FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES CHICAGO TRIBUNE— Centrist Democrats must not let ‘democratic socialists’ take over their party without a fight.https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/editorial-democrats-dsa-zohran-mamdani-denver-new-york/— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/02/highland-park-group-fights-guns/— Voters turn to AI before casting their ballots. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use AI to not only defeat Republican candidates, but to get rid … Continue reading "July 5, 2026" The post July 5, 2026 appeared first on GOPUSA Illinois.
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Centrist Democrats must not let ‘democratic socialists’ take over their party without a fight.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/editorial-democrats-dsa-zohran-mamdani-denver-new-york/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/02/highland-park-group-fights-guns/
— Voters turn to AI before casting their ballots. DD: Anticipate/expect that Democrat leaders will ever-increasingly use AI to not only defeat Republican candidates, but to get rid of Republicans once for all who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/04/ai-voting-advice/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly divide and destroy America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/vintage-chicago-tribune-bicentennial-250/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/05/cannabis-tax-school-security/
DAILY HERALD
— ‘Sour grapes’ aren’t the issue: Whatever the result of clerk’s pay-raise suit, DuPage board failed a transparency test.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260705/editorials/daily-herald-opinion-sour-grapes-arent-the-issue-whatever-the-result-of-clerks-pay-raise-suit/
ABC7
— DD: How long have your ancestors been in America? Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use slavery to demonize, denigrate, and condemn not only Republicans, but America. Ever-increasingly, if you are the following, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn you: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American. Because I am all of the aforesaid, Democrat leaders have always made me pay the price of Affirmative Action and DEI big time. I should write about that. My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. That on my father’s side, they homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township and that on my mother’s side, they sharecropped a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. According to my critics/opponents, my ancestors stole land from Native Americans and they benefitted tremendously from slavery and that is why I have everything that I have today.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/descendants-enslaved-person-helped-build-white-house-speak-abc-news/19446644/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/search-lost-ancestry-story-behind-philadelphias-disputed-slavery-memorial/19446819/
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they are anti-American.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/is-paying-americas-250th-celebrations-complicated/19446383/
WGN9
— DD: Democrat celebrities promote more hatred against Trump.
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/celebrities-counter-trumps-america-250-rhetoric-with-on-tyranny-reading/
FOX32
— Fourth of July fireworks end in teen arrests after crowd turns hostile in Joliet. DD: What is your municipality doing to stop Democrat teen takeovers?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/fourth-july-fireworks-joliet-arrests
NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump addresses nation and fireworks light up National Mall after storm delay.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-07-04/trump-addresses-nation-and-fireworks-light-up-national-mall-after-storm-delay
WGLT
— In Mount Rushmore speech, Trump veers from U.S. exceptionalism to warnings about communism.
https://www.wglt.org/2026-07-04/in-mount-rushmore-speech-trump-veers-from-u-s-exceptionalism-to-warnings-about-communism
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
SETH LEWIS
— What a great morning at the Wheaton Fourth of July Parade.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1343001137248096
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct who walked in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade include: Fioretti, Oakley, Lewis, Vrankovich, Schiappa, Eckhoff, Schultz, and Quirk. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Communist Party USA denies that Democrats aiming for Congress are communists. DD: Far too many anti-conservatives ever-increasingly run for offices as Republicans.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/4/communist-party-usa-denies-democrats-aiming-congress-communists/
— White supremacist group Patriot Front marched in Washington on Independence Day. DD: My critics/opponents are anti-conservative if not conservative-haters. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) were hate groups if not White supremacist groups. I served as the chairman of TAPROOT from 2005 until 2012 when they succeeded in destroying the organization. I served as an ICRC Steering Committee member from 2003 until 2007 when they succeeded in destroying the organization.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/4/white-supremacy-protesters-descend-washington-fourth-july/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— For America 250, reject Mamdani’s narrative of American oppression. DD: What do you stress in defense of your ancestors? I stress that while they all immigrated during the 1840s and 1860s, they never were in a position to oppress anyone and that they never did oppress anyone.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4636240/america-250-reject-mamdani-narrative-american-oppression/
NEW YORK POST
— 68% of NYC residents are proud to be American. DD: Ever-increasingly, to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/us-news/68-of-nyc-residents-are-proud-to-be-american-new-poll-finds/
— DSA candidate’s perverse views are the latest evidence that US schools need to be fixed.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/opinion/melat-kiros-sick-views-are-just-the-latest-evidence-that-us-schools-need-to-be-fixed/
— Of course Mamdani takes opportunity to blast America in 4th of July speech focused on ‘flaws.’ DD: Ever-increasingly, to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, Democrat leaders demonize, denigrate, and condemn America.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/03/opinion/of-course-mamdani-takes-opportunity-to-blast-america-in-july-4-speech-focused-on-flaws/
— Democratic Socialists of America leader says ‘many’ in group would be ‘thrilled’ at AOC in 2028.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/media/aoc-2028-presidential-run-would-thrill-many-in-democratic-socialists-of-america-leader-says/
— Non-whites set to become majority in US for first time by 2050. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly a) flood America with non-Whites and b) shout at non-Whites that Republicans cause all the problems that non-Whites have.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/26/us-news/non-whites-set-to-become-majority-in-us-for-first-time-by-2050/
— DD: From what I see, because of WWI and because of WWII, German is one of the worst national origins to have. I am 100% German national origin. I have always stressed a) that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, b) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, and c) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII.
https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/us-news/descendants-of-1st-ellis-island-immigrant-celebrate-american-dream/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Mamdani tells us how much he hates America on its 250th birthday.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/mamdani-tells-the-u-s-how-much-he-hates-it-on-its-250th-birthday-comments/
— That pesky 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment requires a lot of interpreting…and that is the problem.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/07/that-pesky-14th-amendment/
DAILY CALLER
— Fox News Host Jesse Watters Slams Gen Z As Lazy, Entitled. DD: What did you accomplish by the time you were 29? I bought new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, b) I worked my way through college and earned a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21, c) I bought real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, and 29, d) I earned an MBA when I was 27, and e) I got married when I was 29. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/07/04/fox-news-host-slams-gen-z-as-lazy-entitled/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The New Socialists—Elite, Ungrateful, and Toxic as Ever.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/03/new-socialists-elite-toxic/
— Why the American Republic Survived for 250 Years. DD: Because I am not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, I would not have survived as a federal employee for almost 30 years if I had not earned a bachelor’s degree in business when I was 21, earned an MBA when I was 27, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, earned a master’s degree in accounting when I was 31, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, became a licensed CPA when I was 32, earned four more job-related professional certifications when I was 41, 45, 47, and 48, and earned a master’s degree in finance when I was 48.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/04/hanson-american-republic-250-years/
CAMPUS REFORM
— UC Berkeley course catalog found to be abundant with Marxist offerings.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/uc-berkeley-course-catalog-found-abundant-marxist-offerings/30149
FOX NEWS
— Will voters reject radical socialist ‘politics of envy’ in midterms? DD: How has envy been used against you? To turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government against me, my Democrat superiors promoted envy big time. They stressed a) the new cars that I bought when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, 29, etc., b) the real estate that I bought when I was 24, 25, 27, 29, and 35, c) the college degrees, professional certifications, and professional license that I earned, d) the vacations that I took, e) etc. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if I had not avoided the Vietnam War draft, I would not have been able to do the aforesaid. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if I had not gotten married when I was 29, I would not have been able to accomplish what did after then. They strongly hinted/implied/argued that if my wife and I had children, I would not have been able to accomplish what I did after we got married. My Democrat GAO superiors decried the time and money they spent raising their children. They decried their wives having little or no income.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mike-lawler-predicts-voters-soundly-reject-radical-socialist-politics-envy-midterms
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Victor Davis Hanson Ties Education and Immigration to Rise of the DSA.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/07/victor-davis-hanson-ties-education-and-immigration-to-rise-of-the-dsa/amp/
PJ MEDIA
— Federal Court Defies Supreme Court, Rules Trump Can’t Fire DEI Officers. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied that they forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 because I failed/refused to give enough preference to my subordinates who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. All my subordinates were one or more of the aforesaid if not many of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) were one or more if not many of the aforesaid and b) 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 Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire when I was 49 in 1997 and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. He had less education than I had. He had less work experience than I had. He had one professional certification while I had six. He had no professional license like the one I had (CPA).
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/07/04/federal-court-defies-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-fire-dei-officers-n4954659
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Supreme Court just handed Donald Trump one of the biggest expansions of presidential power in decades. It took a federal appeals court all of a few days to act as if the ruling didn’t exist. On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled six to three that Congress cannot shield members of independent agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission from presidential removal, except for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” The justices said that violates the separation of powers baked into the Constitution.)
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
THE HILL
— Democrats grapple with left-wing primary wins.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5952255-democratic-party-dsa-midterm-primaries/
CBS NEWS
— Trump warns of “communist menace” in speech at Mount Rushmore on eve of July 4th.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-mount-rushmore-speech-july-4-communism/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— What the Census Reveals About Who Still Feels ‘American.’ Millions of Americans list their ancestry as simply ‘American’ – but that share is shrinking. Census data shows where the identity endures. DD: Fewer and fewer and fewer Americans are German American. From what I see, because of WWI and because of WWII, German is one of the worst national origins to have. I am 100% German national origin. I have always stressed a) that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, b) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, and c) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2026-07-02/what-the-census-reveals-about-who-still-feels-american
CNN
— Biden to Trump: ‘This is a guy born with a silver spoon in his mouth.’ DD: To demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being born with a silver spoon in my mouth, my critics/opponents have always stressed that my father made enough money to send me to Missouri Synod Lutheran grade schools 1953-1962. But he never made more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. I had to work my way through college. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969. I worked on an automotive assemble line in 1970. I sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I pumped more gasoline 1971-1972. I collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980. I audited federal agencies 1980-1997. I should write about my critic/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents were the wealthiest.
https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/01/politics/joe-biden-donald-trump-silver-spoon
NEW YORK TIMES
— How a Nation of Immigrants Traces Its Roots. DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasing a) glorify and praise current illegal immigration by non-Whites into America but b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn past legal immigration by Whites into America. My critics/opponents have always stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s. That on my father’s side, they homesteaded a 240-acre farm in southeast Crete Township and that on my mother’s side, they sharecropped a 180-acre farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border. According to my critics/opponents, my ancestors stole land from Native Americans and they benefitted tremendously from slavery and that is why I have everything that I have today.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/07/01/us/america-identity-ancestry-census.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After 1840, immigration from Western Europe began to rise quickly as political instability in Germany and the famine in Ireland drove people to leave.)
— FRONT PAGE: In San Francisco, Even $180,000 Tech Salaries Are No Longer Enough. DD: In today’s dollars, when I was 49 in 1997, my ending GAO salary was $154,682.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/technology/san-francisco-tech-salaries.html
— Working Parents Say They’re in a Losing Battle Over Their Time. DD: My Democrat GAO superiors 1980-1997 a) decried the time and money they spent raising their children and b) decried the little or no income that their spouses had. They used against me big time a) my wife and I giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents and b) my wife’s good job. According to them, were it not for the aforesaid, we would not have been able to buy two new cars and a home in Wheaton in when we got married in 1978 and I would not have been able a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) to take a $23,699/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980, c) to earn a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, d) to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) to become a licensed CPA in 1981, or f) to have a home built in Wheaton in 1984.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/upshot/parenting-working-balance-survey.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DD: Without America’s military might, there would be no Catholicism, no Catholic Church, and no Pope. Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/07/04/lampedusa-island-gateway-europe-pope-leo-calls-protecting-migrants/
FORBES
— DD: For Democrats, the federal government exists to hire, retain, and promote Democrats who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats who are one or more and often many of the aforesaid. All of my coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me were Democrats who a) 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 and/or b) were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/gender-pay-gap-statistics/
JILL SCHLESINGER
— How to support, not enable adult kids. DD: My father died suddenly when he was 47 and I was 21 in 1969. He was earning $50,000/year in today’s dollars. My mother had never attended high school, she had never worked outside the home, and my brother was having problems. I graduated from NIU and I got a job working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights in 1970. I applied for and I got a financial hardship draft deferment and I helped support them in Crete until September of 1972.
https://www.siliconvalley.com/2026/06/29/jill-on-money-how-to-support-not-enable-adult-kids/
INTUIT
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats. Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more that you need not apply: conservative, Republican, American, heterosexual, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.intuit.com/blog/social-responsibility/5-surprising-benefits-of-fostering-diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-workplace/
MANHATTAN INSTITUTE
— Who Pays for Reparations? DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use slavey and 1619 to demonize, denigrate, condemn, and destroy Republicans. According to Democrat leaders, the more of the following that you are, the more that you have benefitted from slavery, the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action (AA) and DEI, and the more reparation that you should pay: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://manhattan.institute/article/who-pays-for-reparations-the-immigration-challenge-in-the-reparations-debate
GOOD MEN PROJECT
— Before They Were White: How Different Groups Were Treated as Immigrants to America From the Founding to the Semiquincentennial, the Argument Over ‘Who We Are’ Never Stops. (DD: What is your national Origin? All my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. My critics/opponents have always used that against me. My grandmother on my father’s side complained about discrimination against German-Americans during WWI. According to her, her first love was a British-American, but his anti-German parents killed that romance. In defense of my ancestors, I have always stressed that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI and that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII.)
https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/before-they-were-white-how-different-groups-were-treated-as-immigrants-to-america-kpkn/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Most cover photos work because they immediately convey the story’s theme. This one, unfortunately, needs explanation. It shows drunken Irish and German immigrants stealing a ballot box. John H. Goater created the political cartoon from the 1850s. It portrays caricatures representing Irish and German voters engaging in what appears to be election theft, with chaos unfolding in the background at the “Election Day Polls” building. The cartoonist uses stereotypical imagery to convey fear of immigrant voters exerting undue political influence. The portrayal of the Irish and German voters in a negative light, with exaggerated features and behaviors, perpetuates harmful stereotypes associated with these immigrant communities. By depicting them as thieves, the cartoon suggests that these groups are unlawfully manipulating the electoral process to their advantage. The people the elections were being stolen from were white people. Early Irish and German immigrants weren’t initially considered white. They say ex-smokers are the hardest on those who still smoke. Former non-white people who have become white, now lead the way in protecting whiteness, making sure people of color never get the power, especially in elections, to take what is theirs. . .Among the people not initially regarded as white in America were Germans, Greeks, white Hispanics, Spaniards, Jews, Slavs, Italians, Afghans, Iranians, and Irish. The Immigration Act of 1790 only offered naturalization to “any alien, being a free white person.” In 1923, the Supreme Court ruled that people of Indian descent were not white and couldn’t become citizens. . .Germans Not considered white in the 18th–19th centuries. They were seen as: “swarthy,” “boorish,” “drunk,” “non‑English” politically dangerous (1848 radicals) culturally unassimilable. They faced: riots against German neighborhoods, bans on German language schools, anti‑German hysteria during WWI (lynchings, book burnings, forced name changes. . .Housing Segregation Ethnic ghettos were common: . .German Towns)
MOTHER JONES
— DD: To get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat leaders ever-increasingly blame Republicans for the problems that those who are the following have: liberal/moderate, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, unmarried, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, and/or noncitizen.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/july-fourth-celebrate-history/
LGBTQ NATION
— A Democratic Socialist revolution is exactly what we need to save America. DD: What do Democrat Socialists think of you? They despise/hate me because I have always been a Republican. Democrats run the federal government. Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had not been a member of federal employee unions 1966-1980, my salary would not have increased from $19.57/hour to $113,402/year in today’s dollars. They ignore/dismiss/belittle the fact that during that time, I earned a bachelor’s degree in business, I earned an MBA, and I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. If I had been a Democrat, my Democrat superiors would have promoted me into their Senior Executive Service, currently $197,200/year, long before I was 40 years old.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/a-democratic-socialist-revolution-is-exactly-what-we-need-to-save-america/
— DD: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ advocates, that is, Democrats and RINOs, destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/07/the-most-powerful-statement-lgbtq-people-can-make-is-not-just-to-march-but-to-govern/
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