November 24, 2023 - GOPUSA Illinois

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt New York City Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
https://abc7chicago.com/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-2023-new-york-city-protest-pro-palestinian/14096238/

NBC5
— Democrats leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/oak-park-family-hosts-migrants-for-thanksgiving-dinner/3286257/

CBS2
— Chicago’s Loop Alliance ambassadors hit the streets to care for unhoused people – MARIE SAAVEDRA (COMMENT: Democrats leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. How much time have you spent in the Loop? I worked in the Loop for IRS in 1971 and 1973-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997. I took graduate evening classes in the Loop at DePaul 1976-1980, Roosevelt 1980-1981, and IIT 1992-1997. I took undergraduate classes in downtown Chicago at UIC 1966-1968 and 1971, graduate evening courses there at Loyola 1972-1976, and I lived there (400 East Randolph) 1974-1978.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/loop-alliance-ambassadors/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The highest priority on this day was checking on unhoused people. There are some 6,000 in Chicago with the highest concentration right in the Loop.)

WGN9
— Democrats leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/migrants-celebrate-first-thanksgiving-in-chicago/

WGN9
— Pate Philip, towering figure in Illinois Republican politics, dies – Tahman Bradley
https://wgntv.com/news/illinois/pate-philip-towering-figure-in-illinois-republican-politics-dies/

WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://wgnradio.com/news/daca-recipient-worries-republicans-want-to-end-program-for-sake-of-immigration-reform/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-migrants-food-insecurity-pantries-20231124-4i5kfjbumjhuth6geduofzev4m-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/23/23972419/thanksgiving-migrants-venezuela-host-family-share-first-together-god-always-good-people-trip
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/24/23962929/chicago-welcoming-sanctuary-city-centuries-native-american-tribes-french-matthew-beaudet

DAILY HERALD
— Candidate filing begins Monday, signaling official start of 2024 election cycle – DILPREET RAJU
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231123/candidate-filing-begins-monday-signaling-official-start-of-2024-election-cycle

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Speech code for lawyers is newest front in free-speech fight – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-speech-code-for-lawyers-is-newest-front-in-free-speech-fight/article_16631502-1ed2-56fa-a044-5b650a138e8c.html

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Democrats push pot in Dekalb.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/2023/11/23/dekalbs-first-marijuana-dispensary-opens-friday/

SOUTHWEST REPORTER
— Orland Park uses home-rule to avoid state law on paid leave – Jeff Vorva
https://southwestregionalpublishing.com/2023/11/21/orland-park-uses-home-rule-to-avoid-state-law-on-paid-leave/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, that is, the destruction of traditional marriage and family, that is, homelessness.
https://newschannel20.com/newsletter-daily/gov-pritzker-addresses-homelessness-in-remarks-to-organization

CWB CHICAGO
— Rifle-wielding men robbed a woman on a busy Wicker Park street corner. CPD decided not to chase them – Tim Hecke
https://cwbchicago.com/2023/11/wicker-park-robbery-spree-video-chicago-police-do-not-pursue.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— The Disaster Coalition – David Bittenger (COMMENT: The Democrat Party is a coalition of anti-Trumps who are anti-conservatives, anti-Republicans, anti-Americans, anti-Whites, anti-males, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-Protestants, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://johnkassnews.com/the-disaster-coalition/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after disrupting Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – Matt Delaney
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/23/pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-after-disrupti/
— The left points to free speech platforms to distract from its own antisemitism – Tim Murtaugh (COMMENT: I should write about antisemitism in GAO’s Chicago office. In 1990, to retaliate against me for being the office’s only active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, my Democrat GAO superiors made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS. Because of the widespread antisemitism in the office, I got my second choice for group assignment – the group that audited federal financial industry regulators. Virtually none of my coworkers wanted to work for the Jewish woman who led that group. She was a GS-15, currently $152,527-$183,500/year. She had an MBA from the University of Chicago. She had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt. She was demanding. She was wealthy. She was attractive. She wanted all those who worked for her to have master’s degrees in finance. Because of that, I started taking graduate evening finance courses at IIT in 1992 and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I got her appointed to IIT’s board of advisors for that program. But nevertheless, in September of 1997, she led GAO’s success effort to force me to take early retirement. She gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/23/left-points-to-free-speech-platforms-to-distract-f/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If the last couple of months have shown us anything about American politics it’s that there’s a sizeable antisemitism problem in the Democratic Party, which has been exposed and highlighted as the party fractures over the Israel-Hamas war. Some Democrats in Congress openly side with Hamas, the terrorist organization which launched a brutal assault on Israeli civilian targets on October 7. Hundreds of Democrat staffers on Capitol Hill, somehow under the impression that their opinions matter, have demanded that their bosses support a “ceasefire,” which is a different way of saying that Israel must simply absorb all Hamas attacks. Dozens of leftist agitators have laid siege to Democratic National Committee headquarters, demanding that the Biden administration side with Hamas as well. And you probably can’t be a member of the College Democrats these days unless you’ve recently marched in a protest against Israel. There is indeed an antisemitism problem in this country, and the loudest voices are coming from within the Democratic Party. It’s not surprising, then, that the political left wants to change the focus and accuse someone else of being anti-Jew for a while.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Why homeschooling is on the rise – Ben Carson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/why-homeschooling-is-on-the-rise

AMERICAN THINKER
– Martha’s Vineyard once again allowed to boot out the illegals that we commoners are not – Olivia Murray
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/11/_marthas_vineyard_once_again_allowed_to_boot_out_the_illegals_that_we_commoners_are_not.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— The Uniter: Biden campaign sent out holiday talking points for ‘crazy MAGA’ family members – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/11/24/the-uniter-biden-campaign-sent-out-holiday-talking-points-for-crazy-maga-family-members-1414807/

BREITBART
— Open Borders Lobby: Americans Should ‘Open Up Their Homes’ to Illegal Aliens This Thanksgiving – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/23/open-borders-lobby-americans-should-open-homes-illegal-aliens-thanksgiving/

DAILY CALLER
— Dem Fundraising Platform ActBlue Is Processing Donations For A Bail Fund For Illegal Immigrants – JENNIE TAER
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/23/dem-fundraising-platform-actblue-processing-donations-bail-fund-illegal-immigrants/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Lack of ‘Affirmation’ Is Child Abuse: New Biden Rule Applies Transgender Standard to Foster Care – Tyler O’Neil
https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/11/23/new-biden-rule-reveals-transgender-movements-endgame-no-dissenting-parents-allowed/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden’s DHS Orders Border Agents To Use Preferred Pronouns For Illegal Immigrants – Spencer Lindquist
https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-dhs-orders-border-agents-to-use-preferred-pronouns-for-illegal-immigrants
— One Million More Jews Will Move To Israel, Israeli Official Predicts – Hank Berrien (COMMENT: Are people who disapprove of your demographics moving into your county, your township, your municipality, your school district, and/or your precinct? If so, have you considered moving because of that? If so, where have you considered moving to? Republicans create prosperity and safety. Democrats create poverty and crime. Anticipate/expect that Democrats will move into Republican areas to hypocritically take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there. That is increasingly happening in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and my precinct. I should wire a book about that. The Democrat Party platform promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. The aforesaid create poverty and crime.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/one-million-more-jews-will-move-to-israel-israeli-official-predicts

EPOCH TIMES
— How Blue States Work Around SCOTUS to Restrict Gun Rights – Michael Clements
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/how-blue-states-work-around-scotus-to-restrict-gun-rights-5530441

FOX NEWS
— Taxpayers are paying for transgender transition procedures in US prisons – Jamie Joseph
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/taxpayers-paying-transgender-transition-procedures-us-prisons-internal-docs-show
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use the Pope to promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pope-francis-dines-transgender-women-vatican-luncheon
— Campus antisemitism has parents, students reconsidering college choices
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6341671324112

NEWSMAX
— Left Pushing Divisiveness – Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/owens-mccaskill-bowman/2023/11/23/id/1143477/

PJ MEDIA
— Happy Thanksgiving and Maybe Let’s Arm Ourselves for the Apocalypse – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2023/11/23/the-morning-briefing-happy-thanksgiving-and-maybe-lets-arm-ourselves-for-the-apocalypse-n4924165

WESTERN JOURNAL
— A Virginia restaurant that made headlines in 2018 after its owner kicked out then-White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders for being a conservative is closing its doors. – Johnathan Jones
https://www.westernjournal.com/restaurant-kicked-republican-governor-closes-doors/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

REUTERS
— Some migrants are swapping their American dream for a Mexican one – Laura Gottesdiener and Daina Beth Solomon
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/some-migrants-are-swapping-their-american-dream-mexican-one-2023-11-24/

NEW YORK TIMES
— To get elected in 2020, Biden falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that he would govern as a moderate. But he has governed as a liberal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/20/briefing/biden-2024.html

NEW YORK SUN
— Will Trump, Closing in on GOP Nomination, Follow Nixon’s Advice and Run to the Center? – DEAN KARAYANIS
https://www.nysun.com/article/will-trump-closing-in-on-gop-nomination-follow-nixons-advice-and-run-to-the-center

NBC NEW YORK
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams accused of sexual assault and discrimination from 1993 in civil lawsuit. In response to the allegations, a spokesperson for City Hall told NBC New York that the mayor doesn’t know who the plaintiff is. – Myles Miller, Melissa Russo
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-accused-of-sexual-assault-and-discrimination-from-1993-in-civil-lawsuit/4889226/

CBS NEW YORK
— Over 27,000 Thanksgiving meals prepared for asylum seekers in New York City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFjbbCR9BBE

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Voters See American Dream Slipping Out of Reach, WSJ/NORC Poll Shows. Fewer believe that anyone who works hard can get ahead. Aaron Zitner (COMMENT: From what I see, achieving the American Dream for those who share my demographics is ever-increasingly difficult if not impossible because of ever-increasingly preference being given to those who do not share my demographics, that is, because of ever-increasing discrimination against those who share my demographics. Ever-increasingly, colleges are under pressure to admit and employers are under pressure to hire, retain, and promote those who are liberal, Democrat, minority, female, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and/or citizens of foreign countries.)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/american-dream-out-of-reach-poll-3b774892

FORBES
— Four Types of Difficult Employees – Handle with Care – Paul Sarvadi (COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, to get rid of me, my Democrat superiors did everything that they could to assign me to work for, to work with, and to supervise their most problematic employees. Of course, they got rid of a) the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and b) the GAO manager who promoted me in 1986. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbooksauthors/2019/09/11/four-types-of-difficult-employees-handle-with-care/

ECONOMIST
— What survey data reveal about antisemitism in America (COMMENT: I should write about antisemitism in GAO’s Chicago office. In 1990, to retaliate against me for being the office’s only active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, my Democrat GAO superiors made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS. Because of the widespread antisemitism in the office, I got my second choice for group assignment – the group that audited federal financial industry regulators. Virtually none of my coworkers wanted to work for the Jewish woman who led that group. She was a GS-15, currently $152,527-$183,500/year. She had an MBA from the University of Chicago. She had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt. She was demanding. She was wealthy. She was attractive. She wanted all of those who worked for her to have a master’s degree in finance. Because of that, I started taking graduate evening finance courses at IIT in 1992 and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I got her appointed to IIT’s board of advisors for that program. But nevertheless, in September of 1997, she led GAO’s success effort to force me to take early retirement. She gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. She would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/11/23/what-survey-data-reveal-about-antisemitism-in-america

VISA GUIDE
— Top In-Demand Professions in Europe That Are a Guaranteed Ticket to Getting an EU Employment Visa – Drenusha Morina (COMMENT: What are the top in-demand professions in America? What percent of illegals in America a) are qualified for those professions and b) want those professions?)
https://visaguide.world/news/top-in-demand-professions-in-europe-that-are-a-guaranteed-ticket-to-getting-an-eu-employment-visa-list/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Doctors and nurses/midwives, Healthcare personnel, Software developers and analysts, Building trade workers, Cleaners and helpers, Metal and mechanic workers, Cooks and workers, Truck and bus drivers, Salespeople, Electric and electronic workers)

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. View all posts by David Diersen