FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Under the Democrats, everyone in America will soon be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/illinois-snap-benefits-150k-households-may-lose-federal-food-assistance-beginning-1/18928211/
FOX32
— As marijuana use widens, vets are treating more pets for cannabis poisoning
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/marijuana-pets-cannabis-poisoning
WGN9
— Darren Bailey’s running mate Aaron Del Mar on campaign’s Chicago reach out, possible Trump endorsement
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/wgn-the-point-politics-chicago-illinois/darren-baileys-running-mate-aaron-del-mar-on-campaigns-chicago-reach-out-possible-trump-endorsement/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFOvIIg3tAo
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/04/20/how-the-war-in-iran-is-affecting-chicago-colleges-from-canceled-research-to-uncertain-post-grad-plans
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Some Chicago Public Schools parents push back against May Day agreement
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/20/cps-parents-push-against-may-day/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight school vouchers. For Democrat leaders, public schools exist to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/21/opinion-federal-tax-credit-scholarship-program-school-vouchers-illinois/
DAILY HERALD
— Probe of DuPage clerk’s bidding practices ends without charges
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260420/news/probe-of-dupage-clerks-bidding-practices-ends-without-charges/
— Bailey campaign unfazed by $14 million funding gap with Pritzker
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260420/illinois-state-politics/bailey-campaign-unfazed-by-14-million-funding-gap-with-pritzker/
— College of DuPage generates $1.3 billion annual economic impact, supporting nearly 15,000 jobs
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260420/submitted-content/college-of-dupage-generates-1-3-billion-annual-economic-impact-supporting-nearly-15000-jobs/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: ‘Telling a much bigger story:’ Renovated McCormick House reveals more about legendary newspaper publisher
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260420/news/telling-a-much-bigger-story-renovated-mccormick-house-reveals-more-about-legendary-newspaper-publ/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Naperville weighs funding options for India Day. DD: Starting in 2005, I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. Democrat and RINOs\ leaders ended that in 2021.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260420/festivals-and-fairs/very-important-to-this-town-naperville-weighs-funding-options-for-india-day/
— Geneva businesses come together to organize Swedish Days parade. DD: Starting in 2005, I served as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. Democrat and RINO leaders ended that in 2021.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260420/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-saving-a-summer-tradition-geneva-businesses-come-together-to-organize-swedish/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260420/nation-and-world-politics/judge-tosses-lawsuit-over-trumps-push-to-deploy-national-guard-to-chicago/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wbez.org/say-more-with-mary-dixon-patrick-smith/2026/04/20/chicago-weed-culture-six-years-on-from-legalization
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/government/2026/04/20/what-is-trumps-approval-rating-in-illinois-see-latest-april-polls-pope-leo/89699070007/
CHAMBANA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chambanatoday.com/news/298892-pritzker-administration-awards-31-8-million-in-cannabis-equity-loans/
DEPAULIA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ and pot.
https://depauliaonline.com/83867/ladepaulia/chicagos-first-lgbtq-dispensary-plans-to-expand-after-celebrating-two-year-anniversary/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Hernandez reelected chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/hernandez-reelected-chair-of-the-democratic-party-of-illinois/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/pritzker-announces-nearly-32m-cannabis-loans-4-20
ELMHURST PATCH
— DuPage Official Wears Government Name Pin To Democratic Fundraiser
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/dupage-official-wears-government-name-pin-democratic-fundraiser
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Ken Griffin isn’t in Illinois anymore to write a $54 million check opposing a proposed tax increase on millionaires as he did in 2020. But don’t mistake his absence for a lack of opposition.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/21/bracing-for-a-tax-fight-deja-vu-00882276
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-507/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Vallas: Reparations? Let’s Start with the Chicago Teachers Union.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/reparations-chicago-teachers-union
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: What should potential federal employees be advised of? ANSWER: Federal employees who are the following do not have Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. Potential federal employees should read all the filings in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf When Democrats get back into power, they will reverse everything that Trump has done. If I had Civil Service protections, my Democrat Post Office superiors would not have been able to disallow my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and to force me to resign in 1969. If I had Civil Service protections, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have been able to disallow my travel vouchers in 1974, to disallow my education deductions in 1978, and to stop me from being promoted to GS-13. If I had Civil Service protections, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able a) to force me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) to delay my promotions and to stop me from being promoted to GS-14, c) to keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for them, d) to always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois income growth lags U.S. under Pritzker
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-income-growth-lags-u-s-under-pritzker/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Disastrous Dignity act will transform U.S. into nationwide sanctuary system for illegals. Humanitarian campuses and deportation limits encourage more border crossings and long-term migration.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/20/disastrous-dignity-act-transform-us-nationwide-sanctuary-system/
— Illegal immigrants becoming ‘more evasive’ as they try to defeat Trump’s tougher border
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/20/illegal-immigrants-becoming-evasive-try-defeat-trumps-tougher-border/
NEW YORK POST
— Israel set to host Middle East’s largest pride festival. DD: To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/20/world-news/israel-set-to-host-middle-easts-largest-pride-festival/
— Over 250 journalists demand reporters ‘forcefully’ protest Trump at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
https://nypost.com/2026/04/20/us-news/over-250-journalists-demand-reporters-forcefully-protest-trump-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A group of over 250 journalists implored members of the Beltway press corps to “forcefully demonstrate opposition” to President Trump at the ritzy White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday. Trump, 79, is set to attend the swanky dinner for the first time in his presidency. But the group of 250 reporters is demanding that the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) ensure he doesn’t feel welcome. “We believe the White House Correspondents Association should take stronger action by issuing — from the podium — a forceful defense of freedom of the press and condemnation of those who threaten that freedom, followed by a standing toast to the First Amendment,” the letter to members of the WHCA said. “Speak forcefully, in front of the man who seeks to undermine our country’s long tradition of an independent, strong, and free press.” The WHCA, which represents the White House press corps, is organizing the annual dinner and has clashed with Trump repeatedly over the past year. Early last year, the White House press team began meddling in the pool rotation, in which outlets take turns getting special access to the president to share their notes and footage with everyone else. Historically, the WHCA has set the pool rotation. Notably, the White House has left the WHCA in charge of determining outlet seat locations in the press briefing room. Prominent veteran journalists such as former CBS News anchor Dan Rather, infamous for erroneous reporting on President George W. Bush’s military service, and former ABC News anchor Sam Donaldson signed the missive. Groups such as the Society of Professional Journalists, the Coalition for Women in Journalism, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Freedom of the Press Foundation, and more signed it as well. The letter aired a litany of grievances against Trump, such as his defamation suits against various outlets, alleged favoritism toward conservative media, and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s offensive tactics. Another complaint was Trump’s decision to pardon Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol rioters, which the letter claims sends a “message that attacks on the press will be forgiven.” They also noted in the letter that many journalists attending the ritzy dinner on Saturday intend to wear lapel pins or pocket handkerchiefs emblazoned with the words of the First Amendment as a more low-key protest. The call for protests comes amid polling pegging trust in the media at all-time lows, particularly among Republican voters. Last year, Gallup found that only 28% of the public has a great or fair amount of trust in mass media. Last year, the WHCA was pressured to cancel comedian Amber Ruffin, whom it tapped to headline the feted dinner after she publicly called the Trump administration a “bunch of murderers,” and complained about being asked to tone down her material. This year, the WHCA has tapped mentalist Oz Pearlman as the night’s main entertainment instead of a traditional comedian. The last time Trump attended a White House Correspondents’ Dinner was 2011, when then-President Barack Obama mercilessly roasted him for peddling conspiracy theories about Obama’s birth certificate. “Because the Press was extraordinarily bad to me, FAKE NEWS ALL, right from the beginning of my First Term, I boycotted the event, and never went as Honoree,” Trump explained on Truth Social last month. “However, I look forward to being with everyone this year. Hopefully, it will be something very Special.” The Post contacted the WHCA for comment. The White House referred The Post to Trump’s Truth Social post last month when asked for comment about the letter.)
BLAZE
— How Republicans have failed to defund sanctuary cities for a generation
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/how-republicans-have-failed-to-defund-sanctuary-cities-for-a-generation
BREITBART
— Supreme Court to hear Catholic schools bid to reject gay parents’ kids.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/supreme-court-to-hear-catholic-schools-bid-to-reject-gay-parents-kids/amp/
— Democrats Don’t Care About Collateral Damage of Illegal Immigration
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/20/exclusive-rep-mike-collins-democrats-like-jon-ossoff-dont-care-about-collateral-damage-of-illegal-immigration/amp/
— Nearly 1/3 Registered Voters Say All Illegal Immigrants Should Be Deported
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/20/poll-nearly-one-third-registered-voters-illegal-immigrants-deported/amp/
— Rising Republican Opposition to Legal Mass Migration
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/04/20/poll-show-gop-opposition-to-legal-migration/amp/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Taxpayers funding illegal immigrants’ sex-change surgeries, cross-sex hormones in California
https://www.christianpost.com/news/california-pays-for-illegal-aliens-sex-change-surgeries-report.html
DAILY CALLER
— Universities Hide Their Illegal DEI Agenda
https://dailycaller.com/2026/04/20/im-a-georgetown-student-heres-how-my-university-hides-its-illegal-dei-agenda/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Can Colorado Exclude Catholics From ‘Universal’ Preschool Program? Supreme Court Weighs In
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/20/supreme-court-takes-up-case-catholics-excluded-universal-preschool-program-over-lgbtq-stance/
FREE PRESS
— Colleges Will Never Give Up Racial Preferences
https://www.thefp.com/p/will-colleges-ever-give-up-racial
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Elite Schools Insist It’s About “Belonging”—Critics Say It’s Discrimination All Over Again
https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/elite-schools-insist-its-about-belonging-critics-say-its-discrimination-all
NRA-ILA
— Running Out of Targets: New York Bills Go After Air, Pellet and BB Guns. DD: On their road to abolishing the Second Amendment, anticipate/expect that Democrats, RINOs, and Democrat plants will ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20260420/running-out-of-targets-new-york-bills-go-after-air-pellet-and-bb-guns
POST MILLENNIAL
— Chicago Teachers Union gives students May 1 off for ‘Day of Civic Action’ and leftist indoctrination. DD: Anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, Chicago school students will ever-increasingly hate those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thepostmillennial.com/chicago-teachers-union-gives-students-may-1-off-for-day-of-civic-action-and-leftist-indoctrination
TOWNHALL
— Brandon Johnson Plays the Race Card Over Restaurant Worker Wages. DD: I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male that ever had that job, all the others were minorities and/or females.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/04/20/brandon-johnson-restaurants-slavery-reparations-n2674746
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame those who have demographics that vote for Republicans for the problems that those who have demographics that vote for Democrats have.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5668530-trump-blames-others-failures/
— Even in red Idaho, woke media propaganda is alive and well
https://thehill.com/opinion/5836233-conservative-idaho-gender-identity-laws/
MSN
— Baptist College stirs controversy in approving LGBTQ+ event to counter Turning Point USA rally
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/baptist-college-stirs-controversy-in-approving-lgbtq-event-to-counter-turning-point-usa-rally/ar-AA20NP8O
— American taxpayers forced to fund sex changes and breast implants for illegal migrants
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/american-taxpayers-forced-to-fund-sex-changes-and-breast-implants-for-illegal-migrants/ar-AA214Non
NEW YORK TIMES
— Students deciding this week whether to attend graduate school in the fall are navigating the end of a 20-year era of student loan policy. DD: I paid for the tuition and books for the 16 courses for my 1976 Loyola MBA with money I earned working for IRS 1972-1976. I paid for the tuition and books for the 12 courses for my 1980 DePaul master’s degree in accounting with money I earned working for IRS 1976-1980 and for GAO in 1980. I paid for the tuition and books for the 14 courses for my 1997 IIT master’s degree in financial markets and trading with money I earned working for GAO 1992-1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/upshot/student-debt-graduate-school.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/04/19/trump-states-laws-immigration-business/
— DD: As I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly learned that federal employees who are the following do not have Civil Service protections: 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.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/14/justice-department-firings-face-act-blanche/9bc88dfe-381b-11f1-90c4-9772c7fabc03_story.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Should political parties have the power to stop candidates from running as members of their party? Candidates can always run as Independents or form their own political party.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/04/01/podium-guy-adam-johnson-jan-6-running-for-office/89401432007/
— LGBTQ+ vs religious rights: Supreme Court takes big case on preschools. The Catholic Church wants to participate in Colorado’s tuition-free preschool program without admitting students from LGBTQ+ families.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/20/supreme-court-lgbtq-catholic-preschools-colorado/89436798007/
NORTH SHORE LEADER
— DD: Democrat elected officials defend and advance the Democrat Party platform. RINO and Democrat plant elected officials do not defend or advance the Republican Party platform.
https://www.thenorthshoreleader.com/single-post/op-ed-school-board-candidates-should-run-under-a-party-label
WFMD
— Nonprofit network takes hundreds of millions in federal funds while pushing ‘wokeness’
https://www.wfmd.com/2026/04/21/nonprofit-network-takes-hundreds-of-millions-in-federal-funds-while-pushing-wokeness-advocacy-group-warns/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Dershowitz: Why I’m Becoming a Republican. I first registered as a Democrat in 1959. The party’s hostility to Israel is too much.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/alan-dershowitz-why-im-becoming-a-republican-86c19b66
FORBES
— DD: To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly replace objective criteria with subjective criteria. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2025/03/12/objective-hiring-pitfalls-to-avoid/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelletravis/2025/02/11/how-to-reduce-hiring-bias-against-women-study-finds-key-role-for-hr/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2024/05/12/5-strategies-to-hire-more-diverse-talent/
HR DAILY ADVISOR
— DD: To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly replace objective criteria with subjective criteria. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://hrdailyadvisor.hci.org/2022/02/15/the-pervasiveness-of-subjective-hiring/
MONEY
— DD: To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly replace objective criteria with subjective criteria. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://money.com/how-to-reduce-bias-in-hiring-process/
BLOOMBERG LAW
— DD: As I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly learned that federal employees who are the following do not have Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/civil-service-board-punting-on-complaints-citing-conflicts
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK & FED WEEK
— DD: As I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, I ever-increasingly learned that federal employees who are the following do not have Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2026/04/senate-democrats-warn-of-serious-consequences-from-decision-upholding-doj-firings/
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/court-urged-to-reverse-mspb-decision-limiting-employee-appeal-rights/
POLITICO
— Mamdani and his wife made less than $145,000 last year. DD: In today’s dollars, I my GAO salary was $154,682/year in 1997. My critics/opponents have used that to hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I was grossly overpaid and/or b) that I was an abject failure.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/16/mamdani-and-his-wife-made-less-than-145-000-last-year-tax-filings-show-00877729
CALO NEWS
— DD: Unless the current trend is reversed, no one in America will be able to get an education, get a job, or do anything else unless they speak, read, and write Spanish.
https://www.calonews.com/featured-topics/health/more-people-in-healthcare-are-learning-spanish-the-demand-is-still-higher/article_91583ca6-ab08-4d62-869c-3ec8e0ad314b.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
HR NEWS & PEOPLE MATTERS
— DD: To hire, retain, and promote more young minorities and more young females, Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly replace objective criteria with subjective criteria. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://hrnews.co.uk/6-ways-to-reduce-bias-in-skills-based-hiring-2025-guide/
https://sea.peoplemattersglobal.com/article/employee-engagement/can-you-fire-an-employee-over-culture-fit-issues-42625
Tag: marriage
April 19, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— The Chicago Teachers Union and Chicago Public Schools have agreed to use May Day for a “day of civic action” for students and teachers. DD: To promote “civic action” is to promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-teachers-union-cps-may-day/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/more-than-half-of-americans-say-trump-immigration-agenda-too-aggressive-survey/
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer people become productive members of society.
https://wgntv.com/news/1-in-3-us-households-struggle-to-pay-energy-bills-but-the-reality-is-likely-even-worse/
FOX32
— Teens charged after overnight crime wave hits multiple Chicago neighborhoods. DD: Under the Democrats, anticipate/expect that Democrat teens will ever-increasingly commit more crime.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/teens-charged-after-overnight-crime-wave-hits-multiple-chicago-neighborhoods-police
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Bailey seeks distance from Trump, but MAGA shadow looms. DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans. Ever-increasingly pro-Democrat editorials are falsely presented as being news articles.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/19/darren-bailey-illinois-governor-race-maga-distance/
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone in DuPage County will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260417/news/giving-dupage-days-fundraiser-returns-to-help-nonprofits/
— Long-term care spending. Just as early retirement can cause a spending shock at the front end of retirement, long-term care costs can prompt a spending shock later in life. A 2025 report authored by Spencer Look and Jack VanDerhei of the Morningstar Center for Retirement & Policy Studies found that 43% of baby boomers will incur long-term care costs, with the average cost of that care $242,373. The likelihood of needing care correlates with longevity: While just 24% of men and 27% of women who die at age 75 will require long-term care, 52% of men and 60% of women who die at age 95 will require long-term care. Incurring sizable long-term care costs can have catastrophic effects for a financial plan.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260418/finance/how-spending-shocks-affect-retirement-planning/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/more-than-half-of-americans-say-trump-immigration-agenda-too-aggressive-survey/
WGLT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-04-18/tensions-between-president-trump-and-pope-leo-put-american-catholics-in-awkward-spot
WQAD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/nation-world/pope-leo-addresses-criticism-from-president-trump/526-3b71fc3a-3d3c-4d44-b469-6d2cc25111c9
WISCONSIN WATCH
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs because they had wealthy parents. 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 federal taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://wisconsinwatch.org/2026/01/skilled-but-uncertain-immigrant-workers-and-employers-navigate-hiring-hurdles-under-trump/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois lawmakers seek to eliminate state diversity commission
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_c0142076-cc4c-44f0-9801-44b42370861e.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Muslim Lobby Day in Illinois
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/04/muslim-lobby-day-in-illinois/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— HB 4855 and SEL: Doubling Down on Education Evil
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/hb4855-and-sel-doubling-down-on-education-evil/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Diligently applying SEL has these effects on students: They learn that more racism, not less, is the answer to our social ills. They don’t learn to be good citizens. Rather, they’re encouraged to be social activists, tearing down our culture and society. They learn to disregard their parents’ advice, trusting the school instead.)
— When Speech Is Silenced: The Case for Ethics Reform in Talk Therapy
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/child-exploitation/when-speech-is-silenced-the-case-for-ethics-reform-in-talk-therapy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On March 31, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States ruled 8-1 in Chiles v. Salazar that Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy counseling, as applied to licensed professional talk therapy, violated the First Amendment. )
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— ‘Anchor babies’ reach nearly 10% of all US births. DD: Anticipate/expect that ever-increasing, a) Democrat and RINO leaders will encourage pregnant citizens of foreign countries to come to America to give birth and b) foreign countries will send their pregnant citizens to America to give birth.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/18/us-news/anchor-babies-reach-nearly-10-of-all-us-births-new-data/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pew Research Center revealed that 320,000 of the 3.6 million babies born in the US that year were anchor babies who would not qualify for birthright citizenship if President Trump’s executive order is upheld by the Supreme Court. “Under the current erroneous birthright citizenship interpretation, these children automatically become citizens and unlock food stamps, welfare, specialized schooling for English education, and eventually college aid,” Brandy Perez Carbaugh of the Heritage Foundation told The Post. Of those 320,000, the center said 245,000 were born to parents who were illegal immigrants. Another 15,000 babies were born to mothers who had temporary legal status, while the fathers were not citizens or lawful permanent residents. The remaining 60,000 were born to illegal alien mothers while the child’s father was a citizen or lawful permanent resident. The massive number of US anchor baby births in 2023 is the highest total since 2010, when 325,000 babies were born to illegal immigrant parents, according to Pew data. The number of anchor baby births in the US has increased for three consecutive years. Immigration hawks warn illegal aliens will continue to abuse the generous laws in the Land of the Free while legal US citizens foot the bill. “High volumes of illegal and temporary aliens are having children in the US because they are exploiting the decades-old erroneous interpretation that such children are US citizens,” said Carbaugh. “Emergency Medicaid loopholes allow illegal aliens to qualify for free labor, delivery, and often prenatal care in some states, so taxpayers pay for these ‘anchor babies,’” said the expert. “This has brought alien parents both a claimed shield against deportation and financial benefits through the eligible child. Americans cover the cost as they struggle to provide for their own families,” she said. The Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments April 1 in Trump v. Barbara, a landmark challenge to the president’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship, which has been a right enshrined in the 14th Amendment since 1868.)
CITY JOURNAL
— Why We Should Be Skeptical About High Graduation Rates. When state exams and standardized test scores show declining student proficiency, there’s no reason to celebrate.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/graduation-rates-student-proficiency-test-scores
DAILY SIGNAL
— Pilot Ousted for Urging Merit-Based Military. DD: For Democrats, 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.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/18/musk-promotes-story-of-pilot-ousted-for-urging-merit-based-military/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats split on Israel funding as support for military aid slips. Fox News political analyst Reince Priebus explains the growing opposition to U.S. funding for Israel by Democrats. DD: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be anti-Jewish.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6393320738112
— Chicago mayor links restaurant industry to ‘slavery’ as tipped wage fight intensifies. Johnson said he is ‘boldly declaring that we need reparations in this city, and that’s why I’m funding it.’ DD: I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male that ever had that job, all the others were minorities and/or females.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-mayor-links-restaurant-industry-slavery-tipped-wage-fight-intensifies
TOWNHALL
— DEI Over Duty: How the Secret Service Put Identity Politics Above Operational Competence. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/04/19/dei-over-duty-how-the-secret-service-put-identity-politics-above-operational-competence-n2674609
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Young adults struggle to break into housing market as Congress seeks solution. 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 $85,100. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://thehill.com/business/personal-finance/5836866-young-adults-struggle-housing-market/
NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘Turning Point Was Charlie Kirk’: Why This Student Group Moved On. Students at the University of Arkansas disagreed with Turning Point’s direction, pointing to challenges ahead for the conservative group. (DD: I should write about what Democrat and RINO leaders had their operatives and their dupes do to destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/us/politics/turning-point-university-arkansas-disbands.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The conservative split over the war in Iran has only amplified the question of what Mr. Kirk would want Turning Point to be in this moment. At the University of Arkansas, the question began to consume the chapter’s leadership. In recent interviews, some chapter members sketched out some of the group’s grievances. Ava Lacey, a student from Mississippi who sits on the executive board, said the chapter wanted to be more political than its nonprofit status allowed. Members were also bothered by Turning Point’s alliance with the Arkansas governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, which they thought hindered insurgent candidates interested in shaking up the state’s Republican establishment.)
— How Many Americans Are Marriage Material? DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote LGBTQ and b) 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.nytimes.com/2023/09/29/opinion/marriage-kearney.html
— Texas Restaurants Are Forcing a Reckoning Over Immigrant Labor. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I was the only White male that ever had that job, all the others were minorities and/or females.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/us/texas-restaurants-immigration-work-permits.html
WASHINGTON POST
— States eulogize Charlie Kirk with new laws promoting religion and free speech
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/18/charlie-kirk-laws-free-speech/f4ea06a8-3ae9-11f1-90c4-9772c7fabc03_story.html
MSN
— DD: How much success have Democrat leaders had destroying traditional marriage and family in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct? Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer men are marriage material.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
— Chicago Mayor Blames Gun Problem on Red States
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/chicago-mayor-blames-gun-problem-on-red-states/ss-AA1Mczv7
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
— Social isolation. DD: Because of ever-increasing success by Democrat and RINO leaders to rid of those who are the following, those who are the following should anticipate/expect that they will be ever-increasingly isolated: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nia.nih.gov/news/social-isolation-loneliness-older-people-pose-health-risks
LEE NEWS
— Millions in the US never finished college. DD: What helped you earn a bachelor’s degree? For me, it was a) my working for the Park Forest Post Office part-time during the first 3 years and full time during the summers in between and b) my parents providing me with room and board in Crete during my first 2 years, weekends during my 3rd year, and the summers in between.
https://news.lee.net/news/nation-world/education/millions-in-the-us-never-finished-college-with-targeted-help-reenrollments-are-ticking-up/article_0724cd8f-0a4d-43cb-b5d4-a066c69ba078.html
BLACK CHRONICLES
— The Chicago Teachers Union says Chicago Public Schools leaders have agreed to transform the school day on May 1 to one focused on civic engagement, student voice and standing up to the White House. DD: To promote “civic engagement” is to promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to get rid of Republicans.
https://blackchronicle.com/midwest/illinois/illinois-quick-hits-teachers-union-says-cps-to-bus-students-to-rally/
MONEY TALKS
— Half of middle-aged Americans are forced to retire early. That has devastating financial consequences. DD: In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $154,682. I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Because of that, my Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and my retirement saving are dramatically less. My CSRS pension ($68,640) is less than what my IRS salary was in when I was 23 in 1972 in today’s dollars ($69,999).
https://www.moneytalksnews.com/heres-why-half-of-middle-aged-americans-are-forced-to-retire-early/
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— More than half of employees retire earlier than planned. Mental and physical health effects of being forced to retire. DD: I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997. If you are forced to retire early, for the rest of your life, your critics/opponents will use that to destroy you. I know that from personal experience. Your critics/opponents will hint/imply/argue/shout that you were an extremely bad person and even worse things, and that is why you were forced to retire early. Further, the more qualified that you were for the job that you had, the more that your critics/opponents will hint/imply/argue/shout that proves that you are an extremely bad person and even worse things. My critics/opponents stress that when I was forced to retire early, I had three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sex-life-of-the-american-male/202601/forced-to-retire
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump Is Nudging Alito and Thomas Toward Retirement. DD: Because of Gingrich-led budget cuts, to get rid of their employees who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1993 “offered” their employees who had 25 or more years of federal service a $25,000 buyout and early retirement. I was 45 years old in 1993 and I was eligible because I had 25 years of federal service. My Democrat GAO superiors falsely led me to believe that they were going to let me work until I was 55 in 2003 and eligible for regular retirement. But in September of 1997, just before their “offer” expired, they succeeded in forcing me to retire.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/trump-is-nudging-alito-and-thomas-toward-retirement.html
ATLANTIC
— America’s ‘Marriage Material’ Shortage. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote LGBTQ and b) 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.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/america-marriage-decline/681518/
April 18, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/04/17/ice-operation-midway-blitz-response-illinois-congressional-delegation-letter
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/04/17/after-mather-student-and-mom-detained-by-ice-a-school-and-soccer-community-are-left-reeling
— Rahm Emanuel’s mayoral record ‘disqualifying’ for a possible presidential contender, Johnson says. DD: What in your record do your critics/opponents use to disqualify you? My critics/opponents use the articles that I have linked to in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and the comments that I have made on them since 2000. In addition, they use what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012 and as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that what I have done has caused all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/04/16/mayor-brandon-johnson-rahm-emanuel-presidential-bid-2028
DAILY HERALD
— Fenne reelected College of DuPage board chairwoman
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260417/news/fenne-reelected-college-of-dupage-board-chairwoman/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Legal migration of “wealth” issue of growing importance. DD: If you are a Republican in Illinois, the more money that you have, the more that Illinois Democrats do to drive you out of Illinois.
https://archive.ph/yLqU6#selection-3558.0-3558.3
SHAW LOCAL
— 60 dead people found on Illinois jury panel, triggering constitutional challenge
https://www.shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/2026/04/17/60-dead-people-found-on-illinois-jury-panel-triggering-constitutional-challenge/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/why-the-future-of-marijuana-legalization-remains-22211801.php
WAND TV
— DD: Pot is never safe. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/is-cannabis-safe-in-pregnancy/526-9edcdee2-2637-433f-997e-8ed54b4c3534
WGLT
— Illinois House Republicans split on bill allowing eligible high schoolers to register to vote
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-04-17/illinois-house-republicans-split-on-bill-allowing-eligible-high-schoolers-to-register-to-vote
HYDE PARK HERALD
— ‘Parent takeover’ greets teen gathering on 53rd Street. DD: How soon will Democrat leaders have their teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.hpherald.com/evening_digest/parent-takeover-greets-teen-gathering-on-53rd-street/article_d0f22d1e-09ab-4b11-8e6d-0391be7acd6b.html
SOUTHSDE PATCH
— Chicago Parents, Mentors, Teens Come Together To Discuss Solutions To Teen Takeovers. My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, which hosted the event, is a nonprofit dedicated to improving outcomes for boys and young men of color. DD: How soon will Democrat leaders have their teens takeover your downtown?
https://patch.com/illinois/southside/chicago-parents-mentors-teens-come-together-discuss-solutions-teen-takeovers
CHICAGO TODAY
— Chicago Pension Buyout Proposal Shifts Debt, Fails to Address Broader Fiscal Woes. DD: Since I was 49 in 1997, to stop me from coming to work, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $2 million in today’s dollars. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. GAO audits IRS. They especially do not want Republicans like me to audit IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, I brought with me almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988. I also brought with me what I learned earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. Because they assigned me to audits of federal financial regulators in 1990, I started taking graduate finance courses at IIT in 1992 and earned a master’s degree in Financial Markets and Trading from IIT in 1997. My Democrat GAO flushed all the aforesaid down their toilets when they succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://nationaltoday.com/us/il/chicago/news/2026/04/15/chicago-pension-buyout-proposal-shifts-debt-fails-to-address-broader-fiscal-woes/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/17/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-506/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Public Schools will stay open May 1
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-public-schools-will-stay-open-may-1/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Insiders vs. Voters: How Illinois Republicans Shut Out Their Own Base
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/04/insiders-vs-voters-how-illinois-republicans-shut-out-their-own-base.html
— Springfield Lawmakers Name Sandwiches While Illinois Families Face Crime, High Taxes
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/04/springfield-lawmakers-name-sandwiches-while-illinois-families-face-crime-high-taxes.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump seeks to rally youth vote for GOP at Turning Point USA event
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/17/trump-seeks-rally-youth-vote-gop-turning-point-usa-event/
— The pope is wrong on Iran. Here’s why.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/17/pope-wrong-iran-heres/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Marriage is what really matters
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4533807/what-really-matters-is-marriage/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Rep. John Larson (D-CT) has introduced 13 articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, House Resolution 1155
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-it-time-to-impeach-trump/
AMERICAN THINKER
— DHS Says It Costs $18,000 To Deport An Illegal Alien. It’s criminal that taxpayers must foot that bill, but it’s worth every penny.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/dhs_says_it_costs_18_000_to_deport_an_illegal_alien.html
DAILY CITIZEN
— Teachers Unions Celebrate ‘May Day’ – A Communist Workers Holiday
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/what-is-may-day/
FEDERALIST
— Racial Preferences in Economic Benefits: From Widely Accepted to Legally Indefensible. DD: During the almost 30 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat elected officials to hire, to retain, and to promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasing rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. During the 4 years that I served on the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee and during the 7 years that I served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organizations were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat and RINO leaders to promote more minorities, females, younger people, and/or veterans.
https://fedsoc.org/fedsoc-review/racial-preferences-in-economic-benefits-from-widely-accepted-to-legally-indefensible
FOX NEWS
— Detroit teen takeover spirals into chaos—gunfire reported as police rush in day after leaders call for calm. DD: How soon will Democrat leaders have their teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/teen-takeover-spirals-into-chaos-gunfire-reported-as-police-rush-in-day-after-leaders-call-for-calm/ar-AA20RBzV
— Washington Post columnist argues Muslims shouldn’t have to assimilate in America. ‘I’m tired of proving I belong in America,’ Shadi Hamid wrote.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-post-columnist-argues-muslims-shouldnt-have-assimilate-america
— Illegal street racing ‘takeover’ explodes as hundreds swarm Atlanta streets and suspects bolt. DD: How soon will Democrat leaders have their teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.aol.com/articles/watch-illegal-street-racing-takeover-184656578.html
NEWSMAX
— As Muslims gain in numbers and influence in the United States, they’ve become more reluctant to assimilate — to become Americanized.
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/mamdani-roosevelt-sharia/2026/04/17/id/1253302/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/sharia-radical-islam-make-the-case-for-muslim-assimilation/ar-AA2193tY
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Trump holds Turning Point USA rally. DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasing use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-holds-turning-point-usa-rally-amid-growing-tensions-with-the-pope-261613637721
AOL
— DC expands juvenile curfew zones across four neighborhoods. DD: How soon will Democrat leaders have their teens takeover your downtown?
https://www.aol.com/news/dc-mayor-bowser-reinstates-limited-125607730.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasing use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/us/politics/republicans-trump-pope-midterms.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: To discourage assimilation is to destroy America. All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. They were slow to assimilate. All my grandparents spoke German. Consequently, neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my mother never attended high school, and I had to work my way through college.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/04/08/muslims-religion-republicans-assimilation/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America Loses Its Will to Work. From the War on Poverty to ‘quiet quitting,’ we’ve stopped appreciating the value of honest labor.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/america-loses-its-will-to-work-85d74fd6
BLOOMBERG
— Mass Migration Has ‘Serious Social Consequences’
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-lionel-shriver-weekend-interview/?embedded-checkout=true
BLOOMBERG GOVERNMENT
— DD: To “work across the aisle,” RINO leaders destroy conservatives like me and destroy conservative organizations like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition.
https://about.bgov.com/insights/news/moderate-republicans-struggle-to-hold-the-center-as-fringe-grows/
DARTMOUTH
— Looking at the Future of American Democracy. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly use democracy a) to take more and more and more away from Republicans and b) to give it all to Democrats.
https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2026/04/looking-future-american-democracy
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I was born way back in 1948. If I had been born later, because I am all of the aforesaid bad demographics, I would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree, earn three master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, and earn a professional license. Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO leaders give more and more and more preference to those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/time-travel-across-borders/202402/why-americans-see-a-gloomy-future-but-others-dont
CATO
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote Islam.
https://www.cato.org/blog/muslim-immigrants-assimilate-even-more-polls-muslims-indicate
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly fight assimilation.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/1/27/2365703/community/why-assimilation-fails-in-the-us/
GAO
— Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request. DD: GAO is supposed to fight fraud, waste, and abuse. But since I was 49 in 1997, to stop me from coming to work, my Democrat GAO superiors have forced the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $2 million in today’s dollars. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. GAO audits IRS. They especially do not want Republicans like me to audit IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, I brought with me almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS except 1986-1988. I also brought with me what I learned earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. Because they assigned me to audits of federal financial regulators in 1990, I started taking graduate finance courses at IIT in 1992 and earned a master’s degree in Financial Markets and Trading from IIT in 1997. My Democrat GAO flushed all the aforesaid down their toilets when they succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-900719
April 16, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Bailey moves into Chicago apartment
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-republican-governor-candidate-darren-bailey-moves-chicago-apartment-south-side/18894497/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pope doubles down on peace and unity message as Trump’s criticism continues
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/15/pope-doubles-down-on-peace-and-unity-message-as-trumps-criticism-continues/
DAILY HERALD
— Bailey moves into Chicago apartment as GOP candidate courts city, suburban votes
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260415/illinois-state-politics/bailey-moves-into-chicago-apartment-as-gop-candidate-courts-city-suburban-votes/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Illinois gun owners take stand against state regulation
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-gun-owners-take-stand-against-state-regulation/article_680a7738-6217-5dad-bb86-655de6c192b1.html
WAND TV
— IL House Democrats pass plan requiring K-12 Latin American history. DD: What is your race? What is your national origin?
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-house-democrats-pass-plan-requiring-k-12-latin-american-history/article_3af0272b-eb4f-4c64-9eed-3a139033d916.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/16/wage-fight-exposes-policy-rift-00875186
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-504/
— DeVore offers $5,000 reward for person behind oppo dump. Somebody mailed Republican precinct committeepersons in the 15th Congressional District a letter designed to dissuade them from voting for Tom DeVore for the state central committee.
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/15/devore-offers-5000-reward-for-person-behind-oppo-dump/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CANTRAL COMMITTEE
— Tonight Kevin Coyne and Jeff Castle were unanimously elected as Chairman and Secretary, respectively, by the DuPage County GOP Precinct Committeemen at our County Convention.
https://www.facebook.com/DuPageGOP/photos/tonight-kevin-coyne-and-jeff-castle-were-unanimously-elected-as-chairman-and-sec/1358913306282038/
https://x.com/DuPageCountyGOP/status/2044606740222636185
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IRS: Who Pays How Much Income Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/04/15/who-pays-how-much-income-tax/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pope Leo XIV and Trump clash as Catholic faith pushes back against culture and government power. Public disagreement signals broader conflict over faith, authority and conscience.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/15/pope-leo-xiv-trump-clash-catholic-faith-pushes-back-culture/
— ICE sets 1 million deportation target for 2026, 2027.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/15/ice-sets-1-million-deportation-target-2026-2027/
— Women will decide the 2026 midterms.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/15/women-decide-2026-midterms/
— Dearborn, America’s first Muslim-run city. The extremist stronghold is gaining ground.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/15/dearborn-americas-first-muslim-run-city/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How Trump reshaped immigration court to crush asylum
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4530302/how-trump-reshaped-immigration-court-to-crush-asylum/
NEW YORK POST
— Illegal aliens cross border seeking ‘free’ sex changes in California
https://www.aol.com/articles/illegal-aliens-cross-border-seeking-150000325.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— Parents Want Civic Literacy and Colorblindness in Classrooms, Not Critical Race Theory
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/15/parents-want-civic-literacy-and-colorblindness-in-classrooms/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— America Cannot Survive Unlimited Birthright Citizenship
https://www.fairus.org/opinion/america-cannot-survive-unlimited-birthright-citizenship
FOX NEWS
— Chicago mayor warns of ‘teen trend’ after takeover chaos, violence concerns grow. The warning follows similar incidents nationwide, including a takeover in downtown Detroit over the weekend.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-mayor-warns-teen-trend-takeover-chaos-violence-concerns-grow
— Corey Brooks: Chicago’s deadly sanctuary madness is costing innocent Americans their lives
https://www.aol.com/articles/chicagos-deadly-sanctuary-madness-costing-140052956.html
TOWNHALL
— My Generation Cannot Sustain the America Democrats Are Creating. Over time, the United States has moved away from treating marriage and family formation as essential institutions. Public opinion reflects that change. Roughly 40 percent of Democrats say marriage is necessary for strong families, compared to approximately 80 percent of Republicans.
https://townhall.com/columnists/gregory-lyakhov/2026/04/13/my-generation-cannot-sustain-the-america-democrats-are-creating-n2674329
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— GOP stops 4th attempt to curtail Trump’s Iran war powers
https://thehill.com/newsletters/defense-national-security/5833467-senate-rejects-iran-war-resolution/
ROLL CALL
— Republicans attach transgender issues to voter ID push. Trump made it clear control of Congress was part of strategy for SAVE America Act.
https://r’New girls clubs’ took on the old boys. Now Trump wants to ban themollcall.com/2026/04/15/republicans-attach-transgender-issues-to-voter-id-push/
CBS NEWS
— House Democrats file articles of impeachment against Hegseth
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-impeachment-articles-house-democrats/
MSN
— Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signs severe anti-trans bill to ban kids from secretive transitions. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gop-governor-signs-severe-anti-trans-bill-to-ban-kids-from-secretive-transitions/ar-AA20S2cA
NEW YORK TIMES
— Vance Heckled in Antiwar Protest at Turning Point USA Event
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/us/politics/jd-vance-turning-point-usa-protest.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010841779/vance-turning-point-pope-heckle.html
USA TODAY
— ‘New girls clubs’ took on the old boys. Now Trump wants to ban them. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone, and especially at those who minority, female, and/or younger, that old White men who are Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time cause everyone’s problems and that they especially cause all the problems that those who are minority, female, and/or younger have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/04/15/trump-dei-crackdown-targets-women-networking/89426934007/
FOX DETROIT
— White House study says DEI policies cost US economy by promoting unqualified managers. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/white-house-study-dei-policies-cost-economy-promoting-unqualified-managers
WOAI
— GOP Still Failing To Grasp Amnesty For Illegals Is Political Poison Pill
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2026-04-14-gop-still-failing-to-grasp-amnesty-for-illegals-is-political-poison-pill/
NEWS NATION
— Democrats file articles of impeachment against Hegseth
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/democrats-impeachment-articles-against-hegseth/
NATIONAL TODAY
— California Shelters Provide Sex-Change Treatments to Homeless Illegal Aliens
https://nationaltoday.com/us/ca/san-francisco/news/2026/04/15/california-shelters-provide-sex-change-treatments-to-homeless-illegal-aliens/
CITY JOURNAL
— California Provides Sex-Change Procedures to Homeless Illegal Aliens. In San Francisco, ideology rules.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/homeless-illegal-immigrants-sex-change-california
— Mayor Mamdani’s Equity Plan Puts Group Identity Over Merit. Privileging ancestry risks dismantling the engine of opportunity that made New York City great.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-city-mamdani-racial-equity-plan
(FROM THE ARTICLE: New York City is one of the most opportunity-rich places on earth. It has attracted generations of immigrants of every race and creed, often arriving with little more than a suitcase and the firm belief that their hard work and determination would be rewarded. Yet Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s newly released Preliminary Citywide Racial Equity Plan—a 375-page monument to grievance politics and DEI—treats this urban engine of opportunity as a machine of oppression, in which “systemic racism” explains every gap in wealth, health, and achievement.
Released to great fanfare alongside a True Cost of Living report that dutifully slices data by race, Mamdani’s equity plan orders 45 agencies to view every budget line, hiring decision, and service through a “racial equity lens.” The result? More than 800 strategies and 600 indicators across seven domains—including economy, housing, education, and safety—that clothe institutionalized racial preferences in the garb of justice and will cost the city untold millions of dollars. The “missions and commitments” of city agencies are described with terms like diversity, equity, inclusion (listed separately so that the plan cannot be labeled DEI or critical theory), systemic disparity, racism, racial inequities, representation, discrimination, bias, segregation, and marginal. The agencies’ goals are to reinterpret their histories as structurally biased, to conduct extensive anti-bias trainings, to disaggregate data until disparities are all but guaranteed to appear, and then to align spending and policy decisions with predetermined equity targets, such as in hiring or minority- or women-owned business enterprise (M/WBE) procurement requirements. Mamdani’s equity plan is not the product of neutral analysis. It is a framework that presumes its conclusions and then operationalizes them. The result will be a city government less flexible and empirically oriented, one virtually obligated to see every outcome and process from a racial perspective. Searching keyword frequency offers insight into the plan’s identity hierarchy: “race,” including its variants “racist,” “racial,” and “racism,” appears 751 times. “Black” appears 189 times, “Latin” and “Hispanic” 97 times, “color” and “white” 49, “Asian” 27, and “Jew” or “Jewish” just once. In a sweeping, discrimination-obsessed government plan, a single, cursory mention of the group most disproportionately affected by bias attacks is striking. Jews have made up the largest share of hate-crime victims in New York City since 2000, when systematic tracking began. In recent years, even amid waves of attacks against Asians, attacks on Jews accounted for more than half of all hate-crime incidents (57 percent last year)—far in excess of the Jewish proportion of New York City residents. The word “merit” also gets but a single mention in the equity plan, relating to the New York State Civil Service Law requirement that candidates take a test to determine their qualifications for many jobs. The plan notes that this requirement reduced some groups’ “representation” in various positions. This suggests Mamdani’s readiness to favor identity-based characteristics over individual merit in civil service hiring. Dumbing down the test, for example, would align with the plan’s stated aim to produce equal employment outcomes across identity groups, reducing “gaps” without regard to actual performance in order to reach the goal of “equitable hiring.” This approach would undermine the very systems that once drove the city’s growth.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Twenty-somethings are drinking less, exercising more—and changing the way they socialize with others. DD: While you were working, what did you do that your coworkers did not do? While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, I took job-related college courses 1966-1969, but none of my Democrat coworkers did that. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, I took job-related graduate evening courses 1972-1980, but none of my Democrat coworkers did that. I took the CPA examination and passed it on my first attempt in 1979, but none of my Democrat coworkers did that. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, I took job-related graduate evening courses in 1980 and then 1992-1997, but none of my Democrat coworkers did that. I took the Certified Internal Auditor examination and passed it on my first attempt in 1981, but none of my Democrat coworkers did that. I became a licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Managers in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, but none of my Democrat GAO coworkers did that. To get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on getting rid of their superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/savings/gen-z-exercise-f33af2da
— IRS Chief Says Slimmer Tax Agency Is Pursuing Bad Actors. Frank Bisignano plans to lean on technology as tax enforcement staff shrinks. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors wasted my career. They wasted what I learned a) working for them 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, b) taking graduate evening business and accounting courses 1972-1980, and c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/irs-chief-says-slimmer-tax-agency-is-pursuing-bad-actors-abdcd520
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— OPM cuts degree requirements. DD: Because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980-1986 a) would not have hired me if I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and b) would not have promoted me in 1986 if I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981. Because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1974 a) would not have hired me in 1971 if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970 and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 and b) would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 if I had not been taking graduate evening business courses.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/04/opm-cuts-degree-requirements-government-tech-jobs-new-standards/412886/?oref=ge-featured-river-top
FED WEEK
— ‘Career Compass’ Site for HR Positions Launched. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted what I knew about HR. I earned a bachelor’s degree in HR from NIU when I was 21 in 1970. I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976. HR was my area of concentration.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/career-compass-site-for-hr-positions-launched/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Tennessee drops ‘pride’ from June and renames its ‘Nuclear Family Month’ sparking outrage from LGBT community. Tennessee Republicans tried — and failed — to pass a measure that would ban the use of Pride flags inside government buildings.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tennessee-pride-nuclear-family-month-b2958328.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/pride-nuclear-family-month-june-tennessee-b2958453.html
DAILY MAIL
— Fury from LGBTQ community as Tennessee declares June as ‘Nuclear Family Month’ and DROPS ‘pride’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15736435/Tennessee-nuclear-family-month-pride.html
April 15, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— “Parent Takeover” planned in Hyde Park amid expected teen takeover.
WGN9
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will ever-increasingly use AI to hire Democrats and RINOs, that is, to not hire Republicans.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lake County Auditor criticized for not coming into work, tax error
— Froylan Jimenez: Why I choose to teach in CPS on May Day
— Education advocates: Illinois should not scrap indicator that shows whether students can succeed after high school
— Before adding new rules on homelessness, let’s enforce the ones we have
— Chicago video gambling terminal fight continues as aldermen try to jump-start approval. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville receives another ‘best places to live’ in US honor
DAILY HERALD
— Wheaton officials favor stop signs over other traffic calming measures at intersection. DD: I led the successful effort to stop the stop light at Harrison and President in 1981. I handed out 1,000 “Stop the Stop Light” post cards at the intersection that were addressed to the Wheaton City Council. Motorists signed, put a stamp on, and sent in 400 of those post cards to the City Council. Ever since then, those who wanted that traffic signal have done everything that they can to destroy me. I should write a book about that.
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/lgbtq/2026/04/14/same-sex-couple-households-chicago-increase-census-data-shows
FOX ILLINOIS
— DD: Anti-conservatives ever-increasingly fight Turning Point USA.
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO
— After 20-point Supreme Court loss, Wisconsin Republicans look for who’s to blame. Some conservatives want state Republican Party Chair Brian Schimming fired. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have blamed me the most for the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I would focus on those who still have lots of clout and who have blamed what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, and what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007.
DUPAGE COUNTY
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone in DuPage County will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
WHEATON PATCH & POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/amp/33959638/giving-dupage-days-to-kick-off-7th-year
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Don’t call Darren Bailey MAGA. DD: In the March 17 Republican primary, in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton, Dabrowski got 66 votes, Bailey 32, Mendrick 27, and Heidner 11.
(FROM THE ARTICLE: NOT SO MAGA: Darren Bailey, the Republican who once eagerly aligned himself with President Donald Trump and his political movement, is now drawing a more careful distinction: He’s not MAGA — he’s just a Republican. In an interview, the GOP gubernatorial candidate said a MAGA Republican would accept whatever Trump said without question. Bailey says that’s not him. And to back it up, he has doubled down on criticizing Trump’s recent attack on Pope Leo XIV and his posting a meme appearing as Jesus. “It’s divisive. I wish President Trump would simply apologize and acknowledge that he messed up, and I think that would correct a lot,” Bailey told your Playbook host. It’s a notable bit of daylight between Bailey and a figure he once courted aggressively on the campaign trail. It also suggests that some Republicans may be recalibrating their stance as they try to balance Trump’s lasting influence with the realities of appealing to voters in a tough national climate in November. Bailey says he’s “concerned” about how the Trump v. pope exchange could affect the midterms “and Americans” in general, though he also acknowledges it’s too early to know. Besides, he said, “there’s going to be a bunch of drama in the next several months.” He also resisted predicting whether the controversy will impact key Republican constituencies, including Catholics. “I don’t know the political makeup of the church,” he said, before pivoting to campaign mode. Bailey criticized Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker, whom he says is to blame for a state “spiraling out of control” with rising costs and what he sees as mismanagement in Springfield.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-716
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-503
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— John Deere Quietly Choosing Indiana and North Carolina Over Illinois, Springfield Moving to Mandate Homeless Encampments in Suburban Parks. DD: My critics/opponents would love to see a homeless encampment in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct.
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State Rep. Adam Niemerg, R-Dieterich, is raising concerns about a proposal he says would expand access to in-state tuition for illegal immigrants in Illinois.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_54b71d86-623a-425c-aea3-cc81caf05de4.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Under the Democrats, your demographics are going to ever-increasingly impact your future. Democrats will ever-increasingly a) give more preference to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and b) destroy those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. Demographics that vote for Democrats include: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and noncitizen. Demographics that vote for Republicans include: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, RINO leaders give them more preference and destroy those who have demographics that vote for Republicans. – Dave Diersen
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman doing to get more votes in your precinct for Republican candidates on November 3? I am in the process of hand-delivering a letter to the 140 (39%) voters of the 361 registered Republican voters in my precinct who cast a Republican ballot in the March 17 primary. In that letter, I thanked them for voting. For the contested races, listed the candidates and how many votes each got in the precinct and which candidates won in their political jurisdictions. I listed the candidate in the uncontested races who got the most votes. I urged the voters to consider helping elect the candidates who won the primary to win the November 3 election. – Dave Diersen
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Unrestricted birthright citizenship devalues America. U.S. nationality a privilege, not a right.
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pope Leo attacked Trump first, on several occasions, not the other way around.
NEW YORK POST
— Pope’s stance on Iran war is shocking and ignores Tehran’s evil.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/14/opinion/popes-stance-on-iran-war-is-shocking-and-ignores-tehrans-evil
CHRISTIAN TODAY
— Young men are demoralized. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for those who are American, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give more preference to those who are noncitizen, liberal/moderate, non-Republican, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.christiantoday.com/news/young-men-are-demoralised-not-apathetic-says-report
FOX BUSINESS
— DEI policies cost US economy by promoting unqualified managers. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
FREE PRESS
— Colleges Will Never Give Up Racial Preferences
https://www.thefp.com/p/will-colleges-ever-give-up-racial
NEWSMAX
— Illegals Pull Back on Filing Taxes as IRS Data Sharing Sparks Fear.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/illegals-taxes-irs/2026/04/14/id/1252935
PATRIOT POST
— Republican Amnesty? The ‘Dignidad’ Act Ignores the Will of the People. A bipartisan bill that seeks to bring dignity to illegal aliens misses what voters are screaming for with regard to immigration enforcement.
WESTERN JOURNAL
— FAA puts DEI in the crosshairs, threatens any airline that doesn’t hire by merit. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always put their meeting their Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets ahead of everything. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degree, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump promised tax relief, but polling shows most Americans still think they’re overpaying. DD: Ever since I became an IRS employee when I was 22 years old in 1971, my critics/opponents have wanted me to pay more taxes.
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote LGBTQ and b) 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.
NEW YORK TIMES
— After Charlie Kirk’s Death, a Fight for the Youth Vote. A fledgling Democratic group and the far-right white nationalist Nick Fuentes seek to make gains on college campuses that have recently been dominated by Turning Point USA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/nyregion/pride-flag-stonewall-trump.html
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly focus on getting young people to protest Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/opinion/trump-protest-ai-phones-social-media.html
CONCORD MONITOR
— DD: According to my critics/opponents, when those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time do better than those who are not the aforesaid, it is because those who are the aforesaid benefit from discrimination against those who are not the aforesaid.
WSJ
— Why Pope Leo Is Such a Challenging Opponent for Trump. Pontiff is more popular than the president—and is a methodical political operator.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-pope-leo-catholic-church-41d834ce
— DD: Pot is poison. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to a) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) earn three job-related master’s degrees, c) earn six job-related professional certifications, or d) earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/should-pot-be-legal-af972838
(FROM A LETTER: Using marijuana diminishes one’s ability to reason clearly and make sound judgments—a core human capacity. From an ethical standpoint, reason isn’t only a biological function, it’s what enables moral discernment, responsibility and self-governance. Many would say our ability to have a conscience is a gift from God. Impairing this faculty through habitual drug use shrinks human dignity and weakens the moral foundation of society. When individuals voluntarily dull their reasoning, they become more susceptible to poor decisions that hurt not only themselves but their families and communities. The data reinforces this concern. According to research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, marijuana use is associated with impaired memory, attention and learning. Even more concerning, studies show that regular use, especially in younger people, can reduce IQ and long-term cognitive performance. If a substance measurably degrades the very capacity that allows people to think, choose wisely and act responsibly, its widespread legalization raises serious ethical and societal questions. Ultimately, laws exist not only to protect freedom, but to preserve the conditions that make freedom meaningful. Normalizing substances that impair reason risks eroding personal responsibility and moral accountability. If reason is a divine gift, then safeguarding it should be a priority, not something we compromise through legalization.)
POLITICO
— ‘They’re not getting what they voted for’: Jesus meme lays bare GOP frustrations with Trump. The president’s attacks on the first American pope and a deleted Jesus meme are deepening fractures within his MAGA coalition.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/14/trump-jesus-meme-pope-backlash-00872163
THOMPSON REUTERS
— 20 ways employees are motivated by their work. DD: GAO’s mission is to fight government fraud, waste, and abuse. That helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat GAO superiors to get rid of me. IRS’s mission is to administer tax laws. That helped me endure tremendous efforts starting in 1974 by my Democrat GAO superiors to get rid of me. The Post Office’s mission is to deliver mail. That helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat Post Office superiors to get rid of me. My aforesaid superiors wanted to get rid of me because I was not a Democrat, because I avoided the Vietnam War draft, because I was not a minority, female, or younger, because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and because I became an active member ii a class action lawsuit when I was 40 in 1988 that charged them with the aforesaid.
https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/careers/careers-blog/20-ways-employees-are-motivated-by-work
FEDERAL NEWS NEWORK
— Civilian job training program for transitioning service members. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, because of Republican-led budget cuts, they got rid of thousands of their employees, including me. There was no transitioning service. Worse yet, they despised/hated/punished their Republican employees like me because Gingrich and other Republicans cut GAO’s budget dramatically. When they succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, they did everything that they could to a stop me from getting a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. I should write about the aforesaid.
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Department of the Air Force and Space Force have limited the amount of time active-duty service members can spend gaining civilian work experience before separating from the military. The Defense Department’s SkillBridge program connects transitioning military personnel with private and public-sector organizations that offer internships and training opportunities to help them prepare for civilian careers. Service members could previously begin the program six months before leaving the service. The updated Air Force policy still allows Airmen and Guardians to participate in SkillBridge during their final 180 days of service, but caps participation time within that 6-month window based on rank.)
MEDIUM
— Investing in Yourself. DD: When I was in high school, no one thought that I was college material. Nevertheless, I took college preparatory courses, got an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my class, worked my way through college, earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, earned three job-related master’s degrees, earned six job-related professional certifications, and earned a job-related professional license. My father’s often decrying his not having a bachelor’s degree put me on track to do the aforesaid.
NTD
— All New York City employees have to take mandatory critical race theory training, which says that America is systematically racist. DD: Ever-increasingly, those who come to America hate Republicans, and especially Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
TPM
— How a Texas City Became the Far Right’s Next Example of the Great Replacement Theory. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats and for RINOs.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/frisco-texas-great-replacement
April 7, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chocolate-shops-bear-mascot-stolen-during-teen-takeover-recovered-by-chicago-police/3919143/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/news/local/chicago-police-recover-chocolate-shops-mascot-stolen-during-takeover/3919177/
CBS2
— DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-police-help-recover-teddy-bear-stolen-during-teen-takeover/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-police-helicopter-teddy-bear-downtown-teen-takeover/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/07/chicago-us-attorney-boutros-operation-midway-blitz/
— Springfield defends us all against Mayor Brandon Johnson’s worst ideas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/07/editorial-head-tax-brandon-johnson-springfield-anthony-deluca-curtis-tarver/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Supreme Court declines challenge to Illinois law restricting guns on public transit. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-supreme-court-illinois-concealed-carry-20260406/
DECATUR DAILY
— Pope Leo’s flawed war doctrine. DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.decaturdaily.com/opinion/columnists/cal-thomas-pope-leo-s-flawed-war-doctrine/article_9e9cb82f-09f1-4587-a8a6-dd5099d44444.html
WIFR & KWQC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wifr.com/video/2026/04/07/illinois-pursues-abortion-coverage-people-with-little-or-no-insurance/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbrNEqFoZkY
POLITICO Illinois
— Back to the grindstone in Springfield
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/07/back-to-the-grindstone-in-springfield-00861207
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-710/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Vallas: Chicago Mayor’s “Reparations” Rhetoric Masks His Policy Failures
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-mayor-reparations-rhetoric-masks-policy-failures
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois House speaker’s son to attend private school. DD: My parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. My critic/opponents have always outrageously/disgustingly/falsely/unethically used that to demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents, and therefore me, as being filthy rich. They have always known full-well that my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, that he almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, that he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969, and that I had to work my way through college. They have always known full-well that I did yard work 1962-1964, that I delivered newspapers 1962-1966, that I washed dishes 1964-1966, that I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, that I delivered mail 1966-1969, that I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, that I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, and that I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6b5d5db7-919d-4590-b10c-68f3afa7e571.html
— Illinois gun owners plan rally in wake of Supreme Court order. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_7fa1b719-3d12-4788-b26c-ebf320114239.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Anchor babies hit surge status, totaling 9 percent of U.S. births. DD: How many millions in America are anchor babies?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/2/anchor-babies-hit-surge-status-totaling-9-percent-us-births/
AMAC
— Supreme Court Must Abort Birthright Citizenship. DD: QUESTION: Who wants birthright citizenship? ANSWER: Leaders of foreign countries who want to takeover America. If the communists who run China decide to, they could sent many millions of their pregnant citizens into America to give birth. Further, more and more and more who are the following want citizenship because Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference: those who want/need/demand government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, have health, financial, and/or other problems and/or are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. How many millions in America are anchor babies?
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/supreme-court-must-abort-birthright-citizenship/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Birthright Citizenship and the Making of Citizens. DD: QUESTION: Who wants birthright citizenship? ANSWER: Leaders of foreign countries who want to takeover America. If the communists who run China decide to, they could sent many millions of their pregnant citizens into America to give birth. Further, more and more and more who are the following want citizenship because Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference: those who want/need/demand government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, have health, financial, and/or other problems and/or are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. How many millions in America are anchor babies?
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/birthright-citizenship-and-the-making-of-citizens/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— GOP looks at overturning case allowing undocumented children in US public schools. DD: What percent of the students in your school district are illegals?
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/03/31/gop-looks-at-overturning-case-allowing-undocumented-children-in-us-public-schools-1630266/
BLAZE
— Bondi’s epic failures. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government got rid of my Democrat superiors and supervisors who failed to get rid of me and my coworkers who shared my demographics. Of course, they rapidly got rid of a) the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and b) the GAO manager who arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and promote me in 1986.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-liz-wheeler-show/liz-wheeler-exposes-pam-bondi-list-failures-trump-fires-her
BREITBART
— Britain Disarmed its People and Now Nears ‘Islamist Abyss.’ DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/04/06/james-woods-britain-disarmed-its-people-now-its-standing-on-the-edge-of-the-islamist-abyss/amp/
— ICE Has Arrested 20,000 Illegal Aliens in D.C. Region
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/04/06/report-ice-has-arrested-20000-illegal-aliens-d-c-region/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to decide whether individuals can carry firearms on public transportation. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/04/06/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-challenge-to-illinois-public-transport-gun-ban/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Obama Center takes heat as critics cry foul over ID rules for free entry — while Dems blast voter ID laws. Illinois residents must show valid ID for free Tuesday admission ahead of the center’s June 19 opening.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/obama-center-heat-critics-cry-foul-over-id-rules-free-entry-while-dems-blast-voter-id-laws
— Supreme Court’s showdown on birthright citizenship decision could reshape America. DD: QUESTION: Who wants birthright citizenship? ANSWER: Leaders of foreign countries who want to takeover America. If the communists who run China decide to, they could sent many millions of their pregnant citizens into America to give birth. Further, more and more and more who are the following want citizenship because Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference: those who want/need/demand government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, have health, financial, and/or other problems and/or are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. How many millions in America are anchor babies?
https://www.aol.com/articles/supreme-courts-showdown-birthright-citizenship-090043186.html
MEN’S GEAR
— A Modern Guide to Self-Defense and Understanding Your Legal Boundaries
https://mensgear.net/a-modern-guide-to-self-defense/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: You cannot legally claim self-defense if you actively start or physically escalate the conflict. You cannot meet verbal threats, insults, or aggressive posturing with physical violence. You cannot use a deadly weapon against an unarmed, non-lethal threat without facing serious criminal charges.
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump rips Supreme Court over birthright citizenship. DD: QUESTION: Who wants birthright citizenship? ANSWER: Leaders of foreign countries who want to takeover America. If the communists who run China decide to, they could sent many millions of their pregnant citizens into America to give birth. Further, more and more and more who are the following want citizenship because Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference: those who want/need/demand government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, have health, financial, and/or other problems and/or are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. How many millions in America are anchor babies?
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5818557-birthright-citizenship-trump-sc/
ROLL CALL
— DD: My critics/opponents paint themselves as being woke. To paint yourself as being woke is to be anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://rollcall.com/2026/04/06/for-these-republicans-the-war-on-woke-starts-at-home/
CBS NEWS
— Nationwide “teen takeover” trend causes concern for law enforcement. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/video/nationwide-teen-takeover-trend-causes-concern-for-law-enforcement/
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/atlanta-mayor-calls-for-safe-hangouts-and-parents-to-help-as-teen-takeovers-rise-across-the-city/
MSN
— Nationwide teen takeover trend causes concern for law enforcement. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nationwide-teen-takeover-trend-causes-concern-for-law-enforcement/vi-AA20i7QG
— Pope Leo rebukes ‘fake news’ in veiled swipe at Trump. DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/pope-leo-rebukes-fake-news-in-veiled-swipe-at-trump/gm-GM25BBE8F9
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history
https://apnews.com/article/news-industry-buyouts-ap-newspapers-dd790effc6a385514b3323560161ea4f
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The news organization is becoming more focused on visual journalism and developing new revenue sources, particularly through companies investing in artificial intelligence, to cope with the economic collapse of many legacy news outlets. Once the lion’s share of AP’s revenue, big newspaper companies now account for 10% of its income.)
NEWSWEEK
— Pope Leo Rebukes Signature Donald Trump Phrase. DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.newsweek.com/pope-leo-rebukes-signature-donald-trump-phrase-11788078
NEW YORK TIMES
— Pope Leo Calls for Peace and Warns of a World Indifferent to Violence. DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/world/europe/pope-leo-easter.html
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have and b) give non-Whites more preference over Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/nyregion/mamdani-moves-to-link-affordability-agenda-with-racial-equity.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats are turning Republicans’ arguments against them in midterm races. Republicans won in 2024 by promising to cut the cost of living, but high gas prices are frustrating voters and providing a potent line of attack ahead of this year’s elections.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/07/democrats-gas-prices-election-2026/
BOSTON HERALD
— DD: RINO leaders purge conservatives. I should write about past and present RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) who have purged the most conservatives from the aforesaid organizations. Of course, I would start with those who purged me. I am no longer the MTRO webmaster. I am no longer an ICRC Steering Committee member. I am no longer the TAPROOT chairman. I am no longer the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks. I was thrown off the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee.
https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/04/02/battenfeld-president-trump-and-maga-purging-rinos-from-party/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pope Leo XIV Goes to War. The pontiff wrongly suggests that pacifism is the sole acceptable moral position. DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/pope-leo-xiv-goes-to-war-2a4970be
— The Constitution Could Let Noncitizens Vote. States could loosen their rules, and an amendment is the only way to prevent it. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-constitution-could-let-noncitizens-vote-bee06b3f
— The Farm Labor Shortfall Bites. U.S. workers applied for only 182 of 415,000 jobs advertised last year. DD: I never worked on a farm. But 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. My critics/opponents never had to take such bad jobs and they would never have stooped to take such bad jobs.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/farm-labor-trump-administration-h-2a-visas-immigrants-d028e121
FORBES
— Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship? Supreme Court To Weigh In. DD: QUESTION: Who wants birthright citizenship? ANSWER: Leaders of foreign countries who want to takeover America. If the communists who run China decide to, they could sent many millions of their pregnant citizens into America to give birth. Further, more and more and more who are the following want citizenship because Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference: those who want/need/demand government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, have health, financial, and/or other problems and/or are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. How many millions in America are anchor babies?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2026/04/06/can-trump-end-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-to-weigh-in/
AMERICAN BANKER
— DD: Do not anticipate/expect to be hired by Goldman Sacks a) unless you are a Democrat, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, your ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and/or you are noncitizen and/or b) unless you promise to help Gorman Sacks get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of America.
https://www.americanbanker.com/news/goldman-sachs-defends-its-diversity-work-against-anti-dei-claims
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 55% Want Penalties on Companies That Hire Illegals. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/55_want_penalties_on_companies_that_hire_illegals
COLUMBIA MAGAZINE
— Is Objectivity in Journalism Even Possible? DD: According to my critics/opponents, you are not a journalist if you are conservative, if you do not have a degree in journalism, and if you are not paid for what you do. My critics/opponents have a very low opinion of me, they vehemently disapprove of me, they strongly blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. I should start writing about my critics/opponents.
https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/objectivity-journalism-even-possible
MOVIE GUIDE
— High dating standards. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. 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 for 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.movieguide.org/news-articles/sadie-robertson-and-christian-huff-talk-high-dating-standards.html
POLITICO
— IRS staffing shortage collides with GOP’s tax cut campaign pitch. 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 IRS’s new Centiphone automated answering system in downtown Chicago. I supervised the operation’s entire staff which included 90 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 that promoted me. They disallowed my travel vouchers. They disallowed my education deductions. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt. They made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. That directly resulted in my transferring to GAO.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/06/irs-falls-short-of-filing-season-staffing-00860634
— Donald Trump’s intervention in the California governor’s race caught much of the state’s political establishment by surprise.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/06/before-trump-backed-hilton-loomer-was-already-at-work-00861205
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I don’t know what to make of it. I thought we were heading to two Republicans in the final two,” said John Cox, a Republican who made the 2018 runoff against Gov. Gavin Newsom largely on the strength of Trump’s endorsement.)
DAILY KOS
— DD: QUESTION: Who wants birthright citizenship? ANSWER: Leaders of foreign countries who want to takeover America. If the communists who run China decide to, they could sent many millions of their pregnant citizens into America to give birth. Further, more and more and more who are the following want citizenship because Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly give them more preference: those who want/need/demand government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, have health, financial, and/or other problems and/or are minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American. How many millions in America are anchor babies?
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/4/6/2376575/-14th-Amendment-attacks-are-about-White-birthright-citizenship-in-Trump-s-electoral-autocracy
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDEPENDENT
— Trump Truth Store closes as owner blames low sales on Iran war: ‘Dead as a doornail.’ Proprietor shutters Illinois business as demand for MAGA merchandise dwindles.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-store-closure-iran-war-b2952946.html
FREE PRESS
— Colleges Will Never Give Up Racial Preferences
https://www.thefp.com/p/will-colleges-ever-give-up-racial
ECONOMIC TIMES
— I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. DD: To discourage/stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out, my critics/opponents ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that my promoting conservative principles and that my promoting the Republican Party platform is hopeless, and that therefore, it is a waste of my time, a waste of my effort, and a waste of my money. They stress the adverse actions that they have had their operative and their dupes take against me including a) throwing me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, d) ending my service as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, e) ending my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, f) ending my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, g) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) defeating my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, and i) getting a registered Republican voter in my precinct to run against me for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000.
https://m.economictimes.com/us/news/tuesday-motivation-by-angela-davis-i-am-no-longer-accepting-the-things-i-cannot-change-i-am-changing-the-things-i-iconic-voice-for-civil-rights-social-justice-and-prison-abolition/amp_articleshow/130073947.cms
DAILY MAIL
— Pope rejects claims God justifies war. DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/pope-rejects-claims-god-justifies-war-in-palm-sunday-mass-as-us-prepares-for-iran-ground-invasion/ar-AA1ZF9jx
— Naperville, a stunning suburb named America’s best place to live 2025, is overrun by hundreds of feral teens. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/other/stunning-suburb-named-america-s-best-place-to-live-2025-is-overrun-by-hundreds-of-feral-teens/ar-AA1ZQVKF
— Horrified tourists visiting Chicago confronted by nightmarish Mad Max scene unfolding outside window of their Hampton Inn hotel room. DD: Sooner or later, Democrat teens will takeover your downtown.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15709507/chicago-teen-mad-max-scene-hotel-loop-cars.html
April 6, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— Retirement ‘magic number’ jumps to $1.46 million as Americans grow anxious about their financial futures. DD: My retirement savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/americans-grow-anxious-retirement
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote birthright citizenship.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/06/column-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-donald-trump-page/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2026/04/05/illinois-conversion-therapy-ban-intact-after-supreme-court-ruling-advocates-wary-future-challenges
ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Illinois need‑focused funding bill draws dissent. DD: I transferred from UIC to NIU at the start of 1969 when I was 20. I was able to keep my part-time Park Forest Post Office job by coming home to my parents’ home in Crete weekends, holidays, and every day NIU was not in session. I worked full-time during the summer of 1969. But my Democrat superiors forced me to resign at the end of that summer by falsely claiming that I would not be available to work enough part-time hours. I was available to work every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, holiday, and every day NIU was not in session.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/illinois-need-focused-funding-bill-draws-dissent/article_66f6b595-70e4-4b16-a9f8-e647b5d48204.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lawmakers questioned Illinois university leaders about a contentious bill that adjusts how new money is allocated to in-state, public universities. The new funding formula would favor smaller schools with the least funding. . .Northern Illinois University President Dr. Lisa Freeman also reflected her support, saying it would be a long-term solution to a major problem.)
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Legislators resist Johnson revenue plans
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/06/legislators-resist-johnson-revenue-plans-00859400
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Why do Democrat candidates, elected officials, and party leaders promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI? It is because they want more votes from those who benefit from AA and DEI, that is, those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and those who ancestors have not been in America for a long time. It is because the aforesaid are far more likely to want/need/demand government assistance, lack education and/or job skills, and/or have financial, health, and/or other problems.
hiring discrimination against white males is really a thing. And, there’s not much that can be done
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DD: Your decisions a) to earn a college degree, b) to select the college to earn it from, and c) to select your major are all extremely important. I regret my not majoring in accounting from the beginning. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses until I was 27. I did not take the CPA examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting until I was 31. I did not take the Certified Internal Auditor examination and pass it on my first attempt until I was 32. I did not become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, because of my bad demographics, the accounting profession considered me to be too old to have a successful career in accounting.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/5/college-decisions-matter-less-families-think-despite-rising-costs/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— DD: As I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, Affirmative Action and DEI ever-increasingly became more and more and more entrenched. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-dei-still-entrenched-at-the-state-department/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Texas A&M San Antonio English course ties standard English to ‘oppression.’ DD: According to Democrats and according to RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you oppress others: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/texas-am-san-antonio-english-course-ties-standard-english-oppression/29668
FOX NEWS
— There’s no such thing as birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6392626175112
— Pentagon cites ‘meritocracy’ as reported officer promotion removals draw Democratic criticism. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, b) who had less education than I had, c) who had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, d) who had no professional license like I did, and/or e) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/articles/pentagon-cites-meritocracy-reported-officer-211958987.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Bondi failed to prosecute Trump’s foes. DD: While my Democrat superiors in the federal government never prosecuted me, they took many big adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) forced me to resign in 1969 and b) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. They ever-increasingly ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my 1970 job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees, c) my 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997 job-related professional certifications, and d) my 1981 job-related professional license. They would not have done any of the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/pam-bondi-failed-prosecute-trumps-foes-todd-blanche-probably-will-rcna266627
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Republicans Must Stop Being Democrat-Lite. DD: It is beyond obvious that Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois ever-increasingly paint themselves as being Democrat-Lite. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. But fewer and fewer and fewer Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois defend and advance the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. That brings forth the demise of the Republican Party in Illinois.
https://www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-the-gops-problem-in-its-strategies-or-its-policies/republicans-must-stop-being-democrat-lite
NEW YORK TIMES
— Parents Who Borrowed for Children’s College Face Looming Deadline. DD: My mother attended high school. She never worked outside of the home until after my father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. Because my father did not earn enough money, he never earned more than $50,00/year in today’s dollars, he could not have gotten a loan to pay for my college expenses. Because of that, and because I could not get any scholarships, my ACT score was only 24 and I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class, I had to work my way through college. I did that, but my GPA suffered.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/your-money/parent-plus-college-loans-deadline.html
WASHINGTON POST
— APRIL 3, 2015 FLASHBACK: Would the government have hired you in 1956? DD: If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, IRS would not have offered me a job when I was 22 in 1971.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/04/03/would-the-government-have-hired-you-in-1956/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The old civil service exam was introduced in 1955, a proctored, pencil-and-paper test that thousands of Americans took each year to get federal jobs. It was called the Federal Service Entrance Examination. A brochure called “Futures in the Federal Government” opened with these words: “Wanted: People of Promise” and urged Americans to take the exam. Starting salaries were listed at $4,040.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Bobby Jindal Condemns Democrat-Lite Republicans. DD: It is beyond obvious that Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois ever-increasingly paint themselves as being Democrat-Lite. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. But fewer and fewer and fewer Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois defend and advance the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. That brings forth the demise of the Republican Party in Illinois.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-52829
— FRONT PAGE: The Number of Law-School Grads Getting Extra Time for the Bar Exam Is Surging. DD: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32 in 1981. I should write about my critics/opponents who have ignored/dismissed/belittled that the most. I would focus on my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors. I would focus on past/present Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have lost elections. I would focus on past/present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc. I would focus on past/present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, etc. I would focus on past/present conservative leaders in Illinois. I would focus on past/present religious leaders in Illinois. I would focus on past/present major Republican donors in Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who reject the most conservative principles, religious principles, and planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/bar-exam-extra-time-696cfd11
INC.
— Hiring discrimination against white males is real. And, there’s not much that can be done about it. DD: Ever-increasingly, since the 1960s, Democrat leaders have ever-increasingly used Affirmative Action and DEI to pressure employers to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and who have ancestors have not been in America for a long time. Because I am none of the aforesaid, to fight against Democrat political affiliation discrimination, Democrat reverse discrimination, Democrat age discrimination, Democrat religious discrimination, and Democrat national origin discrimination, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. But because I refused to become a Democrat, but because I complained about their discrimination, but because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with their discrimination when I was 40 in 1988, my Democrat superiors wasted my career, they took many big adverse actions against me, and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I should write about the aforesaid.
https://www.inc.com/jt-odonnell/this-white-male-cant-get-hired-should-we-feel-sorry-for-him.html
POYNTER
— Journalists need to rethink their relationship with corrections. DD: I do not have a proofreader. Please let me know if you see that I made a big typo in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Most commonly, I leave out short words. Yesterday, I left out the word “not.” My comment on the Next Gov article should have read “OMB Director Russell Vought says GAO should NOT exist.
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2022/journalists-need-to-rethink-their-relationship-with-corrections/
PRESS READER
— Pam Bondi is out of a job, yet she holds the Trump card. DD: When my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, they knew that I did not hold any Republican cards. They knew that my demographics were terrible. They knew that none of the Republican leaders above me would come to my defense. They knew that the Republican leaders above me rejected the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. They knew that the Republicans leaders above me were doing everything that they could to get more votes from minorities and from females. They knew that the Republicans above me were promoting race and gender based preference giving.
https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-irish-mail-on-sunday/20260405/281973204207658
NPR
— DD: How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC had a monumental impact on me when I was 22 in 1971. I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted that job offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/31/nx-s1-5763966/eeoc-trump-white-men-civil-rights-dei-discrimination
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. For them, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats. Consequently, federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: 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.govexec.com/management/2026/04/critics-argue-new-federal-workforce-rules-increase-risk-politicization-not-accountability/412558/
— DD: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors always hinted/implied that all the many big adverse actions that they took against me were “for cause.” They got ever-increasingly more furious that I did the following because it made it ever-increasingly more difficult for them to do justify their adverse actions: a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, c) I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/08/trump-administration-considering-notifying-probationary-employees-they-were-fired-cause-actually/407555/
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY
— The CPA license is a powerful, proven differentiator — a mark of public trust, professional rigor, and long-term career value. If you possess the skill, smarts, and persistence to become a licensed CPA, that should be something to celebrate and declare in your business dealings. DD: I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981. I should write about my critics/opponents who have ignored/dismissed/belittled my becoming a licensed CPA the most. I would focus on my Democrat GAO superiors. I would focus on past/present Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have lost elections. I would focus on past/present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, etc. I would focus on past/present Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, etc. I would focus on past/present conservative leaders in Illinois. I would focus on past/present religious leaders in Illinois. I would focus on past/present major Republican donors in Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who reject the most conservative principles, religious principles, and planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/issues/2025/may/display-that-cpa/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that in America, those who are the following will ever-increasingly be in the minority: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that poverty and crime will ever-increasingly increase.
https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2026/03/25/the-united-states-at-250-how-the-country-has-changed-in-the-past-50-years/
SLATE
— A growing number of job seekers have begun “lowballing” their salary expectations. DD: When I was 31 in 1980, to get promoted to GS-13, I took a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. I finally made GS-13 when I was 38 in 1986, but that would not have happened if I had not 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, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and e) became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But most importantly, I never would made GS-13 at GAO if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer had not gotten back into power, assigned me to audits of IRS, and promoted me when I was 38.
https://slate.com/technology/2026/01/job-market-hiring-lowball-salary-careers.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FIND MBA
— Business schools say the market for new MBA graduates has cooled, with salary growth moderating across several sectors that once offered near-automatic pay premiums. DD: If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have promoted me to GS-9 (currently $68,999/year) in 1972 when I was 23, to GS-11 (currently $83,482/year) in 1973, and to GS-12 (currently $100,059/year) in 1974. I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. But my Democrat IRS superiors ignored/dismissed/belittled that a) because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran and b) because I complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Because they had made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13 (currently $118,984/year), I transferred to GAO in 1980.
https://find-mba.com/articles/as-salary-growth-slows-mba-graduates-rethink-the-job-market
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the U.S., employers expect MBA starting salaries to rise slightly in 2025 compared with 2024 – reaching $125,000 – but GMAC notes that the increases are not statistically significant once inflation is accounted for. . .Pay at top consulting firms has stalled for a third straight year, reflecting weaker client demand and the growing use of AI to automate junior-level work. At leading consulting firms McKinsey, BCG and Bain & Company, MBA recruits continue to command total compensation packages of roughly $270,000—$285,000, according to Management Consulted.)
April 5, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/02/former-hanover-park-cop/
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/05/lgbtq-protections-illinois/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote birthright citizenship.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/video/trumps-birthright-citizenship-challenge-raises-concerns/11670571/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— How much longer will Mamdani let the NYPD keep a lid on crime?
https://nypost.com/2026/04/04/opinion/how-much-longer-will-nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-let-the-nypd-keep-a-lid-on-crime/
BREITBART
— Taxpayers Could Spend Millions Renaming Cesar Chavez Streets Nationwide
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/04/04/taxpayers-could-spend-millions-renaming-cesar-chavez-streets-nationwide/amp/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders always have and always will give preference to Democrats and to RINOs who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-admin-from-gathering-college-applicant-information/amp/
FOX NEWS
–DD: My critics/opponents have always put race and gender based preference giving ahead of meritocracy. They got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. They got rid of the GAO manager who arranged for my transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me in 1986. All my coworkers who my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They all had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.aol.com/articles/pentagon-cites-meritocracy-reported-officer-211958987.html
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— SAVE Americans From Disenfranchisement and Second-Class Citizenship
https://www.heritage.org/election-integrity/commentary/save-americans-disenfranchisement-and-second-class-citizenshi
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— George Washington University Changes Only the Name of its ‘Diversity Summit.’ Democrat and RINO leaders always have and always will give preference to Democrats and to RINOs who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/04/george-washington-university-changes-only-the-name-of-its-diversity-summit/amp/
PJ MEDIA
— Chinese Air Force Base Bombers Were Birthright Citizens, Parents Are Illegal Aliens
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/04/04/chinese-air-force-base-bombers-were-birthright-citizens-parents-are-illegal-aliens-n4951445
TOWNHALL
— Democrats’ Open Borders Policies Caused a Massive Spike in Chicago’s HIV Cases
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/04/04/chicago-hiv-infections-n2673835
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders always have and always will give preference to Democrats and to RINOs who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5816716-federal-judge-blocks-trump-education-data/amp/
CBS NEWS
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-100000-dollar-h-1b-visa-fee-impacting-u-s-ability-to-attract-global-talent/
YAHOO
— Not Marriage Material, Not Yet. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. 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 for 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.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/summer-house-amanda-batula-west-161307307.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Voters Say Congress Is Too Old. DD: How has age discrimination impacted you? Starting in 1974 when I was 25, my Democrat IRS superiors used “up-or-out” to get rid of me, that is, they used age discrimination to get rid of me. Because they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25 and because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they ever-increasingly made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. They ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. Because of that, to get promoted to GS-13, I transferred to GAO in 1980. But my Democrat GAO superiors also used age discrimination to get rid of me. They a) forced me to tale a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, b) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delayed my promotions back to GS-12, d) did not promote me to GS-13 until 1986, e) never promoted me beyond GS-13, 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 ignored/dismissed/belittled a) my earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, b) my passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, d) my earning four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and d) my earning a master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/us/voters-congress-old-democrats.html
— DD: What have your critics/opponents used to justify their taking adverse actions against you? My Democrat superiors in the federal government used my a) complaining about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and b) my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid. Those in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout have used a) my not doing what they want, b) my opposing things they want, and c) my filing lawsuits against them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/us/politics/attorney-general-trump.html
— DD: Since the 1960s, the Democrats and the RINOs above me have ever-increasingly crowed about their success in giving more preference to minorities and to females, that is, they have ever-increasingly crowed about their success in discriminating against Whites and against men. I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/us/trump-lawsuit-admissions-data.html
— DD: My critics/opponents always have been woke, they are woke, and they always will be woke, that is, they always have discriminated against those who are the following, they are discriminating against those who are the following, and they always will discriminate against those who are the following: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/politics/trump-budget-proposal-woke.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— More Americans Are Breaking Into the Upper Middle Class. DD: According to your critics/opponents, are/were you overpaid? According to my critics/opponents, I have always been overpaid. In today’s dollars, my salary was $19.57/hour when I was 18 in 1966, $56,409/year when I was 22, $68,999/year when I was 23, $83,482/year when I was 24, $100,059/year when I was 25, $113,402/year when I was 30, $89,703/year when I was 31, $118,984/year when I was 38, and $154,682/year when I was 49. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension has been $68,640/year since I was 49. In my defense, a) I worked my way through college, b) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, c) I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, 48, d) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/more-americans-are-breaking-into-the-upper-middle-class-bf8b7cb2
https://www.wsj.com/video/series/wsj-explains/how-much-do-you-need-to-be-upper-middle-class-wsj-reporter-explains/107A4312-5760-43A6-8C90-16E8F43E8CF0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2024, about 31% of Americans were part of the upper middle class, up from about 10% in 1979, according to a report released this year by the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute. There is no single, standard definition of middle class, or upper middle class, and what counts as a hefty income in one city can feel paltry in another. The AEI report, by Stephen Rose and Scott Winship, classified a family of three earning $133,000 to $400,000 in 2024 dollars as upper middle class. Households earning more were categorized as rich. The analysis looked just at incomes, not assets such as stocks or real estate. . .A Pew Research Center analysis using a different methodology also discovered that the share of American families in the higher-income group is growing. The analysis found that in 2023, 19% of Americans fell into an “upper income” group, up from 11% in 1971. Pew classified upper income as those earning more than twice the median household income, so more than roughly $200,000 or more for a family of three in 2024. While inflation-adjusted incomes grew substantially for all groups, they rose much faster for the well-off families.)
— The Typical U.S. Home Is 44 Years Old—And Needs Tons of Work. DD: In recent years, my wife and I have spent a lot of money on deferred maintenance and upgrades on our 42 year old home.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/the-typical-u-s-home-is-44-years-oldand-needs-tons-of-work-a1fd89ea
FORTUNE
— Trump touted cuts to ‘woke’ programs 34 times in his budget with a $1.5 trillion boost for his Department of War
https://fortune.com/2026/04/04/trump-cuts-to-woke-programs-budget-1-5-trillion-defense-spending/
FORBES
— 4 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Manage Risk. DD: Because I am risk-adverse, I have never wanted to be an entrepreneur.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/keithkrach/2023/03/24/4-ways-entrepreneurs-can-manage-risk/
— Self-Employment Is Rising. Here’s How Entrepreneurs Are Reducing The Risk. DD: Because I am risk-adverse, I have never wanted to be self-employed.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliakorn/2026/02/17/self-employment-is-rising-heres-how-entrepreneurs-are-reducing-the-risk/
BLOOMBERG
— Want to Be Popular? DD: What could you have done, but you did not do, to make yourself popular with your critics/opponents? I did not become a veteran. I did not become a Democrat or a RINO. I did not help my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government get rid of their employees because they were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. I did not adopt or become a foster parent. But most significantly, a) I refused to be manipulated/dominated by my critics/opponents, b) I refused to glorify and praise them, c) I refused to pander to them, d) I refused to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) I refused to cover up their wrong doing, and f) I refused to give them money.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2014-06-18/want-to-be-popular-don-t-be-president?embedded-checkout=true
FED WEEK
— GAO: Lost of Expertise, Lowered Performance Goals Because of SEC Staff Cuts. DD: Because Gingrich gutted GAO instead of reforming GAO during the 1980s and 1990s, GAO is just a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have been able to a) force me to tale a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer form IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/gao-told-of-lost-expertise-lowered-performance-goals-from-ses-staff-cuts/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: GAO has issued the latest of what has become a series of warnings about the impact of agency downsizing last year, in this case focusing on loss of expertise at the SEC as it lost nearly 900 employees, 18 percent of its staff. While the agency did not conduct any RIFs—more than two-thirds of those who departed took deferred resignation offers and the rest left for early retirement or other reasons—more than half of the employees GAO spoke with “said that departing employees had either unique knowledge or specific subject matter expertise, resulting in a loss of institutional knowledge.”
NEXT GOV
— DD: OMB Director Russell Vought says GAO should NOT exist. Because Gingrich gutted GAO instead of reforming GAO during the 1980s and 1990s,, GAO is just a shell of what it once was. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have been able to a) force me to tale a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer form IRS to GAO in 1980, b) keep me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) delay my promotions and never promote me beyond GS-13, d) always rank me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2026/03/vought-takes-aim-gao-new-guidance/412099/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— By late 2025, more than one million Indian students were pursuing higher education overseas, reinforcing India’s position as one of the largest contributors to global student mobility. A 2025 report noted a 26% rise in global MBA applications originating from India. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors were furious when I starting taking graduate evening business courses in 1972 because my coworkers who they wanted to promote over me did not do that. They got more furious when I earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981 because my coworkers who they wanted to promote over had not done that. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. They all had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/how-merit-based-scholarships-are-reshaping-mba-destination-choices-for-indian-applicants-in-2026/ar-AA1ZZ2HK
April 3, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to retire immediately. DD: Have you been asked to retire? My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I did not take their $25,000 buyout and early retirement “offer” when I was 45 in 1993. Their agency-wide “offer” was designed to help them get rid GAO employees like me who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and who they had not promoted to Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year. All my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of shared most if not virtually all of my demographics.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/hegseth-asked-army-chief-staff-gen-randy-george-step-down-sources/18830314/
CBS2
— Chicago area officials accuse ICE of targeting people at courthouses in violation of Illinois law
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-area-officials-accuse-ice-of-targeting-people-at-courthouses-in-violation-of-illinois-law/
— Bondi’s ouster as Attorney General comes amid “exodus of talent” for federal prosecutors in Chicago. DD: As I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had less and less and less talent. Fewer and fewer and fewer of them had job-related master’s degrees, job-related professional certifications, or a job-related professional license like I had. Ever-increasingly, they had less work experience. Ever-increasingly, to get hired, retained, and promoted, you had to not only be a Democrat, you had to be a minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. Consequently, my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had less and less and less talent.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pam-bondi-fired-attorney-general-chicago-federal-prosecutors-exodus/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/lgbtq/2026/04/02/northwestern-university-study-trans-gender-affirming-care-dysphoria-michael-bailey
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: To get elected, Democrat candidates ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if elected, they will a) take more and more and more of everything away from Republicans and b) give everything to Democrats. Demographics that vote for Republicans include conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Democrats include: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/03/31/popular-vote-president-electoral-college-virginia-ben-jealous
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: Former Glendale Heights village president says he can’t get a fair trial in DuPage County. DD: I have watched DuPage County elected officials closely ever since I moved to DuPage County when I was 29 in 1978. To get votes from the Democrats who have ever-increasingly moved in, they have ever-increasingly welcomed them with open arms and painted themselves as being Democrat Lite. To get votes from Democrats, they have ever-increasingly given more preference to those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. To get votes from Democrats, they have ever-increasingly dumped the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, ant-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform. To get votes from Democrats, they have ever-increasingly dumped conservatives like me.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260402/crime/why-former-glendale-heights-village-president-says-he-cant-get-a-fair-trial-in-dupage-county/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Chodri Khokhar filed a motion this week arguing that he has been “wrongfully framed into malicious prosecution” based on his race and political beliefs. Khokhar was born in Pakistan.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: ACLU exists to get rid of Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. ACLU exists to destroy America.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-04-02/aclu-reacts-to-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-arguments
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/03/lightfoot-00856512
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIRPOINTS
— Chicago Pension Buyout Plan Mostly Shifts Debt Rather Than Eliminates It. DD: Since I was 49 in 1997 when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire, that is, when started stopping me from coming to work, that is, when they started forcing the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to pay me a pension, CSRS has paid me $2 million in today’s dollars.
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-chicago-pension-buyout-plan-shifts-debt-rather-than-eliminates-it-property-tax-surge-doubles-inflation-over-three-decades-audio-morning-answer/
MCHENRY COUNY BLOG
— Florida Residents Asks Illinois Residents Not to Move to Florida
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/04/02/florida-residents-asks-illinois-residents-not-to-move-to-florida/
JOHN KASS
— Chicago’s justice system failed Sheridan Gorman, as it fails too many Chicagoans each year
https://johnkassnews.com/chicagos-justice-system-failed-sheridan-gorman-as-it-fails-too-many-chicagoans-each-year/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois senators scrutinize diversity commission’s high salaries, poor performance. DD: Ever-since the 1960s, the Democrats and the RINOs above me have crowed about their success in promoting Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, their success in promoting race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_f4d819ae-d409-432a-bb6e-24406d440c1b.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats sue to stop Trump’s executive order on stricter mail-in ballot measures
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/2/democrats-sue-stop-trumps-executive-order-stricter-mail-ballot/
— Hegseth ousts Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, latest senior military leader to be sacked. DD: All my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of shared most if not virtually all of my demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/2/hegseth-ousts-army-chief-staff-gen-randy-george-latest-senior/
— Hegseth allows troops to carry personal firearms while on base
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/2/hegseth-allows-troops-carry-personal-firearms-base/
BLAZE
— The left is using tax dollars to indoctrinate your daughters
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-left-is-using-tax-dollars-to-indoctrinate-your-daughters
BREITBART
— Chicago Mayor: ‘Illegals Deserve Amnesty’ After Sheridan Gorman’s Murder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/02/chicago-mayor-says-illegal-aliens-deserve-amnesty-in-wake-of-sheridan-gormans-murder/amp/
— Trump Announces Pam Bondi Is out of His Administration, Todd Blanche to Serve as Acting Attorney General
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/04/02/trump-bondi-out-blanche-to-serve-as-acting-attorney-general/
DAILY CALLER
— 75% Of Fairfax County’s Murders This Year Committed By Illegals
https://dailycaller.com/2026/04/02/75-percent-fairfax-county-murders-2026-illegal-aliens-dhs-virginia-democrats/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Illinois Poised to Pass Another Bill Shielding Illegal Aliens in the State
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/state-and-local/illinois-poised-pass-another-bill-shielding-illegal-aliens-state
— The Birthright Citizenship Case at the U.S. Supreme Court
https://www.fairus.org/news/birthright-citizenship-case-us-supreme-court
FOX NEWS
— The asylum policy under Biden was a scam
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6392476909112
— Leslie Jones declares ‘marriage is legalized slavery,’ may as well involve ‘whip and chain.’ The former “Saturday Night Live” cast member said her father raised her not to be anybody’s wife. DD: Are/were you in a traditional marriage? I have been since 1978. Yes, I have benefitted tremendously from our marriage, but so has my wife. To get more votes from those who are not married, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ and demonize, denigrate, and condemn traditional marriage and family. Those who are not married are far more likely to want/need/demand government assistance.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/actress-leslie-jones-declares-traditional-marriage-legalized-slavery-may-well-involve-whip-chains.amp
LIFE NEWS
— Pritzker is One of the Most Radical Pro-Abortion Democrats
https://www.lifenews.com/2026/04/01/j-b-pritzker-is-one-of-the-most-radical-pro-abortion-democrats/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Fertility Wars. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have used against me the most my and my wife’s giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned us the most as being hypocritical, disgusting, selfish, undeservedly filthy rich DINKs. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that we lied about wanting to have children and/or about what we did to have children. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have decried the most a) the time and cost needed to raise their children and/or b) their spouse having little or no income. I would focus on my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that if we had children, a) I would not have been able to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA when I was 32, etc. b) we would not have been able to suffer my $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31, c) I would not have been promoted when I was 38, d) we would not have been able to have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton when I was 35, e) my wife would not have been able to earn a bachelor’s degree in finance when she was 36, etc.
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/fertility-wars/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— Obama invites Bush, excludes Trump at center opening. DD: What does Bush think of those who share your demographics? In Diersen v. GAO, Bush’s DOJ and Hastert’s Congress sided with the Democrats who ran GAO. That is, they promoted Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they promoted race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/obama-invites-bush-excludes-trump-at-center-opening/gm-GM6E2D3F21
— DD: The Democrat Party ever-increasingly exists to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/supreme-court-ruling-shakes-lgbtq-protections/gm-GMD2044CAF
CBS NEWS
— Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George to take immediate retirement. DD: Have you been asked to retire? My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I did not take their $25,000 buyout and early retirement “offer” when I was 45 in 1993. Their “offer” was designed to help them get rid GAO employees like me who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and who they had not promoted to Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year. All my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of shared most if not virtually all of my demographics.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-ousts-army-chief-of-staff-gen-randy-george/
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: According to Democrat and RINO leaders, Republicans who are White and/or male have always and will always discriminate against minorities and against females. And because of that, Affirmative Action and DEI will always be needed. Democrat and RINO leaders have succeeded in getting just about everyone to blame Republicans who are White and/or male for all the problems that minorities and females have. Are you a minority and/or a female? On who/what do you blame your problems on? My critics/opponents who are minority and/or female blame their problems on Republicans who are White and/or male.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/02/congressional-black-caucus-scholarship-lawsuit/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Ousts Attorney General Pam Bondi. At the Justice Department, Bondi tried to deliver on president’s priorities but ultimately failed to appease him. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they gave their Chicago field office managers lists of employees to get rid of who were conservative, Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. I was always at the top of those lists. The less success that managers had ousting those employees, the sooner that they were ousted. I would not have survived for almost 18 years or have gotten promoted in 1986 if I had not a) earned master’s degrees in business in 1976, accounting in 1980, and finance in 1997, b) earned professional certifications in accounting in 1979, internal auditing in 1981, fraud examination in 1990, government financial management in 1994, financial services auditing in 1996, and forensic accounting in 1997, and c) become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trump-ousts-attorney-general-pam-bondi-9874b02d
FORBES
— DD: The Democrat Party ever-increasingly exists to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestv/2026/04/02/devastating-hrc-president-reacts-to-supreme-court-ruling-against-ban-on-lgbtq-conversion-therapy/
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
— 14.7 million people unemployed at some point in 2024. DD: Are/were you unemployed? I have been unemployed since I was 49 in 1997. But because of my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my wife’s income, our not having dependents, our Social Security, our retirement and other savings, and more recently, our inheritances, I have not had to take a job that was not appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. I was unemployed briefly when I was 22 in 1971. My Firestone Store boss fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer because it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a) a job offer from IRS and b) a job offer from my Firestone Store boss to work part-time pumping gasoline.
https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2026/14-7-million-people-unemployed-at-some-point-in-2024.htm
TAMPA FREE PRESS
— Border Czar Tom Homan Vows “Not Skipping A Beat” As Trump Boots Bondi. DD: I take is as a badge of honor that my Democrat GAO superiors failed to force me to retire sooner than they did. They “offered” their employees who shared my demographics a $25,000 buyout and early retirement when I was 45 in 1993. But I survived for 4 years. I would not have survived that long or have gotten promoted in 1986 if I had not a) earned master’s degrees in business in 1976, accounting in 1980, and finance in 1997, b) earned professional certifications in accounting in 1979, internal auditing in 1981, fraud examination in 1990, government financial management in 1994, financial services auditing in 1996, and forensic accounting in 1997, and c) become a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://www.tampafp.com/border-czar-tom-homan-vows-not-skipping-a-beat-as-trump-boots-bondi/
STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS
— DD: The biggest reasons why citizens of foreign countries come to America include getting the free housing, free food, free clothing, free health care, free education, free transportation, free etc. that Democrat and RINOs give them. Other reasons include a) taking advantage of the tremendous preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them over citizens of America, b) turning America into their motherland, c) turning America into a socialist, communist, and then dictatorship country, and/or d) converting everyone in America to their religion.
https://san.com/cc/usda-states-begin-removing-certain-immigrants-from-snap-rolls/
TRADERS UNION
— The importance of personal responsibility in the pursuit of financial freedom. Blaming others, making excuses, relying on government solutions, procrastinating, and giving up will not help individuals achieve better financial outcomes. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I owe none of my successes in life to my taking personal responsibility, but instead, I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who do not share my demographics.
https://tradersunion.com/news/market-voices/show/1837170-financial-freedom-responsibility-cardone/
FED SMITH
— DD: Federal hiring ever-increasingly a) dumps meritocracy and b) replaces objectivity with subjectivity. Because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job, a) the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me if I had not earned a high school diploma and passed the postal employment test, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business and passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, and c) the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me if I had not earned an MBA and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/04/02/federal-hiring-pace-and-acwa-relics/
BLACK MAN
— Debate Over Anti-DEI Policies and Military Promotions Sparks Fairness Concerns. DD: According to my critics/opponents, it was “fair” that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less work experience than I had. He had less education than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://thyblackman.com/2026/04/02/anti-dei-fairness-military-promotions-hegseth-meritocracy/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
BRITISH COLUMBIA
— New training projects for people facing barriers to employment. DD: My father’s frequent decrying his not having a college degree had a tremendous impact on me. It motived me to take college preparatory classes in high school, earn the best ACT score that I could (24), graduate in the upper 20% of my class, work my way through college, earn a job-related bachelor’s degree and three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, and earn a job-related professional license.
https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2026SDPR0010-000362
April 2, 2026
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