FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
FOX32
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Stratton.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/juliana-stratton-turns-focus-don-tracy-senate-election
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— More than $30M in outside spending shaped Illinois primaries, but wins were a split for big-monied interests
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/19/outside-spending-illinois-primaries-results/
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Why some voters opted out of Tuesday’s primary. DD: How many voted in your precinct? At least 334 or 31% of the 1,086 registered voters voted in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. At least 186 (58%) cast Democrat ballots and at least 136 (42%) cast Republican ballots. In Illinois, it is public record that you voted in primaries and which party you cast a ballot for. As Democrat domination of Illinois becomes ever-increasingly absolute, anticipate/expect that because of fear of retaliation from Democrats, fewer and fewer and fewer Republican primary ballots will be cast. Because more and more and more employers in Illinois are Democrat or RINO, a) fewer and fewer and fewer Republicans will be hired and b) more and more and more Republicans will be gotten rid of. I have cast Republican primary ballots since I was 18 in 1966. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. They ever-increasingly used my being a Republican against me. They also knew that I was a draft avoider, Protestant, German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, I lived in Crete 1948-1972, and I lived in Wheaton since 1978 and they ever-increasingly used that against me. Federal employees who have the aforesaid demographics have no Civil Service protections.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260319/news/why-some-voters-opted-out-of-tuesdays-primary/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Experts say turnout likely was affected by the number of contested races on the ballot as well as the strength of candidates. . .DuPage County is currently reporting the highest turnout level at 24.6%, which could increase when mail-in stragglers are eventually reported. . .Party line voting data isn’t available just yet, but based on totals from statewide races, it’s clear many more Democratic ballots were pulled in the suburbs than Republican.)
SHAW LOCAL
— Pritzker administration opens down payment assistance program to spur homeownership. DD: In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary increased from $56,409/year to $68,999/year when I was 24 in 1972. That enabled me to buy a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ). My critics/opponents were furious about that. They were even more furious than when I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971. In my defense, the down payment for the townhome 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 and half of the money for the Corvette came from an insurance settlement, the rest was a loan. According to my critics/opponents, I would not have been able to buy that Corvette or that townhome a) if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft and b) if I had not been grossly overpaid by IRS. In my defense, I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 and I completed a graduate evening business course at UIC in 1971 and four graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972. According to Zillow, the townhome is currently worth $87,100.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/03/20/pritzker-administration-opens-down-payment-assistance-program-to-spur-homeownership/
WAND TV
— Springfield pro-life march highlights opposition to abortion, assisted dying law
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois/springfield-pro-life-march-highlights-opposition-to-abortion-assisted-dying-law/article_433c11f7-3823-46fc-9945-1d23b2fc0511.html
WGEL
— Plummer Named Caucus Chair for Illinois Senate Republicans
https://wgel.com/news/2026/03/plummer-named-caucus-chair-for-illinois-senate-republicans/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders say that Trump is dismantling democracy at unprecedented speed.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-03-19/trump-is-dismantling-democracy-at-unprecedented-speed-global-report-finds
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Before he was elected to a second term, former President Donald Trump hugged and kissed the U.S. flag as he spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., in 2024.)
NEWS CHANNEL 20
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) paint their illegals as being religious and b) use their faith leaders to glorify and praise their illegals and to fight their deportation.
https://www.newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/clergy-seek-court-order-to-allow-pastoral-access-to-immigrants-held-at-minneapolis-ice-facility/article_48744aec-6d07-53c8-b870-3c25923805ad.html
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Trump’s tariffs against all Republican candidates.
https://www.newschannel20.com/news/nation-world/democrats-aim-to-turn-trumps-tariffs-against-gop-in-campaigns-for-governor/article_79e7a1da-a2e6-55e5-b8c0-77d67043f03e.html
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Condemning AIPAC spending ahead of 2028
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/20/democrats-and-the-aipac-question-00837345
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: STRATEGIC LAYUP: Darren Bailey, the Republican nominee for governor, and his wife, Cindy, made a surprise appearance courtside Thursday at the Chicago Bulls game, swapping campaign stops for slam dunks — at least for a night. The visit wasn’t just about basketball. Bailey has been signaling a push to boost his visibility in northern Illinois, where stronger margins could make a difference in a statewide race. Pic! Michael Whatley, the former chair of the Republican National Committee and the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, was in Chicago on Thursday to raise funds for his hotly contested campaign. Spotted at an event at Trump Tower were Don Tracy, the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Illinois, and Ted Dabrowski, who lost his bid for governor earlier this week. Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and a group of fellow, self-described “Trump-ocrats” were there, too, Blagojevich then co-hosted a dinner party at the O’Hare Hilton along with entrepreneur Ranko Ristic. Whatley faces Democrat Roy Cooper, in a competitive contest.)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Kaczmarek has fixed her website. Now DuPage election results are available broken out by precinct. How many voted in your precinct? At least 334 or 31% of the 1,086 registered voters voted in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. At least 186 (58%) cast Democrat ballots and at least 136 (42%) cast Republican ballots. In my precinct, in the contested Republican races, a) Tracy got 61 votes, Evans 39, and the other candidates 29, b) Dabrowski got 66, Baily 32, Mendrick 27, and Heidner 11, c) Harris got 76 and Adamczyk 48, d) Noonan got 72 and Moore 61, and e) Helland got 71 and Senak 47. In the uncontested races, Eckhoff got the most votes with 129. Soloman got 5 write-in votes. The Milton Township highway proposition got 187 NO votes and 147 YES votes. I got 121 votes. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Far too many who claim to be Republican are really RINOs, Democrat plants, or Libertarian plants. RINOs, Democrat plants, and Libertarian plants paint themselves as being “Democrat Lite.” Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many RINOs, Democrat plants, and Libertarian plants reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the platform’s personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Far too many fight for more and more and more benefits and preferences for those who are minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
JOHN KASS
— Vallas: Chicago’s Criminal Industrial Complex Meets Its First Real Check
https://johnkassnews.com/chicagos-criminal-industrial-complex-meets-its-first-real-check/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Vietnam veterans sue to stop construction of Trump’s ‘Independence Arch’ DD: Many, most, virtually all, and at times all of my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government were Democrat veterans who blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. They especially blamed me because I was a Republican, I was 1-A for the draft, and I had avoided the draft with four student deferments and a financial hardship deferment. Further, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was an unmitigated disgusting coward because I probably would not have been sent into combat because I could not run because I had a bone disease, because my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, and because I had partial red/green color blindness. They took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/watch/2511689/
BIZ PAC REVIEWS
— Gov Hochul begs New Yorkers to come back and feed the socialism machine after telling them to move to Florida
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/03/19/gov-hochul-begs-new-yorkers-to-come-back-and-feed-the-socialism-machine-after-telling-them-to-move-to-florida-1628187/
BREITBART
— Illinois Democrat Pushes Serial Number Requirement for Handgun Ammunition. DD: Anticipate/expect that the Democrats who run Illinois will ever-increasingly take away more and mor and more Second Amendment rights. One could recommend that if you are a Republican and you intend to stay in Illinois, you should buy more and more and more firearms and ammunition for your self-defense while you still can. Democrats want to disarm Republicans.
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/03/19/illinois-democrat-pushes-serial-number-requirement-for-handgun-ammunition/
— Why Cesar Chavez Suddenly Became Politically Inconvenient to the Left
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/03/19/nolte-why-cesar-chavez-suddenly-became-politically-inconvenient-to-the-left/amp/
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— How Worksite Enforcement Works. ‘Briefcase immigration enforcement’ is the best way to demagnetize illegal immigration and boost arrests.
https://cis.org/Arthur/How-Worksite-Enforcement-Works. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A 1986 law makes it illegal for U.S. employers to hire aliens who are not authorized to work. Employers must verify that all their new employees are eligible to work and maintain records showing those employees are employment authorized. ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations Directorate (HSI) engages in “worksite enforcement” to ensure businesses are not employing unauthorized aliens. During worksite enforcement investigations, HSI can secure permission — from either the employer or a federal judge — to enter businesses and find illegal aliens. Traditionally, most immigration arrests occurred in worksites, not on the streets or in communities, and DHS should return to such an enforcement strategy.
COLLEGE FIX
— We asked students: ‘Who comes first: illegals or citizens?’ DD: Democrats ever-increasingly put their illegals ahead of American citizens. Overwhelmingly, illegals are minority, female, and/or younger, and want/need/demand massive government assistance, lack education and job skills, and/or have health and/or other problems, that is, they are future Democrats. RINOs ever-increasingly put their illegals ahead of American citizens because RINOs want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/we-asked-students-who-comes-first-illegals-or-citizens/
— California Democrats advance measure to allow race-based preferences in financial aid
https://www.thecollegefix.com/calif-democrats-advance-measure-to-allow-race-based-preferences-in-financial-aid/
— SUNY seeks expert in ‘queer pedagogies’ to teach ‘adolescence education’ classes
https://www.thecollegefix.com/suny-seeks-expert-in-queer-pedagogies-to-teach-adolescence-education-classes/
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Love Gun Control And Violent Criminals Because Both Can Punish You. DD: Anticipate/expect that the Democrats who run Illinois will ever-increasingly take away more and mor and more Second Amendment rights. One could recommend that if you are a Republican and you intend to stay in Illinois, you should buy more and more and more firearms and ammunition for your self-defense while you still can. Democrats want to disarm Republicans.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/20/democrats-love-gun-control-and-violent-criminals-because-both-can-punish-you/
— Senate RINOs Are Squandering Golden Opportunity To Fix Cracked Election System. DD: Far too many who claim to be Republican are really RINOs, Democrat plants, or Libertarian plants. RINOs, Democrat plants, and Libertarian plants paint themselves as being “Democrat Lite.” Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many RINOs, Democrat plants, and Libertarian plants reject far too many planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the platform’s personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Far too many fight for more and more and more benefits and preferences for those who are minority, female, younger, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/13/senate-rinos-are-squandering-golden-opportunity-to-fix-cracked-election-system/
— If ‘Temporary Refugees’ Aren’t Removed Now, They Never Will Be
https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/20/if-temporary-refugees-arent-removed-now-they-never-will-be/
FOX NEWS
— Senate Democrats admit illegal aliens participate in US elections despite opposing Republican-led voter ID legislation
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6391198932112
MINDING THE CAMPUS
— American Graduates Need Not Apply. DD: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, those who are the following need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Protestant, German America, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://mindingthecampus.org/2025/12/29/american-graduates-need-not-apply/
TOWNHALL
— Democrats Stand With Their Illegal Immigrant Criminals
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/03/19/brandon-gill-dem-saenz-we-can-rehabilitate-criminal-illegals-n2673099
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— Fly to India for free: US’ Taj Mahal post, $2,600 for ‘illegal aliens’
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/fly-to-india-for-free-us-taj-mahal-post-2-600-for-illegal-aliens/ar-AA1YSnWQ
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leader ever-increasingly promote more hatred against conservative Jews.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/opinion/anti-muslim-islamophobia-trump-republicans.html
— DD: For Democrats, governments exist to hire, retain, and promote Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/us/politics/fbi-retribution-lawsuit.html
— To Address Farm Labor Shortage, Trump Administration Turns to Migrant Workers. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/us/politics/farm-labor-trump-migrant-workers-h2a.html
BOSTON GLOBE
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasing promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/20/arts/white-with-fear-pbs/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Millions of Americans Are Going Uninsured Following Expiration of ACA Subsidies. DD: Ever since I became a federal employee when I was 18 in 1966, my critics/opponents have been increasingly furious that the federal government has paid 72% of my health insurance premiums. Since I got married when I was 29 in 1978, they have been increasingly furious that the federal government has also paid 72% of her health insurance premiums. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those a) who never qualified themselves to become a federal employee, b) who would never stoop to take a federal job, and/or c) who despise/hate federal employees.
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/millions-of-americans-are-going-uninsured-following-expiration-of-aca-subsidies-0051240d
NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting religious leaders to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/new-survey-reveals-most-americans-back-lgbtq-rights-amid-divides-within-religions
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DD: For Democrats, governments exist to hire, retain, and promote Democrats.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/03/interior-renews-campaign-employees-snitch-dei-discrimination-department/412255/
FED WEEK
— OPM Emphasizes ‘Streamlining’ Personnel Vetting Processes. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/opm-emphasizes-streamlining-personnel-vetting-processes/
JANE FRIEDMAN
— The Newsletter Market Is Crowded, But Most of Your Competition Is Easy to Beat. DD: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading my newsletters. Failing that, they want to pressure/threaten me into a) including links in my newsletters only to articles that they approve of and b) stop me from including my comments in my newsletters. They blame me and they blame my newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates in ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. Should I start writing about my critics/opponents? I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on past and present a) leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party, b) leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and f) religious leaders. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate/dominate b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://janefriedman.com/the-newsletter-market-has-become-crowded-but-most-of-your-competition-is-easy-to-beat/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The newsletter has to be about something. . .Your newsletter can’t be for everyone. . .Should you charge readers for your newsletter?. . .Advertising and sponsorships: an underexplored option)
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
DAILY PIONEER
— Happiness : Government Function or Personal Responsibility? Elenor Roosevelt: Happiness is not a goal – it is a byproduct of a life well lived.” DD: Would I be happier today if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, if I had become a Democrat, if I had become a yes-man?
https://dailypioneer.com/news/happiness-government-function-or-personal-responsibility
EMPLOYMENT LAW WORLDWIDE
— EEOC Reminds Fortune 500 Companies About DEI. DD: How has EEOC impacted you? When I was 22 year old in 1971, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boss rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.
https://www.employmentlawworldview.com/eeoc-chair-andrea-r-lucas-reminds-fortune-500-companies-about-dei-programing-us/
FROM OTHER SOURCES
NEWS LITERACY PROJECT
— Five steps for vetting a news source. DD: I am a political and government news and commentary aggregator. Ever-increasingly, Google steers me to non-credible news and commentary sources. Facebook and YouTube are not credible sources. I run http://www.gopillinois.com . I fully disclose that I am conservative and Republican. No one calls my tunes. All the time and money needed to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post them on http://www.gopillinois.com comes from me. My income comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings.
https://newslit.org/news-and-research/is-it-legit/
FEED SPOT
— DD: My GOPUSA ILLINOIS Newsletter is One of the 100 Best Political Blogs to Follow in 2026
https://bloggers.feedspot.com/political_blogs/?_src=f2_newcampaign
