FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Transportation Secretary Duffy says ICE agents are trained and can assist TSA at airports. Duffy’s statement comes after the president said ICE would go to airports Monday.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-says-ice-agents-are-trained-can-assist-tsa-airports/18751008/
— ICE agents expected at airports Monday, long TSA lines continue at O’Hare, Midway in Chicago
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-agents-expected-airports-monday-long-tsa-lines-continue-ohare-midway-chicago-amid-dhs-shutdown/18751949/
NBC5
— Chicago travelers prepare as Trump pledges to place ICE agents at airports
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/chicago-travelers-prepare-as-trump-pledges-to-place-ice-agents-at-airports/3912008/
CBS2
— 4 dead, 17 injured in Chicago weekend shootings
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-weekend-shootings-march-20-to-23/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/23/judge-temporarily-bars-government-from-revoking-work-authorization-of-former-hanover-park-cop-arrested-by-ice/
— ICE lodges arrest detainer against suspect in Loyola student’s shooting death
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/22/ice-lodges-arrest-detainer-against-suspect-in-loyola-students-shooting-death/
— Enhanced role for immigration officers at US airports as shutdown frustrates travels and screeners
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/22/immigration-officers-airports-shutdown/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats sharpen criticism of Vance as they look past Trump to the 2028 presidential campaign. DD: What have your critics/opponents criticized you the most for? My critics/opponents have criticized me the most for my being conservative, for my promoting conservative principles, for my promoting the Republican Party platform, and for my promoting conservative candidates. My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. According to my critics/opponents, to win, Republican candidates should officially dump the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, anti-vice, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and officially proclaim that they are Democrat Lite.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-democrats-sharpen-criticism-of-vance-as-they-look-past-trump-to-the-2028-presidential-campaign/
DAILY LINE
— Illinois House committee approves bill extending state pension buyout program. DD: The Democrats who ran GAO during the 1990s used buyouts to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.thedailyline.com/illinois-house-committee-approves-bill-state-pension-buyout-program
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker brings heat — and 2028 buzz
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/23/pritzker-brings-heat-and-2028-buzz-00839505
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WIREPOINTS
— New IRS Migration Numbers: Illinois Taxpayers Continue to Flee With Their Income. DD: Illinois Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly do everything that they can to drive conservatives out of Illinois. If you are conservative, what keeps you in Illinois? For me, it includes a) my ancestors having lived in northeast Illinois since 1844, b) my having lived in Wheaton since 1978, c) my wife and I living in our home since 1984, d) my parents, my brother, and virtually all of my relatives having died, e) my having earned my bachelor’s degree, three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license in northeast Illinois, and f) the conservative-created prosperity and safety that remains in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I have seen from what has happened in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton that sooner or later, where conservatives create prosperity and safety, Democrats and RINOs move in and destroy it. The Democrat Party platform creates poverty and crime.
https://wirepoints.org/new-irs-migration-numbers-illinois-taxpayers-continue-to-flee-with-their-income-wirepoints/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— White supremacy, the latest race hustle. It has all the elements of classic Marxism. DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat candidates, elected officials, and party leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Whites, and especially against Whites who are conservative, male, older, married, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/22/white-supremacy-latest-race-hustle/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The war on White supremacy is recycled Marxism. Because many who denounce it the most bitterly are themselves White, it’s also self-hatred. Whether they are politicians, bureaucrats, academics or authors, leftists can hardly open their mouths these days without blaming White supremacy for something. Earlier this month, when terrorists threw explosive devices at protesters outside Gracie Mansion, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s initial response was to condemn not the terrorists, who by their own admission wanted to create another Boston Marathon bombing, but rather those protesting the growing influence of Islam on the city. (Mr. Mamdani called the demonstration “a vile protest rooted in White supremacy.”) Wait, I thought Islam was a religion, not a race. Even the city’s Marxist mayor is a moderate compared with Cea Weaver, head of the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, which sounds like a cross between an AWFUL (Affluent White Female Urban Liberal) and Josef Stalin. Ms. Weaver charges that “private property is a weapon of White supremacy” and the United States “built wealth for White people through genocide, slavery, stolen land and labor.” I wonder whom her mother exploited to get her $1.6 million home in Nashville, Tennessee.)
— Americans are defaulting on their loans at a record rate.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/20/americans-defaulting-loans-record-rate/
NEW YORK POST
— Illegal migrant accused of executing Loyola student Sheridan Gorman was cut loose twice under Biden
https://nypost.com/2026/03/22/us-news/venezuelan-illegal-migrant-accused-of-killing-loyola-student-sheridan-gorman-entered-country-under-biden-dhs-confirms/
— White House installs Christopher Columbus statue made from remains of toppled sculpture
https://nypost.com/2026/03/22/us-news/white-house-installs-christopher-columbus-statue-made-from-remains-of-toppled-sculpture/
— Why today’s immigrants to America are so hostile to their new country. DD: Far too many come to America a) to take advantage of the tremendous benefits and preferences that Democrats and RINOs give immigrants, b) to turn America into their motherland, and/or c) to convert everyone to their religion. My ancestors did nothing to turn America into Germany or to make everyone Missouri Synod Lutherans. They did homestead a 240-arce farm in southeast Crete in 1854, but that was not until after they had worked in brick factory in Chicago for 10 years.
https://nypost.com/2026/03/22/opinion/why-todays-immigrants-to-america-are-so-hostile-to-their-new-country/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: While America is at war with Iran, crowds of immigrants, visitors and foreign students scream anti-American slogans as they cheer our enemies. On campuses, thousands of Middle Eastern international students have staged often violent demonstrations. They’re not shy about cheering on the Hamas slaughter of Israeli civilians. They haven’t just damned Israel but also often harassed Jewish Americans. . .In the mid-1960s, new laws junked the prior merit-based system and instead admitted immigrants chiefly on the basis of family ties and the purported need of the host country for inexpensive labor. In the 60 years since, Democrats began welcoming in anyone, legal or not, who simply crashed the border or claimed they wanted to study in the US. The old melting pot was banished, replaced by the “salad bowl.” Immigration was seen by the Left as the answer to why they’d never been able to complete their socialist agendas. The new “diversity” ideology peaked under Barack Obama and Joe Biden. It dictated that traditional America was still too white, too traditionalist, too Christian, too unfairly successful — and too hostile to the Democratic-socialist agenda.)
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Americans Replacing Americans: Fleeing Diversity and Threatening Regional Identities. Mass immigration and internal flight are dissolving America’s historic state identities, replacing rooted communities with transient populations and accelerating cultural and political upheaval. DD: As more and more and more anti-conservatives move into DuPage County to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that conservatives created there, poverty and crime will increase.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/03/22/americans-replacing-americans-fleeing-diversity-and-threatening-regional-identities/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Islamization of Britain is Almost Complete. British institutions are relentlessly embracing Islam, attacking classic British culture, and turning a blind eye to Islamic crime and antisemitism. DD: Hope Lutheran Church and Grade School in Park Forest where I graduated from and I was confirmed at as a Missouri Synod Lutheran in 1962 is long gone. But Trinity Lutheran Church and Grade School in Crete where I was baptized at as a Missouri Synod Lutheran at in 1948 and I attended grade school at 1953-1961 continues on. My father (John R.), my grandfather (John A.), and my great grandfather (John C.) graduated from Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete. Trinity Lutheran Church and Grade School in Crete left the Missouri Synod and joined the Wisconsin Synod in 1961.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/the_islamization_of_britain_is_almost_complete.html
BREITBART
— Transportation Secretary Duffy: TSA Wait Times ‘Going to Get Much Worse
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/03/22/transportation-secretary-duffy-tsa-wait-times-going-to-get-much-worse/
CAMPUS REFORM
— 2026 MIDTERMS: University of Illinois system employee donations in the 2026 cycle favored Democrats by about 56 to 1
https://www.campusreform.org/article/2026-midterms-university-illinois-system-employee-donations-2026-cycle-favored-democrats-56-1-/29553
FOX NEWS
— Democrats fight ICE airport deployment
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6391441724112
— Pritzker pushes prosecutions of Trump officials as part of Dem ‘Project 2029’ agenda. Pritzker’s calls to criminally prosecute law enforcement agents and Trump officials comes amid a months-long standoff with Trump over immigration enforcement policies. DD: To get rid of me, my Democrat superiors in the federal government never prosecuted me. But they took many big adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, they delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS13, and they forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS when I was 31. My Democrat IRS superiors never promoted me beyond GS-12, they disallowed my education deductions when I was 29, and they disallowed my travel vouchers when I was 25. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign when I was 20 and they disallowed my sick leave requests when I was 19 and 20.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pritzker-pushes-prosecutions-trump-officials-part-dem-project-2029-agenda
— Pence: Trump upended ‘some aspects’ of GOP agenda but ‘hasn’t really changed the Republican Party.’ Pence tells Fox News: ‘I think that on the fringe and on the margins, voices of antisemitism in the party all need to be confronted.’ DD: The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrat and RINO leaders hint/imply/argue/shout that you are an antisemite: conservative, Republican, Protestant, and/or German American. My Democrat superiors stressed that I am all of the aforesaid and that I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978 to my many Jewish superiors and supervisors. They took many big adverse actions against me.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pence-trump-upended-some-aspects-gop-agenda-hasnt-really-changed-republican-party.amp
NEWS BUSTERS
— Pritzker Says Trump Has Dementia. DD: What would Pritzker say about you? From what I see, Pritzker would say that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, racist, sexist, bigot, hater, and even worse things. Pritzker would stress that I share the following demographics with Trump: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, heterosexual, married, Vietnam War draft avoider, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/steve-malzberg/2026/03/22/gov-pritzker-says-trump-has-dementia-cnns-erin-burnett-doesnt
PJ MEDIA
— Legacy Press Desperately Tries to Lose Another War for America. DD: Many, most, and at times, virtually all of my Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors and supervisors were Democrat veterans who blamed Republicans for America losing the Vietnam War. They especially blamed Republicans like me who were 1-A for the Vietnam War draft but avoided it with deferments. Further, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was an unmitigated disgusting hypocritical 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. My many Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors and supervisors who were veterans took many big adverse actions against me. I should write about that.
https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/03/22/legacy-press-desperately-tries-to-lose-another-war-for-america-n4950941
— California Bill Seeks to Recognize Muslim Holidays Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as Official State Holidays
https://pjnewsletter.com/ca-muslims-bill-gift/
TOWNHALL
— DHS Identifies Chicago Murder Suspect As Venezuelan National Released by Biden Admin in 2023
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/03/22/venezuelan-migrant-released-by-biden-administration-now-accused-of-killing-chicago-student-n2673262
— You Won’t Believe Why Democrats are Trying to Kick Chicago Residents Out of Their Homes
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/03/22/chicago-residents-mobilize-to-fight-democrats-seeking-to-displace-them-for-obama-center-n2673256
— 300+ TSA Agents Quit As Democrats’ DHS Shutdown Drags into Sixth Week
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/03/22/300-tsa-agents-quit-over-unpaid-wages-as-dhs-shutdown-drags-into-fifth-week-n2673257
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WASHINGTON POST
— The ugly truth about ‘merit’ promotion in the federal government. DD: Democrats run the federal government. The more of the following that federal employees are, the faster that they can get promoted: Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. The Democrats who run the federal government use “up-or-out” to get rid of their employees who are Republican, male, and/or non-veteran who they do not promote to GS-13 ($118,984) by age 25, GS-14 ($140,604) by age 30, GS-15 ($165,386) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($197,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/22/federal-jobs-compost-toilets-potomac/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DD: My critics/opponents have always been woke and will always be woke, that is, they always have blamed and always will blame conservatives for all the problems that those who are the following have: Trump-haters, liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, non-rich, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/woke-goes-up-in-smoke-474db388
— Hoping for a Big Raise This Year? Adjust Your Expectations. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, the agency was almost always under promotion freezes because of Gingrich budget cuts. Nevertheless, I got finally promoted to GS-13 in 1986 because a) I had earned an MBA in 1976, b) I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) I had had earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1982, and e) the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 finally got back into power and assigned me to audits of IRS and promoted me in 1986.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/hoping-for-a-big-raise-this-year-adjust-your-expectations-88e044f2
FLORIDA TIMES-UNION
— DD: What do you attribute your successes in life to? I attribute my successes in life to my parents and my teachers who promoted personal responsibility. They put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. My critics/opponents attribute my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger than me, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.jacksonville.com/press-release/story/1007351/joseph-hyacinthe-jr-releases-new-book-on-personal-development-emphasizing-character-faith-and-life-foundations/
HECHINGER REPORT
— DD: What worked against your getting a better ACT/SAT score and better GPAs? Instead of studying, I washed dishes for 28 hours a week during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966 and for 40 hours a week during the summer of 1965. Instead of studying, I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966. Instead of studying, I delivered mail for all the part-time hours that I could during my freshman and sophomore years at UIC 1966-1968 and junior year NIU in 1969 and full-time during the summers of 1967, 1968, and 1969. Instead of studying, I worked full-time for a Firestone Store while I took a graduate evening business course at UIC in 1971. Instead of studying, I worked both full-time for IRS and part-time for a Firestone Store pumping gasoline while I took my first 4 graduate evening business courses at Loyola in 1972. Instead of studying, I worked for IRS full-time while I took graduate business courses at Loyola 1973-1976. Instead of studying, I worked for IRS full-time 1976-1980 and then for GAO full-time in 1980 while I took graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980. Instead of studying, I worked for IRS full-time while I prepared to take the CPA examination in 1979. Instead of studying, I worked for GAO full-time while I prepared to take the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981. Instead of studying, I worked for GAO full-time while I took graduate finance courses at IIT 1992-1997.
https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-winning-a-prestigious-award-can-make-anyones-day-but-for-a-working-class-student-it-can-transform-a-life/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
FBC NEWS
— Calls for transparency in civil service recruitment. DD: The Democrats who ran IRS in 1971 would not have hired me if I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination (FSEE). The Democrats who run the federal government abolished the FSEE because too few Democrats, minorities, females, and veterans passed the examination. Federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran have no Civil Service protections.
https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/news/calls-for-transparency-in-civil-service-recruitment/
