June 23, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-timeline-year-since-roe-overturned-20230623-eoecjchlwraipc6mwubcc3rtvu-htmlstory.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-petersburg-pride-festival-20230621-5ily5uy5m5hsfcurnhu7geoj5e-story.html
— By limiting where laws can be challenged, Illinois state government is guilty of a power grab – Tyler Michaels
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-illinois-forum-shopping-safe-t-act-cook-sangamon-20230623-lsfta6mv2nhgfhqbdyxixj6lla-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/6/22/23767149/supreme-court-roe-wade-abortion-rights-illinois-danville-clinic-violence-personal-pac-editorial
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/6/21/23764009/culture-wars-gay-pride-closet-posinghealth-risk-lgbtq-rights

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230623/one-year-later-roe-v-wade-fallout-rocks-illinois-with-surge-of-women-seeking-abortions

NBC5
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/weather/could-rain-put-a-damper-on-sundays-chicago-pride-parade/3167805/

CBS2
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/white-sox-welcome-migrant-families/

WTTW
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://news.wttw.com/2023/06/22/year-after-dobbs-ruling-57-abortion-patients-waukegan-planned-parenthood-come-other
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://news.wttw.com/2023/06/22/5-things-do-weekend-chicago-pride-parade-house-music-festival-and-conference
https://news.wttw.com/2023/06/22/art-and-pep-tells-story-behind-iconic-gay-bar-sidetrack-documents-fight-lgbtq-rights

WGN RADIO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://wgnradio.com/news/abortion-ruling-hands-democrats-a-political-gift-an-issue-that-wins-elections/
https://wgnradio.com/news/democrats-push-for-votes-on-abortion-legislation-ahead-of-dobbs-anniversary/
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters love it when DeSantis lashes out at Trump.
https://wgnradio.com/news/desantis-lashes-out-at-trump-when-asked-if-hed-back-him-as-2024-nominee/

SOUNTHERN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2023/06/22/rise-in-anti-lgbtq-hate-and-extremism-captured-in-new-reports/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2023/06/22/a-year-after-roes-overturning-here-are-the-states-working-to-strengthen-abortion-access/
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2023/06/23/doctors-face-tough-decision-to-leave-states-with-abortion-bans/

MADISON RECORD
— Time to defund the Illinois GOP – Pamela Moody, Edwardsville
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/644591710-time-to-defund-the-illinois-gop

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://newschannel20.com/newsletter-daily/comptroller-susana-mendoza-honors-lgbtq-leaders-in-central-illinois-during-pride-month-celebration

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat teachers ever-increasingly crank out good little Democrats.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-06-22/facing-book-bans-and-restrictions-on-lessons-teachers-are-scared-and-self-censoring
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-06-23/one-year-after-the-dobbs-ruling-abortion-has-changed-the-political-landscape
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-06-23/new-abortion-laws-changed-their-lives-8-very-personal-stories

97X
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://97x.com/ixp/783/p/weed-fest-illinois-chicago-cultivate/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/06/22/book-bans-be-damned-chicagos-queer-owned-bookstores-wont-stop-fighting-for-lgbtq-community/

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Casten uses the Willowbrook shooting to condemn Republican efforts to save Second Amendment rights. Democrats ever-increasingly blame guns for gun violence instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/willowbrook-shooting-republicans-denounced-area-congressman

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/06/22/afternoon-roundup-109/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois GOP: ‘Democrats lying to push an agenda? What else is new?’
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/644531379-illinois-gop-democrats-lying-to-push-an-agenda-what-else-is-new

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— UPDATED: Schiff Censured but Snakes in the Grassroots Exposed with Reaction to Republican 20 Voting to Table 1st Adam Schiff Censure Resolution
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/06/22/snakes/
— County Board Democrat Kelli Wegener Announces Candidacy for Chair against County Board Chairman Mike Buehler
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/06/22/county-board-democrat-kelli-wegener-announces-candidacy-for-chair-against-county-board-chairman-mike-buehler/
— Effect of Drought in McHenry County on People, Crops and Farm Animals – Link for Every US County
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/06/22/effect-of-drought-in-mchenry-county-on-people-crops-and-farm-animals/
— Political “Stranger Things”
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/06/22/political-stranger-things/
— LaHood Praises Low-Income Housing Credits, Hometown of Peoria Scores Two Projects
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/06/22/lahood-praises-low-income-housing-credits-holmetown-of-peoria-scores-two-projects/
— Patriotic Picnic Planned for Trout Valley
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/06/22/patriotic-picnic-planned-for-trout-valley/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE

— THE TRUTH ABOUT THE 2013 SCHOOL CLOSURES THE CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION DOESN’T WANT YOU TO HEAR – Paul Vallas

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden administration backing down from trying to force Catholic health care providers to enter the gender transition business. – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jun/22/biden-administration-wont-defend-transgender-manda/
— Biden will sign an order that calls for broader access to contraception – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jun/23/joe-biden-will-sign-order-calls-broader-access-con/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Government Accountability Office shocker: DOD not ‘woke’ enough. – Paul Bedard (COMMENT: I was one of the last Republicans that GAO hired. I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997. I should write a book about that. I would focus on their success in using Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and Republican-led budget cuts to waste the careers of and to get rid of their Republican employees, and especially those like me who were conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or who had ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/gao-shocker-dod-not-woke-enough
— DC’s updated social studies standards include colonizers and white supremacy – Jenny Goldsberry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/dc-social-studies-standards-colonizers-white-supremacy
— Ideological warfare: Woke culture is poisoning the military – Bodi Williams (COMMENT: The Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms poison all government agencies. I should write a book about that.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/ideological-warfare-woke-culture-is-poisoning-the-military
— Beyond ‘wokeness’: Recovering the military’s warrior ethos – Kevin Roberts
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/beyond-wokeness-recovering-the-militarys-warrior-ethos

AMERICAN THINKER
— Leftist ghouls berate wealthy OceanGate’s Titan victims…because they were wealthy – Ethel C. Fenig
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/06/leftist_ghouls_berate_wealthy_oceangates_emtitanem_victimsbecause_they_were_wealthy.html

BEREITBART
— Nearly 17 Million Illegal Aliens in the United States Cost Americans $163 Billion Annually – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/06/22/analysis-nearly-17-million-illegal-aliens-united-states-cost-americans-163-billion-annually/
— Sanctuary Country: Biden Slashes Requests for Federal Custody of Criminal Illegal Aliens – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/06/22/sanctuary-country-biden-slashes-requests-for-federal-custody-of-criminal-illegal-aliens/
— NYC: More than 6-in-10 Migrants Living Off Taxpayers in Subsidized Housing – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/06/22/nyc-more-than-6-in-10-migrants-living-off-taxpayers-in-subsidized-housing/
— Los Angeles Mayor Bass: We Can’t Absorb More Migrant Buses Because of Homelessness ‘Crisis’ — I Defend Sanctuary Status that Requires Spending on Migrants – IAN HANCHETT
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/06/23/bass-we-cant-absorb-more-migrant-buses-because-of-homelessness-crisis-i-defend-sanctuary-status-that-requires-spending-on-migrants/

DAILY CALLER
— Chicago Mayor Eyes Insane Rent Plan For Illegal Immigrants – CHRISSY CLARK
https://dailycaller.com/2023/06/22/reaction-chicago-mayor-rent-plan/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— Notice to Sanctuary Cities from Small Town America: Clean Up Your Own Mess
https://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/06/22/notice-sanctuary-cities-small-town-america-clean-your-own-messhttps://www.fairus.org/blog/2023/06/22/notice-sanctuary-cities-small-town-america-clean-your-own-mess
— Biden Border Crisis and Abuse of Parole Send Illegal Alien Population and Costs Soaring
https://www.fairus.org/immigration-reform-news-press-releases/biden-border-crisis-and-abuse-parole-send-illegal-alien

FOX NEWS
— DeSantis announces nationwide coalition of 90 sheriffs to push back against border crisis. The coalition says it is stepping in where the federal government has ‘failed’ and called on other law enforcement agencies to ‘do the same’ – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-announces-nationwide-coalition-80-sheriffs-push-back-against-border-crisis

HOT AIR
— What does the public think of affirmative action? It’s hard to tell. – JOHN SEXTON (COMMENT: My critics/opponents reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, they promote they promote Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who use AA and DEI to promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I would focus on those who use AA and DEI to get rid of Republicans like me who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German America, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2023/06/22/what-does-the-public-think-of-affirmative-action-its-hard-to-tell-n559950

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— 16% Increase In Illegal Immigration Since 2021, Almost 17M Undocumented Living In U.S. – Brooke Mallory
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/report-16-increase-in-illegal-immigration-since-2021-almost-17m-undocumented-living-in-u-s/

ZERO HEDGE
— It’s Not Just People – Illinois Suffered The Nation’s 3rd-Worst Loss Of Businesses – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/its-not-just-people-illinois-suffered-nations-3rd-worst-loss-businesses

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats say “House passes resolution to condemn using schools as migrant shelters.”
https://thehill.com/latino/4063011-house-passes-resolution-to-condemn-using-schools-as-migrant-shelters/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4062568-us-sees-more-than-350-anti-lgbtq-incidents-in-less-than-a-year-report/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/politics/abortion-legal-after-roe-struck-down-dg/index.html

ABC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/rise-anti-lgbtq-hate-extremism-captured-new-reports/story?id=100304706

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/us/politics/anti-lgbtq-report-adl-glaad.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2023/06/22/medical-care-unsafe-border-facilities-migrants/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— At Ford, Government Is Now Job One. The auto maker gets a $9.2 billion low-cost loan—along with orders on how to use it. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ford-subsidies-electric-vehicles-energy-department-loans-battery-plants-b2cd7703

USA TODAY
— Democrats crow about their infiltration, infestation, conquering, and destroying religion.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/06/17/america-divided-race-religion-help/70325291007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/21/abortion-us-year-supreme-court-roe-wade/70343321007/

NPR
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/22/1183842746/las-mayor-calls-texas-governors-busing-of-migrants-a-despicable-stunt

PBS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/a-year-after-fall-of-roe-v-wade-25-million-women-live-in-states-with-abortion-bans-or-restrictions
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.pbs.org/video/lgbtq-pioneers-in-new-documentary-on-iconic-gay-chicago-bar/

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Socialists say “Democrats continue attacks on immigrants in Chicago and Illinois.”
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/06/23/omys-j23.html

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.