July 8, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— Illinois separation movement continues, with 7 more counties set to vote. 33 counties in the state have already voted in favor of exploring the idea of separating from Illinois.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-separation-movement-continues-with-7-more-counties-set-to-vote/3958136/
— DD: What is your primary voting record? I have always cast Republican ballots in primary elections. My Democrat superiors in the federal government always knew that and always used that against me big time. I remember many times when my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO coworkers and subordinates asked me about my political affiliation. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. I am none of the aforesaid. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more and often many of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) were one or more of the aforesaid and/or b) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/did-pope-leo-vote-for-trump-before-locking-horns/3922089/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to county voter records, the would-be Pope Leo took Republican ballots in party primaries during the elections of 2012, 2014 and 2016.)

FOX32
— Berwyn smoke shop accused of illegally selling pot.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-area-420-smoke-shop-marijuana
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-u3cib52pugsf558j
— Rat infestation cleanup begins at DuPage County property after months of complaints.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/rat-infestation-cleanup-begins-dupage-county-property-after-months-complaints

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/07/opinion-pride-parade-judges-lgbtq-community/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: The Democrat Party platform ever-increasingly promotes poverty and crime in Chicago. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame that poverty and crime on Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/07/06/cook-county-gun-violence-community-intervention-federal-funds-toni-preckwinkle

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH TWO PHOTOS: State agency wants more information on how DuPage County Board approved raises,
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260707/news/state-agency-wants-more-information-on-how-dupage-county-board-approved-raises/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect not only for the rule of law, but for that country.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260707/syndicated-columnists/supreme-court-says-birthright-citizenship-is-as-american-as-apple-pie/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/07/bud-ritas-opens-loops-first-weed-shop-as-city-eases-restrictions-for-downtown-dispensaries/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— When should an ethics report be public? DD: Far too many who are involved in politics have far too many skeletons in their closets.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/08/when-should-an-ethics-report-be-public-00989578

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-550/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Vallas: Making the SAFE-T Act safe
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/vallas-making-the-safe-t-act-safe/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Turning Point USA Educational Summit 2026
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/weyermuller-turning-point-usa-educational-summit-2026.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— America’s next 250 years faces a fight between freedom and socialism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/7/americas-next-250-years-faces-fight-freedom-socialism/
— Democrats, socialists, ‘godless communists’ — all are one and the same.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/7/democrats-socialists-godless-communists-one/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Minnesota mayor skips America’s birthday to meet Somalia’s president.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/07/07/minnesota-mayor-skips-americas-birthday-to-meet-somalias-president-1649545/

BREITBART
— Blue Sanctuary States Hiding Dangerous Illegal Migrant Truckers.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/07/07/tom-homan-blue-sanctuary-states-hiding-dangerous-illegal-migrant-truckers/amp/
— DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect not only for the rule of law, but for that country.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/07/homan-we-cant-wait-for-illegals-to-commit-crime-before-finding-them/

CAMPUS REFORM
— 5 times schools provided protection and legal services for illegal aliens. Colleges and universities across the country are using money often derived from taxpayers to fund efforts to shield illegal immigrants from the law.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/5-times-schools-provided-protection-legal-services-illegal-aliens/29907

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— 10,000 ICE Arrests in Five Days. A ‘quieter enforcement campaign’ doesn’t mean fewer aliens will be arrested and deported.
https://cis.org/Arthur/NYT-10000-ICE-Arrests-Five-Days

COLLEGE FIX
— Court rules Florida cannot restrict faculty speech with ‘Stop WOKE Act..’ DD: I avoided liberal indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/florida-cannot-restrict-faculty-speech-with-stop-woke-act-court-rules/
— Judge again upholds Ohio’s anti-DEI law. DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/judge-again-upholds-ohios-anti-dei-law/

FEDERALIST
— If Anyone Can Birth An ‘American,’ Citizenship Means Nothing.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/07/if-anyone-can-birth-an-american-citizenship-means-nothing/

FOX BUSINESS
— The Democratic Party’s moral compass has long been dead.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6400475947112

FOX NEWS
— 1619 Project creator claims paying reparations would be admission that US existence is a ‘crime.’  Hannah-Jones told The Meteor that paying reparations is an admission the ‘entire existence of the United States’ is a crime. DD: How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly, if you are the following, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American. Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Because I am all of the aforesaid, Democrat leaders have always made me pay the price of AA and DEI big time. I should write about that.  My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. That on my father’s side, they homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township and that on my mother’s side, they sharecropped a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. According to my critics/opponents, my ancestors stole land from Native Americans and they benefitted tremendously from slavery and that is why I have everything that I have today.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/1619-project-creator-says-paying-reparations-admission-us-existence-crime

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Liberal Media is Dishonestly Painting DSA Radicals as Gentle Reformers.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/liberal-media-is-dishonestly-painting-dsa-radicals-as-gentle-reformers/

NEWS BUSTERS
— 58% of Democrats View Socialism Favorably.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/cnsnews/craig-bannister/2026/07/07/democratic-socialists-america-membership-sets-record-58

TOWNHALL
— Another Business Flees the Failing State of Illinois, Thanks to Democrats in Springfield.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/07/true-value-hq-leaves-il-for-in-n2678951
— White House accuses Smithsonian of political activism.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/07/07/white-house-accuses-smithsonian-of-political-activism-n2678956
— It’s About Time Democrats Are Finally Calling Themselves Socialists.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/07/07/its-about-time-democrats-are-finally-calling-themselves-socialists-n2678887
— Chip Away at Birthright Citizenship Until We Can Finish It Off Entirely.
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2026/07/06/chip-away-at-birthright-citizenship-until-we-can-finish-it-off-entirely-n2678807

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage. Why are there fewer and fewer and fewer men who are marriage material? Are you a man? What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS?ocid=ob-fb-nlbe-SBS-NLBE-K3

NEW YORK TIMES
— Lessons From the Graham Platner Disaster. DD: Far too many who are involved in politics have far too many skeletons in their closets.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/opinion/graham-platner-rape-accusation.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Did you get scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents have used that against me since I was 17 in 1966. Academically, they stress that my ACT score was only 24 and that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Financially, they stress that my father made enough money to send me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. But my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. That harmed my ACT score and GPAs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/07/07/scholarships-racial-minorities-women-are-disappearing/

USA TODAY
— Birthright citizenship. DD: America-haters crow about their successes. Birthright citizenship advocates ever-increasingly make it clear that they want to replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/07/05/scotus-birthright-citizenship-right-wing-backlash/90756768007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Did They Cover for Graham Platner? The man with the Nazi tattoo was pushed by the leading Democrats.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-did-they-cover-for-graham-platner-a0e9c54c
— Socialism and the Decline of the Black Family. Children need fathers, but social fragmentation gives an advantage to those who seek centralized power.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialism-and-the-decline-of-the-black-family-0c2de7c6
— Equality. DD:  According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my accomplishments in life to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, have less money than I do, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/equality-is-the-core-of-american-identity-d9888133

TRIBUNE TODAY
— It’s time to deport illegals to lessen inequality in US. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.tribtoday.com/opinion/editorials/2026/07/its-time-to-deport-illegals-to-lessen-inequality-in-us/

LONG ISLAND LIFE & POLITICS
— America Didn’t Invent Slavery. It Helped End It.
https://lilifepolitics.com/opinion-editorials/america-didnt-invent-slavery-it-helped-end-it/

MOUNTAN PRESS
— Prevent student debt instead of forgiving it. DD: I had to work my way through college and I did, but it harmed my ACT score and GPA. I spent far too many hours washing dishes in Chicago Heights while I was a Crete-Monee High School student 1964-1966 instead of studying. I spent far too many hours delivering mail in Park Forest while I was a UIC student 1966-1968 and a NIU student in 1969 instead of studying. But nevertheless, graduated debt-free with a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I was 21 in 1970. I would not have been able to do that if my parents had not provided me with room and board in their Crete home 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.
https://www.themountainpress.com/lafollette/opinion/brandon-johnson—lets-prevent-student-debt-instead-of-forgiving-it/article_5b9da1a0-ca7a-5d77-b22f-616710225637.html

TIMES UNION
— America just turned 250: 12 charts show how it has changed over the past 50 years. DD: What were you doing in 1976? I was 27 years old. I had worked for IRS for 5 years and in its Loop office for 2 years. In today’s dollars, my salary was $106,731/year. That year, I earned an MBA from Loyola and I started taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I traded in my studio condo in the Outer Drive East building to its developer for a one bedroom condo. I started renting out my University Park townhome that I had bought 4 years earlier. I owned a 1972 Corvette and my daily driver was a 1962 Chevrolet BelAir. Efforts by my Democrat IRS superiors to get rid of me were increasing. They had gotten rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. They had disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. They were making it ever-increasingly clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. My widowed mother and my brother lived in Crete.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/america-just-turned-250-12-110000735.html

PBS
— They Can’t Take That Away From Me. DD: What do your accomplishments include? My critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois ever-increasingly treat me like I never accomplished anything. But they can’t take the following away from me: I bought new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, etc. I worked my way through college and earned a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21. I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, etc. I earned an MBA when I was 27. I got married when I was 29. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/tony-bennett-and-diana-krall-our-love-is-here-to-stay-they-cant-take-that-away-from-me/9100/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

BUSINESS STANDARD
— Why the raise comes only after ‘I resign.’ DD: On September 30, 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors’ agency-wide early retirement “offer” expired. They succeeded in forced me to take their “offer” and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. They talked and acted like he had given them an ultimatum by my Black subordinate, either force me to retire or he would resign. He was one of GAO’s extremely few Black employees who was a CPA. However, he a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had one professional certification while I had six, and d) had no professional license while I was a licensed CPA. He knew full-well that if I did not take the “offer,” I would not be eligible for regular retirement for another 6 years.
https://www.tbsnews.net/node/1482481

CAMPAIGN
— As higher ed admissions shift, standardized tests are repositioning their value in the process. DD: I passed all the tests needed to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree, b) three job-related master’s degrees, c) six job-related professional certifications, and d) a job-related professional license. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all that to my benefitting tremendously from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics, that is, those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, have less money than I do, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.campaignlive.com/article/higher-ed-admissions-shift-standardized-tests-repositioning-value-process/1963830

July 7, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS2
— Violence interrupter says large gathering on West Side got “out of hand” before mass shooting.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mass-shooting-west-garfield-park/


CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/07/opinion-pride-parade-judges-lgbtq-community/
— DD: To get even more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/06/bronzeville-exhibit-emmett-tills-legacy/

DAILY HERALD
— Age change in road tests is not enough.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260706/letters-to-the-editor/age-change-in-road-tests-is-not-enough/

MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— ‘Underdog’ Tracy says he’s ‘answering a call of duty’ by running for Durbin’s seat.
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/underdog-tracy-says-hes-answering-a-call-of-duty-by-running-for-durbins-seat/20260707061334/

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-06/militant-lgbtq-rights-group-the-lavender-panthers-was-founded-on-this-day-in-1973
— DD: Democrat leaders used, are using, and will forever use slavery against Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-07/heirs-of-odious-supreme-court-ruling-see-modern-parallels

CWB CHICAGO
— 7 people shot at huge West Side street party while cops were already at the scene.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/07/7-people-shot-at-huge-west-side-street-party-while-cops-were-already-at-the-scene.html

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Belittling Chicago didn’t help Darren Bailey in his first run for governor. So if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.”
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/august-2026/meet-your-new-neighbor-darren-bailey/

CHICAGO MAROON
— Post-graduate success overstated. DD: What was your post-graduate success? When I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970, I had to have a job. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. I had applied for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother, but potential employers did not believe it would be granted. So I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was being the Retail Sales Manager for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. But the job did not really require a college degree. To “learn the business,” I was required to dismount, mount, and balance many tires, pump lots of gasoline, change lots of engine oil and filters, change batteries, deliver major appliances to homes, etc. My Chicago Heights store boss would never had hired me, but his boss had assigned me to him. He did not have a college degree. He refused to let me start until after I passed a 2-week probationary period in the Firestone Store in Gary, Indiana. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant, my being German American, my having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and my living in Crete. Under him, I saw that my Firestone career was bleak if not nonexistent. Consequently, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. He rudely if not violently fired me because I had accepted that offer. I had to have a job. So I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was to be an IRS Revenue Officer. Then, oddly, puzzlingly, he then offered me a job working part-time pumping gasoline which I accepted until he “asked” me to resign at the end of 1972. The money I earned helped me a) buy a new Corvette in 1971, b) pay for four graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972.
https://chicagomaroon.com/52872/news/career-advancement-appears-to-overstate-post-graduation-student-outcomes/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— State House race: Republican Ajay Gupta will be feted at a fundraiser cohosted by U.S. Senate candidate Don Tracy, former Illinois Republican Party Chair Kathy Salvi and Republican insiders Bill Hogan and Nancy Quigley in his bid to unseat Democratic state Rep. Janet Yang Rohr.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/07/pritzker-draws-the-ai-line-00988435

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-764/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois loses young people at more than 3 times the U.S. rate. DD: Anticipate/expect that young people who leave Illinois will overwhelming be conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat leaders want to get rid of those who are the aforesaid.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-loses-young-people-at-more-than-3-times-the-u-s-rate/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago Among Nation’s Most Violent Cities During Fourth of July Holiday Weekend.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/chicago-among-nations-most-violent-cities-during-fourth-of-july-holiday-weekend.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— White House says Smithsonian pushes leftist ideology, cannot be trusted to tell America’s story.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/6/white-house-says-smithsonian-pushes-leftist-ideology-cannot-trusted/
— Mamdani’s twisted view of America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/6/mamdanis-twisted-view-america/
— Soccer’s culture clashes with America’s values.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/6/soccers-culture-clashes-americas-values/
— The 14th Amendment was written for one people. Courts have treated the Constitution’s citizenship clause more broadly than the framers intended.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/6/14th-amendment-written-one-people/

NEW YORK POST
— Activists demand Black English be pushed on kids in California preschools.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/06/us-news/activists-demand-black-english-be-pushed-on-kids-in-california-preschools/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why Do Jews Keep Voting for Leftists Who Hate Them? DD: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats, and far too many of them were antisemites. My Democrat antisemite superiors had my many Jewish superiors and supervisors take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, and 100% German American.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/07/why-do-jews-keep-voting-for-leftists-who-hate-them-comments/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Has These Options to Fight Birth Tourism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/06/even-after-scotus-citizenship-ruling-trump-has-these-options-to-fight-birth-tourism/
— Congress Can Ban Birthright Citizenship.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/06/congress-ban-birthright-citizenship/

FEDERALIST
— Democratic Socialists Who Failed At Life Are Weaponizing Envy To Destroy American Families.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/06/democratic-socialists-who-failed-at-life-are-weaponizing-envy-to-destroy-american-families/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. To advance under socialists, you must be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, you must be a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service ($197,200/year) long before I was 40. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 ($154,682/year) and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5954347-democratic-party-socialism-debate/

ABC NEWS
— In scathing report, White House accuses Smithsonian of presenting ‘a radical view of American history.’ The Smithsonian says it is committed to “nonpartisan” scholarship.
https://abcnews.com/amp/Politics/scathing-report-white-house-accuses-smithsonian-presenting-radical/story?id=134515705

NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. To advance under socialists, you must be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, you must be a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service ($197,200/year) long before I was 40. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 ($154,682/year) and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.newsweek.com/democratic-socialists-communists-differences-trump-attacks-midterms-12162129

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. To advance under socialists, you must be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, you must be a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service ($197,200/year) long before I was 40. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 ($154,682/year) and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/nyregion/dsa-economy-nyc.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. To advance under socialists, you must be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, you must be a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service ($197,200/year) long before I was 40. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 ($154,682/year) and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/06/democrats-are-electing-socialists-republicans-are-labeling-them-communist/

USA TODAY
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they had to meet hiring, retention, and promotion quotas. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and b) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/02/26/trump-lawsuit-affirmative-action/88291520007/

BIG NEWS NETWORK
— Indiana law targets employers hiring undocumented workers. DD: All my employers would have hired non-citizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/279171460/indiana-law-targets-employers-hiring-undocumented-workers

INVESTOPEDIA
— Less than 30% of today’s workers have a defined benefit pension, yet more than half of current retirees receive pension income. Public-sector workers are more likely to have pensions than private-sector workers, and the benefits they pay are typically much larger. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension, currently $68,640/year, since I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. Further, I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.investopedia.com/why-more-retirees-rely-on-pensions-than-most-people-realize-12009683

FINANCE BUZZ
— 12 Jobs Paying Over $100,000 That Are Desperately Short of Workers Right Now. DD: I did not start earning $100,059/year in today’s dollars until I was 25 in 1974 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 $118,984/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. I did not start earning $154,684/year in today’s dollars until I was 49 and I had a) earned four more job-related professional certifications, b) earned a master’s degree in finance, and b) worked for GAO for almost 18 years.
https://www.aol.com/articles/12-jobs-paying-over-100-115000000.html

FED SMITH
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. They use the subjectivity in their performance rating systems to not promote and to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/07/07/new-opm-rule-changes-how-your-performance-rating-gets-decided/

MSHALE
— Trump: Government Jobs Won’t Make America Great Again. Fired federal employees now working in the private sector are “getting two or three times more money, and they’re doing well,” President Trump tells NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich during an exclusive one-on-one interview. Trump explains why government jobs are not jobs that “will make America great again.” DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees. I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and I have been a federal retiree since 1997. My critics/opponents especially despise/hate federal employees and retirees who like me are Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://mshale.com/89f3eec1/790883edeJYlUDaZ4MQ?__cf_chl_f_tk=R.6A_kFzwfaryQtRoUqhluYYCkdHLqxY4WOS828oI0E-1783413279-1.0.1.1-OiTve12ilPo9dYjzaW_ifBW1CngxP.uH4nKaH5PjZWU

ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. To advance under socialists, you must be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, you must be a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service ($197,200/year) long before I was 40. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 ($154,682/year) and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/mamdani-affordability-crisis-consumer-socialism/687603/

POLITICO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. To advance under socialists, you must be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, you must be a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service ($197,200/year) long before I was 40. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 ($154,682/year) and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/dsa-progressives-wisconsin-michigan-primaries-00986944

AXIOS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. To advance under socialists, you must be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, you must be a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service ($197,200/year) long before I was 40. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 ($154,682/year) and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/06/democratic-socialists-medicare-for-all

SHRM
— Performance Improvement Plan (PIP). DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat superiors in the federal government never put me on a PIP, but instead, they took many big adverse actions against me. My Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I frustrated their efforts to get rid of me by earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1981, and 1997, c) professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/inconsistent-reasons-provided-performance-plan-suggest-pretext

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

SPECTATOR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. To advance under socialists, you must be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, you must be a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service ($197,200/year) long before I was 40. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 ($154,682/year) and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://spectator.com/article/why-socialism-will-fail/?edition=us

BUSINESS TIMES
— Forging a career path in the non-profit sector. Many choose to work in the sector for greater flexibility, purpose in their role as life circumstances change. DD: I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My critics/opponents despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees. I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and I have been a federal retiree since 1997. My critics/opponents especially despise/hate federal employees and retirees who like me are Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/lifestyle/forging-career-path-non-profit-sector

July 5, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Centrist Democrats must not let ‘democratic socialists’ take over their party without a fight.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/editorial-democrats-dsa-zohran-mamdani-denver-new-york/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/02/highland-park-group-fights-guns/
— Voters turn to AI before casting their ballots. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use AI to not only defeat Republican candidates, but to get rid of Republicans once for all who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/04/ai-voting-advice/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly divide and destroy America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/vintage-chicago-tribune-bicentennial-250/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/cannabis-tax-school-security/

DAILY HERALD
— ‘Sour grapes’ aren’t the issue: Whatever the result of clerk’s pay-raise suit, DuPage board failed a transparency test.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260705/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-sour-grapes-arent-the-issue-whatever-the-result-of-clerks-pay-raise-suit/

ABC7
— DD: How long have your ancestors been in America? Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use slavery to demonize, denigrate, and condemn not only Republicans, but America. Ever-increasingly, if you are the following, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American. Because I am all of the aforesaid, Democrat leaders have always made me pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI big time. I should write about that.  My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. That on my father’s side, they homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township and that on my mother’s side, they sharecropped a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. According to my critics/opponents, my ancestors stole land from Native Americans and they benefitted tremendously from slavery and that is why I have everything that I have today.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/descendants-enslaved-person-helped-build-white-house-speak-abc-news/19446644/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/search-lost-ancestry-story-behind-philadelphias-disputed-slavery-memorial/19446819/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they are anti-American.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/is-paying-americas-250th-celebrations-complicated/19446383/

WGN9
— DD: Democrat celebrities promote more hatred against Trump.
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/celebrities-counter-trumps-america-250-rhetoric-with-on-tyranny-reading/

FOX32
— Fourth of July fireworks end in teen arrests after crowd turns hostile in Joliet. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/fourth-july-fireworks-joliet-arrests

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump addresses nation and fireworks light up National Mall after storm delay.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-04/trump-addresses-nation-and-fireworks-light-up-national-mall-after-storm-delay

WGLT
— In Mount Rushmore speech, Trump veers from U.S. exceptionalism to warnings about communism.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-07-04/in-mount-rushmore-speech-trump-veers-from-u-s-exceptionalism-to-warnings-about-communism

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

SETH LEWIS
— What a great morning at the Wheaton Fourth of July Parade.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1343001137248096

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct who walked in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade include: Fioretti, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Schiappa, Eckhoff, Schultz, and Quirk. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Communist Party USA denies that Democrats aiming for Congress are communists. DD: Far too many anti-conservatives ever-increasingly run for offices as Republicans.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/4/communist-party-usa-denies-democrats-aiming-congress-communists/
— White supremacist group Patriot Front marched in Washington on Independence Day. DD: My critics/opponents are anti-conservative if not conservative-haters. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate groups if not White supremacist groups. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT from 2005 until 2012 when they succeeded in destroying the organization. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member from 2003 until 2007 when they succeeded in destroying the organization.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/4/white-supremacy-protesters-descend-washington-fourth-july/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— For America 250, reject Mamdani’s narrative of American oppression. DD: What do you stress in defense of your ancestors? I stress that while they all immigrated during the 1840s and 1860s, they never were in a position to oppress anyone and that they never did oppress anyone.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4636240/america-250-reject-mamdani-narrative-american-oppression/

NEW YORK POST
— 68% of NYC residents are proud to be American. DD: Ever-increasingly, to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/us-news/68-of-nyc-residents-are-proud-to-be-american-new-poll-finds/
— DSA candidate’s perverse views are the latest evidence that US schools need to be fixed.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/opinion/melat-kiros-sick-views-are-just-the-latest-evidence-that-us-schools-need-to-be-fixed/
— Of course Mamdani takes opportunity to blast America in 4th of July speech focused on ‘flaws.’ DD: Ever-increasingly, to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/03/opinion/of-course-mamdani-takes-opportunity-to-blast-america-in-july-4-speech-focused-on-flaws/
— Democratic Socialists of America leader says ‘many’ in group would be ‘thrilled’ at AOC in 2028.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/media/aoc-2028-presidential-run-would-thrill-many-in-democratic-socialists-of-america-leader-says/
— Non-whites set to become majority in US for first time by 2050. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with non-Whites and b) shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/26/us-news/non-whites-set-to-become-majority-in-us-for-first-time-by-2050/
— DD: From what I see, because of WWI and because of WWII, German is one of the worst national origins to have. I am 100% German national origin. I have always stressed a) that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, b) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, and c) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/us-news/descendants-of-1st-ellis-island-immigrant-celebrate-american-dream/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Mamdani tells us how much he hates America on its 250th birthday.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/mamdani-tells-the-u-s-how-much-he-hates-it-on-its-250th-birthday-comments/
— That pesky 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment requires a lot of interpreting…and that is the problem.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/that-pesky-14th-amendment/

DAILY CALLER
— Fox News Host Jesse Watters Slams Gen Z As Lazy, Entitled. DD: What did you accomplish by the time you were 29? I bought new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, b) I worked my way through college and earned a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21, c) I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, and 29, d) I earned an MBA when I was 27, and e) I got married when I was 29. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/07/04/fox-news-host-slams-gen-z-as-lazy-entitled/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The New Socialists—Elite, Ungrateful, and Toxic as Ever.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/03/new-socialists-elite-toxic/
— Why the American Republic Survived for 250 Years. DD: Because I am not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, I would not have survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, earned an MBA when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, became a licensed CPA when I was 32, earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/04/hanson-american-republic-250-years/

CAMPUS REFORM
— UC Berkeley course catalog found to be abundant with Marxist offerings.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/uc-berkeley-course-catalog-found-abundant-marxist-offerings/30149

FOX NEWS
— Will voters reject radical socialist ‘politics of envy’ in midterms? DD: How has envy been used against you? To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government against me, my Democrat superiors promoted envy big time. They stressed a) the new cars that I bought when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) the real estate that I bought when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I earned, d) the vacations that I took, e) etc. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to do the aforesaid. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if I had not gotten married when I was 29, I would not have been able to accomplish what did after then. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to accomplish what I did after we got married. My Democrat GAO superiors decried the time and money they spent raising their children. They decried their wives having little or no income.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mike-lawler-predicts-voters-soundly-reject-radical-socialist-politics-envy-midterms

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Victor Davis Hanson Ties Education and Immigration to Rise of the DSA.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/victor-davis-hanson-ties-education-and-immigration-to-rise-of-the-dsa/amp/

PJ MEDIA
— Federal Court Defies Supreme Court, Rules Trump Can’t Fire DEI Officers. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied that they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 because I failed/refused to give enough preference to my subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. All my subordinates were one or more of the aforesaid if not many of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) were one or more if not many of the aforesaid and b) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had (CPA).
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/07/04/federal-court-defies-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-fire-dei-officers-n4954659
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Supreme Court just handed Donald Trump one of the biggest expansions of presidential power in decades. It took a federal appeals court all of a few days to act as if the ruling didn’t exist. On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled six to three that Congress cannot shield members of independent agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission from presidential removal, except for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” The justices said that violates the separation of powers baked into the Constitution.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats grapple with left-wing primary wins.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5952255-democratic-party-dsa-midterm-primaries/

CBS NEWS
— Trump warns of “communist menace” in speech at Mount Rushmore on eve of July 4th.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mount-rushmore-speech-july-4-communism/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— What the Census Reveals About Who Still Feels ‘American.’ Millions of Americans list their ancestry as simply ‘American’ – but that share is shrinking. Census data shows where the identity endures. DD: Fewer and fewer and fewer Americans are German American. From what I see, because of WWI and because of WWII, German is one of the worst national origins to have. I am 100% German national origin. I have always stressed a) that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, b) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, and c) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2026-07-02/what-the-census-reveals-about-who-still-feels-american

CNN
— Biden to Trump: ‘This is a guy born with a silver spoon in his mouth.’ DD: To demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being born with a silver spoon in my mouth, my critics/opponents have always stressed that my father made enough money to send me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools 1953-1962. But he never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critic/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/01/politics/joe-biden-donald-trump-silver-spoon

NEW YORK TIMES
— How a Nation of Immigrants Traces Its Roots. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing a) glorify and praise current illegal immigration by non-Whites into America but b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn past legal immigration by Whites into America. My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. That on my father’s side, they homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township and that on my mother’s side, they sharecropped a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. According to my critics/opponents, my ancestors stole land from Native Americans and they benefitted tremendously from slavery and that is why I have everything that I have today.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/07/01/us/america-identity-ancestry-census.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After 1840, immigration from Western Europe began to rise quickly as political instability in Germany and the famine in Ireland drove people to leave.)
— FRONT PAGE: In San Francisco, Even $180,000 Tech Salaries Are No Longer Enough. DD: In today’s dollars, when I was 49 in 1997, my ending GAO salary was $154,682.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/technology/san-francisco-tech-salaries.html
— Working Parents Say They’re in a Losing Battle Over Their Time. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors 1980-1997 a) decried the time and money they spent raising their children and b) decried the little or no income that their spouses had. They used against me big time a) my wife and I giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents and b) my wife’s good job. According to them, were it not for the aforesaid, we would not have been able to buy two new cars and a home in Wheaton in when we got married in 1978 and I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) to become a licensed CPA in 1981, or f) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/upshot/parenting-working-balance-survey.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Without America’s military might, there would be no Catholicism, no Catholic Church, and no Pope. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/04/lampedusa-island-gateway-europe-pope-leo-calls-protecting-migrants/

FORBES
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more and often many of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/gender-pay-gap-statistics/

JILL SCHLESINGER
— How to support, not enable adult kids. DD: My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. He was earning $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother had never attended high school, she had never worked outside the home, and my brother was having problems. I graduated from NIU and I got a job working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights in 1970. I applied for and I got a financial hardship draft deferment and I helped support them in Crete until September of 1972.
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2026/06/29/jill-on-money-how-to-support-not-enable-adult-kids/

INTUIT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.intuit.com/blog/social-responsibility/5-surprising-benefits-of-fostering-diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-workplace/

MANHATTAN INSTITUTE
— Who Pays for Reparations? DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use slavey and 1619 to demonize, denigrate, condemn, and destroy Republicans. According to Democrat leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that you have benefitted from slavery, the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI, and the more reparation that you should pay: 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://manhattan.institute/article/who-pays-for-reparations-the-immigration-challenge-in-the-reparations-debate

GOOD MEN PROJECT
— Before They Were White: How Different Groups Were Treated as Immigrants to America From the Founding to the Semiquincentennial, the Argument Over ‘Who We Are’ Never Stops. (DD: What is your national Origin? All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. My grandmother on my father’s side complained about discrimination against German-Americans during WWI. According to her, her first love was a British-American, but his anti-German parents killed that romance. In defense of my ancestors, I have always stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI and that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII.)
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/before-they-were-white-how-different-groups-were-treated-as-immigrants-to-america-kpkn/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Most cover photos work because they immediately convey the story’s theme. This one, unfortunately, needs explanation. It shows drunken Irish and German immigrants stealing a ballot box. John H. Goater created the political cartoon from the 1850s. It portrays caricatures representing Irish and German voters engaging in what appears to be election theft, with chaos unfolding in the background at the “Election Day Polls” building. The cartoonist uses stereotypical imagery to convey fear of immigrant voters exerting undue political influence. The portrayal of the Irish and German voters in a negative light, with exaggerated features and behaviors, perpetuates harmful stereotypes associated with these immigrant communities. By depicting them as thieves, the cartoon suggests that these groups are unlawfully manipulating the electoral process to their advantage. The people the elections were being stolen from were white people. Early Irish and German immigrants weren’t initially considered white. They say ex-smokers are the hardest on those who still smoke. Former non-white people who have become white, now lead the way in protecting whiteness, making sure people of color never get the power, especially in elections, to take what is theirs. . .Among the people not initially regarded as white in America were Germans, Greeks, white Hispanics, Spaniards, Jews, Slavs, Italians, Afghans, Iranians, and Irish. The Immigration Act of 1790 only offered naturalization to “any alien, being a free white person.” In 1923, the Supreme Court ruled that people of Indian descent were not white and couldn’t become citizens. . .Germans  Not considered white in the 18th–19th centuries. They were seen as: “swarthy,” “boorish,” “drunk,” “non‑English” politically dangerous (1848 radicals) culturally unassimilable. They faced: riots against German neighborhoods, bans on German language schools, anti‑German hysteria during WWI (lynchings, book burnings, forced name changes. . .Housing Segregation  Ethnic ghettos were common: . .German Towns)

MOTHER JONES
— DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/july-fourth-celebrate-history/

LGBTQ NATION
— A Democratic Socialist revolution is exactly what we need to save America. DD: What do Democrat Socialists think of you? They despise/hate me because I have always been a Republican. Democrats run the federal government. Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had not been a member of federal employee unions 1966-1980, my salary would not have increased from $19.57/hour to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. They ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact that during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in business, I earned an MBA, and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. If I had been a Democrat, my Democrat superiors would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year, long before I was 40 years old.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/a-democratic-socialist-revolution-is-exactly-what-we-need-to-save-america/
— DD: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ advocates, that is, Democrats and RINOs, destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/the-most-powerful-statement-lgbtq-people-can-make-is-not-just-to-march-but-to-govern/

July 3, 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. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/07/03/chicago-newsrooms-immigration-coverage-july-fourth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/07/02/midway-blitz-lawsuit-ice-immigration-officer

ABC7
— Olympian David Hearn indicted for vandalism of Reflecting Pool.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/olympian-david-hearn-indicted-alleged-vandalism-reflecting-pool/19436852/

FOX32
— DD: FBI Director Kash Patel forces Chicago FBI leader Douglas DePodesta to retire for not adequately supporting Trump’s agenda. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 for my opposing their agenda. Their agenda was to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/fbi-chicago-douglas-depodesta-leaving-reports

WGN9
— Can Republicans win back voters in Chicago’s suburbs? DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Democrat candidates get more and more and more votes in Chicago suburbs a) because more and more and more Democrats move to Chicago suburbs to escape Democrat poverty and crime and to hypocritically take advantage of the prosperity and safety that conservative Republicans created in Chicago suburbs and b) because anti-conservative/RINO/Democrat Lite/Democrat plant candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly fail/refuse to defend, let alone advance, the Republican Party platform.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/wgn-the-point-politics-chicago-illinois/can-illinois-republicans-win-back-voters-in-chicagos-suburbs/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acFg-nIqwec

SOUTHERN
— ICE arrests 10,000 illegally in US in 5-day span
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/07/02/ice-arrests-10000-illegally-in-us-in-5-day-span/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker’s GOP foe recognizes a good tactic when he borrows one.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-pritzkers-gop-foe-recognizes-a-good-tactic-when-he-borrows-one/article_369549c3-f7aa-4324-9174-a396ab9b0737.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-549/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker Embraces Democratic Socialists of America as Part of Democrats’ Recipe to Win.
https://wirepoints.org/pritzker-embraces-radical-democratic-socialists-of-america-as-part-of-democrats-recipe-to-win-wirepoints/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What makes you proud to be American? For me, it includes my being able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when in 1970 when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 46, and 47, and a job-related professional license when I was 32 even though a) neither of my parents attended college, b) my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) he never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, d) he died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969, e) my mother never attended high school, f) my ACT score was only 24, g) I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, and h) I had to work my way through college. Further, I was able a) to buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. and c) to get married when I was 29. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats welcome their new Marxist overlords. Establishment Dems hope the communists come for them last.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/2/democrats-welcome-new-marxist-overlords/
— A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that 19 intelligence community employees fired because they were doing diversity, equity and inclusion jobs must be given a chance to apply for other posts. DD: To force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, among many threats, my Democrat GAO superiors threatened to give me adverse transfers. I had been assigned to audits of federal financial industry regulators since 1990. I had become a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996. I had earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/2/appeals-court-says-dei-employees-apply-jobs-intelligence-community/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Colorado proves Mamdani’s midterm wins were not a fluke.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4634694/colorado-proves-mamdani-midterm-wins-not-fluke/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Indoctrination is dangerous. People are so misinformed that they falsely believe that big government and socialism are the solution for everything they want.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/indoctrination-is-dangerous/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— The plan to destroy America
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/07/02/the-plan-to-destroy-america-1648947/

BREITBART
— Fetterman: Dem Leadership Needs to Stand Against ‘Extreme, Anti-American’ Candidates.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/07/02/fetterman-dem-leadership-needs-to-stand-against-extreme-anti-american-candidates/

CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign hosted all-ages drag tea party targeted at children and families. The public university invited families to attend a drag performance featuring entertainers such as ‘Spank Knightly’ at its Spurlock Museum. The event is part of a broader pattern of drag programming at the university, including a previous event co-sponsored with Planned Parenthood of Illinois Action.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-illinois-hosted-all-ages-drag-tea-party-targeted-children-families/30202

CHRISTIAN POST
— 10 most populous countries that have birthright citizenship.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/10-most-populous-countries-with-birthright-citizenship.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Democrat Leaders Try to Dismantle the Founders’ Work on America’s 250th Anniversary.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/03/democratic-socialists-of-america-lefts-deep-hatred-america-we-celebrate-250th-anniversary/

FEDERALIST
— SCOTUS Pasting Birth Tourism Into The Constitution Demands A Legal System Rebuild.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/02/scotus-pasting-birth-tourism-into-the-constitution-demands-a-legal-system-rebuild/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Top Med Schools Instruct Students on Gender Transition Surgeries.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/criticalrace-org-report-reveals-top-med-schools-instruct-students-on-gender-transition-surgeries/

NEWSBUSTER
— Hating America: The Hollywood Left’s Worst Anti-American Outbursts.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/geoffrey-dickens/2026/07/02/hating-america-hollywood-lefts-worst-anti-american-outbursts

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: To ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against America.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5950446-racial-justice-america-future/amp/
— Survey: Fewer than half of Democrats proud to be US citizens. In contrast, 93 percent of Republican respondents said they are generally “very proud” or “proud” of being American. Only 7 percent of GOP respondents said they are generally “not too proud” or “not proud at all” of being American. DD: My critics/opponents are not proud to being Americans because Americans citizens elected Trump and because they blame Trump for all problems, and especially for all problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/5951332-republican-pride-democrat-decline/

NBC NEWS
— ICE arrests increase significantly, marking a turn in immigration strategy.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ice-arrests-increase-significantly-marking-turn-immigration-strategy-rcna352736

MSN
— During a Fox News interview, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt suggested that young Americans who frequently complain about life in the U.S. should be sent to Cuba or Iran to gain perspective. She argued that many in Gen Z have grown up with ‘silver spoons’ and without the work ethic she associates with traditional American values. The comment, paired with her criticism of entitlement, quickly went viral and drew strong reactions online and across political circles.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/karoline-leavitt-says-gen-z-complaints-stem-from-laziness-liberal-indoctrination/gm-GM68173DF0
— Marriage is starting later than ever. DD: I did not get married until I was 29 in 1978. If I had not met my outstanding wife at a church sponsored singles social event when I was 28 in 1977, I might never had gotten married. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I got married. To get rid of me, they had painted me being an extremely bad person because I had refused to become a Democrat. They hinted/implied/argued that because of that, I would never get married. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/why-marriage-is-starting-later-than-ever/ss-AA26C1uz

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/us/politics/cia-odni-intelligence-diversity-court.html
— These Unpaid Interns Want $32 an Hour. And Health Insurance. DD: I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors wanted me to transfer in as a GS-4 intern, that is, to take a $35/hour pay cut in today’s dollars. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. They would not have wanted that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/nyregion/unpaid-internships-nyc.html

USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/06/30/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-trump-decision/90590335007/

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Democrats aren’t proud to be Americans.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-joecks/victor-joecks-why-democrats-arent-proud-to-be-americans-3845973/

TEXAS VOICE
— Abolishing ICE, Ending Bail Among Resolutions Passed by Texas Democrats. Resolutions Supporting Progressive Priorities Adopted at Texas Democrat Convention.
https://www.thetexasvoice.com/abolishing-ice-ending-bail-among-resolutions-passed-by-texas-democrats/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Socialist Threat Is Real. America will be in serious trouble if Democrats fail to defend their party.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-socialist-threat-is-real-7773676e

FED SMITH
— Trump wants to make it easier to fire federal employees. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. I would not have survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, earned an MBA when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, became a licensed CPA when I was 32, earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/07/02/opm-douglas-factors-fire-federal-employees/

TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION
— Relevant work experience: DD: None of my coworkers who my Democrat GAO superiors promoted over me had relevant work experience when they were hired. GAO audits IRS. I had almost 9 years’ 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 wasted my knowledge of IRS. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/are-days-degrees-no-work-experience-numbered

PULITZER CENTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use slavey and 1619 to demonize, denigrate, condemn, and destroy Republicans. According to Democrat leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that you have benefitted from slavery, the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI, and the more reparation that you should pay: 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. Because I am all of the aforesaid, Democrat leaders have always made me pay the price of AA and DEI big time. I should write about that.  My 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) refused to promote 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. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://pulitzercenter.org/blog/its-250th-who-does-us-want-be

SPLC
— DD: SPLC exists to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hatewatch/hard-right-uses-economic-woes-cultivate-distrust-communities-color/

COMMUNIST PARTY USA
— What, to the working class, is the Fourth of July? DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate the working class. I was a member of the working class 1964-1997. I had to work my way through college. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critic/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.cpusa.org/article/what-to-the-working-class-is-the-fourth-of-july/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

DECCAN HERALD
— Indra Nooyi: “I would never have been PepsiCo CEO in any other country, including India, were it not for America’s meritocratic system.” DD: All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.deccanherald.com/india/i-would-never-have-been-ceo-in-any-other-country-including-india-indra-nooyi-highlights-meritocratic-system-in-us-4060762

July 2, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

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

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

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

July 1, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— Trump pushes legislation to end birthright citizenship after SCOTUS decision. House Speaker Johnson says Congress will discuss a constitutional amendment.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/president-trump-pushes-legislation-end-birthright-citizenship-scotus-decision/19427323/
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-says-he-thinks-us-president-donald-trump-has-dementia-during-cnn-interview/19430261/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3JgY5_b2PQ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote E. Jean Carroll against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jean-carroll-attorneys-say-time-pay-scotus-rejects-trump-appeal/19431342/

NBC5
— Dozens of shots fired in ‘gang-on-gang’ attack in River North that left 1 dead. Downtown Alderman Brendan Reilly requested “increased late-hour police presence in downtown Chicago during the summer months and especially heading into the July 4th weekend” in response to the shooting.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dozens-of-shots-fired-in-gang-on-gang-attack-in-river-north-that-left-1-dead/3956149/

FOX32
— Court blocks Trump administration’s student loan forgiveness overhaul.  DD: I had to work my way through college and I did. But my GPA suffered. I spent far too many hours delivering mail instead of studying.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/court-blocks-trump-administrations-student-loan-forgiveness-overhaul
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Congress created Public Service Loan Forgiveness in 2007 to encourage college graduates to work in government and nonprofit jobs. The Trump administration’s overhaul amounted to a major reworking of a program that has canceled loans for more than 1 million Americans.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders and other anti-Americans ever-increasingly encourage pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/30/editorial-on-the-birthright-matter-the-u-s-constitution-is-pretty-clear/
— Illinois Speaker Welch calls on Rep. Harry Benton to resign. DD: My Democrat Post Office superiors called for me to resign and succeeded in forcing me to resign in 1969 by falsely claiming that I was not available to work enough part-time hours. I was available to work every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Holiday, and every day that NIU was not in session. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. My Democrat GAO superiors called for me to retire and succeeded in forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 by threatening me with severe adverse actions if I did not retire. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/01/illinois-speaker-welch-calls-on-rep-harry-benton-to-resign-after-probe-of-his-conduct/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago marijuana mogul gets year in prison for laundering cash used to book jets for cocaine trafficker. DD: In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/07/01/cannabis-marijuana-berger-ivy-hall-illinois
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/06/30/supreme-court-says-states-can-ban-trans-girls-from-playing-womens-sports

WAND TV
— Illinois launches America 250 website, events celebrating state history. DD: My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844, mainly in Crete and in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois/illinois-launches-america-250-website-events-celebrating-state-history/article_75fbc74a-d0b2-4640-93ba-389e5930da16.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— How valuable is a college degree? DD: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, the Democrats who ran IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I have not been taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola, my Democrat IRS superiors would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA from Loyola and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, the Democrats who ran GAO would not have hired me in 1980.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-30/statewide-how-valuable-is-a-college-degree
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more voter fraud.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-01/a-federal-law-bans-late-voter-roll-purges-republicans-are-pushing-to-reinterpret-it

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Duckworth blasts Trump refusal to sign housing bill. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-13. My Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-12. My Democrat Post Office superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-4. Beyond that, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my education deductions in 1978 and b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/il-dems-blast-trump-refusal-to-sign-housing-bill/article_75f125b2-909e-4aad-aba1-018826a321a0.html

ILLINOIS PUBLIC MEDIA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/as-pride-month-ends-midwest-splits-on-lgbtq-rights

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS & CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New Illinois Republican Party chair hopes for ‘JB fatigue’ in tough midterm. More consistent fundraising, better unity part of Bob Grogan’s long-term goals. DD: Far too many Republican leaders in Illinois not only fail/refuse to promote the Republican Party platform, they get rid of Republicans like me who promote the platform.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/new-illinois-republican-party-chair-hopes-for-jb-fatigue-in-tough-midterm/
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-republican-party-illinois-midterms-20260701/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “We have to go back to the Reagan rule, where if somebody agrees with us 80% of the time, they’re not a 20% traitor,” Grogan said. “You know, they are actually part of our team, and that our entire Republican team is better than the entire Democratic team, and we need to pull together. We can’t purge our way to 51%” of the vote.)

CITY OF WHEATON
— 1976 – The Bicentennial We Remember. DD: My wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and we had one built in Wheaton in 1984 because it was overwhelmingly religious, conservative, and Republican.
https://www.wheaton.il.us/1422/1976-The-Bicentennial-We-Remember

RAMIREZ
— DD: Democrat leaders and other anti-Americans ever-increasingly encourage pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://ramirez.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-ramirez-sen-markey-introduce-resolution-reaffirm-congresss-commitment

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-548/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Because of the Supreme Court birthright ruling and because of the tremendous benefits of American citizenship, more and more and more pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries will give birth in America. What will they do with their babies? – Dave Diersen
http://www.goillinoius.com
(ACCORDING TO GOOGLE AI: United States citizenship unlocks exclusive civic, legal, and economic privileges that are unavailable to lawful permanent residents (green card holders). The most critical advantage is absolute protection from deportation, guaranteeing your right to remain in the U.S. permanently. The primary benefits of U.S. citizenship are divided into several key categories: Civic and Political Rights Voting Power: You gain the exclusive right to vote in federal elections and influence national leadership. Public Office: You become eligible to run for elected positions, including the U.S. Congress. Jury Service: You can participate directly in the legal system by serving on a jury. Expanded Family Immigration Priority Sponsorship: You can sponsor immediate relatives (spouse, parents, minor children) with no annual visa caps or wait times. Extended Family: You gain the unique ability to petition for adult siblings and married children. Automatic Citizenship for Kids: Minor children with permanent residency automatically derive citizenship when you naturalize. Children Born Abroad: In most cases, your children born outside the U.S. automatically become citizens. Global Mobility and Freedom Powerful Passport: You can travel visa-free or visa-on-arrival to more than 180 destinations globally. No Travel Restrictions: You can stay outside the U.S. indefinitely without risk of abandoning your residency status. Consular Assistance: You receive full protection and support from U.S. embassies and consulates while abroad. Financial and Career Opportunities Federal Employment: You unlock high-level government, law enforcement, and intelligence careers restricted to citizens. Educational Aid: You gain full access to exclusive federal college grants, scholarships, and low-interest financial aid. Unrestricted Benefits: You eliminate immigration-related caps on critical public safety nets like Social Security and Medicare. Cost Savings: You permanently end the financial burden and administrative hassle of renewing your Green Card.)

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago minimum wage increases could reduce opportunities. Hourly pay in the city rises every year per ordinance. On July 1 it goes to $17.05.
DD: I worked for the minimum wage 1964-1966. In today’s dollars, it was $13.43-$12.97/hour.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-minimum-wage-increases-could-reduce-opportunities/
— How a school district cut chronic absenteeism by 65%. DD: I rarely missed classes while I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School 1953-1961, Hope Lutheran Grade School 1961-1962, Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, UIC in 1971, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, Becker CPA Review 1978-1979, Roosevelt 1980-1981, IIA Certified Internal Auditor Review in 1981, and IIT 1992-1997.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/how-a-school-district-cut-absenteeism-by-65/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker Signs More Than 60 Bills Into Law as Illinois Moves Further Left.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/pritzker-signs-more-than-60-bills-into-law-as-illinois-moves-further-left.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Anchor babies hit surge status, totaling 9 percent of U.S. births. DD: What are the demographics of anchor babies? What will their mothers do with them?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/2/anchor-babies-hit-surge-status-totaling-9-percent-us-births/
— Marxist tycoon is funding a China-backed influence campaign against AI data centers. DD: China want to rule the world.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/30/neville-roy-singham-funding-china-backed-influence-campaign-ai-data/
— U.S. Air Force Major arrested at Capitol while demonstrating for Trump’s impeachment. DD: During the last 11 years that I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, I was a GS-13. GS-13 is the civilian equivalent of a Major in the military. While they never had me arrested for being an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/1/us-air-force-major-arrested-capitol-demonstrating-trumps-impeachment/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Maj. Jason Watson calls for President Trump’s impeachment, risking his military career. He attended a press conference led by the Removal Coalition outside the Capitol. Watson accused Trump of violating the Constitution and committing impeachable offenses.
He cited violations of the War Powers Act regarding military strikes against Iran and Venezuela. Watson claimed these actions resulted in deaths and injuries to service members. U.S. Air Force Maj. Jason Watson was arrested Wednesday while demonstrating at the Capitol for the impeachment of President Trump. Capitol police said they arrested Maj. Watson for demonstrating on the Capitol steps, which is against the law unless the demonstrator is with a member of Congress. Maj. Watson was initially accompanied by Rep. Al Green, Texas Democrat, after an impeachment press conference led by the Removal Coalition, a grassroots organization. When the congressman left the area, police officers told Maj. Watson to stop his demonstration or he would be arrested. “The man refused our lawful orders and was then arrested for 22-1307 Crowding, Obstructing, and Incommoding,” a Capitol Police spokesperson said. “It is important to note that there are plenty of other spots on Capitol Grounds where demonstrating is allowed.” Maj. Watson is risking his active-duty military career to publicly call for Mr. Trump’s impeachment.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Depression is real. It’s also a sad excuse for Tom Kean Jr.’s disappearance. DD: My critics/opponents have always done everything that they could to make me depressed and angry. They have had their operatives and their dupes take many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4632921/depression-sad-excuse-tom-kean-jr-disappearance/
— The pro-life movement is in jeopardy. Can it pull through? DD: I should write about my many critics/opponents who reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4632544/pro-life-movement-jeopardy-next-steps-post-roe-dobbs/

NEW YORK POST
— DOJ vows ‘birth tourism’ crackdown after Supreme Court rules against Trump in birthright citizenship case.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/01/us-news/doj-vows-birth-tourism-crackdown-after-supreme-court-rules-against-trump-in-birthright-citizenship-case/
— Anchor babies reach nearly 10% of all US births. DD: What are the demographics of anchor babies? What will their mothers do with them?
https://nypost.com/2026/04/18/us-news/anchor-babies-reach-nearly-10-of-all-us-births-new-data/
— DD: Democrat leaders and other anti-Americans ever-increasingly encourage pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/30/opinion/supremes-nod-to-reality-in-three-huge-rulings/
— Nationwide, Democrats elect and embrace socialists who hate America.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/01/opinion/nationwide-democrats-elect-and-embrace-socialists-who-hate-america/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Democrat Left’s Socialist Wave Will Come for Religion Next.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/01/socialist-warning-bishop-barron/
— How the Trump Administration Made It Easier to Institutionalize the Mentally Ill.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/30/how-trump-administration-institutionalize-mentally-ill/

FEDERAIST
— Citizenship Has Become A Financial Product Ripe For Exploitation By Birth Tourists And Illegals.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/01/citizenship-has-become-a-financial-product-ripe-for-exploitation-by-birth-tourists-and-illegals/
(ACCORDING TO GOOGLE AI: United States citizenship unlocks exclusive civic, legal, and economic privileges that are unavailable to lawful permanent residents (green card holders). The most critical advantage is absolute protection from deportation, guaranteeing your right to remain in the U.S. permanently. The primary benefits of U.S. citizenship are divided into several key categories: Civic and Political Rights Voting Power: You gain the exclusive right to vote in federal elections and influence national leadership. Public Office: You become eligible to run for elected positions, including the U.S. Congress. Jury Service: You can participate directly in the legal system by serving on a jury. Expanded Family Immigration Priority Sponsorship: You can sponsor immediate relatives (spouse, parents, minor children) with no annual visa caps or wait times. Extended Family: You gain the unique ability to petition for adult siblings and married children. Automatic Citizenship for Kids: Minor children with permanent residency automatically derive citizenship when you naturalize. Children Born Abroad: In most cases, your children born outside the U.S. automatically become citizens. Global Mobility and Freedom Powerful Passport: You can travel visa-free or visa-on-arrival to more than 180 destinations globally. No Travel Restrictions: You can stay outside the U.S. indefinitely without risk of abandoning your residency status. Consular Assistance: You receive full protection and support from U.S. embassies and consulates while abroad. Financial and Career Opportunities Federal Employment: You unlock high-level government, law enforcement, and intelligence careers restricted to citizens. Educational Aid: You gain full access to exclusive federal college grants, scholarships, and low-interest financial aid. Unrestricted Benefits: You eliminate immigration-related caps on critical public safety nets like Social Security and Medicare. Cost Savings: You permanently end the financial burden and administrative hassle of renewing your Green Card.)
— Roberts’ Argument For Birthplace Citizenship Is Self-Defeating.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/01/roberts-the-sacred-bond-between-nation-and-citizen-requires-us-to-blow-it-up/

FOX NEWS
— Vance calls SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling a ‘major mistake,’ warns of more birth tourism.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/vance-calls-scotus-birthright-citizenship-ruling-major-mistake-warns-more-birth-tourism.amp
— Anchor babies are here to stay. DD: What are the demographics of anchor babies? What will their mothers do with them?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399846573112
https://www.fox.com/watch/clip/6399846573112/greg-gutfeld-anchor-babies-are-here-to-stay
https://www.aol.com/news/greg-gutfeld-anchor-babies-stay-220044145.html
— House hearing ERUPTS in fury over sanctuary city policies.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399929733112

TOWNHALL
— A House hearing on the impacts of sanctuary cities turned into a shouting match between Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD). Democrats, of course, treated Jessica Gorman with disdain. She’s the mother of Sheridan, who was shot and killed by an illegal alien earlier this year. What’s painfully clear again is that Democrats prioritize the rights and needs of illegal aliens over American citizens.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/07/01/hearing-on-sanctuary-cities-turned-into-a-full-blown-fight-between-these-two-house-members-n2678639

FROM NATIONAL CENTER LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly promotes more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-pritzker-vows-illinois-protect-trans-athletes-supreme-court-decision/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders and other anti-Americans ever-increasingly encourage pregnant women who are citizens of foreign countries to give birth in America. DD: What are the demographics of anchor babies? What will their mothers do with them?
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-06-30/birthright-citizenship-should-never-have-been-in-question

GAO
— Priority Open Recommendations: Internal Revenue Service. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 wasted my knowledge of IRS. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 (1986-1988) of the almost 18 years that I worked for them. I had worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108992
(FROM THE REPORT: In September 2025, GAO identified 26 priority recommendations for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Since then, IRS has implemented one of those recommendations. In June 2026, GAO identified an additional two priority recommendations, bringing the total to 27. GAO is highlighting the following three areas that warrant timely and focused attention: Managing agency transformation, Addressing the tax gap, and Improving the taxpayer experience. Addressing GAO’s recommendations in these areas can help inform IRS’s transformation efforts, strengthen its tax enforcement and revenue collection while reducing taxpayer burden, and inform its resource decisions to best improve the taxpayer experience. Taking action to implement all of GAO’s open priority recommendations could significantly improve operations across IRS.)

SPLC
— DD: My critics/opponents are anti-conservative if not conservative-haters. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate groups. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT from 2005 until 2012 when they succeeded in destroying the organization. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member from 2003 until 2007 when they succeeded in destroying the organization.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/guides/reporting-hard-right-hate-extremist-movements/

FROM FOREIGN SCOURCES

TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: Trump eyes stopping pregnant women from coming to America after the Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/pregnant-women-cant-come-to-this-country-trump-administration-eyes-crack-down-on-birth-tourism-after-us-supreme-court-ruling-on-birthright-citizenship/articleshow/132118836.cms

HINDUSTAN TIMES
— Why Indians will benefit the most by US Supreme Court’s order on birthright citizenship. DD: What are the demographics of anchor babies? What will their mothers do with them?
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/why-indians-will-benefit-the-most-by-us-supreme-court-s-order-on-birthright-citizenship-explained/ar-AA26YCji

July 1, 2026

DD: With the Supreme Court ruling, America’s enemies will ever-increasingly use birthright citizenship to destroy America. How did your ancestors become citizens? All my ancestors immigrated legally from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They applied for citizenship and they became citizens. They never exhibited any type of anti-Americanism. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. Anticipate/expect that more and more and more of America’s enemies will pay/order their female citizens to get pregnant and to give birth in America. Democrats ever-increasingly elect more anti-Americans to government offices.

FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders celebrate SCOTUS birthright ruling.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-immigrant-groups-celebrate-scotus-birthright-ruling

CHICAGO TRIBUNE & WBEZ
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders rejoice as Supreme Court affirms birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s order.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/30/illinois-immigrants-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship/
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2026/06/30/supreme-court-upholds-birthright-citizenship-rejecting-trumps-proposed-limits
— Video gambling battle heats up.  DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/29/lori-lightfoot-ballys-chicago-vide-gaming/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump. Democrat leaders hate those who voted for Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/01/column-america-250-donald-trump-abuses-chapman/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/nation-world/2026/06/30/supreme-court-upholds-birthright-citizenship-trump-roberts-thomas-kavanaugh
— FRONT PAGE: U.S. Supreme Court will hear challenge to Cook County assault weapons ban.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/us-supreme-court/2026/06/30/supreme-court-assault-weapon-ban-cook-county
— Burglaries at video gambling establishments are soaring, with more than 500 reported so far in 2026. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/06/30/illinois-gaming-board-video-gambling-burglaries-gov-jb-pritzker

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump’s proposed limits.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260630/nation-and-world-politics/supreme-court-upholds-birthright-citizenship-rejecting-trumps-proposed-limits/
— Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school athletic teams.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260630/nation-and-world/supreme-court-upholds-state-laws-banning-transgender-girls-and-women-from-school-athletic-teams/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOL:D WTH THREE PHOTOS: Pay raises for some elected officials in DuPage may be in jeopardy as County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek raises questions about the vote approving the increases. On Friday, Kaczmarek filed a complaint with the Illinois Attorney General’s public access counselor. She claims the county board violated the Open Meetings Act when it voted on April 28 to approve pay increases for the future county clerk, treasurer, county board chairman and sheriff.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260630/news/dupage-county-board-accused-of-violating-open-meetings-act-in-approving-pay-raises-for-elected-offic/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/01/raoul-finds-vindication-in-birthright-case-00982474

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump says China is the winner in Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/30/trump-says-china-winner-supreme-courts-birthright-citizenship-ruling/
— Supreme Court rules states can bar transgender athletes from girls’ sports.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/30/supreme-court-rules-states-bar-transgender-athletes-girls-sports/

BREITBART
— SCOTUS Failed. The Fight to Ban Anchor Babies Continues.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/30/scotus-affirms-birthright-citizenship-rejects-trumps-reform/

DAILY CALLER
— SCOTUS Flips The Bird To Young Americans. The U.S. Supreme Court just handed birthright citizenship to illegal immigrants’ children and birth tourists; the implications for young Americans will be severe.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/06/30/rooke-scotus-birthright-citizenship-trump-china-illegal-immigration-young-americans-housing-inflation/
— Clarence Thomas Goes Scorched Earth On Birthright Decision, Says It ‘Devalues American Citizenship’
https://dailycaller.com/2026/06/30/clarence-thomas-supreme-court-ruling-birthright-american-citizenship/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship in Blow to Trump Immigration Enforcement.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/30/supreme-court-upholds-birthright-citizenship-in-blow-to-trump-immigration-enforcement/
— Justices Thomas, Alito Argue ‘Birthright Citizenship’ Ruling Reverses the Declaration of Independence on Its 250th Anniversary.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/30/medieval-justices-thomas-alito-argue-birthright-citizenship-reverses-declaration-independence-250th-anniversary/
— Hill GOP Erupts Over Birthright Citizenship Decision.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/30/hill-gop-erupts-birthright-citizenship/
— Trump Reveals Plan to End Birthright Citizenship After SCOTUS Ruling.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/30/trump-reacts-birthright-citizenship/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Plans Assault On Birth Tourism After Letdown At SCOTUS. “Birth tourism schemes exploit our immigration system and violate criminal law.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-plans-assault-on-birth-tourism-after-letdown-at-scotus

FEDERALIST
— ‘Grotesque Results’ Of Birth Tourism Allow Foreign Invaders To Seize Control Of U.S. From The Inside.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/30/grotesque-results-of-birth-tourism-allow-foreign-invaders-to-seize-control-of-u-s-from-the-inside/
— Supreme Court Makes It Clear. Mass Deportations Are Mandatory To Save America.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/30/supreme-court-makes-it-clear-mass-deportations-are-mandatory-to-save-america/
— Thomas, Alito: In Birthplace Citizenship Ruling, John Roberts Imposes ‘Feudal’ ‘Darkness’
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/30/thomas-alito-in-birthplace-citizenship-ruling-john-roberts-imposes-feudal-darkness/
— McCarthyism Didn’t Go Far Enough To Root Out Filthy Commies, So Now We Have Modern NYC.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/30/mccarthyism-didnt-go-far-enough-to-root-out-filthy-commies-so-now-we-have-modern-nyc/
— Alito: John Roberts Sold Out The Declaration Of Independence ‘Only Days Before’ 250th Anniversary.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/30/alito-john-roberts-sold-out-the-declaration-of-independence-only-days-before-250th-anniversary/
— After SCOTUS Citizenship Ruling, National Security Requires A Travel Ban On CCP Nationals.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/30/after-scotus-citizenship-ruling-national-security-requires-a-travel-ban-on-ccp-nationals/
— SCOTUS Says The US Civil War Was Basically About Protecting ChiCom Birth Tourists.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/30/scotus-says-the-us-civil-war-was-basically-about-protecting-chicom-birth-tourists/
— SCOTUS Says Babies Of Illegal Aliens, CCP Birth Tourists Are US Citizens Because Of Magic Dirt.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/30/scotus-says-babies-of-illegal-aliens-ccp-birth-tourists-are-us-citizens-because-of-magic-dirt/
— Illegal Immigration Caused 30% Of Home Price Spikes While Deflating American Wages. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/30/fed-study-illegal-immigration-caused-30-of-home-price-spikes-while-deflating-american-wages/

FEDERATION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Supreme Court Gets Birthright Citizenship Wrong.
https://www.fairus.org/press-releases/supreme-court-gets-birthright-citizenship-wrong

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Birthright Citizenship: Three Liberal Justices Stuck Together And Won While Conservatives Splintered
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/06/birthright-citizenship-three-liberal-justices-stuck-together-and-won-while-conservatives-splintered/

PJ MEDIA
— Here’s How Devastating the Birthright Citizenship Ruling Is.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/06/30/heres-how-devastating-the-birthright-citizenship-ruling-is-n4954549

PATRIOT POST
— Birthright Citizenship for Illegals Is a Death Sentence for the Country. As expected, a 5-4 majority of the Supreme Court got it woefully and atrociously wrong on the question of applying the 14th Amendment to the children of illegals.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/128714-birthright-citizenship-for-illegals-is-a-death-sentence-for-the-country-2026-06-30

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says It’s ‘Too Bad’ Supreme Court Upheld Birthright Citizenship
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/us/politics/trump-congress-birthright-citizenship.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump calls on Congress to end birthright citizenship after court defeat.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/30/trump-says-congress-should-act-end-birthright-citizenship/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Justices Uphold Birthright Citizenship in Blow to Trump.
https://www.wsj.com/business/justices-uphold-birthright-citizenship-in-blow-to-trump-e31ed979
— The U.S. Added 1,200 New Millionaires a Day Last Year. Soaring financial markets are a big reason Americans make up nearly half the world’s new millionaires. DD: My net worth is 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.wsj.com/finance/the-u-s-added-1-200-new-millionaires-a-day-last-year-d238830f
— Federal Direct Plus loans for graduate students are being phased out. DD: I paid for my 1976, 1980, and 1997 job-related master’s degrees with money I earned working for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997. My Democrat IRS superiors were furious that I deducted my education expenses. In 1978, they disallowed what I had deducted since 1972.
https://www.wsj.com/buyside/personal-finance/student-loans/obbba-federal-borrowing-caps

GUARDIAN
— Why the US supreme court’s birthright ruling brings only partial relief.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/30/supreme-court-ruling-birthright-citizenship

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS2
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly encourage Black men to be LGBTQers.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-black-gay-mens-caucus/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Supreme Court to hear challenge to Cook County assault weapons ban.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-supreme-court-cook-county-assault-weapons-20260630/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Bailey campaign embraces artificial intelligence in new era of politics.
https://www.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2026-06-30/bailey-campaign-embraces-artificial-intelligence-in-new-era-of-politics

WSIU
— What it means to be a Black in the military. DD: I should write about what it meant to be a Republican working for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. I should write what it means to be a conservatives working for anti-conservatives.
https://www.wsiu.org/politics-elections/2026-06-30/what-it-means-to-be-black-in-a-military-controlled-by-trump-and-hegseth

CWB CHICAGO
— 34 arrested during Chicago Pride Parade festivities.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/06/34-arrested-during-chicago-pride-parade-festivities-police-say.html

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Mayor Wants To Create A Tenant Bill Of Rights, Other Protections For Renters. DD: To avoid paying rent, I bought a new townhome in University Park when I was 24 in 1972. Then I bought condos in downtown Chicago in 1974 and 1976. Then my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and then had one built there in 1984.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/29/mayor-wants-to-create-a-tenant-bill-of-rights-other-protections-for-renters/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-547/
— Bailey campaign embraces AI slop
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/30/bailey-campaign-embraces-ai-slop/
— ACLU: Supreme Court’s transgender ruling doesn’t apply to Illinois
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/30/aclu-supreme-courts-transgender-ruling-doesnt-apply-to-illinois/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

ILLINOIS STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION
— Illinois State Rifle Association Welcomes U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Hear Challenge to Cook County “Assault Weapons” Ban
https://isra.org/isra-news/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Anti-abortion groups push Trump to defund Planned Parenthood before Fourth of July deadline.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4629744/anti-abortion-groups-trump-planned-parenthood-july-4-deadline/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Kansas State students pay $30K a year as core courses focus on oppression, identity. DD: I escaped liberal indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/kansas-state-students-pay-30k-year-core-courses-focus-oppression-identity/30157

EEOC
— EEOC Votes to Rescind Affirmative Action Interpretive Guidelines and Related Compliance Manual. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? EEOC had a tremendous impact on me. When I was 22 in 1971, I 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. Because I had accepted that offer, my Firestone Store boss rudely fired me. Because of that, I accepted a job offer from IRS.
https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-votes-rescind-affirmative-action-interpretive-guidelines-and-related-compliance

FOX NEWS
— The leftward lurch of the Democrat Party. DD: Ever-increasingly, to vote for Democrats is to destroy America.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399864815112
— ABC has no business on public airwaves because it operates like a partisan cable network.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/abc-no-business-public-airwaves-180021801.html

JONATHAN TURLEY
— Illinois among 10 blue states refusing to join Independence Day Celebration on Washington Mall. Celebration Without Representation: Blue States Refuse to Join in the 250th Anniversary Celebration on the Mall. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly punish America to punish Trump.
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/06/29/celebration-without-representation-blue-states-refuse-to-participate-in-the-250th-anniversary-celebration-on-the-mall/

LEGAL NEWSLINE
— White teacher gets new life for race discrimination suit vs Evanston D65. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat superiors argued that they treated me exactly like Congress wanted them to treat me, that is, to implement Affirmative Action, that is, to give preference to their employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran, that is, to discriminate against their employees who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.legalnewsline.com/cook-county-record/white-teacher-gets-new-life-for-race-discrimination-suit-vs-evanston-d65/article_4988f8e1-b108-4029-a623-c6ce778e523c.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— IRS needs to hire more veterans. DD: I should write about my many Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors who were veterans and the many big adverse actions that they took against me. What was your biggest mistake in life? For me, it was my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. My many Democrat superiors who were veterans used my avoiding the draft with deferments against me viciously. They blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. Did you try to enlist. I did not. I have always asked myself would I have been accepted if I had tried to enlist. I was 1-A even though I could not run because I had an inherited bone disease, my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and I had partial red/green color blindness. My critics/opponents have always used my health problems against me. They have always stressed that if I had been accepted, I would not have been sent into combat and that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am a disgusting unmitigated hypocritical coward. According to my many Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who were veterans, if I had not avoided the draft, I would not have been able to a) buy new cars when I was 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) earn a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. d) earn an MBA when I was 27, e) get married when I was 29, f) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, g) earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, h) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, or i) become a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-needs-to-hire-veterans
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Internal Revenue Service consistently falls short of its longstanding 14% goal of hiring veterans, with annual hiring typically ranging from 7% to 11%.)

DAILY KOS
— Military legal drama on TV took a look at promotions. DD: All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/6/30/800063008/community/military-legal-drama-on-tv-took-a-look-at-promotions/

June 29, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The Great American State Fair kicks off in Washington in honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/27/great-american-state-fair-kickoff/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD:  — DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/29/chicago-ice-venezuela-immigration/
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/29/column-pete-hegseth-military-diversity-segregation-page/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/06/28/steinberg-abortion-roe-wade-technology-pill

— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES & CHICAGO TRIBUNE & ABC7 & NBC5 & CBS2 & WGN9 & WAND TV & BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family. LGBTQ promoters ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. Far too many Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders fail/refuse to speak out against the ever-increasing Democrat promotion of LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2026/06/28/55th-annual-chicago-pride-parade-lake-view
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/06/29/trump-ended-crisis-lifeline-lgbtqi-988-youth-access-congress-bill-raja-krishnamoorthi
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/28/chicago-pride-parade-2026/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/when-is-pride-chicago-2026-what-know-parade-route-street-closures-parking-restrictions/19374061/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/protest-new-hope-community-church-sign-draws-dozens-palatine-ahead-chicago-area-weekend-lgbtq-pride-celebrations/19392510/
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/chicago-celebrating-pride-month-northalsted/19398141/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/photos-scenes-from-chicagos-2026-pride-parade/3954645/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/video/top-videos-home/2026-chicago-pride-parade-steps-off-as-more-than-a-million-gather-to-celebrate/3954575/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/huge-crowds-gather-for-the-2026-chicago-pride-parade-how-to-watch-it-live/3954519/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-pride-parade-step-off-concerns-building-heat/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/pritzker-signs-3-bills-to-boost-protection-for-lgbtq-illinoisans/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3Oh5qcT_A0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-jvPa7Iys
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-bills-lgbtq-illinoisans/
https://wgntv.com/news/features/chicago-pride-parade-celebrates-55-years-of-pursuing-equality-and-acceptance/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PXklg13zT4
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/pritzker-signs-new-laws-expanding-lgbtq-protections-in-illinois/article_ba0ce8b4-ea62-485f-9568-673998176cf8.html
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/28/pride-parade-kicks-off-in-lakeview-as-thousands-celebrate-chicagos-lgbtq-community/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/29/reunited-and-it-feel-so-good-in-texas-00979409

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing.
https://capitolfax.com/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. According to Google AI: “Democrat Lite is a pejorative political term used primarily by conservative or libertarian critics to describe moderate or establishment Republicans. It implies that these politicians lack core conservative principles and instead support a milder version of liberal or Democratic policies (such as big-government spending). Critics often use the phrase to argue that Republicans abandon their base by offering a watered-down agenda to appeal to the political center.” My critics/opponents who state that they are Republican are Democrat Lite. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most Commonly, they reject its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They destroy those like me who promote the aforesaid planks. To get rid of me, they have taken many big adverse actions against me since 2000. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Google AI: “Come to your defense is a phrase that means stepping in to protect, support, or justify someone when they are being criticized, attacked, or facing a challenge. Depending on context, it could refer to legal/physical self-defense, an academic thesis defense, or simply standing up for a friend.” Ever-increasingly, if you live in Illinois, the more of the following that you are, the more that you should not anticipate/expect that others will come to your defense: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponent stress those who I have done much to help elect and to help reelect since 2000, but who did not come to my defense when my critics/opponents had their operatives and dupes a) rudely through off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024, b) rudely end my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) rudely gerrymander my precinct in 2015, d) rudely end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) rudely end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) rudely end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) rudely almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and h) rudely defeat my bid for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— From what I see spending 10+ hours a day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, if you live in Illinois, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, those who are the aforesaid are leaving Illinois. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly dive those who are the aforesaid out of Illinois and replace them with those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, noncitizen, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Wheaton College Professor’s Anti-White, Anti-Conservative Diatribe
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/06/25/wheaton-college-professors-anti-white-anti-conservative-diatribe
— DuPage County Dem Chair Excited To Install Government Housing. DD: My critics/opponents want to install government housing on the north end of my precinct.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/06/28/dupage-county-dem-chair-excited-to-install-government-housing

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— DeSantis to speak at 42nd ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT DINNER, Thursday, September 3, 2026
https://benefit.heartland.org/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Socialism clashes with Christian teaching despite Pope Leo’s claims. Christians are not obligated to heed leader’s call for ‘equitable distribution.’ DD: To promote socialism is to destroy religion. Socialist leaders ever-increasingly manipulate/dominate religious leaders. Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at those who have less money than others that capitalism caused that.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/28/socialism-clashes-christian-teaching-despite-pope-leos-claims/
— Democrats are the disloyal opposition. DD: Ever-increasingly, to destroy Trump, Democrat leaders a) destroy those who voted for Trump and b) destroy America. Democrat leaders will never “forgive” those who voted for Trump. Many voted for Trump because his Democrat opponents were so bad.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/28/editorial-democrats-disloyal-opposition/
— Minimum wage debate not about fairness. DD: Working for IRS, I did not start earning $27.12/hour in today’s dollars until I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970. I did not start earning $33.17/hour in today’s dollars until I had completed three graduate business courses in 1972 .I did not start earning $40.14/hour in today’s dollars until I had completed seven graduate business courses in 1973. I did not start earning $48.11/hour in today’s dollars until I had completed eleven graduate business courses in 1974.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/28/minimum-wage-debate-not-fairness/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A bill introduced this year in the New York City legislature aims to raise the minimum wage level to as much as $30 per hour for all businesses. In California, where the minimum wage is approaching $17 per hour, large fast-food employers must pay $20 per hour. Beginning Wednesday, healthcare employers will have to start paying $25 per hour.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialism is winning our elections because it already won our classrooms. DD: I escaped socialist indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at those who have less money than others that capitalism caused that.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4626838/socialism-winning-elections-because-it-won-classrooms/
— America at 250: Still funding its largest abortion provider. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/4626937/america-250-still-funding-largest-abortion-provider/

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats are in desperate need of a new leader as communists overrun their party.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/28/opinion/miranda-devine-dems-are-in-desperate-need-of-a-new-leader-as-communists-overrun-their-party-but-all-they-got-is-obama/
— ‘Temporary’ deportation shield for immigrants has always been a total farce. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with citizens of foreign countries and b) put them on track to vote for Democrats. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/28/opinion/temporary-deportation-for-immigrants-is-a-total-farce/

FOX NEWS
— Mamdani-backed socialists look to take New York playbook nationwide after primary victories. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at those who have less money than others that capitalism caused that.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-backed-socialists-look-take-new-york-playbook-nationwide-after-primary-victories

TOWNHALL
— LA Votes to Give Illegals the Vote. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with citizens of foreign countries and b) put them on track to vote for Democrats. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit. Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at those who have less money than others that capitalism caused that.
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2026/06/29/la-votes-to-give-illegals-the-vote-n2678262
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Los Angeles, the city that no longer loves itself, the city that is casting out the angels and replacing them with progressive demons and rabid communists, has unleashed another political inferno with their latest diabolical election scheme. By a vote of 10 to 5, the Los Angeles City Council passed a charter amendment initiative which, if approved by the voters in November, would allow non-citizens to vote in Los Angeles’ local city and school board elections. The Democratic Socialist of America-allied (DSA) leader of the LA City Council’s progressive phalanx, Hugo Soto-Martinez, rolled out the usual dodgy reasons proffered for this scandalous proposal. The reasons are daunting and disturbing:)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family. LGBTQ promoters ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ. Far too many Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders fail/refuse to speak out against the ever-increasing Democrat promotion of LGBTQ.
https://www.wral.com/news/ap/c2301-lgbtq-pride-parades-set-for-sunday-in-nyc-and-san-francisco/

MSN
— Marriage is starting later than ever. DD: I did not get married until I was 29 in 1978. If I had not met my outstanding wife at a church sponsored singles social event when I was 28 in 1977, I might never had gotten married. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I got married. To get rid of me, they had painted me being an extremely bad person because I had refused to become a Democrat. They hinted/implied/argued that because of that, I would never get married. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/why-marriage-is-starting-later-than-ever/ss-AA26C1uz

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Latest in College Pricing: Tuition at 10% of Your Income. DD: My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/business/whitman-college-tuition-pricing.html

USA TODAY
— Forget Trump. Democrats have lost faith in America itself. New polling shows a historic, and deeply partisan, decline in how proud Americans feel about their country, with Democrats driving nearly all of the drop.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/06/22/democrats-less-patriotic-trump-america/90558433007/
— Americans are struggling to pay for health care. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance since 1966 and then also paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/06/25/health-care-affordability-crisis-worsens/90665306007/

SUN SENTINEL & BOSTON GLOBE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with citizens of foreign countries and b) put them on track to vote for Democrats. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2026/06/28/a-devastating-reality-asylum-seeking-florida-workers-contribute-billions-to-economy-study-finds/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/27/metro/supreme-court-immigration-ruling-impact-on-tps-holders/

PENN LIVE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump to demonize, denigrate, and condemn America and Americans, and especially Americans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. All of my ancestors were Protestants who immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, I stress that they always lived in northeast Illinois, that they never were in a position to discriminate against anyone, and that they never did discriminate against anyone.
https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2026/06/america-250-is-a-reckoning-not-just-a-birthday-party-opinion.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Being ‘Progressive’ Is No Longer Enough on the Left. Leftist Democrats are losing to the Mamdani socialists who think they aren’t radical enough. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at those who have less money than others that capitalism caused that.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-being-progressive-is-no-longer-enough-on-the-left-b3970c5d
— Trump Opened the Window for the DSA. Democrats’ hatred for him led them to tolerate radical, vicious ideas that are colonizing their party.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/trump-opened-the-window-for-the-dsa-0459c607
— As Prices Climb, Americans Shrink Vacations. DD: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates became ever-increasingly furious as I ever-increasingly benefitted from my wife’s job as Corporate Secretary for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. I went with her four annual business trips to luxury resorts across America 1978-1992. We almost always followed her business meetings with trips to national parks. According to my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates, they were grossly underpaid. They decried the time and money they spent raising their children. They decried their wives having little or no income. They ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I as being selfish disgustingly rich DINKs.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/travel/these-americans-are-scrimping-to-save-their-summer-vacations-fba2419d
— DD: Without America’s military might, there would be no Catholicism, no Catholic Church, and no Pope.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/opinion/pope-leo-just-war-theory-encyclical-ai-iran.html

NPR
— DD: To get more votes from those who do not share Trump’s demographics, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against those who do share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/01/nx-s1-5827069/trump-eeoc-discrimination-dei-data

ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
— DD: To get more votes from those who do not share Trump’s demographics, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly discriminate against those who do share Trump’s demographics.
https://www.epi.org/blog/a-more-diverse-workforce-isnt-dei-motivated-discrimination-its-just-demographic-change-how-trump-is-weaponizing-the-eeoc-against-the-workers-it-was-built-to-protect/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

FINANCIAL TIMES
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestor who have been in America for a long time have always caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that non-Whites have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that with my many non-White superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates.
https://www.ft.com/content/3fa9d4d1-74f3-4e44-bd8e-0c359b85108f?syn-25a6b1a6=1

MONDAQ
— DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat and RINO employers will use AI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/discrimination-disability-sexual-harassment/1808286/the-dangers-of-using-ai-in-hiring

LAVENDER HOTELS
— Civil Service Protections. DD: Federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Unions provide some protection. But GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized when I transferred from IRS in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have been able to take the many big adverse actions against me that they did. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. But even though I was a union member at the time, a) my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 and b) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. That was because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://weddings.lavenderhotels.co.uk/merit-systems-protection-board-battle-federal-job-protections-crumbling

LOKMAT TIMES
— Marriage on hold: Is education and career redefining the traditional marriage timeline? DD: I did not get married until I was 29 in 1978. If I had not met my outstanding wife at a church sponsored singles social event when I was 28 in 1977, I might never had gotten married. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I got married. To get rid of me, they had painted me being an extremely bad person because I had refused to become a Democrat. They hinted/implied/argued that because of that, I would never get married. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.lokmattimes.com/aurangabad/marriage-on-hold-is-education-and-career-redefining-the-traditional-marriage-timeline/

June 27, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/26/blue-island-restricting-ice-activity/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/illinois-governor/2026/06/26/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-texas-democratic-convention-speech

CHICAGO TRIBUNE & ABC7 & CBS2 & WGN9 & FOX32 & WBEZ & WIFR & MSN & CATHOLIC REVIEW & AXIOS CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and family. LGBTQ promoters ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/26/lake-county-pride-month/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-pride-parade-2026-cpd-organizers-prepare-large-crowds-heightened-security-lakeview-event/19390081/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/protest-new-hope-community-church-sign-draws-dozens-palatine-ahead-chicago-area-weekend-lgbtq-pride-celebrations/19392510/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/windy-city-weekend-guest-hosts-cody-lagrow-jason-knowles-talks-chicago-pride-parade/19389701/
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-teacher-visiting-every-fbs-stadium-lgbtq-community/
https://wgntv.com/news/medical-watch/hiv-infections-surge-in-chicagos-hispanic-latino-communities-whats-being-done-to-help/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgFOfIXLgv8
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-pride-parade-2026
https://www.wbez.org/2026/06/26/the-rundown-what-to-know-about-chicagos-2026-pride-parade
https://www.wifr.com/2026/06/27/lgbtq-families-look-rockford-while-searching-safety-when-buying-home/?outputType=amp
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
https://catholicreview.org/outreach-2026-conference-highlights-lgbtq-discipleship-community-ministry-efforts/
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/06/26/chicago-lgbtq-tourism-northalsted-hotels-pride-parade-rainbow-crosswalks

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: Bartlett Library board censures trustee. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who in 2006 almost succeeded in getting their operatives and their dupes in the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They ever-increasingly blamed me and blamed my newsletters for defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct had suffered since 2000. I would focus on my critics/opponents who still have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. My critics/opponents blame conservative Republicans for Republican defeats, and especially conservative Republicans like me who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. They reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. They want the Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party. On who/what do you blame Republican defeats. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260626/news/bartlett-library-board-censures-trustee-after-unforgivable-act-of-aggression-at-meeting/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Health insurance. DD: The federal government paying 72% of my health insurance since 1966 and then also paying 72% of my wife’s health insurance since 1978 helped me endure tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors in the federal government to waste my career and to get rid of me.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-26/5-million-have-dropped-aca-insurance-after-trump-and-the-gop-let-prices-skyrocket

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How has envy been used against you? To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government against me, my Democrat superiors promoted envy big time. They stressed a) the new cars that I bought when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) the real estate that I bought when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I earned, d) the vacations that I took, e) etc. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to do the aforesaid. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if I had not gotten married when I was 29, I would not have been able to accomplish what did after then. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to accomplish what I did after we got married. My Democrat GAO superiors decried the time and money they spent raising their children, They decried their wives having little or no income. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago’s potential ‘teen takeover’ solutions cost taxpayers. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop teen takeovers?
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_90ee4b5f-5ade-42e9-9d2c-42b961f1a9e0.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Pritzker Doubles Down on Abortion and Transgender Secrecy.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/06/pritzker-doubles-down-on-abortion-secrecy/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Carville calls for House Democrats to reject socialist candidate.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/26/james-carville-calls-house-democrats-reject-socialist-candidate/

AMERICAN THINKER
— What Republicans still get wrong about reaching black voters. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on turning my many Democrat Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. I should write about their successes and failures in doing that.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/what-republicans-still-get-wrong-about-reaching-black-voters/

COLLEGE FIX
— Professor: Europeans imposed their ‘temporal framework’ – or ‘white time’ – on colonized peoples.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professor-europeans-imposed-their-temporal-framework-or-white-time-on-colonized-peoples/

FEDERALIST
— Democrats’ Communist Revolution Will Destroy America If The Right Doesn’t Take It Seriously.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/26/democrats-communist-revolution-will-destroy-america-if-the-right-doesnt-take-it-seriously/

FOX BUSINESS
— DEI policies cost US economy by promoting unqualified managers. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/white-house-study-claims-dei-policies-cost-us-economy-promoting-unqualified-managers

FOX NEWS
— DD: One could compare and contrast 40-year-old JPMorgan Chase executive Angie Báez with me. By the time I was 40, my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors had wasted my career and taken many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.aol.com/articles/knicks-fan-trash-grab-ends-234100956.html

LUBBOCK AVALANCHE JOURNAL
— Know when to ask for help. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have always been a Republican. In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should asked for help from federal Republican elected officials much sooner than I did. To get rid of me, my Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors a) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978,, and c) never promoted me beyond GS-12. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/opinion/columns/2026/06/26/texas-ag-commissioner-sid-miller-on-mental-health-asking-for-help/90679841007/

NANCY MACE
— Bill Ensures Only American Citizens Are Hired by the Federal Government. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-nancy-mace-introduces-bill-ban-non-citizens-federal-workforce

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Temporary Immigration Program That’s Been Forever.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/06/the-temporary-immigration-program-thats-been-forever/

NEWS AND SENTINNEL
— Control your destiny. Take personal responsibility. Politicians rarely take personal responsibility. It is always someone else’s fault, a lack of leadership both parties are guilty of. If it is always someone else’s fault, the problem will not be solved. DD: I should write about the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me the most and who have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats. I would start with candidates for federal offices, then for Illinois offices, then for DuPage County offices, then for Milton Township offices, and then for Wheaton Offices. I would focus on the aforesaid candidates who had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/opinion/local-columns/2026/06/cracking-the-code-control-your-destiny/

OKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
— Envy. The Tenth Commandment and the rise of socialism. As socialism gains influence in American culture, parents and pastors must teach with renewed clarity that envy, jealousy, and covetousness are not political virtues—they are sins. A free society cannot survive when resentment is celebrated and covetousness is mistaken for compassion. DD: To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government against me, my Democrat superiors promoted envy big time. They stressed a) the new cars that I bought when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) the real estate that I bought when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I earned, d) the vacations that I took, e) etc. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to do the aforesaid. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if I had not gotten married when I was 29, I would not have been able to accomplish what did after then. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to accomplish what I did after we got married. My Democrat GAO superiors decried the time and money they spent raising their children, They decried their wives having little or no income.
https://ocpathink.org/post/analysis/the-tenth-commandment-and-the-rise-of-socialism

POST MILLENNIAL
— AI chatbots have massive left-wing bias—ChatGPT is worst offender
https://thepostmillennial.com/revealed-ai-chatbots-have-massive-left-wing-bias-chatgpt-is-worst-offender

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Unchecked Politicization of Chicago Classrooms. DD: My parent sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2026/06/25/what_local_media_missed_washington_exposed_the_unchecked_politicization_of_chicago_classrooms_1190981.html

TOWNHALL
— Mamdani Once Again Promises to Defy SCOTUS to Protect Illegal Aliens.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/06/26/mamdani-promises-to-protect-illegals-after-scotus-rulings-n2678358
— An illegal alien from Honduras was sentenced earlier this week to 96 months in prison for his role in operating a years-long off-the-books cash payroll scheme that facilitated the employment of illegal aliens working in the United States. The scheme caused a total loss to the United States of more than $38 million. DD: While I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, I increasingly collected delinquent payroll taxes. For 3 years while I worked for GAO at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $118,984-$126,917/year, I worked on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/06/26/illegal-alien-sentenced-to-8-years-for-38-million-payroll-tax-fraud-scheme-n2678374

TRUMP STORE AMERICA
— 20% OFF ENTIRE STORE – 4TH OF JULY SALE
https://trumpstoreamerica.com/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Wokeness is still alive and well in our school libraries.  DD: How strongly do the libraries in your school district promote wokeness, that is, how strongly do those libraries promote more hatred against Republicans?
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5940932-american-library-association-agenda/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/us/politics/heres-what-it-means-to-be-a-democratic-socialist.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/nyregion/dsa-mamdani-congress-nyc.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/nyregion/dsa-mamdani-new-york.html
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/us/politics/defending-education-smith-transgender.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Options Trader Who Emerged as a Surprise Front-Runner to Succeed Jamie Dimon to lead JPMorgan. DD: My former next door neighbor in Wheaton Steve Samek was in line to run Arthur Andersen, but he did not make it.

https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/the-options-trader-who-emerged-as-a-surprise-front-runner-to-succeed-jamie-dimon-d40e341a
— How to Build a Retirement That Actually Fits Your Life. DD: My retirement income and savings are dramatically less because my Democrat superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/how-to-build-a-retirement-that-actually-fits-your-life-d9fddd09

NEW YORKER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-supreme-court-enables-trumps-cruel-immigration-agenda

AXIOS & PSYCHOLOGY TODAY & FORBES
— Blind loyalty. DD: My critics/opponents demand blind loyalty. They have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/26/trump-senate-republicans-blind-loyalty
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insight-therapy/202504/eyes-wide-shut-the-temptation-of-blind-loyalty
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sunitasah/2021/01/13/storming-of-the-us-capitol-how-blind-loyalty-fuels-the-unthinkable/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Arthur Ashe: “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. They attribute their successes in life to meritocracy. They attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/quote-of-the-day-by-arthur-ashe-start-where-you-are-use-what-you-have-do-what-you-the-american-tennis-players-life-lesson-reveals-the-secret-to-achieving-your-goals-and-why-small-steps-can-lead-to-big-success/articleshow/132018658.cms

INDIAN EXPRESS
— A strong woman is not marriage material. 95% of men want women who are helpless. Most men do not like strong women, especially those who have independent thoughts and are deeply committed to their work. DD: If I had not met my outstanding wife at a church sponsored singles social event when I was 28 in 1977, I might never had gotten married. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I got married when I was 29 in 1978. To get rid of me, they had painted me being an extremely bad person because I had refused to become a Democrat. They hinted/implied/argued that because of that, I would never get married. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. See Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on my wife and I at https://gopillinois.com/documents/ Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/a-strong-woman-is-not-marriage-material-neena-gupta-reveals-that-95-of-men-want-women-who-are-helpless-10462475/

June 26, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/06/26/steep-growth-in-same-sex-couples-on-the-far-southeast-side-south-shore-hegewisch-census-gay-lesbian-chicago
https://chicago.suntimes.com/wnba/2026/06/25/the-wnba-is-doing-it-for-the-gays
https://chicago.suntimes.com/arts-and-culture/2026/06/26/chicago-area-trans-authors-representation-pride

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gary Grasso: Linking Italian Americans to the mob in news stories needs to stop
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/26/opinion-italian-americans-news-reporting-mafia-associations/
— Civil servants should refuse to implement cruel policies, even if it costs them. DD: My fighting political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination in the federal government cost me big time. To advance in the federal government, you have to be a Democrat. If I had become a Democrat, even though I was not a minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who ran the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 because I earned three job-related masters degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. None of my coworkers came anywhere near close to doing what I did. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/26/opinion-immigrant-deporations-donald-trump-civil-servants-shackelford/
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/26/chicago-syrian-immigration-tps-supreme-court/

SOUTHERN
— Postal Service says it will not deliver ballots if states refuse to turn over voter lists under Trump proposal.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/06/25/postal-service-says-it-will-not-deliver-ballots-if-states-refuse-to-turn-over-voter-lists-under-trump-proposal/

WIFR TV
— Illinois Lt. Gov. candidates focus on affordability in pitch to Rockford voters.
https://www.wifr.com/2026/06/26/illinois-lt-gov-candidates-focus-affordability-pitch-rockford-voters/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXqPe5WpDWg

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/25/chicagos-played-a-key-role-in-lgbtq-history-here-are-9-historical-sites/
— Video gambling. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. My critics/opponents continue to use that against me big time.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/25/is-chicago-ever-getting-video-gambling-machines-bars-wait-for-answers-as-city-council-spars/

CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026/06/25/chicago-public-schools-slow-to-roll-out-black-student-success-plan/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/26/coaching-candidates-on-israel-00977430

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-759/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— To advance under socialism, you have to be a socialist. To advance in the federal government, you have to be a Democrat. If I had become a Democrat, even though I was not a minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who ran the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 because I earned three job-related masters degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. None of my coworkers came anywhere near close to doing what I did. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you reject, the more RINO that you are. RINOs have far more in common with Democrats and with Libertarians than with Republicans, and especially RINOs who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Most commonly, RINOs reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. RINOs want the Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party. Far too many RINOs are really Democrat plants. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. How strongly do the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct promote 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? RINO and Democrat plant leaders want Republican candidates to downplay, if not ignore, if not work against the aforesaid planks. RINO and Democrat plant leaders want the Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party. The Whig Party collapsed in the mid-1850s because it failed/refused to oppose slavery. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. My critics/opponents want me to leave the Republican Party. They want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They want me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. They want the Republican Party to officially change its name to the Democrat Lite Party. According to them, I am far too conservative. They reject planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote. They reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They are RINOs if not Democrat plants. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— There are far too many RINO leaders in the Republican Party. There are no DINO leaders in the Democrat Party. That is why the Republican candidates are defeated why Democrat candidates are elected. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Another Chicago Hate Scare Goes up in Smoke.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-hate-scare-up-in-smoke

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— New York socialist surge reveals warning signs for Schumer.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/4625908/new-york-socialist-surge-warning-signs-schumer/

NEW YORK POST
— Dems stunned after anti-Israel, anti-capitalist socialists sweep NYC primaries.
https://www.aol.com/articles/dems-stunned-anti-israel-anti-110912894.html
— Antisemitism: From New York to LA, a new political scourge.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/25/opinion/antisemitism-rises-along-with-socialism-in-new-york-la/
— Entitlement of NYC’s Knicks trash-can thief exposes the ingrained flaws of the DEI movement.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/25/opinion/entitlement-of-nycs-knicks-trash-can-thief-exposes-the-ingrained-flaws-of-the-dei-movement/

CAMPUS REFORM
— UCLA fellowship gives students $7,000 for immigration activism work
https://www.campusreform.org/article/ucla-fellowship-gives-students-7000-immigration-activism-work/30137

CHRISTIAN POST
— Supreme Court sides with Trump on ending TPS for Haitians and Syrians, rules illegals outside US aren’t arrivals.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/scotus-sides-with-trump-on-ending-tps-policy-on-asylum-seekers.html

COLLEGE FIX
— North Carolina lawmakers override governor’s vetoes to pass sweeping DEI bans.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/north-carolina-lawmakers-override-governors-vetoes-to-pass-sweeping-dei-bans/

CONTRARIAN
— Tucker Carlson’s Reason For Leaving The GOP Is Unpatriotic. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. My critics/opponents want me to leave the Republican Party. They want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. They want me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. They want the Republican Party to officially change its name to the Democrat Lite Party. According to them, I am far too conservative. They reject planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote. They reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. They are RINOs if not Democrat plants.
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/tucker-carlsons-reason-for-leaving

DAILY SIGNAL
— America’s New Socialists Are Coming From the Upper Class.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/25/americas-new-socialists-upper-class/

FEDERALIST
— Treasury Department Pushes Debanking Illegal Aliens.
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/treasury-department-pushes-debanking-illegal-aliens

FOX BUSINESS
— Trump vows US will ‘NEVER’ be a communist country after NY socialist primary victories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dttU99MiJgc

FOX NEWS
— Socialism vs capitalism: House Dems clash over what NY election results mean for party.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialism-vs-capitalism-house-dems-clash-ny-election-results-mean-party
— Progressives are getting ‘OBLITERATED’ by democratic socialists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4g1coj5LXY
— The rise of socialism within the Democratic Party. Candidates endorsed by Mamdani are winning primaries. They’re on the wrong side of normal.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399320949112
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399387253112
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399403734112
— ‘Allure’ of socialism is always going to exist. DD: The allure of being a Democrat in the Democrat federal government. If I had become a Democrat, even though I was not a minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who ran the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 because I earned three job-related masters degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. None of my coworkers came anywhere near close to doing what I did.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399414842112
— Democrats sound alarm over party’s socialist shift
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6399403734112
— The Democrat Party’s Socialist Civil War
https://radio.foxnews.com/2026/06/25/the-democrat-partys-socialist-civil-war/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Kansas U. Course Teaches How to ‘Deconstruct Gender’ Through ‘Queer Theory’
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/06/kansas-u-course-teaches-how-to-deconstruct-gender-through-queer-theory/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Sanitizing the Hateful Mamdani-Endorsed Radicals.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2026/06/25/newsbusters-podcast-sanitizing-hateful-mamdani-endorsed-radicals
— CNN Excited About Socialist Shift: ‘The Revolution is Being Televised’
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/james-waterman/2026/06/25/cnn-excited-about-socialist-shift-revolution-being-televised

NEWSMAX
— Democrats Handed Party to Socialists.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/brandon-gill-zohran-mamdani-democrats/2026/06/25/id/1260937/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

C-SPAN
— Trump Delivers Remarks at Faith & Freedom Conference. He was joined by administration officials, Republican lawmakers, and conservative activists. DD: Who are the leading conservative activists in Illinois? How do they treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters?
https://www.c-span.org/event/campaign-2026/president-trump-delivers-remarks-at-faith-freedom-conference/444473

AOL
— Socialism no longer feared within Democratic Party.
https://www.aol.com/articles/socialism-no-longer-feared-within-070000000.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/opinion/ice-jobs-economy-immigration.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Bill to raise minimum wage to $25 an hour will be introduced in Senate. DD: I did not start earning $25/hour in today’s dollars until after I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/06/25/bill-raise-minimum-wage-25-an-hour-will-be-introduced-senate/
— After wins by democratic socialists, centrist Democrats unite to push back.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/25/centrist-democrats-unite-against-democratic-socialists/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army. How many illegals do Democrat leaders have in Illinois and in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/06/25/what-supreme-court-rulings-mean-americas-immigrants-nation/
— Meet the megadonors pouring more than $1.3 billion into the 2026 election. Billionaires and newly minted trillionaire Elon Musk make up the top individual donors.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/interactive/2026/06/25/these-are-biggest-individual-donors-2026-election-cycle/

NEW YORK SUN
— Democrats’ Socialist Surge Sets Up a Dilemma for Hakeem Jeffries. If he decides to legitimize the radicals, he will put every Democratic candidate in the country on the line.
https://www.nysun.com/article/democrats-socialist-surge-sets-up-a-dilemma-for-hakeem-jeffries

USA TODAY
— New York’s democratic socialist sweep is a warning for USA.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/06/26/mamdani-democratic-socialists-win-ny-warning/90690699007/
— ‘Eternal debt of gratitude’: Trump, conservative leaders celebrate Charlie Kirk. DD: What positions do the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct have on Charlie Kirk? What positions do the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township party organization have on Charlie Kirk?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/09/21/charlie-kirk-memorial-service-live-updates/86203128007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/06/18/karmelo-anthony-verdict-parents-black-children/90527039007/

POST REGISTER
— DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you reject, the more RINO that you are. RINOs have far more in common with Democrats and with Libertarians than with Republicans, and especially RINOs who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Most commonly, RINOs reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. RINOs want the Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party. Far too many RINOs are Democrat plants.
https://www.postregister.com/opinion/guest_column/opinion-its-time-to-meet-in-the-middle/article_54699edd-ca4b-40a3-a36d-3e680033d960.amp.html

FLORIDA’S VOICE
— Conservative leaders endorse Dan Green for Florida’s 9th Congressional District. DD: Who are the conservative leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Warrenville School District 200? How do they treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters?
https://flvoicenews.com/conservative-leaders-and-veterans-endorse-dan-green-for-floridas-9th-congressional-district/

FORBES
— AMERICA’S BEST EMPLOYERS FOR DIVERSITY. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/lists/best-employers-diversity/

CHALKBEAT
— DD: My Democrat GAO superiors used the subjectivity in their pay-for-performance system to get rid of their Republican employees who were conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2026/06/25/teacher-merit-pay-benefits-student-learning-in-texas-and-south-carolina/

PBS
— Charlie Kirk helped shape a conservative force for a new generation. DD: What positions do the Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in your precinct have on Charlie Kirk? What positions do the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township party organization have on Charlie Kirk?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-charlie-kirk-helped-shape-a-conservative-force-for-a-new-generation

SALON
— DD: My critics/opponents attribute their successes in life to meritocracy. They attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.salon.com/2026/06/25/the-white-working-class-myth-that-made-jd-vance/