FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— CPS CEO Macquline King did not need to cave to the Chicago Teachers Union
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/19/editorial-may-day-chicago-public-schools-macquline-king-ctu-brandon-johnson/
— ICE went on a hiring spree. Sterling credentials were not required.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/17/ice-hiring-ap-investigation/
— DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push minorities to be pot pushers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/20/opinion-illinois-cannibis-equity-legalization/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against him
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/20/25th-amendment-trump-democrats/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/20/column-pete-hegseth-donald-trump-pope-leo-xiv-pulp-fiction-page/
— DD: Far too many nonprofits are fronts for the Democrat Party.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/20/opinion-general-services-administration-nonprofit-certification-dei/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Stratton.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/04/18/julianna-stratton-talks-about-the-fight-shes-bringing-to-washington-at-power-rising-summit
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2026/04/19/kamala-harris-chicago-trump-made-america-weaker
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2026/04/19/catholic-white-house-comments-trump-vance-pope-leo
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Biss.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260419/us-congress-politics/as-general-election-showdown-begins-biss-has-quarter-million-dollar-lead-in-campaign-cash/
ABC7
— Chicago Cinco de Mayo Parade once again canceled over immigration enforcement fears
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-cinco-de-mayo-parade-2026-canceled-due-fears-president-donald-trumps-immigration-enforcement-policies-organizers/18923021/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicagos-st-sabina-father-michael-pfleger-defends-pope-leo-xiv-attacks-president-donald-trump-speaks-iran-war/18921262/
NBC5
— Chicago Cinco de Mayo event cancelled for 2nd year over fear of immigration raids
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-cinco-de-mayo-event-cancelled-for-2nd-year-over-fear-of-immigration-raids/3925024/
— DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect and reelect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/darren-bailey-tries-to-walk-back-calling-chicago-a-hellhole/3925132/
CBS2
— Chicago kicks off bus tours as part of reparations initiative. DD: To get rid of you, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that Democrats will make you pay: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/city-of-chicago-kicks-off-bus-tours-as-part-of-reparations-initiative/ar-AA212WTs
FOX32
— DD: The mainstream news media exists a) to elect and reelect Democrats and b) to defeat Republicans.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/bailey-chicago-hellhole-dumb
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Career Counseling. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, young White men should anticipate/expect that career counselors will advise them that to get hired and to advance, that they should not only become Democrats or RINOs, but they should paint themselves as being willing and able at get rid of Republicans who are older, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. All of my White male coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who excelled at getting rid of Republicans like me who were the aforesaid.
https://mag.uchicago.edu/economics-business/career-counseling-businesslady
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/20/harris-hits-chicago-questions-linger-00880221
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Democrats Want To Turn Parks Into Homeless Encampments
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/graphics/il-hb-1429-enough-is-enough
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Under the Democrats, crime ever-increasingly increases. Do you live in a high-crime area? Being able to avoid crime should be and is a big reason to earn more money. To earn more money to avoid crime, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— DD: Pot is poison. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/4-20-how-illinois-spends-marijuana-money/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pope Leo XIV’s ‘Denial of Reality’ tour
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/19/pope-leo-xivs-denial-reality-tour/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Illinois: state of insanity. Democrats really do want you dead.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/04/illinois_state_of_insanity.html
BREITBART
— Democrats Don’t Want This President to Protect American Lives
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/04/19/rick-scott-democrats-dont-want-this-president-to-protect-american-lives/amp/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Trump II Mass Detention Policy Passes Another Key Hurdle. Our legal process is deliberately slow, but for now it’s working out in the administration’s favor.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Trump-II-Mass-Detention-Policy-Passes-Another-Key-Hurdle
DAILY CALLER
— Over 900,000 migrants were paroled into the United States between May 16, 2023 and January 19, 2025, thanks to former President Joe Biden’s CBP One app. The Trump administration told those migrants to hit the road in April 2025.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/who-are-we-to-blame-for-hundreds-of-thousands-of-migrants-who-now-might-get-to-stay/ar-AA1ZVZQP
TOWNHALL
— Grievance Culture Is Destroying American Resilience. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans, and especially Trump, cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-married, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. My parents and teachers promoted personal responsibility. They never encouraged me to blame others for my problems. That motivated me to work my way through college and to earn 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://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/04/20/grievance-culture-is-destroying-american-resilience-n2674695
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— FBI, DOJ scrambling to rebuild after being depleted by resignations and firings. Some current and former officials see a lowering of long-accepted standards. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 would not have hired me if I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1986 would not have promoted me if I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981.
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/resignations-firings-depleted-fbi-justice-department-scrambling-rebuild-132181293
MSN
— Trump sued for firing mostly Black federal government employees. DD: When I was 49 in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire and replaced me with my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, who had less education than I had, who had one professional certification while I had six, and who had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-sued-for-firing-mostly-black-federal-government-employees/ar-AA2100cd
— US federal civilian workforce shrinks by 12% since 2024. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans led by Gingrich cut the agency by more than 50%, from over 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/us-federal-civilian-workforce-shrinks-by-12-since-2024/ar-AA1XzPzV
— 15 Trump cabinet picks that were DEI hires
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/15-dei-hires-in-the-current-administration/ss-AA1UoFZl
— ‘Opportunities are now closed’: Trump’s DEI crackdown deals a heavy blow to ‘New Girls Clubs’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/opportunities-are-now-closed-trump-s-dei-crackdown-deals-a-heavy-blow-to-new-girls-clubs/ar-AA20ZA8T
AOL
— 11 Jobs That Pay $57+ an Hour. DD: I did not start earning $57/hour in today’s dollars until after I was 38 in 1986 and I had worked for the federal government for more than 18 years and I had earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, job-related professional certifications when I was 30 and 32, and a job-related professional license when I was 32.
https://www.aol.com/finance/11-boring-jobs-secretly-pay-161000136.html
CNBC
— Position yourself ‘as a team player.’ DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, to get hired, you have to show that you can and that you will help your Democrat superiors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, to get hired, you have stress that you are Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/16/the-top-soft-skills-in-demand-for-entry-level-jobs-says-linkedin.html
NEWSWEEK
— Top 10 Agencies Suffering Sharpest Cuts Under Trump. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, Republicans led by Gingrich cut the agency by more than 50%, from over 6,000 employees to less than 3,000 employees. My Democrat GAO superiors punished me severely for that.
https://www.newsweek.com/federal-agency-cuts-trump-administration-11850442
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote birthright citizenship.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/us/politics/ice-cbp-birth-pregnancy-detention.html?searchResultPosition=1
— The Pied-à-Terre Tax Has Failed Before. Could This Year Be Different? DD: In Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on me, to paint me as being grossly overpaid by IRS, it called the studio condo in the Outer Drive East building that I bought in 1974 a pied-a-terre. I owed a townhome in University Park since 1972 that I was unable to sell unless I took a big loss. I began renting it out in 1976.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/nyregion/pied-a-terre-tax.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Colleges refocus on career services as students seek return on degrees. DD: What return did you have on your degrees? My 1970 NIU degree in business got me hired by Firestone Stores in 1970 and by IRS. in 1971. My taking graduate evening business courses at Loyola helped me get promoted by IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My 1976 MBA from Loyola, my taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul, and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 got me hired by GAO in 1980. My earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981 helped get promoted by GAO in 1986.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/11/24/colleges-career-counseling-programs/
USA TODAY
— 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.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/04/16/where-is-marijuana-legal-us-map/89608617007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/04/19/what-is-420-weed-holiday-history/89665574007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/california/2026/04/17/california-420-events-span-san-francisco-los-angeles/89649658007/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2026/04/20/millions-of-asylum-seekers-have-been-impacted-as-caseloads-have-grown/89665965007/
KNOX FOCUS
— Democrat-Socialists: The Enemy Of Affordability
https://www.knoxfocus.com/archives/this-weeks-focus/democrat-socialists-the-enemy-of-affordability/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: How much money do you have? According to my critics/opponents, I have too much money. In my defense, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/relationships/money-differences-friendship-50c4aae6
— How I Became Less Ambitious—and Happier—in Retirement. I’ve spent a lifetime pursuing career success. Now I needed to ask myself: Was it time to shift focus? And how do I do that? DD: I spent lots of time and money earning a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, earning job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, earning job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and earning a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/retirement-happiness-ambition-b83a6cd7
FORTUNE
— DD: To hire more Democrats and RINOs, Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasing dump education, dump work experience, dump professional certifications, and dump professional licenses.
https://fortune.com/article/why-elon-musk-bans-resume-cover-letter-hiring/
BLOOMBERG
— Presidents Hire ‘Yes Men’ at Their Peril. DD: According to my critics/opponents, “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” I take that as a badge of honor.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-08-09/trump-s-impulse-to-hire-a-yes-man-as-chief-of-staff-was-problematic?embedded-checkout=true
FORBES
— Answering ‘Are You A Team Player?’ In A Job Interview. DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, to get hired, you have to show that you can and that you will help your Democrat superiors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, to get hired, you have stress that you are Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecenizalevine/2024/07/13/team-player-interview-question/
STARS AND STRIPES
— GAO finds that too many service members leave the military without career counseling. DD: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all my superiors and/or supervisors were veterans. They despised if not hated Republicans like me, and especially Republicans like me who avoided the Vietnam War draft. They blamed Republicans like me for America losing the Vietnam War. They took many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-12-13/military-separation-report-8404000.html
HECHINGERRER REPORT
— Landing a job may be hard. Navigating the workplace may be harder. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, young White men should anticipate/expect that career counselors will advise them that to get hired and to advance, that they should not only become Democrats or RINOs, but they should paint themselves as being willing and able at get rid of Republicans who are older, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. All of my White male coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who excelled at getting rid of Republicans like me who were the aforesaid.
https://hechingerreport.org/for-new-grads-landing-a-job-may-be-hard-navigating-the-workplace-may-be-harder/
— College leaders focus attention on their students’ top priority: Jobs after graduation. DD: When I was a senior at NIU in 1970, my career counselor advised me to apply for a financial hardship draft deferment which I did. My father had died suddenly in 1969. My mother had never attended high school, she had never worked outside the home, and my younger brother was having problems. But potential employers did not believe that my application would be approved. Consequently, I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was from Firestone Stores for a sales job that did not really require a college degree. My Chicago Heights store boss would never had hired me, but his boss had assigned me to him. He did not have a college degree. He refused to let me start until after I passed a probationary period in Indiana. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant, my being German American, my having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and my living in Crete. Under him, I saw that my Firestone career was bleak if not nonexistent. Consequently, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely if not violently fired me because I had accepted that offer. I had to have a job. So I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was to be an IRS Revenue Officer.
https://hechingerreport.org/college-leaders-refocus-attention-on-their-students-top-priority-jobs-after-graduation/
FED WEEK
— Overall views by workers of their career situations declined in 2025, with an especially steep drop among federal employees. DD: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, to advance, you have to help your Democrat superiors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, to advance, you have to be a Democrat and minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/poll-finds-declining-worker-views-of-careers-especially-so-in-federal-workforce/
— ‘Career Compass’ Site for HR Positions Launched. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted what I knew about HR. I earned a bachelor’s degree in HR from NIU when I was 21 in 1970. I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976. HR was my area of concentration.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/career-compass-site-for-hr-positions-launched/
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI to get rid of Republicans. Liberals and moderates use AA and DEI to get rid of conservatives.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/04/20/can-diversity-and-meritocracy-coexist-opinion
POLITICO
— Democrats have made up ground in nearly every election since Trump took office. POLITICO’s analysis shows a clear trend in red and blue districts alike.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/18/democrats-special-election-results-analysis-00879021
NEW POLITICS
— Demonstrations and Demographics. DD: The more of the following that you are, the more likely that Democrat leaders will get you to demonstrate: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-married, 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://newpol.org/demonstrations-and-demographics/
Tag: religion
April 10, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker warns Trump will send ICE agents to polling places as he calls on voters to push them aside
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/09/democratic-presidential-prospects-al-sharpton-jb-pritzker/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Will CPS cancel school for CTU ‘Day of Action’ May 1? CEO said no, but decision in limbo. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use International Workers’ Day to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/09/cps-ctu-day-of-action/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville hopes to find funding to keep India Day celebration in the city. DD: In 2021, Democrat and RINO leaders succeeded in ending my role as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, a role that I had since 2005.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/09/naperville-annual-india-day-celebration/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After Naperville’s India Day celebration received no funding this year from a city commission, the Naperville City Council is scrambling to find money to keep the annual celebration alive in the city. The event, which typically includes a parade and a festival, has brought large crowds to Naperville for years in what organizers say is one of the largest celebrations of Indian culture in the country.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville cites concerns over banning ICE from property after immigrant advocates’ request.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/09/naperville-immigrants-due-process-ordinance/
— After years of declines, Chicago shootings tick up in 2026
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/09/chicago-shootings-2026/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2026/04/09/cardinal-cupich-other-chicago-area-faith-leaders-push-back-on-religious-rhetoric-used-to-justify-war
NBC5
— DD: Were it not for America’s military strength, there would be no Christianity, there would be no Catholicism, and there would be no Pope.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/source-calls-pentagon-meeting-with-vatican-official-most-unpleasant-amid-reported-white-house-tension/3920503/
WGN9
— The president of the Chicago Board of Education is pressuring the new Chicago Public Schools CEO to cave to union demands to cancel classes on May 1 for a day of protests. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use International Workers’ Day to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/pressure-builds-to-cancel-cps-classes-for-day-of-protest/
FOX32
— Chicago City Hall chaos continues amid hostile workplace allegations. DD: To get rid of their Republican employees who were the following, my Democrat superiors in the federal government created hostile workplaces for them: conservative, White, male, older, married, non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-3jwzcp1cektaqaqo
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois colleges and universities are closing. What it means for others.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/education/2026/04/09/closed-for-good-why-these-colleges-didnt-make-it-and-what-that-portends-for-others/86604849007/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Women are getting most of the new jobs. What’s going on with men? DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the future is ever-increasingly bleak for men, and especially for men who are conservative, White, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-04-10/women-are-getting-most-of-the-new-jobs-whats-going-on-with-men
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Chicago Public Schools to stay open May 1 during nationwide protest — at least for now. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use International Workers’ Day to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026/04/09/cps-will-be-open-may-1-during-protest-ceo-says-but-board-could-overrule-her/
POLITICO
— Don Tracy pitches pragmatism over political drama
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/04/10/don-tracy-pitches-pragmatism-over-political-drama-00866493
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Treasurer’s race: Max Solomon, a write-in candidate for state treasurer during the primary election earlier this month, won enough support that he’s now the Republican nominee in November. The Illinois GOP praised Solomon for running “a well built grassroots campaign that overwhelmingly exceeded the write in requirements” to represent the GOP in November. “He is exactly the type of leader that we need,” according to a statement sent to Playbook. With no Republican candidate in the primary, Solomon was a write-in candidate needing 5,000 votes to get party support. He won about 40,000.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-713/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/04/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-500/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republicans Recognize Max Solomon’s Write-In Victory for State Treasurer Candidacy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/04/09/republicans-recognize-max-solomons-write-in-victory-for-state-treasurer-candidacy/
WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
https://wirepoints.org/mark-glennon-on-am560-chicago-fiscal-crisis-worse-than-pre-bankruptcy-detroit-hiv-surge-and-public-health-threat-from-open-borders-goes-unreported/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Abortions performed by Planned Parenthood hit record high amid defunding battle
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/9/abortions-performed-planned-parenthood-hit-record-high-amid-defunding/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Immigration bill shows GOP split over mass deportations
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4522539/backlash-immigration-bill-exposes-gop-split-mass-deportations/
— US fertility rate hits record low
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/4522143/us-fertility-rate-hits-record-low/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The legal basis for “birthright citizenship” is tenuous at best, nigh nonexistent at worst.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/two-wongs-dont-make-a-right/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats Are Killing the Country with Racism. The war on white Americans continues apace.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/democrats_are_killing_the_country_with_racism.html
— The so-called Dignity Act is just another tired amnesty for illegals. A good look at this bill indicates Republicans gain nothing and Democrats wallow in the goodies.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/04/yes_the_so_called_dignity_act_is_just_another_tired_amnesty_for_illegals.html
— The Hidden Truth About Illegal Aliens And Crime
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/04/unveiling_the_hidden_truth_about_illegal_aliens_and_crime.html
CENTER SQUARE
— Teacher’s union gives nearly 2M to org that trains for May Day protests. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use International Workers’ Day to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ef621ae5-746c-49ec-b97e-91442c40c8ea.html
DAILY CALLER
— Public Attorneys Doing Way More For Illegal Migrants Than You Might Think
https://dailycaller.com/2026/04/09/public-defenders-criminal-illegals-deportations/
DAILY WIRE
— The Grievance Party is Killing Conservatism. DD: My critics/opponents are anti-conservative.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-grievance-party-is-killing-conservatism-and-we-need-our-men-back
FEDERALIST
— Despite President Donald Trump winning on the promise of “mass deportations,” a handful of spineless Republicans, alongside Democrats, are trying to push a mass amnesty act known as the DIGNIDAD Act — or, for English speakers, the DIGNITY Act.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/04/09/here-are-the-8-most-insane-things-in-the-dignidad-amnesty-bill/
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Trump Issues Executive Order Requiring Citizenship Verification in Federal Elections
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/trump-executive-order-requiring-citizenship-verification-federal-elections
FOX NEWS
— What the first federal challenge to Evanston’s reparations program means for other cities. Federal court denied motion to dismiss lawsuit against Illinois town’s reparations program. DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote reparations, that is, they ever-increasingly more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/what-first-federal-challenge-local-reparations-program-means-other-cities
— Asylum to be stripped from fraudsters who vacation in countries they ‘fled’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gop-lawmaker-introduces-bill-strip-161109617.html
— Woke-ism is like any cult. DD: My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti- Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-married people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6392844477112
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— IL Supreme Court Defends Removal of Traffic Court Judge for Past Conservative Comments. The Illinois Supreme Court would rather keep a heavy backlog of Cook County cases than allow a pro-Trump judge to sit on the traffic court. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors removed me when I was 49 years old in 1997 because I had been an active participant in a class action lawsuit since I was 40 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Previously, because I had complained about discrimination, they a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS when I was 31.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/04/il-supreme-court-defends-removal-ff-traffic-court-judge-for-past-conservative-comments/
LIFE NEWS
— Illinois Wants to Hide How Abortion Drugs Kill and Harm Women. DD: My critics/opponents promote abortion.
https://www.lifenews.com/2026/04/09/illinois-wants-to-hide-how-abortion-drugs-kill-and-harm-women/
MEGYN KELLY
— GOP Turncoats in House Trying to Pass Amnesty Immigration Bill Under Guise of ‘Dignity’
https://www.megynkelly.com/2026/04/09/controversy-surrounding-republican-support-of-immigration-dignity-act-in-congress/
NATIONAL TODAY
— How the Civil War’s Legacy Endures in Modern Politics. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint today’s Republicans as being yesterday’s Confederates.
https://nationaltoday.com/us/va/appomattox/news/2026/04/09/how-the-civil-wars-legacy-endures-in-modern-politics/
POST MILLENNIAL
— GOP warns Dignity Act is mass amnesty bill for MILLIONS of illegal immigrants
https://thepostmillennial.com/gop-warns-dignity-act-is-mass-amnesty-bill-for-millions-of-illegal-immigrants
OPM
— Chart Your Human Resources Career Path. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted what I knew about HR. I earned a bachelor’s degree in HR from NIU when I was 21 in 1970. I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976. HR was my area of concentration.
https://www.opm.gov/news/secrets-of-opm/chart-your-hr-career-path/
TOWNHALL
— Approval of Asylum Claims Plummets Thanks to President Trump’s Immigration Policies
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/04/10/approval-of-asylum-claims-plummets-thanks-to-president-trumps-immigration-policies-n2674217
— The Sanctuary Cities Debacle: How Defying Federal Law Is Crushing Taxpayers and Public Safety
https://townhall.com/columnists/jay-rogers/2026/04/09/the-sanctuary-cities-debacle-how-defying-federal-law-is-crushing-taxpayers-and-public-safety-n2674130
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Judge says Pentagon must restore press access
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-pentagon-must-restore-press-access/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Many Venezuelans Want to Go Home. But They Can’t Get Passports. The U.S. has made it impossible for them to stay legally, and their own country makes it difficult for them to return.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/world/americas/venezuelans-return-passports-trump.html
— DD: My critics/opponents are woke. To be woke is to be anti-conservative, anti- Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-married people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, and/or anti-those who ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010832106/did-woke-go-too-far.html
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they want to destroy America.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/04/04/trump-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-case-history/89439887007/
WOAI
— GOP Needs To Embrace Mass Deportations For Any Hope Of Red Wave
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2026-04-09-gop-needs-to-embrace-mass-deportations-for-any-hope-of-red-wave/
C-SPAN
— DD: What percent of illegals are minorities?
https://www.c-span.org/clip/public-affairs-event/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-says-trump-immigration-enforcement-policies-targeted-people-of-color/5198926
NATION
— Taking Aim at Overpaid CEOs. DD: My critics/opponents always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid and that my Civil Service Retirement System pension is much too generous.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ceo-worker-pay-gaps/
EDUCATION NEXT
— DD: According to Democrat leaders, when those who have demographics that vote for Republicans do better than those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, it is because Republicans discriminate against Democrats.
https://www.educationnext.org/end-of-disparate-impact-changes-federal-policy-discrimination-schools/
NEXT GOV
— Vought takes aim at GAO. DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it during the 1980s and 1990s, there would be no need for DOGE.
https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2026/03/vought-takes-aim-gao-new-guidance/412099/
PEOPLE’S WORLD
— This May Day, workers will take to the streets against MAGA. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use International Workers’ Day to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/this-may-day-workers-will-take-to-the-streets-against-maga/
March 14, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN RADIO
— DD: CPS students should not get a day off to protest.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-should-cps-students-get-a-day-off-on-may-1st-for-civic-engagement/#/questions
— Illinois among the worst for student loan debt.
https://wgnradio.com/news/is-your-state-among-the-worst-for-student-loan-debt/
WBEZ
— Should more Illinoisans have a college degree? DD: In my opinion, if you can earn a job-related college degree, you should earn one. But it is extremely important to pick the right major. I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. I was able to earn a college degree because I took college preparatory courses at Crete-Monee High School, got an ACT score of 24, graduated in the upper 20% of my class, and got accepted by UIC in 1966 and then by NIU in 1969. I was able to pay for my UIC and NIU expenses by working for 25 months part-time and for 9 months full-time during three summers delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office. I lived with my parents in their Crete home for 31 months and at NIU for 16 months. I graduated debt-free with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE in August of 1970 even though I was not viewed as being college material.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/03/13/illinois-college-degree-workforce-credential-state-group-study
JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing shout at those who have demographics that vote for Democrats that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/young-latinos-and-their-commitment-to-social-22074697.php
WAND TV
— IL Senate GOP introduce bills to protect children from exploitation
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/il-senate-gop-introduce-bills-to-protect-children-from-exploitation/article_5fef92d8-5bd0-4ec5-a51a-85831a3a78c9.html
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— DuPage County officials consider food insecurity funding options. DD: Soon, under the Democrats, everyone in DuPage County will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.nctv17.org/news/dupage-county-officials-consider-food-insecurity-funding-options/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
BREAKTHROUGH IDEAS
— Wolves Teaching at Wheaton College
https://www.breakthrough-ideas.com/read/2026/03/12/wolves-teaching-at-wheaton-college
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout a) that noncitizens have the “right” to come into America and to stay in America if they want to, b) that if you need/want/demand housing, food, clothing, medical care, education, transportation, etc., America must provide you with the aforesaid free, c) that no one really needs to make the most of their potential or become a contributing member of society, and d) that if you are minority, female, and/or younger, America must give you preference over those who are White, male, and/or older. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois lawmakers want to end foreign language requirement in high schools
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_1e792777-d8bf-4820-9f42-85118ecab3d4.html
— Both sides of the aisle in the state legislature have agreed home affordability is an issue for Illinois residents in recent weeks. A new program to help first-time home buyers with down payments was announced by Gov. J.B. Pritzker earlier this week. Republicans pitch other solutions. DD: Back in the good old days, that is, back when I was 24 in 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ). The down payment came from the money I earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. During that 25 months, I lived with and helped support my mother and brother in her Crete home. The money I earned also enabled me to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 and to pay for four graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year in 1971 and then $68,999year in 1972. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $87,100.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_13eae4f2-05f9-4990-b893-e23bee1c7a62.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jeff Thorsen Resigns as McHenry County Republican Central Committee Chairman, Vice Chairman Kirk Donald Succeeds Him
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/14/jeff-thorsen-resigns-as-mchenry-county-republican-central-committee-chairman-vice-chairman-kirk-donald-succeeds-him/
— 9th Democratic Party Congressional District Market Gives Biss 69% Chance of Winning
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/14/9th-democratic-party-congressional-district-market-gives-biss-69-chance-of-winning/
— Republicans: Write-In Max Solomon for State Treasurer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/14/republicans-write-in-max-solomon-for-state-treasurer-2/
— High Cost “Low Cost” Housing in McHenry
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/12/high-cost-low-cost-housing-in-mchenry/
— John Collins Replies to Steve Willson’s Letter on the High Cost of Low Income Housing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/13/john-collins-replies-to-steve-willsons-letter-on-the-high-cost-of-low-income-housing/
— Point, Counterpoint: Wilson Replies to Collins’ Critique of His Analysis of the High Cost of McHenry Affordable Income Housing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/14/point-counterpoint-wilson-replies-to-collins-critique-of-his-analysis-of-the-high-cost-of-mchenry-affordable-income-housing/
— Democrat Phil Andrew Mailing in 9th Congressional District Race
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/13/democrat-phil-andrew-mailing-in-9th-congressional-district-race/
— Ted Dabrowski Makes Case for Republican Gubernatorial Nomination
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/13/ted-dabrowski-makes-case-for-republican-gubernatorial-nomination/
— In 11th District GOP House Race, Pierce Admonishing Walter for Not Knowing District Boundaries
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/13/in-11th-district-gop-house-race-pierce-admonishing-waller-for-not-knowing-districtboundaries/
— Health Department Employees Set for $150 Bonus
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/13/health-department-employees-set-for-150-bonus/
— Hacking of Cary Firm Thought to Originate in Iran
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/12/hacking-of-cary-firm-thought-to-originate-in-iran/
— Another 9th District Democratic Party Primary Poll Has Biss Lead Shrinking
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/12/another-9th-district-democratic-party-primary-poll-has-biss-lead-shrinking/
— Darby Hills Co-Sponsoring a Bill To End Daylight Savings Time, Says Change Would Bring More Evening Daylight
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/11/darby-hills-co-sponsoring-a-bill-to-end-daylight-savings-time-says-change-would-bring-more-evening-daylight/
— Pritzker Minimizes $200 Million Subside to Expansion of Kankakee County Medical Firm
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/11/pritzker-minimizes-200-million-subside-to-expansion-of-kankakee-county-medical-firm/
— McHenry County College Nursing Program Sees 98.8% Passing Exam, Ranked #1 Out of 112 in State
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/11/mchenry-county-college-nursing-program-sees-98-8-passing-exam-ranked-1-out-of-112-in-state/
— 11th District GOP Congressional Hopeful Mike Pierce Calls for Passage of SAVE Act
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/10/11tg-district-gop-congressional-hopeful-mike-pierce-calls-for-passage-of-save-act/
— New Law Requiring Two Years of Foreign Language in High School May Led to Fewer Non-College Tracks
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/10/new-law-requiring-two-years-of-foreign-language-in-high-school-may/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— No, Mayor Mamdani, the First Lady of NYC is not a private role
https://nypost.com/2026/03/14/opinion/as-first-lady-of-nyc-rama-duwaji-needs-to-pay-attention-to-her-social-media/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Unfortunate Truth in Gavin Newsom’s Gaffe Regarding the SATs
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/the_unfortunate_truth_in_gavin_newsom_s_gaffe_regarding_the_sats.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Black American youth are today disadvantaged, primarily because the explosive growth of the welfare state, implemented by Newsom’s central planning Democrat forebears like Lyndon B. Johnson dating back to the 1960s, has crippled them. “The welfare state,” writes the late, great Walter E. Williams, “has done to black families what slavery couldn’t do, what Jim Crow couldn’t do, what the harshest racism couldn’t do, and that is to destroy the black family.” The practical result of this effort is on display all around us. The percentage of two-parent black households plummeted in the decades since the 1960s, as subsistence checks provided by daddy-government replaced fathers as the providers for their families. The result has been that many children are growing up in more rudderless, single-parent homes, with young men particularly suffering from the chronic lack of fathers. This has left millions of black Americans trapped in crime-ridden communities and broken public schools. Yes, black Americans are academically disadvantaged, thanks in many ways to Democrat policy and cultural influences that do nothing to promote excellence in education as a virtue. But, sadly, black American students today lag more than Gavin Newsom seems to know or has ever considered, because the SAT score that he cites is significantly higher than the average SAT score of black students in America today. And sadly, largely for the aforementioned reasons, that isn’t saying much.)
COLLEGE FIX
— Christian student teachers now allowed at Chicago Public Schools after settlement
https://www.thecollegefix.com/christian-student-teachers-now-allowed-at-chicago-public-schools-after-settlement/
FEDERALIST
— We Need To Reform’ Broken Legal Immigration System That Welcomes Terrorists, Hurts Americans
https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/13/sen-schmitt-we-need-to-reform-broken-legal-immigration-system-that-welcomes-terrorists-hurts-americans/
— This Week’s Terror Attacks Prove Immigration Isn’t ‘Good’ Just Because It’s Legal
https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/13/this-weeks-terror-attacks-prove-immigration-isnt-good-just-because-its-legal/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Agitators Arrested Outside Arkansas Governor’s Mansion After Event Featuring Erika Kirk
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/03/agitators-arrested-outside-arkansas-governors-mansion-after-event-featuring-erika-kirk/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Jihad in America: The Michigan Attack
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/03/jihad-in-america-the-michigan-attack/
— The American Islamist Threat Never Left Us
https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/03/the-american-islamist-threat-never-left-us/
NEW AMERICAN
— Does America Sit on “Stolen Land”?
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/does-america-sit-on-stolen-land/
NEWS BUSTERS
— Has the Media Been Responsible for America Losing Wars?
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2026/03/14/has-media-been-responsible-america-losing-wars
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC NEWS
— 2 DOGE staffers say ‘no’ regrets for people losing income. DD: I have lost a tremendous amount of income because Gingrich gutted GAO instead of reforming it. The Democrats who ran GAO punished me severely for Gingrich’s budget cuts.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/2-doge-staffers-regrets-people-losing-income-reduce/story?id=131050170
NBC NEWS
— DD: From what I see, more and more and more of those who come to America do so a) because they want to take advantage of the tremendous benefits that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) because they want to turn America into their motherland, and/or c) because they want to convert everyone in America to their religion.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/asylum-seekers-pressured-leave-us-dhs-immigration-ice-detention-rcna259534
NBC SAN FRANCISCO
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly side with Iran against America.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/anti-war-protest-san-francisco/4051550/
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: From what I see, more and more and more of those who come to America do so a) because they want to take advantage of the tremendous benefits that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) because they want to turn America into their motherland, and/or c) because they want to convert everyone in America to their religion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/13/immigration-ice-deportation-economy/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: From what I see, more and more and more of those who come to America do so a) because they want to take advantage of the tremendous benefits that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) because they want to turn America into their motherland, and/or c) because they want to convert everyone in America to their religion.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/21/key-findings-about-us-immigrants/
PBS
— DD: From what I see, more and more and more of those who come to America do so a) because they want to take advantage of the tremendous benefits that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) because they want to turn America into their motherland, and/or c) because they want to convert everyone in America to their religion.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/minnesota-immigration-crackdown-continues-to-spark-fear-among-people-in-u-s-legally
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION
— Adaptability main skill graduates need. DD: I adapted big time when I was 43 in 1992. I started taking graduate evening finance courses at IIT, and after taking 14 courses, I earned a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997. My Democrat GAO superiors had made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS. My Democrat GAO superior since 1990 had made it clear that she wanted/demanded that her subordinates have master’s degrees in finance. None of her other subordinates had master’s degrees in finance or worked toward one. Further, I became a certified fraud examiner in 1990, government financial manager in 1994, financial services auditor in 1996, and forensic accountant in 1997. Nevertheless, in 1997, she successfully led the effort to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/adaptability-main-skill-graduates-need-changing-workplace
February 20, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Candidate Rick Heidner discusses race for Illinois governor
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/candidate-rick-heidner-discusses-race-for-illinois-governor/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Juliana Stratton ad with anti-Trump expletive draws attention in Democratic primary race for US Senate
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/19/illinois-senate-race-stratton-ad-trump-expletive/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use religious leaders a) to glorify and praise their illegals and b) to fight their deportation. Judge Gettleman has helped them do that. When my lawsuit against GAO was transferred from Washington DC to Chicago in 2000, it was initially assigned to Gettleman. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/19/religious-leaders-allowed-into-broadview-ice-facility-for-ash-wednesday-after-judge-orders-dhs-to-grant-access/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Feb. 12, nearly three months into the legal battle, U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman issued a preliminary injunction allowing the coalition entry to the facility on Ash Wednesday to offer ashes and Holy Communion. “The court finds that the government has substantially burdened plaintiffs’ exercise of religion,” the order read. Gettleman ruled that allowing pastoral care to migrants and detainees “will improve the condition of those detained at Broadview.” . . . Gettleman last week ruled that with “reasonable notice and communication, addressing legitimate security and safety concerns, allowing plaintiffs to provide pastoral care to migrants and detainees does not pose any undue hardship on the government.” While the injunction specifically allowed access on Ash Wednesday, it also called on the Department of Homeland Security to confer with the coalition over how religious ministry could continue at the facility going forward. Gettleman set a status hearing in the case for next week.)
WAND TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/democrats-bash-bill-banning-abortion-in-illinois/article_34a41482-8541-4441-b310-e5ab14b5bfcb.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders want their noncitizens to be counted for the census tor their congressional apportionment purposes.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-democrats-say-citizenship-question-could-derail-census-test-and-deter-immigrants-from-participating/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Pritzker focuses on affordability. DD: What has helped you afford things? For me, it has been my taking jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I did yard work in Crete 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1966. I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag in Chicago Heights in 1966. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances Chicago Heights in 1971 and 1972. I collected delinquent taxes for IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies for GAO in Chicago 1980-1997. To get those jobs, to keep those jobs, and to get promoted, I earned a diploma from Crete Monee High School in 1966. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-pritzker-focuses-on-history-affordability-in-8th-state-of-the-state-address/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use religious leaders to glorify and praise their illegals and to fight their deportation. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus rejects the concepts of countries, borders, and laws. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that according to Jesus, when governments do exist, they should exist to hand out welfare. Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly fill their churches with their illegals.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/02/20/cardinal-cupich-meets-the-moment-00790538
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I have requested the DuPage County Election Division (DCED) to provide me with early voting data. It would be great if the DCED would provide me with the number of early votes cast daily, weekly, and cumulatively in DuPage County broken out by a) type of ballot (R,D,NA), b) township, and c) precinct. I would be great if the DCED would post the aforesaid data on its website. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois uses temporary federal aid to fund ongoing social programs
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/waste-watch-illinois-uses-temporary-federal-aid-to-fund-ongoing-social-programs/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump declares ‘I’ve won affordability’ during Georgia visit. DD: What has helped you afford things? For me, it has been my taking jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I did yard work in Crete 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1966. I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag in Chicago Heights in 1966. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances Chicago Heights in 1971 and 1972. I collected delinquent taxes for IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies for GAO in Chicago 1980-1997. To get those jobs, to keep those jobs, and to get promoted, I earned a diploma from Crete Monee High School in 1966. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/4464558/trump-declares-ive-won-affordability-during-georgia-visit/
NEW YORK POST
— Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls out Clarence Thomas while defending city’s reparations task force. DD: Democrats fought to keep slavery. Republicans fought to end it. Today’s Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for slavery. My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, I have always stressed that they always lived in northeast Illinois and that they always voted Republican.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/23/media/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-calls-out-clarence-thomas-while-defending-citys-reparations-task-force/
— Hollywood merger would scale up the ‘woke’
https://nypost.com/2026/02/19/opinion/glitzy-merger-would-scale-up-the-woke/
BLAZE
— Disney’s ‘Gay Days’ are canceled.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/disneys-gay-days-are-canceled-dont-pop-the-champagne-just-yet
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Record Number of Immigration Proceedings Resulting in Voluntary Departures
https://www.fairus.org/legislation/executive/record-number-immigration-proceedings-resulting-voluntary-departures
FOX NEWS
— Illinois lieutenant governor seeking US Senate seat releases video of people saying ‘F— Trump’ ‘They said it. We’re all thinking it,’ Juliana Stratton wrote in a post on X.
https://noticias.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-lieutenant-governor-seeking-us-senate-seat-releases-video-people-saying-f-trump
— Lewis University moves classes online after learning ICE is operating in the same building. University says it has no control over leasing decisions involving other tenants in Oak Brook building.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/illinois-university-moves-classes-online-after-learning-ice-operating-same-building
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Contrived Coarseness Like Juliana Stratton’s Is Here to Stay
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/contrived-coarseness-like-juliana-strattons-is-here-to-stay/
POST MILLENNIAL
— Illinois Dem Lt. Gov Juliana Stratton releases ‘f*ck Trump’ Senate campaign ad vowing to ‘abolish ICE’
https://thepostmillennial.com/illinois-dem-lt-gov-juliana-stratton-releases-f-ck-trump-senate-campaign-ad-vowing-to-abolish-ice
TOWNHALL
— Based on These Remarks, No Wonder Why DC Water Is a Total Trainwreck
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/02/20/based-on-these-remarks-no-wonder-why-dc-water-is-a-total-trainwreck-n2671547
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Illinois Senate candidate Juliana Stratton launches campaign ad featuring people saying ‘F— Trump’
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5746907-juliana-stratton-trump-ad/
NBC NEWS
— New Trump administration order could lead to the detention of thousands of legal refugees. The Department of Homeland Security says in a memo that refugees applying for green cards must return to federal custody one year after they were admitted to the U.S.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-trump-administration-order-lead-detention-thousands-legal-refugees-rcna259838
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/hate-crimes-against-lgbtq-community-on-the-rise-in-texas-across-the-u-s-report-says/
NEW YORK TIMES
— HUD Revives First-Term Trump Proposal to Eject Undocumented Immigrants from Public Housing
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/us/politics/hud-trump-immigrants-housing.html
BLOOMBERG LAW
— 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://news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchange-insights-and-commentary/employers-can-reduce-dei-risk-with-narrow-but-deep-equality-work
FORTUNE
— Stop waiting for the perfect job and just start working. DD: I did not wait. I took bad jobs that my peers would never stoop to take. I did yard work in Crete 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1966. I washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag in Chicago Heights in 1966. I pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights in 1966, 1971, and 1972. I delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969. I worked on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances Chicago Heights in 1971 and 1972. I collected delinquent taxes for IRS in Harvey, Joliet, and Chicago 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies for GAO in Chicago 1980-1997. To get those jobs, to keep those jobs, and to get promoted, I earned a diploma from Crete Monee High School in 1966. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970. I earned job-related master’s degrees from Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. I earned job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://fortune.com/2026/02/15/fox-news-host-dana-perino-gen-z-college-graduate-advice-start-working-build-network-career-advancement/
POST REGISTER
— Precinct Committeeman: Your neighborhood. Your voice. Your chance to serve. DD: I might not have been elected Republican Precinct Committeeman (RPC) in 2000 if Peter Roskam and Randy Hultgren had not endorsed me in writing. Anti-conservative DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton “Republican” leaders had recruited a woman who had never been active in Republican politics to run against me even though I was officially serving as the precinct’s appointed RPC and I had served as the precinct’s Assistant RPC before that. I should write about the aforesaid “Republican” leaders who have taken and continue to take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.
https://www.postregister.com/opinion/columns/opinion-your-neighborhood-your-voice-your-chance-to-serve/article_9ba15e59-f4e9-4d8c-8061-227759874257.amp.html
CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: Democrat colleges use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not admit or hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican students and employees.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/diversity-officers-must-be-clearer-about-goals-says-new-leader
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— ‘F— Trump’: Democrat Juliana Stratton of Illinois under fire over ‘vulgar’ campaign ad for primaries. Juliana Stratton launched a blunt anti-Donald Trump Senate ad featuring a vulgar slogan, drawing backlash online as her primary bid heats up.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/f-trump-democrat-juliana-stratton-of-illinois-under-fire-over-vulgar-campaign-ad-for-primaries-101771541309782.html
February 19, 2026 Evening Edition
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Tudor Dixon, former Michigan gubernatorial candidate, will keynote the DuPage County Republican Central Committee annual Lincoln Day fundraiser on February 27. Event sponsors are: HYDE SPONSOR: Rick Heidner For Illinois Governor, LINCOLN SPONSOR: AM560 TheAnswer, PATRIOT SPONSOR: El Gerson for Ted Dabrowski for IL Governor, John Curran, IL Senate Republican Leader, James Zay, DuPage County Board Member 5, Seth Lewis, State Senator 24th District, Jennifer Davis, Candidate for Congress IL-08, Gary Grasso, Candidate for DuPage County Board Chairman, Patricia Kladis-Schiappa, Candidate for DuPage County Clerk, AMERICA SPONSOR: Bob Berlin, DuPage County State’s Attorney, Don Tracy, Candidate for US Senate, Jeff Walter, Candidate for Congress IL-11, Sean Noonan Candidate for DuPage County Sheriff, Kari Galassi, DuPage County Board Member 3, Jeff Castle Milton Township Republican Chairman & DuPage County GOP Secretary, Josh McBroom Financial Group, DUPAGE SPONSOR: Hon. S. Louis Rathje, Hon. Kirk Dillard, Former State Rep. & DuPage County GOP Chairman, DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick, Candidate for IL Governor, Amber Quirk, Regional Superintendent of Schools, Dan Ugaste, State Rep. 65, Greg Boltz, Downers Grove Township Assessor, Krishna & Meghna Bansal, Bryan Drew, Candidate for IL Comptroller, Niki Conforti, Candidate for Congress IL-06, Julie Berkowicz, Candidate for State Senate 21, Laura Hois, Candidate for State Rep. 81, Robert “Rusty” Stevens, Candidate for State Rep. 46, Ajay Gupta, Candidate for State Rep. 41, Eddie Moore, Candidate for DuPage County Sheriff, Carl Schultz, Candidate for DuPage County Forest Preserve President, Daniel Lomeli, Candidate for DuPage County Board 5, Theresa McClear, Candidate for DuPage County Board 2, Mark Senak, Candidate for Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court, Roger Claar, Former Bolingbrook Mayor, Bill Eagan, CPA, Steve Milltello, TABLE SPONSORS: Kevin Coyne, DuPage County GOP Chairman, Gwen Henry, DuPage County Treasurer, Carol Davis, Illinois Conservative Union, Michael Flynn, IL SCC-03 Deputy, Michael Pierce, Candidate for Congress IL-11, Bloomingdale Township Republicans, Downers Grove Township Republicans, Milton Township Republicans, Naperville Township Republicans, Wayne Township Republicans, York Township Republicans, Jennifer Sanalitro, State Rep. 48, Nicole LaHa, State Rep. 82 – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
DAILY HERALD
— School shooting survivor and gun control advocate David Hogg will be the keynote speaker at the Democratic Party of DuPage County’s annual gala on Sunday. Other scheduled speakers include U.S. Senate candidates Juliana Stratton, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Robin Kelly and Kevin Ryan, as well as other candidates in the March 17 primary election.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260219/us-congress-politics/school-shooting-survivor-to-speak-at-dupage-democratic-event-sunday/
— Krishnamoorthi among nation’s top U.S. Senate fundraisers
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260219/us-congress-politics/krishnamoorthi-among-top-u-s-senate-fundraisers-with-weeks-until-primary/
— Cook County’s top prosecutor lays out road map for charging federal agents
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260219/crime/cook-countys-top-prosecutor-lays-out-road-map-for-charging-federal-agents-2/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cook County top prosecutor circulates policy outlining process for charging federal immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/19/law-enforcement-charging-protocol-immigration/
ABC7
— DD: Democrats fought to keep slavery. Republicans fought to end it. Today’s Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for slavery. My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, I have always stressed that they always lived in northeast Illinois and that they always voted Republican.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/slavery-displays-are-being-restored-presidents-house-site-philadelphias-independence-mall/18620820/
NPR ILLINOIS
— HUD rule could push families with undocumented immigrants out of their homes. DD: How many illegals are Democrats harboring in their homes in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-02-19/hud-rule-could-push-families-with-undocumented-immigrants-out-of-their-homes
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their foreign students.
https://www.nprillinois.org/equity-justice/2026-02-19/international-college-students-have-to-balance-education-with-political-realities
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat employers use Affirmative Action and DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/7559/505255094
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— The 50 Most Powerful Chicagoans. DD: Uihlein is No. 2, Fuentes is No. 7, Tom Ricketts is No. 24, James Perry Jr. is No. 28
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/march-2026/the-50-most-powerful-chicagoans/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/02/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-471/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
JEFF CASTLE
— VIDEO: Important Information regarding the Milton Twp Highway Dept Tax Increase
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1433273224862229
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Both Republican candidates for Illinois Secretary of State are Republican Precinct Committeemen (RPC). I might not have been elected RPC in 2000 if Peter Roskam and Randy Hultgren had not endorsed me in writing. Anti-conservative DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton “Republican” leaders had recruited a woman who had never been active in Republican politics to run against me even though I was officially serving as the precinct’s appointed RPC and I had served as the precinct’s Assistant RPC before that. I should write about the aforesaid “Republican” leaders who have taken and continue to take the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— New DHS policy allows for refugees to be rearrested after a year in U.S.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/19/new-dhs-policy-allows-refugees-rearrested-year-us/
— Trump cracks down on illegal immigrants getting housing assistance
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/19/trump-cracks-illegal-immigrants-getting-housing-assistance/
— DOGE defeat: Congress has rejected most of Trump’s spending cuts
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/19/doge-defeat-congress-rejected-trumps-spending-cuts/
— The District’s DEI hiring obsession led to largest wastewater spill in U.S. history. DC Water focused more on race, gender and sex than sewer maintenance.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/19/districts-dei-hiring-obsession-led-largest-wastewater-spill-us/
— Young Americans deserve real history, not political indoctrination. Declining national pride reflects failures in education, civic teaching and historical truth.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/19/young-americans-deserve-real-history-political-indoctrination/
— Was climate change the greatest financial scandal in history? Many people got very rich, with no measurable public benefit.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/feb/19/climate-change-greatest-financial-scandal-history/
— It’s time to take a stand against ‘woke AI’ before it compromises our reality
https://nypost.com/2026/02/18/opinion/miranda-devine-its-time-to-take-a-stand-against-woke-ai-before-it-compromises-our-reality/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrat Juliana Stratton gets direct in Illinois Senate ad: ‘F*** Trump’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4464034/democrat-juliana-stratton-illinois-senate-trump-ad/
BREITBART
— Democrats Lambasted for Ignoring Christian Ash Wednesday to Highlight Islamic, Chinese Tradition
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2026/02/19/heathens-democrat-party-lambasted-for-ignoring-christianitys-ash-wednesday-to-highlight-islamic-and-chinese-traditions/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Democrats to Boycott State of the Union With Progressive Activists
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/19/12-democrats-announce-boycott-of-trump-state-of-the-union/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly blames Trump for inflation.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5746275-pritzker-attacks-trump-policies/
NBC NEWS
— Illinois Democrat tries to bleep her way through a tough Senate primary with a new expletive-laden anti-Trump ad. Senate candidate Juliana Stratton’s new ad full of F-bombs is the latest move in a contest that has centered on the president.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/illinois-democrat-juliana-stratton-senate-primary-trump-ad-rcna259761
OKLAHOMAN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout a) that Jesus loves illegals and b) that therefore, Jesus despises/hates/condemns Americans who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/religion/2026/02/19/citing-biblical-principles-oklahoma-clergy-call-for-immigration-reform/88741635007/
January 23, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 5 open congressional seats could help drive higher voter turnout for March primary in Illinois. Large-scale protests also illustrate public investment in politics, some say.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/5-open-congressional-seats-could-help-drive-higher-voter-turnout-march-primary-ahead-2026-midterm-election-illinois/18457666/
CBS2
— RNC clears the way for “midterm convention” later this year
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rnc-midterms-convention-2026/
— Federal government watchdogs deny Duckworth’s request for joint probe of immigration agents’ use of force
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/inspectors-general-reject-tammy-duckworth-request-probe-immigration-agents-use-of-force/
— Judge says Trump administration must keep funding child care subsidies in 5 states for now
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/child-care-subsidies-5-states-judge-trump-administration/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Immigrants often don’t open the door to ICE, but that may no longer stop officers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/23/immigrants-ice-open-door/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/23/chicago-faith-leaders-ice/
— Oak Park River Forest League of Women Voters makes a pitch for fair maps
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/23/fair-maps-illinois-oak-park/
DAILY HERALD
— ‘RINOs,’ meet the ‘Depublicans’
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260123/syndicated-columnists/rinos-meet-the-depublicans/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Vance touts the Trump administration’s record against abortion at a Washington rally
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/vance-touts-the-trump-administration-s-record-21311747.php
CITIES 92.9
— Illinois lawmakers clash over ICE funding as DHS bill advances
https://www.cities929.com/2026/01/23/illinois-lawmakers-clash-over-ice-funding-as-dhs-bill-advances/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— As Illinois House returns to Springfield, Democrats focus on Trump. First week of House session yields several symbolic resolutions condemning the administration.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/as-illinois-house-returns-to-springfield-democrats-focus-on-trump/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/01/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-454/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Proposed Illinois bill would let local voters approve rent control, drawing sharp criticism
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_4c9c735d-81fe-4bd8-833c-cbebe2652bfe.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS says family abandoned 5-year-old migrant, ICE ‘cared for him’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/23/dhs-says-family-abandoned-5-year-old-migrant-ice-cared/
— HUD orders citizenship checks for those in public housing
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/23/hud-orders-citizenship-checks-public-housing/
NEW YORK POST
— Lefty efforts to justify the St. Paul church invasion are worse than the attack itself
https://nypost.com/2026/01/22/opinion/lefty-efforts-to-justify-the-st-paul-church-invasion-are-worse-than-the-attack-itself/
BLAZE
— Trump’s primary endorsements are sabotaging his own agenda
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/trumps-primary-endorsements-are-sabotaging-his-own-agenda
CAMPUS REFORM
— Nurses to simulate abortions on dragon fruit at University of Illinois Chicago’s ‘Abortion Care Skills Day.’ The college’s ‘Abortion Care Skills Day’ will be an ‘immersive experience’ for nursing students on how to perform medicated and procedural abortions as well as a hands-on abortion training using dragon fruit to simulate a fetus. ‘The very people that are meant to save lives are taught how to intentionally end them by starving, vacuuming, dismembering, and poisoning the most vulnerable in our society,’ a student told Campus Reform.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/nurses-simulate-abortions-dragon-fruit-university-illinois-chicagos-abortion-care-skills-day/29294
— University of Illinois funds ‘The New Age of Sexism’ book club. A book club centered on AI and misogyny is being hosted by the Women’s Resources Center at the University of Illinois. It is promoted through UIUC’s Diversity Calendar as an official campus event.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-illinois-funds-the-new-age-sexism-book-club/29283
— Augustana College, a Lutheran liberal arts school in Rock Island, Illinois, has renamed its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) office, saying the move reflects internal decision-making as colleges nationwide retreat from the DEI label.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/augustana-college-rebrands-dei-office-cites-mission-driven-shift/29291
DAILY CALLER
— Feds Fail To Convict Chicago Illegal Who Allegedly Put $10,000 Bounty On Border Chief’s Head
https://dailycaller.com/2026/01/23/gangbanger-not-guilty-of-bovino-bounty/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Left-Wing Late-Night Propaganda Isn’t ‘News’
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/01/23/left-wing-late-night-propaganda-isnt-news/amp/
EPOCH TIMES
— Rich Chinese are “Renting” American Women’s Wombs to get US Citizenship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7NXU2USSQo
FEDERALIST
— Virginia Democrats Want Schools To Push State-Enforced Homosexuality
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/23/virginia-democrats-want-schools-to-push-state-enforced-homosexuality/
— Protesters Who Disrupted Minnesota Church Service Were Practicing Their Own Godless Religion
https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/23/protesters-who-disrupted-minnesota-church-service-were-practicing-their-own-godless-religion/
REASON
— The GOP Looks Increasingly Like a Home for Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Many Republicans are now openly embracing ideas from the progressive playbook. Call them “Depublicans.”
https://reason.com/2026/01/22/the-gop-looks-increasingly-like-a-home-for-elizabeth-warren-and-bernie-sanders/
TOWNHALL
— This New Virginia Law Helps Illegals Vote for Democrats
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/01/23/this-new-virginia-law-helps-keep-illegals-voting-for-democrats-n2669983
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: How much success have Democrats had taking over your church? The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-religious.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000010656349/good-for-the-church-but-bad-for-the-country.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Clergy Members Are Arrested in Minnesota Amid Anti-ICE Protests. Thousands take part in demonstrations across Twin Cities. Approximately 100 clergy members were arrested at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport during an immigration protest. DD: How strongly have Democrat leaders taken over your church?
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/clergy-members-are-arrested-in-minnesota-amid-anti-ice-protests-cce52a25
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Trump lauds ‘tremendous’ federal workforce cuts. Partnership for Public Service calls them ‘disturbing.’ DD: If I could tell Trump about my federal career, that is, if I could tell him about how my Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997, I wonder how he would react. I never sat around and did nothing, although, I was grossly underutilized. The longer that you are a federal employee, the more difficult, if not impossible, it is to get a job appropriate for your education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional license. Virtually everyone shares Trump’s extremely low opinion of federal employees. What does Trump know about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination in the federal government? I know a lot.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/01/trump-lauds-tremendous-federal-workforce-cuts-good-government-group-calls-them-disturbing/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As he marked one year since being sworn into office, President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted the actions of his administration — including praising the major reductions to the federal workforce throughout 2025. “I don’t want to cut people, but when you cut them and they go out and get a better job, I like to cut them,” Trump said during a nearly two-hour press briefing, while also stating his administration “slashed tremendous numbers of people off the federal payroll.” The White House on Tuesday also released a list of “365 wins” over the last year, commending the administration’s efforts to ensure a “merit-based” federal workforce. The list includes federal workforce actions overhauling the probationary period; eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion across government; requiring employees to work on-site full-time; slashing federal jobs; and limiting agencies to one new hire for every four employees who exit the civil service. “I say, get rid of everybody that’s unnecessary, because that’s the way you make America great again,” Trump said. “When you have all these jobs where people are sitting around doing nothing and they get a lot of money from the government, it’s no good.”)
LAWFARE
— Is the GAO the Next Battlefield in the Fight for Separation of Powers? The expiration of the comptroller general’s term is an opportunity for Congress to reassert itself, or retreat further. DD: GAO is supposed to be nonpartisan, but it is ever-increasingly not. It has ever-increasingly been run by Democrats. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, I was one of the last Republicans GAO hired. Virtually all, if not all of GAO employees are Democrats. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would have been no need for DOGE. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997, when I was 49 years old.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/is-the-gao-the-next-battlefield-in-the-fight-for-separation-of-powers
December 3, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Student groups, political leaders divided over Northwestern’s federal funding deal with Trump admin.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/jewish-student-advocates-political-leaders-divided-northwestern-universitys-federal-funding-deal-trump-administration/18246627/
NBC5
— Trump says he will roll back fuel efficiency standards for vehicles
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-says-he-will-roll-back-fuel-efficiency-standards-for-vehicles/3858427/
— Evanston church puts up immigration-themed Nativity scene with baby Jesus in zip ties. DD: The Democrat Party’s conquering of religion will soon be complete.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/evanston-church-puts-up-immigration-themed-nativity-scene-with-baby-jesus-in-zip-ties/3858423/
CBS2
— Trump administration seeks detailed information on SNAP recipients from democratic states, including Illinois
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/federal-government-wants-democratic-states-to-hand-over-detailed-information-snap-recipients/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders use cold temperatures to blast Trump.
https://www.wbez.org/housing/2025/12/03/chicago-homelessness-trump-housing-policies
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Extremely dangerous for the citizens’: Harvey Fire Department staffing down to 40% after new layoffs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/harvey-fire-department-layoffs-danger/
— Evanston church’s Nativity depicts baby Jesus zip-tied by ICE agents. DD: The Democrat Party’s conquering of religion will soon be complete.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/evanston-nativity-baby-jesus-zip-tied-ice-agents/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Venezuela.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/opinion-donald-trump-venezuela-war-chapman/
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DD: The Democrat Party is the party of vice.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2025/12/03/millions-of-dollars-spent-on-these-gambling-machines-in-springfield/87276299007/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker has all the advantages as he looks ahead to 2026
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-pritzker-has-all-the-advantages-as-he-looks-ahead-to-2026/article_0aeaf64d-16ca-4e87-b833-441bdd4f0b59.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump calls Somali migrants ‘garbage’ as administration reportedly plans ICE operation in Minnesota
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-12-03/trump-calls-somali-migrants-garbage-as-administration-reportedly-plans-ice-operation-in-minnesota
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-431/
— DD: Pritzker ever-increasingly takes the lead in promoting more hatred against Trump.
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/03/pritzker-says-he-has-no-regrets-about-wearing-bullet-proof-vest-on-jimmy-kimmel-show-to-mock-trumps-statements-on-chicago-crime/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker encourages protests as feds challenge use of force lawsuit
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_08633185-3b06-4a71-956a-4b163e474a40.html
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois has the highest pension debt per capita. Even if the state spent an extra $1 million a day, your distant descendants would still be paying in 2600.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/1-million-a-day-x-600-years-to-fill-illinois-pension-hole/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— U.S. wasted billions trying to fix Afghanistan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/3/us-wasted-billions-trying-fix-afghanistan-says-acting-inspector/
— GAO finds dead people, fabricated applications collected Obamacare tax credit
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/3/audit-finds-dead-people-fabricated-applications-collected-obamacare/
NEW YORK POST
— AT&T vows to scrap DEI policies — including worker training that called racism ‘uniquely white trait.’ DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites.
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/business/atampt-vows-to-scrap-dei-policies-including-worker-training-that-called-racism-uniquely-white-trait/
— Dems’ fake rage at Pete Hegseth is their latest stab at toppling Trump
https://nypost.com/2025/12/03/opinion/dems-fake-rage-at-pete-hegseth-is-their-latest-stab-at-toppling-trump/
BREITBART
— Illinois Law Granting Student Financial Aid to Illegal Aliens Goes into Effect January 1. DD: The Democrats who run Illinois ever-increasingly reject federal law.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/03/illinois-law-granting-student-financial-aid-illegal-aliens-goes-effect-january-1/
EPOCH TIMES
— Rubio Says Venezuelan Government a ‘Transshipment Organization’ for Drug Trafficking. The secretary of state’s comments come amid an escalating pressure campaign against Venezuela and the Maduro regime in recent weeks.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/rubio-says-venezuelan-government-a-transshipment-organization-for-drug-trafficking-5953140
NEWSMAX
— Illinois to Open State Scholarships to Illegal Migrants in 2026
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/illegal-immigrants-illinois-state-scholarships/2025/12/03/id/1236975/
PJ MEDIA
— Illegal Alien Hanover Park Policeman Busted by ICE… Returns to Duty?!
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/12/03/illegal-alien-policeman-busted-by-ice-returns-to-duty-n4946666
TOWNHALL
— CNN Boosts Anti-ICE Activists Again — This Time by Promoting ‘Whistle Alerts’ for Illegals
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/03/new-orleans-ice-whistles-cnn-tracker-n2667309
— Guess How Many Illegal Immigrants Received Social Security Numbers From the Biden Administration
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2025/12/02/guess-how-many-illegal-immigrants-received-social-security-numbers-from-the-biden-administration-n2667250
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Charlie Kirk, that is. against conservatives.
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/letters/2025/12/03/letter-why-do-people-believe/
POLITICO
— Pentagon watchdog says Hegseth’s Signal use put troops at risk. DD: There never has been anything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and there never will be anything that was not already in the public realm and/or that Democrats did not already know.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/03/pentagon-watchdog-says-hegseths-signal-use-put-troops-at-risk-00674547
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrats and RINOs punish all Republicans for everything that Trump says or does that they do not like.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/trump-refugee-collective-punishment/685115/
ADVOCATE
— Here’s what Mamdani has promised to do for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers as mayor
https://www.advocate.com/politics/zohran-mamdani-lgbtq-campaign-promises
December 2, 2025 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Dell family to give $6.25 billion to create 25 million additional ‘Trump Accounts.’ “This gift is expected to reach nearly 80% of children age 10 and under across 75% of U.S. zip codes,” according to Invest America.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/dell-billions-donations-trump-accounts/3857683/
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders use students to crow about their obstruction of justice.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/12/02/as-immigration-agents-swept-chicago-this-fall-communities-stepped-in-to-get-kids-to-school-safely
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight enforcement of immigration laws.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/sen-dick-durbin-demands-answers-from-homeland-security-regarding-u-s-citizens-caught-up-in-immigration-raids/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/02/opinion-chicago-immigration-raids-lessons-children/
DAILY HERALD
— Needless dispute: Censure of DuPage County clerk could have been avoided
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251202/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-needless-dispute-censure-of-dupage-county-clerk-could-have-been-avoided/
— Batavia pub gets OK for video gambling, despite being next to two churches
https://www.dailyherald.com/20251202/gambling/batavia-pub-gets-ok-for-video-gambling-despite-being-next-to-two-churches/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Trump for price increases.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/more-americans-say-trump-has-helped-raise-prices-rather-than-lower-them-survey/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/12/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-430/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Bill on Pritzker’s desk enhances Illinois’ migrant sanctuary policies. DD: The Democrats who run Illinois are ever closer to officially seceding Illinois from the United States.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_adaf80e0-ede3-4720-9968-6028d9d1fbbf.html
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you are a Republican and if more and more and more of the voters in your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct are voting for Democrats, your future is bleaker and bleaker and bleaker. At what point will you move? But if you move to a prosperous and safe area that Republicans created, Democrats will a) move into that area to take advantage of that prosperity and safety and b) get rid of you. Look at DuPage County. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Young socialists revolt as Democratic Party hits 30-year popularity low
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/democratic-party-popularity-hits-30-year-low-young-socialists-gain/
— GOP advances bill to add citizenship question to 2030 census
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/gop-advances-bill-add-citizenship-question-2030-census/
— Journalist group presses White House to remove ‘media offenders’ webpage
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/2/journalist-group-presses-white-house-remove-media-offenders-webpage/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani Taps Felon Who Served 7 Years for Robbing NYC Taxi Drivers as ‘Criminal Legal System’ Adviser
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/mamdani-taps-felon-who-served-7-years-for-robbing-nyc-taxi-drivers-as-criminal-legal-system-adviser/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump Derangement Syndrome is real
https://nypost.com/2025/12/02/opinion/trump-derangement-syndrome-is-real-these-hysterical-threats-prove-it/
— Anti-ICE chaos in Lower Manhattan is a sign of trouble ahead
https://nypost.com/2025/12/01/opinion/anti-ice-chaos-in-lower-manhattan-is-a-taste-of-whats-to-come-if-mamdani-amp-feds-cant-cooperate/
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— States Fail to Require Adequate Cannabis Product Safety Warnings. DD: Pot is poison.
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/states-fail-to-require-adequate-cannabis-product-safety-warnings/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Lawmakers who spent hundreds of millions on illegals want to charge Chicagoans $1.25 ‘package fee’ deliveries.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2025/12/02/lawmakers-who-spent-hundreds-of-millions-on-illegals-want-to-charge-chicagoans-1-25-package-fee-deliveries-1607606/
BREITBART
— Trump: ‘The Word Affordability Is a Con Job by the Democrats’ After Biden’s Historic Inflation
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/02/trump-word-affordability-is-con-job-democrats-after-bidens-historic-inflation/
DAILY SIGNAL
— House GOP Pushing Affordability Heading Into Election Year
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/02/house-gop-pushing-affordability-heading-into-election-year/
FOX NEWS
— Trump unleashes on Dems’ top campaign platform: affordability
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6385857884112
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CNN
— Religious leaders sue to block ICE raids at houses of worship. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn religious leaders against America.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/world/video/religious-leaders-sue-to-block-ice-raids-at-houses-of-worship
USA TODAY
— ‘Affordability is a con job by the Democrats’: Trump tells Cabinet. Trump said tariffs are generating billions of dollars from countries such as Japan and South Korea that had been ‘ripping us off.’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/02/trump-cabinet-meeting-venezuela-live-updates/87566205007/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Trump dismisses affordability concerns as Democratic ‘con job’
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/02/trump-dismisses-affordability-concerns-as-democratic-con-job/
NEW YORK SUN
— Illinois Church’s Nativity Scene Depicts Baby Jesus Zip-Tied, Romans as ICE Agents. ‘The Holy Family were refugees. This is not political interpretation, this is the reality described,’ the church says. DD: The Democrat Party’s conquering of religion will soon be complete.
https://www.nysun.com/article/illinois-churchs-nativity-scene-depicts-baby-jesus-zip-tied-romans-as-ice-agents
NEWSWEEK
— In a survey of more than 1,200 likely Illinois voters, carried out between November 20 and 25 and seen by Fox 32, Chicago-based Victory Research put Pritzker at 54.3 percent of the vote, compared to 34 percent for GOP candidate Darren Bailey.
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-chances-beating-jb-pritzker-illinois-governor-election-11142102
FORBES
— Giving Tuesday: What It Is And How To Maximize Its Impact. DD: What do you give to others? Since 2000, I have given my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to anyone who wants to read them free of charge, without any advertising, and without any donation requests. Since 2004, they have included links to almost 530,000 articles.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/juliekratz/2025/12/02/giving-tuesday-what-it-is-and-how-to-maximize-its-impact/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Why America needs the GAO: DD: For almost 18 years, I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO. If Gingrich had reformed GAO during that time instead of gutting it, DOGE would not have been needed.
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2025/11/why-america-needs-gao-doge-done-right/409745/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ten months after the launch of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, one thing is clear: no one can agree on how much money it saved—or, in fact, whether it saved any money at all—and, if there were savings, what happened to them. What if DOGE were done right? Here something else is clear: we have had the Government Accountability Office, founded as a green-eye-shade operation back in 1921 to audit every single government transaction. It’s grown into the indispensable watchdog on the federal government’s spending and operations. It’s what DOGE done right looks like. At first, Musk promised to find $2 trillion in savings. Then the pledge dropped to $1 trillion. Then he struggled to document any savings at all. Since 2002, GAO’s work has logged more than $1.45 trillion in savings for taxpayers, across more than 29,000 different federal operations. Last year, savings were $67.5 billion. And better than most watchdogs glad to gobble up every available can of dog food, GAO has kept watch on itself. It’s measured the return on taxpayer investment in its own operations: $123 for every budget dollar. It’s operations aren’t flashy. In fact, they’re pretty wonky, which as card-carrying wonks we greatly admire. Its staff get advanced training when they walk into the door, which never stops as employees move up through the ranks. The size of its staff, which was reduced from 5,200 staff to its current level of about 3,500 after the Republican takeover of the House in 1995, has been relatively stable over the last decade, despite expanding demands on its work. Musk promised to trim the number of federal agencies. “There’s so many that people have never heard of. I think we should be able to get away with 99 agencies,” he said. It wasn’t clear where that number came from. It was clear from his work that DOGE didn’t know how to get there. GAO, on the other hand, has been identifying areas of duplication and overlap since 2011, with $725 billion in savings in this area alone. As others were struggling to come up with solid savings, GAO in May issued a 154-page report detailing just how to do more. Musk brought in IT whiz kids to comb through the federal government’s information services, but they had little to show for it except putting the security of Americans’ personal information at risk. GAO, in contrast, laid out a plan for figuring out how to save money on IT. Better proof-of-concept work in space-based laser communications could save hundreds of million dollars—and the government could pick up $157 billion by better managing the payment rates in Medicare. In a February Oval Office meeting, Musk claimed the federal government was full of officials who had approved money for “fraudsters,” but that claim turned out to be little more than arm-waving. GAO, in contrast, has since 1990 prepared a report every two years on programs prone to waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement. Its latest report, in February 2025, identified 38 areas needing special attention. This “high-risk list” bears careful reading for anyone who really cares about getting into the guts of the problem. It identifies issues ranging from contract management in the Pentagon to money leaking out of federal disability programs to management of oil and gas leases to mega-challenges inside the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster assistance. Even a casual look of the report—all 323 pages of it—would convince any reader that it’s a road map for which stones to unturn to get at the unholy trinity of waste, fraud and abuse. But there’s more here. GAO keeps score so we can see who’s making progress—and who isn’t. In 10 areas, federal agencies made $84 billion in progress. Three slipped backwards—acquisition of weapons systems by the Pentagon, improving IT management throughout the government and managing the federal government’s property. And even more. GAO doesn’t operate like a sheriff riding into town promising to clean up the saloons. It has developed a big-picture look at federal operations and identified leading practices that federal agencies can pick up. Like any oversight body, federal agencies don’t always like what they hear and often squawk. But there’s no question that we—and even they—are a whole lot better off for GAO’s work. GAO is relatively little known outside government. Even less well known is the fact that it’s an agency that works for Congress. That often is a thorn in the side of the administration, regardless of who’s in power, because GAO often says things the administration would rather not hear. That’s especially been the case in recent months with GAO’s findings that the administration has violated the law in impounding federal money—refusing to spend money that Congress appropriated. This was at the root of Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought’s statement that GAO “shouldn’t exist”. The OMB Director doesn’t want anyone looking over their shoulder, just as students don’t like to take home report cards that aren’t straight-A’s or spend their time in detention. But now that we’re closing in on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and celebrating the Constitution that the founders crafted to govern us, we need to strengthen the balance-of-powers model that Madison and the other founders left us. They deliberately chose not to give us an easy system to use in governing ourselves. That means the three branches of government are always going to be jousting with each other—and that’s how it should be. In the growing complexity of our society, we need governmental institutions that can keep up with that complexity. That means Congress, in turn, needs muscle to do the heavy lifting required to oversee the executive branch, whether it’s a Republican or Democratic Congress, or a Republican or Democratic President. That’s what Washington, Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton and the other founders had in mind. And that’s why the next month is so important. The current head of GAO, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, will be at the end of his fifteen-year term, the longest term in the federal government except for the lifetime appointment of federal judges, and the process to name a successor will shift into high gear. A special commission—consisting of congressional leaders—recommends a slate of individuals to the president. The president selects one person to nominate, and the Senate must then confirm the new head. This appointment is a pretty big deal. It will ensure strong oversight through the 2030s into the 2040s and reinforce the balance of powers for even longer. GAO will provide the executive branch with the independent insights it needs to wring out waste, fraud and abuse. It is a tool that Congress can use to hold the executive branch accountable, essential because a weak GAO weakens the legislative branch. We all have a stake in making sure that GAO can provide the oversight the Constitution requires—and the balance of powers that they designed.)
HR DIVE
— As major firms green-light AI for performance reviews, should others follow suit? Artificial intelligence promises efficiency and data-driven insights, but it could also subject employers to bias claims and compliance obligations, sources say. DD: Democrat and RINO employers use performance reviews to get rid of their Republican employees. They paint their Democrat employees as positively as they can and they paint their Republican employees as negatively as they can. In Diersen v. GAO, I entered into the court record all the many performance reviews that my Democrat superiors gave me 1980-1997. None of them came close to justifying the many adverse actions that they took against me. They forced me to take a $23,472 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. They kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO. They delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13. They always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance. They forced me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/AI-for-performance-reviews/806785/
PBS
— Trump says the word ‘affordability’ is a ‘con job’ by the Democrats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS8IJgsOip8
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Chicago’s faith leaders on front lines of resistance against ICE crackdown. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn religious leaders against America.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/chicago-faith-leaders-ice-crackdown
November 19, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Pritzker holds private meeting with Pope Leo XIV in Rome. “You can feel his humanity,” Pritzker said in an interview with NBC 5. “It was a special moment, even for this Jewish boy.” DD: What complaints do the Pope and Pritzker share against Trump?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/nbc-5-exclusive-pritzker-holds-private-meeting-with-pope-leo-xiv-in-rome/3853221/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Dabrowski: Illinois Republicans want their party to make arguments, not excuses
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/opinion-illinois-republicans-power/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight deportation of their illegals.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20251119/281711210930928
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: What percent of illegals want/need/demand public assistance?
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-11-18/trump-administration-rule-could-further-penalize-immigrants-for-using-benefits
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Little Village’s 26th Street Slowly Comes Back To Life After Months Of Immigration Raids. Business owners celebrated a noticeably more lively weekend after Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino and many of his agents left town. “There’s feeling of a brotherhood now, of people coming out to the community to be supportive,” one business manager said. DD: How dependent on their illegals have Democrat and RINO leaders made your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and your precinct?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/18/little-villages-26th-street-slowly-comes-back-to-life-after-months-of-immigration-raids/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Where’s JB: Meeting the Pope
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/11/19/wheres-jb-at-the-vatican-with-the-pope-00658696
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/11/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-635/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Glennon on Chicago’s property tax bills
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-chicagos-property-tax-bills-youtube-am560/
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— The Washington Post decries the money that baby boomers have. I am a baby boomer. Are you a baby boomer? If so, where did your money come from? My money came from what I earned doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping more gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, auditing federal agencies 1980-1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997, my Social Security since 2010, and more recently, three inheritances. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What opinions on socialism do your critics/opponents have? My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I benefitted big time by working for the federal government for almost 30 years and that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How has antisemitism impacted you? My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump administration accuses Illinois officials of inciting ICE protests
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/3890533/trump-administration-accuses-illinois-officials-of-inciting-ice-protests/
— National conservatism isn’t the future of the GOP
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3890772/national-conservatism-not-gop-future/
— Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani 2028 ticket: Don’t laugh, socialism rising. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I benefitted big time by working for the federal government for almost 30 years and that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3890760/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-zohran-mamdani-2028-ticket-dont-laugh-socialism-rising/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani Throws Support Behind State Assembly Candidate Who Blamed 9/11 on America. DD: Will Mamdani succeed in uniting non-Christians against Christians?
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/socialists-unite-mamdani-throws-support-behind-behind-state-assembly-candidate-who-blamed-9-11-on-america/
— Cal State Schools Require Students To Take DEI Classes To Graduate. Options Include ‘Queer Crip Lit’ and ‘Decolonize Your Diet.’
https://freebeacon.com/campus/cal-state-schools-require-students-to-take-dei-classes-to-graduate-options-include-queer-crip-lit-and-decolonize-your-diet/
AMAC
— Government Shutdown Exposes Massive Illegal Alien Welfare Fraud
https://amac.us/newsline/economy/government-shutdown-exposes-massive-illegal-alien-welfare-fraud/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Why young Americans support democratic socialism. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/why_young_americans_support_democratic_socialism.html
— The running gag, the leftist lie: ‘Socialism has never been tried before.’ DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/the_running_gag_the_leftist_lie_socialism_has_never_been_tried_before.html
BLAZE
— Charlotte school district attendance plummets after immigration raid, sparking concerns about illegal alien numbers
https://www.theblaze.com/news/charlotte-school-district-attendance-plummets-after-immigration-raid-sparking-concerns-about-illegal-alien-numbers
— Bill Maher warns Democrats the radical left is leading party to ruin. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/socialism-will-f-k-you-bill-maher-warns-democrats-the-radical-left-is-leading-party-to-ruin
BREITBART
— States Illegally Issued 194,000 Commercial Driver’s Licenses to Foreign Truckers
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/18/sean-duffy-states-illegally-issued-194000-commercial-drivers-licenses-to-foreign-truckers/
— Majority of Democrats Have Favorable View of Socialism. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/11/18/poll-majority-of-democrats-have-favorable-view-of-socialism/amp/
— Trump urged GOP-led states to redraw US House districts. Now other states also are gerrymandering.
https://www.breitbart.com/news/trump-urged-gop-led-states-to-redraw-us-house-districts-now-other-states-also-are-gerrymandering/amp/
DAILY CALLER
— How America’s Biggest Socialist Group Could Get A Million Mamdanis Elected. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.aol.com/articles/america-biggest-socialist-group-could-215027342.html
— Socialist Mamdani Won’t Stop Asking His Supporters To Redistribute Wealth … To Him
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/18/zohran-mamdani-supporters-money/
DAILY WIRE
— Millions Of Illegals Are Receiving Food Stamps
https://www.dailywire.com/news/yes-millions-of-illegals-are-receiving-food-stamps
FOX BUSINESS
— Republicans prepare for post-Trump era with a new generation of conservative leaders
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6385262875112
FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary states need crackdown as Americans pay price for illegal immigrant truckers
https://www.foxnews.com/us/sanctuary-states-need-crackdown-americans-pay-price-illegal-immigrant-truckers-gop-lawmaker
NEWSMAX
— Pope Backs US Bishops in Blasting Trump Immigration Crackdown. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/pope-leo-xiv-bishops-donald-trump/2025/11/18/id/1235102/
— DHS Moves to Deny Migrants ‘Primarily Dependent’ on Govt Assistance
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dhs-green-cards-snap/2025/11/18/id/1235042/
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— Affordable Housing Fixes Hide Socialist Wish-Lists
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2025/11/19/affordable_housing_fixes_hide_socialist_wish-lists_1148276.html
— AI-Touting Technocrats Sell Socialism As Solution. DD: When my critics/opponents aren’t blaming their problems on discrimination against those who share their demographics, they blame their problems on capitalism.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2025/11/18/ai-touting_technocrats_sell_socialism_as_solution_1147989.html
TOWNHALL
— As Religion Weakens, Socialism Strengthens. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2025/11/19/as-religion-weakens-socialism-strengthens-n2666640
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— The right battles to define the post-Trump GOP, just 1 year into his presidency
https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-movement/5609862-trump-future-republican-party-squabbles/amp/
— Ben Shapiro warns young people to flee New York City, socialism
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-ben-shapiro-warns-young-184716819.html
CNN
— Senate unanimously agrees to send Epstein bill to Trump’s desk
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-presidency-epstein-files-house-vote-11-18-25
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/18/business/prices-economy-tariff-small-business
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War against Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/immigrants-survey-trump.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly get religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/us/catholic-church-immigration-trump.html
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/us/politics/trump-mcdonalds-affordability-inflation.html
WASHINGTON POST
— How baby boomers got so rich and why their kids are unlikely to catch up. DD: I am a baby boomer. Are you a baby boomer? If so, where did your money come from? My money came from what I earned doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping more gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, auditing federal agencies 1980-1997, my Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997, my Social Security since 2010, and more recently, three inheritances.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/18/baby-boomer-wealth/
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/15/zohran-mamdani-victory-nyc-democratic-socialism/87231501007/
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/11/18/mcdonalds-lower-income-customers/87334177007/
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— The federal takeover of New York City has begun
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/19/the-federal-takeover-of-new-york-city-has-begun/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Trump’s Grip on Republicans Shows First Signs of Slipping
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps-grip-on-republicans-shows-first-signs-of-slipping-794e3c51
— Gen Z, Socialism and the ‘Memes’ of Production. Students discuss the popularity of the far left among young people. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/gen-z-socialism-and-the-memes-of-production-db3af34c
— Antisemitism Betrays America’s Heritage. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government forced my many Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/antisemitism-betrays-americas-heritage-3fd6d3d1
BARRON’S
— DD: Under the Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer become productive members of society.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/trump-economy-prices-consumers-affordability-40464997
FORBES
— Republicans & Dems Spar Over Resolution ‘Denouncing The Horrors Of Socialism’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGo527KDfMM
— DD: Republicans urge Democrats to denounce socialism. DD: My critics/opponents who have less money than I have want socialism. They blame their problems on capitalism. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had spent my career in the private sector instead of government, I never would have earned $153,151/year in today’s dollars when I was 49 years old in 1997. How much would I have been earning in 1997 if I had spent my career in the private sector? I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I earned professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting. I became a licensed CPA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20hneB6DbLs
WESTLAW
— Trump is close to implementing a rule that would end long-standing legal protections for whistleblowers among senior federal employees. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire Democrats, to retain Democrats, and to promote Democrats.
https://today.westlaw.com/Document/I317e0d90c4d811f08e72ef1396201407/View/FullText.html
FED WEKK
— NTEU Sues for Release of Positions Recommended for Schedule Policy/Career. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire Democrats, to retain Democrats, and to promote Democrats.
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/nteu-sues-for-release-of-positions-recommended-for-schedule-policy-career/amp/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Senate Republicans Want To Charge Federal Workers Thousands Of Dollars For Job Security. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire Democrats, to retain Democrats, and to promote Democrats.
https://www.aol.com/senate-republicans-want-charge-federal-163110256.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate Republicans are pursuing a plan through their “big, beautiful bill” that would force new federal employees to pay for traditional job protections, a major reform that unions have decried as “extortion.” The measure put forth late last week by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee mirrors a similar one House Republicans included in their version of the reconciliation bill that passed last month. It would require federal workers to pay thousands of additional dollars into their government retirement plans each year unless they choose to be “at-will” employees who can be fired without cause. The cost to workers is even steeper in the Senate legislation. Whereas the House version would require new hires to pay an additional 5% of their salary to avoid being at-will, the Senate version hikes it to a whopping 10%. Even those who forgo civil service protections would still have to chip in another 5% — a measure not included in the House bill. In other words, a new federal worker on a $50,000 salary would be paying an extra $2,500 into the retirement plan compared to a veteran employee. And if that new worker wanted the same job protections as the veteran, they would have to pay an extra $5,000 instead.)
AXIOS
— Pope Leo denounces “extremely disrespectful” treatment of immigrants in U.S. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly succeed in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/pope-leo-trump-immigration-crackdown-us-bishops-message
ACLU
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success getting in veterans to protest Trump.
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/dozens-of-veterans-descend-on-capitol-hill-to-oppose-military-deployments-to-u-s-cities
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
NTD
— ICE to Target Employers Hiring Illegal Immigrant Workers
https://www.ntd.com/ice-to-target-employers-hiring-illegal-immigrant-workers-says-director_1108749.html
TELEGRAPH
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Epstein to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/why-maga-is-obsessed-with-epstein-and-why-the-21195160.php
November 3, 2025
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-channyn-lynne-parker-new-ceo-equality-illinois/18100582/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/chicago-woman-collision-ice-accountability/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/chicago-ice-restaurants/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/opinion-chicago-immigration-crackdown-college-students/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/01/aurora-food-pantries-immigration-fears-snap-lapse/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/02/street-vendors-little-village/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/01/franklin-park-day-of-dead-celebration/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/opinion-snap-benefits-illinois-food-pantry-government-shutdown/
— Illinois pats itself on the back for better student performance — after lowering education standards
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/isbe-education-illinois-proficiency-test-scores/
— Operation Midway Blitz linked to dip in 911 calls, especially in Little Village
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/911-calls-midway-blitz-little-village/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly protect their illegals.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2025/11/03/ice-raids-immigrants-businesses-economy-mary-beth-canty-nicolle-grasse-nabeela-syed
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11/02/chicago-snap-evanston-food-drive
JOURNAL COURIER
— ICE making push into downstate Illinois, including Macoupin, as lawmakers try to block courthouses
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/as-ice-pushes-downstate-lawmakers-try-block-21133280.php
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— What’s on the ballot in the first general election since Donald Trump became president. DD: Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and b) shout that to punish Trump, vote for all the Democrat candidates on your ballot.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/whats-on-the-ballot-in-the-first-general-election-since-donald-trump-became-president/article_5a3fad85-7168-54a0-a0b3-092d1a43f87d.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who are the conservative leaders in Illinois? It would be great if each of them would write at least one article a week that promotes the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving), and/or other planks in the Republican Party platform and post it on their website and email the link to me at diersen@aol.com . It would be great if they would show in their articles how the aforesaid planks promote prosperity, safety, and fairness. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Step aside, Wikipedia; it’s Grok to the future. The site finally has a rival programmed for accuracy, not wokeness. DD: My critics/opponents are woke. They promote wokeness/wokeism to destroy those like me who refuse to be manipulated or dominated by them, who refuse to glorify or paise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/nov/2/step-aside-wikipedia-grok-future/
NEW YORK POST
— Trump defends ICE raids, declares ‘they haven’t gone far enough’
https://nypost.com/2025/11/02/us-news/trump-defends-ice-raids-declares-they-havent-gone-far-enough-in-first-60-minutes-interview-since-suing-cbs/
— Champagne Socialist Zohran Mamdani slammed for hogging $2,300 apartment — despite six-figure salary, wealthy family. DD: My critic/opponents have always used against me my not getting a scholarships and my having to work my way through college. According to them, that proves at I am stupid and my parents were filthy rich. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents had the most money.
https://www.aol.com/cuomo-bashes-rich-person-zohran-125945960.html
AMAC
— Mamdani’s Rise Proves that Demographics Are Destiny. DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. If Democrats and RINOs continue to illegally flood America with citizens of foreign countries, America is doomed. Far too many come to America a) to take advantage of all the preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to turn America into a socialist country and then into a communist country, c) to turn America into their motherland, d) to convert everyone in America to their religion, e) to take over America and to conquer America, and/or f) to destroy America.
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/mamdanis-rise-proves-that-demographics-are-destiny/
AMERICAN THINKER
— True DEI versus leftist DEI. DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/11/true_dei_versus_leftist_dei.html
DAILY CALLER
— Musk: The Democratic Party Wants To Destroy Democracy. DD: Democrats ever-increasingly reject Trump’s election. What if Republicans had rejected Biden’s election?
https://www.aol.com/articles/elon-musk-tells-joe-rogan-202122656.html
— USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins Says SNAP Will Be Drastically Reformed After Thousands Of Illegals Removed
https://dailycaller.com/2025/11/02/agriculture-department-brooke-rollins-illegal-immigrants-snap-food-benefits-reform-fox-friends-weekend/
FOX NEWS
— Video shows hostile crowd surround Border Patrol agents as arrest turns violent in suburban Chicago. Federal immigration agent was caught on camera delivering ‘defensive strikes’ against suspect during Chicago suburb arrest.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-shows-hostile-crowd-surround-border-patrol-agents-arrest-turns-violent-suburban-chicago
— Trump ignores elections as Democrats stumble on the way to likely victories
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-ignores-elections-democrats-stumble-way-likely-victories
— UC Berkeley class focuses on how ‘racial superiority’ shapes immigration law, anti-ICE rhetoric
https://www.aol.com/articles/uc-berkeley-class-focuses-racial-172030222.html
HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— America’s Complicated Demographic Destiny. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the future is ever-increasing bleak for those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.heritage.org/civil-society/commentary/americas-complicated-demographic-destiny
TOWNHALL
— USDA Secretary Rollins To Reform SNAP Program
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2025/11/02/usda-secretary-brooke-rollins-says-there-is-n2665828
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Trump defends ICE: ‘I think they haven’t gone far enough’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5585838-trump-defends-ice-raids/amp/
— Democrats’ hard 2024 lesson: Demographic change and identity politics aren’t enough
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5012659-democratic-party-alienating-minorities/
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-heating-assistance-liheap-winter-7bcec80a167bd01f442d6dabe1149b71
— The end of federal food aid could hit Black Americans hardest
https://apnews.com/article/shutdown-snap-benefits-food-assistance-stigma-race-4bf5074c920e601e80e931cb5a22a784
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Anticipate expect that Latinos who want illegal immigration will vote for Democrats and Latinos who oppose illegal immigration will vote for Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/us/politics/elections-latino-turnout-ice-raids.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Since the 1960s, employers have ever-increasingly hired and promoted people because they are minority and/or female. That ever- increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. I should write about that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/08/04/employer-puts-pluralism-first/99939391-b33b-4cf8-8bdd-2f604f34a7e5/
USA TODAY
— DD: The Democrat Party ever-increasingly promotes Islam
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/10/24/cuomo-mamdani-islamophobia-new-york-mayor-election/86859925007/
— DD: Under the Democrats, soon, everyone in America will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/11/01/food-banks-expect-new-users-snap-shutdown/86972423007/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to do their bidding.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/10/26/faith-leaders-trump-ice-tactics-immoral/86817168007/
MENDOCINO VOICE
— Half a million young Californians aren’t in school or work. Most are men. DD: I was in both school and work 1962-1980 and 1992-1997. Between 1981 and 1991, I was just at work.
https://mendovoice.com/2025/11/half-a-million-young-californians-arent-in-school-or-work-most-are-men/
INC.
— DD: My critics/opponents negatively stereotype those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who negatively stereotype those who share their own demographics to curry favor with those who do not share their demographics.
https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/unlock-your-teams-potential-grow-your-business-leadership/91252442
HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION
— Overqualified candidates. DD: As I earned job-related college degrees when I was 21, 27, 31, and 48, professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a professional license when I was 32, my critics/opponents did not paint me as being overqualified. They used that to paint me as being a failure because in today’s dollars I was earning only $55,850/year when I was 22, only $68,315/year when I was 23, only $82,655/year when I was 24, only $99,069/year when I was 25, only $112,280/year when I 31, only $88,808/year when I was 31, only $117,807/year when I was 38, and only $153,151 when I was 49. Since I was 31 years old in 1980, my critics/opponents have stressed that I had to take a $23,472/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO.
https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/recruitment/overqualified-candidates-are-they-worth-the-risk/552571
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION COUNCIL
— DD: Why do citizens of foreign countries come to America? To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. What percent come to America a) to take advantage of all the preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to turn America into a socialist country and then into a communist country, c) to turn America into their motherland, d) to convert everyone in America to their religion, e) to take over America and to conquer America, and/or f) to destroy America? All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. They all want cheap labor.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/report/mass-deportation-trump-democracy/
REASON
— DD: Why do citizens of foreign countries come to America? To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. What percent come to America a) to take advantage of all the preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to turn America into a socialist country and then into a communist country, c) to turn America into their motherland, d) to convert everyone in America to their religion, e) to take over America and to conquer America, and/or f) to destroy America? All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. They all want cheap labor.
https://reason.org/event/reason-versus-mass-immigration-is-good-for-america/
https://reason.com/2025/10/01/the-formula-for-making-immigration-popular-with-american-voters/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: Why do citizens of foreign countries come to America? To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. What percent come to America a) to take advantage of all the preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to turn America into a socialist country and then into a communist country, c) to turn America into their motherland, d) to convert everyone in America to their religion, e) to take over America and to conquer America, and/or f) to destroy America? All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. They all want cheap labor.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/21/key-findings-about-us-immigrants/
— What the data says about federal workers. DD: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, all my coworkers who I had to compete against for promotions were Democrats 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. All those who were promoted over me were the aforesaid and a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/01/07/what-the-data-says-about-federal-workers/
PBS
— Amazon to lay off 14,000 corporate employees as spending on artificial intelligence accelerates. DD: I did not have to compete against AI for jobs, promotions, and retention, but I did have to compete against Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/amazon-to-lay-off-14000-corporate-employees-as-spending-on-artificial-intelligence-accelerates
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
TIMES OF INDIA
— The American dream said college was the way: Here’s why Gen Z isn’t buying it anymore. DD: If I had not had a bachelor’s degree in business in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970 and IRS would not have hired me in 1971. Further, if I had not had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. Further, if had not taken graduate evening business courses starting in 1972, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Further, if I had not a) earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, became a licensed CPA in 1981, became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, became a Forensic Accountant in 1997, and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986 or have let me work until 1997.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/the-american-dream-said-college-was-the-way-heres-why-gen-z-isnt-buying-it-anymore/articleshow/125044701.cms
BORDERLESS
— DD: Why do citizens of foreign countries come to America? To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. What percent come to America a) to take advantage of all the preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to turn America into a socialist country and then into a communist country, c) to turn America into their motherland, d) to convert everyone in America to their religion, e) to take over America and to conquer America, and/or f) to destroy America? All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. They all want cheap labor.
https://www.boundless.com/blog/work-is-the-top-reason-people-immigrate-to-the-us-new-data-shows
WORLD TRIBUNE
— Musk: Panicked Democrats refuse to stop funding illegals
https://worldtribune.com/elon-musk-on-shutdown-panicked-democrats-refuse-to-stop-funding-illegals/
DAILY EXPRESS
— Britain: Anti-white bias must end. DD: I should write about opportunities in America that constructively, if not literally, have not been open to those who are: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I would focus on opportunities not open to federal employees who are the aforesaid.
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-express/20251103/281724095798866
WORLD ATLAS
— DD: Why do citizens of foreign countries come to America? To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. What percent come to America a) to take advantage of all the preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to turn America into a socialist country and then into a communist country, c) to turn America into their motherland, d) to convert everyone in America to their religion, e) to take over America and to conquer America, and/or f) to destroy America? All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. They all want cheap labor.
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-brings-immigrants-to-the-united-states.html
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR IMMIGRATION
— DD: Why do citizens of foreign countries come to America? To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country. What percent come to America a) to take advantage of all the preferences that Democrat and RINO leaders give them, b) to turn America into a socialist country and then into a communist country, c) to turn America into their motherland, d) to convert everyone in America to their religion, e) to take over America and to conquer America, and/or f) to destroy America? All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. They all want cheap labor.
https://lac.iom.int/en/blogs/why-migrants-risk-it-all
JAGRAN JOSH
— Harvard’s Record Class: 90% of Foreign Students Enroll, With Half Receiving Free Tuition. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.jagranjosh.com/colleges/harvards-record-class-90-of-foreign-students-enroll-with-half-receiving-free-tuition-clga-1870000459-1