August 10, 2022

ABC7

— Lake County Board votes to support state bill to ban automatic weapons, large magazines for ammo – John Garcia (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use those who use firearms illegally to erode Second Amendment rights. Ever-increasingly, those who use firearms illegally give ammunition to Democrats to erode Second Amendment rights.)
https://abc7chicago.com/highland-park-shooting-nancy-rotering-lake-county-il-assault-weapons-ban/12113181/
— Republicans speak out against raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. – Morgan Winsor
https://abc7chicago.com/trump-fbi-raid-mar-a-lago-raided-mar-a-lago-estate-republicans/12111918/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/sunnyside-dispensary-cbd-thc-near-me-river-north-chicago/12112671/

NBC5
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Darren Bailey Doubles Down After Comparing Abortion to Holocaust, Claims ‘Jewish Community’ Told Him He Was Right.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/darren-bailey-doubles-down-after-comparing-abortion-to-holocaust-claims-jewish-community-told-him-he-was-right/2910770/

CBS2
— COMMENT: Democrats oppose proposed gun shop and shooting range in Long Grove.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/neighbors-push-back-against-proposal-for-gun-shop-shooting-range-in-long-grove/

FOX32
— COMMENT: Democrats “explain” the Mar-a-Lago raid.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1103130
— COMMENTS: Democrats say “what to make of” the Mar-a-Lago raid.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1102931
— The data shows that Chicago’s median home price is $325,400 — and the salary needed to afford a home in the Windy City comes in just above the U.S. average, at $76,500. (COMMENT: In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $73,611 (GS-11) in 1973 when I was 24 and $88,229 (GS-12) in 1974. I had worked for IRS since 1971. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. I was taking graduate business courses at Loyola.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/this-is-the-salary-you-need-to-afford-a-home-in-chicago
— University of Illinois prepares for monkeypox threat as students return to campus – Tia Ewing (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/university-of-illinois-prepares-for-monkeypox-threat-as-students-return-to-campus

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Darren Bailey says no apology needed for comparing Holocaust to abortion, contends Jewish community ‘told me that I’m right’ – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-darren-bailey-holocaust-abortion-20220809-xwsynq7rkzdajfzrkrdit644mm-story.html
— DuPage Republican chairman to name GOP candidate for 41st District state rep race next week – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-41st-district-illinois-representative-election-st-0810-20220809-rznk6otz3nb4fhiastgpny3xpu-story.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA AND ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Suburban food pantry a refuge during high inflation. – Zareen Syed
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-downers-grove-food-pantry-inflation-20220809-awqvqbxvvzbi3bx5kadyo2lhd4-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Cronin, some Democrats on DuPage County Board clash over appointments – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220809/cronin-some-democrats-on-dupage-county-board-clash-over-appointments
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Pritzker reaches out to businesses in Indiana in light of that state’s abortion restrictions – PETER HANCOCK (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20220809/pritzker-reaches-out-to-businesses-in-indiana-in-light-of-that-states-abortion-restrictions
— Abortion is an atrocity – Nicholas DiGiovanni, Naperville
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20220810/letter-abortion-is-an-atrocity
(FROM THE LETTER: Darren Bailey may not be the most eloquent speaker, and it may not be wise to compare anything to the Holocaust — the most terrible event in human history. But look at the numbers — 63 million Americans aborted since Roe. That’s nearly one fifth of the present U.S. population. Imagine five people you know and now remove one. The left and the media try to make it more palatable by calling it reproductive rights. But, reproduction is making more of oneself. Please call this what it is — abortion or murder. Look around. One in five aborted and gone. That is an atrocity.)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2022/08/10/illinois-based-elevate-access-takes-flight-in-abortion-access-effort/65382068007/

CHAMPAIGN URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— COMMENT: To harm Trump, Democrat FBI employees searched his home. To harm me, Democrat GAO employees forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had promoted me in 1986, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and arranged for my transfer from IRS in 1980, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, gave me unfair job assignments, performance expectations, and performance appraisals, and forced me to take a $20,901 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. To harm me, Democrat IRS employees never promoted me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. To harm me, Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/nation-world/did-trump-break-the-law-fbi-search-raises-fresh-questions/article_9bb9b6f9-d84e-539a-bb93-a4f353a13a4a.html

SHAW LOCAL
— Andro Lerario takes helm of Kane County GOP leadership. Outgoing chair Shepro warns of challenges to party unity. – Brenda Schory
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/news/2022/08/09/andro-lerario-takes-helm-of-kane-county-gop-leadership/
— Candidates: Don’t make comparisons to the Holocaust – Patrick Pfingsten
https://www.shawlocal.com/opinion/2022/08/09/candidates-dont-make-comparisons-to-the-holocaust/
— After 50 years, state shakes federal hiring oversight – Scott T. Holland (COMMENT: I should write a book about the about Illinois RINO leaders who reject the Rutan decision. (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_v._Republican_Party_of_Illinois and http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html ) If you read the aforesaid and the documents filed in Rutan and in Diersen v. GAO, you will conclude that not only Democrat politicians, but also RINO politicians want patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My Democrat IRS and Democrat GAO superiors knew full-well a) that my wife had helped elect Jim Thompson and b) that Thompson promoted patronage and political affiliation discrimination. Because of the position taken by the Republican Party of Illinois in Rutan, my U.S. Senators and their staff members and my U.S. Representatives and their staff members made it very clear that they did NOT want to hear my complaints about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government.)
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/opinion/column/2022/08/09/eye-on-illinois-after-50-years-state-shakes-federal-hiring-oversight/
— Morton College Offers Resources for Undocumented Students (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/sponsored/2022/08/09/morton-college-10176385/

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— City OKs paying out $3.45 million in reparations. Money has yet to be collected from marijuana tax; architect of program says other funding sources should be considered. – Debbie-Marie Brown (COMMENT: Expect that sooner or later, the more of the following that you are, the more that you will be forced to pay reparations: law enforcement officer, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2022/08/09/city-approves-dispersal-of-3-45m-in-reparations/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Backers turn up at Mar-a-Lago to show support for Donald Trump after FBI raid – Greg Allen (COMMENT: What Trump events have you attended? The only Trump event that I attended was a fundraiser for him in Bolingbrook in 2016 arranged by Roger Claar. I attended that fundraiser in my role the GOPUSA Illinois Editor. For Chicago Sun-times and Chicago Tribune reports, SEE: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2016/8/30/18324823/trump-hits-bolingbrook-sept-12-for-fundraiser and https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-nvs-trump-bolingbrook-st-0929-20160928-story.html At that fundraiser, those who spoke very highly of Trump included Claar, Rudy Giuliani, and Todd Ricketts. The 300+ attendees included John Cabello, Brad Cole, Dan Cronin, Demetra DeMonte, Kirk Dillard, Ron Gidwitz, Dan Hampton, David MacNeil, Richard Porter, Skip Saviano, Tim Schneider, Mickey Straub, and Dave Tornga.  Ricketts correctly predicted that Trump would win the presidency and that the Cubs would win the World Series.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-08-09/backers-turn-up-at-mar-a-lago-to-show-support-for-donald-trump-after-fbi-raid
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters say “How the Republican Party came to embrace conspiracy theories and denialism.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-08-09/how-the-republican-party-came-to-embrace-conspiracy-theories-and-denialism

WGEM & WAFB
— Demmer pushes against taxing retirement income in Illinois – Mike Miletich (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats want to get rid of older people. So expect that sooner or later, Illinois Democrats will tax retirement savings.)
https://www.wgem.com/2022/08/09/demmer-pushes-against-taxing-retirement-income-illinois/
https://www.wafb.com/video/2022/08/09/rep-tom-demmer-says-illinois-shouldnt-tax-retirement-income/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Pritzker’s national strategy – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2022/08/10/pritzkers-national-strategy-00050783

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— As Illinois adds teachers and sheds students, is there really a teacher shortage? State superintendent: Union contracts prevent schools from offering incentives to special ed, bilingual teachers despite need. – Brett Rowland
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/as-illinois-adds-teachers-and-sheds-students-is-there-really-a-teacher-shortage/article_0b2bc53c-127b-11ed-b6bb-93f851c26bfd.html

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Burke, Republican candidate for Illinois Supreme Court 3rd District, receives ‘Highly Recommended’ rating from ISBA – Andy Nghiem
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/630004651-burke-republican-candidate-for-illinois-supreme-court-3rd-district-receives-highly-recommended-rating-from-isba
— Pekau: Casten promised to protect SALT deductions. He didn’t. (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who despise/hate me the most because I paid less federal income tax by itemizing. I deducted educational expenses (graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, and graduate finance courses at IIT 1992-1997), mortgage interest (for a new town home in University Park 1972-1984, a studio condo in downtown Chicago 1974-1976, a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago 1976-1978, a home in Wheaton 1978-1984, and a home in Wheaton starting in 1984), real estate taxes on the aforesaid, and state income taxes.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/630034958-pekau-casten-promised-to-protect-salt-deductions-he-didn-t

WIREPOINTS
— The tentacles of city crime spread across Chicagoland: Here’s why – Matt Rosenberg
https://wirepoints.org/the-tentacles-of-city-crime-spreads-across-chicagoland-heres-why-wirepoints/
— Are Workers’ Rights Amendment Supporters Lying In Their Ad, Did They Lie To Legislators Or Lie To The Court? – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/are-workers-rights-amendment-supporters-lying-in-their-ad-did-they-lie-to-legislators-or-lie-to-the-court-wirepoints/
— If you look at the SAFE-T Act and getting rid of cash bail, it’s exactly the same problem with IL’s green energy bill: Politicians are getting rid of policies but have no plan for any new ones
https://wirepoints.org/if-you-look-at-the-safe-t-act-and-getting-rid-of-cash-bail-its-exactly-the-same-problem-with-ils-green-energy-bill-politicians-are-getting-rid-of-policies-but-have-no-plan-for-any-new-ones/
— A lot of Illinois’ labor force hasn’t come back, it’s still down about 250K people compared to pre-Covid
https://wirepoints.org/a-lot-of-illinois-labor-force-hasnt-come-back-its-still-down-about-250k-people-compared-to-pre-covid-wirepoints-joins-tom-miller-on-wjpf-carbondale/

CAPITOL FAX
— Bailey calls Trump raid “shocking”
https://capitolfax.com/2022/08/09/bailey-calls-trump-raid-shocking/
— Tribune editorial board chief’s Ken Griffin interview goes off the rails
https://capitolfax.com/2022/08/09/tribune-editorial-board-chiefs-ken-griffin-interview-goes-off-the-rails/
— Leader Durkin supports assault weapons ban, bashes Democrats
https://capitolfax.com/2022/08/09/leader-durkin-supports-assault-weapons-ban-bashes-democrats/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Monkeypox outbreak sparks debate over guidance on sexual behaviors. Officials estimate that 98% of cases are in men who had sex with other men. – Tom Howell Jr.  (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/9/monkeypox-outbreak-sparks-debate-over-guidance-sex/
— Trump stiffens grip on GOP in wake of FBI raid. Oddsmakers say Trump’s 2024 chances falling after FBI raid; DeSantis odds improve. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/9/fbi-raid-turning-trump-martyr-roils-2024-president/
— FBI’s search of Trump home raises new questions about bureau partisanship – Jeff Mordock (COMMENT: I should write a book about how the Democrats who run the Department of Justice represented the Democrats who ran GAO in Diersen v. GAO.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/9/fbis-search-trump-home-raises-new-questions-about-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Media and public health officials contort themselves to mislead about monkeypox – Timothy P. Carney
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/media-and-public-health-officials-contort-themselves-to-mislead-about-monkeypox
— Democrats’ dangerous push to legalize marijuana is the latest disastrous left-wing reform – Christopher Tremoglie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/democrats-dangerous-push-to-legalize-marijuana-is-the-latest-disastrous-left-wing-reform
— Eric Adams thinks it’s cruel to send migrants to his sanctuary city – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/eric-adams-thinks-its-cruel-to-send-migrants-to-his-sanctuary-city
— Why Big Tech and military officials are defending Harvard in Supreme Court case – Kaelan Deese
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/why-big-tech-military-officials-defending-harvard-in-scotus-case
— Critical race theory is a threat to our national security – TOM FITTON
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/critical-race-theory-is-a-threat-to-our-national-security

NEW YORK POST
— Mar-a-Lago raid will boost Trump’s expected 2024 run: experts, supporters – Callie Patteson, Steven Nelson, Kyle Schnitzer, Kevin Sheehan and Emily Crane
https://nypost.com/2022/08/09/trump-fbi-raid-will-boost-expected-2024-run-experts-say/
— Trump raid not about classified documents — it’s about Jan. 6 – Andrew C. McCarthy
https://nypost.com/2022/08/09/trump-raid-not-about-classified-documents-its-about-jan-6/

AMERICA THINKER
— FBI thinks American flags are totems of ‘violent extremists’ – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/report_fbi_thinks_american_flags_are_totems_of_violent_extremists.html
— ‘Wokeness’ in the military is worse than many of us realize – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/wokeness_in_the_military_is_worse_than_many_of_us_realize.html
— Here’s where border state governors should send illegal aliens next – William Davis (COMMENT: In Illinois, expect that ever-increasing, Democrats will fire employees who are the following and give their jobs to illegals: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/heres_where_border_state_governors_should_send_illegal_aliens_next.html
— Desperately disqualifying Donald – Ned Cosby (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to disqualify me.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/desperately_disqualifying_donald.html

BLAZE
— New details leak about FBI’s shock raid on Mar-a-Lago — and GOP leader fires back at AG Garland: ‘Preserve your documents and clear your calendar’ – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/new-details-fbi-raid-mar-a-lago

BREITBART
— Democrat State’s Attorney Slams Illinois’s Upcoming No Cash Bail Law – ‘It Will Destroy the State’ – ETHAN LETKEMAN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/09/report-democrat-states-attorney-slams-illinoiss-upcoming-no-cash-bail-law-it-will-destroy-the-state/
— Los Angeles Schools Prepare Lesson on ‘Privilege’ and ‘Intersectionality’ – SPENCER LINDQUIST
https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2022/08/09/los-angeles-schools-prepare-lesson-on-privilege-and-intersectionality/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The presentation claims that there are various different types of privilege, including “white privilege,” “heterosexual privilege,” “religious privilege,” “gender privilege,” “cisgender privilege,” and “able-bodied privilege.” The presentation went on to discuss the concept of intersectionality, claiming that “people may experience privilege in some areas but lack privilege in others.” It noted that there are various identity categories, highlighting race, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, and gender identity. The presentation ended by telling students to be a “good ally.” It also offered tips for being a good ally, including “understand your privilege” and “listen and do your homework.” It also reminds the students that “ally is a verb.”)
— Democrat Mayor Bowser, Now Opposing Migrant Buses, Longtime Supporter of D.C. Sanctuary City Policy – JACOB BLISS and JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/09/democrat-mayor-bowser-now-opposing-migrant-buses-longtime-supporter-of-d-c-sanctuary-city-policy/

CHRISTIANITY TODAY
— Retreat of Christianity has given way to ‘censorious and authoritarian’ secular public morality – Toby Young
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/retreat.of.christianity.has.given.way.to.censorious.and.authoritarian.secular.public.morality.toby.young/139047.htm

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— FBI: Feds Behaving Incorrigibly – Michelle Malkin
https://www.creators.com/read/michelle-malkin/08/22/fbi-feds-behaving-incorrigibly

DAILY CALLER
— Florida School Board Member Brags About Promoting Woke Ideology ‘From The Inside’ – CHRISSY CLARK
https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/09/school-board-member-brags-promoting-woke-ideology-from-inside/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Releases Dramatic Political Video After FBI Raids Mar-a-Lago – Caden Pearson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-releases-dramatic-political-video-after-fbi-raids-mar-a-lago_4654713.html
— Woke Airline Policies Threaten Safety, Workers Say. Hiring practices driven by diversity are ‘a recipe for disaster’ – Janice Hisle
https://www.theepochtimes.com/woke-airline-policies-threaten-safety-workers-say_4652851.html
— ‘Weaponized’ DOJ Undermines Citizens’ Faith in American Institutions: Rep. Mike Johnson – Gary Bai
https://www.theepochtimes.com/weaponized-doj-undermines-citizens-faith-in-american-institutions-rep-mike-johnson_4653150.html
— Pompeo, DeSantis Respond to FBI Raid at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home – Katabella Roberts
https://www.theepochtimes.com/pompeo-desantis-respond-to-fbi-raid-at-trumps-mar-a-largo-home_4651959.html
— The Effect of Critical Race Theory on Black Americans; The Importance of Fatherhood and Communities – DAVID ZHANG
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-effect-of-critical-race-theory-on-black-americans-the-importance-of-fatherhood-and-communities_4652812.html

FEDERALIST
— LGBT Activism In Sports Is Increasingly Forcing Christians Off The Field – JOSEPH D’HIPPOLITO
https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/09/lgbt-activism-in-sports-is-increasingly-forcing-christians-off-the-field/
— Cancel Culture Is Just Maoism With Less Killing – JULIAN ADORNEY AND JON MILTIMORE
https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/10/cancel-culture-is-just-maoism-with-less-killing/

FOX NEWS
— FBI raids Trump’s Mar-a-Lago: ‘Unprecedented’ for agency to execute search warrant against former president – Stephanie Pagones, David Spunt, Brooke Singman
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-raids-trumps-mar-a-lago-unprecedented-agency-execute-search-warrant-former-president
— FBI’s Trump raid a ‘dramatic escalation’ demonstrating two-tiered system of justice – Matthew Whitaker
https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6310646161112#sp=show-clips
— Lindsey Graham says Mar-a-Lago search increases likelihood he runs for president again in 2024 – Tyler Olson (COMMENT: Adverse actions that my Democrat GAO superiors took against me motivated me to earn job-related college degrees, professional certifications, and a professional license. Adverse actions that my Democrat IRS superiors took against me motivated me to earn a job-related professional certification and a job-related college degree. Adverse actions that my Democrat Post Office superiors took against me motivated me to earn a job-related college degree.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-fbi-raid-lindsey-graham-says-mar-a-lago-search-increases-likelihood-runs-president-again-2024
— CPAC Texas: High-profile Hispanic conservatives discuss community’s political shift, say they’re ‘waking up’ ‘The Democratic Party has abandoned our values,’ Rep. Mayra Flores told Fox News – Brian Flood
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cpac-texas-high-profile-hispanic-conservatives-discuss-communitys-political-shift-waking
— Who will the FBI come for next? – Greg Gutfeld
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/greg-gutfeld-who-will-the-fbi-come-for-next
— Babylon Bee CEO: Liberals decide what’s allowed, Big Tech enforces their rules through terms of service. Babylon Bee’s Seth Dillon says his satirical site has thrived despite censorship. – Brian Flood, Joshua Comins
https://www.foxnews.com/media/babylon-bee-ceo-liberals-decide-whats-allowed-big-tech-enforces-their-rules-through-terms-service
— Former RNC chair Michael Steele on MSNBC: ‘Assume’ all Republicans are ‘dangerous until proven otherwise’ Trump released a statement on Monday that said his Mar-a-Lago home was ‘under siege’ – Hanna Panreck
https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-rnc-chair-michael-steele-msnbc-assume-all-republicans-dangerous-until-proven-otherwise

GOPUSA
— Even Blue States Now Want Biden To Pay For Cost Of His Open Border Policies
https://www.gopusa.com/even-blue-states-now-want-biden-to-pay-for-cost-of-his-open-border-policies/
— Democrats Abusing Power While They Can
https://www.gopusa.com/democrats-abusing-power-while-they-can/

HOT AIR
— Some tech employees have had enough of the DEI focus at work – JOHN SEXTON (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs, organizations, companies, governments, etc. get rid of those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2022/08/09/some-tech-employees-have-had-enough-of-the-dei-focus-at-work-n488506

NEW AMERICAN
— America Is Already Under Foreign Occupation – Luis Miguel
https://thenewamerican.com/america-is-already-under-foreign-occupation/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Hollywood Lefties Celebrate FBI’s Raid At Mar-a-Lago – Michael Ippolito
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/michael-ippolito/2022/08/09/hollywood-lefties-celebrate-fbis-raid-mar-lago

NEWSMAX
— Supreme Court Will Hear Harvard Race Case in October – Peter Malbin
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/harvard-university-carolina/2022/08/09/id/1082348/

REAL CLEAR POLICY
— Illinois Officials Hid That Chemicals Were in Drinking Water – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2022/08/09/illinois_officials_hid_that_chemicals_were_in_drinking_water_846547.html

TOWNHALL
— New Details About Judge Who Approved Mar-A-Lago Raid Raises All Sorts of Red Flags – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2022/08/09/judge-who-approved-maralago-raid-tied-to-epstein-obama-n2611480
— Trump: Biden Knew About the FBI Raid on Mar-a-Lago – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2022/08/09/trump-biden-knew-about-the-fbi-raid-on-maralago-n2611514

THE HILL
— Under Biden, Americans are not free – REP. ANDY BIGGS (R-ARIZ.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/3594942-under-biden-americans-are-not-free/
— COMMENT: Democrats ask “What did FBI find at Mar-a-Lago?”
https://nxslink.thehill.com/view/6230d8bab246d104952d7f0bh2naq.bl1/00632b23
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters promote hatred against Republicans.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/3594234-floridas-war-on-public-education-looks-a-lot-like-russias/

ABC NEWS
— COMMENT: Expect that ever-increasingly, Democrats will use monkeypox to promote hatred against those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/men-attacked-suspected-hate-crime-referenced-monkeypox-police/story?id=88166243

NBC NEWS
— A Latina professor who was denied tenure at Harvard is demanding a ‘revolution’ in academia – Zachary Schermele
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latina-professor-was-denied-tenure-harvard-demanding-revolution-academ-rcna41005

CBS AUSTIN
— If monkeypox spreads through sexual contact, is it an STD? – AP (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.)
https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/if-monkeypox-spreads-through-sexual-contact-is-it-an-std-sexually-transmitted-infection-or-disease-world-health-organization-public-health-emergency-united-states-stigma-gay-bisexual-men

CNBC
— COMMENT: Under the Democrats, soon, if not already, employers will a) officially stop hiring those who do not promote LGBTQ and b) officially get rid of their employees who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/09/how-to-tell-if-a-company-is-lgbtq-friendly-during-a-job-search.html

CNN
— Republicans rush to Trump’s defense after FBI executes search warrant at Mar-a-Lago (COMMENT: My critics/opponents stress those who could have and should have come to my defense, but did not when they a) stopped me from raising funds from Republicans so that Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2022 and 2021, b) gerrymandered my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton in 2015, c) ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, d) ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, e) ended my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, f) ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, g) almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, h) ended my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, and i) viciously ended my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004. I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on those who I have done the most to help elect and to reelect them to government and/or political offices since 2000. I would focus on those who reject the most planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives/dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to get information to use against conservatives. I would focus on those who have taken the biggest adverse actions against me and against those few who have come to my defense.)
https://www.channel3000.com/i/republicans-rush-to-trumps-defense-after-fbi-executes-search-warrant-at-mar-a-lago/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Takes the Fifth Amendment in New York Deposition
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/10/nyregion/trump-testimony-investigation-news
— COMMENT: Democrats say “The F.B.I. search is separate from the Justice Department’s Jan. 6 investigation.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/us/trump-fbi-jan-6.html
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Republicans Rally Behind Trump, Who Reprises Favored Role: Victim.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/us/politics/republicans-defend-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE ARTICLE HEADLINE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Serena Williams Hasn’t Let Tennis Define Her – Kurt Streeter (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes negatively define me as being a federal employee for almost 30 years, a federal retiree for almost 25 years, a union member for almost 12 years, Trump supporter, conservative, Republican, White, male, old (born in 1948), heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Protestant, 100% German American, and/or someone whose ancestors have been in America since 1844.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/sports/tennis/serena-williams-retiring-tennis.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats want Facebook to ban anything and everything that does not promote the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/10/facebook-white-supremacy-ads/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Search of Trump’s Home Roils 2022 Midterms, 2024 Presidential Race. Many Republicans denounce FBI raid on former president’s Mar-a-Lago residence as politically motivated. – Siobhan Hughes and Alex Leary and Deborah Acosta
https://www.wsj.com/articles/search-of-trumps-home-roils-2022-midterms-2024-presidential-race-11660062596
— Colleges Weigh New Admissions Strategies – Melissa Korn
https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/colleges-weigh-new-admissions-strategies-11660071190
— How Woke Capital Politicized Your Retirement Account. BlackRock and other giant firms use your money to advance ESG ideas you may not agree with, even if you own index funds. Vivek Ramaswamy has brought an alternative to the market. – James Taranto
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-your-retirement-account-got-politicized-blackrock-firms-money-investment-index-funds-markets-partisan-politics-11660058521
— GM Is Government Motors Again. Electric-car subsidies put CEO Mary Barra at odds with a business group that she also heads. – Allysia Finley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/government-motors-is-back-gm-mary-barra-business-roundtable-inflation-reduction-act-bbb-tesla-electric-vehicles-musk-subsidies-credits-11660075299

24/7 WALL STREET
— Stimulus Checks from Illinois: Eligible Residents to Get Income and Property Tax Rebate
https://247wallst.com/investing/2022/08/09/stimulus-checks-from-illinois-eligible-residents-to-get-income-and-property-tax-rebate/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Under the income tax rebate, an individual filer could get $50, while those filing jointly can get $100. Additionally, taxpayers with dependents would get $100 per dependent (with a maximum of three). So, a couple with three dependents can get up to $400 in the form of an income tax rebate. To qualify for the income tax rebate, the individual taxpayer’s income should be less than $200,000, while for joint filers the income limit is $400,000. Taxpayers also need to have been Illinois residents in 2021 to qualify for the money. . .Along with the income tax rebate, some residents can qualify for the property tax rebate as well. Eligible property owners can get a rebate that equals the property tax credit they claimed on their 2021 IL-1040 form, with a maximum limit of $300. To qualify for the property tax rebate, property owners must have paid their Illinois property taxes in 2021 for their primary residence. Also, the adjusted gross income should be $250,000 or less for individual filers, and $500,000 or less if filing jointly.)

MODESTO BEE
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.modbee.com/news/california/article264345671.html

WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats crow about their success in getting Evangelical Lutherans to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.wdtimes.com/news/national/lutheran-transgender-bishop-apology/image_7d10d422-3f77-5380-8859-ae3896872aa6.html

SACRAMENTO OBSERVER
— Pope Francis Apologizes to Native Children in Canada, Is Black America Next? (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats run America. Under the Democrats, soon, if not already, Democrats will force all Republicans to apologize for slavery, and especially Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://sacobserver.com/2022/08/pope-francis-apologizes-to-native-children-in-canada-is-black-america-next/

GOVERNING
— Illinois Police Increase Trainings on Red Flag Law. Since the state’s red flag law went into effect in 2019, just 228 firearm restraining orders have been granted across the state and 21 in Lake County, home to Highland Park. Some believe more training could increase those numbers. – Annie Sweeny, Jeremy Gorner and Dan Petrella
https://www.governing.com/now/illinois-police-increase-trainings-on-red-flag-law
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for slavery.
https://www.governing.com/now/why-is-it-so-hard-to-say-im-sorry-for-slavery

CHALKBEAT
— Biden vs. GOP states: Where will the battle over transgender rights leave students? – Patrick Wall (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage/force students to be LGBTQers.)
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2022/8/10/23298986/transgender-children-kids-students-rights-biden-lgbtq-title-ix
— Chilling effect: 1 in 4 teachers told to limit class talk on hot-button issues – Kalyn Belsha (COMMENT: What percent of Democrats who become teachers do so to promote the Democrat Party platform and to crank out good little Democrats?)
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2022/8/10/23299007/teachers-limit-classroom-conversations-racism-sexism-survey

EDUCATION WEEK
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn parents who do not promote a) CRT, 1619, BLM, reparations, replacement theory, wokeness/wokeism, that is, parents who do not promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination, b) LGBTQ, and/or c) more COVID requirements.
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/stress-harassment-censorship-what-educators-face-as-politics-roils-schools/2022/08

GLAAD
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/back-to-school-glaad-video-of-lgbtq-families-in-florida-speaking-out-about-legislation-targeting-classrooms-301602984.html

GUARDIAN
— COMMENT: Expect that ever-increasingly, Democrats will use monkeypox to promote hatred against those who do not promote LGBTQ.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/10/monkeypox-homophobia-lgbtq-rightwing

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What factors discourage you a) from helping elect Republican candidates, b) from giving money to Republican candidates and political organizations, and/or c) from attending Republican meetings and events? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

For me, they include:
— Fearing/expecting to be blamed for problems that Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders have;
— Fearing/expecting that Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders will move further and further and further to the left, that is, that they will dump more and more and more planks in the Republican Party platform including its individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks; and
— Fearing/expecting that Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders will ever-increasingly promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination (Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, CRT, 1619, reparations, replacement theory, wokeism/wokeness), and age discrimination.

The more of the aforesaid who will/might attend Republican meetings and events who destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives/dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money, the less motivated that I am to attend.

The more of the aforesaid who will/might attend Republican meetings and events who have demonstrated that they disapprove of/despise/hate my demographics, including my age, religion, national origin, and/or previous employment, the less motivated that I am to attend.

The more of the aforesaid who will/might attend Republican meetings and events who have taken adverse actions against me, the less motivated that I am to attend. They erroneously believed that the more and the bigger adverse actions that they took against me, the sooner that I would a) stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) not run again for Republican Precinct Committeeman.

At virtually every Republican meeting and event that I have attended since 2000, attendees have included those who have a) stopped me from raising funds from Republicans so that Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks in 2022 and 2021, b) viciously ended my bid to fill the Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019 resulting in a LGBTQers filling that vacancy, c) gerrymandered my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton in 2015, d) ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) ended my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, f) ended my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, g) ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, h) almost got ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, i) ended my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, j) viciously ended my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004, k) been a defendant in a lawsuit that I foiled, l) worked for law firms that represented defendants lawsuits that I filed, m) harassed/defamed/slandered me, and/or n) threatened me with physical violence.

I should write a book about those who have taken adverse actions against me who will/might attend MTRO’s meeting this evening.

The main reason to attend Republican meetings and events is to hear what Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders have to say.

I have the best record for attending MTRO meetings and events since 1999. While I served as the MTRO webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, I posted reports on MTRO meetings and events on MTRO’s website. Those reports included who spoke at those meetings and events, the candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who attended, and the approximate number of attendees. Those reports were rudely deleted when I was rudely dumped as the MTRO webmaster in 2004 and 2010.

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.