April 1, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— 32 shot, 4 killed in Chicago Easter weekend shootings – Maher Kawash
https://abc7chicago.com/videoClip/14600821/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/transgender-day-of-visibility-south-austin-kehrein-center-for-the-arts-windy-city/14598811/

NBC5
— Chicago program aims to empower local Black high school students – LeeAnn Trotter (COMMENT: What about students who have other demographics?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7udiYA-JiI

WGN9
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://wgntv.com/news/features/chicago-celebrates-trans-day-of-visibility/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXbBIRtVN1M

WGN RADIO
— Five Chicago suburbs (Long Grove, Lincolnshire, Buffalo Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills) are home to some of the best US public schools – Jeremy Tanner
https://wgnradio.com/news/five-chicago-suburbs-are-home-to-some-of-the-best-us-public-schools-niche-study-finds/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Invisible struggles of lower-income Asian Americans gain spotlight. Chinese American Service League in Chicago’s Chinatown unites community groups to gain better data on Asian Americans, who have Chicago’s second-highest poverty rate. – Amy Yee (COMMENT: My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. Because of that, I had to and I did work part-time jobs to buy cars and to pay for college expenses.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2024/03/31/invisible-struggles-lower-income-asian-americans-gain-spotlight

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more vice including more gambling.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/01/illinois-house-proposal-could-pave-way-for-video-gambling-in-chicago/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly equate illegals with slaves.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/01/opinion-immigration-texas-echo-civil-war/
— FRONT PAGE WITH PICTURE: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/04/01/chicago-migrants-baseball-2/

SOUTHERN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/03/31/white-house-bashes-dishonest-republican-criticism-of-bidens-transgender-proclamation-on-easter/

WSIL TV
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/top-stories/we-were-heard-lgbtq-groups-mark-international-transgender-day-of-visibility/article_8f919134-efcf-11ee-b1fe-ff3261d853dd.html

WGLT
— Democrats say “Biden is using his cash advantage to address vulnerabilities against Trump.”
https://www.wglt.org/2024-04-01/biden-is-using-his-cash-advantage-to-address-vulnerabilities-against-trump

WTAX
— Democrats call a mass-stabbing a mass-shooting.
https://wtax.com/news/101101-rockford-shooting-latest-among-many-mass-shootings-this-year-in-united-states/

WCIA
— Democrat leaders decry that “Trump’s immigration rhetoric makes inroads with some Democrats.”
https://www.wcia.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-trumps-immigration-rhetoric-makes-inroads-with-some-democrats-that-could-be-a-concern-for-biden/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/wnij-news/2024-04-01/dekalb-migrant-aid-advocates-at-the-federal-level-for-policy-change-to-support-asylum-seekers

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— A big question: Did Republicans who crossed over in the election give O’Neill Burke the win? We’ll find out in the coming days. – SHIA KAPOS and SAMANTHA LATSON (COMMENT: How many crossover votes were cast in your precinct, municipality, township, and county? In my precinct, 133 Republican ballots were cast, but got only 113 votes.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/04/01/oneill-burke-pivots-to-november-00149859

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/04/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-258/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WIREPOINTS
— A Spring Break drive to Florida offers yearly reminder of just how unfair Illinois gas prices are – Ted Dabrowski (COMMENT: I drove my 1969 Dodge Charger SE from NIU to Florida and back for spring breaks in 1969 and 1970, each time with three of my female classmates. They called me “Daytona Dave.”)
https://wirepoints.org/a-spring-break-drive-to-florida-offers-that-yearly-reminder-of-just-how-unfair-illinois-gas-prices-are-wirepoints/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Draft questions for Republican Precinct Committeemen to ask those who cast Republican primary ballots in their precinct. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

What do you want the following to do to help elect on November 5 the candidates who won the Republican primary in our precinct?
— Your Republican Precinct Committeeman?
— The leaders of our Republican township/ward party organization?
— The leaders of our Republican county party organization?
— Our Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee member?
— The leaders of the IRP?

What changes to the IRP platform ( https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2020PlatformoftheIllinoisRepublicanParty.pdf ) do you want to see?

What resolutions for 2024 do you want to see? The 2020 resolutions are at: https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/13-Resolutions.pdf

When the vote totals for each of the winning candidates on the Republican primary ballot for my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton are official, I will hand-deliver those results to each of the 133 who cast Republican primary ballots in my precinct. Except for Trump, all the candidates were unopposed. Corrigan was a write-in candidate. I got 113 votes. Haley got 33 votes. The unofficial totals now are:

Donald Trump, U.S. President – 90
John Booras, U.S. Congressman, 3rd Congressional District – 117
Amy Grant, Illinois Representative, 47th District – 117
Bob Berlin, Illinois State’s Attorney, DuPage County – 120
Jaye Wang, DuPage County Clerk of the Circuit Court – 114
Bob Grogan, DuPage County Auditor -114
Richard Jorgensen, DuPage County Coroner – 119
Nicole Prater, DuPage County Recorder – 115
Annette Corrigan, DuPage County Board, District 4 – 59
Jeff Caste, DuPage County Forest Preserve Commissioner, District 4 – 116
Kenton Skarin, Appellate Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District – 116
Jason Helland, Appellate Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District – 113
John Costello, Appellate Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District – 114

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Americans should be ‘incensed’ by Senate plan to kill Mayorkas impeachment articles. – Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/31/marsha-blackburn-americans-should-be-upset-senate-/
— Israel’s survival is critical to America’s survival – Tom Basile
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/29/israels-survival-is-critical-to-americas-survival/
— Homeland Security compelled to reveal details of border chaos under new law – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/31/department-of-homeland-security-compelled-to-revea/
— Deadline looms for press looking to cover Republican National Convention – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/31/inside-beltway-deadline-looms-press-looking-cover-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden administration leans into Transgender Day of Visibility celebration despite controversy – Annabella Rosciglione
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/2946669/biden-administration-trans-day-visibility-celebration-controversy/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Biden Says His Next SCOTUS Nominee ‘Will Be An Illegal Immigrant, I Mean Undocumented’
https://freebeacon.com/satire/biden-says-his-next-scotus-nominee-will-be-an-illegal-immigrant-i-mean-undocumented/

NEW YORK POST
— Biden’s Easter insult in the name of trans activism – Ginny Gentles
https://nypost.com/2024/03/31/opinion/joe-bidens-easter-insult-in-the-name-of-trans-activism/
— Denver official suggests migrants go to NYC, warning they would ‘suffer even more’ if they stay. – David Propper
https://nypost.com/2024/03/31/us-news/denver-official-warns-migrants-there-will-suffer-even-more-if-they-stay/
— UC Berkeley accused of segregation by allegedly banning whites from community farm – Carl Campanile
https://nypost.com/2024/03/31/us-news/uc-berkeley-accused-of-segregation-by-allegedly-banning-whites-from-community-farm/
— How Trans Day of Visibility sparked Easter outrage, leaving Christians ‘disgusted’ with Biden – Ryan King
https://nypost.com/2024/03/31/us-news/how-trans-day-of-visibility-sparked-easter-rising-against-biden/
— Are Biden & Co. trolling us all with ‘Trans Day’ on Easter, or just that clueless? – Editorial (COMMENT: Trolling.)
https://nypost.com/2024/03/31/opinion/are-biden-amp-co-trolling-us-all-with-trans-day-on-easter-or-just-that-clueless/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Happy Trans Day of Visibility – Clarice Feldman
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/03/happy_trans_day_of_visibility.html

BLAZE
— Rutgers professor claims anyone pointing out that gay people are harshly persecuted in Palestine are the ‘homophobic’ ones – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/rutgers-professor-lgbtq-palestine-homophobic
— Outraged parents organize walkout after finding LGBTQ club was created in secret at grade school in California – CARLOS GARCIA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/parents-grade-school-lgbtq-club

BREITBART
— Biden Provocation: Transgenderism Is God-Like – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/04/01/biden-provocation-transgenderism-is-god-like/
— Marsha Blackburn: Mayorkas Should Stand for His Impeachment Trial, as Instructed by the Constitution. – JEFF POOR
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/03/31/marsha-blackburn-mayorkas-should-stand-for-his-impeachment-trial-as-instructed-by-the-constitution/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Colleges celebrate ‘Transgender Visibility Day’ on Easter Sunday
https://www.campusreform.org/article/colleges-celebrate-transgender-visibility-day-easter-sunday/25102

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— The Florida Gateway: Data Shows Most Migrant Flights Landing in Gov. DeSantis’s Sunshine State. Smaller but significant numbers are landing in Texas, New York, and California. – Todd Bensman
https://cis.org/Bensman/Florida-Gateway-Data-Shows-Most-Migrant-Flights-Landing-Gov-DeSantiss-Sunshine-State
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) refuses to publicly identify the dozens of U.S. international airports for which it has approved direct flights from abroad for certain inadmissible aliens. At least 386,000 migrants through February have been allowed to fly to interior U.S. airports as part of a legally dubious admissions program the administration launched in October 2022. The rationale for the program is to “reduce the number of individuals crossing unlawfully” over the southern border — by flying them over it directly into the interior and then releasing them on parole.)

CENTER SQUARE
— Trump supporters plan to back him even if convicted – Brett Rowland
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0b000918-edcd-11ee-b56c-0347974ddc89.html

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Blasted For Proclaiming Trans People ‘Made In The Image Of God’ On Easter
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-blasted-for-proclaiming-trans-people-made-in-the-image-of-god-on-easter

FOX NEWS
— ‘SPOILED KIDS’: Legal immigrant blasts illegals for ‘taking advantage’ of America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oMiW-JkiVg
— Biden’s Transgender Day of Visibility proclamation on Easter is ‘a thumb in the face of Christians’ ‘I think it’s a bait to get an opportunity to paint anyone who disagrees as hateful, as spiteful and resentful’ Fox News contributor Joey Jones said. – Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi
https://www.foxnews.com/media/bidens-transgender-day-visibility-proclamation-easter-thumb-face-christians
— ‘OUTRAGE’: Biden honors ‘Trans Day of Visibility’ on Easter Sunday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjyAqWDEcj4
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/blinken-calls-for-celebration-trans-holiday-on-easter
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hochul-echoes-wh-new-york-transgender-day-visibility-easter-orders-landmarks-lit-occasion

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— ‘Growing danger’: Illegal immigrant incidents at New Mexico schools raise safety concerns. – Eddie Killian
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/illegal-immigrant-incidents-at-santa-teresa-middle-school-raise-safety-concerns

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Reparations Efforts in San Francisco Clash With Financial Reality and a Lack of Spare Cash. “the budget set aside for a government Office of Reparations, which the Reparations Advisory Committee advised be created, was gutted in Mayor London Breed’s $75 million ‘midyear budget cuts.’” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/03/reparations-efforts-in-san-francisco-clash-with-financial-reality-and-a-lack-of-spare-cash/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Campaign: Easter Is Not a Time for ‘Transgender Day’ – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-campaign-eastersunday/2024/03/31/id/1159259/

POWERLINE
— AMERICANS DON’T LIKE DEI – JOHN HINDERAKER
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/03/americans-dont-like-dei.php

TOWNHALL
— Biden Is Funding Border Security In Foreign Countries As U.S. Border Exceeds Record Numbers – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/03/31/joe-biden-is-funding-border-security-in-foreign-countries-as-us-border-exceeds-record-numbers-n2637071

WESTERN JOURNAL
— NYC Hands Out Prepaid Debit Cards Because Immigrants Threw Away Charity Food – Samuel Short
https://www.westernjournal.com/nyc-hands-prepaid-debit-cards-immigrants-threw-away-charity-food-yes-read-right/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats ever-increasingly use DEI to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/4564129-dei-advocates-sound-alarm-house-office-diversity/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-easter-transgender-trans-trump-2acc05052d01272ed21ab83f32d99a77

CNN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2024/03/31/sotu-warnock-on-trans-visibility-day.cnn
— Biden campaign makes direct appeal to Haley supporters in new digital ad (COMMENT: What do Haley supporters think of you? How do they treat you? How strongly do they blame Trump for their problems, for your problems, and for everyone’s problems? How strongly are they working to elect Biden?)
https://www.wral.com/story/biden-campaign-makes-direct-appeal-to-haley-supporters-in-new-digital-ad/21353465/

MSN
— Denver warns new migrants to leave sanctuary city and move elsewhere
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/denver-warns-new-migrants-to-leave-sanctuary-city-and-move-elsewhere-saying-that-their-lack-of-resources-means-asylum-seekers-will-suffer/ar-BB1kQrC9
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/wh-bashes-dishonest-gop-criticism-of-biden-s-transgender-proclamation-on-easter/ar-BB1kQ1JZ?ocid=weather-verthp-feeds
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/video/louisiana-students-perform-on-state-capitol-steps-to-protest-anti-lgbtq-bills/vi-BB1kOHo7
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly crow about their success in invading, infesting, conquering, and destroying Republican suburbs. How much success are they having destroying your suburb?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/its-not-just-inner-ring-suburbs-trump-has-also-underperformed-in-key-exurban-counties-during-the-gop-primaries/ar-BB1kPYBR
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-exurban-suburban-problem-gop-moderates-conservatives-haley-primaries-2024-3

MSNBC
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/mike-johnson-ouster-spending-bill-anti-trans-rcna145670
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaAJMq4_gdg

NEWSWEEK
— Texas Judge Allows Release of Migrants Arrested After Border Stampede – Maura Zurick
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-judge-allows-release-migrants-arrested-after-border-stampede-1885462
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-republican-lgbt-group-reacts-bidens-transgender-day-message-1885448
https://www.newsweek.com/howard-kurtz-defends-biden-backlash-transgender-day-1885442

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/31/trump-biden-easter-transgender-day/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/31/baltimore-bridge-collapse-mayor/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/03/31/transgender-day-of-visibility-joe-biden/

USA TODAY
— Get to know the top donors to Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – Suhail Bhat
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2024/03/28/biden-trump-rfk-jr-top-donors/73118049007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly use DEI to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/03/30/alabama-dei-bill-republican-ignore-american-history/73098502007/
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Trump’s words against him.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/03/31/trumps-escalating-rhetoric-in-2024/73154714007/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Stock Takes Washington by Storm. Surprise possible $5 billion windfall for GOP candidate adds a new twist to the race for the White House. – Amrith Ramkumar
https://www.wsj.com/finance/donald-trump-truth-social-djt-money-608fea5e
— You Can’t Fire Only the White Guys – Editorial (COMMENT: Beyond overwhelmingly, those GAO employees who GAO got rid of during the 1980s and 1990s were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Overwhelmingly they were conservative, Republican, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/david-duvall-novant-health-court-opinion-diversity-equity-inclusion-b4a0d50a
— Biden’s Order: Let There Be Electric Trucks. EPA’s latest EV mandate is the most costly and fanciful to date. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-new-command-electric-trucks-china-epa-subsidies-ira-0d740d12
— Why Democrats Can’t Quit Trump. For liberal politicos, the ‘resistance’ years were a lot more fun than defending Joe Biden. – Barton Swaim
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-democrats-cant-quit-trump-being-part-of-the-resistance-is-more-fun-6058d430
— The Top Colleges for High-Paying Careers in Finance, Tech and Consulting. – Alyssa Lukpat (COMMENT: To demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being an mitigated failure, my critics/opponents stress a) that I never earned more than $150,075/year in today’s dollars and b) that I was forced to retire when I was 49 years old even though I had three master’s degrees, six professional certifications, and a professional license.)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/top-colleges-high-paying-careers-finance-tech-consulting-d1c22601

POLITICO
— Trump’s VP search is starting to get serious. The former president is considering around a dozen contenders, though the list is in flux. – MERIDITH MCGRAW, NATALIE ALLISON and BURGESS EVERETT
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/31/inside-donald-trumps-apprentice-style-search-for-a-running-mate-00149827

ONE NEWS PAGE
— LGBTQ events clog calendar as White House faces backlash over Easter announcement
https://www.onenewspage.com/n/Politics/1zqupycrc6/months-and-28-days-LGBTQ-events-clog.htm

PBS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/conservatives-clash-with-white-house-over-bidens-recognition-of-transgender-day-of-visibility

DAILY MAIL
— Fury as Boston plans to fill former veteran housing with migrants as city asks residents to take people in. The former Chelsea Soldiers Home facility is set to become a homeless shelter. Residents are outraged that the building will be used to house migrants. There were 545 homeless Vets in Massachusetts on a single night in 2023. – RACHEL BOWMAN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13258621/Fury-Boston-plans-former-veteran-housing-migrants-shelter.html
— White House doubles down on Biden’s Trans Day of Visibility message given on Easter Sunday – MACKENZIE TATANANNI
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13257597/White-House-backlash-Transgender-Day-Visibility-Easter.html

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.