FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Pritzker praises Supreme Court for rejecting Trump’s mail-in ballot restrictions ahead of midterms. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/2026-election-news-us-supreme-court-ruling-blocks-donald-trump-mail-ballot-restrictions-ahead-midterm-elections/19836160/
— Air Force secretary acknowledges the US has weapons in space. Troy Meink’s statement is seen as a clear warning to China and Russia.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/air-force-secretary-acknowledges-us-has-weapons-space/19834965/
WGN9
— Illinois and Chicago among those suing over ‘public charge’ green card restrictions.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/illinois-among-states-suing-over-green-card-restrictions/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/the-harm-continues-gov-pritzker-reacts-to-impact-of-operation-midway-blitz-one-year-later/
FOX32
— Rep. Thomas Massie moves to impeach Pete Hegseth over Iran war.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/rep-thomas-massie-moves-impeach-pete-hegseth-over-iran-war
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Democrats cheer Supreme Court mail-in voting order while President Trump lashes out at justices. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/15/supreme-court-mail-in-ballot/
— Will Iran become a two-front war?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/15/column-iran-problem-worse-houthis-depetris/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Larry Snelling now getting a $190,000 yearly pension after retiring as Chicago’s top cop. Fred Waller is serving as acting police superintendent for a second time amid a nationwide search for Snelling’s permanent replacement. Between his pension and city salary, Waller was making $374,695.32 a year as of late June.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/police-reform/2026/09/15/larry-snelling-fred-waller-police-superintendent-chicago
DAILY HERALD
— Illinois Democrats cheer Supreme Court mail-in voting order while President Trump lashes out at justices. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260915/news/illinois-democrats-cheer-supreme-court-mail-in-voting-order-while-president-trump-lashes-out-at-just/
— The League of Women Voters of Roselle-Bloomingdale Area has canceled its Sept. 20 candidate event for the Illinois Senate District 24 and Illinois House District 48 races.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260915/submitted-content/league-of-women-voters-cancels-sept-20-candidate-event-for-two-state-legislative-races/
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois, Chicago sue to block Trump plan to restrict green cards to legal Medicaid, SNAP users. 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.nprillinois.org/government-politics/2026-09-15/illinois-chicago-sue-to-block-trump-plan-to-restrict-green-cards-to-legal-medicaid-snap-users
BUR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge’s decision to eliminate its property tax is a campaign ad that can write itself. The village’s mayor, Gary Grasso, is running as a Republican for DuPage County Board chairperson against Democrat Deb Conroy of Elmhurst.
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/burr-ridge-mayor-campaign-ad-writes-itself
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/15/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-595/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— State, local officials reflect on Midway Blitz, response to ICE ‘occupation.’
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_beeff635-d7ef-41af-b655-abe84c0c17c7.html
CHICAGO CONTRARIAN
— Chicago Private Schools Discriminated for Years to Further DEI and Now the IRS Wants Its Money Back.
https://www.chicagocontrarian.com/blog/chicago-private-schools-discriminated-for-years-to-further-dei-and-now-the-irs-wants-its-money-back
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Latin School of Chicago, Francis Parker, Shipley, and thousands of other National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) members could lose their non-profit status. The trade association that writes the DEI playbook for Latin, Parker, Shipley, and hundreds of other private schools just told its members, in writing, that they are probably breaking the law, and that the schools, not NAIS, are the ones facing liability.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Iran hit hundreds of buildings, dozens of aircraft as war drains U.S. munitions.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/iran-hit-hundreds-buildings-dozens-aircraft-mideast-war-drains-us/
— Republican Massie moves to impeach Hegseth.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/thomas-massie-moves-impeach-pete-hegseth/
— Trump’s federal worker buyouts cost $6.7 billion. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 years old 29 years ago. In today’s dollars, the Civil Service Retirement System has paid me $2 million dollars.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/donald-trumps-federal-worker-buyouts-cost-67-billion/
— George W. Bush still gets Islam wrong after 9/11. The 25th anniversary revives a debate over jihad, terrorism and what schools should teach.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/george-w-bush-still-gets-islam-wrong-911/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the eve of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, former President George W. Bush reiterated what he said less than a week after those attacks. “I also made it clear that Islam was a religion of peace, not a religion of war, and that [the 9/11 terrorists] subverted their religion. He could not be more wrong. One need only review the Quran and the history of Islam to come to the opposite conclusion. As “Reliance of the Traveler,” the most-relied-on book of Shariah says, “Jihad means to wage war against non-Muslims.” It is the obligation of the entire Muslim community, the ummah. “Reliance” goes on to quote the Quran, saying, “Fighting is prescribed for you (Quran 2:216),” “Slay them wherever you find them (Quran 4:89) and “The caliph makes war on Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians,” (“Reliance,” 09.8) and “Fight those who do not believe in Allah or the Last Day and who forbid not what Allah and His messenger have forbidden.” (Quran 9:29) To understand Islamic history, one needs to absorb not only that but also much more of the Quran. Islam originated in the seventh century of the Christian era in the divine visions of the Prophet Muhammad, which formed the Quran. Islam has never spread peacefully. For most of its history, Islam has inspired its adherents to invent solutions to the sometimes conflicting demands of warfare, imperial politics and missionary zeal. Within its first few centuries, Islamic armies had taken over most of the Mediterranean countries and Northern Africa. Muslim armies spread their religion through southern France, Persia, India and almost as far as China. They conquered with great speed and effectiveness, supplanting Christianity and Judaism along the way. This continued until Charles “The Hammer” Martel defeated Islamic forces at the Battle of Tours in 732. Charlemagne, who effectively succeeded Martel, became king of the Franks. His leadership was so effective in resisting Islamic incursions that he became known as the father of Europe. Islam remained relatively quiet until the 20th century, when enormous wealth, derived from oil, was brought to the Islamic states. Now, Islamic states threaten Christian nations not with armies, but with immigration. Last year, in its National Security Strategy, the Trump administration predicted “civilizational erasure” and economic decline for Europe.)
— America’s enemies are winning the anti-Israel PR war. Surreptitiously investing huge sums to influence U.S. public opinion.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/americas-enemies-winning-anti-israel-pr-war/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Blue cities sue Trump administration to keep immigrants on welfare.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4727285/blue-cities-sue-trump-administration-immigrants-welfare/
— The right kind of immigrants.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4727769/right-kind-of-immigrants-bo-french-texas/
— Stop defending ‘democracy’ — it’s the republic we’re losing. DD: Democrats use “democracy” to take everything away from Republicans and to give it to Democrats.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4726082/stop-defending-democracy-restore-republic/
BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump v. Rove: POTUS lashes out at ‘stone cold loser’ over report he’s going to vote for Democrat.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/09/15/trump-v-rove-potus-lashes-out-at-stone-cold-loser-over-report-hes-going-to-vote-for-dem-1658997/
CAMPUS REFORM
— The University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) School of Law allows students to use federal work-study funding for jobs with Planned Parenthood of Illinois, an abortion provider that operates clinics across the state.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/uic-law-approves-abortion-provider-planned-parenthood-federal-work-study-jobs/30583
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— President Trump blasted Republican strategist Karl Rove on Monday, calling former President George W. Bush’s White House adviser “so bad for the Republican Party.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6090127-donald-trump-karl-rove-criticism-republican-party-midterms/
— The Movement: Friction among conservative media grows as Trump’s approval falls.
https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-movement/6089349-conservative-media-trump-criticism/
CBS NEWS
— New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-photos-damage-u-s-kuwait-saudi-arabia-iran-drone-missile-attacks/
— Trump administration will comply with mail ballot ruling by Supreme Court, Blanche says. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-mail-ballot-ruling-supreme-court-blanche/
— FBI director insists new hiring standards on prostitution and bestiality were only meant to assist sexual assault victims. DD: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they ever-increasingly lowered standards to hire, retain, and promote 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 licenses, and my job-related professional license.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kash-patel-fbi-hiring-standards-bestiality-prostitution/
— American households earned a record median income of $87,460 last year, according to new Census Bureau data. The catch? That figure is only slightly above the previous peak set in 2019. Adjusting for inflation, that means the typical household has gained little economic ground in six years marked by pandemic upheaval and surging consumer prices. In 2019, households had a median income of $85,320, a level that wasn’t surpassed until 2025, the Census said on Tuesday. DD: In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $83,482/year when I was 24 in 1973 and it was $100,059/year in 1974.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/census-income-data-pandemic-levels/
WASHINGTON POST
— Why Republicans struggle to prove the danger of socialism. When the GOP embraces big government, it’s harder to champion free markets.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/15/gop-socialism-lite-risks-midterms-without-free-market-contrast/
BLOOMBERG
— Will an MBA pay off for you? My taking evening MBA courses helped me get promoted by IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974. My earning an MBA in 1976 helped me get hired by GAO in 1980.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/mba-return-on-investment/
NARFE
— Rep. Vindman and Rep. Subramanyam Introduce Federal Worker Protection Act to Bolster Whistleblower Protections. DD: I was a federal whistleblower. I ever-increasingly blew the whistle on my Democrat IRS superiors’ political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and retaliation. Because of that, to get rid of me, they ever-increasingly took more and bigger adverse actions against me.
https://www.narfe.org/blog/2026/09/15/rep-vindman-and-rep-subramanyam-introduce-federal-worker-protection-act-to-bolster-whistleblower-protections/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The bill would limit and condition the use of nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) by federal agencies to prevent the chilling of whistleblowing, reinforcing existing protections under the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989. It would require that any covered NDA prominently include a disclosure specifying that the employee retains the right to make protected disclosures to enumerated entities including the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), any Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congress and its committees or cleared staff, the Merit Systems Protection Board, federal courts, and any legally designated channel and that the NDA may not be enforced to penalize protected disclosures. Should employees be disciplined for violating their NDAs through whistleblowing, they will have the right to sue their agency.)
