FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/11/judge-doj-broadview-six-hearing/
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Miller calls on Congress to codify Trump policies.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/miller-calls-on-congress-to-codify-trump-policies/article_0f5842bc-7b0c-495f-8521-e041ca113d3b.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Justice Richard A. Posner has died. His influence in law was beyond compare: Posner, who served from 1981 to 2017 on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Chicago, wrote thousands of judicial opinions and more than 50 books. DD: In 1996, I argued a case pro se in front of Posner. According to Google AI: The landmark federal case Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange (1997) ( https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/110/481/526770/ ) is a well-known U.S. Court of Appeals (7th Circuit) decision regarding federal odometer fraud and automobile sales.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/11/12/blagojevichs-memoir-recounts-old-feuds-01161621
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/
WIREPOINTS
https://wirepoints.org/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you get blamed for? My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems and they do not want me to “complain” about that. They blame me and my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me and they destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Illegal migrant who tried to hijack a United Airlines flight claimed to be trans and HIV positive — and was granted asylum.
https://nypost.com/2026/11/11/us-news/illegal-migrant-who-tried-to-hijack-a-united-airlines-flight-claimed-to-be-trans-and-hiv-positive-and-was-granted-asylum/
BREITBART
— Texas Democrat Files Bill to Give $1,500 to Every Household — Including Illegal Aliens.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/11/11/texas-democrat-files-bill-to-give-1500-to-every-household-including-illegal-aliens/
— Newsom Builds Wine Empire Using Illegal Migrant Labor.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/11/11/report-gavin-newsom-builds-wine-empire-using-illegal-migrant-labor/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Occidental College hosts ‘Transgender Operations’ event mocking Trump.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/occidental-college-hosts-transgender-operations-event-mocking-trump/30978
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://cis.org/Arthur/How-Big-Role-Did-Immigration-Play-2026-GOP-Wipeout
FOX NEWS
— Trump defends Iran war during Veterans Day address, says he is making the world ‘safer.’ The president used his Veterans Day address to argue Iran has been waging war on America since 1979.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-defends-iran-war-during-veterans-day-address-says-making-world-safer
— Senate Republicans fear ‘brutal’ 2028 map could keep Dems in power for years to come. Campaign chief Sen. Bernie Moreno says the path to reclaiming the majority is ‘very tough’ as GOP defends deep-red seats.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-republicans-fear-brutal-2028-map-could-keep-dems-power-years-come
— Women debate what it means to be a ‘trad wife’ on Chris Harrison’s new dating show. DD: From what I see, fewer and fewer and fewer men are marriage material. What did you do to make yourself 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 townhome in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6408151676112
PJ MEDIA
— Universities Are Turning Students Against America. Here’s the Proof.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/11/11/heres-how-we-know-universities-are-turning-students-against-america-n4959253
WHITE HOUSE
— “We Render You the Highest Salute”: President Trump Honors America’s Veterans on Hallowed Ground at Arlington.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/11/we-render-you-the-highest-salute-president-trump-honors-americas-veterans-on-hallowed-ground-at-arlington/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats, vowing action next year, stew over missed votes on Hegseth impeachment. DD: I should write about the failed effort by my critics/opponents in 2006 to have the Illinois Center Right Coalition censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6214625-house-democrats-fail-hegseth-measure/
ROLL CALL
— Remarks: Donald Trump Addresses a Veterans Day Ceremony at Arlington – November 11, 2026.
https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-remarks-veterans-day-arlington-national-cemetery-november-11-2026/
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders say Republicans tiptoe around Trump as they process defeat in the 2026 elections.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-hesitate-blame-trump-defeat-2026-elections-rcna608554
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump says the towering arch he wants to build might be dedicated to military veterans.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-arch-veterans-day-washington-2002012a2b0a6afb0ccf01325a41683f
CNN
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump said veterans have been waiting 200 years for proposed triumphal arch.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/11/politics/video/president-trump-participates-in-veterans-day-ceremony
MS NOW
— DD; Democrat leaders say that Trump DOJ orders staff to get on board or GET OUT. DD: For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are non-White, female, younger, and/or veteran. My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my superiors and supervisors to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran like me.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fUxSOGRGXac
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders say Republicans Begin Aggressive Lame-Duck Push to Install Trump Judges.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/11/us/politics/trump-federal-judges-senate-republicans.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders describe how Trump and the GOP are reacting to their midterm catastrophe.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/press-freedom-desk/2026/11/11/freedom-desk-how-trump-gop-are-reacting-their-midterm-catastrophe/
— DD: Democrat leaders blast Trump defended his war policies in speech at Arlington National Cemetery.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/11/11/trump-defends-his-war-policies-speech-arlington-national-cemetery/
— DD: Democrat leaders crow that Democratic sweep opens the door for major policy changes at state level. Democrats gained trifectas in six new states, flipped 12 state legislative chambers and are poised to flip six governorships.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/12/democratic-sweep-opens-door-major-policy-changes-state-level/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Melania Trump’s Initiative for Women Appears at Odds With D.E.I. Crackdown. Its name and mission also overlap with a company that left the United States after the administration sought to end corporate networking programs for women and people of color. DD: Since the 1960s, everyone above me has been under ever-increasing pressure to give more preference to those who do not share my demographics, that is, to discriminate against those who share my demographics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/11/us/politics/melania-trump-imperia-women-dei-programs.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in blaming Trump for inflation. Admittedly, COLAs have helped me deal with inflation. I got COLAs while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I have gotten COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997 and as a Social Security recipient since 2010.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/economy-cpi-inflation-republicans-wages-donald-trump-kevin-warsh-ae0a07a2
— DD: Rove blasts Trump again.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-if-trump-still-thinks-hes-winning-f82bbd4f
— Hiking the Minimum Wage Isn’t Affordable. Consumers pay when the fellow who flips burgers is required to be paid $20 an hour. DD: Have you ever worked for the minimum wage? I did for 19 months 1964-1966.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/hiking-the-minimum-wage-isnt-affordable-cee17e64
— How to Plan for a Career That Could Easily Last 60 Years. As lifespans increase, people have to prepare—mentally and financially—to work well into their 70s and 80s. That’s going to require a new plan. DD: My retirement income and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/career-lifespan-planning-retirement-savings-79dacdc3
— Infertility. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used against me big time my and my wife’s giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents. I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/home-vs-stock-market-investment-cda88604
INC.
— DD: Democrats and RINOs will forever use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Liberals and moderates will forever use DEI to get rid of conservatives.
https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/companies-may-restore-dei-after-the-midterms-but-employees-wont-trust-empty-promises/91434652
TEXARKANA GAZETTE
— They fled California for Republican Texas but then the blue wave hit the Lone Star State.
https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2026/nov/12/they-fled-california-for-republican-texas-but/
WTOP
— DD: Democrat leaders say the newest statue on the National Mall does not honor a war hero. For Veterans Day, the protest art group The Secret Handshake is once again targeting Trump, this time with a golden statue mocking his medical exemption from military service during the Vietnam War. DD: Since I was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have used against me my avoiding the Vietnam War draft with four student deferments and a financial hardship draft deferment. My critics/opponents do not want me to “complain” about their doing that. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on my many Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans. They blamed draft avoiders like me for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://wtop.com/dc/2026/11/the-statue-represents-a-draft-dodger-protest-art-mocks-trump-with-golden-statue/
KUTV
— DD: Democrat leaders acknowledge that Trump thanked Veterans for reassuring that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zcdoFgIoWic
APT
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump Praises Hegseth’s Leadership, Says War Secretary Has Done ‘Fantastic Job.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjJFjN-nq88
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump Demands ‘Total Victory’ Over Iran, Says US Has Already Won The War.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLZrq2HDGEQ
SCHUMER
— Schumer, Peters, Jeffries And Garcia Statement On Sham Nomination Process For Next GAO Leader. DD: Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year. I sued those Democrats for their using Affirmative Action, up-or-out, subjectivity in their performance appraisal system, and budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf I should write a book about GAO and its Democrat leaders.
https://www.forth.news/lists/ussen-schumer/CgxCJYYd6siaR4TQTx6Gx
(FROM THE POSTING: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and U.S. Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08), House Democratic Leader, and Robert Garcia (D-CA-42), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) initiated a sham process to recommend nominees to serve as the next Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for a 15-year term: “This afternoon, Chairman Rand Paul’s office requested submissions of candidates to serve as the next Comptroller General of GAO with a deadline of less than 24 hours. This is clearly a sham to enable President Trump to appoint a handpicked nominee to lead Congress’ watchdog. We cannot allow President Trump to install a fox in the henhouse at an agency Congress relies on to provide independent, nonpartisan oversight, and expose waste, fraud, and abuse across the Trump Administration. “Counter to the last time a GAO Comptroller was selected in 2010 in a yearlong, bipartisan process, Republican leaders have never convened the Commission for meetings, and the Commission has not interviewed a single candidate for this critical role, despite repeated requests to begin the process over the last two years. Every Member of Congress who values independent oversight and good stewardship of taxpayer dollars should call this out for what it is – a transparent effort to ram through another Trump crony at the 11th hour, and undercut Congress’ ability to conduct effective oversight of the Trump Administration. GAO is Congress’ nonpartisan watchdog, conducting research, investigations and audits that support Congressional oversight of the Executive Branch. By statute, a bipartisan, bicameral Commission is central to the process of selecting a new Comptroller General. The 10-member Commission recommends at least three candidates, and the President chooses a nominee from the Commission’s recommendations. In the past, the Commission engaged in an extensive process, seeking a wide range of applicants and reviewing and interviewing candidates in a bipartisan manner. The bipartisan Commission is made up of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the majority and minority leaders of the House and Senate, the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. All three times the Commission process has occurred in the past, the president has selected a nominee with bipartisan support.)
POLITICO
— Democrats accuse GOP of helping Trump put ‘fox in the henhouse’ at top watchdog. They warn that Republicans are driving a “sham” process to pick the next Government Accountability Office (GAO) head. DD: Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year. I sued those Democrats for their using Affirmative Action, up-or-out, subjectivity in their performance appraisal system, and budget cuts to waste my career and to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf I should write a book about GAO and its Democrat leaders.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/11/senate-confirmation-gao-chief-01161896
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Congressional Democrats claim GOP leaders are trying to choke off the selection process for the federal government’s top watchdog in a bid to let President Donald Trump install one of his allies before Republicans cede the majority in January. Top Democrats in both chambers divulged Wednesday night that Republicans gave them less than 24 hours to submit candidates to serve as Comptroller General, otherwise known as the head of the Government Accountability Office — an official uniquely empowered to sue Trump on Congress’ behalf for clawing back federal funding lawmakers have approved. “This is clearly a sham to enable President Trump to appoint a handpicked nominee to lead Congress’ watchdog,” the Democrats said in a joint statement. “We cannot allow President Trump to install a fox in the henhouse at an agency Congress relies on to provide independent, nonpartisan oversight, and expose waste, fraud, and abuse across the Trump Administration.” The lawmakers signing onto the statement include Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and the top Democrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Committee on House Oversight and Governmental Affairs — Gary Peters of Michigan and Robert Garcia of California, respectively. GAO is currently headed by an acting comptroller general, Orice Williams Brown, who is under increasing pressure to sue the Trump administration for withholding federal cash after the president canceled hundreds of millions of dollars without Congress’ consent this fall. Brown assumed that role last December, when Gene Dodaro retired at the end of his 15-year term. By law, a bipartisan panel of 10 lawmakers is supposed to recommend candidates for Trump to nominate for Senate confirmation. And when Dodaro retired last year, Senate HSGAC Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) — one of the lawmakers on the broader recommendation committee — said he intended to “look for someone who’s honest,” warning that it would be “a mistake to get somebody who’s been real active in political processes.” Democrats now claim Paul and other top Republicans are working to “ram through another Trump crony at the 11th hour, and undercut Congress’ ability to conduct effective oversight of the Trump Administration.” The Washington Sun reported last month that the administration has floated the idea of nominating Eric Ueland to head GAO; POLITICO has not independently confirmed that the White House is considering the former longtime Senate aide who now serves as a senior official at the White House budget office. In the months leading up to Dodaro’s retirement last year, Democrats on Capitol Hill began to lament the fact that a president who continually challenges the bounds of Congress’ funding power would get to nominate the watchdog tasked with defending the authority of the legislative branch. In the more than 10 months since Dodaro left the role, Republican leaders on the bipartisan selection commission have held no meetings, nor have they interviewed any candidates for the role, said Schumer, Jeffries, Peters and Garcia Wednesday night. Peters and Garcia are supposed to be on the panel that recommends GAO candidates, since they are the leading Democrats on Congress’ oversight committees. Spokespeople for Paul and Senate Majority Leader John Thune did not immediately respond to requests for comment.)
ATLANTIC
— Civil Servants Are Not America’s Enemies. DD: For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are non-White, female, younger, and/or veteran. My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my superiors and supervisors to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran like me.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/civil-servants-trump-efficiency/681596/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: Liberals and moderates will forever use DEI to get rid of conservatives. Democrats and RINOs will forever use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Because most liberals, moderates, Democrats, and RINOs are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, they use DEI to get rid of conservatives and Republicans like me who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/11/12/anti-dei-trump-official-lead-doj-civil-rights-office
— 13 AGs Ask Supreme Court to Uphold Florida’s Stop WOKE Act. DD: To promote woke is to promote more hatred against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2026/11/12/13-ags-ask-supreme-court-uphold-floridas-stop-woke-act
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
— DD: To get more votes from voters who have less income/assets than others, Democrat and RINO candidates and elected officials ever-increasingly shout at them a) that those who have more income/assets than they have cause all their problems and b) that they will use government to take more income/assets away from those who have more and to give it to those who have less. Generally, those who have more income/assets are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time and generally, those who have less are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/americans-want-federal-government-help-people-need/
DAILY BEAST
— Trump’s Tax Dodging Scheme. The president could get a $3 billion tax break for the development rights to his golf courses. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my deducting my education expenses was a tax dodging scheme. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS and GAO, I deducted graduate evening a) business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, b) accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and c) finance courses at IIT 1992-1997. According to them, the courses were not deductible because they were not related to my job duties, did not maintain or improve my job skills, were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and qualified me for a new trade or business.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-tax-dodging-scheme-laid-bare-in-bombshell-report
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— DD: Democrat leaders call Jim Jordan a “Pugnacious Trump ideologue.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/10/who-is-jim-jordan-house-republicans
Tag: IRS
November 11, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The size of Democrats’ majorities in the House and Senate remained undetermined one week after Election Day as more than a dozen races were still too early to call Tuesday.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/11/key-races-election-day-results/
DAILY HERALD
— Three College of DuPage trustee seats open in spring 2027 election.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261111/submitted-content/three-college-of-dupage-trustee-seats-open-in-spring-2027-election/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH & HERALD & REVIEW & QUAD CITIES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders push more pot in Peoria.
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-regional/illinois/article_a5e3cecb-7673-5879-a2a7-bbb7c0acf549.html
https://herald-review.com/news/state-regional/illinois/article_45fc194d-dc35-58bc-8966-c22eda24e32f.html
https://qctimes.com/news/state-regional/illinois/article_78bd5e30-e31c-5fb0-9b53-823189ba6c85.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Kennedy relatives join the fight against Trump’s arch, alleging harm to JFK’s grave.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-11/kennedy-relatives-join-the-fight-against-trumps-arch-alleging-harm-to-jfks-grave
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/
WIREPOINTS
https://us10.campaign-archive.com/?e=19fa91a7b3&u=7f97bb358e660a3d3fb24306a&id=89678ebb18
https://wirepoints.org/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Former Republican lieutenant governor candidate Aaron Del Mar is calling for a state GOP convention in 2027.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_36fceac6-a77c-4691-bae0-2b55dacd80c1.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— My critics/opponents are anti-conservative. According to them, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform ( https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2025/07/2024-Platform-of-the-Illinois-Republican-Party.pdf ) is the problem. It is too conservative for them. Del Mar has called for a new IRP platform. If that goes forward, my anti-conservative critics/opponents will do everything that they can to strike the platform’s personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks. Of course, I will do everything that I can to stop that. I served on the IRP Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2008. My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes throw me off the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The IRP platform is conservative. Illinois Democrat leaders promote the Illinois Democrat Party platform and its liberal principles far more aggressively than Illinois Republican leaders promote the IRP platform and its conservative principles. The problem is the failure/refusal of far too many Illinois Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to promote, defend, and advance the IRP platform. Consequently, Illinois ever-increasingly moves further to the left and more and more and more Republican candidates are defeated. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What are your reasons for living? According to Google AI, the phrase “reason for living” refers to a person’s central purpose, motivation, or the most important thing that gives their life meaning. My reasons for living include my wife of 48+ years and my using my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to promote conservative principles. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s new immigration proposal could go further than 2018 DACA deal. DD: Needless-to-say, no one should do anything that promotes illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4799118/trump-immigration-proposal-2018-daca-deal/
NEW YORK POST
— France is criminalizing critics of Islam — instead of the rioters destroying their cities.
https://nypost.com/2026/11/11/opinion/french-author-michel-houellebecq-charged-with-hate-crime-for-criticizing-islam/
AMMOLAND
— Arkansas Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Stronger Gun Rights Protections, 71% to 29%.
https://www.ammoland.com/2026/11/arkansas-issue-2-gun-rights-amendment-2026/
BREITBART
— Sen. Rick Scott Calls on GOP-Led Senate to Work Instead of Going Home: Pass Voter ID, Confirm Trump Judges. DD: What about E-Verify?
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/11/10/exclusive-sen-rick-scott-calls-on-gop-led-senate-to-work-instead-of-going-home-pass-voter-id-confirm-trump-judges/
CHRISTIAN POST
— The Left’s DEI revolution isn’t dead. It was waiting for its comeback. DD: Liberals and moderates will forever use DEI to get rid of conservatives. Democrats and RINOs will forever use DEI to get rid of Republicans. Because most liberals, moderates, Democrats, and RINOs are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, they use DEI to get rid of conservatives and Republicans like me who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/the-lefts-dei-revolution-isnt-dead-it-was-waiting-in-silence.html
DAILY WIRE
— College Students’ Shocking 9/11 Views Expose Campus Brainwashing Against America, Israel. More than one in five undergrads claim the United States somehow “deserved” the September 11 terror attacks. DD: I escaped Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/college-students-shocking-9-11-views-expose-campus-brainwashing-against-america-israel
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Texas Turns Blue Overnight — and Data Centers Lose Big. DD: Anticipate/expect that those who were moving to Texas to escape Democrat poverty and crime will now move to Florida to escape Democrat poverty and crime. But how fast will Democrats turn Florida blue?
https://www.nationalreview.com/videos/national-review/texas-turns-blue-overnight-and-data-centers-lose-big
CAMPUS REFORM
— IIT directs business professors to incorporate DEI into courses. DD: IIT admitted me into its financial markets and trading graduate program when I was 43 in 1992. But because I am not Democrat, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American and because I have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, I doubt that IIT would admit me today if I was 43.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/illinois-tech-directs-business-professors-incorporate-dei-courses/30988
PJ MEDIA
— Universities Are Turning Students Against America. DD: I escaped Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/11/11/heres-how-we-know-universities-are-turning-students-against-america-n4959253
TOWNHALL
— The American Dream Is Not an Exemption From Responsibility. DD: What you do to achieve the American Dream? I worked my way through college and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-abraham/2026/11/11/the-american-dream-is-not-an-exemption-from-responsibility-n2686294
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— Migrants trek north through Mexico, buoyed by US election results.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/migrants-trek-north-through-mexico-buoyed-by-us-election-result-2026-11-11/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Republicans Must Stop Being Democrat-Lite. DD: My critics/opponents want the Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party.
https://www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-the-gops-problem-in-its-strategies-or-its-policies/republicans-must-stop-being-democrat-lite
WASHINGTON POST
— People who retire die. DD: I am not dead yet. I have been retired since I was 49 in 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and made it impossible for me to get a paid job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. They rudely flushed down their toilets a) my almost 18 years of experience working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, b) my almost 9 year experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, c) my 1997 master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT, d) my 1980 master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, e) my 1976 MBA from Loyola, f) my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, and Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, g) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, and h) my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I be dead by now if I had not found reasons for living beyond my wife. Those reasons include my using my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to promote conservative principles since 2000. I should write about that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/10/john-cornyn-says-hes-looking-job-people-who-retire-die/
AXIOS
— A majority of Americans have low-quality jobs. DD: According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I took were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. Because the aforesaid jobs were so bad, my superiors had lots of problems finding qualified minorities, females, younger people, and veterans to meet their Affirmative Action quotas.
https://www.axios.com/2026/10/22/gallup-low-quality-jobs
November 11, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio elected to lead House Republicans in the minority. Rep. Jordan of Ohio defeated Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana on Tuesday.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/rep-jim-jordan-ohio-elected-lead-house-republicans-minority/20030740/
— Senate Republicans vote to keep Thune as leader after steep election losses. Some Republicans had tried to delay the leadership decision.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/senate-republicans-vote-keep-thune-leader-steep-election-losses/20030978/
FOX32
— House blocks effort to impeach Pete Hegseth. DD: Democrat leaders punish Hegseth because Trump appointed Hegseth. My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 because he had done that. My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986 because he had done that.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-en26y0anh79lc1ca
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 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/2026/11/10/chicago-area-man-dies-after-deportation-to-pakistan-family-attorney-says
DAILY HERALD
— Refurbished Illinois Holocaust Museum reopening.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261109/news/we-rise-together-and-we-fall-together-refurbished-illinois-holocaust-museum-reopening/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Del Mar: ‘I’m not going anywhere.’ Republican lt gov nominee says he and Bailey “did an amazing job,” incredibly well,” considering the lack of funding. Del Mar wants a party convention next year “to draft new bylaws, new platform and elect new leaders and build a solid foundation for future growth.” DD: According to my critics/opponents, the Republican Party platform is the problem. The Democrat Party exists to promote liberal principles; its platform promotes liberal principles. The Republican Party exists to promote conservative principles; its platform promotes conservative principles. Illinois Democrat leaders promote the Democrat Party platform and its liberal principles far more aggressively than Illinois Republican leaders promote the Republican Party platform and its conservative principles. Consequently, Illinois ever-increasingly moves further to the left.
https://caand its liberal principles pitolcitynow.com/news/248842-del-mar-im-not-going-anywhere/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Illinois Republicans assess damage from nationwide ‘blue tsunami.’ Party members offer different paths forward, highlighting internal divisions. DD: According to my critics/opponents, the Republican Party platform is the problem. The Democrat Party exists to promote liberal principles; its platform promotes liberal principles. The Republican Party exists to promote conservative principles; its platform promotes conservative principles. Illinois Democrat leaders promote the Democrat Party platform and its liberal principles far more aggressively than Illinois Republican leaders promote the Republican Party platform and its conservative principles. Consequently, Illinois ever-increasingly moves further to the left.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinois-republicans-assess-damage-from-nationwide-blue-tsunami/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Republicans are thinking about what to do next after a brutal election that saw candidates lose by significant margins throughout the state. Republicans lost at least 11 seats in the General Assembly, leading to a record super majority for Democrats. Republican Party Chair Bob Grogan said he believes Republicans still hold the upper hand on issues but they need better candidates. There’s also some internal frustration with Darren Bailey’s running mate Aaron Del Mar calling for a revamp of the party and some legislators asking for new leadership in the General Assembly.)
NORTHERN STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting educators to get their students to hate Republicans, and especially to hate Republicans who share Trump’s demographics like I do. Trump is conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, draft-avoider, married, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://northernstar.info/140034/opinion/the-midterms-prove-america-still-fights-back/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— A political musical chairs game.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/11/11/a-political-musical-chairs-game-01160607
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/11/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-rep-canty-says-she-won%e2%80%99t-run-for-speaker-sen-johnson-wants-reentry-housing-bill-taken-up-in-veto-session/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/
WIREPOINTS
https://wirepoints.org/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to my critics/opponents, the Republican Party platform is the problem. The Democrat Party exists to promote liberal principles; its platform promotes liberal principles. The Republican Party exists to promote conservative principles; its platform promotes conservative principles. Illinois Democrat leaders promote the Democrat Party platform and its liberal principles far more aggressively than Illinois Republican leaders promote the Republican Party platform and its conservative principles. Consequently, Illinois ever-increasingly moves further to the left and Republican candidates in Illinois are ever-increasingly defeated. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Google AI: “Using personal experiences to make a point is a powerful rhetorical strategy, often called an anecdotal appeal or exemplification. When done well, it turns abstract ideas into a human story your audience can feel and remember.” To make my points in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, I use my personal experiences. Of course, my critics/opponents do not want me to do that. I stress the adverse actions that my critics/opponents in Illinois, DuPage County, and Wheaton have had their operatives and their dupes take against me because I promote conservative principles, that is, because I promote planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. I promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I stress the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me because I opposed their use of Affirmative Action, up-or-out, budget cuts, and the subjectivity in their performance appraisal systems to get rid of their employees like me who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Democrat Party requires its candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to defend and advance the Democrat Party platform. The Republican Party DOES NOT require its candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to defend and advance the Republican Party platform. That is why Democrat candidates win and why Republican candidates lose. I should write about those Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they are going to get rid of Republicans once and for all. Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly take away more Second Amendment rights. For their personal defense, Republicans should be buying as many firearms and as much ammunition as they can. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. Being able to flee poverty and crime, that is, being able to flee Democrats, is a big reason, if not the biggest reason, to earn more money. To earn more money I worked my way through college and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. But now, Democrats are ever-increasingly moving in and taking over where I have lived since 1978: DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. Because of that, poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase in Wheaton, Milton Township, and Wheaton. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Why do your critics/opponents not want to hear your complaints? My critic/opponents do not want to hear or read my complaints for many reasons. Those reasons include a) their rejection of my conservatism, b) their rejection of my promotion of conservative principles, c) their envy for what I have because I followed conservative principles, d) my refusing to be manipulated or dominated by them, e) my refusing to glorify and praise them, f) my refusing to pander to them, g) my refusing to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, h) my refusing to cover up their wrong doing, h) my refusing to give them money, and i) their disapproval, despising, if not hatred of my demographics. I should start writing about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://wqww.gopillinois.com
— What offices have you worked in? I worked for GAO in the brand new 200 West Adams building in Chicago 1990-1997 in brand new space in a preferred office. Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents have always been furious about that. SEE: https://greencities.com/portfolio/200-w-adams/ I got that preferred office because of my federal seniority and because I was a GS-13. While I had 10 years GAO seniority, I also had almost 9 years IRS seniority and almost 3 years full-time Post Office seniority even though I had only been a part-time postal employee. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that. They looked down on executive branch employees. IRS had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. According to them, if I had been a GAO employee, I never would have gotten those promotions. They stressed that I did not earn an MBA until 1976 and that I had not taken and passed the CPA examination until 1979. Further, they stressed I did not make GS-13 until 1986 and that I would not have if I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, taken and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, became a licensed CPA in 1986, and if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer in 1980 had not gotten back into power and had promoted me to GS-13 in 1986. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Google AI, to go with the flow politically means to adopt the prevailing political trends, opinions, or dominant consensus of a group or society rather than challenging them or charting an independent course.” DD: If Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton had always been Democrat, my “Republican” critics/opponents would have always been Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How has Affirmative Action (AA) been used against you? Because of AA, my Black Democrat GAO subordinate saw no need to do what I did, and he was right. Our Democrat supervisor wanted/demanded that all her subordinates to have a master’s degree in finance. Neither me nor my Black Democrat subordinate had that. He could have, and he should have, joined me in taking graduate evening finance courses at IIT and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading at IIT. I did that, but he did not. Nevertheless, she successfully forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and she gave my Black Democrat subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN RIFLEMAN
— Demand for Guns, Ammo & Firearm Accessories Accelerates. And demand will only accelerate as the holiday season approaches and the 2026 midterm election results sink in. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they are going to get rid of Republicans once and for all. Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly take away more Second Amendment rights. For their personal defense, Republicans should be buying as many firearms and as much ammunition as they can.
https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/demand-for-guns-ammo-firearm-accessories-accelerates/
BREITBART
— Trump Hints at Migrant Legalization, but Does Not Mention Working Americans. DD: Illegal immigration harms working Americans more than anyone else. My critics/opponents do not understand that, if not reject that, because their parents were wealthy, because they are wealthy.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/11/10/trump-hints-at-migrant-legalization-but-does-not-mention-working-americans/amp/
— The Trump Administration is Carrying Out War on Asylum Fraud After Biden’s Wide Open Borders.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/11/10/exclusive-trump-administration-carrying-out-war-on-asylum-fraud-after-bidens-wide-open-borders/
COLLEGE FIX
— U. Illinois professor challenges sociologists to rethink presumptions about systemic racism.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-illinois-professor-challenges-sociologists-to-rethink-presumptions-about-systemic-racism/
DAILY WIRE
— Texas Dems Take Advantage Of Blue Wave To Draw Up Sanctuary City Plans. “This is the right thing to do at the right time.” DD: Tragically, Texas is no longer a state that conservative Republicans could flee to.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-dems-take-advantage-of-blue-wave-to-draw-up-sanctuary-city-plans
FOX NEWS
— DEI is bad for the Black community. Merit is key for Black achievement. DD: Because of AA, my Black Democrat GAO subordinate saw no need to do what I did, and he was right. Our Democrat supervisor wanted/demanded that all her subordinates to have a master’s degree in finance. Neither me nor my Black Democrat subordinate had that. He could have, and he should have, joined me in taking graduate evening finance courses at IIT and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading at IIT. I did that, but he did not. Nevertheless, she successfully forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and she gave my Black Democrat subordinate my job and my preferred corner office.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/curtis-hill-dei-bad-black-community-merit-key-black-achievement
HOMELAND SECURITY
— DHS is Taking Down Asylum Fraudsters. DD: What percent of asylum applications are fraudulent?
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/11/10/dhs-taking-down-asylum-fraudsters
NRA
— Election Results Put Second Amendment Rights Under Immediate Threat. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they are going to get rid of Republicans once and for all. Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly take away more Second Amendment rights. For their personal defense, Republicans should be buying as many firearms and as much ammunition as they can.
https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/nra-ila-election-results-put-second-amendment-rights-under-immediate-threat/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Madness: New Texas AG Sets Sights on ICE Agents Instead of Illegals, and That’s Just the Beginning. DD: The top priority for Democrat leaders is a) to flood America with their illegals and b) to stop their deportation.
https://www.westernjournal.com/madness-new-texas-ag-sets-sights-ice-agents-instead-illegals-just-beginning/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had getting my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates to blame me for their problems.
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/world_national/black-voters-help-propel-democrats-including-history-makers-in-sweeping-midterm-victories/article_193d8100-3735-408c-b09a-41998ec562b8.amp.html
ABC NEWS
— Immigration arrests go on unabated despite Trump’s misgivings after the GOP’s midterm wipeout. In the wake of midterm elections, President Donald Trump said his immigration crackdown may have been “too tough” and suggested it was time to sit down with the Democrats. DD: The top priority for Democrat leaders is a) to flood America with their illegals and b) to stop their deportation.
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/immigration-arrests-unabated-despite-trumps-misgivings-after-gops-138036657
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had getting my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates to blame me for their problems.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/11/11/black-midterm-victories-suggest-post-racial-politics-may-have-arrived/
— DD: To get more votes from voters who have problems, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all the problems that they have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had getting my many superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who had problems to blame me for their problems.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/11/11/inclusion-was-big-winner-midterms/
USA TODAY
— Can Bernie Sanders really boost your Social Security check by $2,400? DD: My critics/opponents are furious that because of a Bill that Biden signed, my Social Security increased from $3,000/year to $19,000/year.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/retirement/social-security/2026/11/11/bernie-sanders-2400-social-security-boost-save/92696909007/
— DD: JFK heirs use JFK’s assignation to promote more hatred against Trump. Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Trump’s avoiding the Vietnam War draft like I did against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/11/10/valor-over-vanity-jfk-heirs-sue-trump-over-plans-to-build-arch/92716131007/
— Hegseth avoids impeachment vote despite growing GOP frustration. DD: My critics/opponents almost succeeded in getting their operatives and their dupes in the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters a mere 20 years ago in 2006. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/11/10/pete-hegseth-avoids-impeachment-vote/92714806007/
— Planning a Roth conversion? Why 2027 could be a better time. You may have more leeway to convert funds in a tax-efficient manner. DD: My wife and I did not convert any of our IRA savings into Roth. We regret that.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/money-management/retirement/2026/11/10/roth-conversion-rules-2027/92690510007/
— Social Security at 70 shouldn’t be automatic. Here’s what to consider. Filing later might boost your benefits monthly, but it’s not necessarily your smartest move. DD: I regret my taking Social Security when I was 62 in 2010. I would not have done that if my Democrat GAO superiors had not forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/11/11/social-security-delaying-70/92659746007/
— Americans want to live to age 88, but their money dies at 83. DD: My retirement income and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/retirement/2026/11/11/retirement-savings-gap-nursing-home-costs/92690653007/
— Inflation is vexing consumers. DD: Admittedly, COLAs have helped me deal with inflation. I got COLAs while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I have gotten COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/nletter/2026/11/10/inflation-is-still-vexing-american-consumers/92704764007/
— Federal employees get Veterans Day off. DD: Since I was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious about all the benefits that I got as a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I have gotten as a federal retiree since 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/11/11/veterans-day-2026-federal-holiday/92711988007/
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Diversity and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2026/11/10/diversity-is-our-strength-students-at-university-of-cincinnati-oppose-dei-reversal/80373695007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— If You Think War Is Unpopular, Wait Till You See Defeat. Truman’s lesson for Iran: History often vindicates difficult decisions that exact a political price.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/if-you-think-war-is-unpopular-wait-till-you-see-defeat-04608ab0
— Maybe Job-Hopping Isn’t the Smartest Career Move After All. DD: I should write about my decision to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/job-hopping-career-moves-89532b1c
MID MICHIGAN NOW
— 84% of Chicago-area students feel pressure to criticize Western civilization. DD: Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly anti-American.
https://midmichigannow.com/news/nation-world/84-of-chicago-area-students-feel-pressure-to-criticize-western-civilization-survey-says-campus-reform-zachary-marschall-illinois-higher-education-politics-academia-college-university-teaching-student-undergraduate-classroom
GAO
— IRS Taxpayer Services. DD: I worked for IRS Taxpayer Service for 6 months. When I was a 25-year-old newly promoted GS-11 (currently $83,482/year) IRS Revenue Officer in 1973, my Democrat IRS superiors were furious when my IRS manager (Dave) gave me an assignment instead of giving it to one of my coworkers who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. He made me responsible for IRS answering all the calls that came into its new Taxpayer Service Centiphone automated answering system in downtown Chicago. I supervised the operation’s entire staff which included 90 rotating IRS Revenue Agent trainees. Because of my job performance, Dave, who had promoted me in 1972 and 1973, promoted me to GS-12 (currently $100,059/year) in 1974. That made my Democrat IRS superiors even more furious. According to them, that Centiphone assignment and my promotion should have been given to a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. They soon got rid of Dave. They disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They disallowed my education deductions in 1978. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. They made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. That directly resulted in my transferring to GAO.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-27-108701
November 10, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 12 easy-to-ignore Illinois counties want to explore secession. Springfield should listen.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/10/coles-ford-gallatin-hamilton-henderson-macoupin-mcdonough-monroe-piatt-saline-warren-washington-illinois-secession/
— DD: America’s enemies are overjoyed with Democrat victories.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/10/column-foreign-policy-israel-iran-ukraine-scrutiny-depetris/
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-deportation-policy-news-chicago-family-asks-administration-reconsider-martha-gutierrez/20028406/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-ice-news-allow-family-round-lake-illinois-mother-beata-siemionkowicz-post-bond-15-months-custody/20028549/
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— New Trier yet to identify students accused of racial, homophobic slurs.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2026/11/10/new-trier-slurs-investigation/
WAND
— Aaron Del Mar, advocates call for IL GOP convention, restructuring of party.
https://www.wandtv.com/2026/11/10/aaron-del-mar-advocates-call-il-gop-convention-restructuring-party/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Florida Republicans hold their ground despite national Democratic gains.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-09/florida-republicans-hold-their-ground-despite-national-democratic-gains
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Aaron Del Mar, the GOP lieutenant governor candidate, said Illinois Republicans “need to be talking about our platform” and doing so now, instead of just months before an election. He also called for a statewide working convention in March 2027, and for direct elections of State Central Committee members by Republican primary voters. DD: My critics/opponents have always vehemently opposed direct election. Further, they have always blamed me for direct election’s defeats.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/11/10/can-springfield-get-to-the-end-zone-01157801
CAPITOL FAX
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/
WIREPOINTS
https://wirepoints.org/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— As time goes on, my critics/opponents make it ever-increasingly more clear that they are anti-conservative, that is, that they are anti-Republican. They ever-increasingly blame the conservative planks in the Republican Party platform for the November 3, 2026 defeats. According to them, elected officials should give voters want they want. According to them, voters want a) more dependency on government and charity, that is, more welfare, b) more LGBTQ, that is, more destruction of traditional marriage and family, c) more abortion, that is, more disrespect for human life, d) more mass/illegal immigration, that is, more cheap labor, e) more booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) more diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) more Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, more patronage, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How many conservatives are there in Illinois and your county, township, municipality, municipal district, school district, precinct, and neighborhood? What have they said or done lately to defend and advance conservative principles? For example, what have they said or done to promote the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat leaders promote envy big time. They use affordability problems to promote envy. My Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted envy big time to turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. They stressed that I could a) afford to buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) afford to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) afford to pay for graduate evening business, accounting, and finance courses when I was 23-31 and 43-48, d) afford to get married when I was 29, e) afford to buy collector cars when I was 40 and 45, and f) afford to buy etc. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I could afford the aforesaid a) because my parents were filthy rich, b) because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, c) because I was improperly promoted when I was 23, 24, 25, and 38, d) because of my wife’s income and savings, and e) because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Far too many read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for opposition research. They are anti-conservative. They reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They are never-Trumpers. They look down on, if not despise, if not hate those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, draft-avoider, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or has ancestors who have been in America for a long time. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. If you were me, how would you deal with that? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Under Democrat and RINO leaders, Americans are ever-increasingly separated by their race, gender, sexual orientation, age, income/wealth, religion, national origin, etc. Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders turn non-Whites against Whites, females against males, LGBTQers against heterosexuals, young against old, poor against non-poor, non-Christian against Christian, non-German American against German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, etc. against etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Courts continue to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Because of that, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for citizens of America who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Democrat, RINO, and Democrat plant leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans. Soon, all political and government leaders will be Democrats, RINOs, or Democrat plants who are non-White, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or will have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker could unlock over $2 billion for Illinois students by opting into the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program. DD: Did you get any academic or financial need scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have always used that to paint me as being stupid and as having rich parents.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-unlock-2-billion-illinois-students-opting-federal-tax-credit-program/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTING EXAMINER
— Trump says he’ll ‘stand by’ Hegseth. DD: Who has stood by you? If I would write a book about those who have stood by me, it would be a very shot book.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4798081/trump-stand-by-hegseth-massie-impeachment/
— The most disturbing result of America’s midterm elections wasn’t simply who won. It was what Americans were willing to overlook when they voted. On Nov. 3, Americans elected politicians whose records include anti-Zionist activism, inflammatory accusations against Israel, and controversies involving antisemitic conspiracy theories. When did hostility toward the Jewish state become a political credential?
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4795773/antisemitism-american-politics-2026-midterms/
AMERICAN THINKER
— How Hamas Targeted Jewish Families.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/11/How%20Hamas%20Targeted%20Jewish%20Families/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Is Texas the next state that could turn against ICE?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/11/10/is-texas-the-next-state-that-could-turn-against-ice-1666935/
BREITBART
— Gingrich Advocates for Amnesty for DACA Illegal Alien ‘Valedictorians.’ DD: Those who hate America agree with Gingrich.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/11/09/newt-gingrich-advocates-for-amnesty-for-daca-illegal-alien-valedictorians/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Teases Controversial Deal With Democrats on Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/11/09/trump-teases-controversial-deal-with-democrats-on-amnesty-for-illegals/
— Victor Davis Hanson: The Collapse of America’s Melting Pot. DD: Under Democrat and RINO leaders, Americans are ever-increasingly separated by their race, gender, sexual orientation, age, income/wealth, religion, national origin, etc. Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders turn non-Whites against Whites, females against males, LGBTQers against heterosexuals, young against old, poor against non-poor, non-Christian against Christian, non-German American against German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, etc. against etc.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/11/09/hanson-collapse-americas-melting-pot/
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Calls Deportation Policies “Too Tough.” DD: Those who hate America are overjoyed that Trump said that.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-261110
— Trump Addresses Amnesty Uproar With A Hint At His Next Move. “There’s no amnesty, no, no anything,” Trump assured reporters on Monday.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-addresses-the-remarks-that-rattled-his-immigration-supporters
FEDERALIST
— A Trump Amnesty Deal Would Betray Not Just His Voters But All Americans.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/11/09/a-trump-amnesty-deal-would-betray-not-just-his-voters-but-all-americans/
HOT AIR
— Trump Now Talking Amnesty and Comprehensive Immigration Reform?
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/11/09/trump-now-talking-amnesty-and-comprehensive-immigration-reform-n3820809#google_vignette
TOWNHALL
— Rebuild and Fight. DD: Democrat leaders, RINO leaders, and Democrat plant leaders want the Republican Party to officially a) dump the conservative planks in its platform and b) dump conservatives, that is, they want the Republican Party to officially dissolve.
https://townhall.com/columnists/dustin-grage/2026/11/10/rebuild-and-fight-n2686183
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Mamdani celebrates socialist takeover of Congress.
https://thehill.com/opinion/robbys-radar/6208613-hakeem-jeffries-house-speaker-struggle/amp/
MS NOW
— Pentagon official reveals Hegseth’s criteria for senior promotions. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, to get promoted beyond GS-13, you had to be a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, to get promoted beyond GS-12, you had to be a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, to get promoted beyond GS-4, you had to be a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.ms.now/news/pete-hegseth-pentagon-purge-officers-promotions
USA TODAY
— Voters rejected Trump, but they didn’t reject conservatism. It seems voters want the best of both worlds: politicians who aren’t aligned with Trump, but ideas rooted in conservatism. That’s a powerful lesson for 2028. DD: Are you aligned Trump? I am aligned with Trump when he does the right things to defend and advance conservative principles.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/11/09/2026-election-results-ballot-measures-washington-colorado-arizona/92628157007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote mote hatred against Hegseth.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/11/10/massie-hegseth-impeachment-articles-iran-school-bombing/92695217007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The 5 most consequential developments from a jaw-dropping election.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/11/09/5-developments-midterms-trump-texas-mississippi/92676165007/
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
— Republican Sen. John Curtis rips GOP, says party ‘abandoned’ conservative principles as Democrats take Senate control. Curtis said that “tonight’s shellacking should be a wake-up call,” while Utah’s other senator, Mike Lee, posted an AI video of the Titanic sinking as results came in.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/11/03/utah-sen-john-curtis-says-gop-has/
CITY AND STATE
— Opposition research. DD: Far too many read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for opposition research. They are anti-conservative. They reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They are never-Trumpers. They look down on, if not despise, if not hate those who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, draft-avoider, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or has ancestors who have been in America for a long time. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me. If you were me, how would you deal with that?
https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2024/04/my-job-was-try-and-kill-him-oppo-research-and-new-york-politics/395705/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Mike Pence: Begin the Conservative Revival. Before the Republican Party lost the election, it lost its way. Our principles can bring us victory again.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/mike-pence-begin-the-conservative-revival-9047d35b
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION CENTER
— E-Verify. DD: Conservatives are ever-increasingly disappointed if not angry that Trump has not made E-Verify a hiring requirement. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.nilc.org/resources/everify-verification-nation/
LAW 360
— DD: Courts continue to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Because of that, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for citizens of America who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/discrimination/articles/2546922/justices-won-t-revisit-toss-of-white-anchor-s-race-bias-suit
HR DIVE
— DD: Democrat, RINO, and Democrat plant leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to destroy Republicans. Soon, all political and government leaders will be Democrats, RINOs, or Democrat plants who are non-White, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or will have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/this-is-not-a-new-story-legal-professionals-expect-tide-to-turn-on-dei/874090/
BROOKINGS
— The 2026 midterm elections showed DEI is alive and well. DD: Courts continue to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, patronage, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Because of that, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for citizens of America who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-2026-midterm-elections-showed-dei-is-alive-and-well/
POLITICAL WIRE
— DD: Centrist Democrats do not exist.
https://politicalwire.com/2026/11/09/centrist-democrats-want-restraint-after-midterm-wins/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, to get promoted beyond GS-13, you had to be a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, to get promoted beyond GS-12, you had to be a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, to get promoted beyond GS-4, you had to be a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/hegseth-promotions-covid-vaccine-dei-b3081783.html
ECONOMIC TIMES
— ‘We’ll fight tooth and nail’: House speaker Mike Johnson vows fight to win back Congress. DD: What are Republican leaders in Illinois, in your county, and in your township doing to win back control?
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/well-fight-tooth-and-nail-house-speaker-mike-johnson-vows-fight-to-win-back-congress/videoshow/135702931.cms
November 9, 2026
AARON DEL MAR
— ILLINOIS NEEDS A REAL OPPOSITION PARTY. This morning at 10 AM, I’m going LIVE to discuss what must change—and what it will take to rebuild an Illinois Republican Party that can compete, win, and hold those in power accountable. The excuses have run out. Illinois deserves better. A stronger opposition means a stronger Illinois. It’s time to get to work. Tune in on this Facebook page. Share this and join the conversation.
https://x.com/AaronDelMar/status/2119617204710940843
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Illinois Republican State Central Committeeman Aaron Del Mar is calling for a 2027 state party convention to overhaul the Illinois GOP’s bylaws and platform and elect new leaders following last week’s midterm losses. Del Mar, who was the Republican lieutenant governor candidate, says Republicans can’t wait until the 2028 election cycle to address the party’s troubles, according to a statement. “The Illinois Republican Party is decimated,” he said. “If we are going to recover from the results of Tuesday’s election, we need to build a strong foundation that can facilitate future success.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/11/09/giannoulias-goes-in-on-affordability-01155781
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/11/03/loophole-in-an-illinois-contract-allows-ice-to-access-data-for-immigration-enforcement
— DD: Criminals oppose Flock.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/11/06/flock-license-plate-readers-illinois-campaign-contributions-sheriff-mayor
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/09/column-midterms-donald-trump-republicans-page/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Giannoulias goes in on affordability. DD: Why do you have less money? I have less money because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. It all culminated in 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and gave my job to my Democrat Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I has six, and had no professional license like the one I had. Previously they had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and forced me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/11/09/giannoulias-goes-in-on-affordability-01155781
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Republicans got rolled in legislative races across the country. In Illinois, Republicans lost at least eight seats in the Illinois General Assembly, including six held by sitting lawmakers and two open seats. The drubbing further expands Democrats’ supermajorities in both chambers. “It means Democrats don’t have to try to work toward the middle [on legislation], which is really where the vast majority of the electorate is,” said state GOP state Rep. Dan Ugaste, who represents Chicago’s far western suburbs and was among the Republicans who lost Tuesday.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS ARE OVER. NOW PUBLIC SAFETY PAYS THE PRICE. DSA gains, anti-police political agendas, and judicial retention results should concern every American who cares about public safety.
https://johnkassnews.com/the-midterm-elections-are-over-now-public-safety-pays-the-price/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/
WIREPOINTS
https://wirepoints.org/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Anticipate/expect that autopsies of Republican defeats in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, etc. will blame conservatives, that is, they will blame platform Republicans, and especially those who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Anticipate/expect that the autopsies will especially blame the aforesaid who promote the following 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). Anticipate/expect that the autopsies will call for the Illinois Republican Party a) to officially strike the aforesaid planks from its platform, b) to officially banish conservatives, that is, platform Republicans from the party once and for all, c) to officially require all Republican candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and major donors to be moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and d) to officially change the party’s name to the “Democrat Lite Party.” – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Anticipate/expect that Pritzker will use the November 3, 2026 election results a) to dive all of those who are the following out of Illinois:
conservative, Republican, capitalist, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and/or citizen of America and b) to replace them with those who are the following: liberal/moderate, Democrat, socialist, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Have you filed lawsuits? I have filed lawsuits. I have become an active member in class action lawsuits. I have filed grievances. I have appealed assessed property valuations. I led the successful efforts in 2009 to stop video gambling in Wheaton and in 2019 to stop the sale of pot in Wheaton. I should write about the retaliation that I have suffered. I should write about the many big adverse actions that the defendants, their lawyers, their operatives, and their dupes have taken against me. According to Google AI: “When a plaintiff files a lawsuit or reports misconduct, defendants sometimes strike back using a variety of legal, professional, or personal maneuvers. Retaliation by defendants against plaintiffs typically takes the form of retaliatory countersuits, adverse employment actions, tactical aggressive discovery, and out-of-court intimidation. These actions are designed to exhaust the plaintiff’s financial resources, damage their credibility, or force them into dropping the case or accepting a lower settlement.” – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who has thrown you under the bus and why? I should write about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I have done the most to help elect, but who have thrown me under the bus the most. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me including a) ending my Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee membership in 2024, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, d) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, f) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, g) ending my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, h) defeating my bid for the open MTRO Treasurer position by a vote of 69 to 13 in 2004, and i) getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents use to justify the adverse actions that they take against you? Mine use a) my refusing to be manipulated or dominated by them, b) my refusing to glorify and praise them, c) my refusing to pander to them, d) my refusing to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) my refusing to cover up their wrong doing, f) my refusing to give them money, g) my stopping the stop light at Harrison and President in Wheaton, h) my suing them, i) my including links to articles in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they do not like, j) my promoting Republican candidates who they do not like, k) my promoting planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject, l) etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who do Democrat, RINO, and Democrat plant leaders work for? They work for those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, socialist, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. Who they work against? They work against those who are conservative, Republican, capitalist, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and/or citizen of America. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— One reason to not leave Illinois to seek opportunity, safety, prosperity, conservatism, Christianity, and Republicanism is that sooner or later, Democrats will follow you and destroy the state, county, township, municipality, neighborhood, and school district that you have moved to. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I have always been a conservative Republican and I will always be one. Sadly, because of that and because of ever-increasing Democrat, RINO, and Democrat plant invasion, I am ever-increasingly unwelcome, isolated, ostracized, and persona non grata in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, my precinct, and my neighborhood. I should write about all the times that Democrats, RINOs, and Democrat plants have attacked me since 2000. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump backs away from hardline immigration policy after midterms blowout: ‘I think it was too tough.’
https://nypost.com/2026/11/08/us-news/trump-backs-away-from-hardline-immigration-policy-after-midterms-blowout-i-think-it-was-too-tough/
— Trump says he ‘cannot’ forgive his enemies even if it means denial at Heaven’s gates. DD: What do your critics/opponents use to justify the adverse actions that they take against you? Mine use a) my refusing to be manipulated or dominated by them, b) my refusing to glorify and praise them, c) my refusing to pander to them, d) my refusing to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) my refusing to cover up their wrong doing, f) my refusing to give them money, g) my stopping the stop light at Harrison and President in Wheaton, h) my suing them, i) my including links to articles in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they do not like, j) my promoting Republican candidates who they do not like, k) my promoting planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject, l) etc.
https://nypost.com/2026/11/09/us-news/trump-says-he-cannot-forgive-his-enemies-even-if-it-means-denial-at-heavens-gates/
FOX NEWS
— Trump says he doesn’t disagree with Vance that Iran war fueled GOP losses. Trump responds to JD Vance’s social media post saying the Iran war was to blame for the devastating losses suffered by Republicans in the midterms.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-says-he-doesnt-disagree-vance-iran-war-fueled-gop-losses
— DD: Democrat leaders blast Stephen Miller.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/stoning-stephen-miller-now-running-trump-white-house
NEWSMAX
— Big Battle for RNC Chair Looms. DD: Anticipate/expect that autopsies of Republican defeats in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, etc. will blame conservatives, that is, they will blame platform Republicans, and especially those who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Anticipate/expect that the autopsies will especially blame the aforesaid who promote the following 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). Anticipate/expect that the autopsies will call for the Illinois Republican Party a) to officially strike the aforesaid planks from its platform, b) to officially banish conservatives, that is, platform Republicans from the party once and for all, c) to officially require all Republican candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and major donors to be moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and d) to officially change the party’s name to the “Democrat Lite Party.”
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/gruterscrosbierncmckissickwhitehouse/2026/11/08/id/1275536/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: RNC members who spoke to Newsmax on background said that, despite the party’s across-the-board defeats, Gruters has yet to signal whether he will order an “autopsy” examining why the GOP did so poorly and what to do about it. “He knows that an autopsy showing that money was spent poorly or even withheld from some races is the responsibility of some highly paid consultants — some of whom are close to the White House,” said one state chair who requested anonymity.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump says ‘hatred’ between Zelensky, Putin is main obstacle to ending war. DD: America should always a) side with countries that are invaded and b) side against countries that invade.
https://thehill.com/homenews/6207193-trump-blames-zelensky-putin-hatred/
CNN
— Trump team interprets midterms debacle as a cue to go harder, further, faster.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/09/politics/trump-midterms-hegseth-impeachment
— Trump suggests he would rather go to hell than forgive enemies. DD: What do your critics/opponents do? Mine use their operatives and their dupes to destroy those like me who a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/08/politics/video/trump-60-minutes-forgive-enemies-comey-pelosi-vrtc
ABC NEWS
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat elected officials will ever-increasingly transfer income, assets, opportunities, and everything else from Republicans to Democrats.
https://abc7ny.com/story/democrats-take-house-heres-what-plan-investigate-legislative-agenda/20014347/
CBS NEWS
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat elected officials will ever-increasingly transfer income, assets, opportunities, and everything else from Republicans to Democrats.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-house-members-top-priorities/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVqm_4Dyqc
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Texas Led on Hard-Line Immigration Policies. Democrats Plan a Reversal. A Democratic sweep in the state signals fresh momentum to curb aggressive ICE tactics across a shifting national landscape on immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/08/us/texas-border-immigration-ice.html
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat elected officials will ever-increasingly transfer income, assets, opportunities, and everything else from Republicans to Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/11/04/us/midterm-election-results-democrats
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/06/opinion/trump-era-blue-wave-democrats-midterms.html
WASHINGTON POST
— ‘60 Minutes’ takeaways: Trump calls deportation policy ‘too tough.’ The president was both reflective and defensive during his first TV network interview since the midterm losses.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/08/60-minutes-takeaways-trump-calls-deportation-policy-too-tough/
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat elected officials will ever-increasingly transfer income, assets, opportunities, and everything else from Republicans to Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/08/trump-shares-cartoon-ufc-fighters-beating-reporters-after-offering-dana-white-press-job/
NEW YORK SUN
— Conservative Republican Bloc Seeks Midterm Autopsy Before Tuesday’s Senate Leadership Election. Senator John Thune is expected to keep his spot as the No. 1 Republican despite a midterm election rout that has some GOP lawmakers arguing the party needs a reset. DD: Anticipate/expect that autopsies of Republican defeats in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, etc. will blame conservatives, that is, they will blame platform Republicans, and especially those who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Anticipate/expect that the autopsies will especially blame the aforesaid who promote the following 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). Anticipate/expect that the autopsies will call for the Illinois Republican Party a) to officially strike the aforesaid planks from its platform, b) to officially banish conservatives, that is, platform Republicans from the party once and for all, c) to officially require all Republican candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and major donors to be moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and d) to officially change the party’s name to the “Democrat Lite Party.”
https://www.nysun.com/article/conservative-republican-bloc-seeks-midterm-autopsy-before-tuesdays-senate-leadership-election
WASHINGTON SUN
— Progressives Revive Vietnam-Era Strategy to Defund Iran War.
https://www.washingtonsun.com/congress/progressives-revive-vietnam-era-strategy-defund-iran-war
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats’ Election Victory Isn’t a Mandate. It is a rebuke of President Trump rather than a wholesale acceptance of progressive policies.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-election-victory-isnt-a-mandate-37f5b32a
— FRONT PAGE: Gen Z ditches entry-level jobs to launch startups instead. DD: GAO audits IRS. For me to transfer to GAO from IRS when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10. To justify that, they ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my having worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, b) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) my having almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and e) that much of what I did for IRS was very similar to what I would do for GAO. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/20-somethings-are-ditching-entry-level-jobs-to-become-their-own-bosses-168d1f48
HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump’s Vietnam War Brag Backfires On So Many Levels. The president’s deferment history and apparent mistakes during a midterm speech mitigated his outrageous boast. DD: Since I was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have used my avoiding the Vietnam War draft against me big time. I should write about that. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-i-wouldve-won-vietnam-war-week_n_6ae86038e4b0b1f508d54c18
DISPATCH
— Traditional Republicans Feel Unwelcome in Trump’s GOP. DD: I have always been a conservative Republican and I will always be one. Sadly, because of that and because of ever-increasing Democrat, RINO, and Democrat plant invasion, I am ever-increasingly unwelcome, isolated, ostracized, and persona non grata in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, my precinct, and my neighborhood. I should write about all the times that Democrats, RINOs, and Democrat plants have attacked me since 2000.
https://thedispatch.com/article/traditional-republicans-feel-unwelcome-in-trumps-gop/
BEAST
— Trump Throws Vance Under the Bus Twice in One Night. DD: I should write about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I have done the most to help elect, but who have thrown me under the bus the most. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me including a) ending my Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee membership in 2024, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, d) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, f) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, g) ending my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, h) defeating my bid for the open MTRO Treasurer position by a vote of 69 to 13 in 2004, and i) getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-throws-jd-vance-under-the-bus-twice-in-one-night
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIST
— The fight over Republicans’ future has begun. DD: Anticipate/expect that autopsies of Republican defeats in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, etc. will blame conservatives, that is, they will blame platform Republicans, and especially those who are White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Anticipate/expect that the autopsies will especially blame the aforesaid who promote the following 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). Anticipate/expect that the autopsies will call for the Illinois Republican Party a) to officially strike the aforesaid planks from its platform, b) to officially banish conservatives, that is, platform Republicans from the party once and for all, c) to officially require all Republican candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and major donors to be moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and d) to officially change the party’s name to the “Democrat Lite Party.”
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/11/08/the-fight-over-republicans-future-has-begun
GUARDIAN
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat elected officials will ever-increasingly transfer income, assets, opportunities, and everything else from Republicans to Democrats.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/08/democrats-congress-trump-midterms
November 8, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Democrats take the House. Here are their key priorities. DD: Anticipate/expect that everything they will do will transfer income, assets, opportunities, etc. from Republicans to Democrats.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/democrats-take-house-heres-what-plan-investigate-legislative-agenda/20014347/
WGN9
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly side with Iran against America.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/democrats-plot-to-choke-off-iran-war-with-some-gop-help/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump and his Justice Department stand defiant as Democrats ready an investigative blitz.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/08/trump-doj-democrats-investigations/
— What Trump’s new White House chief of staff has said on immigration, childhood vaccines, foreign policy.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/08/stephen-miller-chief-of-staff/
— DD: Democrat leaders use Kustra to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/08/opinion-donald-trump-democrats-tariffs-midterms/
NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County voters say no to home rule; issue split county Republicans. Question nonbinding but still prompted strong feelings.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2026/11/09/mchenry-county-voters-say-no-to-home-rule-issue-split-county-republicans/
SOUTHERN
— Abdul El-Sayed says Democrats will work with Trump if ‘he wants to act serious.’
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/11/08/abdul-el-sayed-says-democrats-will-work-with-trump-if-he-wants-to-act-serious/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump and his Justice Department stand defiant as Democrats ready an investigative blitz.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-and-his-justice-department-stand-defiant-as-democrats-ready-an-investigative-blitz/article_7ce7adce-82ed-525f-a34a-f682b32afde7.html
— Trump says he was just kidding about making UFC’s Dana White his press secretary.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-says-he-was-just-kidding-about-making-ufcs-dana-white-his-press-secretary/article_12b25a91-22b0-5f33-a8e6-8b99fad0f595.html
— Rubio says Trump’s war against Iran not ‘necessarily popular’ but needed to stop a nuclear threat.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/rubio-says-trumps-war-against-iran-not-necessarily-popular-but-needed-to-stop-a-nuclear/article_19ef561c-e6ab-5671-afd6-a4fc5f56b45f.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Those who voted for Democrats in the November 3, 2026 election demand economic relief, that is, they demand redistribution of income and wealth. How much income and wealth do you have? Anticipate/expect that Democrat elected officials will ever-increasingly use government to take more and more and more income and wealth away from those who have more and to give it to those who have less.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-voters-demanded-economic-relief-trump-and-democrats-face-tough-choices-on-how-to-deliver/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Because of Trump, homelessness in the U.S. saw its largest drop in more than a decade last year
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-07/homelessness-in-the-u-s-saw-its-largest-drop-in-more-than-a-decade-last-year
— DD: To get votes from younger voters, Democrat leaders shout at them that Trump causes all their career problems. When you were younger, what caused your career problems? My being a Republican and my avoiding the Vietnam War draft caused me lots of big problems. My Post Office (1966-1969), IRS (1971-1980), and GAO (1980-1997) superiors were Democrat veterans who blamed Nixon and Republican draft avoiders like me for America losing the Vietnam War. According to them, my avoiding the draft gave me tremendous unfair advantages over veterans. They stressed that if I had not avoided the draft, I would not have been able to a) earn a bachelor’s degree in business in when I was 21 in 1970, b) earn an MBA in 1976, c) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, e) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and f) become a licensed CPA in 1981. According to them, a) the Post Office should have hired a veteran instead of me in 1966, b) IRS should have hired a veteran instead of me in 1971, c) IRS should have promoted veterans instead of me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, d) GAO should have hired a veteran instead of me in 1980, e) and GAO should have promoted a veteran instead of me in 1986. Because of their aforesaid beliefs, they used Affirmative Action, up-or-out, and budget cuts to ignore/dismiss/belittle my degrees, processional certifications, and professional license. To get rid of me, a) my aforesaid Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969, b) my aforesaid IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and c) my aforesaid GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, forced the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer and had promoted me to retire in 1987, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-08/how-gen-z-voters-helped-fuel-a-blue-wave-for-democrats
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/11/08/il-voters-want-higher-taxes-and-more-government-thats-what-the-election-results-say
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democratic lawmakers and at least one Republican planning for Hegseth’s impeachment.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/nov/8/democratic-lawmakers-least-one-republican-planning-hegseths/
— Democrats won the turnout battle, not a lasting mandate.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/nov/8/democrats-won-turnout-battle-not-lasting-mandate/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Stephen Miller will thrive against ‘hostile media’ as chief of staff.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4796807/stephen-miller-thrive-hostile-media-joe-concha/
— Hinojosa’s Californication of Texas will have national implications.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/4794527/hinojosa-californication-texas-national-implications/
NEW YORK POST
— Mayor-elect Nithya Raman joins anti-ICE protests after tense standoff with agents at LA hospital.
https://nypost.com/2026/11/07/us-news/la-mayor-elect-nithya-raman-joins-anti-ice-protesters-after-hospital-showdown/
— DeSantis says ‘corporatist Republicans’ drive young voters toward socialism after GOP’s midterm disaster.
https://nypost.com/2026/11/08/us-news/florida-gov-ron-desantis-says-corporatist-repulicans-drive-young-voters-toward-socialism-after-midterm-disaster/
— Vance’s disastrous economic agenda spells GOP doom.
https://nypost.com/2026/11/08/opinion/jd-vances-disastrous-economic-agenda-spells-gop-doom/
— Vance sold Trump out after the midterm shellacking — it’s time to cut him off.
https://nypost.com/2026/11/07/opinion/michael-goodwin-jd-vance-sold-trump-out-after-the-midterm-shellacking-its-time-to-cut-him-off/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Midterms Prove Left-Populism Is Rising.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-midterms-prove-left-populism-is-rising/
CHRISTIAN POST
— George W. Bush sides with Texas megachurch that voted to leave the United Methodist Church. DD: Trinity Lutheran Church and School in Crete leaving the Missouri Synod when I was in 8th grade in 1961 had a tremendous impact on me. To stay with the Missouri Synod, my family transferred to Hope Lutheran in Park Forest. That ended Diersen family reunions. A similar split in Grant Park ended family reunions on my mother’s side.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/george-w-bush-sides-with-megachurch-that-voted-to-leave-umc.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Policies That Drew Millions to Texas Are Now Under Attack.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/11/08/policies-that-drew-millions-to-texas-now-under-attack/
DAILY WIRE
— Inside The Movement Dumbing Down American Schools.
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-261108
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Republicans in Ruins
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/11/republicans-in-ruins-week-at-legal-insurrection/amp/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— ICE unlikely to scale back crackdown, sources say, citing Stephen Miller’s promotion.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-crackdown-stephen-miller-illegal-immigration/
— New House members on their top priorities. DD: Anticipate/expect that everything they will do will transfer income, assets, opportunities, etc. from Republicans to Democrats.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-house-members-top-priorities/
— Stephen Miller, Trump’s new chief of staff, is the architect of his controversial immigration policies.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen-miller-chief-of-staff-trump-immigration-policies/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: The mainstream news media ever-increasingly uses Trump to destroy Republicans and especially to destroy Republicans who share his demographics.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/08/us/politics/trump-midterm-election-america-future.html
— DD: Democrat leaders say Republicans Point Fingers, but Trump Does Not Appear to Be Listening.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/08/us/politics/republican-blame-trump-midterms.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats weigh probes of Trump family, DOGE and Elon Musk.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/08/democrats-weigh-probes-trump-family-doge-elon-musk-key-lawmaker-says/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Signals Combative Next Two Years With Elevation of Stephen Miller. With Democrats soon to control Congress, the loyal consigliere is expected to take a maximalist approach to executive power.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/stephen-miller-trump-chief-of-staff-56917f0a
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Trump’s problems to drag down Vance.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/jd-vance-midterm-elections-9efc589e
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders blame Trump for Indian Americans going Democrat.
https://fortune.com/2026/11/08/trump-midterms-indian-american-voters-democrats-republicans/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2024, Donald Trump appeared to make inroads with Indian Americans, a traditionally Democratic voting bloc. He won the support of 30% of Indian Americans that year, up from 22% in 2020, according to a report published on Nov. 2 by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Its charts show that up until January of this year, GOP support was increasing among Indian women and men aged 40 and older. But two years into Trump’s second term, and those gains vanished ahead of the midterms. Just 19% of the 1,000 Indian American adults surveyed from Oct. 7 to Oct. 27 by Carnegie intended to vote for the Republican in their House district, compared to 62% intending to vote for the Democrat. In Senate races, Democrats held a similar advantage over Republicans at 63% to 21%. The reversal coincided with the Trump administration’s crackdown on legal immigration through H1-B visa restrictions, increasingly vocal anti-Indian rhetoric from some Republicans.)
AMERICAN BAZAAR
— Indian American Democrat Saba Haider has won election to the Illinois House of Representatives, securing 71.2 percent of the vote in the Nov. 3 midterm elections. She becomes the first South Asian woman elected to the Illinois General Assembly, according to published election results. Haider defeated Republican candidate Brian Scopa in the race for Illinois’ 84th House District, receiving 21,995 votes against Scopa’s 8,902, according to Ballotpedia’s reported results. Scopa received 28.8 percent of the vote, compared with Saba Haider’s 71.2 percent, giving her a margin of 13,093 votes. The constituency includes parts of Will, DuPage, Kane and Kendall counties, covering communities such as Aurora, Naperville, Oswego, Montgomery and Boulder Hill. Her election takes her from county-level government to the Illinois state legislature, where she will represent residents of the 84th District.
https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/11/08/saba-haider-illinois-house-election-victory-491818/
AMERICAN PHYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
— Why do we vote? DD: What percent vote for those candidates who promise to use government give the most preference to those who share their demographics? To get more votes from those who are the following, candidates ever-increasingly promise to give them more preference: liberal/moderate, non-White, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2008/06/vote
November 8, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Democrat leaders. Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use their November 3, 2026 victories to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about how DuPage County Republican leaders welcomed invading Democrats with open arms and how they dumped conservatives to curry favor with them.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/08/illinois-new-congressional-democrats/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/07/editorial-democrats-springfield-supermajority-blue-wave-progressives-moderates/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/08/editorial-lick-your-wounds-illinois-republicans-then-get-it-together/
— Objections filed against several candidates running for Aurora City Council in April 2027 election. DD: Why doesn’t the Chicago Tribune report on petition objections filed in Wheaton?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/08/objections-filed-against-several-candidates-running-for-aurora-city-council-in-april-2027-election/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise Stratton.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/11/06/from-kenwood-to-washington-an-inside-look-at-illinois-newest-senator-juliana-stratton
CBS2
— Trump appoints Stephen Miller as new White House chief of staff. DD: America-haters hate Stephen Miller.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKHnzi6J_vY
— DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/northern-illinois-food-bank-gives-out-first-holiday-meal-boxes-of-season/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: New York Times implies Trump is guilty of war crimes.
https://www.sj-r.com/videos/news/2026/04/06/trump-lashes-out-at-nyt-reporter-after-geneva-conventions-question/89492751007/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat control of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House will harm everyone and harm everything big time. It will especially harm Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Needless-to-say, the more of the aforesaid that you are, the more that you should be doing to protect yourself. Ever-increasingly, Democrats will use government to take away your income, assets, rights, opportunities, firearms, and everything else and give it all to Democrats who are liberal, non-White, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Sadly, anticipate/expect, that to save themselves, more and more and more Republicans will not only become Democrats, they will become liberal, LGBTQ, unmarried, and/or non-Protestant. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political messaging. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. My critics/opponents have always been extremely critical of my political messaging. They blame me and they blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. According to them, I have always been too conservative because I have always promoted 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), and other planks in the Republican Party platform, planks that they reject. They want the aforesaid planks to be officially stricken from the platform. They want me to stop sending out my newsletters. They demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a Trump supporter. Previously, they blamed Republican defeats on what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. At best, my critics/opponents want the Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party. What do you say to my critics/opponents? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Anticipate/expect that autopsies of the November 3, 2026 Republican defeats done by Democrats, RINOs, and Democrat plants will call for the Republican Party a) to officially dump Trump, b) to officially become the Democrat Lite Party by officially dumping the following 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), and c) to officially dump conservatives once and for all. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— QUESTION: What should Republican candidates stress to win elections? ANSWER: They should stress how following conservative principles made them successful. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. To follow conservative principles includes taking responsibility for your life, becoming a productive member of society, complying with laws, regulations, and rules, limiting immediate pleasures, avoiding vices, getting the best ACT score and GPAs that you can, earning the best/most college degrees, professional certifications, and professional licenses that you can, getting married and having children if you can, getting the fastest/most promotions that you can, saving the most for your retirement, etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How much experience do you have working for Democrats? I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969. My Republican critics/opponents have little or no experience working for Democrats. Because of that, they fail/refuse to see how bad Democrats are. Because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, my Democrat superiors wasted my career, took many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— How the GOP Can Win Back Latinos.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/how-the-gop-can-win-back-latinos/
FOX NEWS
— Stephen Miller says his mission is ‘more clear now than ever.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1uG9FtpvLw
NATIONAL REVIEW
— A Defiant Stephen Miller Will Double Down on Trumpism. DD: To some degree, all my critics/opponents are never-Trumpers.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/a-defiant-stephen-miller-will-double-down-on-trumpism/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCITED PRESS
— DD: What percent in the following voted for Democrats in the November 3, 2026 election to punish Trump: your neighborhood, your precinct, your school district, your municipal district, your municipality, your township, and your county?
https://www.toledoblade.com/news/nation/2026/11/07/trump-grip-party-question-republicans-reel-midterm-wipeout/stories/20261107090
ABC NEWS
— Autopsy. DD: Anticipate/expect that autopsies of the November 3, 2026 Republican defeats done by Democrats, RINOs, and Democrat plants will call for the Republican Party a) to officially dump Trump, b) to officially become the Democrat Lite Party by officially dumping the following 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), and c) to officially dump conservatives once and for all.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/democrats-release-2024-election-autopsy-report/story?id=133187401
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/11/07/opinion/democrats-congress-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/08/opinion/midterms-america-government.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/07/opinion/america-midterms-democrats-trump.html
— Four Americans. Four Financial Goals. A Load of Debt. DD: My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. That enabled me earn enough to pay for a) my tuition and books at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970, b) a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, c) my living expenses in DeKalb 1969-1970, and d) to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning that Charger.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/11/07/your-money/personal-finance-debt-money.html?searchResultPosition=3
WASHINGTON POST
— Stephen Miller’s promotion sets the stage for a new era of confrontation. After crushing losses in the midterms, Trump elevated a combative loyalist whose policies are prime targets for investigations by congressional Democrats. DD: America-haters hate Stephen Miller.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/07/stephen-millers-promotion-sets-stage-new-era-confrontation/
— 3 things to know about Stephen Miller, new White House chief of staff. DD: America-haters hate Stephen Miller.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/07/what-know-about-stephen-miller-new-white-house-chief-staff/
— DD: America-haters hate Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/07/larry-hogan-calls-midterms-complete-total-rebuke-trump/
— Trump urges the Justice Department to investigate Democrats who have pledged to scrutinize his administration, writing on social media that their actions were “extortion” and “Weaponization and Lawfare at another level.” DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat superiors did far more than investigate me. They took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/07/trump-calls-justice-department-investigate-democrats/
USA TODAY
— DD: America-haters hate Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv-streaming/2026/11/08/snl-cold-open-midterms-donald-trump-james-talarico/92669695007/
— Young voters swung dramatically back towards Democrats. DD: When you were young, what motivated you to vote for Republicans? For me, it included a) my Democrat Post Office superiors disallowing my sick leave requests and forcing me to resign, b) my not being able to get a job that required a college degree after I earned one from NIU, c) my Democrat Firestone Store boss firing me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint, d) my Democrat IRS superiors disallowing my travel vouchers and education deductions and their making it clear they would never promote me beyond GS-12, and e) my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer and their delaying my promotions, their never promoting me beyond GS-13, their keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, their always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and their forcing me to retire when I was 49.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/11/07/young-voters-swing-to-democrats-2026-midterms/92629702007/
BOSTON GLOBE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Omar. Omar is the face of the Democrat Party.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/11/08/opinion/ilhan-omar-trump-denaturalization/
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump Can’t Just Veto Everything and Explain Trump’s Rejection Abilities In Wake Of Dem Wins.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJD072vkBes
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote populism. DD: According to Google AI, the core characteristics of populism are: “The Us vs. Them Framework: Divides society into two antagonistic groups—the morally pure and hard-working people versus a self-interested or corrupt establishment such as politicians, big business, mainstream media, or cultural institutions. Appeal to Popular Sovereignty: Claims to be the sole authentic voice of the true people, asserting that supreme power should rest directly with the masses rather than mediated through complex institutional checks and balances. Anti-Establishment Sentiment: Expresses deep distrust of traditional political parties, expert consensus, and formal bureaucratic or judicial oversight. Charismatic Leadership: Often relies on a central figure who projects a direct, unfiltered bond with the public, frequently bypassing conventional norms or decorum.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-11-08/why-us-midterm-voters-opted-for-economic-populism
FAST COMPANY
— DD: With their congressional majorities, anticipate/expect that Democrats will ever-increasing push for more preference for Democrats who are liberal/moderate, socialist, noncitizen, non-White, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91636658/minimum-wage-the-gender-wage-gap-and-more-how-democrats-could-pressure-trump-on-workplace-issues
— DD: Since 2016, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being a Trump supporter. My critics/opponents are never-Trumpers. They stress the many demographics that I share with Trump.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91637362/the-gop-went-all-in-on-trump-its-a-cautionary-tale-about-leadership
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Mamdani wasn’t on the ballot in the midterms, but his affordability playbook was everywhere. The United States of Mamdani. Life is too expensive. Democrats finally figured out how to talk about it — and they sound a lot like the New York City mayor. DD: What have you done to afford things? I did far more than my peers to afford things. I worked my way through college and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, because of my wife’s income, and because we gave up trying to have children.
https://www.businessinsider.com/zohran-mamdani-affordability-message-2026-midterms-2026-11
TOVIMA
— The New Swing Voter: Young, Underemployed and Deeply Disillusioned. DD: When you were young, what disillusioned you? For me, it included a) my Democrat Post Office superiors disallowing my sick leave requests and forcing me to resign, b) my not being able to get a job that required a college degree after I earned one from NIU, c) my Democrat Firestone Store boss firing me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint, d) my Democrat IRS superiors disallowing my travel vouchers and education deductions and their making it clear they would never promote me beyond GS-12, and e) my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer and their delaying my promotions, their never promoting me beyond GS-13, their keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, their always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and their forcing me to retire when I was 49.
https://www.tovima.com/wsj/the-new-swing-voter-young-underemployed-and-deeply-disillusione/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
JERUSALEM POST
— US could view Israel as an enemy under Democrats, Victor Davis Hanson warns. The conservative historian accused Democrats of antisemitism and urged Trump to bring the Iran campaign to a decisive end ahead of the 2028 election.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-913859
GUARDIAN
— DD: America-haters hate Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/nov/08/trump-midterms-voters-mirror-world
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/08/donald-trump-power-russia-israel-us-president
— DD: America-haters hate Stephen Miller.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/07/trump-stephen-miller-midterms
— Young voters are fed up, they fueled the Democratic wave. DD: When you were young, what made you fed up? For me, it included a) my Democrat Post Office superiors disallowing my sick leave requests and forcing me to resign, b) my not being able to get a job that required a college degree after I earned one from NIU, c) my Democrat Firestone Store boss firing me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint, d) my Democrat IRS superiors disallowing my travel vouchers and education deductions and their making it clear they would never promote me beyond GS-12, and e) my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer and their delaying my promotions, their never promoting me beyond GS-13, their keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, their always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and their forcing me to retire when I was 49.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/07/youth-vote-turnout-midterm-elections
November 3, 2026
DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— Election results
https://www.dupageresults.gov/IL/DuPage/
MULTISTATE ELECTIONS
— Illinois results
https://www.multistate.us/elections/results/illinois-2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Pritzker, Bailey make final appeals to voters as early voting wraps up.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-election-news-jb-pritzker-darren-bailey-make-final-appeals-voters-early-voting-illinois-governor-race-wraps/20009221/
NBC5
— Pritzker, Bailey make final pitches to voters in Illinois governor’s race.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-bailey-make-final-pitches-to-voters-in-illinois-governors-race/4010974/
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s reelection petitions officially challenged. DD: Because I have lived in Wheaton since 1978 and because I plan on living in Wheaton the rest of my life, I continue to monitor and to report on petition challenges in Wheaton. In 2019, I was one of 10 who applied to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnsons-reelection-petitions-officially-challenged/4010948/
CBS2
— Former FBI Chicago head Doug DePodesta sues FBI, DOJ; says he was forced to resign over failed immigration prosecutions.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/fbi-chicago-doug-depodesta-sues-fbi-doj-forced-resign/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Election Day: Warm weather, strong early vote and federal poll monitors set the stage for Tuesday.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/02/illinois-election-day-warm-weather-strong-early-vote-and-federal-poll-monitors-set-the-stage-for-tuesday/
— 2004: Today in Chicago History: Illinois Democrat Barack Obama elected to US Senate. In defeating Republican Alan Keyes by the largest margin ever in a Senate contest in Illinois, the 43-year-old Obama became the only African American elected that year to the world’s most powerful legislative body and only the third since Reconstruction.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/02/november-2-chicago-history/
— Willie Wilson’s campaign seeks to knock Mayor Johnson off ballot with petition challenges. Former state Sen. Rickey Hendon, who is leading the drive to knock Brandon Johnson off the ballot on behalf of millionaire businessman Willie Wilson, said he was shocked at the problems uncovered with the mayor’s petitions. DD: Because I have lived in Wheaton since 1978 and because I plan on living in Wheaton the rest of my life, I continue to monitor and to report on petition challenges in Wheaton. In 2019, I was one of 10 who applied to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/11/02/willie-wilson-petition-challenges-mayor-brandon-johnson-signatures-mayoral-election
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasing hint/imply/argue/shout that Democrats ended slavery.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/03/first-black-voter-illinois-museum/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261102/crime/us-attorney-andrew-boutros-ordered-to-testify-under-oath-about-alleged-broadview-six-improprieties/
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Wheaton Mayor Phil Suess won’t face opposition in his bid for a third term. He was the only one to file for mayor. Five people are seeking two councilmember-at-large positions, including incumbent Bradley J. Clousing. The other candidates are Randy King, Jim Pursley, Jackie Williamson and Kim Alanis. Council member Erica Bray-Parker is not running again. DD: Alanis has submitted objections to petitions filed by Suess and Pursley.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261027/news/naperville-mayoral-rematch-set-longest-serving-aurora-alderman-wants-another-term/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2026/11/02/university-of-illinois-springfield-groups-staged-no-hate-rally/92516085007/
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois U.S. Senate candidates make their case to voters ahead of Election Day.
https://www.newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-u-s-senate-candidates-make-their-case-to-voters-ahead-of-election-day/article_44327738-3e7f-48d3-9f29-7bca5df0ad50.html
KFVS
— Southern Illinois sees higher early voting turnout.
https://www.kfvs12.com/2026/11/02/southern-illinois-sees-higher-early-voting-turnout-prepares-election-day/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get students to hate Republicans.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-uis-students-rally-march-against-injustice-racism/
WHEATON PARK DISTRICT
— A fresh place to play along the Illinois Prairie Path! Prairie Path Park’s new playground features play structures for preschoolers and school-age children, swings and a spinner for even more fun. Located just south of Roosevelt Road along the Prairie Path, the playground is also accessible from the end of Park Avenue. DD: This park is in my Precinct 59.
https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/wheatonparks
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/11/03/the-ballots-biggest-political-barometers-01145760
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/11/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-627/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DON TRACY
— Don Tracy Campaigns in Wheaton at Seven Dwarfs Restaurant.
https://www.facebook.com/dontracyforil/videos/great-morning-in-wheaton-heading-to-you-next-naperville/3876278052523072/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Kim Alanis, a candidate Wheaton At-large City Council has submitted objections to petitions filed by Philip Suess, the candidate for Wheaton Mayor and by James Pursley, a candidate for Wheaton At-large City Council. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism, that is, to vote for communism. Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that working under socialists is like working under Democrats. Under Democrats, all you need to do to advance is to be a Democrat. Under socialists, all you need to do to advance is to be a socialist. How did Democrat government control impact you? I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile when I was 22 in 1971 to be a liaison between its factories and its Midwest dealerships. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Democrat Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer that I gotten from IRS to be a Revenue Officer. Because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, my Democrat Post Office (1966-1969), IRS (1971-1980), and GAO (1980-1997) superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism, that is, to vote for communism. How strongly are the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct stressing that? How strongly are they stressing the benefits of capitalism and the negatives of socialism? How strongly are they stressing how they have benefitted under capitalism? Socialism destroys motivation. Capitalism motivated me and enabled me to work my way through college and earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981. That enabled me to a) buy a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air in 1964, b) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc., c) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984, d) get married in 1978, e) buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, d) etc. Under socialism, I would not have had the aforesaid motivation or accomplishments because under socialism, all you need to do to advance is be a good little socialist. Being a good little socialist is like being a good little Democrat. All those who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were good little Democrats. To get promoted, none of my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned the aforesaid degrees, professional certifications and professional license. All my Democrat coworkers had to do to get promoted was to be good little Democrats. All those 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 than me, and/or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— If you ran for a government office or a political office, what would you stress? I would stress a) my master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) my professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, c) my having passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) my CPA license, e) my having worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, f) my having served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter for 13 years, g) my having worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, h) my serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, i) my serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, j) my having served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, k) my having served as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, l) my having lived in Illinois since 1948 and in Wheaton since 1978, m) my being married since 1978, n) my having been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, o) etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/
WIREPOINTS
https://wirepoints.org/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Midterm Preview: Brace for Impact.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/midterm-preview-brace-for-impact
WASHINGTON STAND
— Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS): a Real Mental Health Crisis. DD: My critics/opponents have TDS.
https://washingtonstand.com/article/new-survey-points-to-trump-derangement-syndrome-as-real-mental-health-crisis
BREITBART
— More Democrats Say Socialism Is Better than Capitalism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism, that is, to vote for communism.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/11/02/poll-more-democrats-say-socialism-is-better-than-capitalism/
— San Antonio Socialists Stage Dia de Los Muertos Vigil Against ICE. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism, that is, to vote for communism and to vote for illegal immigration.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/11/02/san-antonio-socialists-stage-dia-de-los-muertos-vigil-against-ice/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Half of the House Voted ‘Yes’ to Socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism, that is, to vote for communism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/11/02/half-of-the-house-voted-yes-to-socialism/
FEDERALIST
— Spain Is A Socialist Dictatorship. If Americans do not want to see their country become another nation drifting toward twenty-first-century socialism, the lesson is right before their eyes. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism, that is, to vote for communism.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/11/spain-is-a-socialist-dictatorship/
— Pro-Trans Doctors Lied To Keep Federal Money Flowing For Puberty Blockers. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for more LGBTQ.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/11/03/pro-trans-doctors-lied-to-keep-federal-money-flowing-for-puberty-blockers/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Americans Should Treat the Media’s Immigration Sob Stories with Extreme Skepticism. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.fairus.org/opinion/americans-should-treat-medias-immigration-sob-stories-extreme-skepticism
FOX NEWS
— Young voters are misled about government control because of their financial struggles. DD: What did you do to avoid financial struggles? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that working under socialists is like working under Democrats. Under Democrats, all you need to do to advance is to be a Democrat. Under socialists, all you need to do to advance is to be a socialist. How did Democrat government control impact you? I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile when I was 22 in 1971 to be a liaison between its factories and its Midwest dealerships. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Democrat Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer that I gotten from IRS to be a Revenue Officer. Because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, my Democrat Post Office (1966-1969), IRS (1971-1980), and GAO (1980-1997) superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6407813240112
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— Number of Americans Unemployed for 6 Months Has Surged Ahead of Midterms. DD: I have been unemployed, that is, I have not been able to get a paid job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license, since I was 49 in 1997 because my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire. Previously, they had taken many adverse actions against me. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.newsweek.com/number-of-americans-unemployed-for-6-months-has-surged-ahead-of-midterms-12651427
(FROM THE ARTICLE: About 1.9 million Americans were unemployed for at least 27 weeks in September, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data. That represented 27.1 percent of all unemployed Americans. And now a new report from MyPerfectResume found long-term unemployment increased 68 percent since 2023, from roughly 1.1 million people to 1.9 million. On top of that, the share of unemployed Americans out of work for at least 27 weeks has risen from 19 percent to 26 percent.)
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation and for everything else that is bad.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/us/politics/election-mood-affordability.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/02/opinion/trump-character-presidents-midterms.html
— Trump’s Immigration Dragnet Sweeps Up Ukrainian Truckers Who Fled War. DD: What should America have done when Russia invaded Ukraine?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/ukraine-immigrant-trucker-cdl-weigh-stations-ice.html
— On the Ballot in California: The Prospects for a National Wealth Tax. The outcome of the state’s ballot initiative for a billionaires tax could set the tone for the broader Democratic debate about how to raise more revenue.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/us/on-the-ballot-in-california-the-prospects-for-a-national-wealth-tax.html
USA TODAY
— Generation X is freaking out about its impending retirement. DD: My retirement income and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 on 1997.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/2026/10/28/generation-x-retirement-401k-savings-social-security/92461280007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Child care costs continue to rise. Can anyone afford to keep up?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/2026/10/29/child-care-costs-rising-parents-cant-keep-up/91687280007/
NEW YORK SUN
— Democratic Socialists Poised for Major Gains in Congress as ‘Squad’ Set To Expand. Nearly two dozen left-wing progressives could join Washington’s ranks after Tuesday’s midterm elections, even as polling shows many Americans remain wary of the movement. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism, that is, to vote for communism.
https://www.nysun.com/article/democratic-socialists-poised-for-major-gains-in-congress-as-squad-set-to-expand
CITY WATCH LA
— New York’s Democrat Socialists of America (DSA) Dictates Los Angeles Policy. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism, that is, to vote for communism.
https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33674-new-yorks-democrat-socialists-of-america-dsa-dictates-los-angeles-policy
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— After Mamdani in New York, Los Angeles Decides if It Wants a DSA Mayor, Too. Democratic socialist Nithya Raman is in a close race with incumbent Karen Bass as frustration mounts over quality of life. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism, that is, to vote for communism.
What did you do to improve the quality of your life? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/los-angeles-voters-weigh-whether-a-dsa-mayor-can-fix-the-citys-problems-ab1329a5
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Workers Adapt Their Resumes to Fit the Political Moment. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a student at Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was a student to UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. If I had been active in Republican politics while I was a student at Loyola 1972-1976 and DePaul 1976-1980, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, would not have hired me.
https://hbr.org/2026/11/research-when-workers-adapt-their-resumes-to-fit-the-political-moment
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Job candidates may avoid talking politics in an interview, but subtle tweaks to their resumes can reveal where they stand—and give them an edge with employers who share their views. Workers are adding and deleting politically polarizing language from their resumes right before and after presidential elections to show that they’re aligned with like-minded employers, a study coauthored by Harvard Business School Professor Joseph Pacelli finds. Those changes can pay off: Businesses often favor applicants who appear to be on the same political page, sometimes choosing these candidates over others with stronger skills and experience, the research shows. “At the end of the day, firms want to hire and promote the right employees,” says Pacelli, the Gerald Schuster Associate Professor of Business Administration. “But we show that companies chasing the current political trend can actually end up hiring potentially less qualified workers. The companies are sacrificing quality for that alignment.” American corporations have long adapted to the prevailing political winds of an era, adjusting policies and rhetoric to protect their business interests. Now it’s clear that workers are doing the same, as many add or remove wording tied to environmental and diversity themes to match the political trend of the moment. They’re doing so both to appeal to employers with similar views and to advance their careers, according to Pacelli’s research, “Partisan Resumes: ESG Signaling Over the Political Cycle,” which was updated in August. “It’s more evidence of politics seeping into corporate life,” says Pacelli. “Partisanship is directly affecting workers and how they sort into firms.” With U.S. midterm elections coming, the results may prompt business leaders to consider: Is a resume that seems like a perfect cultural fit actually pointing to the right candidate, or is it the result of a well-timed edit?)
LONG ISLAND LIFE & POLITICS
— Socialists’ Platform Proves They Are Communists at Heart. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism, that is, for communism, that is, to vote for communism.
https://lilifepolitics.com/opinion-editorials/socialists-platform-proves-they-are-communists-at-heart/
EEOC
— EEOC Issues Enforcement Guidance on National Origin Discrimination. DD: I am 100% German national origin. Very few of my workplace superiors 1964-1997 were German American and extremely few were 100% German American. Very few if not extremely few of my Republican superiors since 1999 have been German American.
https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-issues-enforcement-guidance-national-origin-discrimination
RICE UNIVERSITY
— Christians, Jews and Muslims experience workplace discrimination differently, new Rice research shows. Muslims and Jews feel targeted by rhetoric; Christians for stances on moral issues. Two-thirds of Muslims, half of Jews and more than a third of evangelical Protestant Christians experience workplace discrimination, albeit in different ways. DD: I was baptized as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, raised as a MSL, and confirmed as a MSL in 1962. Very few of my workplace superiors 1964-1997 were Protestants and extremely few were MSLs. Very few if not extremely few of my Republican superiors since 1999 have been Protestants.
https://news.rice.edu/news/2022/christians-jews-and-muslims-experience-workplace-discrimination-differently-new-rice
YALE DAILY NEWS
— On election’s eve, Yale democratic socialists phonebank for El-Sayed. Yale’s Young Democratic Socialists of America chapter, in collaboration with Yale Jews for Collective Liberation in Palestine, hosted a phone banking session on Monday to steer Michigan voters toward Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in Tuesday’s election. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism, that is, to vote for communism.
https://yaledailynews.com/articles/on-election-s-eve-yale-democratic-socialists-phonebank-for-el-sayed
November 2, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Early voting draws steady turnout as candidates make final push before Election Day.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-election-news-early-voting-draws-steady-turnout-illinois-governor-candidates-jb-pritzker-darrien-bailey-make-final-push/20006428/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among those voting Sunday was 108-year-old Wheaton resident Nancy Rossi, who cast her ballot in person at the DuPage County Fairgrounds. “My birthday is April 10, 1918, and I live with my daughter,” Rossi said. Rossi said she stopped voting for 40 years because of her disillusionment with political corruption. Asked how grateful she was to be able to cast a ballot, Rossi replied, “Oh, greatly, greatly, greatly.” Her daughter, Carmine Pollack, said voting is now very important to Rossi. “She said we have to vote because if we don’t vote, we can’t complain,” Pollack said. Rossi was among many voters who took advantage of shorter lines on Sunday. Donna Ciszczon, a DuPage County election judge supervisor, said turnout has been unusually strong. “Voter turnout this midterm is probably one of the largest I’ve seen in the last 10 years. Surprisingly enough, both mail-in ballots as well as in-person voting, and I’m just very surprised at how large it’s been,” Ciszczon said. According to the ABC7 early voting ballot tracker, turnout in DuPage County stood at 21.4%, nearly five percentage points higher than the state average. Chicago’s turnout was 13.4%, both figures include both early voting and returned mail ballots.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/02/lawsuit-indiana-immigration-detention-center/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Obama against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/02/column-barack-obama-donald-trump-cheesecake-factory-page/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Despite Trump’s harsh rhetoric toward Chicago, he’s held significant private investments in the region. They extend well beyond his interests in the Trump Tower along the Chicago River and include local government bonds, as well as stocks in publicly traded companies in the metro area, from AbbVie to United Airlines.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/11/02/president-donald-trump-investments-economic-disclosure-chicago-illinois
WGN9 & CHICAGO TRIBUNE & CHICAGO DEFENDER & PEORIA JOURNAL STAR & ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR & BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT & FOX ILLINOIS & NPR ILLINOIS & WQAD
— DD: The Democrat mainstream news media ever-increasingly promotes Democrat candidates and bashes Republican candidates. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Democrats ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/illinois-democrats-make-final-campaign-push/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/11/01/final-campaign-weekend-illinois-democrats-republicans/
https://chicagodefender.com/juliana-stratton-could-make-history-as-illinois-chooses-its-next-u-s-senator/
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2026/11/01/polls-pritzker-enjoys-large-lead-over-bailey-in-bid-for-third-term/92483627007/
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/11/01/lahood-breaks-from-trump-on-some-key-issues-ahead-of-midterms/92484431007/
https://www.bnd.com/news/article317870271.html
https://www.bnd.com/news/article317870605.html
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trumps-rallies-in-iowa-and-kansas-come-as-republicans-fight-to-keep-senate-and-house/article_19924438-7b12-5a13-aa9d-7393732f9f36.html
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-01/how-gen-z-republicans-running-for-congress-are-thinking-about-the-future-of-the-party
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-01/trump-thanks-supporters-for-the-memories-in-final-campaign-stops-for-2026-midterms
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-01/whats-it-like-to-run-for-congress-when-the-odds-are-stacked-heavily-against-you
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-01/how-to-think-about-the-midterms-and-the-political-moment-the-country-is-in
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/politics/voters-raise-midterm-concerns-at-trump-rally-in-dubuque/526-08fbe565-4334-4aa5-9868-3790e4a0e1b7
WAND & WASHINGTON POST
— Affordability among biggest issue facing voters. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use affordability against Trump. What have you done to afford things? I did far more than my peers to afford things. I worked my way through college and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, because of my wife’s income, and because we gave up trying to have children.
https://www.wandtv.com/video/2026/11/01/affordability-among-biggest-issue-facing-voters/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/11/02/meet-6-voters-battleground-states-who-say-affordability-is-their-top-worry/
WGN RADIO & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/preschool-case-puts-lgbtq-and-religious-rights-at-odds-in-supreme-court/amp/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/preschool-case-puts-lgbtq-and-religious-rights-at-odds-in-supreme-court/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders say “What Vance’s midterm push reveals about his potential 2028 bid.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-11-02/what-vances-midterm-push-reveals-about-his-potential-2028-bid
ILLINOIS TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news/peoples-rally-against-hate-at-uis/
WHEATON PATCH
— Wheaton 2026 General Election Info: Candidates, Polling Places, More. Here’s what to know about the 2026 General Election if you’re voting in Wheaton.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/amp/35118632/wheaton-2026-general-election-info-candidates-polling-places-more
LEGACY
— Joseph Keim Obituary
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/joseph-keim-obituary?id=62883497
AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois candidates take different paths on final campaign day. In the race for U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton will join Pritzker on his four-city tour Monday, while Republican opponent Don Tracy will stop in Wheaton and Naperville before finishing in Will County.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/11/02/illinois-candidates-final-campaign-day-pritzker-bailey-stratton-tracy
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker makes his pitch. Michigan steals the show.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/11/02/pritzker-makes-his-pitch-michigan-steals-the-show-01144763
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DOUG IBENDAHL
— What good is a State GOP that won’t stand with President Trump?
https://dougelstonibendahl.substack.com/p/what-good-is-a-state-gop-that-wont
WIREPOINTS
— ‘White Guilt’ Comes to New Trier High School. Will Open Minds Follow?
https://wirepoints.org/white-guilt-comes-to-new-trier-high-school-will-open-minds-follow-wirepoints/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The far left has not lost its grip on public education. One movie screening won’t change that. But at New Trier High School in suburban Chicago, a small opening may be taking shape. A school that made national headlines in 2017 for refusing to include dissenting voices in its controversial “seminar day” on race now appears ready to let some of those same voices be heard on campus. On Thursday, November 5, New Trier Neighbors and Trevian Club America plan to host a screening and panel discussion of a new movie, White Guilt, by father-son filmmakers Shelby and Eli Steele at New Trier’s Cornog Auditorium. The film challenges precisely the kind of racial orthodoxy that New Trier once presented to students as indisputable fact. And the event will feature two of the names the 2017 dissenting parents asked the school to include nine years ago: Shelby Steele, who narrates the film, and Pastor Corey Brooks, who appears in the film and is scheduled to be in attendance. A privately hosted event is not a change in curriculum. Allowing a screening is not an endorsement. But at a school whose authoritarian approach to teaching race became a national flashpoint, making room for an unwelcome argument would be a step forward.)
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— The Precinct Packet Delivered to My Door WITH IMAGES. DD: To get out the vote for Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton ( https://electionresults.dupagecounty.gov/election/PrecinctMaps/map50059.pdf ), I walked to the front doors of 370 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter and delivered 370 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes using 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels that contained a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot ( https://electionresults.dupageco.org/election/ballots/2026/General/Milton%20059-0316-NP.PDF ), and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. Those 370 envelopes contained 5,920 pieces: 5,180 campaign pieces (14X370), 370 Voter Guides, and 370 sample ballots. About 200 of those 370 households were Republican and about 170 were Independent. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/11/02/the-precinct-packet-delivered-to-my-door/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Why do voters vote for candidates? Far too many vote for those candidates who promise to use government to give those who share their demographics the most preference. Democrat and RINO candidates have always shouted at voters who are the following that Republicans discriminate against them, and therefore, they need massive government assistance to survive let alone advance: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— On who/what do your critics/opponents blame their problems? My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. How strongly will they blame me and blame my newsletters for the defeats that Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in my precinct will suffer? I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would take all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have suffered defeats since 2000 and focus on the logic/arguments that my critics/opponents have used to blame me for those defeats. I would focus on my critics/opponents who are past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) major Republican donors. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents reject? My critics/opponents reject planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents do? My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn the federal government.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b9e0692b-b3a0-475c-8586-35a37a59dafd.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker has spent $545 million on politics over past 10 years.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-spent-545-million-politics-past-10-years/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— California’s dirty voter rolls and what they mean for future elections. Diluting real American votes.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/nov/1/californias-dirty-voter-rolls-mean-future-elections/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— America is holding an election. It needs a divorce.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4781616/national-divorce-red-blue-states/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sad to say, we’ve become two nations headed in two totally different directions. Red-state America still believes in the Constitution, American exceptionalism, and free enterprise. This means that you can come here from anywhere (legally, mind you), become an American, contribute to society, worship and raise your children as you choose, build wealth, and live the American dream. Blue-state America, by contrast, has torn up the Constitution, surrendered to socialism, and destroyed its patrimony of thriving cities and regions. Blue-state America wants to be Europe (while Europe has begun to wish it was Red-state America). Blue-state America pours scorn on the world’s longest standing experiment in democracy and wants to be ruled by unions, Islamists, and a government that fosters dependency, not opportunity. Red-state America, by contrast, appreciates our freedoms, our military, our public safety, our history, and our way of life.)
— Trump says he’ll become ‘Mr. Veto’ if Democrats control Congress after midterm elections.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4787399/trump-mr-veto-democrats-midterm-elections/
AMAC
— Why Your Midterm Vote Could Decide America’s Future in 2026. While many people skip the midterm elections, assuming that the real action is only in presidential years, too much is at stake to think all those other elections don’t matter much.
https://amac.us/newsline/election-2026-the-stakes
AMERICAN THINKER
— Is it our responsibility to deliver Muslims from temptation? Muslim men want all women covered up head to toe with burkas, hijabs, and niqabs, etc., because they say otherwise it would be too tempting and they couldn’t control themselves.
americanthinker.com/blog/2026/11/is-it-our-responsibility-to-deliver-muslims-from-temptation/
— The ignorance guiding leftist opinions on immigration. I follow a lot of leftists on Facebook, and I’m always stunned by their weird take on immigration, which results from deliberate misinformation.
americanthinker.com/blog/2026/11/the-ignorance-guiding-leftist-opinions-on-immigration/
— AP, California officials, focus on 40 percent claimed errors in non-citizen voter list, ignore the undisputed 60 percent.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/11/ap-california-officials-focus-on-40-percent-claimed-errors-in-non-citizen-voter-list-ignore-the-undisputed-60-percent/
BREITBART
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/11/01/pritzker-dems-will-hold-hearings-to-expose-extent-of-trumps-corruption/amp/
FOX NEWS
— ‘Squad’ could double in size amid ‘SOCIALIST HELLHOLE’ fears. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5LP11pAcOM
— Pope Leo XIV casts ballot in US election, raising questions about foreign leaders voting. DD: Of course, Democrat leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that the Pope voted Democrat, that is, that he voted for socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. To get more votes from non-Protestants, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote mote hatred against Protestants.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/jonathan-turley-pope-leo-xiv-casts-ballot-us-election-raising-questions-foreign-leaders-voting
— Trump boasts of ‘unbelievable’ support from young voters at campaign rallies. DD: To get more votes from young White male voters, Democrat leaders have always shouted at young White male voters that because of Republicans, young White male voters need massive government assistance to survive let alone advance. If I had fallen for that, because I was a young White male voter and because I was never in line to get government assistance or any other kind of assistance, I never would have had the motivation to work my way through college and to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6407627524112
— Haley Stevens endorses Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race shakeup.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6407778733112
HOT AIR
— ‘60 Minutes’ Still Frames Deportation as Cruelty, Not Correction.
https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/11/01/60-minutes-still-frames-deportation-as-cruelty-not-correction-n3820543
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Academic Leaders and Nonprofits Are Working Behind the Scenes to Defend DEI. DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/11/academic-leaders-and-nonprofits-are-working-behind-the-scenes-to-defend-dei/amp/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Young Men Have Lurched Left Since 2024. DD: To get more votes from young White male voters, Democrat leaders have always shouted at young White male voters that because of Republicans, young White male voters need massive government assistance to survive let alone advance. If I had fallen for that, because I was a young White male voter and because I was never in line to get government assistance or any other kind of assistance, I never would have had the motivation to work my way through college and to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/young-men-have-lurched-left-since-2024/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Blue State/Red State Comparisons: A Winning Message for GOP.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/11/02/blue_statered_state_comparisons_a_winning_message_for_gop_154642.amp.html
TOWNHALL
— Your Vote for the Republicans Is a Vote Against Tyranny.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/11/02/your-vote-for-the-republicans-is-a-vote-against-tyranny-n2685681
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The DSA welcomes you to the $47 trillion waiting room. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/6185936-dsa-medicare-for-all-costs/amp/
NBC NEWS
— Democratic? Republican? Most new young voters register as neither. More than half of voters who turned 18 since the 2024 presidential election didn’t affiliate with a major party. DD: If I had been active in Republican politics when I was in high school, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had been active in Republican politics when I was earning my bachelor’s degree, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. I had been active in Republican politics when I was earning my master’s degrees, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/democratic-republican-registration-new-young-voters-rcna605053
NBC NEWS & NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: The Democrat mainstream news media ever-increasingly promotes Democrat candidates and bashes Republican candidates. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Democrats ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/jb-pritzker-says-trump-is-trying-to-rig-these-elections-full-interview-272656453669
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/jb-pritzker-doesn-t-rule-out-2028-run-it-s-all-about-what-s-best-for-the-people-of-illinois-272656453687
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/poll-voters-demand-change-check-trump-fueling-steep-democratic-midterm-rcna606183
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/poll-2024-trump-voters-explain-coalition-fraying-ahead-midterms-rcna606184
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/illinois-results
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/us/politics/election-mood-affordability.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/us/politics/john-sununu-new-hampshire-senate-race.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/31/us/elections/women-voters-midterms-democratic.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/business/anthony-romero-aclu.html
NEW YORK TIMES & WASHINGTON POST & USA TODAY & SPECTRUM NEWS & ORLANDO SENTINEL & CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR & DAILY BEAST & BLOOMBERG
— DD: To get more votes from young White male voters, Democrat leaders have always shouted at young White male voters that because of Republicans, young White male voters need massive government assistance to survive let alone advance. If I had fallen for that, because I was a young White male voter and because I was never in line to get government assistance or any other kind of assistance, I never would have had the motivation to work my way through college and to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/elections/100000011230123/trump-young-men-voters-michigan.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/11/01/democrats-are-embracing-new-tactics-win-over-young-voters/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/10/26/democratic-supermajority-trump-offers-cautionary-tale/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/11/01/gen-z-voters-2026-election-trump-economy/92459871007/
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/politics/2026/10/30/usc-student-voters-frustrated-yet-hopeful-ahead-of-the-midterm-elections
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/11/01/guest-commentary-how-young-people-are-uniting-against-florida-billionaires/
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/1029/young-men-voters-trump-gop
https://www.thedailybeast.com/good-news-americas-most-important-voters-hate-donald-trump
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-10-29/republicans-have-a-problem-with-young-men-vance-is-not-the-answer
DES MOINES REGISTER
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2026/11/01/dubuque-orders-removal-tarp-over-diversity-mural-trump-rally/92548964007/
AKRON BEACON JOURNAL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly demand that those who are the following get more preference: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2026/11/01/impossible-standard-black-women-politics-opinion/92466802007/
HOMEWOOD STAR
— 9 Homewood High School students named National Merit semifinalists. DD: My critics/opponents, and especially those who got academic scholarships, have always stressed that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made into the upper 20% of my class. What harmed your ACT score and your high school GPA? For me, it was my spending far too many hours washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights instead of studying.
https://thehomewoodstar.com/schools/9-homewood-high-school-students-named-national-merit-semifin/
BLOOMBERG
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, the Democrat mainstream news media ever-increasingly hints/implies/argues/shouts that Republicans are racists.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-01/republicans-risk-losing-some-south-asian-voters-over-anti-immigration-rhetoric
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders blame Trump for socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-11-01/why-socialism-is-back-in-american-politics-video
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote higher taxes.
https://fortune.com/2026/11/01/income-wealth-tax-measures-ballot-midterms-politics-california-voting/
BUSINESS JOURNAL
— An MBA for every professional background. DD: I took 16 graduate evening business courses at Loyola 1972-1976 because my IRS employee manual encouraged me to do that. I took 12 graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul 1972-1976 because my IRS employee manual encouraged me to do that. I took 14 graduate evening finance courses at IIT 1992-1997 because my GAO supervisor encouraged/demanded me to do that.
https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2026/11/02/mba-professional-background-du-diverse-education.html
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— OPM’s performance rating system misses the real problem. DD: My Democrat Post Office (1966-1969), IRS (1971-1980), and GAO (1980-1997) superiors used the subjectivity in their performance rating systems to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/10/opms-performance-rating-system-misses-the-real-problem/
HR DIVE
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for inflation.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/rising-wages-still-fall-short-of-higher-cost-of-living/873025/
NPR
— Democrats are running on affordability. DD: What have you done to afford things? I did far more than my peers to afford things. I worked my way through college and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, because of my wife’s income, and because we gave up trying to have children.
https://www.npr.org/2026/11/01/nx-s1-6024693/democrats-are-running-on-affordability-are-voters-buying-it
ATLANTIC
— DD: On who/what do your critics/opponents blame their problems? My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. How strongly will they blame me and blame my newsletters for the defeats that Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in my precinct will suffer? I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would take all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have suffered defeats since 2000 and focus on the logic/arguments that my critics/opponents have used to blame me for those defeats. I would focus on my critics/opponents who are past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, e) religious leaders, and f) major Republican donors.
https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/2026/11/trump-advisers-iran-war/689247/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FINANCIAL EXPRESS
— DD: To get more votes from young White male voters, Democrat leaders have always shouted at young White male voters that because of Republicans, young White male voters need massive government assistance to survive let alone advance. If I had fallen for that, because I was a young White male voter and because I was never in line to get government assistance or any other kind of assistance, I never would have had the motivation to work my way through college and to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/us-news/us-midterms-2026-the-youth-turnout-gap-behind-democrats-polling-lead/4373412/
GUARDIAN
— Affordability top of mind for voters in final sprint to midterms: ‘I have to pick between medicine or groceries.’ DD: What have you done to afford things? I did far more than my peers to afford things. I worked my way through college and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, because of my wife’s income, and because we gave up trying to have children.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/01/affordability-voters-final-sprint-midterms
INDIAN EXPRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn Indian-Americans against Trump. Then again, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn those who are the following against Trump: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/america-vote-ballot-epstein-donald-trump-10945941/
October 31, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cook County Dems trying for blue sweep in board races, GOP hopes to keep one seat, make gains.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/31/cook-county-democrats-board-races/
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/advocates-highlight-chicagos-role-hosting-first-pride-march-during-2026-lgbtq-history-month/20000990/
NBC5
— Armed suspects use sledgehammers to break into suburban gaming café, steal nearly $14K. Prosecutors allege five people, four of them armed, then broke into the café using large sledgehammers and a crowbar.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/armed-suspects-use-sledgehammers-to-break-into-suburban-gaming-cafe-steal-nearly-14k/4009997/
WGN9
— Healthcare becomes key midterm issue ahead of policy changes. DD: Democrat leaders run the mainstream news media. The mainstream news media dictates what the campaign issues are.
https://wgntv.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/healthcare-becomes-key-midterm-issue-ahead-of-policy-changes/
FOX32
— Elmhurst coffee shop owner accused of selling meth to undercover cop 3 times.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/elmhurst-coffee-shop-owner-accused-selling-meth-undercover-cop-3-times
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-626/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I vehemently disagree with those who hint/imply/ague/shout that to punish Trump, to punish Bailey, and/or to save the Republican Party, you should vote for all the Democrat candidates on your ballot. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— As Democrats ever-increasing increase their domination of Illinois, what should the remaining Republicans in Illinois anticipate/expect? It will be ever-increasing difficult if not impossible for them a) to get accepted by colleges, b) to earn professional certifications and licenses, c) to get hired, retained, and promoted, d) to get loans, e) to buy cars, f) to buy real estate, g) to buy firearms, h) to get married, i) to get elected, j) to exercise their 1st and 7th Amendment rights, k) etc. The aforesaid will be especially true for Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. To vote for Democrats is to vote for more Democrat discrimination against Republicans. I should write about how DuPage County Republican leaders welcomed Democrat invaders with open arms. I would focus on those who did the most to dump conservatives to curry favor with the invading Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— As Democrats ever-increasing increase their domination of Illinois, what do you anticipate/expect the remaining Republicans in Illinois will do? I hope that they will not a) leave Illinois, b) become Democrats, or heaven forbid, c) promote socialism, dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, abortion, that is, disrespect for human life, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. I certainly hope that they will not promote hated against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. To vote for Democrats is to vote for more poverty and crime.
— On what/who will the following blame November 3 Republican defeats: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township party organization and b) the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct? The aforesaid who are RINOs or Democrat plants will blame a) the Republican Party platform and especially its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks, b) conservative principles, c) conservatives, d) my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and e) me. Who will come to the defense of the platform, conservative principles, conservatives, my newsletters, and me? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To get more votes from young people, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republican leaders have made it much more difficult for them to achieve the American Dream. But Democrat and RINO leaders, not Republican leaders, have ever-increasingly made it more difficult for young people to achieve the American Dream, and especially for young people who are citizens of America, conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. When I was young, if I had been noncitizen, liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, I would have achieved much more much faster than I did because my employers were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat leaders to give more preference to my coworkers who did not share my demographics. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, c) my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and d) my 1981 job-related professional license. It all culminated with my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Johnson warns Democrat midterm victory would unlock sweeping socialist power: ‘2026 is different’ DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4786340/johnson-warns-democrat-socialist-midterm-victory/
NEW YORK POST
— How Harvard changed since end of affirmative action — record breaking Asian admissions.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/30/opinion/how-harvard-changed-since-end-of-affirmative-action-record-breaking-asian-admissions/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— DD: I disagree with those who want Republican candidates to be defeated no matter what reasons they use.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/no-jonah-goldberg-wont-take-back-the-post-trump-gop/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— House GOP could use little-known move to block incoming socialists. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/10/30/not-so-fast-house-gop-could-use-little-known-move-to-block-incoming-socialists-1665475/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A number of rabidly socialist Democrats may be on a glide path to the House of Representatives, but a big surprise could await them when they get to Washington. The far-left radicals who toppled incumbents in a string of shocking summer primary upsets have now advanced to the general election and will serve as reinforcements for the socialists who have already established a beachhead in Congress despite their disdain for the nation’s founding principles as espoused in the U.S. Constitution. It is a document that incoming members are required to swear an oath to uphold before they can officially become House lawmakers, an oath that traditionally is taken by all 435 members en masse and is led by the Speaker of the House. But Fox News reports that there is “an argument circulating in conservative circles posits that any member-elect can challenge another member-elect’s right to be sworn in, provided they have compiled evidence that that person would not uphold their oath. That would then lead to House-wide deliberations followed by a vote on whether that member-elect has a right to be sworn in.” The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) – an organization which some of the likely incoming Democrats belong to – states in its platform that the Constitution should be thrown into the trash and replaced with a new one.)
BREITBART
— State Official Tells Minnesota Somalis They Can Show Up to Vote Without Proof of Citizenship.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/30/watch-state-official-tells-minnesota-somalis-they-can-show-up-to-vote-without-proof-of-citizenship/amp/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Colorado College requires student groups seeking recognition to address DEI goals. DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/colorado-college-requires-student-groups-seeking-recognition-address-dei-goals/30898
DAILY SIGNAL
— Why Socialism Could Backfire on Democrats. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDmw999aGYo
DAILY WIRE
— DD: To get more votes from young people, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republican leaders have made it much more difficult for them to achieve the American Dream. But Democrat and RINO leaders, not Republican leaders, have ever-increasingly made it more difficult for young people to achieve the American Dream, and especially for young people who are citizens of America, conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. When I was young, if I had been noncitizen, liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, I would have achieved much more much faster than I did because my employers were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat leaders to give more preference to my coworkers who did not share my demographics. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, c) my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and d) my 1981 job-related professional license. It all culminated with my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-to-win-back-the-disillusioned-american-dream
FEDERALIST
— DHS: Trump Admin Revoked Immigration Status Of 2.2 Million Illegals.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/10/30/dhs-trump-admin-revoked-immigration-status-of-2-2-million-illegals/
— Dems Claim Voter ID Is Too Confusing But Not ‘Decoy Dan’ Ballot Trick.
https://thefederalist.com/videos/lyman-dems-claim-voter-id-is-too-confusing-but-not-decoy-dan-ballot-trick/
FOX NEWS
— Democratic socialists are gaining ground as Democrat leaders remain silent. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/joe-manchin-warns-democratic-socialists-gaining-ground-democrats-remain-silent.amp
HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— From the Golden State to the socialist state. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://heartland.org/opinion/from-the-golden-state-to-the-socialist-state/
— Is the Stage Being Set for Socialism in 2028?
https://heartland.org/opinion/is-the-stage-being-set-for-socialism-in-2028/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Maybe This Time, the GOP Will Confront Defeat. DD: On what/who will the following blame November 3 Republican defeats: a) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township party organization and b) the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct? The aforesaid who are RINOs or Democrat plants will blame a) the Republican Party platform and especially its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks, b) conservative principles, c) conservatives, d) my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and e) me. Who will come to the defense of the platform, conservative principles, conservatives, my newsletters, and me?
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/10/maybe-this-time-the-gop-will-confront-defeat/
NEWSMAX
— Democratic Win Would Hand Power to Socialists. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/johnson-socialists-democratic/2026/10/30/id/1274635/
— Midterms are about defeating Democratic Socialists of America. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnpaZvVfX-4
REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Europe’s Riots: The Cost of Socialism and Globalism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2026/10/30/europes_riots_the_cost_of_socialism_and_globalism_1214352.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: People not taking personal responsibility for their health drives up healthcare costs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/well/public-health-stigma-shame-rfk-jr.html
NEWS NATION
— Could Republicans prevent Democratic Socialists from being sworn in? DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/2026-midterm-elections/could-gop-prevent-democratic-socialists-sworn-in/
https://www.aol.com/articles/could-republicans-prevent-democratic-socialists-181741000.html
BALTIMORE SUN & CBS13
— Young Americans increasingly embrace socialism. Nearly half of young Americans now hold a favorable view of socialism, according to a new Fox News poll, highlighting a generational debate over capitalism, government intervention and the future of the American economy just days before the midterm elections. The poll found 48% of adults ages 18 to 34 view socialism favorably, as younger Americans grapple with rising living costs, expensive housing and student debt. DD: To get more votes from young people, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republican leaders have made it much more difficult for them to achieve the American Dream. But Democrat and RINO leaders, not Republican leaders, have ever-increasingly made it more difficult for young people to achieve the American Dream, and especially for young people who are citizens of America, conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. When I was young, if I had been noncitizen, liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, I would have achieved much more much faster than I did because my employers were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat leaders to give more preference to my coworkers who did not share my demographics. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, c) my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and d) my 1981 job-related professional license. It all culminated with my Democrat GAO superiors forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2026/10/30/young-americans-increasingly-embrace-socialism-what-will-it-mean-for-election/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jJw5VpamvM
KTVB
— IRS collected its highest tax revenue in history. DD: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.
https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/nation-world/irs-collected-more-than-5-trillion-taxes-in-2026/507-fd36c8e1-5606-416e-a5a3-aba2bafb05aa
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Republican Anxiety Mounts in Final Days Before Midterm Elections. Polling showing Democrats are favored to make gains in Congress has GOP candidates in deep-red areas working to shore up support
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/republican-anxiety-mounts-in-final-days-before-midterm-elections-221bb03a
— The Signs That Voters Want a Check on Trump’s Power. DD: What about a check on Democrat power in Illinois?
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/the-signs-that-voters-want-a-check-on-trumps-power-0a5cde4e
— DD: I vehemently disagree with those who hint/imply/ague/shout that to punish Trump, to punish Bailey, and/or to save the Republican Party, you should vote for all the Democrat candidates on your ballot.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-case-for-a-historic-wave-c11a0a92
MINNEAPOLIS FED
— Weakening job ladder. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, to get promoted beyond GS-13, you had to be a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, to get promoted beyond GS-12, you had to be a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, to get promoted beyond GS-4, you had to be a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2026/what-explains-the-broken-rungs-on-the-us-job-ladder
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://fortune.com/2026/10/30/trump-maga-supporters-approval-midterms/
— 42% of America’s recent college grads are working jobs that don’t need a degree. DD: When you graduated from college, what harmed your job hunt? When I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21 in 1970, potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother would be approved. Further, my GPA was not that great because instead of studying, I had worked far too many hours for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969. Further, potential employers were under tremendous pressure to hire minorities, females, and veterans. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got, to be the Retail Sales Manager in a Firestone Store, a job that did not really require a college degree. Because my future there was bleak, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971 to be a liaison between its factories and its Midwest dealerships. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer that I got from IRS to be a Revenue Officer, a job that required a business degree. I had taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination while I was a NIU student as a backup because I knew that private sector employers look down on federal employees and I had been a federal employee for almost 3 years.
https://fortune.com/2026/10/26/gen-z-underemployment-riots-france-cockroach-india-rebellion/
FAST COMPANY
— Today’s generation redefines the American Dream. From homeownership to the workplace, generations recast the dream for tomorrow. DD: What did you do to achieve the America Dream? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. In today’s dollars, that increased my salary from $19.57/hour in 1966, to $100,059/year in 1974, to $113,402 in 1980, and to $154,682/year in 1997. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and because my wife and I gave up trying to have children.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91632178/todays-generation-redefines-the-american-dream
INVESTOPEDIA
— See How Your Income Compares to the Typical Household in Your State. The typical annual income is above $100,000 in eight states and Washington D.C.
https://www.investopedia.com/here-s-the-typical-household-income-in-each-state-12202982
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The typical household income ranged from $59,350 in Mississippi to $107,800 in New Jersey, according to new Census data. The median income is above $100,000 in eight states and Washington, D.C. States where more adults are college-educated tended to have higher median household incomes in 2025.)
— California Is One of the Most Expensive States for the American Dream. Here’s What It Costs. DD: What did you do to achieve the America Dream? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, b) job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981. In today’s dollars, that increased my salary from $19.57/hour in 1966, to $100,059/year in 1974, to $113,402 in 1980, and to $154,682/year in 1997. But according to my critics/opponents, I was able to do the aforesaid only because I avoided the Vietnam War draft and because my wife and I gave up trying to have children.
https://www.investopedia.com/california-is-one-of-the-most-expensive-states-for-the-american-dream-here-s-what-it-costs-12198147
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The American Dream costs $6.63 million in California, the third-highest nationally and about 25% above the national figure. Housing alone costs $2.09 million, $818,000 more than the national figure.)
Raising two kids costs just over $1 million, about $300,000 more than the national figure.
TENNESSEE LOOKOUT
— DD: To get more votes from Democrat and RINO women, Democrat and RINO candidates ever-increasingly promise to give women more preference over men. All my coworkers who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me and who were women 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 and/or younger than me.
.https://tennesseelookout.com/2026/10/30/work-a-little-bit-harder-tennessees-women-running-for-governor-face-challenges-men-dont/
FED SCOOP
— Court blocks OPM ‘loyalty question’ from use in agency job applications. DD: According to my critics/opponents, “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” Of course, I take that as a badge of honor. My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://fedscoop.com/court-blocks-trump-opm-loyalty-question-federal-hiring/
PHYS
— DD: Democrats and RINOs will never stop using DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://phys.org/news/2026-10-politically-language-temperature-dei.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDIAN EXPRESS
— How the capitalist US became more socialist under a right-wing Trump administration. Ahead of the US midterm elections, Trump has sought to warn voters against supporting socialists within the Democratic Party. But under Trump, state control over the economy has increased.
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-economics/us-midterms-trump-democrats-socialists-10943817/lite/