FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— 1 killed, 14 injured as gunfire erupts while police try to disperse crowd in Washington Park.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-violence-weekend-man-killed-9-others-hurt-washington-park-mass-shooting-cottage-grove-avenue-police-say/19763213/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Why Illinois should not let elected officials hold multiple public offices.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/30/brad-stephens-thaddeus-jones-tiffany-henyard-harry-benton-public-officials/
— In Cook County, politics are being pursued, not justice.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/30/opinion-chicago-politics-justice-states-attorney-eileen-burke/
— ‘Our contingency plans have contingency plans’: Officials preparing for potential changes ahead of Election Day.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/30/our-contingency-plans-have-contingency-plans-officials-preparing-for-potential-changes-ahead-of-election-day/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: To get more votes from women, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/08/30/abortion-law-personhood-women-rights-steinberg-health
DAILY HERALD
— Federal scholarship program can build the workforce suburban businesses need.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260831/business/federal-scholarship-program-can-build-the-workforce-suburban-businesses-need/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Bailey implores Republicans to improve turnout as he plans to shift focus to Chicago. DD: What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman doing to improve turnout? I hope that each of the 18 Republican candidates on the November 3, 2006 ballot in my precinct will provide enough of their campaign pieces to the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) so that I can pick up 400 pieces for each of them and hand-deliver them to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one registered Republican or Independent voter. That is 7,200 pieces (400 X 18). So far, I have placed 660 DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels on 400 DuPage County GOP-provided envelopes. I have split them into five batches and put them in walk order. I want to start stuffing those envelopes with MTRO-provided outstanding Voter Guides and the literature pieces ASAP. I want to start stuffing as soon as I have at least 100 pieces from each of the candidates. As soon as the sample ballot for my precinct is available, I will make 400 photocopies of the ballot, stuff them, and head out the door. The 18 candidates are Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Solomon, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://pantagraph.com/image_530bcb45-6801-4094-a061-07b33d77d36f.html
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Amid scandals, Illinois Republicans hoping to flip legislative seats.
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/2026/08/31/illinois-republicans-hope-to-flip-legislative-amid-democratic-scandals/91411140007/
OUR QUAD CITIES
— Tracy says Illinois needs to be a two-party state.
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/u-s-senate-candidate-tracy-says-illinois-needs-to-be-a-two-party-state/
JOURNAL NEWS
— Bailey, Del Mar Host Meet-And-Greet In Nokomis.
https://www.thejournal-news.net/stories/bailey-del-mar-host-meet-and-greet-in-nokomis,245014?
WQAD
— Bailey campaigns at closed Tyson plant, meets with laid-off workers.
https://www.wqad.com/video/news/local/bailey-campaigns-at-closed-tyson-plant-meets-with-laid-off-workers/526-d8372121-d5b7-4b35-8a24-b1c6e2910925
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump still teases seeking a third term. But he’s now talking more about post-presidency life.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-still-teases-a-third-presidential-run-but-hes-talking-more-and-more-about-life-after-2028/
— US Treasury blocks certain journalists from G20 meeting.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-us-treasury-blocks-certain-journalists-from-g20-meeting-in-north-carolina/amp/
ALMAS
— Meet the Candidates: DuPage County Open House & Candidate Forums on 9/9
https://www.almascommunity.org/event-details/dupage-county-forum
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rahm Emanuel, potential 2028 candidate, says democratic socialists aren’t part of Democratic Party.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/30/rahm-emanuel-potential-2028-candidate-says-democratic-socialists/
— Complaints of white privilege are a losers’ lament. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I am a loser. But If I had been born a minority or a female, and even though I was not a Democrat or a veteran, the Democrats who ran the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 in 1988. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree (management) when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees (business and accounting) when I was 27 and 31. I earned job-related professional certifications (accounting and internal auditing) when I was 29 and 32. I had earned a job-related professional license (CPA) when I was 32. But because I was not a minority, female, Democrat, or veteran, my Democrat superiors did not promote me to GS-12 until I was 25 and to GS-13 until I was 38 and they never promoted me to GS-14.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/30/complaints-white-privilege-losers-lament/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Rahm Emanuel shuts socialists out of Democratic tent: ‘Run as a separate party.’ DD: Democrats and RINOs want to shut conservatives out of the Republican tent. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4705567/rahm-emanuel-socialists-democratic-party-tent/
— Trump says el Sayed is ‘out of it’ and predicts socialism will sink Democrats.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4705693/trump-el-sayed-predicts-socialism-sink-democrats/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Socialist Promises, Promises. The increasing popularity of socialism in America is frightening. DD: Socialists hint/imply/argue/shout that under socialism, all you need to do to advance is to be a socialist, just like all you need to do to advance under Democrats is to be a Democrat. Socialism, just like Democrats, destroys motivation and meritocracy. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/08/socialist-promises-promises/
BLAZE
— The left’s next phase is even worse than woke.
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/rufo-lomez/the-lefts-next-phase-is-even-worse-than-woke
— The government would like to discuss your allowance. Democratic socialism turns an old American presumption upside down: Your property is yours unless Washington decides you have more than you need. DD: According to my critics/opponents, I have always had more than I need. According to them, all the jobs and all the promotions that I got should have been given to needy Democrats, needy minorities, needy females, needy younger people, needy veterans, needy non-Protestants, needy non-German Americans, needy those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time, and/or needy noncitizens.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-government-would-like-to-discuss-your-allowance
— The WNBA’s identity crisis is bigger than basketball. A league for women now struggles to define the category its own name depends on. The intellectual roots of that confusion run deep.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/the-wnbas-identity-crisis-is-bigger-than-basketball
BREITBART
— Rahm Emanuel: ‘I Don’t Consider Democratic Socialists Part of the Democratic Party.’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/08/30/rahm-emanuel-i-dont-consider-democratic-socialists-part-of-the-democratic-party/
— Officials Fielded Thousands of Food Safety Violations by Illegal Street Vendors But Now Do Nothing.
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2026/08/30/33585072report-officials-fielded-thousands-of-food-safety-violations-by-illegal-street-vendors-but-now-do-nothing/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Oxymoronic ‘Criminal Alien’ Arguments that Now Define the Immigration Debate. DD: To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally demonstrates gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://cis.org/Arthur/Oxymoronic-Criminal-Alien-Arguments-Now-Define-Immigration-Debate
FOX NEWS
— Chicago mayor demands companies reveal whether leaders ‘reflect diversity’ for city contracts.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/chicago-mayor-demands-companies-reveal-whether-leaders-reflect-diversity-city-contracts
— Socialists gain ground in primaries as midterms approach.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404316605112
— Former Obama chief of staff rejects socialism as part of Democratic Party. Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel weighs in on far-left Democrats and the impact of socialism on the party.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404314299112
— Star Asian student rejected by 16 colleges, hired by Google, gets legal win in racial discrimination suit.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/star-student-rejected-16-colleges-hired-google-gets-legal-win-racial-discrimination-suit
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Australia’s Warning to America: Socialism, Censorship, and Government Overreach Are Coming for You, Too.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/australias-warning-to-america-socialism-censorship-and-government-overreach-are-coming-for-you-too
NEWSMAX
— Homan: ICE Will Go ‘Where We Need to Go’ for Deportations.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/tom-homan-ice-immigration/2026/08/30/id/1267776/
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Dems’ Demonization of Trump To Blame for Rise of Socialism.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/08/31/dems_demonization_of_trump_to_blame_for_rise_of_socialism_154460_comments.html
TOWNHALL
— The Gospel of Envy. DD: My Democrat Post Office (1966-1969), IRS (1971-1980), and GAO (1980-1997) superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were filled with envy. They always painted themselves as being underpaid. After I got married in 1978, they were ever-increasingly furious at my and my wife’s ever-increasing income and net worth. To turn everyone against me, my they 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 my wife and I took, h) etc. Some of my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates circulated copies of Money Magazine’s 4-page February 1978 article on me and my wife. SEE https://gopillinois.com/documents/
https://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2026/08/31/the-gospel-of-envy-n2682112
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/08/30/trump-pausing-visa-applications-worldwide-undermines-legal-immigration/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders use wokeness/wokeism to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/opinion/democrats-wokeness-republicans.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: A U.S. Court Reliably in Texas Aids Trump’s Aims. DD: In 2000, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in transferring Diersen v. GAO ( https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf ) from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. They knew that court would rule against me. And of course, it did.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/us/politics/texas-judge-trump-agenda.html
— In Latin America, Democratic Socialists Are the Toast of the Party. The success of progressive candidates in the United States is inspiring leftists abroad struggling under pressure from the Trump administration and its allies. DD: Anticipate/expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will ever-increasingly blame Trump for socialism’s advances.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/world/americas/latin-america-democratic-socialists.html
USA TODAY
— Parents often complain about how hard it is to balance the cost of child-rearing with saving for retirement. DD: According my Democrat GAO superiors, if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, b) afford to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO and earn a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA when I was 32, d) have a home built in Wheaton when I was 35, g) buy collector cars when I was 40 and 45, save lots for our retirement, etc. 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. They decried the time and money they spent raising their children. They painted themselves as being grossly underpaid. They decried the little or no income that their wives had. They knew full-well that both my wife and I had major fertility problems. Should I write about my Democrat GAO superiors?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/2026/08/22/childless-single-retirement-savings/91387188007/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Pros, Cons of High School Jobs for College Applicants. DD: During my junior and senior years in high school 1964-1966, I spent far too many hours washing dishes instead of studying. I washed dishes 28 hours a week in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights when classes were in session and 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965. Because of that job, virtually no one saw me as being college material even though I took college preparatory courses, I earned an ACT score of 24, and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/articles/pros-cons-of-high-school-jobs-for-college-applicants
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cons of Working in High School. . .Can Hurt Academic Performance. . .May Not Be Relevant to Academics.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Who’s ‘Working Class’ Anymore? Classes are now arbitrarily ranked by income, power and social connections. DD: My critics/opponents look down on if not despise wage earners. I was a wage earner 1964-1997. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assembly line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/whos-working-class-anymore-47e87ac0
— Pence: A Republican Time for Choosing. Will we remain the party of conservative principles or embrace progressivism in the guise of populism? DD: Trump would not have won the Republican primary in 2016 if he had not promised Phyllis Schlafly that he would defend and advance the Republican Party platform if elected.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-republican-time-for-choosing-c1f4f8a4
— America’s Systemic Munitions Shortfall. The U.S. needs more than new weapons. It needs new ways of enlisting allies to produce weapons. DD: I worked for GAO on an audit of the Department of Defense FY 1990 ammunition budget request. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/nsiad-90-23.pdf
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/americas-systemic-munitions-shortfall-21206b43
FORBES
— 5 Ways To Get Promoted. DD: My coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jodiecook/2026/08/27/5-ways-to-get-promoted-at-work-before-ai-makes-your-job-redundant/
FAST COMPANY
— 5 underrated career strategies for getting promoted. DD: My coworkers who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91586421/5-underrated-promotion-strategies
BUSINESS UPTURN
— Layoff survivor guilt: why keeping your job after coworkers lose theirs can feel complicated. DD: My Democrat GAO (1980-1997), IRS (1971-1980), and Post Office (1966-1969) superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were always overjoyed when my Democrat superiors took adverse actions against me. They were overjoyed when my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, got rid of the GAO manager in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986, delayed my promotions and never promoted me to GS-14, and forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980. They were overjoyed when my Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me to GS-13, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, and got rid of the IRS manager in 1974 who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. They were overjoyed when my Democrat Post Office superiors denied my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and forced me to resign in 1969.
https://businessupturn.com/sectors/health/mental-health/layoff-survivor-guilt-why-keeping-your-job-after-colleagues-lose-theirs-can-feel-complicated/
FINANCE BUZZ
— 8 Useful College Degrees Employers Are Always Looking To Hire. DD: In retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, I should have majored in accounting from the beginning. I erroneously thought that I could never pass the CPA examination. But I did pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 in 1979. Then, I finished the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. Then, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But by then it was too late. The accounting profession saw me as being far too old to have a successful career in accounting. On top of that, the profession was under tremendous pressure to hire, retain, and promote young minorities and young females.
https://financebuzz.com/news/useful-college-degrees-employers-want-6
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Accounting. Businesses and individuals need someone to maintain their financial health and records and ensure they’re compliant with laws and regulations. This makes accounting popular with employers across various industries. Individuals with an accounting degree master accounting principles, know how to manage financial records, and understand tax legislation. You could land a job as a tax consultant, auditor, or accountant and earn a median annual wage of $81,680.)
UNCF
— How Mentorship Can Shape Your College and Career Journey. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25. To get rid of me, my Democrat GAO superiors got rid of the GAO manager who had arranged for my transfer from IRS when I was 31 and was finally able to assign me audits of IRS when I was 37 and to promoted me when I was 38.
https://uncf.org/the-latest/how-mentorship-can-shape-your-college-and-career-journey
NATIONAL PRESS CLUB
— Pence defends traditional conservatism. DD: Trump would not have won the Republican primary in 2016 if he had not promised Phyllis Schlafly that he would defend and advance the Republican Party platform if elected.
https://www.press.org/newsroom/pence-defends-traditional-conservatism
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He described two political dangers facing the U.S. today: what he calls the “socialist left” taking over the Democratic Party, and a “populist right” threatening the traditional conservative principles of the Republican Party. He defended the record of the Trump-Pence administration of 2016-2020, and noted that it and the current Trump administration “get it right” about issues including border control, the Department of Education and Iran. But he drew the line at tariffs, the nationalization of U.S. companies and the surrender of “right to life” decisions to the states, suggesting that the current administration “has stops and starts.”)
ATLANTIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote birthright citizenship.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/10/birthright-citizenship-trump-barbara-supreme-court/688342/
PYSCOLOGY TODAY
— High school reunions. DD: My 60th Crete-Monee High School reunion is approaching. Sadly, my interactions with my classmates was limited, especially during my junior and senior years because I washed dishes 28 hours a week in the basement of the SS Kresge in Chicago Heights when classes were in session and 40 hours a week during the summer in between. Because of that job, virtually no one saw me as being college material even though I took college preparatory courses, I earned an ACT score of 24, and I graduated in the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/emotional-nourishment/201804/the-importance-reunions-high-school-family-and-friends
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Attending reunions can present psychological, financial, and logistical problems. That is clearly not the intent of reunions; yet, these issues often exist. Why? High school reunions tend to bring up old memories, some of which may be unpleasant—like seeing the “mean girls” who used to make fun of you or the girl who turned you down when you asked her to the prom. People may also be reluctant to go to their high school reunion because of feeling embarrassed about their physical appearance or insecurity about their lack of achievements since graduation. The idea that individuals will be compared now to their adolescent self or their grown classmates may carry the risk for regretting how their life turned out. On the other hand, high school reunions can be eye-opening. We usually develop wisdom and maturity as we age. Encountering our former classmates and recalling old memories, good and bad, may help us gain better insight into who we are now and how we got here.)
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
MEAWW
— Democratic heavyweight has a message for socialists: ‘Start your own party.’ Rahm Emanuel challenged Democratic Socialists to run independently, drawing a sharp line in the party’s growing fight over its future.
https://news.meaww.com/democratic-heavyweight-has-a-message-for-socialists-start-your-own-party
FINANCIAL TIMES
— The face of America’s socialist insurgency. The Democratic congressional candidate’s improbable rise has spooked the party establishment.
https://www.ft.com/content/2ca855a9-be0d-4915-b4f0-b48355c6aa4a?syn-25a6b1a6=1
