September 30, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— To be eligible to vote, you must be a U.S. citizen. To be a U.S. citizen, you must demonstrate an understanding of English by reading, writing, and speaking basic English. Because of the aforesaid, election ballots should only be printed in English.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/chicago-asian-american-latino-voters-presidential-election/15369142/
— Trump escalates attacks on Harris, calls her ‘mentally impaired,’ suggests she should be prosecuted (COMMENT: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that their opponents are mentally impaired.)
https://abc7chicago.com/post/donald-trump-escalates-kamala-harris-attacks-pennsylvania-rally-calls-mentally-impaired-says-she-should-prosecuted/15372555/

NBC5
— What time is the VP debate between Walz, Vance this week? When, how to watch. Tim Walz and JD Vance will meet face-to-face Tuesday for the first and likely only Vice Presidential debate for the 2024 election season.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/decision-2024/what-time-is-the-vp-debate-between-walz-vance-this-week-when-how-to-watch/3560642/

CBS2
— Trump levies more personal attacks on Harris in Wisconsin rally (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. My critics/opponents levy personal attacks on their opponents. I should write about what they said about me a) to discourage attendance at the 2003 and 2004 Wheaton 9/11 ceremonies that I organized, b) to end my service as the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster in 2004 and 2010, c) to defeat my bid for MTRO Treasurer in 2004, d) to try to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, e) to throw me off the ICRC Steering Committee in 2007, f) to end my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, g) to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, h) to gerrymander my precinct in 2015, i) to end my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019, j) to end my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades in 2021, and k) to throw me off the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolution Committee this year.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-levies-personal-attacks-on-harris-wisconsin-rally/

WTTW
— Chicago Spent $129M on Police Overtime in 6 Months, 30% More Than its Annual Overtime Budget
https://news.wttw.com/2024/09/30/chicago-spent-129m-police-overtime-6-months-30-more-its-annual-overtime-budget

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump escalates attacks on Harris’ mental fitness and suggests she should be prosecuted (COMMENT: My critics/opponents attack their opponents on mental fitness and/or suggest that they should be prosecuted.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/09/29/some-republicans-distance-themselves-from-trumps-latest-attack-on-harris-mental-fitness/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ, that is, their success in destroying traditional marriage and family, that is, their success in destroying religion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2024/09/29/catholic-church-st-sabina-same-sex-couple-blessing-pope-francis-pfleger-cupich-lgbtq-religion
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, everything is race-based.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2024/09/28/black-chicago-manufacturing-revival-factory-jobs-presidential-election-alden-loury-column

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH PHOTOS: Casten, Conforti differ on abortion, but both oppose federal ban
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240929/us-congress-politics/casten-conforti-differ-on-abortion-but-both-oppose-federal-ban/

SOUTHERN
— If you promote Harris, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote you.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/09/29/republican-jeff-flake-endorses-kamala-harris-says-shes-ready-for-the-job/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Even those with brightest futures are leaving Illinois – MARK GLENNON (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is in Illinois: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/mark-glennon-even-those-with-brightest-futures-are-leaving-illinois/article_bb32a002-7112-11ef-b6dd-cf375491f1f5.html
— Trump escalates attacks on Harris’ mental fitness and suggests she should be prosecuted. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents attack their opponents’ mental fitness and/or suggest they should be prosecuted.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/trump-escalates-attacks-on-harris-mental-fitness-and-suggests-she-should-be-prosecuted/article_452d9932-8391-544e-875b-d8f2d55c40f8.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-Haters ever-increasingly promote Harris.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-09-30/3-women-from-different-backgrounds-detail-why-theyre-voting-for-harris

25 NEWS NOW
— Homelessness does not affect Illinoisans’ ability to vote, says election official (COMMENT: What percent of illegals are homeless?)
https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/09/27/homelessness-does-not-affect-illinoisans-ability-vote-says-election-official/

WCIA
— Trump lists his grievances in a Wisconsin speech to link Harris to illegal immigration
https://www.wcia.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-trump-is-set-to-respond-to-harris-on-immigration-during-his-visit-to-a-small-wisconsin-town/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Some Republicans distance themselves from Trump’s latest attack on Harris’ mental fitness (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am not mentally fit. According to them, I have intentionally caused all my own problems, that is, I have intentionally said, written, and done things that have justified the adverse actions that they have taken against me, including more recently a) removing me as a member of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) ending my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy, and d) gerrymandering my precinct. My critics/opponents dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO). In my defense, my critics/opponents should have gotten the MTRO to officially censure me before they took the aforesaid adverse actions against me. If they had done that, I would have demanded that they put their charges against me in a written bill of particulars. SEE: Section 5 of the MTRO bylaws at https://miltongop.org/about/by-laws  In 2006, my critics/opponents unsuccessfully tried to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-some-republicans-distance-themselves-from-trumps-attack-on-harris-as-mentally-disabled/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/09/30/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-379/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Is your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain distributing campaign literature in your precinct? I am in the process of hand-delivering campaign literature and a copy of the sample ballot to all the residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter (about 400). I am using mailing labels for each registered Republican or Independent voter (about 800). So far, the Milton Township Republican Organization has provided me with campaign literature from Grant, Berlin, Wang, Jorgensen, Prater, Corrigan, Castle, and Skarin. I hope to soon get campaign literature from Trump/Vance, Booras, Grogan, Helland, and Costello to distribute. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who do your critics/opponents blame problems on? My critics/opponents blame their problems, your problems, my problems, and everyone’s problems on those who do not share their demographics. They blame all problems on those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— Who do your critics/opponents blame problems on? My critics/opponents blame their problems, your problems, my problems, and everyone’s problems on those who support planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject. They blame all problems on those who support the personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about my critics/opponents. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Majority of likely U.S. voters want proof of citizenship law (COMMENT: Republican and Democrat leaders should jointly operate a national website that lists U.S. citizens.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/29/inside-beltway-majority-of-likely-us-voters-want-p/
— Harris, hamstrung by her border record, trots out new ‘tough-on-immigration’ makeover
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/29/kamala-harris-hamstrung-by-her-border-record-trots/
— McDonald’s french fries and lies won’t win the White House (COMMENT: Harris argues that she took a bad job because her parents were not wealthy. My critics/opponents argue that I took bad jobs because I lack intelligence. They stress that my ACT score was only 24, that I only just barely made into the upper 20% of my high school class, and that I got no scholarships. I should write a book about my critics/opponents a) whose parents are/were the wealthiest and b) who have degrees from Ivy League universities.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/sep/27/mcdonalds-french-fries-and-lies-wont-win-white-hou/
— Is the educational tide turning? COVID-19 pandemic supercharged parental movement. (COMMENT: I credit my parents sending me to Missouri Synod Lutheran Grade Schools with my successes in life.)
https://highergroundtimes.com/higher-ground/2024/sep/29/is-educational-tide-turning/

NEW YORK POST
— Dems can only escape Kamala Harris’ woeful record by censoring bad news of admin’s failures
https://nypost.com/2024/09/29/opinion/dems-can-only-escape-kamala-harris-woeful-record-by-censoring-bad-news-of-admins-failures/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The huge number of migrant criminals released into the U.S. proves that Democrats don’t care about the little guy (COMMENT: Illegal immigration harms those who have less money the most. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who are the wealthiest.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/the_huge_number_of_migrant_criminals_released_into_the_u_s_proves_that_democrats_don_t_care_about_the_little_guy.html
— The White Privilege Album hits the Woke hard (COMMENT: My critics/opponents ever-increasingly paint themselves as being woke.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/09/the_em_white_privilege_album_em_hits_the_woke_hard.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Musk explains why this will be ‘last election’ if Trump is NOT elected
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/09/29/elon-musk-explains-why-this-will-be-last-election-if-trump-is-not-elected-1491133/

BLAZE
— Salon goes off the deep end, claiming Trump ‘plans to turn America into a type of Fourth Reich’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/salon-goes-off-the-deep-end-claiming-trump-plans-to-turn-america-into-a-type-of-fourth-reich

DAILY WIRE
— Harris Has Released 28,000 Illegal Alien ‘Rapists And Murderers’ Into U.S.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/cotton-hammers-harris-shes-released-28000-illegal-alien-rapists-and-murderers-into-u-s

FOX NEWS
— Harris surrogates try to explain away ‘flip-flopping’ immigration policy. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker argued it is ‘natural’ for Harris to change positions. (COMMENT: Biden got elected by falsely painting himself as being a moderate centrist.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harris-surrogates-try-explain-away-flip-flopping-immigration-policy
— Trump assassination attempt: Secret Service to face new lawsuit over DEI quota. The proposed lawsuit against the Secret Service takes aim at a reported agency goal to reach a 30% female workforce. (COMMENT: All my female coworkers who my Democrat superiors in the federal government promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.)
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-assassination-attempt-secret-service-face-new-lawsuit-over-dei-quota

HOT AIR
— Chicago Mayor Soaks Taxpayers for Trip to UN for Help With Migrants
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/09/29/chicago-mayor-soaks-taxpayers-for-trip-to-un-for-help-w-migrants-n3795148

NEWSMAX
— Sen. Graham Assails Harris’ Policies as ‘Crazy Liberal’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/graham-harris-policies/2024/09/29/id/1182164/

PJ MEDIA
— The Morning Briefing: Kamala Harris’s Border Kabuki Isn’t Going to Sway Anyone
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2024/09/30/the-morning-briefing-kamala-harriss-border-kabuki-isnt-going-to-sway-anyone-n4932934

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Media Silent as Biden-Harris Do Nothing About Wide Open Border
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2024/09/29/media_silent_as_biden-harris_do_nothing_about_wide_open_border_632570.html

TOWNHALL
— Don’t Be Fooled by Kamala’s Rhetoric—There Is a Clear and Present Choice
https://townhall.com/columnists/edbrodow/2024/09/30/dont-be-fooled-by-kamalas-rhetoricthere-is-a-clear-and-present-choice-n2645479
— Trump Attended the Georgia-Alabama Game…And It Was Quite Epic
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/09/29/trump-at-georgia-alabama-game-n2645460

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— Pritzker campaigning for Harris in AZ: ‘no one is a single-issue voter’ (COMMENT: To vote for Democrat candidates is to vote for more dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, for race and gender based preference giving, reparations, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination, that is, ending meritocracy.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4905828-jb-pritzker-kamala-harris-abortion-rights-arizona/
— Pritzker says it is ‘natural’ for Harris to adapt immigration policies over time. (COMMENT: Biden got elected by falsely painting himself as being a moderate centrist. Harris falsely claims she wants to stop illegal immigration.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4905817-pritzker-says-it-is-natural-for-harris-to-adapt-immigration-policies-over-time/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Kamala Harris hints/implies/argues/shouts louder than Hillary Clinton did that if elected, she would use government to give even more preference to women.
https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/americans-are-more-likely-to-see-harris-gender-as-a-hurdle-than-they-were-for-clinton-ap-norc-poll/
— Harris trolls Trump at Vegas rally and LA fundraiser, says her crowds are ‘pretty big’  (COMMENT: While I was the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, my critics/opponents always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if they had recruited speakers for TAPROOT events (ten breakfast meetings, an August picnic, and a December Christmas party each year), many more would have attended. I should write about my critics/opponents, the speakers who they objected to the most, and why.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/harris-set-rally-again-las-112344006.html

MSN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly shout at those who are the following that Republicans cause all their problems: liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, citizens of foreign countries, those who have less money than others, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/surge-in-discriminatory-state-laws-threatens-the-health-of-multiple-marginalized-groups/ar-AA1rcS6R

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Allies Bombard the Courts, Setting Stage for Post-Election Fight. Republicans are filing a barrage of election lawsuits in the final weeks of the presidential campaign. The cases may be a road map for a legal battle over the results. (COMMENT: Democrats run elections in America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/us/politics/trump-2024-presidential-campaign-election-lawsuits.html
— Trump calls Harris mentally impaired and mentally disabled. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am mentally impaired/disabled.  According to them, I have intentionally caused all my own problems, that is, I have intentionally said, written, and done things that have justified the adverse actions that they have taken against me, including more recently a) removing me as a member of the Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, b) ending my service as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks, c) ending my bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy, and d) gerrymandering my precinct. My critics/opponents dominate the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO). In my defense, my critics/opponents should have gotten the MTRO to officially censure me before they took the aforesaid adverse actions against me. If they had done that, I would have demanded that they put their charges against me in a written bill of particulars. SEE: Section 5 of the MTRO bylaws at https://miltongop.org/about/by-laws  In 2006, my critics/opponents unsuccessfully tried to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/29/us/harris-trump-election#

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: AS DEMOCRATS AND RINOS EVER-INCREASINGLY RUN AMERICA, THAT IS, AS RACE AND GENDER BASED PREFERENCE GIVING EVER-INCREASINGLY INCREASES: America’s Young Men Are Falling Even Further Behind. Men in their 20s and early 30s are much more likely than female peers to live with their parents, and many say they feel aimless and isolated. (COMMENT: Back in the good old days, that is, back in the 1960s and 1970s, I was able to earn enough money to do the following by the time I was 30 years old: a) buy a car when I was 16 and 23, b) buy new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29, c) pay expenses for a bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and an MBA when I was 27, d) buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, and 29, e) get married when I was 29, f) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, g) etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/young-american-men-lost-c1d799f7
— Inside Harris’s and Trump’s Campaign Spending
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/harris-trump-2024-election-campaign-spending-visualized-fedce211
— Early Voting Begins. Republicans Don’t Want to Be Left Behind. Both parties want your vote ASAP, though Trump continues to send mixed messages.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/early-voting-campaigns-election-2024-a4a1b9bb

BARRON’S
— Pope Slams ‘Immoral’ Use Of Force In Gaza And Lebanon
https://www.barrons.com/news/pope-slams-immoral-use-of-force-in-gaza-and-lebanon-ff6b7616

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
— Why Some Blame Politics for Their Personal Problems (COMMENT: Who do your critics/opponents blame problems on? My critics/opponents blame their problems, your problems, my problems, and everyone’s problems on those who do not share their demographics. They blame all problems on those who are conservative, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time. I should write about my critics/opponents.)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1532673X211013463?icid=int.sj-abstract.citing-articles.162

HOOVER INSTITUTION
— Does Merit Still Matter? (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, a) I owe none of my successes in life to merit and b) I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who share their demographics: minority, female, younger, veteran, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In my defense, a) neither of my parents attended college, b) my father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma, c) my mother never attended high school, and d) I had to work my way through college. I should write about my critics/opponents whose parents are/were the wealthiest.)
https://www.hoover.org/research/does-merit-still-matter

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.