FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— MAGA YouTube star who spurred federal crackdown in Minneapolis to speak at Illinois GOP gala. The Illinois Democratic Party is calling Nick Shirley’s inclusion proof that the GOP “has completed their transformation into an extremist MAGA organization.” State Republicans, on the other hand, are praising the 24-year-old YouTube star as “one of the fastest rising independent journalists in America, known for going where mainstream media won’t.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/06/11/nick-shirley-maga-youtube-star-illinois-republican-party-gala-keynote-speaker
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Grogan on Thursday responded to criticisms of Shirley, telling the Sun-Times “JB Pritzker and Illinois Democrats are terrified of Nick Shirley coming to Illinois after he exposed billions of dollars in fraud in Minnesota and California.” “Illinois is next,” Grogan said.)
— Mayor Johnson will ask City Council committee to repeal video gambling in Chicago. Brandon Johnson wants the City Council’s Committee on Workforce Development to meet Monday to consider an ordinance that would essentially reverse the Council’s decision to allow video gambling in the city. DD: In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton, and in 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/06/11/mayor-brandon-johnson-repeal-video-gambling-bid-chicago
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Dillard sends veiled warning shot to Mayor Brandon Johnson over CTA leadership
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/11/rta-cta-brandon-johnson/
— Hillary Clinton urges grassroots movement at Rainbow PUSH, warns of ‘revolution to turn the clock back.’ DD: For Democrat leaders, progress is getting rid of Trump and getting rid of those who share his demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/11/hillary-clinton-prizker-chicago-push-convention/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois needs clearer rules for removing problem police officers. DD: Because I refused to become a Democrat, the longer that I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government, the more that they did to remove me.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/commentary/ccb-illinois-should-fix-police-decertification-opinion-20260611/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Based on the recently published “SAFE-T Act Policing Workgroup Recommendations,” the current state of police decertification in Illinois reflects a painful truth: Illinois has made progress on decertification reform, which removes the legal authority to serve as a police officer in that state, but the current system still leaves significant gaps that undermine public trust, accountability and transparency. Illinois still relies too heavily on police departments to identify and report officer misconduct to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training & Standards Board. That approach is insufficient. Community members, civilian oversight authorities and state’s attorneys often become aware of serious misconduct long before law enforcement leadership acts.)
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, they ever-increasingly promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. The more that they succeed, the bleaker the future is for those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. The more that Democrat leaders succeed, anticipate/expect that more that those who are the aforesaid will give up and not even try to earn a college degree.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-dei-contract-rules-kwame-raoul-trump-20260611/
ABC7
— Rahm Emanuel urges Bears to get serious on stadium talks, explains Chicago’s World Cup absence
https://abc7chicago.com/post/former-chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-urges-bears-get-serious-stadium-talks-speaks-presence-knicks-game/19278303/
— ‘Broadview Six’ grand jury fallout expands; federal prosecutors could be called to testify. Misconduct allegations raised in more federal cases.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/broadview-case-grand-jury-fallout-expands-federal-prosecutors-could-called-testify-misconduct-allegations-expand/19272206/
CBS2
— Pete Buttigieg and Hillary Clinton speak at 1st Rainbow PUSH convention since Rev. Jesse Jackson’s death
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pete-buttigieg-hillary-clinton-rainbow-push-conference/
FOX32
— Pritzker to still attend Bears’ games if team moves to Indiana
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-8b8b1i94fuaiwde0
WGN RADIO
— Pat Brady, SVP of Mercury Public Affairs, former chairman for the Illinois Republican Party, joins Lisa Dent to discuss Rahm Emanuel’s possible presidential campaign, Illinois Comptroller, Susana Mendoza’s mayoral run, and the likelihood of Mayor Brandon Johnson winning the mayoral race.
https://wgnradio.com/lisa-dent/pat-brady-looking-into-rahm-emanuels-presidential-run/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— New IL GOP chair hopes for gains. Bob Grogan says Democrats are still big spenders.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-new-il-gop-chair-hopes-for-gains/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s time for a change at the Illinois Republican Party. Bob Grogan ousted Kathy Salvi this year as chair of the state party. He is a former DuPage County auditor. Comparing the two parties, he said, “I think it’s the ability to change and actually sort of hold people in check. But I also have a faith that the basis of our grass roots, for instance, is just people who believe in principles; the other side, the way they maintain power is through contract and patronage, and that’s just not as much in the lifeblood of Republicans.” The GOP holds no statewide offices, three of the seventeen U.S. House seats, and a superminority of each chamber in the Illinois General Assembly. Democrats, said Grogan, have “never seen a new tax that they don’t like, the spend money like a drunken sailor, the corruption side of things.” Grogan cited those to back up his contention that Democrats are “destroying the state.”)
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Pritzker defends level of engagement with state lawmakers amid Bears flop. The governor only had one scheduled meeting with top megaprojects negotiators in May.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzker-defends-level-of-engagement-with-state-lawmakers-amid-bears-flop/
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Aldermen say lawmakers failed to address illegal cannabis sales near schools. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot. Democrats are pot pushers. Ever-increasingly, they push children to use pot. The more pot they get children to use, the faster that children crash and burn. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_aaa2bbd3-2e1e-43e0-808a-f4c6003a7e22.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rioting is never justified
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/11/editorial-rioting-never-justified/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Justice Department declared this week that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s “disparate-impact” policies are unconstitutional, tossing aside a rule, long criticized by conservatives, that saw racial discrimination whenever a policy resulted in outcomes that differed among people of different races — regardless of whether the policy had anything to do with race. DD: According to my critics/opponents, whenever Whites and/or males do better at something than minorities and/or females, it is because Whites and/or males discriminate against minorities and/or females.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4602345/doj-targets-disparate-impact-hiring-practices/
NEW YORK POST
— San Francisco Unified School District shelled out nearly $400,000 to extreme ”ethnic studies” consultants obsessed with defunding the police and tearing down capitalism rather fixing the students’ appalling reading and math scores.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/11/us-news/sf-district-spent-thousands-on-ethnic-studies-consultants-as-test-scores-fell/
DAILY CALLER
— Governor, Pick One: The Bears Or Illegal Aliens? William J Kelly pressed Illinois Governor JB Pritzker about the financial drain of illegal aliens in the city as the Chicago Bears seem poised to move to Indiana.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnC-16Vq5B8
FOX NEWS
— Rep. Mark Harris urges treasury to strip SPLC of tax exempt status. DD: My critics/opponents side with SPLC.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6398151598112
— Rhode Island teacher who called slain Charlie Kirk ‘garbage’ honored in high school yearbook.
https://www.aol.com/articles/rhode-island-teacher-called-slain-190248000.html
MINDING THE CAMPUS
— American Graduates Need Not Apply. A senior partner at a large U.S. company admits corporations will skirt H-1B restrictions—leaving American graduates behind. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Noncitizens work for less money. They are easier to exploit.
https://mindingthecampus.org/2025/12/29/american-graduates-need-not-apply/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Senate defense policy bill excludes IVF provision. DD: In the 1980s, my Democrat GAO superiors used against me big time my and my wife’s giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5920930-senate-defense-bill-excludes-ivf-coverage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Currently, service members’ Tricare insurance only covers fertility services for military members whose infertility was caused by a serious or severe illness or injury while on active duty. Duckworth has been trying to change that by requiring Tricare to cover infertility diagnosis and treatment, including IVF. Her provision would also direct the secretary of Defense to create a program on fertility-related care coordination to address the unique needs of military families.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Erika Kirk Lays Out a Vision for the Conservative Christian Woman. With birth rates in steep decline, marriage falling out of fashion and the future of MAGA up in the air, Turning Point USA held its annual women’s leadership conference.
https://www.wsj.com/style/turning-point-usa-womens-summit-erika-kirk-97abb601
BANGOR DAILY NEWS
— Maine is among at least six states not sending a delegation to President Donald Trump’s state fair. The other states are California, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Oregon,
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/06/11/politics/washington/maine-boycott-donald-trump-great-american-state-fair/
ROBERT REICH
— Experience, Knowledge, and Talent Need Not Apply. DD: Ever-increasingly, 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, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Because I am all of the aforesaid, the Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me if I had not passed the CPA examination on my first attempt and earned an MBA, b) the Democrats who ran IRS in 1971, would not have hired me if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business and passed the Federal Service Entrance examination, and c) the Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966 would not have hired me if I had not earned a high school diploma and passed the postal employment test. Because I refused to become a Democrat, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/experience-knowledge-and-talent-need
SPLC
— 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, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/stories/what-is-white-privilege-really/
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June 10, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— House Republicans press CPS chief over DEI, transgender student policies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/10/cps-chief-testifies-congress/
— Is the U.S. redistricting war slowing down? Or is it an arms race with no foreseeable end? DD: Democrat leaders know they cannot win unless they gerrymander.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/09/ncsl-gerrymandering-redistricting-fair-maps-illinois-indiana-virginia-california-new-york-south-carolina/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/06/10/what-to-know-as-cps-ceo-macquline-king-prepares-to-testify-before-congress-under-subpoena
DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker plays offense and defense in game of political football over elusive Bears deal
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260609/news/pritzker-plays-offense-and-defense-in-game-of-political-football-over-elusive-bears-deal/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois Republicans hope to re-engage Bears with new proposals.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-chicago-bears-republican-proposals-20260609/
— Downtown Chicago apartment rents hit another record high. DD: When IRS promoted me to a GS-12 (currently $100,059/year) Revenue Officer job in the Loop when I was 25 in 1974, I never considered renting. I bought a studio apartment in the Outer Drive East building. I walked to/from it and my job and graduate evening business courses at Loyola.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/real-estate/commercial/ccb-first-quarter-downtown-rental-market-20260610/
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use GAO against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/largest-ice-detention-facility-wasted-millions-put-detainees-risk-report-finds/19270304/
NBC5
— GOP lawmakers grill Chicago Public Schools’ CEO over transgender student policies. Some Democrats on the committee admonished their colleagues for what they called “political theater.” DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/house-republicans-grill-chicago-public-schools-ceo-over-transgender-student-policies/3946797/
— Tens of thousands without power as strong storms roll through Chicago area. More outages are likely as the storms continue to churn through the area. DD: What exposure do you have to weather-caused power, internet, and phone outages? Overhead lines about 200 feet long to the west of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton expose me to weather-caused power, internet, and phone outages big time. The line is in a utility easement on private property that is full of trees that have not been trimmed for decades and pull the lines down and to the north. I have filed a “tree and vegetation request” with ComEd, and outstandingly, a ComEd employee can out today to inspect. According to Xfinity and AT&T, they cannot do any trimming until ComEd is done. It would be great if all the lines would be put underground. The last outage caused me more problems because my 17-month-old 24kW Generac failed.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/nearly-20000-without-power-across-the-chicago-area-as-powerful-storms-roll-through/3946633/
WBEZ
— DD: My critics/opponents are ever-increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance premiums since 1966 and 72% of my wife’s health insurance premiums since 1978 because I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and because I have been a federal retiree for almost 29 years.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2026/06/10/affordable-care-act-enrollment-in-illinois-continues-to-drop-new-state-data-shows
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/curious-city/2026/06/10/how-did-hollywood-beach-become-chicagos-gay-beach
EVANSTON PATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://patch.com/illinois/evanston/27th-annual-race-against-hate-bring-thousands-evanston
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in turning veterans against Trump. Democrat leaders had great success in tuning my many Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who veterans against me. They stressed that I avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-10/veterans-and-relatives-see-no-place-for-trumps-arch-near-arlington-national-cemetery
— DD: My father worked in a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights for 29 years. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-06-10/study-finds-waste-sites-with-cancer-causing-chemicals-more-common-near-marginalized-communities
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use GAO against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-10/report-ice-wasted-millions-endangered-detainees-in-largest-immigration-facility
NORTHERAN PUBLIC RADIO & CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Raoul suggests underfunding of his office could make winning legal battles against Trump harder. DD: The Bush DOJ had all the money it needed to defeat me in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf That is, the Bush had all the money it needed to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2026-06-10/raoul-suggests-underfunding-of-his-office-could-make-winning-legal-battles-against-trump-harder
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/raoul-suggests-underfunding-of-his-office-could-make-winning-legal-battles-against-trump-harder/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats do everything that they can to get as many as the can on Medicaid.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/10k-illinois-noncitizens-to-lose-medicaid-coverage-due-to-federal-changes/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— 10K Illinois noncitizens to lose Medicaid coverage due to federal changes. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-10k-illinois-noncitizens-to-lose-medicaid-coverage-due-to-federal-changes/
METRA
— Public transit is the best way to get to the Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening
https://metra.com/newsroom/public-transit-is-the-best-way-to-get-to-the-obama-presidential-center-grand-opening
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-540/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago Media’s Slippery Slope Into Lawlessness. When Chicago journalism stops defending the rule of law, it starts defending the breakdown of civilization itself.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-media-slippery-slope-lawlessness
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Happy Fidelity Month! Red states, feds promote June rebrandings in rebuff to Pride
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/10/happy-fidelity-month-june-undergoes-rechristening-red-states-feds-go/
— Trump blasts Platner, Democrats’ Senate nominee in Maine, as ‘low-level thug’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/10/trump-blasts-graham-platner-democrats-senate-nominee-maine-low-level/
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/10/republicans-troll-graham-platner-domain-name-opening-salvo-maine/
— What happens if the U.S. fails to build more data centers? That’s the real AI question we should be asking.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/10/happens-us-fails-build-data-centers/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— College Faculty are ‘only slightly less left-leaning’ than Bernie Sanders. DD: I escaped liberal Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4603272/college-faculty-members-slightly-less-left-leaning-bernie-sanders/
NEW YORK POST
— New York Times reporter downplays accusations against Graham Platner as ‘not like classic abuse allegations’
https://nypost.com/2026/06/10/us-news/new-york-times-reporter-downplays-accusations-against-graham-platner-as-not-like-classic-abuse-allegations/
DAILY CITIZEN
— SPLC ‘Hate List’: Christian Pro-Life Groups ON, Antifa OFF
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/splc-hate-list-christian-pro-life-groups-on-antifa-off/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— ICE mandates additional training for new hires. DD: The first 6 months in 1971 that I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer was classroom training.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-training-new-hires-backlash/
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government crowed about their success in hiring. retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger, that is, their success in discriminating against Republicans who were White, male, and/or older.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/uc-davis-school-of-medicine-admission-processes-discriminates-doj/
KIPLINGER
— Parent PLUS Caps Just Changed the Math on Paying for College: How Will You Fill the Gap? For years, Parent PLUS filled whatever tuition gap was left over. Starting July 1, it comes with a hard ceiling. What should families do if they now have fewer options than they expected? DD: In today’s dollars, my father never earned more than $50,000/year.
https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/student-loans/new-parent-plus-caps-how-to-fill-borrowing-gaps
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you take out your first PLUS loan for a child starting a program on or after July 1, 2026, you can borrow $20,000 a year per student, up to $65,000 in total. . .Why $65,000 falls short fast. Sixty-five thousand dollars sounds like plenty until you hold it against a real tuition bill. At an in-state public university, it might stretch across all four years. At a private college running $80,000 or $90,000 a year, it barely dents the gap PLUS used to close. The old program rose with the price of the school. The new one ignores it. A family sending a child to a $25,000 school and a family sending one to a $90,000 school get the same $65,000, which means the households that stretched hardest for an expensive school are the first to hit the wall.)
June 10, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker ‘happy to call a special session’ if Illinois lawmakers reach Bears stadium deal.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears-stadium/2026/06/09/pritzker-bears-stadium-indiana-illinois-special-session-arlington-heights
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/09/broadview-six-grand-jury-midway-blitz-boutros-trump
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2026/06/10/hegseth-d-day-immigration-teen-takeovers-trump-nba-boos-bears-stadium
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) promote their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/09/broadview-six-grand-jury-transcripts/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/09/naperville-juneteenth-rotary-park-dancing/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use George Floyd to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/10/opinion-george-floyd-protests-public-safety-debate/
ABC7
— 4 arrests made, 3 guns recovered amid ‘teen takeover’ at NW Indiana beach. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/4-arrests-made-3-guns-recovered-amid-teen-takeover-michigan-city-beach-la-porte-county-drug-task-force-response/19264099/
NBC5
— Chicago alderperson blasts parents after 7 teens hurt in Bronzeville shootings. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/chicago-alderperson-blasts-parents-after-7-teens-hurt-in-bronzeville-shootings/ar-AA253viJ
CBS2
— Chicago Public Schools CEO Dr. Macquline King to be grilled by GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-public-schools-ceo-dr-macquline-king-grilled-gop-lawmakers/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/meet-the-chicago-smelts-one-of-the-the-citys-longest-running-lgbtq-organizations/
FOX32
— Northwest Indiana beach ‘teen takeover’: Police seize guns, make arrests. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/northwest-indiana-beach-teen-takeover-police-seize-guns-make-arrests
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/06/09/chicago-s-director-lgbtq-affairs-marriage-equality-pride-and-protecting-trans
WBEZ
— Immigration advocates slam Trump administration over World Cup entry treatment.
https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2026/06/09/world-cup-soccer-immigration-trump-ice-border-patrol-iran-iraq-team-ohare-trump-administration
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2026/06/09/queer-elders-reflect-on-lgbtq-pride-and-intergenerational-connections-in-2026
PBS CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.pbs.org/video/chicagos-first-ever-director-of-lgbtq-affairs-on-his-new-role-pride-month-efdvhi/
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicagodefender.com/illinois-welcomes-travelers-to-celebrate-pride-in-the-middle-of-everything/
CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Juneteenth to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://chicagoreader.com/city-life/reader-radar/juneteenth-celebrations-black-life-through-space-time/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Former Peoria congressman Aaron Schock subject of national news story.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/08/former-peoria-congressman-aaron-schock-politico-story-venezuela-gold-mine/90458644007/
WAND TV
— Defying Trump ended some Republicans’ careers. It could help Susan Collins win reelection in Maine. Maine Sen. Susan Collins often boosts her popularity by keeping her distance from President Donald Trump. DD: My critics/opponents destroy not only those who defy them, but 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.wandtv.com/news/national/defying-trump-ended-some-republicans-careers-it-could-help-susan-collins-win-reelection-in-maine/article_a3106da7-57a8-5666-912f-bf7507d1abee.html
WIFR
— Bailey discusses Pritzker, Illinois crime, and data centers.
https://www.wifr.com/video/2026/06/09/extended-interview-darren-bailey-discusses-gov-pritzker-illinois-crime-data-centers/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Republican state legislators are coming up with their own ideas. State Rep. Dan Ugaste is proposing the Major Economic Development and Property Tax Relief Act, “which creates frameworks for qualifying megaprojects in Illinois while also addressing property tax reforms,” per WGN 9. And state Rep. Martin McLaughlin is drafting the Taxpayer Investment Protection Act, which would provide “a structured alternative to the current stadium development proposal involving the Chicago Bears,” he said in a statement.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/06/10/why-rahm-emanuel-said-no-to-fifa-00955357
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-754/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Emanuel Sets Up Pritzker for a Fall, Whether Illinois Loses or Subsidizes the Bears.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/06/10/emanuel-sets-up-pritzker-for-a-fall-whether-illinois-loses-or-subsidizes-the-bears/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What are your biggest regrets? Mine include my giving too many the “benefit of the doubt.” – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BLAZE
— Trump’s Justice Department is shining a light on woke universities — finally.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/trumps-justice-department-is-shining-a-light-on-woke-universities-finally
BREITBART
— Trump Admin Eyes Expansion of E-Verify for All Federal Grants.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/06/09/trump-admin-eyes-expansion-of-e-verify-for-all-federal-grants/
EPOCH TIMES
— SNAP Benefits Go to 186,000 Dead People–And Stopping Them Might Be Difficult. In one case, the name of a 14-year-old shooting victim in Los Angeles was used for two decades to claim benefits, including SNAP, worth more than $280,000. DD: Under the Democrats, more and more and more people will be on SNAP. How many are on SNAP in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/snap-benefits-go-to-186000-dead-people-and-stopping-them-might-be-difficult-6039487
TOWNHALL
— When Leadership Loses Its Moral Compass
https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-abraham/2026/06/10/when-leadership-loses-its-moral-compass-n2677489
(FROM THE ARTICLE: My daughter, Katie Abraham, was killed in Urbana, Illinois, by an intoxicated illegal immigrant with a troubling background and serious health issues; circumstances that, in my view, were enabled by reckless sanctuary policies that lacked meaningful vetting and prioritized ideology over public safety.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders use GAO against Trump.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/-ice-camp-east-montana-gao-report-tuberculosis-guard-lost-gun-rcna349213
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders use GAO against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/06/09/ice-detention-camp-wasted-millions-endangered-migrants-gao-finds/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DD: All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-06-10/hegseths-meddling-with-promotions-tarnishes-leadership-endangers-country
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.aol.com/articles/rockford-galena-among-illinois-lgbtq-084754116.html
— DD: Democrat leaders use GAO against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/06/09/camp-east-montana-federal-investigation-migrant-detainees/90474567007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Teenagers Stopped Working in the Summer. For the most part not because they couldn’t find work. They found better opportunities instead. DD: While I was in high school and college, few of my peers did what I did. I took bad jobs. I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid jobs prove that I have always been an unmitigated loser. My critics/opponents had wealthy parents.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-teenagers-stopped-working-in-the-summer-e359b6ba
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders use GAO against Trump.
https://fortune.com/2026/06/09/texas-ice-facility-wasted-millions-tb-outbreak-gao-report/
BLOOMBERG
— DD: All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-06-09/women-in-business-are-losing-ground-in-corporate-america
BLOOMBERG TAX
— GAO: Probationary Workers Left Federal Jobs at Higher Rate. DD: Democrat leaders use GAO against Trump. After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious when they learned that they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me.
https://news.bloombergtax.com/payroll/probationary-workers-left-federal-jobs-at-higher-rate-gao-finds
GAO
— DD: Democrat leaders use GAO against Trump.
https://www.gao.gov/video/dhs-spending-55-billion.-where-it-going
HOUSE DEMOCRATS
— DD: Democrat leaders use GAO against Trump.
https://democrats-homeland.house.gov/news/press-releases/congressional-democrats-release-gao-report-detailing-dangerous-expansion-of-immigration-detention-under-trump
FEDWEEK
— EEOC Announces Focus on Enforcing Trump Priorities. DD: For Democrat employers, their top priority has always been a) hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and b) getting rid of their Republican employees who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/eeoc-announces-focus-on-enforcing-trump-priorities/
— DD: Democrat leaders use GAO against Trump. After I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors were furious when they learned that they could not use probationary procedures to get rid of me.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/gao-maps-2025-losses-of-probationary-employees-at-health-and-safety-agencies/
MANHATTEN INSTITUTE
— Who Pays for Reparations? DD: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. The more of the following that you are, the more credit that you should be given for having paid the price of AA and DEI: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Since the 1960s, because I am all of the aforesaid, those above be had made me pay the price of AA and DEI big time. If I had not been the aforesaid, my Democrat superiors in the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://manhattan.institute/article/who-pays-for-reparations-the-immigration-challenge-in-the-reparations-debate
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Since the 2020 “racial reckoning,” there has been increased political momentum behind reparations for slavery. Debates about reparations have moved from the halls of academia to legislatures in California and a number of cities. Americans and their leaders are increasingly asking: Are reparations justified at all? And, if so, who should get how much? This report concerns itself with a different question: Who pays for reparations? Reparations are a form of compensation for historical injustice. But many Americans did not have any ancestors present in the country at the time that injustice was committed. It is hard to argue that Americans whose ancestors arrived after 1860 should be on the hook for the costs of reparations. What fraction of nonblack Americans have ancestors who arrived after the end of the Civil War? Using demographic modeling techniques, this report pegs the figure as high as 70%, including more than half the non-Hispanic white population. These Americans are the descendants of immigrants who came to the U.S. either in the first great wave of immigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, or in the second great wave, begun in 1965 and still ongoing today. Many of these more recent arrivals are at the top of America’s economic distribution. Indeed, the recent-arrival share of top wealth earners is likely only to grow in coming years, given the prevalence of immigrants and children of immigrants at the head of top businesses. This means that the base of people and wealth that could plausibly be taxed for reparations is shrinking and will continue to shrink for the foreseeable future. This dynamic plays out in other areas of social policy. Any transfer or subsidy proposal that is justified by historical injustice—e.g., affirmative action—will lose legitimacy as the population changes. This is an important, and often overlooked, feature not only of the reparations debate but of debates about such proposals in general.)
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: To get more votes from those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, Democrat candidates and Democrat elected officials ever-increasingly promise to use government to give them more preference. To give preference to one demographic is to discriminate against another demographic. Demographics that vote for Democrats include liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote Republicans include conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/diversity/2026/06/10/reaching-young-black-men-creating-sense-belonging
COLLEGE RECRUITER
— Affirmative Action and DEI: DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers want to a) hire, retain, and promote Democrats and RINOs who are minority, female, and/or younger and b) get rid of their Republican employees, and especially those who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless a) my job-related bachelor’s degree, b) my three job-related master’s degrees, c) my six job-related professional certifications, and d) my job-related professional license.
https://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2026/06/09/hack-the-2026-federal-hiring-boom-why-your-skills-matter-more-than-your-major
SWARTHMORE PHOENIX
— The myth of personal responsibility. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents. They attribute their success 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://swarthmorephoenix.com/2016/09/15/the-myth-of-personal-responsibility/
DISPATCH
— Trump Emasculates the GOP at His Own Peril. He can’t expect to preserve party unity through humiliation.
https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-emasculates-the-gop-at-his-own-peril/
FULCRUM
— Democrats Don’t Get Why They’ve Lost Most Working Class Voters. DD: My critics/opponents look down on the working class. I was a member of the working class 1964-1997. I had to work my way through college. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critic/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://thefulcrum.us/democracy/democratic-strategy
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/6/9/800052617/community/trump-and-religious-right-allies-launch-coordinated-attack-on-pride-month/
FROM OTHER SOURCES
POWER MAGAZINE
— Growing Grid Strategy: Undergrounding Power Lines to Withstand Weather. DD: What exposes you to weather-caused power, internet, and phone outages? Overhead lines about 200 feet long to the west of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton expose me to weather-caused power, internet, and phone outages big time. The line is in a utility easement on private property that is full of trees that have not been trimmed for decades. The Trees and vegetation are pushing the lines down and to the north. I have filed a “tree and vegetation request” with ComEd, but so far, ComEd has not responded. Further, according to Xfinity and AT&T, they cannot do any trimming until ComEd is done. It would be great if all the lines would be put underground.
https://www.powermag.com/growing-grid-strategy-undergrounding-power-lines-to-withstand-weather/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The power generation sector, including electric utilities and grid operators, recognizes the value of moving equipment underground to mitigate outages, lessen risks to assets, and reduce the chances of that equipment causing a wildfire. Electric utilities and power grid operators increasingly are looking at ways to diminish and avoid disruptions from extreme weather. The power sector also has experience with the financial impacts of wildfires, both with damage to assets and losses incurred when equipment is found liable for causing those events. Undergrounding lines, in addition to enhancing safety, also can improve the performance of transmission infrastructure, by mitigating hazards such as impacts from trees and other vegetation. A report from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Grid Deployment Office, along with Berkeley Lab in California, notes a “key advantage of underground transmission and distribution lines is substantially reduced vulnerability to disruption from extreme weather and wildfires [by preventing initial ignition as well as propagation], resulting in both reliability and resilience improvements.” Several electric utilities and other agencies have noted that undergrounding offers protection against lightning, animal incursions, high winds (including thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and derechos), and ice and snow. It also eliminates the chances of fallen power lines caused by auto accidents (Figure 1), or simply due to aging infrastructure.)
June 9, 2029 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Bears consider new stadium sites in Hammond as IL Republican lawmakers make new proposals.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-bears-new-stadium-update-il-rep-martin-mclaughlin-arlington-heights-proposal-calls-25b-team-13-state/19264540/
— CPD setting up Emergency Assistance Center in Cornell Square Park after mass shootings. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-police-department-setting-emergency-assistance-center-cornell-square-park-mass-shootings/19263600/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Community leaders said around 300 teens had gathered near 45th Street Indiana Avenue before shots rang out, leaving an 11-year-old, two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old boy wounded. . .”Whenever there are mass gatherings, whether they’re teen takeovers or a family picnic, there’s always a danger and bullets don’t know one from the other,” Pastor Price said.)
CBS2
— 2 Illinois lawmakers offer new proposals to keep Chicago Bears from moving to Indiana.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-lawmakers-new-proposals-chicago-bears-stadium-legislation/
WGN9
— State Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) proposes new legislation aimed at keeping Bears in Illinois, urges state legislature to act before fall session.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/state-lawmaker-to-outline-legislation-to-help-keep-bears-in-illinois-after-teams-vote-to-advance-stadium-project-in-hammond/
FOX32
— New Illinois bill could keep the Bears in Chicago
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-uzcr4qazqnyi8b6f
WTTW
— Chicago Bears Are ‘80% of the Way’ Toward Hammond Stadium.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/06/09/chicago-bears-are-80-way-toward-hammond-stadium-sports-consultant
— Immigration Advocates Condemn Trump Administration Over ‘Discriminatory’ Treatment of World Cup Teams.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/06/09/immigration-advocates-condemn-trump-administration-over-discriminatory-treatment-world
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Aldermen push for stiffer penalties on marijuana smoking, sales around schools and parks.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/09/aldermen-penalties-marijuana-schools-parks/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— City Council committee backs crackdown on selling pot near schools, parks.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/06/09/marijuana-sales-parks-schools-crackdown-city-council-public-safety-committee-gilbert-villegas
— Immigration advocates slam Trump administration over World Cup entry treatment.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/09/world-cup-soccer-immigration-trump-ice-border-patrol-iran-iraq-team-ohare
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker opens door to new Bears talks, blames team for stadium stumbles.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-pritzker-chicago-bears-stadium-20260609/
— Condo on highest floor at Hancock Center coming on the market for $9.5 million. DD: When I was 25 in 1974, when I was a newly promoted IRS employee, I almost bought a studio condo in that building, but instead, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/real-estate/residential/ccb-john-hancock-coupon-cabin-20260609/
SOUTHERN
— DD: Democrats boo Trump.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/06/09/trump-booed-at-madison-square-garden-as-he-and-mamdani-attend-knicks-game/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://pantagraph.com/life-entertainment/article_d5f150bc-e326-5ba7-80f7-4af034befbc9.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Republicans hope to reengage Bears with new proposals
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-06-09/republicans-hope-to-reengage-bears-with-new-proposals
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrats boo Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/sports/ap-nyc-imposes-stringent-security-as-trump-becomes-1st-sitting-us-president-to-attend-nba-finals-game/
WIFR
— Darren Bailey targets Pritzker’s possible presidential ambitions in Illinois governor’s race.
https://www.wifr.com/2026/06/10/darren-bailey-targets-pritzkers-possible-presidential-ambitions-illinois-governors-race/
CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://mailchi.mp/chicagoreader/chicago-drag-shows-up-and-shows-out
CWB CHICAGO
— 13-year-old shot four victims at large youth gathering in Bronzeville. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/06/13-year-old-shot-four-victims-at-large-youth-gathering-in-bronzeville-police-say.html
DURBIN
— Congressional Democrats Release GAO Report Detailing Dangerous Expansion Of Immigration Detention Under Trump
https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/congressional-democrats-release-gao-report-detailing-dangerous-expansion-of-immigration-detention-under-trump
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-539/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The Real Story Isn’t the Bears — It’s Why Everyone Is Leaving Illinois.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/the-real-story-isnt-the-bears-its-why-everyone-is-leaving-illinois.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Nearly 50% of Americans say UFC event tarnishes White House image.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/9/nearly-50-americans-say-ufc-event-tarnishes-white-house-image/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Deportation hits illegal immigration supply. Mandatory E-Verify will address demand.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4600680/katie-britt-mandatory-e-verify-act-illegal-worker-demand/
NEW YORK POST
— ICE blasts ‘reckless’ Mamdani, Hochul as agency IDs criminal illegal migrants picked up in NY.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/us-news/ice-blasts-reckless-mamdani-hochul-as-it-releases-ids-of-criminal-illegals-picked-up-in-ny/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Ex-Border Patrol official dreams big on deportations—really big.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/06/09/ex-border-patrol-official-dreams-big-on-deportations-really-big-1644995/
BREITBART
— Trump’s Redistricting Moves Give GOP a Shot at Holding the House
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/08/nolte-trumps-redistricting-moves-give-gop-a-shot-at-holding-the-house/
— Biden’s ‘Backdoor Amnesty’ to Protect over 1M Illegals.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/06/09/brandon-gill-tps-joe-biden/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Four dead and 29 shot in Chicago weekend violence as leaders tout crime progress. Victims include four children between ages 12 and 14 shot by an unknown gunman who opened fire and fled the scene.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/four-dead-29-shot-chicago-weekend-violence-leaders-tout-crime-progress
NEW AMERICAN
— Cultural Revolution: GOP Support for Same-sex “Marriage,” and “LGBT” Generally, Collapses.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/cultural-revolution-gop-support-for-same-sex-marriage-and-lgbt-generally-collapses/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
JD SUPRA
— A Review of the EEOC’s Priorities. DD: For Democrat employers, their top priority is a) hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time and b) getting rid of their Republican employees who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-latest-from-the-eeoc-a-review-of-1505819/
June 6, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Bears’ stadium tactics over years of negotiations leave some Illinois leaders frustrated
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/06/bears-stadium-indiana-reaction/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/06/06/61-percent-white-americans-fox-news-viewers-immigrants-invade-colonize-eichen-rhodes-nteta-umass
— New test to get into selective CPS high schools is longer, only in English. The district’s eight graders will take the PreACT 9 Secure exam in October instead of the current HSAT. The new test is more than twice as long and won’t be offered in multiple languages, like the current exam.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/06/05/new-test-to-get-into-selective-cps-high-schools-is-longer-only-in-english
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260601/submitted-content/summer-meals-campaign-gets-major-boost-with-matching-gift-from-naperville-business/
SOUTHERN
— Senate approves $70 billion immigration enforcement bill
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/06/05/senate-approves-70-billion-immigration-enforcement-bill/
WGLT
— Trump administration blocks wind farm development in Illinois and across the nation
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-06-05/trump-administration-blocks-illinois-and-national-wind-farm-development
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPUBLICAN NEWSLETTER
— DD: It would be great if each Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee member would send the Republican Precinct Committeemen in their district such newsletters.
https://mailchi.mp/bfe5d2ae66f1/the-new-il-10th-republican-newsletter-14207171
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Homosexuality Redefining Reality
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/redefining-reality/
— The State Makes a Bad Parent, But It’ll Keep Trying
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/the-state-makes-a-bad-parent-but-itll-keep-trying/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pence kept his oath. Many in MAGA never forgave him.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4595067/mike-pence-kept-oath-maga-never-forgave-him/
NEW YORK POST
— The moral woke abyss that got Henry Nowak killed
https://www.aol.com/news/moral-woke-abyss-got-henry-104500539.html
AMAC
— What Is Your Opinion on the Anti-Weaponization Fund? DD: Just kidding, but should I apply? Democrat leaders in Illinois had my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors waste my career and take many big adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) forced me to resign in 1969 and b) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents have always stressed that in Diersen v. GAO, not only Bush’s DOJ sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me, but that no Republican federal elected officials in Illinois came to my defense, that is, they sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me. To side with my Democrat GAO superiors, is to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://amac.us/poll/president-trump-anti-weaponization-fund/
BREITBART
— ICE Workplace Raid Detains 50 Illegal Migrants, Managers
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/06/05/ice-workplace-raid-detains-50-migrants-managers/amp/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Bogus Asylum Case. DD: It is all too easy to claim fear of persecution.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Purported-Bogus-Asylum-Case-Out-Hoosier-State-Thats-All-Too-Common
— Texas Nabs Six Camo-Clad Chinese on Border Ranch. The border is now so secure that their apprehension is ‘newsworthy’ — unlike under the last administration.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Texas-Nabs-Six-CamoClad-Chinese-Border-Ranch
FEDERALIST
— SPLC Paid KKK Members. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes do the most to destroy TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/03/splc-paid-kkk-members-who-wanted-out-to-stay-with-racist-group-doj-says/
FOX NEWS
— NJ taxpayers on the hook for $12M more as Dem governor protects illegal aliens battling deportation
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nj-taxpayers-hook-12m-dem-governor-protects-illegal-aliens-battling-deportation
— Noncitizens on voter rolls. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because that had wealthy parents.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6397660511112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Four GOP Senators Join Dems to Stop SAVE Act. “There’s no other reason to say you don’t have to have an ID. It just makes cheating easier. Who wants a noncitizen voting in our election…” Four Republican senators joined every Senate Democrat Thursday night to block an amendment that would have attached the SAVE America Act to the Republican budget reconciliation package. The amendment failed on a 48-50 vote, falling short of the 60 votes required under Senate rules.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/06/four-gop-senators-join-dems-to-stop-save-act/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Karen Bass Wants To Explore Letting Non-Citizens Vote. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because that had wealthy parents.
https://www.nationalreview.com/videos/karen-bass-wants-to-explore-letting-non-citizens-vote/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Just Got the Last Laugh on Immigration
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cameron-arcand/2026/06/05/democrats-went-bold-on-immigration-demands-trump-just-got-the-last-laugh-n2677311
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Paying for Klan Hoods, Cross Burnings, And an Imperial Wizard – The 6 Worst SPLC Sins Alleged in New Indictment
https://www.westernjournal.com/paying-klan-hoods-cross-burnings-imperial-wizard-6-worst-splc-sins-alleged-new-indictment/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Fear the Mamdani Effect: AI’s liberal bias could destroy American patriotism. DD: What makes you patriotic? For me, it includes my being able to earn enough money to do the following even though neither of my parents attended college, my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, my father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars, he died when he was 47 and I was 21, and my mother never attended high school: a) work my way through college and earn a bachelor’s degree in management, master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, a CPA certificate, a Certified Internal Auditor certificate, four more job-related professional certifications, and a CPA license, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., and c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc.
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5909906-ai-bias-american-narrative/
REUTERS
— Law firm diversity group shutters amid Trump’s DEI crackdown. DD: My IRS employee manual encouraged me to take business, accounting, and/or law courses. Reasons why I did not take law courses included a) their being more expensive, b) their not being tax deductible, c) the well-known anti-conservative and anti-Republican bias of law professors, and d) the tremendous pressure on law schools to admit and to graduate students who were minority and/or female.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/law-firm-diversity-group-shutters-amid-trumps-dei-crackdown-2026-06-05/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— 25 Law Schools That Offer the Most Tuition Help. At least 62% of students who received grants at these schools got enough to cover half or more of tuition and fee costs. DD: My critics/opponents have always used my not getting any scholarships to stress a) that my ACT score was only 24, b) that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my class, and c) that my parents were not poor.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/paying/slideshows/law-schools-that-offer-the-most-tuition-help
MSN
— 12 people who can rightfully claim reparations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/12-people-who-can-rightfully-claim-reparations-and-who-can-t/vi-AA24V8KX
NEW YORK TIMES
— Tracking the Battle to Reshape Congress (and Pick Up Seats) for the Midterms
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/politics/midterms-house-maps-redistricting.html
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want unrestricted immigration. Democrat leaders because noncitizens vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because RINO leaders want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because that had wealthy parents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/us/politics/asylum-immigration-ruling.html
— A Job Market Leaving Young Graduates Behind Could Scar Them for Years. DD: I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in August of 1970. My not being able to get a job appropriate for that degree until 1971 set me back. The Democrats who ran IRS who hired me as a GS-7 in June of 1971 used their up-or-out rule to get rid of me. While I got promoted as fast as time-in-grade rules allowed to GS-9 in 1972, to GS-11 in 1973, and to GS-12 in 1974, that was not fast enough for them. They used their up-or-out rule to deem me to be too old to be promoted to GS-13 because they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/business/college-graduates-job-market.html
— DD: To get more votes, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton and in 2019 I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/opinion/illegal-drugs-cheap-prices.html
WFAA
— DD: Democrat Texan leaders protest removing their illegal truck drivers Texas Roads. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because that had wealthy parents.
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/politics/inside-politics/texas-politics/lawmakers-protest-removing-immigrant-truckers-from-texas-roads-inside-texas-politics-june-7-2026/287-8992e988-20a9-45b8-b022-3a12caa56ff7
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Illinois Bar vs. Free Speech. Illinois punishes a state judge who wrote a pro-Trump op-ed.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/judge-james-brown-free-speech-illinois-supreme-court-cook-county-a082dd23
— Vance: What I Learned About Faith and Fatherhood from Charlie Kirk.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/jd-vance-charlie-kirk-book-excerpt-fatherhood-080541c7
— Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer Than Ever—and Remaking the Auto Industry. Automakers, dealers and repair shops are changing business practices to adapt to a new normal: the 13-year-old car. DD: I have owned my 1972 Chevrolet Corvette since 1971, my 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX since 1995, my 2005 Corvette since 2005, my 2013 Dodge Charger R/T since 2012, my 2018 Chevrolet Cruze LT since 2022, my 2019 Ford Escape Titanium since 2019, my 2021 Chevrolet Malibu Premiere since 2021, my 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium since 2023, and my 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona R/T since 2025.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/americans-are-keeping-their-cars-longer-than-ever-and-remaking-the-auto-industry-c169e494
— Parents Aren’t Waiting to Pass Down Wealth. DD: My critics/opponents have/had wealthy parents.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/parents-arent-waiting-to-pass-down-wealth-fd615a4a
NPR
— DD: Democrat leaders racially gerrymander to destroy Republicans. I live in the racially gerrymandered 3rd Congressional District in Illinois.
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/05/nx-s1-5836682/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-state-redistricting
REASON
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want unrestricted immigration. Democrat leaders because noncitizens vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because RINO leaders want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because that had wealthy parents.
https://reason.com/2026/06/05/this-attempt-by-the-trump-administration-to-cripple-legal-immigration-is-illegal-judge-rules/
GOOD MEN PROJECT
— DD: Democrat leaders racially gerrymander to destroy Republicans. I live in the racially gerrymandered 3rd Congressional District in Illinois.
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/this-is-no-time-to-mince-words-partisan-gerrymandering-is-racism-and-its-supporters-are-racists/
LAW
— DD: Democrat leaders racially gerrymander to destroy Republicans. I live in the racially gerrymandered 3rd Congressional District in Illinois.
https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2026/06/05/dont-cry-for-the-voting-rights-act-we-can-fix-it-by-ending-partisan-gerrymandering/
PBS
— Treasury warns banks of ‘red flags’ tied to customers in the U.S. illegally
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/treasury-warns-banks-of-red-flags-tied-to-customers-in-the-us-illegally
SIRM
— New Executive Order Could Reshape Federal Employment Protections. DD: Democrats run the federal government. Because of that, federal employees who are the following have no Civil Service protections: Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. 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, 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.
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/new-executive-order-could-reshape-federal-employment
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they were under ever-increasing pressure from Democrat elected officials a) to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) to get rid of their employees who were Republican, and especially those who were conservative, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/hegseth-removes-women-black-officers-from-navy-promotion-list-pentagon-denies-bias-report/ar-AA24DJBr
INDIAN EXPRESS
— Trump fuels 2028 buzz, says JD Vance-Marco Rubio ticket would be ‘unbeatable.’ Vance and Rubio have taken turns to take the stage at White House briefings to defend the Trump administration against a wide range of questions, including the increasingly unpopular Iran war. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government 1966-1997 who were veterans ever-increasingly blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War. They ever-increasingly blamed Republicans like me a) who were 1-A for the draft but avoided the draft with deferments and/or b) who were conservative, White, male, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. They hinted/implied/argued that I was an unmitigated hypocritical coward because if I had served, I would not have been sent into combat because I could not run because I had a bone disease, because my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and because I had partial red/green colorblindness.
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/us-news/donald-trump-vance-rubio-2028-presidential-run-unbeatable-10722311/lite/
ECONOMIC TIMES
— ‘Who wants noncitizens voting in our election?’: 4 GOP Senators join Dems to block SAVE America Act. Despite strong support from President Donald Trump and House Republicans, the Save America Act failed to advance in the U.S. Senate, falling short in a 48–51 vote and missing the 60-vote threshold required to move forward. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want unrestricted immigration. Democrat leaders because noncitizens vote for Democrats and RINO leaders because RINO leaders want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because that had wealthy parents.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/who-wants-noncitizens-voting-in-our-election-4-gop-senators-join-dems-to-block-save-america-act/amp_videoshow/131534801.cms
SKY NEWS
— Henry Nowak never stood a chance against Western authorities’ allegiance to critical race theory post-George Floyd. Murdered student Henry Nowak was judged by an ideology imported from the Black Lives Matter movement as cops let him bleed out while blindly believing the racism lies told to them by his killer.
https://www.skynews.com.au/insights-and-analysis/henry-nowak-never-stood-a-chance-against-western-authorities-allegiance-to-critical-race-theory-postgeorge-floyd/news-story/8c4ce2d3bf77da7ab22d9428d7ad3ba5
June 4, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Some Republican governors are rebranding June with conservative alternatives to Pride. In some Republican-controlled states it’s now officially Fidelity, Nuclear Family or Strong Families Month.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/republican-rebranding-june-conservative-pride/3944299/
FOX32
— Chicago braces for large teen takeovers at Foster Beach. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-braces-large-teen-takeover-foster-beach
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Some Republican governors are rebranding June with conservative alternatives to Pride
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/04/rebranding-pride/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2026/06/04/teen-takeovers-black-south-west-sides-chicago-public-schools-robert-jordan
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/06/04/trump-name-kennedy-center-institute-peace-gold-card-visa-jacob-sullum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/06/04/trump-tower-new-greek-restaurant-prasino-lagrange
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ccb-abortion-travel-chicago-abortion-fund-06042026/
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Man running for Illinois governor includes Nazi salute in ballot name
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/06/04/illinois-lawmakers-challenge-sieg-heil-candidate-governor-richard-mayers/90389805007/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/man-running-illinois-governor-includes-080433223.html
WMBA RAIDO
— Polls give little hope, but Illinois Republican candidates and leaders still believe in November victories
https://wmbdradio.com/2026/06/04/polls-give-little-hope-but-illinois-republican-candidates-and-leaders-still-believe-in-november-victories/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Some Republican governors are rebranding June with conservative alternatives to Pride. June is Pride Month across the U.S. But in some Republican-controlled states it’s now officially Fidelity, Nuclear Family or Strong Families Month.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/some-republican-governors-are-rebranding-june-with-conservative-alternatives-to-pride/article_1e982144-69e5-5454-8a37-7cd4f6adc43c.html
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— LaHood no, Sorensen yes as House votes to end the war with Iran
www.reuters.com/world/trump-signs-order-make-it-easier-fire-8000-federal-workers-2026-06-03/ww.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/04/trump-strips-job-protections-8000-senior-federal-workers/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent refuses to say whether Trump remains exempt from IRS audits. DD: Has IRS audited you? To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions when I was 29 years old in 1978. I had deducted graduate evening business courses at Loyola 1972-1976 and accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1978. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued in tax court a) that the courses I deducted did not relate to my job duties, b) that they did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took them to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took them to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically ignored the fact a) that my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take the courses, b) that the course descriptions and my position descriptions show that the courses are deductible, and c) that I had stated in my applications that I wanted to take the courses to maintain and improve my IRS job skills. They would not have disallowed the courses a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran and/or b) if I had not complained about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-refuses-to-say-whether-trump-remains-exempt-from-irs-audits/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Illinois Passed A Law To Keep ICE Out Of Courthouses. It’s Not Working. Advocates and experts say Illinois must navigate new legal questions about the extent to which state law can supersede federal authority.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/03/illinois-passed-a-law-to-keep-ice-out-of-courthouses-its-not-working/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Roadway disasters pile up as states buck Trump administration’s call to end non-English CDL tests
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/4/roadway-disasters-pile-states-buck-trump-administrations-call-end-non/
NEW YORK POST
— Miranda Devine: The Dems launch more fake rumors about Trump’s health — but the president is at the top of his game
https://nypost.com/2026/06/03/opinion/miranda-devine-the-dems-launch-more-fake-rumors-about-trumps-health-but-the-president-is-at-the-top-of-his-game/
FEDERALIST
— Race Grifters Yanked Tests From UC Admissions, Boosting STEM Students Who Can’t Do Middle School Math
https://thefederalist.com/2026/06/04/race-grifters-test-blind-uc-admissions-boosting-stem-students-cant-do-middle-school-math/
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE
— Illinois Puts Women’s Health at Risk by Hiding Abortion Records
https://nrlc.org/nrlnewstoday/2026/06/illinois-puts-womens-health-at-risk-by-hiding-abortion-records/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Harley-Davidson Descends Further Into Wokeness Despite Previous Vow to Change Course
https://www.westernjournal.com/harley-davidson-descends-wokeness-despite-previous-vow-change-course/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER
— Illinois Diocese Asks Court to Block Law Requiring It to Hire Nonbelievers
https://www.ncregister.com/cna/illinois-diocese-asks-court-to-block-law-requiring-it-to-hire-nonbelievers?amp
ATLANTIC
— America’s ‘Marriage Material’ Shortage. Adults are significantly less likely to be married or to live with a partner than they used to be. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. What helped you become marriage material? By the time I got married when I was 29 in 1978, I had worked for IRS for almost 7 years and my salary was $110,066/year in today’s dollars. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 and I was taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul. I lived in a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building that I had bought in 1976. I was renting out a town home in University Park that I had bought new in 1972. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new in 1971. Things that impressed me about my outstanding wife included that her first job after high school was working for the FBI. She soon became the Corporate Secretary of the U.S. League of Savings Institutions. She did much to help elect Big Jim Thompson governor in 1976. She earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/america-marriage-decline/681518/
May 31, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lincoln Park High School to sunset Arabic classes, prompting outcry from community
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/31/lincoln-park-high-school-arabic-classes/
ABC7
— Mayor orders curfew around NJ immigration detention center after protesters clash with state police. The governor has called for a de-escalation as demonstrations continue. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in and try to keep in more illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINO leaders do the same because RINOs want cheap labor. 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.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/delaney-hall-protests-mayor-orders-curfew-around-new-jersey-immigration-detention-center-protesters-clash-state-police/19205108/
WGN9
— The retirement age changed this year. DD: 55 is the required age for federal employees in the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to take regular retirement. My Democrat GAO superiors misled me to believe they were going let me work until I was 55 in 2003. But then, when I was 49 in 1997, they succeeded in forcing me take their agency-wide early retirement “offer” which expired on September 30, 1997. My CSRS pension is dramatically less because of that.
https://wgntv.com/news/the-retirement-age-changed-this-year-heres-what-to-know/
FOX 32
— USPS proposes requiring states to identify and list mail voters
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/usps-mail-vote-trump-list-names-identification-proposal
WTTW
— Chicago Board of Ethics Names 8 Alderpeople, 71 Total Employees Who Filed Ethics Statements Late. DD: GAO employees are required to file financial disclosure statements. My Democrat GAO superiors used the statements I filed against me big time. They stressed to my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates what my wife and I had saved for our retirement and painted my wife and I as being disgusting filthy rich DINKS.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/05/29/chicago-board-ethics-names-8-alderpeople-71-total-employees-who-filed-ethics-statements
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/31/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-vatican-trip/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump plans ‘major speech’ after entertainers pull out of America 250 celebration. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrats protest America to protest Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/trump-plans-major-speech-after-entertainers-pull-out-of-america-250-celebration/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Registration is open for political entries in Wheaton’s July 4 Independence Day Parade. SEE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wheaton-independence-day-parade-entry-2026-tickets-1984881886153 The deadline is June 26. The cost is $183.58. I hope that all the Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct will participate in the parade: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
— What do you do? Since 2000, I have sent out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to promote conservative principles and the Republican Party platform. Who has the greatest impact on what you do? For me it is Illinois Republican Party (IRP) chairman Bob Grogan, IRP State Central Committee member and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Treasurer Mike Flynn, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) chairman Kevin Coyne, and DCRCC Secretary and MTRO chairman Jeff Castle. The aforesaid have a tremendous impact on Republican Precinct Committeemen and Captains (RPC) in Illinois, one of my biggest target audiences. What position do the aforesaid have on the many big adverse actions that IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO leaders have taken against me since 2000 to stop me from sending out my newsletters and to stop everyone from reading them? What is going to change under Grogan? What do Grogan, Flynn, Coyne, and Castle want me to do so that they would encourage RPCs to read my newsletters? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Some are furious at Trump for his dumping Cornyn as a U.S. Senator. Few, if any, were furious at my critics/opponents for their having their operatives and their dupes dump me a) as an Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in 2024, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004, e) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member in 2007, and f) as a MTRO Treasurer candidate in 2004. I should write about why my critics/opponents dumped me. I should write about those who could have come to my defense but did not. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect and reelect. I would focus on why they did not come to my defense.
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Why do your critics/opponents take adverse actions against you? My critics/opponents reject planks in the Republican Party platform that I promote. I 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. My critics/opponents reject direct election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members. My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Since 2000, my critics/opponents have ever-increasingly blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. In 2015, they drew me into Jeanne Ives’ precinct to be defeated by her. My critics/opponents have had great success in getting Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who have who have suffered defeats to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats. I should write about those candidates who have blamed me and blamed my newsletters the most. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents want you to do? Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Past and present anti-conservative leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters because I emphasize the following conservative planks in the Republican Party platform: personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving). Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading my newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop me from emphasizing those planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What discourages/stops you from helping elect Republican candidates? For me, it is knowing that far too many of them will blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Some New Yorkers demand $800K each in reparations as state commission holds hearing. DD: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Since the 1960s, AA and DEI recipients have received trillions of dollars in benefits.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/30/us-news/some-new-yorkers-demand-800k-each-in-reparations-as-state-commission-holds-hearing/
BREITBART
— State of New York Hearing: Reparations for Slavery Only Form of ‘True Justice.’ DD: Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI are reparations. Since the 1960s, AA and DEI recipients have received trillions of dollars in benefits.
https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2026/05/30/state-of-new-york-hearing-reparations-for-slavery-only-form-of-true-justice/
TOWNHALL
— Border Patrol Black Hawk Helicopter Disables Drug Boat Carrying Over $11 Million in Narcotics
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/05/31/border-patrol-black-hawk-helicopter-disables-drug-boat-carrying-over-11-million-in-narcotics-n2676971
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Trump suggests canceling all musical performances at the Great American State Fair after several musicians drop out. DD: Ever-increasingly, Democrats protest America to protest Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-kick-off-great-american-state-fair-several-musicians-cancel/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with illegal drug dealers against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05/31/us/trump-news#us-boat-strikes-colombia-ecuador
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: Some are furious at Trump for his dumping Cornyn as a U.S. Senator. Few, if any, were furious at my critics/opponents for their having their operatives and their dupes dump me a) as an Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in 2024, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member in 2007, and e) as a Milton Township Republican Organization Treasurer candidate in 2004. I should write about why my critics/opponents dumped me. I should write about those who could have come to my defense but did not. I would focus on those who I did the most to help elect and reelect. I would focus on why they did not come to my defense.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/a-new-wounded-bear-caucus-in-the-senate-means-more-trouble-for-trump-ac1f5439
FORTUNE
— Job hopping. DD: When I was 31 years old in 1980, I took a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO. I did that because my Democrat IRS superiors made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. I finally made GS-13 at GAO when I was 38. But I would not have been able to do that if I had not a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32, and e) if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer from IRS had not finally gotten back into power and promoted me when I was 38.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/30/job-switching-staying-top-earners-pay-hikes-great-resignation/
POLITICO
— DD: What percent of illegals come to America through airports?
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/31/andy-kim-immigration-ice-sancturay-cities-00943781
May 29, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Community organization hosting youth-centered conversation on ‘teen takeovers’ in Chicago. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://abc7chicago.com/post/community-organization-season-soar-hosting-youth-centered-conversation-teen-takeovers-chicagos-south-side/19187556/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/cps-student-ricardo-hernandez-navarrete-detained-ice-receives-diploma-mather-high-school-graduation-chicago-return/19189259/
NBC5
— ‘Significant police presence’ expected in Naperville ahead of teen gathering. NPD included a flyer for a “Downtown Naperville Teen Takeover” that has been circulating on social media in the warning. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/significant-police-presence-planned-for-western-suburb-on-monday-ahead-of-teen-gathering/3941662/
— DHS Secretary threatens to pull CBP agents from ‘sanctuary city’ airports
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/dhs-secretary-threatens-to-pull-cbp-agents-from-sanctuary-city-airports/3941489/
— Illinois U.S. Attorney denies he’s investigating Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/embattled-illinois-u-s-attorney-now-investigating-trump-accuser-e-jean-carroll-sources/3941585/
CBS2
— South Side youth weigh in on teen takeovers after recent gatherings turned violent. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/teen-takeovers-conversation-south-side-discussion/
FOX32
— Migrant arrivals linked to homelessness spike
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-idxer8y5ndv2ahfm
— Group wants to split Illinois into two states
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-aq7666zdpi2sd3xg
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote more abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/05/28/illinois-lawmakers-look-protect-abortion-care-records
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Possible ‘teen takeover’ has Naperville beefing up downtown police presence. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/28/possible-teen-takeover-monday-has-naperville-beefing-up-downtown-police-presence/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increase promote Springsteen.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/28/bruce-springsteen-power-to-the-people-festival/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/28/ice-cps-mather-graduation/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/28/e-jean-carroll-investigation/
— CTU must put the brakes on excessive political activity and be considerate of its members
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/29/opinion-chicago-teachers-union-dues-political-action/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/05/28/mather-senior-laces-up-his-soccer-shoes-again-after-months-in-immigration-detention
— ‘Broadview Six’ might try to tap Trump’s $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization fund’ after feds’ conduct tanked case. DD: Democrat U.S. Senators and Democrat U.S. Representative weaponized my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors against me.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-house/2026/05/28/broadview-6-trump-blanche-doj-justice-department-weaponization-fund
SOUTHERN
— DD: How many votes will Corbett take from Bailey?
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/05/28/286512/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— New Illinois GOP boss says party rebuild a long-term project. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-new-illinois-gop-boss-says-party-rebuild-a-long-term-project/article_0ed9ba0f-a63b-4c9d-933e-89e814ff76f7.html
WIFR
— DD: How many votes will Corbett take from Bailey?
https://www.wifr.com/video/2026/05/28/former-republican-strategist-collin-corbett-files-run-illinois-governor-independent/
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Naperville police increasing downtown presence due to possible teen takeover. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nctv17.org/news/naperville-police-increasing-downtown-presence-monday-due-to-possible-teen-takeover/
ILLINOIS PATCH
— Community Violence Intervention Members Search For Solutions To Prevent “Teen Takeovers.” Police intervened as hundreds of teens came out to 56th Street Beach before spilling into Hyde Park. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://patch.com/illinois/southside/community-violence-intervention-members-search-solutions-prevent-teen-takeovers
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— ‘Teen Takeovers’ Revive Chicago Debate Over Curfews And Parental Accountability. Large Near West Side and Hyde Park gatherings have alderpeople again weighing stricter rules to combat them, while the mayor sees programming and prevention as a better approach. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/05/28/teen-takeovers-revive-chicago-debate-over-curfews-and-parental-accountability/
CWB CHICAGO
— 15 years of flash mobs, teen trends, and takeovers: Chicago’s repeating summer problem
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/05/15-years-of-flash-mobs-teen-trends-and-takeovers-chicagos-repeating-summer-problem.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Johnson courts pope amid budget crunch
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/29/johnson-courts-pope-amid-budget-crunch-00941969
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-534/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republicans claim fake transparency in early budget, demand better.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6cb0ccac-d097-4221-8530-b224b38eec6a.html
— Illinois may take DOJ ‘Anti-Weaponization’ payouts from residents. DD: Democrat U.S. Senators and Democrat U.S. Representative weaponized my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors against me.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_49042d8e-1fa5-49ad-8016-c6a715e767f0.html
THOMAS DEVORE
— Colin Corbett Didn’t “Leave” the GOP — He Planned to Sabotage It
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=thomas%20devore&filters=eyJyZWNlbnRfcG9zdHM6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcInJlY2VudF9wb3N0c1wiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwiXCJ9In0%3D
— Illinois Republicans Cannot Afford Another Insider Experiment
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=thomas%20devore&filters=eyJyZWNlbnRfcG9zdHM6MCI6IntcIm5hbWVcIjpcInJlY2VudF9wb3N0c1wiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwiXCJ9In0%3D
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker’s proposed budget shorts pensions by $5.4 billion.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzkers-proposed-budget-shorts-pensions-by-5-4-billion/
— More schools double-dipping taxpayers for teacher pension costs
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/more-schools-double-dipping-taxpayers-for-teacher-pension-costs/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Johnson Brings CTU President Whose Leadership Is Viewed as Hostile to Catholic Education to Vatican Meeting.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/05/johnson-brings-ctu-president-whose-leadership-is-viewed-as-hostile-to-catholic-education-to-vatican-meeting.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Legislature Finally Moves to Reform Property Tax Sale Process Three Years after U.S. Supreme Court Decision
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/28/state-legislature-finally-moves-to-reform-property-tax-sale-process-three-years-after-u-s-supreme-court-decision/
— U.S. Attorney Calls Out Media for False Story
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/29/u-s-attorney-calls-out-media-for-false-story/
— AI Regulation Bills Pass Senate
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/29/ai-regulation-bills-pass-senate/
— Tony Colatorti Running for Sheriff Again
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/29/tony-colatorti-running-for-sheriff-again/
— Turkey Harvest Larger This Year Than Last (links to all counties)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/29/turkey-harvest-larger-this-year-than-last/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Go back’: DHS secretary tells hunger-strike migrants to deport back home for better food.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/28/go-back-dhs-secretary-tells-hunger-strike-migrants-deport-back-home/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— As pope apologizes for slavery, remember it was African countries that started slave trade.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4585496/pope-apologizes-slavery-african-countries-started-slave-trade/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Having a wild weekend. “Teens” in Chicago whoop it up and cause mass destruction. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/05/having_a_wild_weekend.html
BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
— Colorado Middle School Student Censored from Reciting Pro-Life Poem
https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/colo-middle-school-student-censored-from-reciting-pro-life-poem
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Anti-ICE Activism on Campus. The purpose of abolishing ICE is not to abolish unjust suffering, but to redistribute it onto Americans.
https://cis.org/Cao/FirstHand-Look-AntiICE-Activism-Campus
COLLEGE FIX
— Medical watchdog demands removal of DEI standards in social work education. DD: While worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their top priority was advancing their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/medical-watchdog-demands-removal-of-dei-standards-in-social-work-education/
FIRST THINGS
— Combating Vice. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://firstthings.com/combating-vice/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS & CHRISTIAN CENTURY & NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER & CATHOLIC WEEKLY & PALESTINE CHRONICLE
— DD: According to America’s enemies, no war against them is just.
https://www.reuters.com/world/spurning-just-war-pope-leo-ends-catholic-permission-slip-conflicts-2026-05-28/
https://www.christiancentury.org/news/pope-leo-calls-just-war-theory-outdated-new-encyclical-nbsp
https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/editorial/editorial-pope-leo-xiv-says-just-war-theory-outdated-catholics-should-take-heed
https://catholicweekly.com.au/george-weigel-the-peace-we-can-make/
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/unjust-to-remain-neutral-on-popes-algorithmic-peace-and-middle-easts-real-wars/
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in turning Vietnam War veterans against Trump. They stress that Trump avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.aol.com/articles/group-vietnam-vets-standing-trumps-100005000.html
ABC NEWS
— Some federal pensions pay handsome rewards. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. Since then, ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents, and especially those who are not in line to get a pension and are not getting a pension, have been increasingly furious about that. In my defense, I paid 7% of my Post Office (almost 3 years), IRS (almost 9 years) , and GAO (almost 18 years) salaries into the CSRS for my $68,640/year CSRS pension. Further, my critics/opponents are ever-increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance premiums since 1966 and 72% of my wife’s health insurance premiums since 1978. Further, my critics/opponents are ever-increasingly furious that I get $18.711.60/year Social Security. In my defense, I paid into Social Security 1964-1973, and more recently, I have been entitled to about half my wife’s Social Security.
https://abcnews.com/Business/federal-pensions-pay-handsome-rewards/story?id=17007196
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 21,000 retired federal workers receive lifetime government pensions of $100,000 or more per year. Of these, nearly 2,000 have federal pensions that pay $125,000 or more annually, and 151 take home $150,000 or more. Six federal retirees get more than $200,000 a year. Some 1.2% of federal retirees collect six-figure pensions. By comparison, 0.1% of military retirees collect as much. The New York State and Local Retirement System pays 0.2% of its retirees pensions of $100,000 or more. The New Jersey retirement system pays 0.4% of retirees that much. Comparable private figures aren’t available. The six-figure pensions spread across a broad swath of the federal workforce: doctors, budget analysts, accountants, public relations specialists and human resource managers. Most do not get Social Security benefits. Retired law enforcement is the most common profession receiving $100,000-plus pensions, including 326 Drug Enforcement Administration agents, 237 IRS investigators and 186 FBI agents. The Postal Service has 714 retired workers getting six-figure retirements. The Social Security Administration has 444. A retired Smithsonian zoologist has a $162,000 annual lifetime pension. The six $200,000-plus pensions include a doctor, a dentist and a credit union regulator, plus three retirees whose occupations weren’t listed. Pensions are a growing federal budget burden, rising twice as fast as inflation over the last decade. Pension payments cost $70 billion last year, plus $13 billion for retiree health care. Taxpayers face a $2 trillion unfunded liability — the amount needed to cover future benefits — for these programs, according to the government’s audited financial statement. “These people are highly trained, highly skilled and often put their lives on the line in law enforcement,” says Julie Tagen, legislative director of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. “It’s a very, very small portion of retirees at that ($100,000) level.” “Government pensions are vastly more generous than those in the private sector,” says economist Veronique de Rugy of the market-oriented Mercatus Center. “It’s no coincidence that if there is a good plan, it’s available to federal employees rather than in the private sector.” USA TODAY and the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press— both owned by Gannett — analyzed the Civil Service Retirement System database, obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request. The Office of Personnel Management withheld some information, including names, ages and length of service. The records cover 1.9 million federal civilian pensions. Congress members were not included, nor were military retirees. The average federal pension pays $32,824 annually. The average state and local government pension pays $24,373, Census data show. The average military pension is $22,492. ExxonMobil, which has one of the best remaining private pensions, pays an average of $18,250 per retiree, Labor Department filings show. The federal government has two retirement systems: one for those hired before 1984 (Civil Service Retirement System) and another for those hired after. Under the older system, employees did not participate in Social Security. CSRS covers 78% of current retirees and accounts for 96% of six-figure pensions. All federal retirees receive health benefits.)
NBC NEWS
— Teen ‘takeovers’ push cities to take action. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/covid-pandemic-blame-teen-takeover-experts-say-rcna347075
AOL
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyout and early retirement “offers” to get rid of their employees who are: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.aol.com/articles/retirement-trend-among-60-olds-162700030.html
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/relationships/11-reasons-why-more-women-are-walking-away-from-men-and-marriage/ss-AA1YvbfS
NEW YORK TIMES
— Does Trump Want to Lose the Midterms? He is intervening in a bunch of Republican primaries to purge people who opposed him in one way or another. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes purge me. Have your critics/opponents purged you? If so, what have your critics/opponents used to purge you? To purge me from the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, from my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, from my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster position, from TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, from Illinois Center Right Coalition, from etc., my critics/opponents have used a) my using my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to promote conservative principles and planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject, b) my promoting Republican candidates who they reject, c) my encouraging Republican participation in Wheaton Independence Day parades, d) my successfully leading efforts to ban video gambling and the sale of pot in Wheaton, e) my suing them, f) my successfully leading the effort to stop the installation of a stoplight at the intersection of Harrison and President in Wheaton, g) my successfully leading the effort to force Xfinity to carry Fox News Channel in Wheaton, h) etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-liam-donovan.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: IVF. DD: Duckworth has an extremely low opinion of Trump. What does she think of you? Both Trump and I avoided the Vietnam War draft. We are both conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time. In 2006, Duckworth had me throw out of her press conference with Michael J. Fox in Wheaton. SEE: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/10/25/celebrity-and-controversy-mark-6th-race/ Further, my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF. We did not adopt. We did not become foster parents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/us/ivf-embryos-custody.html
— Southern Poverty Law Center Accuses Justice Dept. of Vindictive Prosecution. DD: What adverse actions have been taken against you? I should write about a) my critics/opponents who had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me and b) why they did that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/us/politics/southern-poverty-law-center-doj.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn the Pope against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/05/28/pope-leo-chicago-brandon-johnson-visit-vatican/deedce52-5ab5-11f1-8a9d-afb1148204e1_story.html
USA TODAY
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/04/29/fentanyl-awareness-day-kids-drug-prevention/89756058007/
SAN ANTONIO FIRST
— Teen takeovers are a result of repeated failures to prosecute juvenile delinquents. DD: Teen takeovers are a result of Democrat leader success in destroying traditional marriage and family.
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2026-05-27-the-main-reason-teen-takeovers-have-been-spreading/
SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS
— DD: For Democrats, democracy exists to take opportunities, money, and everything else away from Republicans and to give it all to Democrats.
https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/letters-editor/article/impeach-remove-president-trump-bipartisan-issue-22277275.php
DAILY MONTANAN
— Trump-style loyalty tests fracture Montana’s Republicans. 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://dailymontanan.com/2026/05/29/trump-style-loyalty-tests-fracture-montanas-republicans/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Reparations for Trump and Slavery? Given the precedent of the Anti-Weaponization Fund, a future president could do all sorts of mischief.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/reparations-for-trump-and-slavery-e439ce51
— The GOP Wants to Tax Your Car. A federal registration fee is one of the worst Republican ideas to come along in a while.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-gop-wants-to-tax-your-car-e6c78ff6?mod=opinion_lead_pos8
BLOOMBERG LAW
— EEOC Seeks to Revoke Rule Shielding Affirmative Action Plans. DD: Democrats and RINOs have always used Affirmative Action to get rid of Republicans.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/eeoc-seeks-to-revoke-rule-shielding-affirmative-action-plans
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— Guide to Hiring Noncitizens. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/guide-to-hiring-noncitizens-on-temporary-visas/
LAW 360
— EEOC Set To Scrap Decades-Old Affirmative Action Guidance. DD: Since the 1960s, my critics/opponents have used Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of me. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.law360.com/employment-authority/amp/articles/2482950
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyout and early retirement “offers” to get rid of their employees who are: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2026/05/as-agencies-try-to-bring-in-new-talent-a-lot-of-current-employees-are-making-tough-decisions/
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
— Political Stress. DD: Putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out has harmed my health, is harming my health, and will ever-increasingly harm my health. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly stress that to discourage/stop me from putting the newsletters together and sending them out.
https://news.syr.edu/2025/03/27/protecting-your-health-in-a-polarized-world-expert-advice-on-political-stress/
REASON
— DD: Democrat leaders, their operatives, and their dupes decry DHS and ICE cracking down on fraudulent asylum claims.
https://reason.com/2026/05/28/dhs-directs-ice-to-crack-down-on-allegedly-fraudulent-asylum-claims/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
EDUCATOR
— It’s time to stop blaming teachers: Students are responsible for their learning. What motivated you to learn things in high school? For me it was getting the highest ACT score that I could, getting highest class ranking that I could, and getting accepted by UIC. But I spent far too much time washing dishes instead of studying.
https://www.theeducatoronline.com/k12/news/its-time-to-stop-blaming-teachers-students-are-responsible-for-their-learning/288964
FROM OTHER SOURCES
CHRISTIE’S INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE
— FOR SALE: 629 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $985,000
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/629-W-Elm-St-Wheaton-IL-60189/4447893_zpid/
May 28, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— US Attorney for Northern District of Illinois leading criminal probe into E. Jean Carroll. Acting AG Todd Blanche recused himself from the investigation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/us-attorney-northern-district-illinois-andrew-boutros-leading-doj-criminal-probe-jean-carroll-sources/19183723/
NBC5
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-high-school-soccer-star-reunites-with-team-after-release-from-ice-custody/3941237/
— Chicago faith leaders plan a new kind of ‘teen takeover’ after violent gatherings. It’s all to prevent the dangerous trend that caused chaos in the city over the holiday weekend. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-faith-leaders-plan-a-new-kind-of-teen-takeover-after-violent-gatherings/3941156/
WGN9
— Girl, 14, charged after teen takeover in Hyde Park. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://wgntv.com/video/girl-14-charged-after-teen-takeover-in-hyde-park-cpd-says/11804054/
— Concerns growing over how to put a stop to teen takeovers. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSF2VGBo3xs
FOX32
— Alderman pushing to penalize parents in teen takeovers. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-yau47ow8m11099j6
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Fundraiser for Illinois GOP governor candidate Darren Bailey delayed after Tribune raised ethics law questions. DD: Anticipate/expect that the Pope will ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/27/darren-bailey-fundraiser-ethics/
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use buyout and early retirement “offers” to get rid of their employees who are: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/28/opinion-illinois-voluntary-pension-buyouts/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/28/illinois-hiv-advocates-funding-trump-cuts/
STATELINE
— DD: How many votes will Corbett take from Bailey?
https://www.mystateline.com/news/independent-candidate-enters-illinois-governor-race-challenging-pritzker-and-bailey/
WIFR
— DD: How many votes will Corbett take from Bailey?
https://www.wifr.com/2026/05/27/former-republican-strategist-collin-corbett-files-run-illinois-governor-independent/
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— DD: Democrat leaders raise questions about Trump’s health.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2026-05-27/trumps-third-check-up-at-walter-reed-raises-more-questions-about-his-health
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Durbin invokes Lincoln in democracy warning. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint Democrats as having been the Union in the Civil War and paint Republicans as having been the Confederacy.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/28/durbin-invokes-lincoln-in-democracy-warning-00939505
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Democratic state Rep. La Shawn Ford has been endorsed by the Congressional Black Caucus’ political organization in his bid for the 7th congressional seat now held by Rep. Danny Davis, who also has endorsed him. Ford survived a competitive primary to emerge as the Democratic nominee in a predominantly blue district. He faces Republican Chad Koppie, a retired farmer and jet pilot, in the November election.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-746/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republican Candidate to Replace Dick Durbin Comments on His Speech to the Illinois General Assembly
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/28/republican-candidate-to-replace-dick-durbin-comments-on-his-speech-to-the-illinois-general-assembly/
— Taxpayers Subsidizing Teacher Pensions, Often with Teachers Paying Nothing. DD: For my Civil Service Retirement System pension, I paid 7% of my federal salary.
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/28/taxpayers-subsidizing-teacher-pensions-often-with-teachers-paying-nothing/
ILLINOIS ANSWERS PORJECT
— A Proposed Law Would Push Wealthy Suburbs to Build More Affordable Housing. Mayors Are Pushing Back.
https://illinoisanswers.org/2026/05/27/proposed-illinois-law-push-wealthy-suburbs-build-more-affordable-housing/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to Criticize Trump Policies, Push Reparations Agenda During Vatican Meeting. DD: DD: Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations. Anticipate/expect that the Pope will ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/05/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-to-criticize-trump-policies-push-reparations-agenda-during-vatican-meeting.html
— The Hatred Against the Trump Family Has Turned Dangerous. DD: How successful have Democrat leaders been promoting hatred against Trump in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/05/opinion-the-hatred-against-the-trump-family-has-turned-dangerous.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION
— Trial Awaits Lifeguard Who Sought Pride Flag Exemption. LA County allegedly refused to accommodate Christian beliefs. The case of a Christian lifeguard in Los Angeles County who was denied a religious accommodation that would have excused him from raising or lowering the LGBTQ+ “Progress Pride Flag” is going to trial after a federal judge’s sealed ruling last week. Capt. Jeffrey Little, a lifeguard with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, first filed a lawsuit against the county and several supervisors in 2024 after the county enacted a policy requiring the Progress Pride Flag to be flown over county facilities, including some lifeguard stations, during LGBTQ Pride Month each June.
https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/trial-awaits-lifeguard-who-sought-pride-flag-exemption
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— West Point wake-up call: Hegseth torches DEI obsession in military ranks
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/05/27/west-point-wake-up-call-hegseth-torches-dei-obsession-in-military-ranks-1642715/
BREITBART
— Blue States Starting to Curb ‘Free’ Healthcare to Migrants
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/05/27/blue-states-starting-to-curb-free-healthcare-to-migrants-as-budgets-spin-out-of-control/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— GOP Establishment Quietly Memory-Holes Months Of Anti-Paxton Content
https://dailycaller.com/2026/05/27/nrsc-deletes-anti-ken-paxton-content/
DAILY WIRE
— Camouflage-Clad Chinese Illegals Caught At Border
https://www.dailywire.com/news/camouflage-clad-chinese-illegals-caught-at-border
— DEI’s Hidden Cost: The Quiet Consequences Of A Flawed Policy. Diversity mandates fracture merit, mental health, and relationships.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/deis-hidden-cost-the-quiet-consequences-of-a-flawed-policy
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
— Older Americans Month: Champion Your Health. DD: Putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out has harmed my health, is harming my health, and will ever-increasingly harm my health. My critics/opponents ever-increasingly stress that to discourage/stop me from putting the newsletters together and sending them out.
https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2026/05/older-americans-month-champion-your-health
FOX NEWS
— Lindsey Graham: Iran became ‘rich and lethal’ under Biden and Obama.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6396807522112
— Trump offers federal help for Chicago’s teen takeovers. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6396737300112
— Illinois official charged after allegedly submitting dead mother’s mail-in ballot. Authorities say the investigation began after election officials flagged a vote-by-mail ballot connected to a deceased voter.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-official-charged-allegedly-submitting-dead-mothers-mail-ballot
— Pete Hegseth’s anti-DEI speech at West Point is a template to save American lives. Regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation, we need the best of the best to protect us.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/pete-hegseths-anti-dei-speech-west-point-template-save-american-lives
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— 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://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5897035-trump-control-republicans-paxton/
MS NOW
— 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.ms.now/morning-joe/watch/top-democrat-loyalty-to-trump-only-thing-that-matters-to-gop-2501512771945
ABC NEWS
— 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://abcnews.com/Politics/americans-democrats-dont-stand-republicans-republicans-support-trump/story?id=133320627
ABC NEW YORK
— DD: How long have your ancestors been in America? According to Democrat leaders, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the more that you have benefited from slavery, and therefore the more reparations that you should pay: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American. My critics/opponents have always stressed that I am all of the aforesaid and that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In my ancestors’ defense, they always lived in northeast Illinois, they never were in a position to discriminate against Blacks, and they never did discriminate against Blacks.
https://abc7ny.com/post/pope-leo-xiv-makes-historic-apology-vaticans-role-legitimizing-slavery/19175137/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Wants Federal Employees to Sign Nondisclosure Agreements. Lawyers representing federal workers said the move is intended to chill speech and could be challenged on First Amendment grounds. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors’ forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 forced me to disclose lots about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/us/politics/trump-administration-nondisclosure-agreements.html
— 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.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/us/trump-cornyn-paxton-senate-republicans.html
— Vice and the Crisis of Liberalism. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/opinion/vice-liberalism-addiction-gambling-drugs.html
USA TODAY
— 59% retire earlier than planned. DD: The more of the following that you are, the likely that you will be forced to retire early: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/05/25/early-retirement-job-loss-health-layoffs/90218745007/
— 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.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/05/27/paxton-win-texas-runoff-midterms-trump-endorsement/90211135007/
FED SMITH
— OPM Proposes Eliminating the Time-in-Grade Rule. DD: The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 hired me as a GS-7 when I was 22. While I got promoted as fast as time-in-grade rules allowed to GS-9 when I was 23, to GS-11 when I was 24, and to GS-12 when I was 25, that was not fast enough for them. They used their up-or-out rule to deem me to be too old to be promoted to GS-13 because they had not promoted me to GS-13 by the time I was 25. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/05/27/eliminating-time-in-grade-rule-federal-workforce-impact/
TIME
— 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://time.com/article/2026/05/26/paxton-defeats-cornyn-trump-texas-talarico/
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
— The Case for Prohibiting Vice. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/case-prohibiting-vice
NEW REPUBLIC
— DD: For Democrats, democracy exists to take opportunities, money, and everything else away from Republicans and to give it all to Democrats.
https://newrepublic.com/article/210941/southern-states-anti-democracy-gerrymandering
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/green-card-news-uscis-memo/
YALE DAILY NEWS
— Yale reinstates SAT, ACT requirement. DD: UIC would not have admitted me in 1966 if I had not gotten an ACT score of 24.
https://yaledailynews.com/articles/yale-reinstates-sat-act-requirement-after-six-years-of-flexible-policy
AXIOS
— 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/2026/05/27/trump-primary-elections-retribution-loyal-maga
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— 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.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/27/trump-republican-party-maga
May 20, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— DuPage County Bensenville residents say rat infestation is taking over neighborhood: ‘We’re freaking out’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dupage-county-residents-say-rat-infestation-is-taking-over-neighborhood-were-freaking-out.amp
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-vt8is1p09b9vq1wu
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Democrat leaders protect them from Republicans: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/05/19/final-vote-set-scaled-back-effort-honor-rev-jesse-jackson-new-push-protect-voting-rights
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2026/05/20/latinos-homeless-chicago-illinois-greg-abbott-texas-busing-migrants
DAILY HERALD
— Fumbled rollout: Inclusion of controversial flyer overshadows redesign of Kane County’s tax bill
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260519/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-fumbled-rollout-inclusion-of-controversial-flyer-overshadows-redesign-of-coun/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PHOTO: US government agrees to drop tax claims against Trump in broadening of IRS lawsuit settlement. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions when I was 29 years old in 1978. I had deducted graduate evening business courses (Loyola 1972-1976) and accounting courses (DePaul 1976-1978). They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued in tax court a) that the courses I deducted did not relate to my job duties, b) that the courses did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took the courses to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took the courses to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically ignored the fact that a) my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take the courses, b) the content of my position descriptions, and c) that I stated in my applications that I wanted to take the courses to maintain and improve my IRS job skills. They would not have done that a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran and/or b) if I had not complained about IRS’s political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260519/nation-and-world-politics/us-government-agrees-to-drop-tax-claims-against-trump-in-broadening-of-irs-lawsuit-settlement/
STATELINE
— Universal health care proposal in Illinois Senate would eliminate private insurance, cover undocumented migrants
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/universal-health-care-proposal-in-illinois-senate-would-eliminate-private-insurance-cover-undocumented-migrants/
25 NEWS NOW
— Former state GOP chair Pat Brady sees key decisions ahead after party leaders oust Salvi. (FROM THE ARTICLE: the party chair is frequently the target of “everyone’s anger and frustrations.”)
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/05/20/former-state-gop-chair-brady-sees-key-decisions-ahead-after-party-leaders-oust-salvi/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Bloomington native who used to lead Illinois Republicans said he knows from experience that the party chair is frequently the target of “everyone’s anger and frustrations.” Monday, the Illinois Republican Party’s State Central Committee replaced incumbent Chair Kathy Salvi with former DuPage County Auditor Bob Grogan. Salvi became chair less than two years ago, just in time for the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Two years earlier, Salvi was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, losing to Democrat Tammy Duckworth. Salvi did a “nice job” raising money for the party, said Pat Brady, an attorney raised in Bloomington who served as state Republican chair from 2009 to 2013. During Brady’s term, social conservatives were angry with his stance favoring same-sex marriage. Brady is not sure why party leaders chose Grogan over Salvi this time around. “People were upset for whatever reason and they wanted a change,” said Brady. Now a Republican strategist with Mercury Public Affairs, Brady believes Illinois Republicans have a key decision to make. If they align themselves with the pro-Trump MAGA movement, Brady said “we’ll never be more than a downstate party.” Brady would like to see a more moderate brand, returning to the days when voters chose Republicans like Mark Kirk as U.S. senator and Jim Edgar as governor. Meantime, Grogan, Republican candidate for Governor Darren Bailey, and Senate candidate all praised Salvi’s work as chair. Grogan released the following statement: . . . )
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Chicago Schools elections get ugly
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/05/20/chicago-schools-elections-get-ugly-00929035
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-741/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BOB BERLIN
— Bob Berlin, Duo Dog Crew, and Assistant State’s Attorneys Attend Furever Friends Gala
https://www.bobberlin.com/news/bob-berlin-duo-dog-crew-and-assistant-states-attorneys-attend-furever-friends-gala
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois FOID Card Mandate Challenged in Federal Court
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/20/illinois-foid-card-mandate-challenged-in-federal-court/
— Melania Trump’s Fostering the Future Initiative Passes House
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/20/melania-trumps-fostering-the-future-initiative-passes-house/
— McLaughlin Holding Fundraiser
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/20/mclaughlin-holding-fundraiser-2/
— Ness Passes Bill To Make Savings Easier for People Who Have Disabilities
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/20/ness-passes-bill-to-make-savings-easier-for-people-who-have-disabilities/
— Trump Gets Blame for High Gas Prices, Ignoring High Illinois Motor Fuel Tax
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/category/uncategorized/
— Latest Spencer Pratt Video is Musical Take Off “Fresh Prince of Belair”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/19/latest-spencer-pratt-video-is-musical-take-off-fresh-prince-of-belair/
— Rep. Weber Criticizes Bill That Would Require Women’s Port-a-Potties at Construction Sites
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/19/rep-weber-criticizes-bill-that-would-require-womens-port-a-potties-at-construction-sites/
— Illinois Family Institute Targets Bills for Defeat
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/05/19/illinois-family-institute-targets-bills-for-defeat/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The ‘pro-Palestinian’ Left isn’t really about Gaza. Its real target is America
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4572918/pro-palestinian-left-isnt-about-gaza-real-target-is-america/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Illegal immigration data sparks new push for mass deportations
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/05/19/illegal-immigration-data-sparks-new-push-for-mass-deportations-1640233/
CENTER SQUARE
— DD: All those who were promoted over me hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they were yes-men or yes-women. They all 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. They all were minority, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0bddedae-73db-469b-82c0-e219cf59bd99.html
COLLEGE FIX
— Progressive nonprofit launches left-wing competitor to Turning Point USA. Group’s true agenda is the redistribution of wealth.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/progressive-nonprofit-launches-left-wing-competitor-to-turning-point-usa/
— Just 10 percent of professors want to leave Republican-led states
https://www.thecollegefix.com/just-10-percent-of-professors-want-to-leave-republican-led-states/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— If You Cheated to Become American, You Were Never American
https://www.fairus.org/opinion/if-you-cheated-become-american-you-were-never-american
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Civil Liberty Group Sues Illinois Over License Required to Buy Guns, Ammunition. DD: I have had a FOID card since I was 20 years old in 1968.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/05/civil-liberty-group-sues-illinois-over-license-required-to-buy-guns-ammunition/
PJ MEDIA
— Woke May Have Passed Its Peak, But What’s Coming Next From the Left Is Scary Bad
https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2026/05/19/woke-may-have-passed-its-peak-but-whats-coming-next-from-the-left-is-scary-bad-n4953011
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Thousands of Illegal Aliens Live in Taxpayer-Funded Housing. Trump Is Ending it.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/05/19/thousands_of_illegal_aliens_live_in_taxpayer-funded_housing_trump_is_ending_it_154133.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/more-gen-z-adults-say-life-can-be-fulfilling-without-marriage-children-study/ar-AA22ks9J
NEW YORK TIMES
— G.O.P. Supporters Back Trump, but a Third Seek a New Direction for the Party
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/politics/poll-trump-republicans.html
— I.R.S. to Drop Audits of Trump and Family. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions when I was 29 years old in 1978. I had deducted graduate evening business courses (Loyola 1972-1976) and accounting courses (DePaul 1976-1978). They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued in tax court a) that the courses I deducted did not relate to my job duties, b) that the courses did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) that I took the courses to get a job in the private sector, and d) that I took the courses to qualify myself for a new trade or business. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically ignored the fact that a) my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take the courses, b) the content of my position descriptions, and c) that I stated in my applications that I wanted to take the courses to maintain and improve my IRS job skills. They would not have done that a) if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, or veteran and/or b) if I had not complained about IRS’s political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/politics/trump-irs-doj-lawsuit-audit.html
USA TODAY
— Nearly 4 in 10 Americans surveyed by Lending Tree, or 39%, said a car is a luxury they cannot afford. DD: Back in the good old days, in 1964, I was able to buy a 1958 Chevrolet BelAir with money I had earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964. In 1966, I was able to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint with money I had earned delivering newspapers and washing dishes 1964-1966. In 1967, I was able to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 with money I had earned delivering mail 1966-1967. In 1968, I was able to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE with money I had earned delivering mail 1967-1968.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2026/05/18/car-ownership-affordability-costs/90049044007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Young buyers tap bank of mom & dad in tight home market. DD: When I was 24 in 1972, HUD made the new townhome that I bought in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) affordable. I could not have afforded to buy that townhome if it had cost more. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $84,500. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/these-parents-are-buying-homes-for-their-kidswith-strings-attached-aa3da6d2
FORBES
— DD: My critics/opponents reject meritocracy. They applaud that all those who were promoted over me 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. They applaud that all those who were promoted over me 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/sites/kimelsesser/2026/05/19/the-myth-of-meritocracy-and-other-outdated-beliefs-women-are-told-at-work/
BLOOMBERG
— Behind the Decline in Right-Wing Media Traffic. DD: I should write about those who have done the most since 2000 a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading them. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) Republican political consultants, fundraisers, major doners, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-07-15/federalist-breitbart-daily-caller-see-decline-in-right-wing-media-traffic
JD SUPRA
— EEOC Files Suit Against The New York Times, Alleging that the Times Discriminated Against a White, Male Employee. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if my Firestone Store boss had not fired me because I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, an offer that Oldsmobile withdrew saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eeoc-files-suit-against-the-new-york-1243494/
HR BREW
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government always crowed about their success in promoting their Democrat employees who were minority, female, and/or younger, that is, they always crowed about their success in discriminating against their Republican employees who were White, male, and/or older.
https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/eeoc-moves-to-end-eeo-1-reporting-on-race-and-gender