April 26, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Proud Boys ever-increasingly give Democrats ammunition to use against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-capitol-riot-investigation-20230425-khhns2kgdna4pm4v6akj6ivfne-story.html
— Democrats say “Chicago’s 2023 election results finalized: Highest number of ballots cast since 1999.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-2023-final-municipal-election-results-turnout-20230425-6lf6i6stnzddzkf3phlshbdgde-story.html
— The Democrat Party platform promotes homelessness.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-chicago-housing-crisis-homelessness-20230425-srzj37rievbt3acos3iutmrtdy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Trump wins $1 million property tax refund on his namesake Chicago skyscraper. An appeals court ruled that Trump International Hotel & Tower was overvalued by Cook County officials a dozen years ago. The Chicago Public Schools stands to lose the most money — about $540,000.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/4/25/23698038/trump-property-tax-refund-million-dollars-cook-county-trump-international-hotel-tower-edward-burke

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats say “Trump wins $1 million tax refund on Chicago tower.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/trump-wins-1-million-property-tax-refund-his-namesake-chicago-skyscraper
— Democrats say “Biden enlists top Illinois Dems in re-election campaign.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/biden-enlists-duckworth-pritzker-and-quentin-fulks-re-election-campaign

NBC5
— Democrats say “Louisiana Teenager Breaks Total Scholarship Record with More Than $9 Million in Offers.” Did you get any scholarships? I did not. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class and that my ACT score was only 24. Consequently, I had to work my way through college.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/louisiana-teenager-breaks-total-scholarship-record-with-more-than-9-million-in-offers/3127203/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He’s still a teenager, however, and said the normal demands of school and extracurriculars took priority to this quest. “I was still doing other things,” he said. “I did incorporate it into my schedule one way or another, but I just did it whenever I had time.” Those extracurriculars, which include track, basketball and serving as executive president of the National Honors Society, all contributed to making him a well-rounded applicant. Additionally, Barnes boasts a 4.98 grade point average and is bilingual, having learned Spanish through an immersion school.)

WGN9
— Democrats say “Venezuelan asylum seekers arrive at O’Hare from Texas.”
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/venezuelan-asylum-seekers-arrive-at-ohare-from-texas/

WGN RADIO
— Democrats say “IRS agents are now doing site visits for people who haven’t filed their taxes.” While I worked for IRS 1971-1980, I made many “site visits for people who haven’t filed their taxes.”
https://wgnradio.com/your-money-matters/irs-agents-are-now-doing-site-visits-for-people-who-havent-filed-their-taxes/

WBEZ
— Democrats ever-increasingly push pot.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/cannabis-classes-are-expanding-at-illinois-colleges/e7d2af69-1087-446e-810b-33028ffc78f0

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion in Danville.
https://www.commercial-news.com/news/local_news/illinois-aclu-warns-danville-leaders-of-state-law-constitutional-violations/article_6abd0146-e390-11ed-95cb-17ca206a8ec5.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats say “Biden warns of rights under threat from Trump and ‘MAGA extremists’ in reelect launch.” Democrats ever-increasingly give those who have demographics that vote for Democrats more and more and more rights over those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-04-25/biden-warns-of-rights-under-threat-from-trump-and-maga-extremists-in-reelect-launch
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote hatred against Tucker Carlson.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-04-25/how-tucker-carlson-took-fringe-conspiracy-theories-to-a-mass-audience
— Democrats say “Trump continues to garner GOP support for president — even if convicted of a crime.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-04-25/trump-continues-to-garner-gop-support-for-president-even-if-convicted-of-a-crime-poll-shows

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats ask “How long will Tucker Carlson’s influence linger?”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/the-memo-how-long-will-tucker-carlsons-influence-linger/

WCIA
— Democrats say “Trump questions why he should participate in GOP primary debates.”
https://www.wcia.com/hill-politics/trump-questions-why-he-should-participate-in-gop-primary-debates/

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— DISGUSTING: Democrats say “Illinois colleges expand cannabis classes.”
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/217-today-illinois-colleges-expand-cannabis-classes/

DUPAGE COUNTY
— Democrats say “DuPage had highest voter turnout of Regional Counties in 2023 Consolidated Election.” The voter turnout in my DuPage County Milton Precinct 9 in Wheaton was 42%.
https://www.dupagecounty.gov/news_detail_T2_R795.php

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/04/25/afternoon-roundup-72/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— DuPage County GOP chairman Zay: ‘For those who want me to tear down and call out members of our Party publicly, that will not happen’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/641847577-dupage-county-gop-chairman-zay-for-those-who-want-me-to-tear-down-and-call-out-members-of-our-party-publicly-that-will-not-happen
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Jim Zay, Chairman of the DuPage County Republican Party, is refusing to condemn fellow Republicans for their financial and material support of DuPage County Board Chair Deb Conroy. Zay’s comments come after Conroy, a well-known leftist who took controversial stances as a state representative, received campaign donations from prominent DuPage County Republicans. See the text of Zay’s letter addressing the donations below: . .Zay’s note to DuPage County Republicans comes after Republican DuPage County Board Member Sam Tornatore donated $1,000 to Conroy’s campaign coffers. Former DuPage County Board member Republican Donald Puchalski also donated $500 to Conroy. Both Tornatore and Puchalski donated to Conroy’s campaign at the same time after receiving financial support from GOP township organizations in Addison. Conroy has also won the favor of Republican Pete DiCianni whose Win Marketing was recently paid $1,230.71 by Conroy’s campaign. The firm provides political strategy and tactics, direct mail, web development and print services in aid of campaigns. DiCianni once said “You know what? (Deb Conroy) is my friend” while running against her for the chairman position in the DuPage County Board of Commissioners election. Zay is also a DuPage County Board Member.)
— Aiding and abetting political enemies who may be personal friends has nothing to do with unifying the GOP from within – Laurie Higgins
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/641855946-op-ed-higgins-aiding-and-abetting-political-enemies-who-may-be-personal-friends-has-nothing-to-do-with-unifying-the-gop-from-within
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To better understand why the GOP fails again and again and again, focus your gimlet gaze on Illinois’ inept and foolish GOP. Then focus on the microcosm of DuPage County that is slowly turning blue for lack of O2. Recently, campaign donations made by Republican leaders to the campaign of far-left candidate for DuPage County Board, Deb Conroy, generated a warranted backlash against GOP leadership in DuPage County. In a desperate effort to curb the controversy, DuPage County Republican Chair Jim Zay sent a letter to DuPage County Republicans in which he criticized—not the GOP quislings—but those who criticized the quislings. You can’t make this stuff up.)
— Puchalski named to paid position on Airport Board prior to donating to Conroy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/641847635-puchalski-named-to-paid-position-on-airport-board-prior-to-donating-to-conroy
— Conroy was a Madigan foot-soldier and played the game to get elected again and again with his money – Jeanne Ives
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/641851166-ives-conroy-was-a-madigan-foot-soldier-and-played-the-game-to-get-elected-again-and-again-with-his-money

WIREPOINTS
— No fact checking by Chicago Tribune on guest op-ed about challenges to school boards: the false narrative of extremism – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/no-fact-checking-by-chicago-tribune-on-guest-op-ed-about-challenges-to-school-boards-and-the-false-narrative-on-extremism-wirepoints/

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— ILGOP Statement on Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s Decision Not to Seek Re-Election
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/ilgop-statement-on-cook-county-states-attorney-kim-foxxs-decision-not-to-seek-re-election/

MCHENRY TIMES
— Rabine: ‘This anarchy is not going to stop as long as we have terrible leaders like Brandon Johnson, J.B. Pritzker and Lori Lightfoot’ https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/641846921-rabine-this-anarchy-is-not-going-to-stop-as-long-as-we-have-terrible-leaders-like-brandon-johnson-j-b-pritzker-and-lori-lightfoot

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Over $1.5 Million in Assets State’s Attorney Is Seeking from the Matthew Lilla Drug Operation
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/04/25/over-1-5-million-in-assets-states-attorney-is-seeking-from-the-matthew-lilla-drug-operation/
— State Rep. Reick Reports
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/04/24/reick-reports-17/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Fox News Tonight’ loses over 700,000 viewers after Tucker Carlson’s exit – Brad Matthews
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/apr/25/fox-news-tonight-loses-over-700000-viewers-after-t/
— Hundreds of noncitizens ended up on voting rolls in Maricopa County – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/apr/25/hundreds-noncitizens-ended-voting-rolls-maricopa-c/
— Catholic author says ‘elites’ threaten American dream with ‘War on Virtue’ Personal responsibility, self-control and perseverance are success keys, he says – Mark A. Kellner
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/apr/25/catholic-author-says-elites-threaten-american-drea/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— CPAC rates Congress 25% hardcore conservative, urges unity on debt vote – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/cpac-rates-congress-25-hard-core-conservative-urges-unity-on-debt-vote

NEW YORK POST
— 2024 polls: Biden beats Trump big, loses to DeSantis – Josh Christenson
https://nypost.com/2023/04/25/biden-beats-trump-big-loses-to-desantis-2024-polls/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Academia’s Woke Groomers. Stanley K. Ridgley exposes extracurricular brainwashing in higher education. – Bruce Oliver Newsome
https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/25/academias-woke-groomers/
— Biden Nominee for African Ambassador Twice Failed Foreign Service Officer Test, Struggles with English – Eric Lendrum (COMMENT: IRS offered me a job in 1971 because I had passed the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970 and because I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970.)
https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/25/biden-nominee-for-african-ambassador-twice-failed-foreign-service-officer-test-struggles-with-english/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Advanced Placement US History books defame Trump and conservatives – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/04/advanced_placement_us_history_books_defame_trump_and_conservatives.html
— Concept of ‘men’ and ‘women’ rooted in white supremacy, capitalism, TikTok nutter says – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/04/concept_of_men_and_women_rooted_in_white_supremacy_capitalism_tiktok_nutter_says.html

BREITBART
— Republicans’ Immigration Reform Bill Faces Establishment Minefield – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2023/04/25/republicans-immigration-reform-bill-faces-donor-minefield/
— Biden Projected to Bring over 2 Million Illegal Aliens to U.S. this Year – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/04/25/analysis-biden-2-million-illegal-aliens-u-s/
— Deep State Celebrates Tucker Carlson Departure from Fox with Anonymous Leaks – JORDAN DIXON-HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/04/25/deep-state-celebrates-tucker-departure-fox-anonymous-leaks/
— Don Lemon Appropriately Exits CNN by Telling One Final Lie – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2023/04/25/nolte-don-lemon-appropriately-exits-cnn-by-telling-one-final-lie/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden’s 2024 Strategy: Lie About Everything – Tim Meads
https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-2024-strategy-lie-about-everything

EPOCH TIMES
— Elon Musk Suggests Twitter as New Platform for Tucker Carlson After Fox News Departure – Ryan Morgan
https://www.theepochtimes.com/elon-musk-suggests-twitter-as-new-platform-for-tucker-carlson-after-fox-news-departure_5220284.html

FOX NEWS
— Soros-backed Chicago area prosecutor Kim Foxx won’t seek re-election, ending controversial tenure. Foxx is perhaps best known for dropping charges against actor Jussie Smollett following his elaborate ‘hate crime’ hoax. – Joe Schoffstall
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/soros-backed-chicago-area-prosecutor-kim-foxx-wont-seek-re-election-controversial-tenure

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ and illegal immigration.
https://radio.foxnews.com/2023/04/25/dems-introduce-bill-to-help-lgbtq-illegal-immigrants-avoid-detention/

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Biden Greatly Expands Program to offer Illegal Immigrants in the U.S. “Temporary” Reprieve
https://www.judicialwatch.org/biden-greatly-expands-program/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Democrats say “DeSantis vs. Disney feud divides GOP over attacks on ‘woke’ companies.”
https://thehill.com/business/3966765-desantis-vs-disney-feud-tests-gop-appetite-for-attacks-on-woke-companies/
— Democrats say “Trump widens lead over DeSantis to 37 points in new poll.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3970519-trump-widens-lead-over-desantis-to-37-points-in-new-poll/

CNN
— Democrats say “Fox News brass might be unnerved after seeing the ratings in the aftermath of Tucker Carlson’s firing.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/25/media/tucker-carlson-fox-news-reliable-sources/index.html

MSNBC
— Democrats say “The GOP’s latest attack on Biden isn’t scary. How it was made is. The RNC’s use of AI-generated imagery marks an unsettling first step toward a new world of manipulation.”
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/biden-republican-ai-attack-ad-rcna81370

CBS NEWS
— Democrats crow that “Fox loses $500 million in value after announcing Tucker Carlson is leaving.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fox-stock-down-tucker-carlson-top-ratings-draw/

REUTERS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-preps-increase-migrant-crossings-border-restrictions-set-end-2023-04-26/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “The Map, the Issues and the Incumbency Favoring Democrats. President Biden’s poll numbers remain low, but structural advantages have Democrats insisting he is far better positioned than his Republican rivals.” Democrats ever-increasingly a) promote dependency on government and charity, b) promote LGBTQ, c) promote abortion, d) flood America with citizens of foreign countries who have demographics that vote for Democrats, e) promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) diminish Second Amendment rights, and g) promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/25/us/politics/biden-re-election.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Why students are not enrolling in higher education – Richard E. Vatz, Towson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/24/higher-education-enrollment-conservatives/
(FROM THE LETTER: In his April 20 op-ed, “Colleges get schooled by plummeting enrollment,” George F. Will was sanguine about lower enrollment in higher education because among its major causes is the politicization of the academy. As a professor who just retired from full-time professorship following nearly a half-century, I can tell you that he was 100 percent correct. I know many universities and many academic organizations whose humanities and social sciences are progressively biased beyond what even cynics estimate. I just left the National Communication Association because of its thoroughly anti-conservative stances and prejudices.)

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/04/25/title-42-set-end-but-new-asylum-restrictions-could-replace/11729471002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden Is Desperately Seeking Trump. Will the GOP again give Democrats the nominee they covet? – Editorial (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly run everything. Democrats will assure that the candidate who wins the Republican presidential primary election is the candidate who Democrats believe is the easiest to defeat in the general election.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-2024-presidential-run-video-donald-trump-a8430132
— Hate-filled Carlson-hating Carlson-haters blame Carlson for his problems.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tucker-carlsons-vulgar-offensive-messages-about-colleagues-helped-seal-his-fate-at-fox-news-e52b3cc5
— Biden’s Early Announcement Isn’t a Sign of Confidence. If he were sure of his prospects, he’d hold off while Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis are fighting. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-early-announcement-isnt-a-sign-of-confidence-politics-2024-election-voters-polls-trump-gop-desantis-f8e50f96
— Nikki Haley Gets Real on Abortion. The GOP candidate makes the pro-life case for political realism. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nikki-haley-abortion-speech-republicans-roe-v-wade-72c91bdf
— The GOP Is Out of Step on Abortion. More-restrictive bans might play well in the primaries but are a loser in November. – William A. Galston
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-gop-is-out-of-step-on-abortion-trump-desantis-six-15-weeks-mifepristone-dobbs-roe-1c6ae0d3
— Bloomberg Flings Mud at Clarence Thomas. It tries to gin up a scandal over a case the Supreme Court didn’t hear. – James Taranto
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bloomberg-flings-mud-at-clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-supreme-court-business-cert-petition-2df8b193

FORBES
— Democrats ask “Why Did Fox Axe Tucker Carlson?” and say “These Are The Most Likely Reasons.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2023/04/25/why-did-fox-axe-tucker-carlson-these-are-the-most-likely-reasons/?sh=7abc4eee70d3

19TH NEWS
— Democrats say “Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill that would cover IVF for federal employees. The legislation would require the largest employer-sponsored health insurance program in the world to cover assisted reproductive treatments and services.” I should sue my Democrat GAO superiors and supervisors who falsely charged me with lying about my and my wife’s efforts to have children and then punished me severely for that false charge.
https://19thnews.org/2023/04/ivf-treatment-coverage-federal-employees-proposed-bill/

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
— Democrats say “Trump Is Considering Making DeSantis His VP.”
https://www.ibtimes.com/trump-considering-making-desantis-his-vp-hes-listening-3689123

POLITICO
— Democrats ever-increasingly run everything. Democrats will assure that the candidate who wins the Republican presidential primary election is the candidate who Democrats believe is the easiest to defeat in the general election.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2023/04/25/who-can-beat-biden-00093807

INDEPENDENT
— Democrats say “Trump suggests boycott of 2024 GOP debates as Democrats skip them altogether. Mr. Trump cites alleged media bias against him as one of the reasons to skip debating.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-republican-primary-debates-b2326715.html

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
— The future is ever-increasingly bleak for those who have the following demographics because they ever-increasingly lack jury appeal and because they are ever-increasingly underrepresented in jury pools: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German America, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1372&context=nulr

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.