August 1, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS2
— Democrats say “Chicago to spend $75 million in federal taxpayer dollars for DNC.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/city-of-chicago-federal-taxpayer-dollars-dnc/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats say “Trump lies about Kamala Harris’ race, bashes moderator at Black journalists convention in Chicago. The shortened event was full of incendiary comments from the former president, including claims illegal immigrants are taking “Black jobs.” Trump also accused the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee of only promoting Indian heritage.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2024/07/31/donald-trump-nabj-q-a-kamala-harris-chicago-conference-black-journalists
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/abortion/2024/07/31/chicago-abortion-providers-iowa-ban-planned-parenthood-illinois-roe-wade-dobbs-womens-health
— Democrats say “Schuler Scholars program backs out of scholarships promised to Chicago students.” Did you get a scholarship? My critics/opponents have always stressed that I did not get any scholarships, that I only just barely made it into the upper 20% of my high school class, and that my ACT score was only 24. According to them, that proves that I was not college material and that my parents were filthy rich.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2024/07/31/schuler-scholars-scholarship-program
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/editorials/2024/08/01/president-joe-biden-border-order-works-fewer-migrants-asylum-seekers-texas-illegal-crossings

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote socialism.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/
— Democrats say “Eleven seek to fill Aurora Ward 1 vacancy.” I should write about my critics/opponents who worked the hardest to end by bid to be selected to fill a Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019.
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240731/news/eleven-seek-to-fill-aurora-ward-1-vacancy/

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats say “About 8 in 10 Democrats are satisfied with Harris in stark shift after Biden drops out.” Harris promotes hatred against Republicans big time, and especially Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time. What demographics do you share with Trump?
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240731/nation-and-world-politics/about-8-in-10-democrats-are-satisfied-with-harris-in-stark-shift-after-biden-drops-out-ap-norc-poll/

NBC5
— Democrats say “Harris calls Trump’s false claims about race ‘the same old show’ of divisiveness and disrespect.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/harris-calls-trumps-false-claims-about-race-the-same-old-show-of-divisiveness-and-disrespect/3507830/

FOX32
— Democrats say “Chicago mayor slams Trump in speech on first night of NABJ Convention.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/mayor-johnson-slams-trump-speech-first-night-nabj-convention

WTTW
— Democrats say “Trump Barely Mentions Chicago in Combative Appearance at Convention of Black Journalists.”
https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/31/trump-barely-mentions-chicago-combative-appearance-convention-black-journalists

WBEZ
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly use problems in Venezuela to justify illegal immigration.
https://www.wbez.org/race-class-communities/2024/07/31/what-another-six-years-of-a-maduro-presidency-in-venezuela-means-for-migrants-and-chicago

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats say “Johnson condemns Trump’s jabs at Harris during Black journalists convention.”
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/johnson-condemns-trumps-remarks-black-journalists-convention

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly use Sonya Massey to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2024-07-31/in-the-wake-of-sonya-masseys-death-advocates-want-the-state-to-act

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats ever-increasingly call Republicans weird.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/why-do-harris-and-democrats-keep-calling-trump-and-vance-weird/
— Democrats say “Attorney says parents of ex-student accused in Texas school shooting bear responsibility for attack.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-trial-to-begin-in-lawsuit-filed-against-accused-attackers-parents-over-texas-school-shooting/
— Democrats say “Federal judge says New Jersey’s ban on AR-15 rifles is unconstitutional.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/ap-federal-judge-says-new-jerseys-ban-on-ar-15-rifles-is-unconstitutional/

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— Democrats say “Trump’s NABJ Convention Interview Was the Disaster Everyone Expected.”
https://chicagodefender.com/column-trumps-nabj-convention-interview-was-the-disaster-everyone-expected/

CHICAGO READER
— Democrats say “Extremists with badges. Community members push the CPD to fire cops tied to far-right Oath Keepers.” I served as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012 and on the Steering Committee of Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) 2003-2007. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that TAPROOT and ICRC were extremist far-right organizations.
https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/cpd-oath-keepers-extremists/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Democrats say “What a Harris Presidency Means for a Pritzker White House Run. In politics, timing is everything. If Kamala wins two terms, it may narrow — or even eliminate — our governor’s chances at the higher office.”
https://www.chicagomag.com/news/what-a-harris-presidency-means-for-a-pritzker-white-house-run/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Democrats say “Trump’s ‘Off The Rails’ Interview Tarnishes Black Journalists Convention, Attendees Say. Multiple convention panels were rescheduled or canceled following the Trump Q&A, and some participants dropped out of their panels in light of Trump’s appearance.”
https://blockclubchicago.org/2024/08/01/trumps-off-the-rails-interview-tarnishes-black-journalists-convention-attendees-say/

POLITICO
— Democrats say “Trump turns heads in Chicago.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2024/08/01/trump-turns-heads-in-chicago-00172226

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/01/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-338/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2024/07/31/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-131/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump derides Harris as ‘puppet candidate’ at Pennsylvania rally. – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/31/donald-trump-derides-kamala-harris-as-puppet-candi/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— New Jersey AR-15 ban ruled unconstitutional by federal judge. – Peter Cordi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/3106301/new-jersey-ar-15-ban-ruled-unconstitutional/#google_vignette

AMAC
— Harris’s Illegal Immigration Extremism Haunts Presidential Campaign. – Andrew Shirley
https://amac.us/newsline/elections/harriss-illegal-immigration-extremism-haunts-presidential-campaign/

AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— Biden-Harris admin sued for answers on illegal immigrants flown into US
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/07/biden-harris-admin-sued-for-answers-on-illegal-immigrants-flown-into-us/#google_vignette

BREITBART
— Texas Rancher Sues Biden-Harris DHS for ‘Massive Flood’ of Illegals to U.S. – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/31/texas-rancher-sues-bidens-dhs-massive-flood-illegals/
— Kamala Harris Admitted ‘Yeah, I Am a Radical’ – Wendell Husebø
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/31/kamala-harris-admitted-yeah-i-am-a-radical/
— Left-Wing Slate Says Kamala Harris Has Pushed Transgenderism for 20 Years. – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/07/31/left-wing-slate-says-kamala-harris-has-pushed-transgenderism-20-years/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Speaks At Black Journalists Conference In Chicago; Harris Skips Event. – Zach Jewell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-speaks-at-black-journalists-conference-in-chicago-harris-skips-event

FEDERALIST
— Why Should Media Go Easy On Kamala After Racist Attacks On Clarence Thomas, Ben Carson, And Tim Scott?
https://thefederalist.com/2024/07/31/why-should-media-go-easy-on-kamala-after-racist-attacks-on-clarence-thomas-ben-carson-and-tim-scott/

FOX NEWS
— Ben Carson praises Trump for appearance at ‘hostile’ Black journalists conference. Former President Trump clashed with ABC journalist Rachel Scott during the NABJ event. – Michael Lee
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ben-carson-praises-trump-appearance-hostile-black-journalists-conference
— Kamala was a rogue Soros-like prosecutor before it was popular among woke elites. Harris is giving the Trump campaign a gift if she relies on her terrible law enforcement record. – John Yoo, John Shu
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/kamala-rogue-soros-like-prosecutor-before-popular-among-woke-elites

MRC TV
— ‘Sudden Onset Urban Accent’: Kamala Harris Unveils Weird New Voice in Atlanta. – Brittany M. Hughes
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/brittany-m-hughes/sudden-onset-urban-accent-kamala-harris-unveils-weird-new-voice-atlanta

NATIONAL REVIEW
— When Is Kamala Harris Going to Hold a Press Conference? – NOAH ROTHMAN (COMMENT: If/when she does hold a press conference, she will only get softball questions.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/when-is-kamala-harris-going-to-hold-a-press-conference/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Gets GOP Blowback on ‘Harris Happened to Turn Black’ Comment. – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-kamala-harris-race/2024/08/01/id/1174831/

NEW AMERICAN
— Biden’s Open Border Is Hastening the “South Africanization” of U.S. – Selwyn Duke
https://thenewamerican.com/us/immigration/bidens-open-border-is-hastening-the-south-africanization-of-u-s/

PJ MEDIA
— Venezuelan Gang Gets ‘Green Light’ to Kill American Cops. – Kevin Downey Jr.
https://pjmedia.com/kevindowneyjr/2024/07/31/venezuelan-gang-gets-green-light-to-kill-our-cops-n4931222

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump: The American People Will Compare My Record To “Border Czar” Kamala’s And Tell Her “You’re Fired, Get Out Of Here” – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2024/07/31/trump_the_american_people_will_compare_my_record_to_border_czar_kamalas_and_tell_her_youre_fired_get_out_of_here.html

TOWNHALL
— JD Vance and Childless Cat Ladies: Cue the Outrage. – Larry Elder
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2024/08/01/jd-vance-and-childless-cat-ladies-cue-the-outrage-n2642808
— Kamala Harris Played a Larger Role Than We Thought In Biden’s Border Crisis. – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/07/31/kamala-harris-played-a-larger-role-than-we-thought-in-bidens-border-crisis-n2642810
— The Democrat Elite Took Another Step Towards Appointing Harris Their Nominee. – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2024/07/31/democrats-coronation-of-kamala-harris-without-winning-any-primary-is-almost-complete-n2642776

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

REUTERS
— Democrats say “Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican heritage, has long self-identified as both Black and Asian.”  The writer of Money Magazine’s February 1978 4-page article on me questioned why I self-identify as being Lutheran and German American.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-sitdown-black-journalists-convention-sparks-backlash-2024-07-31/

MSN
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/let-s-go-full-white-power-trump-lawyer-blasted-for-blatant-racism-during-pa-rally/ar-BB1qZh9X

AOL
— All the women who my superiors promoted over me a) had less work experience than I had, b) had less education than I had, c) had no professional certifications or fewer than I had, and/or d) had no professional license like the one I had.
https://www.aol.com/dei-hire-women-kamala-harris-100000963.html

ABC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly use problems in Venezuela to justify illegal immigration.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/venezuelan-migrants-mexico-worry-loved-political-unrest-roils-112459003

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats say “Trump allies want to hit Harris’s record. He keeps talking about her race and gender. Trump’s team says it aims to beat Harris by portraying her as responsible for illegal border crossings and inflation. Trump’s not sticking to the script.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/01/trump-harris-race-gender-record/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrats ask “Would Trump stop free and fair elections?” and say “Hitler and Mussolini’s paths could be a clue.” In America, Democrats run elections.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-07-31/trump-vote-election-autocrats-dictatorship-mussolini-hitler

USA TODAY
— Democrats say “Opponents of DEI want to stifle America’s progress. We can’t let that happen.” According to my critics/opponents, a) DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, did not help Harris achieve her successes in life and b) I owe all my successes in life to my benefitting from discrimination against those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, parents, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/07/30/dei-opponents-undo-america-progress/74456214007/

KTRH
— Democrats say “Texas Is Still Bussing Illegal Aliens, But Biden Is Flying Them In.”
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2024-07-31-texas-is-still-bussing-illegal-aliens-but-biden-is-flying-them/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Donald Trump and the Black Journalists. The former President meets his critics head on. Where was Kamala Harris? – Editorial (COMMENT: I have always met my critics/opponents head on, but I am losing motivation to do that. The majority, and often supermajority, of Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Party, and Illinois Republican Party leaders and members have been my biggest critics/opponents. They reject some, many, most, if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform. They destroy those like me a) who they cannot manipulate or dominate, b) who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) who refuse to pander to them, d) who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or f) who refuse to give them money.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-national-association-of-black-journalists-kamala-harris-rachel-scott-b5749960
— Democrats say “Biden Renews Push for Student-Debt Relief With Emails to Millions of Borrowers. The administration is finalizing rules for its new program, while other debt relief has been temporarily halted by legal challenges.” My critics/opponents have always stressed that I never got a scholarship or a student loan. They hint/imply/argue/shout that was because I was not college material and because my parents were filthy rich.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/biden-new-student-loan-debt-forgiveness-plan-explained-14aa442f
— Not All Octogenarians Are as Feeble as Biden. Many of us are still going strong, and with an aging population, America needs us. – Richard Vedder (COMMENT: My critics/opponents promote age discrimination. I should write about those who promote age discrimination the most.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/not-all-octogenarians-are-as-feeble-as-biden-035d865b

FORBES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adairalandry/2024/07/31/transgender-parents-face-opportunity-and-challenge/

HARVARD
— Democrats say “Cradle-To-Career Success and the Vaccine to Poverty.” To demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being a very bad person, my critics/opponents stress that I never earned more than $150,075/year in today’s dollars even though I had a) three job-related master’s degrees, b) six job-related professional certifications, and c) a job-related professional license.
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/askwith-education-forum/24/04/cradle-career-success-and-vaccine-poverty

POLITICO
— Democrats say “Trump defends ‘Black jobs’ comment to room of Black journalists.” Since I was 13 years old in 1962, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my taking jobs that they say should have been given to Blacks. I did yard work 1962-1964, delivered newspapers 1962-1966, washed dishes 1964-1966, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966, delivered mail 1966-1969, worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971, pumped gasoline 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. They stressed the many unemployed Blacks in Chicagoland and especially in the south suburbs. In 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire early so that they could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. My critics/opponents who never took jobs like the ones I took make it very clear that they would never stoop to take the jobs that I took.
https://www.politico.com/video/2024/07/31/trump-defends-black-jobs-comment-to-room-of-black-journalists-1390268

VOA
— Democrats say “Carter Center says Venezuela election cannot be considered democratic.” In America, Democrats run elections.
https://www.voanews.com/a/carter-center-says-venezuela-election-cannot-be-considered-democratic-/7723954.html

VOX
— Democrats say “Discrimination against trans Olympians has roots in Nazi Germany.”
https://www.vox.com/culture/364032/trans-athletes-olympics-2024

DAILY KOS
— Democrats say “Trump’s has had these dumb racist “Becoming Black” ideas for decades.”
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/1/2259777/-Trump-s-has-had-these-dumb-racist-Becoming-Black-ideas-for-decades
— Democrats say “Weird: Trump Previously Said His Donation To Harris Campaign Proves He’s Not Racist.”
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2024/8/1/2259791/-Weird-Trump-Previously-Said-His-Donation-To-Harris-Campaign-Proves-He-s-Not-Racist

PEW RESEARCH
— Voters’ views of Trump and Biden differ sharply by religion. – Gregory A. Smith (COMMENT: Politics is nasty/vicious. I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Park Forest in 1962. I should write about those in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have used that against me the most. I would focus on those who crow that they are a member of a church, that they attend church services, and that they give money to a church.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/30/voters-views-of-trump-and-biden-differ-sharply-by-religion/

TELEGRAPH
— Democrats have learnt nothing from their 2016 Trump bashing. Smug liberal eye-rolling over the former president is precisely what enabled his first election victory. – Tom Harris
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/01/democrats-have-learnt-nothing-from-their-2016-trump-bashing/

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.