FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC5
— Protesters pursuing legal action after mace incident outside Broadview ICE facility. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protesters-pursuing-legal-action-after-mace-incident-outside-broadview-ice-facility/3991415/
CBS2
— Protestors sprayed by ICE agent during clash outside Broadview facility. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/protestors-sprayed-by-ice-agents-broadview-facility/
FOX32
— Protesters at Broadview ICE facility maced, 2 hospitalized. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/broadview-protesters-maced-9-19
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker doesn’t condemn remarks by streamer Hasan Piker while ex-Mayor Rahm Emanuel blasts them.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/20/gov-jb-pritzker-wont-condemn-remarks-by-streamer-hasan-piker-while-ex-mayor-rahm-emanuel-blasts-them/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Early voting begins Thursday for Nov. 3 election in Madison County.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/madison-county-early-voting-election-illinois-22428762.php
FOX ILLINOIS
— CNN, MS NOW, Politico say they’ve notified Trump they’re suing over denied White House access.
https://www.foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/cnn-ms-now-politico-say-theyve-notified-trump-theyre-suing-over-denied-white-house-access/article_34f1f3e0-be31-52d5-ad4b-9cf0187703b7.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Rising gas prices frustrate voters. Trump says it’s an ‘inexpensive price to pay’ for the Iran war.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/business/ap-rising-gas-prices-frustrate-voters-trump-says-its-an-inexpensive-price-to-pay-for-the-iran-war/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders and their mainstream news media demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and Republican candidates.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-21/many-gop-candidates-still-echo-trumps-2020-claims-lots-of-voters-want-to-move-on
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2026/09/21/pritzkers-national-push-01085721
CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County sample ballots are now available at https://www.dupagecounty.gov/elected_officials/election_and_voter_information/voting_information/voter_lookup_tool.php What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman going to do to get out the Republican vote? I am going to hand-deliver DuPage GOP-provided envelopes to the 660 registered Republican and Independent voters in the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton. The envelopes will have DuPage County Election Division-provided mailing labels and contain a copy of the sample ballot, a Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO)-provided outstanding Voter Guide, and campaign literature from the Republican candidates who have provided their literature to the MTRO. I am halfway done with stuffing the envelopes with the aforesaid. Today, I will add the sample ballot to them and start hand-delivering them. The 18 candidates on the ballot in my precinct are: Tracy, Bailey/Del Mar, Fioretti, Harris, Drew, Soloman, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Grasso, Noonan, Schiappa, Henry, Eckhoff, Michaud, Schultz, Quirk, and Helland. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans back Trump’s ban of liberal news outlets. DD: GOPUSA ILLINOIS is a conservative news outlet. Anti-conservatives ban it.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/20/republicans-back-trumps-ban-liberal-news-outlets/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The value of your college degree is collapsing before your eyes. 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 more 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. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran 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.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4730609/declining-value-college-degree/
NEW YORK POST
— Wealthy parents. DD: My critics/opponents had wealthy parents.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/13/tech/elite-sf-parents-ditch-traditional-schools-for-ai-homeschooling/
BREITBART
— DOJ Crackdown on Illegal Alien Voting Picks Up Steam with Charges Announced in Seven States. DD: There are tremendous motivations for illegals to use their false identifications to vote for Democrats.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2026/09/20/video-doj-crackdown-on-illegal-alien-voting-picks-up-steam-with-charges-announced-in-seven-states/
— French Military Priest Punished over Sermon Urging Soldiers to Stand Up Against Demographic Displacement. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2026/09/20/french-military-priest-punished-over-sermon-urging-soldiers-to-stand-up-against-demographic-displacement/
EPOCH TIMES
— The Marriage Deficit Is an Economic Catastrophe. DD: Because unmarried people are far more likely to vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ because LGBTQ destroys traditional marriage and family. Unmarried people are far more likely to have financial, health, and other problems. They are far more likely to want/need/demand government assistance.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/the-marriage-deficit-is-an-economic-catastrophe-6088983
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2025, nearly twice as many men ages 18 to 39 were unmarried as were married. There were 30.4 million unmarried men ages 18 to 39 in 2025, up 47 percent from 20.7 million in 2000. In the same period, married men in this age range dropped by 15 percent, from 18.1 million to 15.4 million. Such men are more likely to be lonely, prone to deaths of despair and unhappy. Forty-two percent of working-class men are unmarried. In 1980, 73 percent of working-class men were married.)
REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— The End Of Upward Mobility. DD: What enabled you achieve more than your parents did? For me, it was my working my way through college, my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, my earning three job-related master’s degrees, my earning six job-related professional certifications, and my earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2026/09/21/the_end_of_upward_mobility_1207064.html
REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Rick Scott: How To Rescue America From the Spread of Socialism.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2026/09/20/how_to_rescue_america_from_the_spread_of_socialism_711554.html
TOWNHALL
— Vladimir Lenin: “The goal of socialism is communism.” Truth Is Not Political Fear Mongering. To vote for Democrats is to vote for socialism.
https://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2026/09/21/truth-is-not-political-fear-mongering-n2683168
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CBS NEWS
— Sports betting apps prod and entice fans as gambling exacts a growing financial toll. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more gambling and other vices. In 2009, I led the successful effort to ban video gambling in Wheaton. In 2019, I led the successful effort to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sports-betting-apps-gambling/
NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Ever-increasingly, according to Democrat leaders, you cannot advance without government assistance. I never accepted that. Instead, 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 earning a job-related professional license. Far too many of my coworkers and subordinates in the federal government used the federal government’s not reimbursing tuition and book expenses to not seek job-related degrees.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/opinion/success-asking-for-help.html
— DD: Because unmarried people are far more likely to vote for Democrats, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly destroy traditional marriage and family. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ because LGBTQ destroys traditional marriage and family. Unmarried people are far more likely to have financial, health, and other problems. They are far more likely to want/need/demand government assistance.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/opinion/trump-vance-single-parents-married-family.html
USA TODAY
— What has helped you afford things the most? For me, it was my working my way through college, my earning a job-related bachelor’s degree, my earning three job-related master’s degrees, my earning six job-related professional certifications, and my earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/20/john-barrasso-meet-the-press-kristen-welker-trump-economy/91859716007/
— Senior poverty climbs. DD: What did you do to avoid poverty? 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 earning a job-related professional license.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/retirement/social-security/2026/09/15/senior-poverty-rises-social-security/91775689007/
NORTHEAST TIMES
— Tuition reimbursement. DD: I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. My entire life would have been different if they had reimbursed my tuition expenses. I spent far too many hours working to pay for tuition and books instead of studying. That harmed my GPA and delayed my earning job-related degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license. Except for some small token amounts, the Post Office, IRS, and GAO did not reimburse the money I spent to earn my job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, my job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, my job-related professional certifications in 1979, 1981, 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and my job-related professional license in 1981. Many big private sector employers including UPS, FedEx, Fidelity, and JP Morgan Chase, reimburse such expenses. Further, to get rid of me because I refused to become a Democrat, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education expenses in 1978. They outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically argued that the courses I took a) did not relate to my job duties, b) did not maintain or improve my job skills, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) qualified me for a new trade or business. They ignored/dismissed/belittled the fact that my IRS employee manual encouraged me to take the courses. They ignored/dismissed my Loyola and DePaul applications and course descriptions and my IRS position descriptions.
https://northeasttimes.com/2026/08/24/local-employers-help-workers-earn-degrees-without-leaving-their-jobs/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Wealthy Families Are Setting Up Home Bases in America’s Priciest College Towns. Traditional home buyers still dominate in Wellesley, but parents buying apartments for their kids fuel the market near New York University. DD: My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their Crete home while worked for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 to pay for my tuition and books at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970 and for my living expenses in DeKalb 1969-1970.
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/the-most-expensive-college-towns-in-america-2f1be00a
— Wealthy parents are buying their kids $75,000 AI schooling. How wealthy were your parents? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $75,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. All my grandparents spoke German. I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents have always known the aforesaid full-well. But nevertheless, they have always outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically painted my parents as having been filthy rich. They have always known full-well that I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://fortune.com/2026/09/10/alpha-school-wealthy-parents-ai-school/
FORTUNE
— Even billionaires are worried their Gen Z kids can’t keep a job—and their wealth advisors say the fear is ‘very real.’ DD: What did you do to keep the jobs that you had? While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, I took job-related undergraduate courses at UIC and at NIU. While I worked for my Democrat Firestone Store boss in 1970, I took a job-related graduate course at UIC. While I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980, I took job-related graduate courses at Loyola and DePaul, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. While I worked for the Democrats who GAO 1980-1997, I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, I became a licensed CPA in 1981, I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997, and I earned a master’s degree in finance from IIT in 1997.
https://fortune.com/article/billionaires-worried-gen-z-kids-cant-keep-job/
POLITICO
— News outlets Trump banned from White House announce lawsuit. POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW to seek restraining order to restore reporters’ access. DD: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write about Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have banned me from their events. I would focus on the aforesaid who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who are the most anti-conservative. I would focus on those who destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify or praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/21/news-outlets-trump-banned-from-white-house-announce-lawsuit-01085995
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DD: Democrat educators want only that data collected that helps them crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/09/21/what-new-data-race-and-admissions-will-miss-opinion
ENTERTAINEMENT
— Taylor Swift Shouts ‘That’s My Husband’ After Travis Kelce’s Big Play at Chiefs Game. DD: What did you do that made your spouse proud of you? My wife and I got married in 1978. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I got promoted in 1986. I earned four more job-related professional certifications in 1990, 1994, 1996, and 1997. I earned a job-related master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/taylor-swift-shouts-husband-travis-050640367.html
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
UA NEWS
— Wealthy parents in the US worry about Gen Z children’s careers.
https://ua.news/en/money/zamozhni-batki-u-ssha-nepokoiatsia-za-karieri-ditei-pokolinnia-z-fortune
MORNING SUN
— Struggling US home buyers, and market, face new hurdles as mortgage rates near 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.themorningsun.com/2026/09/20/struggling-us-home-buyers-and-market-face-new-hurdles-as-mortgage-rates-near-7/
ISKCON NEWS
— India Divided As Caste Census Begins. DD: What Caste were you born into? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He never earned more than $75,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. He died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. All my grandparents spoke German. I had to work my way through college. My critics/opponents have always known the aforesaid full-well. But nevertheless, they have always outrageously, disgustingly, falsely, and unethically painted my parents as having been filthy rich. They have always known full-well that I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped more gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://iskconnews.org/bn/india-divided-as-caste-census-begins/
FROM OTHER SOURCES
EXP REALTY
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