FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Senate candidate Juliana Stratton calls for US Attorney Andrew Boutros to resign. Charges against ‘Broadview 6’ dropped after errors in office. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-lt-gov-senate-candidate-juliana-stratton-calls-us-attorney-andrew-boutros-resign-amid-broadview-6-case-fallout/19194051/
NBC5
— Mayor Johnson urges parents to act as city prepares for more potential teen gatherings. Amid reports of possible teen gatherings, the city took concrete steps to deter activity. The area surrounding Rainbow Beach was closed, with police vehicles and Department of Streets and Sanitation blocking entrances. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mayor-johnson-urges-parents-to-act-as-city-prepares-for-more-potential-teen-gatherings/3942063/
— Chicago parents sound off as large teen gatherings spark safety concerns. Ware spoke on Friday as Chicago police blocked off all entrances to Rainbow Beach with law enforcement vehicles and Department of Streets and Sanitation plows in an effort to prevent large gatherings from escalating. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-parents-sound-off-as-teen-trend-gatherings-spark-safety-concerns/3942096/
CBS2
— CPD blocks access to Rainbow Beach after Mayor Brandon Johnson warns of planned teen takeovers. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/teen-takeovers-rainbow-beach-university-of-chicago-hyde-park/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Crete police request charges against 20 juveniles related to Crete-Monee High School chaos. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers? I graduated from CMHS in 1966. I lived in Crete 1948-1972. I lived in University Park full-time 1972-1974 and part-time 1974-1976.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/29/crete-juvenile-charges-school-chaos/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Crete Police Department has petitioned the Will County state’s attorney’s office for charges against 20 juveniles involved in a series of fights at Crete-Monee High School on May 12, Chief Scott Pieritz said in a news release Thursday. That day, “Crete-Monee High School had multiple fights occur which resulted in a chaotic, dangerous environment. This played out on social media, with videos being shared and causing community uproar and disharmony,” Pieritz said in the release. He said the 20 juveniles would be petitioned for “crimes including disorderly conduct, battery, and mob action.” Pieritz said recent “teen takeover” occurrences showed it was important to arrest and prosecute juvenile offenders in similar incidents. Most recently, one such gathering in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood over Memorial Day weekend led to dozens of arrests and a shooting that wounded three, according to Chicago police. “We have all seen the “teen takeover” mobs occurring around the country,” Pieritz said. “We cannot and will not allow that mentality to take root in our town.” Pieritz also released a letter addressed to the Will County state’s attorney’s office, urging that charges be filed due to the severity of the May 12 chaos. “I find it necessary to write this letter due to the seriousness of this incident, the public safety concern for all students and staff of the Crete-Monee High School, a deterrent against future violent and disruptive acts, and for the retention of public confidence in the police department restoring order in the school,” Pieritz wrote to the state’s attorney’s office. A security guard was injured and went to the hospital, Pieritz said, and misinformation was spread widely on social media, including claims that weapons were present and that a student had been thrown over a balcony. “This caused a frenzy of responses on social media including those questioning the safety of students in Crete schools, disparaging remarks about the school administration, village of Crete, and police department,” Pieritz said. The state’s attorney’s office said in a statement that the case is currently being processed, and that it has not yet received materials for review. “We have a strong and longstanding working relationship with the Village of Crete Department of Police and Chief Pieritz,” the state’s attorney’s office said in its statement. “As with any case, we will conduct an independent review of the facts, evidence, and applicable law once the matter is formally presented to us.” It would be inappropriate to comment further until that review is complete, the state’s attorney’s office said. The police department ordinarily aims to defer disciplinary issues at schools to staff for resolution rather than taking punitive action, Pieritz said. “This incident in no way represents the vast majority of students at the high school, who I know to be good kids, just trying to navigate their teenage years,” Pieritz said.)
— Mayor Brandon Johnson floats Chicago landmark named for Pope Leo XIV. What Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson brought Pope Leo XIV, including a White Sox hat and sanctuary city pin.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/29/mayor-brandon-johnson-chicago-landmark-pope-leo-xiv/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Weaponization fund. DD: Should I apply? My Democrat U.S. Senators and my Democrat U.S. Representatives weaponized my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors against me. They had my superiors waste my career and take many big adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997, b) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, c) delayed my promotions and never promoted me beyond GS-13, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors a) never promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and c) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) forced me to resign in 1969 and b) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My critics/opponents have always stressed that in Diersen v. GAO, not only Bush’s DOJ sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me, but that no Republican federal elected officials in Illinois came to my defense, that is, they sided with my Democrat GAO superiors against me. To side with my Democrat GAO superiors, is to promote Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, to promote race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/05/29/anti-weaponization-fund-lawfare-weaponization-trump-mona-charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2026/05/28/anti-weaponization-fund-trump-republicans-irs-jacob-sullum
DAILY HERALD
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Springsteen.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260528/music/bruce-springsteen-calls-out-the-white-house-and-announces-a-protest-festival/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois moves to expand menopause protections at work.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-menopause-workplace-protection-bill-20260529/
SOUTHERN
— Judge temporary freezes payments from Trump administration’s ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use their judges to stop everything that Trump does.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2026/05/29/judge-temporary-freezes-payments-from-trump-administrations-anti-weaponization-fund/
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZTEE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/chicago-mayor-sees-pope-leo-xiv-as-key-ally-on-social-justice-migration-after-vatican/article_8b2d623b-b6f2-5b83-86ee-a5bbc9601c74.html
JOLIET PATCH
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/new-joliet-dispensary-donate-100-grand-opening-profits-charity
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/05/29/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-535/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
A CITY THAT WORKS
— CPS math and reading scores are much worse than advertised. A much-vaunted recovery turns out to be a mirage. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools enabled me to take college preparatory classes, earn an ACT score of 24, graduate in the upper 20% of my class, and get accepted by UIC.
https://citythatworks.substack.com/p/cps-math-and-reading-scores-are-much
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— Illinois budget proposes $200,000 to redefine ‘low income.’
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-budget-proposes-200000-to-redefine-low-income/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Number of teens working summer jobs to hit 8-decade low. DD: When you were young, what did you do after-school, weekends, and summers? I did yard work in 1962, 1963, and 1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid proves that I have always been an unmitigated loser.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/27/number-teens-working-summer-jobs-hit-8-decade-low/
— DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/20/study-finds-no-evidence-citizens-taking-jobs-vacated-trump/
— DOJ moves to boot short-term immigrants from ‘Obama phone’ program.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/may/29/doj-moves-boot-short-term-immigrants-obama-phone-program/
BLAZE
— Trump’s endorsement power keeps saving the wrong Republicans.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/trumps-endorsement-power-keeps-saving-the-wrong-republicans
EDUCATION REPORTER
— Southern Poverty Law Center’s Blueprint for Communism in U.S. Schools
https://www.edreporteronline.org/documents/may2026_article_4.cfm
FOX NEWS
— National PTA pushes DEI, left-wing politics into local schools.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blistering-report-exposes-how-national-k-12-groups-dei-agenda-trickling-down-local-chapters.amp
HUD
— HUD Releases 2025 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report DD: What percent of homeless people had parents who rejected conservative principles?
https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-26-037
(FROM THE REPORT: Key findings: 745,652 individuals were homeless on a single night in January 2025; 266,320 individuals were living unsheltered on a single night in January 2025; 1,456,923 individuals were either homeless or living in taxpayer subsidized/funded housing for the homeless; Between 2013 and 2025: Homelessness increased 27%, Unsheltered homelessness increased 36%, Chronic homelessness increased 81%, Taxpayer funded beds increased 151%, Continuum of Care (CoC) spending increased 111%)
TOWNHALL
— We’ve Now Entered the ‘Islam Is Part of the Fabric of America’ Phase of Mass Migration.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/05/29/illinois-islam-in-fabric-of-america-n2676831
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
MSN
— White supremacy group ‘Patriot Front’ marches in Virginia Beach, NAACP condemns; Anti-ICE protesters in New Jersey obstruct the roads
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/white-supremacy-group-patriot-front-marches-in-virginia-beach-naacp-condemns/vi-AA24kiWA
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Judge Pauses Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund During Legal Challenge. The order temporarily prevents officials from transferring money into or paying claims out of the $1.8 billion fund.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/judge-pauses-trumps-anti-weaponization-fund-during-legal-challenge-facda6a8
— The Thorniest Question for Parents of New Grads: Is Your Wallet Still Open? DD: My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. He never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college. All my critics/opponents had wealthy parents.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-thorniest-question-for-parents-of-new-grads-is-your-wallet-still-open-5c0daab8
MONTHLY REVIEW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly bring in and try to keep in more non-Whites because non-Whites vote for Democrats. RINO leaders ever-increasingly bring in and try to keep in more non-Whites because RINOs want cheap labor. All my employers would have hired non-Whites instead of me if they could have.
https://mronline.org/2026/05/29/making-america-whiter-again-white-supremacy-in-action/
