October 20, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS2
— Video shows spinning cars, crowds take streets over at Chicago’s Kennedy Expressway
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/kennedy-expressway-car-racing-street-crowds-chicago/
— Harris ever-increasingly attacks Trump’s health.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harris-questions-trump-health-medical-records/

FOX32
— Large crowds gather in Bucktown for street takeover. Residents of Bucktown are fuming after an apparent street takeover early Saturday morning. (COMMENT: Bucktown today, your neighborhood tomorrow.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1534765

WGN RADIO
— Democrat leaders promote Harris/Walz.
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/harris-makes-last-ditch-appeal-to-disenchanted-republicans/amp/
— Democrat and RINO leaders question polls that show Trump/Vance leading.
https://wgnradio.com/news/gop-leaning-polls-trigger-questions-about-accuracy/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Wisconsin voters consider constitutional amendment barring noncitizens from voting
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/10/19/wisconsin-constitutional-amendment/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats run elections. Enough said.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/democracy/2024/10/19/poll-workers-threats-democracy-election-donald-trump-kamala-harris-integrity-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: Are we paying municipal elected officials enough?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241018/news/are-we-paying-municipal-elected-officials-enough/
— Should more suburbs offer benefits with elected officials’ pay?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241018/news/should-more-suburbs-offer-benefits-with-elected-officials-pay/
— Democrats run elections. Enough said.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20241019/crime/judges-punishing-jan-6-rioters-say-they-fear-more-political-violence-as-election-day-nears/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— EVs have a ‘Republican problem’ with divide deepening ahead of election
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/business/evs-have-a-republican-problem-with-divide-deepening-ahead-of-election/article_a6c62f58-8b2a-11ef-8591-1720ac68b29f.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Harris claims to have worked for McDonalds but continues to provide no evidence.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trump-will-visit-mcdonalds-as-he-offers-no-evidence-for-saying-harris-didnt-work-there-in-college/

CITIES 92.9
— Pritzker administration continues to deny Illinois’ population decline
https://www.cities929.com/2024/10/19/pritzker-administration-continues-to-deny-illinois-population-decline/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly a) demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump and b) glories and praises Harris.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/2024-10-20/politics-chat-trumps-erratic-rallies-continue-harris-relies-on-endorsements

WSIL TV
— Online voter registration deadline approaches in Illinois
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/politics/online-voter-registration-deadline-approaches-in-illinois/article_9d83dabc-8e90-11ef-8cab-0b1a96c9fb9f.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Elections should be run by separate standalone independent commissions. Half of those who lead those commissions and half of their employees should be real Republicans and half should be real Democrats. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— How do you react when voters who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican spit hatred against Trump in your face? Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Trump has pledged to defend and advance the 2024 Republican Party platform. Since 1999, the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization have stressed to me as a Republican Precinct Committeeman like me that we can support whichever candidates we want in Republican primary elections, but that we must support in general elections those candidates who win Republican primary elections. I have always supported those candidates who have won Republican primary elections. Trump won the Republican presidential primary in 2016, 2020, and again this year. What makes a voter a Republican? In Illinois, it is simply casting a Republican ballot. But ever-increasingly, I encounter voters, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, etc. who say that they are Republican, but who are filled with hatred not only against Trump, but against all those who do not share their hatred against Trump and they hint/imply/argue/shout that they are not only not going to vote for Trump, but that they are going to vote for Harris and for all the other Democrat candidates on the ballot to punish those like me who do not share their hatred against Trump. Needless-to-say, in Illinois, the aforesaid Trump-haters should cast a Democrat primary ballot next year, run as Democrats instead as Republicans, officially change their party affiliation to Democrat, resign as Republican party leaders, etc. instead of destroying those like me who do not share their hatred against Trump. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— What is your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain doing to assure that registered Republican voters who requested VBM ballots have returned them? Today, I am going to 24 homes in my precinct that have registered Republican voters who have requested VBM ballots but have not yet returned them. I will deliver a letter from the Milton Township Republican Organization that encourages them to return the ballots. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
— My Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party since 2000 have always done everting they could to get rid of me. Because they know that I would not take the following advice, they never gave it to me: a) help them get rid of their Republican Precinct Committeemen who were conservative, and especially those who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time and b) help them give preference to their Republican Precinct Committeemen who were Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO, and especially to those who were liberal, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or had ancestors who had not been in America for a long time. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Awake Illinois criticizes Rep. Casten after drag queen event fallout
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/665292203-awake-illinois-criticizes-rep-casten-after-drag-queen-event-fallout-welcome-to-the-cancel-culture-you-bred

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Racial disparities in Chicago arrests during Q3 (COMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that police are racists.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/665279526-racial-disparities-in-chicago-arrests-during-q3

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DEI poses greatest threat to our national, economic security (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, 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. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/19/dei-poses-greatest-threat-to-our-national-economic/
— Most GOP voters think poll workers will monkey with election
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/19/most-gop-voters-think-poll-workers-will-monkey-wit/
— Taliban take full advantage of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris fecklessness
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/16/taliban-take-full-advantage-of-joe-biden-kamala-ha/
— Harris looks to pick off dissatisfied Republicans, to campaign with Cheney and conservative talkers (COMMENT: I should write about people who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but do things a religious, conservative, and/or Republican person would never do.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/oct/18/harris-looks-to-pick-off-dissatisfied-republicans-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pritzker administration continues to deny Illinois’ population decline
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3195895/pritzker-administration-continues-to-deny-illinois-population-decline/
— Harris triples down on Republican outreach with Liz Cheney
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3195955/harris-triples-down-republican-outreach-liz-cheney/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— The Cynic’s Guide to Wokeness
https://freebeacon.com/culture/the-cynics-guide-to-wokeness/

NEW YORK POST
— Ohio town struggling after influx of illegal immigrants
https://nypost.com/2024/10/20/us-news/illegal-immigrants-from-mauritania-flood-lockland-ohio/

AMERICAN THINKER
— All that Biden-Harris spending on student loan forgiveness and illegals brings us a near-record $1.8 trillion deficit
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/all_that_biden_harris_spending_on_student_loan_forgiveness_and_illegals_brings_us_a_near_record_1_8_trillion_deficit.html
— Go blue, go broke
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/go_blue_go_broke.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Ballooning immigration under Biden-Harris admin a problem for healthcare providers (COMMENT: What percent of those in your hospital’s emergency room are illegals?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/10/19/ballooning-immigration-under-biden-harris-admin-a-problem-for-healthcare-providers-study-1496097/

BREITBART
— Corporations Are Still Doing DEI, They Just Aren’t Bragging About It
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/10/19/mark-cuban-corporations-are-still-doing-dei-they-just-arent-bragging-about-it/
— Donald Trump: 21 Million Illegal Aliens in Country, ‘No Choice’ But to Deal Head On
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/10/19/exclusive-donald-trump-21-million-illegal-aliens-in-country-no-choice-but-to-deal-head-on/
— Donald Trump Leading Kamala Harris In 5 Swing States, 3 Points Nationally
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/10/19/poll-donald-trump-leading-kamala-harris-in-5-swing-states-3-points-nationally/
— Trump: Democrats’ Weaponization of Government ‘Is so Bad for this Country’ (COMMENT: To get rid of me, my Democrat superiors in the federal government took many adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire early. My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers and my education deductions. My Democrat Post Office superiors disallowed my sick leave requests and forced me to resign.)
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/10/19/exclusive-trump-democrats-weaponization-of-government-is-so-bad-for-this-country/
— Ohio Village Struggling as Mass of Illegals Cause Financial Losses, Safety Problems
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2024/10/19/ohio-village-struggling-as-mass-of-illegals-cause-financial-losses-safety-problems/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Michelle Obama org enlists drag queens, Cardi B to boost support for Kamala Harris in swing states
https://www.christianpost.com/news/michelle-obama-enlists-drag-queens-to-boost-support-for-kamala.html

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Tombstone On Display In NYC Art Gallery
https://dailycaller.com/2024/10/19/trump-tombstone-satellite-gallery-nyc-legacy-stone/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Suing VA For Purging Non-Citizens From Voting Rolls Even Though DOJ Approved The Law. Dems said the SAVE Act wasn’t needed because states already had a means of removing noncitizens from the rolls. Then it sued them for using them.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-biden-suing-va-for-purging-illegals-from-voting-rolls-even-though-doj-approved-the-law

FOX NEWS
— Swing state official warns village struggling with financial losses after influx of illegal immigrants. Immigration has become a top issue ahead of the 2024 election.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/swing-state-official-warns-village-struggling-financial-losses-after-influx-illegal-immigrants
— VP Harris to campaign with anti-Trump Republican Liz Cheney in key battleground states. The anti-Trump Republican will stump for Harris in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as election day draws closer.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vp-harris-campaign-anti-trump-republican-liz-cheney-key-battleground-states
— Hulk Hogan would ‘get everyone in shape’ on a Trump physical fitness board
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6363507254112

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— The Left’s Grip on Science Tightens by Strangling Education, Conference Planning, Research
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/10/the-lefts-grip-on-science-tightens-by-strangling-education-conference-planning-research/amp/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Public-School System Is a Jobs Program for Administrators
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/10/the-public-school-system-is-a-jobs-program-for-administrators/

NEWSMAX
— NY Times: Trump Focused on Immigration to Repeat 2016 Win
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-immigration-2016/2024/10/19/id/1184725/

TOWNHALL
— Another Ohio Town Is Being Invaded By Illegal Aliens
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/10/19/another-ohio-town-is-being-invaded-by-illegal-aliens-n2646463

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

THE HILL
— The mainstream news media ever-increasingly promotes Harris’ ever-increasingly negative attacks against Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4942047-kamala-harris-trump-attacks/

CNN
— Harris claims to have worked for McDonalds but continues to provide no evidence.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/20/politics/mcdonalds-donald-trump-pennsylvania/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— The mainstream news media exists to elect Harris/Walz.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/19/opinion/trump-business-economy.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/19/us/politics/trump-immigration-closing-message.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/politics/elon-musk-federal-agencies-contracts.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/us/elections/trump-harris-policies-help-hurt.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— When are the following going to publish a) the top 10 reasons to vote for Trump and b) the top 10 reasons to not vote for Harris: Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township/ward party organization?
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-10-20/election-donald-trump-kamala-harris

USA TODAY
— Polls suggest Trump has closed gap on Harris in Michigan and other key swing states
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/18/trump-harris-polls-michigan-swing-states-predictions/75715420007/
— Democrats run elections. Enough said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2024/10/20/lawmakers-congress-candidates-election-results-certification/75715415007/
— Is Trump ‘exhausted’? Dems play the age card he used against Biden.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/20/trump-age-fitness-questions/75737348007/

NEWSWEEK
— Donald Trump Now Favorite To Win for First Time in Months
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-now-favorite-win-first-time-months-1971617

POLITICO
— Democrats ever-increasingly shout at women that getting fast/free abortions should be their top priority in life.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/20/harris-abortion-gender-gap-00184483

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Musk.
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-trump-superpac-donations-politics-2024-10

FORBES
— ‘We Have No Choice’: Trump Details Extremely Hardline Immigration Policy In Detroit, Michigan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QmbRNIhSSs

FAST COMPANY
— The definitive guide to giving actually helpful feedback (COMMENT: The following is feedback that my Democrat superiors in the federal government gave their employees who they wanted to succeed. Because they wanted to get rid of me, it is feedback that I never received and that I would not have followed if I had received it: a) become a Democrat, b) help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their Republican employees, and especially those who are conservative, White, male, older, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time, and c) help your superiors and supervisors give preference to their Democrat employees, and especially those who are liberal, minority, female, younger, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. My Democrat superiors in the federal government never encouraged me to earn job-related college degrees, professional certifications, or professional licenses. Nevertheless, I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree, three job-related master’s degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license. They wasted the aforesaid and flushed me down their toilets. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90969141/the-definitive-guide-to-giving-actually-helpful-feedback

JD SUPRA
— Democrat and RINO leaders discourage use of E-Verify. To discourage use of E-Verify is to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/illinois-expands-requirements-for-6271168/

HR DIGEST
— Democrat and RINO employers use DEI a) to not hire Republicans and b) to get rid of their Republican employees.
https://www.thehrdigest.com/hr-concerns-around-dei-rollbacks-heighten/

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
— My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that I owe none of my achievements to meritocracy while they owe all of their achievements to meritocracy.
https://awspntest.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fxge0001525

DAILY MAIL
— Terrifying map reveals how bloodthirsty Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua has infiltrated America
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/texas/article-13947303/venezuelan-gang-tren-aragua-american-cities-crime.html

TELEGRAPH
— DEI is dying, but the damage to the next generation has already been done. Across the pond, legions of bad people have been promoted in the name of diversity ideology. But America is waking up. Will Britain? (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran GAO in 1980, IRS in 1971, 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. All my coworkers who they promoted over me were Democrats a) who had less work experience than I had, had less education than I had, had no professional certification or fewer than I had, and/or had no professional license like the one I had and/or b) who were minority, female, younger than me, and/or veteran.)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/19/dei-is-dying-but-the-damage-has-already-been-done/

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.