FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Chicago FBI boss Doug DePodesta forced to take early retirement over issues of fealty to Trump’s political agenda. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take early retirement when I was 49 in 1997 because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. For them, GAO existed to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. All of my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who were one, several, many, most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid 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. My critics/opponents side with my Democrat GAO superiors. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/09/chicago-fbi-boss-forced-into-early-retirement-skips-lunch-with-us-attorney-boutros/
— Mayor Brandon Johnson says Chicagoans want a ‘revolution.’ How about competence, Mr. Mayor? Mayoral rhetoric trashing business is really hammering at Chicago’s future.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/09/editorial-mayor-brandon-johnson-says-chicagoans-want-a-revolution-how-about-competence-mr-mayor/
— Chicago’s lead pipe crisis has an immediate fix. It costs $150 per home.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/09/opinion-chicago-lead-service-lines-solution/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/07/07/voting-rights-trump-georgia-black-native-latino-asian-ben-jealous
ABC7
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-reviewing-us-department-justices-threat-prosecute-state-election-officials-noncitizen-voting/19472141/
DAILY EGYPTIAN
— More southern Illinois counties become news deserts as local newspapers close. Arlington Heights-based publishing house Paddock Publications shutters the doors at over half of its downstate newspapers.
https://dailyegyptian.com/124562/showcase/more-southern-illinois-counties-become-news-deserts-as-local-newspapers-close/
WGLT
— Illinois’ U.S. Senate Republican nominee Don Tracy aims to slow cost-of-living increases.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-07-08/illinois-u-s-senate-republican-nominee-don-tracy-aims-to-slow-cost-of-living-increases
HYDE PARK HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.hpherald.com/evening_digest/at-pride-south-side-safe-spaces-take-on-new-urgency/article_ef7824bc-f0ff-42c4-ac4b-20337153158e.html
NADIG NEWSPAPERS
— Longtime Nadig Newspapers political columnist Russ Stewart passes away, wrote about 2,500 columns.
https://nadignewspapers.com/longtime-nadig-newspapers-political-columnist-russ-stewart-passes-away-wrote-about-2500-columns/
BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— After Mass Shooting Linked To Teen Takeover, West Siders Say ‘All Hands On Deck’ Needed. Police and local nonprofits will open an emergency assistance center Wednesday for West Side neighbors impacted after the weekend shooting that wounded seven teens and young adults. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/07/08/after-mass-shooting-linked-to-teen-takeover-west-siders-say-all-hands-on-deck-needed/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/07/09/indictments-exits-and-an-old-sage-00991088
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-766/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/07/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-551/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— Young People Leaving Illinois Three Times Faster Than National Average.
https://morninganswerchicago.com/mark-glennon-young-people-leaving-illinois-three-times-faster-than-national-average/#google_vignette
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— The Civil War Within Chicago’s Democratic Party.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/civil-war-chicago-democratic-party
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What motivates you to help elect Republican candidates? For me, it includes their demonstrated commitment and ability to defend and advance the Republican Party platform including its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— According to Google AI, “Relevant work experience means any past professional or academic activity that equips you with the transferable skills, knowledge, and abilities needed to perform a specific target job.” GAO Audits IRS. To force me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed a) what I had learned working for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, b) my having passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) my earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and d) the fact that much of what I did for IRS was similar to what I would do for GAO. They kept me off audits of IRS’s Collection Division for all of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO but did let me work on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years. They would not have wasted my knowledge of IRS if I had been a Democrat, female, or veteran. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— New federal probe goes after H-1B visa fraud; Vance says fraudsters are stealing U.S. jobs. 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.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/8/new-federal-probe-goes-h-1b-visa-fraud-jd-vance-says-fraudsters/
NEW YORK POST
— Vance, Labor watchdog launch immigration fraud probe to protect ‘American jobs.’ 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://nypost.com/2026/07/08/us-news/vance-labor-watchdog-launch-immigration-fraud-probe-to-protect-american-jobs/
— Master’s degrees yielding fewest jobs in 20 years as some businesses uninterested in candidates with advanced education. DD: I spent a tremendous amount of time and money earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But my Democrat superiors flushed all that down their toilets because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/21/us-news/masters-degrees-hiring-at-one-of-its-worst-levels-in-20-years-been-a-bit-tough/
— Three illegal immigrants carrying AK-style rifles arrested at US-Mexico border.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/08/us-news/three-illegal-immigrants-carrying-ak-style-assault-rifles-arrested-at-us-mexico-border/
— Southern Poverty Law Center weaponized hate — and hurt the innocent.
https://www.aol.com/articles/southern-poverty-law-center-weaponized-224327000.html
AMERICAN THINKER
— Sanctuary city policies still wrecking American life. Fairfax County, Virginia is in the spotlight today, but the problem is embedded throughout the U.S. DD: Sooner or later, if not already, illegals will harm your county, township, municipality, school district, and precinct.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/new-report-shows-sanctuary-city-policies-still-wrecking-american-life/
— Smithsonian natural history museum has gone woke. And it’s time, the Trump administration admits, to do something about it.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/smithsonian-natural-history-museum-has-gone-woke/
BLAZE
— Trump fully exposes the rot at the Smithsonian’s American history museum.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mickey-mouse-represents-blackface-trump-fully-exposes-the-rot-at-the-smithsonians-american-history-museum
BREITBART
— Ten States (Texas, California, Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Washington, and Colorado) Enable Majority of Migrant Truckers Who Can’t Speak English.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/07/08/ten-states-enable-vast-majority-of-migrant-truckers-who-cant-speak-english/amp/
— Socialist Congressional Candidate Melat Kiros: We Can’t Tackle White Supremacy Without Reparations. DD: How much reparations do Democrat leaders want you to pay?
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/07/socialist-congressional-candidate-melat-kiros-we-cant-tackle-white-supremacy-without-reparations/
DAILY CALLER
— Illinois Group Wants To Shame Companies Who Work With Firearms Industry. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/07/08/illinois-group-shame-companies-firearms-industry/
— Health. DD: What demonstrates your health? For me, it includes my putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/07/08/mitch-mcconnell-health-problems-joe-biden-missing-congressmen-tom-kean-jr-neal-dunn/
FOX NEWS
— Almost 200 House Dems vote against deporting people who commit welfare fraud.
https://www.aol.com/almost-200-house-dems-vote-213245693.html
JONATHAN TURLEY
— Professor Delights Chicago Crowd With Anti-American and Anti-Border Rant. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly demonstrate that they are anti-American if not America-haters.
https://jonathanturley.org/2026/07/07/princeton-fk-the-usa-professor-delights-chicago-crowd-with-anti-american-and-anti-border-rant/
TOWNHALL
— We’ve Had Another RINO Amnesty Betrayal. DD: Democrat and RINO leaders want America to be dependent on cheap foreign labor. 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://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/07/07/weve-had-another-rino-amnesty-betrayal-n2679000
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The newest traitorous action has been labeled the “Securing Agriculture’s Workforce Act of 2026,” which essentially amounts to allowing for the importation of the third-world to massively undercut American wages in the world of farming. But hey, at least they had the decency to use the English language this time around. The list of supporters is almost entirely Republican. Many of them are extremely vulnerable heading into the midterm elections, with some in races that Democrats are willing to spend millions of dollars on winning. Despite that, the slimeballs feel that it’s right and just to turn their backs on the voters that they need most. Looking at the list of supporters, you’ll notice that a majority are coming from deeply red states. Isn’t it funny how some of our worst “allies” are “representing” the states that should generate the most conservative leadership in the country? Trump has cleaned house of countless turncoats this cycle. Powerful, longtime incumbents are getting an early retirement because they refused to legislate responsibly. Hopefully he can do so once again in 2028.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— Americans greatest achievements
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/civil-rights-moon-landings-war-wins-americans-see-countrys-greatest-ac-rcna351598
ASSOCIATED PRESS & NEWSWEEK & NEW YORK TIMES & NEW REPUBLIC
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those in America who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Demographics that vote for Republicans: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. Demographics that vote for Democrats: liberal, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or non-citizen.
https://www.aol.com/articles/more-fox-news-white-american-122552000.html
https://www.newsweek.com/us-rejects-un-migration-replacement-claims-11939723
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/books/review/chain-of-ideas-ibram-x-kendi.html
https://newrepublic.com/article/208939/transcript-racist-theory-poisoning-politics-across-world
NEW YORK TIMES
— A Job Market Leaving Young Graduates Behind Could Scar Them for Years. DD: I spent a tremendous amount of time and money earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. But my Democrat superiors flushed all that down their toilets because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/business/college-graduates-job-market.html
USA TODAY
— A knowledge gap, not just the economy, is holding back homebuyers. DD: I learned about buying a new townhome when I bought one in University Park when I was 24 in 1972. I learned about buying condos when I bought one in the Outer Drive East building in 1974 and 1976. My wife and learned about buying a home when we bought one in Wheaton in 1978. We learned about having a home built when we had one built in Wheaton in 1984. We learned about buying Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville when we bought one in 2020, 2023, and 2025.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2026/07/07/improve-odds-buying-home-tips/90741849007/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Socialists Spell Trouble for Democrats. They can win in deep-blue districts, but they’ll weigh down the party elsewhere.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/socialists-spell-trouble-for-democrats-98ab1c32
— DD: To destroy Trump, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy America.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/wsj-poll-usa250-capitalism-democracy-940af905
PEOPLE
— America’s Greatest Achievements
https://people.com/united-states-greatest-achievements-in-250-year-history-12009117
NEWS NATION
— Bill O’Reilly pushes personal responsibility amid affordability crisis. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at everyone that if they have trouble affording something, it is Trump’s fault. What did you do to help you afford things? I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. 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 taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/cuomo-show/oreilly-pushes-personal-responsibility-amid-affordability-crisis/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: O’Reilly disagreed with Cuomo that underemployment is holding Americans back. He said that if you need money and your job isn’t providing it, it’s up to you to make that change. “If you’re not making any money in your job,” O’Reilly said, “maybe you want to figure out a better job, get more skills. … If I’m in a circumstance where I’m underemployed, then I get more credentials to make more money.”)
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders use Affirmative Action and DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/editors-note/2026/07/09/how-far-can-one-supreme-court-ruling-stretch
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Diversity Is the Enemy of Meritocracy. DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, 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) who were one, several, many, most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid 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.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/ulterior-motives/202607/do-americans-believe-diversity-is-the-enemy-of-meritocracy
