FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans discriminate against them, marginalize them, oppress them, and cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-married, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/international-womens-day-march-rally-held-at-daley-plaza/
NBC5
— Can you still register to vote for the Illinois primary election? Yes, and here’s how. DD: Questions for Illinois and for each county clerk: How many have voted so far and how many Republican, Democrat, and NA ballots have been cast? It would be great if that data was available broken out by county, township, and precinct.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2026/can-you-still-register-to-vote-for-the-illinois-primary-election-yes-and-heres-how/3904737/
— Should ICE be abolished? Illinois’ Senate candidate weigh in on the question. Candidates have different proposals and thoughts on how immigration enforcement is being undertaken in the U.S.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2026/should-ice-be-abolished-illinois-senate-candidate-weigh-in-on-the-question/3904727/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Casey Chlebek (Republican) “Our immigration system is 100 years old. It’s totally incompatible with the needs of today. And something failed dramatically,” he said. “We have an excess of illegal immigrants. “I wrote a paper on the subject of immigration. And what I advanced for the new system, immigration system, is actually to have, I’ll call them recruitment centers outside of the country, where people come and based on our needs, our quota, and by industry, we can vet people outside of the country. “(When) people are inside the country, that’s an internal security issue, and we have to look at it a little differently,” he added. Jeannie Evans (Republican) “I think the majority of Americans agree we need to enforce our immigration laws. I as an elected official in Illinois would be working hard to build cooperation. We need cooperation from the local and state level with the federal government,” she said. “The federal you know the president wants to enforce the immigration laws, he wants to reduce crime and we need to work with him not resist. If the federal government is going to contribute resources to Illinois we should be very grateful and time having a conversation about what’s the best use of those resources how can we use them for you know permanent improvements,” she added. . .Don Tracy (Republican) “Immigration law enforcement is the province of the federal government, as is immigration law in general. So I support closing the borders and then I also support enforcing immigration law. And throughout the country it has worked fairly well,” he said. “I was just in Memphis a couple days ago where I spent almost nine or ten years. And the federal surge down there has really made the streets safer in Memphis. Five thousand arrests, a thousand illegal firearms off the street, 150 missing children. “Federal law enforcement and immigration is working where the local authorities cooperate, but where you have large groups, mobs, say, of trained and organized protestors who are stalking and blocking law enforcement operations and encouraged by the local authority who are not cooperating with the federal law enforcement. You have chaos. And that’s what we saw a taste of that here in Chicago. And then in Minneapolis, we saw it on steroids,” he added.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans discriminate against them, marginalize them, oppress them, and cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-married, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/08/international-womens-day-protest/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/08/international-womens-day-2/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/09/chicago-immigration-operation-midway-blitz-castanon-nava/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/09/verano-cannabis-chicago/
— DD: I vehemently oppose crossover voting. How many in the following who are going to vote for Democrats in the November 3 general election have/will cast Republican primary ballots in the March 17 primary to do as much damage as they can to the Republican Party?: Illinois, your county, your township, your municipality, and your precinct?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/09/letters-030926-illinois-primary/
DAILY HERALD
— The Republicans running for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District seat cite immigration and gerrymandering among their top campaign issues.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260308/article/gop-house-hopefuls-cite-immigration-gerrymandering-among-top-issues/
— Customer service, streamlined operations, voter ID key issues for Republican secretary of state candidates
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260308/news/customer-service-streamlined-operations-voter-id-key-issues-for-republican-secretary-of-state-cand/
— What’s the top issue facing Illinois’ 6th Congressional District? Casten, challengers disagree
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260308/us-congress-politics/whats-the-top-issue-facing-illinois-6th-congressional-district-casten-challengers-disagree/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTO: DuPage sheriff’s hopeful vows to continue campaign amid investigation, forced leave
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260308/local-politics/dupage-sheriffs-hopeful-vows-to-continue-campaign-amid-investigation-forced-leave/
WHEATON PATCH
— The History Department at Wheaton College presents, ““Sickness is a Crime”: The Responsibility to be Healthy in American History,” a lecture by Dr. Jonathan Riddle on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/calendar/event/20260318/abf6d926-e6bb-4662-8252-fede180d302b/sickness-is-a-crime-the-responsibility-to-be-healthy-in-american-history-a-lecture-by
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Dan Proft, the conservative radio talk show host who is advising Republican Ted Dabrowski in his campaign for governor, took a dig at the supporters of front-runner Darren Bailey, saying they either “lack the intellectual curiosity to investigate the race” or “are baffled by the plot twists in Jim Varney movies” (like “Ernest Goes to Camp). The criticism hints of the time Donald Trump’s supporters were called “deplorables.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/03/09/ai-restores-bobby-rushs-voice-for-jackson-ad-00818638
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/09/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-694/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Chicago’s lakefront proves a de facto invasion. Call these tent encampments what they are.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/8/chicagos-lakefront-proves-de-facto-invasion/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Left-Wing Activists Target Jury Selection Process, Training Volunteers To Sneak On To Juries and ‘Nullify’ Trump Administration Prosecutions. DD: Have you ever served on a jury? If I had not be denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO, and if you had served on that jury, would you have sided with GAO or with me? To justify their denying me a jury trial, the judges and justices hinted/implied/argued that no jury would side with me. But the trial record showed that my Democrat superiors had illegally forced me to retire so that they could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had one professional certification while I had six, and had no professional license like I had. In 1993, when I was a 45-year-old GAO employee who had 25 years of federal service, to get rid of their employees a) who they had not promoted into their Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year, b) who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and/or c) who had 25 or more years of federal service, the Democrats who ran GAO “offered” them a $25,000 buyout if they took early retirement. Their buyout “offer” expired in 1 year and their early retirement “offer” expired in 4 years. They succeeded in forcing me to take the early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997. Things that I had done that helped me survive those 4 years included a) my earning job-related master’s degrees in 1997, 1980, and 1976, b) my earing job-related professional certifications in 1997, 1996, 1994, 1990, 1981, and 1979, and c) my earning a job-related professional license in 1981. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less “jury appeal” that you will have, and therefore, the less “justice” that you will have in courts: conservative, Republican, non-poor, non-veteran, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. Federal courts would not have denied me my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial in Diersen v. GAO if I had been Democrat, poor, veteran, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or if my ancestors had not been in America for a long time. GAO hinted/implied/argued that because of my demographics, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action big time and that I could easily afford to pay that price. GAO’s forcing me to retire when I was 49 years old in 1997 cut my income by $86,042/year (56%) ($154,682/year salary minus $68,640/year pension) in today’s dollars. Off the record, GAO stressed a) that the federal government would forever pay 72% of my and my wife’s health insurance premiums, b) that my wife had a good job, c) that we had no dependents, d) that we had no debts, e) that we had substantial retirement and other savings, f) that we owned a 13-year-old home in Wheaton, g) that we owned three collector cars, h) etc. Again, if I had not been denied my 7th Amendment right to a jury trial, and if you had served on that jury, would you have sided with GAO or with me? From what I see, those who want Affirmative Action and DEI would have sided with GAO.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/left-wing-activists-target-jury-selection
NEW YORK POST
— Activists in Los Angeles are installing air-raid style sirens across their neighborhood. Not to warn residents about earthquakes. Not to warn about wildfires. But to warn illegal immigrants that ICE agents are nearby.
https://nypost.com/2026/03/08/opinion/the-most-ironic-thing-about-highland-parks-anti-ice-sirens/
— Mamdani showed his true colors as ISIS sympathizers attacked NYC with bombs
https://nypost.com/2026/03/08/opinion/miranda-devine-mayor-mamdani-showed-his-true-colors-as-isis-sympathizers-attacked-nyc-with-bombs/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Close Foreign Consulates in U.S. Sanctuary Cities. Diplomats in consulates from migrant-sending countries like Mexico are conspiring to undermine immigration law enforcement.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/close-foreign-consulates-in-u-s-sanctuary-cities/
AMERICAN THINKER
— America Needs a New Class of Leaders
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/america_needs_a_new_class_of_leaders.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— What’s Next for DHS?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/08/whats-next-for-dhs/amp/
WESTERN JOURNAL
— A coalition of left-leaning evangelical Christians issued a new open letter against the Trump administration and what they claimed is a rising tide of “white Christian nationalism.”
https://www.westernjournal.com/woke-christian-leaders-issue-letter-rise-white-christian-nationalism/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Selma to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://apnews.com/article/alabama-selma-bloody-sunday-anniversary-fced6bc2794576b8ed20b3ef1223155e
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise Good.
https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/renee-good-s-parents-remember-her-love-and-21946039.php
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: The more of the following that you are, the more that you pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI: your parents were not wealthy, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/23/opinion/race-admissions.html
— The Fantasy of a Comfy Retirement Has Always Been a Mirage. Younger Americans are not crazy to fear a future in which they may struggle in their old age. DD: Ever since I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 years old in 1966, my critics/opponents have been furious. They got even more furious when I was “offered” a $25,000 buyout and early retirement when I was 45 years old in 1993. They are getting even more furious that I have gotten a CSRS pension (currently $68,640/year) since I was 49 in 1997. In my defense, I paid 7% of my federal salary into the CSRS. In my defense, my critics/opponents failed/refused to qualify themselves for federal jobs or failed/refused to apply a) because they would never stoop to take a federal job and/or b) because they despise/hate federal employees and federal retirees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/opinion/gen-x-retirement.html
KSNB
— — DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans discriminate against them, marginalize them, oppress them, and cause all their problems: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-married, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.ksnblocal4.com/2026/03/09/tri-cities-womens-march-draws-more-than-150-people/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— It’s High Time to Restock U.S. Munitions. After years of neglect, America’s arsenal needs rebuilding to make ‘peace through strength’ a reality. DD: During the first 6 months of 1989, I worked for GAO at the Rock Island Arsenal on an audit of DOD’s 1990 ammunition budget request. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/150/148194.pdf
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/its-high-time-to-restock-u-s-munitions-6144f727?mod=opinion_lead_pos8
FAST TIMES
— DD: Who blames you and for what? My Democrat superiors and supervisors blamed me for their problems and for the problems that their Democrat employees had who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or who had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. Defendants in lawsuits that I have filed and their attorneys blame me for their problems. Illinois Center Right Coalition and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois leaders blamed me for their problems. Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct who lost elections blame me for their defeats. Leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party blame me for their problems. Republican leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois blame me for their problems. Most commonly, the aforesaid blame my conservatism and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91403029/what-to-do-if-you-get-blamed-for-someone-elses-mistakes
FORTUNE
— College is worth it. DD: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21 in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986.
https://fortune.com/2026/02/20/former-goldman-sachs-ceo-lloyd-blankfein-says-peter-thiel-wrong-college-is-worth-it-more-curious-interesting/
COLLEGE RECRUITER
— How to answer the new U.S. federal government’s ‘American Ideals’ essay questions. DD: If I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21 in 1970, Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. If I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination, IRS would not have hired me in 1971. If I had not been taking graduate evening business courses, IRS would not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had not earned an MBA in 1976 and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had not earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981, GAO would not have promoted me in 1986.
https://www.collegerecruiter.com/blog/2026/03/08/beyond-the-resume-how-to-answer-the-new-u-s-federal-governments-american-ideals-essay-questions
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For decades, the entry-level federal job search was defined by the “educational gatekeeper.” If you didn’t have a specific degree or a certain GPA, your application often hit a digital wall before a human ever saw it. That era is closing. Under the new guidelines, agencies are shifting toward “skills-based hiring,” opening doors for graduates who may have unconventional backgrounds but possess the specific technical or operational competencies the government desperately needs right now.)
BROOKINGS
— Can colleges afford class-based affirmative action? DD: What class were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars and died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21, My mother never attended high school. I had to work my way through college.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/can-colleges-afford-class-based-affirmative-action/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— DD: What do your critics/opponents attribute your successes to? According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. AA and DEI are patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination. Democrats and RINOs have always used AA and DEI to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/quote-of-the-day-by-oscar-winning-actor-john-wayne-life-is-tough-but-its-tougher-when-youre-stupid/amp_articleshow/129301577.cms
