FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Charlie Kirk supporters host vigil in hometown of Arlington Heights year after his killing.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/12/supporters-united-at-vigil-charlie-kirks-death/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/13/chicago-operation-midway-blitz-anniversary-city-on-guard/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/12/silverio-villegas-gonzalez-killing-anniversary/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/13/operation-midway-blitz-joaquin-brito/
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/11/operation-midway-blitz/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/11/naper-pride-fest-naperville-canceled/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you disapprove of something Trump has said and/or done, you should vote for all the Democrats on your ballot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/13/opinion-democrats-message-for-midterms-taxes/
— DD: For Democrat leaders, education exists to crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/12/chicago-teens-peace-warriors-restorative-justice/
— A prevalent pattern in Gen Z: moving home after graduation. There are a myriad reasons. Most commonly, it makes financial sense to pay discounted or no rent in today’s economy. It’s a decision nearly 60% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 are making — or are forced to make — to live with their parents. DD: I lived with and helped support my mother and brother in Crete for 25 months after I graduated from college. My father had died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in October of 1969. He was earning only $75,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother had never attended high school, she had never worked outside the home, and my brother was having problems. I graduated from NIU in August of 1970 and I got a job working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights that month. I applied for and I got a financial hardship draft deferment. In 1972, I was able to buy a new townhome in University Park. SEE: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/774-Sunset-Ct-5-University-Park-IL-60484/5451474_zpid/ . But it had only 1,000 square feet. In today’s dollars, I paid about $180,000 for it and the down payment would have been about $36,000. In today’s dollars, my IRS Revenue Officer salary had just 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 $92,300. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/12/young-adults-move-home-post-college/
— As Chicago Bears eye Indiana move, Arlington Heights extends lobbyist contract to lure team there.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/12/chicago-bears-indiana-arlington-heights-lobbyist-contract/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lobbyist Matt Murphy — a former Republican state senator from Palatine — and firm principal Ryan McLaughlin were in the hallways of the Illinois state Capitol on Arlington Heights’ behalf in the waning days and hours of the spring legislative session.)
— Tracking COVID cash. Illinois, Chicago, Cook County got $11B in pandemic aid but there were gaps in oversight and transparency.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/13/illinois-pandemic-aid/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdogs/2026/09/11/ice-shooting-silverio-villegas-gonzalez-chicago-franklin-park
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/09/12/northwest-side-residents-demand-answers-amid-reports-of-ice-agents-staging-at-cpds-17th-district
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OD FOLD: Supporters united in Arlington Heights at vigil and remembrance on anniversary of Charlie Kirk’s death.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260912/news/supporters-united-at-vigil-and-remembrance-on-anniversary-of-charlie-kirks-death/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Even as Bears eye Indiana move, Arlington Heights extends lobbyist contract to lure team to suburbs.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260912/news/even-as-bears-eye-indiana-move-arlington-heights-extends-lobbyist-contract-to-lure-team-to-suburbs/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lobbyist Matt Murphy — a former Republican state senator from Palatine — and firm principal Ryan McLaughlin were in the hallways of the Illinois state Capitol on Arlington Heights’ behalf in the waning days and hours of the spring legislative session.)
— FRONT PAGE: DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260912/news/right-thing-to-do-or-feel-good-pr-suburbs-split-on-whether-ice-bans-on-municipal-property-actua/
EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— City honors Afghan refugee, former interpreter for U.S. military.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2026/09/12/city-honors-afghan-refugee-former-interpreter-for-u-s-military/
LAKE MCHENRY SCANNER
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/09/12/cannabis-dispensary-in-woodstock-among-first-to-open-drive-thru-service-after-state-law-change-city-council-approval/
ILLINOIS VALLEY
— Darren Bailey to visit Sandwich Fair. Republican gubernatorial candidate set to appear on Sunday, Sept. 13.
https://www.shawlocal.com/illinois-valley/2026/09/12/darren-bailey-to-visit-sandwich-fair/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What arguments would socialists use to sell you on socialism? They would argue to me that under socialism, I would be much better off today than I am. They would stress that even though I earned three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional licenses, and a job-related professional license, I never made more than $154,682/year in today’s dollars and that my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $68,640/year. I would respond that if I had been a Democrat, the Democrats who ran the federal government would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year, long before I was 40 in 1988 and let me work at least until I was eligible for regular retirement when I was 55 in 2003 even though I am not a minority, female, or veteran. All you need to do to advance under socialism is to be a socialist. All you need to do to advance under Democrats is to be a Democrat. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Judge boots Trump ‘loyalty’ question from civil service job applications. DD: Democrats run the federal government. They demand loyalty to the Democrat Party platform. 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.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/12/judge-boots-trump-loyalty-question-civil-service-job-applications/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The socialist takeover. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4717752/democratic-socialist-takeover-agenda/
— Fairfax County schools’ guidance on teaching 9/11 is ‘woke.’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/entertainment/4724823/joe-concha-fairfax-county-school-9-11-woke/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha said Fairfax County Public Schools are more worried about people being “offended” than teaching what’s “factual and true” about 9/11. “If you take the whole ‘we can’t say Islam’ thing out of this, well, that’s central to this entire history lesson,” Concha said on Fox News’s Hannity on Friday.)
— Mamdani is importing Biden’s economic nightmare. It’ll cost you $664 a year.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4719965/mamdani-nyc-delivery-protection-act-cost-jobs-biden/
NEW YORK POST
– ‘Ungendered’ activist claims GLP-1s are ‘fascist’ and ‘genocide fat people’ in unhinged moment during DSA conference. DD: I take Ozempic to fight type 2 diabetes.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/12/us-news/unhinged-activist-claims-glp-1s-are-fascist-and-genocide-fat-people/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The extremist claimed the drugs, like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro — which were developed to treat diabetes are credited with lowering the risk of death from heart attack or stroke by 20% in high-risk patients — exist “to sustain a social order in which fat people are monitored, restricted, guilted, stolen from and punished.”)
NEW YORK SUN
— America’s Jobs Surge Is Good News for Trump’s Crackdown on Illegal Immigration. It’s no longer so easy for companies to abandon Americans by hiring foreign labor instead. DD: All my employers would have hired noncitizens instead of me if they could have. My critics/opponents cannot say that because they did not have to take bad jobs like I had to because they had wealthy parents. I should write about my critics/opponents.
https://www.nysun.com/article/americas-jobs-surge-is-good-news-for-trumps-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration
BREITBART
— Hollywood Power Players Mute Their Support for Democrats as Socialists Surge in Party. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2026/09/12/report-hollywood-power-players-mute-their-support-for-democrats-as-socialists-surge-in-party/
— Far-Left Authors Declare War on ‘Fascist’ Ozempic and Other GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs. DD: I take Ozempic to fight type 2 diabetes.
https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2026/09/12/video-far-left-authors-declare-war-fascist-ozempic-other-glp-1-weight-loss-drugs/amp/
CATO
— Redistributing Wealth Means Redistributing Power to the State.
https://www.cato.org/blog/when-government-redistributes-wealth-it-redistributes-power
CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— Since 9/11, the Number of Immigrants from the Muslim World Has Grown by 1.8 Million. Population doubling largely reflects legal immigration.
https://cis.org/Camarota/911-Number-Immigrants-Muslim-World-Has-Grown-18-Million
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks approaches, some may wonder if increased vetting or possible distrust of Muslims in the United States caused fewer people from the Islamic world to immigrate here. An analysis of Census Bureau data shows that the immigrant population (also called the foreign-born) from predominantly Muslim countries has more than doubled since 2001.1 Not all immigrants from these countries are Muslims. (The Census Bureau does not ask about religion.) Nevertheless, the data indicate that the U.S. did not fundamentally change immigration policy after September 11th, nor does the desire of many people in the Muslim world to settle here seem to have changed much. As a result, the number of immigrants from these countries has soared. Key Findings: The number of immigrants — including naturalized citizens, legal permanent residents, long-term temporary visitors, and illegal immigrants — from the Muslim world increased from 1.7 million in 2001 to 3.4 million in 2024. This represents the net increase — new arrivals minus emigration and natural mortality. Immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries increased by 103 percent from 2001 to 2024. This is much faster than the growth in the overall foreign-born population (58 percent) and is nearly seven times faster than for the overall U.S.-born population. The decision to admit large numbers of people from Afghanistan after the U.S. withdrawal caused the population of Afghan immigrants to nearly double from 2020 to 2024, but Afghans accounted for only a quarter of the total increase from the Islamic world over this time period. Prior research indicates that 10 to 20 percent of immigrants from majority-Muslim countries may be illegal immigrants — lower than the 25 to 30 percent share for the overall foreign-born. The rapid increase in immigrants from the Islamic world overwhelmingly reflects legal immigration policies. Many top immigrant-sending countries in the Muslim world have hostile relations with the United States or struggle with powerful terrorist movements. From 2001 to 2024, the immigrant population increased by 202,000 (476 percent) for Afghanistan, 201,000 (93 percent) for Pakistan, 119,000 (41 percent) for Iran, 65,000 (109 percent) for Syria, 66,000 (416 percent) for Yemen, and 45,000 (87 percent) for Somalia. In addition to immigrants from majority-Muslim countries, there are 1.9 million U.S.-born individuals with parent(s) from such countries. The total number of immigrants from the Muslim world plus their U.S.-born offspring was 5.4 million in 2024, compared to 2.5 million in 2001 — a 118 percent increase. Assuming that recent trends continue, the number of immigrants from majority-Muslim countries and their U.S.-born offspring will nearly double to 10.4 million by 2050.)
DAILY SIGNAL
— Only Half of Traditional Republicans Are Excited to Vote. DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you disapprove of something Trump has said and/or done, you should vote for all the Democrats on your ballot.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/12/republicans-vote-midterm-election/
DAILY WIRE
— 9/11 Lesson Plan Used By Schools Nationwide Omits Bin Laden, Al-Qaeda, And Islam.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/9-11-lesson-plan-used-by-schools-nationwide-omits-bin-laden-al-qaeda-and-islam
— The 2026 Socialism Conference Reveals The Dangers Of The Marxist Mindset. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-2026-socialism-conference-reveals-the-dangers-of-the-marxist-mindset
FOX NEWS
— The Democratic Socialist of America are communists. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404992292112
— DD: Because Democrat leaders say that Americans are being crushed by affordability, a growing trend of mayors push cash handouts as the answer. What did you do to afford things? I took jobs that my peers would not stoop to take. I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/americans-crushed-affordability-organization-claims-cash-handouts-answer
NATIONAL POST
— Diversity quotas reduce excellence. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, ever-increasingly, their meeting their Affirmative Action quotas was their top priority. That ever-increasingly rendered worthless my job-related bachelor’s degree, my three job-related master’s degrees, my six job-related professional licenses, and my job-related professional license.
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/christopher-dummitt-racism-accusations-cant-stifle-the-truth-about-diversity
TOWNHALL
— What Is Patriotism?
https://townhall.com/columnists/jackkerwick/2026/09/13/what-is-patriotism-n2682888
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— President Trump’s childhood home in Queens sells for nearly $2 million. DD: What is the status of your childhood home? I lived with my parents in an apartment above my grandfather’s hardware store in Crete 1948-1953 ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/214492231934655/posts/5573842849332873/ ). It was torn down in 1966. I then lived with my parents and brother in 1286 Wood Street in Crete 1953-1972 ( https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1286-Wood-St-Crete-IL-60417/5461313_zpid/ ), a home that my grandparents had built in 1926. I have since inherited it and sold it.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-childhood-home-queens-sells/
NEW YORK TIMES
— For Influencers, Convention Access Was Easy. Selling the Message Was More Complicated. Online media stars eager to promote President Trump and Republicans worked to find a message that would resonate with an audience that is struggling with an affordability crisis. DD: According to my critics/opponents, “You can’t tell Diersen what to do.” Of course, I take that as a badge of honor. According to my critics/opponents, I never was a journalist, I am not a journalist, and I never will be a journalist a) because I do not have a degree in journalism, b) because no one has paid me for what I have done as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) because all the money needed for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and for my www.gopillinois.com website comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my retirement savings, d) because either my newsletters nor my website are paywalled or contain any advertising or donation requests, e) because I do not claim to be nonpartisan, f) because I fully disclose that I am conservative Republican, and g) because I fully disclose that I have been an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000. My critics/opponents ignore/dismiss/belittle/badmouth the fact a) that I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years 1980-1997, b) that what GAO Analysts do is very similar to what journalists do, and c) that during my last 11 years at GAO, my salary increased from $118,984/year to $154,682/year in today’s dollars.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/us/politics/trump-republican-convention-influencers-message.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More than 100 influencers were invited to the midterm convention by members of the Republican National Committee, a committee spokeswoman said. They were given some of the best seats in the arena and special “creator” credentials that granted them access to a list of Republican Party leaders eager to sit for interviews. They recorded content from a special platform directly across from the stage where the president spoke. They partied after hours at an event hosted by TikTok, where they snacked on miniature cheesecakes and an assortment of cake balls. “We got great treatment in 2024,” said Xaviaer DuRousseau, who boasts well over a million followers across Instagram and TikTok, referring to the Republican National Convention two years ago. “But this is even better.” The difficult task facing these dozens of conservative influencers was figuring out how to boost the Republican Party, when the image of prosperity projected from the stage was different from the reality of surging costs.)
USA TODAY
— DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/09/12/democrats-dsa-midterm-elections-socialism-capitalism/91676903007/
— DD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that if you disapprove of something Trump has said and/or done, you should vote for all the Democrats on your ballot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/09/13/trump-republican-convention-embarrassment-midterms/91695089007/
DETROIT FREE PRESS
— New car prices soared to the highest level yet this year. DD: Back in the good old days, in 1966, I was able to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint with money I earned washing dishes for the minimum wage for 15 months part-time and 3 months full-time. In 1967, I was able to buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 with money I earned cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, and delivering mail for 12 months part-time and 6 months full-time. In 1968, I was able to buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE with money I had earned delivering mail for 9 months part-time and 3 months full-time. In 1971, I was able to buy a new 1972 Corvette with money I earned delivering mail for 5 months part-time and 3 months full-time, working for a Firestone Store for 7 months full-time and 8 months part-time, and working for IRS for 4 months full-time.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2026/09/12/average-new-car-prices-soar-above-50000-for-the-first-time-this-year/91716076007/
LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— The Democratic chicken or the socialist egg? DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-davis-hanson/victor-davis-hanson-the-democratic-chicken-or-the-socialist-egg-3885713/
KSL
— Vance pushes restoration of nuclear family, traditional marriage in convention speech.
https://www.ksl.com/article/news/politics/vance-pushes-restoration-of-nuclear-family-traditional-marriage-in-convention-speech/51622697
C-SPAN
— Vivek Ramaswamy Says Sanctuary Cities “Spit in The Face of The Rule of Law.”
https://www.c-span.org/clip/campaign-2026/vivek-ramaswamy-says-sanctuary-cities-spit-in-the-face-of-the-rule-of-law/5206165
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Meet the Factions Driving the Democratic Socialists of America. From cocktail-party pragmatists to Constitution-abolishing ‘theory bros,’ these groups are steering America’s largest socialist organization in its breakout year. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/meet-the-factions-driving-the-democratic-socialists-of-america-0c5e74f0
GEN ZER
— Gen Z’s skills seem to be on the decline. DD: What did you do to acquire, maintain, and improve your job skills? I worked my way through college. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree. I earned three job-related master’s degrees. I earned six job-related professional certifications. I earned a job-related professional license.
https://thegenzer.substack.com/p/gen-zs-skills-seem-to-be-on-the-declinebut
POYNTER
— Want to get promoted? Make sure you understand what your bosses want. My superiors in the federal government wanted me to become a Democrat. Because I refused, they wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/how-to-get-promoted-at-work/
PHYS
— Luck or merit? Not all inequality is equally acceptable. DD: Where does your income come from. My income comes from my Civil Service Retirement System pension, Social Security, and retirement savings. Where did the money come from for what you own? For me, it came from what I earned doing yard work 1962-1964, delivering newspapers 1962-1966, washing dishes 1964-1966, cleaning golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivering mail 1966-1969, working on an automotive assembly line in 1970, selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumping more gasoline 1971-1972, collecting delinquent federal taxes 1971-1980, and audit federal agencies 1980-1997. More recently, it has come from inheritances.
https://phys.org/news/2026-09-luck-merit-inequality-equally.html
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIC TIMES
— The Marxist-Socialist-Islamist alliance smiling. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEa3n0wmTNo
