July 4, 2023

NEW YORK TIMES
— According to Democrats, Trump will not walk in an Independence Day parade, but DeSantis, Pence, and Scott will. Hopefully, Republican candidates for the following offices will have entries in Wheaton’s Independence Day parade: a) U.S. President, b) U.S. Representative, c) Illinois Senator, d) Illinois Representative, e) DuPage County States Attorney, c) DuPage County Circuit Court Clerk, d) DuPage County Recorder, e) DuPage County Coroner, f) DuPage County Auditor, and g) DuPage County Board. I started serving as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2005. But my anti-conservative and my anti-Republican critics/opponents ended that in 2021. They hint/imply/argue/shout that what I did caused Republican candidates to lose. I arranged for a live elephant to walk behind Roskam in the 2007 parade. I should write a book about Republican participation in and sponsorship of Wheaton Independence Day parades since 1978.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/04/us/politics/trump-republican-campaign-july-4.html

KCRG
— Presidential candidate and former Vice President Mike Pence is set to campaign in Iowa for the 4th of July. The Republican candidate is expected to walk in the Urbandale Fourth of July Celebration Parade Tuesday morning.
https://www.kcrg.com/2023/07/04/republican-presidential-candidates-iowa-holiday/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— JULY 5, 2004 FLASHBACK: FROM THE ARTICLE: State Sen. Barack Obama (D-Chicago), the Democratic nominee for outgoing U.S. Sen. Peter Fitzgerald’s seat, marched and campaigned in Wheaton, a heavily Republican city in DuPage County. The sight of Obama, with U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), underscored the departure of Ryan, the former Republican nominee who dropped out of the race following allegations that he pressured his then-wife to visit sex clubs. “It was odd there was no Republican nominee,” said Marianne Esposito, 48, of Wheaton. Though many cheered for Obama, DuPage County State’s Atty. Joe Birkett and U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.) received loud overtures from the crowd.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2004-07-05-0407050107-story.html

JULY 21, 1996 FLASHBACK: FROM THE ARTICLE: The question is always just beneath the surface of Bob Dole’s presidential campaign: Is he too old to be president?. . .In one display of stamina, Dole marched in the 4th of July parade in suburban Wheaton with Gov. Jim Edgar. On a sunny, 80-degree day, Dole covered the nearly 1 1/2-mile parade route in 48 minutes, alternately striding down the center of Main Street and veering to the curbs to shake hands with an enthusiastic crowd, and then delivered a 20-minute speech on an outdoor stage in a village park.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-07-21-9607210211-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/7/3/23780667/abortion-bans-high-risk-patients-chicago-hospitals-missouri-wisconsin-indiana-rush-dobbs-roe-wade
— To justify abolishing the Second Amendment, Democrats ever-increasingly blame guns for gun violence instead of blaming those who use guns illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/7/4/23780088/july-4th-gun-violence-supreme-court-rulings-highland-park-chicago-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— Old glory in all her glory: 2,000 flags fly in Wheaton
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230703/old-glory-in-all-her-glory-2000-flags-fly-in-wheaton
— DuPage County Regional Superintendent Darlene Ruscitti Retires After Twenty Years of Service – Luann Doman
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20230703/dupage-county-regional-superintendent-retires-after-twenty-years-of-service

ABC7
— Democrats say “Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appoints Deputy Mayor of Immigrant, Migrant and Refugee Rights.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-migrants-brandon-johnson-beatriz-ponce-de-leon-mayor-of-immigrant-migrant-and-refugee-rights/1345798

FOX32
— Democrats acknowledge “36 people shot, 5 fatally, so far over the long Fourth of July weekend in Chicago.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/36-people-shot-5-fatally-so-far-over-the-long-fourth-of-july-weekend-in-chicago4/

WGN9
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://wgntv.com/news/national/morning-after-pill-vending-machines-gain-popularity-on-college-campuses/
— Democrats ever-increasingly use the Highland Park shooter to diminish Second Amendment rights.
https://wgntv.com/news/highland-park-parade-shooting/somber-anniversary-highland-park-marks-one-year-since-july-fourth-mass-shooting/

HERALD WHIG
— Democrats crow that “Mexican president tells Americans not to vote for DeSantis because of Florida’s tough migrant law.” In WWIII, anticipate/expect that Mexico will side with China and with Russia against America.
https://www.whig.com/ap/international/mexican-president-tells-americans-not-to-vote-for-desantis-because-of-floridas-tough-migrant-law/article_d2c72076-bce1-5883-8e23-d7cfe653b466.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Democrats acknowledge that “Illinois worst for Black jobs, wealth.” In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors did something to address that. They forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and gave my Black Democrat subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. It is called reparations, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/illinois-listed-worst-state-black-employment-18182552.php

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Activists spurred by Affirmative Action ruling challenge legacy admissions at Harvard.” What if Affirmative Action had only been for those whose parents did not have college degrees? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-07-03/activists-spurred-by-affirmative-action-ruling-challenge-legacy-admissions-at-harvard
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-07-03/abortion-access-could-continue-to-change-in-year-2-after-the-overturn-of-roe-v-wade
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-07-04/in-post-roe-texas-2-mothers-with-traumatic-pregnancies-walk-very-different-paths
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly a) run America and b) discriminate against Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-07-04/what-colleges-can-do-about-diversity-after-supreme-courts-affirmative-action-ruling

EFFINGHAM RADIO
— IL Freedom Caucus Statement on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College Ruling. (COMMENT: What if Affirmative Action had only been for those whose parents did not have college degrees? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.effinghamradio.com/2023/07/03/il-freedom-caucus-statement-on-students-for-fair-admissions-inc-v-president-and-fellows-of-harvard-college-ruling/

ELMHURST PATCH
— Democrats say “Elmhurst Activist Resists ‘Conservative’ Label. Elmhurst’s Tom Chavez said it’s unfair to give him a label when his rivals get different treatment.” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-conservative, if not conservative-haters. I should write a book about them. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who are/were a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, and c) conservative and religious leaders and activists in Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who falsely claim to be conservative to give themselves standing to destroy conservatives.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-activist-resists-conservative-label

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
– Law Broadens Township General Assistance
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/07/03/law-broadens-township-general-assistance/
— Snakes in the Grassroots: Trump Rally in South Carolina Crowd Size of 50K to 75K Proven False
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/07/03/snakes-in-the-grassroots-trump-rally-in-south-carolina-crowd-size-of-50k-to-75k-proven-false/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more abortion.
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/645021377-ahead-of-dobbs-decision-anniversary-duckworth-reinforces-commitment-to-protecting-reproductive-rights

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Civil rights groups challenge Harvard over ‘mostly White’ donor admissions policy – Stephen Dinan (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents whose parents have/had lots of money. I would focus on those who have/had 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://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jul/3/civil-rights-groups-challenge-harvard-over-mostly-/
— DeSantis and Trump must support an immigration policy good for all Americans – Michael McKenna
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jul/3/desantis-and-trump-must-support-immigration-policy/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Tim Scott rolls out July 4 message: Founding Fathers ‘should be celebrated, not canceled’ – Julia Johnson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/tim-scott-4th-of-july-founding-fathers-should-be-celebrated-not-canceled
— Biden ups cap on monthly parole screenings for migrants to 43,500 – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/biden-increases-cap-parole-screenings-migrants-43-500
— San Francisco reparations panelist says white men are ‘danger to society’ – Brady Knox
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/california-reparations-task-force-white-men-danger
— When gender transition becomes a free-for-all – Debra Soh
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/when-gender-transition-becomes-a-free-for-all

NEW YORK POST
— Republican 2024 candidates race to qualify for first primary debate – Josh Christenson (COMMENT: What offices are on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct and a) who are the candidates for those offices and b) what do you know about them?)
https://nypost.com/2023/07/03/few-gop-candidates-meet-donor-criteria-for-primary-debate/

AMAC
— Liberal Media Worries Trump Prosecutions Will Backfire With Latinos – Shane Harris
https://amac.us/newsline/society/liberal-media-worries-trump-prosecutions-will-backfire-with-latinos/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Baltimore’s Dem mayor blames Texas, Florida, other southern states for holiday weekend bloodbath – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/07/03/baltimores-dem-mayor-blames-texas-florida-other-southern-states-for-holiday-weekend-bloodbath-1374018/

BREITBART
— Multiple Shooters in Block Party Attack in Gun-Controlled Baltimore – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/07/03/police-multiple-shooters-block-party-attack-gun-controlled-baltimore/

DAILY WIRE
— OUTRAGEOUS: Pritzker Signs Bill Allowing Illegal Immigrants To Obtain Driver’s Licenses – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/illinois-gov-signs-bill-allowing-illegal-immigrants-to-obtain-drivers-licenses

EPOCH TIMES
— Supreme Court Won’t Disturb Ruling Recognizing Gender Dysphoria Under Disability Law – Matthew Vadum
https://www.theepochtimes.com/supreme-court-wont-disturb-ruling-recognizing-gender-dysphoria-under-disability-law_5370484.html

FOX NEWS
— Good riddance to Affirmative Action. Affirmative action was state-sanctioned discrimination and ending it is a moral victory. – Ben Carson, M.D.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/good-riddance-affirmative-action
— California college ranks medical student applications based on ‘adversity scores’ The Supreme Court rejected race as a factor in college admissions in a major ruling last week. – Kristine Parks (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly destroy meritocracy, that is, they ever-increasingly destroy America.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/california-college-ranks-medical-student-applications-based-adversity-scores
— Reince Priebus: Trump understands the rules much better now than in 2016. Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus provides analysis of former President Trump’s 2024 campaign strategy.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6330516619112
— Psaki attempts to scare Muslim parents from opposing transgender ideology in schools: GOP ‘trying to recruit’ Psaki’s remarks were insulting to Muslims, a religious freedom activist told Fox News – Hannah Grossman
https://www.foxnews.com/media/psaki-attempts-scare-muslim-parents-opposing-transgender-ideology-schools-gop-trying-recruit
— GOP attacks ‘woke’ Pentagon, looks to shut down gender, abortion, diversity policies. GOP must decide which amendments will get a vote on the House floor. – Peter Kasperowicz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-attacks-woke-pentagon-looks-shut-down-gender-abortion-diversity-policies

NATIONAL REVIEW
— SCOTUS Finally Pulls the Plug on Legal Discrimination – GEORGE LEEF
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/scotus-finally-pulls-the-plug-on-legal-discrimination/
— Los Angeles Learns the Downside of Social-Justice Taxation – DOMINIC PINO
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/los-angeles-learns-the-downside-of-social-justice-taxation/

NEWSMAX
— Joe Biden Boards Insanity-bound Train, Media Joins the Ride – Mark Meckler
https://www.newsmax.com/markmeckler/charlottesville-duke-pride/2023/07/03/id/1125805/

PJ MEDIA
— Florida Becomes Hostile Territory for Those Who Profit Off Illegal Aliens – ATHENA THORNE
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/athena-thorne/2023/07/03/florida-becomes-hostile-territory-for-those-who-profit-off-illegal-aliens-n1707994

POST MILLENNIAL
— Jen Psaki claims Muslims who oppose LGBTQ indoctrination in schools are being recruited to hate trans people. The” GOP is trying to recruit Muslim Americans, a community that makes up less than 2% of the US population, against another tiny marginalized group of American, transgender people.” – Thomas Stevenson
https://thepostmillennial.com/jen-psaki-claims-muslims-who-oppose-lgbtq-indoctrination-in-schools-are-being-recruited-to-hate-trans-people

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Megyn Kelly: Psaki Is Telling Muslims They Can’t Have A Genuinely Held Belief On Trans Issues. – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/07/03/megyn_kelly_psaki_is_telling_muslims_they_cant_have_a_genuinely_held_belief_on_trans_issues_her_show_is_failing.html

TOWNHALL
— DeSantis Will Stop the Invasion and Secure Our Border – State Rep. Kiyan Michael
https://townhall.com/columnists/state-rep-kiyan-michael/2023/07/04/angel-mom-desantis-will-stop-the-invasion-and-secure-our-border-n2625262

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4074720-bidens-parole-program-is-the-immigration-success-story-weve-been-waiting-for/

MSNBC
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters promote Christie.
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/chris-christie-desantis-trump-feud-is-like-teenage-food-fight-186655301648

YAHOO
— Democrats say “Chicago Pension Debt Rises to $35 Billion as Mayor Hunts for Fix.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chicago-pension-debt-rises-35-203359720.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “At University of Chicago, a Debate Over Free Speech and Cyber Bullying. A student objected to a class, “The Problem of Whiteness,” and tweeted the lecturer’s photo and email address. Hate mail poured in. What should the school do?” To get more votes from non-Whites, Democrats ever-increasing promote more hatred against Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/us/university-of-chicago-whiteness-free-speech.html
— Democrats say “Republicans Have to Sign a Loyalty Pledge to Debate” and ask “Who Will and Who Won’t?” For general elections, I have always fully supported all the candidates who have won Republican primary elections. But far too many of those who have lost general elections have blamed their losses a) on me, b) on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, c) on what I did as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, and d) what I did as a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee 2003-2007. I should write a book about those losing candidates. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/us/politics/-2023-07-02-us-politics-republicans-pledge-nominee-trump.html
— Democrats claim that “Number of Migrants Crossing U.S. Southern Border Is Down.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/us/politics/migrants-mexico-border.html
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly a) run America and b) discriminate against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/30/opinion/affirmative-action-supreme-court-repeal.html

WAHINGTON POST
— Democrats crow about their success in making parents Democrats, that is, Democrats crow about their success in making parents anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-married people, anti-parents, anti-non-poor people, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/03/elon-moms-for-liberty-gop/
— Democrats a) want Republican candidates to lose and b) want Republican candidates to pander to Mormons.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/03/republican-party-mormon-church-decline/

NEW YORK SUN
— Democrats say “Biden Border Officials Ramping Up Number of Migrants Allowed Into America at Border Crossings. Republicans in Congress have taken to calling the new CBP One app a concierge service for illegal immigrants.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nysun.com/article/biden-border-officials-ramping-up-number-of-migrants-allowed-into-america-at-border-crossings

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly do everything that they can to make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2023/07/03/anti-drag-laws-harm-kids-lgbtq-community/70347476007/

PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL STAR
— A Democrat says “Ten reasons why Black people shouldn’t celebrate Independence Day.”
https://www.penncapital-star.com/commentary/ten-reasons-why-black-people-shouldnt-celebrate-independence-day-michael-coard/

WMNF
— My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attribute their successes in life to meritocracy and attribute my successes in life to a) my benefitting from my parents having been filthy rich, b) my benefitting from my avoiding the draft, c) my benefitting from my having been a grossly overpaid federal employee, d) to my benefitting from my wife and I giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents, and e) my benefitting from Republican discrimination against liberals, moderates, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, veterans, unmarried people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, and citizens of foreign countries. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.wmnf.org/delusional-meritocracy/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Who Says Justice Thomas Benefited From Affirmative Action? He graduated Yale Law School. So did Bill and Hillary Clinton. Only his credentials get questioned. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-says-justice-thomas-benefited-from-affirmative-action-supreme-court-racial-preferences-f0a79407

FORBES
— To retain and to promote their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted the careers of and got rid of their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/georgedeeb/2023/07/02/are-your-employees-quitting-or-disengaged-look-in-the-mirror-for-answers/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly a) run America and b) discriminate against Republicans.
https://www.creators.com/read/susan-estrich

PBS
— Democrats say “Where the Alleged Highland Park Gunman’s Case Stands.”
https://www.pbs.org/video/where-the-alleged-highland-park-gunmans-case-stands-taan6u/
— Democrats say “Highland Park Response Team Marks 1 Year Since Shooting.”
https://www.pbs.org/video/highland-park-response-team-marks-1-year-since-shooting-x8xb/

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.