FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— Illinois Republican and Democratic Party Chairs talk election outlook.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois-republican-and-democratic-party-chairs-talk-election-outlook/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Erika Kirk draws big crowd for Elgin appearance, some protesters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/06/erika-kirk-judson-elgin-turning-point-tour/
— Illinois Democrats accuse Darren Bailey of failing to disclose who provides rent-free Chicago apartment.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/06/darren-bailey-apartment/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in the area is $2,965 a month, according to the complaint, first reported by WGN-TV. That is well over the $1,000 threshold at which contributions must be reported to election officials within five business days, or within two business days in the 30 days before an election. Bailey’s campaign hasn’t disclosed any such in-kind donation, either on the stand-alone reports required for large contributions or on its quarterly reports for the first half of the year, the complaint alleges. Quarterly reports covering July through September are due next week.
— East Dundee village president censured for partisan politics, ‘inappropriate’ comments.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/06/dundee-president-censured-republican-bailey-oktoberfest/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: East Dundee Village President Dan Pearson was formally censured by the village board Monday for inviting two Republicans, one of whom was gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey, to give political speeches during the village’s Oktoberfest. The censure was unanimous and also cited other actions and comments Pearson has made, including his endorsement of a candidate’s social media page comment stating the “language in America is English” and “inappropriate and distasteful comments” made mostly toward women during the Oktoberfest stein-holding contest.)
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more Islam.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/07/column-republicans-fanning-fears-american-muslims-chapman/
DAILY HERALD
— Turning Point USA’s Erika Kirk draws big crowd for Elgin appearance, some protesters.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261006/nation-and-world-politics/erika-kirk-draws-big-crowd-for-elgin-appearance-some-protesters/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Champaign County Democrats set to vote on reparations issue.
https://archive.ph/fiC2O#selection-3544.0-3544.3
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— 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.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/collin-corbett-illinois-governor/amp/
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— 607 Champaign County voters getting replacement ballots.
https://www.newschannel20.com/news/local/check-your-mail-607-champaign-county-voters-getting-replacement-ballots/article_c852ea8f-91eb-5651-bd86-51e06a790e62.html
CHICAGO READER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://chicagoreader.com/performing-arts/rhinestone-digest/rhinestone-digest-october-2026-act-development/
CHICAGO NEWS WEEKLY
— CNW Poll: Pritzker Leads Bailey by 20 Points, Democrats Ahead in Four Other Statewide Races.
https://www.cnwmedia.com/article/cnw-poll-pritzker-leads-bailey-by-20-points-democrats-ahead-in-four-other-statewide-races
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. JB Pritzker holds a 20-point lead over Republican challenger Darren Bailey, while Democratic candidates are ahead in four other statewide races surveyed in the first statewide election poll commissioned by Chicago News Weekly. The survey, conducted by Public Policy Polling from Sept. 30 through Oct. 1, included 569 Illinois voters. Pritzker received 54% support in the governor’s race, compared with 34% for Bailey. Independent candidate Collin Corbett received 6%, while another 6% of respondents were undecided. Democratic candidates also led each of the other four statewide contests included in the poll. In the U.S. Senate race, Democrat Juliana Stratton received 49% support to Republican Don Tracy’s 36%, with 15% of respondents undecided. Attorney General Kwame Raoul received 52% support, compared with 38% for Republican Bob Fioretti, while 11% were undecided. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias led Republican Diane Harris 55% to 37%, with 8% undecided. In the comptroller race, Democrat Margaret Croke received 48% support to Republican Bryan Drew’s 37%, while 15% had not selected a candidate. The size of the undecided vote varied across the five contests. Just 6% of respondents remained undecided in the governor’s race, compared with 15% in both the Senate and comptroller races. The attorney general contest had an undecided share of 11%, while 8% remained undecided in the secretary of state race.)
DUPAGE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Bray-Parker cash swamping Vrankovich in race for open 47th House seat.
https://chronicleillinois.com/news/dupage-county-news/bray-parker-cash-swamping-vrankovich-in-race-for-open-47th-house-seat/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Bailey trying to stay on message as attacks from Pritzker mount. Former Republican lawmaker says he’d draw a line between personal beliefs and governing.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/bailey-trying-to-stay-on-message-as-attacks-from-pritzker-mount/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Mary Miller still counts on Trump.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/10/07/mary-miller-still-counts-on-trump-01109172
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning Briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-822/
— Afternoon roundup.
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-609/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JOHN KASS
— If the DSA Gets Its Way, American Policing Ends.
https://johnkassnews.com/if-the-dsa-gets-its-way-american-policing-ends-by-chief-tom-weitzel-ret/
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Who’s Behind the $295 Million D214 Referendum?
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/10/01/whos-behind-the-295-million-d214-referendum
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Dem party hopes to pick up seats across the state.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_8a8c0c6c-b05a-4eaf-8935-24fe97f806dd.html
PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— What Is Jim Durkin Getting From Pritzker?
https://prairiestatewire.com/what-is-jim-durkin-getting-from-pritzker
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your position on Independent voters? I disagree with my critics/opponents who discouraged me from hand-delivering the following to the 170 Independent households in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton: DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes with 300 DuPage County Election-provided mailing labels for Independent voters that contained the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Voter Guide, the sample ballot, and Republican candidate literature from the 14 candidates who provided their literature to MTRO? To discourage me from seeking votes for Republican candidates from Independent voters in my precinct, my critics/opponents stress that according to polls, 54% of independents say their vote will be mostly to express their opposition to Trump. I stress the 46% of Independent voters who do not say that. According to my critics/opponents, I am far too conservative, and because of that, the more that I do to help Republican candidates, the fewer votes that they will get. I am considering getting mailing labels only for the Independent voters in my precinct and focusing on those households that have only Independent voters. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— To advance under socialists, all you need to do is be a good little socialist To advance under Democrats, all you need to do is be a good little Democrat. Notwithstanding my never being a Democrat, under capitalism, I was able to a) work my way through college and earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 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, b) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc., c) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1984, etc., d) get married in 1978, e) buy collector cars in 1989, 1994, etc., e) etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Did you work your way through college? Back in the good old days, I was able to work my way through college. According to Google AI, “Working your way through college and graduating completely debt-free is exceptionally difficult today due to high tuition and living costs.” During my first 2 years at UIC 1966-1968 and my 3rd year at NIU in 1969, I worked for the Park Forest Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers. That enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21 in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. My parents provided me with room and board while I took classes at UIC 1966-1968 and weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969. I came home weekends to keep my Post Office job. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Population loss could cost Illinois a second seat in Congress under Pritzker.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-population-loss-congressional-seat/
— How will Chicago address a projected $882 million budget deficit?
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-budget-deficit-2027/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democratic socialism offers communism with better branding. Rhetoric may sound softer, but the hostility to capitalism and private property remains. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/12/democratic-socialism-offers-communism-better-branding/
— Justice Alito: Lower courts haven’t ‘gotten the message’ on affirmative action, guns.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/6/justice-alito-lower-courts-havent-gotten-message-affirmative-action/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialists treat freedom as the obstacle. A thousand studies prove freedom is the solution. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4748916/economic-freedom-vs-democratic-socialism/
— SCOTUS must restore property rights before DSA abolishes them. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/4723697/scotus-must-restore-property-rights-before-dsa-abolishes/
— Socialism didn’t die with the Soviets — Mamdani just brought it to City Hall. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4694926/mamdani-socialism-private-property-threat-new-york-city/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Mamdani says socialism will give you “whatever you need.” The socialist promise of dignity comes at the expense of liberty, property, and self-reliance. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/10/mamdani-says-socialism-will-give-you-whatever-you-need/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Federal judge blocks Trump admin from fining illegals who won’t leave.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/10/07/federal-judge-blocks-trump-admin-from-fining-illegals-who-wont-leave-1662199/
BREITBART
— Blagojevich Unmasks ‘Fake Polling,’ Predicts ‘No Blue Wave’ in Midterms.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/06/rod-blagojevich-unmasks-fake-polling-favoring-democrats-there-will-be-no-blue-wave/amp/
CATO
— Ten Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Arguments for Socialism and Why They’re Wrong. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.cato.org/blog/ten-democratic-socialists-america-dsa-arguments-socialism-why-theyre-wrong
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A private owner who wastes capital loses his own money, and a firm that wastes enough goes bankrupt. A political manager wastes other people’s money, cannot go bankrupt, and gets promoted for loyalty rather than output, while the nominal owners (the people) have no way to monitor him and no shares to sell. . .Socialism has always required coercion to make people surrender their property to the state.)
— Private Property. DD: Under capitalism, I was able to do the following, but under socialism I would not have: a) work my way through college and earn a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 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, b) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc., c) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1984, etc., d) get married in 1978, e) buy collector cars in 1989, 1994, etc., e) etc.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/private-property-abundance-diversity
FOX BUSINESS
— Democratic talk of affordability is absolutely hilarious. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/larry-kudlow-democratic-talk-affordability-absolutely-hilarious
FOX NEWS
— Communist, socialist activists push 20-hour workweek, property seizures as presence at protests grows. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/communist-socialist-activists-push-20-hour-workweek-property-seizures-presence-protests-grows
— Federal agents intercept boat carrying 14 illegal aliens before unloading in wealthy coastal enclave.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/federal-agents-intercept-boat-carrying-14-illegal-aliens-unloading-wealthy-coastal-enclave
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Education Dept. Urges Schools to Teach History, Consequences of Communism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/10/education-dept-urges-schools-to-teach-history-consequences-of-communism/amp/
NEW AMERICAN
— Republican Socialists of America. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/republican-socialists-of-america/
NEWSMAX
— Biden Border Policies Created Security Threat.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tom-homan-immigration-biden-admininstration/2026/10/06/id/1271937/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Wins Again Against Illegal Migration.
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2026/10/07/trump-wins-again-against-illegal-migration-n2684226
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Florida’s 25-year record on school choice is a huge success. DD: My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/6131611-henry-mack-defends-scholarships/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: What percent of those in America who are the following are on welfare: Citizens of America, noncitizens, White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, female, male, heterosexual, LGBTQ, younger, older, married, non-married, non-veteran, veteran, Protestant, non-Protestant, German American, non-German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, etc.?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/10/07/maga-pushback-white-male-welfare-villain-reveals-much-about-race/
— DD: Democrat leaders focus on the following voter groups: a) younger voters, b) older voters, c) Latino voters, and e) Independent voters. I disagree with my critics/opponents who discouraged me from hand-delivering the following to the 170 Independent households in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton: DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes with 300 DuPage County Election-provided mailing labels for Independent voters that contained the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Voter Guide, the sample ballot, and Republican candidate literature from the 14 candidates who provided their literature to MTRO? To discourage me from seeking votes for Republican candidates from Independent voters in my precinct, my critics/opponents stress that according to polls, 54% of independents say their vote will be mostly to express their opposition to Trump. I stress the 46% of Independent voters who do not say that. According to my critics/opponents, I am far too conservative, and because of that, the more that I do to help Republican candidates, the fewer votes that they will get.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/us/politics/democrats-senate-polls-voters.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In nearly every state we polled, Democrats hold an advantage with independent voters, the bloc of swing voters that typically decides elections. Across the eight states combined, independent voters say they trust Democrats more on every measure in the polls. Democrats’ lead with independent voters is widest in Alaska, where they hold a whopping 46-point edge with the group. Nearly 60 percent of independents say that Trump’s policies have hurt their state, and 80 percent of independent voters disapprove of how the president has handled the cost of living. And independents there gave Mary Peltola, the Democratic Senate candidate, a nearly 50-point advantage — among the widest of any issue in any state — on who they trust to handle rising costs.)
USA TODAY
— DOJ close to stripping citizenship in ‘denaturalization effort.’ The Department of Homeland Security is moving to strip U.S. citizenship from 40 people accused of crimes, expanding denaturalization use.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2026/10/06/doj-largest-denaturalization-effort-stripping-citizenship/92118694007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at young voters that Trump causes all their problems.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/10/03/young-voters-democrats-trump-midterms/92008060007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Big a Midterm Win for the Democrats? Trump is hurting his party through both his unpopularity and choice of candidates.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-big-a-midterm-win-for-the-democrats-dc5b1388
FORBES
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down, and especially with voters who are liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, poor, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2026/10/06/trumps-approval-rating-stagnates-at-record-low-32-in-latest-poll/
FAST COMPANY
— American Dream. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, pursuing the American Dream is more difficult: American, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91579003/the-american-dream-didnt-shrink
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Helping Stopped-Out Students Finish College. DD: During my first 2 years at UIC and my 3rd year at NIU, I worked for the Park Forest Post Office part-time during the school years and full-time during the summers. That enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21 in 1970 and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/life-after-college/2026/10/07/helping-stopped-out-students-finish-college
MARIJUANA HERALD
— Where Candidates in All 35 U.S. Senate Races Stand on Marijuana Law Reform. DD: In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton and in 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton.
https://themarijuanaherald.com/2026/10/where-candidates-in-all-35-u-s-senate-races-stand-on-marijuana-law-reform/#illinois-juliana-stratton-vs-don-tracy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois: Juliana Stratton vs. Don Tracy. Juliana Stratton (Democrat): Stratton has explicitly endorsed federal marijuana legalization. During a June 2026 appearance at a marijuana industry event, the Illinois lieutenant governor said she wants to see marijuana legalized federally and pointed to Illinois’ regulated adult-use system as a model. Stratton previously served in the Illinois House, but she had left the legislature and become lieutenant governor by the time Illinois enacted recreational marijuana legalization in 2019, so she did not cast a legislative vote on the final legalization bill. Don Tracy (Republican): No clear public position from Tracy on federal marijuana legalization, medical marijuana, rescheduling or banking reform was identified. Tracy, a lawyer and former Illinois Republican Party chairman, has not served in Congress and therefore has no federal marijuana voting record.)
Tag: Precinct
October 6, 2026
DUPAGE GOP
— PRESS RELEASE: DuPage County GOP Brings Together Nearly 200 Republicans for Statewide Candidate Rally
Bloomingdale, IL — October 6, 2026 — Nearly 200 Republicans from across Illinois gathered Monday evening at Bloomingdale Golf Club as the DuPage County Republican Party hosted a statewide candidate rally featuring the Republican candidates running for statewide office in the November 3 General Election.
The enthusiastic crowd included Republicans from several counties across Illinois, along with dozens of local candidates, elected officials, township Republican leaders and grassroots activists.
Illinois Republican Party Chairman Bob Grogan served as master of ceremonies and welcomed attendees before introducing DuPage County Republican leaders and township Republican chairmen from throughout the county.
The evening featured remarks from Republican candidates for statewide office, including Darren Bailey for Governor, Aaron Del Mar for Lieutenant Governor, Don Tracy for U.S. Senate, Bob Fioretti for Attorney General, Diane Harris for Secretary of State, Bryan Drew for Comptroller and Max Solomon for Treasurer.
Local and congressional candidates also addressed the crowd, including Sean Noonan for DuPage County Sheriff, Patricia Kladis-Schiappa for DuPage County Clerk, Niki Conforti for Congress in Illinois’ 6th District, Lupe Castillo for Congress in Illinois’ 4th District, Rob Vrankovich for State Representative in the 47th District, Pedro Mendoza for State Representative in the 46th District, Laura Hois for State Representative in the 81st District, and Eric Poplanski for DuPage County Board.
The candidates delivered what organizers described as a message of less government, lower taxes and greater accountability, while encouraging voters to make a plan to participate in the November election.
Following the formal program, candidates met with supporters, posed for photographs and distributed campaign yard signs.
Republican Leadership From Across DuPage
Grogan introduced Republican township leadership from throughout DuPage County, including:
• Mike Musson, Wayne Township
• Dave Rogers, Bloomingdale Township
• Art Woods, Addison Township Vice Chairman
• Jerry Evans, Winfield Township
• Jeff Castle, Milton Township and DCRCC Secretary
• Dan Kordik, York Township
• Andy Manno, Naperville Township
• Becky Rudolph, Lisle Township and DCRCC Vice Chair
• Tony Schiappa, Downers Grove Township
Elected officials and local Republican leaders from DuPage and surrounding counties also attended, including State Senator Seth Lewis, Will County Board Member Mark Revis, LaSalle County GOP Chairman Chris Lukow, Barrington Township Republican Committeeman Terry Yormark II, and numerous municipal and school board officials.
“A Sign That We Are Not Just Preaching to the Choir”
Grogan highlighted the energy in the room and the broad mix of attendees.
“On top of a great crowd with great energy was the fact that the room was filled with so many unfamiliar faces. That is a sign that we are not just preaching to the choir.”
DuPage County Republican Chairman Kevin Coyne said the rally demonstrated the strength of the Republican ticket from the statewide level to local races.
“It was a wonderful event and showcased the very strong candidates the GOP has running statewide and locally. We have terrific candidates up and down the ballot. Last night was a great opportunity for voters to meet them all. Now let’s get out there and vote and take a crack at turning our state around!”
The evening concluded with remarks from Carol Davis of the Illinois Election Integrity Program and Illinois Conservative Union, who encouraged attendees to become involved as poll watchers during the November election.
With early voting already underway, organizers encouraged Republicans to make a plan to vote, bring others to the polls, and stay engaged through Election Day on November 3.
MEDIA CONTACT
DuPage County Republican Party
info@dupagegop.com
630-653-7200
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Darin LaHood for US House of Representatives in District 16.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/06/editorial-darin-lahood-us-house-of-representatives-illinois-district-16/
— Mike Bost for US House of Representatives in District 12.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/06/editorial-mike-bost-us-house-of-representatives-illinois-district-12/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/05/marimar-martinez-border-patrol/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/10/05/marimar-martinez-lawsuit-trump-midway-blitz
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Glen Ellyn named the 19th-best small city in the U.S.
https://amp.bnd.com/news/local/community/belleville/article317496165.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media exists to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-10-06/democrats-advantage-is-clear-with-less-than-a-month-to-go-in-the-midterm-elections
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-10-06/as-trump-focuses-the-fbi-on-immigration-counterintelligence-is-falling-behind
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Durkin’s defection draws GOP fire.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/10/06/durkin-pritzker-endorsement-gop-fire-01107901
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: ‘OPPORTUNIST’: Republicans blasted former Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin on Monday for endorsing Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker in the governor’s race over his party’s nominee, Darren Bailey. The gall: Bailey’s lieutenant governor running mate, Aaron Del Mar, told Playbook Durkin’s move is “surrender dressed up as leadership,” adding that Durkin, now a Springfield lobbyist, is trying “to strengthen his ties to the Democratic establishment and fatten his wallet.” Durkin is a lobbyist with Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres. Also weighing in: The Illinois GOP also criticized Durkin, calling him an “opportunist” seeking relevance, according to a statement. It’s “proof,” added Illinois GOP Chair Bob Grogan, “that the only way to save Illinois is by electing new, strong leadership like Darren Bailey.” It’s an old grudge: Durkin left the House after a bitter 2022 election cycle that exposed deep divisions within the Illinois Republican Party. Back then, Durkin refused to endorse Bailey for governor after Bailey defeated then-Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin — Durkin’s preferred candidate — in the Republican primary. A similar dynamic is playing out this year. After losing the primary to Bailey, Ted Dabrowski has remained silent about Bailey’s campaign. Instead, he recently launched a nonprofit possibly aimed at supporting his own future political efforts — a move critics say risks diverting resources from the November election. Sounds familiar: It’s not the first time Pritzker has won over a prominent Republican: in 2018, former GOP Gov. Jim Edgar refused to endorse Bruce Rauner, instead advising Pritzker’s campaign and later joining his transition team.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-821/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Glennon on Breakthrough Ideas: Did Illinois Taxpayers Pay for Credit Upgrades? – 560AM
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-breakthrough-ideas-did-illinois-taxpayers-pay-for-credit-upgrades-560am/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Outstanding DuPage County GOP Statewide Candidate Rally Monday, October 5 at 7:00 – 9:00 pm, at the Bloomingdale Golf Club. The statewide candidates are: Don Tracy for U.S. Senate ( https://dontracyforil.com/ ), Darren Bailey for Governor and Aaron Del Mar for Lt. Governor ( https://baileyforillinois.com/ ), Bob Fioretti for Attorney General ( https://www.bobforillinois.com/ ), Diane Harris for Secretary of State ( https://harrisforsos.com/ ), Bryan Drew for Comptroller ( https://www.drewforillinois.com/ ), and Max Solomon for Treasurer ( https://maxsolomon.info/ ). The DuPage GOP-provided video is at: https://www.facebook.com/DuPageGOP/videos/1607096254448960 ABC7 also filmed the event. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do you say to my critics/opponents who discourage me from helping elect Republican candidates? More specifically, what do you say to my critics/opponents who discouraged me from hand-delivering the following to the 170 Independent households in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton: DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes with 300 DuPage County Election-provided mailing labels that contained the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Voter Guide, the sample ballot, and Republican candidate literature from the 14 candidates who provided their literature to MTRO? To discourage me from seeking votes for Republican candidates from Independent voters in my precinct, my critics/opponents stress that according to polls, 54% of independents say their vote will be mostly to express their opposition to Trump. I stress the 46% of Independent voters who do not say that. According to my critics/opponents, I am far too conservative, and because of that, the more that I do to help Republican candidates, the fewer votes that they will get. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What do your critics/opponents do? My critics/opponents reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They blame conservatives like me for the defeats that Republican candidates suffer. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or 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
— What adverse actions have your critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes take against you? My critics/opponents had their operatives and their dupes a) end my Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee membership in 2024, b) end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) gerrymander my precinct in 2015 d) end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership 2007, f) almost get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, g) end my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2004 and 2010, and h) defeat my bid for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004 by a vote of 69 to 13. My critics/opponents have had great success turning MTRO, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and IRP leaders against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois reporter since 2000. I should write about Republican candidates and party leaders who have a) treated me like they can tell me what to do because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, b) denied that I am a reporter, c) demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me because I am a reporter, d) barred me from attending their events, e) barred me from attending their events unless I gave them money, f) intimidated/harassed me at their events, and/or g) had me thrown out of their events. I would focus on those candidates and party leaders who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Moving on from MAGA: 2028 GOP presidential field is suddenly getting crowded.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/6/moving-maga-2028-gop-presidential-field-suddenly-getting-crowded/?utm_source=Boomtrain&utm_medium=subscriber&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_content=newsalert&utm_term=newsalert&tpcc=newsletter_newsalert&lctg=c264828b-7ff2-4c41-9e62-832f993e1664&bt_ee=AzqdljsQvuyin3bRsrOHtCl%2F6luw2YkkUvQqzKAj45E%3D&bt_ts=1791293294119
— Democratic socialism’s $50 trillion price tag. A hole big enough to bury the American economy.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/5/democratic-socialisms-50-trillion-price-tag/
— Harvard wants $10 million gifts to hire conservative professors — critics say it’s all about Trump. DD: In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired. In 1971, I was one of the last Republicans IRS hired. In 1966, I was one of the last Republicans the Post Office hired.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/5/harvard-conservative-professors-plan-critics-tie-10-million-push/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Why young Americans think the market has failed them. DD: What did you do when you were young? I took jobs that my peers would never have stooped to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970. I worked two jobs 1971-1972. I earned job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981. In today’s dollars, that increased my salary from $12.74/hour in 1964 to $19.57/hour in 1966, to $56,409/year in 1971, to $113,402/year in 1980, to $118,984/year in 1986, and to $154,682/year in 1997. The aforesaid enabled me to buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc. The aforesaid enabled me to buy real estate in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1984. The aforesaid enabled me to get married in 1978. The aforesaid enabled me to buy collector cars in 1989 and 1994.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4754132/why-young-americans-think-market-failed-them/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Imagine you are a recent college graduate in your mid-20s with student loan payments already due. You are working full-time but still unable to afford to leave your parents’ home, and you feel like something has gone very wrong. For the far too many young people in this situation, the economy stops being an academic argument about global prosperity. Economic questions become practical and deeply existential questions about what you can afford and what you cannot.)
NEW YORK POST
— More than half of New York voters ‘concerned’ about rise of socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/05/us-news/more-than-half-of-new-york-voters-concerned-about-rise-of-socialism-poll/
— Even Biden DOJ officials called memo targeting parents as potential domestic terrorists ‘ridiculous.’
https://nypost.com/2026/10/05/us-news/even-biden-doj-attorneys-griped-about-ridiculous-school-board-memo-new-report-shows/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Wokeism’s War on Sanity. A society that forfeits reality forfeits its future.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/wokeism-s-war-on-sanity/
FOX BUSINESS
— Democrats are ‘not going to stop’ the socialist invasion. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6406329053112
FOX NEWS
— Socialists have no concept of economics. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6406330910112
NEW AMERICAN
— Republican Socialists of America. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/republican-socialists-of-america/
NEWSMAX
— Democrat Socialist Pitches ‘Trans Bill of Rights.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/claire-valdez-darializa-avila-chevalier-nyc/2026/10/05/id/1271765/
TOWNHALL
— Here’s How Much Socialism Would Cost Your Family Each Year, and How Much It Already Does. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://townhall.com/news/dmitri-bolt/2026/10/05/heres-how-much-socialism-would-cost-your-family-each-year-n2684130
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media exists to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/us/politics/trump-rallies-midterms-rituals.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/opinion/trump-conservatism-maga.html
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media exists to defeat Republican candidates.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/10/05/trump-midterms-unprecedented-efforts-to-boost-gop/92028724007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Fraud of White Guilt. DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-fraud-of-white-guilt-2baa634b
— U.K. Prime Minister Burnham Pitches an Unapologetically Socialist Makeover. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/u-k-prime-minister-burnham-pitches-an-unapologetically-socialist-makeover-2ad7f602
PBS
— Democrats hold midterm lead with independents breaking sharply against Trump. DD: To discourage me from seeking votes for Republican candidates from Independent voters in my precinct, my critics/opponents stress that according to polls, 54% of independents say their vote will be mostly to express their opposition to Trump. I stress the 46% of Independent voters who do not say that.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democrats-lead-in-new-poll-as-trump-looms-over-midterms
HARVARD CRIMSON
— When Conservative Scholarship Belongs at Harvard.
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/10/6/editorial-harvard-conservative-scholar-hiring/
AMERICAN BAZAAR
— Raja Krishnamoorthi condemns anti-Indian bigotry. DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/10/05/raja-krishnamoorthi-anti-indian-bigotry-midterms-489416/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
NEWS24
— ‘Free stuff’: Democrat Party using socialism to win over voters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IstLP1REd7w
— ‘Radicalized lunatics’: Trump tears into America ‘hating’ socialists.
https://www.news24.com.au/world/united-states/radicalised-lunatics-trump-tears-into-america-hating-socialists/video/88f3fe4058f8e6694567e0866517fb87
September 30, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Johnson warns crime could rise if corporations don’t pay more. DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-city-club-warns-crime-could-rise-corporations-dont-pay-more/19893263/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly create problems and then blame Trump for those problems.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-congressional-candidates-2026-midterm-election-voter-issues/
— Illinois congressional candidates weigh in on voters’ top issues in the 2026 midterm election. DD: When will a 3rd Congressional District candidate debate be held? Angel Oakley’s outstanding campaign literature piece was one of the 14 candidate literature pieces that I hand-delivered last week to the 370 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican voter or one registered Independent voter.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-congressional-candidates-2026-midterm-election-voter-issues/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— At City Club, Mayor Brandon Johnson asks why rich put profits over ‘the lives of my neighbors.’ DD: The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/30/mayor-brandon-johnson-city-club/
DAILY HERALD
— Kane County Board chair censured for sharing confidential information.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260930/news/kane-county-board-chair-censured-for-sharing-confidential-information/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Johnson casts re-election fight as ‘billionaires versus the Brandon Johnson coalition.’
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-brandon-johnson-city-club-20260930/
LISLE PATCH
— Behind the Ballot: Election and Voter Data Security October 15 in Glen Ellyn.
https://patch.com/illinois/lisle/calendar/event/20261015/37b76ded-9f49-4b37-983b-4d58fbcb0c9d/behind-the-ballot-election-and-voter-data-security
WHEATON PATCH
— Early Voting Underway At Select DuPage County Locations. Five temporary early voting locations are now open for voters in DuPage County.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/early-voting-underway-select-dupage-county-locations
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-606/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Pritzker Pours $400K Into Nevada Governor’s Race Against Trump-Endorsed Incumbent.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/09/pritzker-pours-400k-into-nevada-governors-race-against-trump-endorsed-incumbent.html
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois GOP aims to support entire ballot, stray from national party. DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I have always been a platform Republican. The more that Republican candidates do to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the more that I do to help elect them. It would be great if Republican candidates in Illinois focused more on the benefits that following the Republican Party platform bring, including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration law enforcement, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. It would be great if Republican candidates focused more on the negatives that following the Democrat Party platform bring, including its dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination planks. The Republican Party platform brings forth prosperity and safety. The Democrat Party platform brings forth poverty and crime. My following conservative principles enabled me to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. Republican candidates should stress how their following conservative principles helped them succeed.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_0e22c98d-3cad-444e-aea3-7e26d1e02b1c.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Report: Islamists interfere in U.S. elections
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/30/editorial-islamists-interfere-us-elections/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ken Griffin’s $3 billion gift ties Carnegie Mellon’s Pittsburgh roots to Miami ambitions.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4749030/griffin-gift-carnegie-mellon-pittsburgh-roots-miami-ambitions/
— At 50, the Hyde Amendment’s lifesaving legacy needs defending.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/4748200/hyde-amendment-50th-anniversary-legacy-abortion-funding/
— Remembering October 7.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/4747057/flags-of-fellowship-israeli-flags-churches/
NEW YORK POST
— Hegseth taps Musk, Luckey, Gingrich to study future of war for US military.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/30/us-news/pete-hegseth-taps-elon-musk-palmer-luckey-newt-gingrich-to-study-future-of-war-for-us-military/
— Hail the heroes who stopped a terrorist pilot from committing a 9/11-style attack.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/30/opinion/hail-the-heroes-who-foiled-a-terrorist-pilots-mass-murder-bid/
AMERICAN PRIDE DAILY
— Sharia law is unconstitutional. Convert or die? The complete opposite of the American way. No, we are not the same.
https://americanpridedaily.com/todaysnews/weve-reached-a-boiling-point-in-dearborn-michigan/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Welcome to California! The ultimate sanctuary state run exclusively for the benefit of illegal migrants and their wealthy benefactors.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/09/welcome-to-california-the-ultimate-sanctuary-state/
BREITBART
— Consumer Spending Soared In August.
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/09/30/consumer-spending-soared-in-august/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Elgin Community College renames DEI office, keeps equity programs. DD: Promoting DEI promotes hatred against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/elgin-community-college-renames-dei-office-keeps-equity-programs/30677
FOX NEWS
— State Department revokes over 250,000 visas in broad immigration vetting crackdown. Revocations target criminal activity, birth tourism, fraud and national security threats on a historic scale.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/state-department-revokes-250000-visas-broad-immigration-vetting-crackdown
PJ MEDIA
— Every day the media is pushing the narrative that something else is now considered “white supremacy.” Individualism, meritocracy, punctuality, proper grammar, hard work, competition, standardized tests, the nuclear family, private property, scientific objectivity — even expecting people to speak proper English is considered “evidence” of white supremacy. And the list will keep growing. Now, the BBC recently published an absurd article claiming that the trend of leaving fingernails unpainted pushes “white supremacist standards of beauty.” Yes, you read that correctly. Women who skip the nail polish are now apparently upholding systemic racism.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/09/30/guess-what-the-woke-left-just-added-to-the-this-is-white-supremacy-list-n4957801
TOWNHALL
— You Cannot Save the World by Sacrificing Your Own.
https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-abraham/2026/09/30/you-cannot-save-the-world-by-sacrificing-your-own-n2683788
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
YAHOO
— Former Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Taking the School Choice Fight National. DD: My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/former-gov-glenn-youngkin-taking-200111652.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Nikole Hannah-Jones Is Wrong About School Choice. School choice isn’t to blame for her daughter’s bad education. DD: My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/free-expression/nikole-hannah-jones-is-wrong-about-school-choice-51e5f419
24/7 WALL STREET JOURNAL
— For the First Time in Its History, the IRS Wants Every Filer to Answer a Citizenship Question on Form 1040. The Agency Won’t Say What Happens to the Answer.
https://247wallst.com/personal-finance/2026/09/30/for-the-first-time-in-its-history-the-irs-wants-every-filer-to-answer-a-citizenship-question-on-form-1040-the-agency-wont-say-what-happens-to-the-answer/
VORONOI
— How the American Population Map Will Shift by 2050. DD: Illinois down 11% or 1.4 million. Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) succeed in diving voters out of Illinois who have demographics that vote for Republicans and b) succeed in keeping voters and attracting voters who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Republicans are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote Democrats are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.voronoiapp.com/demographics/Mapped-How-the-American-Population-Map-Will-Shift-by-2050-9009
EDUCATION WEEK
— The Solution Nikole Hannah-Jones Didn’t Take. DD: One could compare and contrast the school that Nikole Hannah-Jones sent her daughter to and the schools my parents sent me to. My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.educationnext.org/the-solution-nikole-hannah-jones-didnt-take-school-choice-charter-schools/
ATLANTIC & PBS & EDUCATION WEEK
— School vouchers: DD: My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/trump-school-vouchers-teachers-ideology/688816/
https://www.pbs.org/video/settle-in-1790722079/
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-the-real-lesson-from-nikole-hannah-joness-public-school-dilemma/2026/09
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/mamdani-says-nyc-public-schools-failed-nikole-hannah-joness-daughter/2026/09
September 30, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— US military says its withdrawal of troops from Iraq is complete, ending 12-year mission to fight ISIS.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/us-military-says-withdrawal-troops-iraq-is-complete-ending-12-year-mission-fight-isis/19891058/
CBS2
— 11 current, former Ford Heights, Illinois, officials to appear in court on charges of misusing funds. DD: What is your connection with Ford Heights? While I worked for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1970-1972, it sold Philco appliances, some of which I delivered in Ford Heights. While I worked for IRS in its Harvey office 1972-1973, I collected delinquent federal taxes in Ford Heights.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/current-former-ford-heights-illinois-officials-in-court-misusing-funds/
— Hegseth to announce a 20% cut to generals and admirals. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Gingrich led Republicans who shrank the agency from more than 6,000 employee to less than 3,000 employees.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth-20-cut-generals-and-admirals-military-pentagon/
FOX32
— Park Forest mayor sues village over legal fees in restaurant altercation lawsuit. DD: I delivered mail for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969, 25 months part-time and 9 months full-time.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/park-forest-mayor-sues-village-over-legal-fees-in-restaurant-altercation-lawsuit
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) succeed in diving voters out of Illinois who have demographics that vote for Republicans and b) succeed in keeping voters and attracting voters who have demographics that Democrats. That ever-increasingly discourages candidates from running for offices as Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/30/gop-ilgop-republicans-congres-midterms-elections-donald-trump/
— Split, stalled and stonewalled: CPD oversight body beset with division over follow-up to Operation Midway Blitz.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/30/split-stalled-and-stonewalled-cpd-oversight-body-beset-with-division-over-followup-to-operation-midway-blitz/
— Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin gives record $3B to Carnegie Mellon to build Miami campus.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/30/ken-griffin-carnegie-mellon/
— Ed Hershey, Patty García, Chris Getty, and Lupe Castillo participate in a candidate debate for the Illinois 4th Congressional District seat at FOX 32. DD: When will a 3rd Congressional District candidate debate be held? Angel Oakley’s outstanding campaign literature piece was one of the 14 candidate literature pieces that I hand-delivered last week to the 370 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican voter or one registered Independent voter.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/29/illinois-4th-district-race-rivals-hit-patty-garcia-over-ballot-moves-in-race-to-succeed-chuy-garcia/
— Test-optional colleges are seeing the consequences of ill-prepared students.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/30/opinion-college-admissions-loan-underwriters/
WAND TV
— DD: Illinois Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.wandtv.com/2026/09/30/springfield-city-council-approves-800k-cannabis-tax-revenue-help-small-businesses/
SHAW LOCAL
— Illinois Governor’s race: Candidates talk data center costs, infrastructure.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/election/2026/09/30/illinois-governors-race-candidates-talk-data-center-costs-infrastructure/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker and Emanuel are both headed to South Carolina in the coming weeks — a notable stop in a state that Democrats have positioned at the front of their presidential nominating calendar.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/30/testing-the-carolina-waters-01098441
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
EPOCH TIMES
— A Chinese Battery Plant Moved Into Manteno on State Money. Its Residents Can’t Vote It Out. Its fire district took on a 2-million-square-foot lithium-battery plant, and the fire risk that comes with it, for about $140,000 a year.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/a-chinese-battery-plant-moved-into-this-illinois-town-on-state-money-its-residents-cant-vote-it-out-6078010
FOX NEWS
— DHS sends ominous warning as migrant caravan heads toward US-Mexico border from Honduras. The caravan of hundreds departed San Pedro Sula on September 20 and is moving north toward the US-Mexico border.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dhs-send-ominous-warning-migrant-caravan-heads-toward-us-mexico-border-from-honduras
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— DD: To elect Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly drive consumer confidence down.
https://abcnews.com/Business/wireStory/americans-growing-pessimistic-economy-prices-gas-items-remain-136853575
WASHINGTON POST
— ICE plans push for 5,000 new hires in coming months. The immigration agency has faced scrutiny for fast-paced efforts to bring on thousands of new officers. DD: The first 6 months that I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer in 1971 was in classroom training.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/09/29/ice-plans-push-5000-new-hires-coming-months/
LAW
— New Rules Could Make Firing Federal Employees Easier. DD: According to my critics/opponents, because my Democrat GAO superiors were able to fire me even though I had the following, I must be an extremely bad person: three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.law.com/2026/09/29/new-rules-at-obscure-agency-could-make-firing-federal-employees-easier-/
September 28, 2029
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at voters that if they do not like what Trump has said or done, they should vote for all the Democrats on their ballot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2022/08/18/darren-bailey-playing-to-downstate-crowd-resumes-calling-chicago-a-hellhole-at-state-fairs-gop-day/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders outrageously/disgustingly/falsely/unethically hint/imply/argue/shout that the SAFE-T Act lowers crime.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/28/illinois-darren-bailey-safe-t-act/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Mostly receptive crowd greets Trump at Medinah. Trump delivered very brief opening remarks and stuck around until the closing ceremony.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260927/syndicated-columnists/president-donald-trump-delivered-very-brief-opening-remarks-and-stuck-around-until-the-closing-cerem/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: DuPage County Republican Secretary Jeff Castle sported a wardrobe with a stars and stripes motif, including a cape and matching shorts and socks. “I think anybody who doesn’t support the president, no matter who it is, Republican or Democrat alike, they’re a fool. Because to not support the president is to want this country to fail,” he said. At the same time, he said, “I think we need to start talking with each other. Both sides should start listening to each other a little bit.”)
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Trump keeps it brief at Medinah.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/28/trump-keeps-it-brief-at-medinah-01094547
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-816/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Taxpayer-funded Non-profit Protests Trump Visit.
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/09/26/taxpayer-funded-non-profit-protests-trump-visit
PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Moseley-Braun, Part II? Democrat U.S. Senate hopeful Stratton refuses debates, claims to be “dancing” her way to Washington. DD: GAO works for Congress. When I was 49 in 1997, my Democrat GAO Chicago office superiors talked and acted like Mosely-Braun, Durbin, and Illinois’ Democrat congressmen pressured them to force me to retire. If I could do it over again, I would have strongly asked Illinois’ Republican congressmen to come to my defense. They were Hyde, Crane, Porter, Weller, Fawell, Hastert, Manzullo, LaHood, and Shimkus.
https://prairiestatewire.com/moseley-braun-part-ii-democrat-u-s-senate-hopeful-stratton-refuses-debates-claims-to-be-dancing-her-way-to-washington
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at voters that if they do not like what Trump has said or done, they should vote for all the Democrats on their ballot. But to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism and for more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Getting out the Republican vote. Last week, to get out the vote for Republican candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton ( https://electionresults.dupagecounty.gov/election/PrecinctMaps/map50059.pdf ), I walked to the front doors of 370 residences in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter and delivered 370 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes using 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels that contained a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot ( https://electionresults.dupageco.org/election/ballots/2026/General/Milton%20059-0316-NP.PDF ), and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. Those 370 envelopes contained 5,920 pieces: 5,180 campaign pieces (14X370), 370 Voter Guides, and 370 sample ballots. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Crowd sings ‘from the river to the sea’ at AOC’s college student event promoting Dems ahead of midterms. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/27/us-news/crowd-sings-from-the-river-to-the-sea-at-aoc-event-promoting-dems-ahead-of-midterms/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cornell University’s lefty crowd gave Democratic Socialist superstar Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a warm, hate-filled welcome by singing anti-Israel chants at a campaign event meant to gin up support for Democrats ahead of the midterms Sunday. While warming up the standing-room-only crowd of roughly 2,000 people gathered for the congresswoman’s “Students vs. Billionaires” town hall in downtown Ithaca Sunday, Cornell University Young Democratic Socialists of America co-chairs Mina Petrova and Zoe Reisman led the crowd singing “from the river to the sea” and declaring “long live the student intifada.”)
AMERICAN THINKER
— Then vs. Now: Good and bad immigration. Early waves of immigrants to the United States each brought something that contributed to the material well-being of the nation. Later waves? Not so much.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/09/then-vs-now-good-and-bad-immigration/
— Democrat affordability claims have never added up and never will. Giving Democrats control of Congress amounts to national suicide.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/09/democrat-affordability-claims-have-never-added-up-and-never-will/
BREITBART
— Schwarzenegger Jumps In to Help Socialist L.A. Mayor Candidate Nithya Raman. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/09/27/arnold-schwarzenegger-jumps-in-to-help-socialist-l-a-mayor-candidate-nithya-raman/
— Johns and Street Hookers Doing Robust Business in Mamdani’s New York. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice.
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2026/09/27/johns-and-street-hookers-doing-robust-business-in-mamdanis-new-york/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Democrats favor socialism over capitalism 65% to 35%. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6405700653112
POST MILLENNIAL
— Boston pays illegal aliens to become political activists.
https://thepostmillennial.com/boston-pays-illegal-aliens-to-become-political-activists
TOWNHALL
— Americans Voted to Deport Illegal Aliens.
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2026/09/28/americans-voted-to-deport-illegal-aliens-n2683672
— A Free Press Must Be a Responsible Press. DD: The mainstream news media exists not only to destroy Trump, but to destroy all Republicans starting with Republicans 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://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2026/09/28/a-free-press-must-be-a-responsible-press-n2683623
VISUAL CAPITALIST
— Ranked: U.S. Wealth by Generation in 2026. DD: What helped you build wealth? For me, it was my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/americas-net-worth-by-generation-2026/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Baby Boomers hold $97.4 trillion, or 52% of U.S. household net worth, despite making up just 30% of households. Millennials and Gen Z account for 37% of U.S. households, more than any other generation, but hold only 11% of household wealth.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at voters that if they do not like what Trump has said or done, they should vote for all the Democrats on their ballot.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-down-ballot-republicans-biggest-risk-n594811
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders blame Trump for high gas prices and mortgage rates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/business/trump-economy-midterm-elections.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you promote, the more that anti-conservatives call you an extremist.
https://www.wric.com/news/politics/ap-republicans-say-democrats-are-extremists-these-democrats-want-to-convince-voters-thats-not-true/
CNN
— US deported LGBTQ migrants to countries where homosexuality makes them a target.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/26/world/lgbtq-migrants-asylum-seekers-america-intl
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at voters that if they do not like what Trump has said or done, they should vote for all the Democrats on their ballot.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/09/23/heres-what-new-research-tells-us-about-presidential-coattails-in-down-ballot-races/
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/09/23/corporate-america-dei-programs-impact-stocks-revenue/91810189007/
— IRS tax forms may soon ask about your citizenship.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/taxes/2026/09/25/irs-citizenship-status-question/91901367007/
MERCURY NEWS
— DD: To get more votes from LGBTQers, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly give LGBTQers more preference.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/09/27/newsom-signs-bills-aimed-at-protecting-lgbtq-people-citing-trump-administration-attacks-3/
FORBES
— Career problems. DD: What do you blame your career problems on? I blame my career problems on my Democrat superiors in the federal government. They wasted my career and they forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 because I refused to become a Democrat. Because I refused to become a Democrat, my Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. Because I refused to become a Democrat, my IRS superiors a) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-13. Because I refused to become a Democrat, my GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and made it clear that they would never promote me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) got rid of the GAO manager in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. They took the aforesaid adverse actions against me notwithstanding my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2024/08/09/why-so-many-of-our-professional-problems-are-not-about-our-careers/
FORTUNE
— Nearly two in five parents with young children, or 37%, expect to receive some sort of financial help from their own parents or grandparents over the next year. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors and supervisors who were parents a) painted themselves as being underpaid and b) decried the high cost of raising their children.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/27/affordability-crisis-37-parents-financial-help-baby-boomers/
MONEYWISE
— Average used car requires $120K in income to afford. DD: Back in the good old days, when I was 17 years old in 1966, I was able to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ), with the money I earned working for the minimum wage part-time for 15 months and full-time for 3 months.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/average-used-car-requires-120k-140000054.html
NARFE
— How to advance in federal government. DD: Democrats run the federal government. To advance in the federal government you have to be a Democrat. You have excel at helping your superiors get rid of not only their employees who are Republican, but 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. Because I refused to become a Democrat, my Democrat Post Office superiors refused to promote me beyond GS-4, my Democrat IRS superiors beyond GS-12, and my Democrat GAO superiors beyond GS-13 even though I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. They not only wasted my career, they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.narfe.org/magazine-issues/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Who Gets to Be ‘College Material’? DD: When I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, virtually no one saw me as being college material because neither of my patents attended college, because my father was only the first of ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and because my mother never attended high school. But nevertheless, I took college preparatory courses, I earned an ACT score of 24, I graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and I got accepted by UIC.
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2021/04/12/colleges-should-reimagine-what-it-means-be-college-material-and-be-force-equity
POLITICO
— Trump’s latest Mamdani lovefest comes at a bad time for Republicans. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/27/trumps-latest-mamdani-lovefest-comes-at-a-bad-time-for-republicans-01093811
DAILY KOS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at voters that if they do not like what Trump has said or done, they should vote for all the Democrats on their ballot.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/9/27/800103652/series/socialist-or-maga-republican-america-has-a-preference/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
INDIA TODAY
— Successful women face marriage hurdles. DD: Ever-increasingly, men are less successful than women.
https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/haryana-doctors-reality-check-on-why-successful-women-face-marriage-hurdles-3004096-2026-09-27
September 27, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Demonstrators clash, security heightened as Trump attends final day of Presidents Cup at Medinah.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/presidents-cup-2026-sunday-rally-protest-planned-security-heightened-donald-trump-expected-chicago-ohare-airport/19879791/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As Trump walked the course, the protesters clashed with some of the president’s supporters. Police stepped in, and the groups eventually moved apart. “My business is booming,” Jeff Castle, DuPage County Republican secretary, told ABC7. “People are comfortable spending money, and people have more money to spend.” ABC7’s Price Tracker reveals rising costs for groceries and housing. Gas is at $4.47 a gallon, up more than $1.50 since the attack on Iran. “I’m not worried about high gas prices or anything like that,” Donna Reboletti, a Trump supporter, told ABC7. “I’ll suffer through that.”. . .”We can easily go the wrong direction if we don’t pick the right people, especially in this midterm election,” Trump supporter Peter Lara told ABC7.)
NBC5
— Trump claims US is ‘better than ever’ during speech at Presidents Cup in Medinah. Hundreds of protesters lined the streets outside the golf tournament on Sunday, holding signs critical of Trump and his administration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-claims-us-is-better-than-ever-during-speech-at-presidents-cup-in-west-suburb-of-chicago/3994426/
FOX32
— President Trump speaks to Presidents Cup crowd in Chicago area.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-hajav52dw68f6lwk
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mostly receptive crowd greets Trump at Presidents Cup in Medinah while dozens protest outside the club.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/27/trump-presidents-cup-medinah/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: to Glenn Graham, 41, who wore a Reagan-Bush ‘84 hat and said he lives in Trump Tower. Seeing the president “reinstills my sense of pride in America,” Graham said. “It’s very patriotic.” . . . Trump supporters arrived early, and the sight of Air Force One gliding low overhead early Sunday revved up the pro-Trump crowd. One man held a thin blue line flag and carried a sign reading “SUPPORT ICE (THE LAW).” “He does what is right for the American people,” said one supporter, Addison resident Donna Reboletti. “He puts America first.” DuPage County Republican Secretary Jeff Castle sported a wardrobe with a stars and stripes motif, including a cape and matching shorts and socks. “I think anybody who doesn’t support the president, no matter who it is, Republican or Democrat alike, they’re a fool. Because to not support the president is to want this country to fail,” he said. At the same time, he said, “I think we need to start talking with each other. Both sides should start listening to each other a little bit.”)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump says U.S. is doing ‘better than ever before’ at Presidents Cup golf tournament in suburban Medinah.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/09/27/trump-appears-sunday-at-the-presidents-cup-golf-tournament-in-suburban-medinah
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The crowd chanted “USA, USA, USA” before he took the stage, and spectators shook red, white and blue pom poms and American flags. . .A handful of demonstrators, both pro- and anti-Trump, gathered around 9:30 a.m. Sunday outside the tournament before Trump arrived.)
SHAW LOCAL
— Trump’s visit to Medinah sparks protests, draws supporters.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/09/27/trumps-visit-to-medinah-sparks-protests-draws-supporters/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Two DuPage Democrats (Anne Stava-Murray and Diane Blair-Sherlock) Pushed Bill That Would Have Barred Suburbs From Clearing Homeless Encampments. DD: My critics/opponents would love to see a homeless encampment in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct.
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/two-dupage-democrats-pushed-bill-that-would-have-barred-suburbs-from-clearing-homeless-encampments
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DD: What do you take as a badge of honor? According to my critics/opponents, “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” Of course, I take that as a badge of honor. I do not want anyone to call my tunes. According to my critics/opponents, I never was a journalist, I am not a journalist, and I never will be a journalist a) because I do not have a degree in journalism, b) because no one has paid me for what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) because all the money needed for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and for my www.gopillinois.com website comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings, d) because either my newsletters nor my website are paywalled or contain any advertising or donation requests, e) because I do not claim to be nonpartisan, f) because I fully disclose that I am a conservative Republican, and g) because I fully disclose that I have been an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000. My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth the fact a) that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years 1980-1997, b) that what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do, and c) that during my last 11 years at GAO, my salary increased from $118,984/year to $154,682/year in today’s dollars. My critics/opponents destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or 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
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTIN TIMES
— The hypocrisy of progressive Christianity. Jesus is all the rage on the left this year. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is a liberal Democrat who promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/27/hypocrisy-progressive-christianity/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In case you have not noticed, talk of religion is no longer verboten in the ranks of the political left. From the likes of the loud and proud homosexual and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to the current Democratic Senate nominee and Presbyterian seminarian James Talarico, it seems that Jesus is all the rage for Democrats in this year’s election season. This is a world that some have dubbed “exvangelicalism,” a theological and political camp for aggrieved and disenchanted millennials and Gen Z-ers who have concluded that the biblical definition of Christianity is no longer acceptable for them.)
NEW YORK POST
— Trump hosts MAGA influencers at private White House soiree in prep for midterms. DD: I was not invited. Who from Illinois was invited? I promote conservative principles. My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a bad political influencer. According to them, I am far too conservative and my demographics are terrible. But they know that I am not paid for what I do. All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post copies of them at www.gopillinois.com comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement saving. My critics/opponent have lots of money. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy me. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://nypost.com/2026/08/27/us-news/trump-hosts-maga-influencers-at-private-white-house-soiree-as-he-goes-all-in-on-midterms/
— Gen Z voters hate capitalism — but they’ve barely even seen it.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/27/opinion/gen-z-voters-hate-capitalism-but-theyve-barely-seen-it/
COLLEGE FIX
— Rutgers University leftist student coalition marches against ICE.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/rutgers-university-leftist-student-coalition-marches-against-ice/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Trump Cancels $810M for Illegal Immigrants, Race-Based Programs.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/09/trump-cancels-810m-for-illegal-immigrants-race-based-programs/amp/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— Trump blasts MAGA influencers who have split with him over Iran. “They’re not ‘MAGA,’ they’re losers,” he posted on his social media platform. DD: I promote conservative principles. My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a bad political influencer. According to them, I am far too conservative and my demographics are terrible. But they know that I am not paid for what I do. All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post copies of them at www.gopillinois.com comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement saving. My critics/opponent have lots of money. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy me. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-blasts-maga-influencers-split-iran/story?id=131897807
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump makes appearance at Presidents Cup, briefly addresses crowd.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7635677/2026/09/27/trump-presidents-cup-appearance/
USA TODAY
— Do independent voters have too much power in midterms? About 4 in 10 registered U.S. voters say they are independent. DD: That motivated me to hand-deliver the following to the 170 Independent residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/09/22/independent-voters-2026-midterm-elections/91580019007/
TIMES UNION
— DD: Far too many non-Republicans cast Republican primary ballots. They vote for candidates a) who are the least likely to win in general elections and/or b) who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/commentary-open-primaries-independent-voters-22442707.php
SAN ANTONIO CURRENT
— San Antonio Current launching Texas Politics This Week newsletter. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents a) who work the hardest to stop me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) who work the hardest to stop everyone from reading my newsletters.
https://www.sacurrent.com/news/texas-news/san-antonio-current-launching-texas-politics-this-week-newsletter/
FORTUNE
— In the affordability crisis, 37% of parents are counting on financial help from the Bank of Baby Boomers and can’t wait for the Great Wealth Transfer.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/27/affordability-crisis-37-parents-financial-help-baby-boomers/
GOVERNING
— The Growing Need for Opposition Research — on Yourself — in Today’s Political World. DD: If you ran for an office, what would your critics/opponents use against you? My critics/opponents would stress the big adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me. They would stress the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had wasting my career and forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-ralph-northam-importance-opposition-research.html
PROTECT DEMOCRACY
— The Authoritarian Playbook. DD: Since I became a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999 and the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) , DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) have become less and less and less conservative. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. According to the anti-conservative leaders of the aforesaid, I am far too conservative. To get rid of me, they a) fired me as the MTRO webmaster in 2004 and 2010, b) defeated my bid for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004, c) almost got the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, d) threw me off the ICRC Steering Committee in 2007, e) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, f) ended my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, and g) threw me off IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2024.
https://protectdemocracy.org/work/the-authoritarian-playbook/
PEW RESEARCH
— America’s News Influencers. DD: I promote conservative principles. My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a bad political influencer. According to them, I am far too conservative and my demographics are terrible. But they know that I am not paid for what I do. All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post copies of them at www.gopillinois.com comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement saving. My critics/opponent have lots of money. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy me. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/11/18/americas-news-influencers/
PBS
— DD: Democrat leaders say they hold the midterm lead with Independents breaking sharply against Trump. To the extent that might be true, that motivated me to hand-delivered the following to the 170 Independent residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democrats-lead-in-new-poll-as-trump-looms-over-midterms
INDEPENDENT VOTER NEWS
— DD: Far too many non-Republicans cast Republican primary ballots. They vote for candidates a) who are the least likely to win in general elections and/or b) who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://ivn.us/9-of-voters-already-picked-your-congress-a-new-poll-says-everyone-else-is-fed-up/
FULCRUM
— Independents are 48% of voters and about to decide the midterms. So why does nobody negotiate with us? DD: To address that, I hand-delivered the following to the 170 Independent residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign pieces from the 14 of the 18 Republican candidates on that ballot who provided MTRO with their campaign pieces. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://thefulcrum.us/electoral-reforms/independent-politics
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Paid influencers are everywhere in US politics. We need transparency. DD: I promote conservative principles. My critics/opponents demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a bad political influencer. According to them, I am far too conservative and my demographics are terrible. But they know that I am not paid for what I do. All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post copies of them at www.gopillinois.com comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement saving. My critics/opponent have lots of money. They use their operatives and their dupes to destroy me. I should write about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/17/paid-influencers-us-politics-transparency
September 26, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— DD: Pritzker blasts Trump’s attending the Presidents Cup.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/trump-attend-presidents-cup-golf-tournament-medinah-country-club/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Donald Trump has attacked Chicago and Illinois at every turn of his term, like joking about the smell of deportations in the morning and sending masked agents into our neighborhoods. Now, he wants to come here for golf. “He is neither wanted here nor needed here. But if he is going to spend time in DuPage County, he can leave the country club and explain to Illinoisans why his tariffs have made groceries, electricity, and everything else too damned expensive. “He will not. He will watch golf, he will call our city names, and he will get on a plane. And every day he is here, and every day after he leaves, I will keep doing what I have done since the day his agents showed up: use every tool I have at my disposal to protect the people of Illinois. He knows where to find me. We are ready for this fight.”)
WGN9
— Ford Heights Village Hall raided as part of Illinois Attorney General investigation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yztiya4DBPs
TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Illinois Republicans pitch candidacies, talk voter engagement in Elizabeth.
https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/tri-state/article_09dbe0f7-d983-4548-85e1-0bba05661fb0.html
SHAW LOCAL
— 2026 Election Questionnaire: Darin LaHood, U.S. House of Representatives, 16th District.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/election/2026/09/25/2026-election-questionnaire-darin-lahood-us-house-of-representatives-16th-district/
— 2026 Election Questionnaire: Sean Noonan, DuPage County Sheriff
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/election/2026/09/25/2026-election-questionnaire-sean-noonan-dupage-county-sheriff/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-25/the-supreme-court-revives-a-controversial-data-system-for-citizenship-checks
ILLINOIS TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news/officials-tackle-election-misinformation/
RAMIREZ
— DD: Ramirez ever-increasingly a) glorifies and praises illegals and b) fights their deportation.
https://ramirez.house.gov/media/press-releases/ramirez-garcia-host-election-protection-roundtable-local-advocates-election
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-603/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How strongly are the Republican candidates on the ballot in your precinct stressing that to vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism? How strongly are they stressing the negatives of socialism and the positives of capitalism? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.
— What motivates you to donate to candidates? I should survey the biggest major Republican donors in Illinois about the Republican candidates who they have donated to, why they donated to them, their satisfaction/dissatisfaction with what the candidates did to win, and why they won or lost. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— In what ways are you increasingly in the minority in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and/or in your precinct? I am increasingly in the minority because I am conservative, Republican, Protestant (Missouri Synod Lutheran), German American (100%), and my ancestors have been in America for a long time (1844). – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Democrat Socialists Introduce Blueprint for National Chaos.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/09/democrat-socialists-introduce-blueprint-for-national-chaos/
— Pritzker Redefines Civil Rights to Include Gender Dysphoria.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/09/jb-pritzker-redefines-civil-rights-to-include-gender-dysphoria/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASZHINGTON TIMES
— The IRS loses up to $304 billion a year to fraud. It still has no antifraud strategy. DD: I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for 3 years. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-88-61 and https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41 My Democrat GAO superiors wasted my knowledge of IRS’s Collection Division. When I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, I brought with me almost 9 years of knowledge of IRS’s Collection Division, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. While they did assign me to audits of CID for 3 years 1986-1988, they never assigned me to audits of IRS’s Collection Division for the other 15 years that I worked for them. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/25/fraudsters-steal-300-billion-irs-year/
NEW YORK POST
— Ramirez slammed by Trump admin for most ‘radical’ plan targeting ICE yet.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/26/us-news/illinois-rep-delia-ramirez-slammed-by-trump-admin-for-most-radical-plan-targeting-ice-yet/
— Americans are embracing socialism at record levels — as popularity tops 40% for first time since 2010. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/25/us-news/americans-are-embracing-socialism-at-record-levels-gallup-poll/
AMAC
— President Donald Trump recently revoked White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, accusing the outlets of repeatedly publishing false information. A federal judge subsequently ordered their access temporarily restored, finding that the administration likely violated their right to due process. Which of the following best reflects your opinion? DD: I should write about the following who since 2000 have constructively and literally revoked my GOPUSA press credentials: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or 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://amac.us/polls/president-trump-white-house-access-journalists
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Employer of last resort. DD: According to my critics/opponents who have never worked for the federal government, the federal government is the employer of last resort, that is, it employs those who are deficient and therefore rejected by the private sector, by state government, by local government, and by all other employers. Of course, I disagree. While Democrats have reduced federal hiring, retention, and promotion standards for federal jobs, those standards are much higher than for private sector, state, local, and other jobs.
https://www.aei.org/economics/underwhelming-ideas-a-federal-jobs-guarantee/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Supreme Court clears way for Trump admin to boot illegal aliens from voter rolls.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/09/25/supreme-court-clears-way-for-trump-admin-to-boot-illegal-aliens-from-voter-rolls-1660623/
BLAZE
— ‘NEVER going to happen’: DHS Sec. Mullin CRUSHES ‘open borders’ Democrat Ramirez pushing ‘radical’ anti-ICE bill.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mullin-delia-ramirez-anti-ice
CAMPUS REFORM
— Rock Valley College in Rockford quietly rebranded its DEI office sometime last year while keeping its DEI programs largely intact. DD: Democrats and RINOs will always use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/rock-valley-college-drops-dei-name-retains-programs/30654
DAILY CITIZEN
— The Most Republican or Democrat-Leaning Jobs in America? DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Almost all federal employees are Democrats.
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/republican-democrat-jobs-america/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But what does it mean to work in a “religious organization”? That could be almost anything: a Catholic hospital, a Muslim or Jewish organization, a historic religiously based university, or a local rescue mission or food pantry. Burge found that Christian-based workplaces were dramatically more likely to lean Right or Republican over and against either Muslim or Jewish employers.)
DAILY WIRE
— They’re Using A Drowning Victim To Start A Race Riot. It’s a coordinated effort to bring back the BLM riots of 2020.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/unbelievable-theyre-using-a-drowning-victim-to-start-a-race-riot
FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
— If Work Is Punitive, What Is a Lifetime of Government Dependency? DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more dependency on government.
https://thefga.org/blog/if-work-is-punitive-what-is-a-lifetime-of-government-dependency/
FOX NEWS
— More Americans than ever now have a positive view of socialism. 43% now see socialism favorably, driven by a shift among independents whose rating jumped to 45%. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/more-americans-than-ever-positive-view-socialism-new-poll-says.amp
JONATHAN TURLEY
— The Socialist Chic: Almost Half of Americans Now Hold Positive Views of Socialism. Karl Marx believed that “Democracy is the road to socialism.” DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/09/25/the-socialist-chic-almost-half-of-americans-now-hold-positive-views-of-socialism/comment-page-1/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Castro’s playbook: Dozens of congressional bills are pushing socialist ideas. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/castros-playbook-ex-ag-warns-dozens-congressional-bills-pushing-socialist-ideas.amp
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Daughter Is Not the Only Victim. DD: My parents sent me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools. That put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/09/nikole-hannah-joness-daughter-is-not-the-only-victim/
NEWSMAX
— Danger as Voters Embrace Socialism. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/mclaughlin/economic-hispanic-moderates-voters/2026/09/25/id/1270654/
TOWNHALL
— This Is Why America Could Become a Socialist Nightmare. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://townhall.com/news/jeff-charles/2026/09/25/this-is-why-america-could-become-a-socialist-nightmare-n2683563
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: The mainstream news media exists to drive Trump’s approval rating down.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6112712-trump-approval-ratings-midterm-elections/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: In Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So. DD: The mainstream news media has done far more to destroy Trump than China ever has.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/us/politics/trump-xi-press-pool-boycott-media.html
— DD: Democrats promote Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/us/politics/maine-michigan-democrats-unity-poll.html
— DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) 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 and/or b) 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. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/hegseth-blocks-navy-promotions.html
— Not Democrats. Not Republicans. But Not a Third Party Either. DD: To get rid of me, my anti-conservative critics/opponents want me to leave the Illinois Republican Party and join the Illinois Conservative Party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/opinion/independents-midterms-democrats.html
— After Tough Primaries, Democrats in Crucial States Feel Unified. DD: What have Dabrowski and Mendrick done to help elect Bailey?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/us/politics/maine-michigan-democrats-unity-poll.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Collectivism is socialism. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/25/what-religious-integralists-right-socialists-share/
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— Are your coworkers more Democratic or Republican? See donation data by company. DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Almost all federal employees are Democrats.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2026/partisan-donation-occupations/
DESERT NEWS
— What’s the most Republican job in America? DD: I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Almost all federal employees are Democrats.
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/12/25/new-data-finds-construction-and-christian-organizations-are-the-most-republican-leaning-industries-in-america/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in all industries except for Christian organizations and construction. The sectors with the smallest share of Republican employees are tech development, media and higher education. Employees of law firms, fast food and clothing retail also leaned disproportionately toward the Democratic Party.)
LEWISTON TRIBUNE
— Why socialism erodes liberty and destroys people’s freedom. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.lmtribune.com/opinion/why-socialism-erodes-liberty-and-destroys-people8217s-freedom-9944ea71
ABC6
— Greg Bovino launches a committee to explore a 2028 presidential run.
https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/gallery/greg-bovino-launches-a-committee-to-explore-a-2028-presidential-run-trump-administration-border-patrol-minneapolis
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Nikole Hannah-Jones and the Price of ‘Equality.’ She sacrificed her child’s education for a false ideal. I lost my job and many friends for a true one. DD: My critics/opponents promote equal outcome, that is, they reject equal opportunity.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/nikole-hannah-jones-and-the-price-of-equality-e89b312c
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In fact, I was on the side of equality, and I did pay a price. In my capacity as president of a local school council, I was defending New York City’s “screened schools,” which admit students based on objective criteria, without regard to race or ethnicity. Ms. Hannah-Jones was interviewing me for a New York Times series titled “Segregated City,” a video companion piece of sorts to her 2016 article “Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City.” Everyone I knew told me not to do it. I probably should have listened. I was run out of my job as a public defender, lost many friends, and had to navigate a steady stream of racism accusations while serving on the school council. Ms. Hannah-Jones, who is notorious for leading the Times’s “1619 Project,” has a different idea of equality: identical statistical outcomes by race, regardless of individual achievement. It turns out she was willing to sacrifice something in pursuit of this ideal: her daughter’s education.)
FORTUNE
— Harvard’s last Affirmative Action program is for the rich.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/26/harvard-legacy-admissions-affirmative-action/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s called the Z-List. Over the years, it has become notorious for just who gets ushered through Harvard’s back door. They’ve often included children of uber-wealthy donors, connected alumni, and heads of state. Some have academic credentials that would make admission through Harvard’s front door highly unlikely. For decades, preferences like these were part of the peculiar ecosystem of elite college admissions. Then came June 2023. When the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions at Harvard and UNC, it was obvious what should come next. Legacy admissions would have to go.)
INC.
— The Job Search Is Crushing Workers’ Confidence. The Worst Part Isn’t Rejection. For today’s job seekers, the most damaging part of looking for work may not be rejection, but months of silence that erode confidence, financial security, and hope. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. That made it impossible for me to get a job appropriate for my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. Previously, they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS when I was 31 in 1980.
https://www.inc.com/chloe-rosenberg/the-job-search-is-crushing-workers-confidence-the-worst-part-isnt-rejection/91410610
JD SUPRA
— When a Workplace Protest Isn’t “Protected.” DD: I did far more than demonstrate. When I was 40 in 1988, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/when-a-workplace-protest-isn-t-4884508/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A recent NLRB Division of Advice memorandum gives employers a useful roadmap for handling on-site demonstrations that are driven by political or social causes rather than workplace conditions. The takeaway: not every group employee action is “protected concerted activity,” and discipline for a genuine policy violation can be lawful, but the margin for error is narrow, especially in California. . .Federal law is only half the picture here. California has some of the nation’s strongest statutory protections for employee political activity. Labor Code section 1101 bars employers from adopting or enforcing any policy that controls or directs employees’ political activities, and section 1102 prohibits using the threat of discharge to coerce employees to follow (or not follow) a particular line of political action. That means a California employer cannot safely rely on the NLRA analysis alone. Even where a protest falls outside federal “concerted activity” protection, discipline that looks like it targets the political message itself – rather than a neutral, evenhandedly enforced rule – can expose the employer to a separate state-law claim.)
HR BREW
— DD: Democrat and RINO employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/75-of-americans-believe-diverse-workforces-are-more-profitable
SECRETS OF OPM
— Private sector v. public sector employees. DD: I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. Further, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://usopm.substack.com/p/this-is-not-your-grandfathers-federal
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Without mincing words, we have done a poor job of getting early career folks into government. Today, only 7% of the federal workforce is under the age of 30. In the overall U.S. workforce, 22% of employees are under 30. You don’t need a calculator to realize the problem – by a factor of more than 3:1, the federal workforce is under-indexed on early career talent. At the same time, fully 44% of the federal workforce is over the age of 50 – I’m helping support that statistic personally! In the overall U.S. workforce, 33% of employees fall into this demographic. So, the federal workforce skews older by 11 percentage points than other employers. And this means that within a 5-10 year span, close to half of current federal employees could leave the workforce through retirement.)
GAO
— Tax Fraud: The Federal Government Loses an Estimated $116 Billion to $304 Billion Annually. DD: I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for 3 years. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-88-61 and https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41 My Democrat GAO superiors wasted my knowledge of IRS’s Collection Division. When I transferred from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, I brought with me almost 9 years of knowledge of IRS’s Collection Division, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year. While they did assign me to audits of CID for 3 years 1986-1988, they never assigned me to audits of IRS’s Collection Division for the other 15 years that I worked for them. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-107810
NPR
— Why working-class voters have been shifting toward the Republican Party.
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/14/nx-s1-5183060/why-working-class-voters-have-been-shifting-toward-the-republican-party
September 19, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Illinois marks 3-year anniversary of cash bail elimination amid debate over its impact.
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/safe-act-illinois-marks-3-year-anniversary-cash-bail-elimination-amid-debate-impact/19847701/
NBC5
— Trump says he’s banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. The president posted to his Truth Social account that he had banned the news organizations “as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!” and threatened to ban other outlets. DD: The mainstream news media spins everything against Trump.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-says-hes-banning-cnn-ms-now-and-politico-from-white-house/3990871/
— Forbes released their list of richest Americans for 2026. 18 of them are from Illinois. At the top of Forbes’ list, with a net worth of $908 billion was Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who lives in Texas.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/forbes-released-their-list-of-richest-americans-for-2026-18-of-them-are-from-illinois/3990815/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/durbin-blames-trump-for-rising-gas-prices-record-diesel-prices-he-is-personally-responsible/
WGN9
— Illinois could bill gunmakers for costs of gun violence. DD: What about billing criminals and their protectors/promoters for the cost of gun violence?
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-could-bill-gunmakers-for-costs-of-gun-violence/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Oak Park organizer pushes for right of recall question on April ballot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/18/oak-park-organizer-recall-question-april-ballot/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260918/news/bartlett-panel-still-considering-two-marijuana-dispensaries-across-street-from-each-other/
RIVER BENDER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran against America.
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/duckworth-durbin-senate-democrats-call-on-hegseth-to-report-total-costs-of-iran-war-96838.cfm?
SHAW LOCAL
— Illinois food pantries get millions in grants as demand for food grows. DD: Soon, under the Democrats who run Illinois, everyone in Illinois will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/09/18/illinois-food-pantries-get-millions-in-grants-as-demand-for-food-grows/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump pushes his $5,000 ‘dividend’ pledge if GOP wins midterms. Republican candidates, not as much.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-pushes-his-5000-dividend-pledge-if-gop-wins-midterms-republican-candidates-not-as-much/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-598/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to get out the vote? I am going to hand-deliver DuPage GOP-provided envelopes to the 660 registered Republican and Independent voters in 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. The envelopes will have DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels and contain a copy of the sample ballot, a Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided outstanding Voter Guide, and campaign literature from the Republican candidates who provided their literature to the MTRO. I want to start stuffing the envelopes ASAP. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Why do your critics/opponents get involved in Republican politics? My critics/opponents get involved in Republican politics to get the Republican party to officially dump its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in its platform. I should write about my critics/opponents in the following who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000 because I promote the aforesaid planks: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— A “Declaration for Life” Introduced in the U.S. Senate.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/09/a-declaration-for-life-introduced-in-the-u-s-senate/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Dabrowski Skips the Fight for Bailey — Campaigning During General Election to Build His Own Brand Instead. DD: It would be great if Dabrowski and Mendrick would help elect Bailey.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/09/dabrowski-skips-the-fight-for-bailey-campaigning-during-general-election-to-build-his-own-brand-instead.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BLAZE
— DD: Socialists side with Mexico and Mexicans against America.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/democrat-mexico-online-backlash
FOX NEWS
— Democratic socialists want to ‘strip’ America apart.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6405280122112
— Socialist Claire Valdez faces calls for federal probe after Mexico ‘fight’ pledge. DD: Socialists side with Mexico and Mexicans against America.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/socialist-claire-valdez-faces-calls-federal-probe-mexico-fight-pledge
DAILY SIGNAL
— Documentary Shows How Mass Muslim Migration Takes Advantage of America.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/18/documentary-shows-how-mass-muslim-migration-takes-advantage-of-america/
JUDICIAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch Uncovers Anti-Charlie Kirk Emails at Utah University.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/judicial-watch-uncovers-anti-charlie-kirk-emails-at-utah-university/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, everything is bad and they blame Trump for everything that is bad.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6098451-donald-trump-us-economy-affordability-voters-survey/
NBC NEWS
— DD: What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/which-party-will-win-on-affordability-270089285661
YAHOO & WFMD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting socialism.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/poll-young-adults-nearly-split-152600357.html
https://www.wfmd.com/2026/09/18/young-swing-state-voters-cozy-up-to-democratic-socialists-say-party-establishment-must-learn-from-dsa-wins/
REUTERS
— Amazon raises minimum hourly pay by $1 to $20 for US operations workers. DD: In today’s dollars, I started earning $19.57/hour working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office when I was 18 in 1966. I had earned a high school diploma and passed the postal employment test.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/amazon-raises-minimum-hourly-pay-by-1-20-us-operations-workers-2026-09-16/
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Says He Has Banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico From White House. The president cited reporting from the outlets that he deemed “fake news.” It was unclear how such a ban would be enforced or defended in court. DD: I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois reporter since 2000. I should write about the times when the following banned me from their events: a) Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, and c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. Those who banned me destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or 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/2026/09/18/business/media/trump-cnn-ms-now-politico-white-house-ban.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/18/lawsuits-eliminate-in-state-tuition-dreamers-are-cruel/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— A border surge reshaped America. Now, data show who 4.5 million migrants were and where they went. DD: How many illegals are there in Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2026-09-17/new-data-show-who-4-5-million-migrants-were-where-they-went
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A decade-long border surge brought 4.5 million migrants from more than 150 countries, dramatically expanding America’s immigrant population and remaking communities from New York and Miami to Midwestern factory towns. Many newcomers are bypassing traditional gateways for smaller cities and suburbs, drawn to emerging enclaves from Cincinnati and Knoxville to Utah’s booming communities, even as Florida remains the top destination for some nationalities. The data reveal a sharp rise in women and children crossing the border and show Chinese migrants concentrating in Los Angeles and New York, while Trump’s revived deportation machine targets some migrant hubs, spares others. An unprecedented surge in border crossings over the last decade reshaped America: Millions of people from more than 150 countries arrived, bringing the U.S. immigrant population to its highest levels.)
FOX56
— Mortgage rates near 7%, raising affordability concerns for homebuyers. DD: Mortgage rates were 17% when I took out a mortgage to buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972. They were 11% when I took out a mortgage to buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974. They were 9% when I took out a mortgage to buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976. They were 9% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to buy a home in Wheaton in 1978. They were 14% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to have a home built in Wheaton 1984.
https://fox56.com/news/local/mortgage-rates-near-7-raising-affordability-concerns-for-homebuyers
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Republicans in Tough Races Are Tip-Toeing Away From Trump. Some in the GOP are breaking with the president on data centers, immigration and other issues.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/republicans-in-tough-races-are-tip-toeing-away-from-trump-374ddd4f
— Socialist governments control production and allocate resources without regard to individual contribution. DD: I contributed far more than my Democrat coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me. None of my Democrat coworkers did what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialism-and-entitlements-1eab1428
— Law Firms Have a Big Problem: Senior Partners Aren’t Retiring. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They force their Republican employees who are White, male, and/or non-veteran to retire as soon as they are eligible. I am all of the foresaid. I became eligible for early retirement when I was 45 in 1993. They succeeded forcing me to take their expiring early retirement “offer” when I was 49 in 1997. I would not have been eligible for regular retirement until I was 55 in 2003. I would not have survived those 4 years if I had not earned three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), six job-related professional certifications (1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997), and earned a job-related professional license (1981).
https://www.wsj.com/business/law-firms-retirement-incentives-packages-1e9bccbd
FORBES
— U.S. Army Sergeants To Receive Merit-Based Promotions Under New Policy. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional licenses, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) 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.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2026/09/18/us-army-sergeants-to-receive-merit-based-promotions-under-new-policy/
POLITICO
— Trump says he’s banning media outlets, including POLITICO, from White House. CNN and MS NOW are the other two outlets Trump announced can no longer send journalists into the White House. DD: The mainstream news media spins everything against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/trump-white-house-media-ban-politico-01084438
FROM OTHER SOURCES
CAR BUZZ
— Car Affordability Is Crumbling, And The Fed Just Piled On More Cost. DD: Back in the good old days, I bought a new 1972 Corvette for $6,000 in 1971. I took out a $3,000 car loan at 12% interest. Most of the rest came from an insurance settlement for the theft of my 1969 Dodge Charger SE. My IRS salary was $8,600/year.
https://carbuzz.com/car-affordability-federal-reserve-interest-rate-september-2026/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES
— The DSA is hosting date nights to ‘put the social into socialist.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. How did you meet your spouse? I met my outstanding wife at a Presbyterian singles social event. I am Missouri Synod Lutheran and she is Catholic.
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/democratic-socialists-of-america-date-nights-03r2djm0v
September 18, 2026
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
September 16, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— A kiss renews questions about why IL has so many townships?
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/a-kiss-renews-questions-about-why-il-has-so-many-townships/
WTTW
— Former CPD Supt. Larry Snelling Starts Collecting $190K Annual Police Pension. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. While I worked part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969, I got both Social Security credits and full-time CSRS credits. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. Further, they are furious that since I was 49 in 1997, I have gotten a CSRS pension, currently $68,640/year. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $2 million dollars. Further, they are furious that last year, my Social Security increased from $3,000/year to $19,000/year.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/14/former-cpd-supt-larry-snelling-starts-collecting-190k-annual-police-pension-records-show
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/16/deerfield-public-school-district-109/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Google’s Thompson Center debut delayed to 2028.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/real-estate/commercial/ccb-google-thompson-center-opening-delayed-20260916/
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Pritzker campaign seems to pay more attention to Trump endorsement than Bailey.
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/pritzker-campaign-seems-to-pay-more-attention-to-trump-endorsement-than-bailey/20260915213302/
SOUTHWEST REGIONAL PUBLISHING
— Illinois Democrats raise $1 million at Navy Pier rally.
https://southwestregionalpublishing.com/2026/09/15/illinois-democrats-raise-1-million-at-navy-pier-rally/
WHEATON PATCH
— Man Set Fire To His Aunt And Uncle’s House In Wheaton. Nahom T. Abraha, 40, is being held at DuPage County Jail in connection with the Sept. 13 arson.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/man-set-fire-his-aunt-uncles-house-wheaton-police
BUR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Mayor Returns Indicted Restaurateur’s Campaign Donations. The mayor said he did not know about the contributions before Patch’s inquiry. He also returned the businessman’s donations in 2018.
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/amp/34838127/burr-ridge-mayor-returns-indicted-restaurateurs-campaign-donations
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— On the official (Democrat) campaign trail.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/16/on-the-official-campaign-trail-01078576
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-808/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Florida restricts welfare benefits for ‘nonessential’ purchases. Items banned include vapes, tattoos, and spa services. DD: While I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, I took many financial statements from delinquent taxpayers who claimed an inability to pay.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/25/florida-restricts-welfare-benefits-nonessential-purchases/
— University of Maryland replaces DEI language with ‘belonging and community.’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/university-maryland-replaces-dei-language-belonging-community/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— What Karl Marx got right about politics.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/4727637/what-karl-marx-got-right-about-politics-socialism-capitalism/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani Taps ‘Gay Communist’ for Senior Government Role: New Adviser Called for ‘Abolition of Police’ and ‘Undoing Capitalism,’ Condemned Gandhi as ‘Anti-Black Misogynist.’
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/exclusive-mamdani-taps-gay-communist-for-senior-government-role-new-adviser-called-for-abolition-of-police-and-undoing-capitalism-condemned-gan/
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
— What is socialism? Socialism is an economic system in which much of the economy is publicly owned or controlled rather than privately owned.
https://americansforprosperity.org/blog/what-is-socialism-what-people-get-wrong/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Democrat Party and Its Supporters Are a Hive. Coordination emerges not primarily from explicit instruction but from shared ideological programming, financial incentives, and institutional culture.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/09/16/the-democrat-party-and-its-supporters-are-a-hive-part-one/
BREITBART
— Chicago’s Dem. Mayor Johnson Says Illegals Are an ‘Essential Part of Who We Are.’ DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/15/chicagos-dem-mayor-johnson-says-illegals-are-an-essential-part-of-who-we-are/
— House Hearing on Voter Fraud. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/15/watch-live-house-hearing-on-voter-fraud/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Most MD programs still maintain DEI initiatives.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/report-finds-md-programs-still-maintain-dei-initiatives/30560
DAILY CALLER
— Conservative Leaders Call GOP-Led Amnesty Bill ‘Betrayal’ To Voters.
https://www.aol.com/articles/conservative-leaders-call-gop-led-184237000.html
DAILY WIRE
— Household Debt Is Getting Out Of Hand. Here’s Why It’s At An All-Time High. The bill for all of this excessive, wasteful spending is eventually going to come due.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/household-debt-is-getting-out-of-hand-heres-why-its-at-an-all-time-high
FOX NEWS
— Charlie Kirk’s family alleges Utah Valley University knew of rooftop security risk before his assassination. The notice alleges campus police had no written security plan and only six officers for 3,000 spectators.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/charlie-kirk-family-alleges-uvu-knew-rooftop-security-risk-before-assassination-legal-filing
— Smithsonian move reignites ‘woke,’ ‘Marxist’ criticism as Latino museum avoids congressional approval. Mike Gonzalez’s report argues the museum’s inaugural exhibition reflected anti-Western ideology and Marxist messaging.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/smithsonian-move-reignites-woke-marxist-criticism-latino-museum-avoids-congressional-approval
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Half of Voters Dislike Socialism Amid Progressive Wins.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/politics/democratic-socialism-poll.html
— DD: Democrat leaders have always used and abused Jews. My Democrat superiors in the federal government successfully forced my many anti-conservative anti-Republican Democrat Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978. My Jewish Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. My Jewish IRS superiors a) forced the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 to transfer to Dallas, b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me again. My Jewish GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23.699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer to GAO in 1980, b) delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13, c) made it clear that would never promote me to GS-14, d) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/opinion/trump-antisemitism-israel-civil-rights.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Why Republicans struggle to prove the danger of socialism. When the GOP embraces big government, it’s harder to champion free markets.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/15/gop-socialism-lite-risks-midterms-without-free-market-contrast/
NBC DALLAS FORT WORTH
— Mortgage rates climb above 7%. DD: Mortgage rates were 17% when I took out a mortgage to buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972. They were 11% when I took out a mortgage to buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974. They were 9% when I took out a mortgage to buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976. They were 9% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to buy a home in Wheaton in 1978. They were 14% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to have a home built in Wheaton 1984.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/mortgage-rates-north-texas-homebuyers/4077739/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— This English Village Is Threatening to Quit the U.K. Over Planned Asylum Camp. Piddington, population 350, is up in arms over a proposal to house 1,250 asylum seekers at a former military site.
https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/this-english-village-is-threatening-to-quit-the-u-k-over-planned-asylum-camp-cd0d7610
— Pensions Were on the Brink of Extinction. Now Companies Are Bringing Them Back. Some companies are turning to the lost benefit to recruit employees or settle negotiations with labor unions. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. While I worked part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969, I got both Social Security credits and full-time CSRS credits. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. Further, they are furious that since I was 49 in 1997, I have gotten a CSRS pension, currently $68,640/year. Further, they are furious that last year, my Social Security increased from $3,000/year to $19,000/year. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $2 million dollars.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/pensions-were-on-the-brink-of-extinction-now-companies-are-bringing-them-back-81b009dc
— DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) 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 and/or b) 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. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/gender-pay-gap-return-to-office-002bb828
TIME
— Relevant work experience. DD: To force me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors not only ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, they outrageously/disgustingly/falsely/unethically ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that GAO audits IRS and treated my almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, as being not only not job related, but worthless. They knew full-well that much of what I did for IRS was very similar to what I would do be doing for GAO. They would not have forced me to take the aforesaid pay cut if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. They would have offered me a promotion to GS-13 to transfer, currently $118,984/year.
https://time.com/partner-content/charter/why-college-isn-t-enough-anymore/
KERA NEWS
— Karl Rove said he’ll break 30 years of only supporting Republicans to vote against ‘bigot’ Bo French. DD: I have always not only voted for the Republican candidates on general election ballots in my precinct, but also promoted them. That includes not only candidates who blame me for their defeats, but candidates who have taken big adverse actions against me.
https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2026-09-15/karl-rove-said-hell-break-30-years-of-only-supporting-republicans-to-vote-against-bigot-bo-french
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Karl Rove, former adviser to President George W. Bush and longtime Texas GOP political consultant, said he will vote for Jon Rosenthal, a Houston Democrat running to serve the Texas Railroad Commission, after Republican Bo French posted racist comments on Sunday about South Asian students at the University of Texas at Austin. Rove made the comments at a members-only lunch event at the Headliners Club in Austin, where he called French a “bigot,” according to three attendees to whom The Texas Tribune has granted anonymity to discuss the conversation. Rove said he has only ever voted for one Democratic candidate, Texas Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, who was up for reelection in 1994.)
AMERICAN BAZAAR
— Mamdani leads lawsuit challenging Trump’s new ‘public charge’ rule to deny green cards, visas. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/09/15/mamdani-leads-lawsuit-challenging-trumps-new-public-charge-rule-to-deny-green-cards-visas-488186/
FINDLAW
— Lawsuit Seeks to Block Trump Rule Linking Green Cards to Public Benefits. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/courtside/lawsuit-seeks-to-block-trump-rule-linking-green-cards-to-public-benefits/
HR DIVE
— DD: DEI-motivated hirings and promotions cost Accenture $25M in DOJ settlement. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) 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 and/or b) 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. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/alleged-dei-motivated-hirings-promotions-cost-accenture-25m-in-doj-settlement/830448/
FINANCIAL POST
— Should you accept your employer’s invitation to resign rather than be fired? DD: My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign when I was 20 in 1969 falsely saying that I was not going to be available to work enough part-time hours. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 saying they would demote me, give me adverse transfers, give me unfair performance expectations, and give me unfair performance appraisals if I did not retire. If I had not taken their early retirement “offer,” I would not have been eligible to take regular retirement until I was 55 in 2003.
https://financialpost.com/fp-work/accept-employers-invitation-to-resign-or-be-fired
SCOTUS BLOG
— Court prevents Trump from firing Fed governor. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied that they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 “for cause.” SEE: Diersen v. GAO at https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf Previously, they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS when I was 31 in 1980.
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-prevents-trump-from-firing-fed-governor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts contended that, if the Trump administration were correct, it “would in effect transform the Federal Reserve’s for-cause protection into at-will employment—an interpretive leap out of step with the statute Congress enacted and our Nation’s tradition of central banking protected from political interference.”
NPR
— DD: Democrats use “democracy” to take everything away from Republicans and to give it to Democrats.
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/15/nx-s1-5969741/state-of-u-s-democracy-reaches-new-low-report-finds
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
— DD: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors ever-increasing gave more preference to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who were the aforesaid and 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. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/amid-rising-costs-the-gender-wage-gap-deepens-affordability-challenges-for-women/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIST
— In the coming years the “silent” and “baby boomer” generations in America—people born between the 1920s and 1960s—will pass $110 trillion in wealth to their children. DD: My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. Of course, my critics/opponents are furious that I inherited money when my mother, aunt, and brother passed away recently.
https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/09/16/dont-fear-the-inheritocracy
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— New Green Card rule takes effect Sept 18: What changes for Indian applicants under the new public charge guidance? Starting September 18, Indian nationals applying for US green cards will face expanded public-charge assessments. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/nri/new-green-card-rule-takes-effect-sept-18-what-changes-for-indian-applicants-under-the-new-public-charge-guidance-101789543441057.html
TIMES OF ISRAEL
— Despite anti-Israel turmoil, 67% of US Jews plan to vote Democrat in midterms. DD: All my many Jewish superiors in the federal government were Democrats, that is, they all were anti-Republican, that is, they all were anti-conservative, that is, they all were anti-Israel.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/despite-anti-israel-turmoil-67-of-us-jews-plan-to-vote-democrat-in-midterms-poll/