FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Mass break-in at closed Ford City Mall renews calls for increased security. Ald. Derrick Curtis said he wants a judge to order the company to put up a security fence around the entire closed portion of the mall. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mass-break-in-at-closed-ford-city-mall-renews-calls-for-increased-security/3997079/
FOX32
— Trump says no ICE or FBI deployments at polls but Chicago election officials are ramping up security. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly paint the federal government under Trump as being the enemy.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-yngh3np9ni6z4zg9
WBEZ
— How losing industrial jobs hit Midwest cities. DD: My father worked in the office of a chemical plant in Chicago Heights from 1940 until he died in 1969. The manufacturing plants in Chicago Heights that my brother worked in closed and moved to Mexico.
https://www.wbez.org/wbez-newsletter/2026/10/02/the-rundown-how-losing-industrial-jobs-hit-midwest-cities
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/03/black-parents-prepare-racial-profiling/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their illegals and fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/01/lake-county-immigration-enforcement-5/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Operation Midway Blitz against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/02/marimar-martinez-lawsuit/
— FBI gives employees a classified ‘Patel Report’ about times when it ‘fell short.’ DD: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors would say they fell short in wasting my career and forcing me to retire. I survived as a postal employee for almost 3 years 1966-1969, as an IRS employee for almost 9 years 1971-1980, and as a GAO employee for almost 18 years 1980-1997. I never would have survived that long if I had not earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981. For Democrat leaders, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/02/fbi-patel-report-fell-short/
— The new American Dream for many is an affordable lease. The tilt toward renting over buying comes down to simple math. The typical interest rate on 30-year mortgages is now over 7%. DD: Mortgage rates were 7% when I took out a mortgage to buy a new townhome in University Park in 1972. They were 11% when I took out a mortgage to buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974. They were 9% when I took out a mortgage to buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976 and when my wife and I took out a mortgage to buy a home in Wheaton in 1978. They were 13% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to have a home built in Wheaton 1984.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/02/gilbert-villegas-homeowner-renter-affordability-homebuying/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Stratton supports a $25 minimum wage. DD: In today’s dollars, I started earning $27.12/hour when I was 22 in 1971. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU and I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970. I earned the minimum wage for 18 months 1964-1966. In today’s dollars, it was $12.74/hour.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/10/01/what-to-know-us-senate-race-juliana-stratton-don-tracy-dick-durbin
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/community/belleville/article317472507.html
JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/features/article/turnaway-play-look-abortion-s-effect-women-s-22455243.php
WGLT
— DD: Democrat leaders promote Kinzinger.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-10-02/adam-kinzinger-returns-home-to-talk-democracy-and-duty-at-last-republican-screening
HIGHLAND PARK PATCH
— Highland Park District 113 Condemns Antisemitic, Racist And Homophobic Incidents At Schools. Superintendent Chala Holland said recent incidents in schools and nearby towns harmed students, families and staff.
https://patch.com/illinois/highlandpark/highland-park-district-113-condemns-antisemitic-racist-homophobic-incidents
CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— DD: Anticipate/expect that homelessness will ever-increasingly increase because Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/five-years-in-what-the-home-illinois-plan-reveals-about-the-state-of-homelessness/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/10/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-608/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media exists a) to elect Democrat candidates and b) to defeat Republican candidates. Ever-increasingly it spins everything against Republicans. Ever-increasingly, it presents its opinion as being fact. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL Family Action Can’t Fill a Room: Now It Won’t Endorse Darren Bailey Against Pritzker After Backing Dabrowski in GOP Primary. DD: As a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I am obligated to do, and I do, help elect in general elections all those candidates who win Republican primary elections. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012. Anti-conservatives always discouraged everyone from attending TAPROOT events.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/10/il-family-action-cant-fill-a-room-now-it-wont-endorse-darren-bailey-against-pritzker-after-backing-dabrowski-in-gop-primary.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Boston pays dozens of DEI bureaucrats six-figure salaries despite budgeting struggles.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/4751019/boston-dei-bureaucrats-six-figure-salaries-budget-shortfall/
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Guaranteed Decline Of Democratic Socialism.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/10/the-guaranteed-decline-of-democratic-socialism/
— The new ‘Right’ is making socialism harder to fight. The nominal right cannot credibly ask Americans to distrust economic planning, while teaching them to applaud planners wearing its own colors.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/10/the-new-right-is-making-socialism-harder-to-fight/
— Three classes that should be required for college students. Too many students are graduating with a college degree ignorant of this country and how it works. DD: I escaped Democrat indoctrination by majoring in business, accounting, and finance. That enabled me to earn six professional certifications (accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting), and a professional license (CPA).
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/10/three-classes-that-should-be-required-for-college-students/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Brandon Johnson suggests it’s not his job to catch criminal illegal aliens.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/10/02/brandon-johnson-suggests-its-not-his-job-to-catch-criminal-illegal-aliens-1661553/
— Mamdani sells his brand of socialism for the suckers: ‘Whatever you need.’ DD: To promote socialism is to promote dependency on government. Democrat leaders promote dependency on government, that is, Democrat leaders destroy personal responsibility. Because I reject dependency on government, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/10/02/mamdani-sells-his-brand-of-socialism-for-the-suckers-whatever-you-need-1661531/
BLAZE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mamdani-defines-socialism-theo-von
BREITBART
— Democrats Would Make Voter ID Illegal in All 50 States. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/02/exclusive-bernie-moreno-democrats-would-make-voter-id-illegal-in-all-50-states-thats-their-dream/amp/
— Democrats Prefer Migrants over Americans.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/10/02/bernie-moreno-democrats-prefer-migrants-over-americans/amp/
COLLEGE FIX
— Record-low three in ten Americans consider college ‘very important.’ DD: My father frequently decried his not having a college degree. That 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.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/record-low-three-in-ten-americans-consider-college-very-important-poll/
DAILY CALLER
— Academics Who Want DEI In Med Schools Dodge And Weave When Pro-Merit Doctor Says Its A Political Agenda.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/10/02/dei-medical-schools-merit-mcat-scores-stanley-goldfarb-do-no-harm/
DAILY SIGNAL
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/10/02/americans-will-pay-350k-for-socialist-policies/
— Anti-Deportation Network Mobilizes Against Census Rule Excluding Illegal Aliens.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/10/02/anti-deportation-network-mobilizes-against-census-rule-excluding-illegal-aliens/
— Republicans Must Either Vote in Droves or Kiss the Trump-GOP Agenda Goodbye. DD: What do you say to those who discouraged me from hand-delivering the following to the 170 Independent households in my precinct: a) the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) Voter Guide, b) the sample ballot, and c) campaign literature from the 14 candidates who provided MTRO with their literature?
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/10/02/republicans-vote-or-kiss-goodbye/
DAILY WIRE
— Mamdani’s Working Class Promises Are A Slippery Slope Toward Communism.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/why-mamdanis-working-class-promises-are-a-slippery-slope-toward-communism
— How Leftism’s Appetite For The Destruction Of Order Will Be Our Undoing.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-leftisms-appetite-for-the-destruction-of-order-will-be-our-undoing
FOX BUSINESS
— Socialism’s economic dangers.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6406140425112
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6406129442112
FOX NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6406124241112
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6406124185112
JP MEDIA
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2026/10/02/mamdani-defines-socialism-and-wow-it-sounds-great-but-n4957907
— A Third of Newly Arrested Indiana Child Exploiters Are Illegal Aliens.
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/10/02/a-third-of-newly-arrested-indiana-child-exploiters-are-illegal-aliens-n4957890
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Illinois, Chicago Released Over 500 Criminal Illegal Aliens Despite ICE Detainers.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/10/report-illinois-chicago-released-over-500-criminal-illegal-aliens-despite-ice-detainers/
NEWSMAX
— Gallup Poll Low: 31% Say College ‘Very Important.’ DD: My father frequently decried his not having a college degree. That 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.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/gallup-poll-college-education/2026/10/01/id/1271380/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
DESERT REVIEW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.thedesertreview.com/opinion/columnists/mamdani-claims-socialism-dignity/article_f40a6df3-8fbf-4b49-a1d1-0955592ffa34.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: FlyDubai Attacker Had Been Banned From Flying by Oman for Radical Views. The U.A.E. airline later hired pilot Hamam al-Hammami, who allegedly stabbed the captain of Flight 1073 and nearly crashed the plane.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/flydubai-attacker-had-been-banned-from-flying-by-oman-for-radical-views-ab363b5d
— Colleges Are Embracing Greek Life. DD: While I attended UIC 1966-1968, I lived with my parents in Crete. While I attended NIU during my first semester in 1969, I stayed at the University Plaza Dormitory, but came home weekends to keep my part-time Park Forest Post Office job. During my second and third semesters, I stayed at the University Plaza Dormitory again. During the 1970 summer session, I shared an apartment at the Lincolnshire West apartments.
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/cornell-rape-case-collides-with-colleges-growing-embrace-of-fraternities-a8b2ef33
FORTUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://fortune.com/2026/10/02/americans-view-socialism-favorably-trump-taxpayer-ads-jd-vance-affordability/
https://fortune.com/2026/10/02/capitalism-may-be-reinventing-socialism-ai-quantum/
BLOOMBERG
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-10-02/democratic-socialist-surge-carries-big-implications-for-2028
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Qualities will get you promoted. DD: All my coworkers in the federal government who my Democrat superiors promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time and/or b) who had less education than I had, had less work experience than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had. To get promoted, they focused on helping my superiors get rid of their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.businessinsider.com/nestle-ceo-qualities-get-promotion-2026-10
— Universal basic employment. DD: According to my critics/opponents, the federal government is the employer of last resort. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years. In my defense, I would not have become a postal employee in 1966 if my high school friend had not asked me to join him in taking the postal employment test. Further, I would not have become an IRS employee in 1971 if Oldsmobile had not withdrawn a job offer that I had accepted because Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.
https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-jobs-guarantee-universal-basic-income-ubi-employment-economy-2024-8
FED WEEK
— DD: The Democrats who ran the Post Office in 1966, IRS in 1971, and GAO in 1980 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat who was minority, female, younger, or veteran and who would take the job. They got rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat.
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/many-hr-specialists-feel-pressure-to-put-results-over-rules-in-hiring-mspb-finds/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— OPM moves to allow agencies to promote workers faster. DD: My Democrat IRS superiors started using my age against me big time when I was 25 in 1974, that is, they started using “up-or-out” against me big time when I was 25 in 1974. According to them, if you were the following, you had to make GS-13, currently $118,984/year, by the time you were 25, or you were out: Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran. I had only made GS-12, currently $100,059/year by the time I was 25. I finally did make GS-13, but it was not until I was 38 in 1986. By then, I had a) earned an MBA when I was 27, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, c) transferred to GAO and earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, and d) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I never would have made GS-13 if the GAO manager who had arranged my transfer had not gotten back into power in 1985.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/05/opm-moves-allow-agencies-promote-workers-faster/413862/
POLITICO
— DD: If you were asked what you did to afford things, how would you respond? I would respond that I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and a job-related professional license in 1981.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/26/poll-affordability-trump-maga-splits-01086222
ATLANTIC
— DD: What percent of those who are the following are on welfare: Citizens of America, noncitizens, White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, male, female, heterosexual, LGBTQ, older, younger, non-veteran, veteran, Protestant, non-Protestant, German American, non-German American, have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, etc.?
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/10/maga-sarah-huckabee-sanders-woke/688876/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
GUARDIAN
— Billionaire Pritzker is one of Trump’s loudest critics. Will Democrats send him to the White House? DD: Who are your biggest critics/opponents? I should write about mine. I would focus on those who have the most government, political, financial, and/or religious clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/03/jb-pritzker-profile-democrats-2028
ECONOMIC TIMES
— Vance explodes at ‘self-professed socialist’ Angie Nixon in Florida.
https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/world-news/get-the-hell-out-of-america-vance-explodes-at-self-professed-socialist-angie-nixon-in-florida/amp_videoshow/134643176.cms
FROM OTHER SOURCES
EXP REALTY
— FOR SALE IN MY PRECINCT: 25w451 Plamondon Road, Wheaton – $3,300,000
https://leeernst.exprealty.com/details.php?mls=103&mlsid=12745644
— FOR SALE IN MY PRECINCT: 25w471 Plamondon Road, Wheaton, – $1,995,000
https://leeernst.exprealty.com/property/103-12745347-25w471-plamondon-road-wheaton-IL-60189
— FOR SALE IN MY PRECINCT: 1021 Greenwood Drive, Wheaton – $1,685,000
https://leeernst.exprealty.com/property/103-12488277-1021-greenwood-drive-wheaton-IL-60189
— FOR SALE IN MY PRECINCT: 2s037 Country Club Lane, Wheaton – $1,575,000
https://leeernst.exprealty.com/property/103-12734909-2s037-country-club-lane-wheaton-IL-60189
— FOR SALE IN MY PRECINCT: 1524 Lloyd Court, Wheaton – $1,150,000
https://leeernst.exprealty.com/property/103-12754482-1524-lloyd-court-wheaton-IL-60189
