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FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— 4 arrested after large gathering of teens, young adults downtown Naperville. DD: How soon will Democrat leaders have their teenagers takeover your downtown?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/4-arrested-large-gathering-teens-young-adults-downtown-naperville-police/18823454/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Four juveniles were arrested Monday in west suburban Naperville, after a large crowd gathered downtown, police said. NPD said they are aware of a video circulating of about 300 teens and young adults gathered downtown Naperville. The juveniles were arrested for battery, police said. Some were cited for trespassing and violating city ordinances, police said. Naperville school districts 203 and 204 are on spring break this week. Police asked the public to, “dissuade teens and young adults from attending these large gatherings, which are typically organized on social media and often end up involving criminal or dangerous behavior.” In Hyde Park Monday, a teen girl was arrested and cars were vandalized as teenagers were seen jumping from car to car, witnesses said. Chicago officials have gone back and forth on possibly changing their curfew law to curb so-called “teen takeovers.”)
— Illinois attorney general vows to fight President Trump executive order on mail-in voting
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-attorney-general-vows-fight-president-donald-trump-executive-order-mail-voting/18824635/

WGN9
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/greater-chicago-food-depository-steps-up-as-thousands-in-illinois-lose-snap-benefits/

WTTW
— Tracy on Running for the US Senate, the Future of Birthright Citizenship
https://news.wttw.com/2026/04/01/gop-candidate-don-tracy-running-us-senate-future-birthright-citizenship
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “It’s a complex issue. It’s really odd that we have pure birthright citizenship right now, unless the Supreme Court says otherwise. … Just weird to me that you can take a vacation to the United States and have a baby there and your baby is a citizen of the United States and that people can intentionally do that — if you have a baby, your child is a citizen of the United States even though you’re here illegally. It’s just a weird thing, but we’ll have to wait and see what the Supreme Court says, what the actual law is.”)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— President Trump says US forces will ‘finish the job’ soon in first prime-time speech since start of Iran war
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/01/president-trump-national-address-iran-war/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/01/watch-live-trump-iran/
— DD: To get more and more and more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations. Since the 1960s, Affirmative Action and DEI have been reparations.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/01/evanston-oakton-college-launch-reparations-kickstarter-program-for-black-entrepreneurs/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/02/a-student-set-a-goal-to-run-every-street-in-chicago-and-inspired-a-city-now-he-must-leave-the-country/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote birthright citizenship. How many thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of their pregnant women can leaders of foreign countries send into America each day?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/04/01/supreme-court-hears-fight-over-trumps-bid-to-limit-birthright-citizenship

MEDILL REPORTS
— DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans cause all the problems that women have.
https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/watch-chicagoans-march-in-protest-on-international-womens-day/

PBS CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.pbs.org/video/local-transgender-leaders-on-issues-facing-the-lgbtq-community-npfurc/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/02/stratton-squares-up-for-november-battle-00855040

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections
https://wirepoints.org/wbez-and-chicago-sun-times-falsely-blame-texas-gov-abbott-for-2020-to-2024-surge-in-chicago-latino-hiv-aids-infections-wirepoints-quickpoint/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Oberweis & Lauf Again Face Off for Congress
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/04/01/oberweis-lauf-again-face-off-for-congress/
— Northern Illinois Food Bank CEO Takes In $384,000 a Year
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/04/01/northern-illinois-food-bank-ceo-takes-in-384000-a-year/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Congresswoman curses Trump for attending SCOTUS hearing on birthright citizenship
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/1/rep-susie-lee-curses-trump-attending-scotus-hearing-birthright/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/1/amsterdam-celebrating-25-years-since-worlds-first-sex-weddings/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Golden toilet display at Lincoln Memorial mocks Trump’s White House remodeling
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4511308/golden-toilet-lincoln-memorial-mocks-trump/
— DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who despise/hate past/present/future federal employees and retirees the most. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for almost 29 years. In my defense, I would not have become postal employee when I was 18 years old in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to take the postal employment test with him. I would not have become an IRS employee when I was 22 years old in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because of that agreement, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4510985/trump-doge-shrank-federal-workforce-world-did-not-end/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Economic Cost Of Open Borders. DD: The less money that you have, the more that open borders harm you. 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 who bought them cars, who paid their college expenses, who got them good jobs, etc. Because my parents were not wealthy, 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, and pumped more gasoline 1971-1972.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/the_economic_cost_of_open_borders.html

BREITBART
— Chicago Mayor Less than 10 Days After Sheridan Gorman’s Murder: ‘We Have to End the Assaults Against Immigrants’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/31/chicago-mayor-less-than-10-days-after-sheridan-gormans-murder-we-have-to-end-the-assaults-against-immigrants/
— Migration Advocates Threaten Chaos If SCOTUS Curbs Birthright Citizenship. DD: Who is harmed the most by mass/illegal immigration? The less money that you have, the more that you are harmed. 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 who bought them cars, who paid their college expenses, who got them good jobs, etc. Because my parents were not wealthy, 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, and pumped more gasoline 1971-1972.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/04/01/migration-advocates-threaten-millions-may-lose-status-if-supreme-court-oks-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order/amp/

COLLEGE FIX
— Cesar Chavez fought illegal immigration, that why he was canceled so quickly.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/cesar-chavez-fought-illegal-immigration-is-that-why-he-was-canceled-so-quickly/

FOX NEWS
— Jonathan Turley calls birthright citizenship policy ‘insane,’ ‘maddening.’ DD: Who is harmed the most by mass/illegal immigration? The less money that you have, the more that you are harmed. 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 who bought them cars, who paid their college expenses, who got them good jobs, etc. Because my parents were not wealthy, 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, and pumped more gasoline 1971-1972.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6392394102112

HOT AIR
— Leading Democrat Calls for Reparations for Illegals. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they hate citizens of America who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/04/01/leading-democrat-calls-for-reparations-for-illegals-n3813423

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. For them, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Because of that, federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time have no Civil Service protections.
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-seeing-partisanship-repels-high-120000151.html

ABC NEWS
— DD: Citizens of foreign come to America because Democrat and RINO leaders give them a) free housing, free food, free clothing, free health care, free education, free transportation, free etc. and b) tremendous preference over citizens of America who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/immigrants-seeking-asylum-ordered-countries-end-stuck-limbo-131639874

NEW YORK TIMES
— A new ad campaign from a Democratic-aligned group is slamming a vulnerable Republican congressman over his support for the war in Iran, a sign that Democrats view the conflict as a political liability for Republicans in the midterm elections. The group, VoteVets Action Fund, supports military veterans running for office. It said it was spending $250,000 on the campaign against Representative Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin, a retired Navy SEAL whose Wisconsin district is considered competitive this year. DD: My Democrat superiors and supervisors who were veterans blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/us/politics/iran-war-democrats-political-ads.html
— FRONT PAGE: Justice Dept. in a Jam as Its Boss Sues the I.R.S. DD: My critics/opponents have always stressed/applauded that the Republican Justice Dept. sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/politics/trump-irs-lawsuit-doj.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— SCOTUS birthright citizenship case draws demonstrators. DD: Who is harmed the most by mass/illegal immigration? The less money that you have, the more that you are harmed. 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 who bought them cars, who paid their college expenses, who got them good jobs, etc. Because my parents were not wealthy, 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, and pumped more gasoline 1971-1972.
https://www.latimes.com/0000019d-4b81-d04f-a5df-cbefa01d0000-123

USA TODAY
— DD: To get more and more and more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at women that Republicans cause all the problems that women have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/03/29/high-income-earners-women-top-1-working-moms/89211583007/
— 10 high-paying jobs in women-led fields. DD: The financial industry had no use for me when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Because of my bad demographics, I was viewed as being far too old notwithstanding a) my having worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 8 years of which auditing federal financial industry regulators at the GS-13 Step 4-10 Levels, currently $130,884-$154,682/year and for 3 years before that auditing IRS at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $118-984-$126,917/year, b) my having earned a master’s degree in finance and became a forensic accountant when I was 48, b) my having become a certified financial services auditor when I was 47, government financial manager when I was 45, and fraud examiner when I was 45, c) my having passed the certified internal auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32, d) my having earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31 and an MBA when I was 27, and e) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/03/31/best-high-paying-salary-jobs-women/89333018007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Financial manager. This job pays a median annual salary of $161,700, according to Labor Department data for 2024. Women make up 53% of the workforce. The field encompasses 868,600 jobs and is expected to grow by a robust 15% between 2024 and 2034. Financial managers “review financial reports, create budgets, analyze data, and forecast future income and expenses,” Resume Genius reports.)

RADIO NWTN & APPALACHIAN TODAY
— Military Friendly Status. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, many, most, and at times virtually all my of superiors and supervisors were Democrat veterans. They blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. For them, the federal government existed to hire, retain, and promote Democrat veterans. They were furious that I avoided the Vietnam War draft with student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship deferment 1970-1971. They wasted my career, they took many big adverse actions against me, and they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.radionwtn.com/2026/04/01/murray-state-awarded-military-friendly-status/
https://today.appstate.edu/2026/03/27/military-friendly

SEATTLE MEDIUM
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy and lower standards to advance those who are Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long times, and/or noncitizen. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless what I learned a) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, b) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, and c) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year.
https://seattlemedium.com/military-promotions-hegseth-controversy/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Nursing Is the Surefire New Path to American Prosperity. Plentiful jobs and potential six-figure incomes draw young people as other industries falter; ‘modern middle-class jobs engine.’ DD: I did not start earning $100,000/year in today’s dollars until I was 25 and I had a) earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, b) worked for IRS for 3 years, and c) completed 11 graduate evening business courses. I did not start earning $120,000/year in today’s dollars until I was 38 and I had a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, e) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination and became a licensed CPA when I was 32, d) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, and e) worked for GAO for almost 7 years.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/jobs/nursing-jobs-pay-prosperity-b2769391
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With each step, the 33-year-old has boosted her pay and responsibilities. These days she is working at a primary-care clinic in Lincoln, Neb., earning about $120,000 a year.)

BUSINESS WIRE
— Goldman Sachs Gave $1.6B Adviser 24 Hours to Accept Forced Retirement or Be Fired. DD: I have been a FINRA arbitrator since 1998. One could/should compare and contrast Lavi v. Goldman Sachs with Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/goldman-sachs-gave-1-6b-164100071.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A veteran Goldman Sachs advisor has filed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration claim alleging the firm engaged in age discrimination, wrongful termination, and unlawful withholding of earned deferred compensation after giving him just 24 hours to involuntarily retire or be fired. The claim, filed by San Francisco-based advisor Don Lavi, alleges that Goldman Sachs terminated the 63-year-old advisor after nearly two decades with the firm despite strong performance and favorable reviews. According to the filing, Mr. Lavi managed a book of business totaling approximately $1.6 billion, including roughly $1.2 billion in assets under management. The arbitration alleges that Goldman presented Lavi with a “take it or leave it” ultimatum — retire immediately and sign a release of all claims or be fired in 24 hours. When Mr. Lavi requested additional time and information, and complained of age discrimination, the firm terminated him days later, according to the claim. When Mr. Lavi asked HR to see the release and severance documents before making such a life-changing decision, Goldman’s HR professional refused. Rogge Dunn, counsel for Mr. Lavi, asks, “If Goldman had nothing to hide, why did it ‘hot box’ him, forcing him to decide on retirement without disclosing the retirement documents?” Arbitrator Patrick McShan, also counsel for Mr. Lavi, noted that “Forcing out older advisors, restricting their ability to communicate with clients and then moving quickly to capture their client relationships raises serious questions about fairness and legality.” “Mr. Lavi was fired while younger, similarly situated financial advisors with the same or lower performance metrics remain employed with GS,” said Rogge Dunn. The filing further describes what it characterizes as a broader pattern of similar conduct affecting older advisors. The filing also references internal communications in which firm personnel discussed strategies to “gang tackle” a departing advisor’s clients, suggesting a coordinated effort to preserve assets under management. The claim contends that these practices are part of a wider approach to transition client relationships away from senior advisors and into the hands of remaining teams. According to the claim, Goldman Sachs unlawfully forfeited more than $1 million in deferred compensation owed to Mr. Lavi. The filing contends that these practices violate federal law, including ERISA, as well as California labor laws governing earned wages.)

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Performance prioritized over seniority in proposed reduction-in-force rule. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied/ argued/shouted that they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 because I had serious performance problems. They had delayed my promotions and they had never promoted me beyond GS-13. They had always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They had forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS in 1980. They had taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me notwithstanding a) my having earned master’s degrees in business, accounting and finance, b) my having earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, and c) my having become a licensed CPA.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/03/performance-seniority-proposed-rif-rule-osc/412095/

VA NEWS
— Veterans: Find your perfect VA career. Continue a career of service. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, many, most, and at times virtually all my of superiors and supervisors were Democrat veterans. They blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. For them, the federal government existed to hire, retain, and promote Democrat veterans. They were furious that I avoided the Vietnam War draft with student deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship deferment 1970-1971. They wasted my career, they took many big adverse actions against me, and they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://news.va.gov/144836/veterans-find-your-perfect-va-career/

POLITICO
— Florida fights its spring break party image. DD: When you were in college, did you take spring breaks? My Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors were veterans and they were furious when I took vacation days for a spring break in 1969 and drove to Daytona Beach with three of my female NIU classmates in my 1969 Dodge Charger SE. In 1970, I repeated the aforesaid. My Democrat Firestone Store boss who was a veteran was furious that I went on a student package trip to the Bahamas while I was taking a graduate evening business course at UIC in the spring of 1971. My aforesaid Democrat veteran superiors and boss were furious that I took the aforesaid vacations because I had avoided the Vietnam War draft with student deferments and with a financial hardship deferment at a time when my peers were dying in Vietnam. They blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War. Further, while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997, many, most, and at times virtually all my of superiors and supervisors were Democrat veterans who also blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. They were also furious when took vacations every year starting in 1973. For them, the federal government existed to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrat veterans. In my defense, the four vacations that I took to the Bahamas, Hawaii, Mexico, and Jamacia with my IRS coworker 1973-1976 were budget packages offered by the National Treasury Employees Union.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/something-we-have-to-endure-florida-fights-its-spring-break-party-image/ar-AA1ZBNBb

BRITANNICA
— Bakke decision. DD: My critics/opponents have always rejected the Bakke decision. My Democrat superiors in the federal government used Affirmative Action and DEI quotas, goals, and targets to promote their Democrat employees over me who were the following: minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Bakke-decision
https://www.britannica.com/topic/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-programs
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bakke decision, ruling in which, on June 28, 1978, the U.S. Supreme Court declared affirmative action constitutional but invalidated the use of racial quotas.)

SPLC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) cast today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederates and b) cast today’s Democrats as being yesterday’s Union Army. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. Because Republicans fought slavery, they all were Republicans.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hopewatch/amid-attacks-hope-countering-lost-cause/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

ECONOMIC TIMES
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders dump meritocracy and lower standards to advance those who are Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long times, and/or noncitizen. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless what I learned a) earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, b) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, and c) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/the-illusion-of-meritocracy-in-competitive-workplaces/articleshow/129946994.cms