September 1 Morning Edition

ABC7
— President Donald Trump visiting Kenosha Tuesday after protests, violence in wake of Jacob Blake shooting – Alexis McAdams
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-set-to-visit-kenosha-tuesday-after-protests-violence-in-wake-of-jacob-blake-shooting/6398310/
— CPD crime statistics show more than 500 shot in August; police say overall crime is down
https://abc7chicago.com/over-500-shot-in-chicago-in-august;-police-say-crime-is-still-down/6398276/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Homeless help: DuPage Pads helps provide food, shelter to those in need amid COVID-19 crisis – John Garcia (DIERSEN: Democrats always hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans cause homelessness, and especially Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://abc7chicago.com/community-events/hotels-restaurants-pitch-in-to-help-homeless-amid-covid-19-crisis/6397658/
— FBI-Chicago warns that gang cabal may be targeting CPD officers – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner
https://abc7chicago.com/fbi-chicago-warns-gang-cabal-may-be-targeting-police-officers-/6397730/
— Kyle Rittenhouse’s lawyer goes on Fox News to claim self-defense again in deadly Kenosha protest shooting – Rob Elgas
https://abc7chicago.com/kyle-rittenhouses-lawyer-claims-self-defense-again-on-tucker-carlson-/6398011/

NBC5
— Kenosha Updates: President Opts to Not Postpone Visit, 175 Arrests Made During Protests
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/kenosha-updates-wisconsin-governor-asks-trump-to-reconsider-visit-175-arrests-made-during-protests/2331535/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois Democrats side with looters, rioters, and arsonists in Kenosha.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/8/31/21409588/illinois-democrats-donald-trump-kenosha-wisconsin-blake-lightfoot-pritzker-preckwinkle
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Illinois State University makes it clear that it is anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2020/8/31/21409352/isu-illinois-state-university-black-lives-matter-all-redbird-lives
— Dramatic decline in tourism taxes are a ‘credit negative’ for cash-strapped Illinois, rating agency says The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition authority reported last week that August hotel, restaurant and other tax revenue that is used to back its bonds plunged 85% compared to the same period a year ago. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/31/21408810/tourism-taxes-chicago-illinois-credit-rating-moodys-navy-pier-mccormick-place

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters side with protesters, looters, rioters, and arsonists.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200901/editorial-nation-cannot-be-unified-if-source-of-protesters-grievances-is-ignored

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Downtown has huge oversupply of homes for sale  In a year that has seen life disrupted due to COVID and rioting and looting, there are enough homes on the market to fuel a year of sales. – Dennis Rodkin
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/downtown-has-huge-oversupply-homes-sale

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Democrats promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200831/democrats-bash-trump-back-progressive-tax

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: UI athletes, coaches take part in Black Lives Matter march – Robin Scholz
https://www.news-gazette.com/sports/illini-sports/ui-athletes-coaches-take-part-in-black-lives-matter-march/collection_290015c9-ba66-57d5-a88e-e397375222a9.html

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— President Trump set to tour damage, hold round table discussion in Kenosha – Molly Beck
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/01/trump-kenosha-president-arrive-kenosha-shortly-after-noon/3453917001/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump mischaracterizes Kenosha protest shooting, defends Rittenhouse on eve of visit to city roiled by unrest, violence.”
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/08/31/trump-doesnt-condemn-rittenhouse-mischaracterizes-kenosha-shooting-visit-wisconsin/5679100002/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Online fundraiser for Rittenhouse legal defense raises more than $200,000 – KATIE SMITH
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/08/31/online-fundraiser-for-rittenhouse-legal-defense-raises-more-than-200-000/adqy5ox/

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats threaten to get rid of Americans who vote for Trump. Of course, that encourages Americans to vote for Trump and to buy more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/in-pittsburgh-biden-to-blame-trump-for-violence-nationwide

MOUNT PLEASANT PATCH
— Trump Visits Kenosha Tuesday: Time, Schedule – Scott Anderson
https://patch.com/wisconsin/mountpleasant/trump-visits-kenosha-tuesday-time-schedule

EVANSTON PATCH
— Protest Trump Coming to Kenosha
https://patch.com/illinois/evanston/calendar/event/20200901/881954/protest-trump-coming-to-kenosha

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— DuPage County To Double Pay For Election Judges Amid Pandemic The announcement comes amid a nationwide shortage in election workers, according to the DuPage County Clerk’s Office. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/s/h8882/dupage-county-double-pay-election-judges-amid-pandemic

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ extreme outlier status on debts, taxes and out-migration highlights the need for pension reform
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-extreme-outlier-status-on-debts-taxes-and-out-migration-highlights-the-need-for-pension-reform-wirepoints-press-release/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— IDPH voting guidance specifies social distancing, recommends masks – REBECCA ANZEL
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/idph-voting-guidance-specifies-social-distancing-recommends-masks

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Cancel Culture Snuffs Out Ideas, Norms, Structures, and Lives – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: Who leads/led the cancel culture where you live and in the organizations that you are/were a member of? I should write a book about those who lead/led the cancel culture in my precinct, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, an/or financial clout.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/09/cancel-culture-snuffs-out-ideas-norms-structures-and-lives/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The dangers in declaring support for Donald Trump Potential voters forced to hide intentions to avoid confrontation with angry mobs – David Keene
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/31/the-dangers-in-declaring-support-for-donald-trump/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Team Trump targets ‘hidden’ white, working-class voters who skipped 2016 race – Joseph Simonson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/team-trump-targets-hidden-white-working-class-voters-who-skipped-2016-race
— Biden says Trump is ‘too weak, too scared’ to repudiate Kyle Rittenhouse – Emily Larsen
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-says-trump-is-too-weak-too-scared-to-repudiate-kyle-rittenhouse
— Don Trump Jr.: Biden’s mental flubs ‘should scare us,’ means ‘Kamala Harris will be in charge’ – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/don-jr-bidens-mental-flubs-should-scare-us-means-kamala-harris-will-be-in-charge

FOX NEWS
— Video shows Democratic leaders, liberal pundits cheering and condoning violence against political opponents “Dem leaders and their allies in the media cheered on the violent left every step of the way,” Trump Jr. tweeted – Brian Flood
https://www.foxnews.com/media/video-shows-democratic-leaders-liberal-pundits-cheering-and-condoning-violence-against-political-opponents.amp
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says ‘BLM doesn’t riot,’ blames Trump for encouraging violence fueled by ‘white nationalist mobs.’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/msnbc-joy-reid-blm-doesnt-riot-blames-trump-violence-white-nationalist-mobs
— NFL reveals more in-game social and racial justice plans – AP (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the NFL officially require football fans to be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/nfl-reveals-more-in-game-social-and-racial-justice-plans

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— The NFL Becomes the Social Justice League (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the NFL officially require football fans to be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/08/31/the-nfl-becomes-the-social-justice-league-2/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— AOC Inadvertently Makes Kamala Harris’ ‘Birthright Citizenship’ an Issue. The more frightening realization for fetishists of unrestricted immigration is that if children born to alien parents on student visas are not birthright citizens, then the children of illegal aliens will certainly never be enfranchised to vote in American elections on that basis. – Gavin Clarkson
https://amgreatness.com/?p=68121

BREITBART
— Washburn U. Removes Statues of ‘Controversial’ Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin – TOM CICCOTTA (DIERSEN Who calls you and what you do controversial? I should write a book about those who call me and my GOPUSA emails controversial.)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/08/31/washburn-u-removes-statues-of-controversial-thomas-jefferson-benjamin-franklin/
— FNC’s Hilton: Democrats ‘Want to Control America but They Are Fundamentally Anti-America’ – JEFF POOR (DIERSEN: Democrats are not only fundamentally anti-American, Democrats are fundamentally anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/08/31/fncs-hilton-democrats-want-to-control-america-but-they-are-fundamentally-anti-america/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Nationalize the Election: Brand Democrats as “radical, dangerous, mean-spirited, and violence-prone”
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/33199-nationalize-election-brand-democrats-%E2%80%9Cradical-dangerous-mean-spirited-and-violence-pro

CNS NEWS
— Trump: ‘The Only Path to Unity’ Begins With ‘Patriotic Education’ – Susan Jones (DIERSEN: Democrat educators crank out “good little Democrats” who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/susan-jones/trump-only-path-unity-begins-patriotic-education

DAILY CALLER
— ‘This Is Joe Biden’s Base, And He Needs To Disavow Them’: Rand Paul Blasts Biden For Blaming Violence On Trump – SCOTT MOREFIELD (DIERSEN: Biden’s base is anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/31/rand-paul-joe-biden-base-rioters/
— VERY SAD: Active-Duty Troops Support Biden Over Trump, Military Times Poll Says – THOMAS CATENACCI (DIERSEN: How fast are the demographics of active-duty troops changing? What percent are heterosexual White men?)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/31/united-states-active-duty-troops-support-joe-biden-over-donald-trump-military-times-poll/

DAILY WIRE
— Get Woke, Go Broke: NBA Ratings ‘Cratering’ – Amanda Prestigiacomo (DIERSEN: to be woke is to be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/get-woke-go-broke-nba-ratings-cratering

FEDERALIST
— Biden Riots Maintain Grip On Major Cities, Turn Deadly With Homicide In Portland Another wave of violent unrest maintained its grip on several of the nation’s major cities this weekend, including a homicide in Portland Saturday night. – Tristan Justice (DIERSEN: How strong is the Democrat grip on your county, on your county district, on your township, on your municipality, on your municipal district, on your precinct, on your neighborhood, and on your block? Two measures are a) how many BLM and Democrat yard signs that Democrat homeowners display and b) how much Republican homeowners fear Democrat punishment if they display a Back the Blue or sign or a Republican yard sign.)
https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/31/biden-riots-maintain-grip-on-major-cities-turn-deadly-with-homicide-in-portland/
— Amid Riots Ripping The Country, NPR Promotes Book ‘In Defense Of Looting’ ‘One thing about looting is it freaks people out. But in terms of potential crimes that people can commit against the state, it’s basically nonviolent.’ Tell that to Kenosha, Chicago, and Minneapolis. – Joy Pullmann
https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/31/amid-riots-ripping-the-country-npr-promotes-book-in-defense-of-looting/

TOWNHALL
— Kyle Rittenhouse Speaks Out About Deadly Kenosha Shooting – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/08/30/kyle-rittenhouses-attorney-explains-what-took-place-when-the-17yearold-fired-his-weapon-in-kenosha-n2575328

PJ MEDIA
— Trump Campaign Playing a Dangerous Game Bragging About His Support for the LGBT Revolution – PAULA BOLYARD (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ focus on destroying all Republicans. They especially focus destroying all Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about those who promote LGBTQ, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. They crow about the damage that they have done to me, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Downtown Association, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, my precinct, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://pjmedia.com/columns/paula-bolyard/2020/08/31/trump-campaign-playing-a-dangerous-game-bragging-about-his-support-for-the-lgbt-revolution-n868692

NEWSMAX
— The End of Republican America, Dawn of a Trump Imperial Dynasty? – Ralph Benko
https://www.newsmax.com/ralphbenko/republican-america-trumpdynasty/2020/09/01/id/984830/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— How the Left Is Shifting Blame on the Riots – RICH LOWRY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/riots-unrest-the-left-shifts-blame-to-trump/

THE HILL
— Trump says Black Lives Matter is ‘bad for Black people’ – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/514536-trump-says-black-lives-matter-is-discriminatory-bad-for-black-people
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats foment violence and then blame Trump for that violence.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/514448-biden-criticizes-violence-while-blaming-trump-for-fomenting-it

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Belarus blocks over 50 news websites but protests continue – YURAS KARMANAU (DIERSEN: Constructively, by its refusing to treat www.gopillinois.com as being a news website, Google is blocking www.gopillinois.com .)
https://apnews.com/7d92cfccbc7cbed1aaab40fd6f0b6e0b
— Voting groups scramble to reach college students in pandemic Colleges are reopening with more online learning, and that’s proving a challenge for political campaigns, parties and voter registration groups trying to register students. – BRYAN ANDERSON and SARA BURNETT
https://www.wfmj.com/story/42563779/voting-groups-scramble-to-reach-college-students-in-pandemic

NBC NEWS
— Facebook threatens to block news in Australia if regulations are enacted The social media giant argues that new rules to alter the financial arrangement between publishers and online platforms could make it impossible to share news content. – Dylan Byers (DIERSEN: Constructively, by its refusing to treat www.gopillinois.com as being a news website, Google is blocking www.gopillinois.com .)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/facebook-threatens-block-news-australia-if-regulations-are-enacted-n1238937

NEW YORK TIMES
— Facebook Could Block Sharing of News Stories in Australia The move, a response to pressure to pay publishers when their stories are posted on the social network, could add to internet silos springing up around the world. – Daisuke Wakabayashi and Mike Isaac (DIERSEN: Constructively, by its refusing to treat www.gopillinois.com as being a news website, Google is blocking www.gopillinois.com .)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/technology/facebook-block-news-stories-australia.html
— Needy Students Get More Meals After Outcry – Kate Taylor (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) 1966-1968 while I attended UIC, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/us/schools-food-coronavirus.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/white-house-insiders-failure-to-rein-in-trumps-tilt-toward-chaos-and-lawlessness/2020/08/31/f5778020-e9f3-11ea-97e0-94d2e46e759b_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/01/no-america-is-not-succumbing-fascism/

NEW YORK POST
— Sorry, Democrats: Trump’s not to blame for violent urban unrest — your mayors are – Rich Lowry
https://nypost.com/2020/08/31/sorry-democrats-trumps-not-to-blame-for-violent-urban-unrest-your-mayors-are/

USA TODAY
— Not all college students reckless – Suzanne Hirt (DIERSEN: Were you a reckless college student? I was not. While I attended UIC and NIU, I worked as many part-time hours that I could for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/08/31/covid-cases-college-fall-semester-nc-state-syracuse/5659611002/
— Why are there still so few Black executives in America? – Jessica Guynn, and Brent Schrotenboer (DIERSEN: What if the private sector did what the federal government does? The federal government has an “up-or-out” policy for its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, that is, it gets rid of the aforesaid who do not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. The federal government’s “up-or-out” policy creates tremendous opportunities, that is, preference, for its employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/money/business/2020/08/20/racism-black-america-corporate-america-facebook-apple-netflix-nike-diversity/5557003002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH 12 COLOR PHOTOS: Meet today’s leading voices for civil rights – Eileen Rivers (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, a) will schools refuse to admit those who are White and/or male and b) will employers refuse to hire those who are White and/or male?)
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/opinion/2020/08/30/mayor-filmmaker-navajo-nation-president-our-take-leaders-change/3296575001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Facebook Joins With Researchers to Study Its Influence on Elections – Jeff Horwitz (DIERSEN: What percent of Facebook employees are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-joins-with-researchers-to-study-its-influence-on-elections-11598909186
— Facebook Says It Will Bar News Sharing in Australia if Proposed Payment Rules Become Law Australia in July unveiled plan that would require Facebook, Google to negotiate with media companies over payment for news – Mike Cherney (DIERSEN: Constructively, by its refusing to treat www.gopillinois.com as being a news website, Google is blocking www.gopillinois.com .)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-says-it-will-bar-news-sharing-in-australia-if-proposed-payment-rules-become-law-11598931060

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Calls Companies Supporting Black Lives Matter ‘Weak’ – Justin Sink
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-01/trump-calls-companies-supporting-black-lives-matter-weak

NEWSWEEK
— Target Fires Employee Who Made ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Drink on TikTok – MARINA WATTS
https://www.newsweek.com/target-fires-employee-who-made-blue-lives-matter-tiktok-1528771
— Trump on Teen Accused in Wisconsin Killings: ‘He Probably Would Have Been Killed’ – ELIZABETH CRISP
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-teen-accused-wisconsin-killings-he-probably-would-have-been-killed-1528801

SPECTRUM NEWS
— Racine DNC Delegate Explains Unique Political Perspective – Dan Molloy (DIERSEN: Where does your political perspective come from? My political perspective comes from my serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, a GAO employee 1980-1997, an IRS employee 1971-1980, a Post Office employee 1966-1969, etc.)
https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/madison/news/2020/08/20/racine-dnc-delegate-explains-unique-political-perspective

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Creating more diversity in the lower ranks of federal management – David Thornton (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government created more diversity by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2020/08/creating-more-diversity-in-the-lower-ranks-of-federal-management/

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.