FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Growing downstate Illinois secessionist movement deserves more than smirks from Chicagoland.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/14/new-illinois-illinois-separation-downstate-secession-illinois/
— Do elected officials owe their constituents health reports?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/14/editorial-do-elected-officials-owe-their-constituents-health-reports/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker’s high school years. DD: What did you do during your junior and senior years in high school? While I was a Crete-Monee High School junior and senior 1964-1966, I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights for 28 hours a week during the school years and for 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965. I got to/from my parents’ home in Crete and that job with a 1958 Chevrolet BelAir that I bought with money I had earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers. I used the money I earned washing dishes buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) in May of 1966 to use to commute to/from my parent’s home and UIC. Even though I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead or studying, I got an ACT score of 24 and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class, but only just barely, and I got accepted by UIC. Because of my dishwashing, my interaction with my classmates was very limited.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/14/summer-break-not-quite-00995832
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: OPPO MEETS NOSTALGIA: Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey appears to have gone digging through Gov. JB Pritzker‘s high school yearbook, posting images and comments from it and demanding answers about phrases including, “funny things on your knees” and “drugged for drugs.” Pritzker didn’t exactly take the bait. Instead, the governor responded as though he were signing the yearbook all over again: “This was a great year. Thanks for the reminder, Darren.” Here’s the post)
CAPITAL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-769/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— New revelation about Muslim ‘grooming gangs’ is yet one more way progressives have let women down.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/18/world-news/progressives-continue-to-let-women-down-with-victim-hierarchy/
1819 NEWS
— Combatting the rise of socialism in America.
https://1819news.com/news/item/kristin-landers-combatting-the-rise-of-socialism-in-america
FOX NEWS
— Democratic socialists erupt over 2028 endorsement as AOC speculation grows.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-socialist-party-infighting-erupts-pick-president-aoc-rumors-loom-dangerous-path
FOX BUSINESS
— Lack of leadership allowed socialism’s influence to grow.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6401066135112
— Destructive socialist policies.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6401067182112
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The Case for Capitalism. DD: To advance under socialism, you have to be a socialist. To advance in the Democrat-run federal government, you have to be a Democrat. When I was 49 in 1997, my salary was only $154,682/year in today’s dollars working in the Democrat public sector. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had worked in the private sector, I never would have earned that much. In my defense, I had earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. If I had been a Democrat, my GAO salary when I was 49 in 1997 would have been $197,200/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/commentary/the-case-capitalism
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— 2027 Social Security COLA forecast rises on inflation surge. DD: My critics/opponents were, are, and will always be furious a) that I got COLAs when I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and b) that I have gotten COLAs as a federal retiree since 1997 and as a Social Security recipient since 2010.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/2027-social-security-cola-forecast-rises-on-inflation-surge/gm-GM56D67C7D
NEW YORK TIMES
— Tension Emerges Among Democratic Socialists Over 2028 Endorsement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/nyregion/dsa-endorsement-aoc-new-york.html
— Our Never-Ending Race to the Bottom. Something is wrong if vice is all on their side and virtue is all on yours. DD: Far too many run for offices as Republicans and get elected as Republicans who have far too much baggage, that is, far too many skeletons in their closets. I should write about candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who ran as Republicans, but had far too much baggage, that is, far too many skeletons in their closets. I would focus on those who had their political consultants, major donors, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers destroy me because I refused to cover up their wrongdoing.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/opinion/paxton-talarico-platner-trump.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This brings me to three of my least favorite politicians: Donald Trump, Ken Paxton and Graham Platner. Why have so many people so vigorously supported such deeply flawed men? Why are their supporters so loyal, so vociferous, even after scandal after scandal?
And why are their supporters often such raging hypocrites — gleefully pointing out the sins and flaws in others while ignoring or rationalizing their own candidate’s profound faults?)
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/13/colorblind-constitution-concept-underlies-key-supreme-court-rulings/
USA TODAY
— Leaving for a better job. DD: I had to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980 even though I had earned an MBA in 1976 and I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. My IRS supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about the precedent that the aforesaid pay cut set for them. I would stress to my Democrat IRS superiors, coworkers, and subordinates a) that none of them came to my defense when my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12 and b) that was why I had to take the aforesaid pay cut to transfer.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2026/07/07/is-it-disloyal-to-leave-supportive-company-job/90820006007/
— DD: Communism is taking over the Democrat Party.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/07/01/trump-communism-democrat-socialists-midterms/90752688007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG GRAPHIC: Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/07/12/trump-approval-rates-fall-rural-white-working-class-voters/90864576007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Capitalism Gets a Bum Rap. DD: Do/did you work in the private sector or the public sector? I planned to work in the private sector, the automotive industry to be exact. But my high school friend asked me to join him to take the postal employment test. Because I passed, I was a part-time postal employee while I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU in 1969. I graduated from NIU in 1970 and accepted the only job offer that I got, to be the Retail Sales Manager in a Firestone Store, a job that not really require a college degree. I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile in 1971, but Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer that I got from IRS. I had taken and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination while I was a NIU student. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother would be approved.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/capitalism-gets-a-bum-rap-c36d1cdf
— Mick Jagger Doesn’t Love Us Anymore. The Rolling Stones’ new song ‘Ringing Hollow’ knocks Trump and the country that elected him. DD: The more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against you.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/mick-jagger-doesnt-love-us-anymore-fea5c9cc
— Jewish Democrats have found their loyalty to the party isn’t being returned. DD: Democrat leaders are ever-increasingly antisemitic. My Democrat superiors in the federal government had my many Jewish superiors and supervisors take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/schumers-tragedyand-ours-39091bf2
— Why White-Collar Men Are Obsessed With the Perfect Lawn. DD: I am one of the few who continue to mow and edge their lawn, trim bushes, kill yard weeds and insects, rake leaves, shovel snow, etc.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/why-white-collar-men-are-obsessed-with-the-perfect-lawn-d2c0487d
— More U.S. Workers Are Testing Positive for Marijuana. Fewer Employers Are Concerned. DD: Pot is poison. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Sooner or later, Democrat pot will destroy America. I never used pot and I never will. If I had used pot, the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966. Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. IRS would not have hired me in 1971. GAO would not have hired me in 1980. I would not have been able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/more-u-s-workers-are-testing-positive-for-marijuana-fewer-employers-are-concerned-550bf186
— Chicago’s Coming Pension ‘Pneumonia.’ The Illinois comptroller warns of big trouble in a stock-market downturn.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/susana-mendoza-chicago-pensions-stock-market-aaa2f9c6?st=1szpdx&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
FORBES
— Getting promoted. DD: What did you do to get promoted? I focused on my job duties and I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. What delayed/stopped your promotions? For me, it was my refusal to become a Democrat. Then it was my complaining about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Then it was my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with the aforesaid when I was 40 in 1988.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/10/24/16-mistakes-employees-make-when-trying-to-get-a-promotion/
— Workplace Favoritism. DD: My Democrat and RINO superiors have always favored those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or non-citizen.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2025/04/23/workplace-favoritism-one-in-10-are-quitting-over-it/
NPR
— How Lindsey Graham tried to stay ‘relevant.’ DD: I try to stay relevant in the Republican Party by continuing on as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman.
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5891751/how-lindsey-graham-tried-to-stay-relevant
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
— Veterans and the GI Bill. DD: My initial plan was to enlist and to earn a bachelor’s degree with the GI Bill. But then I saw that my high school neighbor friend in Crete was on track to get accepted by UIC and to commute to/from classes at UIC from his parents’ home. I adopted that plan, I took college preparatory classes, got an ACT score of 24, and I graduated in the upper 20% of my 1966 Crete-Monee High School class. My high school neighbor friend commuted in a new 1965 base Chevelle that his father bought for him. I commuted in a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint that I paid for with money that I earned washing dishes for 28 hours a week during my junior and senior years 1964-1966 and for 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965.
https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2014/08/back-to-school-veterans-and-the-gi-bill/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— DINKs. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors 1980-1997 a) decried the time and money that they spent raising their children and b) decried the little or no income that their spouses had. They used against me big time a) my wife and I giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents and b) my wife’s good job. According to them, were it not for the aforesaid, we would not have been able to buy two new cars and a home in Wheaton in when we got married in 1978 and I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) to become a licensed CPA in 1981, or f) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. My Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I as being disgusting selfish rich DINKs. I should write about my Democrat GAO superiors?
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/canada/psychology-explains-why-modern-couples-prefer-being-dinks-instead-of-having-children/articleshow/132106673.cms
THE WORLD
— India’s Caste system persists across the globe. DD: What Caste were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, My mother never attended high school. All my grandparent spoke German. I had to work my way through college. Nevertheless, my critics/opponents have always outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically painted my parents as having been filthy rich. They have always known full-well that I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were wealthy.
https://theworld.org/segments/2026/07/13/how-indias-caste-system-persists-across-the-globe
Tag: marijuana
July 8, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Illinois separation movement continues, with 7 more counties set to vote. 33 counties in the state have already voted in favor of exploring the idea of separating from Illinois.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-separation-movement-continues-with-7-more-counties-set-to-vote/3958136/
— DD: What is your primary voting record? I have always cast Republican ballots in primary elections. My Democrat superiors in the federal government always knew that and always used that against me big time. I remember many times when my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO coworkers and subordinates asked me about my political affiliation. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I am none of the aforesaid. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more and often many of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) were one or more of the aforesaid and/or b) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/did-pope-leo-vote-for-trump-before-locking-horns/3922089/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to county voter records, the would-be Pope Leo took Republican ballots in party primaries during the elections of 2012, 2014 and 2016.)
FOX32
— Berwyn smoke shop accused of illegally selling pot.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-area-420-smoke-shop-marijuana
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-u3cib52pugsf558j
— Rat infestation cleanup begins at DuPage County property after months of complaints.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/rat-infestation-cleanup-begins-dupage-county-property-after-months-complaints
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/07/opinion-pride-parade-judges-lgbtq-community/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes poverty and crime in Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame that poverty and crime on Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/07/06/cook-county-gun-violence-community-intervention-federal-funds-toni-preckwinkle
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH TWO PHOTOS: State agency wants more information on how DuPage County Board approved raises,
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260707/news/state-agency-wants-more-information-on-how-dupage-county-board-approved-raises/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect not only for the rule of law, but for that country.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260707/syndicated-columnists/supreme-court-says-birthright-citizenship-is-as-american-as-apple-pie/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/07/bud-ritas-opens-loops-first-weed-shop-as-city-eases-restrictions-for-downtown-dispensaries/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— When should an ethics report be public? DD: Far too many who are involved in politics have far too many skeletons in their closets.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/08/when-should-an-ethics-report-be-public-00989578
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-550/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: Making the SAFE-T Act safe
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-making-the-safe-t-act-safe/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Turning Point USA Educational Summit 2026
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/weyermuller-turning-point-usa-educational-summit-2026.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— America’s next 250 years faces a fight between freedom and socialism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/7/americas-next-250-years-faces-fight-freedom-socialism/
— Democrats, socialists, ‘godless communists’ — all are one and the same.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/7/democrats-socialists-godless-communists-one/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Minnesota mayor skips America’s birthday to meet Somalia’s president.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/07/07/minnesota-mayor-skips-americas-birthday-to-meet-somalias-president-1649545/
BREITBART
— Blue Sanctuary States Hiding Dangerous Illegal Migrant Truckers.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/07/07/tom-homan-blue-sanctuary-states-hiding-dangerous-illegal-migrant-truckers/amp/
— DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect not only for the rule of law, but for that country.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/07/homan-we-cant-wait-for-illegals-to-commit-crime-before-finding-them/
CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 times schools provided protection and legal services for illegal aliens. Colleges and universities across the country are using money often derived from taxpayers to fund efforts to shield illegal immigrants from the law.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-times-schools-provided-protection-legal-services-illegal-aliens/29907
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— 10,000 ICE Arrests in Five Days. A ‘quieter enforcement campaign’ doesn’t mean fewer aliens will be arrested and deported.
https://cis.org/Arthur/NYT-10000-ICE-Arrests-Five-Days
COLLEGE FIX
— Court rules Florida cannot restrict faculty speech with ‘Stop WOKE Act..’ DD: I avoided liberal indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/florida-cannot-restrict-faculty-speech-with-stop-woke-act-court-rules/
— Judge again upholds Ohio’s anti-DEI law. DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/judge-again-upholds-ohios-anti-dei-law/
FEDERALIST
— If Anyone Can Birth An ‘American,’ Citizenship Means Nothing.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/07/if-anyone-can-birth-an-american-citizenship-means-nothing/
FOX BUSINESS
— The Democratic Party’s moral compass has long been dead.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6400475947112
FOX NEWS
— 1619 Project creator claims paying reparations would be admission that US existence is a ‘crime.’ Hannah-Jones told The Meteor that paying reparations is an admission the ‘entire existence of the United States’ is a crime. DD: How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly, if you are the following, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American. Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Because I am all of the aforesaid, Democrat leaders have always made me pay the price of AA and DEI big time. I should write about that. My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. That on my father’s side, they homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township and that on my mother’s side, they sharecropped a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. According to my critics/opponents, my ancestors stole land from Native Americans and they benefitted tremendously from slavery and that is why I have everything that I have today.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/1619-project-creator-says-paying-reparations-admission-us-existence-crime
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Liberal Media is Dishonestly Painting DSA Radicals as Gentle Reformers.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/liberal-media-is-dishonestly-painting-dsa-radicals-as-gentle-reformers/
NEWS BUSTERS
— 58% of Democrats View Socialism Favorably.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/cnsnews/craig-bannister/2026/07/07/democratic-socialists-america-membership-sets-record-58
TOWNHALL
— Another Business Flees the Failing State of Illinois, Thanks to Democrats in Springfield.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/07/true-value-hq-leaves-il-for-in-n2678951
— White House accuses Smithsonian of political activism.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/07/07/white-house-accuses-smithsonian-of-political-activism-n2678956
— It’s About Time Democrats Are Finally Calling Themselves Socialists.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/07/07/its-about-time-democrats-are-finally-calling-themselves-socialists-n2678887
— Chip Away at Birthright Citizenship Until We Can Finish It Off Entirely.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/07/06/chip-away-at-birthright-citizenship-until-we-can-finish-it-off-entirely-n2678807
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. Why are there fewer and fewer and fewer men who are marriage material? Are you a man? What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS?ocid=ob-fb-nlbe-SBS-NLBE-K3
NEW YORK TIMES
— Lessons From the Graham Platner Disaster. DD: Far too many who are involved in politics have far too many skeletons in their closets.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/opinion/graham-platner-rape-accusation.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Did you get scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have used that against me since I was 17 in 1966. Academically, they stress that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Financially, they stress that my father made enough money to send me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. That harmed my ACT score and GPAs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/07/07/scholarships-racial-minorities-women-are-disappearing/
USA TODAY
— Birthright citizenship. DD: America-haters crow about their successes. Birthright citizenship advocates ever-increasingly make it clear that they want to replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/07/05/scotus-birthright-citizenship-right-wing-backlash/90756768007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Did They Cover for Graham Platner? The man with the Nazi tattoo was pushed by the leading Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-did-they-cover-for-graham-platner-a0e9c54c
— Socialism and the Decline of the Black Family. Children need fathers, but social fragmentation gives an advantage to those who seek centralized power.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialism-and-the-decline-of-the-black-family-0c2de7c6
— Equality. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my accomplishments in life to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, have less money than I do, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/equality-is-the-core-of-american-identity-d9888133
TRIBUNE TODAY
— It’s time to deport illegals to lessen inequality in US. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.tribtoday.com/opinion/editorials/2026/07/its-time-to-deport-illegals-to-lessen-inequality-in-us/
LONG ISLAND LIFE & POLITICS
— America Didn’t Invent Slavery. It Helped End It.
https://lilifepolitics.com/opinion-editorials/america-didnt-invent-slavery-it-helped-end-it/
MOUNTAN PRESS
— Prevent student debt instead of forgiving it. DD: I had to work my way through college and I did, but it harmed my ACT score and GPA. I spent far too many hours washing dishes in Chicago Heights while I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1964-1966 instead of studying. I spent far too many hours delivering mail in Park Forest while I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and a NIU student in 1969 instead of studying. But nevertheless, graduated debt-free with a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 21 in 1970. I would not have been able to do that if my parents had not provided me with room and board in their Crete home 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.
https://www.themountainpress.com/lafollette/opinion/brandon-johnson—lets-prevent-student-debt-instead-of-forgiving-it/article_5b9da1a0-ca7a-5d77-b22f-616710225637.html
TIMES UNION
— America just turned 250: 12 charts show how it has changed over the past 50 years. DD: What were you doing in 1976? I was 27 years old. I had worked for IRS for 5 years and in its Loop office for 2 years. In today’s dollars, my salary was $106,731/year. That year, I earned an MBA from Loyola and I started taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I traded in my studio condo in the Outer Drive East building to its developer for a one bedroom condo. I started renting out my University Park townhome that I had bought 4 years earlier. I owned a 1972 Corvette and my daily driver was a 1962 Chevrolet BelAir. Efforts by my Democrat IRS superiors to get rid of me were increasing. They had gotten rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. They had disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They were making it ever-increasingly clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. My widowed mother and my brother lived in Crete.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/america-just-turned-250-12-110000735.html
PBS
— They Can’t Take That Away From Me. DD: What do your accomplishments include? My critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois ever-increasingly treat me like I never accomplished anything. But they can’t take the following away from me: I bought new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, etc. I worked my way through college and earned a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21. I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, etc. I earned an MBA when I was 27. I got married when I was 29. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/tony-bennett-and-diana-krall-our-love-is-here-to-stay-they-cant-take-that-away-from-me/9100/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
BUSINESS STANDARD
— Why the raise comes only after ‘I resign.’ DD: On September 30, 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors’ agency-wide early retirement “offer” expired. They succeeded in forced me to take their “offer” and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. They talked and acted like he had given them an ultimatum by my Black subordinate, either force me to retire or he would resign. He was one of GAO’s extremely few Black employees who was a CPA. However, he a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) had no professional license while I was a licensed CPA. He knew full-well that if I did not take the “offer,” I would not be eligible for regular retirement for another 6 years.
https://www.tbsnews.net/node/1482481
CAMPAIGN
— As higher ed admissions shift, standardized tests are repositioning their value in the process. DD: I passed all the tests needed 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. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all that to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, have less money than I do, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.campaignlive.com/article/higher-ed-admissions-shift-standardized-tests-repositioning-value-process/1963830
July 1, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump pushes legislation to end birthright citizenship after SCOTUS decision. House Speaker Johnson says Congress will discuss a constitutional amendment.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/president-trump-pushes-legislation-end-birthright-citizenship-scotus-decision/19427323/
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-says-he-thinks-us-president-donald-trump-has-dementia-during-cnn-interview/19430261/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3JgY5_b2PQ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote E. Jean Carroll against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jean-carroll-attorneys-say-time-pay-scotus-rejects-trump-appeal/19431342/
NBC5
— Dozens of shots fired in ‘gang-on-gang’ attack in River North that left 1 dead. Downtown Alderman Brendan Reilly requested “increased late-hour police presence in downtown Chicago during the summer months and especially heading into the July 4th weekend” in response to the shooting.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dozens-of-shots-fired-in-gang-on-gang-attack-in-river-north-that-left-1-dead/3956149/
FOX32
— Court blocks Trump administration’s student loan forgiveness overhaul. DD: I had to work my way through college and I did. But my GPA suffered. I spent far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/court-blocks-trump-administrations-student-loan-forgiveness-overhaul
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Congress created Public Service Loan Forgiveness in 2007 to encourage college graduates to work in government and nonprofit jobs. The Trump administration’s overhaul amounted to a major reworking of a program that has canceled loans for more than 1 million Americans.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders and other anti-Americans ever-increasingly encourage pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/30/editorial-on-the-birthright-matter-the-u-s-constitution-is-pretty-clear/
— Illinois Speaker Welch calls on Rep. Harry Benton to resign. DD: My Democrat Post Office superiors called for me to resign and succeeded in forcing me to resign in 1969 by falsely claiming that I was not available to work enough part-time hours. I was available to work every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Holiday, and every day that NIU was not in session. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. My Democrat GAO superiors called for me to retire and succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 by threatening me with severe adverse actions if I did not retire. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/01/illinois-speaker-welch-calls-on-rep-harry-benton-to-resign-after-probe-of-his-conduct/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago marijuana mogul gets year in prison for laundering cash used to book jets for cocaine trafficker. DD: In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/07/01/cannabis-marijuana-berger-ivy-hall-illinois
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/06/30/supreme-court-says-states-can-ban-trans-girls-from-playing-womens-sports
WAND TV
— Illinois launches America 250 website, events celebrating state history. DD: My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844, mainly in Crete and in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois/illinois-launches-america-250-website-events-celebrating-state-history/article_75fbc74a-d0b2-4640-93ba-389e5930da16.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— How valuable is a college degree? DD: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I have not been taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA from Loyola and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-30/statewide-how-valuable-is-a-college-degree
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more voter fraud.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-01/a-federal-law-bans-late-voter-roll-purges-republicans-are-pushing-to-reinterpret-it
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Duckworth blasts Trump refusal to sign housing bill. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-13. My Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat Post Office superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-4. Beyond that, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my education deductions in 1978 and b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/il-dems-blast-trump-refusal-to-sign-housing-bill/article_75f125b2-909e-4aad-aba1-018826a321a0.html
ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/as-pride-month-ends-midwest-splits-on-lgbtq-rights
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS & CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New Illinois Republican Party chair hopes for ‘JB fatigue’ in tough midterm. More consistent fundraising, better unity part of Bob Grogan’s long-term goals. DD: Far too many Republican leaders in Illinois not only fail/refuse to promote the Republican Party platform, they get rid of Republicans like me who promote the platform.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/new-illinois-republican-party-chair-hopes-for-jb-fatigue-in-tough-midterm/
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-republican-party-illinois-midterms-20260701/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “We have to go back to the Reagan rule, where if somebody agrees with us 80% of the time, they’re not a 20% traitor,” Grogan said. “You know, they are actually part of our team, and that our entire Republican team is better than the entire Democratic team, and we need to pull together. We can’t purge our way to 51%” of the vote.)
CITY OF WHEATON
— 1976 – The Bicentennial We Remember. DD: My wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and we had one built in Wheaton in 1984 because it was overwhelmingly religious, conservative, and Republican.
https://www.wheaton.il.us/1422/1976-The-Bicentennial-We-Remember
RAMIREZ
— DD: Democrat leaders and other anti-Americans ever-increasingly encourage pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://ramirez.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ramirez-sen-markey-introduce-resolution-reaffirm-congresss-commitment
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-548/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Because of the Supreme Court birthright ruling and because of the tremendous benefits of American citizenship, more and more and more pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries will give birth in America. What will they do with their babies? – Dave Diersen
http://www.goillinoius.com
(ACCORDING TO GOOGLE AI: United States citizenship unlocks exclusive civic, legal, and economic privileges that are unavailable to lawful permanent residents (green card holders). The most critical advantage is absolute protection from deportation, guaranteeing your right to remain in the U.S. permanently. The primary benefits of U.S. citizenship are divided into several key categories: Civic and Political Rights Voting Power: You gain the exclusive right to vote in federal elections and influence national leadership. Public Office: You become eligible to run for elected positions, including the U.S. Congress. Jury Service: You can participate directly in the legal system by serving on a jury. Expanded Family Immigration Priority Sponsorship: You can sponsor immediate relatives (spouse, parents, minor children) with no annual visa caps or wait times. Extended Family: You gain the unique ability to petition for adult siblings and married children. Automatic Citizenship for Kids: Minor children with permanent residency automatically derive citizenship when you naturalize. Children Born Abroad: In most cases, your children born outside the U.S. automatically become citizens. Global Mobility and Freedom Powerful Passport: You can travel visa-free or visa-on-arrival to more than 180 destinations globally. No Travel Restrictions: You can stay outside the U.S. indefinitely without risk of abandoning your residency status. Consular Assistance: You receive full protection and support from U.S. embassies and consulates while abroad. Financial and Career Opportunities Federal Employment: You unlock high-level government, law enforcement, and intelligence careers restricted to citizens. Educational Aid: You gain full access to exclusive federal college grants, scholarships, and low-interest financial aid. Unrestricted Benefits: You eliminate immigration-related caps on critical public safety nets like Social Security and Medicare. Cost Savings: You permanently end the financial burden and administrative hassle of renewing your Green Card.)
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago minimum wage increases could reduce opportunities. Hourly pay in the city rises every year per ordinance. On July 1 it goes to $17.05.
DD: I worked for the minimum wage 1964-1966. In today’s dollars, it was $13.43-$12.97/hour.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-minimum-wage-increases-could-reduce-opportunities/
— How a school district cut chronic absenteeism by 65%. DD: I rarely missed classes while I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School 1961-1962, Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, UIC in 1971, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, Becker CPA Review 1978-1979, Roosevelt 1980-1981, IIA Certified Internal Auditor Review in 1981, and IIT 1992-1997.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/how-a-school-district-cut-absenteeism-by-65/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker Signs More Than 60 Bills Into Law as Illinois Moves Further Left.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/pritzker-signs-more-than-60-bills-into-law-as-illinois-moves-further-left.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Anchor babies hit surge status, totaling 9 percent of U.S. births. DD: What are the demographics of anchor babies? What will their mothers do with them?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/2/anchor-babies-hit-surge-status-totaling-9-percent-us-births/
— Marxist tycoon is funding a China-backed influence campaign against AI data centers. DD: China want to rule the world.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/30/neville-roy-singham-funding-china-backed-influence-campaign-ai-data/
— U.S. Air Force Major arrested at Capitol while demonstrating for Trump’s impeachment. DD: During the last 11 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, I was a GS-13. GS-13 is the civilian equivalent of a Major in the military. While they never had me arrested for being an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/1/us-air-force-major-arrested-capitol-demonstrating-trumps-impeachment/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Maj. Jason Watson calls for President Trump’s impeachment, risking his military career. He attended a press conference led by the Removal Coalition outside the Capitol. Watson accused Trump of violating the Constitution and committing impeachable offenses.
He cited violations of the War Powers Act regarding military strikes against Iran and Venezuela. Watson claimed these actions resulted in deaths and injuries to service members. U.S. Air Force Maj. Jason Watson was arrested Wednesday while demonstrating at the Capitol for the impeachment of President Trump. Capitol police said they arrested Maj. Watson for demonstrating on the Capitol steps, which is against the law unless the demonstrator is with a member of Congress. Maj. Watson was initially accompanied by Rep. Al Green, Texas Democrat, after an impeachment press conference led by the Removal Coalition, a grassroots organization. When the congressman left the area, police officers told Maj. Watson to stop his demonstration or he would be arrested. “The man refused our lawful orders and was then arrested for 22-1307 Crowding, Obstructing, and Incommoding,” a Capitol Police spokesperson said. “It is important to note that there are plenty of other spots on Capitol Grounds where demonstrating is allowed.” Maj. Watson is risking his active-duty military career to publicly call for Mr. Trump’s impeachment.)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Depression is real. It’s also a sad excuse for Tom Kean Jr.’s disappearance. DD: My critics/opponents have always done everything that they could to make me depressed and angry. They have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4632921/depression-sad-excuse-tom-kean-jr-disappearance/
— The pro-life movement is in jeopardy. Can it pull through? DD: I should write about my many critics/opponents who reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4632544/pro-life-movement-jeopardy-next-steps-post-roe-dobbs/
NEW YORK POST
— DOJ vows ‘birth tourism’ crackdown after Supreme Court rules against Trump in birthright citizenship case.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/01/us-news/doj-vows-birth-tourism-crackdown-after-supreme-court-rules-against-trump-in-birthright-citizenship-case/
— Anchor babies reach nearly 10% of all US births. DD: What are the demographics of anchor babies? What will their mothers do with them?
https://nypost.com/2026/04/18/us-news/anchor-babies-reach-nearly-10-of-all-us-births-new-data/
— DD: Democrat leaders and other anti-Americans ever-increasingly encourage pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/30/opinion/supremes-nod-to-reality-in-three-huge-rulings/
— Nationwide, Democrats elect and embrace socialists who hate America.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/01/opinion/nationwide-democrats-elect-and-embrace-socialists-who-hate-america/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Democrat Left’s Socialist Wave Will Come for Religion Next.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/01/socialist-warning-bishop-barron/
— How the Trump Administration Made It Easier to Institutionalize the Mentally Ill.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/30/how-trump-administration-institutionalize-mentally-ill/
FEDERAIST
— Citizenship Has Become A Financial Product Ripe For Exploitation By Birth Tourists And Illegals.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/01/citizenship-has-become-a-financial-product-ripe-for-exploitation-by-birth-tourists-and-illegals/
(ACCORDING TO GOOGLE AI: United States citizenship unlocks exclusive civic, legal, and economic privileges that are unavailable to lawful permanent residents (green card holders). The most critical advantage is absolute protection from deportation, guaranteeing your right to remain in the U.S. permanently. The primary benefits of U.S. citizenship are divided into several key categories: Civic and Political Rights Voting Power: You gain the exclusive right to vote in federal elections and influence national leadership. Public Office: You become eligible to run for elected positions, including the U.S. Congress. Jury Service: You can participate directly in the legal system by serving on a jury. Expanded Family Immigration Priority Sponsorship: You can sponsor immediate relatives (spouse, parents, minor children) with no annual visa caps or wait times. Extended Family: You gain the unique ability to petition for adult siblings and married children. Automatic Citizenship for Kids: Minor children with permanent residency automatically derive citizenship when you naturalize. Children Born Abroad: In most cases, your children born outside the U.S. automatically become citizens. Global Mobility and Freedom Powerful Passport: You can travel visa-free or visa-on-arrival to more than 180 destinations globally. No Travel Restrictions: You can stay outside the U.S. indefinitely without risk of abandoning your residency status. Consular Assistance: You receive full protection and support from U.S. embassies and consulates while abroad. Financial and Career Opportunities Federal Employment: You unlock high-level government, law enforcement, and intelligence careers restricted to citizens. Educational Aid: You gain full access to exclusive federal college grants, scholarships, and low-interest financial aid. Unrestricted Benefits: You eliminate immigration-related caps on critical public safety nets like Social Security and Medicare. Cost Savings: You permanently end the financial burden and administrative hassle of renewing your Green Card.)
— Roberts’ Argument For Birthplace Citizenship Is Self-Defeating.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/01/roberts-the-sacred-bond-between-nation-and-citizen-requires-us-to-blow-it-up/
FOX NEWS
— Vance calls SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling a ‘major mistake,’ warns of more birth tourism.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/vance-calls-scotus-birthright-citizenship-ruling-major-mistake-warns-more-birth-tourism.amp
— Anchor babies are here to stay. DD: What are the demographics of anchor babies? What will their mothers do with them?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399846573112
https://www.fox.com/watch/clip/6399846573112/greg-gutfeld-anchor-babies-are-here-to-stay
https://www.aol.com/news/greg-gutfeld-anchor-babies-stay-220044145.html
— House hearing ERUPTS in fury over sanctuary city policies.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399929733112
TOWNHALL
— A House hearing on the impacts of sanctuary cities turned into a shouting match between Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD). Democrats, of course, treated Jessica Gorman with disdain. She’s the mother of Sheridan, who was shot and killed by an illegal alien earlier this year. What’s painfully clear again is that Democrats prioritize the rights and needs of illegal aliens over American citizens.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/07/01/hearing-on-sanctuary-cities-turned-into-a-full-blown-fight-between-these-two-house-members-n2678639
FROM NATIONAL CENTER LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-pritzker-vows-illinois-protect-trans-athletes-supreme-court-decision/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders and other anti-Americans ever-increasingly encourage pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America. DD: What are the demographics of anchor babies? What will their mothers do with them?
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-06-30/birthright-citizenship-should-never-have-been-in-question
GAO
— Priority Open Recommendations: Internal Revenue Service. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 wasted my knowledge of IRS. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for them. I had worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108992
(FROM THE REPORT: In September 2025, GAO identified 26 priority recommendations for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Since then, IRS has implemented one of those recommendations. In June 2026, GAO identified an additional two priority recommendations, bringing the total to 27. GAO is highlighting the following three areas that warrant timely and focused attention: Managing agency transformation, Addressing the tax gap, and Improving the taxpayer experience. Addressing GAO’s recommendations in these areas can help inform IRS’s transformation efforts, strengthen its tax enforcement and revenue collection while reducing taxpayer burden, and inform its resource decisions to best improve the taxpayer experience. Taking action to implement all of GAO’s open priority recommendations could significantly improve operations across IRS.)
SPLC
— DD: My critics/opponents are anti-conservative if not conservative-haters. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate groups. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT from 2005 until 2012 when they succeeded in destroying the organization. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member from 2003 until 2007 when they succeeded in destroying the organization.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/guides/reporting-hard-right-hate-extremist-movements/
FROM FOREIGN SCOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: Trump eyes stopping pregnant women from coming to America after the Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/pregnant-women-cant-come-to-this-country-trump-administration-eyes-crack-down-on-birth-tourism-after-us-supreme-court-ruling-on-birthright-citizenship/articleshow/132118836.cms
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Why Indians will benefit the most by US Supreme Court’s order on birthright citizenship. DD: What are the demographics of anchor babies? What will their mothers do with them?
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/why-indians-will-benefit-the-most-by-us-supreme-court-s-order-on-birthright-citizenship-explained/ar-AA26YCji
June 24, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/gov-jb-pritzker-expected-sign-new-legislation-aimed-protecting-reproductive-health-records-illinois-4-years-dobbs/19372312/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Video gambling hearing ends after tensions flare between Mayor Brandon Johnson allies, opponents. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. My critics/opponents continue to use that against me big time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/24/chicago-video-gambling-hearing/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2026/06/24/illinois-law-abortion-medical-records-signed-jb-pritzker
— DD: What is your municipality doing to stop teen takeovers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/06/24/teen-takeovers-chicago-city-council-hearing-youth-testimony
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Did you have to work your way through college? I did. Because of that, my ACT score and my GPAs were lower. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes when I was in high school and delivering mail when I was in college.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/city-that-works/ccb-city-that-works-federal-scholarship-tax-credit-20260624/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.wbez.org/springfield/2026/06/24/illinois-law-abortion-medical-records-signed-jb-pritzker
QUAD CITY TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://qctimes.com/news/state-regional/business/health-care/article_01a6edec-bea1-5139-b191-60fb5c411832.html
SOUTHERN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/how-racist-history-books-spurred-the-black-history-education-of-today/html_4491e77d-b0ed-5a1e-a335-75130d58990d.html
DAILY EGYPTIAN
— DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on SNAP. How many are on SNAP in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://dailyegyptian.com/124494/showcase/federal-cuts-are-hitting-illinois-food-assistance-recipients-and-the-farmers-who-feed-them/
STATELINE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois/cannabis-casino-tax-dollars/
STATELINE & CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— IRS did better than expected in tax season after slashing staff, except on the phone. DD: In 1974, when I was a newly promoted 25-year-old GS-11 (currently $83,482/year) IRS Revenue Officer, I was responsible for IRS answering all the calls that came into its new Centiphone automated answering system in downtown Chicago. I supervised the operation’s entire staff which included 90 rotating IRS Revenue Agent trainees. Because of my job performance, the IRS manager who had given me that developmental assignment and who had promoted me in 1972 and 1973, promoted me to GS-12 (currently $100,059/year) in 1974. That made my Democrat IRS superiors furious. According to them, that Centiphone assignment should have been given to a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. They soon got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me. They disallowed my travel vouchers. They disallowed my education deductions. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. They made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. That directly resulted in my transferring to GAO.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/national/ap-irs-did-better-than-expected-in-tax-season-after-slashing-staff-except-on-the-phone-watchdog-says/
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/irs-did-better-than-expected-in-tax-season-after-slashing-staff-except-on-the-phone-watchdog/
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote voter fraud.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/federal-judge-bars-trump-from-implementing-proof-of-citizenship-requirement-to-vote/article_fad72afb-f8b5-503e-bf87-2479307631c4.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Congress passes the largest housing affordability bill in decades. DD: Where did the money come from for your first down payment? When I was 24 in 1972, HUD made the new townhome that I bought in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) affordable. I could not have afforded to buy that townhome if it had cost more. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had just increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $98,900. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-23/congress-passes-the-largest-housing-affordability-bill-in-decades-and-trump-cancels-the-signing
DUCKWORTH
— DD: Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-releases/duckworth-underscores-the-trump-administrations-ongoing-attacks-on-reproductive-freedom-in-post-roe-america
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/24/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-543/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITITE
— Lawmakers boost their salaries to over $100,000.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/lawmakers-boost-their-salaries-to-over-100000/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Socialists draft an aggressive new agenda for the Democratic Party.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/24/socialists-draft-aggressive-new-agenda-democratic-party/
— Democrats block justice for lawfare’s victims. They weaponized government for years to their advantage. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat superiors in the federal government took many adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/24/democrats-block-justice-lawfares-victims/
NEW YORK POST
— Mayor Brandon Johnson declares a ‘transfemicide’ crisis, ignores hundreds of black deaths.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/23/opinion/mayor-brandon-johnson-declares-a-transfemicide-crisis-ignores-hundreds-of-black-deaths/
— AI chatbots show left-wing bias with ChatGPT giving lefty answers 80% of time.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/24/media/ai-chatbots-show-left-wing-bias-bombshell-report-finds-chatgpt-gives-lefty-answers-80-of-time/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Students Sue Minnesota University Over ‘Sexual Harassment’ Policy Compelling Obedience to Transgender Ideology. DD: I avoided Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/24/we-live-fear-students-sue-minnesota-university-over-sexual-harassment-policy-compelling-obedience-transgender-ideology/
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
— Socially Disadvantaged. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are that following that conservative Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. How successful have Democrat and RINO leaders been promoting more hatred against conservative Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time?
https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1447016/dl
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— University of Denver Drops Religious Studies Dept, but Keeps Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. DD: I avoided Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/06/u-denver-drops-religious-studies-dept-but-keeps-critical-race-and-ethnic-studies/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— DD: What is the main reason why you cannot afford more today? For me, it is my Democrat superiors in the federal government and the many big adverse actions that they took against me. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, they would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me. Further, I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. My undergraduate major at UIC and NIU should have been accounting, my graduate major at Loyola should have been accounting, and I should have taken and passed the CPA examination much sooner than I did. I did not start taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul until I was 27 in 1976. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting at DePaul until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late for me because the accounting profession saw me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting and because the accounting profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote minorities, females, and veterans, and I was none of the aforesaid.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/on-the-money/fewer-young-adults-rely-family-financial-help-many-still-live-paycheck-paycheck-2026-06-24/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Because minorities vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders flood America with minorities. Because of that, the more of the following that you are, the more that you “need not apply:” conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/us/politics/trump-refugee-program-whites.html
LEGAL NEWSLINE
— DD: When people use firearms illegally, what percent of the time are they on booze and/or pot?
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/new-gun-rules-may-be-needed-in-il-after-scotus-marijuana-gun-rights-ruling/article_b4234f26-da4e-4e34-9703-7acc378d07e4.html
June 16, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker for President.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/16/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-bruce-rauner-presidential-bid/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/06/16/mayoral-working-group-recommends-policy-changes-reducing-barriers-for-trans-chicagoans
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker for President.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/06/16/gov-pritzker-potential-2028-presidential-run-democrats-have-lost-our-way
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/16/birthright-citizenship-is-before-the-supreme-court-heres-what-illinois-families-should-know
— DD: Pritzker budget takes more money away from those who have demographics that vote Republicans and gives that money to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2026/06/16/pritzker-signs-illinois-budget-trump-social-media-tax
— DD: Democrat leaders use Trump’s cage fight against him.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/06/16/coinciding-birthdays-donald-trump-80th-neil-steinberg-granddaughter
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260616/marijuana/des-plaines-easing-sign-rules-for-cannabis-stores/
WGN9
— New Illinois GOP Chair Bob Grogan on growing the party ahead of November
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/wgn-the-point-politics-chicago-illinois/new-illinois-gop-chair-bob-grogan-on-growing-the-party-ahead-of-november/
FOX32
— Man charged with assaulting federal employee outside Chicago courthouse. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for almost 29 years. My critics/opponents despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-charged-with-assaulting-federal-employee-outside-chicago-courthouse/ar-AA1HByjC
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/06/16/school-districts-trans-kids-pay-anti-trans-lawsuits
RIVER BENDER
— Plummer Criticizes Pritzker After Signing of FY2027 State Budget
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/senator-plummer-criticizes-pritzker-after-signing-of-fy2027-state-budget-94323.cfm
FOX ILLINOIS & WAND TV
— Illegal immigration increased car insurance premiums
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fact-focus-trump-says-illegal-immigration-increased-car-insurance-premiums-experts-say-otherwise/article_fbddc322-4be7-59e2-a797-9382b24dda6d.html
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/fact-focus-trump-says-illegal-immigration-increased-car-insurance-premiums-experts-say-otherwise/article_0c22cc98-1059-5dc7-91c9-23423ebf96c2.html
CWB CHICAGO
— Grant Park cross burner was sending a message to ‘MAGA Christian nationalist supporters’ of Donald Trump
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/06/grant-park-cross-burner-was-sending-a-message-to-maga-christian-nationalist-supporters-of-donald-trump.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A 21-year-old University of Illinois Chicago senior says he is the person who set fire to a cross in Grant Park last week, though he insists he had no idea that burning crosses are a symbol of the Ku Klux Klan. Merlin Lu told NBC 5 in an interview Monday that his target was not a racial group, but rather supporters of President Donald Trump, whom he described as “MAGA Christian nationalist supporters.” His chosen method of protest: placing a red baseball cap atop a cross, the central symbol of Christianity, and setting it ablaze.)
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026/06/16/illinois-rep-chuy-garcia-introduces-house-legislation-to-protect-immigrant-children/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Bailey Supporters Say Top Dabrowski Allies Continue Primary Fight Months After Election
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/bailey-supporters-say-top-dabrowski-allies-continue-primary-fight-months-after-election.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans will hold a midterm convention in Dallas this September. Senate candidate Ken Paxton announced the convention during a tele-town hall. President Trump is expected to speak at the convention. The GOP aims to boost voter turnout and enthusiasm with this convention.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/16/gop-picks-dallas-midterm-convention-says-ken-paxton/
— Foiled plot targeting UFC event at White House meant to set off revolution by killing Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/16/foiled-plot-targeting-ufc-event-white-house-meant-set-revolution/
— Vance blames the political left’s rhetoric for planned attacks targeting the UFC event
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/16/jd-vance-blames-political-lefts-rhetoric-planned-attacks-targeting/
— Is removal of Trump’s name from Kennedy Center a metaphor? DD: Trump opposes abortion. Democrat leaders remove Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center building. In 2025, Democrat leaders removed Hyde’s name from the DuPage County Courthouse because he opposed abortion.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/15/removal-trumps-name-kennedy-center-metaphor/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Vance praises Trump’s ‘rebellion’ against GOP donors in new book. DD: Far too many major Republican donors reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4610021/vance-praises-trump-rebellion-against-gop-donors-new-book/
NEW YORK POST
— Freedom 250 White House attack suspect posted wild anti-Trump, antisemitic TikTok memes
https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/us-news/vile-social-media-posts-of-alleged-ufc-250-plotter-exposed-as-feds-say-tiktok-was-used-to-recruit/
— ‘Assassination culture’ and anti-Christian extremism fueled alleged plot against Erika Kirk
https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/us-news/assassination-culture-and-anti-christian-extremism-fueled-alleged-plot-against-erika-kirk-report/
— Cornell student who ‘won’t work for Jews’ is a symptom of a far darker hatred that must be stopped. DD: Far too many of my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworker, and subordinates were antisemitic. They were furious when I volunteered to work for the office’s Jewish GS-15 (currently $165,386-$197,200/year manager in late 1989.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/opinion/cornell-student-who-wont-work-for-jews-is-a-symptom-of-a-far-darker-hatred-that-must-be-stopped/
JUDICIAL WATCH
— United States Seeks to Intervene in Judicial Watch Lawsuit Challenging Evanston Reparations Program
https://www.judicialwatch.org/evanston-reparations-program/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— A Person Is in Custody in a Chicago Cross Burning Investigation.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2026-06-16/a-person-is-in-custody-in-a-chicago-cross-burning-investigation-police-say
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The man said he protesting President Donald Trump and not making a racist statement. “I did know about this historical relevance beforehand. But I didn’t know the severity, how racially motivated it may seem from what I did,” the man told the TV station. “Cause my protest has nothing to do with race, nothing to do with gender.” Cross burnings in the U.S. have historically been seen as symbols of hate and intimidation against Black people and have often been connected to the Ku Klux Klan. The Chicago Police Department’s communications office confirmed that a person was in custody in connection with the case, but no other details were released. The man interviewed on WMAQ said he was protesting the “ruling class” and Christian nationalists who support Trump. He said he put a red MAGA hat on the cross.)
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. I should write about Democrat success in doing that in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West district, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. Ever increasingly, I am a minority in more ways.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/relationships/donald-trump-and-the-republican-party-love-and-hate/ar-AA25JaRx
PEW RESEARCH
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2013/07/31/whither-the-gop-republicans-want-change-but-split-over-partys-direction/
SALON
— Working class. DD: My critics/opponents look down on the working class. I was a member of the working class 1964-1997. I had to work my way through college. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critic/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.salon.com/2026/06/16/trumps-white-working-class-base-may-finally-have-had-enough/
June 12, 2026
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— ‘Family Month’ backer U.S. Rep. Mary Miller cites biology, declining birth rates in defense of resolution
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_b91d7414-472d-4b40-89c3-a499aad5ba76.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Family Institute Executive Director David Smith is praising a proposal from U.S. Rep. Mary Miller to designate June as “Family Month,” instead of Pride Month, calling the resolution a needed cultural shift toward traditional family structures. Miller in a news release said strong families are where children learn responsibility, faith, hard work, and respect for others. “That is why I recently introduced a resolution to designate June as Family Month,” stated Miller. “Statistics are showing marriage rates have declined, fertility rates have fallen below replacement levels, and fewer young Americans are choosing to start families. These trends have lasting consequences for our economy, our communities, and our future.” Smith told The Center Square he strongly supports the measure, saying it highlights what he described as society’s foundational values. “I don’t want to use the word proud, but I am thrilled that Rep. Mary Miller has introduced that resolution in Congress designating June as Family Month.” Smith argued that marriage and child-rearing within heterosexual households are central to social stability, framing that structure as both biologically and culturally ideal. “The nuclear family is God’s design. So Judeo-Christian understanding of what a family is, is God’s design.” He also said children benefit from having both male and female parental roles in the home, describing those roles as complementary in raising well-rounded children. “Mom was saying to the children, slow down, be careful… Dad was saying, faster, higher, stronger,” said Smith. When asked about concerns that such a resolution excludes LGBTQ families, Smith said same-sex couples cannot biologically have children and argued that children benefit from having both a mother and a father in the home. “There is no way that a same-sex couple can produce a child… biology doesn’t allow it.” Smith also pointed to broader demographic concerns, including declining birth rates and what he described as a global population crisis. “We are at an all-time low in the United States as well as the rest of the world… there are more adult diapers sold in Japan than baby diapers.” The interview with The Center Square also touched on maternal health trends, including rising C-section rates, which Smith suggested may be influenced by medical convenience and broader systemic issues affecting childbirth practices.)
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Pritzker blames Trump for cross burning in Grant Park
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/06/11/pritzker-summons-words-of-the-late-rev-jesse-jackson-to-decry-cross-burning-in-grant-park
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The cross burning was reported around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of South Columbus Drive. A shirtless male was seen fleeing the park. Police described the arson suspect as a male wearing dark pants, white shoes and carrying a backpack. A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.)
— Cocaine money launderer’s Illinois cannabis license goes up in smoke. David Berger, a co-founder and manager of Ivy Hall recreational weed dispensaries, held a cannabis license that was terminated in May, almost half a year after he was convicted of helping a drug trafficker pay for private jet flights with cocaine proceeds.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/06/12/cocaine-money-launderer-david-berger-ivy-hall-illinois-cannabis-license-recreational-marijuana
— DD: Chicago White Sox ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2026/06/11/white-sox-comedian-tee-sanders-freedom-day-hat-pride-night
— Mayor’s choice for human relations chief uses confirmation hearing to recall first exposure to hate crime. DD: What is your first memory of seeing a Black? For me it was when young Blacks threw stones at the school bus I was riding in as it left the Museum of Science and Industry in the 1950s.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/06/11/kenneth-gunn-human-relations-commissioner-nominee-confirmation-hearing
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: How strongly does your church promote LGBTQ, that is, how strongly does it destroy traditional marriage and family?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/12/column-new-england-congregational-in-aurora-continues-its-march-for-lgbtq-inclusivity/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/12/opinion-father-refugee-wwii-immigration-ice-donald-trump/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: To punish Trump, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly punish America.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260612/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-red-white-and-true-blue-celebrating-americas-250th-falls-to-all-of-us/
— DD: How soon will Elgin officially banish those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260611/news/elgin-is-already-an-inclusive-city-city-council-gets-update-on-proposed-inclusivity-and-diversity/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— John Tillman made his mark in Illinois political circles as a champion for libertarian ideals and Republican candidates. Now he has his sights set on a business legacy. Tillman, who founded the libertarian think tank Illinois Policy Institute in 2002, is trying to raise $400 million to build a national museum for entrepreneurs called Hall of Giants to give business founders the respect he says they deserve. But it won’t be in Chicago. DD: My critics/opponents have always rightfully stressed I lack what it takes to be an entrepreneur.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-john-tillman-ipi-entrepreneur-hall-of-fame-20260611/#/login
ABC7
— Chicago area cleaning up after severe storms cause damage, power outages. DD: What exposure do you have to weather-caused power, internet, and phone outages? Overhead lines about 200 feet long to the west of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton expose me to weather-caused power, internet, and phone outages big time. The lines are in a utility easement on private property that is full of trees that have not been trimmed for decades and pull the lines down and to the north. I have filed a “tree and vegetation request” with ComEd, and outstandingly, a ComEd employee came out recently to inspect. According to Xfinity and AT&T, they cannot do any trimming until ComEd is done. It would be great if all the lines would be put underground. The last outage caused me big problems because my 17-month-old 24kW Generac failed.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-weather-today-city-south-suburbs-cleaning-severe-storms-cause-power-outages-work-comed-crews/19277477/
NBC5
— Nearly 100K more customers without power after storm outbreak in Chicago area. Thousands of customers still were without power even before Thursday’s storms roared to life. DD: What exposure do you have to weather-caused power, internet, and phone outages? Overhead lines about 200 feet long to the west of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton expose me to weather-caused power, internet, and phone outages big time. The lines are in a utility easement on private property that is full of trees that have not been trimmed for decades and pull the lines down and to the north. I have filed a “tree and vegetation request” with ComEd, and outstandingly, a ComEd employee came out recently to inspect. According to Xfinity and AT&T, they cannot do any trimming until ComEd is done. It would be great if all the lines would be put underground. The last outage caused me big problems because my 17-month-old 24kW Generac failed.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/weather/nearly-100k-more-customers-without-power-after-storm-outbreak-in-chicago-area/3947653/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders use Hillary Clinton and Pete Buttigieg to promote more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pete-buttigieg-hillary-clinton-rainbow-push-conference/
SOUTHERN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/06/12/just-3-of-recent-ice-detainees-had-a-violent-felony-conviction-government-data-shows/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Video gambling has become a big business in Illinois. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton, and in 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-video-gambling-has-become-a-big-business-in-illinois/article_1dca93a0-0e6e-4c90-ad86-1afe94760632.html
RIVER BENDER
— Republicans Block Duckworth IVF Coverage Provision From Senate Defense Bill. DD: In the 1980s, my Democrat GAO superiors used IVF against me big time. They used my and my wife’s giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents against me big time. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/republicans-block-duckworth-ivf-coverage-provision-from-senate-defense-bill-94209.cfm
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/prairie-pride-coalition-lgbtq-grant/amp/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Meet the new head of the Illinois Republican Party. Grogan replaces Kathy Salvi.
https://capitolcitynow.com/podcasts/meet-the-new-head-of-the-illinois-republican-party/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders use Hillary Clinton and Pete Buttigieg to promote more hatred against Trump and against those who share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/12/pritzker-clinton-buttigieg-take-the-stage-00960117
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democratic Party Precinct Committee Person Grafton Township Trustee Wears Explicit Tee Shirt at Harvard’s Milk Day Parade
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/12/democratic-party-precinct-committee-person-grafton-township-trustee-wears-explicit-tee-shirt-at-harvards-milk-day-parade/
JOHN KASS
— Vallas: Mayor Johnson Is Making Chicago’s Affordable Housing Crisis Worse
https://johnkassnews.com/mayor-johnson-is-making-chicagos-affordable-housing-crisis-worse/
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-am560-illinois-budgets-new-taxes-face-serious-constitutional-challenges/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Extension of pension buyout program to drop $144B liability. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyouts and early retirement to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_285d19c4-b399-4abb-9760-6d7208def380.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Minnesota daycare owner in Nick Shirley video charged in $4.6 million fraud
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/watch/2613104/
NEW YORK POST
— The Utah man accused of fatally shooting conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk wants to put his murder case on hold as he fights to limit the media’s access to court hearings. Tyler Robinson, 23, requested the pause as he appeals a ruling from a trial judge allowing the press to film and photograph him in the courtroom, new court documents show. In addition to trying to delay his entire case, Robinson said it wouldn’t be fair for a multi-day hearing to go forward next month with news cameras present while the appeal court has yet to rule on his bid to keep the press out.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/tyler-robinson-wants-to-delay-charlie-kirk-murder-case/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘They just don’t care’: Bears legend Brian Urlacher shreds incompetent Dems for iconic team’s exodus
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/06/12/they-just-dont-care-bears-legend-shreds-incompetent-dems-for-iconic-teams-exodus-1645527/
BREITBART
— Trump administration identifies ‘super-sponsors’ of migrant children in a possible prosecution tack
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-administration-identifies-super-sponsors-of-migrant-children-in-a-possible-prosecution-tack/
— DOJ Indicts Illegal Aliens Accused of Massive Biden-Era Child Trafficking Scheme
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/11/doj-indicts-three-illegal-aliens-accused-of-smuggling-migrant-children-into-us/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing use the Pope to promote more immigration. Virtually everyone in the world wants to come to America to take advantage of the tremendous benefits that Democrat leaders and RINO leaders give them at the expense of Republicans.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/pope-condemns-indifference-towards-migrants-on-canaries-trip/
— Knicks Fans Wave Palestinian Flag
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/06/11/watch-knicks-fans-wave-palestinian-flag-trash-cab-after-epic-comeback-against-spurs/
— UC Davis Medical School ‘Discriminates Based on Race in Its Admissions Process’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/11/doj-uc-davis-medical-school-discriminates-based-on-race-in-its-admissions-process/
CAMPUS REFORM
— SIU law school’s mandatory ‘professionalism’ event was DEI session
https://www.campusreform.org/article/records-reveal-siu-law-schools-mandatory-professionalism-event-dei-session/30017
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Increasing Support for ‘Mass Deportations’
https://cis.org/Arthur/Latest-HarvardHarris-Poll-Shows-Increasing-Support-Mass-Deportations
COLLEGE FIX
— UC Davis medical school openly ‘skirted’ Supreme Court ban on affirmative action
https://www.thecollegefix.com/uc-davis-med-school-openly-skirted-supreme-court-ban-on-affirmative-action-doj-finds/
— Penn State law school forces students to confront ‘systemic racism.’ DD: To get promoted beyond GS-4 at the Post Office, GS-13 at IRS, and GS-14 at GAO, employees have to help their superiors get rid of their Republican employees who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/penn-state-law-school-forces-students-to-confess-systemic-racism-complaint/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Is Dismantling the Disparate Impact Legal Basis for Government-Endorsed Discrimination. DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used disparate impact against Republicans.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/11/shot-heart-dei-how-trump-admin-is-dismantling-legal-basis-government-endorsed-discrimination-disparate-impact/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Department of Justice under President Donald Trump just took a pivotal step toward removing government-endorsed discrimination from America’s legal system and undermining the institutional apparatus of critical race theory. Critical race theory teaches that America is systemically racist and that even racially neutral policies are truly racist if they result in better outcomes for members of one race than for members of another. That’s the exact same logic as the legal theory known as “disparate impact.” Cornell Law School defines disparate impact as a policy or rule “that seems neutral but has a negative impact on a specific protected class of persons.” Government should strive to adopt policies that allow all Americans to flourish, regardless of race, but Democrat administrations have applied disparate impact theory to encourage “reverse” discrimination. For instance, the Justice Department and the Department of Education under Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden issued guidance warning that if a school disciplines students of one race more than students of another race, that is evidence of racial discrimination, even if the school’s policy is race-neutral. It doesn’t matter if particular students cause more trouble than other students—what matters is the racial breakdown of who gets punished. In one particularly revealing case, a woman sued the Alabama Department of Motor Vehicles, claiming disparate impact from the department’s requirement that people take the driver’s license exam in English. She said the English-only requirement had a disparate impact on people who don’t speak English, even though the road signs in Alabama are in English. While lower courts found in her favor, the Supreme Court struck down her claim in Alexander v. Sandoval (2001). Just as critical race theory teaches that American society is inherently racist against blacks and for whites, so the leftist reading of disparate impact theory finds fault with colorblind policies for their unintended consequences. The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy released a memo Tuesday that restores sanity, however. The DOJ Disparate Impact Memo. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency tasked with preventing racial discrimination in employment, requested legal advice on disparate impact theory, and the DOJ responded with a far better approach to the law. EEOC’s current disparate impact guidelines “are unconstitutional because they contemplate liability based on disparate effects alone, without regard to an employer’s likely intent, and pressure employers to engage in race-based decisionmaking,” wrote T. Elliot Gaiser, assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel. Gaiser explained that if employers can demonstrate that the challenged policy “rationally serves a valid business practice,” that will constitute a valid response to a discrimination claim. “Workplace requirements and selection procedures—such as background checks, aptitude tests, and SAT scores—are presumptively job-related,” he added. “Only irrational or arbitrary practices with no plausible job-relatedness can create disparate-impact liability.” Finally, employees suing for disparate impact “must establish both that the challenged employment practice specifically caused the alleged disparate impact and provide evidence that an equally effective alternative practice causes less disparate impact.” These guidelines represent a return to common sense. No longer can potential employees of certain races sue for discrimination if a firm refuses to hire them for failing aptitude tests. This undermines the “diversity, equity, and inclusion” movement that has pressured companies to hire and promote racial minorities, arguably at the expense of more qualified candidates.)
DAILY WIRE
— Republicans See New Path To Challenge ‘Woke’ Universities. “There shouldn’t be left-captured monopolies that get to decide what we believe and what we do.” DD: I escaped liberal Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-see-new-path-to-challenge-woke-universities
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— ACLU Challenges Tennessee Law Making Illegal Immigration a State Crime
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/aclu-challenges-tennessee-law-making-illegal-immigration-state-crime
FOX NEWS
— Man confronts Nick Shirley on NYC street
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6397676800112
— California House passes bill critics call ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6397165617112
— Nick Shirley blasts California lawmakers for what some have dubbed the ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nick-shirley-blasts-california-lawmakers-what-some-have-dubbed-stop-nick-shirley-act
— SPLC chief doubles down on placing Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA on ‘hate map.’ DD: My critics/opponents hinted/implied that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate groups. I served as the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and as an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.aol.com/articles/watch-splc-chief-doubles-down-191116000.html
MINDING THE CAMPUS
— The Day After Disparate Impact. The end of disparate impact could transform college enrollment, professional licensing, and accreditation across America. DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used disparate impact against Republicans.
https://mindingthecampus.org/2026/06/12/the-day-after-disparate-impact/
— American Graduates Need Not Apply. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money. They are easier to exploit.
https://mindingthecampus.org/2025/12/29/american-graduates-need-not-apply/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Brian Urlacher: Illinois Politicians Have Spent Billions On Illegals, That Money Could’ve Gone To Keeping The Bears
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/06/12/urlacher_illinois_politicians_have_spent_billions_on_illegals_that_money_couldve_gone_to_keeping_the_bears.html
WASHINGTON STAND
— Illegals Use Welfare Programs Far More than U.S. Citizens
https://washingtonstand.com/article/data-analysis-shows-illegals-use-welfare-programs-far-more-than-us-citizens
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Attorneys for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk want prosecutors punished. The legal defense team for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk want a judge to hold prosecutors in contempt for comments they made in the media about bullet fragments recovered from Kirk’s body.
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/attorneys-man-accused-killing-charlie-kirk-prosecutors-punished-133806718
CBS NEWS
— IRS employees protest rat-infested workplace in Chamblee: “We’ve had enough!” DD: While I worked for IRS for almost 9 years I worked in its offices in Harvey, 63rd & Halsted, Joliet, and Chicago Loop. My 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen when I was training in the Chicago Loop office in 1971. My 1962 Chevrolet BelAir was stolen when I worked in the 63rd & Halsted office in 1973.
https://www.aol.com/news/irs-employees-protest-rat-infested-220500820.html
MSN
— DOJ finds EEOC violated law by pressuring employers to make race-based decisions. DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used disparate impact against Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/doj-finds-eeoc-violated-law-by-pressuring-employers-to-make-race-based-decisions/ar-AA25cnTO
— DD: Pot is poison. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/cannabis-stocks-are-heating-up-again-here-s-which-ones-could-be-the-biggest-winners/ar-AA24yMbj
— DD: To punish Trump, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly punish America.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/insight/six-states-withdraw-from-trump-s-great-american-state-fair/gm-GM0FB28315
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
CNN
— DD: To punish Trump, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly punish America.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/several-states-bowing-trump-great-040007597.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: To punish Trump, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly punish America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/politics/great-american-state-fair.html
— DD: All my female coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/opinion/republicans-democrats-women-ambition.html
— FRONT PAGE: New Generation of Candidates Takes Housing Cost Personally. Stuck with renting, or living with parents. DD: When I was 24 in 1972, HUD made the new townhome that I bought in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) affordable. I could not have afforded to buy that townhome if it had cost more. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $94,200. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/politics/gen-z-politicians-housing-costs.html
— Billionaires’ Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever. Elon Musk’s potential new status as a trillionaire demonstrates in real time why there has been such a rapid rise in the concentration of wealth at the top.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/business/economy/billionaires-musk-gabriel-zucman.html
USA TODAY
— Women are demanding better men. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/06/02/marriage-problem-divorce-rates-blame-men/90082941007/
SACREMENTO BEE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Affirmative Action and DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/article316085573.html
USA TODAY
— DD: To punish Trump, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly punish America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usa250/2026/06/11/trump-freedom-250-great-american-fair-states/90503535007/
WALL STRET JOURNAL
— It’s Time for School Choice. DD: My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. Because he sent my brother and me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools, he had less money. Because of that, he had less money. Because of that, I had to work my way through college. Because of that, my ACT score and GPA suffered.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/its-time-for-school-choice-48f70527
FORBES
— DD: Pot is poison. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.forbes.com/lists/cannabis420/
CLARION LEDGER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Charlie Kirk.
https://www.clarionledger.com/videos/news/2026/06/12/watch-as-brittney-brown-discusses-how-she-was-fired-for-her-comments-about-charlie-kirk/90514211007/
NOTUS
— The Trump Administration Keeps Ghosting GAO. In a meeting last month, GAO said it was encountering “significant access issues” with a number of key agencies. DD: Ever-increasingly, GAO has become an arm of the Democrat Party. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.notus.org/donald-trump/gao-stonewalling-investigations
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A growing number of federal agencies are either refusing to provide the Government Accountability Office access to information or ignoring the congressional watchdog altogether. Agencies have been stonewalling the GAO ever since President Donald Trump returned to office, to the point that GAO leadership told employees at a staff meeting in May that they’ve encountered “significant access issues” during the last year and a half, according to two sources familiar with the event and confirmed by GAO. Officials at that meeting cited the Office of Management and Budget, Housing and Urban Development, the Commerce Department, the Education Department and the Small Business Administration as particularly noncooperative. None of those executive agencies responded to detailed questions this week about whether they are purposefully hindering oversight or the nature of their interactions with the legislative agency whose mission is to monitor government operations and identify waste, fraud and abuse. During the May meeting, GAO general counsel Edda Emmanuelli Perez told employees “there have been some outright denials,” sometimes from federal agencies who claim GAO lacks authority because the request came from a ranking member — which at the moment, means Democrats. In some cases, the office has been denied records and data it had received without any issues in the past. In an interview last week, she told NOTUS that while the agency was encountering “access issues,” it was “working them through.” It’s no surprise that the OMB is on the short list of federal agencies refusing to cooperate with the GAO. Russell Vought, OMB’s director, has made it his mission to expand presidential power over government agencies. OMB sent a particularly harsh letter to the GAO — and published it— when the watchdog agency started to investigate whether the Trump administration was abiding by the 1974 Impoundment Control Act in its rush to dismantle USAID. Mark Paoletta, the government-gutting lawyer Trump once deemed a “conservative warrior” who was then serving as OMB’s general counsel, chided the GAO’s requests as “voluminous, burdensome, and inappropriately invasive.” Paoletta went on to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, where he sent another bellicose letter to the GAO when auditors explored whether CFPB could legitimately fulfill its legally mandated function as the Trump administration fired scores of its workforce. Paoletta railed against what he called GAO’s “arbitrary deadlines” and derided the group’s work as nothing more than an “incomplete” exercise “initiated at the behest of hyper-partisan Democrat members.” The GAO study into CFPB had been requested by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the ranking member on the Senate banking committee, House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters and three other Democrats. In that study, GAO analysts described how the agency’s refusal to cooperate during much of 2025 forced them to look for answers by scouring public court filings in a CFPB lawsuit, Federal Register notices and even press releases — meaning it had about as much access to information as the average person with a computer.
“Stonewalling a nonpartisan congressional watchdog is another way that President Trump is trying to keep Congress and the American public in the dark about how his policies are hurting American families,” Warren said in a statement to NOTUS. “Congress should start sending subpoenas if the Trump administration won’t cooperate with legitimate oversight.” In other instances, agencies have not responded to GAO’s emailed questions or even acknowledged that an audit is taking place. At the staff meeting last month, GAO leadership told analysts and directors who conduct those probes to consider accommodating reluctant federal agencies — for example, by narrowing requests — but to keep track of deadlines so that if agencies fail to respond, they can loop in supervisors or even members of Congress to apply pressure to those agencies. One GAO source pointed to an executive branch agency closely controlled by the Trump White House that has not participated at all in an ongoing audit that began last year — denying analysts even basic interviews to explain certain government operations under review. And analysts are frustrated that longer delays make every “engagement,” as they’re referred to by the GAO, more expensive. Liz Hempowicz, the deputy executive director of the government accountability nonprofit American Oversight, said she hadn’t heard that federal agencies were pushing back on GAO audits on partisan grounds, but she called the pushback “alarming.” She ascribed it to Republicans uniformly falling in line behind Trump on most issues, leading to tepid congressional oversight. “Both GAO and these agencies are entities of the government meant to serve the American people. A ranking member represents a constituency of the American people the same way that a chair does. Treating that distinction as the be-all, end-all is just so insulting,” she said. Janice Luong, a policy analyst at the nonprofit Project On Government Oversight said Congress needs to step in, particularly as the Trump administration consolidates power in the executive branch and chips away at Congress’ power of the purse. “Congress should most definitely speak up and defend GAO and the legislative agency that provides them with resources on how dollars are spent — and holding the executive branch accountable,” she told NOTUS. Some signs of the rising tensions have occasionally slipped into public view, but they’ve mostly been buried deep in monotonous congressional hearings or vaguely described in official reports. In December, the previous head of the GAO, who retired when his 15-year tenure reached its statutory end, told a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee that “at this point, OMB’s not cooperating as much as we had in the past.” “We used to have, you know, meetings with them,” then-Comptroller General Gene Dodaro said. “That’s not happening. I think it’s unfortunate because they can benefit from continued dialogue with us.” The GAO has always run into some bureaucratic resistance from executive agencies when attempting to review government programs, no matter which political party is in the White House — a point agency officials emphasized to NOTUS. The GAO’s annual report in 2024 said the Biden administration’s Department of Education had “regularly delayed providing information to which GAO has statutory access.” The agency had to get members of Congress to intervene. In the end, GAO analysts exposed errors that resulted in 432,000 fewer people — mostly prospective college students from poorer families — submitting a FAFSA, or Free Application for Federal Student Aid. In one case, the government website instructed people to dial “7” for translation services, but that option didn’t exist on a call. GAO insiders told NOTUS that executive agencies are naturally wary of outside inspectors. Spy agencies and the military are notoriously guarded. Federal agencies rarely turn over personnel data, even though government employees’ salaries are generally presumed to be a matter of public record. From July 2024 to May 2025, the GAO looked into the consequences of Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s 11-month “blanket hold” on all senior military promotions during the Biden administration. Analysts concluded the blockade didn’t actually affect combat readiness — but they had to rely partly on public statements from Defense Department brass. None of the 12 generals, admirals or DOD civilian leaders would talk to the congressional watchdog agency. The GAO is a legislative agency that belongs entirely to Congress and thus lies beyond Trump’s reach. When DOGE came knocking last year, NOTUS broke the news that GAO leadership rallied the troops with an email that reminded employees “we are not subject to DOGE or executive orders.” In an interview last Friday, Emmanuelli Perez, the GAO general counsel, acknowledged some recent obstacles and pointed to what the agency had said in its year-end performance and accountability reports, the latest of which says, in government speak, that “FY 2025 was different.” “We were seeing more delays. So we were saying, ‘OK, it’s getting really slow and that is having an impact.’ We saw that there is some information we routinely obtained in the past that now was either slowed down or we were having more trouble getting,” she told NOTUS. Emmanuelli Perez said that despite the delays, “for most of our work, we’re getting what we need and we’re publishing our work.” Analysts who run into access problems can elevate the matter to higher-ups to intervene, but she said the agency doesn’t track how many engagements are running into walls.)
NPR
— Former Arkansas State Trooper decertified. DD: Constructively, my Democrat GAO superiors decertified me. I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. I had become a CPA when I was 30. I became a Certified Internal Auditor and licensed CPA when I was 32, Certified Fraud Examiner when I was 41, Certified Government Financial Manager when I was 45, Certified Financial Services Auditor when I was 47, and Certified Forensic Accountant when I was 48. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS, b) gave me bad job assignments, c) gave me unfair performance expectations, d) gave me unfair performance appraisals, e) kept off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, f) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and g) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2026-06-11/former-arkansas-state-trooper-decertified-after-investigation-into-2023-drug-arrest
ATLANTIC
— DD: To punish Trump, Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly punish America.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/06/trump-250-great-american-state-fair/687456/
ALTER NET
— DD: All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.alternet.org/msn-uk/trump-pentagon-2677026754/
SIRM
— DOJ Opinion Calls Disparate Impact Theory Unconstitutional. DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used disparate impact against Republicans.
https://www.shrm.org/mena/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/doj-opinion-calls-disparate-impact-theory-unconstitutional
June 9, 2029 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Bears consider new stadium sites in Hammond as IL Republican lawmakers make new proposals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-bears-new-stadium-update-il-rep-martin-mclaughlin-arlington-heights-proposal-calls-25b-team-13-state/19264540/
— CPD setting up Emergency Assistance Center in Cornell Square Park after mass shootings. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-police-department-setting-emergency-assistance-center-cornell-square-park-mass-shootings/19263600/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Community leaders said around 300 teens had gathered near 45th Street Indiana Avenue before shots rang out, leaving an 11-year-old, two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old boy wounded. . .”Whenever there are mass gatherings, whether they’re teen takeovers or a family picnic, there’s always a danger and bullets don’t know one from the other,” Pastor Price said.)
CBS2
— 2 Illinois lawmakers offer new proposals to keep Chicago Bears from moving to Indiana.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-lawmakers-new-proposals-chicago-bears-stadium-legislation/
WGN9
— State Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) proposes new legislation aimed at keeping Bears in Illinois, urges state legislature to act before fall session.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/state-lawmaker-to-outline-legislation-to-help-keep-bears-in-illinois-after-teams-vote-to-advance-stadium-project-in-hammond/
FOX32
— New Illinois bill could keep the Bears in Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-uzcr4qazqnyi8b6f
WTTW
— Chicago Bears Are ‘80% of the Way’ Toward Hammond Stadium.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/06/09/chicago-bears-are-80-way-toward-hammond-stadium-sports-consultant
— Immigration Advocates Condemn Trump Administration Over ‘Discriminatory’ Treatment of World Cup Teams.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/06/09/immigration-advocates-condemn-trump-administration-over-discriminatory-treatment-world
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Aldermen push for stiffer penalties on marijuana smoking, sales around schools and parks.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/09/aldermen-penalties-marijuana-schools-parks/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— City Council committee backs crackdown on selling pot near schools, parks.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/06/09/marijuana-sales-parks-schools-crackdown-city-council-public-safety-committee-gilbert-villegas
— Immigration advocates slam Trump administration over World Cup entry treatment.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/09/world-cup-soccer-immigration-trump-ice-border-patrol-iran-iraq-team-ohare
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker opens door to new Bears talks, blames team for stadium stumbles.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-pritzker-chicago-bears-stadium-20260609/
— Condo on highest floor at Hancock Center coming on the market for $9.5 million. DD: When I was 25 in 1974, when I was a newly promoted IRS employee, I almost bought a studio condo in that building, but instead, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/real-estate/residential/ccb-john-hancock-coupon-cabin-20260609/
SOUTHERN
— DD: Democrats boo Trump.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/06/09/trump-booed-at-madison-square-garden-as-he-and-mamdani-attend-knicks-game/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://pantagraph.com/life-entertainment/article_d5f150bc-e326-5ba7-80f7-4af034befbc9.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Republicans hope to reengage Bears with new proposals
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-06-09/republicans-hope-to-reengage-bears-with-new-proposals
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrats boo Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/sports/ap-nyc-imposes-stringent-security-as-trump-becomes-1st-sitting-us-president-to-attend-nba-finals-game/
WIFR
— Darren Bailey targets Pritzker’s possible presidential ambitions in Illinois governor’s race.
https://www.wifr.com/2026/06/10/darren-bailey-targets-pritzkers-possible-presidential-ambitions-illinois-governors-race/
CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://mailchi.mp/chicagoreader/chicago-drag-shows-up-and-shows-out
CWB CHICAGO
— 13-year-old shot four victims at large youth gathering in Bronzeville. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/06/13-year-old-shot-four-victims-at-large-youth-gathering-in-bronzeville-police-say.html
DURBIN
— Congressional Democrats Release GAO Report Detailing Dangerous Expansion Of Immigration Detention Under Trump
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/congressional-democrats-release-gao-report-detailing-dangerous-expansion-of-immigration-detention-under-trump
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-539/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The Real Story Isn’t the Bears — It’s Why Everyone Is Leaving Illinois.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/the-real-story-isnt-the-bears-its-why-everyone-is-leaving-illinois.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Nearly 50% of Americans say UFC event tarnishes White House image.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/9/nearly-50-americans-say-ufc-event-tarnishes-white-house-image/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Deportation hits illegal immigration supply. Mandatory E-Verify will address demand.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4600680/katie-britt-mandatory-e-verify-act-illegal-worker-demand/
NEW YORK POST
— ICE blasts ‘reckless’ Mamdani, Hochul as agency IDs criminal illegal migrants picked up in NY.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/us-news/ice-blasts-reckless-mamdani-hochul-as-it-releases-ids-of-criminal-illegals-picked-up-in-ny/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Ex-Border Patrol official dreams big on deportations—really big.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/06/09/ex-border-patrol-official-dreams-big-on-deportations-really-big-1644995/
BREITBART
— Trump’s Redistricting Moves Give GOP a Shot at Holding the House
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/08/nolte-trumps-redistricting-moves-give-gop-a-shot-at-holding-the-house/
— Biden’s ‘Backdoor Amnesty’ to Protect over 1M Illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/09/brandon-gill-tps-joe-biden/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Four dead and 29 shot in Chicago weekend violence as leaders tout crime progress. Victims include four children between ages 12 and 14 shot by an unknown gunman who opened fire and fled the scene.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/four-dead-29-shot-chicago-weekend-violence-leaders-tout-crime-progress
NEW AMERICAN
— Cultural Revolution: GOP Support for Same-sex “Marriage,” and “LGBT” Generally, Collapses.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/cultural-revolution-gop-support-for-same-sex-marriage-and-lgbt-generally-collapses/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
JD SUPRA
— A Review of the EEOC’s Priorities. DD: For Democrat employers, their top priority is a) hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and b) getting rid of their Republican employees who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-latest-from-the-eeoc-a-review-of-1505819/
June 8, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Justice Department moves to strip citizenship from 17 people in unprecedented denaturalization push
https://abc7chicago.com/post/doj-moves-strip-citizenship-17-people-unprecedented-denaturalization-push-donald-trump-administration/19259005/
WGN9
— Illinois’ new social media tax explained. DD: My critics/opponents would love it if the Democrats who run Illinois would tax me lots of money for each GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter that I send out.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-new-social-media-tax-explained/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois’ new budget includes a variety of new taxes. One of those targets social media companies that operate in the state. Here’s how it’s supposed to work: Platforms that have 100,000 to almost half a million users will be taxed 10¢ a month for each user. That’s the lowest tier. It increases for middle tier platforms with 500,000 users to just shy of a million users. That charge will be $40,000 a month and an additional 25¢ a month for each user above the half a million mark. The highest tax tier is for platforms with a million or more users. Their fee is $165,000 a month on top of 50¢ a month for each user beyond the million mark. The tax is projected to raise $200 million a year, and social media platforms can’t pass along the fees to their users.)
WBEZ
— Northwestern researcher among group kicked out of conference for distributing paper critical of Trump. DD: I should write about the many big adverse actions that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, fundraisers, political consultants, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers have taken against me since 2000 because I included links to articles in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they did not like because they reported their candidates’ wrong doing.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2026/06/08/northwestern-researcher-among-group-kicked-out-of-conference-for-distributing-paper-critical-of-trump
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Proposed Illinois law would shut down unlicensed intoxicating hemp shops. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Because intoxicating hemp competes with pot, Democrat leaders want intoxicating hemp to be regulated.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/08/hemp-marijuana-laws-lllinois-federal/
— DD: Democrat leaders cheer congressional Republicans who show newfound willingness to rebuff Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/08/trump-massie-hawley-cornyn-redistricting-anti-weaponization-fund-irs-audits/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in Aurora.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/08/upcoming-pride-month-events-aurora/
DAILY HERALD
— Could a Bears move give Illinois Republicans midterm momentum?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260608/illinois-state-politics/could-a-bears-move-give-illinois-republicans-midterm-momentum-experts-weigh-in/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa application fee rejected by judge. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid jobs prove that I have always been an unmitigated loser.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ccb-h1b-visa-fee-rejected-20260608/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating ex-federal prosecutors attack Boutros. They charge him with letting political considerations infect his prosecutorial decisions. The Republicans who ran DOJ under Bush sided with my Democrat GAO superiors in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf To side with my Democrat GAO superiors is to promote the Democrat Party platform. That is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination in the federal government.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-andrew-boutros-prosecutors-rebuke-broadview-6-20260608/
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media serves as a spokesperson for the Democrat Party.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-joins-markey-senate-democrats-in-calling-for-affordability-safety-worker-priorities-in-surface-transportation-bill-94087.cfm?
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-538/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republican to offer Bears stadium bill, new property tax initiatives.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_771cdfd4-a412-4b3e-8874-47828886543c.html
— Illinois State Rep. Bill Hauter, a Republican physician and graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, sharply criticized reports that the school is promoting “equitable assessments” in medical education. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They use the subjectivity in their performance management systems to get rid of their Republican employees who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my attention was drawn to the aforesaid because my undergraduate degree was in personnel management and my MBA area of concentration was personnel management.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_9fa5073c-4a1e-4014-ad5a-082b2508946d.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Platner’s bid tests how much personal baggage Maine voters will tolerate. DD: Far too often, far too many candidates have run for offices as Republicans, but they should not have because they have far too much baggage. Voters hold Republican candidates to far higher standards than they hold Democrat candidates. I should write about the many big adverse actions that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and their major donors, fundraisers, political consultants, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff, and campaign volunteers have taken against me since 2000 because I included links to articles in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they did not like because they reported their candidates’ wrong doing.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/8/platners-bid-tests-much-personal-baggage-maine-voters-tolerate/
— Foreign service has become a haven for leftists
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/7/foreign-service-become-haven-leftists/
— Government about to defund national parks and fund abortion
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/8/government-defund-national-parks-fund-abortion/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Homan says most anti-ICE protesters at New Jersey’s Delaney Hall are not state residents.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4598964/homan-anti-ice-protesters-delaney-hall-new-jersey/
— Six injured in stabbing at NYC’s Penn Station, day before Trump attends Game 3 of NBA Finals.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4598639/stabbing-at-nyc-penn-station-day-before-trump-attends-game-3-of-nba-finals/
— There’s no spinning California’s disgraceful, third-world vote-counting mess
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4599135/cannot-spin-california-disgraceful-third-world-vote-counting/
NEW YORK POST
— Tom Homan reveals plans set to flood NYC with more ICE agents
https://nypost.com/2026/06/08/us-news/tom-homan-reveals-plans-are-in-place-to-flood-nyc-with-more-ice-agents-than-youve-ever-seen/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Homan says ICE ‘Nazi’ rhetoric has led to 8K percent surge in death threats against officers and their families.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/06/08/homan-says-ice-nazi-rhetoric-has-led-to-8k-percent-surge-in-death-threats-against-officers-and-their-families-1644805/
DAILY SIGNAL
— DOJ Moves to Denaturalize Immigrants Who Lied on Citizenship Applications About Egregious Crimes.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/08/doj-denaturalize-immigrants-lied/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Fallout from Video Release Expands: Police Sought to Cast Henry Nowak as Aggressor. Europe Reacts with Demonstrations and “Taking a Knee” Movement while Media Deflects in Wake of Henry Nowak Killing.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/06/fallout-from-video-release-expands-police-sought-to-cast-henry-nowak-as-aggressor/
LIFE ZETTE
— Teen Takeover Chaos Forces Ohio Church to Cancel Festival After Massive Brawls and 11 Arrests. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.lifezette.com/2026/06/teen-takeover-chaos-forces-ohio-church-to-cancel-festival-after-massive-brawls-and-11-arrests-watch/
NUMBERS USA
— 219,000 Fewer Teens Working – Don’t Expand H-2 Visas! DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid jobs prove that I have always been an unmitigated loser.
https://www.numbersusa.org/message-action/
REPUBLICAN BALLOT NEWS
— Twelve Shot as Chaos Breaks Out Near Toledo Festival
https://republicanballotnews.com/twelve-shot-as-chaos-breaks-out-near-ohio-street-festival/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump calls on Thune to fire Senate parliamentarian. DD: My critics/opponents do not publicly call for adverse actions to be taken against me. Instead, they have their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me for them. They had their operatives and their dupes a) end my membership on the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) end my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymander my precinct in 2015, d) end my chairmanship of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, e) end my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) end my membership on the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee in 2007, g) almost get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and h) defeat my bid for the open as a MTRO Treasurer position in 2004. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5915219-trump-parliamentarian-thune-save-america-act/
SPLC
— DD: SPLC exists to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/june-2026-intelligence-project-dispatch-trends-incidents-of-the-hard-right/
FROM OTHER SOURCES
FEED SPOT
— Top 100 Political RSS Feeds. DD: GOPUSA ILLINOIS is ranked 6th for State and local US political coverage focused on individual states and metros across America. I should write about my critics/opponents who have their operatives and their dupes work the hardest a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading them. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. They make it clear that they can and that they will destroy anyone who encourages people to read my newsletters.
https://rss.feedspot.com/political_rss_feeds/
LINKED IN
— Editor roles with over $100K/yr salary. DD: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. All of the money needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and send them out every day comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings. All of the time, experience, ability, and motivation to put the newsletter together and to send them out comes from me. GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter subscriptions are worth a least $1,000/year. But I send them out free of charge, without any advertising, and without any donation requests. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I do not want anyone to call my tunes.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?currentJobId=4414534224&f_SB2=4&f_TPR=r604800&geoId=103644278&keywords=Editor&trk=eml-email_career_insights_01-top~insights~cta-0-view~job~openings
June 6, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— President Trump’s deportation agenda is about to get a $70B infusion from Congress.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/06/trump-deportation-agenda-infusion/
— DD: Democrat Leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/06/local-lgbtq-organizations-react-to-nuclear-family-month-proclamation/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyouts and early retirement to get rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/should-you-take-a-buyout-at-work/
WICA
— OUTSTANDING: Changes could be coming to Illinois high schoolers’ foreign language requirements if a unanimously passed bill is signed into law. Right now, students are required to take two years of a foreign language. Senate Bill 3070 would give schools and students the flexibility to choose to take two years of a language, or take two years of “career and technical education” courses.
https://www.wcia.com/news/illinois-news/illinois-bill-could-change-foreign-language-requirements-for-high-school-students/
WEVV
— Link between marijuana use and violent crimes
https://www.wevv.com/video/epd-highlights-link-between-marijuana-use-and-violent-crimes-in-the-city/video_8e7ec703-532d-5074-bad8-2ec52d67cf4a.html
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tracy Statement on Bears Leaving Chicago
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/06/u-s-senate-candidate-reflects-on-bears-decision-to-move-to-indiana/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Youths aren’t bothering to get summer jobs. The kids are not all right. DD: When you were young, what did you do after-school, weekends, and summers? I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I have always been an unmitigated loser. With the money I earned, I bought a 1958 Chevrolet BelAir when I was 16 in 1964. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint, poor man’s GTO, when I was 17. I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 when I was 19. And I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 20. I used the aforesaid cars to get to/from jobs and classes at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966, classes at UIC 1966-1968, and classes at NIU 1969-1970.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/3/youths-arent-bothering-get-summer-jobs/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Why American politics feels unwinnable
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4594344/why-us-politics-feels-unwinnable/
NEW YORK POST
— Declining pride in America is a mistake the left wants us all to make
https://nypost.com/2026/06/05/opinion/declining-pride-in-america-is-a-mistake-the-left-wants-us-all-to-make/
— Elite LA school celebrates anti-ICE student walkout in yearbook spread
https://nypost.com/2026/06/06/us-news/harvard-westlake-under-fire-for-yearbook-featuring-anti-ice-walkout/
— The Democrats want another long, hot summer of violence
https://nypost.com/2026/06/06/opinion/the-democrats-want-another-long-hot-summer-of-violence/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The ASSIMILATION Act: An America First Reappraisal of Legal Immigration. The ASSIMILATION Act would reverse the post-1965 immigration system, sharply reduce legal immigration, and make cultural assimilation—not diversity—the central test for entering America.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/06/05/the-assimilation-act-an-america-first-reappraisal-of-legal-immigration/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The West Owes Islam Nothing. There is unending propaganda about an Islamic Golden Age of the past that today’s Islamists want to recreate.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/06/the_west_owes_islam_nothing.html
— Americans Are Enabling Our Enemies. Naïve and uninformed Americans are surrendering to a system that is hell-bent on the destruction of this country and our freedoms.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/06/are_americans_enabling_our_enemies.html
BREITBART
— Mamdani: ‘ICE Should Be Abolished’ — ‘No Way to Reform This Kind of Cruelty’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/06/06/mamdani-ice-should-be-abolished-no-way-to-reform-this-kind-of-cruelty/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Boston University history department advertises DEI commitment, hosts classes on ‘White Supremacist Thought’ and ‘Black Power.’ DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hated against Whites.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/boston-university-history-department-advertises-dei-commitment-hosts-classes-white-supremacist-thought-black-power/29892
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Righteous Anger’: Vance Responds To Horrific Video Of Stabbing Victim Being Arrested
https://dailycaller.com/2026/06/05/jd-vance-henry-nowak-kirpan-vickrum-digwa-murder-stabbing-police-arrest-video/
DAILY WIRE
— Valedictorian Uses Graduation To Attack ICE And Israel. It Doesn’t End Well.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/valedictorian-uses-graduation-to-attack-ice-and-israel-it-doesnt-end-well
FEDERALIST
— Republicans Supported Gay Marriage ‘Rights’ Until They Saw It Destroy Children’s Rights
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/05/republicans-supported-gay-marriage-rights-until-they-saw-it-destroy-childrens-rights/
— Propaganda Press Says Noticing Henry Nowak’s Murder Is The Real Crime
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/04/propaganda-press-says-noticing-henry-nowaks-murder-is-the-real-crime/
— Leftists Hate America So Much They’re Turning Her 250th Birthday Into A Celebration Of Marxism
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/04/leftists-hate-america-so-much-theyre-turning-her-250th-birthday-into-a-celebration-of-marxism/
— ‘Teen Takeover’ Riots Won’t Stop Until Police And Parents Stop Them
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/04/teen-takeovers-riots-wont-stop-until-police-and-parents-stop-them/
FOX NEWS
— War of words ignites over Trump admin rebuke of British police after teen bled to death in handcuffs. Henry Nowak died from a stabbing after UK police believed his killer’s claim of racial abuse.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/war-words-ignites-over-trump-admin-rebuke-british-police-after-teen-bled-death-handcuffs
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push reparations, that is, they ever-increasingly push hatred against Republicans. Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/reparations-debates-intensify-amid-disputes-delays-and-political-flashpoints/gm-GME8B0F978
NEW YORK TIMES
— Escape From Trumpism. DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hated against Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/opinion/democrats-reconstruction-project-2029.html
June 5, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Bears’ Board of Directors votes to advance stadium development in Hammond, Indiana
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-bears-board-directors-vote-advance-stadium-development-hammond-indiana-espn-sources/19240596/
NBC5
— How far is Hammond, Indiana, from Chicago? What to know as Bears ‘advance’ stadium project. A Friday afternoon, rush-hour drive to Hammond was said to take 40 minutes, with Google Maps estimating typical travel times between 26 and 45 minutes, depending on the time of day.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/nfl/chicago-bears/how-far-is-hammond-indiana-from-chicago-what-to-know-as-bears-advance-stadium-project/3944735/
— Mayor of Arlington Heights responds as Bears move forward with Indiana stadium plans
https://www.nbcchicago.com/chicago-sports-bears-sox-cubs-bulls-blackhawks/mayor-of-arlington-heights-responds-to-bears-moving-ahead-with-indiana-plans/3944683/
— ‘Not surprising’: Illinois lawmakers react to Bears’ announcement on Indiana stadium plans
https://www.nbcchicago.com/chicago-sports-bears-sox-cubs-bulls-blackhawks/not-surprising-illinois-lawmakers-react-to-bears-announcement-on-indiana-stadium-plans/3944629/
CBS2
— Bears fans divided in reaction to team’s decision to focus on Hammond for new stadium
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-bears-fans-reacation-hammond-indiana-stadium/
WGN RADIO
— Who is to blame if the Bears move to Indiana?
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-7/#/questions
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders attack Bailey.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/darren-bailey-reset-image/
— Bears say they will proceed with plans for a stadium in Hammond
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/chicago-bears-stadium-indiana-vote/
— Get used to ‘Bear Down, Hammond Bears’ as Illinois’ reputation gets tackled for a loss
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/editorial-chicago-bears-stadium-hammond-springfield-reputation-pritzker/
— Side-by-side Wheaton mansions for sale for $2.4M and $3.3M. DD: These homes are in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/05/wheaton-mansions/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two adjoining mansions located at the end of a long, private lane in Wheaton — and that were built at the same time — are on the market for $2.4 million and $3.3 million. The two homes, located immediately west of the Chicago Golf Club, occupy historic ground. Together, they sit on the 3.4-acre site that once held a rambling mansion called Overlinks, which had been designed by architect Jarvis Hunt and built in 1897 for Chicago Golf Club member and influential Chicago Board of Trade member Edward S. Worthington. Overlinks was demolished around 1990, and soon afterward, longtime homebuilder Harold “Mac” Airhart, who died on April 16 at age 86, subdivided the land and constructed the two mansions, one of which became Airhart’s own personal home. Airhart, a Wheaton College alumnus and a longtime Wheaton College trustee, in 1964 founded Airhart Construction, which now has constructed more than 1,800 homes. Even before Airhart’s passing, he and his wife, Vonla, had one of the two homes, their own, five-bedroom, 5,794-square-foot Georgian-style home, on the market. It’s available for $2.4 million. Situated on 1.61 acres, the Airhart mansion has 4 1/2 bathrooms, a grand foyer, soaring ceilings, millwork, a great room with a fireplace, an adjacent octagon-shaped sunroom with floor-to-ceiling windows, a library with custom built-ins and architectural molding and a kitchen with granite countertops, newer appliances and two pantries. Other features include a primary bedroom suite with a walk-in wardrobe and a finished walkout lower level. Outside on the property are hosta beds, mature trees, a three-car garage and a 60-foot-by-60-foot motor court. “This is a fabulous house and 1.6-acre lot,” listing agent Pattie Murray of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices told Elite Street. “It has such grandeur. I think it is one of the most iconic, beautiful places near Chicago Golf.” The Airhart house currently is listed in an agents-only private listing network. Airhart and his wife, Vonla, who spent winters in Naples, Florida, previously had listed the house for $2.35 million from 2011 until 2013, when they cut their asking price to just under $2.3 million. They took the home off the market later that year. Also for sale in an agents-only private listing network is the five-bedroom, 6,504-square-foot mansion immediately to the east. Listed on Tuesday for $3.3 million and known as Grey Walls, the home was constructed by Airhart’s firm and designed by Chicago architect Richard Hague. Its first owner, former Amoco CEO H. Laurance Fuller, owned the mansion from its completion in 1992 until 2004, when he sold it to spend more time at homes in South Carolina and Massachusetts. The mansion was inspired by — and takes its name from — Greywalls, the onetime country house on Scotland’s east coast that borders the Muirfield golf links there and now functions as a hotel. With 10,000 square feet of total space including the lower level, the Grey Walls mansion in Wheaton has five full bathrooms, two half bathrooms, two fireplaces, a dual stair entry, an oversize dining room, a mahogany library with custom built-ins and a limestone fireplace, a great room with a coffered ceiling, a sunroom and a kitchen with hand-crafted William Huber cabinetry, granite countertops, Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances and a walk-in pantry. The mansion’s main-level primary bedroom suite has 11-foot ceilings, dual vanities and custom walk-in closets. Outside on the 1.77-acre property are bluestone patios and limestone terraces that overlook the Chicago Golf Club. The grounds were landscaped by the late Morton Arboretum landscape architect Tony Tyznik. “The location is spectacular, and this home is for somebody who appreciates architecture and who appreciates the Scottish and really European flair to the home,” listing agent Michael LaFido of LPT Realty told Elite Street. “It is really special. I think anybody who would come over as a guest and entertain would be like, ‘That’s a cool house.’” The Airhart house had a $34,704 property tax bill in the 2025 tax year, while Grey Walls had a $45,988 property tax bill in the 2025 tax year.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Play-by-play of failed Bears stadium bill. Rumor about the football team having second thoughts leaving Chicago damaged the legislative effort to help the Bears move to the suburbs.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/06/05/bears-stadium-bill-cunnigham-kam-buckner-hammond-rich-miller
— With Bears saying they’re leaving for Indiana, blame game in Illinois spreads far and wide. Springfield’s inaction on incentives to keep the team in-state has been just the latest in a long-running political comedy of errors.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears-stadium/2026/06/05/chicago-bears-stadium-illinois-indiana-arlington-heights-hammond-blame
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2026/06/04/trump-blanche-boutros-doj-broadview
DAILY HERALD
— ‘Done deal’ or ‘door remains open’? In latest stadium shift, Bears board advances Indiana plan.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260605/news/bears-board-votes-to-advance-northwest-indiana-stadium-project/
RIVER BENDER
— Plummer Blames Illinois Leadership After Bears Advance Hammond Stadium Plan
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/sen-jason-plummer-blames-illinois-leadership-after-bears-advance-hammond-stadium-plan-94055.cfm
WAND TV
— IL Democrats pass bill allowing undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition at public universities. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-democrats-pass-bill-allowing-undocumented-immigrants-to-pay-in-state-tuition-at-public-universities/article_eb0eeb98-461a-4c0c-b369-8b79f2bf06a7.html
14 NEWS
— Marijuana is a factor in many local crimes
https://www.14news.com/2026/06/05/epd-discusses-how-marijuana-is-factor-many-local-crimes/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/now-cleared-broadview-6-immigration-protesters-seek-evidence-of-white-house-pressure-to-indict/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Indiana Governor Hints at ‘Favorable Announcement’ as Pritzker Inches Closer to Losing the Bears
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/indiana-governor-hints-at-favorable-announcement-as-pritzker-inches-closer-to-losing-the-bears.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— America reaches 250 with unity and patriotism in retreat. The spirit of 1976 has given way to anger, grievance and political exhaustion. DD: What makes you patriotic? For me, it includes my being able to earn enough money to do the following even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, he died when he was 47 and I was 21, and my mother never attended high school: a) work my way through college and earn a bachelor’s degree in management, master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, a CPA certificate, a Certified Internal Auditor certificate, four more job-related professional certifications, and a CPA license, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., and c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/3/america-reaches-250-unity-patriotism-retreat/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Sanctuary cities: Compassion on other people’s dime
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4592847/sanctuary-cities-compassion-on-other-peoples-dime/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Antifa-Democrat ‘narrative’ about deplorable conditions for detained illegals at Delaney Hall falls apart. Antifa and all its minions put on quite a show last month to promote the narrative that conditions for detained migrants were deplorable. One problem: None of it was true.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/antifa_democrat_narrative_about_deplorable_conditions_for_detained_illegals_at_delaney_hall_in_new_jersey_falls_apart.html
PJ MEDIA
— White Supremacists Used SPLC Money to Buy KKK Hoods and Cross-Burning Gear
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/06/04/supremacists-used-splc-money-to-buy-kkk-hoods-cross-burning-gear-n4953590
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— FBI fires analysts who worked on “Richmond memo” about Catholic extremist ideology
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-fires-analysts-richmond-memo-catholic-extremist-ideology/