September 16, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Downstate federal trial poses latest test for Illinois gun ban
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/16/downstate-federal-trial-poses-latest-test-for-illinois-gun-ban/
— Chicago celebrates Mexican Independence Day
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/15/photos-celebrating-mexican-independence-day-at-el-grito-chicago/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrat and RINO employers ever-increasingly use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/dei-rebrand-finance-industry-pipeline

ABC7
— 5 things to know about the apparent assassination attempt on Trump at his Florida golf courses
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-assassination-attempt-5-things-know-shooting-donald-trumps-golf-courses/15309475/
— Street closures into downtown Chicago, hundreds of thousands attend Mexican Independence Day parade. First-of-its-kind El Grito festival takes place in Grant Park.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/mexican-independence-day-chicago-parade-step-off-little-village-el-grito-festival-continues-street-closures-lifted/15305485/
— More than a dozen cars broken into, items including guns stolen on Near South Side
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-crime-more-dozen-cars-broken-items-including-guns-stolen-south-side-police-say/15308342/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly push minorities to be pot pushers.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-increasing-diversity-illinois-adult-use-cannabis-industry/15306161/

NBC5
— Roads reopen in Chicago after Mexican Independence Day celebrations
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/more-road-closures-possible-in-chicago-amid-mexican-independence-day-celebration/3548891/
— Chicago marks Mexican Independence Day Sunday
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/chicago-marks-mexican-independence-day-sunday/3549039/

CBS2
— Chicago’s Mexican Independence Day parade held in Little Village
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicagos-mexican-independence-day-parade-held-in-little-village/
— More street closures as Mexican Independence Day celebrations continue in Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/mexican-independence-day-parade-chicago-little-village/
— Chicago closes streets due to Mexican Independence Day celebrations
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/chicago-closes-streets-due-to-mexican-independence-day-celebrations/
— Democrats deny claims about Haitian immigrants
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jd-vance-ohio-haitian-immigrants-false-claims-face-the-nation/

WGN9
— Chicago police investigate series of gun thefts from vehicles
https://wgntv.com/news/chicagocrime/chicago-gun-thefts-vehicles/

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Darin LaHood and Mary Miller unopposed for congressional seats
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/15/darin-lahood-and-mary-miller-unopposed-for-congressional-seats/74353666007/

FOX ILLINOIS
— DeSantis says Florida to do its own investigation of Trump apparent assassination attempt
https://foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/governor-ron-desantis-says-florida-to-do-its-own-investigation-of-former-president-republican-nominee-donald-trump-apparent-assassination-attempt-international-golf-course-west-palm-beach-sunday-september-15-2024

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/top-stories/city-of-bloomington-highlighting-diversity-and-inclusion/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Democrats say “What a Second Trump Term Would Mean for Chicago. As bad as things were the first time, brace yourself for even worse.” To get even more votes from Blacks, Democrat candidates will promise Blacks that they will use government give Blacks even more preference. In Chicago, Democrat candidates can stress how my Democrat GAO superiors wasted my career and forced me retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate in 1997. They can stress how EEOC got Oldsmobile to stop hiring Whites to settle a complaint and how that caused Oldsmobile to withdraw a job offer that I had accepted in 1971.
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/october-2024/what-a-second-trump-term-would-mean-for-chicago/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— In IL-11, Jerry Evans will be feted at a fundraiser Friday in his bid to unseat Democratic Congressman Bill Foster. Headliners: Illinois GOP Chair Kathy Salvi and her husband Al, along with former Illinois GOP Chair Don Tracy and his wife Wanda, and Patricia and Vince Kolber, the former GOP finance chair.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/09/16/a-supreme-visit-to-chicago-00179284

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/09/16/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-369/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Far too many get involved in Republican politics for the wrong reasons. Far too many a) give money to Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders, b) become Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains, c) become leaders of Republican organizations, and/or d) run for government offices as Republicans for the following wrong reasons. They are anti-conservative and want the Republican Party to strike planks from its platform that they reject, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks. They want to get more preference for those who share their demographics. They are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, or RINOs and want to destroy the Republican Party. I should write about the aforesaid. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County home valuation prices rose in July compared to the same period in 2023. (COMMENT: I have been watching home sales in DuPage County since 1978. Ever-increasingly, when homes owned by Republicans are sold in DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and my precinct, they are bought by Democrats to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans have created in the aforesaid and to escape the poverty and crime that Democrats have created in Cook County and especially in Chicago. That drives up selling prices. But ever-increasingly, tragically, if not hypocritically, these Democrat home buyers continue to vote for Democrats. The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/664292958-dupage-county-home-valuation-prices-rose-in-july-compared-to-the-same-period-in-2023

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump survives another assassination attempt near Florida golf course
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/15/trump-was-subject-of-apparent-assassination-attemp/
— Suspect in Trump assassination attempt called former president a threat to democracy
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/15/ryan-wesley-routh-arrested-in-trump-assassination-/
— States rush to clean voter rolls after 2020 election questions
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/15/states-rush-to-clean-voter-rolls-after-2020-electi/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The conservative values advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence called the 91-page Democratic National Convention platform a “massive gift” to conservatives eager to highlight just how far left Vice President Kamala Harris and her side have jumped. (COMMENT: What do you advocate? I advocate conservative principles, that is, I advocate the Republican Party platform. My critics/opponents who lead the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization reject some, many, most, virtually all, if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks. They reject direct election of IRP State Central Committee members. I should write about my aforesaid critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3127497/pence-group-calls-dnc-platform-massive-gift-conservatives/

NEW YORK POST
— Would-be Trump assassin ID’d as Ryan Routh, 58, of Hawaii
https://nypost.com/2024/09/15/us-news/would-be-trump-assassin-idd-as-ryan-routh-58-of-hawaii-sources/
— Fed-up suburbs look to sue Denver after sanctuary city welcomed 42,000 migrants — and the gang Tren de Aragua — to Colorado
https://nypost.com/2024/09/15/us-news/denver-suburbs-look-to-sue-over-over-sanctuary-city-policies-that-welcomed-migrants/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— 2nd Trump Assassination Attempt Sparks Push to Boost Security
https://amgreatness.com/2024/09/16/morning-greatness-trump-shooting-incident-sparks-push-to-boost-security/
— More than Just Millions of People… It is likely that some millions of dollars worth of military weaponry—in particular, small arms—has poured across the border along with the millions of unvetted illegal aliens.
https://amgreatness.com/2024/09/16/more-than-just-millions-of-people/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Immigration’s Double-Edged Sword
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/immigration_s_double_edged_sword.html
— It’s time for conservatives to start thinking like winners
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/it_s_time_for_conservatives_to_start_thinking_like_winners.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Elon Musk hammers ‘massive voter importation to make swing states permanently blue’
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/09/15/elon-musk-hammers-massive-voter-importation-to-make-swing-states-permanently-blue-1487562/
— Kamala unveils new ‘cringe’ accent at Black Caucus Dinner – Biden bungles second fiddle role
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/09/15/kamala-unveils-new-cringe-accent-at-black-caucus-dinner-biden-bungles-second-fiddle-role-1487581/

DAILY WIRE
— DeSantis: ‘Democrats Oppose Voter ID Because They Want Illegal Votes’  “We’ve been very aggressive in ensuring that only US citizens are on the voter rolls.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-democrats-oppose-voter-id-because-they-want-there-to-be-illegal-votes
— Matt Walsh’s Personal Journey Through The DEI Industry In ‘Am I Racist?’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/matt-walshs-personal-journey-through-the-dei-industry-in-am-i-racist

EPOCH TIMES
— What We Know About Second Trump Assassination Attempt
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/what-we-know-about-second-trump-assassination-attempt-5724728
— Oregon DMV Mistakenly Registered 306 Noncitizens to Vote
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/oregon-dmv-mistakenly-registered-306-noncitizens-to-vote-officials-say-5724588

FOX NEWS
— Harris-Trump showdown: Presidential race rocked by 2nd assassination attempt with 50 days until election
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harris-trump-showdown-presidential-race-rocked-second-assassination-attempt-50-days-election
— ‘Millions’ of illegal migrants flooded US courtesy of the Biden-Harris ‘migrant express’
https://www.aol.com/news/laura-ingraham-millions-illegal-migrants-002910330.html

HOT AIR
— Kamala’s Latest Accent Is…Bad
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/09/15/kamalas-latest-accent-isbad-n3794533#google_vignette

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— More Information Emerges On Second Trump Assassination Attempt
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/09/more-information-emerges-on-second-trump-assassination-attempt/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Gunman behind Second Trump Assassination Attempt Has Extensive Criminal History, Traveled to Ukraine to Aid War Effort
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/gunman-behind-second-trump-assassination-attempt-has-extensive-criminal-history-traveled-to-ukraine-to-aid-war-effort/
— The Assimilation Crisis (COMMENT: How fast did your ancestors assimilate? All my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany way back in the 1840s and 1850s. Their slow assimilation harmed me. All my grandparents spoke German. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. Consequently, because they lacked money, I had to work my way through college. Consequently, my GPA and ACT score suffered. Consequently, I did not get a job that required a college degree (IRS Revenue Officer) until 10 months after I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I would not have gotten that job if I had not passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination (FSEE) in 1970. I would not have taken the FSEE if I had not worked for the Post Office part-time 1966-1969. I had planned on a career in the automotive industry, but I took the FSEE as a backup. My plan for a career in the automotive industry ended abruptly in 1971 when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. My Firestone Store boos rudely fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because I had to have a job, I accepted IRS’s job offer.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/re-the-assimilation-crisis-gets-lost-in-post-debate-pet-furor/

NEW BLAZE
— How Cancel Culture Has Censored Us: “People” Don’t Get Pregnant – Women Do – and Illegal Border Crossers Are Not “Asylum Seekers”
https://newsblaze.com/thoughts/opinions/how-cancel-culture-has-censored-us-people-dont-get-pregnant-women-do-and-illegal-border-crossers-are-not-asylum-seekers_198937/

REAL CLEAR MARKETS
— J.P. Morgan Has a Glaring Blind Spot of ‘Woke’ Kind. Jamie Dimon fashions himself the “least woke person you will ever meet,”
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2024/09/16/jp_morgan_has_a_glaring_blind_spot_of_woke_kind_1058422.html

TOWNHALL
— Left-wing media outlets have been quick to downplay the reports of Springfield, Ohio, being overrun by Haitian immigrants.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/09/15/cnn-says-claims-about-springfield-being-overrun-dehumanizes-immigrants-n2644775
— MSNBC Blames Second Attempted Trump Assassination on… Trump
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/09/15/msnbc-trump-shooter-n2644801
— Kamala’s Got Another New Accent
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/09/15/kamalas-got-another-new-accent-n2644784

ZERO HEDGE
— The Progressive Suicide Cult Is Rolling Out The Welcome Mat For The Third World
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/progressive-suicide-cult-rolling-out-welcome-mat-third-world

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats look to put Republicans in a bind on IVF (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors used IVF put me in a bind.  I should write about that.)
https://www.aol.com/democrats-look-put-republicans-bind-100000426.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Apparent attempt on Trump’s life raises questions about how it could have happened again
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-another-apparent-attempt-on-trumps-life-raises-questions-about-how-it-could-have-happened-again/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— US Naval Academy to Defend Race-Conscious Admissions Policies at Trial (COMMENT: My critics/opponents approve of, if not applaud, my Democrat superiors in the federal government using Affirmative Action and DEI to waste my career and to get rid of me.  I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-09-16/us-naval-academy-to-defend-race-conscious-admissions-policies-at-trial

MSN
— Kamala Harris is a cog in the wheel, a puppet: Vivek Ramaswamy
https://www.msn.com/en-in/entertainment/southcinema/kamala-harris-is-a-cog-in-the-wheel-a-puppet-vivek-ramaswamy/ar-AA1phKj5?ocid=BingNewsVerp

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats and RINOs crow that “Conservatives Face Reality: Increasingly, They Stand Alone.” Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Because I am a conservative, because I advocate the Republican Party platform, I am ever-increasingly in the minority in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. Ever-increasingly, the anti-conservative leaders of the aforesaid reject more and more and more planks in the Republican Party platform. I should write about the many big adverse actions that anti-conservative leaders of the aforesaid have taken against me since 2000 because I advocate conservative principles, that is, because I advocate planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/13/us/christian-conservatives-beliefs-election.html

POLITICO
— To get even more votes from Blacks, Democrat candidates will promise Blacks that they will use government give Blacks even more preference. In Chicago, Democrat candidates can stress how my Democrat GAO superiors wasted my career and forced me retire and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate in 1997. They can stress how EEOC got Oldsmobile to stop hiring Whites to settle a complaint and how that caused Oldsmobile to withdraw a job offer that I had accepted in 1971.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/14/harris-needs-incredible-turnout-among-black-voters-but-there-are-warning-signs-00179211

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.