FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ICE accelerates immigration arrests across US to 1,400 a day.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/22/ice-immigration-arrests-us/
— Michigan Avenue is improving. But State Street has never looked so shabby. DD: I spent many years in downtown Chicago. I took a) undergraduate classes at UIC 1966-1968, b) a graduate evening business class at UIC in 1971, c) graduate evening business classes at Loyola 1972-1976, d) graduate evening accounting classes at DePaul 1976-1980, e) an undergraduate evening internal auditing class at Roosevelt in 1980, f) a graduate evening internal auditing class at Roosevelt in 1981, g) Becker CPA Review classes 1978-1979, and h) graduate evening finance classes at IIT 1992-1997. I lived in my Outer Drive East studio condo part-time 1974-1976 and in my ODE one bedroom condo full-time 1976-1978. I worked in the Loop for IRS in 1971 and then 1973-1980 and then for GAO 1980-1997. I walked Michigan Avenue to/from my Loyola classes and my IRS job and my ODE studio condo 1974-1976 and then to/from my DePaul classes and my IRS job and my ODE one bedroom condo 1976-1978.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/23/editorial-michigan-avenue-is-improving-but-state-street-has-never-looked-so-shabby/
— Democrats try to harness data center backlash that’s dividing rural Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/23/democrats-data-center-backlash-rural-republicans/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTO: Free speech lawsuit against Downers Grove Park District settled out of court.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260722/news/free-speech-lawsuit-against-downers-grove-park-district-settled-out-of-court/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A state representative candidate who accused the Downers Grove Park District of violating her free speech rights by limiting where she could campaign in a public park has settled her lawsuit against the district. Laura Hois announced the settlement Wednesday. Federal court records indicate the case was dismissed by agreement June 9. In the agreement, the park district did not admit to any wrongdoing and agreed to pay Hois $32,500. Each side was responsible for paying their own costs and attorneys’ fees. The director of the park district could not be reached for comment Wednesday. In July 2024, Hois was a candidate for the DuPage County Board when she went to a concert at Fishel Park in downtown Downers Grove to speak with concertgoers about her campaign. The Downers Grove Republican claimed in her lawsuit that a park district worker told her that she was not allowed to engage in political conversations unless she stayed in a designated 15-by-15-foot free speech zone.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: ‘Taxation on auto-pilot’ vs. ‘an economic engine’: Speakers take sides on toll hike.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260722/transportation/taxation-on-auto-pilot-vs-an-economic-engine-speakers-take-sides-on-toll-hike/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in driving Trump’s approval rating down.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/government/2026/07/23/what-is-trumps-approval-rating-in-illinois-latest-july-2026-polls/91014029007/
WSIL TV
— A growing movement to separate parts of Illinois from Cook County is gaining momentum, with nearly one-third of the state’s 107 counties voting to explore the idea of creating a new state.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/growing-movement-to-split-illinois-gains-support-in-more-counties/article_812f3116-87f2-4372-8027-59ffc2da48b8.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders use redistricting to split up Republican areas.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-23/how-predominantly-black-areas-in-6-states-have-been-split-up-by-redistricting
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly side with Iran against America.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-23/trump-ramps-up-aggression-toward-iran-despite-dwindling-support-at-home
SHAW LOCAL
— DuPage County Fair. The DuPage County Fair is Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, July 26 at the fairgrounds in Wheaton. The fair will have animal exhibits, live music, a carnival, talent contest and more. Visit dupagecountyfair.org for more information and a schedule of events.
https://www.shawlocal.com/thescene/2026/07/22/5-things-to-do-dupage-county-fair-the-barricade-boys-chitown-exotic-car-show/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/23/schakowskys-aipac-pivot-01009020
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/23/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-776/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— CPS Layoff Complaints Ring Hollow Amid Near-Empty Schools and Questionable City Spending Priorities.
https://wirepoints.org/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-am560-cps-layoff-complaints-ring-hollow-amid-near-empty-schools-and-questionable-city-spending-priorities/
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Social Security: Common-Sense Solutions for America’s Fiscal Future Rallies: Bolingbrook County Club August 4 and Bank of Springfield August 5 DD: Walker ran GAO while Diersen v. GAO was pending 1998-2005. I collected delinquent Social Security taxes for IRS 1971-1980.
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2026/07/common-sense-solutions-for-americas-fiscal-future/
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Save-America-Rallies-flyer-C.pdf
(FROM THE ARTICLE: America’s fiscal baseline is rapidly approaching a critical juncture. With the Social Security Trust Fund officially projected to be exhausted in 2032, everyday citizens and families are facing an uncertain economic horizon. If left unaddressed, the impending insolvency could trigger abrupt benefit reductions of 20% to 30%, destabilizing millions of households nationwide.
In response to these compounding challenges, Illinois Family Action is proud to host two ‘Save America Rallies’ featuring co-authors David M. Walker, the former Comptroller General of the United States, and Joe Penland, Sr., a renowned national business leader. Together, they will share a non-partisan, math-driven blueprint aimed at preserving Social Security, managing the ballooning national debt, and establishing sound financial stewardship within the federal government.)
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Federation of Teachers: 7 things the union doesn’t want teachers to know.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-federation-of-teachers-7-things-the-union-doesnt-want-teachers-to-know/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CAMPUS REFORM
— Syracuse course to study queer and trans ‘digital resistance’ against ‘anti-gender politics’
https://www.campusreform.org/article/syracuse-course-study-queer-trans-digital-resistance-anti-gender-politics/30287
DAILY SIGNAL
— Victor Davis Hanson: Democrat Socialists Should Throw Away Their Porsches Before Criticizing America. Under capitalism, I was able to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://over-drive-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1965-12-CD-1966-Pontiac-Tempest-Sprint-Test-1-4.pdf ) when I was 17 in 1966 with the money I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage part-time for 15 months and full-time for 3 months.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFabhrh4IvI
— Democratic Socialists Think America Is Somehow Worse Than Mass Murderer Mao Zedong.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/22/democratic-socialists-america-worse/
DAILY WIRE
— ‘The Odyssey’ Was Even Worse Than I Expected. Here’s Everything Wrong With It.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-odyssey-was-even-worse-than-i-expected-heres-everything-wrong-with-it
FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
— Illegal Aliens Receive Welfare.
https://thefga.org/blog/yes-illegal-aliens-receive-welfare/
FOX NEWS
— Hannity: Democratic socialists want to ‘upend the American system.’
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401875475112
— Gutfeld: Socialism is a copying mechanism for the envious. DD: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were filled with envy. They were ever-increasingly furious at my and my wife’s ever-increasing net worth. To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me, my Democrat superiors stressed a) the new cars that I bought when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) the real estate that I bought when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) the collector cars that I bought when I was 40 and 45, d) the college degrees that I earned when I was 21, 27, 31, and 48, e) the professional certifications that I earned when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, f) the professional license that I earned when I was 32, g) the vacations that I took, h) etc.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401878384112
— Inside the DSA’s base: Who makes up the Democratic socialists’ core voters?
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6401859642112
FOX NEWS RADIO
— Democratic Socialism is Taking Over the Left.
https://radio.foxnews.com/2026/07/22/how-is-democratic-socialism-taking-over-the-left/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— DSA Members are Highly Educated and Downwardly Mobile. They’re gloomy about their own financial prospects, and feel aggrieved about the state of the country.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/poll-analyst-nate-silver-says-dsa-members-are-highly-educated-and-downwardly-mobile/
— Mamdani Encourages People to Protest Netanyahu Since He Cannot be Arrested.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/mamdani-admits-he-cant-arrest-netanyahu-instigates-street-violence/
NEWS BUSTERS
— Democrats in Denial About Socialist Politicians, Threat of Communism.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/cnsnews/craig-bannister/2026/07/22/democrats-denial-about-socialist-politicians-threat
TOWNHALL
— Americans Should Not Be Falling for Socialism.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/print/2679932
U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
— OPM Director Scott Kupor joined The Ingraham Angle to discuss the Trump Administration’s efforts to restore merit-based hiring, strengthen accountability across the federal workforce, and modernize the civil service by rewarding high performers and addressing underperformance. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) were the aforesaid and b) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black Democrat subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.opm.gov/news/news-releases/icymi-opm-director-scott-kupor-discusses-merit-based-federal-hiring-and-restoring-accountability-on-the-ingraham-angle/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
USA TODAY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/07/21/ice-detention-center-conditions-treatment-immigrants/90956750007/
KOTA RADIO
— GIANNO CALDWELL: Four years after my brother’s murder, I’m marching for justice.
https://www.kotaradio.com/2026/07/23/gianno-caldwell-four-years-after-my-brothers-murder-im-marching-for-justice/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will Democrats Disavow the DSA Platform? It promises to ‘build a new society from the ground up,’ France tried that in 1792.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/will-democrats-disavow-the-dsa-platform-6a0c6bb2
BUSINESS
— Why Professional Development Is Important for Your Career. DD: To get promoted, I earned job-related college degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license and I served as a leader of a job-related professional association for 13 years. To get promoted, my Democrat coworkers in the federal government a) glorified and praised their superiors, b) pandered to their superiors, c) served as operatives and as dupes for their superiors, and d) worked against/discredited/destroyed their coworkers. I should write about my Democrat coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me. They all a) were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and b) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.business.com/articles/benefits-of-professional-development/
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Model the Transformation You Expect Employees to Deliver. DD: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government always a) gave preference to their Democrat subordinates and especially to those who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) discriminated against their Republican subordinates and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or nonveteran.
https://hbr.org/2026/07/model-the-transformation-you-expect-employees-to-deliver
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Lawmakers look to avoid government shutdown, and reconsider getting rid of them entirely. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They use Republican-led budget cuts to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, older, and/or nonveteran.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/07/lawmakers-avoid-shutdown-and-reconsider-getting-rid-them-entirely/414949/
— Unions ask for injunction restoring collective bargaining at Defense. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO wasted my career and took many big adverse actions against me including forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had unionized earlier, I might still be a GAO employee.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/07/unions-ask-injunction-restoring-collective-bargaining-defense/414943/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— One year later, my layoff from the federal government has become a banishment. DD: There are many similarities between a) Michael Duffin, Trump, and the State Department and b) Dave Diersen, Gingrich, and GAO.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2026/07/one-year-later-my-layoff-from-the-federal-government-has-become-a-banishment/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the year since my firing, I have experienced the full spectrum of emotions. Moments of excitement — interviews on “The Daily Show” and NPR — give way to anxiety and depression. Losing a professional identity is never easy, and watching former colleagues struggle to rebuild their lives is equally painful. Many, including myself, have applied for hundreds of jobs without a single offer. Some took service industry work after their unemployment checks ran out. Despite our grief and trauma, many of us still want to return to the State Department or another federal agency. But the path back does not exist. Most job postings now restrict applicants to “internal” only, bypassing a mechanism that would allow the Department to rehire fully vetted former employees at a lower cost to taxpayers. And other federal agencies are reluctant to hire people whom the administration previously fired. This is why we believe our firing was punitive, not a cost-saving measure. We are working with our local American Federation of Government Employees chapter to pursue legal remedies for reinstatement and urging Congress to pass legislation restoring our positions. The years of expertise that walked out the doors of the State Department and other executive branch agencies cannot be replaced by contractors, political appointees or artificial intelligence. Working for the federal government requires experts with deep institutional knowledge who will be there regardless of the outcome of future presidential elections. I left my hometown believing that public service was one of the highest callings an American could pursue. A year later, I still believe that. Washington just doesn’t seem to agree. . .Duffin is a Democratic candidate for Virginia’s 8th Congressional District.)
HR DRIVE
— Federal HR office lost more than a third of its workforce during Trump’s second term, GAO reports. GAO said the losses hampered “operational capacity” at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and “risk worsening pre-existing skills gaps.” DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Republican-led budget cuts to get rid of half of the agency’s workforce. They got rid of all their Republican employees like me who were White, male, older, and/or nonveteran. My undergraduate and graduate majors were personnel management.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/federal-hr-office-lost-more-than-a-third-of-its-workforce-during-trumps-second-term-gao/825907/
ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they had wealthy parents. Noncitizens work for less money and they are easier to exploit.
https://www.epi.org/publication/trumps-deportation-agenda-will-destroy-millions-of-jobs-both-immigrants-and-u-s-born-workers-would-suffer-job-losses-particularly-in-construction-and-child-care/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
AL JAZEERA
— DD: Since the 1960s, EEOC collected workplace data to pressure/force employers to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/7/22/why-the-us-may-stop-collecting-workplace-race-and-gender-data
Tag: trump
July 21, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/chicago-aldermen-ice-out-pledge/
— DuPage board followed law when approving salary increases, state’s attorney says.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/dupage-attorney-clerk-board-salaries-violation-open/
— Stressed parents. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors 1980-1997 a) decried the time and money that they spent raising their children and b) decried the little or no income that their spouses had. They used against me big time a) my wife and I giving up trying to have children without trying IVF, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents and b) my wife’s good job. According to them, were it not for the aforesaid, we would not have been able to buy two new cars and a home in Wheaton when we got married in 1978 and I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) to become a licensed CPA in 1981, or f) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984. My Democrat GAO superiors ever-increasingly demonized, denigrated, and condemned my wife and I as being disgusting selfish rich DINKs. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. Should write about my Democrat GAO superiors?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/21/naperville-zip-most-stressed-parents-illinois-mission/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2026/07/21/chicago-police-directives-ice-agents-law-violations-operation-midway-blitz
— Bipartisan housing bill is just one step toward expanding homeownership. DD: University Park was a federally-backed “new town” approved by HUD in 1968 under Title IV of the New Communities Act. It was designed as a racially integrated, planned suburb. Because of that backing, I was able to buy a new townhome in University Park when I was 24 in 1972. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued that I knowingly, unfairly, and wrongly benefitted from that backing because the township I bought was earmarked for Blacks.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/07/20/bipartisan-housing-bill-affordable-rents-mortgage-congress-marc-morial
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Housing is more than shelter. Home ownership is the primary pathway many families use to build wealth, create financial security and pass opportunity from one generation to the next. When families cannot afford a home, cannot access fair financing or are displaced by rising costs, the consequences ripple through entire communities. The challenges are particularly acute in Black communities and other historically marginalized neighborhoods, where decades of redlining, appraisal bias, discriminatory lending practices and unequal access to credit have limited opportunities for home ownership and wealth creation. The home ownership gap did not emerge by accident, and it will not disappear on its own.)
WGEM
— Illinois lieutenant gubernatorial candidate makes campaign stop in Quincy.
https://www.wgem.com/2026/07/21/illinois-lieutenant-gubernatorial-candidate-makes-campaign-stop-quincy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “There’s 102 counties in Illinois, 97 are ruby red Republican rural areas of Illinois. You need to go out there and govern for everyone and if you don’t actually put your boots on the ground, if you don’t go to these communities and talk to the people and see what the challenges are on that level, you can’t effectively govern,” Del Mar said.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— Bailey seeks to classify any organization receiving $10K in state grants as a ‘public body’
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-07-21/bailey-seeks-to-classify-any-organization-receiving-10k-in-state-grants-as-a-public-body
— Smithsonian too focused on ‘oppressors and the oppressed,’ say House Republicans. DD: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. They always lived in northeast Illinois. They never were in a position to oppress anyone and they never did oppress anyone.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-21/smithsonian-too-focused-on-oppressors-and-the-oppressed-say-house-republicans
ILLINOIS SENATE DEMOCRATS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.illinoissenatedemocrats.com/?view=article&id=7044:illinois-legislative-latino-caucus-responds-to-continued-escalation-of-ice-involvement
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— The fight over the future of renters’ rights in Chicago is heating up, as supporters of a proposal put forth by Mayor Brandon Johnson are blasting a competing measure as the “Chicago landlord’s big, beautiful bill.” DD: I was a reluctant landlord 1976-1984. I rented out my University Park townhome because I would have had to suffer a big loss to sell it. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/21/big-beautiful-bill-for-landlords-tenant-groups-slam-counterproposal-to-mayors-housing-plan/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/21/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-560/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Republican candidates should show how their following conservative principles enabled their successes in life. The more conservative principles that you follow, the more successes that you will have in life. The more liberal principles that you follow, the fewer successes and the more problems that you will have in life. My following conservative principles enabled me to a) buy new cars when I was 17 in 1966, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21, c) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, 35, etc. d) earn an MBA at Loyola when I was 27, e) get married when I was 29, f) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, g) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31, h) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, i) become a licensed CPA when I was 32, j) earn four more professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and k) earn a master’s degree in finance when I was 48. To qualify myself for better paying jobs, I always made earning job-related college degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license a high priority. I drank very little booze and I never used pot. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What delayed/harmed/stopped your successes in life? Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours washing dishes in Chicago Heights while I was student at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966 to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint before I graduated to use to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC. Instead of studying, I spent far too many hours delivering mail for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1968 while I was a student at UIC so that I could buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967 and a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968. Consequently, my ACT score was only 24, I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, and my UIC and NIU GPAs suffered. Further, I should have majored in accounting at UIC, NIU, and Loyola. I did not start taking graduate evening accounting courses at DePaul until I was 27. I did not take and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt until I was 30. I did not earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul until I was 31. I did not take and pass on my first attempt the Certified Internal Auditor examination and become a licensed CPA until I was 32. By then, it was too late. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What could you have done to get promoted, but you refused to do? I refused to become a Democrat while I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. Further, virtually all their employees who they assigned me to supervise were Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, disabled, non-Protestant, non-German American, had ancestors who had not been in American for a long time, and/or had performance problems. While I carried out their orders to give them preference, they always wanted me to give them even more preference. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— New Jersey finds 6,600 noncitizens registered to vote and hundreds voting.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/21/new-jersey-finds-6600-noncitizens-registered-vote-hundreds-voting/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— At 250 years, postliberalism risks undoing America.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/4630841/250-years-postliberalism-risks-undoing-america/
— The unknown Darline Graham.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/4658078/the-unknown-darline-graham/
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani and his DSA comrades have one goal — a communist revolution in America.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/19/opinion/mamdani-and-his-dsa-comrades-have-one-goal-a-us-communist-revolution/
AMERICAN SPECTATOR
— China’s Treacherous Assault on American Elections.
https://spectator.org/chinas-treacherous-assault-on-american-elections/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Odyssey: Nolan’s Toxic Assault On Western Civilization.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/07/the-odyssey-nolan-s-toxic-assault-on-western-civilization/#google_vignette
GATEWAY PUNDIT
— United Airlines Offers Free Flight Changes to Avoid Landing at Newly Named ‘President Donald J. Trump International Airport’
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/07/united-airlines-offers-free-flight-changes-avoid-landing/
NEWSMAX
— Wealth-Bashing Dems Do Nothing for America.
https://www.newsmax.com/robtaub/affluence-sanders/2026/07/20/id/1263460/
TOWNHALL
— Islam and the Left Will Both Bring Tyranny.
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/07/21/islam-and-the-left-will-both-bring-tyranny-n2679820
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Trump fired a U.S. Attorney because the judges who picked him did not consult with Trump. Who did my Democrat GAO superiors consult with before they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997? GAO works for Congress. My U.S. Congressman was Henry Hyde and my U.S. Senators were Carol Moseley-Braun and Dick Durbin.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/roger-rogoff-us-attorney-seattle-trump-firing-lawsuit/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Liberalism promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/opinion/liberalism-democratic-socialists-future.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Liberalism promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/24/conservatism-progressivism-liberalism/
NEW YORK STATE UNIVERSITY
— DD: Liberalism promotes poverty and crime.
https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2020/november/conservatives-and-liberals-motivated-by-different-psychological-.html
AMERICAN PROSPECT
— How the Republican Party Forgot It Was Conservative.
https://prospect.org/2026/03/27/apr-2026-magazine-how-republican-party-forgot-it-was-conservative/
GALLUP
— DD: Liberalism promotes poverty and crime.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/609914/women-become-liberal-men-mostly-stable.aspx
July 20, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump slaps additional 50% tariff on certain Canadian goods.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/trump-slaps-additional-50-tariff-certain-canadian-goods/19545803/
FOX32
— The 117th NAACP National Convention is underway at McCormick Place.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-2rc416w94qkzvszx
WGN9
— Where are Darren Bailey and the Illinois GOP?
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/where-is-darren-bailey-and-the-illinois-gop/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A sexual harassment scandal. Crime concerns. There is no shortage of issues Illinois republicans could pounce on; but other than fanning the flames on social media and issuing press releases, they’ve been fairly quiet. Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey hasn’t held a press conference in more than a month in the Chicago region. His team posted a picture of a meet-and-greet at a Pilsen restaurant last week that featured 12 people in the frame. We’re a little more than three months before the election. “I do think people are making these points; but they’re making them in the silos,” said Richard Porter, a former Republican National Committeeman from Illinois. “I think there’s a mistake people make. We’re online so much. You’re connecting with people all over the state and it’s really cool; but I think the thing we need to realize is the algorithm drives us to meet the people that think the way we think. “They’re not introducing us to people who are undecided or unaware of what our issues are.” The stealth approach to campaigning is also surprising given that Bailey’s opponent — billionaire incumbent Gov. JB Pritzker — has a campaign war chest of more than $25 million compared to Bailey’s less than $1 million raised. Traditionally, candidates who are low on money clamor for the publicity of photo ops and interviews with local media. Bailey’s campaign said the farmer-turned-politician is currently focusing on energizing supporters downstate and will spend ample time in the Chicago region soon. The campaign contends voters aren’t yet paying attention to the November race. Bailey lost to Pritzker by nearly 13 points in 2022. Analysts said his past strategy of focusing on downstate voters and appealing to Trump supporters, put simply, couldn’t overcome the democratic vote in Northeast Illinois. They suggested that he needs to win over swing suburban voters. Previously, Bailey said he got the message this time around. He made it known that he and his wife were renting a condo in Chicago. He showed up to make an appeal to city voters during the public comments section of a City Council meeting in May, where he apologized for previously referring to Chicago as a “hellhole.” Bailey has also downplayed his previous support of Trump and acknowledged his pro-life beliefs won’t change state abortion laws. His running mate, Aaron Del Mar, is from Cook County and frequently makes media appearances. Bailey has said he would work to repeal the SAFE-T Act if elected governor. However, it’s unclear how he would do that, given Democrats hold super-majorities in both chambers of the legislature. He’s also repeatedly criticized Democrats — and judges — for being too lenient on people accused of committing crimes. But Bailey hasn’t driven that message home — and distinguished GOP and democratic strategies — with news conferences and photo ops at crime scenes. Porter sees that as a missed opportunity: “There is, on the left, there is sometimes an excusing for this violence that we on the right reject,” Porter told WGN-TV. “The people who are the subject of the violence, they don’t want to — they share the view — they’re available to us [as voters] to understand crime has to stop. We should not have a laissez-faire attitude toward criminals.”)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A Northwestern University professor files a federal lawsuit alleging retaliation for his pro-Palestinian activism and on-campus speech. DD: All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s. In their defense, my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI and my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/20/northwestern-university-professor-files-federal-lawsuit/
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Fair kicks off July 23. DD: Democrats and RINOs despise/hate farms, farming, and farmers. Just look at how Democrats and RINOs are treating Bailey. My great grandparents on my father’s side were farmers. My grandparents on my mother’s side were farmers. During the 1950s, I spent lots of time at their farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260720/entertainment/dupage-county-fair-kicks-off-july-23-with-first-4-h-alumni-day/
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260720/news/hunger-doesnt-look-just-one-way-how-loaves-fishes-helps-families-get-back-on-solid-ground/
— DD: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents are/were entrepreneurs. Overwhelmingly, they look down on wage earners like I was 1964-1997.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260720/business/kane-county-area-leaders-relaunch-entrepreneurship-center-for-those-impacted-by-criminal-legal-syste/
— Facing 30% toll hike, truckers warn of fallout for the industry, consumers and roads. DD: While I worked for IRS’s Collection Division during the early 1970s, some of the delinquent taxes I collected were delinquent Federal Highway Use Taxes.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260719/transportation/facing-30-toll-hike-truckers-warn-of-fallout-for-the-industry-consumers-and-roads/
WGN RADIO
— When education becomes indoctrination. DD: I avoided liberal indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/chicago-way-w-john-kass-when-education-becomes-indoctrination/
CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Family reunions. DD: Since 1847, all my ancestors were Missouri Synod Lutherans. But family reunions on both my father’s and mother’s sides died in the 1960s because Wisconsin Synod Lutherans defeated Missouri Synod Lutherans in Crete and in Grant Park. That had a tremendous impact on me. To stay with the Missouri Synod, my parents took me out eight grade at Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete in 1961 and transferred me to a newly formed very small eight grade at Hope Lutheran in Park Forest.
https://chicagocrusader.com/dr-ione-d-vargus-family-reunions-matter/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DD: Democrat leaders encourage assaults against ICE officers.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/law/ccb-operation-midway-blitz-andrew-boutros-nyt-20260720/
VANDALIA RADIO
— Big Crowd comes out to meet & greet Republican candidate for Governor at “Bailey Fest 2”
https://www.vandaliaradio.com/2026/07/20/big-crowd-comes-out-to-meet-greet-republican-candidate-for-governor-at-bailey-fest-2/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Top of IL GOP ticket: Pocketbook issues, not social issues. Del Mar: Bailey and I know what it’s like to be working Illinoisans. DD: The more that you follow conservative principles, the fewer pocketbook issues that you will have. The more that you follow liberal principles, the more pocketbook issues that you will have.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-top-of-il-gop-ticket-pocketbook-issues-not-social-issues/
— GOP secretary of state hopeful wants to bring customer service back. Diane Harris says Alexi Giannoulias’ campaign war chest does not scare her.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-gop-secretary-of-state-hopeful-wants-to-bring-customer-service-back/
— Illinois Secretary of State candidate Diane Harris. Harris has been a Joliet-area politician and small business owner.
https://capitolcitynow.com/podcasts/illinois-secretary-of-state-candidate-diane-harris/
AUDACY
— DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, everyone will be a) handing out welfare and/or b) receiving welfare.
https://www.audacy.com/wxrt/news/local/block-party-slated-for-naperville
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/20/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-559/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Another Fox In The Hen House: The Chicago Teachers Union’s New Media Bargaining Guild.
https://wirepoints.org/fox-enters-hen-house-the-chicago-teachers-unions-new-media-bargaining-guild-wirepoints/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans flood Congress with bills to confront Supreme Court on birthright citizenship.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/20/republicans-flood-congress-bills-confront-supreme-court-birthright/
— Trump signs order to make U.S. supply chains more secure, less reliant on foreign nations.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/20/donald-trump-signs-order-make-us-supply-chains-secure-less-reliant/
— Money, policy wed Democrats to anti-American socialists. The Democratic Party, DSA are increasingly inseparable.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/20/money-policy-wed-democrats-anti-american-socialists/
— Democratic Socialists of America declare war on the Constitution. Platform reveals a movement hostile to America’s founding design.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/20/democratic-socialists-america-declare-war-constitution/
NEW YORK POST
— No to ‘reparations’ in California, a ‘free state’ since 1850.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/20/opinion/no-to-cash-reparations-in-california-a-free-state-since-1850/
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Can’t Explain Their Hatred Of Voter ID. Unfortunately, Republicans Won’t Make Them.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/20/democrats-cant-explain-their-hatred-of-voter-id-unfortunately-republicans-wont-make-them/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— Pritzker baselessly claims Republicans ‘cheat’ in elections.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jb-pritzker-baselessly-claims-republicans-cheat-in-elections/ar-AA28iVLz
NEW YORK TIMES
— Failed Immigration Cases Leave Chicago Prosecutor’s Office Reeling. Prosecutors have fled the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago, angry about the cases they’ve been told to bring against protesters and immigrants. DD: I dealt with the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago extensively 2000-2005 while I pursued Diersen v. GAO pro se. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf I should write about that.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/immigration-chicago-prosecutors.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago is among the most prestigious in the country, known for winning ambitious cases against everyone from Al Capone to the former Illinois governor Rod R. Blagojevich.)
FROM OTHER SOURCES
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS
— 40 Under 40. DD: Thanks to my parents and thanks to my teachers, I was able to accomplish the following by the time I was 40: Get promoted by GAO to GS-13, currently $118,984/year when I was 38. Become a licensed CPA when I was 32. Pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. Earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. Pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. Earn an MBA from Loyola when I was 27.
https://www.autonews.com/awards/retail-40-under-40/
July 16, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Funding for commercial flights to small airports around the country, including to three communities in Illinois, could be reduced under President Donald Trump’s budget proposal.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/president-donald-trumps-budget-proposal-could-threaten-airline-service-several-illinois-airports-decatur-quincy-marion/19521773/
— Hegseth directs troops over 30 to have testosterone checked. Those diagnosed with a deficiency have an option to undergo replacement therapy.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/hegseth-directs-troops-30-have-testosterone-checked/19515685/
CBS2
— Poll finds few Chicago voters want Mayor Brandon Johnson to run for re-election.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mayor-brandon-johnson-mayoral-reelection-poll-university-chicago-mansueto-institute/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for everything that is bad, including bad weather.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/climate-extremes-wildfires-canada-us-west/
FOX32
— University of Chicago poll: Under 14% of voters approve of Mayor Johnson reelection run.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-8wrcaz77phzhwyst
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican Darren Bailey treads water in governor’s race as GOP candidates struggle to raise campaign cash.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/16/illinois-governor-senate-gop-fundraising-struggles/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson bats away low fundraising: ‘My confidence will always remain strong’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/16/mayor-brandon-johnson-low-fundraising/
— Billions of dollars in spending has not saved Black Chicago from the scourge of gun violence.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/16/opinion-chicago-gun-violence-crisis-requires-leadership-not-more-money/
DAILY HERALD
— Kane County Board votes to put draft version of 2027 budget on display.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260716/news/kane-county-board-votes-to-put-draft-version-of-2027-budget-on-display/
WGN RADIO
— What is the best decade of life? DD: What was the best decade of your life? Things were looking up for me when I was 22-25 1971-1974 when IRS promoted me from GS-7 to GS-12, from $56,409/year to $100,059/year in today’s dollars. But then my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me, disallowed my travel vouchers, and disallowed my education expenses. Things were looking up for me when I was 37-40 1985-1988 when GAO assigned me to audits of IRS and promoted me to GS-13, $118,984/year in today’s dollars. But then my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS, got me assigned to audits of IRS, and promoted me.
https://wgnradio.com/john-williams/newsclick/the-john-williams-newsclick-what-is-the-best-decade-of-life/#/questions
FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump administration revives rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-administration-revives-rule-that-could-deny-green-cards-to-immigrants-who-use-public-benefits/article_78dd61f3-1e49-5457-9487-5cf0ee495f1a.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2026-07-16/after-years-of-false-claims-on-voting-trump-to-give-an-address-on-election-integrity
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Pritzker spends big in second fundraising quarter as Bailey struggles to keep up. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias also continued a hot fundraising streak.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/pritzker-spends-big-in-second-fundraising-quarter-as-bailey-struggles-to-keep-up/
CIVIC FEDERATION
— Springfield’s unfunded mandates are paving the local government road to fiscal hell.
https://www.civicfed.org/blogs/joe-ferguson-springfields-unfunded-mandates-are-paving-local-government-road-fiscal-hell
ILLINOIZE
— Bailey Takes a Page from Pritzker’s Yearbook…But Why?
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/bailey-takes-page-pritzker-yearbook
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-557/
— Republicans called out for voting against state budgets and celebrating in-district spending.
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/16/repubs-called-out-for-voting-against-state-budgets-and-celebrating-in-district-spending/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Corbett Brags about Having Three Times as Much Cash as Bailey
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/16/corbett-brags-about-having-three-times-as-much-cash-as-bailey/
— McHenry County Libertarian Leader Trashes Home Rule & County Executive Form of Government by Asking Questions for Which No Answer Has Been Given
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/16/mchenry-county-libertarian-leader-trashes-home-rule-county-executive-form-of-government/
— Illinois Unemployment at 5.1%, Up Almost One Percentage Point from Last Year, Unemployed Up 16% Over Last Year
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/16/illinois-unemployment-at-5-1-up-almost-one-percentage-point-from-last-year-unemployed-up-16-over-last-yearr/
— $349,845 in Private Money for Each “Affordable Housing” Dwelling Unit Announced by Governor JB Pritzker
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/16/349845-affordable-housing-dwelling-united-announced-by-governor-jb-pritzker/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Black voters rejecting socialism. Democrats risk losing their most loyal voting bloc.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/16/black-voters-rejecting-socialism/
— Democratic governors want to destroy the economy over climate change. Leftists want to sue, legislate energy companies out of existence.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/16/democratic-governors-want-destroy-economy-climate-change/
— For the love of America, please stop calling them progressives.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/16/love-america-please-stop-calling-progressives/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Socialistic programs caused the affordability crisis. The DSA wants to double down.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4650588/socialistic-programs-caused-affordability-crisis-dsa-double-down/
NEW YORK POST
— Blame immigration chaos on Biden and Harris — not Trump.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/16/opinion/blame-immigration-chaos-on-biden-and-harris-not-trump/
— Another California city plots becoming sanctuary city for illegal migrants.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/16/us-news/another-california-city-plots-becoming-sanctuary-city-for-illegal-migrants/
— Humiliation for hundreds of California colleges whose alumni earn less than high school grads.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/16/us-news/humiliation-for-hundreds-of-california-colleges-whose-alumni-earn-less-than-high-school-grads/
— Californians hate Gavin Newsom’s gas vehicle ban.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/16/lifestyle/californians-hate-gavin-newsoms-gas-vehicle-ban-poll-shows/
DAILY SIGNAL
— 7 Colleges Suggest That White Supremacy Persists in America. DD: Because of Democrat and RINO leaders, Affirmative Action and DEI persist in America, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination persist in America.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/16/dei-entrenchment-7-colleges-suggesting-that-white-supremacy-persists-in-america/
FOX BUSINESS
— Antisemitism, socialism are reshaping Democratic Party.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6401313522112
NATIONAL REVIEW
— America’s Asylum System Is Broken.
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2026/09/americas-asylum-system-is-broken/?amp
TOWNHALL
— Who Will Be Held Accountable for the Border Policies of 2021–2025?
https://townhall.com/columnists/joe-abraham/2026/07/15/who-will-be-held-accountable-for-the-border-policies-of-20212025-n2679434
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WASHINGTON POST
— Socialists think wealth is stolen. They’re wrong.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/16/socialists-think-billionaires-steal-wealth/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hinsdale, Where Million Dollar Homes Sell in a Week. Demand is high in Hinsdale, which draws wealthy buyers for its historic properties and walkability.
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/hinsdale-illinois-home-prices-a3dccbdc
BUZZ FEED NEWS
— DD: He who sets the criteria determines the outcome.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/rondicker/laura-ingraham-worst-places-to-live-trump-won-fox-news
July 14, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— DuPage County rat infestation isn’t over, and neighbors say they’re facing backlash.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dupage-county-rat-infestation-neighbors-facing-backlash
— A federal judge referred for disciplinary action one of the lawyers representing President Donald Trump in his lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service and stated the case was filed for an “improper purpose.” DD: All of the adverse actions that were taken against me were taken for improper purposes. All the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me were to punish me for my refusing to become a Democrat, then for my complaining about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and then for my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid. All of the adverse actions that Republican politicians have taken against me were to punish me for my refusing to be manipulated or dominated by them, for my refusing to glorify or praise them, for my refusing to pander to them, for my refusing to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, for my refusing to cover up their wrong doing, and/or for my refusing to give them money.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/federal-judge-rips-president-donald-trumps-irs-lawsuit-refers-his-lawyer-disciplinary-action
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville home goes for $8.3 million in record-breaking residential sale.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/14/naperville-home-sold-record-price/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: The Rainbow Coalition carries on. I should write about those who destroyed TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois in 2012 and Illinois Center Right Coalition in 2007.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/07/14/civil-rights-rainbow-beach-wade-racism-norman-velma-hill-ben-jealous
DAILY HERALD
— Dropping candidates is getting to be a habit — and it’s not a sign of strength. DD: Far too many run for offices as Republicans and get elected as Republicans who have far too much baggage, that is, far too many skeletons in their closets. I should write about candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who ran as Republicans, but had far too much baggage, that is, far too many skeletons in their closets. I would focus on those who had their political consultants, major donors, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers destroy me because I refused to cover up their wrongdoing.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260714/syndicated-columnists/dropping-candidates-is-getting-to-be-a-habit-and-its-not-a-sign-of-strength/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ken Griffin ramps up GOP giving ahead of midterms.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-ken-griffin-citadel-gop-contributions-20260714/
WAND TV
— Pritzker signs the Certificate of Innocence Act that improves compensation for exonerees. DD: My critics/opponents have taken many big adverse actions against me. Should I try to get exonerated?
https://www.wandtv.com/news/statehouse/pritzker-signs-bill-improving-compensation-for-exonerees/article_aad2d1d7-12d6-4812-8907-55d1f3f9a202.html
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Petitions for Wheaton municipal election available beginning July 28 at City Hall.
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/2026/07/14/petitions-for-wheaton-municipal-election-available-beginning-july-28-at-city-hall/
BURR RIDGE PATCH
— A state appeals court on Monday sided with Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso in his 7-year-old lawsuit over defamation. In the 2019 election, Grasso’s then-opponent, Zach Mottl, alleged that Grasso defrauded the government out of $36,000 in property tax exemptions. Three years ago, Grasso and Mottl settled the lawsuit out of court, with Mottl giving his rival an undisclosed amount of money. But Mottl’s political consultant, Collin Corbett, and Corbett’s firm, Cor Strategies, remain as defendants.
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-mayor-wins-battle-defamation-case-against-political-consultant
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/14/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-555/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Two Champaign County Democrats Indicted for Kickback, Conspiracy
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/10/21045/
— Federal Requirements for Financial Election Assistance
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/11/federal-requirements-for-financial-election-assistance/
— Indicted Democratic Party State Representative Says She’s “Innocent”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/11/indicted-democratic-party-state-representative-says-shes-innocent/
— A Republican Politician Reflects on Lessons from the World Cup
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/12/a-republican-politician-reflects-on-lessons-from-the-world-cup/
— Pritzker Sitting on Billions of Road Money
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/12/pritzker-sitting-on-billions-of-road-money/
— Evidence of the Covid Vaccine Coverup
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/12/evidence-of-the-covid-vaccine-coverup/
— An Idea I had in the 1970’s Resurfaces
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/12/an-idea-i-had-in-the-1970s-resurfaces/
— Wilcox Sponsoring Event Where People Can Find Lost Money; Over $30,000 Found at Hills’ Event
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/13/wilcox-sponsoring-event-where-people-can-find-lost-money/
— Toll Tax Hearing in Huntley Tuesday Evening
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/13/toll-tax-hearing-in-huntley-tuesday-evening/
— Tollway Issues Press Release with Headline to Minimize Interest, Public Hearings on Toll Tax Hikes Listed
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/13/tollway-issues-press-release-with-headline-to-minimize-interest-public-hearings-on-toll-tax-hikes-listed/
— Lake County Man Gets Three Years for Threatening Public Officials, Including President Trump
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/13/lake-county-man-gets-three-years-for-threatening-public-officials-including-president-trump/
— UPDATE: Still Another Big Company–True Value–Taking Leave of Illinois, INDIANA KICKING IN $3.4 MILLION
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/13/still-another-big-company-true-value-taking-leave-of-illinois/
— AI Regulations Law Signed
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/14/ai-regulations-law-signed/
— Metra Closes Passenger Service to Chicago Sunday, July 19th
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/14/metra-closes-passenger-service-to-chicago-sunday-july-19th/
— Northwest Herald Reporter Misses Real Reason Municipalities and McHenry County Want Home Rule Power
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/14/northwest-herald-reporter-misses-real-reason-municipalities-and-mchenry-county-wants-home-rule-power/
— Illinois Second in Loss of Millionaires from 2010 thru 2022
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/14/illinois-second-in-loss-of-millionaires-from-2010-thru-2022/
— “Court rules McHenry County must allow solar farms after County Board rejects them”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/14/court-rules-mchenry-county-must-allow-solar-farms-after-county-board-rejects-them/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The 14th Amendment was written for one people. Courts have treated the Constitution’s citizenship clause more broadly than the framers intended.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/6/14th-amendment-written-one-people/
— Biden and the radical left allowed thousands of terrorists into the U.S. Trump’s arrests expose the danger created by reckless vetting and open borders.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/14/editorial-biden-rabid-left-allowed-thousands-terrorists-us/
— Democrats embrace Marxist playbook for America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/14/democrats-embrace-gramscis-marxist-playbook-america/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s $5.6 million payout electronically wired to E. Jean Carroll after judge’s order.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4647766/trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation-settlement-wired-judge-order/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Chicago Teachers Union Hosts Israel-Hating Communist Convention Where Radicals Call for Sabotaging US Ports, Backing Iran.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/itll-be-violent-chicago-teachers
BREITBART
— Debunking CNBC’s Rigged Survey Smearing 10 Red States as ‘Worst to Live In’
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2026/07/14/nolte-debunking-cnbcs-rigged-survey-smearing-10-red-states-worst-live/amp/
FOX NEWS
— Pritzker skewered as ‘victim of his own’ policy after repeat offender arrested in governor’s backyard.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/pritzker-skewered-victim-own-policy-171456668.html
SALEM NEWS CHANNEL
— Democrats Put Criminal Illegals Above Americans.
https://salemnewschannel.com/watch/democrats-put-criminal-illegals-above-americans-6a566970ecd22fa09d21c212
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/immigration-rights-groups-reaction-ice-agents-halt-vehicle-stops/
— DD: Democrat leaders want as many people as possible on Medicaid.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/medicaid-funding-work-requirement-states-walmart-amazon/
FORTUNE
— Judge said Trump’s $10 billion leaked IRS tax return lawsuit was filed for ‘improper purpose.’ DD: All of the adverse actions that were taken against me were taken for improper purposes. All the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me were to punish me for my refusing to become a Democrat, then for my complaining about their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and then for my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with the aforesaid. All of the adverse actions that Republican politicians have taken against me were to punish me for my refusing to be manipulated or dominated by them, for my refusing to glorify or praise them, for my refusing to pander to them, for my refusing to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, for my refusing to cover up their wrong doing, and/or for my refusing to give them money.
https://fortune.com/2026/07/14/judge-trump-irs-lawsuit-improper/
July 13, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— At least 27 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend gun violence across Chicago.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-shootings-weekend-least-21-shot-3-fatally-gun-violence-city-police-department-says/19493170/
— Darline Graham Nordone, sister of Lindsey Graham, picked to fulfill remainder of his US Senate term.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/who-could-replace-lindsey-graham-south-carolinas-steps-senators-death/19498038/
CHICAGO TRINUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump acted in bad faith. My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted in bad faith.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/13/trump-irs-lawsuit/
— Regulators issue new guidance on bank lending risk tied to borrowers living illegally in US.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/13/bank-lending/
DAILY HERALD
— Pay raises demonstrate lawmakers’ corruption.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260713/letters-to-the-editor/pay-raises-demonstrate-lawmakers-corruption/
STATELINE
— Felon on pretrial release arrested in JB Pritzker’s backyard.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/felon-on-pretrial-release-arrested-in-jb-pritzkers-backyard/amp/
WGLT
— How Lindsey Graham tried to stay ‘relevant’ in the Republican Party. DD: I try to stay relevant in the Republican Party by continuing on as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-07-13/how-lindsey-graham-tried-to-stay-relevant
WCIA
— U of I program aims to help veterans transition to college. DD: My initial plan was to enlist and to earn a bachelor’s degree with the GI Bill. But then I saw that my high school neighbor friend in Crete was on track to getting accepted by UIC and commuting to/from classes at UIC from his parents’ home. I adopted that plan, I took college preparatory classes, got an ACT score of 24, and I graduated in the upper 20% of my 1966 Crete-Monee High School class. My high school neighbor friend commuted in a new 1965 base Chevelle that his father bought for him. I commuted in a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint that I paid for with money that I earned washing dishes for 28 hours a week during my junior and senior years 1964-1966 and for 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965.
https://www.wcia.com/news/champaign-county/u-of-i-program-aims-to-help-veterans-transition-to-college/
JOLET PATCH
— $316,000 For Black Lives Matter Will County, Money For 4 Other Organizations.
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/316-000-black-lives-matter-will-county-money-4-other-organizations-revealed-senator
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/13/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-554/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tollway Issues Press Release with Headline to Minimize Interest, Public Hearings on Toll Tax Hikes Listed
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/13/tollway-issues-press-release-with-headline-to-minimize-interest-public-hearings-on-toll-tax-hikes-listed/
— Pritzker Signs Bills Allowing School Debt to Increase without Referendums
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/pritzker-signs-bills-allowing-school-debt-to-increase-without-referendums/
— Animal Welfare Advocates Take on Ogle County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/animal-welfare-advocates-take-on-ogle-county/
— State Trade Association Features District 155 Finance Guy Kevin Werner, Constituent Comments
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/state-trade-association-features-district-155-finance-guy-kevin-werner-constituent-comments/
— Corbett Points to Two Democratic Party State Representees’ Behavior as Demonstration of How Broken Illinois Government Is
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/20981/
— Disgraced Democratic Party State Rep. Resigned from the House, But Remains Wheatland Township Highway Commissioner, Where Loran Underwood Lives
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/disgraced-democratic-party-state-rep-resigned-from-the-house-but-remains-wheatland-township-highway-commissioner-where-loran-underwood-lives/
— Still Another Big Company–True Value–Taking Leave of Illinois
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/08/still-another-big-company-true-value-taking-leave-of-illinois/
— Governor Pritzker to the Future: All You Need Is Love
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/governor-pritzker-to-the-future-all-you-need-is-love/
— Tollway’s Fifteen Year Plan Ignores Jordan Tollway
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/tollways-fifteen-year-plan-ignores-jordan-tollway/
— Democrats Replace “Mother” with “Birthing Persons” in Press Release Announcing Midwives Eligible for Medicaid Coverage
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/democrats-replace-mother-with-birthing-persons-in-press-release-announcing-midwives-eligible-for-medicaid-coverage/
— County Continues Campaign to Convict Drug Sellers Whose Customers Die
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/county-continues-campaign-to-convict-drug-sellers-whose-customers-die/
— Jim Marter Challenges Democratic Party Opponent Lauren Underwood to Call for Harry Benton Benton’s Resignation from Wheatland Township Road Commissioner
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/jim-marter-challenges-democratic-party-opponent-lauren-underwood-to-call-for-harry-benton-bentons-resignation-from-wheatland-township-road-commissioner/
— ICE Asks Pritzker Not to Release Illegal Alien from Kane County Jail
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/09/ice-asks-pritzker-not-to-release-illegal-alien-from-kane-county-jail/
— Illegal Alien Arrested for Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault, Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse, and Sexual Exploitation of a Child (Pingrey Grove 8 Years Old)
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/07/10/illegal-alien-arrested-for-predatory-criminal-sexual-assault-aggravated-criminal-sexual-abuse-and-sexual-exploitation-of-a-child-8-years-old/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois Politicians Stack Salaries, Benefits and Pensions – On Your Dime. DD: My critics/opponents are furious that I have gotten a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension since 1997 and Social Security since 2010. But I paid 7% of my federal salary into CSRS for almost 30 years and I paid into Social Security for 10 years.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/illinois-politicians-stack-salaries-benefits-and-pensions-on-your-dime.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bernie Sanders’ revenge. The Democratic Socialists of America’s takeover of the Democratic Party.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/13/bernie-sanders-revenge/
— Freedom Caucus presses House leadership for a vote to make Trump’s border policies law.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/13/freedom-caucus-presses-speaker-mike-johnson-vote-make-donald-trumps/
— America cannot survive without moral boundaries. No guardrails, no freedom, no civil society.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/13/america-cannot-survive-without-moral-boundaries/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Marxists, socialists, and the ‘Red Star’: Here are the DSA’s most prominent caucuses.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4646135/six-democratic-socialists-america-most-prominent-caucuses/
BREITBART
— 15 Shot During Seven Hour Timeframe in Gun-Controlled Chicago.
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/07/13/15-shot-during-seven-hour-timeframe-in-gun-controlled-chicago/amp/
— ICE Arrests Illegals Convicted of Murder, Manslaughter, Child Rape.
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2026/07/13/exclusive-ice-arrests-illegal-aliens-convicted-of-murder-manslaughter-child-rape/amp/
FOX BUSINESS
— Democratic socialists expand influence, push radical agenda.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6401048687112
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Media Is “Soft Peddling Socialists, Who Want To Deconstruct Our Society.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GumkNaGjSUA
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders rank Republican states to be the worst states to live in. He who sets the ranking criteria determines the outcome.
https://www.newsweek.com/ranking-10-worst-states-to-live-is-entirely-republican-sparks-backlash-12187925
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders crow about their success in getting younger voters to propel the Democratic Socialist Surge in New York.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/nyregion/dsa-young-voters-primary-ny.html
WASHINGTON POST
— The DSA can’t hide its extremism. Its leaders may deny it, but this group has designs far beyond the social safety net.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/10/democratic-socialists-america-cant-hide-its-extremism/
WCBM
— ‘Now We’re in Congress:’ Rashida Tlaib Lays Out the Socialist Agenda in Rage-Filled Rant.
https://wcbm.com/national-headline/now-were-in-congress-rashida-tlaib-lays-out-the-socialist-agenda-in-rage-filled-rant/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Lindsey Graham’s Sister Named to Fill His Senate Seat.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/lindsey-graham-trump-replacement-sister-ed58d06d?mod=djemwhatsnews
— DD: Democrat leaders say Trump acted in bad faith. My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted in bad faith.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/judge-excoriates-trumps-irs-lawsuit-that-led-to-1-8-billion-fund-3a3c94fe
— Student loans. DD: I could not have gotten a student loan if I had tried. My ACT score was only 24. I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class. Therefore, to pay for my UIC and then NIU college expenses and to pay for new cars to drive to/from my parents’ home in Crete to classes at UIC and then NIU, I spent far too many hours washing dishes during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee, during my first 2 years at UIC and my first semester at NIU. Therefore, my ACT score and my GPAs were lower. Therefore, when I graduated, the only job offer I got did not really require a college degree. I acknowledge that my wanting new cars resulted in a) my working more hours and b) my ACT score and GPAs being lower.
https://www.wsj.com/buyside/personal-finance/student-loans/best-private-student-loans
HR DRIVE
— DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 because I was an active member in class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/white-employee-lawsuit-equity-mindset-requirement-survives/825048/
July 7, 2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— Violence interrupter says large gathering on West Side got “out of hand” before mass shooting.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mass-shooting-west-garfield-park/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/07/opinion-pride-parade-judges-lgbtq-community/
— DD: To get even more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that Blacks have. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had doing that.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/06/bronzeville-exhibit-emmett-tills-legacy/
DAILY HERALD
— Age change in road tests is not enough.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260706/letters-to-the-editor/age-change-in-road-tests-is-not-enough/
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— ‘Underdog’ Tracy says he’s ‘answering a call of duty’ by running for Durbin’s seat.
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/underdog-tracy-says-hes-answering-a-call-of-duty-by-running-for-durbins-seat/20260707061334/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-06/militant-lgbtq-rights-group-the-lavender-panthers-was-founded-on-this-day-in-1973
— DD: Democrat leaders used, are using, and will forever use slavery against Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-07/heirs-of-odious-supreme-court-ruling-see-modern-parallels
CWB CHICAGO
— 7 people shot at huge West Side street party while cops were already at the scene.
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/07/7-people-shot-at-huge-west-side-street-party-while-cops-were-already-at-the-scene.html
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— DD: Democrat leaders say “Belittling Chicago didn’t help Darren Bailey in his first run for governor. So if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.”
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/august-2026/meet-your-new-neighbor-darren-bailey/
CHICAGO MAROON
— Post-graduate success overstated. DD: What was your post-graduate success? When I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21 in 1970, I had to have a job. Potential employers saw me as being draft bait. I had applied for a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother, but potential employers did not believe it would be granted. So I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was being the Retail Sales Manager for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. But the job did not really require a college degree. To “learn the business,” I was required to dismount, mount, and balance many tires, pump lots of gasoline, change lots of engine oil and filters, change batteries, deliver major appliances to homes, etc. My Chicago Heights store boss would never had hired me, but his boss had assigned me to him. He did not have a college degree. He refused to let me start until after I passed a 2-week probationary period in the Firestone Store in Gary, Indiana. He disapproved of my avoiding the Vietnam War draft. He disapproved of my being Protestant, my being German American, my having ancestors who had been in America since 1844, and my living in Crete. Under him, I saw that my Firestone career was bleak if not nonexistent. Consequently, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. He rudely if not violently fired me because I had accepted that offer. I had to have a job. So I accepted the only job offer that I got. It was to be an IRS Revenue Officer. Then, oddly, puzzlingly, he then offered me a job working part-time pumping gasoline which I accepted until he “asked” me to resign at the end of 1972. The money I earned helped me a) buy a new Corvette in 1971, b) pay for four graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972.
https://chicagomaroon.com/52872/news/career-advancement-appears-to-overstate-post-graduation-student-outcomes/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— State House race: Republican Ajay Gupta will be feted at a fundraiser cohosted by U.S. Senate candidate Don Tracy, former Illinois Republican Party Chair Kathy Salvi and Republican insiders Bill Hogan and Nancy Quigley in his bid to unseat Democratic state Rep. Janet Yang Rohr.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/07/pritzker-draws-the-ai-line-00988435
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/07/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-764/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois loses young people at more than 3 times the U.S. rate. DD: Anticipate/expect that young people who leave Illinois will overwhelming be conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Democrat leaders want to get rid of those who are the aforesaid.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-loses-young-people-at-more-than-3-times-the-u-s-rate/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Chicago Among Nation’s Most Violent Cities During Fourth of July Holiday Weekend.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/07/chicago-among-nations-most-violent-cities-during-fourth-of-july-holiday-weekend.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— White House says Smithsonian pushes leftist ideology, cannot be trusted to tell America’s story.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/6/white-house-says-smithsonian-pushes-leftist-ideology-cannot-trusted/
— Mamdani’s twisted view of America.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/6/mamdanis-twisted-view-america/
— Soccer’s culture clashes with America’s values.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/6/soccers-culture-clashes-americas-values/
— The 14th Amendment was written for one people. Courts have treated the Constitution’s citizenship clause more broadly than the framers intended.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/6/14th-amendment-written-one-people/
NEW YORK POST
— Activists demand Black English be pushed on kids in California preschools.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/06/us-news/activists-demand-black-english-be-pushed-on-kids-in-california-preschools/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Why Do Jews Keep Voting for Leftists Who Hate Them? DD: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Democrats, and far too many of them were antisemites. My Democrat antisemite superiors had my many Jewish superiors and supervisors take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, and 100% German American.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/07/why-do-jews-keep-voting-for-leftists-who-hate-them-comments/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Has These Options to Fight Birth Tourism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/06/even-after-scotus-citizenship-ruling-trump-has-these-options-to-fight-birth-tourism/
— Congress Can Ban Birthright Citizenship.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/06/congress-ban-birthright-citizenship/
FEDERALIST
— Democratic Socialists Who Failed At Life Are Weaponizing Envy To Destroy American Families.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/07/06/democratic-socialists-who-failed-at-life-are-weaponizing-envy-to-destroy-american-families/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. To advance under socialists, you must be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, you must be a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service ($197,200/year) long before I was 40. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 ($154,682/year) and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5954347-democratic-party-socialism-debate/
ABC NEWS
— In scathing report, White House accuses Smithsonian of presenting ‘a radical view of American history.’ The Smithsonian says it is committed to “nonpartisan” scholarship.
https://abcnews.com/amp/Politics/scathing-report-white-house-accuses-smithsonian-presenting-radical/story?id=134515705
NEWSWEEK
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. To advance under socialists, you must be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, you must be a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service ($197,200/year) long before I was 40. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 ($154,682/year) and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.newsweek.com/democratic-socialists-communists-differences-trump-attacks-midterms-12162129
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. To advance under socialists, you must be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, you must be a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service ($197,200/year) long before I was 40. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 ($154,682/year) and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/nyregion/dsa-economy-nyc.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. To advance under socialists, you must be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, you must be a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service ($197,200/year) long before I was 40. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 ($154,682/year) and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/06/democrats-are-electing-socialists-republicans-are-labeling-them-communist/
USA TODAY
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they had to meet hiring, retention, and promotion quotas. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats who a) were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and b) had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/02/26/trump-lawsuit-affirmative-action/88291520007/
BIG NEWS NETWORK
— Indiana law targets employers hiring undocumented workers. DD: All my employers would have hired non-citizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/279171460/indiana-law-targets-employers-hiring-undocumented-workers
INVESTOPEDIA
— Less than 30% of today’s workers have a defined benefit pension, yet more than half of current retirees receive pension income. Public-sector workers are more likely to have pensions than private-sector workers, and the benefits they pay are typically much larger. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. I have been getting a CSRS pension, currently $68,640/year, since I was 49 in 1997. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. Further, I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.investopedia.com/why-more-retirees-rely-on-pensions-than-most-people-realize-12009683
FINANCE BUZZ
— 12 Jobs Paying Over $100,000 That Are Desperately Short of Workers Right Now. DD: I did not start earning $100,059/year in today’s dollars until I was 25 in 1974 and I had a) earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, b) worked for IRS for 3 years, and c) completed 11 graduate evening business courses. I did not start earning $118,984/year in today’s dollars until I was 38 and I had a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, e) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination and became a licensed CPA when I was 32, d) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, and e) worked for GAO for almost 7 years. I did not start earning $154,684/year in today’s dollars until I was 49 and I had a) earned four more job-related professional certifications, b) earned a master’s degree in finance, and b) worked for GAO for almost 18 years.
https://www.aol.com/articles/12-jobs-paying-over-100-115000000.html
FED SMITH
— DD: Democrats run the federal government. They use the subjectivity in their performance rating systems to not promote and to get rid of their Republican employees who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2026/07/07/new-opm-rule-changes-how-your-performance-rating-gets-decided/
MSHALE
— Trump: Government Jobs Won’t Make America Great Again. Fired federal employees now working in the private sector are “getting two or three times more money, and they’re doing well,” President Trump tells NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich during an exclusive one-on-one interview. Trump explains why government jobs are not jobs that “will make America great again.” DD: My critics/opponents despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees. I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and I have been a federal retiree since 1997. My critics/opponents especially despise/hate federal employees and retirees who like me are Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://mshale.com/89f3eec1/790883edeJYlUDaZ4MQ?__cf_chl_f_tk=R.6A_kFzwfaryQtRoUqhluYYCkdHLqxY4WOS828oI0E-1783413279-1.0.1.1-OiTve12ilPo9dYjzaW_ifBW1CngxP.uH4nKaH5PjZWU
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. To advance under socialists, you must be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, you must be a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service ($197,200/year) long before I was 40. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 ($154,682/year) and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/08/mamdani-affordability-crisis-consumer-socialism/687603/
POLITICO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. To advance under socialists, you must be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, you must be a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service ($197,200/year) long before I was 40. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 ($154,682/year) and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/06/dsa-progressives-wisconsin-michigan-primaries-00986944
AXIOS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. To advance under socialists, you must be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, you must be a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service ($197,200/year) long before I was 40. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 ($154,682/year) and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.axios.com/2026/07/06/democratic-socialists-medicare-for-all
SHRM
— Performance Improvement Plan (PIP). DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat superiors in the federal government never put me on a PIP, but instead, they took many big adverse actions against me. My Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, c) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and d) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. I frustrated their efforts to get rid of me by earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1981, and 1997, c) professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and c) a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/employment-law-compliance/inconsistent-reasons-provided-performance-plan-suggest-pretext
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
SPECTATOR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism. Working for socialists is like working for Democrats. To advance under socialists, you must be a socialist. To advance under Democrats, you must be a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the Democrats who run the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service ($197,200/year) long before I was 40. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license. But because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, they never promoted me beyond GS-13 Step 10 ($154,682/year) and they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://spectator.com/article/why-socialism-will-fail/?edition=us
BUSINESS TIMES
— Forging a career path in the non-profit sector. Many choose to work in the sector for greater flexibility, purpose in their role as life circumstances change. DD: I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My critics/opponents despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees. I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and I have been a federal retiree since 1997. My critics/opponents especially despise/hate federal employees and retirees who like me are Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/lifestyle/forging-career-path-non-profit-sector
June 25, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville lags far behind other towns in protecting historic buildings. DD: Too many historic buildings in my hometown of Crete have been torn down including the Crete Hardware Store that my grandfather operated at the northeast corner of Main and Exchange where I lived with my parents in an apartment above it 1948-1953. SEE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/214492231934655/posts/5573842849332873/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/25/report-naperville-preservation-historic-protection-landmark/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s political megadonors crack the nation’s top 50.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-pritzker-uihlein-griffin-political-donations-20260625/
SOUTHERN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/06/25/pritzker-signs-bill-protecting-medical-records-for-abortion-patients-in-illinois/
JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push reparations. Because Affirmative Action and DEI are reparations, Blacks have already received many trillions of dollars in reparations.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/reparations-commissions-asks-illinoisians-22320496.php
MORRIS HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who have less money than others that Republicans caused that.
https://www.shawlocal.com/morris-herald-news/2026/06/24/working-class-people-weve-had-it-rough-lahoods-democratic-challenger-tells-voters-in-morris/
WAND TV
— Illinois launches America 250 website, events celebrating state history. DD: During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany. They always lived in northeast Illinois.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois/illinois-launches-america-250-website-events-celebrating-state-history/article_75fbc74a-d0b2-4640-93ba-389e5930da16.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-544/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Teachers Union-style political agenda may come to your school district.
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-style-political-agenda-may-come-to-your-school-district/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— The Truth About America’s Housing Crisis.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/the-truth-about-americas-housing-crisis.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Activist judges strike again this week, nullifying the will of the voters.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/25/activist-judges-strike-week-nullifying-voters/
— Kinzinger launches PAC backing anti-Trump candidates.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/25/former-rep-adam-kinzinger-launches-pac-backing-anti-trump-candidates/
— Trump administration gives details about vandalism at the Reflecting Pool.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/25/trump-administration-gives-details-vandalism-reflecting-pool/
— House probes IRS failure to nab tax dodgers in federal workforce; more than $6 billion owed. DD: Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats. I have always been a Republican. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats. GAO works for Congress. GAO audits IRS. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year and the last 3 years of which for IRS’s Special Procedures Staff. I transferred to GAO in 1980 after I had earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. To transfer, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars, a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10, currently $89,702/year. They succeeded in keeping me off audits of IRS’s Collection Division for my entire almost 18-year GAO career. I was assigned to audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years 1986-1988 only because the GAO Manager who had arranged my transfer got back into power. But they forced him to retire in 1987. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980 should have offered me a promotion to GS-13 to transfer. They should have always assigned me to audits of IRS’s Collection Division. But, of course, not to audits of my IRS superiors who had taken big adverse actions against me. Democrats do not want Republicans to audit Democrats.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/25/house-probes-irs-failure-nab-tax-dodgers-federal-workforce-6-billion/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over 571,000 federal employees owe $6.3 billion in taxes. The delinquency rate among federal workers is increasing despite IRS warnings. The House Oversight Committee is questioning IRS enforcement efforts. The IRS can garnish wages and pensions for unpaid taxes. More than 571,000 current and retired federal employees owe $6.3 billion in taxes, a delinquency rate that has been increasing steadily despite threatening letters from the IRS. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee wants to know why the IRS and other federal agencies haven’t cracked down harder on tax scofflaws within their ranks or moved to seize their wages and pensions through an existing enforcement program. In a letter sent Thursday to IRS Chief Executive Officer Frank J. Bisignano, the GOP-led panel asked the agency to turn over data showing the IRS’s efforts to recover unpaid taxes, whether they’ve used wage and pension garnishment, and if they were successful at bringing any of the money into the Treasury. A recent report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) paints a bleak picture of enforcement when it comes to federal workers. It found the number of federal employees delinquent on their taxes had increased by a staggering 43% since 2021 and that 215,000 U.S. government workers — 6.9% of the total workforce — were delinquent on their federal taxes in 2024 alone. The report also found 50,000 federal employees and retirees failed to file any tax returns at all, among them 14,000 repeat non-filers who earned federal salaries of $100,000 or more. At least 122 federal workers did not file a tax return for eight or more years, the inspector general found. A third of all non-filers were U.S. Postal Service workers. Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, Kentucky Republican, plans to crack down on the federal government’s apparent lack of enforcement. “With TIGTA’s report showing continuous increases in tax noncompliance among current and former federal employees, the Committee is concerned that this trend will continue unless IRS, the Executive Branch and Congress act now to proactively curb noncompliance with federal tax laws,” he wrote to Mr. Bisignano. Failure to file a tax return is a federal crime, but the IRS’s efforts to enforce the law among federal workers have largely failed. Last summer, the IRS mailed 427,000 delinquency notification letters to federal employees and retirees that, according to Mr. Comer, encouraged the scofflaws to voluntarily resolve their outstanding tax bills. Within a month of the notifications, only 59,000 people who received the letters made a payment, and just 4,700 paid all of the taxes they owed. In total, the IRS recovered only $58 million in delinquent tax payments from the federal workforce, which is less than 1% of the total owed by all federal workers and retirees. “This data demonstrates that the majority of noncompliant federal employees ignored the IRS letters and failed to resolve their tax liabilities in a timely manner or at all,” Mr. Comer wrote. The federal government has additional enforcement avenues for these scofflaws beyond sending friendly letters encouraging compliance. The Federal Payment Levy Program authorizes the IRS to garnish up to 15% of federal employee salaries and retiree pensions to recover unpaid taxes. Mr. Comer asked the IRS to turn over the number of non-filers referred to the Federal Payment Levy Program and the amount of tax money recovered, the number of wage garnishment requests for unpaid taxes made to the Bureau of Fiscal Service, the number of employees and pensioners “who had federal payments or salaries levied” and the amount of money recovered. Mr. Comer asked the IRS to turn over the data by July 9 and to agree to a staff-level briefing on IRS enforcement of federal workers’ tax compliance. Under the law, the Treasury Department can hold its own employees accountable for tax delinquencies. The audit said that was probably a factor in the department having a relatively low delinquency rate of just 2.4%. The law, however, prohibits the IRS from sharing tax information outside the Treasury, so other departments struggle to crack down on workers who duck paying their federal taxes. The loophole leads to weak enforcement, Mr. Comer said. “It seems unlikely that employees who are already failing to pay or to file taxes for years in violation of federal laws would voluntarily identify themselves to their employing agencies,” Mr. Comer said.)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Anti-Trump Republican Kinzinger unveils new PAC targeting GOP ‘enablers’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4625047/kinzinger-pac-targeting-gop-enablers/
— Over 30 socialists have won primaries this year.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4624938/over-30-socialists-won-primaries-2026-elections/
— Border Patrol hits record-high 21,471 agents following Trump hiring surge.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/national-security/4624768/border-patrol-hits-record-high-agents-hiring-surge/
— DOJ unveils $3 billion ‘BIDEN’ fund for states fighting to close borders.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4624589/doj-unveils-3-billion-biden-fund-states-fighting-to-close-borders-john-cornyn/
— The Democratic establishment fueled the socialist hate it is now lamenting.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4625328/democratic-establishment-fueled-socialist-hate-new-york-primary-elections/
NEW YORK POST
— Pull the plug on ‘activist classroom’ rules indoctrinating our kids.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/25/opinion/pull-the-plug-on-activist-classrooms-indoctrinating-our-kids/
DAILY CALLER
— The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a non-citizen has to physically enter the boundaries of the U.S. in order to have “arrived in” the country for purposes of asylum. In a 6-3 decision Thursday morning, the Supreme Court ruled, “An alien standing in Mexico does not ‘arriv[e] in the United States’ by attempting, and failing, to set foot in this country.” The majority opinion holds, “An alien ‘arrives in the United States’ only when he crosses the border.” This ruling will enable President Donald Trump’s administration to turn illegal aliens back before they cross the U.S. border.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/06/25/samuel-alito-supreme-court-rules-illegals-outside-us-not-arrive-trump-border-enforcement/
PJ MEDIA
— Woke Wednesday: All the Brutal, Globalist Tyranny That’s Fit to Mock.
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2026/06/24/woke-wednesday-all-the-brutal-globalist-tyranny-thats-fit-to-mock-n4954341
WESTERN JOURNAL
— After making opposition to voter ID requirements a plank of the Democratic Party platform, the Obama Presidential Library must be evil racists, massive hypocrites, or maybe even both.
https://www.westernjournal.com/obama-presidential-library-betrays-black-visitors-issues-wildly-racist-demand-website-least-told-racist/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Visitors and anyone checking the website were met with an interesting bit of information about their visit — you must show a valid photo ID to enter. The website policy reads, “Must be able to provide proof of residency. Be prepared to show proof of residency at the Museum with a valid photo ID, Illinois driver’s license, state ID, or city-issued ID. Guardians must be able to provide proof of residency for accompanying children.” Isn’t requiring a photo ID racist? Won’t this keep poor, ignorant black Americans who supposedly can’t acquire one from visiting? It’s a shocking discovery, to say the least. Could it be that Democrats actually see the merit in requiring ID for certain situations and only push for this insanity in our elections to enable fraud? ID is not controversial among the American people.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— MBA Pay Is Drifting Down—and So Is Demand for the Degree. The starting median salary for MBAs this year is projected to fall to $120,000 from $125,000 in 2025. DD: I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 in 1976. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled that. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $106,731/year. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors ignored, dismissed, and belittled that. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $113,402/year.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/m-b-a-pay-is-drifting-downand-so-is-demand-for-the-degree-e8fa692e
— Supreme Court Hands Trump Double Victory on Immigration Enforcement.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/supreme-court-hands-trump-double-victory-on-immigration-enforcement-700f7a23
POLITICO
— Supreme Court allows immigration officials to turn away asylum seekers at the border.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/25/asylum-seekers-mexico-border-trump-administration-00975589
June 16, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker for President.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/16/jb-pritzker-donald-trump-bruce-rauner-presidential-bid/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/06/16/mayoral-working-group-recommends-policy-changes-reducing-barriers-for-trans-chicagoans
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker for President.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/06/16/gov-pritzker-potential-2028-presidential-run-democrats-have-lost-our-way
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/06/16/birthright-citizenship-is-before-the-supreme-court-heres-what-illinois-families-should-know
— DD: Pritzker budget takes more money away from those who have demographics that vote Republicans and gives that money to those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/2026/06/16/pritzker-signs-illinois-budget-trump-social-media-tax
— DD: Democrat leaders use Trump’s cage fight against him.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/06/16/coinciding-birthdays-donald-trump-80th-neil-steinberg-granddaughter
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260616/marijuana/des-plaines-easing-sign-rules-for-cannabis-stores/
WGN9
— New Illinois GOP Chair Bob Grogan on growing the party ahead of November
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/wgn-the-point-politics-chicago-illinois/new-illinois-gop-chair-bob-grogan-on-growing-the-party-ahead-of-november/
FOX32
— Man charged with assaulting federal employee outside Chicago courthouse. DD: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. I have been a federal retiree for almost 29 years. My critics/opponents despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-charged-with-assaulting-federal-employee-outside-chicago-courthouse/ar-AA1HByjC
WBEZ
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/education/2026/06/16/school-districts-trans-kids-pay-anti-trans-lawsuits
RIVER BENDER
— Plummer Criticizes Pritzker After Signing of FY2027 State Budget
https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/senator-plummer-criticizes-pritzker-after-signing-of-fy2027-state-budget-94323.cfm
FOX ILLINOIS & WAND TV
— Illegal immigration increased car insurance premiums
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fact-focus-trump-says-illegal-immigration-increased-car-insurance-premiums-experts-say-otherwise/article_fbddc322-4be7-59e2-a797-9382b24dda6d.html
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/fact-focus-trump-says-illegal-immigration-increased-car-insurance-premiums-experts-say-otherwise/article_0c22cc98-1059-5dc7-91c9-23423ebf96c2.html
CWB CHICAGO
— Grant Park cross burner was sending a message to ‘MAGA Christian nationalist supporters’ of Donald Trump
https://cwbchicago.com/2026/06/grant-park-cross-burner-was-sending-a-message-to-maga-christian-nationalist-supporters-of-donald-trump.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A 21-year-old University of Illinois Chicago senior says he is the person who set fire to a cross in Grant Park last week, though he insists he had no idea that burning crosses are a symbol of the Ku Klux Klan. Merlin Lu told NBC 5 in an interview Monday that his target was not a racial group, but rather supporters of President Donald Trump, whom he described as “MAGA Christian nationalist supporters.” His chosen method of protest: placing a red baseball cap atop a cross, the central symbol of Christianity, and setting it ablaze.)
CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026/06/16/illinois-rep-chuy-garcia-introduces-house-legislation-to-protect-immigrant-children/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Bailey Supporters Say Top Dabrowski Allies Continue Primary Fight Months After Election
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/06/bailey-supporters-say-top-dabrowski-allies-continue-primary-fight-months-after-election.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans will hold a midterm convention in Dallas this September. Senate candidate Ken Paxton announced the convention during a tele-town hall. President Trump is expected to speak at the convention. The GOP aims to boost voter turnout and enthusiasm with this convention.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/16/gop-picks-dallas-midterm-convention-says-ken-paxton/
— Foiled plot targeting UFC event at White House meant to set off revolution by killing Trump
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/16/foiled-plot-targeting-ufc-event-white-house-meant-set-revolution/
— Vance blames the political left’s rhetoric for planned attacks targeting the UFC event
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/16/jd-vance-blames-political-lefts-rhetoric-planned-attacks-targeting/
— Is removal of Trump’s name from Kennedy Center a metaphor? DD: Trump opposes abortion. Democrat leaders remove Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center building. In 2025, Democrat leaders removed Hyde’s name from the DuPage County Courthouse because he opposed abortion.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/15/removal-trumps-name-kennedy-center-metaphor/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Vance praises Trump’s ‘rebellion’ against GOP donors in new book. DD: Far too many major Republican donors reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4610021/vance-praises-trump-rebellion-against-gop-donors-new-book/
NEW YORK POST
— Freedom 250 White House attack suspect posted wild anti-Trump, antisemitic TikTok memes
https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/us-news/vile-social-media-posts-of-alleged-ufc-250-plotter-exposed-as-feds-say-tiktok-was-used-to-recruit/
— ‘Assassination culture’ and anti-Christian extremism fueled alleged plot against Erika Kirk
https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/us-news/assassination-culture-and-anti-christian-extremism-fueled-alleged-plot-against-erika-kirk-report/
— Cornell student who ‘won’t work for Jews’ is a symptom of a far darker hatred that must be stopped. DD: Far too many of my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworker, and subordinates were antisemitic. They were furious when I volunteered to work for the office’s Jewish GS-15 (currently $165,386-$197,200/year manager in late 1989.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/16/opinion/cornell-student-who-wont-work-for-jews-is-a-symptom-of-a-far-darker-hatred-that-must-be-stopped/
JUDICIAL WATCH
— United States Seeks to Intervene in Judicial Watch Lawsuit Challenging Evanston Reparations Program
https://www.judicialwatch.org/evanston-reparations-program/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— A Person Is in Custody in a Chicago Cross Burning Investigation.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2026-06-16/a-person-is-in-custody-in-a-chicago-cross-burning-investigation-police-say
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The man said he protesting President Donald Trump and not making a racist statement. “I did know about this historical relevance beforehand. But I didn’t know the severity, how racially motivated it may seem from what I did,” the man told the TV station. “Cause my protest has nothing to do with race, nothing to do with gender.” Cross burnings in the U.S. have historically been seen as symbols of hate and intimidation against Black people and have often been connected to the Ku Klux Klan. The Chicago Police Department’s communications office confirmed that a person was in custody in connection with the case, but no other details were released. The man interviewed on WMAQ said he was protesting the “ruling class” and Christian nationalists who support Trump. He said he put a red MAGA hat on the cross.)
MSN
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. I should write about Democrat success in doing that in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West district, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. Ever increasingly, I am a minority in more ways.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/lifestyle/relationships/donald-trump-and-the-republican-party-love-and-hate/ar-AA25JaRx
PEW RESEARCH
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2013/07/31/whither-the-gop-republicans-want-change-but-split-over-partys-direction/
SALON
— Working class. DD: My critics/opponents look down on the working class. I was a member of the working class 1964-1997. I had to work my way through college. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critic/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.salon.com/2026/06/16/trumps-white-working-class-base-may-finally-have-had-enough/
June 10, 2026 Evening Edition
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— House Republicans press CPS chief over DEI, transgender student policies
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/10/cps-chief-testifies-congress/
— Is the U.S. redistricting war slowing down? Or is it an arms race with no foreseeable end? DD: Democrat leaders know they cannot win unless they gerrymander.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/09/ncsl-gerrymandering-redistricting-fair-maps-illinois-indiana-virginia-california-new-york-south-carolina/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/06/10/what-to-know-as-cps-ceo-macquline-king-prepares-to-testify-before-congress-under-subpoena
DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker plays offense and defense in game of political football over elusive Bears deal
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260609/news/pritzker-plays-offense-and-defense-in-game-of-political-football-over-elusive-bears-deal/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois Republicans hope to re-engage Bears with new proposals.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-chicago-bears-republican-proposals-20260609/
— Downtown Chicago apartment rents hit another record high. DD: When IRS promoted me to a GS-12 (currently $100,059/year) Revenue Officer job in the Loop when I was 25 in 1974, I never considered renting. I bought a studio apartment in the Outer Drive East building. I walked to/from it and my job and graduate evening business courses at Loyola.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/real-estate/commercial/ccb-first-quarter-downtown-rental-market-20260610/
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use GAO against Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/largest-ice-detention-facility-wasted-millions-put-detainees-risk-report-finds/19270304/
NBC5
— GOP lawmakers grill Chicago Public Schools’ CEO over transgender student policies. Some Democrats on the committee admonished their colleagues for what they called “political theater.” DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/house-republicans-grill-chicago-public-schools-ceo-over-transgender-student-policies/3946797/
— Tens of thousands without power as strong storms roll through Chicago area. More outages are likely as the storms continue to churn through the area. DD: What exposure do you have to weather-caused power, internet, and phone outages? Overhead lines about 200 feet long to the west of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton expose me to weather-caused power, internet, and phone outages big time. The line is in a utility easement on private property that is full of trees that have not been trimmed for decades and pull the lines down and to the north. I have filed a “tree and vegetation request” with ComEd, and outstandingly, a ComEd employee can out today to inspect. According to Xfinity and AT&T, they cannot do any trimming until ComEd is done. It would be great if all the lines would be put underground. The last outage caused me more problems because my 17-month-old 24kW Generac failed.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/nearly-20000-without-power-across-the-chicago-area-as-powerful-storms-roll-through/3946633/
WBEZ
— DD: My critics/opponents are ever-increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance premiums since 1966 and 72% of my wife’s health insurance premiums since 1978 because I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and because I have been a federal retiree for almost 29 years.
https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2026/06/10/affordable-care-act-enrollment-in-illinois-continues-to-drop-new-state-data-shows
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wbez.org/curious-city/2026/06/10/how-did-hollywood-beach-become-chicagos-gay-beach
EVANSTON PATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://patch.com/illinois/evanston/27th-annual-race-against-hate-bring-thousands-evanston
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in turning veterans against Trump. Democrat leaders had great success in tuning my many Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who veterans against me. They stressed that I avoided the Vietnam War draft.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-10/veterans-and-relatives-see-no-place-for-trumps-arch-near-arlington-national-cemetery
— DD: My father worked in a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights for 29 years. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2026-06-10/study-finds-waste-sites-with-cancer-causing-chemicals-more-common-near-marginalized-communities
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use GAO against Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-06-10/report-ice-wasted-millions-endangered-detainees-in-largest-immigration-facility
NORTHERAN PUBLIC RADIO & CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Raoul suggests underfunding of his office could make winning legal battles against Trump harder. DD: The Bush DOJ had all the money it needed to defeat me in Diersen v. GAO. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf That is, the Bush had all the money it needed to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/illinois/2026-06-10/raoul-suggests-underfunding-of-his-office-could-make-winning-legal-battles-against-trump-harder
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/raoul-suggests-underfunding-of-his-office-could-make-winning-legal-battles-against-trump-harder/
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrats do everything that they can to get as many as the can on Medicaid.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/10k-illinois-noncitizens-to-lose-medicaid-coverage-due-to-federal-changes/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— 10K Illinois noncitizens to lose Medicaid coverage due to federal changes. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-10k-illinois-noncitizens-to-lose-medicaid-coverage-due-to-federal-changes/
METRA
— Public transit is the best way to get to the Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening
https://metra.com/newsroom/public-transit-is-the-best-way-to-get-to-the-obama-presidential-center-grand-opening
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/06/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-540/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago Media’s Slippery Slope Into Lawlessness. When Chicago journalism stops defending the rule of law, it starts defending the breakdown of civilization itself.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-media-slippery-slope-lawlessness
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Happy Fidelity Month! Red states, feds promote June rebrandings in rebuff to Pride
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/10/happy-fidelity-month-june-undergoes-rechristening-red-states-feds-go/
— Trump blasts Platner, Democrats’ Senate nominee in Maine, as ‘low-level thug’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/10/trump-blasts-graham-platner-democrats-senate-nominee-maine-low-level/
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/10/republicans-troll-graham-platner-domain-name-opening-salvo-maine/
— What happens if the U.S. fails to build more data centers? That’s the real AI question we should be asking.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jun/10/happens-us-fails-build-data-centers/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— College Faculty are ‘only slightly less left-leaning’ than Bernie Sanders. DD: I escaped liberal Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/4603272/college-faculty-members-slightly-less-left-leaning-bernie-sanders/
NEW YORK POST
— New York Times reporter downplays accusations against Graham Platner as ‘not like classic abuse allegations’
https://nypost.com/2026/06/10/us-news/new-york-times-reporter-downplays-accusations-against-graham-platner-as-not-like-classic-abuse-allegations/
DAILY CITIZEN
— SPLC ‘Hate List’: Christian Pro-Life Groups ON, Antifa OFF
https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/splc-hate-list-christian-pro-life-groups-on-antifa-off/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— ICE mandates additional training for new hires. DD: The first 6 months in 1971 that I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer was classroom training.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-training-new-hires-backlash/
— DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government crowed about their success in hiring. retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger, that is, their success in discriminating against Republicans who were White, male, and/or older.
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/uc-davis-school-of-medicine-admission-processes-discriminates-doj/
KIPLINGER
— Parent PLUS Caps Just Changed the Math on Paying for College: How Will You Fill the Gap? For years, Parent PLUS filled whatever tuition gap was left over. Starting July 1, it comes with a hard ceiling. What should families do if they now have fewer options than they expected? DD: In today’s dollars, my father never earned more than $50,000/year.
https://www.kiplinger.com/personal-finance/student-loans/new-parent-plus-caps-how-to-fill-borrowing-gaps
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you take out your first PLUS loan for a child starting a program on or after July 1, 2026, you can borrow $20,000 a year per student, up to $65,000 in total. . .Why $65,000 falls short fast. Sixty-five thousand dollars sounds like plenty until you hold it against a real tuition bill. At an in-state public university, it might stretch across all four years. At a private college running $80,000 or $90,000 a year, it barely dents the gap PLUS used to close. The old program rose with the price of the school. The new one ignores it. A family sending a child to a $25,000 school and a family sending one to a $90,000 school get the same $65,000, which means the households that stretched hardest for an expensive school are the first to hit the wall.)