FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Musk quietly becomes biggest known donor in midterm contests as he tries to save Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/12/elon-musk-donations-midterm-elections/
— Illinois House endorsements.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Those who are anti-Bailey ever-increasingly promote Pritzker and Corbett to take votes away from Bailey.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/10/13/jb-pritzker-darren-bailey-collin-corbett-illinois-governor-election-november-midterm
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot drags down if not destroys its users. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/marijuana/2026/10/12/illinois-cannabis-consumption-rising-demand-state-tax-revenues-drop
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Why Wheaton has become one of nation’s hottest real estate markets.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20261012/real-estate/why-wheaton-has-become-one-of-nations-hottest-real-estate-markets/
CBS2
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot drags down if not destroys its users. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-cannabis-sales-are-on-the-rise/
WGN9
— Race for Governor hits the home stretch.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/wgn-the-point-politics-chicago-illinois/race-for-governor-hits-the-home-stretch/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot. Pot drags down if not destroys its users. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/illinois-cannabis-sales-are-on-the-rise/
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Career-focused learning. DD: What career mistakes did you make? Because I was not strong in math, I mistakenly did not major in accounting because I mistakenly believed that I could never pass the CPA examination. But nevertheless, I started taking graduate accounting courses in 1976 when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. But by then, the accounting profession saw me as being too old to have a successful career in accounting. The accounting profession would not have done that if I had been a minority, female, or veteran.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-illinois-college-receives-federal-grant-that-could-help-students-graduates-area-employers/
COD COURIER
— COD Votes Offers Resources for Students to Vote for the Upcoming Midterm Elections. No ID, no assigned polling place and a free ride to the polls: voting as a College of DuPage student is easier than you may think.
https://codcourier.org/cod-votes-offers-resources-for-students-to-vote-for-the-upcoming-midterm-elections/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker. WHERE’S JB: On WTTW at 8 p.m. to debate Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/10/13/pritzker-spreads-his-message-and-cash-01116217
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Muslim immigrants and the ransacking of France. The Macron government is to blame. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/oct/12/muslim-immigrants-ransacking-france/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— NY Democratic Socialists Boss Railed Against Landlords. His Rich Parents Rented Out Their Florida Mansion for $18,000 a Month, Bought Him a $1 Million NYC Home. Gustavo Gordillo has benefited greatly from his parents’ real estate fortune, even as he denounces capitalism and landlords who want good returns on their investments. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/ny-democratic-socialists-boss-railed-against-landlords-his-rich-parents-rented-out-their-florida-mansion-for-18000-a-month-bought-him-a-1-million-nyc-home/
NEW YORK POST
— Elon Musk is the largest 2026 midterms donor — with $276M spent for GOP.
https://nypost.com/2026/10/12/us-news/elon-musk-is-the-largest-2026-midterms-donor-with-276m-spent-for-gop/
BREITBART
— Elgin Community College Tried to Cancel Flock Contract to Protect Illegal Aliens. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for more illegal immigration.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2026/10/12/chicago-area-community-college-tried-to-cancel-flock-contact-to-protect-illegal-aliens/
FOX BUSINESS
— Socialism and far-left policies become key debate points ahead of midterm elections. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6406716731112
FOX NEWS
— DNC Chair Ken Martin defends ‘Big Tent’ strategy when pressed on democratic socialists. Martin said the party wins ‘through addition, not subtraction’ as Republicans target DSA ties ahead of midterm elections. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism. Anti-conservative RINOs, Democrat plants, and Libertarian plants use the Republican Party’s Big Tent policy to destroy the Republican Party, the Illinois Republican Party, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Organization and they are having great success. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Ever-increasingly, Republican candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and major donors are less and less and less conservative. At best, they want the Republican Party to be the Democrat Lite Party.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dnc-chair-ken-martin-defends-big-tent-strategy-when-pressed-democratic-socialists.amp
NEWSMAX
— Sanctuary policies ‘protect the criminal, illegal aliens.’ DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for more illegal immigration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp1jR1qSg1I
TOWNHALL
— For decades, the Democratic Socialists of America has used climate alarmism to advance the crude, but effective political tactic known as doomerism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2026/10/13/democratic-socialism-doomerism-n2684562
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Durbin to glorify and praise their illegals and to fight their deportation. To vote for Democrats is to vote for more illegal immigration.
https://rollcall.com/2026/10/13/senate-dream-act-durbin-retiring/
ABC NEWS
— Republicans spotlight Democratic socialist agenda as midterm battles heat up. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://upnorthlive.com/news/nation-world/republicans-spotlight-democratic-socialist-agenda-as-midterm-battles-heat-up-armstrong-williams-marion-south-carolina-museum-of-art-and-faith-michigan-ohio-mike-rogers-abdul-elsayed-congress-election-president-donald-trump
NEW YOR TIMES
— DD: My critics/opponents want to control the flow of information. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or 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. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on the big adverse actions that they had their operatives and their dupes take against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/us/politics/news-outlets-react-trump-media-ban.html
INVESTOPEDIA
— US Household Income Hit a Record in 2025—But Not Every Group Got a Raise. Median household income rose 2.6% in 2025, reaching a six-decade high after adjusting for inflation. The gender wage gap narrowed as women’s median earnings increased 3.2%, while men’s earnings remained flat. The official poverty rate fell slightly, to 10.2%, but poverty among adults without a high school diploma increased.
https://www.investopedia.com/census-reports-record-household-income-in-2025-see-how-you-compare-12160126
BLOOMBERG LAW
— DD: Democrat Immigration Judges Are More Likely to Accept Asylum Claims. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly glorify and praise their illegals and fight their deportation. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for more illegal immigration.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-immigration-judges-are-more-likely-to-reject-asylum-claims
PENN FOSTER RESEARCH
— New Definition of Career Success. DD: According to my critics/opponents, my career was an unmitigated failure. They stress that I never earned more than $154,884/year in today’s dollars and that I was forced to retire when I was 49 in 1997 even though I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. In my defense, if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, my Democrat superiors in the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year, long before I was 40 in 1988.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/penn-foster-research-reveals-a-new-definition-of-career-success-302901885.html
GALLUP
— Record-High 47% Want Unions to Have More Influence. DD: I was a union member while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980. My critics/opponents anti-union big time and always have been. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat GAO superiors were especially anti-union. According to them, if I had been a GAO employee in 1972, 1973, and 1974, I would not have been promoted those years. They stressed that I had only earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970. They ignored/dismissed/belittled that I was taking graduate business courses during those years. They ignored/dismissed/belittled that I earned an MBA in 1976 and that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/713936/record-high-unions-influence.aspx
NPR
— How Trump’s personal grievances could affect the GOP. DD: Have you been accused of having personal grievances? I have. GAO audits IRS. After I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31, to stop me from being assigned to audits of IRS, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used the adverse actions that my Democrat IRS superiors had taken against me to argue that I wanted to be assigned to audits of IRS not because I could contribute more to GAO on audits of IRS because of my knowledge of IRS, but because I had personal grievances against IRS. Of course, I never wanted to be assigned to audits that involved the specific IRS employees who took adverse actions against me. I stressed that carrying out personal grievances violated codes of professional conduct and that I was under the CPA, Certified Internal Auditor, an licensed CPA professional codes of conduct. Nevertheless, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors kept stressing that IRS had disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and never promoted me beyond GS-12. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors would not have used the personal grievance argument against me. But then again, if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, my Democrat IRS would not have taken the adverse actions against me that they did.
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/12/nx-s1-5996646/political-strategist-on-how-trumps-personal-grievances-could-affect-the-gop
AMERICAN PROSPECT
— DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, to meet their Affirmative Action quotas, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote more Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and or veteran. That 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.
https://prospect.org/2026/04/24/federal-job-cuts-hit-black-women-hard-unemployment-is-up/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
NEWS24
— French socialists exploit disillusioned young to fuel radical riots across nation. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.news24.com.au/world/europe/dangerous-french-socialists-exploit-disillusioned-young-to-fuel-radical-riots-across-nation/video/90e2870c6b1abe4cb24f6efec5dbdde7
— US borders ‘did not exist’ under Biden. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for more illegal immigration.
https://www.news24.com.au/politics/us-politics/bidens-border-disaster-us-borders-did-not-exist-under-biden/video/5ff47992e600b91be465cf401816df4a DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for more illegal immigration.
— Illegal aliens flourished under Biden administration. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for more illegal immigration.
https://www.news24.com.au/politics/us-politics/illegal-aliens-flourished-under-biden-administration/video/a26386e4d4c3fd196bbf2609eff69078
GUARDIAN
— DD: To get more votes from those who are liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or in America illegally, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at the aforesaid that Republicans cause all their problems.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/21/straight-white-men-overrepresentation
INDIAN LINK
— Marginalized. DD: My critics/opponents a) paint those who are the following as being marginalized, oppressed, and discriminated against and b) paint themselves as being their champions: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, have less money than others, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are in America illegally. They not only attribute my successes in life to my not being the aforesaid, but attribute my successes in life to my benefitting from marginalization, oppression, and discrimination against those who are the aforesaid.
https://www.indianlink.com.au/whats-on/the-marginalized-who-is-looking-out-for-them-an-art-exhibition-by-artist-ryan-michael-2/
