September 3, 2026

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— ICE plans to use robot dogs, electrified gloves, social media tracking for immigration enforcement.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/ice-planning-use-robot-dogs-electrified-gloves-advanced-social-media-tracking-tools-immigration-enforcement/19781886/

WGN9
— Mayor Johnson extends free internet program for 28,000 CPS students as reelection rumors swirl. DD: To put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out I spend lots of money for fast internet service, backup internet service, fast computer systems, backup computer systems, a bulk emailing service, website access, newspaper subscriptions, internet newsletters, magazine subscriptions, etc.
https://wgntv.com/news/politics/maroy-brandon-johnson-chicago-connected-internet-extension-reelection-speculation/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly turn young people against America.
https://wgntv.com/politics-3/70-percent-of-young-americans-not-proud-of-where-us-is-heading-as-nation-poll/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/02/immigration-enforcement-tactics/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-blitz/2026/09/03/operation-midway-blitz-deportation-toll-angela-sedeno-cindy-eigler-vero-ortiz-immigrants
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-blitz/2026/09/02/federal-judge-told-things-are-no-longer-quiet-as-midway-blitz-lawsuit-faces-critical-november-ruling

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Illinois spent nearly $50M on a South Loop research HQ that was never built.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics-policy/ccb-discovery-partners-audit-20260902/

AM870 THE ANSWER
— School Choice Matters: How Government Schools Are Turning Your Kids Against You. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://am870theanswer.com/columnists/carl-jackson/video/6a98c100d156deb3aa840cdb

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois Comptroller candidate Bryan Drew said it’s high time Republicans return to the role of managing billions of dollars of taxpayer money.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/bryan-drew-illinois-comptroller-race/

NPR ILLINOIS
— The IRS slashed its staff. One result? More taxes going uncollected. DD: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-09-02/the-irs-slashed-its-staff-one-result-more-taxes-going-uncollected

KFVS12
— Lieutenant Gov. candidate Aaron Del Mar in town for Du Quoin State Fair.
https://www.kfvs12.com/2026/09/03/lieutenant-gov-candidate-aaron-del-mar-town-du-quoin-state-fair/

LAGRANGE/LYONS PATCH
— Lyons Township Official Misused Public Resources For Campaign: Watchdog.  She promoted her campaign through a video at an official township event for students.
https://patch.com/illinois/lagrange/lyons-township-official-misused-public-resources-campaign-watchdog

ELMHURST PATCH
— Candidates To Take Questions At Elmhurst Forum. The event includes hopefuls for county and state offices.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/candidates-take-questions-elmhurst-forum

ILLINOIZE
— Del Mar Shooting Video Was Likely Felony, Experts Say.
https://www.theillinoize.com/articles/delmar-shooting-video-likely-felony

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/03/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-800/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/02/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-587/
— DuPage Republicans promote GOTV event that appears to violate state law.
https://capitolfax.com/2026/09/02/dupage-republicans-promote-gotv-event-that-appears-to-violate-state-law/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump cuts noncitizen population by nearly 3 million. DD: Noncitizens have tremendous motivations to vote for Democrats because Democrats give noncitizens tremendous benefits. 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.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/3/donald-trump-cuts-migrant-population-nearly-3-million-total-us/
— ICE claims new record in August for arresting illegal immigrants.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/2/ice-claims-new-record-august-arresting-illegal-immigrants/
— Marijuana’s lies are endangering Americans. DD: I never used pot. If I had used pot, I would not have been able to work my way through college, earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, earn three job-related master’s degrees, earn six job-related professional certifications, or earn a job-related professional license.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/6/marijuanas-lies-endangering-americans/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Marijuana use has surged in the past decade, driven by profit motives. Hollywood has normalized marijuana, promoting the idea that it is harmless. Concerns about marijuana’s mental and physical health effects are often downplayed.)
— DEI also stands for ‘Discriminatory, Expensive, and Illegal.’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/2/dei-also-stands-discriminatory-expensive-illegal/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Jeffries won’t rule out kicking off committees centrist Democrats who backed condemning socialism.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/4710815/jeffries-weighing-kicking-centrist-democrats-bucked-him-off-committees/
— ICE sets new monthly record in August with most-ever illegal immigrants arrested.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4711203/ice-record-august-illegal-immigrants-arrests/

NEW YORK POST
— Here comes Mamdani’s socialist revolution — brought to you by ‘influencers’ at YOUR expense.
https://nypost.com/2026/09/02/opinion/here-comes-mamdanis-socialist-revolution-brought-to-you-by-influencers-at-your-expense/
— America-trashing Abdul El-Sayed once urged people to move to Canada to live the American dream. DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? 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://nypost.com/2026/09/02/us-news/abdul-el-sayed-once-urged-people-to-move-to-canada-to-live-the-american-dream/
https://nypost.com/2026/09/02/us-news/abdul-el-sayed-once-urged-people-to-move-to-canada-to-live-the-american-dream/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— House Dems overwhelmingly vote to reject resolution condemning socialism.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2026/09/02/house-dems-overwhelmingly-vote-to-reject-resolution-condemning-socialism-1657349/

BLAZE
— We need lawfare for white men. DD: My critics/opponents reject equal opportunity. They want those who are the following to get preference: minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestor who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen. They side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government who ever-increasingly wasted my career and forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 because I was not a Democrat or any of the aforesaid.
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/we-need-lawfare-for-white-men
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The left built a legal machine to punish discrimination. The right should stop complaining about the imbalance and build one of its own. For decades, American hiring and admissions have been distorted by a legal and bureaucratic regime that promised equal treatment while repeatedly rewarding institutions for sorting people by race and sex. The Civil Rights Act itself does not exclude white men; Title VII protects employees from discrimination because of race and sex regardless of which race or sex they are. But affirmative action rules, consent decrees, diversity mandates, contracting preferences, and institutional risk management created powerful incentives to treat demographic categories differently. Incentives shape behavior. Universities, Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and nonprofits learned to fear discrimination claims, bad publicity, activist campaigns, and regulatory scrutiny. Long before “wokeness” became a corporate religion, lawyers and compliance departments were already teaching institutions to think in terms of protected groups, disparate impact, representation targets, and litigation exposure. The right does not need another conference panel lamenting DEI. It needs lawyers willing to make discrimination expensive. Equal protection will not enforce itself. The practical question was never simply who had rights on paper. It was whose complaints institutions expected to carry consequences. For years, conservative media documented the resulting discrimination against white men. DEI programs openly advertised preferences, scholarships excluded applicants by race or sex, and employers sometimes boasted about hiring goals that would have been scandalous if the preferred and disfavored groups were reversed.)

CAMPUS REFORM
— University of Minnesota Medical School expects faculty to incorporate DEI into research, teaching.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/university-minnesota-medical-school-expects-faculty-incorporate-dei-research-teaching/30509

CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA
— Reclaiming the Family Unit that Built America. DD: Traditional marriage and family bring forth posterity and safety.
https://concernedwomen.org/reclaiming-the-family-unit-that-built-america/

DAILY WIRE
— White House Tears Into Democrats After Near-Unanimous Vote Defending Socialism. “Yet again, the Democrats prove how extreme their party has become.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-tears-into-democrats-after-near-unanimous-vote-defending-socialism

FEDERALIST
— DOJ Tells Sanctuary States They Must Report Illegals To Get Federal Welfare.
https://thefederalist.com/2026/09/02/doj-tells-sanctuary-states-they-must-report-illegals-to-get-federal-welfare/

FOX BUSINESS
— Only 2 months remain to counter the socialist challenge.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6404492197112
— Texas GOP says most Democrats EMBRACE socialism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y5vuxFfkws

FOX NEWS
— Socialism offers utopian solutions.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/socialism-offers-utopian-solutions-very-033645934.html
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6404521276112

HEARTLANDER NEWS
— DOJ files four more lawsuits against Democrat states (Washington, Oregon, New Mexico and Arizona) giving illegal immigrants cheaper tuition. DD: IIT admitted me in 1992, DePaul in 1976, Loyola in 1972, NIU in 1969, and UIC in 1966. But they would have admitted noncitizens instead of me if they could have. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) glorify and praise their illegals and b) fight their deportation.
https://heartlandernews.com/doj-files-more-lawsuits-against-democrat-states-giving-illegal-immigrants-cheaper-tuition/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The DOJ has already won similar lawsuits in Texas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Illinois and has pending cases in Minnesota, Virginia, California, New Jersey, Kansas, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Colorado, New York, Connecticut and Vermont.)

HOMELAND SECURITY
— DOJ: States Receiving Welfare Funds Must Report Known Illegal Aliens to DHS or Risk Funding Loss.
https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/customs-immigration/doj-clarifies-states-receiving-welfare-funds-must-report-known-illegal-aliens-to-dhs-or-risk-losing-funding/

NEWSMAX
— 5 House Republicans Buck GOP on Socialism Vote Rule.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/republicans-socialism-save-america-act/2026/09/02/id/1268115/

TOWNHALL
— Fetterman Says the DSA Wants to ‘Impoverish’ Middle-Class Whites and Seize Production.
https://townhall.com/news/dmitri-bolt/2026/09/02/sen-fetterman-the-dsa-wants-to-impoverish-middle-class-whites-and-seize-production-n2682311

U.S. SENATOR BILL CASSIDY (R-LA)
— Teachers’ Unions Harming Children, Prioritizing Radical Ideology over Student Success. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/939146163/chairman-cassidy-releases-bombshell-report-showing-teachers-unions-harming-children-prioritizing-radical-ideology-over-student-success

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Associated Press Dismisses Government Report on Thousands of Illegals Voting in 2020 – Again. DD: Democrat leaders give illegals tremendous incentives to vote for Democrats.
https://www.westernjournal.com/associated-press-dismisses-government-report-thousands-illegals-voting-2020/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— DD: Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use proxies to discriminate against those who are conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/6061595-eeoc-lawsuit-washington-university/amp/

CNN
— DD: Who do your critics/opponents blame their problems on? My critics/opponents blame all their problems on me. Since 2000, they have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered. I should write about my critics/opponents. To punish me, they had the operatives and their dupes oust me a) as an Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee member in in 2024, b) as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2021, c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2012, d) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member in 2007, e) as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster in 2010 and 2004.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-already-found-someone-blame-173229652.html

NEWSWEEK
— American Dream. DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? 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.newsweek.com/american-dream-roundtable-recap-allsides-12319801

NEW YORK TIMES
— DD: Hate-filled Hegseth-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Hegseth.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/hegseth-purge-army-officers.html
— DD: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly fight efforts to fight voter fraud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/us/politics/trump-election-voter-fraud.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Hegseth. To get more votes from troubled voters who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly pander to them: minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestor who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/09/03/s-e-cupp-fire-pete-hegseth-to-help-gop-in-midterms/

USA TODAY
— New homes get smaller and prices swell. DD: I was able to buy a new townhome in University Park when I was 24 in 1972. 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 $92,700. That says worlds about real estate values in University Park.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personal-finance/loans-mortgages/2026/08/28/shrinkflation-housing-market-prices/91491054007/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— The pillars of conservatism. DD: Traditional marriage and family bring forth posterity and safety.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2011-feb-21-la-oe-cannon-conservatives-20110221-story.html

ROCKY MOUNTAIN VOICE
— Socialists Now Outnumber Republicans Among Denver Voters.
https://rockymountainvoice.com/2026/09/02/poll-finds-socialists-now-outnumber-republicans-among-denver-voters/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why Send a Child to Public School? The common query about home schooling should be flipped. DD: My parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools put me on track to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-send-a-child-to-public-school-45a3a2c2
— What Is Canada, Other Than the Un-America? Many of the special things our northern neighbors cherish, we in the U.S. can also count as our own.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-is-canada-other-than-the-un-america-39cc0761

PENN LIVE
— DD: Qualifications don’t matter to Democrat and RINO leaders. All my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who had fewer qualifications than I had. If I had been a Democrat, because of my qualifications, they would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 in 1988 even though I was White, male, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors had been in America for a long time. If I had been a RINO, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC) RINO leaders in 2008 would have recruited me to run for DuPage County Auditor in 2008. Instead, they ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed that I had a) became a licensed CPA, b) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, c) earned professional certifications in fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting, d) worked for GAO for almost 18 years as an Analyst, the last 11 years of at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $118,984-$154,682/year, e) worked for IRS for almost 9 years as a Revenue Officer, the last 5 1/2 years at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $100,059-$113,402/year, and f) earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. They ignored/dismissed/belittled/badmouthed that I did a lot help elect Jim Rasins DuPage County Auditor in 2000 and to reelect him in 2004, and subsequently, that I did a lot to help elect Bob Grogan in 2008 and to reelect him in 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. I first visited the DuPage County Auditor’s office in 1986 when I became the Membership Director for the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) Chicago Chapter (CC). I remember recruiting Rasins to speak at an AGA CC event. In 2008, DCRCC RINO leaders were furious a) that I was the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, b) that I had been a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee 2003-2007, c) that I had supported Jack Ryan after he won the 2004 U.S Senate Republican primary and then his replacement Alan Keyes, and d) that I had supported Pat O/Malley in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary.
https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2026/09/qualifications-dont-matter-to-republicans-pennlive-letters.html

NATIONAL DESK
— Socialism has TAKEN OVER the Democratic Party.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6OxbwmhpvA

WOMEN’S AGENDA
— DD: All my coworkers who were women who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats a) 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. My critics/opponents not only have no problem with that, they applaud that.
https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/dogged-persistence-how-women-shaped-and-protected-gender-pay-gap-transparency/

FROM FOREIGN SOURCES

INDIA TODAY
— US Midterms: Democratic Socialists Face Crucial Test With Black Voters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mFZqKW79jE

DAILY ASIAN AGE
— Is the American Dream Slowly Eroding? DD: What did you do to achieve the American Dream? 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://dailyasianage.com/news/357325/is-the-american-dream-slowly-eroding

FINANCIAL EXPRESS
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote Pritzker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrzZFa2V_AA

MILLENNIUM POST INDIA
— DD: America-haters ever-increasingly promote more hated against America. America-haters either want to take over America or to destroy America
https://www.pressreader.com/india/millennium-post-kolkata/20260902/281913074979129

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.