July 18, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois GOP trails badly in midterm cash.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/07/17/illinois-gop-trails-democrats-badly-midterm-cash-darren-bailey-jb-pritzker-rich-miller
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/07/17/ice-midway-blitz-chicago-police-brandon-johnson

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bailey uses trespassing arrest at JB Pritzker’s home for familiar attack on crime. DD: Democrat leaders say it is unclear whether Dwayne Cortez Milton, 46, the man charged with trespassing at Pritzker’s Astor Street home, would have been kept in jail while awaiting trial on a previous charge prior to passage of the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today law.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/18/darren-bailey-jb-pritzker-trespassing-arrest/
— Why must an election judge identify as either a Democrat or a Republican?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/18/letters-071826-election-judge/
— DD: Ever-increasingly, immigrants talk and/or act like they remain loyal to their motherland, if not like they came to America to turn America into their motherland, if not like they are paid agents of their motherland.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/18/bridgeview-little-palestine-way-idot/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Gary Sinise rocks Cantigny with 7,000-strong salute to veterans.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/ccb-candid-candace-gary-sinise-veterans-salute-20260717/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 7,000 patriotic fans packed Cantigny Park in Wheaton on July 11 for actor Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band’s largest concert to date. Rockin’ For Our Vets: America 250 was a record-breaking benefit for the West Suburban Foundation for Disabled Veterans. The concert raised awareness and support for the nonprofit’s mission of serving disabled veterans and their families. Guests began arriving early, filling the sprawling Parade Field as military displays, interactive exhibits, food vendors and the First Division Museum welcomed families throughout the day. The century-old Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band added another stirring patriotic touch to the afternoon’s ceremonies. The festivities officially kicked off with an America 250 program featuring distinguished veterans and inspiring guest speakers before the evening’s musical performances. Among the evening’s special guests was Benjamin Patton, grandson of General George S. Patton and founder of the Patton Veterans Project. He shared his personal story and introduced a moving video about his family’s military legacy, which spans generations and dates back to the American Revolution. Vietnam War hero and former Secret Service agent Capt. William “Hawk” Albracht shared his remarkable journey as one of the most decorated veterans of the Vietnam War. Former Army POW Jessica Lynch, whose story drew the nation’s attention during the Iraq War, was just 19 years old in 2003 when she was captured after her convoy was ambushed and rescued by U.S. Special Operations. Country star HunterGirl (Hunter Wolkonowski), a fan favorite from “American Idol,” kicked off the evening at 6 p.m. with a high-energy performance that had the crowd on its feet and set the perfect tone for the night’s festivities. An hour later, the moment thousands had been waiting for arrived as Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band took the stage. Their signature blend of classic rock, country hits and patriotic favorites transformed Cantigny’s Parade Field into one giant celebration. Fans sang along, waved American flags and danced well into the evening as Sinise, who has spent decades supporting America’s military community, delivered a performance that celebrated service, sacrifice and patriotism as much as it did the music. Leading the effort behind the event were Michelle Senatore, co-founder and president of the West Suburban Foundation for Disabled Veterans; U.S. Navy veteran and volunteer Staci Boyer; and a dedicated team of volunteers. Through programs that provide financial assistance, housing and transportation support, service dogs, mental health services and other essential resources, the nonprofit has become a vital lifeline for disabled veterans and their families. The organization’s mission is to ensure that those who have sacrificed for our country receive the support they deserve long after their military service has ended. With another successful event in the books, the West Suburban Foundation for Disabled Veterans is already looking ahead. Planning has begun for the return of Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band to Cantigny in 2027, continuing what organizers hope will become one of the region’s signature annual tributes to veterans.)

NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-creates-legal-pathway-for-immigrant-children-as-deportations-speed-up/3963176/

CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/trump-pushes-false-claims-about-election-security-in-primetime-address/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Trump says Darline Graham should run for full US Senate term to replace late brother Lindsey Graham.
https://www.newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/trump-says-darline-graham-should-run-for-full-us-senate-term-to-replace-late-brother/article_018130b2-19d3-52a3-9176-dba41203936c.html

CWB CHICAGO
— 10% of electronic monitoring participants are AWOL, Cook County chief judge says, as high-profile violations continue to mount.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/07/10-of-electronic-monitoring-participants-are-awol-cook-county-chief-judge-says-as-high-profile-violations-continue-to-mount.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-558/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_356c80cf-60ef-40d6-9175-8e56d0de4cb1.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Urgent Case for Election Reform.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/07/the-urgent-case-for-election-reform/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Trump Exposes Chinese Election Interference, Declassifies Previously Hidden Documents in Primetime Address.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/trump-exposes-chinese-election-interference-declassifies-previously-hidden-documents-in-primetime-address.html

MCHENY COUNTY BLOG
— Next Year’s Prevailing Wages Announced, Sample: Traffic Safety Worker 1 $44.65 DD: I did not start earning $54.52 in today’s dollars until after I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, earned an MBA, and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/18/next-years-prevailing-wages-announced-sample-traffic-safety-worker-1-44-65/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Carpenter $58.51, Cement Mason $52.15, Electrician $62.22, Laborer $53.00, Operating Engineer Bldg $68.80, Operating Engineer Hwy $67.00, Painter $56.30, Traffic Safety Worker 1 $44.65, Truck driver $44.65)

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Career success. Measures of career success include salary, promotions, professional certifications, and professional licenses. According to my critics/opponents, my career working for IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997 was an abject failure and they blame that on me. The Democrats who ran IRS hired me as a GS-7, currently $56,409/year, Revenue Officer when I was 22 in 1971 because I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination when I was 21. They promoted me to GS-9, currently $68,999/year, when I was 23, to GS-11, currently $83,482/year, when I was 24, and to GS-12, currently $100,059/year, when I was 25. Because they took adverse actions against me when I was 25 and 29 and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13, currently $118,984/year even though I had earned an MBA when II was 27 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, I took a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31. The Democrats who ran GAO finally promoted me to GS-13 when I was 38 after I had earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. With step increases, my GS-13 salary increased to $154,684/year in today’s dollars when I was 49. After I transferred, I earned professional certifications when I was 32 (internal auditing), 41 (fraud examination), 45 (government financial management), 47 (financial services auditing), and 48 (forensic accounting) and a master’s degree (financial markets and trading) when I was 48. My superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents have always argued that because I had the aforesaid degrees, professional certifications, and professional license, I should have been promoted to GS-13 much faster than I was and then to GS-14, GS-15, and Senior Executive Service (SES), currently $197,200/year, before I was 40. They blame me for that. They ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact a) that my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me when I was 23, 23, and 25 and b) that my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer from IRS to GAO and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me. According to my critics/opponents, I am 100% responsible for my not getting promoted to GS-13 sooner, for my never being promoted beyond GS-13, and for my being forced to retire when I was 49. I agree with them, but absolutely not for the reasons that they hint/imply/argue/shout. They know full-well that Democrats believe that the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and that I am none of the aforesaid. They know full well that federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran have no Civil Service protections. They know full-well that I would have made SES before I was 40 if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, b) if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and c) if I had not officially became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with the aforesaid when I was 40. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The rise of socialism. DD: Socialists hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a socialist just like Democrat employers hint/imply/argue/shout that under them, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a Democrat.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4651540/dispirit-of-76-and-rise-of-socialism/

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— The Mainstream Media Attempts to Soft-pedal Socialism.
https://www.academia.org/the-mainstream-media-attempts-to-soft-pedal-socialism/

BREITBART
— Marsha Blackburn Reintroduces ‘Ban Birth Tourism Act’ in Wake of SCOTUS Ruling on Birthright Citizenship.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/17/exclusive-marsha-blackburn-reintroduces-ban-birth-tourism-act-wake-scotus-ruling-birthright-citizenship/amp/
— Tom Homan Pushes for More Worksite Arrests of Migrants. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/07/17/tom-homan-pushes-for-more-worksite-arrests-of-migrants/amp/

DAILY SIGNAL
— More Than 113,000 Deceased and Noncitizens Registered to Vote in Texas.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/17/dhs-report-more-than-113000-deceased-and-noncitizens-registered-to-vote-in-texas/

DAILY WIRE
— The DSA’s New Plan To Save America By Destroying It.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-dsas-new-plan-to-save-america-by-destroying-it

FEDERALIST
— Rather Than Back Down, Trump Must Escalate His Campaign For Mass Deportations.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/17/rather-than-back-down-trump-must-escalate-his-campaign-for-mass-deportations/

FOX NEWS
— House Dems pressed on socialist proposal to eliminate Senate and presidency. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Rep. Peter Aguilar, D-Calif., were reluctant to speak on the newly announced agenda by socialists to eliminate the Senate and presidency.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401415185112
— Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who has been intensely critical of the wealthy while on the campaign trail, makes enough money to put him and his wife in the top 1% of households in his state.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialist-backed-dem-who-ripped-wealthy-cracks-states-top-1-tax-returns-show
— America’s broken legal immigration system is replacing US workers by design. OPT program was never passed by Congress, but lets employers hire foreign graduates over Americans. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/americas-broken-legal-immigration-system-replacing-us-workers-design

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— White Supremacy Narrative Alive and Well On College Campuses.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/white-supremacy-narrative-alive-and-well-on-college-campuses-criticalrace-org-report-reveals/
— Political Agendas Killing Confidence in U.S. Higher Ed. The poll found that among respondents who lacked confidence in higher education, the most commonly cited reason was the perception that college campuses promote political agendas.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/gallup-poll-political-agendas-killing-confidence-in-u-s-higher-ed/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Americans more likely to vote socialist than MAGA.
https://thepostmillennial.com/americans-more-likely-to-vote-socialist-than-maga-as-midterms-approach-cnbc-poll

REAL CLEAR POLICY
— How Socialism Captured the West Coast. DD: Socialists hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a socialist just like Democrat employers hint/imply/argue/shout that under them, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a Democrat.
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2026/07/17/how_socialism_captured_the_west_coast_1195129.html

TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Is Fundamentally Reimagining Violence.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/print/2679629
— Maine Senate Race Shows Democrats Are Determined to Grant Illegal Aliens Amnesty.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/17/maine-senate-race-path-to-amnesty-n2679644

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CNBC
— Democratic socialists top MAGA candidates among voters. DD: Socialists hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a socialist just like Democrat employers hint/imply/argue/shout that under them, all you need to do to get hired, retained, and promoted is to be a Democrat.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/democratic-socialists-top-maga-candidates-all-america-poll.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Dishonorable discharge. DD: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors gave me a dishonorable discharge when they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Previously, they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and c) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.
https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/hegseth-could-lead-troops-whod-face-getting-fired-for-actions-hes-done-in-the-past/

MSN
— DD: Both Trump and I avoided the Vietnam War draft. Ever since I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have used against me my getting draft deferments instead of enlisting. I should write about my many Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors who were veterans and the many big adverse actions that they took against me. They used my avoiding the draft with deferments against me viciously. They blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. I have always asked myself if I had tried to enlist would I have been accepted. I was 1-A for the draft even though I could not run because I had an inherited bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. My critics/opponents have always used my aforesaid health problems against me. They have always stressed that if I had been accepted, I would not have been sent into combat and that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am a disgusting unmitigated hypocritical coward. According to my many Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who were veterans, if I had not avoided the draft, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) earn a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. d) earn an MBA when I was 27, e) get married when I was 29, f) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, g) earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, h) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, or i) become a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-s-ex-bunkmate-reveals-nickname-he-earned-after-dodging-vietnam-draft/ar-AA25rUOj

NEW YORK TIMES
— Voter support for candidates. DD: What motivates you to help elect Republican candidates? For me, it includes their demonstrated commitment and ability to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/07/14/polls/senate-elections-voters-polls.html


WASHINGTON POST
— Disparate impact.
DD: Those who passed tests and examinations with me were overwhelming White males. Democrats blame their problems on disparate impact. Hiring, retention, and promotion requirements have a disparate impact against Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger, or veteran who would take the job. I would not have survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years if I had not a) passed the postal employment test when I was 17 in 1966, b) passed the Federal Entrance Examination when I was 21, c) earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, d) earned an MBA when I was 27, e) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, f) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, g) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, h) became a licensed CPA when I was 32, i) earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and j) earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and b) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had. Overwhelmingly, those who passed the tests and examinations to earn the aforesaid degrees, certifications and license with me were White males.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/10/trump-doj-corrects-disparate-impact-record/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pentagon Dangles $400,000 Salaries to Recruit Wall Street Bankers. Plan to lend more than $200 billion to shore up defense manufacturing fuels a hiring spree.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-dangles-400-000-salaries-to-recruit-wall-street-bankers-944435dc
— DD: Pot is poison.  In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. My critics/opponents will never forgive me for that.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/kevin-sabet-has-legal-marijuana-passed-its-high-point-6732b5af

PARADE
— Being Forced Into Retirement Is One of the Most Damaging Things That Can Happen to You. DD: I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I should write about my critics/opponents who have used that against me the most. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. According to the aforesaid, I brought it on myself. I would not have been forced to retire if I had become a Democrat, if I had not complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, or age discrimination, if I had not become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with the aforesaid. My critics/opponents side with my superiors who forced me to retire. They reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. They promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://parade.com/living/being-forced-into-retirement-can-negatively-impact-mental-health

IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH
— Speaker Mike Johnson condemns Democratic Socialists at Iowa Christian gathering.
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/07/17/speaker-mike-johnson-condemns-democratic-socialists-at-iowa-christian-gathering/

FED SMITH
— Federal Employee Pay Has Reached Record Levels. DD: My critics/opponents who are/were not union members are vehemently anti-union. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been grossly overpaid. They have always been furious that while I was a union member when I was a postal employee for almost 3 years 1966-1969 and then an IRS employee for almost 9 years 1971-1980, my salary increased from $19.57/hour to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. In my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in business, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year when I was 22 in 1971, $68,999/year when I was 23, $83,482/year when I was 24, $100,059/year when I was 25, and $113,402/year when I was 31. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $89,703/year when I was 31, $118,984/year when I was 38, and $154,682/year when I was 49. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/06/05/federal-employee-pay-complicated-than-appears/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The average federal employee salary is $112,456/year and has increased dramatically over the last decade and is more than 50% higher than the average salary reported in 2017. While annual pay raises have contributed to this growth, they are only part of the story. . .One reason average federal salaries are relatively high is that federal employees are older and generally more experienced than workers in the overall U.S. labor force. This distinction is important. According to OPM’s latest workforce data, the median age of federal civilian employees is 47 years old. By comparison, the median age of the overall U.S. labor force is about 42 years old. This means the federal workforce is generally older and more experienced than the workforce as a whole. Workers typically earn more as they gain experience, move into supervisory positions, and acquire specialized skills. An organization with a larger share of mid-career and senior employees will have a higher average salary than one that relies heavily on entry-level workers.)
— Where Are the “Big Bucks” in Government? Why Average Federal Salary in Some Agencies is Twice As High. Some federal agencies pay more than others. One agency’s average is 183% higher than the average federal salary.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/06/10/why-some-federal-employees-earn-twice-average-salary/

JD SUPRA
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/recent-legal-developments-offer-7047451/

PEW RESEARCH
— DD: From what I see, far too many get involved in Republican politics in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton a) to get more preference for those who share their demographics, that is, to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination and/or b) to promote LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, and/or diminishment of Second Amendment rights. I should write about the aforesaid. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2026/07/16/engagement-in-public-life-is-linked-with-americans-views-of-politics-news/

NEW AMERICA
— DD: To get more votes from younger people, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly blame older people for the problems that younger people have. It is called age discrimination. As I got older, my Democrat superiors in the federal government ever-increasingly blamed me for the problems that my subordinates had. All those who they assigned me to supervise were Democrats who were younger than me and were minority, female, veteran, disabled, and/or had performance problems. My Republican critics/opponents stress that I did not get involved in Republican politics until I was 49 years old. They ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth that I worked for Democrats before then.
https://www.newamerica.org/events/the-next-generation-of-voters/

CANNABIS EQUIPMENT NEWS
— Massachusetts Has Allowed 13 Municipalities to Ban Cannabis Deliveries. DD: In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. My critics/opponents will never forgive me for that.
https://www.cannabisequipmentnews.com/distribution/news/22970714/massachusetts-has-allowed-13-municipalities-to-ban-cannabis-deliveries

July 2, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. However, the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization ever-increasingly move to the left. They are ever-increasingly Democrat Lite. Conservatives like me, that is, platform Republicans like me, are ever-increasingly persona non grata.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jim-durkin-illinois-house-republican-resigning/12678017/

DAILY LINE
— Bailey raises $330,000 from large donations in second quarter, Corbett loans $500,000 to own campaign.
https://www.thedailyline.com/bailey-raises-330-000-large-donations-second-quarter-corbett-loans-500-000-campaign

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— CPD’s Larry Snelling to retire
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/02/cpds-larry-snelling-to-retire-00985103

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-763/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Administration plans crackdown on ‘birth tourism’ after Supreme Court ruling.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/1/justice-department-dhs-plan-crackdown-birth-tourism-supreme-court/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Supreme Court’s majority demands that America commit national suicide.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dred-scotus/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The American Left and the Jews. There is a tale of deep antagonism here, and it must be addressed.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/07/the-american-left-and-the-jews/
— Leaving the Democrat party. Old-school Democrats are going to have to choose whether to join the Republicans, or join the radicals who have taken over their own party now.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/leaving-the-democrat-party/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Pritzker signs a bill that gives in-state tuition benefits for illegal aliens.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/illinois-governor-signs-bill-gives-in-state-tuition-benefits-illegal-aliens/30204

DAILY SIGNAL
— The New Socialist Guillotine Is Coming for the Democratic Party. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/01/socialist-guillotine-democratic/

FOX BUSINESS
— Democrats’ shift into socialism, communism. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6399953610112

FOX NEWS
— Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., accused the U.S. Supreme Court of betraying the nation on Tuesday and introduced a proposal to crack down on birthright citizenship.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republican-accuses-scotus-betraying-us-pushes-bill-restricting-birthright-citizenship-pregnant-visitors
— There are things the Trump admin can do to fix birthright citizenship.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399963967112
— The Gen Z shift toward socialism. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399965277112
— Liberal faculty hugely outnumber conservatives in higher education. DD: I avoided liberal indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.aol.com/news/liberal-faculty-still-hugely-outnumber-230007317.html

NEWSMAX
— Birthright citizenship ruling will have disastrous consequences for generations to come.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gCQRQvNJzY

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Meet the Poster Child for Why Birthright Citizenship Is Horrible: Rep. Ramirez – Born to an Illegal and Now Trashes America and Supporters Terrorists. DD: My critics/opponents have a lot in common with Ramirez. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.westernjournal.com/meet-poster-child-birthright-citizenship-horrible-rep-ramirez-born-illegal-now-trashes-america-supporters-terrorists/

YOUNG AMERICA’S FOUNDATION
— America’s Higher Education is Training the Next Generation of Socialists. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://yaf.org/news/rise-of-socialism-college-campuses/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action to get rid of me.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5948084-infrastructure-failures-diversity-blame/

YAHOO
— Democratic socialism ‘is the Democratic Party.’ DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/boebert-says-democratic-socialism-democratic-070000504.html

CBS NEWS
— Democratic socialists are racking up primary wins. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/why-democratic-socialists-winning-primary-elections/

NBC NEWS
— Pence says the Trump administration has ‘departed’ from conservative principles.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/mike-pence-trump-departed-conservative-principles-anti-weaponization-rcna347743

NEW YORK TIMES
— Judges Strike Down Trump Rule on Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants. DD: What percent of students take out student loans with no intent to repay them?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/business/trump-student-loan-forgiveness.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/opinion/conservatives-marriage-babies.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/style/adina-sash-flatbush-girl-jewish-divorce.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats are facing their MAGA moment. Good luck containing it. The socialist surge mirrors the past GOP takeover — and the establishment lost that one, too. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/01/democratic-partys-socialist-moment-is-here-now-what/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that if they have trouble affording something, it is Trump’s fault. What did you do to help you afford things? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/07/01/cost-of-living-crisis-democrats/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly kill the American Dream 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.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/02/american-dream-is-alive-well/

USA TODAY
— Is college worth it? DD: Are you a parent/grandparent? How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been discouraging your children/grandchildren who are White and/or male from earning a college degree? If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I have not been taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA from Loyola and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/06/25/best-paying-college-majors-over-time/90647916007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democratic Socialists Are On the Rise. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/democratic-socialists-movement-explained-3a857c46
— The Socialist Wave Reaches the Heartland. Colorado’s primary is another step in the left’s Democratic takeover. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/colorado-democrats-socialists-melat-kiros-michael-bennet-99ad5a66
— Five Ideas for Reducing Income Inequality
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/income-inequality-economist-opinion-92e2d301
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Focus on upward mobility. Americans may disagree about how much income to redistribute through taxes, but few disagree with the idea that anyone who works hard should have a fair shot at rising, regardless of their parents’ income or ZIP Code. Yet opportunity in the U.S. still varies sharply because of factors outside a child’s control. Fortunately, we now have clear evidence on how we can change this. Housing voucher programs that enable low-income families to move to better neighborhoods raise children’s lifetime earnings. Targeted neighborhood revitalization efforts that create mixed-income communities help children do better in school and in the labor market. Investments in K–12 schools boost college attendance and earnings for years. Well-designed workforce training programs, built in partnership with employers, can lift earnings dramatically within a year. The most effective efforts pair financial or human capital investments with social capital—mentors, networks and institutions that connect people to opportunity. Many of these programs ultimately pay for themselves, as higher earnings translate into greater tax revenue and lower spending on safety-net programs. Rather than debating the merits of income redistribution, we should start by scaling such evidence-backed efforts to improve opportunities for upward mobility. Doing so will ultimately reduce inequality in income, strengthen our workforce, reduce long-run public spending, and foster innovation and entrepreneurship.)

FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they hate America, that they hate Americans, and that they especially hate Americans who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt-9Lm_XIn8

TAMPA FREE PRESS
— Pritzker Takes Direct Aim At Trump’s Health, Defends His Own $4.3 Billion Fortune.
https://www.tampafp.com/illinois-gov-pritzker-takes-direct-aim-at-trumps-health-defends-his-own-4-3-billion-fortune/

LAS VEGAS SUN
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2024/nov/17/blind-loyalty-trumps-experience-expertise-in-trump/

KFOX TV
— The Socialist surge continues in another state, delivers hit to establishment Democrats. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://kfoxtv.com/news/nation-world/the-socialist-surge-continues-in-another-state-delivers-hit-to-establishment-democrats-party-melat-kiros-diana-degette

REASON
— The GOP Is Becoming Anti-Conservative.
https://reason.com/podcast/2026/03/04/jonah-goldberg-the-gop-is-becoming-anti-conservative/

HR DIVE
— EEOC rescinds affirmative action guidelines. DD: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action to get rid of me.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/eeoc-rescinds-affirmative-action-guidance-2026/824236/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Trump administration expands options for firing federal employees deemed ‘unsuitable.’ DD: According to my Democrat superiors in the federal government, I was never suitable because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I would not have survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, earned an MBA when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, became a licensed CPA when I was 32, earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/06/trump-administration-expands-options-for-firing-federal-employees-deemed-unsuitable/

ATLANTIC
— There’s Nothing Democratic About These Socialists. The DSA was formed in opposition to the very thing it has become. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/dsa-communist-socialist-democrats/687756/

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— More than half of employees retire earlier than planned. Those who retire involuntarily report more health, mental health, and financial problems. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 continues to have tremendous negative impacts on me. They flushed down their toilets a) my almost 18 years of experience working for GAO, b) my almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, c) my CPA license, d) my six job-related professional certifications (public accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and e) my three job-related master’s degrees (business, accounting, and finance).
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sex-life-of-the-american-male/202601/forced-to-retire

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

GUARDIAN
— Democratic socialists ride wave of momentum in primaries from New York to Colorado. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/01/mamdani-new-york-democratic-socialist
— George Conway, a former anti-Trump Republican, to run for Congress as a Democrat. DD: Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, all my critics/opponents will officially announce that they have always been Democrat plants.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/06/george-conway-run-congress-democrat

PRESS GAZETTE
— Top 50 US news websites: Traffic decline at four-fifths of major newsbrands in May. DD: My competitors reject the conservative principles and the planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote. What do your competitors envy about you? My competitors envy my having the time, money, experience, ability, and motivation to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out every day that contain no advertising or donation requests. They ever-increasingly do everything they can to discourage/stop me from sending my newsletters out. My competitors who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. What do you say to my competitors?
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/most-popular-websites-news-us-monthly-3/

BUSINESS TODAY
— DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. They attribute their successes in life to meritocracy. They attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/corporate/story/i-would-never-have-been-ceo-in-any-other-country-including-in-india-indra-nooyi-540549-2026-07-02

June 21, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Drive-by shooters fire into crowd, injuring at least 13 people in Princeton Park
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mass-shooting-chicago-drive-shooters-injure-least-12-people-princeton-park-95th/19337727/

NBC5
— Trump Tower in Chicago could soon be located on ‘Barack Hussein Obama Way’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-tower-in-chicago-could-soon-be-located-on-barack-hussein-obama-way/3951459/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been making young people in your county, township, municipality. and school district LGBTQers? My critics/opponents promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-pride-fest-kicks-off-with-music-drag-performances-dancing-and-more/3951436/

CBS2
— At least 12 injured after mass shooting on Chicago’s South Side. A mass shooting on Chicago’s South Side left at least 12 people injured on Friday night.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/at-least-12-injured-after-mass-shooting-on-chicagos-south-side/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been making young people in your county, township, municipality. and school district LGBTQers? My critics/opponents promote LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-pride-fest-2026-northalsted/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-FV43bRnDI

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTOS: State law could help address housing needs for ‘missing middle’ in DuPage, Will counties. DD: When were you middle income? In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year when I was 22 in 1971, $68,999/year when I was 23, $83,482/year when I was 24, and $100,059/years when I was 25. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21 and I had completed 12 graduate evening MBA courses when I was 25. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260620/news/state-law-could-help-address-housing-needs-for-missing-middle-in-dupage-will-counties/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2024, the U.S. Census listed the median home value in DuPage County at $391,400 and the county’s median household income at $112,096.)

MUDDY  RIVER NEWS
— Bailey sees path to secure Governor’s office in Springfield.
https://muddyrivernews.com/noteworthy/illinois-republican-darren-bailey-sees-path-to-secure-governors-office-in-springfield/20260620120730/

SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been making young people in your county, township, municipality. and school district LGBTQers? My critics/opponents promote LGBTQ.
https://www.shawlocal.com/gallery/2026/06/20/photos-dekalb-pride-fest-celebrates-love-diversity-and-equality/

INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE
— Libertarian Party of Indiana intent on maintaining ballot access. DD: 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 want me to leave the Republican Party. They want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They want me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. They want the Republican Party to officially change its name to the Democrat Lite Party. According to them, I am far too conservative. They reject planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote. They reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They are RINOs if not Democrat plants.
https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/04/20/indiana-libertarian-party-intent-on-maintaining-ballot-access/

FOX2
— DD: St. Louis police work to prevent Democrat teen takeovers this weekend. What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/st-louis-police-work-to-prevent-teen-takeovers-this-weekend/
https://fox2now.com/video/getting-ahead-of-teen-takeovers-in-st-louis/11898067/

CWB CHICAGO
— Illinois state Rep. Chris Miller: Pritzker should condemn ‘MAGA hate’ after anti-Trump cross-burning in Grant Park
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/06/lawmaker-says-pritzker-should-condemn-maga-hate-after-anti-trump-cross-burning-in-grant-park.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois state Rep. Chris Miller says Pritzker reacted too quickly to Grant Park cross burning
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_db2db1ca-87ca-4089-a7e2-8b65588e786c.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Welfare has sapped the Midwestern work ethic. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more welfare.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/18/welfare-sapped-midwestern-work-ethic/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: From 2000 to 2023, the labor force participation rate in Illinois fell by 7%. . .Look at Ohio, where the last reliable audit in 2019 found that 43.5% of Medicaid spending went to recipients who were wrongly enrolled in the program. That is the worst error rate in America. Ditto, more than one-third of Medicaid spending in Illinois and nearly one-fifth in Indiana.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The California Department of Housing and Community Development released its “Official State Income Limits” for the state’s low-income housing programs last month, and individuals making up to $104,200 now qualify as “low income” in Orange County. DD: Are/were you low income? In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year when I was 22 in 1971, $68,999/year when I was 23, $83,482/year when I was 24, and $100,059/years when I was 25. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21 and I had completed 12 graduate evening MBA courses when I was 25. According to my critics/opponents, I was always grossly overpaid.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4613191/californias-100000-poor-people/

NEW YORK POST
— Blue states are obsessed with protecting illegal-migrant criminals — and only voters can make it stop. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting their illegal immigrant criminals in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://nypost.com/2026/06/20/opinion/blue-states-are-obsessed-with-protecting-illegal-migrant-criminals-and-only-voters-can-make-it-stop/
— American Olympic canoeist arrested for vandalizing Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/20/us-news/american-olympic-canoeist-david-hearn-arrested-for-allegedly-vandalizing-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool/
— Our campuses are corrupt — and higher education is due for its comeuppance
https://nypost.com/2026/06/20/opinion/our-campuses-are-corrupt-and-higher-education-is-due-for-their-comeuppance/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Inevitable Differences. John Staddon challenges prevailing views on race and inequality, arguing that science, economics, and history—not ideology—should guide the debate.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/06/21/book-review-inevitable-differences-by-john-staddon/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Research can prove anything–even envy. DD: How has envy been used against you? To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government against me, my Democrat superiors promoted envy. My Democrat Post Office superiors 1966-1969 stressed a) that I was avoiding the Vietnam War draft with student deferments, b) that I was earning a college degree, c) that my parents were providing me with room and board, and d) that I owned a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint and then a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 and then a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. My Democrat IRS superiors 1971-1980 stressed a) that I was taking graduate evening business and accounting courses, b) that I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, c) that I bought a new townhome in 1972, d) that I bought a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, e) that I earned an MBA in 1976, f) that I bought a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976, g) that I got married in 1978 and that my wife had a good job, h) that my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978, and i) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. My Democrat GAO superiors stressed a) that I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, b) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) that I became a licensed CPA in 1981, d) that my wife and I had a home built in Wheaton in 1984, e) that I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, f) that I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, and g) that my wife and I had saved lots of money for our retirement.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/research_can_prove_anything_even_envy.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump says left trying to ‘destroy our beautiful work’ after reported arrested for sabotaging Reflecting Pool.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/06/20/trump-says-left-trying-to-destroy-our-beautiful-work-after-reported-arrested-for-sabotaging-reflecting-pool-1646990/

BLAZE
— Britain is paying the price for years of woke ideology.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/britain-is-paying-the-price-for-years-of-woke-ideology

BREITBART
— Top Chip Company Gets $6.6 Billion from the Feds, but Excludes American Workers. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money. They are easier to exploit. They vote for Democrats.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/20/lawsuit-top-chip-company-gets-6-6-billion-from-the-feds-but-excludes-american-workers/amp/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Tuition tops $100K at 16 colleges while schools expand administrative staff and activist programs
https://www.campusreform.org/article/tuition-tops-100k-16-colleges-schools-expand-administrative-staff-activist-programs/30119

DAILY WIRE
— Disparate-impact began as a tool to combat intentional discrimination now enables race-based liability against employers. DD: All those over me have always used disparate-impact to justify their patronage, race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. All those who they promoted over me a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-civil-rights-standard-turning-race-based-employment-on-its-head

FOX NEWS
— Illinois GOP chair Grogan says Obama Center is political operation on public land.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6398949572112
— Obama Center embeds ‘Indigenous’ land message on controversial site. The Center spent years battling lawsuits over the transfer of 19.3 acres of public parkland for a $10 payment.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-center-embeds-indigenous-land-message-controversial-site
— Trump administration vows to stop reparations programs, accuses officials of ‘virtue signaling’ to get ‘votes.’ Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon says Evanston’s initiative cannot withstand strict scrutiny under the 14th Amendment. DD: My critics/opponents are virtue signalers.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-admin-vows-stop-reparations-blacks-accuses-officials-virtue-signaling-get-votes

PJ MEDIA
— Is American Urban Culture Beyond Repair? ‘Poverty As a Driver of Crime.’ DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2026/06/20/is-american-urban-culture-beyond-repair-poverty-as-a-driver-of-crime-narrative-pt-iv-n4954171
— Sodom and Gomorrica: On the Crossing of the Rubicon. DD: LGBTQ promoters ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2026/06/20/sodom-and-gomorrica-on-the-crossing-of-the-rubicon-n4954170
— The Left Hates Trump so Much That It’s Trying to Sabotage the Reflecting Pool.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/06/20/the-left-hates-trump-so-much-that-its-trying-to-sabotage-the-reflecting-pool-n4954173

SCALISE
— Republicans Are Making America Safer, Stronger, and More Affordable While Democrats Talk America Down.
https://scalise.house.gov/press-releases/scalise-republicans-are-making-america-safer-stronger-and-more-affordable-while-democrats-talk-america-down

TOWNHALL
— What Democrats Have Done to Los Angeles. DD: Look at what Democrats have done to Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. More and more and more voters in the aforesaid are filled with hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/06/21/what-democrats-have-done-to-a-once-great-american-city-n2678037

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Bush Family Member’s Electoral Failure in Maine Is More Evidence RINO Establishment Is Dead. My critics/opponents are RINOs. DD: I did lots to help elect Bush in 2000 and 2004. But his DOJ sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me in Diersen v. GAO.  SEE:  https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf  To side with my Democrat GAO superiors against me is to side with race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.westernjournal.com/please-clap-bush-family-members-electoral-failure-maine-evidence-rino-establishment-dead/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ROLL CALL

— MARCH 7, 2017 FLASHBACK: Roskam Blames Trump for Ugly Politics. Says his constituents aren’t interested in judgments, only solutions. DD: My critics/opponents have always a) painted me as being and operative/dupe for Trump and b) blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for Roskam’s defeat in 2018.
https://rollcall.com/2017/03/07/rep-roskam-blames-trump-for-ugly-politics/

CBS NEWS
— Abbott urges Republican unity at Texas GOP Convention, slams Democratic candidates: “The Austin woke agenda is on the ballot”
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/governor-abbott-urges-republican-unity-texas-gop-convention-slams-democratic-candidates/

AOL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. How successful have Democrat leaders been making young people in your county, township, municipality. and school district LGBTQers? My critics/opponents promote LGBTQ.
https://www.aol.com/articles/lgbtq-people-americas-promise-refuge-194905302.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/articles/pope-leo-xiv-heads-northern-090707000.html

MSN
— DD: RINOs promote RINOs. My critics/opponents are RINOs.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/trumps-unhinged-threat-to-fox-news-reporter-and-her-rino-fianc%C3%A9-as-he-lashes-out-at-her-question/ar-AA23FGk3

WASHINGTON POST
— Rule of law. DD: Affirmative Action (AA) used to be the rule of law. In Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ), my Democrat GAO superiors argued that they followed the rule of law, that is, they implemented AA, that is, they wasted my career and forced me to retire because I opposed their race and gender based preference giving, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/28/judges-trump-administration-rule-of-law/

TRIBUNE DEMOCRAT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.tribdem.com/news/latest_news/pope-leo-xiv-exalts-first-american-saint-cabrini-as-a-model-for-christians-for-her/article_bfec36dd-0e76-5538-b81b-7c859b17a569.html

FORBES
— DD: All those who my critics/opponents promoted over me were yes-men or yes-women. They all a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents not only want yes-men and yes-women, they have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylrobinson/2024/03/08/power-of-no-rethinking-the-yes-person-attitude-for-career-success/

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— Predicting the next 15 years in accounting. DD: Anticipate/expect that fewer and fewer and fewer of those in the accounting profession will be conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.accountingtoday.com/podcast/predicting-the-next-15-years-in-accounting

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Who watches the watchdogs? GAO finds flaws in inspector general oversight system. Trump has fired nearly 20 IGs, and his administration last year put a hold on funding for the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency. DD: While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, I had lots of interactions with IG employees. While I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee for 13 years, I had lots of interactions with IG employees. I worked for GAO on an audit of EPA’s IG office in 1985. SEE:  https://www.gao.gov/products/afmd-86-43
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/06/who-watches-watchdogs-gao-finds-flaws-inspector-general-oversight-system/414195/

FEDWEEK
— Within Grade Increases. DD: My critics/opponents were furious that I got within grade increases. Because I got within grade increases, in today’s dollars, a) my GAO salary increased from $118,984/year to $154,692/year 1986-1997, b) my IRS salary increased from $100,059/year to $113,402/year 1974-1980, and c) my Post Office salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour 1966-1969.
https://www.fedweek.com/ask/federal-pay/within-grade-increases/

COWBOY STATE DAILY
— Park County Republican Party Sends Platform Loyalty Tests To GOP Candidates. Republican candidates for office in Park County received a letter warning them if they don’t commit to backing at least 80% of the state GOP platform, they won’t receive an endorsement or support from the party. “They is not a purity test,” it reads. DD: My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all of the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and/or Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and/or Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) leaders of the Illinois Center Right Coalition and/or TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders.
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/06/11/park-county-republican-party-sends-platform-loyalty-tests-to-gop-candidates/

PR DAILY
— Where D.C. insiders get their news. DD: Since 2000, my critics/opponents have done everything that they can a) to stop me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading them. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and/or Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, and/or Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) leaders of the Illinois Center Right Coalition and/or TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders.
https://www.prdaily.com/by-the-numbers-where-d-c-insiders-get-their-news/

DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/6/20/800058513/community/this-week-in-the-war-on-women-6-14-20-26-semi-open-thread-edition/

AXIOS
— DD: LGBTQ promoters ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/20/lgbtq-americans-housing

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

INDIA WEEKLY
— Survey finds many Indian Americans back Democrats in the US and Modi in India
https://www.indiaweekly.biz/indian-americans-politics-modi-democratic-party-republicans/

June 18, 2018

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrats protest Turning Point USA Educators’ Summit; ‘they’re not welcome here.’ DD: How successful have Democrat leaders in your county, township, municipality, and school district been in promoting more hatred against Charlie Kirk, TPUSA, conservates, Republicans, Trump, and America?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/17/lake-county-protesters-turning-point-usa/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On its website, Turning Point Education isn’t shy about its Christian and conservative goals; they’re two of the group’s five pillars, and the website says they’re dedicated to “reclaiming the education of our children, reviving virtuous education focused on truth, goodness and beauty, and restoring God as the foundation of education.” The summit’s webpage lists nearly 30 speakers, including TPUSA CEO Erika Kirk, the wife of the late Charlie Kirk. Other speakers include the founder of the ACE scholarship program, several Republican politicians, and an extensive mix of conservative activists, Christian authors, Christian school officials, and professors who support a “Biblical worldview” in classrooms, as described in an online event description. The protest saw about 60 to 70 people, chanting, carrying signs, and beating drums. Some chants alternated between targeting President Donald Trump and TPUSA. . .Over the last two decades, Lake County has leaned increasingly blue, with steadily rising numbers of Democratic voters completely flipping the county government and giving Lake County to Democratic presidential candidates in the last five presidential elections. Meanwhile, the number of Republican voters has hit record lows.)
— Chicago Fire stadium site should get $425 million subsidy, Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/chicago-fire-stadium-425-million-220000449.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County officials project $550M shortfall for next year
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/06/17/cook-county-officials-project-550-million-shortfall-next-year

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville man tells NBC 5 he burned cross in Grant Park, says he was unaware of racial implications
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260616/news/person-of-interest-in-custody-in-grant-park-cross-burning/

ABC7
— City Council rejects fine for parents in ‘teen takeover’ ordinance. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/19318181/

NBC5
— Naperville man says he doesn’t regret burning cross in Grant Park, explains motive
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/i-dont-regret-it-man-explains-motive-for-burning-cross-in-nbc-5-exclusive/3949697/
— New Illinois law will change driver’s test policies for senior citizens. The bill officially goes into effect July 1.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/new-illinois-law-will-change-drivers-test-policies-for-senior-citizens/3950213/

FOX32
— Chicago alder wants to crack down on parents of kids involved in teen takeovers, other crimes. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-parents-crackdown-teen-takeovers-proposal

WBEZ
— A quarter-million student borrowers in Illinois need a new repayment plan. DD: Back in the good old days, I graduated debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21 in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE that I had bought new. The money came from what I earned worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office for 25 months and full-time for 9 months 1966-1969. In today’s dollars, my salary increased from $19.57/hour to $20.87/hour. My parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/06/17/many-student-loan-borrowers-in-illinois-need-a-new-repayment-plan-what-to-know-as-save-plan-ends

WGN RADIO
— DD: The Democrat mainstream news media continues to treat Pat Brady like he is still the chairman of the Illinois Republican Party.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-the-presidential-and-mayoral-runs/amp/

SOUTHERN
— Rep. Paul Jacobs was appointed Wednesday to fill the vacant 59th District Senate seat following a unanimous vote of Republican county chairpersons from across Southern Illinois.
https://thesouthern.com/news/gop-leaders-appoint-jacobs-to-vacant-senate-seat/article_62c1348e-5bb8-5dd6-a1f6-aab2e4ce5041.html

STATELINE
— Pritzker blames federal policies for rising Illinois cost of living as inflation concerns grow. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/pritzker-blames-federal-policies-for-rising-illinois-cost-of-living-as-inflation-concerns-grow/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Nearly half of Americans don’t consider themselves a Democrat or Republican. DD: My critics/opponents want me to leave the Republican Party. They want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They want me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, They want the Republican Party to officially change its name to the Democrat Lite Party. According to them, I am far too conservative. They reject planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote. They reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/almost-half-in-new-poll-dont-consider-themselves-democrats-or-republicans/

LABOR TRIBUNE
— The Illinois Federation of Teachers and the Illinois Education Association have joined educator union leaders from across the country in urging governors to reject participation in President Trump’s federal private school voucher tax credit program and publicly reaffirm their commitment to public education. DD: My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. Because he sent my brother and me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools, he had less money. Because of that, I had to work my way through college. Because of that, my ACT score and my GPA suffered. But nevertheless, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://labortribune.com/two-largest-unions-in-illinois-join-national-letter-from-educators-urging-democratic-governors-to-keep-out-of-trumps-federal-voucher-scheme/

DURBIN
— DD: Democrat leaders create an “Affordability Crisis” and then blame it on Trump.
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/videos/view/durbin-condemns-president-trumps-inaction-during-affordability-crisis

WHEATON
— DD: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/13915?fileID=19694

ILLINOIZE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump against Republicans.
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/governors-race-between-pritzker-trump

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— School Attendance Down 10%!
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/17/school-attendance-down-10/
— Two Local Legislators Sponsor Rational Revision of Drivers License Law Ending Discrimination Against Senior Citizens
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/17/two-local-legislators-sponsor-rational-revision-of-drivers-license-law-ending-discrimination-against-senior-citizens/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Congressional candidate Christian Maxwell caught in teen takeover. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_c1637b84-8e8c-4196-b908-6f27216d806d.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DEI must be stopped.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4611193/dei-wont-disappear-until-intesectionality-is-stopped/

NEW YORK POST
— Federal government seeks to halt first US reparations program for black people. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/17/us-news/federal-government-seeks-to-halt-first-us-reperations-program-for-black-people/

AMERICAN THINKER
— California announces gay ‘certification’ program. It’s nothing but an Orwellian scheme to declare whether someone is ‘gay enough.’
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/california_announces_gay_certification_program.html
— Battling ‘Pride’ month with religious faith initiatives. DD: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/battling_pride_month_with_religious_faith_initiatives.html

BREITBART
— Chicago Cross Burning Hate Hoax Committed by Asian, Anti-Trump Leftist
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/17/nolte-chicago-cross-burning-hate-hoax-committed-by-asian-anti-trump-leftist/
— Federal government seeks to halt the first U.S. reparations program for Black people. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/federal-government-seeks-to-halt-the-first-u-s-reparations-program-for-black-people/
— States Beginning to Roll Back Free Healthcare for Illegals. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance since 1966 and then also paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/17/states-beginning-to-roll-back-free-healthcare-for-illegals/
— Mamdani-Backed Democrat: ‘All Deportations Are Wrong’ — Even for Convicted Murderers & Child Rapists.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/17/mamdani-backed-democrat-deporting-illegal-aliens-convicted-of-child-rape-murder-kidnapping-is-discriminatory/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Immigration — Rules and Reality
https://cis.org/Vara/Immigration-Rules-and-Reality
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some of the most basic of rules that apply to any person seeking to reside in another country indefinitely: 1. Assimilate. Keep your ethnic roots, but adhere to the norms of the society that you seek to join and claim to want to be a part of. 2. Contribute. Don’t look around at what other people have and expect that they will give it to you. Instead, open your eyes and see that in this country, much more so than in most countries, you have the opportunity to show what you are made of and not only get those things for yourself, but maybe even get more if you have what it takes. 3. Be Grateful. You may never be a billionaire, a millionaire, or even a high-net-worth individual. But in this country, those willing to work and realistically accept where they are at in their lives at any given moment will always have a home and a relatively good life. Certainly as compared to other countries, especially countries like Mexico and many of those in Latin America, Africa, and the non-affluent Middle East. Until and if you make it, you may have to live in a poor neighborhood. You may have to drive an old beat-up pick-up truck vs. a BMW. You might have to buy your clothes at Walmart vs. Neiman’s. And you may have to eat at Dominos, McDonalds, or a Taco Shack vs. Morton’s or Ruth’s Chris. But life will still be better than if you were back home in whatever third-world country you fled from to come here. Most importantly, in this country you will continue to have the chance to advance to an even better life. In some cases, far beyond your wildest dreams. 4. Obey the Rules. Whether you accept them or not, laws dictate. Violate the laws and risk your freedom and your ability to remain here. If you truly value the opportunity that has been handed to you, think twice before you take the risk. 5. Accept Reality. Immigration enforcement is not about racism. It is about the laws and norms of a nation and its society. Wealth and wealth-building are not dictated by racism. Neither is investment strategy. Neither is social stratification. Neither is living in a multi-million-dollar home vs. a $50,000 home. Neither is driving a very expensive car vs. driving a very inexpensive one. Neither is owning a yacht vs. owning a dinghy. . .6. Don’t Expect of Americans what Americans Should Not Expect of Others. Except for the extremely naive or foolish, Americans are not moving to Mexico or any other country and trying to get them to speak English.)

CITY JOURNAL
— The Justice Department Restores Equality. The Office of Legal Counsel concluded that disparate-impact guidelines encourage employers to engage in racial discrimination, violating the U.S. Constitution. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders have always used disparate-impact to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/equal-opportunity-commission-disparate-impact-racial-discrimination

DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Racial Discrimination, Pure and Simple’: Trump Administration Challenges Reparations Plan in Illinois. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/17/racial-discrimination-trump-administration-challenges-reparations/
— The Federal Trade Commission and four attorneys general filed a groundbreaking lawsuit Wednesday, aiming to hold the World Professional Association for Transgender Health accountable for allegedly deceptive trade practices, an action that may dismantle the child gender mutilation pipeline.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/17/trump-admin-cuts-right-heart-child-transgender-mutilation-pipeline/

FEDERALIST
— Chicago Cross Burning Is Latest Example Of Left-Wing Extremism Being Blamed On GOP
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/17/chicago-cross-burning-is-latest-example-of-left-wing-extremism-being-blamed-on-gop/
— Letting everyone into your country, regardless of their culture or willingness to assimilate, is not Christian charity. It’s chaos and civilizational collapse.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/16/pope-leo-says-migrants-should-integrate-and-obey-the-law/
— Why Americans Are Falling Out Of Love With LGBT ‘Pride’
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/16/why-americans-are-falling-out-of-love-with-lgbt-pride/
— The Left Never Loved Athletic Activism, Just Athletes Who Agreed With Them
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/17/the-left-never-loved-athletic-activism-just-athletes-who-agreed-with-them/
— DOJ Rejects Legal Theory (Disparate Impact) That Pushed Employers Into DEI Quotas
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/17/doj-rejects-legal-theory-that-pushed-employers-into-dei-quotas/
— Hawley Demands MLB Answer For ‘Pattern Of Discrimination’ Against Christians
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/16/hawley-demands-mlb-answer-for-pattern-of-discrimination-against-christians/
— Biden’s Border Crisis Will Return If We Don’t Close These Loopholes Now.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/18/bidens-border-crisis-will-return-if-we-dont-close-these-loopholes-now/

FOX NEWS
— Naperville student says cross burning in city park was anti-Trump MAGA protest, not racism. UIC student who claimed responsibility told NBC his protest ‘had nothing to do with race.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-student-says-cross-burning-city-park-anti-trump-maga-protest-not-racism
— Only 27 percent of Democrats will display American flag on July 4. Nearly one-quarter of Democrats say they won’t celebrate Independence Day this year. DD: Ever-increasingly, to punish Trump, Democrats punish America.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/27-percent-democrats-display-american-flag-july-4-poll
— Trump admin wants to stop Illinois city’s reparations effort for ‘simply handing out money based on race.’ Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon says simply handing out money based on race ‘is illegal.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-admin-wants-stop-illinois-citys-reparations-effort-simply-handing-out-money-based-race

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump-Hating Asian Naperville UIC Student Planted Burning Cross in Chicago Park. “During an interview with Chuck Goudie, Lu shared that he had little knowledge of the Klan.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/06/trump-hating-asian-student-from-u-illinois-planted-burning-cross-in-chicago-park/

PATRIOT POST
— The Democrats’ Patriotism Gap. It’s not all about Trump. Democrats were less proud of the country than Republicans were even when Obama and Biden were president. DD: Ever-increasingly, to punish Trump, Democrats punish America.
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/128433-the-democrats-patriotism-gap-2026-06-17

PJ MEDIA
— Sodom and Gomorrica: ‘Straight out of Trumpland’
https://pjmedia.com/benbartee/2026/06/17/sodom-and-gomorrica-straight-out-of-trumpland-n4954051

TOWNHALL
— Who Will Be Held Accountable for the Border Policies of the Biden Years? DD: Who will be held responsible for the destruction of GAO during the Bowsher years? Who will be held responsible for Republican losses in Illinois starting in 2002?
https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-abraham/2026/06/17/who-will-be-held-accountable-for-the-border-policies-of-the-biden-years-n2677838
— Democrats are proving to be thoroughly anti-patriotic as the World Cup ramps up.  DD: Ever-increasingly, to punish Trump, Democrats punish America.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/06/16/look-who-these-democrats-are-supporting-in-the-world-cup-hint-its-not-the-united-states-n2677867

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/experts-call-for-rethinking-traditional-marriage-roles-amid-strain-on-women/ss-AA25whgN

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/06/15/what-is-american-dream-redefined/90359600007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push Black men to be LGBTQers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/16/black-gay-men-elijah-manley-shevrin-jones-congress/90505389007/

PEW RESEACCH & BROOKINGS & GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, those who have demographics that vote for Republicans cause all the problems that those who have demographics that vote for Democrats have. That is, that those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time cause all the problems that those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/05/20/views-of-how-much-discrimination-racial-and-ethnic-groups-in-the-u-s-face/
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-demographics-of-racial-inequality-in-the-united-states/
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2024/12/federal-workforce-generally-more-diverse-us-population-gaps-persist/401546/

HARVARD KENNEDY SCHOOL & HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Performance evaluations. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use the subjectivity in their performance evaluations to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/gender-race-identity/self-ratings-and-bias-performance-reviews
https://hbr.org/2019/01/why-most-performance-evaluations-are-biased-and-how-to-fix-them

ROBERT REICH
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. GAO would not have hired me if I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt and earned an MBA. IRS would not have hired me if I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination and earned a bachelor’s degree in business. The Post Office would not have hired me if I had not passed the postal employment test and earned a high school diploma.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/experience-knowledge-and-talent-need

LA PROGRESSIVE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://www.laprogressive.com/racism/anti-black-racism-in-america

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

MEAWW
— Kristi Noem reveals intelligence on secret China pipeline moving migrants into US.
https://news.meaww.com/kristi-noem-reveals-intelligence-on-alleged-secret-china-pipeline-moving-migrants-into-us

FROM OTHER SOURCES

VETTE REGISTRY
— Mid America Motorworks Facility in Effingham Leveled by Tornado. DD: My wife and I have attended many Corvette Funfest events there, but not recently. I have spoken with founder Mike Yager many times, but not recently.
https://www.vetteregistry.net/vrforums/all-vettes-discussion/breaking-mid-america-motoworks-facility-leveled-by-tornado/560358/

June 16, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker for President.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/16/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-bruce-rauner-presidential-bid/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/06/16/mayoral-working-group-recommends-policy-changes-reducing-barriers-for-trans-chicagoans
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker for President.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/06/16/gov-pritzker-potential-2028-presidential-run-democrats-have-lost-our-way
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/16/birthright-citizenship-is-before-the-supreme-court-heres-what-illinois-families-should-know
— DD: Pritzker budget takes more money away from those who have demographics that vote Republicans and gives that money to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2026/06/16/pritzker-signs-illinois-budget-trump-social-media-tax
— DD: Democrat leaders use Trump’s cage fight against him.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/06/16/coinciding-birthdays-donald-trump-80th-neil-steinberg-granddaughter

DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260616/marijuana/des-plaines-easing-sign-rules-for-cannabis-stores/

WGN9
— New Illinois GOP Chair Bob Grogan on growing the party ahead of November
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/wgn-the-point-politics-chicago-illinois/new-illinois-gop-chair-bob-grogan-on-growing-the-party-ahead-of-november/

FOX32
— Man charged with assaulting federal employee outside Chicago courthouse. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for almost 29 years. My critics/opponents despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-charged-with-assaulting-federal-employee-outside-chicago-courthouse/ar-AA1HByjC

WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/06/16/school-districts-trans-kids-pay-anti-trans-lawsuits

RIVER BENDER
— Plummer Criticizes Pritzker After Signing of FY2027 State Budget
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/senator-plummer-criticizes-pritzker-after-signing-of-fy2027-state-budget-94323.cfm

FOX ILLINOIS & WAND TV
— Illegal immigration increased car insurance premiums
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fact-focus-trump-says-illegal-immigration-increased-car-insurance-premiums-experts-say-otherwise/article_fbddc322-4be7-59e2-a797-9382b24dda6d.html
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/fact-focus-trump-says-illegal-immigration-increased-car-insurance-premiums-experts-say-otherwise/article_0c22cc98-1059-5dc7-91c9-23423ebf96c2.html

CWB CHICAGO
— Grant Park cross burner was sending a message to ‘MAGA Christian nationalist supporters’ of Donald Trump
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/06/grant-park-cross-burner-was-sending-a-message-to-maga-christian-nationalist-supporters-of-donald-trump.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A 21-year-old University of Illinois Chicago senior says he is the person who set fire to a cross in Grant Park last week, though he insists he had no idea that burning crosses are a symbol of the Ku Klux Klan. Merlin Lu told NBC 5 in an interview Monday that his target was not a racial group, but rather supporters of President Donald Trump, whom he described as “MAGA Christian nationalist supporters.” His chosen method of protest: placing a red baseball cap atop a cross, the central symbol of Christianity, and setting it ablaze.)

CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026/06/16/illinois-rep-chuy-garcia-introduces-house-legislation-to-protect-immigrant-children/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Bailey Supporters Say Top Dabrowski Allies Continue Primary Fight Months After Election
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/bailey-supporters-say-top-dabrowski-allies-continue-primary-fight-months-after-election.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans will hold a midterm convention in Dallas this September. Senate candidate Ken Paxton announced the convention during a tele-town hall. President Trump is expected to speak at the convention. The GOP aims to boost voter turnout and enthusiasm with this convention.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/16/gop-picks-dallas-midterm-convention-says-ken-paxton/
— Foiled plot targeting UFC event at White House meant to set off revolution by killing Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/16/foiled-plot-targeting-ufc-event-white-house-meant-set-revolution/
— Vance blames the political left’s rhetoric for planned attacks targeting the UFC event
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/16/jd-vance-blames-political-lefts-rhetoric-planned-attacks-targeting/
— Is removal of Trump’s name from Kennedy Center a metaphor? DD: Trump opposes abortion. Democrat leaders remove Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center building. In 2025, Democrat leaders removed Hyde’s name from the DuPage County Courthouse because he opposed abortion.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/15/removal-trumps-name-kennedy-center-metaphor/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Vance praises Trump’s ‘rebellion’ against GOP donors in new book. DD: Far too many major Republican donors reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4610021/vance-praises-trump-rebellion-against-gop-donors-new-book/

NEW YORK POST
— Freedom 250 White House attack suspect posted wild anti-Trump, antisemitic TikTok memes
https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/us-news/vile-social-media-posts-of-alleged-ufc-250-plotter-exposed-as-feds-say-tiktok-was-used-to-recruit/
— ‘Assassination culture’ and anti-Christian extremism fueled alleged plot against Erika Kirk
https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/us-news/assassination-culture-and-anti-christian-extremism-fueled-alleged-plot-against-erika-kirk-report/
— Cornell student who ‘won’t work for Jews’ is a symptom of a far darker hatred that must be stopped. DD: Far too many of my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworker, and subordinates were antisemitic. They were furious when I volunteered to work for the office’s Jewish GS-15 (currently $165,386-$197,200/year manager in late 1989.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/opinion/cornell-student-who-wont-work-for-jews-is-a-symptom-of-a-far-darker-hatred-that-must-be-stopped/

JUDICIAL WATCH
— United States Seeks to Intervene in Judicial Watch Lawsuit Challenging Evanston Reparations Program
https://www.judicialwatch.org/evanston-reparations-program/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— A Person Is in Custody in a Chicago Cross Burning Investigation.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2026-06-16/a-person-is-in-custody-in-a-chicago-cross-burning-investigation-police-say
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The man said he protesting President Donald Trump and not making a racist statement. “I did know about this historical relevance beforehand. But I didn’t know the severity, how racially motivated it may seem from what I did,” the man told the TV station. “Cause my protest has nothing to do with race, nothing to do with gender.” Cross burnings in the U.S. have historically been seen as symbols of hate and intimidation against Black people and have often been connected to the Ku Klux Klan. The Chicago Police Department’s communications office confirmed that a person was in custody in connection with the case, but no other details were released. The man interviewed on WMAQ said he was protesting the “ruling class” and Christian nationalists who support Trump. He said he put a red MAGA hat on the cross.)

MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. I should write about Democrat success in doing that in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West district, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. Ever increasingly, I am a minority in more ways.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/relationships/donald-trump-and-the-republican-party-love-and-hate/ar-AA25JaRx

PEW RESEARCH
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2013/07/31/whither-the-gop-republicans-want-change-but-split-over-partys-direction/

SALON
— Working class. DD: My critics/opponents look down on the working class. I was a member of the working class 1964-1997. I had to work my way through college. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critic/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.salon.com/2026/06/16/trumps-white-working-class-base-may-finally-have-had-enough/

June 13, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/america-at-250-how-lgbtq-activism-helped-shape-the-evolution-of-chicago/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2026/06/13/alix-shulman-cancer-breast-cancer-queer-affirmation

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Bloomington.
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/article_7db4aaab-f499-42fd-9c56-e14df972dcf4.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Democrats, that is, they ever-increasingly paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederate Army and today’s Democrats as being yesterday’s Union Army.
https://pantagraph.com/opinion/column/article_1b89e761-8b3f-4e28-a5d9-f90f192e9b17.html

STATELINE
— Pritzker announces $25 million fund for pharmacies in low-income communities. DD: How wealthy is/was your hometown. To demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents and me as being filthy rich, my critics/opponents have always falsely hinted/implied that Crete was filthy rich when I lived there 1948-1972.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/gov-pritzker-announces-25-million-fund-for-pharmacies-in-low-income-communities/
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly punish America to punish Trump.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-declines-great-american-state-fair/

WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/bill-expanding-access-to-prescription-hormone-therapy-arrives-on-pritzkers-desk/article_383b53be-12b3-4d3d-a2e5-6d07ee6415ab.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/bill-allowing-undocumented-immigrants-to-pay-in-state-tuition-arrives-on-pritzkers-desk/article_812e3443-761b-473d-ac01-67760006502d.html

WSIU
— Illinois educators urge Pritzker to reject federal school voucher program. DD: My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. Because he sent my brother and me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools, he had less money. Because of that, I had to work my way through college. Because of that, my ACT score and GPA suffered.
https://www.wsiu.org/2026-06-12/illinois-educators-urge-pritzker-to-reject-federal-school-voucher-program

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/video/normal-township-raises-pride-flag-in-support-of-pride-month/11879782/

ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— 10K Illinois noncitizens to lose Medicaid coverage due to federal changes. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money. They are easier to exploit.
https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2026-06-12/10k-illinois-noncitizens-medicaid-coverage-federal-changes

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Government Schools Are Failing Students and Betraying Parents
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/government-schools-are-failing-students-and-betraying-parents/
— SPLC’s War on Biblical Values
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/the-splcs-war-on-biblical-values/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What does voting for Democrats say about you? It says that you want more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or Affirmative Action, DEI, and/or wokeness/wokeism, that is, more race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and/or national origin discrimination. It shows that you blame your problems on those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What shows that you are politically conservative? It includes following conservative principles. It includes not doing anti-conservative things.  – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What shows that you are an advocate of conservative principles? It includes regularly and substantially defending and promoting conservative principles. Since 2000, I have put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Since 2004, those newsletters have gone out each and  every morning, and often in the evening too, except a few days after I suffered a brain bleed. Since 2004, those newsletters have included links to more than 541,900 articles. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois from 2005 until 2012 when anti-conservatives had their operatives and their dupes get rid of me. I served as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member from 2003 until 2007 when anti-conservatives had their operatives and their dupes get rid of me. I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I served as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster from 2008 until 2010 when anti-conservatives had their operatives and their dupes get rid of me. I served as the MTRO webmaster from 2000 until 2004 when anti-conservatives had their operatives and their dupes get rid of me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How left-wing curricula fan the flames of antisemitism in public schools
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/4604626/left-wing-curricula-antisemitism-public-schools/
— When inclusion becomes illegal
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4601247/when-dei-inclusion-becomes-illegal/

NEW YORK POST
— How the trucking industry has become part of the immigration debate—and left safety as the main casualty
https://nypost.com/2026/06/13/opinion/how-trucking-has-become-part-of-the-immigration-debate/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Race-Based Mitigation Of Murder Sentences Remains Indefensible And Deadly. Equal justice under law protects the innocent and deters the guilty, regardless of race.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/06/race_based_mitigation_of_murder_sentences_remains_indefensible_and_deadly.html

BREITBART
— ABC News Complains: Only Three Percent of Deported Migrants Are Violent Felons
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/12/abc-news-complains-only-3-percent-of-deported-migrants-are-violent-felons/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Welfare Use by Noncitizens Across States in the U.S. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money. They are easier to exploit.
https://cis.org/Report/Welfare-Use-NonCitizens-Across-States-US

FEDERALIST
— The American Bar Association Is Unfit To Accredit Law Schools, And The Trump Admin Can Stop Them
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/13/the-american-bar-association-is-unfit-to-accredit-law-schools-and-the-trump-admin-can-stop-them/

FIRE
— Illinois’ doomed plan to tax social media. DD: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They would love to tax me for every newsletter that I send out and for every time anyone visits www.gopillinois.com .
https://www.fire.org/news/illinois-doomed-plan-tax-social-media

FOX NEWS
— John Fetterman’s fall from hero to heretic exposes Democrats’ hard left turn
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/john-fettermans-fall-hero-heretic-exposes-democrats-hard-left-turn
https://www.aol.com/articles/john-fetterman-fall-hero-heretic-130047000.html

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Campus Graduation Chaos Shows Higher Education Needs a Serious Moral Reset
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/campus-graduation-chaos-shows-higher-education-needs-serious-moral-reset

PJ MEDIA
— For Democrats, Everything Is About Sex, Class, or Race
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/13/for-democrats-everything-is-about-sex-or-race-n4953919
— Miller: Biden Admin Handed Kids to Traffickers With Fake Addresses ‘on a Daily Basis’
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/12/miller-biden-admin-handed-kids-to-traffickers-with-fake-addresses-on-a-daily-basis-n4953910

TOWNHALL
— Waning Prominence of Pride Month Is Cause for Hope
https://townhall.com/columnists/lathanwatts/2026/06/13/waning-prominence-of-pride-month-is-cause-for-hope-n2677688

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— Majority backs deporting all illegal immigrants
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/poll-finds-majority-back-deporting-all-illegal-immigrants/gm-GM0D48315C
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/marriage-is-an-outdated-concept-here-s-why/ar-AA25dt1a
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money. They are easier to exploit.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/merit-based-immigration-push-gains-momentum-amid-policy-funding-fight/ss-AA25nCUd

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders equate Platner with Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/13/platner-maine-supporters-say-trump-has-lowered-bar/

LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
— LA noncitizen voting proposal awaits key Monday hearing. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money. They are easier to exploit.
https://www.dailynews.com/2026/06/12/la-noncitizen-voting-proposal-awaits-key-monday-hearing/

NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA
— Nebraska’s third party voices are growing. DD: My critics/opponent would be beyond overjoyed if I would leave the Republican Party and join the hopeless Illinois Conservative Party. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party_(United_States)#Illinois  According to my critics/opponents, I am far too conservative. According to them, that not only causes Republican candidates to lose in Illinois, it causes their problems.
https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/nebraskas-third-party-voices-are-growing/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Aging Poses Test As Trump Turns 80. How old are you? I am 77. What best shows your mental/physical health? For me, it is my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-birthday-80-years-48541ecd
— Erika Kirk Lays Out a Vision for the Conservative Christian Woman. With birth rates in steep decline, marriage falling out of fashion and the future of MAGA up in the air, Turning Point USA held its annual women’s leadership conference.
https://www.wsj.com/style/turning-point-usa-womens-summit-erika-kirk-97abb601

FORTUNE
— DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. They attribute their successes in life to meritocracy. They attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/27/income-wealth-inequality-housing-consumer-pessimism-index-high/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Most Americans never move far from their hometown. DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in University Park 1972-1976. I should write about how poverty and crime have increased there because Democrats moved in.
https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-are-moving-less-social-demographic-changes-2022-8

MARKET WATCH
— My boyfriend’s parents say he shouldn’t marry me until he earns $50K a year. DD: What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/weve-been-dating-for-5-years-my-boyfriends-parents-say-he-doesnt-earn-enough-to-marry-should-i-speak-to-his-father-44b48700

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— Institute of Internal Auditors protests GAO budget cuts. DD: I have been an IIA member since 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Gingrich budget cuts to get rid of their employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. They wasted my career, they took many big adverse actions against me, and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/iia-protests-gao-budget-cuts

FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN INNOVATION
— Congress Should Reform the Government Accountability Office for the Twenty-First Century. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.thefai.org/posts/congress-should-reform-the-government-accountability-office-for-the-twenty-first-century

PEW RESEARCH
— Who Moves? Who Stays Put? Where’s Home? DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in University Park 1972-1976. I should write about how poverty and crime have increased there because Democrats moved in.
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2008/12/17/who-moves-who-stays-put-wheres-home/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Democrats that they are victims of Republicans. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who have demographics that vote for Democrats that they are victims of those who have demographics that vote for Republicans
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/05/20/how-much-discrimination-do-americans-say-groups-face-in-the-u-s/

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
— DD: As Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase. I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in University Park 1972-1976. I should write about how poverty and crime have increased there because Democrats moved in.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/race-rising-anxiety-white-america

PUBLIC NOTICE
— Trump’s preemptive attack on whistleblowers. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid when I was 40 in 1988. I filed a federal lawsuit against them after they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/federal-government-ndas-don-moynihan

CATO
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more immigration. Democrat leaders because immigrates vote for Democrats. RINO leaders because they want cheap labor.
https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/immigrants-cut-victimization-rates-boost-crime-reporting
— DD: According to CATO, federal employees are overpaid. According to my critics/opponents, federal employees are overpaid and federal pensions are too generous. While I was a federal employee 1966-1997, my salary in today’s dollars increased from $19.57/hour to $154,682/year. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree 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 a job-related professional license in 1981. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is $68,640/year. That is less than what my salary was in 1972 in today’s dollars.
https://www.cato.org/blog/growth-government-employment

SALON
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout a) at minorities that they victims of Whites, b) at females that they are victims of males, c) at younger people that they are victims of older people, d) at those who have less money that they are victims of those who have more money, e) at veterans that they are victims of non-veterans, f) at non-Protestants that they are victims of Protestants, g) at non-German Americans that they are victims of German Americans, and h) at those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time that they are victims of those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time
https://www.salon.com/2022/02/22/men-as-victims-americas-most-fantasy/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

TIMES OF ISRAEL
— DeSantis Joins Pride Backlash & Designates June for “Biblical Marriage”
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/desantis-joins-pride-backlash-designates-june-for-biblical-marriage/

INDEPENDENT
— IRS gets green light to swiftly hire 8,000 employees after agency struggled following Elon Musk’s ‘severe’ DOGE cuts. DD: Anticipate/expect that all those hired will be liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/irs-gets-green-light-swiftly-201556829.html

MEAWW
— Elon Musk’s trillionaire status sparks backlash from Democrats calling for taxing the ultra-rich. Progressives targeted Musk after SpaceX IPO made him the world’s first trillionaire. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I have always been overpaid and I have always had too much money.
https://news.meaww.com/elon-musks-trillionaire-status-sparks-backlash-from-democrats-calling-for-taxing-the-ultra-rich

FINANCE
— Having wealthy parents leads to young adults being six times better off. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. They attribute their successes in life to meritocracy. They attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/having-wealthy-parents-leads-young-230100398.html

FROM OTHER SOURCES

AUTOEVOLUTION
— 1968 Dodge Charger R/T. DD: I sold my 1968 Dodge Charger R/T and my 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS in 2005 because I needed money to buy my 2005 Corvette and I lacked garage space.  If I had had more money and more garage space, I would not have done that. I had owned the Charger since 1994 and the Impala since 1989.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/dad-s-1968-dodge-charger-r-t-spent-decades-in-hiding-emerges-with-mr-norm-s-paperwork-271408.html

June 11, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— MAGA YouTube star who spurred federal crackdown in Minneapolis to speak at Illinois GOP gala. The Illinois Democratic Party is calling Nick Shirley’s inclusion proof that the GOP “has completed their transformation into an extremist MAGA organization.” State Republicans, on the other hand, are praising the 24-year-old YouTube star as “one of the fastest rising independent journalists in America, known for going where mainstream media won’t.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/06/11/nick-shirley-maga-youtube-star-illinois-republican-party-gala-keynote-speaker
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Grogan on Thursday responded to criticisms of Shirley, telling the Sun-Times “JB Pritzker and Illinois Democrats are terrified of Nick Shirley coming to Illinois after he exposed billions of dollars in fraud in Minnesota and California.” “Illinois is next,” Grogan said.)
— Mayor Johnson will ask City Council committee to repeal video gambling in Chicago. Brandon Johnson wants the City Council’s Committee on Workforce Development to meet Monday to consider an ordinance that would essentially reverse the Council’s decision to allow video gambling in the city. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton, and in 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/06/11/mayor-brandon-johnson-repeal-video-gambling-bid-chicago

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Dillard sends veiled warning shot to Mayor Brandon Johnson over CTA leadership
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/11/rta-cta-brandon-johnson/
— Hillary Clinton urges grassroots movement at Rainbow PUSH, warns of ‘revolution to turn the clock back.’ DD: For Democrat leaders, progress is getting rid of Trump and getting rid of those who share his demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/11/hillary-clinton-prizker-chicago-push-convention/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois needs clearer rules for removing problem police officers. DD: Because I refused to become a Democrat, the longer that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, the more that they did to remove me.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/commentary/ccb-illinois-should-fix-police-decertification-opinion-20260611/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Based on the recently published “SAFE-T Act Policing Workgroup Recommendations,” the current state of police decertification in Illinois reflects a painful truth: Illinois has made progress on decertification reform, which removes the legal authority to serve as a police officer in that state, but the current system still leaves significant gaps that undermine public trust, accountability and transparency. Illinois still relies too heavily on police departments to identify and report officer misconduct to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training & Standards Board. That approach is insufficient. Community members, civilian oversight authorities and state’s attorneys often become aware of serious misconduct long before law enforcement leadership acts.)
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they ever-increasingly promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The more that they succeed, the bleaker the future is for those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The more that Democrat leaders succeed, anticipate/expect that more that those who are the aforesaid will give up and not even try to earn a college degree.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-dei-contract-rules-kwame-raoul-trump-20260611/

ABC7
— Rahm Emanuel urges Bears to get serious on stadium talks, explains Chicago’s World Cup absence
https://abc7chicago.com/post/former-chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-urges-bears-get-serious-stadium-talks-speaks-presence-knicks-game/19278303/
— ‘Broadview Six’ grand jury fallout expands; federal prosecutors could be called to testify. Misconduct allegations raised in more federal cases.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/broadview-case-grand-jury-fallout-expands-federal-prosecutors-could-called-testify-misconduct-allegations-expand/19272206/

CBS2
— Pete Buttigieg and Hillary Clinton speak at 1st Rainbow PUSH convention since Rev. Jesse Jackson’s death
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pete-buttigieg-hillary-clinton-rainbow-push-conference/

FOX32
— Pritzker to still attend Bears’ games if team moves to Indiana
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-8b8b1i94fuaiwde0

WGN RADIO
— Pat Brady, SVP of Mercury Public Affairs, former chairman for the Illinois Republican Party, joins Lisa Dent to discuss Rahm Emanuel’s possible presidential campaign, Illinois Comptroller, Susana Mendoza’s mayoral run, and the likelihood of Mayor Brandon Johnson winning the mayoral race.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-looking-into-rahm-emanuels-presidential-run/

CAPITOL CITY NOW
— New IL GOP chair hopes for gains. Bob Grogan says Democrats are still big spenders.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-new-il-gop-chair-hopes-for-gains/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s time for a change at the Illinois Republican Party. Bob Grogan ousted Kathy Salvi this year as chair of the state party. He is a former DuPage County auditor. Comparing the two parties, he said, “I think it’s the ability to change and actually sort of hold people in check. But I also have a faith that the basis of our grass roots, for instance, is just people who believe in principles; the other side, the way they maintain power is through contract and patronage, and that’s just not as much in the lifeblood of Republicans.” The GOP holds no statewide offices, three of the seventeen U.S. House seats, and a superminority of each chamber in the Illinois General Assembly. Democrats, said Grogan, have “never seen a new tax that they don’t like, the spend money like a drunken sailor, the corruption side of things.” Grogan cited those to back up his contention that Democrats are “destroying the state.”)

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Pritzker defends level of engagement with state lawmakers amid Bears flop. The governor only had one scheduled meeting with top megaprojects negotiators in May.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzker-defends-level-of-engagement-with-state-lawmakers-amid-bears-flop/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Aldermen say lawmakers failed to address illegal cannabis sales near schools. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Democrats are pot pushers. Ever-increasingly, they push children to use pot. The more pot they get children to use, the faster that children crash and burn. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_aaa2bbd3-2e1e-43e0-808a-f4c6003a7e22.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rioting is never justified
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/11/editorial-rioting-never-justified/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Justice Department declared this week that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s “disparate-impact” policies are unconstitutional, tossing aside a rule, long criticized by conservatives, that saw racial discrimination whenever a policy resulted in outcomes that differed among people of different races — regardless of whether the policy had anything to do with race. DD: According to my critics/opponents, whenever Whites and/or males do better at something than minorities and/or females, it is because Whites and/or males discriminate against minorities and/or females.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4602345/doj-targets-disparate-impact-hiring-practices/

NEW YORK POST
— San Francisco Unified School District shelled out nearly $400,000 to extreme ”ethnic studies” consultants obsessed with defunding the police and tearing down capitalism rather fixing the students’ appalling reading and math scores.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/sf-district-spent-thousands-on-ethnic-studies-consultants-as-test-scores-fell/

DAILY CALLER
— Governor, Pick One: The Bears Or Illegal Aliens? William J Kelly pressed Illinois Governor JB Pritzker about the financial drain of illegal aliens in the city as the Chicago Bears seem poised to move to Indiana.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnC-16Vq5B8

FOX NEWS
— Rep. Mark Harris urges treasury to strip SPLC of tax exempt status. DD: My critics/opponents side with SPLC.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6398151598112
— Rhode Island teacher who called slain Charlie Kirk ‘garbage’ honored in high school yearbook.
https://www.aol.com/articles/rhode-island-teacher-called-slain-190248000.html

MINDING THE CAMPUS
— American Graduates Need Not Apply. A senior partner at a large U.S. company admits corporations will skirt H-1B restrictions—leaving American graduates behind. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money. They are easier to exploit.
https://mindingthecampus.org/2025/12/29/american-graduates-need-not-apply/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Senate defense policy bill excludes IVF provision. DD: In the 1980s, my Democrat GAO superiors used against me big time my and my wife’s giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5920930-senate-defense-bill-excludes-ivf-coverage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Currently, service members’ Tricare insurance only covers fertility services for military members whose infertility was caused by a serious or severe illness or injury while on active duty. Duckworth has been trying to change that by requiring Tricare to cover infertility diagnosis and treatment, including IVF. Her provision would also direct the secretary of Defense to create a program on fertility-related care coordination to address the unique needs of military families.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Erika Kirk Lays Out a Vision for the Conservative Christian Woman. With birth rates in steep decline, marriage falling out of fashion and the future of MAGA up in the air, Turning Point USA held its annual women’s leadership conference.
https://www.wsj.com/style/turning-point-usa-womens-summit-erika-kirk-97abb601

BANGOR DAILY NEWS
— Maine is among at least six states not sending a delegation to President Donald Trump’s state fair. The other states are California, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Oregon,
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/06/11/politics/washington/maine-boycott-donald-trump-great-american-state-fair/

ROBERT REICH
— Experience, Knowledge, and Talent Need Not Apply. DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me if I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt and earned an MBA, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971, would not have hired me if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business and passed the Federal Service Entrance examination, and c) the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me if I had not earned a high school diploma and passed the postal employment test. Because I refused to become a Democrat, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/experience-knowledge-and-talent-need

SPLC
— DD: My critics/opponents attribute their successes in life to meritocracy. They attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/stories/what-is-white-privilege-really/

June 8, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

June 6, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Bears’ stadium tactics over years of negotiations leave some Illinois leaders frustrated
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/06/bears-stadium-indiana-reaction/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/06/06/61-percent-white-americans-fox-news-viewers-immigrants-invade-colonize-eichen-rhodes-nteta-umass
— New test to get into selective CPS high schools is longer, only in English. The district’s eight graders will take the PreACT 9 Secure exam in October instead of the current HSAT. The new test is more than twice as long and won’t be offered in multiple languages, like the current exam.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/06/05/new-test-to-get-into-selective-cps-high-schools-is-longer-only-in-english

DAILY HERALD
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260601/submitted-content/summer-meals-campaign-gets-major-boost-with-matching-gift-from-naperville-business/

SOUTHERN
— Senate approves $70 billion immigration enforcement bill
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/06/05/senate-approves-70-billion-immigration-enforcement-bill/

WGLT
— Trump administration blocks wind farm development in Illinois and across the nation
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-06-05/trump-administration-blocks-illinois-and-national-wind-farm-development

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPUBLICAN NEWSLETTER
— DD: It would be great if each Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee member would send the Republican Precinct Committeemen in their district such newsletters.
https://mailchi.mp/bfe5d2ae66f1/the-new-il-10th-republican-newsletter-14207171

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Homosexuality Redefining Reality
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/redefining-reality/
— The State Makes a Bad Parent, But It’ll Keep Trying
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/the-state-makes-a-bad-parent-but-itll-keep-trying/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pence kept his oath. Many in MAGA never forgave him.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4595067/mike-pence-kept-oath-maga-never-forgave-him/

NEW YORK POST
— The moral woke abyss that got Henry Nowak killed
https://www.aol.com/news/moral-woke-abyss-got-henry-104500539.html

AMAC
— What Is Your Opinion on the Anti-Weaponization Fund? DD: Just kidding, but should I apply? Democrat leaders in Illinois had my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors waste my career and take many big adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) forced me to resign in 1969 and b) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents have always stressed that in Diersen v. GAO, not only Bush’s DOJ sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me, but that no Republican federal elected officials in Illinois came to my defense, that is, they sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me. To side with my Democrat GAO superiors, is to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://amac.us/poll/president-trump-anti-weaponization-fund/

BREITBART
— ICE Workplace Raid Detains 50 Illegal Migrants, Managers
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/06/05/ice-workplace-raid-detains-50-migrants-managers/amp/

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Bogus Asylum Case. DD: It is all too easy to claim fear of persecution.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Purported-Bogus-Asylum-Case-Out-Hoosier-State-Thats-All-Too-Common
— Texas Nabs Six Camo-Clad Chinese on Border Ranch. The border is now so secure that their apprehension is ‘newsworthy’ — unlike under the last administration.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Texas-Nabs-Six-CamoClad-Chinese-Border-Ranch

FEDERALIST
— SPLC Paid KKK Members. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes do the most to destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/03/splc-paid-kkk-members-who-wanted-out-to-stay-with-racist-group-doj-says/

FOX NEWS
— NJ taxpayers on the hook for $12M more as Dem governor protects illegal aliens battling deportation
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nj-taxpayers-hook-12m-dem-governor-protects-illegal-aliens-battling-deportation
— Noncitizens on voter rolls. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because that had wealthy parents.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6397660511112

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Four GOP Senators Join Dems to Stop SAVE Act. “There’s no other reason to say you don’t have to have an ID. It just makes cheating easier. Who wants a noncitizen voting in our election…” Four Republican senators joined every Senate Democrat Thursday night to block an amendment that would have attached the SAVE America Act to the Republican budget reconciliation package. The amendment failed on a 48-50 vote, falling short of the 60 votes required under Senate rules.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/06/four-gop-senators-join-dems-to-stop-save-act/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Karen Bass Wants To Explore Letting Non-Citizens Vote. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because that had wealthy parents.
https://www.nationalreview.com/videos/karen-bass-wants-to-explore-letting-non-citizens-vote/

TOWNHALL
— Trump Just Got the Last Laugh on Immigration
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cameron-arcand/2026/06/05/democrats-went-bold-on-immigration-demands-trump-just-got-the-last-laugh-n2677311

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Paying for Klan Hoods, Cross Burnings, And an Imperial Wizard – The 6 Worst SPLC Sins Alleged in New Indictment
https://www.westernjournal.com/paying-klan-hoods-cross-burnings-imperial-wizard-6-worst-splc-sins-alleged-new-indictment/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Fear the Mamdani Effect: AI’s liberal bias could destroy American patriotism. DD: What makes you patriotic? For me, it includes my being able to earn enough money to do the following even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, he died when he was 47 and I was 21, and my mother never attended high school: a) work my way through college and earn a bachelor’s degree in management, master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, a CPA certificate, a Certified Internal Auditor certificate, four more job-related professional certifications, and a CPA license, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., and c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc.
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5909906-ai-bias-american-narrative/

REUTERS
— Law firm diversity group shutters amid Trump’s DEI crackdown. DD: My IRS employee manual encouraged me to take business, accounting, and/or law courses. Reasons why I did not take law courses included a) their being more expensive, b) their not being tax deductible, c) the well-known anti-conservative and anti-Republican bias of law professors, and d) the tremendous pressure on law schools to admit and to graduate students who were minority and/or female.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/law-firm-diversity-group-shutters-amid-trumps-dei-crackdown-2026-06-05/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— 25 Law Schools That Offer the Most Tuition Help. At least 62% of students who received grants at these schools got enough to cover half or more of tuition and fee costs. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships to stress a) that my ACT score was only 24, b) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class, and c) that my parents were not poor.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/paying/slideshows/law-schools-that-offer-the-most-tuition-help

MSN
— 12 people who can rightfully claim reparations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/12-people-who-can-rightfully-claim-reparations-and-who-can-t/vi-AA24V8KX

NEW YORK TIMES
— Tracking the Battle to Reshape Congress (and Pick Up Seats) for the Midterms
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/politics/midterms-house-maps-redistricting.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want unrestricted immigration. Democrat leaders because noncitizens vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because RINO leaders want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because that had wealthy parents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/us/politics/asylum-immigration-ruling.html
— A Job Market Leaving Young Graduates Behind Could Scar Them for Years. DD: I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in August of 1970. My not being able to get a job appropriate for that degree until 1971 set me back. The Democrats who ran IRS who hired me as a GS-7 in June of 1971 used their up-or-out rule to get rid of me. While I got promoted as fast as time-in-grade rules allowed to GS-9 in 1972, to GS-11 in 1973, and to GS-12 in 1974, that was not fast enough for them. They used their up-or-out rule to deem me to be too old to be promoted to GS-13 because they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/business/college-graduates-job-market.html
— DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton and in 2019 I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/opinion/illegal-drugs-cheap-prices.html

WFAA
— DD: Democrat Texan leaders protest removing their illegal truck drivers Texas Roads. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because that had wealthy parents.
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/politics/inside-politics/texas-politics/lawmakers-protest-removing-immigrant-truckers-from-texas-roads-inside-texas-politics-june-7-2026/287-8992e988-20a9-45b8-b022-3a12caa56ff7

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Illinois Bar vs. Free Speech. Illinois punishes a state judge who wrote a pro-Trump op-ed.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/judge-james-brown-free-speech-illinois-supreme-court-cook-county-a082dd23
— Vance: What I Learned About Faith and Fatherhood from Charlie Kirk.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/jd-vance-charlie-kirk-book-excerpt-fatherhood-080541c7
— Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer Than Ever—and Remaking the Auto Industry. Automakers, dealers and repair shops are changing business practices to adapt to a new normal: the 13-year-old car. DD: I have owned my 1972 Chevrolet Corvette since 1971, my 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX since 1995, my 2005 Corvette since 2005, my 2013 Dodge Charger R/T since 2012, my 2018 Chevrolet Cruze LT since 2022, my 2019 Ford Escape Titanium since 2019, my 2021 Chevrolet Malibu Premiere since 2021, my 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium since 2023, and my 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T since 2025.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/americans-are-keeping-their-cars-longer-than-ever-and-remaking-the-auto-industry-c169e494
— Parents Aren’t Waiting to Pass Down Wealth. DD: My critics/opponents have/had wealthy parents.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/parents-arent-waiting-to-pass-down-wealth-fd615a4a

NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders racially gerrymander to destroy Republicans. I live in the racially gerrymandered 3rd Congressional District in Illinois.
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/05/nx-s1-5836682/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-state-redistricting

REASON
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want unrestricted immigration. Democrat leaders because noncitizens vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because RINO leaders want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because that had wealthy parents.
https://reason.com/2026/06/05/this-attempt-by-the-trump-administration-to-cripple-legal-immigration-is-illegal-judge-rules/

GOOD MEN PROJECT
— DD: Democrat leaders racially gerrymander to destroy Republicans. I live in the racially gerrymandered 3rd Congressional District in Illinois.
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/this-is-no-time-to-mince-words-partisan-gerrymandering-is-racism-and-its-supporters-are-racists/

LAW
— DD: Democrat leaders racially gerrymander to destroy Republicans. I live in the racially gerrymandered 3rd Congressional District in Illinois.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/06/05/dont-cry-for-the-voting-rights-act-we-can-fix-it-by-ending-partisan-gerrymandering/

PBS
— Treasury warns banks of ‘red flags’ tied to customers in the U.S. illegally
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/treasury-warns-banks-of-red-flags-tied-to-customers-in-the-us-illegally

SIRM
— New Executive Order Could Reshape Federal Employment Protections. DD: Democrats run the federal government. Because of that, federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I transferred from IRS in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. But even though I was a union member, a) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and b) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. That was because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/new-executive-order-could-reshape-federal-employment

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat elected officials a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) to get rid of their employees who were Republican, and especially those who were conservative, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/hegseth-removes-women-black-officers-from-navy-promotion-list-pentagon-denies-bias-report/ar-AA24DJBr

INDIAN EXPRESS
— Trump fuels 2028 buzz, says JD Vance-Marco Rubio ticket would be ‘unbeatable.’ Vance ​and Rubio have taken turns ‌to take the stage at White House briefings to defend the Trump administration ‌against a wide range ​of ​questions, including ​the increasingly unpopular Iran war. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government 1966-1997 who were veterans ever-increasingly blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War. They ever-increasingly blamed Republicans like me a) who were 1-A for the draft but avoided the draft with deferments and/or b) who were conservative, White, male, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. They hinted/implied/argued that I was an unmitigated hypocritical coward because if I had served, I would not have been sent into combat because I could not run because I had a bone disease, because my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and because I had partial red/green colorblindness.
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/us-news/donald-trump-vance-rubio-2028-presidential-run-unbeatable-10722311/lite/

ECONOMIC TIMES
— ‘Who wants noncitizens voting in our election?’: 4 GOP Senators join Dems to block SAVE America Act. Despite strong support from President Donald Trump and House Republicans, the Save America Act failed to advance in the U.S. Senate, falling short in a 48–51 vote and missing the 60-vote threshold required to move forward. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want unrestricted immigration. Democrat leaders because noncitizens vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because RINO leaders want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because that had wealthy parents.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/who-wants-noncitizens-voting-in-our-election-4-gop-senators-join-dems-to-block-save-america-act/amp_videoshow/131534801.cms

SKY NEWS
— Henry Nowak never stood a chance against Western authorities’ allegiance to critical race theory post-George Floyd. Murdered student Henry Nowak was judged by an ideology imported from the Black Lives Matter movement as cops let him bleed out while blindly believing the racism lies told to them by his killer.
https://www.skynews.com.au/insights-and-analysis/henry-nowak-never-stood-a-chance-against-western-authorities-allegiance-to-critical-race-theory-postgeorge-floyd/news-story/8c4ce2d3bf77da7ab22d9428d7ad3ba5

May 28, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— US Attorney for Northern District of Illinois leading criminal probe into E. Jean Carroll. Acting AG Todd Blanche recused himself from the investigation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-attorney-northern-district-illinois-andrew-boutros-leading-doj-criminal-probe-jean-carroll-sources/19183723/

NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-high-school-soccer-star-reunites-with-team-after-release-from-ice-custody/3941237/
— Chicago faith leaders plan a new kind of ‘teen takeover’ after violent gatherings. It’s all to prevent the dangerous trend that caused chaos in the city over the holiday weekend. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-faith-leaders-plan-a-new-kind-of-teen-takeover-after-violent-gatherings/3941156/

WGN9
— Girl, 14, charged after teen takeover in Hyde Park. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://wgntv.com/video/girl-14-charged-after-teen-takeover-in-hyde-park-cpd-says/11804054/
— Concerns growing over how to put a stop to teen takeovers. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSF2VGBo3xs

FOX32
— Alderman pushing to penalize parents in teen takeovers. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-yau47ow8m11099j6

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Fundraiser for Illinois GOP governor candidate Darren Bailey delayed after Tribune raised ethics law questions. DD: Anticipate/expect that the Pope will ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/27/darren-bailey-fundraiser-ethics/
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyout and early retirement “offers” to get rid of their employees who are: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/28/opinion-illinois-voluntary-pension-buyouts/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/28/illinois-hiv-advocates-funding-trump-cuts/

STATELINE
— DD: How many votes will Corbett take from Bailey?
https://www.mystateline.com/news/independent-candidate-enters-illinois-governor-race-challenging-pritzker-and-bailey/

WIFR
— DD: How many votes will Corbett take from Bailey?
https://www.wifr.com/2026/05/27/former-republican-strategist-collin-corbett-files-run-illinois-governor-independent/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders raise questions about Trump’s health.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2026-05-27/trumps-third-check-up-at-walter-reed-raises-more-questions-about-his-health

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Durbin invokes Lincoln in democracy warning. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint Democrats as having been the Union in the Civil War and paint Republicans as having been the Confederacy.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/28/durbin-invokes-lincoln-in-democracy-warning-00939505
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Democratic state Rep. La Shawn Ford has been endorsed by the Congressional Black Caucus’ political organization in his bid for the 7th congressional seat now held by Rep. Danny Davis, who also has endorsed him. Ford survived a competitive primary to emerge as the Democratic nominee in a predominantly blue district. He faces Republican Chad Koppie, a retired farmer and jet pilot, in the November election.)

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-746/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republican Candidate to Replace Dick Durbin Comments on His Speech to the Illinois General Assembly
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/28/republican-candidate-to-replace-dick-durbin-comments-on-his-speech-to-the-illinois-general-assembly/
— Taxpayers Subsidizing Teacher Pensions, Often with Teachers Paying Nothing. DD: For my Civil Service Retirement System pension, I paid 7% of my federal salary.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/28/taxpayers-subsidizing-teacher-pensions-often-with-teachers-paying-nothing/

ILLINOIS ANSWERS PORJECT
— A Proposed Law Would Push Wealthy Suburbs to Build More Affordable Housing. Mayors Are Pushing Back.
https://illinoisanswers.org/2026/05/27/proposed-illinois-law-push-wealthy-suburbs-build-more-affordable-housing/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to Criticize Trump Policies, Push Reparations Agenda During Vatican Meeting. DD: DD: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations. Anticipate/expect that the Pope will ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/05/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-to-criticize-trump-policies-push-reparations-agenda-during-vatican-meeting.html
— The Hatred Against the Trump Family Has Turned Dangerous. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting hatred against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/05/opinion-the-hatred-against-the-trump-family-has-turned-dangerous.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
— Trial Awaits Lifeguard Who Sought Pride Flag Exemption. LA County allegedly refused to accommodate Christian beliefs. The case of a Christian lifeguard in Los Angeles County who was denied a religious accommodation that would have excused him from raising or lowering the LGBTQ+ “Progress Pride Flag” is going to trial after a federal judge’s sealed ruling last week. Capt. Jeffrey Little, a lifeguard with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, first filed a lawsuit against the county and several supervisors in 2024 after the county enacted a policy requiring the Progress Pride Flag to be flown over county facilities, including some lifeguard stations, during LGBTQ Pride Month each June.
https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/trial-awaits-lifeguard-who-sought-pride-flag-exemption

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— West Point wake-up call: Hegseth torches DEI obsession in military ranks
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/05/27/west-point-wake-up-call-hegseth-torches-dei-obsession-in-military-ranks-1642715/

BREITBART
— Blue States Starting to Curb ‘Free’ Healthcare to Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/05/27/blue-states-starting-to-curb-free-healthcare-to-migrants-as-budgets-spin-out-of-control/amp/

DAILY CALLER
— GOP Establishment Quietly Memory-Holes Months Of Anti-Paxton Content
https://dailycaller.com/2026/05/27/nrsc-deletes-anti-ken-paxton-content/

DAILY WIRE
— Camouflage-Clad Chinese Illegals Caught At Border
https://www.dailywire.com/news/camouflage-clad-chinese-illegals-caught-at-border
— DEI’s Hidden Cost: The Quiet Consequences Of A Flawed Policy. Diversity mandates fracture merit, mental health, and relationships.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/deis-hidden-cost-the-quiet-consequences-of-a-flawed-policy

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
— Older Americans Month: Champion Your Health. DD: Putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out has harmed my health, is harming my health, and will ever-increasingly harm my health. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly stress that to discourage/stop me from putting the newsletters together and sending them out.
https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2026/05/older-americans-month-champion-your-health

FOX NEWS
—  Lindsey Graham: Iran became ‘rich and lethal’ under Biden and Obama.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6396807522112
— Trump offers federal help for Chicago’s teen takeovers. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6396737300112
— Illinois official charged after allegedly submitting dead mother’s mail-in ballot. Authorities say the investigation began after election officials flagged a vote-by-mail ballot connected to a deceased voter.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-official-charged-allegedly-submitting-dead-mothers-mail-ballot
— Pete Hegseth’s anti-DEI speech at West Point is a template to save American lives. Regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, we need the best of the best to protect us.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/pete-hegseths-anti-dei-speech-west-point-template-save-american-lives

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5897035-trump-control-republicans-paxton/

MS NOW
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.ms.now/morning-joe/watch/top-democrat-loyalty-to-trump-only-thing-that-matters-to-gop-2501512771945

ABC NEWS
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/americans-democrats-dont-stand-republicans-republicans-support-trump/story?id=133320627

ABC NEW YORK
— DD: How long have your ancestors been in America? According to Democrat leaders, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the more that you have benefited from slavery, and therefore the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American. My critics/opponents have always stressed that I am all of the aforesaid and that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In my ancestors’ defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois, they never were in a position to discriminate against Blacks, and they never did discriminate against Blacks.
https://abc7ny.com/post/pope-leo-xiv-makes-historic-apology-vaticans-role-legitimizing-slavery/19175137/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Wants Federal Employees to Sign Nondisclosure Agreements. Lawyers representing federal workers said the move is intended to chill speech and could be challenged on First Amendment grounds. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors’ forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 forced me to disclose lots about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/us/politics/trump-administration-nondisclosure-agreements.html
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/us/trump-cornyn-paxton-senate-republicans.html
— Vice and the Crisis of Liberalism. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/opinion/vice-liberalism-addiction-gambling-drugs.html

USA TODAY
— 59% retire earlier than planned. DD: The more of the following that you are, the likely that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/05/25/early-retirement-job-loss-health-layoffs/90218745007/
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/05/27/paxton-win-texas-runoff-midterms-trump-endorsement/90211135007/

FED SMITH
— OPM Proposes Eliminating the Time-in-Grade Rule. DD: The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 hired me as a GS-7 when I was 22. While I got promoted as fast as time-in-grade rules allowed to GS-9 when I was 23, to GS-11 when I was 24, and to GS-12 when I was 25, that was not fast enough for them. They used their up-or-out rule to deem me to be too old to be promoted to GS-13 because they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/05/27/eliminating-time-in-grade-rule-federal-workforce-impact/

TIME
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://time.com/article/2026/05/26/paxton-defeats-cornyn-trump-texas-talarico/

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

NEW REPUBLIC
— DD: For Democrats, democracy exists to take opportunities, money, and everything else away from Republicans and to give it all to Democrats.
https://newrepublic.com/article/210941/southern-states-anti-democracy-gerrymandering

AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/green-card-news-uscis-memo/

YALE DAILY NEWS
— Yale reinstates SAT, ACT requirement. DD: UIC would not have admitted me in 1966 if I had not gotten an ACT score of 24.
https://yaledailynews.com/articles/yale-reinstates-sat-act-requirement-after-six-years-of-flexible-policy

AXIOS
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/27/trump-primary-elections-retribution-loyal-maga

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

GUARDIAN
— DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/27/trump-republican-party-maga