CPAC
— Conservatives Unite for Day One of CPAC USA 2026
https://www.cpac.org/post/conservatives-unite-for-day-one-of-cpac-usa-2026
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Older and younger conservatives at CPAC are split over Trump’s war in Iran. A sharp generational split over the Iran war is opening up at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference.
https://kdhnews.com/news/nation/older-and-younger-conservatives-at-cpac-are-split-over-trumps-war-in-iran/article_c6a19db3-ef47-517b-838d-48d1b0270f8f.html
https://apnews.com/video/older-and-younger-conservatives-at-cpac-are-split-over-trumps-war-in-iran-8a65e2eaf8f24fa3ad153762b40ede95
CBS NEWS
— First day of CPAC in Grapevine includes topic of immigration
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/first-day-of-cpac-in-grapevine-includes-topic-of-immigration/
MOTHER JONES
— The Incredible Shrinking CPAC. Once the center of conservative gravity, CPAC can’t get a single Trump family member to show up.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/the-incredible-shrinking-cpac/
SKY NEWS
— ‘A lot of optimism’: Conservatives ‘pumped’ for CPAC conference dominated by Iran war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLqN9ku1oAs
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 8 charged after teen disturbance in Loop. Alderman renews calls for curfew changes. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-police-respond-loop-disturbance-alderman-hopkins-says-curfew-enforced/18778471/
— Hotel and stadium workers can refuse work if ICE is present, union says as World Cup approaches
https://abc7.com/post/hotel-stadium-workers-can-refuse-work-ice-is-present-union-says-world-cup-approaches/18766126/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/street-closures-in-downtown-chicago-for-no-kings-rally-and-march/3914376/
CBS2
— Downtown alderman renews push for more police curfew powers after large teen takeover. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/downtown-alderman-renews-push-for-more-police-curfew-powers-after-large-teen-takeover/
WGN9
— Curfew enforcement order issued after teen takeover in Loop overnight. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/curfew-enforcement-order-issued-after-teen-takeover-in-loop-overnight/
FOX32
— 8 arrested in Chicago teen takeover that prompted curfew enforcement. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/teen-takeover-chicago-loop-curfew-enforcement
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-1l85hfvvh4swoa7g
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-ly43xx55ss545dce
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/03/26/no-kings-protests-return-chicago-area-saturday-here-s-what-know
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.
https://www.wbez.org/environment/2026/03/27/climate-change-surge-home-insurance-rates-illinois
WGN RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders want Pat Brady to lead the Illinois Republican Party again.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-things-are-going-in-the-wrong-direction/amp/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Year’s first ‘teen takeover’ in downtown Chicago sees eight arrests, more curfew discussion. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/chicago-teen-takeover-arrests/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: What do get blamed the most for? I get blamed the most for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/03/26/trump-hegseth-iran-economy-immigration-bondi-gabbard-s-e-cupp
— DD: Democrat employers “offer” buyouts and early retirement to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, etc.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/03/26/johnson-devising-strategy-to-tackle-pension-crisis-that-includes-deferred-retirement-option
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: DD: The Democrats who run Elgin ever-increasingly a) attract those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) drive out of Elgin those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260326/local-politics/elgin-council-votes-to-provide-staff-with-more-time-to-develop-inclusivity-and-diversity-ordinance/
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Del Mar Steps Down From Local GOP Leadership To Focus On Statewide Bid
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/del-mar-steps-down-from-local-gop-leadership-to-focus-on-statewide-bid/#google_vignette
SHAW LOCAL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2026/03/26/several-no-kings-protests-to-be-held-throughout-dupage-county-saturday/
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2026/03/26/evanston-no-kings-march-rally-and-community-cares-drive-set-for-this-weekend/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Equal Pay Day. DD: All my many female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were minority and/or younger than me and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/gender-wage-gap-persists/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/video/equal-pay-day/11645303/
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS PATCH
— Couple Used Nazi Symbols, Feces To Vandalize Republican Building. The arrests stem from an investigation into the January incident at the Republicans of Wheeling Township Building.
https://patch.com/illinois/arlingtonheights/couple-used-nazi-symbols-feces-vandalize-republican-building-arlington
ELK GROVE VILLAGE & ROSEMONT PATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests.
https://patch.com/illinois/elk-grove-village-il/calendar/event/20260328/b4fba2fd-b1cc-41cf-9269-9fad1c136a83/no-kings-elk-grove-village
https://patch.com/illinois/rosemont-il/calendar/event/20260328/e9a95325-cce2-4799-90c3-da2861d80be8/no-kings-elk-grove-village
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Mike Pence To Speak At UChicago’s Institute Of Politics In April. Pence will participate in a student-moderated panel to discuss the role of the executive branch, populism and more.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/26/mike-pence-to-speak-at-uchicagos-institute-of-politics-in-april/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/27/lake-countys-blue-architect-bows-out-00847548
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-708/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— For the Left, some lives are apparently more valuable than others
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4503186/some-lives-more-valuable-than-others-liberal-media-sheridan-gorman/
BREITBART
— 800 Teens Trash $4.8M Airbnb Texas Mansion with Wild Party that Ended in Gunfire
https://www.breitbart.com/pre-viral/2026/03/26/800-teens-trash-4-8m-airbnb-texas-mansion-with-wild-party-that-ended-in-gunfire/amp/
CHRONICLES MAGAZINE
— In Sanctuary Cities, American Lives Don’t Matter
https://chroniclesmagazine.org/web/in-sanctuary-cities-american-lives-dont-matter/
CREATORS SYNDICATE
— PBS Smears All Republicans as ‘White With Fear’
https://www.creators.com/read/tim-graham/03/26/pbs-smears-all-republicans-as-white-with-fear
DAILY SIGNAL
— Federal Appeals Court Holds That DHS Can Detain Illegal Alien Without Bond
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/26/federal-appeals-court-holds-that-dhs-can-detain-illegal-alien-without-bond/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Teen mobs swarm downtown in chaotic takeover—fights erupt, cars targeted before curfew crackdown hits. Eight juveniles were arrested and 24 curfew violations issued after crowds were seen jumping on cars and fighting. DD: How soon will Democrat teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/teen-mobs-swarm-downtown-chaotic-takeover-fights-erupt-cars-targeted-before-curfew-crackdown-hits
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6391767434112
HOUSE REPUBLICANS
— House Republicans Stand for Homeland Security while Democrats Defend Violent Illegals
https://www.gop.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3157
— Democrats Prioritize Criminal Illegal Aliens Over American Safety
https://www.gop.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3154
NEWS BUSTERS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2026/03/26/pbs-trump-airbrushes-history-remove-hints-usa-wasnt-always-perfect
NEWSMAX
— Wake-Up Call for America: Fla. Says No to Social Engineering
https://www.newsmax.com/bryanleib/black-target-dei/2026/03/26/id/1250931/
SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON
— For the Third Time, Democrats Pledge Their Allegiance to Criminal Illegal Aliens Over American Citizens
https://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2864
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MS NOW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://www.ms.now/al-sharpton/politicsnation/watch/in-attempt-to-hide-from-the-truth-conservative-activists-weaponize-critical-race-theory-124503109826
MSN
— The U.S. Army is raising the maximum enlistment age for eligible recruits from 35 years to 42. The Army will also allow individuals with only one marijuana-related or drug paraphernalia conviction to enlist. Military recruitment had been slowing for years. 71% of youth do not qualify for military service because of obesity, drugs, physical and mental health problems, misconduct and aptitude. DD: Did you try to enlist? I did not. If I had tried, would I have been accepted? I could not run because I had a bone disease. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/us-army-raises-maximum-recruitment-age-to-42-years/ar-AA1ZrWL5
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: All my many minority and female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were younger than me and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/hegseth-promotion-list.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/03/27/no-kings-protest-trump-iran/89331992007/
— A proposal would cap Social Security at $100,000 for couples. Will it fly? DD: My critics/opponents are furious that I get both a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and Social Security. In my defense, a) while I worked for the Post Office for almost 3 years, for IRS for almost 9 years, and for GAO for almost 18 years, I paid 7% of my salary into CSRS and b) while I washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automotive assemble line, and sold tires, automotive services, and pumped more gasoline for 10 years, I paid into Social Security.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/03/25/social-security-cap-proposal/89315322007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Washington think tank has proposed capping annual Social Security benefits at $100,000 for couples as a way to shrink a looming deficit in the retirement trust fund. The idea might sound reasonable enough: Only the wealthiest Americans can collect $100,000 a year from Social Security, a federal program that was meant to ease poverty, not pad wealth. But the “Six Figure Limit” idea has drawn swift rebukes from retirement advocates, who see any cap or cut in Social Security benefits as a slippery slope. The March 24 paper comes from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a centrist, nonpartisan think tank in the nation’s capital. It suggests a $100,000 cap on the total annual benefit for a couple at full retirement age and a $50,000 limit for a single retiree starting this year.)
— Women over 40 becoming first-time moms. DD: My wife and I did not get married until I was 29 and she was 27. We erroneously believed that we would not have fertility problems, but both of us had major fertility problems. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied/shouted that I lied about our major fertility problems. They stressed that we did not try IVF even though my wife’s health insurance covered it. They stressed that we did not adopt or become foster parents. They viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned us as being disgusting filthy rich DINKs. They decried the tremendous amount of time and money that they spent raising their children. They decried that their spouses had little or no income. They crowed that they got married when they were young. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, f) get promoted in 1986, g) etc. According to them, if we had children, we would not have been able a) go on four vacations a year after my wife’s business trips to luxury resorts across America 1978-1992, b) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984, c) to buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994, d) etc. They would not have used our not having children against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/03/18/the-us-fertility-rate-women-40s-having-babies/88980433007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage, demonize, denigrate, and condemn traditional marriage and family.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/03/10/donald-trump-administration-baby-boom-fertility-rate/88980358007/
BOSTON HERALD
— GOP can win on health care affordability. DD: What has helped you the most to afford health care? For me, a) it was my being a federal employee for almost 30 years and b) it has been my being a federal retiree for almost 29 years.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/03/27/moore-gop-can-win-on-health-care-affordability/
IDAHO STATE JOURNAL
— Vietnam War Veterans Day is observed on March 29 of each year, marking the day in 1973 when our remaining combat troops left Vietnam. While it recognizes those 2.7 million Americans who served in the Vietnam War, the focus is primarily on the 58,220 brave souls who lost their lives in service to their country. DD: My avoiding the Vietnam War draft was a very big mistake. My Democrat superiors in the federal government (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997) who were veterans used my using four student draft deferments and a financial hardship draft deferment against me viciously. They blamed Republicans for America losing the war and they especially blamed Republicans like me who were 1-A for the draft. They took many big adverse actions against me. Further, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was an unmitigated disgusting coward because I probably 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 color blindness.
https://www.idahostatejournal.com/freeaccess/opinion-thoughts-to-consider-on-vietnam-war-veterans-day/article_3b832cff-ad93-41b7-b3e7-75e2a524c2dd.html
COEUR D’ ALENE/POST FALLS
— To you “No Kings” protest people. Where were you for an Inept Kings protest? Biden was obviously disabled with memory and dementia issues and was really not the President. He was a figurehead that was being put out on the stage while others behind the scenes ran the show.
https://cdapress.com/news/2026/mar/27/no-kings-should-have-protested-biden/
SHORE NEWS
— Pro-Muslim Crowd Cheers the Death of U.S. Troops at Philadelphia Protest
https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/pro-mulsim-crowd-cheers-the-death-of-u-s-troops-at-philadelphia-protest/
COURIER EXPRESS
— DD: Democrats and RINOs always have and always will use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans
https://www.thecourierexpress.com/the_leader_vindicator/opinion/letters_to_editor/meritocracy/article_96824654-3400-47b3-81a5-ef8e4fa0affc.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘No Kings’: Politics as Bad Group Therapy. Participants in the rallies accomplish nothing practical but feel heard, validated and affirmed.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/no-kings-politics-as-bad-group-therapy-df3778ff
— Wall Street Pays Out Record Bonuses, Nearing $250,000 on Average. DD: My critics/opponents have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being grossly overpaid.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/wall-streets-average-bonus-nears-250-000-c8ccc0b9
FORTUNE & NOW
— Equal Pay Day. DD: All my many female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were minority and/or younger than me and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://fortune.com/2026/03/26/equal-pay-day-women-men-disagree-wages-poll/
https://now.org/media-center/press-release/what-equal-pay-day-means-now/
GOOGLE
— News Judgment. News judgment is the ability to recognize and communicate information of interest and importance to an audience. DD: Ever since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, my critics/opponents have viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned my news judgment and my opinions. They have ever-increasingly blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for the defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should start writing about my critics/opponents. I should name them and name their operatives and their dupes. I should write about the adverse actions that they have taken against me.
https://sites.google.com/fullerton.edu/comm101-newsjudgement/introduction
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March 26, 2026 Evening Edition
REUTERS
— At CPAC, Republicans close ranks behind Trump on Iran
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/cpac-republicans-close-ranks-behind-trump-iran-war-2026-03-26/
CNN
— Takeaways from Day 1 of CPAC 2026
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/26/politics/cpac-2026-takeaways-day-1
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Gaetz warns Iran escalation would ‘make our country poorer and less safe’ at CPAC
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4505727/gaetz-warns-iran-escalation-would-make-our-country-poorer-and-less-safe-at-cpac/
— CPAC 2026 cools on Trump 2028 campaign
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4505639/cpac-2026-cools-on-trump-2028-campaign/
WASHINGTON POST
— As Trump skips CPAC, MAGA’s rifts over Iran war are on display. At the annual gathering of conservative activists, opinion of the war is mixed. Most are cautiously waiting to see what the president will do next.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/26/trump-iran-war-cpac/
NEWSWEEK
— Evangelist Franklin Graham urged participants at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday to “do everything” they can try to get President Donald Trump reelected. CPAC Speaker Clarifies He Wants Trump’s ‘Policies’ Reelected After Speech.
https://www.newsweek.com/cpac-crowd-urged-to-do-everything-we-can-to-get-trump-reelected-11743902
CPAC
— Friday Main Stage at CPAC USA 2026
https://www.cpac.org/post/friday-main-stage-at-cpac-usa-2026
— Thursday: 11:20 – 11:40 AM Commies Go Home: The Stories of the American Heroes of Gotion. Speakers: Gordon Chang, CPAC Board Member, Jeanne Ives, CEO & Founder, Breakthrough Ideas, Lori Brock, No Gotion Michigan Activist, Jillian Rojas, No Gotion, Illinois Activist
https://www.cpac.org/post/thursday-main-stage-at-cpac-usa-2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump says he’ll sign order to pay TSA agents as Congress struggles to reach funding deal
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-hell-sign-order-pay-tsa-agents-congress-struggles-reach-funding-deal/18783104/
— Army extends maximum recruitment age to 42, allowing older recruits to join. The Army will also now allow recruits with one marijuana-related conviction.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/army-extends-maximum-recruitment-age-42-allowing-older-recruits-join/18773789/
CBS2
— Large crowds take over downtown Chicago streets in situation alderman calls out of control
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/large-crowds-take-over-downtown-chicago-streets/
WGN9
— Curfew enforcement order issued after teen takeover in Loop overnight
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/curfew-enforcement-order-issued-after-teen-takeover-in-loop-overnight/
FOX32
— Proposal would limit Social Security benefits to $100K a year for wealthy couples. The “Six Figure Limit,” written by the centrist Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, would also cap Social Security payments at $50,000 a year for a single person.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/proposal-would-limit-social-security-benefits-100k-year-wealthy-couples
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/03/26/no-kings-protests-return-chicago-area-saturday-here-s-what-know
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Don’t surrender Chicago to ‘teen takeover’ chaos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/opinion-chicago-teen-takeover-chaos/
— Sheridan Gorman’s family blast officials for using her name in ‘political arguments’ about Loyola student’s death
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/loyola-sheridan-gorman-brandon-johnson-trump/
— US Treasury plans to put Donald Trump’s signature on new paper currency in first for sitting president
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/treasury-trump-signature-paper-currency/
— As premiums overwhelm Illinoisans, health care insurers are flush with cash
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/opinion-illinois-health-care-premium-costs-blue-cross-blue-shield-salaries/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ex-federal prosecutors in Chicago taking on Trump’s ‘troubling’ DOJ: ‘We feel compelled to speak and act’ An email from 14 former prosecutors seeks the support of hundreds of fellow alums following more than a year of Justice Department controversies, including claims that President Donald Trump has used the agency to retaliate against political foes. The signatories include three former Chicago U.S. attorneys: Dan Webb, Scott Lassar and Patrick Fitzgerald. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, Patrick Fitzgerald Represented the Democrats who ran GAO.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2026/03/26/chicago-trump-justice-department-doj-webb-lassar-fitzgerald
DAILY HERALD
— How the war in Iran is landing with Republicans
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260326/nation-and-world-politics/how-the-war-in-iran-is-landing-with-republicans-according-to-a-new-ap-norc-poll/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Cannabis can blur, reshape your memory
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/cannabis-can-blur-reshape-your-memory-washington-state-university-study-finds/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-495/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— White House calls on Pritzker to cooperate with ICE
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e210c6ef-404b-4cfb-bc89-c85bc4a3b5c5.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Jeanne Ives Power Grab Targets IL GOP Chair – Pushes Disgraced Insider Who Attacked Grassroots
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/03/jeanne-ives-power-grab-targets-il-gop-chair-pushes-disgraced-insider-who-attacked-grassroots.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Looking Like Max Solomon Will Get 5,000 Write-In Votes, Putting Him on the Republican Ballot for State Treasurer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/26/looking-like-max-solomon-will-get-5000-write-in-votes-putting-him-on-the-republican-ballot-for-state-treasurer/
— McHenry County Growing a Tiny Bit
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/26/mchenry-county-growing-a-tiny-bit/
— Republican State Reps. Talk about Bears Situation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/26/republican-state-reps-talk-about-bears-situation/
— Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Don Tracy Attacks Democratic Party Opponent Juliana Stratton on Loyola Student’s Murder by Illegal Alien
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/26/republican-u-s-senate-candidate-don-tracy-attacks-democratic-party-opponent-juliana-stratton-on-loyola-students-murder-by-illegal-alien/
— Pritzker Press Release on Mars Adding Jobs Has Link to $42.8 Million Subsidy That Doesn’t Work
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/pritzker-press-release-on-mars-adding-has-link-to-42-8-million-subsidy-that-doesnt-work/
— If Oak Manufacturing Were Still in Business…
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/if-oak-manufacturing-were-still-in-business/
— Danish Politician Has Same Problem Voting That I Had
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/danish-politician-has-same-problem-voting-that-i-had/
— Illinois’ GOP Candidate for State Comptroller Agrees with Incumbent Democrat on Opting in to Federal Scholarship Program
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/illinois-gop-candidate-for-state-comptroller-agrees-with-incumbent-democrat-on-opting-in-to-federal-scholarship-program/
— Atlantic Magazine Says People Moving to the Midwest
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/atlantic-magazine-says-people-moving-to-the-midwest/
— Check Sought on Assisted Suicides
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/check-sought-on-assisted-suicides/
— Bailey Weighs In on Loyola Student’s Death at Hands of Illegal Alien
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/24/bsiley-weighs-in-on-loyola-students-death-at-hands-of-illegal-alien/
— State Senator’s Constituents Don’t Favor Any Subsidy for Chicago Bears
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/24/state-senators-constituents-dont-favor-any-subsidy-for-chicago-bears/
— Republican Senators Want to Go “Back to the Future”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/24/republican-senators-want-to-go-back-to-the-future/
— Counterfeit Bill Passed in Lake in the Hills, Guess How Big
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/24/100-counterfeit-bill-passed-in-lake-in-the-hills-guess-how-big/
— Another No Kings Demonstration Planned in McHenry on March 28
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/24/another-no-kings-demonstration-planned-in-mchenry-on-march-28/
— Commerce Commission Issues Utility Diversity Buying Report
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/23/commerce-commission-issues-utility-diversity-buying-report/
— State Senators Push “Affordability” in Newsletters
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/23/state-senators-push-affordability-in-newsletters/
— McLaughlin Daycare Center Child Safety Gets Out of Committee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/23/mclaughlin-daycare-center-child-safety-gets-out-of-committee/
— Most McHenry County Townships Assessed More Evenly That Those in Cook County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/23/most-mchenry-county-townships-assessed-more-evenly-that-those-in-cook-county/
— Film Subsidy a Net Negative for the State’s Balance Sheet
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/22/film-subsidy-a-net-negative-for-the-states-balance-sheet/
— Voters Favor Accepting Federal Scholarship Money in All Referendums
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/22/voters-favor-accepting-federal-scholarship-money-in-all-referendums/
— State Rep. Jeff Keicher Seeks Interns, Pay $17.50 per Hour
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/21/state-rep-jeff-keicher-seeks-interns-pay-17-50-per-hour/
— Public Radio Tries to Emulate Christian Radio Listener Financing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/21/public-radio-tries-to-emulate-christian-radio-listener-financing/
— Stepping into the Covid Vaccine Debate for the First Time
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/20/stepping-into-the-covid-vaccine-debate-for-the-first-time/
— Kat Carries McHenry County, Erupts After District Loss
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/20/kat-carries-mchenry-county-erupts-after-district-loss/
— Huntley’s Jennifer Davis To Face Off Against Melissa Bean in District South of McHenry County Line
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/19/huntleys-jennifer-davis-to-face-off-against-melissa-bean-in-district-south-of-mchenry-county-line/
— 56% Approve Referendum Seeking Opinion on Illinois’ Participation in Federal Scholarship Program
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/18/56-approve-referendum-seeking-opinion-on-illinois-participation-in-federal-scholarship-program/
— Pritzker Labels Bailey “Too Extreme for Illinois” in First TV Ad of the Fall Campaign
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/18/pritzker-labels-bailey-too-extreme-for-illinois-in-first-tv-ad
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Sheridan Gorman’s family slams Chicago Mayor and Illinois governor over student’s killing
https://nypost.com/2026/03/26/us-news/sheridan-gorman-family-calls-out-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-and-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-over-killing/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats’/leftists’ bizarre love of crime and Islam endangering the U.S., West
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/03/democrats_leftists_bizarre_love_of_crime_and_islam_endangering_the_u_s_west.html
BREITBART
— Democrats Sacrifice American Lives to Protect Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/03/26/gop-message-democrats-prefer-illegals-to-americans/
FOX NEWS
— Blagojevich warns justice system is ‘broken,’ says his case was blueprint for Trump prosecutions. Former Illinois gov joins Hannity podcast, warns of ‘Soviet-style’ tactics and ‘greatest constitutional crisis’ since Civil War.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/blagojevich-warns-justice-system-broken-his-case-blueprint-trump-prosecution
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— DD: Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/trump-using-troops-as-cannon-fodder-in-illegal-war-with-iran-sen-duckworth-says-260058181777
CBS NEWS
— RNC considering Dallas to host special convention ahead of the midterm elections
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/republican-national-committee-convention-2026-midterms-dallas/
— Amendment to require photo ID to vote fails in Senate as Democrats object
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/save-america-act-photo-id-amendment-senate-vote/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republicans Want National Emergency Declared to Pay TSA Agents
https://www.wsj.com/business/republicans-want-national-emergency-declared-to-pay-tsa-agents-dcd12638
March 16, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Top Border Patrol official Greg Bovino, criticized for conduct in Chicago, plans to retire. DD: Based on my personal experience, if you retire one minute sooner than you want to, your critics/opponents will forever use that to hint/imply/argue/shout that you were forced to retire because you are a very bad person and even worse things.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/top-border-patrol-official-gregory-bovino-criticized-conduct-chicago-retiring-sources/18721992/
NBC5
— The 2026 primary could reshape Illinois politics ‘for decades to come’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2026/the-2026-primary-could-reshape-illinois-politics-for-decades-to-come/3908835/
— Why the nation will be locked into Illinois’ primary election Tuesday
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2026/why-the-nation-will-be-locked-into-illinois-primary-election-tuesday/3908811/
— Controversy sparks over endorsements in Senate race ahead of Illinois primary. DD: Ever since Hultgren and Roskam endorsed me for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted at them that I have caused all their problems. Ever since I endorsed Pat O/Malley in 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary, my critics/opponents have blamed me for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since then.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/local/controversy-sparks-over-endorsements-in-senate-race-ahead-of-illinois-primary/3908653/
WTTW
— Sub-Zero Wind Chills Expected as Polls Open Tuesday. Will Voters Brave the Cold?
https://news.wttw.com/2026/03/16/sub-zero-wind-chills-expected-polls-open-tuesday-will-voters-brave-cold
— How Local Poll Watching Groups Are Preparing for the Primary Election Amid Concerns Over Federal Immigration Actions. DD: It is public record if you cast a Republican or a Democrat ballot. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly discourage voters from casting a Republican ballot.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/03/16/how-local-poll-watching-groups-are-preparing-primary-election-amid-concerns-over-federal
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Federal and state laws prohibit any type of intimidation of voters during elections.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal judge halts Trump administration’s health care funding cuts to Illinois, for now
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/16/trump-health-care-funding-cuts-judge/
— Naperville D203 to cut teachers in effort to close budget gap. DD: Because of Gingrich budget cuts during the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO cut many Analysts, including me, who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/13/naperville-d203-teachers-cuts-retirements-deficit/
— Cold weather to greet Illinois voters Tuesday as primary features open US Senate, crowded House races
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/16/cold-weather-to-greet-illinois-voters-tuesday-as-primary-features-open-us-senate-crowded-house-races/
— Indiana Gov. Mike Braun lends state backing to Turning Point USA as it builds school chapters
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/16/braun-lends-state-backing-to-turning-point-usa-as-it-builds-school-chapters/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Jesse Jackson family disputes posthumous Juliana Stratton endorsement in Senate primary
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/03/16/jesse-jackson-family-disputes-posthumous-juliana-stratton-endorsement-us-senate-primary
— Pritzker taunts Bovino amid reports of Border Patrol chief’s retirement: ‘No one is above the law.’ DD: Based on my personal experience, if you retire one minute sooner than you want to, your critics/opponents will forever use that to hint/imply/argue/shout that you were forced to retire because you are a very bad person and even worse things.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/03/16/chicago-bovino-trump-pritzker-ice-border-patrol-midway-blitz
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/03/16/operation-midway-blitz-immigration-campaign-chicago-suburban-democratic-voters-poll
https://mcusercontent.com/5d5e50872dd1af3b8172cf48b/files/b29fe2d7-da45-fadc-4f84-24721cb9044a/Hands_Off_Chicago_Survey_Memo_031026_final_1.pdf
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/03/16/chicago-broadview-six-kat-abughazaleh-midway-blitz-trump-ice
— DD: For Democrats, education exists not only to crank out good little Democrats, but to crank out good little Democrat protesters.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/03/16/mayor-johnson-ctu-may-day-no-school-request-school-funding-push
— DD: What percent of Republican primary ballots are cast by Democrats so that Democrat plants and RINOs win general elections?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/03/16/illinois-broken-primary-election-system-alaska-model-ranked-choice-voting-top-four-todd-connor
DAILY HERALD
— College essay expert to help students stand out in competitive admissions process. DD: I clearly stated in my 1972 Loyola application and my 1976 DePaul application a) that my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take graduate business and accounting courses and b) that was the reason why I wanted to take the courses. But to get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors, who had written off as being too old to be promoted to GS-13, outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically disallowed my tax deductions for the courses and outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued in tax court a) that the courses did not relate to my job duties, b) that the courses did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took the courses to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took the courses to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They would not have done that a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran and b) if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260316/submitted-content/college-essay-expert-to-help-students-stand-out-in-competitive-admissions-process/
WGN RADIO
— DD: For Democrats, education exists not only to crank out good little Democrats, but to crank out good little Democrat protesters.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/should-cps-close-schools-so-students-can-take-part-in-a-civic-day-of-action/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-487/
— Jackson endorsement mess takes a turn for the worse on Stratton
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/16/jackson-endorsement-mess-takes-a-turn-for-the-worse-on-stratton/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To what extent should voters assume a) that candidates who promote pot use pot themselves, b) that candidates who promote gambling are gamblers themselves, c) that candidates who promote LGBTQ are LGBTQers themselves, d) that candidates who promote mass/illegal immigration benefit from mass/illegal immigration themselves, and e) that candidates who promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI benefit from AA and DEI themselves? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Iran’s AI disinformation campaign
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4493369/iran-artificial-intelligence-disinformation-campaign/
NEW YORK POST
— Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino set to retire after he was ousted from Minneapolis. DD: Based on my personal experience, if you retire one minute sooner than you want to, your critics/opponents will forever use that to hint/imply/argue/shout that you were forced to retire because you are a very bad person and even worse things.
https://nypost.com/2026/03/16/us-news/border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-set-to-retire-after-he-was-ousted-from-minneapolis-over-anti-ice-backlash/
— Illegal immigrants from Africa, India and China are voting in US elections — here’s how they’re doing it
https://nypost.com/2026/03/16/us-news/illegal-immigrants-from-africa-india-and-china-are-voting-in-us-elections-heres-how-theyre-doing-it/
BREITBART
— Hollywood Celebrities Protest Trump, ICE, and Israel on Oscars Red Carpet
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/16/video-hollywood-celebrities-protest-trump-ice-and-israel-on-oscars-red-carpet/
NEWSMAX
— Republicans Agree Gov Candidate Must Be Able to Beat Pritzker
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/jb-pritzker-illinois-darren-bailey/2026/03/16/id/1249609/
— Will Anti-Trump Dem Win Illinois Senate Primary?
https://www.newsmax.com/john-gizzi/illinois-senate-primary/2026/03/16/id/1249612/
— Trump Blames ‘Crazed Democrats’ for Unpaid TSA Agents
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-democrats-tsaagents/2026/03/16/id/1249646/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Illinois Senate primary tests Democrats’ anti-ICE message
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/illinois-senate-primary-tests-democrats-anti-ice-message-rcna262997
NEWSWEEK
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Whites for the problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.newsweek.com/gene-wu-texas-democrat-white-11487908
— DD: Democrat leaders run a protection racket. They claim to protect those who vote for Democrats from those who vote for Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/don-ald-turns-presidency-protection-racket-opinion-2026180
YAHOO
— Feds keep marijuana tests for workers despite Trump reclassification order. DD: Democrats want everyone to be stoners.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/feds-keep-marijuana-tests-workers-160800133.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Illinois Primary Shows Rising Political Influence of Indian Americans. On Tuesday, Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi is looking to take a major step toward becoming only the second Indian American elected to the Senate.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/us/politics/illinois-krishnamoorthi-indian-americans-elections.html
— Inside the Democratic Infighting in Illinois
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/us/politics/illinois-democrat-primary-brandon-herrera-mamdani.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— On Iran, Is Only Bad News Fit to Print? Media partisanship has been worse than ever in this war. DD: My critics/opponents continue to be furious that I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write about those who have complained about my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who blame my newsletters the most for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I would focus on those who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/on-iran-is-only-bad-news-fit-to-print-1ac66649
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— To Stay Relevant, Professional Associations Must Rebrand. DD: Are/were you a member of professional associations? What if the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) made candidate recommendations and I had ran for a government office? While I worked for IRS, for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,069-$113,402/year, I earned an MBA and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. While I worked for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, earned master’s degrees in accounting, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, I became a licensed CPA, I became a certified fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, and I earned a master’s degree in finance. What if the ICPAS had come to my defense when my Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me to GS-13? What if the ICPAS had come to my defense when my when my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) delayed my promotions and refused to promote me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old? While I worked for GAO, I served on ICPAS’s membership committee for 9 years and I served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) Midwest Chapter for 13 years. What if ICPAS, Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), and AGA had come to my defense when my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors took the aforesaid adverse actions against me? ICPAS, IIA, and AGA would have come to my defense if I had been a Democrat, a minority, younger, or a veteran.
https://hbr.org/2016/01/to-stay-relevant-professional-associations-must-rebrand
POLITICO
— Jesse Jackson’s family withdraws posthumous endorsement in Illinois Senate primary. Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton had touted an endorsement from Jackson, who died in February.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/16/jesse-jackson-illinois-senate-primary-endorsement-00830235
March 16, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout that if you want illegal immigration, vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/03/16/operation-midway-blitz-immigration-campaign-chicago-suburban-democratic-voters-poll
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran against America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/15/war-iran-trump-analysis/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/16/trump-iran-war-israel-tomahawk-hormuz/
— Heads up, Georgia voters. One Tiffany Henyard will be on some of your November ballots. DD: Political parties should have the power to stop candidates from running for offices as members of their party. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Candidates can run as Independents.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/16/tiffany-henyard-dolton-thornton-township-georgia-fulton-county/
NBC5
— How to research the Illinois judges on your ballot for the 2026 primary election. Several local professional associations of attorneys release recommendations for judicial candidates ahead of elections. DD: Are/were you a member of professional associations? What if the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) made such recommendations and I had ran for a government office? While I worked for IRS, for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,069-$113,402/year, I earned an MBA and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. While I worked for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, earned master’s degrees in accounting, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, I became a licensed CPA, I became a certified fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, and I earned a master’s degree in finance. What if the ICPAS had come to my defense when my Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me to GS-13? What if the ICPAS had come to my defense when my when my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) delayed my promotions and refused to promote me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old? While I worked for GAO, I served on ICPAS’s membership committee for 9 years and I served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) Midwest Chapter for 13 years. What if ICPAS, Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), and AGA had come to my defense when my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors took the aforesaid adverse actions against me? ICPAS, IIA, and AGA would have come to my defense if I had been a Democrat, a minority, younger, or a veteran.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2026/how-to-research-the-illinois-judges-on-your-ballot-for-the-2026-primary-election-2/3908316/
WCIA
— FCC chair threatens networks’ licenses after Trump complains about Iran coverage. DD: My critics/opponents continue to be furious that I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write about those who have complained about my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who blame my newsletters the most for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I would focus on those who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.wcia.com/news/fcc-chair-threatens-networks-licenses-after-trump-complains-about-iran-coverage/
WHEATON PATCH
— Guide For Voters In Wheaton For 2026 Primary Election
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/guide-voters-wheaton-2026-primary-election
POLITICO
— When endorsements raise questions
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/16/when-endorsements-raise-questions-00829476
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-699/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Party That Forgot Its Base: How the GOP Has Failed White America. Republicans cheered “colorblind” meritocracy—but in practice, affirmative action shifted opportunity from white voters to Asians, leaving the party’s base unprotected. DD: Many, most, if not virtually all Republican leaders reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. They all dumped me.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/03/16/the-party-that-forgot-its-base-how-the-gop-has-failed-white-america-part-1/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Is Lesbianism Ruining America’s Future? How is the unprecedented growth of lesbianism contributing to America’s demographic demise, and what can be done? DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/is_lesbianism_ruining_america_s_future.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Today, most of those self-identifying as LGBTQ are young women. The growth has been dramatic. In the US, some thirty percent of Gen Z women (age 18-27) are self-identifying as LGBTQ, etc.—mainly lesbian and—compared to around 1-2% for women in the World War 2 generation. This means that almost a third of traditionally marital-age women are likely disinterested in traditional marriage. This is a significant factor in why almost half of Americans are unmarried. As a result of the decline in marriages, the American replacement rate continues its slide south of the 2.1 children per couple needed for replacement. It is now hovering at 1.6. If one argues that lesbian couples can also raise children, the data show that, when looking at children with two parents, 99.5% of those parents are heterosexual. However, of the children in homosexual households, 3/4 of those households are headed by lesbians. The effect of this unprecedented lesbian phenomenon is producing societal and demographic challenges that do not bode well for the US as the beacon of hope, strength, and the protector of Western traditional family values. Many will claim that: 1) there is no choice or free will with sexual identity and identity is fixed for life, and 2) pursuing a long-term lesbian relationship can be an equivalent substitute for traditional marriage, so the long-term societal impacts are not a worry. Are they correct? Is there free will? Is there a biological, chemical, DNA, or physical test for people to self-diagnose their sexual orientation? There is not. It follows then that it is a non-measurable trait, such as is the case with anger or other temperament issues.)
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Sanctuary Cities: The Cost of Undermining Law and Order.
https://cis.org/Testimony/Sanctuary-Cities-Cost-Undermining-Law-and-Order
DAILY CALLER
— Democrats And Their Border And ID Attack On Democracy
https://dailycaller.com/2026/03/15/opinion-democrats-and-their-border-and-id-attack-on-democracy/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Marxist Wing of the Democratic Party
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/03/16/the_marxist_wing_of_the_democratic_party.html
TOWNHALL
— Texas Ends Professional Licensure for Non-Citizens
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/03/16/tx-citizenship-for-licenses-hairdressers-etc-n2672883
— We have been told for years that there is no need for stricter identification requirements in American elections. The Left has claimed that our elections are secured, and that the Right has simply lied about the issue, or they want to put up restrictions on women or minorities voting by instituting measures to prove citizens and identity before casting a ballot. When put on the record, it seems that those on the Left are finally telling the truth about the matter: illegals are easily able to vote in American elections.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/03/15/minnesota-elections-n2672870
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The post-boomer GOP is coming — 2028 will define it. DD: RINO leaders are ever-increasingly move the GOP further to the left. Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the faster that you are pushed out: conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5782988-republican-party-generational-shift/amp/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders are ever-increasingly moving further to the left.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5548505-left-leaning-electoral-success/
ABC NEWS
— In Illinois’ Democratic primaries, generational change and heavy spending take center stage
https://abcnews.com/Politics/illinois-democratic-primaries-generational-change-heavy-spending-center/story?id=131049815
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/parenting/nobody-wants-a-traditional-marriage-anymore-17-uncomfortable-truths-couples-need-to-face/ss-AA1XKTA2
— DD: What do you promote? Because I promote personal responsibility, my critics/opponents hold me responsible for my problems, for their problems, for your problems, and for everyone’s problems. I should write about that. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who blame my newsletters the most for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I would focus on those who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/i-m-sick-and-tired-of-hearing-my-grandkids-whine-about-how-the-system-isn-t-fair-whatever-happened-to-taking-personal-responsibility/ss-AA1XEFuS
NEW YORK TIMES
— Why a House Candidate in Illinois Is Attacking an Ad Praising Her. In a Democratic primary, accusations are flying that allies of a hardline pro-Israel group are trying to divide progressives, exploiting a broader rift in the party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/politics/illinois-democrats-ad-israel-congress-aipac.html
— Why the Kids Won’t Farm. DD: All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They all were farmers. My mother was born on a farm. My grandmother on my father’s side was born on a farm.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/opinion/who-will-farm-america.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Chicago careens toward insolvency
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/14/chicago-pensions-bonds-downgrade-default-elections/
— Trump’s cancellation of licenses for immigrant truckers takes effect
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/16/trump-immigrants-trucks/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Terrorists Are Now Often Made in the USA. Last week’s attackers in Michigan and Virginia were naturalized citizens, possibly radicalized here.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/terrorists-are-now-often-made-in-the-usa-160df209
— Teenagers Have Easy Access to Cannabis. Science Says It’s Bad for Them. New research shows even infrequent marijuana use during adolescence is linked to increased risk of mental-health disorders and poor performance in school.
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/marijuana-use-teenage-impact-b463ec2f
BEST COLLEGES
— 40 Companies That Pay for College With Tuition Reimbursement. DD: How much of your tuition was reimbursed? None of my employers reimbursed my tuition except for token amounts by GAO. I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, Firestone Stores 1970-1972, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. I spent lots of my money to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. Worse yet, even though my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take graduate business and accounting courses, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my tuition deductions outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically arguing that the courses a) did not relate to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were taken by me to qualify me for a new trade or business. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.bestcolleges.com/resources/companies-with-tuition-reimbursement/
GOOD MEN PROJECT
— Are America’s Top Colleges Letting in More Students From Low-Income Backgrounds? DD: Which colleges let you in and why? In 1966, UIC let me in because I had an ACT score of 24 and I had graduated in the upper 20% of my class. In 1969, NIU let me in because of my UIC record. In 1972, Loyola let me in because of my NIU record and my GMAT score. In 1976, DePaul let me in because of the aforesaid. In 1992, IIT let me in because of the aforesaid.
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/are-americas-top-colleges-letting-in-more-students-from-low-income-backgrounds/
FED WEEK
— What to Know About the New Executive Core Qualifications. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly made it clear that to keep your job, you not only had to be a Democrat, you had to be a minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. As I got older, they ever-increasingly wasted what I had learned earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and job-related professional license. As I got older, they took ever-increasingly bigger adverse actions to get rid of me culminating in their forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.fedweek.com/careers/what-to-know-about-the-new-executive-core-qualifications/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ONREC
— The New Talent Equation: Why Traditional Hiring Models Are Breaking Down in 2026. DD: What jobs did you apply for why did you get hired? GAO audits IRS. When I applied to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 years old in 1980, I stressed that I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. I stressed that my knowledge of IRS would help GAO’s audits of IRS. I stressed that I had earned an MBA in 1976, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, the Democrats who ran GAO did not want me to transfer because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. To stop me from transferring, they offered me a transfer only if I accepted a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10. They anticipated/expected that I would not suffer that pay cut to transfer, but I did, and they were furious. They immediately did everything that they could to get rid of me. They gave me bad job assignments, unfair performance expectations, unfair performance appraisals. They delayed my promotions back to GS-12. Of course, they kept me off audits of IRS. To counter that, I completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and I became a licensed CPA in 1981. Finally, in 1986, the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer got back into power and assigned me to audits of IRS and promoted me to GS-13. But in 1987, because he had done that, they forced him to retire. In 1989, to get rid of me, they threw me off audits of IRS for the rest of my GAO career. They gave me a very bad job assignment, very unfair performance expectations, and a very unfair performance appraisal. They ranked me at the bottom of my coworkers for pay-for-performance and made it clear that they would always do that. They would have taken even stronger adverse actions against me if my Congressman Henry Hyde had not come to my defense. Because they wanted to get rid of me, they were furious when I became a certified fraud examiner in 1990, government financial manager in 1994, financial services auditor in 1996, and forensic accountant in 1997 and when I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997. They succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.onrec.com/news/news-archive/the-new-talent-equation-why-traditional-hiring-models-are-breaking-down-in-2026
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For decades, many organizations relied on a familiar hiring formula: post a job description, review CVs, shortlist candidates based on degrees and experience, and hire locally. Today, that model is increasingly ineffective. . .Skills are replacing qualifications
One of the most important changes in recruitment is the shift toward skills-based hiring. Historically, employers often used academic qualifications or previous job titles as the primary filters when selecting candidates. In 2026, that approach is rapidly losing relevance. Instead, organizations are increasingly prioritizing demonstrable skills and capabilities. Industry research suggests that the vast majority of employers now view skills as a more reliable indicator of job performance than formal qualifications.)
March 15, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— These are 8 races to watch in the 2026 Illinois primary election
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/these-are-8-races-to-watch-in-the-2026-illinois-primary-election-2/3908065/
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— DD: Democrat ever-increasingly push more vice. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2026/03/15/here-in-evanston-marijuana-vs-hemp/
LAST WARD
— What happened to Chicago’s Irish machine?
https://www.thelastward.org/p/what-happened-to-chicagos-irish-machine
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Illinois State Bar Association evaluates candidates and makes recommendations. What if the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) did that and I had ran for a government office? While I worked for IRS, for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,069-$113,402/year, I earned an MBA and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. While I worked for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, earned master’s degrees in accounting, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, I became a licensed CPA, I became a certified fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, and I earned a master’s degree in finance. What if the ICPAS had came to my defense when my Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me to GS-13? What if the ICPAS had came to my defense when my when my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) delayed my promotions and refused to promote me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old? While I worked for GAO, I served on ICPAS’s membership committee for 9 years and I served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) Midwest Chapter for 13 years. What if ICPAS, Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), and AGA had came to my defense when my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors took the aforesaid adverse actions against me? ICPAS, IIA, and AGA would have came to my defense if I had been a Democrat, a minority, younger, or a veteran.
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What does it mean to follow conservative principles? it means holding yourself personally responsible to make the most of your potential, to be a contributing member of society, to take care of your health, to avoid vices, to follow the rule of law, to get an education, to get jobs, to qualify yourself for better paying jobs, to live within your means, to get married and have children, to keep your marriage vows, to be financially prepared for retirement, to promote conservative principles, etc.
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Before the Unity Breakfast, Grassroots Tell IL GOP: Unite Behind the Governor Nominee and Fund the Fight. DD: I hope that all the Republican candidates in contested primary races will attend the Illinois Republican Party Unity Breakfast on Wednesday, March 18, at 11:00 AM, at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Naperville.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/03/before-the-unity-breakfast-grassroots-tell-il-gop-unite-behind-the-governor-nominee-and-fund-the-fight.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hollywood trades faith, family and heroism for violence, sex and despair. Today’s movies should be excoriated not celebrated.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/15/hollywood-trades-faith-family-heroism-violence-sex-despair/
NEW YORK POST
— Obama Presidential Center wants 100 unpaid volunteers — while CEO Valerie Jarrett makes $740K
https://nypost.com/2026/03/14/us-news/obama-presidential-center-wants-100-unpaid-volunteers-as-valerie-jarrett-makes-740k/
— The far-left media sympathizes with extremists who come to the US to cause chaos
https://nypost.com/2026/03/14/opinion/the-far-left-media-sympathizes-with-extremists-who-come-to-the-us-to-cause-chaos/
FOX NEWS
— Mamdani defends wife when confronted on work with anti-Israel author, decries rhetoric. DD: Voters should assume that a candidate’s spouse has a tremendous impact on the candidate. Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, if the candidate’s spouse wants the following, if elected, the candidate will provide the following: dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vice, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://noticias.foxnews.com/media/mamdani-defends-wife-when-confronted-work-anti-israel-author-decries-rhetoric
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— 2 former federal workers turned their firings into a movement to help hundreds of others
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-former-federal-workers-turned-their-firings-into-movement-to-help-hundreds-of-others/
WFMD
— New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani defended his wife, Rama Duwaji, on Friday during a press conference when confronted about her work with an author who called the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, “spectacular,” and described Jewish Israelis as “rootless, soulless ghouls.” DD: Voters should assume that a candidate’s spouse has a tremendous impact on the candidate. Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, if the candidate’s spouse wants the following, if elected, the candidate will provide the following: dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vice, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.wfmd.com/2026/03/15/mamdani-defends-wife-when-confronted-on-work-with-anti-israel-author-decries-rhetoric/
BUZZ FEED
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their operatives and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn Erika Kirk and young White men.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/erika-kirk-facing-backlash-her-152325616.html
SAVING ADVICE
— Why Nearly 40% of U.S. Homeowners Are Mortgage‑Free — And Boomers Lead the Way
https://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2026/03/15/10725793_why-nearly-40-of-u-s-homeowners-are-mortgage-free-and-boomers-lead-the-way.html
PUBLIC INTEREST NETWORK
— Telling your personal story for a cause. How to use your personal experiences to connect and inspire action. DD: Obviously, I use my personal story to promote the conservative principles in the Republican Party platform. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to a) work my way through college, b) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, c) buy a 6-year-old car when I was 16 and new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. d) buy a new townhome when I was 24, condos when I was 25 and 27, a home when I was 29, and have one built when I was 35, d) get married when I was 29, e) earn a Civil Service Retirement System pension, f) etc.
https://publicinterestnetwork.org/resources/telling-your-personal-story-for-a-cause/
March 6, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— IL Republican governor race candidates make last-minute pitches to voters before primary election
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-race-republican-gubernatorial-candidates-make-last-minute-pitches-voters-before-2026-primary-election-day/18682312/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrats and RINOs are glad Trump fired Noem.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/06/editorial-kristi-noem-homeland-security-firing-donald-trump/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: As crime increases, the need for license-plate readers increases.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260306/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-driving-change-arlington-heights-penalties-for-improper-use-of-license-plate/
WGLT
— Early voting off to slow start in McLean County. DD: How many have voted so far in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your precinct? How many Democrat, Republican, and NA ballots have been cast so far? Who does not want the aforesaid information to be reported and why?
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-03-05/early-voting-off-to-slow-start-in-mclean-county
EVANSTON NOW
— DD: Democrat leaders have their middle-schoolers walk out.
https://evanstonnow.com/middle-schoolers-hold-ice-walk-out/
DAILY ILLINI
— Gubernatorial candidate Ted Dabrowski discusses foreign enrollment, DEI, suing Champaign County
https://dailyillini.com/news-stories/world-news/state-news/illinois-state-government/state-elections/2026/03/06/ted-dabrowski-foreign-enrollment-dei/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ‘Unseemly’ power play in Senate race
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/06/senate-races-familiar-power-play-00816189
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-693/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Why Chicago’s new $800 million bond offering smells so fishy
https://wirepoints.org/why-chicagos-new-800-million-bond-offering-smells-so-fishy-wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-am560s-the-real-story/
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Support collapses for sheriff candidate Eddie Moore amid allegations that he ran over a busboy following Valentine’s Day dinner. DD: Because Moore is running as a Republican, no one should anticipate/expect that he will get fair treatment from the mainstream news media.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/support-collapses-for-sheriff-candidate-eddie-moore-amid-allegations-that-he-ran-over-a-busboy-following-valentine-day-dinner/
REPUBLICAN PATRIOTS
— We went directly to the source and asked Republican DuPage County Sheriff Candidate Eddy Moore about the incident. DD: Because Moore is running as a Republican, no one should anticipate/expect that he will get fair treatment from the mainstream news media.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/247913229897976/posts/1407552103934077/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— As Democrats move in and take over, poverty and crime increase. Democrats are ever-increasingly moving into DuPage County and taking over DuPage County. Do you live in DuPage County? How fast will poverty and crime increase in DuPage County? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I have been a member of the American Association of Political Consultants since 2001. I am one of a very few Republican political consultants based in Illinois. According to Democrat, Democrat plant, and RINO political consultants, to get more votes from those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time you have to belittle/badmouth/demonize/denigrate/condemn those who are conservative, White, male, older, married, heterosexual, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREITBART
— Sanctuary Cities Sought to Protect from ICE Nearly 18K Criminal Illegal Aliens Last Year
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/05/sanctuary-cities-sought-to-protect-from-ice-nearly-18000-criminal-illegal-aliens-last-year/amp/
DAILY SIGNAL
— DHS Officials React to Trump’s Replacing Noem
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/05/dhs-officials-express-optimism-following-noem-departure/amp/
EPOCH TIMES
— What to Know About Markwayne Mullin, Trump’s Pick to Replace Noem as DHS Head. The Oklahoma senator will replace Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on March 31, the president said.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/what-to-know-about-markwayne-mullin-trumps-pick-to-replace-noem-as-dhs-head-5994919
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— FAIR Congratulates Senator Mullin on His Nomination as DHS Secretary. The nation’s largest immigration reform group looks forward to working with him as he carries out President Trump’s mass deportation mandate.
https://www.fairus.org/press-release/fair-congratulates-senator-mullin-his-nomination-dhs-secretary
FOX NEWS
— Jewish leaders want Chicago mayor to create antisemitism task force. The Chicago Commission on Human Relations found that the Jewish community experienced a 58% increase in hate crimes, spanning between 2023-2024.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/anti-defamation-league-pressures-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-establish-antisemitism-task-force
— The more than six-year prison sentencing of illegal alien Jose Melgar-Rivas for causing serious injuries to a federal officer by dragging him with his vehicle shows why the agent who shot activist Renee Good feared for his life.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illegals-dragging-ice-agent-shows-exact-danger-officer-who-shot-renee-good-feared-expert-says
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Negative campaigning. DD: If you run for an office, anticipate/expect that your critics/opponents will campaign negatively against you. I should write about how my critics/opponents campaigned negatively against me when I ran for the open Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer office in 2004.
https://abcnews.com/WN/vote-2010-election-negative-campaigning-year-world-news/story?id=12021447
CBS NEWS
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/miami-dade-gop-racist-group-chat-resignation-expulsion/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/us/florida-gop-slurs-group-chat.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want Markwayne Mullin a) to stop ICE from deporting their illegals and b) to reopen the borders.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/05/dhs-shutdown-noem/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/05/kristi-noem-trump-fired-dhs/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: High Schools Are Losing the Struggle to Block Pot—Even During Class. Legalization makes marijuana culturally acceptable and easy to get; ‘it was a party in the bathroom.’ DD: in 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/marijuana-high-schools-legalization-vaping-642fe29d
— DD: Democrats and RINOs are glad Trump fired Noem.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/kristi-noem-fired-department-of-homeland-security-donald-trump-corey-lewandowski-senate-hearing-6ba9745d
BOSTON HERALD
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want Markwayne Mullin a) to stop ICE from deporting their illegals and b) to reopen the borders.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/03/06/editorial-noem-move-could-be-just-what-ice-america-needs/
MIAMI HERALD
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article314935780.html
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article314937448.html
MIAMI TIMES
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/news/local/bipartisan-calls-for-accountability-mount-after-racist-antisemitic-gop-chat-revealed-in-miami-dade/article_18c0f949-9db2-4e0a-99bb-c70a0ce60e73.html
FLORIDA POLITICS
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/783592-bipartisan-calls-for-accountability-mount-after-racist-antisemitic-miami-dade-gop-chat-revealed/
FLORIDA VOICE
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://flvoicenews.com/miami-dade-gop-secretary-faces-resignation-calls-over-racist-antisemitic-group-chat/
DALLAS WEEKLY
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://dallasweekly.com/2026/03/ice-agents-racist-remarks-and-misconduct-revealed-in-court-records-and-footage/
WICHITA EAGLE
— For cause. DD: To be forced to retire and to resign like I was, is to be fired. If you are fired, your critics/opponents will hint/imply/argue/shout that you were properly fired “for cause.” My critics/opponents have always done that. I should write about the real reasons why a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, why my Firestone Store boss fired me when I was 22 in 1971, and why my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign when I was 20 on 1969.
https://www.kansas.com/sports/college/big-12/kansas-state/article314905670.html
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— A coalition of public service organizations and federal unions is suing the Trump administration over its looming plans to strip civil service protections from a broad swath of the career federal workforce. DD: Under the Democrats, federal employees who are the following do not have Civil Service protection: Republican, White, male, older, nonveteran, Protestant, and German American.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/litigation/2026/03/lawsuit-contends-schedule-policy-career-exceeds-presidential-authority/
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION
— What does it mean to ‘make it’ in academia? DD: According to my critics/opponents, federal employees who are the following and did not make GS-13 ($118,984) by age 25, GS-14 ($140,604) by age 30, GS-15 ($165,386) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($197,200) by age 40 are failures: Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/what-does-it-mean-make-it-academia
POLITICO
— GOP restrainers say Trump abandoned them. The president’s restraint-minded backers accuse the administration of breaking its promise.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/05/gop-restraint-trump-iran-abandoned-00815962
ROLLING STONE
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/miami-group-chat-young-conservatives-racism-1235525657/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
LOCAL SWITZERLAND
— Why is personal responsibility so important in Switzerland?
https://www.thelocal.ch/20260305/why-is-personal-responsibility-so-important-in-switzerland
GURADIAN
— DD: What are your demographics? The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, nonpoor, nonveteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/05/south-africa-president-cyril-ramaphosa-calls-donald-trump-policy-white-afrikaners-racist
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/05/florida-international-university-racist-group-chat
NTD
— House Foreign Affairs Committee Holds Hearing on State Department Promotions. The House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing titled “Merit, Accountability, and Performance at State: Evaluating Promotion and Placement.” DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. They all were minority, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.ntd.com/live-now-house-foreign-affairs-committee-holds-hearing-on-state-department-promotions_1129929.html
Febuary 28, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— US-Israel attack on Iran: Illinois leaders react, demonstrations held downtown Chicago. Strikes celebrated by many in Chicago’s Iranian community, demonstrators against US troops on ground.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-israel-attack-iran-illinois-leaders-react-demonstration-held-downtown-chicago-president-trump-says-irans-leader-is-dead/18662172/
NBC5
— Dozens gather in downtown Chicago for protest after U.S., Israel strike on Iran. “They rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions, and we can’t take it anymore,” Trump said after the attack.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dozens-gather-in-downtown-chicago-for-protest-after-u-s-israel-strike-on-iran/3901470/
FOX32
— Illinois elected leaders blast Trump’s military strikes in Iran: ‘No justification’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-elected-leaders-blast-trumps-military-strikes-iran-no-justification
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Leading Illinois Democrats denounce President Donald Trump’s military strikes in Iran
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/28/illinois-democrats-pritzker-iran-trump/
DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Tracy for Republicans in U.S. Senate race
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260228/endorsements/endorsement-tracy-for-republicans-in-u-s-senate-race/
STATELINE
— Illinois Department of Labor analyzes wage gaps based on race and gender. DD: If IDL analyzed such gaps for federal employees, it would find that for federal employees who have similar education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional licenses, those who are minority and/or female are paid more than federal employees who are White and/or male.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/a-supreme-court-case-over-whether-marijuana-users-can-own-guns-is-creating-unusual-alliances/article_90ee8794-aca8-5782-8ec4-bac0157895c1.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YROHKZ2llfM
CHAMPAIGN/URBANS NEWS GAZETTE & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— A Supreme Court case over whether marijuana users can own guns is creating unusual alliances. DD: I side with Trump. I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/a-supreme-court-case-over-whether-marijuana-users-can-own-guns-is-creating-unusual-alliances/article_90ee8794-aca8-5782-8ec4-bac0157895c1.html
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-a-supreme-court-case-over-whether-marijuana-users-can-own-guns-is-creating-unusual-alliances/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Republican Trump administration will be defending a firearm restriction, with backing from gun-control groups typically more aligned with Democrats. On the other side is a pairing of the National Rifle Association and the American Civil Liberties Union.)
WGLT
— Duckworth calls Iran strikes ‘illegal’ as LaHood points to ‘direct consequence of Iran’s actions’
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-02-28/duckworth-calls-iran-strikes-illegal-as-lahood-points-to-direct-consequence-of-irans-actions
INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE
— Indiana keeps bucking marijuana legalization, tightening related laws instead. DD: I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/02/indiana-keeps-bucking-marijuana-legalization-tightening-related-laws-instead/
ILLINOIS TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Republican Party’s BIG TENT policy to destroy the Republican Party. Far too many Republican organizations and candidates seek, accept, and/or give money to/from organizations and candidates that reject some, many, most, if not virtually all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I should write about the aforesaid organizations and candidates. I would focus on those that have sought/accepted/given the most aforesaid money and that have made it the most clear that 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. I would focus on the aforesaid that have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. since 2000.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news/illinois-republicans-need-diversity-of-views-a-bigger-tent-20101601/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Democrats rage over Trump’s ‘illegal’ war in Iran, demand Congress return to Washington for ‘immediate’ vote
https://nypost.com/2026/02/28/us-news/trumps-iran-attack-sets-off-furious-debate-in-congress-on-whether-war-is-necessary-or-illegal/
— Black voters should reject Newsom’s ‘I’m as dumb as you’ shtick
https://nypost.com/2026/02/27/opinion/black-voters-should-reject-newsoms-act/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Black Republican Nukes Liberal for Implying the SAVE Act Targets Minorities: We’re ‘Educated Enough’ to Get an ID
https://www.westernjournal.com/black-republican-nukes-liberal-implying-save-act-targets-minorities-educated-enough-get/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Attack on Iran Is Reckless
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/opinion/iran-attack-trump-war.html
— Only 21% of Americans Support the United States Initiating an Attack on Iran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/politics/poll-americans-support-iran-attack.html
— Trump’s Decision to Strike Iran Opens New Fissures in Midterms. Republicans largely supported the decision, while Democrats mostly opposed it — but divisions appeared in both parties.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/us/politics/trump-iran-attack-midterms.html
— Legalizing Marijuana Is a Big Mistake. DD: I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton in 2019.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/opinion/marijuana-legalization-disaster.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Enforces His Red Line on Iran. His war aims suggest a long campaign that could topple the regime.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-enforces-his-red-line-on-iran-a2ad85ab?mod=opinion_lead_pos1
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— DD: Democrat leaders reject America’s immigration laws, that is, Democrat leaders reject America.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/fact-sheet/did-my-family-really-come-legally-todays-immigration-laws-created-a-new-reality/
February 13, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders say Illinois Republicans weigh fealty to Trump as president’s agenda faces backlash and shutdown threat.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/13/illinois-republicans-weigh-fealty-to-trump/
— DD: Democrat ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/13/daywatch-trump-administration-dismantles-us-ability-to-fight-climate-change/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/02/12/new-york-times-marijuana-legalization-taxes-regulations-jacob-sullum
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans. How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting more hatred against Republicans in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/02/13/democrats-republicans-november-maga-trump-immigration-tariffs-economy-mona-charen
DAILY HERALD
— Kane County clerk unveils voter wait time app
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260212/news/kane-clerk-unveils-voter-wait-time-app/
— Ukraine support key for GOP Senate candidates despite cost concerns
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260211/nation-and-world-politics/ukraine-support-key-for-gop-senate-candidates-despite-cost-concerns/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois GOP Senate candidates debate Trump’s policies, minimum wage
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2026/02/13/illinois-gop-senate-candidates-debate-trump-minimum-wage-and-more/88647013007/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders to have their Dunlap High School students walkout on Friday, February 13.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/education/2026/02/12/dunlap-high-school-students-plan-protest-against-ice/88646221007/
STATELINE
— Illinois considers taxpayer-funded gang tattoo removal for inmates
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/illinois-considers-taxpayer-funded-gang-tattoo-removal-for-inmates/
COUNTRY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders to have their high school students across Illinois walkout on Friday, February 13.
https://countryherald.com/news/illinois-high-school-walkouts-planned-friday-over-ice-policies-friday-feb-13th/
— DD: Democrat leaders to have their Glenbard East High School students walkout on Friday, February 13.
https://countryherald.com/news/lombard-illinois-police-monitor-anti-ice-walkout-feb-13/
— DD: Democrat leaders to have their Trail High School students walkout on Friday, February 13.
https://countryherald.com/news/addison-illinois-anti-ice-protest-set-at-trail-high-school/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— New bill aims to prevent kids’ accidental cannabis intake. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/cannabis-edibles-child-safety/
WIFR
— Elementary students eat marijuana edibles during lunch, prompting emergency response. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.wifr.com/2026/02/13/elementary-students-eat-marijuana-edibles-during-lunch-prompting-emergency-response/
WGIL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.wgil.com/2026/02/12/even-though-marijuana-is-legal-in-illinois-clearing-old-criminal-records-still-a-challenge/
NIEMAN LAB
— DD: For Democrats, journalism exists a) to promote the Democrat Party platform and b) to elect and reelect Democrats.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/for-the-past-year-illinois-has-been-giving-local-news-outlets-tax-credits-to-support-journalism-jobs-a-new-report-looks-at-how-its-going/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Black, Hispanic Drivers Get Majority Of Chicago’s Traffic Tickets — Including In Mostly White Areas. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly accuse police of being racist.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/12/black-hispanic-drivers-get-majority-of-chicagos-traffic-tickets-including-in-mostly-white-areas/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-679/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Waukegan: Foreign national faces harboring, forced labor charges. DD: Bad employers want illegals because illegals work for less money and are easier to exploit.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f177c338-6e34-425b-9357-9addc92de803.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) has barred me from attending its Lincoln Day Dinner in Glen Ellyn on February 27 unless I buy a $75 ticket. I have promoted that event in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since it was announced. Ever since I became the GOPUSA Illinois reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents have used my being the GOPUSA Illinois reporter against me. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy people like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I take the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me as badges of honor. But of course, my critics/opponents deny that they took their adverse actions against me for the aforesaid reasons. I should write about all the money I have given the DCRCC since 2000. I should write about the many things that I have done to help elect and help to reelect Republicans in DuPage County since 2000. I should write about those DCRCC leaders who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most since 2000 a) for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, b) for their problems, c) for your problems, d) for my problems, and e) for everyone’s problems. I should write about DCRCC leaders who since 2000 have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Is your Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) appointed or elected? RINO leaders would never appoint me a RPC. To this day, past and present RINO leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 2000, and my precinct remain furious that I became an elected RPC in 2000 because Roskam and Hultgren endorsed me over the woman who they ran against me. RINO leaders want RPCs who they can manipulate and dominate, who glorify and praise them, who pander to them, who serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who cover up their wrong doing, and/or who give them money. I refuse to do the aforesaid. RINO leaders reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. RINO leaders not only want to strike the aforesaid planks, they want to get more preference for those who share their demographics. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AM870 THE ANSWER
— Obama Deported More Illegals…Liberals Didn’t Care
https://am870theanswer.com/columnists/larry-elder/video/698e656dbf50ba50b9cb3917
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— The left is very, very upset that federal immigration agents are now “arresting and charging suburban moms” who interfere with their arrests of illegal alien killers, rapists, and other Democrat Party heroes.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/02/12/ice-arresting-obstructionist-suburban-moms-has-left-clutching-pearls-1621830/
BLAZE
— ‘Solely on the basis of race’: White-majority Evanston sparks outcry with $25K payments to some black residents
https://www.theblaze.com/news/solely-on-the-basis-of-race-white-majority-chicago-suburb-sparks-outcry-with-25k-payments-to-some-black-residents
— I came to the US legally. What we have now isn’t immigration — it’s chaos.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/i-came-to-the-us-legally-what-we-have-now-isnt-immigration-its-chaos
FOX NEWS
— Over 1.5 million illegal aliens with deportation orders in US. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said, ‘There’s 16,840 final orders at large in the state of Minnesota.’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/over-1-5-million-illegal-aliens-deportation-orders-us-ice-director-reveals
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE
— Lara Trump is headlining the National Right to Life’s pro-life gala in Chicago on March 24. Trump is the former co-chair of the Republican National Committee and daughter-in-law of President Donald Trump.
https://nrlc.org/proudly-pro-life-gala/2026-chicago/
PJ MEDIA
— Texas: Illegal Aliens Can No Longer Have Occupational Licenses
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/02/12/texas-illegal-aliens-can-no-longer-have-occupational-licenses-n4949413
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: ICE should not be banned from polling places because it would not deter US citizens from voting.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5735693-jason-smith-polling-places-ice/
WASHINGTON POST
— Judge rejects Hegseth bid to punish Sen. Kelly for video message to troops. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government who were veterans succeeded in punishing me big time for my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. They blamed Republican males for America losing the Vietnam War. My Democrat superiors in the federal government who were minority, female, and/or younger succeeded in punishing me big time for my opposing their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They blamed Republicans who were White, male, and/or older for the problems that minorities, females, and younger people had.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/02/12/mark-kelly-hegseth-censure-ruling/
NBC FLORIDA
— Lee County students suspended after ICE protest walkouts. DD: Will your school district punish a) their students who walked out and/or b) their faculty who organized/promoted the walkouts?
https://spotonflorida.com/southwest-florida/5969477/lee-county-students-suspended-after.html
FOX TWIN CITIES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.fox9.com/news/viral-protest-songs-unify-twin-cities-against-ice-efforts-feb-2026
ALASKA WATCHMAN
— Alaska Family Council joins push to reclaim traditional marriage – 1 man, 1 woman
https://alaskawatchman.com/2026/02/12/alaska-family-council-joins-push-to-reclaim-traditional-marriage-1-man-1-woman/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DEI Is a Threat to Americans’ Health. The Trump administration should seek to establish an alternative accreditor for medical schools.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/dei-is-a-threat-to-americans-health-97b25a64
FAST COMPANY
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91490412/trumps-anti-dei-policies-are-hurting-college-educated-black-women
FED AGENT
— DD: Democrats say: Administration Finalizes Schedule Policy/Career Rule, Putting Civil Service Protections at Risk for 50,000 Federal Workers. Democrats run the federal government. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. Federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran have no Civil Service protections.
https://www.fedagent.com/news/administration-finalizes-schedule-policy/career-rule-putting-civil-service-protections-at-risk-for-50000-federal-workers
WAKE UP TO POLITICS
— Is Don Lemon a Journalist? DD: The DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) has barred me from attending its Lincoln Day Dinner in Glen Ellyn on February 27 unless I buy a $75 ticket. I have promoted that event in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since it was announced. Ever since I became the GOPUSA Illinois reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents have used my being the GOPUSA Illinois reporter against me. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy people like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I take the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me as badges of honor. But of course, my critics/opponents deny that they took their adverse actions against me for the aforesaid reasons. I should write about all the money I have given the DCRCC since 2000. I should write about the many things that I have done to help elect and help to reelect Republicans in DuPage County since 2000. I should write about those DCRCC leaders who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most since 2000 a) for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, b) for their problems, c) for your problems, d) for my problems, and e) for everyone’s problems. I should write about DCRCC leaders who since 2000 have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/is-don-lemon-a-journalist-does-it
NEWS KARNATAKA
— No one is coming to save your career. DD: To qualify myself for better paying jobs, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. The Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking job-related graduate evening courses. The Democrats who ran GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not a) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976 and 1980, b) earned job-related professional certifications in 1979 and 1981, and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981. My Democrat GAO superiors would have succeeded in forcing to retire earlier than they did if I had not a) earned job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 and b) earned a job-related master’s degree in 1997.
https://newskarnataka.com/business/no-one-is-coming-to-save-your-career-says-mcdonalds-ceo-in-viral-advice/24012026
PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders applaud their success in keeping their illegals in Minnesota. How much success have Democrat leaders had keeping their illegals in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/after-deaths-protests-and-political-backlash-ice-surge-set-to-end-in-minnesota
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MEAWW
— These are not peaceful protesters
https://news.meaww.com/steve-bannon-pushes-back-on-trumps-ice-pullback-in-minnesota-these-are-not-peaceful-protesters
February 12, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— ABC7 Chicago presents 2026 Republican US Senate primary forum
https://abc7chicago.com/post/abc7-chicago-league-women-voters-illinois-univision-broadcast-stream-2026-republican-us-senate-primary-forum-wednesday/18554376/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders say that Republicans’ edge on immigration shrinks as independents balk at Trump’s tactics
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/ap-politics/ap-republicans-edge-on-immigration-shrinks-as-independents-balk-at-trumps-tactics-ap-norc-poll-shows/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use students to a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/11/chicago-students-walkout-protest-ice/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Marimar Martínez to promote more hatred against ICE.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/11/marimar-martinez-shooting-immigration/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn ICE.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/11/ice-crimes/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/12/opinion-black-equality-obamas-racism/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their students to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/02/12/no-recess-lockdowns-less-learning-how-immigration-agents-disrupted-cps-schools-this-fall
https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2026/02/12/president-donald-trump-ice-border-patrol-chicago-public-schools-marimar-martinez-city-hall
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their illegals to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/11/evidence-shows-feds-lied-about-marimar-martinezs-shooting-in-chicago-attorney-says
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/11/juan-espinoza-martinez-cleared-of-bovino-murder-plot-still-in-detention-after-judge-denies-bail
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Marimar Martínez to promote more hatred against ICE.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/02/11/evidence-shows-feds-lied-about-marimar-martinezs-shooting-in-chicago-attorney-says
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/02/11/federal-cuts-hiv-lead-poisoning-prevention-grants-raoul
— DD: ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasing crow about their success in flooding Chicago with people from foreign countries.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/02/11/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-latin-america-mexico-puerto-rico-ecuador-guatemala-venezuela
DAILY HERALD
— GOP candidates in 11th District differ on Trump’s efforts to dismantle Education Dept.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260211/us-congress-politics/gop-candidates-in-11th-district-differ-on-trumps-efforts-to-dismantle-education-dept/
— The Trump administration has withdrawn all federalized National Guard troops from U.S. cities, after its repeated attempts to surge forces into Democratic-run states encountered judicial roadblocks. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly clear that they will never stop a) flooding America with their illegals and b) fighting their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260211/nation-and-world/national-guard-troops-were-quietly-withdrawn-from-u-s-cities/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with America’s enemies against America.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260211/syndicated-columnists/latest-global-affairs-survey-shows-instability-of-america-as-a-partner/
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/02/11/even-though-marijuana-legal-illinois-clearing-old-criminal-records-still-challenge
WBEZ
— DuSable Black History Museum gets $1.6 million from state of Illinois for building improvements. The state money for renovations comes during Black History Month and as the museum is under investigation after a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former employee.
https://www.wbez.org/museums/2026/02/12/dusable-black-history-museum-chicago-state-grant-renovations-trump-dei-lawsuit
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing push more pot.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2026/02/11/clearing-old-marijuana-records-is-a-struggle-in-illinois/88609915007/
SHAW LOCAL
— 2026 Election Questionnaire: Ted Dabrowski, Illinois Governor
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/02/11/2026-election-questionnaire-ted-dabrowski-illinois-governor/
WISCONSIN EXAMINER
— DD: To get more votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference.
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2026/02/11/supreme-court-justices-call-right-wing-groups-arguments-against-minority-college-grants-shocking/
AXIOS CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders say crowded GOP field targets Pritzker
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/02/12/gop-governor-jb-pritzker-darren-bailey-ted-dabrowski-illinois
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to stop their illegals from voting.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/02/12/illinois-mobilizing-to-guard-the-vote-00777960
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: BALLOT SAFEGUARDS: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says his office is in talks with election officials in Illinois and across the country about how to ensure the upcoming March 17 primary runs smoothly after the White House said it “can’t guarantee” immigration enforcement agents wouldn’t be near polling places. “We’re exploring ways in which we can ensure that we protect the fundamental right to be able to cast a vote,” Johnson said Wednesday after a speaking engagement hosted by the City Club of Chicago.
He’s not the only one: Johnson joins other government officials who are taking steps to ensure voting locations are secure out of concern that dispatching ICE agents to the polls could intimidate voters.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-467/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois House Republicans are calling on Democrats to oppose new tax proposals.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_e68c79e4-10cc-47ef-acf4-2a608013808e.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you were me, what would you do to encourage people, and especially Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC), to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? I have been a RPC since 1999. As the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, I have sent out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000. I have attended many Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) meetings and events since 1999. Since 2000, I have asked MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP leaders to encourage RPCs and attendees at their meetings and events to read my newsletters, but they have not. Yesterday, I attended a MTRO monthly meeting. It was again obvious, based on many statements made at that meeting, that many, if not most, of the PRCs and other attendees had never heard of my newsletters let alone read any of them. Many past and present MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP leaders disapprove/despise/hate me and my newsletters. They blame me and blame my newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They blame me and blame my newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. They have taken many big adverse actions against me. My critics/opponents have hinted/implied that the aforesaid leaders might encourage readership of my newsletters if I stopped promoting the following planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject including the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Again, if you were me, what would you do to encourage people to read my newsletters? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters help their readers a) keep up with current political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans and especially in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200 and b) get facts and arguments to use to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, especially its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Far too many who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters do so for opposition research. They reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy people like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I take the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me as badges of honor. But of course, my critics/opponents deny that they took their adverse actions against me for the aforesaid reasons. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Far too many leaders of far too many Republican organizations reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They use the Republican Party’s BIG TENT policy to destroy the Republican Party. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to encourage registered Republican and Not Affiliated voters in your precinct to cast Republican ballots in the March 17, 2026 primary? I am going to hand-deliver an envelope to each of the 400 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Not Affiliated voter. I have affixed 800 mailing labels and my return address labels on 400 envelopes, sorted them into five batches, and put them in walk order. I am in the process of stuffing those envelopes with the sample ballot for my precinct, campaign literature that Republican candidates have provided the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), and a MTRO flyer. I use my Brother printer, paper, and my ink print the 400 2-sided sample ballots. So far, I have stuffed and delivered one of the five batches. The Republican candidates in contested races in my precinct are a) Chlebek, Tracy, Capparelli, Long, Tillman, and Evans for U.S. Senate, b) Dabrowski, Mendrick, Baley, and Heidner for Governor, c) Adamczyk and Harris for Secretary of State, d) Moore and Noonan for DuPage County Sheriff, and e) Helland and Senak for Appellate Court Judge. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Trump praises NY gov candidate Bruce Blakeman’s ‘fight’ in surprise endorsement video. DD: Which candidates on the March 17, 2026 Republican primary ballot in your precinct have a) sought Trump’s endorsement or b) gotten his endorsement?
https://nypost.com/2026/02/11/us-news/trump-praises-nys-gov-candidate-bruce-blakemans-fight-in-surprise-endorsement-video/
— American Olympic medalist Amber Glenn fires direct message at critics: ‘They hate to see two woke b—-es winning’
https://nypost.com/2026/02/12/sports/american-olympic-medalist-amber-glenn-fires-direct-message-at-critics-they-hate-to-see-two-woke-b-es-winning/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Woke Smithsonian Disrespects Our Nation’s 250th Anniversary. It receives over 1 billion taxpayer dollars per year but celebrates mosques and gay meccas while ignoring some of the most pivotal places in our founding history.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/02/the_woke_smithsonian_disrespects_our_nation_s_250th_anniversary.html
BLAZE
— No more ‘safe harbor for illegals’: Colony Ridge settles with DOJ, Texas. Colony Ridge has endangered American citizens by allowing illegal aliens to run rampant on its streets, in its schools, and in its community. DD: How many safe harbors are there for illegals in your county, township, municipality, and school district? The more safe harbors, the more poverty and crime.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/no-more-safe-harbor-for-illegals-colony-ridge-settles-with-doj-texas
CAMPUS REFORM
— Kansas ‘Freedom from Indoctrination Act’ targets DEI, CRT requirements. Republican legislators in Kansas recently introduced a bill to remove requirements relating to DEI and CRT from public universities. Supporters of House Bill 2428, which was introduced on Jan. 12 and received a hearing on Feb. 4, contend that students should not be required to join in DEI or CRT classes.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/kansas-freedom-indoctrination-act-targets-dei-crt-requirements/29403
CHRISTIAN POST
— Illinois school accused of unlawfully banning Christian Good News clubs: lawsuit
https://www.christianpost.com/news/illinois-school-accused-of-mistreating-good-news-clubs-lawsuit.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Military academies now accept Classical Learning Test as alternative to ‘woke’ AP exams. DD: If I had not passed the postal employment test, the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me. If I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/military-academies-now-accept-classical-learning-test-as-alternative-to-woke-ap-exams/
DAILY SIGNAL
— ICE Surge Ending in Minnesota, Border Czar Homan Announces
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/12/breaking-ice-surge-ending-in-minnesota-border-czar-homan-announces/
FEDERALIST
— Conservatives Can’t Beat Democrats Until They Defeat The RINOs In Their Own Party First
https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/11/conservatives-cant-beat-democrats-until-they-defeat-the-rinos-in-their-own-party-first/
FOX NEWS
— Billionaire JB Pritzker says he’s had to overcome his wealth, which would be ‘obstacle’ in 2028. Reporter pokes fun at Pritzker for ‘overcoming being a billionaire.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/billionaire-jp-pritzker-says-hes-had-overcome-his-wealth-would-obstacle-2028
— Judicial Watch sues Evanston’s reparations program over giving money based on race. Judicial Watch alleges program violates Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment in Constitution
https://www.foxnews.com/media/watchdog-group-sues-illinois-citys-reparations-program-over-giving-money-based-race
— White House reaffirms any illegal immigrant can be deported as Trump team zeroes in on ‘worst of the worst’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-reaffirms-any-illegal-immigrant-can-deported-trump-team-zeroes-worst-worst
HOT AIR
— ‘Great Replacement’ Is No Longer Theory, but Openly Confessed. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and RINOs. Ever-increasingly, there are fewer and fewer and fewer Republican leaders who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://hotair.com/walter-hudson/2026/02/11/great-replacement-is-no-longer-theory-but-openly-confessed-n3811763
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The left has long dismissed “great replacement theory”—the notion that powerful institutions are deliberately working to reduce, supplant, or politically overwhelm the white population in Western countries—as a racist conspiracy theory. Merely raising the idea, they insist, should permanently discredit anyone as a vile racist unworthy of serious consideration.)
NEWSMAX
— Don’t Let Illegals ‘Cancel’ Our Vote
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/voter-id-house-vote/2026/02/11/id/1245684/
TOWNHALL
— A new Harvard/Harris public opinion poll shows two-thirds of Americans now disapprove of ICE. That spells trouble for taxpayers and for everyone who wants safe neighborhoods. DD: The more illegals, the more crime. By coming to America illegally and/or by staying in America illegally, illegals have demonstrated gross disrespect for the rule of law and for America.
https://townhall.com/columnists/betsymccaughey/2026/02/11/if-ice-is-hamstrung-hold-on-to-your-wallets-n2671137
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Evanston Issues $25,000 in Cash to Black Residents for Reparations
https://www.westernjournal.com/illinois-city-issues-25000-cash-black-residents-reparations/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says He Will Now Invite Democrats to Governors’ Meeting. Even as he reversed course on excluding Democrats, the president repeatedly attacked a Republican governor who had planned to oversee the meeting. DD: My critics/opponents do not openly attack me, they have their operatives and their dupes do that. They continue to have their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/politics/trump-governors-meeting-democrats.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/health/hhs-california-public-health-lawsuit.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-02-11/california-other-states-sue-over-trump-administrations-latest-cuts-to-hiv-programs
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting judges to promote more hatred against Republicans
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/11/judges-criticize-ice-comments/88603088007/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discourage those who have demographics that vote for Republicans from getting college degrees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/02/10/high-paying-jobs-no-college-degree/88593252007/
NEWSWEEK
— Kinzinger: Depoliticize the National Guard. DD: It seems that Kinzinger sides with George Wallace.
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-depoliticize-the-national-guard-opinion-11477634
YAHOO & USA TODAY
— Trump says he’s still excluding two Democratic governors from WH meeting
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-agrees-meet-white-house-202537419.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/02/11/trump-welcomes-democratic-governors-meeting/88623467007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I even invited the SLOB of a Governor, JB Pritzker, and horrendous California Governor, Gavin Newscum, to the Dinner, despite the terrible job that they are doing. As usual with him, Stitt got it WRONG!” Trump said. “The Invitations were sent out to all other Governors, Democrat and Republican. I look forward to seeing the Republican Governors, and some of the Democratic Governors who were worthy of being invited, but most of whom won’t show up.”)
AOL
— Chris Harrison Returning With ‘Traditional Marriage’ Dating Show. DD: How has traditional marriage helped you? I met my outstanding wife at a social meeting for young adults at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She was raised as a Catholic and I was raised as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. We were both looking for a traditional marriage. Our marriage in 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) get promoted to GS-13 in 1986. Our marriage helped us a) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978 and b) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. Our marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.aol.com/articles/chris-harrison-returning-traditional-marriage-190151573.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rove: Do Democrats Know How to Win? Their strategy for this November’s midterm elections is beginning to become clear.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/do-democrats-know-how-to-win-f86dfd98
— What I Suffered Being ‘Transgender.’ I’m suing the people who did this to me, and the Texas Supreme Court heard my case this week.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-i-suffered-being-transgender-3d0c891d
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders fight to allow illegals to vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohPsiLLpmyA
— Duckworth Accuses DHS Of ‘Implicitly Threatening The Independence’ Of Agency’s Watchdog. DD: The Democrats who run GAO falsely claim that the agency is independent. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans who the agency hired. I doubt that there are any Republican GAO employees now.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestv/2026/02/11/tammy-duckworth-accuses-dhs-of-implicitly-threatening-the-independence-of-agencys-watchdog/
NATION
–DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/trump-economy-jobs-report/
NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Florida and Texas AGs Issue Sweeping Anti-DEI Opinions on MLK Day
https://natlawreview.com/article/florida-and-texas-ags-issue-sweeping-anti-dei-opinions-mlk-day
CLARK UNIVERSITY
— From Personal Responsibility to Systemic Failure: the Blame Divide in American Politics. DD: My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. That put me on track to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license.
https://www.clarku.edu/events/event/from-personal-responsibility-to-systemic-failure-the-blame-divide-in-american-politics/
POLITICO
— GOP Donors Hope Trump Will Back Cornyn In Three-Way GOP Primary. DD: To this day, my critics/opponents remain furious that I became an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000 because Roskam and Hultgren endorsed me over the woman they had run against me.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/11/money-being-burned-donors-fret-over-cornyn-primary-as-trump-sits-back-00773836
WASHINGTON SPECTATOR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Clarence Thomas.
https://washingtonspectator.org/how-clarence-thomas-bamboozled-his-way-onto-the-supreme-court/
DEMOCRACY DOCKET
— DD: Democrats want illegals to vote. Illegals want/need/demand massive government assistance. They lack education, lack job skills, have health problems, and/or have other problems. They will work for less money than citizens of America. They are much more easily exploited by employers. By coming to America illegally and/or staying in America illegally, they have demonstrated gross disrespect for the rule of law and for America.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/gop-uses-lies-in-push-for-save-america-act-as-house-prepares-vote/
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/house-passes-gops-sweeping-anti-voting-bill/
ENTERTAINMENT
— DD; Democrat leaders say Vice President JD Vance issues warning to U.S. Olympians over politics. Vance received a chilly reception laden with boos when he and wife Usha Vance attended the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan.
https://ew.com/vice-president-jd-vance-warns-us-olympians-over-politics-11905187
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MEAWW
— DD: Far too many who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters do so for opposition research. They reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy people like me who they cannot manipulate or dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I should write about my critics/opponents. I take the many big adverse actions that they have taken against me as badges of honor. But of course, my critics/opponents deny that they took their adverse actions against me for the aforesaid reasons.
https://news.meaww.com/pam-bondi-appeared-armed-with-opposition-research-during-tense-doj-hearing-says-legal-expert
February 10, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Senate Democratic candidates to face off in statewide debate on WGN. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate debates.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/senate-democratic-candidates-to-face-off-in-statewide-debate-on-wgn/
WTTW
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly fight efforts to stop election fraud, that is, Democrats ever-increasingly promote election fraud.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/02/09/trump-s-claims-about-election-fraud-undermine-public-trust-uic-law-professor-says
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: How much money is Pritzker spending to manipulate Republican primary races?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/09/gov-jb-pritzker-endorses-margaret-croke-in-democratic-primary-for-illinois-comptroller/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/09/daywatch-bad-bunnys-super-bowl-halftime-show-was-close-to-art/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Moody’s sees Illinois slipping: Fewer jobs, fewer people
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/moodys-illinois-lose-jobs-population-year
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Congressional candidates face off at NAACP forum, marking start of Black History Lecture Series. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2026/02/09/city/congressional-candidates-face-off-at-naacp-forum-marking-start-of-black-history-lecture-series/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— New legislation filed in Illinois includes billionaire wealth tax. Senate Bill 3376 would apply Illinois’ personal income tax to the appreciation of billionaires’ assets.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2026/02/10/billionaire-wealth-tax-is-among-newly-proposed-illinois-legislation/88590925007/
WCIA
— Senate Democratic candidates to face off in statewide debate in Illinois. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.wcia.com/illinois-capitol-news/senate-democratic-candidates-to-face-off-in-statewide-debate-on-wgn/
WGEM
— League of Women Voters of Adams County hosting 2 upcoming candidate forums. DD: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman and an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, the organizations would still be hosting candidate forums.
https://www.wgem.com/2026/02/09/league-women-voters-adams-county-hosting-2-upcoming-candidate-forums/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push pot. How successful have Democrats been making everyone in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct stoners?
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/even-though-marijuana-is-legal-in-illinois-clearing-old-criminal-records-still-a-challenge/
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— DD: Chicago Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republican Florida.
https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/six-reasons-not-to-move-your-business-to-florida/
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-677/
— Rate the new Don Tracy digital ad
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/10/rate-the-new-don-tracy-digital-ad/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— With the Border Secure, Federal Immigration Enforcement Should Go Where They’re Invited. DD: I disagree, ICE should go were the most illegals are.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/with-the-border-secure-federal-immigration-enforcement-should-go-where-theyre-invited
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois gives $1.5M to ICE opponents
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/waste-watch-illinois-gives-1-5m-to-ice-opponents/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
AMERICAN THINKER
— Honoring ancient tradition means observing the Olympics’ political silence. The classlessness of the left is on full display in Milan.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/honoring_ancient_tradition_means_observing_the_olympics_political_silence.html
— What has feminism wrought?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/what_has_feminism_wrought.html
— Who built America? Now even the anarchist hookers want in on the act.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/02/who_built_america.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Elmhurst University Turning Point USA fights for recognition
https://www.thecollegefix.com/elmhurst-university-turning-point-usa-fights-for-recognition/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Turning Point USA represents a threat to campus and must not be approved, according to student government leaders at Elmhurst University in suburban Chicago. However, university officials say they are “monitoring the situation.” Campus club founder Tim Dudasik recently spoke to The College Fix via a phone interview about his fight to start a chapter of the free-market student club at the private college in Elmhurst. He said student government leaders believe TPUSA is an “unsafe threat to campus.” While the senior always had an interest in politics, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, inspired him to start his own chapter. He said he “immediately filed an application” to start a chapter after the September 10, 2025 assassination of Turning Point USA’s founder. He initially had problems finding a faculty sponsor, emailing at least 25 professors without success. However, he told The Fix that multiple professors reached out to him after a student newspaper story came out about the new organization. Yet, he ran into further problems when he had to present to the student government and his peers denied his request for official recognition. That means the club is not allowed to meet in classrooms or “congregate on campus in any way.” The denial also prevents the club from doing something Dudasik is passionate about: “The big idea [with Turning Point] is tabling – being able to be on campus, talk about politics, religion, and all these divisive topics,” he said. “But without being officially recognized by the school, you can’t do that.” The chapter’s next steps are to address a list of concerns that the Student Government had provided them. “We’re… essentially [going to] go through the same process we did last semester, [to] address their concerns,” Dudasik said. “And if denied again, our next step is to become loud and vocal […a]nd to really express the need and desire for an organization like this on campus, because the more the school realizes that it’s something that’s wanted, it becomes something that’s harder for them to deny.” Still, Dudasik has found ways to organize his like-minded peers – a virtual event with former Olympian Anthony Watson drew 52 interested students. The national Turning Point USA also recognizes the chapter. Elmhurst officials won’t commit to approving the club. The university confirmed to The Fix that the student government must first approve the club before the school will. “The University is monitoring the situation to ensure that the group’s application is treated fairly, and that it receives the same consideration as any other group applying for recognition as a student organization,” Desiree Chen, a spokeswoman for the school, told The Fix via email. She has not responded in the past week for clarification on what the restrictions are on the club and why the school does not just intervene and approve the application. While Turning Point USA has faced problems getting approved on college campuses before, there have been numerous examples in the past several months since the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The national free-market student group reports more than 100,000 people signed up to start clubs. Chapters at Olivet Nazarene University, also in Illinois, as well as St. John’s University in New York City, have faced problems.)
DAILY SIGNAL
— Democrats Champion Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Show, Attack Turning Point USA Alternative
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/09/democrats-champion-bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-attack-turning-point-usa-alternative/
FOX NEWS
— Hochul running mate voted to allow noncitizen voting in NYC elections. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. They wanted cheap labor.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hochul-running-mate-voted-allow-non-citizen-voting-nyc-elections.amp
NEWSMAX
— Democrats Sabotage American Safety in DHS Fight
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/mary-miller-dhs-funding/2026/02/10/id/1245554/
— Democrats Want Illegals to Vote in Elections. DD: Illegals have demographics that vote for Democrats: need/want/demand massive government assistance, liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/byron-donalds-democrats-illegal-aliens/2026/02/09/id/1245516/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5729617-markey-resolution-trump-election-takeover/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5730286-trump-criticism-bad-bunny-performance/
ROLL CALL
— White House, Democrats negotiate as shutdown deadline nears. As Friday DHS funding deadline approaches, Senate Democrats, Trump wrangle over details
https://rollcall.com/2026/02/09/white-house-democrats-negotiate-as-shutdown-deadline-nears/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With days left to pass a Homeland Security spending bill, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate dismissed a White House counteroffer to their own, calling it “insufficient.” . . . Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said he was “aware” of the White House counteroffer, but couldn’t immediately provide more information. Kaine said his support for a continuing resolution would be dependent on the nature of the counteroffer the White House makes to Democratic demands. “Let’s see what the negotiation is like on the proposal the Dems have made and the counteroffer that the Republicans are making,” Kaine said. “We’ll know more after lunch tomorrow.”)
ABC NEWS
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/trump-pushes-save-act-calls-federalize-elections-midterms-130001274
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/bad-bunnys-super-bowl-show-full-symbolism/story?id=129992122
NBC NEWS
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/trumps-election-threats-shape-years-key-secretary-state-races-rcna257573
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://apnews.com/article/bad-bunny-halftime-show-america-0f3534a06cc01fb7c5aae7487debe4fb
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2026-02-09/can-feds-take-over-elections-heres-what-to-know
AOL
— DD: How did you meet your spouse? I met my outstanding wife at a social meeting for young adults at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. She was raised as a Catholic and I was raised as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. We were both looking for a traditional marriage. Our marriage in 1978 helped me a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) get promoted to GS-13 in 1986. Our marriage helped us a) buy a home in Wheaton and two new cars in 1978 and b) have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. Our marriage helped my wife earn a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.aol.com/articles/chris-harrison-host-traditional-marriage-202255471.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— It’s Time for America to Admit That It Has a Marijuana Problem
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/opinion/regulate-legalized-marijuana.html
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.nytimes.com/article/trumps-nationalize-voting-elections-midterms-explainer.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/opinion/bad-bunny-super-bowl-americans.html
— Appeals Court Lets Trump Revoke Deportation Protections for 60,000 More Migrants. The court pointed to recent rulings by the Supreme Court as precedent to allow the protections for migrants from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua to expire.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/us/politics/appeals-court-lets-trump-revoke-deportation-protections-for-60000-more-migrants.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-02-09/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-how-it-happened-stage-production
CINCINNATI ENQUIRER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/columnists/2026/02/09/bad-bunny-at-the-super-bowl-was-a-win-for-culture/88588620007/
FLORIDA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.floridatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/02/09/bad-bunny-backlash-reveals-ignorance-many-still-face-super-bowl-halftime-torres/88589030007/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders have no problem with their protesters bringing their loaded guns to their protests.
https://www.aol.com/articles/no-guns-protests-trump-says-225834337.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Minnesota Burning. Anti-ICE protesters sound more like George Wallace than Martin Luther King.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/minnesota-burning-efacf675
— The Blue State Population Bust. Journal Editorial Report: The 2030 census could spell doom for Democrats. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/journal-editorial-report/wsj-opinion-the-blue-state-population-bust/B83B099A-4704-4738-858F-CC510F88C5FF
— The Biggest Threat to Journalism? Journalists. Don’t blame rapacious owners for the loss of public trust. Blame biased, incompetent reporting. DD: I have always fully disclosed that I have always been a conservative Republican.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-biggest-threat-to-journalism-journalists-cf580513?mod=opinion_lead_pos6
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/music/bad-bunny-uses-joy-to-put-out-political-firestorm-at-super-bowl-halftime-6df796e7
BLOOMBERG
— DD: All elections should have both Republican and Democrat oversight.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-09/can-trump-nationalize-elections-how-the-constitution-limits-presidential-power
PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Bad Bunny to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-cultural-impact-of-bad-bunnys-super-bowl-halftime-show
JORDAN PETERSON
— People who succeed in almost everything they do always take full responsibility for these 7 areas of their life. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in my life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are: liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. According to my critics/opponents, because of the aforesaid, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI big time.
https://vegoutmag.com/lifestyle/r-t-jordan-peterson-says-people-who-succeed-in-almost-everything-they-do-always-take-full-responsibility-for-these-7-areas-of-their-life/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1) Your physical health and vitality. . .2) Your emotional regulation and mental health. . .3) Your career and contribution to society. . .4) Your personal finances and resources. . .5) Your relationships and social connections. . .6) Your personal growth and education. . .7) Your meaning and life purpose)