October 9, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— 1 person in custody after gun found in room at Trump International Hotel & Tower
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-tower-chicago-police-responding-international-hotel-401-north-wabash-avenue-river/15406507/

CBS2
— Large police response seen at Chicago’s Trump Tower after gun is found in room
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/large-police-response-chicago-trump-tower/

FOX32
— SWAT teams, police units respond to Trump Tower in Chicago. A major police response was unfolding near Trump Tower in downtown Chicago on Tuesday night.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1528925

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURES: O’Neill Burke focuses on experience, Fioretti on migrant crime as they vie for Cook County state’s attorney
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/09/oneill-burke-focuses-on-experience-fioretti-on-migrant-crime-as-they-vie-for-cook-county-states-attorney/
— Defendants are missing court appearances. It is time to fix the SAFE-T Act.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/09/opinion-chicago-defendants-missing-court-appearances-safe-t-act/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Person in custody after gun found at Trump Tower prompts SWAT response
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2024/10/08/gun-trump-tower-chicago-cpd-cfd-city-hall-crime-river-north-person-in-custody

DAILY HERALD
— Sharp differences from Foster, Evans on abortion in 11th District race
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241008/us-congress-politics/sharp-differences-from-foster-evans-on-abortion-in-11th-district-race/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Cook County tax collections tumble to a 10-year low
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/cook-county-tax-collection-rate-falls

WGN9
— Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions (COMMENT: UIC accepted me in 1966 because I had taken college preparatory courses, I had gotten an ACT score of 24, and I had graduated in the upper 20% of my Crete-Monee High School class notwithstanding a) my not having demonstrated any leadership potential, I had washed dishes during my junior and senior years and the summer in between, and b) my bad demographics: White, male, Protestant, German American, my ancestors had been in America since 1844, and Crete resident since 1948.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7WQ4yTmG44

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— If you did not apply to a law school, why didn’t you? I did not apply to law school because I could not afford the tuition and books because they would not be tax deductible. So instead, a) I earned master’s degrees in business (1976), accounting (1980), and finance (1997), b) I earned professional certifications in accounting (1979), internal auditing (1981), fraud examination (1990), government financial management (1994), financial services auditing (1996), and forensic accounting (1997), and c) I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I deducted tuition and books for graduate evening courses at Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, and IIT 1992-1997.
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2024/10/09/campus/nu-pritzker-sees-increases-in-minority-and-first-generation-enrollment/

SOUTHERN
— According to the Democrats, everything that Harris says is true and everything that Trump says is false.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/10/08/harris-goes-after-trumps-false-claims-about-femas-storm-response/

WSIL TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone that getting free fast abortions should be everyone’s top priority. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies? Again, why are there so many unwanted pregnancies? Again, why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/national/democrats-hope-the-latest-court-rulings-restricting-abortion-energize-voters-as-election-nears/article_324d0252-0dd3-5ed5-813f-41967b2f06a1.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump’s shifting abortion stance raises questions for evangelical support (COMMENT: What do evangelicals think of you? My critics/opponents shout at evangelicals a) that I could do more to oppose abortion, b) that I am not a member of a church, c) that I do not attend church services, d) that I do not give money to a church, e) that I married a Catholic, f) that my wife and I gave up trying to have children without trying IVF, g) that we did not adopt, and h) that we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trumps-shifting-abortion-stance-raises-questions-for-evangelical-support/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Immigration remains top concern for voters as Harris defends record in recent interview  (COMMENT: Harris has done everything that she could to promote illegal immigration. To vote for Harris is to promote more illegal immigration.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/beyond-the-podium/immigration-remains-top-concern-for-voters-as-kamala-harris-defends-record-in-recent-interview-60-minutes-border-biden-administration-crossings-data-donald-trump-2024-election

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at everyone that getting free fast abortions should be everyone’s top priority. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies? Again, why are there so many unwanted pregnancies? Again, why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/10/09/the-guys-who-care-about-abortion-00183012
(FROM THE NEWSLETTER: Personal PAC is out with a new targeted digital ad in the 3rd District appellate court race. It calls attention to judicial candidate Kenton Skarin’s ties to Justice Clarence Thomas and the Heritage Foundation. Personal PAC, which advocates for abortion rights, has endorsed Judge John Anderson in the race.)
— MADIGAN TRIAL Prospective jurors arrive for landmark Madigan racketeering trial: “180 prospective jurors are expected to answer questions this week, beginning Tuesday with a lengthy questionnaire. In-person questioning is expected to begin Wednesday. If the full panel of 12 jurors and 6 alternates is selected in time, they will hear opening statements Oct. 15,” by the Tribune’s Megan Crepeau, Jason Meisner and Ray Long. (COIMMENT: I was denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, that is, I was denied a jury trial, because of my demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male. older, non-veteran, non-poor, German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, Crete resident 1948-1972, Wheaton resident since 1978, etc.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/10/09/the-guys-who-care-about-abortion-00183012

CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/10/08/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-179/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Chicago Trembles at the Curses of Mayor Johnson
https://johnkassnews.com/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Why are educators fomenting racial resentment?  Ethnic studies programs goad students to be revolutionaries (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, students will ever-increasingly hate those who are heterosexual, American, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, Jewish, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/8/why-are-educators-fomenting-racial-resentment/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago Democrats leave students behind in their political games
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/3181364/chicago-democrats-leave-students-behind-political-games/

NEW YORK POST
— False Project 2025 claims about Trump become fodder for sham congressional hearing
https://nypost.com/2024/10/08/us-news/false-project-2025-claims-about-trump-become-fodder-for-sham-congressional-hearing/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— FEMA Anxiously Working To Repair Damage–To Its Own Reputation
https://amgreatness.com/2024/10/08/fema-anxiously-working-to-repair-damage-to-its-own-reputation/

AMERICAN THINKER
— How exactly did FEMA acquire all the money it’s spent on illegals this year?
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/how_exactly_did_fema_acquire_all_the_money_it_s_spent_on_illegals_this_year.html
— Communists Out of the Closet
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/10/communists_out_of_the_closet.html

BLAZE
— Diversity consultant are very close-minded about including white people. Online sleuths found bizarre statements made by the social justice activist who was hired to facilitate talks at CBS News over a journalism crisis.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/cbs-crisis-consultant-racist-diversity

CHRISTIAN POST
— Harris-Walz ticket will support lies in gov’t public schools
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/harris-walz-ticket-will-support-lies-in-govt-public-schools.html

DAILY WIRE
— Kamala Repeatedly Refuses To Say It Was A ‘Mistake’ To Allow Illegal Aliens To ‘Flood’ Into U.S.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-repeatedly-refuses-to-say-it-was-a-mistake-to-allow-illegal-aliens-to-flood-into-u-s
— FEMA Webinar Says Agency Moving Toward LGBTQIA+ ‘Disaster Equity’ Over Helping Most People.  “LGBTQIA people … are struggling.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/fema-webinar-says-agency-moving-toward-lgbtqia-disaster-equity-over-helping-most-people

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Japan Follows America’s Lead in Importing Millions To Do Low-Paying, Unskilled Jobs (COMMENT: If there had been as many immigrants when I was young as there are now, they would gotten the jobs that I got doing yard work, delivering newspapers, washing dishes, cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, pumping gasoline, delivering mail, working on an automobile assembly line, etc.)
https://www.heritage.org/jobs-and-labor/commentary/japan-follows-americas-lead-importing-millions-do-low-paying-unskilled

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ‘Let them eat cake!’: As hurricane victims suffer, Mayorkas shops at high-end men’s store
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/as-north-carolina-and-other-states-suffer-mayorkas-shops-at-high-end-mens-store-let-them-eat-cake

LEGAL IMSURRECTION
— NY Equal Rights Amendment Ballot Initiative “sets up … racial retribution and favoritism under the guise of dismantling discrimination.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/10/ny-equal-rights-amendment-ballot-initiative-sets-up-racial-retribution-and-favoritism-under-the-guise-of-dismantling-discrimination/

NEWSMAX
— Trump: Biden Doles Out FEMA Billions to Migrants
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-newsmax-biden-harris-administration/2024/10/08/id/1183340/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— The more hatred that you promote against Trump, the more that the mainstream media promotes you.
https://thehill.com/opinion/4920772-kamala-harris-republican-endorsements/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Countries that want to exploit, take over and/or destroy America want Harris/Walz to win.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-adversaries-election-day-end-efforts-influence-americans-114551258
— To come into a country illegally and/or to stay in a country illegally is to demonstrate gross disrespect for the rule of law and for that country.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-immigration-2024-election-2157777f240142e5aed38be192a52b25

NEWSWEEK
— According to Democrat and RINO leaders, all those who come into America are “legal,” that is, America no longer has borders.
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-donald-trump-haitian-migrants-eating-pets-1955969

MSNBC
— The mainstream news media is nothing more than a mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/cbp-one-app-trump-vance-musk-rcna174400
— JD Vance in 2021: Companies backing abortion rights really want ‘cheap labor’
https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/jd-vance-in-2021-companies-backing-abortion-rights-really-want-cheap-labor-217300037565
— Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump, Vance, and Musk.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/cbp-one-app-trump-vance-musk-rcna174400

MSN
— The mainstream news media is nothing more than a mouthpiece for the Democrat Party.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/jd-vance-starts-new-racist-lie-to-attack-immigrant-children/ar-AA1rUzmX

NEW YORK TIMES
— While China promotes childbirth, America promotes abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/world/asia/china-women-children-abortions.html?searchResultPosition=3
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/us/politics/trump-republican-transgender-ads.html
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/us/politics/trump-harris-fema-funding.html
— We Should Want Israel to Win (COMMENT: From what I see, because Israel is overwhelmingly conservative and because Jews in America are overwhelmingly liberal, Jews in America do not want Israel to win.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/opinion/israel-lebanon-iran-gaza.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrat and RINO leaders want to replace the Electoral College with the popular vote because the Electoral College forces them to send their illegals to battleground/swing states.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/09/electoral-college-2024-wisconsin-illinois-trump-harris/1e0f8fa0-85f4-11ef-8274-e0558282750d_story.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE: How America’s largest swing state lost its swing and went from purple to red (COMMENT: I should write a book about how and why DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton have gone from red to blue since 1978. I would focus on anti-conservative leaders of a) DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton and b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/07/florida-no-longer-swing-maga-stronghold/75465191007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/10/08/hurricane-milton-helene-recovery-trump-lies/75557458007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rich Countries Are Becoming Addicted to Cheap Labor. Businesses are relying more on migrant workers as labor shortages persist, but economists warn of long-term dangers. (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want cheap labor. They have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being overpaid. In my defense, I had to work my way through college. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those whose parents have/had lots of money and bought them cars, paid for their college degrees, got them jobs, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/economy/business-immigrant-low-skilled-labor-addiction-bf009a83
— The Oppressive Ruling Class (COMMENT: I should write a book about members of the ruling class in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on those who have had the operatives and their dupes take the most adverse actions against me.)
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/born-to-rule-review-the-oppressive-ruling-class-f5ae942e

BLOOMBERG
— America Is Sacrificing Its Future for Cheap Labor
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-06-28/immigration-benefits-go-far-beyond-providing-cheap-labor

POLITICO
— Romney isn’t getting on the Harris train. Romney reaffirmed his long-standing opposition to Donald Trump without saying he would support the vice president. (COMMENT: I should write a book about the many big adverse actions that Romney promoters in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton have taken against me and continue to take against me.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/08/mitt-romney-harris-trump-00182986

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Soon, if not already, all federal employees will be Democrats who are liberal, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2024/10/eeoc-touts-more-two-decades-data-based-agency-anti-discrimination-policy/400140/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly crow about their success in getting students to hate Trump and to hate those who share his demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or has ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/politics-elections/2024/10/09/harris-leads-trump-38-points-among-students

LAW 360
— Illinois May Be Gearing Up To Ban E-Verify (COMMENT: To oppose E-Verity is to promote illegal immigration. I was removed from the 2024 Illinois Republican Party State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee because I advocated E-Verify.)
https://www.law360.com/illinois/articles/1887811/illinois-may-be-gearing-up-to-ban-e-verify

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.