August 24 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What would I have to do before the Republicans who run DuPage County might consider me to be a “member of the media” and let me sit at DuPage County’s media table next to the Daily Herald’s Robert Sanchez? From what I see, none of the following would be enough: a) stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails; b) resign as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor; c) resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman; d) never again sign in and speak during a public comment period; e) stop promoting the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform; f) stop promoting the illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform; g) get hired as a government/political reporter by the Daily Herald, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Fox News Chicago, etc.; h) earn a degree in journalism; i) stop claiming to be conservative; j) stop claiming to be Republican; k) claim to be non-partisan; l) stop raising money from Republicans to help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks, m) etc.)
http://www.gopillinois.com

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— AUGUST 16, 2012 FLASHBACK: A bunch of political info — daily – Bernard Schoenburg 
https://www.sj-r.com/x1782330063/Bernard-Schoenburg-A-bunch-of-political-info-daily
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There are lots of websites that compile political news, and I think it’s time I share one that I find quite interesting. It’s at www.gopillinois.com, and, as you can tell by its address, it has a Republican flavor. That is an understatement reinforced with the comments added by the compiler himself — DAVID DIERSEN of Wheaton. He introduced a recent UPI story about Republicans’ views on the drought and wildfires by saying: “Democrats blame everything bad, including bad weather, on Republicans, especially on Republicans who are conservative, White, male, older, non-poor and non-veteran.” And talking of a New York Times article about a photographer arrested while on assignment in the Bronx, Diersen wrote that since 2000, he has been thrown out of, barred from, or not advised of news conferences “by Democrats, Democrat plants, RINOs (Republicans in name only), their operatives, and their dupes.” Thus, if you don’t want to read some very pointed comments, you may not want to go to www.gopillinois.com.  But you would be missing a treasure of links to the day’s news and opinion. Diersen, 63, is a retired federal employee who became the Illinois editor of a national GOP website in 2000, and since 2004 has put out his own Illinois compilation every day. There’s usually about 50 articles daily, he says. He’s generally up by 3 a.m. He says he spends at least 10 hours a day on this passion of his, with no pay, and has put out links to more than 117,000 articles. As his comments above hinted, party regulars don’t always greet his work with relish. He includes dissident voices within the GOP tent, and some whose credibility is questionable. But he puts it all out there. He’s a GOP precinct committeeman, and he believes in people having information. He also wants to help elect Republican candidates who “will defend and advance the party’s platform.” The site makes available plenty of Diersen history, too, including how his “liberal Democrat superiors,” in his view, forced him to take early retirement at 49 from the U.S. General Accounting Office, “because of his opposition to race and gender based preference and his participation in a class action lawsuit” on that subject. He wouldn’t mind my telling you that he also passed his CPA and Certified Internal Auditor exams on first attempts more than three decades ago. Agree or disagree with him, but Diersen provides a bunch of interesting information — every day.)
— Athens carpenter COLLIN CLIBURN has sights set on legislature – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190824/bernard-schoenburg-athens-carpenter-has-sights-set-on-legislature

WGN TV & CLTV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success to getting religious leaders to serve as their operatives and dupes.
https://wgntv.com/2019/08/24/activists-and-religious-leaders-protest-trumps-immigration-policy/
https://cltv.com/2019/08/24/activists-and-religious-leaders-protest-trumps-immigration-policy/

ABC7
— Property Tax Relief Task Force – BGA
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-property-tax-relief-task-force/5488297/
— A city council candidate in Michigan shocked a public forum when she said she wants to keep her community white “as much as possible.” – AP (DIERSEN: It would be great if the three finalists to fill Wheaton’s West District City Council vacancy would get together and agree to participate in a “public forum.”)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/candidate-michigan-city-should-be-as-white-as-possible/5488860/

NBC5
— Buttigieg Making Faith-Based Appeal to Voters in 2020 Bid “My goal is for people of faith who believe that it has some implications for how they participate in politics to be aware that they have choices” – Thomas Beaumont (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is a liberal Democrat who promotes dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Buttigieg-making-faith-based-appeal-to-voters-in-2020-bid-558118441.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Former U.S. Attorney Dan Webb given far-reaching mandate to investigate Jussie Smollett case: ‘The facts will take me where they take me’ – MEGAN CREPEAU and JASON MEISNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-jussie-smollett-special-prosecutor-20190824-hexnghsel5fhdfkywhmx3rojae-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Judge denies class-action status for women suing Ford over harassment at Chicago plant The plaintiffs sought a class-action lawsuit for all women who had worked at Ford’s two Chicago plants since 2012, but a judge said their allegations weren’t similar enough. – Jake Wittich
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/8/24/20831168/ford-harassment-lawsuit-class-action-chicago-women

DAILY HERALD
— Presidential hopefuls woo prominent suburban Democrats, who say sorry, give us a little time But local leaders aren’t ready to pick favorites just yet – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190824/presidential-hopefuls-woo-prominent-suburban-democrats-who-say-sorry-give-us-a-little-time
— Change in state law on police questioning prompted by death of Naperville North student – Mick Zawislak
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190824/change-in-state-law-on-police-questioning-prompted-by-death-of-naperville-north-student

PEKIN TIMES
— This time the bullying wasn’t on the playground – Doug Finke
https://www.pekintimes.com/news/20190824/statehouse-insider-this-time-bullying-wasnt-on-playground

CRETE-MONEE SCHOOL DISTRICT 200
— CM 201-U School Board Joins UP Back-to-School Celebration (DIERSEN: I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, graduated from Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest in 1962, and graduated from Crete-Monee High School in 1966. My brother continues to live in Crete in a house that my grandfather on my father’s side had built in 1926 on land that his grandfather on his father’s side bought in 1864. I lived in Crete with my parents and brother in that house 1954-1972, and before that, with my parents in an apartment above my grandfather’s hardware store at the northeast corner of Main and Exchange Streets. I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972, lived in it full-time 1972-1974, lived in it part-time 1974-1976, rented it out 1976-1984, and sold it in 1984.) 
https://www.cm201u.org/news_/university_park_back_to_school_parade_2019

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14 Supplemental Update: Catalinamania Continues on FOX & Friends, Underwood Impeachment Inquiry and Receives Environmental Endorsement
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/08/24/il-14-supplemental-update-catalinamania-continues-on-fox-friends-underwood-impeachment-inquiry-and-receives-environmental-endorsement/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS REVIEW IS LIVE AT ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST CONFERENCE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/08/illinois-review-is-live-at-illinois-conservative-activist-conference-.html

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘He’s scared of us’: Tlaib suggests Trump is threatened by ‘the squad’ – Ellie Bufkin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hes-scared-of-us-tlaib-suggests-trump-is-threatened-by-the-squad

FOX NEWS
— Christian deputy’s request to follow ‘Billy Graham Rule’ got him fired, he claims in lawsuit – Dom Calicchio (DIERSEN: I had an office while I worked for GAO 1990-1997. Thankfully, it had a large window open to a hallway.) 
https://www.foxnews.com/us/christian-deputys-request-to-follow-billy-graham-rule-got-him-fired-he-claims-in-lawsuit

GOPUSA
— Democrats want an Australian style mandatory national gun buyback
http://www.gopusa.com/democrats-want-an-australian-style-mandatory-national-gun-buyback/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The unbearable whiteness of the Obamas’ new house – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/08/the_unbearable_whiteness_of_the_obamas_new_house.html

BREITBART
— It’s Time for the Media to Stop Empowering White Supremacists – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/08/24/nolte-its-time-for-the-media-to-stop-empowering-white-supremacists/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Democrats Will Accept Nothing Short Of A Total Invasion And Inundation Of Our Nation – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/08/democrats-will-accept-nothing-short-of-a-total-invasion-and-inundation-of-our-nation/

HOT AIR
— Newest Joe Walsh Advisor For Trump Primary Challenge: Mr. Kellyanne Conway?
https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2019/08/24/newest-joe-walsh-advisor-trump-primary-challenge-mr-kellyanne-conway/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Black conservative: Dems see us as victims needing to be rescued – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2019/08/24/black-conservative-dems-see-us-as-victims-needing-to-be-rescued

TOWNHALL
— Taylor Swift Announces She Supports Abortion, Thinks Trump Is An Autocrat – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/08/24/taylor-swift-comes-out-in-favor-of-abortion-n2552141

FEDERALIST PAPERS
— Social Media Companies To Sign Pledge Letting France Define ‘Hate Speech’ – Reuters (DIERSEN: Who do the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America want to have the power to define “hate speech?” Soon, they would define any speech that defends or advances religious, conservative, or Republican principles as being “hate speech.”) 
https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/social-media-companies-sign-pledge-letting-france-define-hate-speech

FORBES
— Bump Trump, Keep The Veep? Welcome To The August Rumor Mill – Bill Whalen
https://www.forbes.com/sites/billwhalen/2019/08/23/bump-trump-keep-the-veep-welcome-to-the-august-rumor-mill/#2a0210828515

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.