August 13, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats say that Pritzker signs the Firearm Industry Responsibility Act into law that aims to “hold the gun industry accountable for unlawful sales and unsafe marketing practices towards children.”
https://abc7chicago.com/jb-pritzker-gun-law-everytown-for-safety-illinois-assault-weapons-ban/13639191/

NBC5
— Democrats ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights on their way to abolishing the Second Amendment.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-home/vp-kama-harris-talks-assault-weapon-ban-during-her-chicago-visit-on-friday/3206062/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/pritzker-signs-bill-aiming-to-hold-gun-makers-accountable-for-unsafe-marketing-practices/3206400/

CBS2
— Democrats crow that “Pritzker signs new law allowing victims of gun violence to sue gun makers.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pritzker-gun-violence-illinois-firearm-industry-responsibility-act/

FOX32
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) blame Republicans for gun violence.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1262767
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote electric vehicles.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1262277

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— So-called progressive prosecutors have failed in their responsibility to follow the law – John C. Milhiser, Billy J. Williams, Nancy G. Parr and Timothy J. Shea
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-progressive-prosecutors-law-and-order-kim-foxx-20230813-4kks4od6gze7biuel5ya4podae-story.html
— Democrats say that “Pritzker OK’s measure allowing civil action against gun dealers and manufacturers for improper marketing campaigns.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-gun-manufacturing-liability-law-20230812-6oe2p3myijeylddii4oeo3qcbi-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-ohio-direct-democracy-20230812-xccmeej6avgxvlzxm475orr6di-story.html
— Far too few religious leaders speak out against the extremely anti-religious Democrat Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-religious-communities-engagement-chicago-parliament-20230813-l3wixwapfjgm7p6oyzte5u7zoy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly diminish Second Amendment rights on their way to abolishing the Second Amendment.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/12/23828593/illinois-supreme-court-assault-weapons-ban-federal-court-gun-safety-editorial
— People have a right to know if aging politicians are physically, mentally fit. We need to have a national conversation about measuring elected officials’ physical and mental-brain health, balancing the public’s right to know with the person’s right to privacy. – Anand Kumar
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/12/23828592/aging-politicians-physical-cognitive-decline-mitch-mcconnell-dianne-feinstein-biden-anand-kumar-oped
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/12/23830108/two-migrant-families-kicked-out-of-rogers-park-motel-after-missing-curfew

DAILY HERALD
— Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more difficult if not impossible it will be to get a job: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, gun-owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20230813/daily-herald-suburban-business-2023-diversity-awards-recognition-event-honors-13-businesses

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker: Do as I say in Ohio, just not here. – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-pritzker-do-as-i-say-in-ohio-just-not-here/article_a39da8ce-0685-536b-8f14-dd19f948459b.html

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Democrats crow that “DeKalb County sheriff pivots, says he’ll enforce gun ban in wake of Supreme Court ruling.”
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/news/local/2023/08/12/dekalb-county-sheriff-pivots-says-hell-enforce-gun-ban-in-wake-of-supreme-court-ruling/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article278197707.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats crow that “Illinois Supreme Court upholds assault weapon ban” but decry that “federal test remains.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/illinois/2023-08-11/illinois-supreme-court-upholds-assault-weapon-ban-but-federal-test-remains

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
–Democrats say “Trump’s Iowa state fair spectacle clouds DeSantis as former president is joined by Florida officials.”
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/ap-trumps-iowa-state-fair-spectacle-clouds-desantis-as-former-president-is-joined-by-florida-officials/

CITIES 92.9
— Democrats crow that “Illinois’ firearms industry vulnerable to lawsuits under new law.”
https://www.cities929.com/2023/08/12/illinois-firearms-industry-vulnerable-to-lawsuits-under-new-law/

FOX ST. LOUIS
— Christie seeks to win by getting under Trump’s skin – Brett Samuels
https://fox2now.com/news/national/christie-seeks-to-win-by-getting-under-trumps-skin/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Law Weapons: ‘This fundraiser is in support of the right to bear arms, which shall not be infringed’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/648238666-law-weapons-this-fundraiser-is-in-support-of-the-right-to-bear-arms-which-shall-not-be-infringed
https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?e=caeaec48a9&u=9d2e66be6c408cfd1c12fa055&id=3f54562a8b
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Law Weapons is hosting a fundraiser in support of both the constitutional right to bear arms and a significant federal US Appellate Court Case involving its owner Robert Bevis. The event, promising a day of family fun, is scheduled to take place on Sunday, August 13, 2023, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the storefront location of 1539 N. Aurora Rd. #119 Naperville, Illinois 60563. “Robert Bevis, owner of Law Weapons, is a plaintiff in a pending federal US Appellate Court Case. This fundraiser is in support of the right to bear arms, which shall not be infringed. For more information and/or to donate to Law Weapons, visit https://www.givesendgo.com/lawweapons ,” the event announcement reads.)

ILLINOIS POLITICAL ACTIVIST CONFERENCE
— Sunday, August 13th: Open House – Support the 2nd Amendment Fundraiser – Law Weapons Please join us at Law Weapons from 11AM – 3:30PM to help support Robert Beavis to remain open after the Naperville gun ban. He is scheduled to appear in the US Supreme Court to fight the ban on behalf of us all! Family fun, food, live band, meet the instructors & gunsmiths, and hear the update on the fight for 2nd Amendment rights. Law Weapons, 1539 N Aurora Rd, Naperville, IL 60563
https://www.ilpac.org/

EAST CENTRAL REPORTER
— Mary Miller: ‘Illinois Supreme Court ignored the Second Amendment by upholding JB Pritzker’s unconstitutional gun ban’
https://eastcentralreporter.com/stories/648514932-miller-illinois-supreme-court-ignored-the-second-amendment-by-upholding-jb-pritzker-s-unconstitutional-gun-ban

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— DeVore plans to pursue separate state-level challenge to Illinois’ gun ban – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_5df50cb2-388e-11ee-8f50-177ef56c0dc3.html

SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEWS
— Bailey: ‘I will die on this front porch before I give up any of my Second Amendment freedoms’
https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/648508381-bailey-i-will-die-on-this-front-porch-before-i-give-up-any-of-my-second-amendment-freedoms

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Nikki Haley seeks to ‘defund sanctuary cities once and for all’ – Jenny Goldsberry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaign/nikki-haley-defund-sanctuary-cities
— ‘Woke’ museum literally erases JK Rowling in insane social justice stunt – Brad Polumbo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/woke-museum-literally-erases-jk-rowling-in-insane-social-justice-stunt
— Trump, DeSantis, and 2024 GOP hopefuls’ stance on immigration and the border – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/republican-debate-trump-desantis-2024-republican-candidates-immigration-stance

NEW YORK POST
— Skittles blasted over new pro-LGBTQ packaging: ‘Time to Bud Light them’ – Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
https://nypost.com/2023/08/13/skittles-blasted-over-pro-lgbtq-packaging-time-to-bud-light-them/
— ‘Squad’ member Rep. Cori Bush made $15K teaching course on reparations. – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2023/08/12/rep-cori-bush-made-thousands-teaching-reparations-class/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Skittles’ woke pandering backfires bigly, complaints roll in: ‘I miss when society wasn’t completely insane’ – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/12/skittles-woke-pandering-backfires-bigly-complaints-roll-in-i-miss-when-society-wasnt-completely-insane-1386181/
— Audubon Society won’t cave to woke mob demanding they change name after George Floyd’s death – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/12/audubon-society-wont-cave-to-woke-mob-demanding-they-change-name-after-george-floyds-death-1386245/
— ‘Way out of bounds’: DeSantis blasts Trump in Iowa for Gov. Reynolds attacks, rejecting nominee pledge – Melissa Fine
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/08/13/way-out-of-bounds-desantis-blasts-trump-in-iowa-for-gov-reynolds-attacks-rejecting-nominee-pledge-1386343/

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Wants To Build Housing For Illegal Immigrants At Border – Zach Jewell
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-wants-to-build-housing-for-illegal-immigrants-at-border-report
— DeSantis Calls Out Trump For Refusing To Sign GOP Loyalty Pledge – Ryan Saavedra (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who are the following and who demand blind loyalty to them and to them only: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-calls-out-trump-for-refusing-to-sign-gop-loyalty-pledge-its-not-just-about-you

FOX NEWS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/3-year-old-child-migrant-bus-dies-route-texas-chicago
— The tide is turning on woke culture – Brian Kilmeade
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6333304941112
— Disney’s year of box office bombs and disappointments: Is wokeness to blame? The House of Mouse had a string of massive flops including ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ and ‘Haunted Mansion’ – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/media/disneys-year-box-office-bombs-disappointments-wokeness-blame
— Republican Party must start ‘stepping up’ – Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6333372912112

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— What Went Wrong with the Southern Poverty Law Center? The Southern Poverty Law Center has turned itself into a left-wing smear factory. How did it get that way and what’s the goal?
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/heritage-explains/what-went-wrong-the-southern-poverty-law-center

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— School of Woke by Kenny Xu. How Critical Race Theory Infiltrated American Schools and Why We Must Reclaim Them. – Leslie Eastman
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/08/book-review-school-of-woke-by-kenny-xu/

NTD
— Main Issues in GOP Primary Include ‘Wokeism,’ Energy Policy, Border Security – Steve Lance (COMMENT: I am one of the extremely few Republican political consultants in Illinois. From what I see, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO political consultants in Illinois are advising Republican candidates to talk and act like a) they are “Democrat lite” and that b) the following planks in the Republican Party platform have been stricken: individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving.)
https://www.ntd.com/main-issues-in-gop-primary-include-wokeism-energy-policy-border-security-analyst_936029.html

NEWS BUSTERS
— Woke Is Alive, Well and (Still) Crushing Free Speech – Christian Toto
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/christian-toto/2023/08/12/woke-alive-well-and-still-crushing-free-speech

NEWSMAX
— Sen. Tim Scott to Newsmax: US Must ‘Crush’ Cartels – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tim-scott-mexico-cartels/2023/08/12/id/1130540/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-faces-more-backlash-migrant-child-dies-bus-barbaric-1819327
— Rep. Steube Files Articles of Impeachment on Biden – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/greg-steube-joe-biden-articles/2023/08/13/id/1130564/

PJ MEDIA
— Rep. Cori Bush Made $15,000 Teaching Reparations Course – ANTHONY GONZALEZ
https://pjmedia.com/uncategorized/anthony-gonzalez/2023/08/12/rep-cori-bush-made-15000-teaching-reparations-course-n1718649

RED STATE
— Biden DHS Wants Congress to Allow Change From ‘Detention’ to ‘Temporary Housing’ for Illegal Alien Families – Becca Lower
https://redstate.com/beccalower/2023/08/12/biden-dhs-wants-congress-to-allow-change-from-detention-to-temporary-housing-for-illegal-alien-families-n791844

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— Pritzker risks bankrupting Illinois to curry favor with Big Labor – AARON WITHE
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4145343-pritzker-risks-bankrupting-illinois-to-curry-favor-with-big-labor/

CNN
— Democrats say “Trump brings Florida lawmakers to Iowa in jab at DeSantis.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/12/politics/trump-desantis-iowa-state-fair/index.html

REUTERS
— Democrats say “Trump heading for Republican ‘coronation’ as 2024 rivals struggle to stop him.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-heading-republican-coronation-2024-rivals-struggle-stop-him-2023-08-13/

UPI
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/08/12/child-dies-way-Chicago-Texas-governor-migrant-busing-program/6751691844038/

ABC LOS ANGELES
— Democrats say “Educators offer advice for students after Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.” I should write a book about the following who reject the Supreme Court ruling on Affirmative Action: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me since 2000.
https://abc7.com/13635381/

ABC HOUSTON
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://abc13.com/migrant-child-dies-on-bus-texas-asylum-seekers-migrants/13638273/

CBS NEW YORK
— Democrats acknowledge that “Staten Island community leaders, City Council members protest against possible asylum seeker shelter.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/staten-island-island-shores-nursing-home-asylum-seeker-shelter/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/us/migrant-child-abbott-bus.html
— Democrats say “Gen Z’s Housing Anguish.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/briefing/gen-z-high-rent.html
— Democrats say “How Trump Benefits From an Indictment Effect.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/us/politics/trump-indictment-effect.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-08-12/barrels-of-drinking-water-for-migrants-walking-through-texas-have-disappeared

USA TODAY
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/12/child-dies-on-texas-migrant-bus/70581294007/
— Democrats say “Trump surges, DeSantis polls sink” and ask “Can GOP offer a serious candidate?”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/08/13/trump-surging-republican-primary-needs-serious-presidential-candidates/70552790007/

WTVB
— Democrats say “DeSantis and his backers paid $95,000 to Iowa religious leader’s group.”
https://wtvbam.com/2023/08/12/exclusive-desantis-and-his-backers-paid-95000-to-iowa-religious-leaders-group-documents-show/

NEWS PRESS
— Ever-increasingly, the longer that your ancestors have been in America and the more of the following that you are, the more hatred that Democrats promote against you: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, gun-owner, Protestant, and/or German American.
https://www.news-press.com/story/opinion/2023/08/13/white-elites-from-the-founding-of-the-u-s-have-perpetrated-racial-animus/70562219007/

BLOOMBERG
— Democrats and RINOs ever-increasingly make it clear that they reject the Supreme Court Affirmative Action decision.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2023-08-12/affirmative-action-in-corporate-world-targeted-podcast

FORBES
— Democrats decry that “Chuck Edwards Asks Witnesses About The Potential Abuse Of The Asylum System By Migrants.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPz7rH5XbqY

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.businessinsider.com/abbott-child-death-busing-migrants-texas-biden-castro-garcia-immigration-2023-8

WIKIPEDIA
— Factions in the Republican Party (COMMENT: Far too few conservative organizations in Illinois focus on defending and advancing the individual responsibility, traditional marriage and 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. Based on the destruction of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and the destruction of Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), if I would form a conservative organization, the same “conservative” and “religious” leaders who destroyed TAPROOT and ICRC would destroy it. I should write a book about those “conservative” and “religious” leaders. I would focus on those leaders who focus on stopping me from sending out my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and on stopping everyone from reading those newsletters. I would focus on those leaders who reject many, most, if not virtually all of the aforesaid planks. I would focus on those leaders who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me and who continue to take adverse actions against me. I would focus on those leaders who 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. I would focus on those leaders who focus on destroying those like me who do not share their hatred against Trump. Trump and I share many demographics. Both of us are heterosexual, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, married, non-poor, non-drinkers, draft avoiders, gun-owners, Protestant, German American, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time. I would focus on those hate-filled Trump-hating leaders who share the fewest of the aforesaid demographics with me. I would focus on those leaders who use against me my not being the member of a church, my not attending church services, my not giving money to any church, my wife and I giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factions_in_the_Republican_Party_(United_States)

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.