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DUPAGE COUNTY GOP
— DuPage County Republicans Bring More Than 100 Voters Together for Countywide Candidate Forum
https://dupagegop.com/
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: More than 100 DuPage County voters, Republican leaders, candidates, and supporters gathered Thursday evening at Harry Caray’s in Lombard for an energetic and informative countywide candidate event focused on the upcoming November 3 General Election. The evening brought together Republican candidates from across DuPage County and the region, giving attendees a chance to hear directly from those seeking elected office and learn more about the races on the November ballot. Among the candidates and elected Republican leaders attending were Don Tracy, candidate for U.S. Senate; Jeff Walter, candidate for Congress in Illinois’ 11th Congressional District; candidates for State Representative in the 49th, 56th and 85th Districts; a candidate for State Senate in the 23rd District; and candidates for DuPage County Board Districts 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6. Tracy and Walter are listed among the Republican candidates for the 2026 General Election. The countywide portion of the program featured Gary Grasso, candidate for DuPage County Board Chairman; Patricia Kladis-Schiappa, candidate for DuPage County Clerk; Sean Noonan, candidate for DuPage County Sheriff; Carl Schultz, candidate for Forest Preserve President; and Amber Quirk, candidate for Regional Board of Education Superintendent. Candidates addressed issues important to DuPage County residents before taking questions from the audience during a lively Q&A.  Bob Schillerstrom, former 12-year DuPage County Board Chairman and former candidate for Governor of Illinois, moderated the forum. The event also brought together a broad cross-section of DuPage Republican leadership, including Illinois Republican Party Chairman Bob Grogan; DuPage County GOP Vice-Chair and Lisle Township Republican Organization Chairwoman Becky Rudolph; DuPage County GOP Secretary Jeff Castle, an ILSCC-06 member and Milton Township Republican Organization Chairman; Tony Schiappa, Downers Grove Township Republican Organization Chairman and Burr Ridge Village Trustee; Dave Rogers, Bloomingdale Township Republican Organization Chairman and Bloomingdale Township Trustee; Jerry Evans, Winfield Township Republican Organization Chairman; Dan Kordik, York Township Republican Organization Chairman; and JP Augustynowicz, Warrenville Alderman. Local candidates attending included: State Rep 49th John Paul Augustynowicz; 56th Rhys Read; & 84th Brian Scopa, State Senate 23 Linda Polacek, CB1  Paula Pezza; CB2  Theresa McClear & Rusty Stevens; CB 4 Isobel Michaud, C5  Daniel Lomeli & CB6  Kathy Zander. The evening provided voters with an opportunity to meet candidates, ask questions, learn more about the November election and connect with Republican organizations from throughout DuPage County. As the November 3 General Election approaches, attendees were encouraged to remain engaged, support their local candidates and campaigns, take advantage of early voting opportunities, and make a plan to vote. “Events like this are important to do because voters deserve the opportunity to meet our candidates, hear directly from them, and get a chance to ask them questions,” said Larisa Calvanese, Downers Grove TRO Secretary. “Bringing candidates, township leaders and voters together in one room strengthens the local political organizations and hopefully  keeps our communities engaged in the election process.” The DuPage County Republican organizations will continue working with candidates, volunteers and voters throughout the remainder of the 2026 election season.)

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— 5 Lincoln-Way East students withdraw from school after alleged racial harassment.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/5-lincoln-east-high-school-students-withdraw-alleged-racial-harassment-homewood-flossmoor-football-game-officials/19845507/

CBS2
— 6 Lincoln-Way East students allowed to withdraw from school after racist behavior during Homewood-Flossmoor football game.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lincoln-way-east-students-withdraw-racist-behavior-homewood-flossmoor/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/17/operation-midway-blitz-claims/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Chicago’s Latino population is shifting west, with Belmont Cragin now the city’s largest Latino neighborhood.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/18/latino-population-chicago/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lincoln-Way board votes to allow students involved in racist incident to withdraw instead of being expelled.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-football/2026/09/17/lincoln-way-east-homewood-flossmoor-racist-incident
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: Customs officer guilty of using gun, badge to sexually assault women in Chicago suburbs. DD: Uribe should not have been hired let alone retained.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/09/17/customs-border-protection-luis-uribe-chicago

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Battle for control: DuPage County clerk takes fight to appellate court.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260917/local-politics/battle-for-control-dupage-county-clerk-takes-fight-to-appellate-court/

SHAW LOCAL
— Illinois food pantries get millions in grants as demand for food grows. State distributes $3.5M in grants to aid local food distributors across northern Illinois.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/09/18/illinois-food-pantries-get-millions-in-grants-as-demand-for-food-grows/

FOX32
— Aaron Del Mar responds after George Floyd remarks spark controversy.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/exclusive-aaron-del-mar-responds-after-george-floyd-remarks-spark-controversy

WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/17/15-illinois-residents-file-claims-against-dhs-alleging-they-were-victimized-federal

WBEZ
— A law requires Illinois schools to teach Asian American history. Is it happening? Five years ago, the TEAACH Act made Illinois the first state to require public schools to teach Asian American history. WBEZ checks in on its progress.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/09/17/teaach-act-faq-illinois-aapi-asian-american-history-public-schools

NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-18/a-dhs-email-raises-new-questions-about-the-trump-administrations-election-plans
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-18/republican-candidate-in-florida-runs-ads-criticizing-trumps-immigration-enforcement
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to defeat Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-18/what-do-trumps-supporters-think-of-the-political-pushback-hes-faced
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-18/trumps-week-of-setbacks-the-presidents-priorities-get-rare-pushback

25 NEWS NOW
— Former state GOP chair sees key decisions ahead after party leaders oust Salvi.
https://www.25newsnow.com/2026/05/20/former-state-gop-chair-brady-sees-key-decisions-ahead-after-party-leaders-oust-salvi/

VIDETTE
— Federal court decision changes tuition plans for undocumented students in Illinois. The ruling left undocumented students facing higher tuition bills.
https://www.videtteonline.com/news/federal-court-decision-changes-tuition-plans-for-undocumented-students-in-illinois/article_d6132135-b3d0-43cd-85e5-abaafcb6e8c7.html

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Park District Adds Homeless Specialist, More Surveillance As It Struggles To Address Encampments. The Chicago Park District is bringing more cameras online to monitor the encampments as a new staff person meets with residents living in parks around the city.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/09/15/park-district-adds-homeless-specialist-more-surveillance-as-it-struggles-to-address-encampments/

ILLINOIZE
— Del Mar Accuses Illinois GOP of Withholding Funding from Bailey.
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/delmar-accuses-illinois-gop-withholding

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker presses Congress on AI
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-810/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/17/isabel%E2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-597/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do you say to Republican candidates who lose Republican primary elections and then fail/refuse to help elect those Republican candidates who win those elections? I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) since 1999. RPCs can help elect whichever Republican candidates they want to in Republican primaries, but in general elections, they must help elect the Republican candidates who win those Republican primaries. I have always done that. Sadly, I am ever-increasingly discouraged from helping elect Republican candidates in Republican primary elections a) because too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who lose Republican primary elections blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats and b) because too many Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who lose general elections blame me and blame my newsletters for their defeats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to your critics/opponents, what disqualifies you as a candidate? My critics/opponents stress their success in having their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. They stress their success in ousting 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 (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, and e) as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004. They stress their success in a) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, b) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and c) defeating me 69 to 13 when I ran for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004. Since 2000, they have ever-increasingly demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being too conservative, that is, that I promote too many planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. They ever-increasingly blame me and blame my newsletter for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct suffer. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the more that I do to help elect Republican candidates, the fewer votes that they will get. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Google AI. “Noblesse oblige is a French expression meaning “nobility obliges,” which describes the moral duty of wealthy, powerful, or privileged people to act honorably, generously, and responsibly toward others. Literal translation: “Nobility obliges”. Core idea: Privilege entails responsibility. Having status, wealth, or power means you must help and protect those with less. Modern use: The concept applies beyond old-money aristocrats to modern business elites, politicians, celebrities, or anyone in a high-status position.” DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government believed in noblesse oblige big time. That is, they believed a) that the promotions that I got in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986 were because I was privileged and wealthy and b) that those promotions should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, and/or veteran. They stressed that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They stressed that I bought new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc. They stressed that I bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984. They stressed that I got married in 1978. They stressed that I bought collector cars in 1989 and 1994. They stressed that I earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970, master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a professional license in 1981. They ignored/dismissed/belittled a) that to buy my first new car, I washed dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months and b) that I had to work my way through college and that did work my way through college. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Blame Chicago’s Failing Media.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/blame-chicago-failing-media

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Bob Grogan’s Unity Test: Will IL GOP Chair Condemn Close Ally Jim Durkin’s Attacks on Trump, Bailey? DD: I did a lot to help elect Grogan DuPage County Auditor in 2008 and to reelect him in 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. I did a lot to help elect Durkin U.S. Senator in 2002. My critics/opponents side with Durkin.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/08/grogans-unity-test-will-il-gop-chair-condemn-close-ally-jim-durkins-attacks-on-trump-bailey.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Pritzker’s record: Illinois unemployment rate averages 3rd-highest in U.S.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-unemployment-rate-pritzker-record/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Capitalism beats socialism every time. Giving government more power will worsen young people’s woes.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/17/capitalism-beats-socialism-every-time/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Florida was top stated destination of illegal immigrants who arrived under Biden.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4731331/florida-top-stated-destination-illegal-immigrants-joe-biden/
— ‘Break the law and get away with it’: Inside the youth group training campus radicals.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4729619/ydsa-student-militancy-political-violence-threat/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Socialism’s fatal flaw: Misunderstanding human nature.  DD: Socialism demotivates. Under socialism, to advance, all you need to do is to be a socialist. Under Democrats, to advance, all you need to do is to be a Democrat. That is a tremendous demotivator. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. I worked for Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats. None of them came close to doing what I did to advance. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. Virtually none of my Democrat Post Office coworkers did that. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. None of my Democrat IRS and GAO coworkers did that. Notwithstanding the aforesaid that I did to advance, all my Democrat coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me a) had less education than I had, b) had less work experience than I had, c) had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had. They got promoted because they were Democrats.
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/socialisms-fatal-flaw.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To quote Karl Marx, the central tenet of Marxism and socialism is: “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” Every nation in the world that has tried to implement this dictum has resulted in massive economic dislocation and depressed living standards. . .Writing for The Wall Street Journal, James Grant noted: “The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition.”)

COLLEGE FIX
— Southern Illinois U. sends cops after student journalist for asking questions.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/southern-illinois-u-sends-cops-after-student-journalist-for-asking-questions/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Diet Coke Socialism.
https://www.creators.com/read/daily-editorials/09/26/diet-coke-socialism-d2f3b
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that non-Whites have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.creators.com/read/bonnie-jean-feldkamp/09/26/i-grew-up-in-a-white-community-heres-how-i-didnt-become-a-karen

DAILY CALLER
— Government-Owned Capitalism: Brilliant Strategy Or Socialist Disaster?
https://dailycaller.com/2026/09/17/opinion-government-shareholder-companies-manufacturing-mark-minnella/

DAILY SIGNAL
— New Study Challenges Claim That Laws Restricting Transgender Medicine Increase Teen Suicide. DD: How much success have Democrat leaders had promoting LGBTQ in your county, township, municipality, and school district?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/17/study-challenges-transgender-teen-suicide/

FOX BUSINESS
— Socialist ‘golden boy’ makes SHOCKING claim about US, Al Qaeda.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWDdINaQWGw
— Socialist streamer Hasan Piker under fire for comparing US to Al Qaeda.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6405217065112
— Rand Paul GOES OFF on socialism’s true cost: ‘Make us all impoverished.’
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Oh3ny18R4YE

FOX NEWS
— Socialist Seattle mayor UNDER FIRE as businesses revolt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHpDlzNT2J8
— Powerful teachers’ unions share striking link with states struggling to teach kids to read. The Progressive Policy Institute found eight (including Illinois) of the 10 lowest-scoring states for reading had strong labor unions.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/powerful-teachers-unions-share-striking-link-states-struggling-teach-kids-read

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Three “Students of Color” Programs At Bentley University Challenged By Equal Protection Project. “Students who identify as members of Bentley’s preferred racial, ethnic, and national origin groups are automatically eligible for these Programs, while students outside those groups must satisfy an additional condition…”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/09/three-students-of-color-programs-at-bentley-university-challenged-by-equal-protection-project/

MANHATTAN INSTITUTE
— The Democratic Socialist Congregation.  DD: According to Google AI. “Noblesse oblige is a French expression meaning “nobility obliges,” which describes the moral duty of wealthy, powerful, or privileged people to act honorably, generously, and responsibly toward others. Literal translation: “Nobility obliges”. Core idea: Privilege entails responsibility. Having status, wealth, or power means you must help and protect those with less. Modern use: The concept applies beyond old-money aristocrats to modern business elites, politicians, celebrities, or anyone in a high-status position.” DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government believed in noblesse oblige big time. That is, they believed a) that the promotions that I got in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986 were because I was privileged and wealthy and b) that those promotions should have been given to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, and/or veteran. They stressed that I avoided the Vietnam War draft. They stressed that I bought new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc. They stressed that I bought real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984. They stressed that I got married in 1978. They stressed that I bought collector cars in 1989 and 1994. They stressed that I earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970, master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a professional license in 1981. They ignored/dismissed/belittled a) that to buy my first new car, I washed dishes for the minimum wage for 18 months and b) that I had to work my way through college and that did work my way through college.
https://manhattan.institute/article/the-democratic-socialist-congregation
(FROM THE ARTICLE: How the DSA serves as a religion substitute for downwardly mobile elites. In August, when the New York Post profiled Grace Ryan—a 25-year-old NYU graduate, chocolate heiress, and socialist activist known online as “Lulu Lenin”—it supplied her critics with an irresistible caricature. Ryan had displayed the expensive clothes and vacations of a young woman born to wealth even as she was championing a movement devoted to dismantling class privilege. Confronted with the contradiction, she offered a defense more suited to an Edwardian drawing room than a Democratic Socialists of America meeting: “Y’all never heard of noblesse oblige?” Ludicrous and unknowing as Ryan’s remark was, it was revelatory nonetheless about something very real. The DSA attracts people who have benefited from capitalism but feel cheated by it. It provides them with a moral vocabulary that gives them room to reinterpret personal disappointment as systemic injustice. And, most important, it gives them somewhere to go on a lonely Tuesday night, just as, for thousands of years, religion provided a social basis for Mormons on a Monday, Muslims on a Friday, Jews on a Saturday, and Christians on a Sunday.)

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Future of Woke.
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2026/11/the-future-of-woke/

NEWSMAX
— Mark Vargas: Ill. GOP Doesn’t Want Trump’s Candidate To Win.
https://www.newsmax.com/markvargas/tiffany-wisconsin-grogan/2026/09/17/id/1269802/

POWERLINE
— Who Defends the Decline in Higher Education? The New York Times does, or at least one Miriam Pawal does, on the Times op-ed page.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/09/who-defends-the-decline-in-higher-education.php

TOWNHALL
— America Is Exceptional, Which Is Why the Left Wants to Destroy It.
https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/17/vip-south-african-amazed-were-not-killed-n2683133

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Country Club Karen Trashes Patient Golf Staffer.
https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-country-club-karen-trashes-patient-golf-staffer-friend-walks-pulls-rug-front-everyone/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A woman at Beverly Country Club on Chicago’s South Side unloaded on the pro shop after the summer looping kids went back to class, Golf Digest reported. Dan Proft posted the video. Millions watched a member treat a staffing shortage like a human rights infraction.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

MS NOW
— DD: Democrat leader use Critical Race Theory to destroy Republican.
https://www.ms.now/al-sharpton/politicsnation/watch/in-attempt-to-hide-from-the-truth-conservative-activists-weaponize-critical-race-theory-124503109826?showId=152

CBS NEWS
— The 80 Percent Rule. DD: My critics/opponents reject far more than 20% of the Republican Party platform.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-80-percent-rule/

NEW YOR TIMES
— Billions in Taxes Go Unpaid. Under Trump, the I.R.S. Won’t Say How Much. The absence of the annual estimate on the tax gap could make it more difficult to assess whether more taxes are going unpaid since President Trump took office. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. My Democrat IRS superior wasted my IRS career. GAO audits IRS. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO for almost 18 years. My Democrat GAO superiors refused to assign me to audits of IRS’s Collection Division. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/business/trump-irs-tax-gap.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/midterms-map-republicans-democrats.html
— An M.I.T. Report Warns A.I. Is Causing ‘Cognitive Surrender.’ Universities Are in a Bind. As A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students. DD: How will your critics/opponents use AI to destroy you?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/universities-ai-warnings-enthusiasm.html
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, their top priority was hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/us/politics/capitol-police-discrimination-lawsuit.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/us/politics/minnesota-judge-trump-immigration.html
— How Sept. 11 Paved the Way to Mideast Power for Iran. The American invasion of Iraq in 2003 set the path for Tehran to dominate its neighbor and whetted its appetite to expand its influence across the greater Middle East.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/world/middleeast/sept-11-iran-islamic-state-iraq.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rahm Emanuel: Democrats Can Win Back the Midwest. Even Ohio and Iowa, after trending Republican for years, are battlegrounds in the midterm elections.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-can-win-back-the-midwest-a6d00f5d

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

MOSCOW TIMES
— How Russia Purged Opposition Candidates From the Ballot. DD: According to your critics/opponents, what disqualifies you as a candidate? My critics/opponents stress their success in having their operatives and their dupes take adverse actions against me. They stress their success in ousting 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 (ICRC) Steering Committee member in 2007, and e) as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2010 and 2004. They stress their success in a) gerrymandering my precinct in 2015, b) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and c) defeating me 69 to 13 when I ran for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004. Since 2000, they have ever-increasingly demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being too conservative, that is, that I promote too many planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. They ever-increasingly blame me and blame my newsletter for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct suffer. They ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the more that I do to help elect Republican candidates, the fewer votes that they will get.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/09/17/bad-to-the-bone-how-russia-purged-opposition-candidates-from-the-ballot-a93730

NEWS24
— Democratic socialists personify ‘big government socialism.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wqc9PPqHPo