March 15, 2026 Evening Edition

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

NBC5
— These are 8 races to watch in the 2026 Illinois primary election
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/these-are-8-races-to-watch-in-the-2026-illinois-primary-election-2/3908065/

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— DD: Democrat ever-increasingly push more vice. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2026/03/15/here-in-evanston-marijuana-vs-hemp/

LAST WARD
— What happened to Chicago’s Irish machine?
https://www.thelastward.org/p/what-happened-to-chicagos-irish-machine

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Illinois State Bar Association evaluates candidates and makes recommendations. What if the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) did that and I had ran for a government office? While I worked for IRS, for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,069-$113,402/year, I earned an MBA and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. While I worked for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, earned master’s degrees in accounting, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, I became a licensed CPA, I became a certified fraud examiner, government financial manager, financial services auditor, and forensic accountant, and I earned a master’s degree in finance. What if the ICPAS had came to my defense when my Democrat IRS superiors refused to promote me to GS-13? What if the ICPAS had came to my defense when my when my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut to transfer from IRS to GAO, b) delayed my promotions and refused to promote me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, d) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, and e) forced me to retire when I was 49 years old? While I worked for GAO, I served on ICPAS’s membership committee for 9 years and I served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) Midwest Chapter for 13 years. What if ICPAS, Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), and AGA had came to my defense when my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors took the aforesaid adverse actions against me? ICPAS, IIA, and AGA would have came to my defense if I had been a Democrat, a minority, younger, or a veteran.
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What does it mean to follow conservative principles? it means holding yourself personally responsible to make the most of your potential, to be a contributing member of society, to take care of your health, to avoid vices, to follow the rule of law, to get an education, to get jobs, to qualify yourself for better paying jobs, to live within your means, to get married and have children, to keep your marriage vows, to be financially prepared for retirement, to promote conservative principles, etc.
http://www.gopillinois.com

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Before the Unity Breakfast, Grassroots Tell IL GOP: Unite Behind the Governor Nominee and Fund the Fight. DD: I hope that all the Republican candidates in contested primary races will attend the Illinois Republican Party Unity Breakfast on Wednesday, March 18, at 11:00 AM, at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Naperville.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/03/before-the-unity-breakfast-grassroots-tell-il-gop-unite-behind-the-governor-nominee-and-fund-the-fight.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hollywood trades faith, family and heroism for violence, sex and despair. Today’s movies should be excoriated not celebrated.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/15/hollywood-trades-faith-family-heroism-violence-sex-despair/

NEW YORK POST
— Obama Presidential Center wants 100 unpaid volunteers — while CEO Valerie Jarrett makes $740K
https://nypost.com/2026/03/14/us-news/obama-presidential-center-wants-100-unpaid-volunteers-as-valerie-jarrett-makes-740k/
— The far-left media sympathizes with extremists who come to the US to cause chaos
https://nypost.com/2026/03/14/opinion/the-far-left-media-sympathizes-with-extremists-who-come-to-the-us-to-cause-chaos/

FOX NEWS
— Mamdani defends wife when confronted on work with anti-Israel author, decries rhetoric. DD: Voters should assume that a candidate’s spouse has a tremendous impact on the candidate. Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, if the candidate’s spouse wants the following, if elected, the candidate will provide the following: dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vice, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://noticias.foxnews.com/media/mamdani-defends-wife-when-confronted-work-anti-israel-author-decries-rhetoric

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— 2 former federal workers turned their firings into a movement to help hundreds of others
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2-former-federal-workers-turned-their-firings-into-movement-to-help-hundreds-of-others/

WFMD
— New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani defended his wife, Rama Duwaji, on Friday during a press conference when confronted about her work with an author who called the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, “spectacular,” and described Jewish Israelis as “rootless, soulless ghouls.” DD: Voters should assume that a candidate’s spouse has a tremendous impact on the candidate. Anticipate/expect that sooner or later, if the candidate’s spouse wants the following, if elected, the candidate will provide the following: dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, vice, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.wfmd.com/2026/03/15/mamdani-defends-wife-when-confronted-on-work-with-anti-israel-author-decries-rhetoric/

BUZZ FEED
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly have their operatives and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn Erika Kirk and young White men.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/erika-kirk-facing-backlash-her-152325616.html

SAVING ADVICE
— Why Nearly 40% of U.S. Homeowners Are Mortgage‑Free — And Boomers Lead the Way
https://www.savingadvice.com/articles/2026/03/15/10725793_why-nearly-40-of-u-s-homeowners-are-mortgage-free-and-boomers-lead-the-way.html

PUBLIC INTEREST NETWORK
— Telling your personal story for a cause. How to use your personal experiences to connect and inspire action. DD: Obviously, I use my personal story to promote the conservative principles in the Republican Party platform. If I had not followed conservative principles, I would not have been able to a) work my way through college, b) earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license, c) buy a 6-year-old car when I was 16 and new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc. d) buy a new townhome when I was 24, condos when I was 25 and 27, a home when I was 29, and have one built when I was 35, d) get married when I was 29, e) earn a Civil Service Retirement System pension, f) etc.
https://publicinterestnetwork.org/resources/telling-your-personal-story-for-a-cause/

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.