FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— Push for youth-led violence prevention. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-teen-take-over-violence-prevention.amp
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/07/09/ice-arrests-increase-chicago-tactics-less-publicized-midway-blitz-back-yards-gage-brighton-park
— DD: Sooner or later, anchor babies will run America. What do anchor babies think of you? Democrat leaders shout at anchor babies that those who are the following cause all their problems: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/07/10/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-250-america-trump-mona-charen
WBEZ
— Another surge in ICE activity. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2026/07/10/the-rundown-another-surge-in-ice-activity-legal-groups-say
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DD: How soon will the Democrat Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.rrstar.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2026/07/11/a-case-for-capitalism-during-a-rise-in-american-socialism-opinion/90860207007/
STATELINE
— DOJ threatens prosecution over noncitizens voting in Illinois. 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.mystateline.com/news/doj-threatens-prosecution-over-non-citizen-voting-in-illinois/
— Illinois FOID lawsuit: Federal challenge filed against state gun owner ID law. DD: I have had an FOID card since I was 20 in 1968.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/illinois-foid-lawsuit-federal-challenge-filed-against-state-gun-owner-id-law/
JOURNAL COURIER
— Illinois ‘reviewing’ DOJ’s threat to prosecute over non-citizen voting. 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.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/state-reviewing-threat-prosecute-22339425.php
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— DD: Sooner or later, anchor babies will run America. What do anchor babies think of you? Democrat leaders shout at anchor babies that those who are the following cause all their problems: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/this-decision-is-personal-for-me-gong-gershowitz-reacts-quickly-to-scotus-ruling/
FOX ILLINOIS
— New York Times accuses EEOC of political retaliation in countersuit over discrimination case. The New York Times accused EEOC Friday of political retaliation and free speech infringement in a countersuit filed in response to a discrimination lawsuit NYT faces on behalf of a white male employee who was rejected for a role awarded to a multiracial woman. DD: All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/new-york-times-accuses-agency-of-political-retaliation-in-countersuit-over-discrimination-case/article_f1724006-ed3c-5bdd-b4a6-9f1e7c195154.html
WSIL TV
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Black women that Republicans who are the following cause all their problems: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/southern-illinois-conference-puts-african-american-womens-health-front-and-center/article_df3e9af0-50ab-4aaa-a511-775e75c47fce.html
FOX49
— Rural Illinois wants to split from Chicago and form a new state, it’s not alone.
https://fox49.tv/news/nation-world/rural-illinois-wants-to-split-from-chicago-and-form-a-new-state-its-not-alone-cook-county-idaho-oregon-portland-indiana
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/10/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-553/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois attorney general has paid private attorneys $2 million in recent years.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5a68910d-34e6-4c28-ab13-1a59e9a658d3.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— A DSA governor? Francesca Hong tests whether socialism can win statewide in Wisconsin.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/4642553/francesca-hong-wisconsin-governor-primary-socialism/
— Newsom defends backing socialist candidates, calling party divides ‘healthy.’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4644566/gavin-newsom-backing-socialist-candidates-party-divides-healthy/
AMAC
— Supreme Court Poised to Strike “Assault Weapon” Bans. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/supreme-court-poised-to-strike-assault-weapon-bans/
AMERICAN THINKER
— In Illinois, leaving the state — and taking the state with them. How bad is one-party blue state rule? Well, in Illinois, 30 counties are looking to secede. DD: My critics/opponents make it ever-increasingly clear that they want those who are the following to leave Illinois: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. How many of the aforesaid are you?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/in-illinois-leaving-the-state-and-taking-the-state-with-them/
BLAZE
— This birther tourism company helps illegals give birth in the state of Texas to create more anchor babies. DD: Sooner or later, anchor babies will run America. What do anchor babies think of you? Democrat leaders shout at anchor babies that those who are the following cause all their problems: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUYnaefytjI
BREITBART
— ‘I’ve Left Instructions’: Trump Reveals U.S. Response if Iran Kills Him.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/10/ive-left-instructions-trump-reveals-u-s-response-if-iran-kills-him/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Media’s Dangerous Minimization of the Left’s Radical Turn to Socialism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/10/socialism-media-dangerous/
FEDERALIST
— Equal Outcome v. Equal Opportunity. DD: My critics/opponents have always promoted equal outcome, that is, they have always rejected equal opportunity. According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in my life to my tremendously benefitting from tremendous discrimination against those who do not share my demographics. Those who do not share my demographics are liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, unmarried, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or non-citizen.
https://fedsoc.org/commentary/videos/disparate-impact-is-equal-outcome-the-same-as-equal-opportunity
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— How Trump Can Still Beat the Birthright Citizenship Racket. DD: Sooner or later, anchor babies will run America. What do anchor babies think of you? Democrat leaders shout at anchor babies that those who are the following cause all their problems: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fairus.org/opinion/how-trump-can-still-beat-birthright-citizenship-racket
FOX NEWS
— Democratic socialists to release policy platform.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6400841122112
— Federal appeals court upholds controversial Illinois ban on semiautomatic guns. Chief Judge Michael Brennan dissented, saying the state’s ‘ban goes too far.’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-appeals-court-upholds-controversial-illinois-ban-semiautomatic-guns
— Walz prioritizes illegal immigrants over US citizens.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6400833571112?dicbo=v2-zC7LoFt
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— The firearm industry trade association, NSSF, is disappointed by the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Barnett v. Raoul. NSSF respectfully disagrees with the Court’s decision to reverse and remand a lower court’s ruling — made after conducting a several-day bench trial — that Illinois’ law is unconstitutional and that Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs) and standard-capacity magazines are “arms” protected by the Second Amendment.
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/ar-15-ban-court-ruling-supreme-court-second-amendment-fight
NEW AMERICAN
— Republicans Refuse to Back Down on Ending Birthright Citizenship.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/republicans-refuse-to-back-down-on-ending-birthright-citizenship/
NEWSMAX
— Federal Appeals Court Upholds Illinois Ban on Semiautomatic Weapons. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.newsmax.com/us/illinois-semiautomatic-weapons-ban/2026/07/10/id/1262393/
— Democrats normalize socialism.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/democrats-normalize-socialism-042407207.html
TOWNHALL
— Federal Appeals Court Upholds Illinois AR-15 Ban. Here’s What They Said. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/07/10/federal-appeals-court-upholds-illinois-ar-15-ban-heres-what-they-said-n2679173
— Democrats Will Never Stop Trying to Abolish ICE.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/07/10/rep-mcgarvey-abolish-ice-n2679114
WARNER TODD HUSTON
— When slavery was abolished in Africa.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10163482504662807&set=a.10150615323797807
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
AOL
— Illinois Republicans urge immediate resignation of Democrat federally indicted. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors never indicted me, but they disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25 in 1974 and treated that as being more than enough reason for me to resign. (SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11-0 NOTE: Joliet and the Loop are not “nearby.”) Then they disallowed my education expenses when I was 29 in 1978 and again treated that as being more than enough reason for me to resign. My Democrat GAO superiors erroneously believed that their forcing me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars would stop me from transferring from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980.
https://www.aol.com/articles/illinois-republicans-urge-immediate-resignation-001755000.html
MSN
— Sunny Hostin slams Karoline Leavitt for marriage to wealthy older man. A 28 years old married to a 65-year-old.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/sunny-hostin-slams-karoline-leavitt-for-marriage-to-wealthy-older-man/ss-AA27DVPu
NEW YORK TIMES
— Replacing a Senate Nominee Is Rare. Has It Ever Worked? Platner is one of just a handful of candidates in recent decades who have withdrawn from a Senate race after securing a major party nomination. DD: In 2004, as the Illinois reporter for GOPUSA, I reported on Jack Ryan’s U.S. Senate primary election campaign, his wining that campaign, his withdrawal, the selection of Alan Keyes to be his replacement, Keyes’ campaign, and Keyes’ losing to Obama. Obama and his wife walked in Wheaton’s 2004 Independence Day parade. Of course, my critics/opponents continue to blame me for Ryan winning the primary, for his withdrawing, for Keyes’ being selected to replace him, for Keyes’ campaign, for Keyes being defeated, and for Obama being elected.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/upshot/platner-senate-replacements-history.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One of the lopsided races cleared the way for a new political career: Barack Obama beat a replacement Republican candidate in Illinois by more than 40 points in 2004. Mr. Obama’s initial opponent, Jack Ryan, dropped out after unsealed divorce papers revealed his ex-wife’s accusations that he had taken her to sex clubs. The candidate who replaced Mr. Ryan, Alan Keyes, had never lived in Illinois.)
— DD: How soon will the Democrat Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/magazine/american-socialism-democratic-party.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: How soon will the Democrat Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/07/10/what-difference-between-democrats-democratic-socialists/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/10/democratic-socialists-america-cant-hide-its-extremism/
USA TODAY
— DD: How soon will the Democrat Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/07/11/democratic-socialist-versus-communists-trump/90839578007/
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2026/07/11/democratic-socialist-candidates-photos/90842667007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Cuba’s Market Lesson for American Socialists. DD: Socialism replaces personal responsibility and equal opportunity with loyalty to political parties. If I had been loyal to the Democrat Party, my Democrat superiors in the federal government would not have wasted my career, taken many big adverse actions against me, and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Instead, they would have promoted me into Senior Executive Service long before I was 40.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/cubas-market-lesson-for-american-socialists-19e7f19a
— Living With Mom and Dad Is Now a Savvy Money Move. DD: My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in October of 1969. He was earning $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother had never attended high school, she had never worked outside the home, and my brother was having problems. I graduated from NIU and I got a job working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights in August of 1970. I applied for and I got a financial hardship draft deferment. I lived with them in Crete and I helped support them until September of 1972.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/living-with-mom-and-dad-is-now-a-savvy-money-move-baba9159
FORTUNE
— The American Dream failed millennials and Gen Zers—even DINKs earning over $100,000 say they can’t afford kids. 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, 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 in 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.
https://fortune.com/2024/11/22/dinks-millennials-genz-no-kids-thanksgiving-travel-vacation-economy-housing/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Federal pay rates are falling nearly 25% short of the private sector. DD: In today’s dollars, when I was 49 in 1997, my salary was only $154,682/year working in the Democrat public sector. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had worked in the private sector, I never would have earned that much. In my defense, I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. If I had been a Democrat, my GAO salary would have been $197,200/year in today’s dollars.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/pay/2024/11/federal-pay-rates-are-falling-nearly-25-short-of-the-private-sector/
— State Dept is looking to rebuild after major staffing cuts. Laid-off diplomats say they’re not welcome back.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2026/07/state-dept-is-looking-to-rebuild-after-major-staffing-cuts-laid-off-diplomats-say-theyre-not-welcome-back/
WEEK
— Why your salary should be public knowledge. In America, private-sector salaries are treated as secrets. Why? DD: My federal salary 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 was always public knowledge. Everyone saw that all of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran and/or b) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. https://theweek.com/articles/570418/why-salary-should-public-knowledge
LAW AND THE WORKPLACE
— EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on National Origin Discrimination. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, employers ever-increasingly give more preference to those who are liberal, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or non-citizen, that they ever-increasingly discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, Protestant, German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and/or are citizens of America.
https://www.lawandtheworkplace.com/2025/12/eeoc-issues-updated-guidance-on-national-origin-discrimination/
NATIONAL MEMO
— DD: Sooner or later, anchor babies will run America. What do anchor babies think of you? Democrat leaders shout at anchor babies that those who are the following cause all their problems: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nationalmemo.com/us-citizenship-naturalized-vs-birthright-equality
ATLANTIC
— Believe the Hype About Teen Takeovers. Outdoor street parties are turning into violent rumbles in D.C. and other large cities. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/teen-takeovers-violence-dc/687866/
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Replacing Senate Candidates Is a Risky Business. DD: In 2004, as the Illinois reporter for GOPUSA, I reported on Jack Ryan’s U.S. Senate primary election campaign, his wining that campaign, his withdrawal, the selection of Alan Keyes to be his replacement, Keyes’ campaign, and Keyes’ losing to Obama. Obama and his wife walked in Wheaton’s 2004 Independence Day parade. Of course, my critics/opponents continue to blame me for Ryan winning the primary, for his withdrawing, for Keyes’ being selected to replace him, for Keyes’ campaign, for Keyes being defeated, and for Obama being elected.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/replacing-senate-candidates-is-a-risky-business.html
MEDIAITE
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/pete-hegseth-gets-turning-point-usa-crowd-to-boo-idea-that-diversity-is-our-strength/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— DD: How soon will the Democrat Party officially change its name to the Socialist Party?
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/50_worried_about_democratic_socialists
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Overpaid: Why Americans agree with the DOGE firings. DD: My critics/opponents who are/were not union members are vehemently anti-union. According to my critics/opponents, I have always been grossly overpaid. They have always been furious that while I was a union member when I was a postal employee for almost 3 years and then an IRS employee for almost 9 years, my salary increased from $19.57/hour to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. I my defense, during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in business, I earned an MBA, I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, and I almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $56,409/year when I was 22 in 1971, $68,999/year when I was 23, $83,482/year when I was 24, $100,059/year when I was 25, and $113,402/year when I was 31. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $89,703/year when I was 31, $118,984/year when I was 38, and $154,682/year when I was 49. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48. I earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-americans-agree-with-doge-firings-federal-workers-pensions-pay-2025-5
DAILY STAR
— US birthright citizenship ruling eases fears among Indians. DD: Sooner or later, anchor babies will run America. What do anchor babies think of you? Democrat leaders shout at anchor babies that those who are the following cause all their problems: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thedailystar.net/news/world/news/us-birthright-citizenship-ruling-eases-fears-among-indians-4219661
GUARDIAN
— Credibility. DD: My critics/opponents have always attacked my credibility. They ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth a) my earning master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, b) my earning professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, c) my earning a CPA license, d) my working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, and e) my working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,684/year.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/26/john-edwards-lawyers-credibility-witness
MIBOLSILLO
— 12 U.S. Cities Where a $50,000 Salary Feels Like Six Figures. DD: None of them are in Illinois.
https://www.mibolsillo.co/12-u.s.-cities-where-a-50000-salary-feels-like-six-figures-t202607100043.html
— 11 U.S. Cities Where an Entry-Level Salary Is No Longer Enough to Live Alone. DD: Where did the money come from for your first down payment? When I was 24 in 1972, HUD made the new townhome that I bought in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) affordable. I could not have afforded to buy that townhome if it had cost more. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had just increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year. The down payment came from what I had earned working for IRS for 15 months and for a Firestone Store part-time for 18 months and full-time for 7 months before that. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $92,200. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.mibolsillo.co/11-u.s.-cities-where-an-entry-level-salary-is-no-longer-enough-to-live-alone-t202607100041.html
FROM OTHER SOURCES
EXP REALTY
— FOR SALE: Plamondon Road, Wheaton – $3,300,000 DD: This home is in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59.
https://leeernst.exprealty.com/details.php?mls=103&mlsid=12664021
