FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Charlie Kirk’s family signals intent to sue, alleging ‘stunning failures’ led to on-campus assassination.
https://abc7chicago.com/story/charlie-kirks-family-signals-intent-sue-alleging-stunning-failures-led-campus-assassination/19838903/
WGN9
— Over 400 arrested during targeted immigration enforcement operation in Indiana.
https://wgntv.com/news/indiana/over-400-arrested-during-targeted-immigration-enforcement-operation-in-indiana-ice/
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/09/16/broadview-six-continue-push-inquiry-poisoned-prosecution
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 5 public universities in Illinois use controversial Flock cameras to surveil campus. The list includes the state’s two largest public campuses, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois Chicago. Altogether, the five universities have spent nearly half a million dollars on AI-powered surveillance services from Flock.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2026/09/17/five-public-universities-in-illinois-use-controversial-flock-cameras-to-surveil-campus
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As towns, cities and colleges in Illinois and across the country cut ties with Flock Safety, a comprehensive review of contracts by WBEZ found that five of the state’s 12 public universities still work with the controversial surveillance technology company. That includes the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the largest campus in the state, and the University of Illinois Chicago, which is in the process of renewing its contract. Southern Illinois University Carbondale even employs a Flock surveillance drone that costs more than $40,000 a year. These schools, in addition to Western Illinois University and the University of Illinois Springfield, have spent more than $450,000 on Flock’s services since 2021, records show.)
DAILY HERALD
— Legislative panel weighs in on children’s mental health, data centers and state vs. local control.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260916/news/legislative-panel-weighs-in-on-childrens-mental-health-data-centers-and-state-vs-local-control/
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Organizer responds to concerns about Illinois gubernatorial candidate at Morton event.
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2026/09/16/illinois-gubernatorial-candidate-creates-stir-with-planned-appearance-in-morton-il/91791365007/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Republican candidate for Illinois governor, Darren Bailey, plans to attend the Morton Pumpkin Pancake Breakfast. The Morton Chamber of Commerce clarified that Mr. Bailey was not invited and is attending as a member of the public. Organizers stated they do not use the family-friendly festival as a platform for political candidates. Community members expressed concern after social media posts circulated about the candidate’s planned attendance.)
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Stratton, Tracy weigh in on Trump, healthcare and more.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/09/17/u-s-senate-candidates-don-tracy-julianna-stratton-weigh-in-on-trump-midterm-election-in-november/91583048007/
SHAW LOCAL
— Northern Illinois prosecutors agree on 6 offenses they want added to pretrial detention list.
https://www.shawlocal.com/news/2026/09/17/northern-illinois-prosecutors-agree-on-6-offenses-they-want-added-to-pretrial-detention-list/
— DD: Democrats use “democracy” to take money and everything else away from Republicans and to give it to Democrats.
https://www.shawlocal.com/opinion/2026/09/16/froma-harrop-women-in-politics-show-greater-commitment-to-democracy/
NORTHERN STAR
— DD: To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at non-Whites that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://northernstar.info/138012/opinion/how-young-is-too-young-for-a-child-to-feel-the-effects-of-racism/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-17/pediatricians-raise-the-alarm-on-the-effect-of-trumps-immigration-crackdown-on-kids
CAPITOL CITY NOW
— Illinois, Chicago sue to block Trump plan to restrict green cards to legal Medicaid, SNAP users. Administration’s new rule, halted by courts during first term, set to take effect Friday.
https://capitolcitynow.com/news/248842-illinois-chicago-sue-to-block-trump-plan-to-restrict-green-cards-to-legal-medicaid-snap-users/
ILLINOIS TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.illinoistimes.com/news/collaborating-with-ice/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/17/casten-wants-dems-to-have-a-plan-01081425
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-596/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER- RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— According to Google AI, “Journalists are not legally required by the government to publicly disclose their personal income sources or amounts, as they are private citizens rather than elected public officials. Instead, financial disclosure in journalism is governed by newsroom internal policies, professional ethics codes, and capital transparency standards designed to prevent conflicts of interest.” All the money I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together, to send them out, and to post them on www.gopillinois.com comes from my $68,640/year Civil Service Retirement System pension, my $18,712/year Social Security, and my retirement savings. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The State Department lists 94 groups as foreign terrorist organizations — we should ask: What more must we do to ensure that 9/11 never happens again?
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/16/cannot-miss-warning-signs-another-911/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Independent voters increasingly identify as Democrats. DD: Nevertheless, I am still going to hand-deliver Republican candidate campaign literature to the residences in my precinct that have at least one independent voter to the extent that candidates and/or the Milton Township Republican Organization provide me with it. I still need either 400 or 200 pieces of literature from Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Floretti, Solomon, Harris, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Henry, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4715260/voters-increasingly-democrat-poll/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Of the respondents in the Q2 survey who considered themselves neither a Republican nor a Democrat, 49% said they lean toward the Democratic Party, compared with 39% who prefer the Republican Party. That split has increased by four percentage points in favor of Democrats since the first quarter of 2025, when President Donald Trump returned to the White House for his second term.)
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Abdul El-Sayed’s Imam Scrubs Videos of Sermons Lauding Hamas Leader.
https://freebeacon.substack.com/p/abdul-el-sayeds-imam-scrubs-videos
NEW YORK POST
— Mamdani hires ‘gay communist’ who railed about abolishing police for $185K adviser role.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/16/us-news/mamdani-hires-185k-adviser-who-edited-pinko-magazine-and-railed-about-abolishing-police/
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY
— On Constitution Day, here are the ways the DSA agenda undermines America’s founding. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://americansforprosperity.org/blog/socialism-vs-the-constitution-where-they-conflict-on-freedom/
BREITBART
— Radical anti-American activist group pushes National Muslim Voter Registration Day on Friday, September 18. In addition to registering voters, its goal is to build a mass movement of diverse U.S. Muslims and allies ready to “fight for a future free from Islamophobia and white supremacy.” DD: There are tremendous conflicts between Islam and all other religions. Radical anti-American Muslim activists are ever-increasing recruiting those who are minority, female, younger, poor, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or are noncitizens.
https://www.breitbart.com/midterm-election/2026/09/16/linda-sarsour-s-radical-anti-american-activist-group-pushes-national-muslim-voter-registration-day/
— Mexico Deploys 1,800 Troops to Cartel-Controlled State Amid Raging Violence.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/09/16/mexico-deploys-1800-troops-to-cartel-controlled-state-amid-raging-violence/
— Kamala Harris to Stump in Michigan with Socialist Abdul El-Sayed. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/09/16/kamala-harris-to-stump-in-michigan-with-socialist-abdul-el-sayed/
CATO
— How Socialism Destroyed Venezuela in 16 Charts. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.cato.org/blog/how-socialism-destroyed-venezuela-16-charts
DAILY SIGNAL
— Federal Union Suing Trump Endorses AOC, Tlaib, Omar, Talarico, 100+ Democrats. DD: Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/16/federal-union-suing-trump-endorses-aoc-tlaib-omar-talarico-100-democrats/
FEDERALIST
— Democrats Admit They Want To Bring Third-Worlders To America To Put Them On Welfare.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/09/16/democrats-admit-they-want-to-bring-third-worlders-to-america-to-put-them-on-welfare/
FOX BUSINESS
— Over half of likely voters reject socialism. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6405136896112
FOX NEWS
— 20 states sue to block Trump admin rule that would make it harder for immigrants to obtain visas, green cards.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/20-states-sue-block-trump-admin-rule-harder-immigrants-obtain-visas-green-cards
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Pre-Employment Marijuana Tests Are Falling Away as Positive Test Results Increase — What Employers Need to Do Now. DD: Anticipate/expect that because of Democrats, RINOs, Libertarians, and other anti-conservatives and their legalization of pot, a) more and more and more of those you have to deal with will be more and more and more impaired if not stoned and b) they will cause more and more and more accidents and other negatives. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://natlawreview.com/article/will-work-weed-pre-employment-marijuana-tests-are-falling-away-positive-test
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Journal cites Fisher Phillips partner Todd Logsdon and the firm’s 2024 survey of roughly 1,000 employers; about half don’t test for cannabis pre-hire at all, largely because it shrinks the applicant pool. Of those that do test, 44% reported recruiting difficulties tied to it, and nearly a quarter were considering loosening their policy. Named examples of companies that have already dropped pre-hire marijuana testing, per the article, include Citigroup and “many” Wall Street peers, AutoNation, Home Depot (for most positions), and Amazon (for most applicants, since 2021).)
NEW AMERICAN
— Many Young Democratic Women Hate Men. DD: To get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans oppress them: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://thenewamerican.com/us/culture/many-young-democratic-women-hate-men-not-all-the-reasons-why-are-obvious/
NEWSMAX
— Democrats Want Socialism, the Rest of Us Don’t. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://www.newsmax.com/morris/primaries-quinnepiac-senate/2026/09/16/id/1269657/
— Democrats Put Illegal Aliens Ahead of Americans.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/lauren-bis-donald-trump-immigration/2026/09/16/id/1269691/
PATRIOT POST
— Has Socialism Ruined Canada? DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://patriotpost.us/videos/1001068-has-socialism-ruined-canada
POST MILLENNIAL
— Portland socialist city councilor Mitch Green advocated for ‘rioting and looting,’ expressed ‘pure hatred’ for police. DD: To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://thepostmillennial.com/portland-socialist-city-councilor-mitch-green-advocated-for-rioting-and-looting-expressed-pure-hatred-for-police-unearthed-tweets
WESTERN JOURNAL
— ‘Socialist’ Florida Dem Gov Nominee Makes $300k a Year, But Won’t Pay Taxes or Student Loans Back.
https://www.westernjournal.com/socialist-florida-dem-gov-nominee-makes-300k-year-wont-pay-taxes-student-loans-back/
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
REUTERS
— DD: To get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans oppress them: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-criticizes-smithsonians-focus-oppression-2026-09-12/
ABC NEWS
— Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state.
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/trump-administration-cut-frozen-177-billion-grants-state-136488616
CBS NEWS
— GAO: Trump administration paid $9.5 billion in paid leave for federal employees in 2025, due to DOGE-era buyout program. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997. Since then, so far, in today’s dollars, the Civil Service Retirement System has paid me $2 million.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doge-deferred-resignation-program-administrative-leave-cost-2025/
— U.S. slaps South Africa with new sanctions due to alleged discrimination against White people.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-south-africa-new-sanctions-discrimination-white-people/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/opinion/immmigration-green-card-trump.html
USA TODAY & GALLUP & FORBES
— DD: Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans. Because of that, the more of the following that you are, the more bleak that your future is: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2026/09/17/corporate-dei-retreat-surprising-bipartisan-pushback/91767177007/
https://news.gallup.com/poll/714011/americans-business-benefits-diverse-workforces.aspx
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adiaharveywingfield/2026/09/16/what-happens-to-companies-that-maintain-dei-turns-out-not-much/
INDY100
— DD: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Democrat plants and RINOs use the Republican Party’s “Big Tent” policy to destroy the Republican Party. They are having great success in driving conservatives, that is, Republicans, out of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.
https://www.indy100.com/politics/vance-republican-party-michigan-big-tent
FLORIDA’S VOICE
— Rick Scott launches ‘Rescuing America’ project, warns socialism will kill the American Dream.
https://flvoicenews.com/scott-launches-rescuing-america-project-warns-socialism-will-kill-the-american-dream/
WGME & 29 NEWS & WKYT & ABC7 AMARILLO & NBC MIAMI
— DD: 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://wgme.com/news/local/wednesday-sit-down-families-stuck-in-affordability-crisis
https://www.29news.com/video/2026/09/17/charlottesville-housing-panel-addresses-affordability-displacement/
https://www.wkyt.com/2026/09/17/lexington-mayoral-council-candidates-address-housing-affordability-forum/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrtg5oMmypg
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/education-on-6/nbc6-teacher-survey-affordability/3860377/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— India’s Affirmative-Action Lesson for America. Quotas hold the country back, even as China’s meritocracy fuels its economic advancement. 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://www.wsj.com/opinion/indias-affirmative-action-lesson-for-america-26f2dbaf
— DD: If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it, there would have been no need for DOGE. My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich’s budget cuts to waste my career at to force me to retire when I was 49 in 1997.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/doge-works-lets-keep-it-going-d5356363
— Rove: Why I’m Voting for a Texas Democrat. DD: It is one thing to not vote for a Republican candidate. It is much more to vote for a Democrat candidate. I have always voted only for Republican candidates. I should write about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who I have voted for and who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me before, during, and after elections.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-im-voting-for-a-texas-democrat-4c835d2d
— Americans Are Getting Richer.* The Census Bureau says median incomes rose in 2025, though many had to work more hours.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/americans-household-income-2025-census-bureau-2e2a9e36
FORBES
— Employee Retention. DD: My Democrat superiors in the federal government did everything they could to get rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat. My Democrat Post Office superiors a) disallowed my sick leave requests in 1968 and 1969 and b) forced me to resign in 1969. My Democrat IRS superiors a) got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, 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 to GS-13. My Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS in 1980, b) delayed my promotions to GS-11, GS-12, and GS-13 and made it clear that they would never promote 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, d) got rid of the GAO manager in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS in 1980 and was finally able to assign me to audits of IRS and to promote me to GS-13 in 1986, 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. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, they would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/employee-retention-strategies/
FAST COMPANY
— DD: What did you do to advance your career? 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.fastcompany.com/90282863/how-to-accomplish-your-biggest-career-goals-this-year
VOX
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly shout at voters that if you do not like what Trump says and/or does, vote for all the Democrats on your ballot. What does Trump say about that?
https://www.vox.com/politics/499701/midterms-actually-electability-question-donald-trump-republicans
BROOKINGS
— DD: Democrat candidates, elected officials, and party leaders aggressively promote the liberal Democrat Party platform. Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders do not aggressively promote the conservative Republican Party platform.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/electability-over-ideology-takeaways-from-the-2026-primaries/
PEW RESEARCH
— DD: To get more votes from voters who are the following, Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at them that Republicans discriminate against them: liberal/moderate, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, unmarried, veteran, non-rich, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/05/20/views-of-how-much-discrimination-racial-and-ethnic-groups-in-the-u-s-face/
