August 28, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Parents call for ouster of radio host Amy Jacobson as Amundsen volleyball coach after she mocked Gus Walz. – Karina Atkins
katkins@chicagotribune.com | Chicago Tribune and Molly Morro
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/08/27/amy-jacobson-amundsen-volleyball-coach/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— By 2028, how successful will Democrats be driving out of Illinois those who have demographics that vote for Republicans: conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America a long time?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/08/27/dnc-2024-2028-chicago-convention-bid-pritzker-host-committee-christy-george-harris-beyonce
— Democrats crow about their success in getting Latinos to push the Democrat Party platform.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/la-voz/2024/08/27/chicago-latinos-shared-some-of-their-top-issues-at-the-democratic-national-convention
— COVID-19 also attended last week’s Democratic National Convention, infecting ‘too many.’  Attendees grumble on social media about getting sick. One union official said he knows at least 14 people who tested positive since attending the convention. – Brett Chase and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/health/2024/08/27/dnc-democratic-national-convention-covid-vaccine

NBC5
— Democrats say “How to register to vote in Illinois before the November election.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2024/how-to-register-to-vote-in-illinois-before-the-november-election/3533287/
— Over 44,000 ComEd customers without power as storms sweep through Chicago area (COMMENT: I need electricity to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together and to send them out. I should write about my critics/opponents who have blasted me the most for buying a natural gas fired whole house backup electric generator.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/over-14000-comed-customers-without-power-as-storms-sweep-through-chicago-area/3533480/

FOX32
— JD Vance reacts to new Trump indictment
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1507752
— Controversy brews at Chicago high school as parents call for coach’s removal amid Gus Walz comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B53D-pmSZc
— Did you have work your way through college? I did. 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, and worked on an automobile assembly line in 1970.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1507775

SOUTHERN
— Vance campaigns behind bulletproof glass at Michigan outdoor remarks, hits Harris for DNC comments. – Lalee Ibssa and Hannah Demissie
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2024/08/27/like-trump-vance-to-campaign-behind-bulletproof-glass-at-michigan-rally-2/

WBEZ
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion. Why are there so many unwanted pregnancies?
https://www.wbez.org/government-politics/dnc-2024/2024/08/28/abortion-took-center-stage-during-the-dnc-but-heres-why-access-could-be-in-jeopardy

WGEM
— Slated candidates to appear on Illinois general election ballot. – Max Cotton (COMMENT: As the likelihood of Republican candidates winning general elections in Illinois decreases, anticipate/expect that fewer candidates will run in Republican primaries and more Republican candidates will be slated.)
https://www.wgem.com/2024/08/26/slated-candidates-appear-illinois-general-election-ballot/

WGLT & NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.wglt.org/2024-08-27/an-abortion-can-affect-a-womans-financial-future-and-the-broader-economy
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-08-27/tim-walz-is-a-new-kind-of-reproductive-rights-messenger

ADVANTAGE NEWS
— Illinois’ parties work to get out the vote. – Greg Bishop
https://www.advantagenews.com/news/local/illinois-parties-work-to-get-out-the-vote/article_75a64268-6470-11ef-a490-338ba02990fa.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate Minority Leader John Curran, R-Downers Grove, said Republicans are in a growth phase with a big tent. “Voters are moving towards us,” Curran told The Center Square. “They have had enough of the constant corruption in Cook County and the city of Chicago all run by Democrats.” Frederick Walls, a Republican running for a statehouse seat in Chicago, said the state Republican party needs to put in resources to advertise for his and other Republican races in Democratic districts. “In 2022, I ran, and I was knocking on doors that where they had already mailed in their ballot because they didn’t know … me, but I could only reach so many houses walking door to door,” Walls told The Center Square. Curran said outreach and support to such candidates is a work in progress. “The city of Chicago, Cook County, this is an area where we are growing more of a presence, we need to, that work is ongoing right now,” Curran said. The Democratic Party of Illinois has $1.4 million cash on hand after Gov. J.B. Pritzker donated half a million earlier this month. The Illinois Republican Party has $745,000. Early voting for the Nov. 5 election begins Sept. 26.)

WINDY CITY TIMES
— Drag PAC’s Drag Night Chicago boasts energetic performances, voter registration promotion. – Lu Calzada (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.)
https://windycitytimes.com/2024/08/27/drag-pacs-drag-night-chicago-boasts-energetic-performances-voter-registration-promotion/

CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/28/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-357/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2024/08/27/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-150/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Democrat Party succeeds because its leaders defend and advance its platform. The Republican Party fails because far too many of its leaders fail/refuse to defend and advance far too many planks in its platform, most commonly, its personal responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write about those leaders of the following who have failed/refused to defend and advance the most planks since 2000: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on those who have done the most to get rid of those like me who support the aforesaid planks. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WIREPOINTS
— Gotion now a national campaign issue as Vance joins Trump condemning the Chinese project. – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/gotion-now-a-national-campaign-issue-as-vance-joins-trump-condemning-the-chinese-project-wirepoints/
— Chicago educators can blame parents for poor results…but it’s the system that spends $30,000 per student.
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-educators-can-blame-parents-for-poor-results-but-its-the-system-that-spends-30000-per-student-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois election integrity advocate raises concerns. – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_55a0034e-64ae-11ef-9e82-4b7f2e8faba6.html
— As IL deals with non-citizen migrants, TX judge blocks Biden’s citizenship plan. – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_a9f3622c-64b5-11ef-abdb-afa86cc603e0.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— 3rd Congressional District candidate Booras on censorship of billboards around DNC: ‘The facts demonstrate that Pritzker and Johnson have made serious errors in judgment’
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/663715770-3rd-congressional-district-candidate-booras-on-censorship-of-billboards-around-dnc-the-facts-demonstrate-that-pritzker-and-johnson-have-made-serious-errors-in-judgment

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Harris campaign launches massive ad buy tying Trump to Project 2025. –  Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/28/harris-campaign-launches-massive-ad-buy-tying-trum/
— Over 200 former GOP aides back Harris. – Mallory Wilson  (COMMENT: I anticipate/expect that sooner or later, all my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican will endorse Harris. They ignore/dismiss/belittle/reject the fact that if Trump is elected, he can and he will defend and advance the Republican Party platform, but if Harris is elected, the Republican Party will soon cease to exist.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/27/over-200-former-gop-aides-back-kamala-harris/
— Democrats’ new platform reads like socialist manifesto. – Michael J. Pappas
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/aug/27/democrats-new-platform-reads-like-socialist-manife/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Unprecedented’ positive media for Harris, 89% negative for Trump. – Paul Bedard (COMMENT: Of course, I see this putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3125746/unprecedented-positive-media-for-harris-89-negative-for-trump/
— Democratic convention hints at what’s ahead in 2028. – Naomi Lim and Mabinty Quarshie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3135474/democratic-convention-hints-2028-rivals-harris/

NEW YORK POST
— Don’t believe for one minute Kamala Harris’ fantasy pivot on open border. – Mark Krikorian
https://nypost.com/2024/08/27/opinion/dont-believe-for-one-minute-kamala-harris-fantasy-pivot-on-open-border/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Trump Is Still the Pro-Life Candidate. Harris threatens to upend every piece of progress the cause of life has made in the past 20 years. – W. James Antle III
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-is-still-the-pro-life-candidate/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Federal Judge Blocks Biden-Harris Administration’s ‘Parole in Place’ Program for Illegal Aliens. – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2024/08/27/federal-judge-blocks-biden-harris-administrations-parole-in-place-program-for-illegal-aliens/

BLAZE
— NASA’s DEI training under fire for linking ‘objectivity’ and ‘individualism’ to white supremacy. – ANDREW CHAPADOS (COMMENT: I should write a book about the DEI training that I had to take as an IRS employee 1971-1980 and as a GAO employee 1980-1997. Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.theblaze.com/return/nasa-dei-training-starliner-mission

CENTER SQUARE
— Judge halts Biden-Harris plan to give spouses of illegal immigrants pathway to citizenship. – Casey Harper
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_384ae784-6475-11ef-9aef-67832d043768.html

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Anniversary Harris And Biden Dishonored – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/the-anniversary-harris-and-biden-dishonored
— RFK Jr Explains MAGA Better Than Most MAGA Supporters Explain MAGA – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.com/post/rfk-jr-explains-maga-better-than-most-maga-supporters-explain-maga

DAILY CALLER
— Over 200 RINOs Show How Trump Saved The GOP From Itself – GAGE KLIPPER  (COMMENT: I anticipate/expect that sooner or later, all my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican will endorse Harris. They ignore/dismiss/belittle/reject the fact that if Trump is elected, he can and he will defend and advance the Republican Party platform, but if Harris is elected, the Republican Party will soon cease to exist.)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/27/bush-mccain-romney-aides-gop/
— We Must Fight To Ensure That Only Citizens Vote In American Elections. – JACKIE DOYER:
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/27/opinion-fight-ensure-only-citizens-vote-american-elections-jackie-doyer/

FEDERALIST
— Under Tim Walz, Minnesota Banned Christians From Teaching In Public Schools. – Joy Pullmann
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/27/under-tim-walz-minnesota-banned-christians-from-teaching-in-public-schools/
— Kamala Harris Wants Amnesty And Open Borders, Not A Secure Border. – Shawn Fleetwood
https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/27/kamala-harris-wants-amnesty-and-open-borders-not-a-secure-border/

FOX NEWS
— Sanctuary city’s policies push violent migrant gang into suburbs: ‘It’s a nationwide problem’  Colorado officials say Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang has been spilling out of Denver and wreaking havoc in Aurora, other suburbs. – Christina Coulter
https://www.foxnews.com/us/sanctuary-citys-policies-push-violent-migrant-gang-suburbs-nationwide-problem
— Denver suburb rocked by ‘huge increase’ in migrant gang violence: ‘Biden-Harris administration is complicit’  Venezuela’s brutal Tren de Aragua gang has wreaked havoc on Aurora, Colorado. – Elizabeth Heckman
https://www.foxnews.com/media/denver-suburb-rocked-huge-increase-migrant-gang-violence-biden-harris-administration-complicit
— Kamala Harris getting overwhelmingly positive media coverage since emerging as nominee. A study found that the media coverage of Harris has been 84% positive on ABC, CBS, NBC evening newscasts. – Hanna Panreck (COMMENT: Of course, I see this putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/kamala-harris-getting-overwhelmingly-positive-media-coverage-since-emerging-nominee-study

MRC TV
— Biden Lashes Out After Judge Pauses His Executive Order Rewarding Long-Term Illegal Aliens with Path to Citizenship. – Craig Bannister
https://mrctv.org/blog/craig-bannister/biden-lashes-out-after-judge-pauses-his-executive-order-rewarding-long-term

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Texas Judge Pauses Biden Program Aiding Immigrant Spouses of U.S. Citizens. – David Zimmermann
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/texas-judge-pauses-biden-program-aiding-immigrant-spouses-of-u-s-citizens/
— Trump Is Right about Illegal Immigrants Accounting for Job Growth
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/08/trump-is-likely-right-about-illegal-immigrants-accounting-for-job-growth/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Google Fuels Harris-Media Honeymoon, Favors Leftist Media Nearly 10 Times More. – Luis Cornelio (COMMENT: Of course, I see this putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/luis-cornelio/2024/08/27/study-google-fuels-harris-media-honeymoon-favors-leftist

TOWNHALL
— Here’s What Chicago Black Voters Had to Say About the Dems During Their Convention. – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/print/2643738
— Joe Lived the Dream, While We Lived the Nightmare. – D.W. Wilber
https://townhall.com/columnists/dwwilber/2024/08/28/joe-lived-the-dream-while-we-lived-the-nightmare-n2643983

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES

CBS NEWS
— Judge blocks Biden administration from granting legal status to immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens. – Camilo Montoya-Galvez
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-judge-blocks-biden-administration-from-granting-legal-status-to-spouses-of-u-s-citizens/

REUTERS
— Ever-increasingly, to get more votes from those who are the following, Democrat and RINO candidates promise to use government to give them more preference: minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, have less money than others, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, in America illegally, etc.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/kamala-harris-multiracial-roots-us-sees-its-own-future-2024-08-22/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Breaking Up Google Isn’t Nearly Enough. –  Julia Angwin  (COMMENT: Google ever-increasingly steers everyone to a) websites that promote Harris/Walz and the Democrat Party platform and b) websites that demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump/Vance and the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/27/opinion/google-monopoly-ruling-break-up.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A federal judge recently told us what we already knew: that Google is a monopolist in the web search market. In his scathing 277-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta noted that Google has an 89.2 percent share of the overall search market and a 94.9 percent share of searches conducted on mobile devices. Fixing the problem is trickier. Next month, the judge will start deliberations on how to fix an industry that is so thoroughly dominated by one player. It is not going to be easy to jump-start competition in a market where Google has spent decades and billions of dollars quashing rivals.)

USA TODAY
— From IVF to his military service, Walz is a bit of a fabulist. Can’t we get the truth?  Tim Walz displays a disturbing pattern of telling falsehoods about his life and record. It’s taken what should be humanizing stories and made them controversial. – Ingrid Jacques
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/08/27/walz-ivf-national-guard-harris/74951463007/
— Democrats ever-increasingly crow about their success in destroying the U.S. military.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/08/26/military-veterans-voting-harris-trump-walz-vance/74879597007/

NEW YORK SUN
— Press Delivers 84 Percent Positive Coverage for Harris, 89 Percent Negative on Trump. – JOSEPH CURL (COMMENT: Of course, I see this putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters together.)
https://www.nysun.com/article/media-delivers-84-percent-positive-coverage-for-harris-89-percent-negative-on-trump-analysis-finds

POLITICO
— Trump indicted again in election subversion case brought by Jack Smith. The 36-page indictment, secured Tuesday by special counsel Jack Smith, is an attempt by prosecutors to recalibrate the case. – KYLE CHENEY and JOSH GERSTEIN
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/27/trump-indicted-2020-election-subversion-00176503

CAMPAIGN SCHOOL
— 10 Main Reasons Why Candidates Lose Elections – Brian Floyd (COMMENT: I should write a book about why Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have lost elections since 2000. Of course, I would focus on those candidates who have blamed their losses a) on me, b) on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, c) on my raising funds from them to help sponsor Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, d) on what I did as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, e) on what I did as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and f) on my supporting their opponents in primary and/or nonpartisan elections. I would focus on candidates who lost U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Illinois statewide, Illinois Senate, Illinois House, DuPage countywide, DuPage 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton citywide, Wheaton West District, and judicial races. I would focus on their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers. I would focus on those candidates who I did the most to help elect since 2000, but who then have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me to punish me for their losses.)
https://thecampaignschool.com/10-reasons-candidates-lose-elections/

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.