PJ MEDIA
— President Trump Is One of Many People Skipping CPAC This Year. DD: I not only attended many CPACs, I helped sponsor many of them, but not recently. I became increasingly disappointed with their moving toward Libertarianism. I should write a book about my anti-conservative critics/opponents who used my promoting CPACs against me the most. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois.
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/03/25/the-morning-briefing-president-trump-is-one-of-many-people-skipping-cpac-this-year-n4951057
(FROM THE ARTICLE: CPAC was, for a long time, a grand affair. Every movement conservative either went, or wanted to go. The average attendance was around 10,000 every year. The Kruiser Kabana was a party that I hosted at conferences and it was CPAC that gave it semi-legendary status. After the Tea Party conferences went away (the Koch brothers got tired of spending their money on Republicans after Mitt Romney), CPAC was the one gathering where we could all see each other. For most of the conference’s history, its organizer the American Conservative Union held it in or near Washington, D.C. That made it more convenient for prominent Beltway Republicans to attend. Post-COVID, the ACU flirted with Florida, which was where I last attended it in 2022. I’m not sure how the conference went, but my good friend and partner in thought crime Stephen Green and I made the resort bar run out of IPAs. It was after that when the people I knew who had gone to CPAC for 10 years or more stopped attending. I have a few friends who just love the event and would probably still go if it were being held in a mobile home in the middle of nowhere, but the stories I was hearing from some of them were pretty sad. The conference has again fled the D.C. area and is being held in Texas this year. I’m sure that I know some of the attendees, but this year’s event has been so off the radar that both VodkaPundit and I thought it had already happened. The reason I went through all of this wasn’t to bash CPAC — we need all the friendlies we can get — but to get across the point that it may not be as mighty or have the cachet that it once did. This brings me to the hysterical conversation around President Trump’s decision to not attend CPAC for the first time in a decade. Lefties are having a field day with it.)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Why CPAC has a golden opportunity to reestablish itself as the ‘go-to conservative conference’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/4502316/cpac-opportunity-go-to-conservative-conference/
— Loyola student paper’s shameful apology for calling Sheridan Gorman’s killer an ‘illegal immigrant.’ DD: According to Democrat leaders, no one is in America illegally, America has no borders, and America exists for citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4503732/loyola-student-paper-apology-for-calling-sheridan-gorman-killer-illegal-immigrant/
STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS
— CPAC opens without Trump as Iran war splits MAGA voices
https://san.com/cc/cpac-opens-without-trump-as-iran-war-splits-maga-voices/
THE HILL
— 5 things to watch for at this year’s CPAC
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5798124-what-to-watch-cpac-texas/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Paxton, Cornyn battle on display. . .MAGA tensions over Iran war. . .Vance-Rubio 2028 rivalry takes shape. . .Conservative activist, influencer voices dominate. . .2026 candidates make their case)
REUTERS
— CPAC aims to rein in Republican infighting ahead of midterms
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-conservative-conference-aims-rein-republican-infighting-ahead-midterms-2026-03-26/
CNN
— 6 big questions at CPAC 2026
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/26/politics/6-big-questions-at-cpac-2026
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What is the right’s mood right now?. . .Does the Iran war divide show up?. . .How do Rubio and Vance stack up two years before the 2028 primaries?. . .Does the right make a statement about the Texas Senate race?. . .Are the Epstein files a focus?. . .Is CPAC a big deal anymore?)
ABC NEWS
— Conservatives gather for CPAC as MAGA fights over Iran war
https://abcnews.com/Politics/conservatives-gather-cpac-maga-fights-iran-war/story?id=131403499
CBS NEWS
— Trump will not attend CPAC Republican gathering
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-will-not-attend-cpac-republican-gathering/
INDY 100
— Divided CPAC 2026 set to be rocked by Iran war and Trump’s struggles
https://www.indy100.com/politics/trump/cpac-2026-trump-iran-war
PBS
— The right is openly divided over the Iran war as conservatives gather for CPAC
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/the-right-is-openly-divided-over-the-iran-war-as-conservatives-gather-for-cpac
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— More than a dozen cars stolen in Chicago Loop in past month
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-police-loop-car-thefts-crime/
FOX32
— Illinois lawmakers call for repeal of TRUST Act after killing of Sheridan Gorman. Republican state senators are pushing to repeal sanctuary policies.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-co332gj1lzpl4lrb
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/03/25/mayor-johnson-unveils-abolish-ice-snowplow
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2026/03/25/more-cesar-chavez-murals-memorials-taken-down-as-illinois-senate-honors-dolores-huerta
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2026/03/25/broadview-ice-detention-center-illinois-legislation
SHAW LOCAL
— No fee, essays or recommendations: Illinois high school students can use new program to apply to college. DD: UIC accepted me in 1966 because I took college preparatory classes, because my ACT score was 24, and because I graduated in the upper 20% of my class.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/03/24/no-fee-essays-or-recommendations-illinois-high-school-students-can-use-new-program-to-apply-to-college/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests. How successful will their protests be in your county, township, municipality, and school district and why?
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/2026/03/25/no-kings-rallies-saturday-march-28-whats-legal-illegal-in-illinois/89315068007/
DECATUR DAILY
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests. How successful will their protests be in your county, township, municipality, and school district and why?
https://www.decaturdaily.com/news/limestone_county/athens-among-cities-with-no-kings-protests-planned-saturday/article_bf221b60-4b7b-45f1-938d-a4fb38edc642.html
WQAD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their March 28 No Kings protests. How successful will their protests be in your county, township, municipality, and school district and why?
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/nation-world/where-no-kings-protests-happening-this-weekend/507-b24c2791-1d81-4e2d-a728-6756f38dda9e
ILLINOIS
— Pritzker Convenes Roundtable on BUILD Initiative to Lower Housing Costs. DD: I could not have afforded to buy a new townhome in University Park ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ ) when I was 24 in 1972 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 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 $89,100. Sadly, that says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.illinois.gov/news/release.html?releaseid=32326
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Florida flip sends chills through Illinois GOP
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/26/florida-flip-sends-chills-through-illinois-gop-00845831
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: NOT JUST A FLUKE: Illinois Republicans are starting to read the tea leaves — and they don’t exactly like what they’re seeing. As Democrats continue to overperform in legislative races across the country, GOP operatives here are wondering if the same trends could spell trouble closer to home come November. Florida wake-up call: The latest jolt came out of Florida, where a Republican-held district that includes Mar-a-Lago flipped to Democrats. That result is reverberating well beyond the Sunshine State, serving as a wake-up call for Republicans nationwide — and in Republican areas of Illinois. Jon Zahm, a GOP strategist, worries that voter participation in last week’s primary is an early indicator of what could happen in November. In last week’s Illinois primary, Democrats voted two-to-one in Kane and DuPage counties, he said, and “that’s a big gap to overcome.” Global ripple effect: Zahm also sees world issues bleeding into local races. “The longer the war [in Iran] goes on, the more difficult it is for Republicans. With the war comes the increased gas prices, which affects transportation, which affects grocery prices,” he said in an interview. Then there’s the Trump factor: Another Republican political strategist granted anonymity to speak freely worries that if President Donald Trump continues to “double down” on issues tied to the war and immigration enforcement, the party risks alienating swing voters and even its base. That delicate balancing act is already playing out on the campaign trail. During his primary night speech, Darren Bailey acknowledged the tightrope candidates are walking. “There are things I agree with Donald Trump about, and there are things that I disagree with him about. I am my own man,” Bailey said. He added that he would support Trump when “he’s right,” while also shifting focus to broadly appealing economic populist ideas like the “no tax on tips” movement — an effort to connect with voters beyond Trump’s core base. There’s optimism, too: “Things are going to twist and turn dozens of more times. In November, the political landscape and issues will look completely different,” said Rhonda Belford, chair of the Hardin County Republican Central Committee. Still, she acknowledged, Republican voters will likely stay focused on the economy. “People are very mindful of gas prices. Everybody’s got their eye on that. But I think that is going to turn around.” Sounds familiar: Myles Nelson, another GOP consultant, cautions that midterms usually hurt the party in the White House. But he believes candidates in rural areas can still do well if they focus on “kitchen table issues that families care about.”)
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-494/
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/25/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-706/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Are/were you a member of professional Associations? According to Google AI, professional associations hold significant obligations to their members. My critics/opponents stress that when my Democrat GAO superiors took many big adverse actions against me 1980-1997, the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS), Institute of Internal Auditors (IIT), Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Association of Government Accountants (AGA), Association of Financial Services Auditors (AFSA), and National Association of Forensic Accountants (NAFA) did not come to me defense. I became an ICPAS member in 1979 when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt and I served on ICPAS’s membership committee 1989-1998. I became an IIA member when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became an AGA member in 1979, I served on its Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996, and I became a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994. I became a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996. I became a Forensic Accountant in 1997. In my defense the leaders and member of the aforesaid organizations were overwhelmingly Democrats. Further, the Democrats who ran GAO dominated AGA. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com.
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Loyola Newspaper Apologizes for Calling Suspected Murderer an ‘Illegal Immigrant’ DD: According to Democrat leaders, no one is in America illegally, America has no borders, and America exists for citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/03/loyola-newspaper-apologizes-for-calling-suspected-murderer-an-illegal-immigrant.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Loyola’s student newspaper issues apology over Sheridan Gorman story — for correctly calling alleged killer an ‘illegal immigrant.’ DD: According to Democrat leaders, no one is in America illegally, America has no borders, and America exists for citizens of foreign countries.
https://nypost.com/2026/03/25/us-news/loyolas-student-newspaper-issues-apology-over-sheridan-gorman-story/
ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— DD: Ever since the 1960s, the top priority for the Democrats and RINOs above me has been to give more and more and more preference to those who are minority, female, and/or younger. That has ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger than me and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. To promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI is to dump meritocracy. Democrat and RINO leaders always have and they always will use AA and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://aim.org/2026/03/25/dei-is-baked-right-in-to-social-work-program-at-university-of-toledo-ohio-undercover-video-reveals/
BREITBART
— Dems Sacrificing ‘American Lives for the Institution that Is Illegal Immigration
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2026/03/24/marlow-dems-sacrificing-american-lives-for-the-institution-that-is-illegal-immigration/
COLLEGE FIX
— Every public Illinois university must offer abortions. None provide prenatal care
https://www.thecollegefix.com/every-public-illinois-university-must-offer-abortions-none-provide-prenatal-care/
COLLEGE VOICE
— Why I Started a Turning Point USA Chapter
https://thecollegevoice.org/2026/03/26/why-i-started-a-turning-point-usa-chapter/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Growing up in Evanston, Illinois, a city that tends to vote around 90-95% democrat, conservative ideas were, to put it gently, non-existent. The narrative that your parents and teachers pushed was the reality; it was the truth. We were the good guys and those who disagreed with us were motivated by pure evil, or at the very least, completely uninformed.)
DAILY SIGNAL
— NAACP’s Latest Hire Reveals the Left’s Plan to Keep Weaponizing Civil Rights Law Against Conservatives. DD: I should write about the following who have made it the most clear that they are anti-conservative: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. I would focus on the aforesaid who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/25/naacps-latest-hire-kristen-clarke-reveals-lefts-plan-keep-weaponizing-civil-rights-law-against-conservatives/
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Continue Holding American Air Travelers Hostage To Save Illegal Aliens
https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/25/democrats-continue-holding-american-air-travelers-hostage-to-save-illegal-aliens/
— Florida Tells NFL To Abandon ‘Race-And-Sex-Based Hiring Policies’ Or Face Legal Action. DD: To promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI is to dump meritocracy. Democrat and RINO leaders always have and they always will use AA and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/25/florida-tells-nfl-to-abandon-race-and-sex-based-hiring-policies-or-face-legal-action/
SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON
— The System Did Not Fail Sheridan Gorman, It Worked Exactly as Democrats Intended
https://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2863
SPECTATOR
— White working-class boys are being left behind. DD: Were you a White working-class boy? I was. No one saw me as being college material. Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My father frequently decrying that he did not have a college degree motived me to get one.
https://spectator.com/article/white-working-class-boys-are-being-left-behind/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC TEXAS
— Texas will require proof of legal immigration status to get professional licenses. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have ignored/dismissed/belittled the most my becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981. I would focus on my Democrat GAO superiors.
https://abc13.com/post/texas-will-require-proof-legal-immigration-status-get-professional-licenses/18770659/
ABC UTAH
— DD: Ever since the 1960s, the top priority for the Democrats and RINOs above me has been to give more and more and more preference to those who are minority, female, and/or younger. That has ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger than me and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. To promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI is to dump meritocracy. Democrat and RINO leaders always have and they always will use AA and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.abc4.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-what-men-and-women-think-about-gender-and-pay-according-to-a-new-ap-norc-poll/amp/
MSN
— Pentagon to remove media offices after judge reinstates New York Times press credentials. DD: My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I falsely claim to be reporter. According to them, to be a reporter, you have to have a degree in journalism, you have to be paid for what you do, and you have to claim to be nonpartisan. They ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth the fact a) that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, b) that much of what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what reporters do, and c) that I have been the Illinois Reporter for GOPUSA since 2000. I would write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who are past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. Better yet, I should sue them.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/pentagon-to-remove-media-offices-after-judge-reinstates-new-york-times-press-credentials/vi-AA1Zgw0z
MS NOW
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders always have and they always will use Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. To promote AA and DEI is to dump meritocracy.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/education-dept-probes-harvard-trump-dei
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: What have you been blamed the most for? Since 2000, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have blamed me the most for their defeats. They stress a) my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000, b) my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leadership 2000-2012, and c) my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) leadership 2003-2007. I should list all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have suffered defeats and write about those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me including their ending my ICRC and TAPROOT leadership roles.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/politics/republicans-elections-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Migrants march from southern Mexico, protesting delays and seeking papers to work
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/03/25/mexico-migrants-caravan-tapachula-us/d97f3286-285f-11f1-a0f2-3ba4c9fe08ac_story.html
— DD: Far too many falsely call themselves conservative.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/24/activist-voter-fraud-mail-wisconsin/
— Texas will require proof of legal immigration status to get professional licenses. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have ignored/dismissed/belittled the most my becoming a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981. I would focus on my Democrat GAO superiors.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2026/03/25/texas-immigration-status-professional-licenses/70ea0c94-2875-11f1-a0f2-3ba4c9fe08ac_story.html
USA TODAY
— Workers unhappy with work. DD: The importance of my employers’ missions helped me endure the tremendous efforts by my Democrat superiors to waste my career and to get rid of me. GAO’s mission was fighting government fraud, waste and abuse – I survived for almost 18 years 1980-1997. IRS’s mission was collecting taxes — I survived for almost 9 years 1971-1980. The Post Office’s mission was delivering mail — I survived for almost 3 years 1966-1969.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/03/24/job-market-outlook-gallup-poll-us-workers/89294215007/
SEATTLE TIMES
— Washington state lawmakers were within their rights when they declined to issue press passes to three conservative media figures, a federal judge ruled Tuesday in a case that echoes a national discussion over who qualifies as a journalist. DD: I should write about my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I falsely claim to be a journalist. According to them, to be a journalist, you have to have a degree in journalism, you have to be paid for what you do, and you have to claim to be nonpartisan. They ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth the fact a) that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, b) that much of what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do, and c) that I have been a journalist for GOPUSA since 2000. I would focus on my critics/opponents who are past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican elected officials in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, d) conservative leaders, and e) religious leaders. Since 2000, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have blamed me the most for their defeats. I would focus on those who pander to the Democrat news media the most. I would focus on those who have made it the most clear that they are anti-conservative. To discredit me, they stress a) my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000, b) my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leadership 2000-2012, and c) my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) leadership 2003-2007. I should list all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have suffered defeats and write about those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the biggest adverse actions against me including their ending my ICRC and TAPROOT leadership roles.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/conservative-media-figures-lose-court-bid-for-wa-house-press-passes/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Democratic-controlled Washington House of Representatives early this year declined to issue press credentials that would have granted the three access to parts of the Capitol in Olympia that are off-limits to the general public. The body said they were not bona fide journalists because they are participants in the political arena — advocating for certain agendas and hosting or speaking at rallies. The three asked the court for an emergency temporary restraining order that would force the House to give them passes in the closing days of the session. The group includes Ari Hoffman, host of “The Ari Hoffman Show” on conservative Seattle talk radio station KVI-AM; Brandi Kruse, host of the podcast “unDivided”; and Jonathan Choe, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute, a conservative think tank. Their lawyer, Jackson Maynard, told U.S. District Judge David Estudillo on Monday that the process used to deny them press credentials was vague and arbitrarily applied, violating their due-process rights, and withholding access because of they disagree with the lawmakers’ political views violates their constitutional rights of free speech and free press. “In the remaining 72 hours of the legislative session, the House will potentially be wrestling with a multibillion-dollar budget and other legislation of great importance,” Maynard told the judge Monday. “My clients are the eyes and ears of the people in the legislative process. Their voices and opinions should not be excluded.” In his ruling, Estudillo said the group failed to show that they were denied passes because of their political affiliations — which would be a violation of their First Amendment rights — and failed to show that the process was arbitrary, which would have violated their due process rights. “The court acknowledges that both parties have legitimate interests at stake here,” Estudillo said in his order. But denying the temporary restraining order is appropriate because the three failed to show that they are likely to succeed on their free press or due process claims, and the “House has a substantial interest in ensuring the reporters it permits to access the House floor meet the credential standards promulgated so the House may ‘debate and pass laws without interruption or lobbying in that space.’” Maynard said they’re not giving up. “We will continue to litigate this case until we either prevail or exercise every viable legal option,” he said in an email. “Our goal is to get our clients the access they are entitled to by the constitution as members of the press.” Jessica Goldman, the lawyer for the House, said they were confident that any further litigation would end with the same conclusion — that the press pass policy complies with the constitution and protects the lawmakers’ working space. Legislatures across the country have grappled with how to address the changing media landscape. TV, radio and newspaper reporters are being joined by podcasters and other user-generated content producers. Conservative influencers have made regular appearances at news conferences and events hosted by the Trump administration. Goldman told Estudillo that the group was not denied passes because of their viewpoints but because they were activists for political causes, not independent monitors. “It’s also important to understand that the plaintiffs here were not just attending an event, which obviously journalists do all the time,” Goldman said. “They were the leaders of these events that they attended. They were their keynote speakers. They have attached their names and their fame and notoriety to trying to get these … laws passed by the legislature.” For example, besides being a talk radio host, Hoffman is also is involved with Let’s Go Washington, a political action committee that campaigns for initiatives. Kruse is also involved in that group, as well as the group Future 42, where she criticizes Democratic policymakers and advocates for or against proposed bills. Choe requested the press pass as a representative of “Discovery Institute/Frontlines TPUSA.” Discovery is a think tank, and Turning Point USA says its “mission is to identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of fiscal responsibility, free markets, and limited government,” lawyers said in their filing. The Washington State Capitol Correspondents Association guidelines for granting press passes says the person must be “a bona fide journalist” and there must be a line “between professional journalism and political or policy work.” The association shifted the credentialing process to the Legislature after the three threatened a lawsuit in 2025. The Senate eventually issued the passes, but the House took over the process and denied the pass requests. The criteria for granting press credentials “are guided by the principle that House floor access should be given to press who are independent observers and monitors, not participants with a stake in the proceedings, no matter their political viewpoints,” Goldman said in a court filing. Other legislatures have faced similar questions. Journalist Bryan Schott covered the Utah Legislature for years with a press pass, but was denied a credential after founding the news website Utah Political Watch. The legislature’s policy excluded “blogs, independent or other freelance journalists.” He sued but his case was dismissed. Iowa Senate Republican lawmakers changed their policy of letting reporters on the Senate floor in 2022, arguing they couldn’t determine who should get media credentials at a time when there are new media outlets.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ROVE: Republicans’ Biggest Asset: Democrats. Even with the GOP’s numbers underwater, the other party’s are somehow worse.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/republicans-biggest-asset-democrats-bf053db9
— FRONT PAGE: The Company Where Driving the Wrong Car to Work Can Get You a Ticket. Preferred parking at Stellantis headquarters is reserved for company-made cars. Take a spot with your Tesla or Hyundai at your own risk. DD: While I worked for Chrysler at its Belvidere plant in 1970, I drove my 1969 Dodge Charger SE.
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/the-company-where-driving-the-wrong-car-to-work-can-get-you-a-ticket-4ec9833a
— Finding the Best Place to Work. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980 to 1997, it was a best place to work for Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time because the Democrats who ran GAO gave them so much preference.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/finding-the-best-place-to-work-a-look-at-careers-at-more-than-1-700-companies-736ff9fd
JD SUPRA
— In Pennsylvania, it has long been the rule that a party pursuing a lawsuit against a licensed professional must first obtain expert support for his claims. Specifically, when a plaintiff claims that a licensed professional deviated from an acceptable professional standard, he must file a certificate of merit. DD: Government is nasty/vicious. Politics is nasty/vicious. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32 in 1981. By their wasting my career and by their forcing me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied that it was because I had “deviated from an acceptable professional standard.” They would not have done that if I had become a Democrat and helped them get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/no-certificate-of-merit-requirement-in-4945231/
INSTITUTE OF INTERNAL AUDITORS
— Become a Certified Internal Auditor. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors were furious when I passed the CIA examination on my first attempt when I was 32 in 1981. None of my Democrat coworkers who they wanted to promote over me had taken the examination let alone passed it let alone passed it on their first attempt. Further, none of my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors had taken the examination let alone passed it let alone passed it on their first attempt.
https://www.theiia.org/en/certifications/cia/
FAST COMPANY
— Stack-ranking employees. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they always put me in their bottom 10%. They got ever-increasingly furious a) when I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) when I earned job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) when I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) when I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. They were furious when IRS promoted me when I was 23, 24, and 25 and when GAO promoted me when I was 38. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, younger than me, veteran and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. They used up-or-out to get rid of me. To use up-or-out is to use age discrimination. They used Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI to get rid of me. To use AA and DEI is to dump meritocracy. Democrat and RINO leaders always have and they always will use AA and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91513815/humiliation-cycle-how-leaders-accidentally-weaponize-their-competition
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Back in the 1980s, stack-ranking employees was seen as a state-of-the-art management practice. CEOs like Jack Welch at GE divided employees into three distinct segments: the top 20% of performers, the middle 70%, and the bottom 10%. Those at the bottom would be forced out to make room for new blood. The strange thing about stack ranking is that it’s long been shown to be ineffective and, in many cases, to undermine performance. The problem is that stack ranking doesn’t create a meritocracy. It creates a political system. The winners tend to be those most skilled at claiming credit, shifting blame, and building alliances. Yet still, the practice persists.)
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Dell workforce drops 10% in FY25; company reaffirms commitment to DEI. DD: To promote Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI is to dump meritocracy. Democrat and RINO leaders always have and they always will use AA and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/news/dell-workforce-drops-10-in-fy25-company-reaffirms-commitment-to-dei/ar-AA1BKyKt
HR MAGAZINE
— DD: Ever since the 1960s, the top priority for the Democrats and RINOs above me has been to give more and more and more preference to those who are minority, female, and/or younger. That has ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and my job-related professional license. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger than me and/or had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/news/minority-women-face-highest-workplace-barriers-researchers-find
DAILY PIONEER
— Happiness : Government Function or Personal Responsibility?
https://dailypioneer.com/news/happiness-government-function-or-personal-responsibility
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Elenor Roosevelt: “Happiness is not a goal – it is a byproduct of a life well lived.” International Happiness Day is celebrated on 20 March every year as proclaimed by the UN General Assembly Resolution 66/281 of 12 July 2012.)
TIMES OF INDIA
— DD: To get more votes from Blacks, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at Blacks that Republicans cause all the problems that Blacks have. My Democrat superiors in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at my many Black superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates that Republicans, including me, caused all their problems. I should write about my Democrat superiors in the federal government and the successes and failures that they had doing that.
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/is-the-end-of-affirmative-action-wiping-out-black-student-enrollment-new-data-says-yes/ar-AA1P53Qm
