FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
WGN9
— A kiss renews questions about why IL has so many townships?
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/a-kiss-renews-questions-about-why-il-has-so-many-townships/
WTTW
— Former CPD Supt. Larry Snelling Starts Collecting $190K Annual Police Pension. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. While I worked part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969, I got both Social Security credits and full-time CSRS credits. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. Further, they are furious that since I was 49 in 1997, I have gotten a CSRS pension, currently $68,640/year. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $2 million dollars. Further, they are furious that last year, my Social Security increased from $3,000/year to $19,000/year.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/14/former-cpd-supt-larry-snelling-starts-collecting-190k-annual-police-pension-records-show
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/16/deerfield-public-school-district-109/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Google’s Thompson Center debut delayed to 2028.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/real-estate/commercial/ccb-google-thompson-center-opening-delayed-20260916/
MUDDY RIVER NEWS
— Pritzker campaign seems to pay more attention to Trump endorsement than Bailey.
https://muddyrivernews.com/politics/pritzker-campaign-seems-to-pay-more-attention-to-trump-endorsement-than-bailey/20260915213302/
SOUTHWEST REGIONAL PUBLISHING
— Illinois Democrats raise $1 million at Navy Pier rally.
https://southwestregionalpublishing.com/2026/09/15/illinois-democrats-raise-1-million-at-navy-pier-rally/
WHEATON PATCH
— Man Set Fire To His Aunt And Uncle’s House In Wheaton. Nahom T. Abraha, 40, is being held at DuPage County Jail in connection with the Sept. 13 arson.
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/man-set-fire-his-aunt-uncles-house-wheaton-police
BUR RIDGE PATCH
— Burr Ridge Mayor Returns Indicted Restaurateur’s Campaign Donations. The mayor said he did not know about the contributions before Patch’s inquiry. He also returned the businessman’s donations in 2018.
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/amp/34838127/burr-ridge-mayor-returns-indicted-restaurateurs-campaign-donations
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— On the official (Democrat) campaign trail.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/16/on-the-official-campaign-trail-01078576
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-808/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Florida restricts welfare benefits for ‘nonessential’ purchases. Items banned include vapes, tattoos, and spa services. DD: While I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, I took many financial statements from delinquent taxpayers who claimed an inability to pay.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/25/florida-restricts-welfare-benefits-nonessential-purchases/
— University of Maryland replaces DEI language with ‘belonging and community.’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/15/university-maryland-replaces-dei-language-belonging-community/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— What Karl Marx got right about politics.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/4727637/what-karl-marx-got-right-about-politics-socialism-capitalism/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Mamdani Taps ‘Gay Communist’ for Senior Government Role: New Adviser Called for ‘Abolition of Police’ and ‘Undoing Capitalism,’ Condemned Gandhi as ‘Anti-Black Misogynist.’
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/exclusive-mamdani-taps-gay-communist-for-senior-government-role-new-adviser-called-for-abolition-of-police-and-undoing-capitalism-condemned-gan/
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
— What is socialism? Socialism is an economic system in which much of the economy is publicly owned or controlled rather than privately owned.
https://americansforprosperity.org/blog/what-is-socialism-what-people-get-wrong/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Democrat Party and Its Supporters Are a Hive. Coordination emerges not primarily from explicit instruction but from shared ideological programming, financial incentives, and institutional culture.
https://amgreatness.com/2026/09/16/the-democrat-party-and-its-supporters-are-a-hive-part-one/
BREITBART
— Chicago’s Dem. Mayor Johnson Says Illegals Are an ‘Essential Part of Who We Are.’ DD: Democrat leaders have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Their illegals are their soldiers in their Democrat Army.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/15/chicagos-dem-mayor-johnson-says-illegals-are-an-essential-part-of-who-we-are/
— House Hearing on Voter Fraud. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/15/watch-live-house-hearing-on-voter-fraud/
CAMPUS REFORM
— Most MD programs still maintain DEI initiatives.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/report-finds-md-programs-still-maintain-dei-initiatives/30560
DAILY CALLER
— Conservative Leaders Call GOP-Led Amnesty Bill ‘Betrayal’ To Voters.
https://www.aol.com/articles/conservative-leaders-call-gop-led-184237000.html
DAILY WIRE
— Household Debt Is Getting Out Of Hand. Here’s Why It’s At An All-Time High. The bill for all of this excessive, wasteful spending is eventually going to come due.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/household-debt-is-getting-out-of-hand-heres-why-its-at-an-all-time-high
FOX NEWS
— Charlie Kirk’s family alleges Utah Valley University knew of rooftop security risk before his assassination. The notice alleges campus police had no written security plan and only six officers for 3,000 spectators.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/charlie-kirk-family-alleges-uvu-knew-rooftop-security-risk-before-assassination-legal-filing
— Smithsonian move reignites ‘woke,’ ‘Marxist’ criticism as Latino museum avoids congressional approval. Mike Gonzalez’s report argues the museum’s inaugural exhibition reflected anti-Western ideology and Marxist messaging.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/smithsonian-move-reignites-woke-marxist-criticism-latino-museum-avoids-congressional-approval
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NEW YORK TIMES
— Half of Voters Dislike Socialism Amid Progressive Wins.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/us/politics/democratic-socialism-poll.html
— DD: Democrat leaders have always used and abused Jews. My Democrat superiors in the federal government successfully forced my many anti-conservative anti-Republican Democrat Jewish superiors and supervisors to take many big adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, a Crete resident 1948-1972, and a Wheaton resident since 1978. My Jewish Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. My Jewish IRS superiors a) forced the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 to transfer to Dallas, b) disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974, c) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and d) made it clear that they would never promote me again. My Jewish GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23.699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer to GAO in 1980, b) delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13, c) made it clear that would never promote me to GS-14, d) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, e) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for performance, and f) forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/opinion/trump-antisemitism-israel-civil-rights.html
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/
NBC DALLAS FORT WORTH
— Mortgage rates climb above 7%. DD: Mortgage rates were 17% 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. They were 9% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to buy a home in Wheaton in 1978. They were 14% when my wife and I took out a mortgage to have a home built in Wheaton 1984.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/mortgage-rates-north-texas-homebuyers/4077739/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— This English Village Is Threatening to Quit the U.K. Over Planned Asylum Camp. Piddington, population 350, is up in arms over a proposal to house 1,250 asylum seekers at a former military site.
https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/this-english-village-is-threatening-to-quit-the-u-k-over-planned-asylum-camp-cd0d7610
— Pensions Were on the Brink of Extinction. Now Companies Are Bringing Them Back. Some companies are turning to the lost benefit to recruit employees or settle negotiations with labor unions. DD: I got in line for a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension when I was 18 in 1966. While I worked part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969, I got both Social Security credits and full-time CSRS credits. My critics/opponents have always been furious about that. Further, they are furious that since I was 49 in 1997, I have gotten a CSRS pension, currently $68,640/year. Further, they are furious that last year, my Social Security increased from $3,000/year to $19,000/year. So far, in today’s dollars, CSRS has paid me $2 million dollars.
https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/pensions-were-on-the-brink-of-extinction-now-companies-are-bringing-them-back-81b009dc
— DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government 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. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/gender-pay-gap-return-to-office-002bb828
TIME
— Relevant work experience. DD: To force me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO when I was 31 in 1980, my Democrat GAO superiors not only ignored/dismissed/belittled my earning an MBA in 1976 and my passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, they outrageously/disgustingly/falsely/unethically ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that GAO audits IRS and treated my almost 9 years of experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, as being not only not job related, but worthless. They knew full-well that much of what I did for IRS was very similar to what I would do be doing for GAO. They would not have forced me to take the aforesaid pay cut if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. They would have offered me a promotion to GS-13 to transfer, currently $118,984/year.
https://time.com/partner-content/charter/why-college-isn-t-enough-anymore/
KERA NEWS
— Karl Rove said he’ll break 30 years of only supporting Republicans to vote against ‘bigot’ Bo French. DD: I have always not only voted for the Republican candidates on general election ballots in my precinct, but also promoted them. That includes not only candidates who blame me for their defeats, but candidates who have taken big adverse actions against me.
https://www.keranews.org/texas-news/2026-09-15/karl-rove-said-hell-break-30-years-of-only-supporting-republicans-to-vote-against-bigot-bo-french
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Karl Rove, former adviser to President George W. Bush and longtime Texas GOP political consultant, said he will vote for Jon Rosenthal, a Houston Democrat running to serve the Texas Railroad Commission, after Republican Bo French posted racist comments on Sunday about South Asian students at the University of Texas at Austin. Rove made the comments at a members-only lunch event at the Headliners Club in Austin, where he called French a “bigot,” according to three attendees to whom The Texas Tribune has granted anonymity to discuss the conversation. Rove said he has only ever voted for one Democratic candidate, Texas Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock, who was up for reelection in 1994.)
AMERICAN BAZAAR
— Mamdani leads lawsuit challenging Trump’s new ‘public charge’ rule to deny green cards, visas. 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://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/09/15/mamdani-leads-lawsuit-challenging-trumps-new-public-charge-rule-to-deny-green-cards-visas-488186/
FINDLAW
— Lawsuit Seeks to Block Trump Rule Linking Green Cards to Public Benefits. 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.findlaw.com/legalblogs/courtside/lawsuit-seeks-to-block-trump-rule-linking-green-cards-to-public-benefits/
HR DIVE
— DD: DEI-motivated hirings and promotions cost Accenture $25M in DOJ settlement. DD: All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government 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. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/alleged-dei-motivated-hirings-promotions-cost-accenture-25m-in-doj-settlement/830448/
FINANCIAL POST
— Should you accept your employer’s invitation to resign rather than be fired? DD: My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign when I was 20 in 1969 falsely saying that I was not going to be available to work enough part-time hours. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 saying they would demote me, give me adverse transfers, give me unfair performance expectations, and give me unfair performance appraisals if I did not retire. If I had not taken their early retirement “offer,” I would not have been eligible to take regular retirement until I was 55 in 2003.
https://financialpost.com/fp-work/accept-employers-invitation-to-resign-or-be-fired
SCOTUS BLOG
— Court prevents Trump from firing Fed governor. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied that they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 “for cause.” SEE: Diersen v. GAO at https://gopillinois.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/DiersenGAOFifthAmendedComplaint.pdf Previously, they had a) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance, b) delayed my promotions and never promoted me to GS-14, c) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and d) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS when I was 31 in 1980.
https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-prevents-trump-from-firing-fed-governor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts contended that, if the Trump administration were correct, it “would in effect transform the Federal Reserve’s for-cause protection into at-will employment—an interpretive leap out of step with the statute Congress enacted and our Nation’s tradition of central banking protected from political interference.”
NPR
— DD: Democrats use “democracy” to take everything away from Republicans and to give it to Democrats.
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/15/nx-s1-5969741/state-of-u-s-democracy-reaches-new-low-report-finds
CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS
— DD: My Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors ever-increasing gave more preference to my Democrat coworkers who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats who were the aforesaid and 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. None of my coworkers came close to doing what I did. I earned three job-related master’s degrees, I earned six job-related professional certifications, and I earned a job-related professional license.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/amid-rising-costs-the-gender-wage-gap-deepens-affordability-challenges-for-women/
FROM FOREIGN SOURCES
ECONOMIST
— In the coming years the “silent” and “baby boomer” generations in America—people born between the 1920s and 1960s—will pass $110 trillion in wealth to their children. DD: My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. Of course, my critics/opponents are furious that I inherited money when my mother, aunt, and brother passed away recently.
https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/09/16/dont-fear-the-inheritocracy
HINDUSTAN TIMES
— New Green Card rule takes effect Sept 18: What changes for Indian applicants under the new public charge guidance? Starting September 18, Indian nationals applying for US green cards will face expanded public-charge assessments. 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.hindustantimes.com/nri/new-green-card-rule-takes-effect-sept-18-what-changes-for-indian-applicants-under-the-new-public-charge-guidance-101789543441057.html
TIMES OF ISRAEL
— Despite anti-Israel turmoil, 67% of US Jews plan to vote Democrat in midterms. DD: All my many Jewish superiors in the federal government were Democrats, that is, they all were anti-Republican, that is, they all were anti-conservative, that is, they all were anti-Israel.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/despite-anti-israel-turmoil-67-of-us-jews-plan-to-vote-democrat-in-midterms-poll/
