August 11, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://abc7chicago.com/ohio-abortion-jb-pritzker-illinois-law/13630086/

NBC5
— Democrats say “Some Chicago Walgreens stores are blasting classical music to deter loitering,” but ask “will it work?”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/some-chicago-walgreens-stores-are-blasting-classical-music-to-deter-loitering-but-will-it-work/3205344/

CBS2
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago police officer reveals what new moms face on the force.” While I worked for GAO during the 1990s, its Chicago office gutted its smoking room and made it a lactation room.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chicago-police-new-moms/

FOX32
— Democrats say more Chicago residents relocate to Cape Coral, Florida than to any other city.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-residents-relocating-cape-coral-florida
— UPS hiring workers for new Chicago facility (COMMENT: The Democrats who ran the Park Forest Post Office in 1966 hired me because I had passed their postal employment examination in Harvey and they could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1262365
— Democrats acknowledge “107% spike in robberies on NW, West Sides.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1261901

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats ever-increasingly demonize, denigrate, and condemn masculinity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-masculinity-culture-wars-schools-social-emotional-learning-20230810-she4x3z3njch3fbpdzt7g63rzq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2023/8/10/23827411/grasshopper-club-weed-dispensary-south-loop-marijuana-cannabis-black-owned
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/10/23826034/forest-glen-man-gives-free-clothes-to-migrants
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote more hatred against Trump and against his supporters. How much success have they had promoting hatred against Trump and against his supporters in your county, in your township, in your municipality, in your school district, and in your precinct? I should write a book about the success they have had in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, in Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, and in my precinct.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/8/10/23827517/trump-supporters-working-class-white-progressives-elite-ivy-league-colleges-mona-charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/10/23824722/trump-gop-defenders-rhetoric-danger-democracy-kenneth-zagacki-richard-cherwitz-other-views

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230811/gop-senator-makes-dems-look-pro-military
— Democrats say “Six people are being considered to fill Aurora Ward 7 vacancy.” Government is nasty/vicious. Politics is nasty/vicious. I should write a book about what my critics/opponents did to assure that I would not be selected to fill the Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019. I would focus on those who continue to have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230810/six-people-are-being-considered-to-fill-aurora-ward-7-vacancy
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want DeSantis to destroy Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20230811/desantis-is-resetting-his-campaign-again-some-republicans-worry-his-message-is-getting-in-the-way

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/ohio-issue-1-vote-another-loss-richard-uihlein-hinz
— Democrats acknowledge that “New report claims Chicago’s charter schools are shortchanged in public funding.” One reason why my parents had less money is what they paid to send me and my brother to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest to stay with the Missouri Synod.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/report-claims-chicago-charter-schools-funding-gap

FOX ILLINOIS
— One in five Americans concerned about inability to retire amid financial woes – COURTNEY RAU and JANAE BOWENS (COMMENT: I started earning credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System pension in 1966 when I was 18 years old and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fact-check-team-one-in-five-americans-concerned-about-inability-to-retire-amid-financial-woes-social-security-ira-401k-account-credit-card-debt-wallethub-government-accountability-office-baby-boomers-millennials

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want DeSantis to destroy Trump.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-desantis-is-resetting-his-campaign-again-some-republicans-worry-his-message-is-getting-in-the-way/

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration. Democrats want illegals because illegals vote for Democrats. RINOs want illegals because RINOs want cheap labor. Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that citizens of America ever-increasing fail/refuse to take bad jobs like the bad jobs that I took. I did yard work 1962-1964. I delivered newspapers 1962-1966. I washed dishes 1964-1966. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966. I delivered mail 1966-1969.
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2023/08/10/migrant-work-permits-illinois-farms

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/11/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-125/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/08/10/afternoon-roundup-139/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— ‘Free Speech won today in the Land of Lincoln’ – Peter Breen
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/648378775-breen-free-speech-won-today-in-the-land-of-lincoln

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— The more they pick on Trump, the more his chances of winning improve – Ray Hanania
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2023/08/10/the-more-they-pick-on-trump-the-more-his-chances-of-winning-improve/

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago should get ‘woke’ (the way Oakland has, that is)
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-should-get-woke-the-way-oakland-has-that-is-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— What We Lose to Shoplifting – Wirepoints in The New York Times
https://wirepoints.org/what-we-lose-to-shoplifting-wirepoints-in-the-new-york-times/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— David Linder Presents His Report on Former Algonquin Township Highway Commissioner Andrew Gasser
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/10/david-linder-presents-his-report-on-andrew-gasser/
— August 29th Day of Decision on Lakewood’s Proposed RedTail Golf Course Clubhouse
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/10/august-29th-day-of-decision-on-lakewoods-proposed-redtail/
— Syverson Warns of Unsustainability of State Spending
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/10/syverson-warns-of-unsustainability-of-state-spending/
— Pritzker Signs Bill Limiting Abortion Information
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/10/pritzker-signs-bill-limiting-abortion-information/
— Algonquin Township Board Extends Application Period for Ed Zimel Replacement to Monday Noon
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/09/algonquin-township-board-extends-application-period-for-ed-zimel-replacement-to-monday-noon/
— Lakewood Buys High-End Drone
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/09/lakewood-buys-high-end-drone/
— Productivity in Housing Production Decreasing
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/09/productivity-in-housing-production-decreasing/
— Pritzker Vetoes Flawed Bill on Workplace Privacy
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/09/pritzker-vetoes-flawed-bill-on-workplace-privacy/
— Foster Holding Town Hall Meeting in Woodstock
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/09/foster-holding-town-hall-meeting-in-woodstock/
— Pro-Lifers Conduct Straw Poll
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/09/pro-lifers-conduct-straw-poll/
— Schakowsky and Casten Co-Sponsor Bill Making Gun Buying Very Expensive
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/08/08/schakowsky-and-casten-co-sponsor-bill-making-gun-buying-very-expensive/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO GUN VIOLENCE BY NEIGHBORHOOD: SOUTH, WEST SIDES REMAIN MOST DANGEROUS – Patrick Andriesen (COMMENT: I worked for IRS in its Harvey office during 1972 and1973 and in its 63rd & Halsted office during 1973. To discredit IRS’s promoting me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates a) stressed that few wanted to work in those offices and b) argued that therefore, it was much easier for me to get promoted because I worked in those offices.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-gun-violence-by-neighborhood-south-west-sides-remain-most-dangerous/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS eyes more generous work permits for unauthorized migrants – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/10/dhs-eyes-more-generous-work-permits-unauthorized-m/
— Mayor of sanctuary city complains about cost of caring for immigrants – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/aug/9/illegal-immigration-will-cost-nyc-5-billion-year-s/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Big business is the new diversity battleground after Supreme Court ruling on colleges – Zachary Halaschak
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/big-business-battleground-diversity-supreme-court-ruling-colleges
— Eric Adams’s handling of NYC migrant crisis went horribly wrong. – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/eric-adams-nyc-migrant-crisis-horribly-wrong-contractor
— Is Trump a fiercer culture warrior than DeSantis? – Hudson Crozier
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/is-trump-a-fiercer-culture-warrior-than-desantis

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Defending the Texas Border Means Defying Joe Biden. Texas Border enforcement has become a cat-and-mouse game with the federal government. Cary Cheshire
https://amgreatness.com/2023/08/11/defending-the-texas-border-means-defying-joe-biden/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams begs for help, says migrant influx could cost city $12 billion – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/10/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-begs-for-help-says-migrant-influx-could-cost-city-12-billion-1385451/
— Fox News reportedly puts out notice for restrictions of footage use from GOP debate – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/11/fox-news-reportedly-puts-out-notice-for-restrictions-of-footage-use-from-gop-debate-1385793/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Americans say no to housing illegal immigrants in college dorms – Nick Clavi
https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=23797

DAILY CALLER
— Laura Ingraham Rips NYC Mayor, Progressives For ‘Borders Are … Immoral’ Hypocrisy – GRETCHEN CLAYSON
https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/10/laura-ingraham-democrat-hypocrisy-border-illegal-immigration/

FEDERALIST
— The FBI Targeted Traditional Catholics Because They Will Never Accept The Left’s Pagan Morality – JOHN DANIEL DAVIDSON
https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/11/the-fbi-targeted-traditional-catholics-because-they-will-never-accept-the-lefts-pagan-morality/
— California Court Greenlights Foreign Interference In San Francisco’s School Board Elections – SHAWN FLEETWOOD
https://thefederalist.com/2023/08/10/california-court-greenlights-foreign-interference-in-san-franciscos-school-board-elections/

FOX BUSINESS
— Mayor Eric Adams asks federal government to declare state of emergency over migrant influx
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6333092774112
— Man forced to ditch $115K Ford EV truck during family road trip to Chicago: ‘biggest scam of modern times’ Bala said he was initially motivated to buy an environmentally friendly vehicle as owning one is ‘responsible citizenship’ – Bradford Betz (COMMENT: I have owned gasoline-powered cars since I was 16 in 1964. I pumped gasoline in 1966 and 1970-1972.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/man-forced-ditch-115k-ford-ev-truck-family-road-trip-chicago-biggest-scam-modern-times

FOX NEWS
— Democrats don’t care about the migrants or working-class Americans. Ingraham skewers ‘NIMBY’ – ‘Not In My Back Yard’ – liberals for their hypocrisy on migrants – LAURA INGRAHAM
https://www.foxnews.com/media/laura-ingraham-democrats-dont-care-about-migrants-working-class-americans
— NYC Mayor Adams says migrant crisis threatens to ‘decimate’ city as he appeals for federal help. Adams said this week that it could cost $12 billion by 2025. – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-mayor-adams-migrant-crisis-threatens-decimate-city-appeals-federal-help
— GOP lawmakers file amicus brief backing Texas against DOJ lawsuit over border barrier. The DOJ claims the barrier is in violation of federal law. – Adam Shaw (COMMENT: GAO works for Congress. My critics/opponents stress that neither Speaker Hastert nor any of my Republican U.S. Senators or U.S. Representatives filed any amicus briefs in Diersen v. GAO. I should write a book about how the aforesaid acted like they got advice to reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on how they acted like they got advice to promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination against those like me a) who they could not manipulate or dominate, b) who refused to glorify and praise them, c) who refused to pander to them, d) who refused to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) who refused to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) who refused to give them money. I would focus how they acted like they got advice to promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get votes from minorities, females, and younger people.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-lawmakers-sign-amicus-brief-backing-texas-against-doj-lawsuit-border-barrier

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Mayor Adams Blames Border States for Creating Migrant ‘Funnel’ to NYC – CAROLINE DOWNEY
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/mayor-adams-blames-border-states-for-creating-migrant-funnel-to-nyc/

PJ MEDIA
— NYC Mayor Eric Adams Asks Biden to Declare a ‘State of Emergency’ Over Asylum Seekers – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2023/08/10/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-asks-biden-to-declare-a-state-of-emergency-over-asylum-seekers-n1717979
— LGBTQ+++ Propaganda Book Teaches Children That Men Give Birth – BEN BARTEE
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/benbartee/2023/08/10/in-my-daddys-belly-lgbtq-propaganda-book-teaches-children-that-men-give-birth-n1717991
— Who Will Say ‘No More’ to the Current Madness? – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://pjmedia.com/columns/victor-davis-hanson/2023/08/11/who-will-say-no-more-to-the-current-madness-n1718151

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Lady Gaga’s Dad Furious as Unruly Illegals Take Over His Neighborhood: ‘Just Enabling ‘Em’ – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.westernjournal.com/lady-gagas-dad-furious-unruly-illegals-take-neighborhood-just-enabling-em/


FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ROLL CALL
— House Republicans want to wipe out staff unions – Jim Saksa (COMMENT: GAO works for Congress. GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee. I was a union member while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for the Post Office 1966-1969. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have demonstrated the most hatred against unions and against union members.)
https://rollcall.com/2023/01/06/house-republicans-wipe-out-staff-unions-not-that-simple/

CNN
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is a liberal Democrat who promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and the rest of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green part platforms.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/opinions/2023/08/10/se-cupp-unfiltered-trump-woke-christianity-evangelical-vpx.cnn

ABC NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/video/hip-hops-relationship-lgbtq-community-102159068

CBS NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly use reports of crimes against LGBTQers to promote LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nypd-2-men-wanted-in-anti-lgbtq-assault-near-union-square-park/
— Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/conservatives-attack-corporate-diversity-programs-in-wake-of-affirmative-action-ruling/

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/08/10/republicans-wasted-their-summer-attacking-dei-and-esg/d965c500-3774-11ee-ac4e-e707870e43db_story.html

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly do everything that they can to make children sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/08/10/parents-clash-with-maryland-school-system-over-lgbtq-books/70568765007/
— Democrats say “Donald Trump’s Republican rivals knock him for refusing to sign loyalty pledge.” I have been a member of the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) since 1999. MTRO has always required its members to fully support all the Republican candidates in general elections who win primary elections and I have always done that. I have always fully supported those candidates, including those candidates a) who blame me and who blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their defeats in general elections and b) who have taken big adverse actions against me. I should write a book about those candidates.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/08/10/donald-trump-republican-rivals-debate-loyalty-pledge/70567220007/

FORTUNE
— Democrats ever-increasingly make it clear that they reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/attacks-corporate-diversity-programs-ramping-122828822.html
https://fortune.com/2023/08/10/corporate-diversity-programs-supreme-court-affirmative-action-decision/

FORBES
— To get more votes from minorities and from females, Democrat and RINO politicians ever-increasingly dump meritocracy.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2023/08/10/the-key-to-a-better-future-for-students-may-be-social-emotional-growth-not-standardized-test-scores/

CONVERSATION
— Democrats ask “Who likes Donald Trump?” and say “Lots of Republicans, but especially Hispanic voters, plus very rural and very conservative people.”
https://theconversation.com/who-likes-donald-trump-lots-of-republicans-but-especially-hispanic-voters-plus-very-rural-and-very-conservative-people-211166

INSIDE PHILANTHROPY
— The following promote Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Equity, and/or Inclusion (DEI), that is, promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination: a) those who have personally benefitted from AA/DEI, b) those who are personally benefitting from AA/DEI, c) those who want to personally benefit from AA/DEI, d) those who want to curry favor with minorities, e) those who want to curry favor with females, f) those who want to curry favor with younger people, g) those who have benefitted from discrimination against minorities, females, and/or younger people and want to atone for that, and/or h) those who have discriminated against minorities, females, and/or younger people and want to atone for that.
https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2023/8/10/the-wealthy-donors-behind-the-assault-on-affirmative-action

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.