November 26, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

NBC5
— Chicago scrambles to house migrants as winter approaches. City and state officials are looking to get migrants off the streets and out of shelters more quickly, but advocates say new restrictions will only make things harder. – Daniella Silva
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-scrambles-house-migrants-winter-approaches-rcna125581
— Number of challenges to books expands to more than 500 in Chicago area libraries and schools – Bennett Haeberle and Katy Smyser
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/number-of-challenges-to-books-expands-to-more-than-500-in-chicago-area-libraries-and-schools/3286834/
— Illinois Walmart employee’s sign-off message after 10 years on the job goes viral. Video of Gail Lewis’ farewell has been seen more than 20 million times since it was uploaded to TikTok on Nov. 16 – Matt Stefanski (COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors, superiors, coworkers, and subordinates who left or retired early were overwhelmingly Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. Overwhelmingly, those who stayed were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. Overwhelmingly, discrimination was why those who left or retired early and getting preference was why those who stayed. The aforesaid is patronage, up-or-out, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/gail-lewis-illinois-walmart-employee-sign-off-message-after-10-years-on-the-job-goes-viral/3286953/

FOX32
— Venezuelan migrants charged with Black Friday theft from Elmhurst Kohl’s
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/venezuelan-migrants-black-friday-burglary
— Chicago police warn West Side residents of increased vehicle thefts
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-police-warn-west-side-residents-of-increased-vehicle-thefts

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Convention for Palestine brings thousands to Tinley Park to preserve culture and community amid the Israel-Hamas war – Violet Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/25/23975878/palestine-convention-culture-history
— No pay for elected school board members shuts out underrepresented communities. Those who pursue elected office do so to serve the public and, in the case of many Latinos, to be a voice for underrepresented communities — at a considerable personal cost, the leader of a nonprofit writes. (COMMENT: I continue to serve as a voice for grossly underrepresented conservatives, that is, as a voice for grossly underrepresented platform Republicans as a) a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and b) the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I served as that voice as the following until RINOs got rid of me: a) the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2021, b) the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, c) a member of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee 2003-2011, d) the webmaster for the Milton Township Republican Organization 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, e) a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee 2003-2007, and f) a member of the Association of American Political Consultants Midwest Chapter 2001-2004. I should write a book about the aforesaid RINOs who got rid of me.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/11/25/23970990/no-pay-elected-school-board-members-shuts-out-underrepresented-communities-naleo-letters

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/immigration/ct-disabled-migrants-iep-20231126-fbqj5fw6j5f2dlfkryeulpbfaq-story.html
— Educator workforce shortages worse in special ed and bilingual classes, Illinois watchdog report shows – Shanzeh Ahmad
https://www.chicagotribune.com/education/ct-advance-illinois-educator-shortage-20231126-txvnv4s245fnpnym6ngl6eu74q-story.html
— Native Americans from the Dakotas were brought to Des Plaines in 1880s in ill-fated assimilation effort. – Ron Grossman (COMMENT: Slow assimilation is a big reason why none of my ancestors attended college, why my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, and why my mother never attended high school.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/ct-vintage-indian-boarding-school-maryville-des-plaines-20231126-oknszo5kybfzdjnwc6h5fcpfuy-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Why some township roads cost suburban taxpayers $100,000 per mile – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231125/why-some-township-roads-cost-suburban-taxpayers-100000-per-mile
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: When Democrats take over, poverty and crime increase.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20231125/with-food-insecurity-on-the-rise-northern-illinois-food-bank-never-stops-feeding-their-neighbors

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Ready, set, line up: Monday is the start of candidate filings for the March primary – Patrick M. Keck (COMMEMT: What offices will be on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct? Which potential candidates are circulating nominating petitions for those offices? In my opinion, the leaders of Republican county, ward, and township organizations in Illinois should have long since provided their Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains that information in flyers for them to hand-carry to the Republican residences in their precinct. Failing that, I nevertheless hand-carried my precinct letter to the 370 registered Republican voters in the 228 residences in my new DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton in four batches that announced a) my candidacy for Precinct Committeeman, b) that the Republican primary would be March 19, 2024, c) that I would support those candidates who won the primary, d) etc.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/11/26/illinois-candidates-can-start-filing-for-the-march-primary-on-monday/71233587007/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Donald Trump draws cheers, some boos in Haley’s backyard at Clemson-South Carolina football game – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-donald-trump-will-look-to-upstage-clemson-grad-nikki-haley-at-her-alma-maters-football-rivalry-game/
— Democrat and RINO leaders use Romney to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/romney-says-any-democrat-would-be-an-upgrade-over-trump-in-2024/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

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FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

AMERICAN THINKER
— ‘Progressives’ actually foster divisiveness, intolerance, and hate – Eric Utter (COMMENT: Who has worked the hardest to promote hatred against you? I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to promote hatred against me. I would focus on those who have worked the hardest to promote hatred against those who share my demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, draft avoider, gun owner, former union member, retired federal employee, Protestant, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/11/progressives_actually_foster_divisiveness_intolerance_and_hate.html
— The latest assault in the war on whites – Ed Brodow
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/11/the_latest_assault_in_the_war_on_whites.html
— Chaotic immigration is having political consequences – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/11/chaotic_immigration_is_having_political_consequences.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— New Yorkers in need forced to miss out on Thanksgiving dinner after hundreds of illegals line up – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/11/25/new-yorkers-in-need-forced-to-miss-out-on-thanksgiving-dinner-after-hundreds-of-illegals-line-up-1415072/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote Romney.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/11/25/romney-reveals-he-would-rather-vote-for-a-democrat-if-he-doesnt-like-gop-nominee-1415131/
— Upwards of 2,500 NYPD officers turned in their badges in 2023 amid concerning trend – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/11/25/upwards-of-2500-nypd-officers-turned-in-their-badges-in-2023-amid-concerning-trend-1415141/

BREITBART
— Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Chicago: 25 Shot by Saturday Night of Thanksgiving Weekend – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2023/11/26/mayor-brandon-johnsons-chicago-25-shot-by-saturday-night-of-thanksgiving-weekend/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters are extremely intolerant.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/11/26/christie-trumps-intolerant-conduct-gives-others-permission-to-act-the-same/

CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK
— Our World Is Crumbling – John Cooper
https://www2.cbn.com/news/entertainment/our-world-crumbling-rock-star-warns-americans-verge-losing-country-amid-wimpy

DAILY CALLER
— Republicans Ignore This Issue At Their Peril – DEMETRA DEMONTE
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/25/opinion-republicans-ignore-this-issue-at-their-peril-demetra-demonte/

FOX NEWS
— Wokeness is a way of seeing the world through a lens of power – John Cooper (COMMENT: How much power do/did your parents have? Neither of my parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. He worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant on the east of Chicago Heights and died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6341777983112
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/skillet-s-john-cooper-wokeness-is-a-way-of-seeing-the-world-through-a-lens-of-power/vi-AA1kx5bT

JONATHAN TURLEY
— Dobbs Resulted in an Increase of 30,000 Babies
https://jonathanturley.org/2023/11/25/study-dobbs-resulted-in-an-increase-of-30000-babies/comment-page-2/

NEW AMERICAN
— As Millions Invade U.S., Mayorkas Orders Agents to Not “Misgender” Illegals – Selwyn Duke
https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/as-millions-invade-u-s-mayorkas-orders-agents-to-not-misgender-illegals/

PJ MEDIA
— Pope’s Lunch for ‘Trans’ Dudes Is Not Charitable – CATHERINE SALGADO
https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2023/11/25/popes-lunch-for-trans-dudes-is-not-charitable-n4924207

TOWNHALL
— Biden’s DHS Forces Border Agents to Use Preferred Pronouns For Illegal Aliens – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/11/25/bidens-dhs-forces-border-agents-to-use-preferred-pronouns-for-illegal-aliens-n2631609

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote BLM.
https://apnews.com/article/black-lives-matter-finances-mansion-dc28cf47e3724c31d5791c90555b5b75

MSN
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) replace those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/racist-attacks-in-america-is-the-great-replacement-theory-to-blame/ss-AAXpAdS

NBC NEWS
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-roundups-detention-camps-groups-warn-voters-fallout-rcna126408

NEW YORK TIMES
— Chinese Join Migrant Crush on U.S. Border
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/pageoneplus/quotation-of-the-day-chinese-join-migrant-crush-on-us-border.html
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Ever-increasingly, they paint illegals as being Jews fleeing Hitler.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/26/nyregion/migrant-crisis-holocaust-refugee.html
— Some U.S. businesses are forcing workers to sign contracts that demand steep “reimbursements” if they leave. – Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein (COMMRENT: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/magazine/stay-pay-employer-contract.html
— This Is Not the Way to Help Depressed Teenagers – Darby Saxbe (COMMENT: Because of ever-increasing discrimination against those who share my demographics, if I was a teenager today, I would be far less optimistic about my future than I was when I was a teenager during the 1960s.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/18/opinion/teenagers-mental-health-treatment.html
— Ignore Trump? Democrats Now Want Him Plastered All Over the News. The former president has been relatively quiet, out of the headlines and off mainstream social media. Democrats are hoping that more attention on him can help turn around President Biden’s fortunes. – Reid J. Epstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/us/politics/trump-democrats-biden.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are reparations. What do your critics/opponents stress about you to hint/imply/argue/shout that you should pay reparations? My critics/opponents stress that I am conservative, Republican, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-veteran, non-poor, Protestant, 100% German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. In my defense, I stress that all my ancestors have always lived in northeast Illinois and never discriminated against anyone.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/11/26/natchez-mississippi-history-slavery/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— You Can’t Work Your Way Through College Anymore – Richard R. West (COMMENT: I was able to graduate debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1970 a) because I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 and b) because my parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete 1966-1968 while I took classes at UIC, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-cant-work-your-way-through-college-anymore-1521239612

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Tim Cook says Apple hires people with these character traits – Haley Tenore (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be hired: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, Firestone Stores in 1970, and the Post Office in 1966 hired me because they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, veteran, or younger person who would take the job.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-jobs-career-how-to-get-hired-tim-cook

FAST COMPANY
— How to stop worrying about what others think, according to a psychologist – STEPHANIE VOZZA
https://www.fastcompany.com/90978054/how-stop-worrying-about-what-others-think

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Pot pushers ever-increasingly push pot.
https://www.creators.com/read/marc-dion/11/23/cannabis-is-just-another-job

NEWS BREAK
— Cook County has the Most Millionaires in Illinois
https://original.newsbreak.com/@maria-1751382/3242775534663-this-county-in-illinois-has-the-most-millionaires

RAW STORY
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Christie to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.rawstory.com/chris-christie-donald-trump-hate-speech/

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.