June 10, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker ‘happy to call a special session’ if Illinois lawmakers reach Bears stadium deal.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears-stadium/2026/06/09/pritzker-bears-stadium-indiana-illinois-special-session-arlington-heights
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/09/broadview-six-grand-jury-midway-blitz-boutros-trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/10/hegseth-d-day-immigration-teen-takeovers-trump-nba-boos-bears-stadium

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/09/broadview-six-grand-jury-transcripts/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/09/naperville-juneteenth-rotary-park-dancing/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use George Floyd to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/10/opinion-george-floyd-protests-public-safety-debate/

ABC7
— 4 arrests made, 3 guns recovered amid ‘teen takeover’ at NW Indiana beach. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/4-arrests-made-3-guns-recovered-amid-teen-takeover-michigan-city-beach-la-porte-county-drug-task-force-response/19264099/

NBC5
— Chicago alderperson blasts parents after 7 teens hurt in Bronzeville shootings.  DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/chicago-alderperson-blasts-parents-after-7-teens-hurt-in-bronzeville-shootings/ar-AA253viJ

CBS2
— Chicago Public Schools CEO Dr. Macquline King to be grilled by GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-public-schools-ceo-dr-macquline-king-grilled-gop-lawmakers/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/meet-the-chicago-smelts-one-of-the-the-citys-longest-running-lgbtq-organizations/

FOX32
— Northwest Indiana beach ‘teen takeover’: Police seize guns, make arrests. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/northwest-indiana-beach-teen-takeover-police-seize-guns-make-arrests

WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/06/09/chicago-s-director-lgbtq-affairs-marriage-equality-pride-and-protecting-trans

WBEZ
— Immigration advocates slam Trump administration over World Cup entry treatment.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2026/06/09/world-cup-soccer-immigration-trump-ice-border-patrol-iran-iraq-team-ohare-trump-administration
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2026/06/09/queer-elders-reflect-on-lgbtq-pride-and-intergenerational-connections-in-2026

PBS CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.pbs.org/video/chicagos-first-ever-director-of-lgbtq-affairs-on-his-new-role-pride-month-efdvhi/

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicagodefender.com/illinois-welcomes-travelers-to-celebrate-pride-in-the-middle-of-everything/

CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicagoreader.com/city-life/reader-radar/juneteenth-celebrations-black-life-through-space-time/

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Former Peoria congressman Aaron Schock subject of national news story.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/08/former-peoria-congressman-aaron-schock-politico-story-venezuela-gold-mine/90458644007/

WAND TV
— Defying Trump ended some Republicans’ careers. It could help Susan Collins win reelection in Maine. Maine Sen. Susan Collins often boosts her popularity by keeping her distance from President Donald Trump. DD: My critics/opponents destroy not only those who defy them, but those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/defying-trump-ended-some-republicans-careers-it-could-help-susan-collins-win-reelection-in-maine/article_a3106da7-57a8-5666-912f-bf7507d1abee.html

WIFR
— Bailey discusses Pritzker, Illinois crime, and data centers.
https://www.wifr.com/video/2026/06/09/extended-interview-darren-bailey-discusses-gov-pritzker-illinois-crime-data-centers/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Republican state legislators are coming up with their own ideas. State Rep. Dan Ugaste is proposing the Major Economic Development and Property Tax Relief Act, “which creates frameworks for qualifying megaprojects in Illinois while also addressing property tax reforms,” per WGN 9. And state Rep. Martin McLaughlin is drafting the Taxpayer Investment Protection Act, which would provide “a structured alternative to the current stadium development proposal involving the Chicago Bears,” he said in a statement.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/10/why-rahm-emanuel-said-no-to-fifa-00955357

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-754/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Emanuel Sets Up Pritzker for a Fall, Whether Illinois Loses or Subsidizes the Bears.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/10/emanuel-sets-up-pritzker-for-a-fall-whether-illinois-loses-or-subsidizes-the-bears/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are your biggest regrets? Mine include my giving too many the “benefit of the doubt.” – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BLAZE
— Trump’s Justice Department is shining a light on woke universities — finally.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/trumps-justice-department-is-shining-a-light-on-woke-universities-finally

BREITBART
— Trump Admin Eyes Expansion of E-Verify for All Federal Grants.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/09/trump-admin-eyes-expansion-of-e-verify-for-all-federal-grants/

EPOCH TIMES
— SNAP Benefits Go to 186,000 Dead People–And Stopping Them Might Be Difficult. In one case, the name of a 14-year-old shooting victim in Los Angeles was used for two decades to claim benefits, including SNAP, worth more than $280,000. DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on SNAP. How many are on SNAP in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/snap-benefits-go-to-186000-dead-people-and-stopping-them-might-be-difficult-6039487

TOWNHALL
— When Leadership Loses Its Moral Compass
https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-abraham/2026/06/10/when-leadership-loses-its-moral-compass-n2677489
(FROM THE ARTICLE: My daughter, Katie Abraham, was killed in Urbana, Illinois, by an intoxicated illegal immigrant with a troubling background and serious health issues; circumstances that, in my view, were enabled by reckless sanctuary policies that lacked meaningful vetting and prioritized ideology over public safety.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS

NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders use GAO against Trump.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/-ice-camp-east-montana-gao-report-tuberculosis-guard-lost-gun-rcna349213

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders use GAO against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/06/09/ice-detention-camp-wasted-millions-endangered-migrants-gao-finds/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-06-10/hegseths-meddling-with-promotions-tarnishes-leadership-endangers-country

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.aol.com/articles/rockford-galena-among-illinois-lgbtq-084754116.html
— DD: Democrat leaders use GAO against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/06/09/camp-east-montana-federal-investigation-migrant-detainees/90474567007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Teenagers Stopped Working in the Summer. For the most part not because they couldn’t find work. They found better opportunities instead. DD: While I was in high school and college, few of my peers did what I did. I took bad jobs. I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid jobs prove that I have always been an unmitigated loser. My critics/opponents had wealthy parents.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-teenagers-stopped-working-in-the-summer-e359b6ba

FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders use GAO against Trump.
https://fortune.com/2026/06/09/texas-ice-facility-wasted-millions-tb-outbreak-gao-report/

BLOOMBERG
— DD: All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-06-09/women-in-business-are-losing-ground-in-corporate-america

BLOOMBERG TAX
— GAO: Probationary Workers Left Federal Jobs at Higher Rate. DD: Democrat leaders use GAO against Trump. After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious when they learned that they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me.
https://news.bloombergtax.com/payroll/probationary-workers-left-federal-jobs-at-higher-rate-gao-finds

GAO
— DD: Democrat leaders use GAO against Trump.
https://www.gao.gov/video/dhs-spending-55-billion.-where-it-going

HOUSE DEMOCRATS
— DD: Democrat leaders use GAO against Trump.
https://democrats-homeland.house.gov/news/press-releases/congressional-democrats-release-gao-report-detailing-dangerous-expansion-of-immigration-detention-under-trump

FEDWEEK
— EEOC Announces Focus on Enforcing Trump Priorities. DD: For Democrat employers, their top priority has always been a) hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and b) getting rid of their Republican employees who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/eeoc-announces-focus-on-enforcing-trump-priorities/
— DD: Democrat leaders use GAO against Trump. After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious when they learned that they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/gao-maps-2025-losses-of-probationary-employees-at-health-and-safety-agencies/

MANHATTEN INSTITUTE
— Who Pays for Reparations? DD: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. The more of the following that you are, the more credit that you should be given for having paid the price of AA and DEI: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Since the 1960s, because I am all of the aforesaid, those above be had made me pay the price of AA and DEI big time. If I had not been the aforesaid, my Democrat superiors in the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://manhattan.institute/article/who-pays-for-reparations-the-immigration-challenge-in-the-reparations-debate
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Since the 2020 “racial reckoning,” there has been increased political momentum behind reparations for slavery. Debates about reparations have moved from the halls of academia to legislatures in California and a number of cities. Americans and their leaders are increasingly asking: Are reparations justified at all? And, if so, who should get how much? This report concerns itself with a different question: Who pays for reparations? Reparations are a form of compensation for historical injustice. But many Americans did not have any ancestors present in the country at the time that injustice was committed. It is hard to argue that Americans whose ancestors arrived after 1860 should be on the hook for the costs of reparations. What fraction of nonblack Americans have ancestors who arrived after the end of the Civil War? Using demographic modeling techniques, this report pegs the figure as high as 70%, including more than half the non-Hispanic white population. These Americans are the descendants of immigrants who came to the U.S. either in the first great wave of immigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, or in the second great wave, begun in 1965 and still ongoing today. Many of these more recent arrivals are at the top of America’s economic distribution. Indeed, the recent-arrival share of top wealth earners is likely only to grow in coming years, given the prevalence of immigrants and children of immigrants at the head of top businesses. This means that the base of people and wealth that could plausibly be taxed for reparations is shrinking and will continue to shrink for the foreseeable future. This dynamic plays out in other areas of social policy. Any transfer or subsidy proposal that is justified by historical injustice—e.g., affirmative action—will lose legitimacy as the population changes. This is an important, and often overlooked, feature not only of the reparations debate but of debates about such proposals in general.)

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: To get more votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, Democrat candidates and Democrat elected officials ever-increasingly promise to use government to give them more preference. To give preference to one demographic is to discriminate against another demographic. Demographics that vote for Democrats include liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote Republicans include conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/diversity/2026/06/10/reaching-young-black-men-creating-sense-belonging

COLLEGE RECRUITER
— Affirmative Action and DEI: DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers want to a) hire, retain, and promote Democrats and RINOs who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) get rid of their Republican employees, and especially those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license.
https://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2026/06/09/hack-the-2026-federal-hiring-boom-why-your-skills-matter-more-than-your-major

SWARTHMORE PHOENIX
— The myth of personal responsibility. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. They attribute their success in life to meritocracy. They attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2016/09/15/the-myth-of-personal-responsibility/

DISPATCH
— Trump Emasculates the GOP at His Own Peril. He can’t expect to preserve party unity through humiliation.
https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-emasculates-the-gop-at-his-own-peril/

FULCRUM
— Democrats Don’t Get Why They’ve Lost Most Working Class Voters. DD: My critics/opponents look down on the working class. I was a member of the working class 1964-1997. I had to work my way through college. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critic/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://thefulcrum.us/democracy/democratic-strategy

DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/6/9/800052617/community/trump-and-religious-right-allies-launch-coordinated-attack-on-pride-month/

FROM OTHER SOURCES

POWER MAGAZINE
— Growing Grid Strategy: Undergrounding Power Lines to Withstand Weather. DD: What exposes you to weather-caused power, internet, and phone outages? Overhead lines about 200 feet long to the west of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton expose me to weather-caused power, internet, and phone outages big time.  The line is in a utility easement on private property that is full of trees that have not been trimmed for decades. The Trees and vegetation are pushing the lines down and to the north. I have filed a “tree and vegetation request” with ComEd, but so far, ComEd has not responded. Further, according to Xfinity and AT&T, they cannot do any trimming until ComEd is done. It would be great if all the lines would be put underground.
https://www.powermag.com/growing-grid-strategy-undergrounding-power-lines-to-withstand-weather/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The power generation sector, including electric utilities and grid operators, recognizes the value of moving equipment underground to mitigate outages, lessen risks to assets, and reduce the chances of that equipment causing a wildfire. Electric utilities and power grid operators increasingly are looking at ways to diminish and avoid disruptions from extreme weather. The power sector also has experience with the financial impacts of wildfires, both with damage to assets and losses incurred when equipment is found liable for causing those events. Undergrounding lines, in addition to enhancing safety, also can improve the performance of transmission infrastructure, by mitigating hazards such as impacts from trees and other vegetation. A report from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Grid Deployment Office, along with Berkeley Lab in California, notes a “key advantage of underground transmission and distribution lines is substantially reduced vulnerability to disruption from extreme weather and wildfires [by preventing initial ignition as well as propagation], resulting in both reliability and resilience improvements.” Several electric utilities and other agencies have noted that undergrounding offers protection against lightning, animal incursions, high winds (including thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and derechos), and ice and snow. It also eliminates the chances of fallen power lines caused by auto accidents (Figure 1), or simply due to aging infrastructure.)

June 9, 2029 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Chicago Bears consider new stadium sites in Hammond as IL Republican lawmakers make new proposals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-bears-new-stadium-update-il-rep-martin-mclaughlin-arlington-heights-proposal-calls-25b-team-13-state/19264540/
— CPD setting up Emergency Assistance Center in Cornell Square Park after mass shootings. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-police-department-setting-emergency-assistance-center-cornell-square-park-mass-shootings/19263600/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Community leaders said around 300 teens had gathered near 45th Street Indiana Avenue before shots rang out, leaving an 11-year-old, two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old boy wounded. . .”Whenever there are mass gatherings, whether they’re teen takeovers or a family picnic, there’s always a danger and bullets don’t know one from the other,” Pastor Price said.)

CBS2
— 2 Illinois lawmakers offer new proposals to keep Chicago Bears from moving to Indiana.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-lawmakers-new-proposals-chicago-bears-stadium-legislation/

WGN9
— State Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) proposes new legislation aimed at keeping Bears in Illinois, urges state legislature to act before fall session.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/state-lawmaker-to-outline-legislation-to-help-keep-bears-in-illinois-after-teams-vote-to-advance-stadium-project-in-hammond/

FOX32
— New Illinois bill could keep the Bears in Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-uzcr4qazqnyi8b6f

WTTW
— Chicago Bears Are ‘80% of the Way’ Toward Hammond Stadium.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/06/09/chicago-bears-are-80-way-toward-hammond-stadium-sports-consultant
— Immigration Advocates Condemn Trump Administration Over ‘Discriminatory’ Treatment of World Cup Teams.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/06/09/immigration-advocates-condemn-trump-administration-over-discriminatory-treatment-world

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Aldermen push for stiffer penalties on marijuana smoking, sales around schools and parks.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/09/aldermen-penalties-marijuana-schools-parks/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— City Council committee backs crackdown on selling pot near schools, parks.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/06/09/marijuana-sales-parks-schools-crackdown-city-council-public-safety-committee-gilbert-villegas
— Immigration advocates slam Trump administration over World Cup entry treatment.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/09/world-cup-soccer-immigration-trump-ice-border-patrol-iran-iraq-team-ohare

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker opens door to new Bears talks, blames team for stadium stumbles.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-pritzker-chicago-bears-stadium-20260609/
— Condo on highest floor at Hancock Center coming on the market for $9.5 million. DD: When I was 25 in 1974, when I was a newly promoted IRS employee, I almost bought a studio condo in that building, but instead, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/real-estate/residential/ccb-john-hancock-coupon-cabin-20260609/

SOUTHERN
— DD: Democrats boo Trump.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/06/09/trump-booed-at-madison-square-garden-as-he-and-mamdani-attend-knicks-game/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://pantagraph.com/life-entertainment/article_d5f150bc-e326-5ba7-80f7-4af034befbc9.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Republicans hope to reengage Bears with new proposals
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-06-09/republicans-hope-to-reengage-bears-with-new-proposals

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrats boo Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/sports/ap-nyc-imposes-stringent-security-as-trump-becomes-1st-sitting-us-president-to-attend-nba-finals-game/

WIFR
— Darren Bailey targets Pritzker’s possible presidential ambitions in Illinois governor’s race.
https://www.wifr.com/2026/06/10/darren-bailey-targets-pritzkers-possible-presidential-ambitions-illinois-governors-race/

CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://mailchi.mp/chicagoreader/chicago-drag-shows-up-and-shows-out

CWB CHICAGO
— 13-year-old shot four victims at large youth gathering in Bronzeville. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/06/13-year-old-shot-four-victims-at-large-youth-gathering-in-bronzeville-police-say.html

DURBIN
— Congressional Democrats Release GAO Report Detailing Dangerous Expansion Of Immigration Detention Under Trump
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/congressional-democrats-release-gao-report-detailing-dangerous-expansion-of-immigration-detention-under-trump

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-539/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The Real Story Isn’t the Bears — It’s Why Everyone Is Leaving Illinois.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/the-real-story-isnt-the-bears-its-why-everyone-is-leaving-illinois.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Nearly 50% of Americans say UFC event tarnishes White House image.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/9/nearly-50-americans-say-ufc-event-tarnishes-white-house-image/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Deportation hits illegal immigration supply. Mandatory E-Verify will address demand.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4600680/katie-britt-mandatory-e-verify-act-illegal-worker-demand/

NEW YORK POST
— ICE blasts ‘reckless’ Mamdani, Hochul as agency IDs criminal illegal migrants picked up in NY.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/us-news/ice-blasts-reckless-mamdani-hochul-as-it-releases-ids-of-criminal-illegals-picked-up-in-ny/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Ex-Border Patrol official dreams big on deportations—really big.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/06/09/ex-border-patrol-official-dreams-big-on-deportations-really-big-1644995/

BREITBART
— Trump’s Redistricting Moves Give GOP a Shot at Holding the House
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/08/nolte-trumps-redistricting-moves-give-gop-a-shot-at-holding-the-house/
— Biden’s ‘Backdoor Amnesty’ to Protect over 1M Illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/09/brandon-gill-tps-joe-biden/amp/

FOX NEWS
— Four dead and 29 shot in Chicago weekend violence as leaders tout crime progress. Victims include four children between ages 12 and 14 shot by an unknown gunman who opened fire and fled the scene.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/four-dead-29-shot-chicago-weekend-violence-leaders-tout-crime-progress

NEW AMERICAN
— Cultural Revolution: GOP Support for Same-sex “Marriage,” and “LGBT” Generally, Collapses.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/cultural-revolution-gop-support-for-same-sex-marriage-and-lgbt-generally-collapses/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

JD SUPRA
— A Review of the EEOC’s Priorities. DD: For Democrat employers, their top priority is a) hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and b) getting rid of their Republican employees who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-latest-from-the-eeoc-a-review-of-1505819/

June 8, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— 21 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-1-shot-0-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-update/19245394/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-antonio-king-citys-first-director-lgbtq-affairs-talks-work-priorities/19248407/

CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/buffalo-grove-illinois-holds-lgbtq-pride-parade/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/03/american-place-casino-waukegan-2/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: What’s next for Pritzker’s stalled housing plan? DD: Since 1984, my critics/opponents have wanted public housing to be built on the north border of my Wheaton precinct on the south side of Roosevelt Road.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260607/real-estate/whats-next-for-pritzkers-stalled-housing-plan/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2026/06/07/lgbtq-friendly-alliance-meeting-at-dekalb-library-this-month/

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Because intoxicating hemp competes with pot, Democrat leaders want intoxicating hemp to be regulated.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/illinois-to-regulate-intoxicating-hemp-products-loosen-up-on-cannabis/article_86eccff7-6046-4294-8a5c-51e07b30968d.html

CHICAGO BOOTH REVIEW
— Meritocracy. DD: My critics/opponents attribute their career successes to meritocracy. They attribute my career success to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/virtues-rough-meritocracy

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Aaron Schock’s second act
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/08/aaron-schocks-second-act-00953143
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: “After 100 years, the Chicago Bears won’t be in Illinois – and it’s all because JB Pritzker and his disastrous agenda forced the heart and soul of Chicagoland to abandon its identity, its fans, and its state for more competitive waters,” said Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey in a statement. . .And Don Tracy, the Republican U.S. Senate candidate, called out his Democratic rival, Juliana Stratton, who’s currently serving as lieutenant governor, for making it “difficult to do business” in the state. . .And Republicans say they need to have a voice. “It’s time for Gov. Pritzker to Bear Down, address the infighting in the Democratic legislative caucuses and bring Republicans substantially into the process to help produce a bipartisan plan that protects taxpayers, grows our economy and keeps the Chicago Bears in Illinois,” said Senate Republican Leader John Curran.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-752/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Ives: Governance: Indiana vs. Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/07/governance-indiana-vs-illinois/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s new order secures America’s customs border. Slamming shut the loopholes that bad actors exploit.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/7/trumps-new-order-secures-americas-customs-border/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illinois Democrats eye Glock ban despite backlash from Second Amendment advocates over existing state regulations.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/4597153/illinois-democrats-glock-ncla/

NEW YORK POST
— Over 7,100 Social Security Administration employees exit, leaving ‘cases stuck in purgatory.’ DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyouts and early retirement to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/03/business/social-security-administration-fires-7100-staffers-in-historic-cuts-leaving-cases-stuck-in-purgatory/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Judges turned their backs on the law to let illegals pour into the country. They use the law to keep them here.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/judges_aliens_among_us.html
— Will we allow Democrats to ruin this nation?  If Republicans don’t adopt President Trump’s policies and temperament, their party — and this nation — are doomed.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/will_we_allow_democrats_to_ruin_this_nation.html

BREITBART
— Vance and Harris Dominate Potential 2028 Candidates
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/07/poll-vice-president-jd-vance-and-kamala-harris-dominate-potential-2028-candidates/

COLLEGE FIX
— Why DEI policies survive despite Trump’s executive orders
https://www.thecollegefix.com/why-dei-policies-survive-despite-trumps-executive-orders/

DAILY CALLER
— Law Schools Train The Next Generation Of Immigration Activists
https://www.aol.com/articles/law-schools-training-next-generation-192537000.html

FOX NEWS
— Chicago Mayor Johnson hopes to enlist pope in reparations fight after he apologized for ‘scourge of slavery.’ DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans who are following owe them reparations: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://www.aol.com/articles/chicago-mayor-johnson-hopes-enlist-225326073.html
— Cops halt planned teen takeovers as officials brace for a summer surge in chaos and arrests. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/cops-halt-planned-teen-takeover-officials-brace-summer-surge-chaos-arrests-police-chief

PJ MEDIA
— Wait Till You See What ‘IDs’ California Accepts for Voter Registration
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/07/wait-till-you-see-what-ids-california-accepts-for-voter-registration-n4953697

TOWNHALL
— DD: Democrat leaders defend and advance the Democrat Party platform. Far too few Republican leaders defend and advance the Republican Party platform.
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/06/08/it-will-stop-when-the-american-people-decide-to-stop-it-and-not-before-n2677388

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— College students overestimate starting salaries by $24K. DD: What were you earning one year after graduation? I graduated from NIU debt-free with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in August of 1970. In June of 1971, I started working for IRS as a GS-7 (currently $56,409/year) IRS Revenue Officer. I got promoted to GS-9 (currently $68,999/year) when I was 23, GS-11 ($83, 482/year) when I was 24, and GS-12 (currently $100,059/year) when I was 25. My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid.
https://www.aol.com/articles/college-students-overestimate-starting-salaries-122302000.html
https://www.aol.com/articles/college-grads-expect-earn-80-090029000.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Undergraduates pursuing a bachelor’s degree expect to earn roughly $80,000 one year after graduation — about $24,000 more than the average starting salary of $56,153.)

NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.newsweek.com/how-pride-month-has-changed-donald-trump-maga-lgbtq-12038256

MSN
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid jobs prove that I have always been an unmitigated loser.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/new-rule-for-work-permit-in-us-asylum-seekers-may-lose-jobs-under-dhs-proposal/ar-AA24Vq3t
— Most Americans support post-college living at home, but for how long? DD: I graduated from NIU debt-free with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in August of 1970. I lived with my mother and brother in Crete until September of 1972 when I bought a new townhome in University Park. My father had died suddenly in October of 1969. My mother had never worked outside of the home. My brother was having troubles. I applied for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support them. It was approved in early 1971. I worked full-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1970-1971 and part-time 1971-1972. I started working for IRS in 1971.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/parenting/most-americans-support-post-college-living-at-home-but-for-how-long/ar-AA24u6Ob
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For recent college grads, moving back home no longer carries the same stigma it once did. A MoneyLion survey found that 69% of Americans say it’s acceptable for young adults to live with their parents after college — as high rent, student loan payments and everyday costs make independent living harder to afford. Still, there are limits to that support. Nearly 22% of respondents said age 25 is the oldest age they consider acceptable for living at home after graduation.)
— Microsoft is planning voluntary retirement buyouts for some senior employees. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyouts and early retirement to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/microsoft-is-planning-voluntary-retirement-buyouts-for-some-senior-employees-as-it-grapples-with-the-threat-of-ai-here-s-who-the-offer-targets/ar-AA2503b0

AOL
— 63% of Republicans say same-sex marriage should be banned. DD: What percent in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct reject the traditional marriage and family plank in the Republican Party platform? Why do they reject that plank?
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/lgbtq-rights-under-pressure-poll-135758560.html
— DD: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically less a) because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and b) because they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I should write about the adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors would have taken against me if I had tried to work to my regular retirement age of 55 in 2003. They had made it clear that they would constructively, if not literally, demote me and that they would have given me adverse transfers, bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, and unfair performance evaluations. I continue to ask myself what exactly would have happened if I had not succumbed to their threats. Would Speaker Gingrich, Speaker Hastert, U.S. Senator Fitzgerald, U.S. Representative Hyde, and/or the Bush Administration have come to my defense? The aforesaid did not come to my defense in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  To not come to my defense was a) to reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, b) to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination in the federal government.
https://www.aol.com/articles/56-940-000-saved-stable-115438000.html
— Which Master’s Degrees Offer the Highest Salaries and Most Job Opportunities. DD: I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading when I was 48. My IRS employee manual encouraged me to earn the MBA and the master’s degree in accounting. My GAO superiors encouraged me to earn the master’s degrees in accounting and financial markets and trading. In today’s dollars, a) my IRS salary was $106,731/year when I earned my MBA, b) my GAO salary was $89,703/year when I earned my master’s degree in accounting, and c) my GAO salary was $150,715/year when I earned my master’s degree in financial markets and trading.
https://www.aol.com/articles/masters-degrees-offer-highest-salaries-100500000.html
— The Fastest College Degree for Paying Off Student Loans, Ranked by Early-Career Salary and Debt.  DD: My undergraduate major should have been accounting, my graduate major should have been accounting, and I should have taken and passed the CPA examination much sooner than I did. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. My then, it was too late because I was not a minority, female, or veteran and the accounting profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote the aforesaid. Because I was not any of the aforesaid, the accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting.
https://www.aol.com/finance/fastest-college-degree-paying-off-130500797.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: About 6.6 million student loan borrowers are behind on payments, and the problem is worsening, as borrowers over 50 now have the highest serious delinquency rates of any age group. The difference between struggling for decades and paying off your loans in a few years often comes down to one decision—your major. . .Every extra year you spend paying off student loans could cost you thousands in interest and delay major milestones like buying a home or saving for retirement. Choosing a major with good starting wages relative to what you’ve had to borrow can take years off your repayment timeline.)
— Scholarships. DD: Since I was in high school in 1966, my critics/opponents have stressed that I did not get any scholarships. They have always hinted/implied/argued that proves that I am inferior and/or that my parents were filthy rich.
https://www.aol.com/articles/local-seniors-awarded-1k-scholarships-191018000.html
https://www.aol.com/news/altered-program-awards-1-000-220204457.html

REUTERS
— Trump administration proposes NDAs for federal workers to crack down on leaks to journalists. DD: Democrat leaders see becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit is leaking to journalists. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They punished me viciously. They threw me off audits of IRS. They gave me a bad job assignment. They gave me unfair performance expectations. They gave me an unfair performance appraisal. They ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Previously, they had a) forced me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and c) kept me off audits of IRS 1980-1985.  They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-administration-proposes-non-disclosure-135828000.html

USA TODAY
— DD: Tragically, my brother was held back in first grade. He never recovered from that.
https://www.today.com/parents/family/tell-kids-repeating-year-teachers-smart-trick-rcna218258
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: For Democrats, government exists a) to take away opportunities, money, and everything else from Republicans and b) to give it all to Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usa250/2026/05/29/civics-education-america-250/89999901007/

STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS
— Can you tax social media? Illinois faces legal questions over proposed law. DD: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use social media to destroy Republicans. Liberals and moderates ever-increasingly use social media to destroy conservatives.
https://san.com/cc/can-you-tax-social-media-illinois-faces-legal-questions-over-proposed-law/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The President of Vice. Trump has relaxed legal restrictions on marijuana, other drugs and gambling. DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton and in 2019 I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-president-of-vice-49396e06

FORBES
— Promoted too fast. DD: I got promoted by IRS to GS-9 (currently $68,999/year) when I was 23, GS-11 ($83, 482/year) when I was 24, and GS-12 (currently $100,059/year) when I was 25. According to my critics/opponents, I was promoted too fast. In my defense, most of my coworkers were promoted that fast and I was taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2021/09/22/empty-suit-syndrome-why-it-is-wise-to-challenge-vertical-career-growth/
— Meritocracy. DD: My critics/opponents attribute their career successes to meritocracy. They attribute my career success to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adiaharveywingfield/2026/05/26/want-to-make-your-company-a-meritocracy-dont-mention-it/

BLOOMBERG GOVERNMENT
— LA Mayor Race Flips as Socialist Beats Reality TV Star Pratt
https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/bass-raman-advance-to-runoff-in-la-mayoral-race-ddhq-projects
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-08/bass-raman-advance-to-runoff-in-la-mayoral-race-ddhq-projects
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/la-mayor-race-flips-as-socialist-beats-reality-tv-star-pratt/ar-AA253R4F

USA HERALD
— The House Always Wins: How America Built a Generation of Gamblers, Wired the Thrill of Sport to the Logic of Addiction
https://usaherald.com/the-house-always-wins-how-america-built-a-generation-of-gamblers-wired-the-thrill-of-sport-to-the-logic-of-addiction/

POLITICO
— Trump says he never promised ‘no new wars’
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/07/trump-says-never-promised-no-new-wars-00952870

June 7, 2026

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Registration is open for political entries in Wheaton’s July 4 Independence Day Parade. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wheaton-independence-day-parade-entry-2026-tickets-1984881886153  The deadline is June 26. The cost is $183.58. I hope that all the Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct will walk in the parade: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Towns to go all out on July 4 for America’s 250th year. DD: Since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Wheaton in 1999, I have encouraged Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct to walk in Wheaton Independence Day parades. In 2003, the day after all the announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate attended (Cox, Kathuria, McKenna, Oberweis, and Ryan) had walked in the parade, they all attended a picnic that I had organized in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct. More than 200 attended. In 2005, I started raising $2,500/year from Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to help sponsor the parade and fireworks. Each year I would hand-deliver 500 parade flyers to the homes and businesses along the parade route. In 2007, I raised $2,000 for an elephant to walk behind Roskam in the parade. But my critics/opponents ended that in 2021 by having the Wheaton Park District stop parade and fireworks sponsorships. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take many other adverse actions against me. They want to de-politized the parade, that is, they want to keep Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders out of it.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260606/news/something-spectacular-towns-to-go-all-out-on-july-4-for-americas-250th-year/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Wheaton, the Fourth of July is not just a day, but a state of the mind, to borrow a line from another holiday movie. . .The Wheaton Park District will usher in the Fourth with a $100,000 fireworks and drone show, or $50,000 for fireworks and $50,000 for drones, on Friday, July 3. The devices fly up to 400 feet. “I make sure it is something spectacular,” said James, who designs the dual production with vendor Mad Bomber Fireworks. “Across the board, everyone’s saying let’s make this a pretty awesome Fourth of July,” James said. . .Free entry is being offered to nonprofits that roll out parade floats. The Wheaton Park District is also drumming up participation in the Fourth of July parade with new, lower rates for community and neighborhood groups. . .There’s even merch: commemorative T-shirts and hats bearing the City of Wheaton America 250 logo designed by student artist Asher Boriss (the city does not receive any profit from the sale of apparel). Mayor Phil Suess championed a sweet idea: an ice cream social. The city, in conjunction with Kilwins and Kimmer’s Ice Cream, will provide 1,776 scoops during the municipal band concert July 9. . .The city also has made an effort to mark the 250th with “things that are going to be lasting,” Suess said. So there’s a newly planted “Liberty Tree” outside city hall. Both Wheaton and Glen Ellyn have sponsored new murals depicting significant landmarks. “People appreciate freedom, they appreciate liberty, and they appreciate self-determination,” Suess said. Keller certainly does. He reads the dedication tags attached to the flags, planted by volunteers in the Wheaton park. . .Rudy Keller oversees the setup for the Field of Honor, a display of American flags at Seven Gables Park in Wheaton. New this year: A car show and cupcakes for the nation’s 250th birthday.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Video gambling revenue collections continue to grow for local governments. DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton and in 2019 I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260606/news/video-gambling-revenue-collections-continue-to-grow-for-local-governments/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers lead US in spending campaign cash for childcare — and one dog.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/07/illinois-lawmaker-childcare-campaign-funds/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In one small but notable instance, a candidate who narrowly lost a 2023 race for the Chicago Police District Council reported spending $325 on his dog. Illinois State Board of Elections campaign finance reports show the money was spent at a business called Cruisin’ Canines. The reason given in the reports? “Care of dependent family member (dog).”)
— DD: Democrat leaders use social media, AI, and everything else to destroy Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/07/opinion-social-media-polarization-ai/

WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/what-to-know-about-the-ongoing-protests-and-arrests-outside-a-new-jersey-detention-center/article_01c2e603-6ff5-5b42-a2cb-c8b74b1dc342.html

CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movie-feature/steven-toushin-bijou-theater-gay-porn/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINAR
— DD: How soon, if not already, will Democrats in your county, township, municipality, and school district elect socialists?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4596773/graham-platner-rise-mamdani-moraff-katz-fan/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Harvard’s Slide into Stupidity
https://freebeacon.com/culture/harvards-slide-into-stupidity/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Henry Nowak’s death exposed Britain’s two-tier justice system
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/henry-nowaks-death-exposed-britains-two-tier-justice-system.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Explaining Britain’s ‘Sickly Reversed’ George Floyd Moment
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/04/britains-reversed-george-floyd/
— Why Britain’s ‘DEI Police’ Watched a 19-Year-Old Boy Die in Front of Their Eyes
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/04/britains-dei-police-boy-die/
— California Was a Paradise, Then Newsom Happened
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/02/california-paradise-then-newsom/
— Trump Derangement Goes to Newark: The Anti-ICE Protest Industry
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/03/anti-ice-protest-delaney-hall/
— The Real Victims of Biden’s Border Crisis
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/03/real-victims-bidens-border-crisis/

FOX NEWS
— Chaos erupts at NY reparations hearing as ‘Foundational’ Black Americans clash with left-leaning groups. DD: How would Democrat and RINO leaders respond if asked how you have benefitted from slavery? Anticipate/expect that if you are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American, they would stress the length of time your ancestors have been in America. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois, they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and they never did discriminate against anyone.
https://www.aol.com/articles/chaos-erupts-ny-reparations-hearing-110034415.html

ICE
— ICE Chicago arrests violent, criminal illegal alien after Chicago PD releases him into community. Luis Manuel Saucedo-Cardenas was wanted on a federal criminal warrant after Chicago PD refused to cooperate with ICE.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-chicago-arrests-violent-criminal-illegal-alien-after-chicago-pd-releases-him

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Mamdani introduces New York to socialism, ‘block by block.’ DD: How soon, if not already, will Democrats in your county, township, municipality, and school district elect socialists?
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-mamdani-introduces-york-socialism-140000000.html

CNN
— Job qualifications. All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/politics/trumps-warped-view-of-job-qualifications-what-matters

MSN
— Trump administration moves to roll back Biden-era gun rules
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/trump-administration-moves-to-roll-back-biden-era-gun-rules/gm-GM08D02F75
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyouts and early retirement to get rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/microsoft-is-planning-voluntary-retirement-buyouts-for-some-senior-employees-as-it-grapples-with-the-threat-of-ai-here-s-who-the-offer-targets/ar-AA2503b0

MS NOW
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight assimilation. Sadly, my ancestors were slow to assimilate. Consequently, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college. All my grandparents spoke German.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/rubio-white-south-african-refugees-assimilation

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Scholarships. DD: Since I was in high school in 1966, my critics/opponents have stressed that I did not get any scholarships. They have always hinted/implied/argued that proves that I am inferior and/or that my parents were filthy rich.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-college/slideshows/things-to-know-about-merit-aid-scholarships

AOL
— Republican support for same-sex marriage declining
https://www.aol.com/news/poll-republican-support-same-sex-231033613.html
— Signs it’s time to leave your first job. DD: What was your first job after college? When I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970, potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be granted. Further, they were under tremendous pressure to hire minorities, females, and veterans. Further, I had the stigma of having been a federal employee who had been forced to resign. I had to have a job. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was from Firestone Stores for a sales job that did not really require a college degree. My Chicago Heights store boss would never had hired me, but his boss had assigned me to him. He did not have a college degree. He refused to let me start until after I passed a probationary period in Indiana. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft, my being Protestant, my being German American, my having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and my living in Crete. Under him, I saw that my Firestone career was bleak, if not nonexistent. Consequently, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in early 1971. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely, if not violently, fired me because I had accepted that offer. I had to have a job. So I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was from IRS to be a Revenue Officer.
https://www.aol.com/articles/signs-time-leave-first-job-185543000.html

ABC NEWS
— Job qualifications. All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://abcnews.com/Business/women-aggressive-men-applying-jobs-hired-frequently-linkedin/story?id=61531741

NBC LOS ANGELES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/weho-pride-weekend-west-hollywood/3900791/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Led by Elon Musk, C.E.O. Pay Heads Toward the Stars. Executive compensation is accelerating while rank-and-file workers lag, widening the pay gap in corporate America. DD: Trump’s salary is only $400,000/year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/business/highest-paid-ceos-elon-musk.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/voting-rights-act-black-voters-south.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/opinion/aliens-ice-immigration-white-house.html
— DD: My many Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/opinion/iran-us-war-military-washington.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/opinion/democrats-reconstruction-project-2029.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Keeps Immunity from I.R.S., a Victory in a Long-Running Feud. DD: Has IRS audited you? To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions when I was 29 years old in 1978. I had deducted graduate evening business courses at Loyola 1972-1976 and accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1978. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued in tax court a) that the courses I deducted did not relate to my job duties, b) that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took them to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took them to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically ignored the fact a) that my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take the courses, b) that the course descriptions and my position descriptions show that the courses are deductible, and c) that I had stated in my applications that I wanted to take the courses to maintain and improve my IRS job skills. They would not have disallowed the courses a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran and/or b) if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/us/politics/trump-immunity-tax-audit.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Female Navy officers say they fear a career cap after Hegseth cuts women from promotions list. DD: All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-06-07/female-navy-officers-say-they-fear-career-cap

USA TODAY
— DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes do the most to destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2026/06/03/exclusive-documents-expose-growth-of-patriot-front/90392634007/

BOSTON HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/06/06/rainbows-over-boston-pride-parade-2026-photos/

WEST CENTRAL TRIBUNE
— It’s time to get tougher on teen takeovers. Teen takeovers aren’t a problem only in Chicago. They’ve been a challenge for mayors all over the country, from Washington, D.C., to Detroit to … Atlanta and beyond.”  DD: What is your municipality doing to stop teen takeovers?
https://www.wctrib.com/opinion/editorials/american-opinion-its-time-to-get-tougher-on-teen-takeovers

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/pink-triangle-lgbtq-pride-22288623.php

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Parents aren’t waiting to pass down wealth. DD: All my critics/opponents have/had wealthy parents. My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/parents-aren-t-waiting-to-pass-down-wealth/ar-AA24YWQZ

24/7 WALL STREET
— 57% Say They Haven’t Saved Enough. 42% of retirees exit the workforce early due to health issues or job loss, shrinking contributions while stretching withdrawals across more years. DD: My retirement savings and income are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government saved far less for their retirement than my wife and I did. According to them, my wife and I could do that a) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, b) because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, and c) because I benefitted tremendously from Republican discrimination against Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American ,and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://247wallst.com/personal-finance/2026/06/06/57-say-they-havent-saved-enough-and-the-data-confirms-it/

FORBES
— 9 Best Desktop Computers. DD: I recommend Dell.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbes-personal-shopper/article/best-desktop-computer/

LADDERS
— Career success. DD: My critics/opponents attribute their career successes to meritocracy. They attribute my career success to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/bill-gates-says-he-attributes-his-success-to-these-3-things

INDEPENDENT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/06/06/great-replacement-or-market-outcome/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s by now common knowledge that the U.S. is undergoing observable demographic shifts from a majority-white, native-born population toward a more foreign-born and diverse one. The foreign-born share of the population went from 4.7% in 1970 to over 15% today. The non-Hispanic white American share of the population over that period went from 84% to 58%. Both factors combined have produced steady shifts in neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, and voting patterns.

PARADE
— Being Forced Into Retirement Is One of the Most Damaging Things That Can Happen to You. DD: I should write about being forced to retire early. The more of the following that you are, the more likely that you will be forced to retire early: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://parade.com/living/being-forced-into-retirement-can-negatively-impact-mental-health

LIBERTY NATION
— Moral Decline in America. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.libertynation.com/moral-decline-in-america/

PRESS READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/sunday-independent-ireland/20260607/281758455970247

HARVARD CRIMSON
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/6/7/affirmative-action-task-force-1976/

MARY SUE
— DD: My critics/opponents stress those who I did much to help elect and to help reelect and who could/should have come to my defense when my critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes take the following adverse actions against me, but did not come to my defense:  a) ended my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) ended my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, d) ended my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, e) ended my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) ended my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, g) almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and h) defeated my bid for the open as a MTRO Treasurer position in 2004. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois.
https://www.themarysue.com/george-santos-is-the-only-house-member-to-come-to-the-defense-of-george-santos/

NPR
— Despite a competitive market, finding a summer job is highly beneficial for teens. DD: When you were young, what did you do after-school, weekends, and summers? I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I have always been an unmitigated loser. With the money I earned, I bought a 1958 Chevrolet BelAir when I was 16 in 1964. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, poor man’s GTO, when I was 17. I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19. And I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20. I used the aforesaid cars to get to/from jobs and classes at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, UIC 1966-1968, and NIU 1969-1970.
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/06/nx-s1-5824413/despite-a-competitive-market-finding-a-summer-job-is-highly-beneficial-for-teens

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

GUARDIAN
— The Africa exception: the slavery reparations debate was once ‘unthinkable’. Now it is unavoidable. DD: How would Democrat and RINO leaders respond if asked how you have benefitted from slavery? Anticipate/expect that if you are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American, they would stress the length of time your ancestors have been in America. All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois, they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and they never did discriminate against anyone.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/jun/06/africa-exception-slavery-reparations-african-union-justice

MEAWW
— DD: Since the 1960s, the Democrats who have run the federal government have ever-increasingly a) promoted more hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who had been in America for a long time and b) given more preference to those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://news.meaww.com/zohran-mamdani-says-us-government-has-exacerbated-racism-through-decades-of-policy-choices

June 5, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Bears’ Board of Directors votes to advance stadium development in Hammond, Indiana
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-bears-board-directors-vote-advance-stadium-development-hammond-indiana-espn-sources/19240596/

NBC5
— How far is Hammond, Indiana, from Chicago? What to know as Bears ‘advance’ stadium project. A Friday afternoon, rush-hour drive to Hammond was said to take 40 minutes, with Google Maps estimating typical travel times between 26 and 45 minutes, depending on the time of day.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/nfl/chicago-bears/how-far-is-hammond-indiana-from-chicago-what-to-know-as-bears-advance-stadium-project/3944735/
— Mayor of Arlington Heights responds as Bears move forward with Indiana stadium plans
https://www.nbcchicago.com/chicago-sports-bears-sox-cubs-bulls-blackhawks/mayor-of-arlington-heights-responds-to-bears-moving-ahead-with-indiana-plans/3944683/
— ‘Not surprising’: Illinois lawmakers react to Bears’ announcement on Indiana stadium plans
https://www.nbcchicago.com/chicago-sports-bears-sox-cubs-bulls-blackhawks/not-surprising-illinois-lawmakers-react-to-bears-announcement-on-indiana-stadium-plans/3944629/

CBS2
— Bears fans divided in reaction to team’s decision to focus on Hammond for new stadium
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-bears-fans-reacation-hammond-indiana-stadium/

WGN RADIO
— Who is to blame if the Bears move to Indiana?
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-7/#/questions

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders attack Bailey.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/darren-bailey-reset-image/
— Bears say they will proceed with plans for a stadium in Hammond
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/chicago-bears-stadium-indiana-vote/
— Get used to ‘Bear Down, Hammond Bears’ as Illinois’ reputation gets tackled for a loss
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/editorial-chicago-bears-stadium-hammond-springfield-reputation-pritzker/
— Side-by-side Wheaton mansions for sale for $2.4M and $3.3M. DD: These homes are in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/wheaton-mansions/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two adjoining mansions located at the end of a long, private lane in Wheaton — and that were built at the same time — are on the market for $2.4 million and $3.3 million. The two homes, located immediately west of the Chicago Golf Club, occupy historic ground. Together, they sit on the 3.4-acre site that once held a rambling mansion called Overlinks, which had been designed by architect Jarvis Hunt and built in 1897 for Chicago Golf Club member and influential Chicago Board of Trade member Edward S. Worthington. Overlinks was demolished around 1990, and soon afterward, longtime homebuilder Harold “Mac” Airhart, who died on April 16 at age 86, subdivided the land and constructed the two mansions, one of which became Airhart’s own personal home. Airhart, a Wheaton College alumnus and a longtime Wheaton College trustee, in 1964 founded Airhart Construction, which now has constructed more than 1,800 homes. Even before Airhart’s passing, he and his wife, Vonla, had one of the two homes, their own, five-bedroom, 5,794-square-foot Georgian-style home, on the market. It’s available for $2.4 million. Situated on 1.61 acres, the Airhart mansion has 4 1/2 bathrooms, a grand foyer, soaring ceilings, millwork, a great room with a fireplace, an adjacent octagon-shaped sunroom with floor-to-ceiling windows, a library with custom built-ins and architectural molding and a kitchen with granite countertops, newer appliances and two pantries. Other features include a primary bedroom suite with a walk-in wardrobe and a finished walkout lower level. Outside on the property are hosta beds, mature trees, a three-car garage and a 60-foot-by-60-foot motor court. “This is a fabulous house and 1.6-acre lot,” listing agent Pattie Murray of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices told Elite Street. “It has such grandeur. I think it is one of the most iconic, beautiful places near Chicago Golf.” The Airhart house currently is listed in an agents-only private listing network. Airhart and his wife, Vonla, who spent winters in Naples, Florida, previously had listed the house for $2.35 million from 2011 until 2013, when they cut their asking price to just under $2.3 million. They took the home off the market later that year. Also for sale in an agents-only private listing network is the five-bedroom, 6,504-square-foot mansion immediately to the east. Listed on Tuesday for $3.3 million and known as Grey Walls, the home was constructed by Airhart’s firm and designed by Chicago architect Richard Hague. Its first owner, former Amoco CEO H. Laurance Fuller, owned the mansion from its completion in 1992 until 2004, when he sold it to spend more time at homes in South Carolina and Massachusetts. The mansion was inspired by — and takes its name from — Greywalls, the onetime country house on Scotland’s east coast that borders the Muirfield golf links there and now functions as a hotel. With 10,000 square feet of total space including the lower level, the Grey Walls mansion in Wheaton has five full bathrooms, two half bathrooms, two fireplaces, a dual stair entry, an oversize dining room, a mahogany library with custom built-ins and a limestone fireplace, a great room with a coffered ceiling, a sunroom and a kitchen with hand-crafted William Huber cabinetry, granite countertops, Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances and a walk-in pantry. The mansion’s main-level primary bedroom suite has 11-foot ceilings, dual vanities and custom walk-in closets. Outside on the 1.77-acre property are bluestone patios and limestone terraces that overlook the Chicago Golf Club. The grounds were landscaped by the late Morton Arboretum landscape architect Tony Tyznik. “The location is spectacular, and this home is for somebody who appreciates architecture and who appreciates the Scottish and really European flair to the home,” listing agent Michael LaFido of LPT Realty told Elite Street. “It is really special. I think anybody who would come over as a guest and entertain would be like, ‘That’s a cool house.’” The Airhart house had a $34,704 property tax bill in the 2025 tax year, while Grey Walls had a $45,988 property tax bill in the 2025 tax year.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Play-by-play of failed Bears stadium bill. Rumor about the football team having second thoughts leaving Chicago damaged the legislative effort to help the Bears move to the suburbs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/06/05/bears-stadium-bill-cunnigham-kam-buckner-hammond-rich-miller
— With Bears saying they’re leaving for Indiana, blame game in Illinois spreads far and wide. Springfield’s inaction on incentives to keep the team in-state has been just the latest in a long-running political comedy of errors.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears-stadium/2026/06/05/chicago-bears-stadium-illinois-indiana-arlington-heights-hammond-blame
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2026/06/04/trump-blanche-boutros-doj-broadview

DAILY HERALD
— ‘Done deal’ or ‘door remains open’? In latest stadium shift, Bears board advances Indiana plan.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260605/news/bears-board-votes-to-advance-northwest-indiana-stadium-project/

RIVER BENDER
— Plummer Blames Illinois Leadership After Bears Advance Hammond Stadium Plan
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/sen-jason-plummer-blames-illinois-leadership-after-bears-advance-hammond-stadium-plan-94055.cfm

WAND TV
— IL Democrats pass bill allowing undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition at public universities. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-democrats-pass-bill-allowing-undocumented-immigrants-to-pay-in-state-tuition-at-public-universities/article_eb0eeb98-461a-4c0c-b369-8b79f2bf06a7.html

14 NEWS
— Marijuana is a factor in many local crimes
https://www.14news.com/2026/06/05/epd-discusses-how-marijuana-is-factor-many-local-crimes/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/now-cleared-broadview-6-immigration-protesters-seek-evidence-of-white-house-pressure-to-indict/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Indiana Governor Hints at ‘Favorable Announcement’ as Pritzker Inches Closer to Losing the Bears
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/indiana-governor-hints-at-favorable-announcement-as-pritzker-inches-closer-to-losing-the-bears.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— America reaches 250 with unity and patriotism in retreat. The spirit of 1976 has given way to anger, grievance and political exhaustion. DD: What makes you patriotic? For me, it includes my being able to earn enough money to do the following even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, he died when he was 47 and I was 21, and my mother never attended high school: a) work my way through college and earn a bachelor’s degree in management, master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, a CPA certificate, a Certified Internal Auditor certificate, four more job-related professional certifications, and a CPA license, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., and c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/3/america-reaches-250-unity-patriotism-retreat/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Sanctuary cities: Compassion on other people’s dime
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4592847/sanctuary-cities-compassion-on-other-peoples-dime/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Antifa-Democrat ‘narrative’ about deplorable conditions for detained illegals at Delaney Hall falls apart. Antifa and all its minions put on quite a show last month to promote the narrative that conditions for detained migrants were deplorable. One problem: None of it was true.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/antifa_democrat_narrative_about_deplorable_conditions_for_detained_illegals_at_delaney_hall_in_new_jersey_falls_apart.html

PJ MEDIA
— White Supremacists Used SPLC Money to Buy KKK Hoods and Cross-Burning Gear
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/04/supremacists-used-splc-money-to-buy-kkk-hoods-cross-burning-gear-n4953590

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— FBI fires analysts who worked on “Richmond memo” about Catholic extremist ideology
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-fires-analysts-richmond-memo-catholic-extremist-ideology/

June 5, 2026

The mainstream news media serves as a spokesman for the Democrat Party.

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-marine-served-dont-ask-tell-now-seeks-serve-lgbtq-veteran-communities-get-life/19236093/
— Independent Illinois governor candidate faces ballot challenge from Darren Bailey campaign.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governors-race-independent-gubernatorial-candidate-collin-corbett-faces-ballot-challenge-darren-bailey-campaign/19235847/

NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/national-international/why-we-celebrate-pride-month-lgbtq-history/3944460/

FOX32
— Chicago braces for teen takeovers as school ends. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers? When you were young, what did you do after-school, weekends, and summers? I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I have always been an unmitigated loser.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-kralqpqoxmqpxf07

WGN RADIO
— Some Republican governors (Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Tennessee, and Utah) are rebranding June with conservative alternatives to Pride
https://wgnradio.com/news/national/ap-some-republican-governors-are-rebranding-june-with-conservative-alternatives-to-pride/amp/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/04/operation-midway-blitz-eriksen-ventura-romero-released/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/03/naperville-council-ice-ordinance-due-process/

DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. Because of that, federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260604/nation-and-world-politics/trump-strips-job-protections-from-8000-senior-federal-workers/
— Naperville police make another gun arrest at Topgolf
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260604/crime/naperville-police-make-another-gun-arrest-at-topgolf-2/
https://www.naperville.il.us/2026-news-articles/naperville-police-arrest-felon-on-probation-allegedly-in-possession-of-a-handgun/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Senate Republicans pass immigration funding after overnight vote
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-05/senate-republicans-pass-immigration-funding-after-overnight-vote

CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicagoreader.com/city-life/profile-lgbtq-homeless-intake-shelter/
https://chicagoreader.com/city-life/chicago-drag-benefit-shows/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/04/24-chicago-lgbtq-organizations-to-support-year-round/
— Planned ‘Teen Takeover’ At Foster Beach Could Lead To Weekend Parking Restrictions, Ramp Closures. DD: During the spring, summer, and fall weekends in 1977, I often rode my bike from my Outer Drive East condo to Foster and then west to my future wife’s home near Foster and Western.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/04/planned-teen-takeover-at-foster-beach-could-lead-to-weekend-parking-restrictions-ramp-closures/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— The mayor’s big week
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/05/the-mayors-big-week-00951102

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “Why Does My Government Hate Me?” Rep. Blaine Wilhour Reports His Constituents Ask
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/05/why-does-my-government-hate-me-rep-blaine-wilhour-reports-his-constituents-ask/

FREEDOMS JOURNAL
— When Christian Colleges Die: A Call to Rebuild Biblical Worldview Training
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2026/06/04/when-christian-colleges-die-a-call-to-rebuild-biblical-worldview-training

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Blame DEI for Fairfax’s crazy school schedule
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4595090/blame-dei-fairfax-county-crazy-school-schedule/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— New York Budget Includes Provisions to Shield Illegal Aliens.
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/new-york-budget-includes-provisions-shield-illegal-aliens
— DHS Directs ICE Attorneys to Root Out Asylum Fraud.
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/dhs-directs-ice-attorneys-root-out-asylum-fraud

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.  In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/vice-in-america-the-new-issue-of-nr-is-out/
— The Scourge of ‘Teen Takeovers.’ DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-scourge-of-teen-takeovers/

REAL CLEAR POLLING
— Support for LGBTQ Issues Falls From Biden-Era High. DD: How strongly do the leaders of your county, township, municipality, and school district promote LGBTQ?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/support-lgbtq-issues-falls-biden-234242828.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

AOL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/lgbtq-rights-under-pressure-poll-135758560.html

MSN
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, anticipate/expect that your career will be wasted and that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/think-you-are-facing-age-discrimination-don-t-get-bitter-do-this/ar-AA24JVqx
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Charlie Kirk.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/people-punished-over-charlie-kirk-comments-win-millions-and-counting/ar-AA24hZEw
— New bill by Chip Roy targeting H-1Bs seeks to end lottery, OPT: Put America’s white-collar workers first. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/new-bill-by-chip-roy-targeting-h-1bs-seeks-to-end-lottery-opt-put-america-s-white-collar-workers-first/ar-AA24QBkg

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Trump Strips Job Protections From Thousands of Federal Employees. The executive order is the latest step in Trump’s efforts to address career federal employees who he believes work to hinder his policies.  DD: For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2026-06-04/trumps-executive-order-to-strip-thousands-of-federal-job-protections-explained

NBC NEWS
— Some conservative lawmakers are rebranding June with LGBTQ Pride alternatives. Lawmakers in several states (Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Tennessee, and Utah) have made moves to counteract LGBTQ Pride in June with Fidelity Month or Nuclear Family Month.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/conservative-lawmakers-are-rebranding-june-lgbtq-pride-alternatives-rcna348503

CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/dallas-lgbtq-community-marks-pride-despite-loss-of-rainbow-crosswalks/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, their illegals rarely vote.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/us/immigrants-vote-fraud.html
— Trump Administration Sees Striking Exodus of Legal Talen. DD: For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/us/politics/trump-administration-exodus-of-lawyers.html

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family..
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/05/12/lgbtq-youth-suicide-mental-health-trump-republicans/89999332007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/05/31/gen-z-marriage-rates-wedding-costs/90179675007/
— Women are demanding better men. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/06/02/marriage-problem-divorce-rates-blame-men/90082941007/
— DD: My critics/opponents destroyed TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC). I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2026/06/03/exclusive-documents-expose-growth-of-patriot-front/90392634007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Help-Wanted Problem. There aren’t enough people left with the lack of qualifications he’s looking for. DD: For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years (Post Office-3, IRS-9, and GAO-18), they became ever-increasingly furious every time I did something to better qualify myself for promotions because my Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me were not doing that. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970. I earned an MBA when I was 27. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading when I was 48.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trumps-help-wanted-problem-4c30a7ab

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Trump Tightens Grip on Federal Workers. DD: For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-tightens-grip-on-federal-workers-even-in-scaled-back-form

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
— Why Professional Identity Requires Personal Identity. DD: Earning professional certifications and licenses puts you under codes of ethics. I became a CPA in 1979, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997.
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_education/resources/syllabus/2026-spring/why-professional-identity-requires-personal-identity/

NATIONAL AFFAIRS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.  In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/case-prohibiting-vice

WYPR
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. Because of that, federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wypr.org/wypr-news/2026-06-04/some-maryland-federal-workers-lose-civil-service-protections-with-new-order

AFL-CIO
— DD: For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://aflcio.org/press/releases/afl-cio-condemns-executive-order-replace-federal-workers-political-loyalists

OUR PUBLIC SERVICE
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. They use the subjectivity in their performance management systems to get rid of their Republican employees who are conservative, White, male. older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my attention was drawn to the aforesaid because my undergraduate degree was in personnel management and my MBA area of concentration was personnel management.
https://ourpublicservice.org/know-the-facts/resource-library/reports/illustrating-the-federal-employee-performance-management-journey

HR BREW
— 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.hr-brew.com/stories/how-can-hr-can-renew-their-organizations-dei-efforts

SPECTATOR
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those who are the following will be ever-increasingly gotten rid of: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://spectator.com/article/woke-isnt-dead-its-just-getting-started/

ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.  In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/11/american-vice-national-character/684785/

GOOD MEN PROJECT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/this-gay-week-lgbtq-safety-pride-youth-courage-sjbn/

June 4, 2026

DAILY SIGNAL
— Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., introduced a resolution to end the official celebration of Pride Month and rename June in honor of traditional families.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/03/congresswoman-ditches-pride-month/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/03/pride-support-lgbtq-issues-slipping/

YAHOO
— At least 5 GOP-led states (Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Tennessee, and Utah) have a new Pride Month tradition — renaming June. Republicans are working overtime to create GOP-branded alternatives to Pride Month that celebrate traditional marriage, “nuclear families,” and what some governors are calling “fidelity.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/least-5-gop-led-states-204511865.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

FOX32
— Dozens gather in Horner Park to protest federal immigration arrest in Albany Park. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dozens-gather-horner-park-protest-federal-immigration-arrest-albany-park

WTTW
— Illinois House Republican Leader on State Budget, Bears and Local Government Funding
https://news.wttw.com/2026/06/03/illinois-house-republican-leader-state-budget-bears-and-local-government-funding

DAILY HERALD
— RTA chair Dillard meets with Pope Leo at Vatican, talks AI and White Sox.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260603/religion/surreal-rta-chair-meets-with-pope-leo-at-vatican-talks-ai-and-white-sox/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker and Bailey dodge Illinois’ toughest fiscal question.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-jb-pritzker-darren-bailey-hinz-budget-20260602/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/lumi-astralis-alton-lgbtq-illinois-pride-month-22286287.php

COURIER JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2026/06/04/republican-racism-voting-rights-act-dei-daniel-cameron-black-gop/90385582007/

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/life/2026/06/03/flowers-sidewalk-message-support-for-homeless-lgbtq-youth/90386382007/

HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR CHRONICLE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.hfchronicle.com/2026/06/03/flossmoor-celebrates-pride-month-honors-scholarship-recipients/

IPM NEWS
— Top Illinois Democratic and GOP leaders discuss state budget
https://ipmnewsroom.org/top-illinois-democratic-and-gop-leaders-discuss-state-budget-on-21st-show/

RESTORATION NEWS
— Taxpayers Groomed to Accept Massive Wrongful-Conviction Payouts
https://restoration-news.com/taxpayers-groomed-to-accept-massive-wrongful-conviction-payouts

AXIOS CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/06/03/northwestern-study-lgbtq-candidates-gender-presentation-voter-bias

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Aaron Del Mar, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, has filed objections with the Illinois State Board of Elections challenging more than 20,000 signatures submitted by independent gubernatorial candidate Collin Corbett. Validity question: Del Mar and Republican activist Kristina McCloy contend that a review of Corbett’s petitions uncovered “thousands of potentially invalid signatures,” according to a statement announcing the challenge. “Illinois voters deserve fair, transparent and lawful elections,” Del Mar said in a statement. He is running alongside Republican gubernatorial nominee Darren Bailey. Corbett’s campaign said it was “reviewing the objection, but we know we have over 25,000 valid signatures, so we’re not worried,” via the Tribune. Why it matters: In Illinois politics, petition season is often the first campaign — and sometimes the most consequential. Ballot challenges can knock candidates out before a single vote is cast. What’s next: Election lawyers, hearing officers and signature experts now take center stage as the Illinois State Board of Elections begins sorting through the competing claims. Petitions must be certified by Aug. 21, according to the Board of Elections.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/04/petition-wars-go-bare-knuckle-00949487

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Debt burden, pensions burden Chicago Public Schools
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_818ee70b-fdc7-45bc-bd3c-dc14299c0b04.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois Policy’s Take on the Democrats’ New State Budget
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/03/illinois-policys-take-on-the-democrats-new-state-budget/
— Observations on Last Week of the Legislative Session: “It Was a Fairly Typical End to Session”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/03/observations-on-last-week-of-the-legislative-session-it-was-a-fairly-typical-end-to-session/
— Two Trump-Endorsed Candidates Lost Tuesday
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/03/two-trump-endorsed-candidates-lost-tuesday/
— State Providing $120 per Child for Buying Food During Summer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/03/state-providing-120-per-child-for-buying-food-during-summer/
— Dems Appropriate $500,000 for Crystal Lake Community Center
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/04/dems-appropriate-500000-for-crystal-lake-community-center/
— Volo Bog and McHenry Dam Tours on June 6th
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/03/volo-bog-and-mchenry-day-tours-on-june-6th/
— “Silent Majority” Demonstration in McHenry – Support of Various Positions
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/02/silent-majority-demonstration-in-mchenry-support-of-various-positions/
— Democrats Pass Bill Giving Minors Birth Control without Parental Consent
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/02/democrats-pass-bill-giving-minors-birth-control-without-parental-consent/
— Illinois Environmental Council Assesses Legislative Session
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/02/illinois-environmental-council-assesses-legislative-session/
— McHenry County’s School Land/Cash Donations on the Chopping Block
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/02/mchenry-countys-school-land-cash-donations-on-the-chopping-block/
— Senator Darby Hills on Budget: “I Voted No Because the Families I Represent Deserve Better.”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/02/senator-darby-hills-on-budget/
— Illinois Freedom Caucus on the Budget: “Less Than 1 Day to Read a 6,000-Page Budget”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/illinois-freedom-caucus-on-the-budget-less-than-1-day-to-read-a-6000-page-budget/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Open-air drug markets a reminder: much work still to do in San Francisco’s Tenderloin
https://nypost.com/2026/06/03/opinion/open-air-drug-markets-a-reminder-much-work-still-to-do-in-san-franciscos-tenderloin/

BLAZE
— One soldier’s fight against creeping Marxism in the military
https://www.theblaze.com/lifestyle/call-sign-courage-one-soldier-s-fight-against-creeping-marxism-in-the-military

DAILY SIGNAL
— Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., introduced a resolution to end the official celebration of Pride Month and rename June in honor of traditional families.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/03/congresswoman-ditches-pride-month/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/03/pride-support-lgbtq-issues-slipping/

FOX NEWS
— SPLC faces blowback from ‘hate map’ targets after DOJ fraud indictment. DD: My critics/opponents hinted/implied that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate groups. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.aol.com/articles/splc-faces-blowback-hate-map-173113000.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNN & REUTERS & WASHINGTON POST & THE HILL & TIME & FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK & FED SMITH & BLOOMBERG TAX
— Trump Makes It Easier to Fire Thousands of Federal Workers. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about the many big Prohibited Personnel Practices that my Democrat superiors took against me, not the least of which included a) my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delaying my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forcing me take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions in 1978, and disallowing my travel vouchers in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forcing me to resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-makes-it-easier-to-fire-8-000-federal-workers/ar-AA24Mko7
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-signs-order-make-it-easier-fire-8000-federal-workers-2026-06-03/
www.reuters.com/world/trump-signs-order-make-it-easier-fire-8000-federal-workers-2026-06-03/ww.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/04/trump-strips-job-protections-8000-senior-federal-workers/
https://thehill.com/homenews/5908761-trump-federal-workers-schedule-pc/
https://time.com/article/2026/06/04/trump-executive-order-schedule-policy-career-classification-fire-federal-workers-at-will/
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/06/trump-moves-about-8000-federal-positions-to-schedule-policy-career/
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/06/03/what-the-new-schedule-policy-career-order-means-for-federal-employees/
https://news.bloombergtax.com/financial-accounting/irs-can-fire-more-positions-at-will-with-trump-executive-order

CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/video/the-history-of-the-fight-for-lgbtq-rights-runs-through-philadelphia/

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders know they have to gerrymander to win.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/06/03/southern-states-are-gerrymandering-return-black-voters/
— Pentagon is censoring military newspaper Stars and Stripes, lawsuit alleges. The suit comes after Defense Department officials pledged to overhaul the publication and rid it of “woke distractions.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/06/03/pentagon-is-censoring-military-newspaper-stars-stripes-lawsuit-alleges/

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/06/01/gay-transgender-best-worst-states-2026/90164141007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/06/03/gay-transgender-least-most-welcoming-states/73909721007/
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2026/06/01/best-and-worst-states-for-lgbtq-people/90358360007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2026/06/02/what-the-2026-dc-pride-month-theme-means-for-the-lgbtq-community/90350233007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2026/06/02/pennsylvania-rank-best-worst-states-gay-trans-lgbtq/90352680007/
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/world/2025/05/30/pride-2025-lgbtq-photos-celebrations/83944962007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/05/13/malta-spain-lgbtq-rainbow-map-equality-report-ilga-europe/90069688007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/events/2026/06/01/pride-month-pittsburgh-events-concerts-id-go-to/90264612007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/03/americans-support-same-sex-marriage-declines-poll/90390061007/

LOS ANGELES SENTINEL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://lasentinel.net/marsha-p-johnson-an-lgbtq-icon-still-inspiring-the-masses.html

FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/06/03/lgbtq-travel-company-queer-scout-says-scouting-america-sued-over-trademarks-amid-political-pressure/

LAW 360
— Illinois Legislators Greenlight Disparate Impact Bias Protections. DD: According to my critics/opponents, when those who vote for Republicans do better at something, it is because they have benefitted from discrimination against those who vote for Democrats. Those who vote Republicans are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Those who vote for Democrats are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents have demographics that vote for Democrats and/or pander to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/articles/2484075/ill-legislators-greenlight-disparate-impact-bias-protections

GALLUP
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/710810/support-lgbtq-issues-remains-down-peak.aspx
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. Most if not virtually all of my Democrat superiors in the federal government who were older White males were big drinkers.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/467507/percentage-americans-drink-alcohol.aspx

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

TELEGRAPH
— Anti-white racism is real
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/03/anti-white-racism-is-real-and-its-been-corrupting-britain/

GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/03/lgbtq-support-attitudes-poll
— Trump signs order to make it easier to fire 8,000 highly paid federal workers. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about the many big Prohibited Personnel Practices that my Democrat superiors took against me, not the least of which included a) my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delaying my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forcing me take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions in 1978, and disallowing my travel vouchers in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forcing me to resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/03/trump-order-federal-workers

ECONOMIST
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/07/18/trump-supporters-need-not-apply

June 3, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— 9 arrested, dozens of citations issued after large groups of young people gather downtown Naperville. DD: What is your municipality doing to fight Democrat teen takeovers?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/9-arrested-groups-young-people-gather-downtown-naperville-washington-st-corridor-between-chicago-van-buren-ave/19221090/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Palatine.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/activists-urge-village-palatine-illinois-change-code-ordinances-raise-pride-flag-month-2026/19214647/

NBC5
— At least 9 arrests reported after ‘teen takeover’ in Naperville. There were also more than two dozen citations issued. DD: What is your municipality doing to fight Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/at-least-9-arrests-reported-after-teen-takeover-in-naperville/3943243/

CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/antonio-king-is-first-chicago-city-executive-level-director-of-lgbtq-affairs/
— ICE agents detain man in Albany Park; SUV believed to be driven by agent hits sedan stuck in traffic. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ice-agents-arrest-man-albany-park-suv-crash-kedzie-lawrence/


CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ald.
Desmon Yancy: The city’s response to the recurring crisis of ‘teen takeovers’ is inadequate. DD: What is your municipality doing to fight Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/02/opinion-chicago-teen-takeover-response-inadequate/
— Illinois senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth demand US Attorney Andrew Boutros resign. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/02/dick-durbin-tammy-duckworth-andrew-boutros-resign/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/03/column-catholic-church-apology-slavery-washington/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Federal agents crash into car while detaining man in Albany Park. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/02/federal-agents-crash-into-car-while-detaining-man-in-albany-park
— DD: What is your municipality doing to fight Democrat teen takeovers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/06/03/teen-takeovers-public-spaces-downtown-youth-disinvestment-online-culture-almethia-franklin

DAILY HERALD
— Nine arrested, dozens cited, at Naperville downtown ‘takeover.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260602/crime/nine-arrested-dozens-cited-at-naperville-downtown-takeover/

WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion and LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/lgbtq/2026/06/02/state-lawmakers-laud-passage-of-bills-protecting-reproductive-gender-affirming-care

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR & PEORIA JOURNAL STAR & RIVER BENDER & WMBD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/local/2026/06/03/rockford-galena-among-illinois-lgbtq-friendly-destinations/90359435007/
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/02/2026-lgbtq-business-climate-index-illinois-ranks-fifth-pritzker/90355861007/
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/as-pride-month-begins-governor-jb-pritzker-christian-mitchell-reaffirm-commitment-to-lgbtq-community-93931.cfm
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pride-events-happening-around-central-illinois-this-june/ar-AA24joLT

NPR ILLINOIS
— The White House’s new site about ‘aliens’ has nothing to do with UFOs  DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-03/the-white-houses-new-site-about-aliens-has-nothing-to-do-with-ufos

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump has used the presidency to benefit himself and his allies
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-how-trump-has-used-the-presidency-to-benefit-himself-and-his-allies/amp/

WHEATON PATCH
— 5 Teens, 4 Adults Arrested During Teen Takeover In Naperville. Police made arrests for battery, attempted aggravated assault on a peace officer and other violations. DD: What is your municipality doing to fight Democrat teen takeovers?
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/5-teens-4-adults-arrested-during-teen-takeover-naperville

POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/03/mendoza-is-making-it-official-00947595

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-537/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Collin Corbett faces an objection from Aaron Del Mar
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/03/corbetts-petitions-challenged/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How conservative is your county, township, municipality, and school district? Conservative counties, townships, municipalities, and school districts promote personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, anti-vice, Second Amendment rights, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Conservative political jurisdictions do not promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, or Affirmative Action, DEI, or wokeness/wokeism, that is, they do not promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, or national origin discrimination. I should write about DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Record Illinois Budget Includes $800 Million in New Taxes as More Residents and Businesses Leave State
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/record-illinois-budget-includes-800-million-in-new-taxes-as-more-residents-and-businesses-leave-state.html
— Illinois Lawmakers Set to Earn Up to $128,000 for a Part-Time Job Under New Budget
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/illinois-lawmakers-set-to-earn-up-to-128000-for-a-part-time-job-under-new-budget.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/collection/love-woke-pope-leos-first-encyclical-2026-06/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— War Secretary Pete Hegseth recently blocked the promotions of several Navy officers who had been selected by a board of senior admirals to be promoted to one-star admirals. Hegseth, who has long touted his belief that the military should be a meritocracy, blocked the promotions of nine Navy officers, according to the New York Times. Of those nine officers, three of the officers are women, two are black men, and four are white men. DD: I should write about all the promotions that I was passed over for while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 and IRS 1975-1980. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/4590876/hegseth-blocks-promotions-pentagon-meritocracy/

NEW YORK POST
— More than 90% of four-year universities do not require incoming students to submit SAT or ACT standardized test scores after pandemic-era rollbacks in the name of “fairness.” DD: UIC would not have admitted me in 1966 if I had not gotten an ACT score of 24.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/02/us-news/a-shocking-portion-of-colleges-dont-require-sat-or-act-tests-and-profs-are-begging-them-to-reverse-course/

BREITBART
— A Wisconsin Democrat is celebrating her endorsement by a union that is fighting against the Trump administration’s crackdown on dangerous illegal alien commercial truck drivers. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/02/democrat-welcomes-endorsement-from-union-that-defends-illegal-migrant-truck-drivers/amp/
— DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/love-my-woke-pope-why-leos-first-encyclical-went-viral-and-how-it-speaks-to-his-papal-approach/amp/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Talarico runs for the center, dragging years of woke baggage behind him
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/talarico-runs-for-the-center-dragging-years-of-woke-baggage.html

COLLEGE FIX
— DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/uw-madison-trains-future-teachers-in-anti-racist-behaviors-social-justice/

DAILY CALLER
— Texas Announces New Tool To Keep Illiterate Foreigners Away From Driver’s Seats. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/06/02/texas-crackdown-illiterate-foreign-truck-drivers/

DAILY CITIZEN
— Indoctrinating and Training Radical Activist Children. DD: Ever-increasingly, to send your child to a public school is to turn your child against those who are conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/blm-at-school-week-indoctrinating-and-training-radical-activist-children/

DAILY SIGNAL
— James Talarico’s Church Is Woke Beyond All Recognition. DD: To be woke is to be against those who are conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/02/just-how-woke-is-james-talaricos-church/

FEDERALIST
— After Decades Of Anti-America Indoctrination, Don’t Expect A Big 250th Celebration. DD: To demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/02/after-decades-of-anti-america-indoctrination-dont-expect-a-big-250th-celebration/

FOX NEWS
— Walgreens didn’t abandon Chicago’s South Side. We let crime drive them out. Rooftop Revelations: Chicago Alderman William Hall called the closure of Walgreens on the South Side ‘pharmaceutical genocide’ but where was the outrage during the theft crisis?
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/walgreens-didnt-abandon-chicagos-south-side-let-crime-drive.amp
— Wisconsin Dem touts endorsement from union pushing back against CDL crackdowns on illegal alien truckers. The union touted a toolkit for businesses on how to circumvent restrictions on CDLs to illegal aliens. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/wisconsin-democrat-touts-endorsement-union-pushing-back-cdl-crackdowns-illegal-alien-truckers

NEWSBUSTERS
— NPR Plugs ‘Pride Month,’ Laments Trump Is Curbing Corporate Donations. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2026/06/02/npr-plugs-pride-month-laments-trump-curbing-corporate-donations

U.S. OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNCIL
— Your Rights as a Federal Employee. Prohibited Personnel Practices. DD: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, Democrats ran the federal government. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I should write about the many big Prohibited Personnel Practices that my Democrat superiors took against me, not the least of which included a) my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delaying my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forcing me take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoting me beyond GS-12, disallowing my education deductions in 1978, and disallowing my travel vouchers in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forcing me to resign in 1969 and disallowing my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.justice.gov/media/1439841/dl?inline

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MS NOW
— DD: Democrat leaders decry that Hegseth intervenes on promotion list (again), blocks female and Black officers. I should write about all the promotions that I was passed over for while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 and IRS 1975-1980. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/hegseth-intervenes-promotion-list-removes-female-black-officers

MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— How Democrats drifted away from the working class. DD: My critics/opponents look down on the working class. I was a member of the working class 1964-1997. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critic/opponents.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-06-02/democrats-working-class-voters-economics-culture

SPOKESMAN REVIEW
— Idaho GOP wants Republican politicians to agree to its party platform. Do they?
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/may/17/idaho-gop-wants-republican-politicians-to-agree-to/

KCRG
— Traditional marriage parade set for June 6 in Ottumwa. The parade was organized in response to an Ottumwa city council proclamation last June, honoring pride month. DD: I owe all my successes in life to my parents and their traditional marriage.
https://www.kcrg.com/2026/06/02/traditional-marriage-parade-set-june-6-ottumwa/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat leaders object to Hegseth blocking promotions. I should write about all the promotions that I was passed over for while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 and IRS 1975-1980. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-blocked-nine-air-force-senior-officer-promotions-delayed-dozens-more-ebf9ea62
— American Idle: The Work Ethic Goes Out of Style. One in 3 working-age American men aren’t so much as looking for a job. DD: From what I see, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be hired, retained, and promoted: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/american-idle-the-work-ethic-goes-out-of-style-45f7b187

FORBES
— 20 Essential Skills To Advance Your Professional Career. Professional certifications and licenses set you up for long-term success. DD: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my passing the CPA and the Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, b) my earning four more job-related professional certifications, c) my becoming a licensed CPA, and d) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran.
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2024/09/26/20-essential-skills-to-advance-your-professional-career/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTO: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Charlie Kirk.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/01/charlie-kirk-free-speech-first-amendment/90283488007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG GRAPHIC: Summer jobs. DD: When you were young, what did you do after-school, weekends, and summers? I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I have always been an unmitigated loser.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/05/31/teen-summer-jobs-hiring-record-fall/90258555007/

FED WEEK
— GAO Raps Lack of Planning Before DoD/DoW Workforce Cuts, Lack of Attention to Impact. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Gingrich-led budget cuts to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I should write about that.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/gao-raps-lack-of-planning-before-dod-dow-workforce-cuts-lack-of-attention-to-impact/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Pentagon cut workforce with little analysis before or since, GAO finds. Defense officials concurred that lessons should be drawn—but gave no indication they will be. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Gingrich-led budget cuts to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I should write about that.
https://www.govexec.com/defense/2026/06/ready-fire-aim-pentagon-cut-workforce-little-analysis-or-gao-finds/413894/

GOOD MEN PROJECT
— Traditional Career Paths. DD: Democrats run the federal government. When I was young, to get a federal job with advancement opportunities, you had to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and pass the Federal Service Entrance Examination. Further, if you were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, you had to make GS-13 (currently $118,984/year) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $140,604/year) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $165,386/year) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $197,200/year) by age 40. Very few federal employees made the aforesaid promotion deadlines. If you did not make the aforesaid promotion deadlines and you were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, your career was wasted and you were gotten rid of. Because I was Republican, White, male, and non-veteran and because I did not make GS-12 (currently $100,659/year) until I was 25, and GS-13 until I was 38, my career was wasted and I was gotten rid of. The aforesaid is up-or-out, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination,  and age discrimination.
https://goodmenproject.com/everyday-life-2/why-more-workers-are-rethinking-traditional-career-paths/

AMERICA MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-reason/2026/06/02/archbishop-wester-lgbtq-catholic-church/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

TIMES
— Hegseth accused of blocking promotions for women and minorities. The Pentagon says it is ushering in a new era, where ‘promoting based on race and gender is over.’  DD: I should write about all the promotions that I was passed over for while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 and IRS 1975-1980. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/pete-hegseth-news-navy-officers-nkbnzvpm2

June 1, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: After towns reject flag requests, advocates put signs of Pride in storefronts. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. Back in the good old days, back in 2002, to get Xfinity to carry Fox News Channel, I succeeded in getting 30 downtown Wheaton businesses to display “Wheaton Wants Fox News Channel” signs.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260531/news/after-towns-reject-flag-requests-advocates-put-signs-of-pride-in-storefronts/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers pass $56B budget deal backed by gas tax windfall and some election-year tax breaks
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/31/illinois-2027-budget-legislative-session-final-day/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it ever-increasingly clear that to win, they will ever-increasingly a) promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action, DEI, and wokeness/wokeism, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination and b) promote more hated against Trump and especially against Republicans who share his demographics: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/01/column-democrats-dnc-autopsy-page/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders know that they cannot win unless the racially gerrymander. I live in Illinois’ racially gerrymandered 3rd Congressional District.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/06/01/supreme-courts-takedown-voting-rights-act-bolsters-case-court-expansion-robert-lehrer
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/01/broadview-six-midway-blitz-abughazaleh-straw-rabbit-perry-trump-ice-crime

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Springfield’s overtime slog ends in $59B budget
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-illinois-budget-passes-20260601/

ABC7
— 18 shot, 3 killed in weekend gun violence across Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-14-shot-2-killed-gun-violence-city-police-department-says-live-news-update/19200688/

CBS2
— Illinois lawmakers pass Gov. Pritzker’s $56 million budget, ban on cellphone use in classrooms
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-lawmakers-pass-budget-ban-cellphone-use-classrooms/

WGN9
— Illinois lawmakers pass $56B budget, largest in state history
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-lawmakers-pass-56b-budget-largest-in-state-history/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/lawmakers-pass-bill-to-shield-abortion-information-from-digital-medical-records/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Budget passes, but Bears bill strikes out
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/01/budget-passes-but-bears-bill-strikes-out-00943991
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: June 24: DuPage County Republicans’ Summer Kickoff will feature State GOP Chair Bob Grogan, state Sen. Seth Lewis, state Rep. Jennifer Sanalitro and former Cubs and White Sox pitcher Steve Trout.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-750/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FREEDOM CAUCUS
— Democrats Pass Midnight Tax Increases. Once again – the Illinois Democrats pass the largest state budget in history, under the cover of darkness.
https://illinoisfreedomcaucus.substack.com/p/breaking-democrats-pass-midnight

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois passes record $55.9 billion budget, with over $800 million in tax increases
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-passes-record-55-9-billion-budget-with-over-800-million-in-tax-increases/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Since you graduated from college, who has had the greatest impact on you? I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970. Those who have had the greatest impact on me include a) my Firestone Store boss 1970-1971, b) my IRS superiors 1971-1980, and my GAO superiors 1980-1997. I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman (IRP) in 1999 and the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000. Currently, those who have the greatest impact on me include Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman Bob Grogan, IRP State Central Committee member and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Treasurer Mike Flynn, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) chairman Kevin Coyne, and DCRCC Secretary and MTRO chairman Jeff Castle. The aforesaid have a tremendous impact on RPCs in Illinoi, one of my biggest target audiences for my newsletters. What position do the aforesaid have on the many big adverse actions that IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders have taken against me since 2000 to stop me from sending out my newsletters and to stop everyone from reading them? What is going to change under Grogan? What do Grogan, Flynn, Coyne, and Castle want me to do so that they would encourage RPCs to read my newsletters? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rep Jeff Keicher on State Budget: “Makes It Eight Years in a Row That Governor Pritzker and the Democrats Have Raised Taxes”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/rep-jeff-keicher-on-state-budget-makes-it-eight-years-in-a-row-that-governor-pritzker-and-the-democrats-have-raised-taxes/
— Debating the ACLU’s Harvey Grossman in Bughouse Square
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/debating-the-aclus-harvey-grossman/
— Strict Rodeo Regulations Being Considered by Planning, Environment & Development Committee Tuesday at 8:30 AM
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/strict-rodeo-regulations-being-considered-by-planning-environment-development-committee-tuesday-at-830-am/
— Rep. Joe Sosnowski on the Budget: “$410 Million on a Multitude of Services for Non-Citizens”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/rep-joe-sosnowski-on-the-budget-410-million-on-a-multitude-of-services-for-non-citizens/
— Rep. Sue Ness on the Budget: $500 for Those Removed from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/rep-sue-ness-on-the-budget-500-for-those-removed-from-the-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap/
— Illinois Freedom Caucus on the Budget: “Less Than 1 Day to Read a 6,000-Page Budget”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/illinois-freedom-caucus-on-the-budget-less-than-1-day-to-read-a-6000-page-budget/
— Rep. Tom Weber on the Budget: “$220 million Is Earmarked for Democrat Pork Projects… a Pay Raise for Themselves”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/rep-tom-weber-on-the-budget-220-million-is-earmarked-for-democrat-pork-projects-a-pay-raise-for-themselves/
— “Silent Majority” Demonstration in McHenry – Religious Aspects
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/silent-majority-demonstration-in-mchenry/
— “Silent Majority” Demonstration in McHenry – – Support of Trump
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/silent-majority-demonstration-in-mchenry-support-of-trump/
— Debating the ACLU’s Harvey Grossman
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/01/debating-the-aclus-harvey-grossman/
— Candidates’ Night in Cary Monday, June 1st
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/candidates-night-in-cary-monday-june-1st/
— MARENGO PARK DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ELECTS OFFICERS FOR UPCOMING TERM
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/marengo-park-district-board-of-commissioners-elects-officers-for-upcoming-term/
— County Considering Battery Farm, Windmill and Solar Zoning Rules
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/31/county-considering-battery-farm-windmill-and-solar-zoning-rules/
— Changes Being Considered in County Zoning Ordinance
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/30/changes-being-considered-in-county-zoning-ordinance/
— Turkey Harvest Larger This Year Than Last (Link to All Counties)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/29/turkey-harvest-larger-this-year-than-last/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— California GOP incumbents go to war in Trump loyalty test
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4587478/california-gop-incumbents-at-war-trump-loyalty-test/

NEW YORK POST
— Migrants choosing to voluntarily give up asylum claims surge under Trump admin
https://www.aol.com/articles/migrants-choosing-voluntarily-asylum-claims-200543000.html

AMERICAN THINKER
— University of California system STEM professors argue for…merit?!  We’re about to discover if merit matters more than DEI in California universities.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/university_of_california_system_stem_professors_argue_for_merit.html

CENTER SQUARE
— Almost 25,000 immigration arrests made in Florida
https://www.aol.com/articles/almost-25-000-immigration-arrests-224500710.html
— New Jersey sued over tuition rate for ‘illegal aliens’ at public colleges
https://www.aol.com/articles/jersey-sued-over-tuition-rate-213400000.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Hegseth Vows to Resist China ‘Hegemony’ Amid ‘Frightful alarm’ in Southeast Asia. DD: My critics/opponents have no problem with China.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/29/hegseth-vows-to-resist-china-hegemony-amid-frightful-alarm-in-southeast-asia/
— The Federal Government is Still Funding the Immigration Industrial Complex
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/31/are-your-tax-dollars-still-funding-leftist-activist-groups-white-house-demands-answers/
— What happens when college freshmen can’t do elementary math? DD: UIC would not have admitted me in 1966 if I had not gotten an ACT score of 24 and graduated in the upper 29% of my class.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/31/university-of-california-profs-revolt-advocate-sat-return/
— University of California Profs Revolt, Advocate SAT Return
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/31/university-of-california-profs-revolt-advocate-sat-return/

FOX NEWS
— ICE arrests illegal alien who faked asylum claim based on homosexuality, became Indiana jail officer. Selah Dine Habib married the daughter of an Indiana sheriff, became correction officer at father-in-law’s jail.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-allegedly-faked-asylum-claim-based-homosexuality-became-indiana-jail-officer
https://www.fox8tv.com/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-who-allegedly-faked-asylum-claim-based-on-homosexuality-became-indiana-jail-officer/
— EEOC sues New York Times for violating federal law when it passed over a White male employee for a promotion because of his race and/or sex. DD: All my IRS and GAO coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me 1971-1997 were Democrats who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/articles/york-times-sued-federal-government-220055000.html

PJ MEDIA
— Coast Guard Eliminates Racially Biased Officer Commissioning Standards. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government crowed about their success in hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, that is, they crowed about their success in wasting the careers of and getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/05/31/coast-guard-eliminates-racially-biased-officer-commissioning-standards-n4953426

TOWNHALL
— Suddenly, the Left Objects to Grievance Politics
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/06/01/mom-vip-economist-pratt-trump-grievance-politics-n2676969

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Entertainers punish America to punish Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5903008-trump-america-250-concert/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in and try to keep in more illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders do the same because RINOs want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5900141-immigration-policies-economic-impact/amp/

MSN
— 15 jobs men have that women consider deal breakers in relationships. DD: The list includes debt collector. I became an IRS Revenue Officer when I was 22 in 1971 because of EEOC. My Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/15-jobs-men-have-that-women-consider-deal-breakers-in-relationships/ss-AA1Sy2xO
— Resume and interview red flags. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, being the following harms your chance of getting hire, retained, and promoted: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/hiring-manager-shares-the-13-fastest-ways-to-instantly-get-rejected/ss-AA1MU2fi
— Almost half of new retirees got pushed out early. DD: The more of the following that you are, the likely that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 forced me to disclose lots about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/almost-half-of-new-retirees-got-pushed-out-early-7-ways-to-be-ready/ar-AA24th02
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS

YAHOO
— Equal Opportunity, Not Equal Outcomes. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/equal-opportunity-not-equal-outcomes-170114368.html

NEWSWEEK
— Arkansas Declares June ‘Fidelity Month.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-declares-june-fidelity-monthwhat-does-it-mean-12015517

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in and try to keep in more illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders do the same because RINOs want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/us/politics/trump-immigrants-health-housing.html
— Student Loan Repayments Are Being Overhauled. DD: My critics/opponents stress that I could not have gotten a student loan if I had tried. My ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/your-money/student-loans-repayment-save-biden.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Why a Chinese-owned company is bringing factory jobs back to the U.S.  GE Appliances is a poster child for the president’s promised manufacturing revival. But tariffs are making it harder to onshore jobs. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in and try to keep in more illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders do the same because RINOs want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/05/31/chinese-owned-company-is-bringing-factory-jobs-back-united-states/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Although factory wages in China have risen rapidly in recent years, Chinese workers make just one-fifth of their American counterparts’ pay, he said. “There are still people moving production offshore because it’s cheaper,” Shih said.)

USA TODAY
— Delaney Hall ICE protests escalate. Advocates outside protested conditions. Detainees inside have staged a hunger strike. And federal officials called in New Jersey police at the gates.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/05/30/delaney-hall-protests-ice-new-jersey-police/90330145007/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Springsteen to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2026/05/28/bruce-springsteen-trump-tour-dc-festival/90290521007/
— What’s harder than landing a job? Holding onto one you already have. DD: In addition to focusing on my Post Office, Firestone Store, IRS, and GAO jobs, to get promoted, I earned a) a bachelor’s degree in management, b) master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, c) a CPA certificate and a Certified Internal Auditor certificate, d) four more job-related professional certifications, and e) a CPA license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/economy/2026/05/21/what-to-do-job-stuck-search/90058470007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pence: A Republican Time for Choosing. Will we remain the party of conservative principles or embrace progressivism in the guise of populism?
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-republican-time-for-choosing-c1f4f8a4

ECONOMIST
— Welcome to Evanston, where woke never died. A Chicago suburb is paying reparations to African-Americans. DD: All my critics/opponents are woke. Sooner or later, if not already, they will all call for reparations. Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Since the 1960s, AA and DEI recipients have received trillions of dollars in benefits.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/05/31/welcome-to-evanston-where-woke-never-died

FORTUNE
— DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents who bought them cars, pay for their college expenses, and got them jobs. Because my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir when I was 16 in 1964 with money I saved doing yard work and delivering newspapers and I worked my way through college. My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/27/income-wealth-inequality-housing-consumer-pessimism-index-high/

FAST COMPANY
— DD: I owe my successes in life to my parents and their traditional marriage and family.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91536282/stability-successful-kids-harvard-research

CHRONICLES MAGAZINE
— Diversity Is Inequality. DD: Anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents will a) stress your weaknesses/shortcomings and b) ignore/dismiss/belittle your strengths/accomplishments. My critics/opponents have always ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my becoming a licensed CPA, b) my passing the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) my earning professional certifications in fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and d) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. Worse yet, my critics/opponents attribute the aforesaid to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/reviews/diversity-is-inequality/

ELDER LAW ANSWERS
— Unpaid Family Caregiving Is Worth a Six-Figure Salary. DD: My aunt had Alzheimer’s. She never married. She had no children. Her only sibling, my father, died suddenly in 1969. I had total responsibility for her from 2009 until her death in 2022. That ate up lots of my time. Of course, I was unpaid.
https://www.elderlawanswers.com/unpaid-family-caregiving-is-worth-a-six-figure-salary-20777
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the population ages, the number of people affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia continues to rise. In turn, families increasingly find themselves providing unpaid care to loved ones with cognitive impairments. This caregiving role, though essential, comes with hidden personal, financial, and societal costs that can be substantial. In fact, a new study reveals that family caregivers of loved ones with dementia, if they were paid for their services, would be making six figures.)

WEEK
— DD: What percent of illegals use airlines?
https://theweek.com/politics/mullin-airports-santuary-cities-dhs-immigration

PSY POST
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to promote more hatred a) against Trump and b) against those who do not hate Trump.
https://www.psypost.org/how-unexpected-news-angles-help-partisan-readers-spot-misinformation-2026-03-19/

CAP RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=nx-s1-5827069

FIT GURU
— The 9 Things Baby Boomers Could Afford at 40 That Many Americans Can’t Today
https://www.fitguru.training/en/news/the-9-things-baby-boomers-could-afford-at-40-that-many-americans-cant-today-20260531-0039.html

BUZZ FEED
— Trump’s Presidency Has Sparked A Surge Of Family And Friendship Breakups. DD: My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being blindly loyal to Trump. That has caused many to dump me. But if you would ask Trump supporters, they would say I am absolutely not blindly loyal to Trump.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahmarder/people-who-cut-off-others-over-election-share-why

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

FINANCIAL TIMES & HR MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.ft.com/content/6f99e401-d8c7-4024-8c08-7b5039e4b5c7?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/comment/cutting-investment-in-inclusion-may-cost-organisations-more-than-it-saves

May 31, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lincoln Park High School to sunset Arabic classes, prompting outcry from community
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/31/lincoln-park-high-school-arabic-classes/

ABC7
— Mayor orders curfew around NJ immigration detention center after protesters clash with state police. The governor has called for a de-escalation as demonstrations continue. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in and try to keep in more illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders do the same because RINOs want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/delaney-hall-protests-mayor-orders-curfew-around-new-jersey-immigration-detention-center-protesters-clash-state-police/19205108/

WGN9
— The retirement age changed this year. DD: 55 is the required age for federal employees in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to take regular retirement. My Democrat GAO superiors misled me to believe they were going let me work until I was 55 in 2003. But then, when I was 49 in 1997, they succeeded in forcing me take their agency-wide early retirement “offer” which expired on September 30, 1997.  My CSRS pension is dramatically less because of that.
https://wgntv.com/news/the-retirement-age-changed-this-year-heres-what-to-know/

FOX 32
— USPS proposes requiring states to identify and list mail voters
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/usps-mail-vote-trump-list-names-identification-proposal

WTTW
— Chicago Board of Ethics Names 8 Alderpeople, 71 Total Employees Who Filed Ethics Statements Late. DD: GAO employees are required to file financial disclosure statements. My Democrat GAO superiors used the statements I filed against me big time. They stressed to my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates what my wife and I had saved for our retirement and painted my wife and I as being disgusting filthy rich DINKS.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/05/29/chicago-board-ethics-names-8-alderpeople-71-total-employees-who-filed-ethics-statements

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/31/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-vatican-trip/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump plans ‘major speech’ after entertainers pull out of America 250 celebration. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrats protest America to protest Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-plans-major-speech-after-entertainers-pull-out-of-america-250-celebration/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Registration is open for political entries in Wheaton’s July 4 Independence Day Parade. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wheaton-independence-day-parade-entry-2026-tickets-1984881886153  The deadline is June 26. The cost is $183.58. I hope that all the Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct will participate in the parade: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
— What do you do? Since 2000, I have sent out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to promote conservative principles and the Republican Party platform. Who has the greatest impact on what you do? For me it is Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman Bob Grogan, IRP State Central Committee member and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Treasurer Mike Flynn, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) chairman Kevin Coyne, and DCRCC Secretary and MTRO chairman Jeff Castle. The aforesaid have a tremendous impact on Republican Precinct Committeemen and Captains (RPC) in Illinois, one of my biggest target audiences. What position do the aforesaid have on the many big adverse actions that IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders have taken against me since 2000 to stop me from sending out my newsletters and to stop everyone from reading them? What is going to change under Grogan? What do Grogan, Flynn, Coyne, and Castle want me to do so that they would encourage RPCs to read my newsletters? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Some are furious at Trump for his dumping Cornyn as a U.S. Senator. Few, if any, were furious at my critics/opponents for their having their operatives and their dupes dump me a) as an Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in 2024, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, e) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member in 2007, and f) as a MTRO Treasurer candidate in 2004. I should write about why my critics/opponents dumped me. I should write about those who could have come to my defense but did not. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect and reelect. I would focus on why they did not come to my defense.
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Why do your critics/opponents take adverse actions against you? My critics/opponents reject planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote. I promote the 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. My critics/opponents reject direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members. My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Since 2000, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. In 2015, they drew me into Jeanne Ives’ precinct to be defeated by her. My critics/opponents have had great success in getting Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have who have suffered defeats to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats. I should write about those candidates who have blamed me and blamed my newsletters the most. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents want you to do? Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Past and present anti-conservative leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters because I emphasize the following conservative planks in the Republican Party platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading my newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop me from emphasizing those planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What discourages/stops you from helping elect Republican candidates? For me, it is knowing that far too many of them will blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

NEW YORK POST
— Some New Yorkers demand $800K each in reparations as state commission holds hearing. DD: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Since the 1960s, AA and DEI recipients have received trillions of dollars in benefits.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/30/us-news/some-new-yorkers-demand-800k-each-in-reparations-as-state-commission-holds-hearing/

BREITBART
— State of New York Hearing: Reparations for Slavery Only Form of ‘True Justice.’ DD: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Since the 1960s, AA and DEI recipients have received trillions of dollars in benefits.
https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2026/05/30/state-of-new-york-hearing-reparations-for-slavery-only-form-of-true-justice/

TOWNHALL
— Border Patrol Black Hawk Helicopter Disables Drug Boat Carrying Over $11 Million in Narcotics
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/05/31/border-patrol-black-hawk-helicopter-disables-drug-boat-carrying-over-11-million-in-narcotics-n2676971

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Trump suggests canceling all musical performances at the Great American State Fair after several musicians drop out. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrats protest America to protest Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-kick-off-great-american-state-fair-several-musicians-cancel/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with illegal drug dealers against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/31/us/trump-news#us-boat-strikes-colombia-ecuador

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Some are furious at Trump for his dumping Cornyn as a U.S. Senator. Few, if any, were furious at my critics/opponents for their having their operatives and their dupes dump me a) as an Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in 2024, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member in 2007, and e) as a Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer candidate in 2004. I should write about why my critics/opponents dumped me. I should write about those who could have come to my defense but did not. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect and reelect. I would focus on why they did not come to my defense.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/a-new-wounded-bear-caucus-in-the-senate-means-more-trouble-for-trump-ac1f5439

FORTUNE
— Job hopping. DD: When I was 31 years old in 1980, I took a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO. I did that because my Democrat IRS superiors made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. I finally made GS-13 at GAO when I was 38. But I would not have been able to do that 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 and became a licensed CPA when I was 32, and e) if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer from IRS had not finally gotten back into power and promoted me when I was 38.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/30/job-switching-staying-top-earners-pay-hikes-great-resignation/

POLITICO
— DD: What percent of illegals come to America through airports?
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/31/andy-kim-immigration-ice-sancturay-cities-00943781