April 9, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats say “Dozens rally in Chicago after judge rules to reverse FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone. Governor JB Pritzker blasted the Texas ruling, calling it a dangerous decision.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-rally-abortion-rights-mifepristone-pill/13103912/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/john-kluge-indiana-teacher-fired/13104354/

NBC5
— Democrats say “Democrats Condemn Texas Abortion Pill Ruling and the Trump Judge Who Issued It. Top Republican in Congress have remained largely silent on the decision to suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s longtime approval of the drug, mifepristone.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/democrats-condemn-texas-abortion-pill-ruling-and-the-trump-judge-who-issued-it/3115155/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/court-backs-indiana-teachers-firing-over-transgender-students-names/3115134/

WGN9
— Democrats say “Richest billionaires in Illinois.”
https://wgntv.com/news/richest-billionaires-in-illinois/
— Democrats say “2 Illinois cities (Chicago and Aurora) ranked in list of ‘most sinful’ cities.” How sinful is your municipality, your township, and your county? Democrats ever-increasingly promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.
https://wgntv.com/news/2-illinois-cities-ranked-in-list-of-most-sinful-cities/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: WalletHub came to its findings by comparing 182 U.S. cities across seven key dimensions: anger and hatred; jealousy; excesses and vices; greed; lust; vanity; and laziness. The company then identified 38 metrics “of vices and Illicit behavior” within the seven dimensions (e.g., rate of theft, number of fast-food restaurants per capita, gambling statistics, etc.), and graded each metric on a 100-point scale for all 182 cities.)

WGN RADIO
— Democrats say “Four things to know about the Texas abortion pill ruling.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://wgnradio.com/hill-politics/four-things-to-know-about-the-texas-abortion-pill-ruling/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Pritzker, Raoul say abortion pill access will be maintained in Illinois as court battle plays out. “Nothing has changed,” the governor said. He and the attorney general said people will continue to have access to mifepristone while the legal saga plays out in the courts.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/4/8/23675455/illinois-confirms-access-abortion-drug-mifepristone-pritzker-raoul

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in defeating candidates in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton a) who promote the 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 in the Republican Party platform, that is, b) who oppose the promotion of dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and/or Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, that is, CRT, 1619, BLM, reparations, and wokeness/wokeism, that is, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Anti-conservative and conservative-hating Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) ever-increasingly use the aforesaid defeats to get rid of conservatives, that is, to get rid of platform Republicans, that is, to get rid of Republicans, that is, to destroy the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO. Anticipate that at the 2024 IRP State Convention, anti-conservative and conservative-hating delegates will do everything that they can a) to officially strike the aforesaid planks from the IRP platform, b) to officially banish conservatives from the IRP, that is, c) to officially banish platform Republicans from the IRP, that is, d) to officially banish Republicans from the IRP, and e) to officially destroy the IRP.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230408/voters-favored-incumbents-over-conservative-newcomers-in-suburban-school-board-races
— The more that you promote hatred against Republicans, the more that Democrats promote you.
https://www.heraldextra.com/news/opinion/editorial/2023/apr/08/charen-whos-really-undermining-the-rule-of-law/

STATELINE
— Democrats ask “Can you still buy an assault rifle in Illinois?”
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/can-you-still-buy-an-assault-rifle-in-illinois/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 720 ILCS 5/24-1.9 banned the “manufacture, possession, delivery, sale, and purchase of assault weapons, .50 caliber rifles, and .50 caliber cartridges.” This means that any weapon that falls into these categories are considered illegal to make or sell in the state after January 10. But what if an assault weapon was purchased before the legislation was passed? Would the resident be able to hold onto their weapon that was legal when they purchased it? The answer to this, it seems, is not so cut and dry. The legislation mentioned above states that it will be “unlawful for any person withing this State to knowingly possess an assault weapon, assault weapon attachment, .50 caliber rifle, or .50 caliber cartridge” beginning on Jan. 1, 2024. However, there is an exemption to this law. Illinois residents will be able to keep their assault rifles that they legally obtained before the law went into effect, but only if they follow certain requirements and limitations. For example, gun owners are required to submit an electronic endorsement affidavit form to the Illinois State Police by Oct. 1, 2023. This will include the gun’s make, model and serial number. The resident will also have to identify their Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) Card number. This will allow officials to see if the person is in lawful possession of the weapon and if they are able to have an exemption. Starting April 10, Illinois law will permit people to possess assault weapons and attachments on their private property only, according to Giffords Law Center. They will also be able to transport their weapon to another person’s private property, but only with the owner’s express permission. In addition, residents must make sure that the assault weapon is unloaded and enclosed in a case while it is being transported.)

JOURNAL COURIER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/politics/article/iowa-won-t-pay-for-rape-victims-abortions-or-17886119.php

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats say “VP Harris voices support for ‘Tennessee Three’ during speech in Nashville.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/vp-harris-voices-support-for-tennessee-three-during-speech-in-nashville/

WSIL TV
— Democrats say “American Medical Association’s first gay president to take over at tumultuous time.”
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/illinois/amas-first-gay-president-to-take-over-at-tumultuous-time/article_b8028cd6-00b8-55d0-958c-02f2d6f644a7.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Queer theory indoctrination is directly responsible for Nashville tragedy – Liz Wheeler (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been in promoting LGBTQ in your school district?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/apr/8/queer-theory-indoctrination-is-directly-responsibl/
— Buckle up for a new era of political payback as Trump’s indictment prompts greater scrutiny of Biden – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/apr/9/buckle-new-era-political-payback-trumps-indictment/

WASHINGTON EXAMINAR
— Biden administration to accelerate asylum cases at border and expand migrant legal services – Cami Mondeaux (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote illegal immigration.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/biden-administration-accelerate-asylum-cases-at-border

NEW YORK POST
— VP Harris ripped for meeting expelled Tenn. Dems — but not mass shooting victims – Patrick Reilly
https://nypost.com/2023/04/08/kamala-harris-ripped-for-meeting-expelled-tenn-dems-and-not-mass-shooting-victims/
— Bud Light goes silent on social media after Dylan Mulvaney partnership – Brian Flood
https://nypost.com/2023/04/08/bud-light-goes-silent-after-dylan-mulvaney-partnership/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The increasingly dangerous transgender movement sweeping America – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/04/the_increasingly_dangerous_transgender_movement_sweeping_america.html
— Kamala Harris puts on her best Rev. Wright, ‘preacherman’ imitation in Nashville – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/04/cringe_video_kamala_harris_puts_on_her_best_rev_wright_preacherman_imitation_for_the_left_in_nashville.html
— Imagine a country that just a few short years ago was the only superpower on Earth, and suddenly it loses all stature and credibility throughout the world. – Andrew W. Coy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/04/imagine_if_you_will.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— CBS anchor warns Dems may get violent over expulsions: ‘Only way the other side gets to respond is by punching back’ – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/04/08/cbs-anchor-warns-dems-may-get-violent-over-expulsions-only-way-the-other-side-gets-to-respond-is-by-punching-back-1348364/

BLAZE
— Court ruling: A school’s transgender policy outweighs a teacher’s right to exercise his religion – MICHELE BLOOD (COMMENT: In Diersen v. GAO, the court ruled that federal employees can be forced to retire if they oppose political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination, and especially employees who become active members in class action lawsuits that charge their superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and/or retaliation.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/court-says-teachers-religious-rights-inferior-to

BREITBART
— Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Envisions ‘Catch and Deport’ Illegal Immigration Policy – NICK GILBERTSON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/04/08/republican-presidential-candidate-nikki-haley-envisions-catch-deport-illegal-immigration-policy/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Trump Isn’t Jesus Christ, but Democrats Sure Are Persecuting Him Like Jesus. Here’s Why. – Wayne Allyn Root
https://www.creators.com/read/wayne-allyn-root/04/23/trump-isnt-jesus-christ-but-democrats-sure-are-persecuting-him-like-jesus-heres-why

EPOCH TIMES
— IRS to Prioritize Enforcement Including Criminal Investigation for Certain Assets – Allen Zhong (COMMENT: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $109,732-$117,047/year.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/irs-to-prioritize-enforcement-including-criminal-investigation-for-certain-assets_5181321.html

FOX NEWS
— Progressive Chicago activists push for $1 billion in reparations. University of Chicago Against Displacement is advocating for low-income housing as part of a $1 billion reparations package for the city’s South Side. – Andrea Vacchiano (COMMENT: I should write a book University of Chicago degree-holders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. They include my GAO superiors and supervisors.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/progressive-chicago-activists-push-billion-reparations
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A group of University of Chicago students are continuing their campaign for their university to pay over $1 billion in reparations to Chicago’s South Side. University of Chicago Against Displacement (UCAD), an anti-gentrification student club, hosted an open house event on Thursday. “Come to our open house for some food, music, and good conversation!” the group’s Instagram post read. “This week we’ll be making and coloring our own zines.” According to University of Chicago’s library, a zine “is a self-published [fanzine] … produced in small print runs.” In February, the club had asked for $1 billion in reparations in grant funding for “long-term true affordable housing” from the university’s administration. The organization believes the money should be given to the city’s South Side over 20 years to prevent displacement. “The University exists as a legacy of chattel slavery,” UCAD’s Chicago Maroon op-ed read. “Moreover, it has been an active participant in segregation, redlining, and supporting developments that work to isolate the University from its neighbors and put Southsiders at risk of displacement from their homes.” The group also advocated for a $20 million annual fund for rental assistance, as well as expanding low-income housing and supporting STEM programs at local schools. “This is especially crucial at this moment as the Obama Center in Jackson Park increases land values and, in turn, rental prices,” UCAD wrote in a press release. “As residents deal with the economic hardships and an exacerbation of the homelessness crisis caused by COVID-19, these rent increases will only serve to further displace Southside residents,” it added. A University of Chicago spokesperson told Fox News Digital in February that the university aids Chicago’s South Side by supporting businesses, offering free college readiness programs and employing over 13,000 Chicago residents. UCAD and the University of Chicago did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital for this story.)
— Backing bad behavior?: Kamala Harris visits expelled Tennessee Democrats.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6324220427112
— Biden admin to hold migrants’ ‘credible fear’ screenings in CBP facilities as border prepares for surge. Title 42 expulsions are scheduled to end on May 11. -Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-hold-migrants-credible-fear-screenings-cbp-facilities-border-prepares-surge
— GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy follows Trump policies…without Trump. 2024 GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says the U.S. is ‘lost our national identity’ and promotes an ‘America first’ platform. (COMMENT: While Trump was President, Trump did more to defend and to advance the Republican Party platform than either Bush.)
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6324210617112
— This modern-day alliance poses the greatest threat in our history. Our foreign policy elite are asleep at the wheel and Biden isn’t inclined to challenge their comfortable groupthink. – Chuck DeVore (COMMENT: In WWIII, which countries will side with America?)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/modern-day-alliance-poses-greatest-threat-history
— Gingrich: Democrats ignore weakness of Trump’s indictment because case is ‘life or death’ for them. – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/democrats-ignore-weakness-trumps-indictment-because-case-is-life-death-them-gingrich

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Insurrection? Top Democrats Call To Ignore Court Ruling On Abortion Pill. AOC and Senator Ron Wyden call on Biden to “ignore” the ruling, while the Governor of Massachusetts says “I won’t let a Trump-appointed, anti-abortion judge in Texas stand in the way of mifepristone access in Massachusetts.” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/04/insurrection-top-democrats-call-to-ignore-court-ruling-on-abortion-pill/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Tucker Carlson: Transgenderism Is The Most Dangerous Extremist Movement In The United States – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/04/08/tucker_carlson_transgenderism_is_the_most_dangerous_extremist_movement_in_the_united_states.html

TOWNHALL
— Racism, Inc. – Mark Lewis
https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2023/04/08/racism-inc-n2621688
— The Left’s Disposable Transgender Children – Scott Hogenson
https://townhall.com/columnists/scotthogenson/2023/04/09/the-lefts-disposable-transgender-children-n2621703
— More Republicans, Country Stars Join the Fight to Boycott Bud Light After Transgender Deal – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/04/08/more-republicans-country-stars-join-the-fight-to-boycott-bud-light-after-transgender-deal-n2621698

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC NEWS
— Democrats say “We’re angry: Hundreds rally for transgender and drag queen rights in SF.”
https://abc7news.com/trans-rights-rally-san-francisco-anti-lgbtq-legislation-drag-queens-transgender/13104045/

CNN
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in promoting abortion.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/09/politics/donald-trump-republicans-abortion-election-trouble/index.html

UPI
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/dea4273f4f991c9d2cbfeb9539e60edf/March-to-Support-Drag-and-Transgender-Community-in-San-Francisco/

MSNBC
— Democrats say “DeSantis quietly eases gun restrictions in wake of mass shootings.” Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) make it clear that they will abolish the Second Amendment so that they can disarm Republicans and get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.msnbc.com/american-voices/watch/florida-governor-ron-desantis-quietly-eases-gun-restrictions-in-wake-of-mass-shootings-168866885619

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats say “For DeSantis, Overflowing War Chest Obscures the Challenges Ahead. As he prepares for a widely expected 2024 campaign, the Florida governor has at least $110 million in allied committees. But he will also have to navigate a series of financial and political hurdles.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/us/politics/ron-desantis-2024-fundraising-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “DeSantis Is Playing the Politics of Abortion All Wrong.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/04/09/florida-abortion-ban-desantis-is-playing-the-politics-all-wrong/73168d44-d6d4-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) discriminate against Republicans, if not to get rid of Republicans, who share Trump’s demographics: heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, married, non-poor, gun-owner, draft-avoider, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-greene-trump-reverse-racism-20230408-i2p2ck3gkvfcvgtxxz7owkp7ty-story.html

DAILY JOURNAL
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) promote hatred against Whites who do not hate Trump.
https://www.djournal.com/opinion/columnists/the-white-privilege-of-protesting-trump-supporters/article_f95fb9d5-7991-55b3-8f03-0a0c19d210ca.html

24/7 WALL STREET
— Democrats say “11 States Where Gun Sales Are Still Skyrocketing.”
https://247wallst.com/special-report/2023/04/09/11-states-where-gun-sales-are-still-skyrocketing/

PBS
— Democrats say “The history and future consequences of the Supreme Court’s conservative shift.” Anticipate that soon, Democrats will replace all the conservative Supreme Court justices with liberal justices who are anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-people in traditional marriages, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun-owners, anti-draft-avoiders, anti-Protestants, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-history-and-future-consequences-of-the-supreme-courts-conservative-shift

VOCABULARY
— Trade-off (COMMENT: What are the biggest trade-offs in life that you have made? Mine include a) trading-off my career in the federal government by staying a Republican, by complaining about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, and by becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in 1988 when I was 40 years old, b) trading off any chance for leadership roles in the Milton Township Republican Organization by staying a conservative, c) trading-off freedom from retaliation by filing lawsuits, d) trading-off everything that I could do with 10+ hours of my life each and every day by spending that time putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and sending them out. One small example would be my trading in my 2016 Ford Mustang V-6 ( https://www.kbb.com/ford/mustang/2016/v6-coupe-2d/ ) for a 2023 Ford Mustang GT Premium ( https://www.edmunds.com/ford/mustang/ ) instead of taking the time to find a buyer who would pay me lots more for my car. According to Kelly Blue Book, my 2016 Ford Mustang should be worth $26,293 private sale and $25,334 trade-in, but the dealer offers only $21,000 or $4,334 less.)
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/trade-off

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.