as its webmaster in 2004 and 2010 and rejected my bid to serve as its treasurer in 2004, b) the Illinois Center Right Coalition almost censured me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006 and ended my membership on its Steering Committee in 2007, c) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois ended my chairmanship in 2012, d) Wheaton ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for its Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, e) the Illinois Republican Party ended my membership on its State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, f) the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) has barred me from attending in my role as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor the DCRCC Lincoln Day Dinner on February 27, g) etc. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a RINO, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents do? My critics/opponents use their operatives and their dupes to destroy people like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you predict that your critics/opponents will eventually do? I predict that my “Republican” critics/opponents will eventually switch parties and announce that they always really were Democrats. I wonder how many of them will officially take credit for their having their operatives and their dupes a) bar me from attending in my role as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor the DuPage County Republican Central Committee Lincoln Day Dinner on February 27, b) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, c) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, d) end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) almost get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006 and end my membership on its Steering Committee in 2007, and f) fire me as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2004 and 2010 and reject my bid to serve as its treasurer in 2004. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Roadmap to stop looming $21B in deficits
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/press-releases/illinois-policy-institute-roadmap-to-stop-looming-21b-in-deficits/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge rules ICE can’t make warrantless arrests at some churches. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly fill their churches with their illegals.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/13/judge-rules-ice-cant-make-warrantless-arrests-churches/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Duffy cracks down on trucking carriers and ‘sham school’ linked to Indiana crash caused by illegal immigrant.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4458233/duffy-trucking-carriers-sham-indiana-illegal-immigrant/

NEW YORK POST
— Floodgates closed: 4 out of 5 asylum seekers now booted by judges as Trump restores borders
https://nypost.com/2026/02/14/us-news/eight-of-10-asylum-seekers-now-booted-by-judges-as-trump-restores-borders/
— Transportation chief Sean Duffy mandates merit-based hiring of US airline pilots. DD: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they lowered their hiring, retention, and promotion standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/13/us-news/transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-orders-merit-based-airline-pilot-hiring/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Abraham Lincoln: There Is No Inherited White Guilt for the Sin of Slavery. On his birthday, Abraham Lincoln still rebukes inherited guilt, reminding Americans that moral responsibility and dignity rest with individuals, not races. DD: My critics/opponents have always used against me the fact that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, I have always stressed that they always lived in northeast Illinois. My critics/opponents have also always used against me the fact that a) my ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete township in 1854 and b) my ancestors on my mother’s side became owners of a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border after they sharecropped it. According to my critics/opponents, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the more that you have benefitted from slavery and the more reparations that you should pay, that is, the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/02/14/abraham-lincoln-there-is-no-inherited-white-guilt-for-the-sin-of-slavery/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The real solution to America’s fertility woes. It’s not Stanford’s suggestion that more parents work from home. It’s not Trump’s pay-to-birth government checks, either. It’s this. DD: Do you know anyone with fertility problems who could have tried IVF but did not? My Democrat GAO superiors knew full-well that my wife’s healthcare insurance covered IVF, but that we nevertheless gave up trying to have children without trying IVF. They knew full-well, but ignored/dismissed/belittled, the fact that our doctors had advised against us trying it. They knew full-well that I had big problems with my sperm and that my wife had big problems with her eggs. They knew full-well that we did not adopt or become foster parents. They viciously used the aforesaid to demonize, denigrate, and condemn us being selfish filthy rich DINKS. They constantly complained about the tremendous amount of time and money that they spent raising their children and decried their spouses having little or no income. According to them, if we had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, f) get promoted in 1986, g) etc. According to them, if we had children, we would not have been able to a) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978, b) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, c) go on four vacations a year after my wife’s business trips to luxury resorts across America 1978-1992, d) buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, e) etc. They would not have used our not having children against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/the_real_solution_to_america_s_fertility_woes.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This isn’t a rant against avocado toast or elaborate lattes.  Rather, look at the most expensive line items in childrearing: daycare, education, food.  These are all solvable, but parents have to plan their lives around solving them. Daycare is free if parents raise their own babies.  I say “parents” and not just “mothers” on purpose.  Dads who like having children and prioritize supporting their postpartum wives are a necessary part of the equation. Educating children at home is radically cheaper than private school tuition.  Sure, there’s public school, but I assume most parents would prefer that their kids can read.  As a bonus, homeschooling is one of the best ways to embrace the vocation as parent. Feeding kids is a challenge, especially as they grow.  But there are many hacks for this, from wholesaler memberships to bulk-buying meat from a local farm to raising kids not to be picky eaters.  Smart meal prep is a skill that must be learned.  And RFK Jr. is on to something: Even if it’s nominally more expensive, natural food more effectively fills stomachs, so you buy less of it.  It also promotes health and thus lowers doctor bills.)

BLAZE
— Democrats condemn SAVE Act even though most of their constituents support it
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/sara-gonzales-unfiltered/racist-misogynistic-trash-democrats-condemn-save-act
— Noem urges swift passage of SAVE Act to prevent illegal aliens from disenfranchising American voters
https://www.theblaze.com/news/noem-urges-swift-passage-of-save-act-to-prevent-illegal-aliens-from-disenfranchising-american-voters

BREITBART
— Record Number of Illegal Aliens Self-Deporting U.S. Under Trump
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/02/13/report-record-number-of-illegal-aliens-self-deporting-u-s-under-trump/
— Americans Should Compensate Minnesota Companies that Hired Illegal Migrants. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/02/13/tim-walz-americans-should-compensate-companies-that-hired-illegal-migrants/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Fifth Circuit Greenlights Mandatory Detention for All Illegal Entrants. Ignore the thousands of habeas claims — this issue is bound for SCOTUS.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Fifth-Circuit-Greenlights-Mandatory-Detention-All-Illegal-Entrants

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump, Beware—These ‘Unforced Errors’ Could Hand Democrats a Midterm Win
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/13/trump-beware-these-unforced-errors-could-hand-democrats-a-midterm-win/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Says He Will Sign Orders to Require Voter ID for Midterms. Republican Sen. Susan Collins became the latest to support the SAVE Act.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-says-he-will-require-voter-id-for-midterms-5985515

NEW AMERICAN
— DD: From what I see, virtually all illegals want/need/demand massive government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, and/or have health and/or other problems.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/report-most-immigrants-get-some-form-of-welfare-61-percent-of-illegal-aliens-do/
— Happily Handicapped Nation: Almost 4 in 10 Stanford Students Claim “Disability.” DD: What percent of the students in your school district are disabled? While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all their disabled employees.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/education/happily-handicapped-nation-almost-4-in-10-stanford-students-claim-disability/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— In the Midwest, Anti-ICE Democrats Are Failing America
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/02/13/in_the_midwest_anti-ice_democrats_are_failing_america_153835.html

TOWNHALL
— The Illinois SAFE-T Act Set Violent Illegal Immigrant Loose. Thankfully ICE Has Arrested Him.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/02/13/chicago-migrant-safe-t-act-ankle-monitor-n2671271

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Texans must prove legal status to register vehicles after new DMV rule
https://thehill.com/homenews/5738300-texans-must-prove-legal-status-to-register-vehicles-after-new-dmv-rule/
— DHS funding lapses as Democrats demand ICE reforms
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5738280-dhs-funding-shutdown-democrats-ice/

REUTERS
— FAA: US airlines must certify use of merit-based hiring for pilots. DD: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they lowered their hiring, retention, and promotion standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/us-airlines-must-certify-use-merit-based-hiring-pilots-faa-says-2026-02-13/

CBS NEWS
— Trump vows to require voter ID in midterms “whether approved by Congress or not”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-vows-to-require-voter-id-in-midterms-whether-approved-by-congress-or-not/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Flexibility and Rising Costs Are Keeping Mothers at Work. Labor force participation for women with small children continues to float above prepandemic levels, thanks to flexible work setups — and rising costs. DD: One reason why my mother stayed home and raised my brother and I was her limited earning potential because she never attended high school.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/business/economy/mothers-labor-force-participation.html
— DD: Democrat leaders use what Trump said about elections against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/opinion/trump-cancel-elections-voting.html
— ‘Tax the Rich’ Rally Is Expected to Draw a Big Crowd. DD: According to my critics/opponents, my wife and I can and should pay way more taxes a) because we never had dependents, b) because we have no debts, c) because we have substantial retirement savings, d) because we inherited some money, e) because they believe that the federal government grossly overpaid me, f) because they believe that my $68,640/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is much too generous, g) because they believe that my $18,711.60/year Social Security is much too generous, h) because the federal government pays $21,000/year (72%) of our $30,000/year healthcare insurance premiums because I am a federal retiree, and i) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft. According to my critics/opponents, those who share our demographics and can pay more taxes should pay more taxes. According to them, we have what we have because we benefitted tremendously from discrimination against those who do not share our demographics. Comments?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/nyregion/mamdani-tax-rich-rally-dsa.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: 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. They all knew that to keep their jobs and to get promoted, they had to not only be Democrats, but they had to help get rid of Republican employees. It is called political affiliation discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/13/trump-rally-gop-fort-bragg/

NBC BOSTON & MSN & BUZZFEED & BOSTON GLOBE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Olympics to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcboston.com/uncovering-the-news/lgbtq-olympians-2/3897270/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/texas-olympic-figure-skater-received-threats-for-lgbtq-advocacy/ar-AA1VWxoR
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nhl/team-usa-figure-skater-amber-glenn-speaks-up-for-lgbtq-community-amid-trump-administration/ar-AA1VVRAv
https://www.buzzfeed.com/spenceralthouse/hottest-male-olympic-athletes-team-usa-2026
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/13/opinion/olympics-patriotism-athletes/

ORLANDO SENTINEL
— Scholarships unlock opportunities for college hopefuls. DD: Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class. I had to work my way through college. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying. That harmed my GPA and my job search.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/02/14/commentary-scholarships-unlock-opportunities-for-college-hopefuls/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America Fell Out of Love With the Sedan. Detroit Wants to Bring It Back. With drivers looking for more affordable options, U.S. automakers are having second thoughts about abandoning the mass-market sedan. DD: My wife and I have always preferred sedans for daily driving. That is a big reason why we bought a used 2018 Chevrolet Cruze LT ( https://www.edmunds.com/chevrolet/cruze/2018/st-401717636/features-specs/ ) and a new 2021 Chevrolet Malibu Premier ( https://www.edmunds.com/chevrolet/malibu/2021/st-401861363/features-specs/ )
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/sedans-cars-trucks-detroit-afb034ee

SIRM
— Transforming Career Setbacks Into Career Success. DD: What career setbacks have you suffered? My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign when I was 20 years old in 1969. My Democrat Firestone Store boss fired me when I was 22. My Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25, b) disallowed my education deductions when I was 29, and c) never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS when I was 31, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to retire when I was 49. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. What political setbacks have you suffered? The Milton Township Republican Organization fired me as its webmaster in 2004 and 2010 and rejected my bid to serve as its treasurer in 2004, b) the Illinois Center Right Coalition almost censured me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006 and ended my membership on its Steering Committee in 2007, c) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois ended my chairmanship in 2012, d) Wheaton ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for its Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, e) the Illinois Republican Party ended my membership on its State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, f) the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) has barred me from attending in my role as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor the DCRCC Lincoln Day Dinner on February 27, g) etc. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a RINO, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/news/hr-quarterly/transforming-career-setbacks-into-career-success

POLITICO
— ICE says federal agents appear to have lied about confrontation that led to shooting. Officers claimed they were attacked, prompting one to open fire.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/13/ice-minneapolis-shooting-assault-00780839

ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint today’s Republicans as having been the Confederates in the Civil War and b) paint today’s Democrats as having been the Union Army in the Civil War.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/slavery-matt-walsh-1619-project/685982/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

UNION OF CATHOLIC ASIAN NEWS
— Conversion, marriage do not alter caste status, rules Indian court. 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 made 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.  Because that dramatically lowered her earning potential, she stayed home and raised me and my brother.
https://www.ucanews.com/news/conversion-marriage-do-not-alter-caste-status-rules-indian-court/111904

SUN
— Luxury car drivers are blasted by neighbors for adding ‘obnoxious’ eyesore to their homes – it’s part of annoying trend. One homeowner’s dream garage is another’s backyard nightmare. DD: I have owned 2 or more cars since I was 23 in 1971. I owned 3 cars for 6 months when I was 25. I have owned 3 or more cars since I was 29. I have owned 4 or more cars since I was 41. Storing those cars in garages has always been a problem. Because of car storage limitations, regret that I sold my 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS in 2005, my 1968 Dodge Charger R/T in 2005, my 2016 Ford Mustang in 2023, etc. Currently, my wife and I store 4 cars in our 3-car garage home and 5 cars in our Iron Gate Motor Condo in Naperville. Were it not for inheritances, we would not own so many cars or the condo.
https://www.the-sun.com/motors/13720067/luxury-car-drivers-neighbors-garage-eyesore-row/

February 13, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders say Illinois Republicans weigh fealty to Trump as president’s agenda faces backlash and shutdown threat.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/13/illinois-republicans-weigh-fealty-to-trump/
— DD: Democrat ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/13/daywatch-trump-administration-dismantles-us-ability-to-fight-climate-change/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/02/12/new-york-times-marijuana-legalization-taxes-regulations-jacob-sullum
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans. How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting more hatred against Republicans in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/02/13/democrats-republicans-november-maga-trump-immigration-tariffs-economy-mona-charen

DAILY HERALD
— Kane County clerk unveils voter wait time app
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260212/news/kane-clerk-unveils-voter-wait-time-app/
— Ukraine support key for GOP Senate candidates despite cost concerns
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260211/nation-and-world-politics/ukraine-support-key-for-gop-senate-candidates-despite-cost-concerns/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois GOP Senate candidates debate Trump’s policies, minimum wage
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2026/02/13/illinois-gop-senate-candidates-debate-trump-minimum-wage-and-more/88647013007/

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders to have their Dunlap High School students walkout on Friday, February 13.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/education/2026/02/12/dunlap-high-school-students-plan-protest-against-ice/88646221007/

STATELINE
— Illinois considers taxpayer-funded gang tattoo removal for inmates
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-considers-taxpayer-funded-gang-tattoo-removal-for-inmates/

COUNTRY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders to have their high school students across Illinois walkout on Friday, February 13.
https://countryherald.com/news/illinois-high-school-walkouts-planned-friday-over-ice-policies-friday-feb-13th/
— DD: Democrat leaders to have their Glenbard East High School students walkout on Friday, February 13.
https://countryherald.com/news/lombard-illinois-police-monitor-anti-ice-walkout-feb-13/
— DD: Democrat leaders to have their Trail High School students walkout on Friday, February 13.
https://countryherald.com/news/addison-illinois-anti-ice-protest-set-at-trail-high-school/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— New bill aims to prevent kids’ accidental cannabis intake. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/cannabis-edibles-child-safety/

WIFR
— Elementary students eat marijuana edibles during lunch, prompting emergency response. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.wifr.com/2026/02/13/elementary-students-eat-marijuana-edibles-during-lunch-prompting-emergency-response/

WGIL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.wgil.com/2026/02/12/even-though-marijuana-is-legal-in-illinois-clearing-old-criminal-records-still-a-challenge/

NIEMAN LAB
— DD: For Democrats, journalism exists a) to promote the Democrat Party platform and b) to elect and reelect Democrats.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/for-the-past-year-illinois-has-been-giving-local-news-outlets-tax-credits-to-support-journalism-jobs-a-new-report-looks-at-how-its-going/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Black, Hispanic Drivers Get Majority Of Chicago’s Traffic Tickets — Including In Mostly White Areas. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly accuse police of being racist.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/12/black-hispanic-drivers-get-majority-of-chicagos-traffic-tickets-including-in-mostly-white-areas/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-679/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Waukegan: Foreign national faces harboring, forced labor charges. DD: Bad employers want illegals because illegals work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f177c338-6e34-425b-9357-9addc92de803.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) has barred me from attending its Lincoln Day Dinner in Glen Ellyn on February 27 unless I buy a $75 ticket. I have promoted that event in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since it was announced. Ever since I became the GOPUSA Illinois reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents have used my being the GOPUSA Illinois reporter against me. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy people like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I take the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me as badges of honor. But of course, my critics/opponents deny that they took their adverse actions against me for the aforesaid reasons. I should write about all the money I have given the DCRCC since 2000.  I should write about the many things that I have done to help elect and help to reelect Republicans in DuPage County since 2000. I should write about those DCRCC leaders who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most since 2000 a) for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, b) for their problems, c) for your problems, d) for my problems, and e) for everyone’s problems. I should write about DCRCC leaders who since 2000 have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Is your Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) appointed or elected? RINO leaders would never appoint me a RPC. To this day, past and present RINO leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 2000, and my precinct remain furious that I became an elected RPC in 2000 because Roskam and Hultgren endorsed me over the woman who they ran against me. RINO leaders want RPCs who they can manipulate and dominate, who glorify and praise them, who pander to them, who serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who cover up their wrong doing, and/or who give them money. I refuse to do the aforesaid. RINO leaders reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. RINO leaders not only want to strike the aforesaid planks, they want to get more preference for those who share their demographics. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AM870 THE ANSWER
— Obama Deported More Illegals…Liberals Didn’t Care
https://am870theanswer.com/columnists/larry-elder/video/698e656dbf50ba50b9cb3917

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— The left is very, very upset that federal immigration agents are now “arresting and charging suburban moms” who interfere with their arrests of illegal alien killers, rapists, and other Democrat Party heroes.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/12/ice-arresting-obstructionist-suburban-moms-has-left-clutching-pearls-1621830/

BLAZE
— ‘Solely on the basis of race’: White-majority Evanston sparks outcry with $25K payments to some black residents
https://www.theblaze.com/news/solely-on-the-basis-of-race-white-majority-chicago-suburb-sparks-outcry-with-25k-payments-to-some-black-residents
— I came to the US legally. What we have now isn’t immigration — it’s chaos.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/i-came-to-the-us-legally-what-we-have-now-isnt-immigration-its-chaos

FOX NEWS
— Over 1.5 million illegal aliens with deportation orders in US. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said, ‘There’s 16,840 final orders at large in the state of Minnesota.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/over-1-5-million-illegal-aliens-deportation-orders-us-ice-director-reveals

NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE
— Lara Trump is headlining the National Right to Life’s pro-life gala in Chicago on March 24. Trump is the former co-chair of the Republican National Committee and daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump.
https://nrlc.org/proudly-pro-life-gala/2026-chicago/

PJ MEDIA
— Texas: Illegal Aliens Can No Longer Have Occupational Licenses
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/02/12/texas-illegal-aliens-can-no-longer-have-occupational-licenses-n4949413

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: ICE should not be banned from polling places because it would not deter US citizens from voting.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5735693-jason-smith-polling-places-ice/

WASHINGTON POST
— Judge rejects Hegseth bid to punish Sen. Kelly for video message to troops. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans succeeded in punishing me big time for my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. They blamed Republican males for America losing the Vietnam War. My Democrat superiors in the federal government who were minority, female, and/or younger succeeded in punishing me big time for my opposing their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They blamed Republicans who were White, male, and/or older for the problems that minorities, females, and younger people had.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/02/12/mark-kelly-hegseth-censure-ruling/

NBC FLORIDA
— Lee County students suspended after ICE protest walkouts. DD: Will your school district punish a) their students who walked out and/or b) their faculty who organized/promoted the walkouts?
https://spotonflorida.com/southwest-florida/5969477/lee-county-students-suspended-after.html

FOX TWIN CITIES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.fox9.com/news/viral-protest-songs-unify-twin-cities-against-ice-efforts-feb-2026

ALASKA WATCHMAN
— Alaska Family Council joins push to reclaim traditional marriage – 1 man, 1 woman
https://alaskawatchman.com/2026/02/12/alaska-family-council-joins-push-to-reclaim-traditional-marriage-1-man-1-woman/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DEI Is a Threat to Americans’ Health. The Trump administration should seek to establish an alternative accreditor for medical schools.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/dei-is-a-threat-to-americans-health-97b25a64

FAST COMPANY
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91490412/trumps-anti-dei-policies-are-hurting-college-educated-black-women

FED AGENT
— DD: Democrats say: Administration Finalizes Schedule Policy/Career Rule, Putting Civil Service Protections at Risk for 50,000 Federal Workers. Democrats run the federal government. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. Federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran have no Civil Service protections.
https://www.fedagent.com/news/administration-finalizes-schedule-policy/career-rule-putting-civil-service-protections-at-risk-for-50000-federal-workers

WAKE UP TO POLITICS
— Is Don Lemon a Journalist? DD: The DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) has barred me from attending its Lincoln Day Dinner in Glen Ellyn on February 27 unless I buy a $75 ticket. I have promoted that event in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since it was announced. Ever since I became the GOPUSA Illinois reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents have used my being the GOPUSA Illinois reporter against me. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy people like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I take the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me as badges of honor. But of course, my critics/opponents deny that they took their adverse actions against me for the aforesaid reasons. I should write about all the money I have given the DCRCC since 2000. I should write about the many things that I have done to help elect and help to reelect Republicans in DuPage County since 2000.  I should write about those DCRCC leaders who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most since 2000 a) for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, b) for their problems, c) for your problems, d) for my problems, and e) for everyone’s problems. I should write about DCRCC leaders who since 2000 have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/is-don-lemon-a-journalist-does-it

NEWS KARNATAKA
— No one is coming to save your career. DD: To qualify myself for better paying jobs, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. The Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking job-related graduate evening courses. The Democrats who ran GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not a) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976 and 1980, b) earned job-related professional certifications in 1979 and 1981, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors would have succeeded in forcing to retire earlier than they did if I had not a) earned job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and b) earned a job-related master’s degree in 1997.
https://newskarnataka.com/business/no-one-is-coming-to-save-your-career-says-mcdonalds-ceo-in-viral-advice/24012026

PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders applaud their success in keeping their illegals in Minnesota. How much success have Democrat leaders had keeping their illegals in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/after-deaths-protests-and-political-backlash-ice-surge-set-to-end-in-minnesota

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

MEAWW
— These are not peaceful protesters
https://news.meaww.com/steve-bannon-pushes-back-on-trumps-ice-pullback-in-minnesota-these-are-not-peaceful-protesters

February 12, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— ABC7 Chicago presents 2026 Republican US Senate primary forum
https://abc7chicago.com/post/abc7-chicago-league-women-voters-illinois-univision-broadcast-stream-2026-republican-us-senate-primary-forum-wednesday/18554376/

WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders say that Republicans’ edge on immigration shrinks as independents balk at Trump’s tactics
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-republicans-edge-on-immigration-shrinks-as-independents-balk-at-trumps-tactics-ap-norc-poll-shows/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/11/chicago-students-walkout-protest-ice/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Marimar Martínez to promote more hatred against ICE.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/11/marimar-martinez-shooting-immigration/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/11/ice-crimes/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/12/opinion-black-equality-obamas-racism/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their students to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/02/12/no-recess-lockdowns-less-learning-how-immigration-agents-disrupted-cps-schools-this-fall
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2026/02/12/president-donald-trump-ice-border-patrol-chicago-public-schools-marimar-martinez-city-hall
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/11/evidence-shows-feds-lied-about-marimar-martinezs-shooting-in-chicago-attorney-says
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/11/juan-espinoza-martinez-cleared-of-bovino-murder-plot-still-in-detention-after-judge-denies-bail
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Marimar Martínez to promote more hatred against ICE.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/11/evidence-shows-feds-lied-about-marimar-martinezs-shooting-in-chicago-attorney-says
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/02/11/federal-cuts-hiv-lead-poisoning-prevention-grants-raoul
— DD: ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasing crow about their success in flooding Chicago with people from foreign countries.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/11/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-latin-america-mexico-puerto-rico-ecuador-guatemala-venezuela

DAILY HERALD
— GOP candidates in 11th District differ on Trump’s efforts to dismantle Education Dept.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260211/us-congress-politics/gop-candidates-in-11th-district-differ-on-trumps-efforts-to-dismantle-education-dept/
— The Trump administration has withdrawn all federalized National Guard troops from U.S. cities, after its repeated attempts to surge forces into Democratic-run states encountered judicial roadblocks. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly clear that they will never stop a) flooding America with their illegals and b) fighting their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260211/nation-and-world/national-guard-troops-were-quietly-withdrawn-from-u-s-cities/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies against America.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260211/syndicated-columnists/latest-global-affairs-survey-shows-instability-of-america-as-a-partner/

WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/02/11/even-though-marijuana-legal-illinois-clearing-old-criminal-records-still-challenge

WBEZ
— DuSable Black History Museum gets $1.6 million from state of Illinois for building improvements. The state money for renovations comes during Black History Month and as the museum is under investigation after a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former employee.
https://www.wbez.org/museums/2026/02/12/dusable-black-history-museum-chicago-state-grant-renovations-trump-dei-lawsuit

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing push more pot.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2026/02/11/clearing-old-marijuana-records-is-a-struggle-in-illinois/88609915007/

SHAW LOCAL
— 2026 Election Questionnaire: Ted Dabrowski, Illinois Governor
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/02/11/2026-election-questionnaire-ted-dabrowski-illinois-governor/

WISCONSIN EXAMINER
— DD: To get more votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference.
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/11/supreme-court-justices-call-right-wing-groups-arguments-against-minority-college-grants-shocking/

AXIOS CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders say crowded GOP field targets Pritzker
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/02/12/gop-governor-jb-pritzker-darren-bailey-ted-dabrowski-illinois

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to stop their illegals from voting.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/02/12/illinois-mobilizing-to-guard-the-vote-00777960
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: BALLOT SAFEGUARDS: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says his office is in talks with election officials in Illinois and across the country about how to ensure the upcoming March 17 primary runs smoothly after the White House said it “can’t guarantee” immigration enforcement agents wouldn’t be near polling places. “We’re exploring ways in which we can ensure that we protect the fundamental right to be able to cast a vote,” Johnson said Wednesday after a speaking engagement hosted by the City Club of Chicago.
He’s not the only one: Johnson joins other government officials who are taking steps to ensure voting locations are secure out of concern that dispatching ICE agents to the polls could intimidate voters.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-467/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois House Republicans are calling on Democrats to oppose new tax proposals.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e68c79e4-10cc-47ef-acf4-2a608013808e.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you were me, what would you do to encourage people, and especially Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC), to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? I have been a RPC since 1999. As the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I have sent out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000. I have attended many Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) meetings and events since 1999. Since 2000, I have asked MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP leaders to encourage RPCs and attendees at their meetings and events to read my newsletters, but they have not. Yesterday, I attended a MTRO monthly meeting. It was again obvious, based on many statements made at that meeting, that many, if not most, of the PRCs and other attendees had never heard of my newsletters let alone read any of them. Many past and present MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP leaders disapprove/despise/hate me and my newsletters. They blame me and blame my newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They have taken many big adverse actions against me. My critics/opponents have hinted/implied that the aforesaid leaders might encourage readership of my newsletters if I stopped promoting the following planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject including the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Again, if you were me, what would you do to encourage people to read my newsletters? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters help their readers a) keep up with current political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans and especially in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 and b) get facts and arguments to use to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, especially its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Far too many who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters do so for opposition research. They reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy people like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I take the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me as badges of honor. But of course, my critics/opponents deny that they took their adverse actions against me for the aforesaid reasons. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Far too many leaders of far too many Republican organizations reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They use the Republican Party’s BIG TENT policy to destroy the Republican Party. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to encourage registered Republican and Not Affiliated voters in your precinct to cast Republican ballots in the March 17, 2026 primary? I am going to hand-deliver an envelope to each of the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Not Affiliated voter. I have affixed 800 mailing labels and my return address labels on 400 envelopes, sorted them into five batches, and put them in walk order. I am in the process of stuffing those envelopes with the sample ballot for my precinct, campaign literature that Republican candidates have provided the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), and a MTRO flyer. I use my  Brother printer, paper, and my ink print the 400 2-sided sample ballots. So far, I have stuffed and delivered one of the five batches. The Republican candidates in contested races in my precinct are a) Chlebek, Tracy, Capparelli, Long, Tillman, and Evans for U.S. Senate, b) Dabrowski, Mendrick, Baley, and Heidner for Governor, c) Adamczyk and Harris for Secretary of State, d) Moore and Noonan for DuPage County Sheriff, and e) Helland and Senak for Appellate Court Judge. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Trump praises NY gov candidate Bruce Blakeman’s ‘fight’ in surprise endorsement video. DD: Which candidates on the March 17, 2026 Republican primary ballot in your precinct have a) sought Trump’s endorsement or b) gotten his endorsement?
https://nypost.com/2026/02/11/us-news/trump-praises-nys-gov-candidate-bruce-blakemans-fight-in-surprise-endorsement-video/
— American Olympic medalist Amber Glenn fires direct message at critics: ‘They hate to see two woke b—-es winning’
https://nypost.com/2026/02/12/sports/american-olympic-medalist-amber-glenn-fires-direct-message-at-critics-they-hate-to-see-two-woke-b-es-winning/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Woke Smithsonian Disrespects Our Nation’s 250th Anniversary. It receives over 1 billion taxpayer dollars per year but celebrates mosques and gay meccas while ignoring some of the most pivotal places in our founding history.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/02/the_woke_smithsonian_disrespects_our_nation_s_250th_anniversary.html

BLAZE
— No more ‘safe harbor for illegals’: Colony Ridge settles with DOJ, Texas. Colony Ridge has endangered American citizens by allowing illegal aliens to run rampant on its streets, in its schools, and in its community. DD: How many safe harbors are there for illegals in your county, township, municipality, and school district? The more safe harbors, the more poverty and crime.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/no-more-safe-harbor-for-illegals-colony-ridge-settles-with-doj-texas

CAMPUS REFORM
— Kansas ‘Freedom from Indoctrination Act’ targets DEI, CRT requirements. ​Republican legislators in Kansas recently introduced a bill to remove requirements relating to DEI and CRT from public universities. Supporters of House Bill 2428, which was introduced on Jan. 12 and received a hearing on Feb. 4, contend that students should not be required to join in DEI or CRT classes.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/kansas-freedom-indoctrination-act-targets-dei-crt-requirements/29403

CHRISTIAN POST
— Illinois school accused of unlawfully banning Christian Good News clubs: lawsuit
https://www.christianpost.com/news/illinois-school-accused-of-mistreating-good-news-clubs-lawsuit.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Military academies now accept Classical Learning Test as alternative to ‘woke’ AP exams. DD: If I had not passed the postal employment test, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/military-academies-now-accept-classical-learning-test-as-alternative-to-woke-ap-exams/

DAILY SIGNAL
— ICE Surge Ending in Minnesota, Border Czar Homan Announces
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/12/breaking-ice-surge-ending-in-minnesota-border-czar-homan-announces/

FEDERALIST
— Conservatives Can’t Beat Democrats Until They Defeat The RINOs In Their Own Party First
https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/11/conservatives-cant-beat-democrats-until-they-defeat-the-rinos-in-their-own-party-first/

FOX NEWS
— Billionaire JB Pritzker says he’s had to overcome his wealth, which would be ‘obstacle’ in 2028. Reporter pokes fun at Pritzker for ‘overcoming being a billionaire.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/billionaire-jp-pritzker-says-hes-had-overcome-his-wealth-would-obstacle-2028
— Judicial Watch sues Evanston’s reparations program over giving money based on race. Judicial Watch alleges program violates Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in Constitution
https://www.foxnews.com/media/watchdog-group-sues-illinois-citys-reparations-program-over-giving-money-based-race
— White House reaffirms any illegal immigrant can be deported as Trump team zeroes in on ‘worst of the worst’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-reaffirms-any-illegal-immigrant-can-deported-trump-team-zeroes-worst-worst

HOT AIR
— ‘Great Replacement’ Is No Longer Theory, but Openly Confessed. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and RINOs. Ever-increasingly, there are fewer and fewer and fewer Republican leaders who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://hotair.com/walter-hudson/2026/02/11/great-replacement-is-no-longer-theory-but-openly-confessed-n3811763
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The left has long dismissed “great replacement theory”—the notion that powerful institutions are deliberately working to reduce, supplant, or politically overwhelm the white population in Western countries—as a racist conspiracy theory. Merely raising the idea, they insist, should permanently discredit anyone as a vile racist unworthy of serious consideration.)

NEWSMAX
— Don’t Let Illegals ‘Cancel’ Our Vote
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/voter-id-house-vote/2026/02/11/id/1245684/

TOWNHALL
— A new Harvard/Harris public opinion poll shows two-thirds of Americans now disapprove of ICE. That spells trouble for taxpayers and for everyone who wants safe neighborhoods. DD: The more illegals, the more crime. By coming to America illegally and/or by staying in America illegally, illegals have demonstrated gross disrespect for the rule of law and for America.
https://townhall.com/columnists/betsymccaughey/2026/02/11/if-ice-is-hamstrung-hold-on-to-your-wallets-n2671137

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Evanston Issues $25,000 in Cash to Black Residents for Reparations
https://www.westernjournal.com/illinois-city-issues-25000-cash-black-residents-reparations/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says He Will Now Invite Democrats to Governors’ Meeting. Even as he reversed course on excluding Democrats, the president repeatedly attacked a Republican governor who had planned to oversee the meeting. DD: My critics/opponents do not openly attack me, they have their operatives and their dupes do that. They continue to have their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/politics/trump-governors-meeting-democrats.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/health/hhs-california-public-health-lawsuit.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-02-11/california-other-states-sue-over-trump-administrations-latest-cuts-to-hiv-programs

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting judges to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/11/judges-criticize-ice-comments/88603088007/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage those who have demographics that vote for Republicans from getting college degrees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/02/10/high-paying-jobs-no-college-degree/88593252007/

NEWSWEEK
— Kinzinger: Depoliticize the National Guard. DD: It seems that Kinzinger sides with George Wallace.
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-depoliticize-the-national-guard-opinion-11477634

YAHOO & USA TODAY
— Trump says he’s still excluding two Democratic governors from WH meeting
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-agrees-meet-white-house-202537419.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/11/trump-welcomes-democratic-governors-meeting/88623467007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I even invited the SLOB of a Governor, JB Pritzker, and horrendous California Governor, Gavin Newscum, to the Dinner, despite the terrible job that they are doing. As usual with him, Stitt got it WRONG!” Trump said. “The Invitations were sent out to all other Governors, Democrat and Republican. I look forward to seeing the Republican Governors, and some of the Democratic Governors who were worthy of being invited, but most of whom won’t show up.”)

AOL
— Chris Harrison Returning With ‘Traditional Marriage’ Dating Show. DD: How has traditional marriage helped you? I met my outstanding wife at a social meeting for young adults at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She was raised as a Catholic and I was raised as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. We were both looking for a traditional marriage. Our marriage in 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) get promoted to GS-13 in 1986. Our marriage helped us a) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978 and b) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. Our marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.aol.com/articles/chris-harrison-returning-traditional-marriage-190151573.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rove: Do Democrats Know How to Win? Their strategy for this November’s midterm elections is beginning to become clear.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/do-democrats-know-how-to-win-f86dfd98
— What I Suffered Being ‘Transgender.’  I’m suing the people who did this to me, and the Texas Supreme Court heard my case this week.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-i-suffered-being-transgender-3d0c891d

FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders fight to allow illegals to vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohPsiLLpmyA
— Duckworth Accuses DHS Of ‘Implicitly Threatening The Independence’ Of Agency’s Watchdog. DD: The Democrats who run GAO falsely claim that the agency is independent. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who the agency hired. I doubt that there are any Republican GAO employees now.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestv/2026/02/11/tammy-duckworth-accuses-dhs-of-implicitly-threatening-the-independence-of-agencys-watchdog/

NATION
–DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/trump-economy-jobs-report/

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Florida and Texas AGs Issue Sweeping Anti-DEI Opinions on MLK Day
https://natlawreview.com/article/florida-and-texas-ags-issue-sweeping-anti-dei-opinions-mlk-day

CLARK UNIVERSITY
— From Personal Responsibility to Systemic Failure: the Blame Divide in American Politics. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.clarku.edu/events/event/from-personal-responsibility-to-systemic-failure-the-blame-divide-in-american-politics/

POLITICO
— GOP Donors Hope Trump Will Back Cornyn In Three-Way GOP Primary. DD: To this day, my critics/opponents remain furious that I became an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000 because Roskam and Hultgren endorsed me over the woman they had run against me.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/11/money-being-burned-donors-fret-over-cornyn-primary-as-trump-sits-back-00773836

WASHINGTON SPECTATOR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Clarence Thomas.
https://washingtonspectator.org/how-clarence-thomas-bamboozled-his-way-onto-the-supreme-court/

DEMOCRACY DOCKET
— DD: Democrats want illegals to vote. Illegals want/need/demand massive government assistance. They lack education, lack job skills, have health problems, and/or have other problems. They will work for less money than citizens of America. They are much more easily exploited by employers. By coming to America illegally and/or staying in America illegally, they have demonstrated gross disrespect for the rule of law and for America.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/gop-uses-lies-in-push-for-save-america-act-as-house-prepares-vote/
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/house-passes-gops-sweeping-anti-voting-bill/

ENTERTAINMENT
— DD; Democrat leaders say Vice President JD Vance issues warning to U.S. Olympians over politics. Vance received a chilly reception laden with boos when he and wife Usha Vance attended the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan.
https://ew.com/vice-president-jd-vance-warns-us-olympians-over-politics-11905187

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

MEAWW
— DD: Far too many who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters do so for opposition research. They reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy people like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I take the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me as badges of honor. But of course, my critics/opponents deny that they took their adverse actions against me for the aforesaid reasons.
https://news.meaww.com/pam-bondi-appeared-armed-with-opposition-research-during-tense-doj-hearing-says-legal-expert

February 11, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Demonstrators gather at Aurora PD after video shows officers, students clashing at anti-ICE protest. Demonstrators want the police chief to resign after Monday’s protest ended with three students arrested and an officer injured. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/aurora-protest-today-held-police-department-school-walkout-ice-ends-students-arrested-officer-hurt-video/18582100/
— ICE chief defends his officers’ actions before Congress after the deaths of 2 protesters.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/acting-ice-director-cbp-commissioner-testify-first-time-fatal-shootings/18578697/

NBC5
— Thousands of students from several suburban schools walk out of class to protest ICE. Three high school students in Aurora are facing charges after a Monday walkout protest that police said started peacefully but later escalated.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/thousands-of-students-from-several-suburban-schools-walk-out-of-class-to-protest-ice/3890816/
— Downers Grove students walk out of class to protest ICE enforcement. “We are the upcoming voters. We are the upcoming generation. We are the future,” one student told NBC Chicago at the protest. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/downers-grove-students-walk-out-of-class-to-protest-ice-enforcement/3890667/
— Video shows Aurora police officer kneeling on person amid student protest against ICE. Roughly 1,500 students walked out of class from several Aurora schools Monday afternoon, police said. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/video-shows-aurora-police-officer-kneeling-on-person-amid-student-protest-against-ice/3890760/
— Pritzker, Democratic governors to boycott White House dinner held by Trump
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pritzker-democratic-governors-to-boycott-white-house-dinner-held-by-trump/3890597/

CBS2
— Republican Illinois U.S. Senate candidate Don Tracy outlines his policies
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/republican-illinois-u-s-senate-candidate-don-tracy-outlines-his-policies/

FOX32
— Push for millionaire’s tax in Illinois for property tax relief
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-4is0qupvkq0k2r1c
— DOJ announces arrest of leader of 2012 attack on US consulate in Benghazi that left 4 Americans dead
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/doj-announces-arrest-benghazi-attack

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Students in Aurora stage walkout on Monday, three charged, Aurora. — DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/three-charged-student-walkout-aurora/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/gov-jb-pritzker-urges-democratic-governors-to-confront-trump-seek-accountability-for-immigration-actions/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/marimar-martinez-video-release-bovino/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2026/02/10/trump-administration-cuts-illinois-hiv-prevention-grants
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/tracker-federal-prosecutions-chicago-status-trumps-immigration-blitz-ice
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/10/marimar-martinez-the-chicago-woman-shot-by-border-patrol-agent-expected-to-file-lawsuit-release-evidence
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/02/10/phil-ponce-retired-chicago-tonight-host-video-latino-ice-agents
— Top Trump DHS officials defend enforcement during fiery hearing: ‘We are only getting started’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/10/donald-trump-dhs-officials-ice-immigration-enforcement-committee-hearing

WBEZ
— 1 in 4 Chicago adults live with a disability, majority on South and West sides. The first-of-its-kind report uncovers key information about the city’s population of those with disabilities and inequities in their neighborhoods and seeks input on how to improve conditions in their neighborhoods.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2026/02/10/disabilities-inequities-health-west-south-sides

STATELINE
— Proposed Illinois law would classify transgender identity as form of mental illness
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/proposed-illinois-law-would-classify-transgender-identity-as-form-of-mental-illness/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “There are only two genders,” Chesney said in a statement. “Radical activists are confusing children and pushing irreversible, life-altering decisions on kids who are far too young to understand the consequences. This bill draws a hard line and says Illinois will not abandon reality to appease the woke mob.”)

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Annual governors’ gathering with White House unraveling after Trump excludes Democrats
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/governors-wont-hold-trump-meeting-after-white-house-only-invited-republicans/article_03c3f12f-b5c6-5f97-8822-3d19b0db6b42.html

SOUTHERN
— Stonewall pride flag removed by National Park Service
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/02/10/trump-admin-removes-pride-flag-from-stonewall-national-monument/

JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/scrapping-dei-cost-black-women-jobs-21343372.php

WQAD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/politics/illinois-politics/even-though-marijuana-is-legal-in-illinois-clearing-old-criminal-records-still-a-challenge/526-4bb3215c-bce2-4a1e-8626-55a5bd3bea21

ELMHURST PATCH
— Elmhurst Lawmakers Draw Cash From Corporate Interests. A longtime Elmhurst politician donated to a local legislator, explaining why.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-lawmakers-draw-cash-corporate-interests

PRITZKER
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://jbpritzker.substack.com/p/the-state-of-illinois-is-being-loud

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-466/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Budget Scrutiny Intensifies Over State Funding of Politically Active Nonprofits
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-budget-scrutiny-intensifies-over-state-funding-of-politically-active-nonprofits-wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-am560/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many get involved in Republican politics to get the Republican Party to strike planks from its platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Further, far too many get involved in Republican politics to get more preference for those who share their demographics. To want to strike the aforesaid planks and to want more preference is not only to be anti-conservative, it is to be anti-Republican. My critics/opponents a) reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the aforesaid planks and b) want more preference for those who share their demographics. I should write about my critics/opponents. I could publish a spreadsheet that shows which planks they want stricken and what demographics they want more preference for. I would focus on a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Evanston hands out $25K cash payments to 44 Black residents through reparations program
https://nypost.com/2026/02/11/us-news/evanston-illinois-giving-25k-reparations-to-44-black-residents/
— Trump admin quietly yanks rainbow flag from NYC’s Stonewall monument, sparking fury: ‘American symbol’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/10/us-news/trump-admin-yanks-rainbow-flag-from-nycs-stonewall-monument/

BLAZE
— Mamdani is outraged at Trump administration after Pride flag is quietly removed from Stonewall monument to gay riot. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mamdani-lgbtq-pride-flag-stonewall
— ‘Shady carriers hiring illegals’: Sen. Banks launches trucking tip line after 4 Amish men die in crash.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/shady-carriers-hiring-illegals-sen-banks-launches-trucking-tip-line-after-4-amish-men-die-in-crash

BREIUTBART
— A U.S. Olympic curler has become the latest in a trend of American athletes to use the Winter Olympics as a platform to blast President Trump’s policies at home.
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/02/10/watch-olympic-curler-blasts-ice-whats-happening-in-minnesota-is-wrong/amp/

CAMPUS REFORM
— University instructs staff to lower academic expectations, extend deadlines for illegal alien students
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-instructs-staff-lower-academic-expectations-extend-deadlines-illegal-alien-students-exclusive/29391
— Stanford discontinues fellowship built for ‘underrepresented’ recruits. DD: As I earned my bachelor’s degree and three master’s degrees, more and more and more of my classmates did not share my demographics.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/stanford-discontinues-edge-fellowship-built-underrepresented-phd-recruits/29390

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Sanctuary Jurisdictions Seek to Make Themselves Literal Battlegrounds Against ICE Enforcement.  DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.fairus.org/sanctuary-jurisdictions-seek-make-themselves-literal-battlegrounds-against-ice-enforcement

NEWSMAX
— HUD-funded housing is for Americans, not illegals. DD: University Park was created by HUD. Ever since I bought a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 years old in 1972, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my buying that townhome improperly/unethically stopped a Black and/or a female from buying that townhome.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6vUG4bHRSk

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Democratic governors excluded by Trump from typically bipartisan gathering at White House
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democratic-governors-excluded-by-trump-from-white-house/

MSN
— Trump advisers warn job growth could fall well below recent levels, citing deportations and productivity surge. DD: How many illegals are employed by Democrats and RINOs in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/trump-advisers-warn-job-growth-could-fall-well-below-recent-levels-citing-deportations-and-productivity-surge/ar-AA1W5HJk

MSN & CNN & USA TODAY & SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/professional-athletes-who-identify-as-lgbtq/ss-AA1W0ONB
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/politics/pride-flag-removed-stonewall-monument-trump-administration
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/10/national-park-service-removes-pride-flag-stonewall-inn/88605713007/
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2026/02/10/pride-flag-stonewall-monument-photos/88611050007/
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/arts-exhibits/article/stonewall-pride-flag-removed-21345218.php

NEWSWEEK
— Project 2025 Group Has Plan for Next 250 Years of America. DD: How has traditional marriage helped you? I met my outstanding wife at a social meeting for young adults at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She was raised as a Catholic and I was raised as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. We were both looking for a traditional marriage. Our marriage in 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) get promoted to GS-13 in 1986. Our marriage helped us a) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978 and b) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. Our marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.newsweek.com/project-2025-heritage-foundation-latest-plans-11495097
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Its new report, Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years, was released in January and calls for traditional family values and the promotion of marriage and children to ensure what it deems positive outcomes for the U.S.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— ICE Hired Thousands While the Rest of the Immigration System Shrank. With more ICE agents and fewer judges and asylum officers, the balance of the federal immigration apparatus has shifted. DD: In 1971, while I was in training for my IRS Revenue Officer job, Nixon had me make telephone calls for 2 weeks to fight inflation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/ice-agents-hiring-immigration-system.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/opinion/bad-bunny-super-bowl-americans.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/arts/music/bad-bunny-super-bowl-show-everyday-people.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/arts/music/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-review.html
— Epstein Used Cash and Sway to Get Women He Abused Into Top Colleges
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/nyregion/epstein-columbia-nyu-donations-admission-young-women.html
— Gabbard Is Back in Trump’s Good Graces. DD: For me to try to get back in my critics’/opponents’ good graces, I would have to do the following, but I refuse to: a) glorify and praise them, b) pander to them, c) serve as one of their operatives or dupes, d) cover up their wrongdoing, and/or e)give them money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/politics/tulsi-gabbard-2020-election.html

WASHINGTON  POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/02/10/lgbtq-flag-trump-administration-remove/
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/10/republicans-are-pushing-drastically-change-way-you-cast-ballots/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Former federal employees follow their ‘calling’ to state and city jobs. DD: After my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, no federal, state, county, township, municipal, or private sector employer offered me a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. That is not surprising given my bad demographics and the many big adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had taken against me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/10/federal-workers-layoffs-city-state-jobs/88527503007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Schools Don’t Teach Personal Responsibility. Students learn to view themselves as victims and often don’t face consequences for bad behavior. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/schools-dont-teach-personal-responsibility-9ab43f99
— America Is Running Out of Patience With Republicans. Voters no longer blame Joe Biden for the state of the economy, and Trump’s policies haven’t delivered.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-is-running-out-of-patience-with-republicans-a1faa098
— Black and Jewish Americans Can Find Unity Again. The stories of the Hebrew Bible have long resonated with the experience of slavery and Jim Crow. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, many, most, and at times, virtually all my superiors and supervisors were Democrats who were veteran, minority, female, Jewish, and/or younger than me. They all took adverse actions against me.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/black-and-jewish-americans-can-find-unity-again-b1512b9b
— Even Trump Can’t Go Back to the Future. To MAGA, the 1950s were a better time. But the White House can’t bring it back. DD: Since the 1960s, because of Affirmative Action, my future has gotten bleaker and bleaker and bleaker.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/even-trump-cant-go-back-to-the-future-17f7fa39

BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. Democrat leaders especially blame Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted at my Black subordinates that I caused all their problems. But not only my Black subordinates, but also my subordinates who were non-White, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or had performance problems. Virtually all my subordinate were many, most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-10/black-bankers-feel-the-impact-of-dei-rollback-at-jpmorgan-and-citibank

FORTUNE
— In 2026, many employers are ditching merit-based pay bumps in favor of ‘peanut butter raises’  DD: In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO adopted “banding” and “pay-for-performance (PFP)” to get rid of their employees who they had not promoted to GS-15 (currently $165,386-$197,200/year) and who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, had ancestors who had been in America for a long time, and/or did not have a degree from an Ivy League university. They used Gingrich budget cuts to justify the aforesaid. For course, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for PFP.
https://www.aol.com/articles/2026-many-employers-ditching-merit-163727296.html

BARRON’S
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.barrons.com/news/outrage-as-lgbtq-pride-flag-removed-from-stonewall-monument-cdfb5518

CORPORATE WELLNESS
— The concept of a linear career—steady upward progression within a single function, organization, or industry—is no longer the dominant model for many segments of the workforce. DD: Is/was your career linear? My career was not. To get promoted to GS-13, I had to transfer from IRS to GAO and take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5, currently $113,402/year, to GS-9 Step 9, currently $89,703/year, when I was 31 years old in 1980. I did not make GS-13, currently $118,984/year when I was 38 in 1986. But I would not have gotten that promotion if I had not a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I would not have gotten that promotion to GS-13 when I was 32 if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer from IRS had not been finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me when I was 32. I would not have had to do the aforesaid to get promoted to GS-13 if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors overtly practiced political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.corporatewellnessmagazine.com/article/creating-psychological-safety-for-employees-with-non-linear-careers

LAW
— The Celebration of Marriage. DD: How has traditional marriage helped you? I met my outstanding wife at a social meeting for young adults at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She was raised as a Catholic and I was raised as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. We were both looking for a traditional marriage. Our marriage in 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) get promoted to GS-13 in 1986. Our marriage helped us a) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978 and b) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. Our marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2026/02/10/the-celebration-of-marriage/

HRD MAGAZINE
— Employee sues Intuit alleging manager branded her a ‘DEI hire’ DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/diversity-inclusion/employee-sues-intuit-alleging-manager-branded-her-a-dei-hire/564902

HIGHER EDUCATION DRIVE
— Trump secures legal victory on anti-DEI directives. DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.highereddive.com/news/trump-secures-legal-victory-anti-dei-directives-higher-ed/811885/

CHALKBEAT
— Despite recent efforts to make change, top colleges are still home to mostly wealthy students. DD: How much money did your parents have? My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. My mother had no income because she stayed home and raised me and my brother. Her earning was limited by her never having attended high school. Consequently, I had to work my way through college. That harmed my GPA. I spent far too many hours washing dishes and delivering mail instead of studying.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2026/02/10/top-universities-still-have-little-economic-diversity-and-few-low-income-students/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/02/former-cabinet-secretaries-urge-federal-employees-keep-faith-despite-threats-civil-service/411336/

VOX
— Woke isn’t dead. Bad Bunny’s halftime show proved it. Maybe the right didn’t capture the culture as much as they thought. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in replacing those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.vox.com/culture/478687/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-woke-vibe-shift-republican-backlash

MOVIEGUIDE
— Former BACHELOR host Chris Harrison just announced a new dating show that will focus on promoting “traditional marriage.” DD: How has traditional marriage helped you? I met my outstanding wife at a social meeting for young adults at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She was raised as a Catholic and I was raised as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. We were both looking for a traditional marriage. Our marriage in 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) get promoted to GS-13 in 1986. Our marriage helped us a) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978 and b) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. Our marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.movieguide.org/news-articles/chris-harrison-announces-traditional-love-dating-show.html

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

NTD
— Every Person in Our Country Illegally Committed a Crime to Do That, Does Not Respect US. DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. It is illegal to falsely claim asylum.
https://www.ntd.com/every-person-in-our-country-illegally-committed-a-crime-to-do-that-does-not-respect-us-rep-fine_1125400.html
— 89 Indians on US’ ‘worst of the worst’ criminal list amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/89-indians-on-us-worst-of-the-worst-criminal-list-amid-trumps-immigration-crackdown/ar-AA1VN6sO

February 10, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

WGN9
— Senate Democratic candidates to face off in statewide debate on WGN. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/senate-democratic-candidates-to-face-off-in-statewide-debate-on-wgn/

WTTW
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight efforts to stop election fraud, that is, Democrats ever-increasingly promote election fraud.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/02/09/trump-s-claims-about-election-fraud-undermine-public-trust-uic-law-professor-says

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: How much money is Pritzker spending to manipulate Republican primary races?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/09/gov-jb-pritzker-endorses-margaret-croke-in-democratic-primary-for-illinois-comptroller/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/09/daywatch-bad-bunnys-super-bowl-halftime-show-was-close-to-art/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Moody’s sees Illinois slipping: Fewer jobs, fewer people
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/moodys-illinois-lose-jobs-population-year

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Congressional candidates face off at NAACP forum, marking start of Black History Lecture Series. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2026/02/09/city/congressional-candidates-face-off-at-naacp-forum-marking-start-of-black-history-lecture-series/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— New legislation filed in Illinois includes billionaire wealth tax. Senate Bill 3376 would apply Illinois’ personal income tax to the appreciation of billionaires’ assets.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2026/02/10/billionaire-wealth-tax-is-among-newly-proposed-illinois-legislation/88590925007/

WCIA
— Senate Democratic candidates to face off in statewide debate in Illinois. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.wcia.com/illinois-capitol-news/senate-democratic-candidates-to-face-off-in-statewide-debate-on-wgn/

WGEM
— League of Women Voters of Adams County hosting 2 upcoming candidate forums. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.wgem.com/2026/02/09/league-women-voters-adams-county-hosting-2-upcoming-candidate-forums/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push pot. How successful have Democrats been making everyone in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct stoners?
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/even-though-marijuana-is-legal-in-illinois-clearing-old-criminal-records-still-a-challenge/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— DD: Chicago Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republican Florida.
https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/six-reasons-not-to-move-your-business-to-florida/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-677/
— Rate the new Don Tracy digital ad
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/10/rate-the-new-don-tracy-digital-ad/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— With the Border Secure, Federal Immigration Enforcement Should Go Where They’re Invited. DD: I disagree, ICE should go were the most illegals are.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/with-the-border-secure-federal-immigration-enforcement-should-go-where-theyre-invited

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois gives $1.5M to ICE opponents
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/waste-watch-illinois-gives-1-5m-to-ice-opponents/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

AMERICAN THINKER
— Honoring ancient tradition means observing the Olympics’ political silence. The classlessness of the left is on full display in Milan.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/honoring_ancient_tradition_means_observing_the_olympics_political_silence.html
— What has feminism wrought?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/what_has_feminism_wrought.html
— Who built America? Now even the anarchist hookers want in on the act.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/who_built_america.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Elmhurst University Turning Point USA fights for recognition
https://www.thecollegefix.com/elmhurst-university-turning-point-usa-fights-for-recognition/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Turning Point USA represents a threat to campus and must not be approved, according to student government leaders at Elmhurst University in suburban Chicago. However, university officials say they are “monitoring the situation.” Campus club founder Tim Dudasik recently spoke to The College Fix via a phone interview about his fight to start a chapter of the free-market student club at the private college in Elmhurst. He said student government leaders believe TPUSA is an “unsafe threat to campus.” While the senior always had an interest in politics, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, inspired him to start his own chapter. He said he “immediately filed an application” to start a chapter after the September 10, 2025 assassination of Turning Point USA’s founder. He initially had problems finding a faculty sponsor, emailing at least 25 professors without success. However, he told The Fix that multiple professors reached out to him after a student newspaper story came out about the new organization. Yet, he ran into further problems when he had to present to the student government and his peers denied his request for official recognition. That means the club is not allowed to meet in classrooms or “congregate on campus in any way.” The denial also prevents the club from doing something Dudasik is passionate about: “The big idea [with Turning Point] is tabling – being able to be on campus, talk about politics, religion, and all these divisive topics,” he said. “But without being officially recognized by the school, you can’t do that.” The chapter’s next steps are to address a list of concerns that the Student Government had provided them. “We’re… essentially [going to] go through the same process we did last semester, [to] address their concerns,” Dudasik said. “And if denied again, our next step is to become loud and vocal […a]nd to really express the need and desire for an organization like this on campus, because the more the school realizes that it’s something that’s wanted, it becomes something that’s harder for them to deny.” Still, Dudasik has found ways to organize his like-minded peers – a virtual event with former Olympian Anthony Watson drew 52 interested students. The national Turning Point USA also recognizes the chapter. Elmhurst officials won’t commit to approving the club.  The university confirmed to The Fix that the student government must first approve the club before the school will. “The University is monitoring the situation to ensure that the group’s application is treated fairly, and that it receives the same consideration as any other group applying for recognition as a student organization,” Desiree Chen, a spokeswoman for the school, told The Fix via email. She has not responded in the past week for clarification on what the restrictions are on the club and why the school does not just intervene and approve the application. While Turning Point USA has faced problems getting approved on college campuses before, there have been numerous examples in the past several months since the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The national free-market student group reports more than 100,000 people signed up to start clubs. Chapters at Olivet Nazarene University, also in Illinois, as well as St. John’s University in New York City, have faced problems.)

DAILY SIGNAL
— Democrats Champion Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Show, Attack Turning Point USA Alternative
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/09/democrats-champion-bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-attack-turning-point-usa-alternative/

FOX NEWS
— Hochul running mate voted to allow noncitizen voting in NYC elections. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. They wanted cheap labor.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hochul-running-mate-voted-allow-non-citizen-voting-nyc-elections.amp

NEWSMAX
— Democrats Sabotage American Safety in DHS Fight
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/mary-miller-dhs-funding/2026/02/10/id/1245554/
— Democrats Want Illegals to Vote in Elections. DD: Illegals have demographics that vote for Democrats: need/want/demand massive government assistance, liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/byron-donalds-democrats-illegal-aliens/2026/02/09/id/1245516/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5729617-markey-resolution-trump-election-takeover/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5730286-trump-criticism-bad-bunny-performance/

ROLL CALL
— White House, Democrats negotiate as shutdown deadline nears. As Friday DHS funding deadline approaches, Senate Democrats, Trump wrangle over details
https://rollcall.com/2026/02/09/white-house-democrats-negotiate-as-shutdown-deadline-nears/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With days left to pass a Homeland Security spending bill, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate dismissed a White House counteroffer to their own, calling it “insufficient.” . . . Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said he was “aware” of the White House counteroffer, but couldn’t immediately provide more information. Kaine said his support for a continuing resolution would be dependent on the nature of the counteroffer the White House makes to Democratic demands. “Let’s see what the negotiation is like on the proposal the Dems have made and the counteroffer that the Republicans are making,” Kaine said. “We’ll know more after lunch tomorrow.”)

ABC NEWS
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/trump-pushes-save-act-calls-federalize-elections-midterms-130001274
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/bad-bunnys-super-bowl-show-full-symbolism/story?id=129992122

NBC NEWS
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trumps-election-threats-shape-years-key-secretary-state-races-rcna257573

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://apnews.com/article/bad-bunny-halftime-show-america-0f3534a06cc01fb7c5aae7487debe4fb

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2026-02-09/can-feds-take-over-elections-heres-what-to-know

AOL
— DD: How did you meet your spouse? I met my outstanding wife at a social meeting for young adults at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She was raised as a Catholic and I was raised as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. We were both looking for a traditional marriage. Our marriage in 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) get promoted to GS-13 in 1986. Our marriage helped us a) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978 and b) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. Our marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.aol.com/articles/chris-harrison-host-traditional-marriage-202255471.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— It’s Time for America to Admit That It Has a Marijuana Problem
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/opinion/regulate-legalized-marijuana.html
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/trumps-nationalize-voting-elections-midterms-explainer.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/opinion/bad-bunny-super-bowl-americans.html
— Appeals Court Lets Trump Revoke Deportation Protections for 60,000 More Migrants. The court pointed to recent rulings by the Supreme Court as precedent to allow the protections for migrants from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua to expire.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/politics/appeals-court-lets-trump-revoke-deportation-protections-for-60000-more-migrants.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-02-09/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-how-it-happened-stage-production

CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/2026/02/09/bad-bunny-at-the-super-bowl-was-a-win-for-culture/88588620007/

FLORIDA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/02/09/bad-bunny-backlash-reveals-ignorance-many-still-face-super-bowl-halftime-torres/88589030007/

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders have no problem with their protesters bringing their loaded guns to their protests.
https://www.aol.com/articles/no-guns-protests-trump-says-225834337.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Minnesota Burning. Anti-ICE protesters sound more like George Wallace than Martin Luther King.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/minnesota-burning-efacf675
— The Blue State Population Bust. Journal Editorial Report: The 2030 census could spell doom for Democrats. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-the-blue-state-population-bust/B83B099A-4704-4738-858F-CC510F88C5FF
— The Biggest Threat to Journalism? Journalists. Don’t blame rapacious owners for the loss of public trust. Blame biased, incompetent reporting. DD: I have always fully disclosed that I have always been a conservative Republican.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-biggest-threat-to-journalism-journalists-cf580513?mod=opinion_lead_pos6
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/music/bad-bunny-uses-joy-to-put-out-political-firestorm-at-super-bowl-halftime-6df796e7

BLOOMBERG
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-09/can-trump-nationalize-elections-how-the-constitution-limits-presidential-power

PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-cultural-impact-of-bad-bunnys-super-bowl-halftime-show

JORDAN PETERSON
— People who succeed in almost everything they do always take full responsibility for these 7 areas of their life. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in my life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. According to my critics/opponents, because of the aforesaid, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI big time.
https://vegoutmag.com/lifestyle/r-t-jordan-peterson-says-people-who-succeed-in-almost-everything-they-do-always-take-full-responsibility-for-these-7-areas-of-their-life/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1) Your physical health and vitality. . .2) Your emotional regulation and mental health. . .3) Your career and contribution to society. . .4) Your personal finances and resources. . .5) Your relationships and social connections. . .6) Your personal growth and education. . .7) Your meaning and life purpose)

February 9, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

DAILY HERALD
— Should U.S. nationalize elections? GOP governor candidates speak up. DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260209/illinois-state-politics/should-u-s-nationalize-elections-gop-governor-candidates-speak-up/
— Early voting to begin Tuesday in DuPage County after delay
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260209/news/early-voting-to-begin-tuesday-in-dupage-county-after-delay/
— Virtual forum Tuesday for GOP candidates in 11th U.S. House District
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260209/us-congress-politics/virtual-forum-tuesday-for-gop-candidates-in-11th-u-s-house-district/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Tribune offers 30% premium to buy Daily Herald suburban newspaper
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/09/chicago-tribune-daily-herald/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County prosecutors drop charges against 19 arrested during clergy-led protest at Broadview ICE facility. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/09/cook-county-prosecutors-drop-charges-against-19-arrested-during-clergy-led-protest-broadview-ice-facility
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Bad Bunny
https://chicago.suntimes.com/music/2026/02/09/bad-bunny-superbowl-halftime-chicago-conductor-giancarlo-guerrero-lady-gaga-ricky-martin-music
— Cardinal Blase Cupich calls for White House to apologize for racist video depicting Obamas as primates
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/02/09/cardinal-blase-cupich-white-house-obama-racist-video-apology

ABC7
— Leadership exodus continues at Chicago’s US Attorney’s Office. DD: My critics/opponents stress that GAO works for Congress and that while Diersen v. GAO was pending a) the Chicago US Attorney’s Office was run by Republican Patrick Fitzgerald under Republican President Bush and Republican US Attorney General Ashcroft, b) Republican Gingrich and Republican Hastert were the Speakers of the House, c) Republican Peter Fitzgerald was my U.S. Senator, and d) Republican Hyde was my Congressman. According to my critics/opponents, Patrick Fitzgerald’s defending GAO and his success in getting the US Appellate Court for the 7th Circuit to deny me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial proves a) that the aforesaid Republicans reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform and/or b) that they reject me personally. To reject the equal opportunity plank is to curry favor with minorities and with females. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://abc7chicago.com/post/northern-district-illinois-us-attorneys-office-leadership-exodus-continues-andrew-boutros-donald-trump-administration/18575999/

WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Bad Bunny
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/bad-bunnys-halftime-show-sparks-pride-across-humboldt-park/

FOX32
— Chicago archbishop calls for Trump to apologize for “racist” video of Obamas. Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich called on President Donald Trump to apologize for sharing what he called a “racist” video on social media depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle as apes.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-3m7ahb91ctyoq0pv

WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Bad Bunny
https://www.wbez.org/music/2026/02/09/bad-bunny-superbowl-halftime-chicago-conductor-giancarlo-guerrero-lady-gaga-ricky-martin-music

NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders have no problem with their protesters bringing their loaded guns to their protests.
https://northernstar.info/132817/opinion/opinion-the-death-of-alex-pretti-shows-trump-ublicans-true-colors/

CHICAGO TODAY
— Chicago Businesses Reject Calls to Relocate to Florida. Billionaire Ken Griffin’s pitch for Florida falls flat with Chicago’s business community. DD: What percent of Chicago businesses are run by Democrats?
https://nationaltoday.com/us/il/chicago/news/2026/02/09/chicago-businesses-reject-calls-to-relocate-to-florida/

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek announces that five early voting sites in DuPage County will open on Tuesday, Feb. 10th from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm weekdays and 9:00 am to noon Saturdays. Early voting sites will be open on President’s Day, Monday, Feb. 16th.
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/county_clerk/EaryVoting_1637.php

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-465/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— The Waukegan HS Failure Factory. Waukegan High School Student Protest February 6, 2026.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/02/09/the-waukegan-hs-failure-factory

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— White House sends counteroffer to Democrats’ immigration enforcement demands
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/9/republicans-prepare-counteroffer-democrats-immigration-enforcement/
— Trump administration to make it harder for federal workers to appeal firing. DD: My critics/opponents stand with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who wasted my career, took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents stand with the following who had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me since 2000: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) those who I have sued and their attorneys.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/9/trump-administration-make-harder-federal-workers-appeal-firing/
— Ford worker who heckled Trump won’t be disciplined or lose job. DD: I never heckled my Democrat GAO superiors, but I did become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Because of that, they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Federal employees who are Republican have no Civil Service protections.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/9/ford-worker-heckled-trump-wont-disciplined-lose-job/
— How states can fix America’s retirement access shortfall. DD: I started earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension when I was 18 in 1966. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. They got more furious when my Democrat GAO superiors “offered” me early retirement when I was 45 in 1993 and that I took it when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/9/states-fix-americas-retirement-access-shortfall/

NEW YORK POST
— Bad Bunny slammed for controversial Super Bowl halftime show decision that ‘encourages’ division. He made no effort in his Spanish-only performance to include the 78% of American households that speak only English. He previously taunted that anyone annoyed with his selection as halftime performer had “four months to learn Spanish.”
https://nypost.com/2026/02/09/us-news/bad-bunny-slammed-for-controversial-super-bowl-halftime-show-decision-that-encourages-division/
— How voters fleeing California turn other states blue. DD: Democrats fleeing the Democrat Chicago and Democrat Cook County turned DuPage County blue.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/09/opinion/how-california-refugees-turn-other-states-blue/

FEDERALIST
— If SCOTUS Bans Illegals From The Census, Dems Could Lose Power For Years
https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/09/if-scotus-bans-illegals-from-the-census-dems-could-lose-power-for-years/

FOX NEWS
— Trump administration pushes back on CBS claim very few arrested illegal aliens have ‘violent criminal records.’  DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said CBS’ report was an inaccurate reading of the numbers, pointing out that the article downplayed several serious crimes.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-administration-pushes-back-cbs-claim-very-few-arrested-illegal-aliens-have-violent-criminal-records

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arrests-violent-criminal-records-trump-first-year/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Immigration Raids in South Texas Are Starting to Hit the Economy. Trade groups are raising alarms about aggressive immigration enforcement hurting businesses in the region. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. They wanted cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/texas-immigration-raids-economy-87e23e2e

FLORIDIAN PRESS
— Oberweis Donation to Hillary Clinton
https://floridianpress.com/2026/02/james-oberweis-donation-to-hillary-clinton-had-brush-with-illegal-immigration/

February 9, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— US Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash – including from Trump
https://abc7chicago.com/post/winter-olympics-2026-hunter-hess-chris-lillis-amber-glen-get-backlash-politics-speak-donald-trump-posts-truth-social/18568048/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash – including from Trump
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/08/us-olympians-politics-at-home/
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/cascos-y-placas-falsas-reportes-sobre-tcticas-del-ice-aumentan-el-miedo-en-minnesota/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to destroy Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/02/09/donald-trump-propaganda-deed-video-violence-renee-macklin-good-alex-pretti-janette-defelice
https://chicago.suntimes.com/public-safety/2026/02/06/how-can-chicagos-top-prosecutor-hold-ice-accountable
— Chicago Tribune owner Alden wants to acquire publisher of northwest suburban Daily Herald. In a full-page ad in Sunday’s Tribune, Alden Global Capital said it could pay 30% more than others for employee-owned Paddock Publications and offer employees better terms. Crystal Lake-based Shaw Media could be another bidder.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2026/02/08/chicago-tribune-alden-global-paddock-daily-herald-shaw-media-newspapers

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— US Olympians speaking up about politics at home face online backlash – including from Trump
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/us-olympians-speaking-up-about-politics-at-home-face-online-backlash-including-from-trump/article_4aa8a33a-6fe1-5993-afe0-58386766e6c5.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/appeals-court-affirms-trump-policy-of-jailing-immigrants-without-bond/article_26a5affa-996d-53ce-afdd-f3b14ee16077.html

SHAW LOCAL
— 2026 Election Questionnaire: Don Tracy, United States Senate
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/02/08/2026-election-questionnaire-don-tracy-united-states-senate/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump administration lauds plastic surgeons’ statement on trans surgery for minors
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-08/trump-administration-lauds-plastic-surgeons-statement-on-trans-surgery-for-minors
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-07/what-does-it-mean-when-the-president-calls-to-nationalize-the-voting

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning roundup
https://capitolfax.com/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— In your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct, how successful have Democrat leaders been blaming Republicans for all problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-married, non-rich, non-citizen, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time? Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Articles  DD: Hopefully, Breakthrough Ideas will start posing its outstanding newsletters on its website. All my 10,000+ GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2016 are posted at www.gopillinois.com . Since 2004, my newsletters have included links to 534,000+ articles. I have sent out my newsletters since 2000.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Thank our schools and churches for the Minneapolis madness. They’ve taught and preached divisive, apologist swill for decades.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/8/thank-schools-churches-minneapolis-madness/
— DOJ reaches legal settlement declaring Biden’s border ‘parole’ to be unlawful. Deal would prevent future use of ‘parole’ for immigrants caught at the border, then released.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/8/doj-reaches-legal-settlement-declaring-bidens-border-parole-unlawful/
— No Noem or no deal: Democrats vow to oppose any funding bill if Noem remains in charge. DD: Democrats run the federal government. GAO works for Congress. When I was 49 years old in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors talked and acted like Democrat politicians would fire them if they did not force me to retire. I should write about a) Democrat Durbin and Braun who were the U.S. Senators in 1997 and b) Democrat Rush, Jackson, Gutierrez, Blagojevich, Davis, and Yates who were U.S. Congressmen who represented Chicago in 1997. Hyde was my Congressman. My Democrat GAO superiors replaced me with my Democrat Black Chicagoan subordinate a) who had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) had no professional license like the one I had. Federal employees who are Republican have no Civil Service protections and especially those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time like me.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/8/no-noem-no-deal-remains-charge-dhs-democrats-vow-oppose-funding-bill/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats reject woke rebrand in favor of message to ‘fight’ for progressive ideals
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4448272/democrats-reject-anti-woke-rebrand-favor-message-fight-progressive-ideals/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump slams Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show: ‘An affront to the Greatness of America.’ DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/08/us-news/trump-slams-bad-bunnys-super-bowl-halftime-show/
— Trump slams ‘loser’ Olympian Hunter Hess over ‘mixed emotions’ representing US.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/08/sports/trump-slams-loser-olympian-hunter-hess-over-mixed-emotions-representing-us/
— Democrat leaders may go too far for their illegals
https://nypost.com/2026/02/08/opinion/dems-may-go-too-far-for-illegals-the-eus-digital-service-despots-and-other-commentary/
— Democrats’ ICE hysteria hides their deepest midterm fears
https://nypost.com/2026/02/08/opinion/democrats-ice-hysteria-hides-their-deepest-midterm-fears/
— California’s K-12 schools have been put on notice that indoctrinating children in extremist left wing ideology will lead to federal funding cuts.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/08/us-news/california-public-schools-indoctrinating-kids-with-leftist-ideology-could-lose-funding/
— Med schools’ racial preferences degrade all doctors
https://nypost.com/2026/02/08/opinion/the-death-of-dei-med-schools-racial-preferences-degrade-all-doctors/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The second American Civil War. We have been in a state of civil war for years; all it has lacked is a formal declaration. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/the_second_american_civil_war.html
— So You Wanna Be a Democrat? As a public service, then, let me educate potential Democrats on what will be necessary for them to fit in with their fellow donkeys. DD: To vote for Democrats is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/02/so_you_wanna_be_a_democrat.html
— What would America have looked like had Trump not won? Spain. Right now. The terrifying specter of what’s happening to Spain should tell everyone that, as Obama once said, “elections have consequences.”
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/what_would_america_have_looked_like_had_trump_not_won_spain_right_now.html
— Peaceful Protesters, or Fifth Column Insurrectionists? A sobering analysis of Chinese ties to progressive politicians.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/02/peaceful_protesters_or_fifth_column_insurrectionists.html
— Disrupting church isn’t journalism. There is no right to protest on private property, nor to be present there, journalist or not. DD: How successful have Democrats been taking over your church?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/disrupting_church_isn_t_journalism.html
— Interpreting the leftist noise about illegal alien deportations. One of the most important things we must understand is that, while there’s always a kernel of truth in leftist narratives, the direction is invariably toward indoctrination.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/interpreting_the_leftist_noise_about_illegal_alien_deportations.html
— New York in a Mamdani state of mind. New York’s mayor calls for looking to Islam for guidance as New York’s trash and snow pile high.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/new_york_in_a_mamdani_state_of_mind.html
— Keep the monkey and Hitler out of our politics. Politics in a civil society works when people focus on issues, not name-calling.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/keep_the_monkey_and_hitler_out_of_our_politics.html

BLAZE
— Mamdani cites the Quran and quotes Muhammed while announcing order to protect illegal aliens from ICE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mamdani-cites-the-quran-and-quotes-muhammed-while-announcing-order-to-protect-illegal-aliens-from-ice

BREITBART
— Turning Point USA’s All-American Halftime Show Wins the Super Bowl. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/02/08/charlie-spikes-the-ball-turning-point-usas-all-american-halftime-show-wins-the-super-bowl/
— Sports fans lament the left-wing political activism in this year’s NFL Super Bowl LX Sunday game, and especially from its halftime show star Bad Bunny, who has a long history of leftist activism. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/02/08/from-backing-blm-and-kamala-to-bashing-ice-super-bowl-60-star-bad-bunnys-history-of-left-wing-activist-fk-trump/amp/

CENTER SQUARE
— Majority prefer Trump’s immigration policies over Biden’s. DD: How successful was Biden filling your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct with his illegals?
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_11e240e1-37bc-40fe-ab3e-94b290a1785d.html

CITY JOURNAL
— Want to Reduce Poverty? Teach the “Success Sequence.”  Any serious attempt to tackle the problem must address not just economics but culture. 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.city-journal.org/article/poverty-success-sequence-school-employment-marriage
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Success Sequence. Social scientists have long observed a simple, three-step behavioral pattern that dramatically lowers the risk of poverty: graduate from high school, secure full-time employment, and marry before having children. This pattern, known as the success sequence, is not a guarantee of success. But the numbers are striking. Ninety-seven percent of Americans who follow all three steps avoid poverty by age 30. Encouragingly, this idea enjoys broad support; a majority of both Democratic and Republican parents believe the success sequence should be taught in public schools. Cultural Norms and Elite Messaging. The success sequence is widely followed by affluent professionals—but rarely endorsed publicly. Many elites fear that endorsing these norms will seem moralizing or judgmental. But their silence sends mixed signals. When those at the top quietly follow a set of rules while refusing to articulate them, it creates confusion—especially for young people without strong role models, who rely more heavily on cultural cues to guide their decisions. Family Structure and Stability. In 1960, nearly all American children, regardless of income, lived with their married biological parents. Among high-income families today, that figure remains above 80 percent today. But for families in the bottom income quintile, the number has dropped to just 30 percent. This divergence matters. Research consistently shows that marriage boosts upward mobility, even when controlling for education and income. For example, a child born to a married mother with only a high school diploma is three times more likely to graduate from college than a child born to an unmarried mother with the same level of education. The Importance of School Discipline. Academic success also depends on order in the classroom. Even the best teachers struggle in environments filled with disruption. Recent efforts to reform school discipline, especially those aimed at reducing racial disparities in suspensions, have often had unintended consequences. In many districts, disorder has increased, teachers have left the profession, and student achievement has declined. Students cannot learn when chaos reigns. Schools must have the authority to enforce clear behavioral standards to create environments where learning can happen. A Cultural Foundation for Upward Mobility. Policymakers often look for quick, measurable solutions to complex problems. But the most powerful interventions work over the long term. If we want to confront poverty in a meaningful way, we must reinforce the social and cultural foundations that support stability: strong families, clear norms, disciplined schools, and a culture that values responsibility. These ideas are not novel—but they are neglected. The roots of poverty are not just economic; they are cultural, too. Any serious attempt to reduce poverty must be willing to address both aspects of the problem.)

COLLEGE FIX
— A University of Minnesota education professor ran an “ICE drill” in class which included having selected students “shield” peers who might be targeted by the agency. DD: Schools in Minnesota today, schools in your school district tomorrow, if not already.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/umn-professor-allegedly-conducted-ice-drill-in-class-had-students-shield-targeted-peers-report/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Conservative Media at a Crossroads
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/08/conservative-media-at-a-crossroads-daily-signals-rob-bluey-on-press-freedom-trust-and-future-of-journalism/
— Pollsters Don’t Ask If Anti-ICE Activists Have ‘Gone Too Far’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/08/pollsters-dont-ask-if-anti-ice-activists-have-gone-too-far/amp/

FEDERALIST
— It’s Time For Trump To Win The West’s Civil War. DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/06/its-time-for-trump-to-win-the-wests-civil-war/

FOX NEWS
— Turning Point USA’s patriotic Super Bowl alternative earns praise as millions tune in over Bad Bunny. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/turning-point-usas-patriotic-super-bowl-alternative-earns-praise-millions-tune-over-bad-bunny.amp
— American Olympian taking social media breather over ‘hate’ after Trump criticism.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/american-olympian-taking-social-media-breather-over-hate-after-trump-criticism
— Mamdani expands sanctuary laws, defends alleged cop-attacker.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6388973301112
— Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show ignites Trump’s fury, divides viewers. Many viewers were frustrated that almost none of the show was in English. DD: Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Democrat leaders will force everyone to speak, read, and write Spanish.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/bad-bunnys-super-bowl-halftime-show-ignites-trumps-fury-divides-viewers?lid=gxbe53lgujd2

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Non-Whites Can “Take Over This Country.” DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly unite those who are the following to destroy America: non-White, non-citizen, non-Republican, liberal/moderate, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/resurfaced-remarks-show-texas-lawmaker-pushing-racial-power-politics/

NUMBERS USA
— The Worst of the ICE Reform Demands
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/the-worst-of-the-ice-reform-demands/

POST MILLENNIAL
— DHS demands California honor ICE detainers for illegal immigrant criminals
https://thepostmillennial.com/dhs-demands-california-honor-ice-detainers-for-illegal-immigrant-criminals

TOWNHALL
— No Sanctuary in the Sanctuary. DD: Illinois is a lot like Minnesota.
https://townhall.com/columnists/jerrynewcombe/2026/02/08/no-sanctuary-in-the-sanctuary-n2670689
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Minnesota is a Sanctuary State, meaning that illegal aliens can flaunt our immigration laws, even though every nation has to have borders to remain a nation. But as we all know, there was no sanctuary for those in the sanctuary of Cities Church in St. Paul a couple of weeks ago. Just last week, Don Lemon—a former CNN anchor who was present during the sanctuary riot—was re-arrested for his role in the chaos that erupted when belligerent protesters commandeered a Sunday morning worship service. Lemon claims he was just acting as an impartial journalist at the scene. Fox News reports, “Lemon, who was released without bail Friday, says he was acting as a journalist, while prosecutors allege he coordinated with activists who disrupted services at Cities Church.” Lemon went on to quote Jesus in his defense (“The truth shall set you free.”)
— Foreign-Born Ohio Lawmaker Pushes ‘Sensitive Locations’ Bill to Limit ICE Enforcement
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/02/08/foreign-born-ohio-lawmaker-pushes-sensitive-locations-bill-to-limit-ice-enforcement-n2670936
— Texas Democrat Goes Viral After Pitting Whites Against Minorities
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/02/08/texas-democrat-goes-viral-after-pitting-whites-against-minorities-n2670938

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Affirmative Action Quotas in Question as Female, Minority Pilots Caused Half of Pilot-Error Crashes. DD: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they had to meet race and/or gender quotas, goals, and targets to promote their employees who were minority and/or female, that is, they had to discriminate against their employees who were White and/or male. They especially discriminated against their employees who were White and/or male and who were Republican, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. To meet their quotas, goals, and targets, they ever-increasingly lowered standards. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.westernjournal.com/affirmative-action-quotas-question-female-minority-pilots-caused-half-pilot-error-crashes/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— Millions of Super Bowl fans tune into Turning Point USA’s halftime show instead of Bad Bunny. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/millions-of-super-bowl-fans-tune-into-turning-point-usa-s-halftime-show-instead-of-bad-bunny/ar-AA1VWHCy

YAHOO
— Turning Point USA’s alternative Super Bowl halftime show draws millions. What happened. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/turning-point-usas-alternative-super-022229919.html

AOL
— Kid Rock’s Alternative Super Bowl Show By Turning Point USA Sparks Backlash Online. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.aol.com/articles/kid-rock-alternative-super-bowl-064438036.html

YAHOO
— Donald Trump called Bad Bunny ‘terrible,’ but still watched it over Erika Kirk’s Turning Point show. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/donald-trump-called-bad-bunny-080000264.html

CBS NEWS
— Trump lashes out at Team USA athlete for sharing thoughts on political situation at home.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-lashes-out-hunter-hess-milano-cortina-winter-games/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Turning Point USA’s All-American Halftime Show draws 6.1M concurrent viewers on YouTube. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7031946/2026/02/08/turning-point-usa-halftime-show-pete-hegseth/
— DD: I have been the Illinois reporter for GOPUSA since 2000. Democrat leaders stand up for reporter Georgia Fort. According to Google AI, she is “a Twin Cities-based independent, three-time Emmy-winning journalist and founder of BLCK Press, focusing on racial justice, policing, and community stories. She previously worked for WTVM, KBJR, and covered the George Floyd murder trial.” Republican and conservative leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton have rarely stood up for me. In fact, many of them have taken many big adverse actions against me since 2000.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/opinion/minnesota-protest-arrested-press-journalism.html
— Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors. Some offices are so decimated that the Justice Department has sent in military lawyers. More recently, officials asked for volunteers from other offices who can quickly deploy to places in desperate need. DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. Since then, to hire Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, they have lowered standards.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/politics/doj-prosecutors-recruiting-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders say “Trump Finds A Rare Need To Pull Back.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/politics/trump-social-post-reaction.html

USA TODAY
— Trump vows ‘softer touch’ but forges ahead with ‘mass deportation.’ Immigrant advocates point to the billions of dollars in funding to beef up ICE detention and put thousands more agents on the street.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/07/trump-softer-touch-ice-mass-deportation/88497160007/
— They had enough money to retire. Then the cost of living went up. DD: My retirement and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal retirement wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/02/05/why-older-adults-unretire/88483469007/

NEW YORK TODAY
— NYC Mayor Signs Order to Protect Immigrants from ICE Enforcement. Mamdani’s executive order aims to uphold sanctuary city laws and limit information-sharing with federal immigration authorities. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing use their illegals to destroy America.
https://nationaltoday.com/us/ny/new-york/news/2026/02/07/nyc-mayor-signs-order-to-protect-immigrants-from-ice-enforcement/

KGW
— Did you miss Turning Point’s ‘All American Halftime Show’? Here’s how to rewatch it. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.kgw.com/article/sports/nfl/superbowl/how-rewatch-turning-point-all-american-halftime-show/507-0a908db4-3408-4245-8cc9-a19ced3d0f10

KLEW
— More than 5 million people watch TPUSA halftime show live on YouTube. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://klewtv.com/news/nation-world/watch-tpusa-halftime-show?teaserSource=trending

WCNC
— Trump slams Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.wcnc.com/article/sports/nfl/superbowl/trump-critiques-bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show/507-5cd226dd-020f-415f-a23f-c161e63d7fdf

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Elderly Lawmakers Won’t Step Aside, Prompting New Debate Over Age Limits. Calls are increasing for mandatory retirement ages for politicians, with Rahm Emanuel proposing 75 for federal officeholders. DD: How old are you? I am 77. I have been fighting age discrimination since I was 25 in 1974 when my Democrat IRS superiors used up-or-out to deem me to be too old to be promoted to GS-13. I finally succeeded in getting promoted to GS-13 by GAO when I was 38 in 1986 after a) I earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, e) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and f) became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I never would have made GS-13 if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer a) had not gotten back into power when I was 37, b) had not assigned to audits of IRS when I was 37, c) had not promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38. Because he did that, my Democrat GAO superiors forced him to retire when I was 39.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/politician-age-limits-debate-ef33b504
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An aging political class in Washington is prompting fresh calls for forcing older officeholders to step aside in favor of younger faces. Working well past retirement age is an area of rare bipartisan agreement in Washington. President Trump will turn 80 this year, and Joe Biden left office at age 82, both breaking Ronald Reagan-era records for age in office. In Congress, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) is 92 years old, while Rep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) is 87. It isn’t unusual for members to die on the job, as three did in 2025 alone. Rahm Emanuel, a 66-year-old Democrat and Washington veteran, recently called for a mandatory retirement age of 75 for presidents, cabinet officials, members of Congress and federal judges. The former congressman, White House chief of staff and Chicago mayor said that should also apply to him, should he ever return to a major Washington job. “Washington needs a good power washing,” Emanuel, who is exploring a possible 2028 presidential bid, said in an interview. Trump is showing signs of aging in public and private, The Wall Street Journal has reported. He has struggled to keep his eyes open during several televised events, and some people close to him have said he at times strains to hear. (Trump denied having a hearing problem and said he closes his eyes for relaxation.) Biden’s age-related collapse in 2024 damaged the Democratic Party in ways it is still working to repair.)
— Why Unemployment is Rising Among Young College Grads. Their skills, experience and ability to function are increasingly out of step with employers’ needs. DD: To waste my career and to get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors ever-increasingly outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically hinted/implied/argued/shouted that what I learned earning a) a job related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license a) was not related to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) was acquired by me to get a job in the private sector, d) qualified me for a new trade or business, and/or e) was a distraction. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female. and/or veteran.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-unemployment-is-rising-among-young-college-grads-42d037da
— Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? It turns out the way to become wealthy is to refrain from living as if you’re rich. DD: Ever since my wife and I got married in 1978, we tried to live on just one of our salaries. My salary ended abruptly in 1997, but my pension is 44% of what it was..
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-554fa8ee
— Brazil Criminalizes Transgender Dissent. A feminist could go to prison for asserting that a male can’t become a female.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/brazil-criminalizes-transgender-dissent-69ae7917
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How a $30 Billion Welfare Program Became a ‘Slush Fund’ for States. Republicans and Democrats alike decry the lack of oversight for America’s famous antipoverty experiment. ‘Fraud by design.’
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/how-a-30-billion-welfare-program-became-a-slush-fund-for-states-c39b8311

LA PROGRESSIVE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all problems that not only minorities have, but for all problems that those who are female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-married, non-rich, non-citizen, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.laprogressive.com/economic-equality/why-the-racial-wealth-gap-funds-white-supremacy

VANITY FAIR
— Democrat leaders say “As Bad Bunny Slayed the Super Bowl, Turning Point USA Staged Its Own Weird Little Event. The counterprogramming to the half time show was predictably xenophobic, but (perhaps) surprisingly low-quality and poorly attended.” DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/turning-point-usa-all-american-halftime-show-review

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— N.C. State Fires LGBTQ Pride Employee in Undercover Video. DD: When I was 49 in 1997, if I had recorded what my Democrat GAO superiors told me they would do to me if I did take their early retirement “offer,” I would have won Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  They said they would a) assign me to work for my subordinates, that is, that they would constructively demote me and/or b) throw me out of their group that audited federal financial regulators. I had worked in that group for 8 years. Because they had assigned to that group in 1990, I had taken 14 graduate evening finance courses at IIT starting in 1992 and I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. In addition, I had become a certified fraud examiner in 1990, government financial manager in 1994, financial services auditor in 1996, and forensic accountant in 1997. Previously, I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981. They made it clear they would ever-increasingly give me bad job assignments, assign me to supervise their most problematic employees, give me unfair performance expectations, give me unfair performance appraisals, and always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/02/09/nc-state-fires-secretly-recorded-lgbtq-pride-employee

SALON
— DD: Democrats fought for slavery in the Civil War. Today’s Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Democrats, that is, they ever-increasingly hint/imply that Republicans were the Confederates in the Civil War and that Democrats were the Union Army in the Civil War. Yesterday’s Democrats fought for slavery. Today’s Democrats fight for Affirmative Action and for DEI, that is, they fight for race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.salon.com/2026/02/08/magas-war-on-woke-has-a-long-history-like-400-years/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Laura Loomer threatens ICE raid on Bad Bunny Super Bowl performance over foreign flags; ‘nothing American about this.’  Loomer threatened that somebody should ‘call in an ICE raid’ during the Bad Bunny Super Bowl performance. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/laura-loomer-threatens-ice-raid-on-bad-bunny-super-bowl-performance-over-foreign-flags-nothing-american-about-this-101770602486657.html

EWTN NEWS
— Professor calls student ‘fascist bastard,’ stops speech in favor of traditional marriage. A lawsuit has been filed against officials of the Los Angeles Community College District after a professor censored and threatened to expel a student for his speech about marriage and his Christian faith in a public speaking class. 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.ewtnnews.com/world/us/professor-calls-student-fascist-bastard-stops-speech-in-favor-of-traditional-marriage

INDEPENDENT
— Trump slams ‘absolutely terrible’ Bad Bunny halftime show: ‘Slap in the face to our country.’ Rant comes as Turning Point USA’s ‘All-American’ Super Bowl halftime show garnered just four million viewers. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-bad-bunny-halftime-show-response-b2916397.html
— Trump silent on Kid Rock’s MAGA alternative despite Democrats’ taunts. MAGA-friendly Super Bowl alternative to Bad Bunny featured Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert and more.
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/turning-point-halftime-show-kid-rock-b2916233.html
— Alternative Super Bowl halftime show features Charlie Kirk tribute. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/culture/super-bowl-turning-point-charlie-kirk-b2916458.html

U.S. SUN
— Erika Kirk breaks silence on Turning Point USA Super Bowl halftime show after failing to show at event honoring Charlie. The late Charlie Kirk’s wife took to social media after the show honoring the Turning Point USA founder. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.the-sun.com/sport/15911091/erika-kirk-super-bowl-turning-point/
— Turning Point USA confirms last-minute BAN on streaming its rival Super Bowl halftime show on X. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.the-sun.com/sport/15910201/turning-point-super-bowl-all-american-halftime-show/
— Turning Point USA legend Charlie Kirk sends gutwrenching messages from beyond the grave at rival halftime show. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.the-sun.com/sport/15910692/charlie-kirk-sends-messages-beyond-grave-rival-halftime-show/
— Nearly 5 MILLION tune in to Turning Point USA’s Super Bowl rival halftime show as fans switch off Bad Bunny. DD: My critics/opponents watched Bad Bunny. My supporters watched the Turning Point USA show.
https://www.the-sun.com/sport/15910450/turning-point-usa-halftime-show-bad-bunny/

February 8, 2026

FOX NEWS
— How do you watch The All-American Halftime Show
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/how-watch-turning-point-usa-alternate-halftime-show

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals and their protesters to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-anti-ice-protests-held-area-1-month-fatal-shooting-renee-good-federal-agents-minneapolis-minnesota/18562004/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote LGBTQ and b) destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/wings-host-drag-extravaganza-valentines-day-2026-sidetrack-chicago-support-lgbtq-survivors-domestic-violence/18548137/

FOX32
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government. How many have Democrats put on SNAP in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-budget-bill-illinois-impact

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Waukegan High students walk out to protest federal crackdown.  DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals and their protesters to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/waukegan-high-school-walkout/
— Appeals court affirms Trump administration policy of jailing immigrants without bond
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/trump-policy-jailing-immigrants-without-bond/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Specifically, circuit judge Edith H. Jones wrote in the 2-1 majority opinion that the government correctly interpreted the Immigration and Nationality Act by asserting that “unadmitted aliens apprehended anywhere in the United States are ineligible for release on bond, regardless of how long they have resided inside the United States.”)
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for health costs.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/health-costs-are-fueling-voter-stress-and-powering-democratic-campaigns/
— Republicans rarely criticize Donald Trump in his second term. A racist post briefly changed that. DD: Advice for Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders. Anticipate/expect that Democrat candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and their mainstream news media will spin everything that you say or do against you.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/republicans-criticize-trump-racist-post/
— DD: Under Chicago Democrats, soon, if not already, everyone in Chicago will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/divine-nine-repack-greater-chicago-food-depository-competition/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Long-beleaguered Gary is serious about the Bears. Are the Bears serious about Gary? DD: I worked in Gary for 2 weeks in 1970. Firestone had hired me and assigned me to its Chicago Heights store. But the manager of that store would never have hired me. He not only disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, he disapproved of my religion and national origin. He forced me to pass a 2-week probationary period in Firestone’s Gary store.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/07/bears-stadium-gary-indiana/

DAILY HERALD
— Pentagon cuts academic ties with ‘woke’ Harvard to focus on training ‘warriors’
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260207/nation-and-world/pentagon-cuts-academic-ties-with-woke-harvard-to-focus-on-training-warriors/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for health costs.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260207/nation-and-world-politics/health-costs-are-fueling-voter-stress-and-powering-democratic-campaigns/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly analogize Donald Trump to Joseph McCarthy.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260207/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-in-search-of-a-sense-of-decency-a-presidents-behavior-is-not-irrelevant-to-t/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the “Trump ape video” to promote more hatred against all Republicans.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/columnists/james-causey/2026/02/08/trump-video-obama-ape/88549754007/

FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Advice for Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders. Anticipate/expect that Democrat candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and their mainstream news media will spin everything that you say or do against you.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/republicans-rarely-criticize-trump-in-his-second-term-a-racist-post-briefly-changed-that/article_734dd055-4276-59fa-9b29-0bc54eb1429a.html

25 NEWS NOW
— Conservative policy wonk Ted Dabrowski says GOP needs to try something new to beat Pritzker in 2026
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/02/08/conservative-policy-wonk-says-gop-needs-try-something-new-beat-pritzker-2026/

CWB CHICAGO
— Chicago’s snowplow naming contest buries city in anti-ICE submissions. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly a) promote illegal immigration and b) fight deportation of their illegals.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/02/chicagos-snowplow-naming-contest-buries-city-in-anti-ice-submissions.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you do and why do you do it? Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000 to promote conservative principles and to help elect Republican candidates. But since 2000, virtually all the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have talked and acted like me and my newsletters do not exist. Far too many of them blame me and blame my newsletters for the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Far too many have taken many big adverse actions against me to stop me from sending out my newsletters. Far too many have done far too much to discourage everyone from reading my newsletters. What would you do if you were me? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Advice for Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders. Anticipate/expect that Democrat candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and their mainstream news media will spin everything that you say or do against you. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To what extent should candidates, elected officials, and party leaders be held responsible for the words and actions of those under them? I hold Democrat elected officials directly responsible for all the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me. I hold RINO elected officials directly responsible for all the adverse actions that leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton have taken against me and continue to take against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois gives almost $1.2M to labor activist group
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/waste-watch-illinois-gives-almost-1-2m-to-labor-activist-group/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump, another hair-on-fire uproar, and the midterms
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4450273/trump-another-uproar-midterms/

NEW YORK POST
— The anti-ICE activists are an insurgency, not a protest movement
https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/opinion/anti-ice-movement-an-insurgency-not-a-protest/
— The end of college racial quotas is already making America more just. DD: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they had to meet race and/or gender quotas, goals, and targets to promote their employees who were minority and/or female, that is, they had to discriminate against their employees who were White and/or male. They especially discriminated against their employees who were White and/or male and who were Republican, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/opinion/the-end-of-college-racial-quotas-is-already-making-america-more-just/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The kids should not be marching. Teachers can’t teach the basics, but they can organize child armies against ICE.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/the_kids_should_not_be_marching.html
— Democrats want to get you killed. Listening to Democrats is not only foolish, but potentially deadly.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/democrats_want_to_get_you_killed.html
— What if we went back to the moon and nobody cared? Something that was once seen as one of humanity’s and America’s greatest triumphs is now greeted with a nod and a yawn. DD: Democrat leaders have succeeded in making America’s top priority giving more and more and more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/what_if_we_went_back_to_the_moon_and_nobody_cared.html
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government used my may Jewish superiors and supervisors to waste my career and to get rid of me. I should write about that.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/jews_should_not_be_indifferent_to_antisemitism.html

BREITBART
— National Teachers Union Encouraging School Walkouts, Pushing Anti-ICE Propaganda
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/02/07/national-teachers-union-encouraging-school-walkouts-pushing-anti-ice-propaganda/amp/
— Cross-Referencing SSNs Is Key to Catch Illegals Holding CDLs
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/02/07/ernst-cross-referencing-ssns-is-key-to-catch-illegals-holding-cdls-study-minnesota-fraudsters-to-see-if-that-was-template/
— Homan Has Struck Agreements with Nearly All Minnesota Counties to Hand Over Violent Illegal Aliens from Jails
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/02/07/exclusive-leavitt-tom-homan-has-struck-agreements-with-nearly-all-minnesota-counties-to-hand-over-violent-illegal-aliens-from-jails/
— Hegseth Cuts War Department Ties With His ‘Woke’ Alma Mater Harvard. DD: I earned degrees from NIU (BS-management), Loyola (MBA), DePaul (MS-accounting), and IIT (MS-finance) in 1970, 1976, 1980, and 1997 respectively. They all have moved dramatically to the left.
https://www.breitbart.com/education/2026/02/07/hegseth-cuts-war-department-ties-his-woke-alma-mater-harvard/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Former ‘Bachelor’ host comes under fire over casting call for ‘traditional marriage’ dating show. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. My critics/opponents have always been furious that my traditional marriage in 1978 a) helped my wife and I buy two news cars and a home in Wheaton in 1978, b) helped me pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) helped us afford my taking a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, d) helped me earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) helped me pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, f) helped me become a licensed CPA in 1981, g) helped us have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, h) helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986, i) helped me get promoted in 1986, j) etc.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/chris-harrison-criticized-for-traditional-marriage-dating-show.html

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Harvard Is Woke; The War Department Is Not’: Pentagon Terminates Academic Partnerships With Ivy League University
https://dailycaller.com/2026/02/07/harvard-university-woke-war-department-pentagon-pete-hegseth-terminates-academic-partnership/

DAILY SIGNAL
— ICE Operations: What Americans Actually Want
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/07/ice-operations-what-americans-actually-want/amp/

FOX NEWS
— Schools that let students leave class to protest ICE have failing academic records. High schools across multiple states staged walkouts while showing math and English proficiency rates well below state averages.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/schools-let-students-leave-class-protest-ice-have-failing-academic-records
— DHS says anti-ICE agitators helped child rapist, gang members evade deportation. ICE agitators threw rocks, bottles at officials after a gang member rammed them with his car and barricaded himself in an apartment.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/child-rapists-gang-members-domestic-abusers-helped-evading-deportation-anti-ice-agitators-dhs

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Hegseth: The War Department is Cutting Academic Ties With Harvard
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/02/pete-hegseth-the-war-department-is-cutting-academic-ties-with-harvard/amp/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Woke Team USA athletes trash talk America at Olympics
https://thepostmillennial.com/woke-team-usa-athletes-trash-talk-america-at-olympics-it-brings-up-mixed-emotions

PJ MEDIA
— A Handful of Examples of How ‘Harvard Is Woke,’ as Hegseth Said
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/02/07/a-handful-of-examples-how-harvard-is-woke-as-hegseth-said-n4949219
— Students Walk Out of School in Protest of ICE — With Support of the School Board. DD:  Los Angeles Unified School District today, your school district tomorrow, if not already.
https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2026/02/07/students-walk-out-of-school-in-protest-of-ice-with-support-of-the-school-board-n4949248
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Friday, Feb. 6, over 22,500 students from 85 schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) walked out of class an organized protest. This was not a walkout in protest of the killing of innocent civilians in Iran. It wasn’t about the horrors that Hamas has perpetrated. Students were not leaving their schools as a way of calling for more learning tools at their schools, or better facilities. It was to protest ICE doing its job of arresting criminal illegal aliens. And LAUSD employees, teachers, and administrators tacitly (and in many cases overtly) supported and promoted it. Let’s be clear. This was not a protest against an injustice, but a supported walkout of middle and high school students protesting federal agents doing their job. It wasn’t based on a violation of civil rights or abuses of power. These teenagers were encouraged to walk out of their education in order to complain about duly appointed officers enforcing federal law. There’s certainly an argument to be made about protecting the children of illegal aliens, and the compassionate side of me says that all children should be educated in the best ways possible. The pragmatic side of me argues that it should not be the responsibility of American taxpayers to pay for the education of these children, and especially the financial support of their families. But while that inner dialogue may justify adults protesting immigration policies, it really doesn’t enter into this discussion of a student walkout. Worse still is the support that this kind of behavior has received from the LAUSD, which has even set up the website of WeAreOne to help illegal aliens evade law enforcement. Here, the LAUSD has created a campaign entitled “We Have Rights,” and states its mission as “We Have Rights is an empowerment campaign to prepare for and safely defend our rights during encounters with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).” On this website, the LAUSD provides videos (produced at taxpayers’ expense) on how to avoid ICE in Arabic, French, Haitian-Creole, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu (the language of the Islamic regime of Pakistan). Illegal aliens from countries that sponsor terrorism (Iran, Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, et al) as well as nations that are clearly not allies, such as Russia and China, can go to the LAUSD website to learn how to avoid ICE. How does this fit into the LAUSD mission statement of “realizing excellence for all students by providing the unique, rigorous, and culturally relevant education that each and every student deserves”? In what way does scheduling a student walkout, let alone teaching families from terrorist-supporting nations, integrate with educating our children? Maybe the logic of LAUSD administrators is that their school district is so successful at educating children that they can spend their time, money, and resources on walkouts. But the reality is the opposite. If there’s any question about the quality, or lack thereof, of education at LAUSD, they are proud that in 2024/2025, only 43.1% of students demonstrated proficiency in math and 32.8% in reading, as this was slightly better than last year. Fewer than half the students in this district, the second-largest school district in the nation, know basic math, and fewer than a third are proficient in reading. This is despite the fact that LAUSD teachers are paid nearly 40% more than the national average. I grew up in the LAUSD public school system, when it was one of the top educational districts in the country, but that was a long time ago, when the governor of the state was Ronald Reagan (a Republican), and the mayors of Los Angeles were Sam Yorty and then Tom Bradley (both conservative Democrats). Then, it was a district dedicated to teaching children in a classic educational way, as opposed to indoctrinating children in neo-Marxism and ignoring educational standards. Most people do not have their children in a school system like LAUSD, but more and more cities, especially larger Democratic metropolitan cities, are following in the footsteps of LAUSD. Which is why, as we approach the upcoming elections this year, it is so important for people to recognize the importance of school boards. The left has been very successful over the last thirty years in taking over school boards around the country, and changing the educational agenda to focus more on far-left preoccupations and values such as drag queens, gender dysphoria, immigration, socialism, etc. They have been indoctrinating our children, the next generation of voters, and this indoctrination must stop… for the sake of our children, and of this country. I pray that as we approach elections this year that sensible parents will run for and take back seats on school boards. That school districts will again focus on educating our children in the subjects that they will need to succeed in life. That they will learn the skills and information that will allow them to be creators of brilliant inventions, informed voters, and successful contributors to society. Otherwise, God forbid, school districts around the country will be progressively more forced to deal with children walking out of school to protest the legal actions at federal officers.)
— Anti-ICE High Schoolers Depict Trump Crucified. DD: Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, Democrat leaders will get most if not virtually all of the students in your school district to walkout to protest enforcement of federal immigration laws. Anticipate/expect that the students who walkout will overwhelmingly be illegals, females, and minorities. Of course, their walking out will be on their records for the rest of their lives. Anticipate/expect that Democrat colleges and Democrat employers will give preference to those students who walked out over those who did not. For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats. Democrats exist to destroy Republicans.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/02/07/anti-ice-high-schoolers-depict-trump-crucified-n4949233
— Trump Should Not Ease Up on Deportations
https://pjmedia.com/aj-christopher/2026/02/07/hugh-hewitt-is-wrong-president-trump-should-not-ease-up-on-deportations-n4949222

TOWNHALL
— A Few Simple Snarky Rules to Make Life Better
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2026/02/08/a-few-simple-snarky-rules-to-make-life-better-n2670921

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Jeffries calls on GOP leaders to denounce president over Obamas video. DD: Advice for Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders. Anticipate/expect that Democrat candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and their mainstream news media will spin everything that you say or do against you.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5727664-jeffries-gop-leaders-trump-obama-video/

REUTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use toddlers to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/toddler-was-returned-ice-custody-denied-medication-after-hospitalization-lawsuit-2026-02-08/

CBS NEWS
— As Winter Olympics begin in Italy, some Team USA athletes speak out about politics at home
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/as-winter-olympics-begin-in-italy-some-team-usa-athletes-speak-out-about-politics-at-home/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Obama Derangement Syndrome
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/opinion/trump-obama-apes-post-video.html
— DD: Federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran do not have Civil Service protections. The decision in Diersen v. GAO proves that. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  My critics/opponents have no problem with that, in fact, they applaud that.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02/05/us/trump-news
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump stifles dissent. In Diersen v. GAO, the Democrats who ran GAO, DOJ, and the courts stifled dissent big time. Even though opposing political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination is legal, GAO, DOJ, and the courts denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial. That dramatically discourages Republicans, Whites, men, older people, and non-veterans from becoming and remaining federal employees.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/02/06/opinion/ice-minnesota-democracy-america.html

ABC BALTIMORE
— Hundreds of Baltimore students stage walkout demanding changes to ICE policies. DD: Anticipate/expect that high school students who walkout to protest ICE will stress that in their college and employment applications. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was an UIC student 1966-1968 and 1971 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time Loyola student 1972-1976, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986.
https://www.wmar2news.com/news/region/baltimore-city/hundreds-of-baltimore-students-stage-walkout-demanding-changes-to-ice-policies

TAMPA FREE PRESS
— The Immigration Crisis And The Question Of Fairness. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals and their protesters to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.tampafp.com/op-ed-the-immigration-crisis-and-the-question-of-fairness/

HOUSTON PRESS
— Hundreds of Cy Falls HS Students Walk Out to Protest ICE. The walkout turns into an improvised march. DD: Anticipate/expect that high school students who walkout to protest ICE will stress that in their college and employment applications. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was an UIC student 1966-1968 and 1971 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time Loyola student 1972-1976, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986.
https://www.houstonpress.com/news/hundreds-of-cy-falls-hs-students-walk-out-to-protest-ice/

CENTRAL MAINE & PRESS HERALD
— White Guilt. DD: My critics/opponents who promote Affirmative Action and DEI and are White and/or male have/had wealthy parents who bought them cars, who paid for their college expenses, and/or who got them jobs. I bought a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air when I was 16 in 1964 with money I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966 with money I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage. I paid for my UIC expense 1966-1968 and my NIU expenses 1969-1970 with money I earned delivering mail. I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968 with money I earned delivering mail 1966-1968. I got my Post Office job by passing the postal employment examination and earning a high school diploma. I got my Firestone Stores job by earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I got my IRS job by passing the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 and earning the aforesaid bachelor’s degree.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2026/02/08/white-guilt-explains-everything-about-race-in-america-opinion/
https://www.pressherald.com/2026/02/08/white-guilt-explains-everything-about-race-in-america-opinion/

POST BULLETIN
— What motivates protesters to protect criminals?
https://www.postbulletin.com/opinion/letters/letter-what-motivates-protesters-to-protect-criminals

KWTX
— DHS condemns New York mayor’s executive order protecting criminal illegal immigrants
https://www.kwtx.com/2026/02/07/dhs-condemns-new-york-mayors-executive-order-protecting-criminal-illegal-immigrants/?outputType=amp
— Texas Education Agency warns students about penalties for staging walkouts. DD: Anticipate/expect that high school students who walkout to protest ICE will stress that in their college and employment applications. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was an UIC student 1966-1968 and 1971 and/or a NIU student 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time Loyola student 1972-1976, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a part-time DePaul student 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xssFgkUecS4

NATIONAL TODAY
— Loyola Chicago Offers Abortion Coverage in Student Health Plan. Catholic university’s student insurance includes “abortion care services” despite Jesuit identity and church teachings. DD: To promote abortion is to reject all religion.
https://nationaltoday.com/us/il/chicago/news/2026/02/07/loyola-chicago-offers-abortion-coverage-in-student-health-plan/

POLITICO
— ICE surveillance concerns shift Democrats’ demands for body cameras. Critics fear the cameras could be used to feed video of protesters into facial recognition tools. DD: If I had worn a body camera when my Democrat GAO superiors told me what they would do to me if I did take their early retirement “offer,” I would have won Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/07/democrats-fear-body-cameras-could-be-ices-new-mass-surveillance-tool-00769363

GAO
— GAO’s FY 2025 Report Card—What We Did to Improve Federal Programs and Save Billions of Dollars. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.gao.gov/blog/gaos-fy-2025-report-card-what-we-did-improve-federal-programs-and-save-billions-dollars

FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN INNOVATION
— Congress Should Prioritize the Comptroller General Nomination and Reform GAO. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.thefai.org/posts/congress-should-prioritize-the-comptroller-general-nomination-and-reform-gao

FEDERATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION
— Speech Protected Under the First Amendment. DD: According to my critics/opponents, the West Chicago teacher and me gave up our First Amendment rights. The West Chicago teacher because he chose to work for the Democrats who ran his school district and me because I chose to work for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. Republicans should be advised that if you choose to work for Democrats, by definition, you give up your First Amendment Rights. In America, ever-increasingly, Republicans do not have First Amendment rights. Federal employees have no Civil Service protections if they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/protected-speech

ACLU
— Protecting Free Speech in the Face of Government Retaliation. DD: According to my critics/opponents, the West Chicago teacher and me gave up our First Amendment rights. The West Chicago teacher because he chose to work for the Democrats who ran his school district and me because I chose to work for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. Republicans should be advised that if you choose to work for Democrats, by definition, you give up your First Amendment Rights. In America, ever-increasingly, Republicans do not have First Amendment rights. Federal employees have no Civil Service protections if they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/protecting-free-speech-in-the-face-of-government-retaliation

LIBERAL CURRENTS
— Speech That Plays It Safe Does Not Remain Free for Long. DD: The West Chicago teacher case proves that Democrats ever-increasingly a) run education in America and b) use education to crank out good little Democrats. The GAO Diersen case proves that Democrats a) run the federal government, b) use the federal government to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, and c) waste the careers of and get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/s/

EDUCATION WEEK
— DD: My critics/opponents promote free speech for anti-ICE students but oppose free speech for pro-ICE teachers. My critics/opponents promote employers that give preference to their employees who are Democrat, RINO, minority, female, and/or younger, that is, my critics/opponents promote employers that waste the careers of and get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or older.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/free-speech-debates-resurface-with-student-walkouts-over-ice-raids/2026/02

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use democracy a) to take more and more and more opportunities and money away from those who have demographics that vote for Republicans and b) to give those opportunities and that money to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/08/washington-post-layoffs-democracy-trump