December 11 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CTU releases list of demands for reopening CPS. Some of the demands are likely to face immediate rejection by city officials who have been adamant that it’s up to them to decide how and when the nation’s third largest school district will return to classrooms for the first time since March. – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/12/10/22168143/ctu-teachers-union-in-person-teaching-learning-public-schools
— Nearly 900 CTA workers have had COVID-19; 18 of them drove the busy No. 79 or No. 49 bus routes The Nos. 4, 8 and 22 each saw 8 drivers infected in the same 6-month period. Thirty-three L operators reported being infected — 11 each worked the Red Line and Blue Line. – Robert Herguth and Caroline Hurley
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/12/11/22166210/cta-covid-coronavirus-bus-drivers-routes-rail-operators-amalgamated-transit-union-local-241-covid19
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers want minorities and women to be pot pushers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/12/11/22166603/marijuana-legalization-recreational-illinois-diversity-innovative-industrial-properties-legal-weed

WBEZ
— For 3 Years, Chicago Police Have Been Tracking Public Opinion On The Department. Here’s What They Found – Patrick Smith (DIERSEN: All politics is local. Who has the biggest impact on the opinion that others have of you? Is it those who lead your municipality, your township, or your county?)
https://www.wbez.org/stories/for-3-years-chicago-police-have-been-tracking-public-opinion-on-the-department-heres-what-they-found/e815ab07-ce13-4134-a009-d86be4763c1c

NPR ILLINOIS
— Prosecutor Removed In Case Involving Couple Who Brandished Guns At BLM Protesters – VANESSA ROMO
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/prosecutor-removed-case-involving-couple-who-brandished-guns-blm-protesters#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs oppose anything and everything that discourages illegal immigration. Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/contractors-dynamite-mountains-bulldoze-desert-race-build-trumps-border-wall#stream/0

STATELINE & JOURNAL GAZETTE & TIMES COURIER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on a country, county, township, municipality, or individual is to destroy that country, county, township, municipality, or individual.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/marijuana-sales-may-be-illegal-in-wisconsin-but-dispensary-on-illinois-border-is-making-a-killing/
https://jg-tc.com/business/local/watch-now-charleston-cannabis-dispensary-opens/video_59c883c6-2864-51e7-975d-5c37976b87bb.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 554 COVID-19 cases Thursday, six deaths – JOSHUA WELGE
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/12/11/dupage-county-reports-554-covid-19-cases-thursday-six-deaths/a4e1hf4/

WEEK
— OUTSTANDING: LaHood among 106 House Republicans to back Texas election lawsuit
https://week.com/2020/12/10/lahood-among-106-house-republicans-to-back-texas-election-lawsuit/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Todd Ricketts Is Not the Future for Illinois Republicans The Cubs co-owner and Trump ally is mulling a run for governor. In this state, that’s probably a losing battle. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND (DIERSEN: When Trump visited Bolingbrook in September of 2016, those who spoke very highly of him at a fundraising event included Roger Claar, Rudy Giuliani, and Todd Ricketts. The 300+ attendees included John Cabello, Brad Cole, Dan Cronin, Demetra DeMonte, Kirk Dillard, Ron Gidwitz, Dan Hampton, David MacNeil, Richard Porter, Skip Saviano, Tim Schneider, Mickey Straub, and Dave Tornga.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/December-2020/Todd-Ricketts-Illinois-Republicans-2022/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS WANT VOTERS TO HAVE RECALL POWER OVER MADIGAN
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-lawmakers-want-voters-to-have-recall-power-over-madigan/
— PRITZKER FIGHTING TO KEEP POLITICAL HIRING REPORTS UNDER WRAPS – Brad Weisenstein (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the managers of GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997 and the tremendous pressure that they under from Democrat politicians to get rid of their employees who were Republican, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pritzker-fighting-to-keep-political-hiring-reports-under-wraps/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— A Harris-Biden Administration, Sexual Deviance, and Religious Oppression – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/a-harris-biden-administration-sexual-deviance-and-religious-oppression/

CAPITOL FAX
— Six House Dems plead with 19 Madigan opponents to “come together as a family”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/11/six-house-dems-plead-with-19-madigan-opponents-to-come-together-as-a-family/
— If you think your vote doesn’t matter, think again (DIERSEN: Bob Grogan is losing by only 75 votes for DuPage County Auditor. If just 38 of the 522 registered voters in my precinct had voted for Grogan instead of White, Grogan would be wining. 38 in my precinct might very well have taken my advice as their Republican Precinct Committeeman to vote for Grogan instead of White if for the last 21 years, Democrat plants, Libertarian Plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, etc. had not focused on discrediting me as being “too conservative” and even worse things.)
https://capitolfax.com/2020/12/11/if-you-think-your-vote-doesnt-matter-think-again/

BREITBART
— GOP Establishment Will Learn About Tech Censors the Hard Way – ALLUM BOKHARI (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, those who work against me talk and/or act like they work for a) the GOP establishment in Illinois, b) conservative leaders in Illinois, and/or c) those who I have sued. I should write a book about the aforesaid. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/12/10/bokhari-the-gop-will-learn-about-tech-censorship-the-hard-way/

DAILY CALLER
— Sen. Mike Lee Introduces Separate Bill To Amend Section 230 – VARUN HUKERI (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want the following to blacklist and censor me, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and my www.gopillinois.com website: Google, Facebook, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, those who I have sued, etc.)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/12/10/mike-lee-senate-republicans-big-tech-section-230-censorship/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee emerged as a leading voice against Big Tech by introducing a bill to hold platforms accountable for viewpoint censorship and supporting a separate bill to amend Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Lee introduced the Promoting Responsibility Over Moderation In the Social Media Environment Act (S.4975) Tuesday in the Senate. The bill — colloquially called the PROMISE Act — would require social media platforms to disclose their content moderation policies to users and would be barred from moderating certain types of content, according to a press release. “The billionaires who own our nation’s Big Tech companies have every right to be partisan political actors,” Lee said in a statement. “What they don’t have a right to do is make promises to consumers that they will provide unbiased platforms and then discriminate against conservatives on those same platforms.” Republican lawmakers have expressed concern that Big Tech companies like Twitter, Facebook and Google are using their online platforms to blacklist or censor conservative viewpoints.)

DAILY SIGNAL
— House Conservatives Will ‘Fight Back Against Radical Left,’ New Chairman Says – Rachel del Guidice
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/12/10/house-conservatives-will-fight-back-against-radical-left-new-chairman-says/

PJ MEDIA
— Ex-Gay Pastor Appeals After Court Rules Section 230 Allows Big Tech to Discriminate Against Him – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2020/12/10/ex-gay-pastor-appeals-after-court-rules-section-230-allows-big-tech-to-discriminate-against-him-n1202661

COLLEGE FIX
— School district bans viewpoint discrimination in dress code after legal warning over student’s Trump mask – GREG PIPER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/school-district-bans-viewpoint-discrimination-in-dress-code-after-legal-warning-over-students-trump-mask/

THE HILL
— GOP divided by pro-Trump Texas election suit – ALEXANDER BOLTON AND JOHN KRUZEL (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters oppose the suit.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/529760-gop-divided-by-pro-trump-texas-election-suit

NBC NEWS
— Location, education propel Asian American income growth in U.S. “We are in a knowledge economy and a college education is key to getting professional jobs that pay well. Asians have the highest percentage of getting a college degree and I think you are seeing that effect,” an economist said. – AP
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/location-education-propel-asian-income-growth-u-s-n1250722
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, you are not welcome a) unless you are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) unless you promote BLM, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/your-kind-not-welcome-homophobic-confrontation-sparks-debate-wyoming-n1250214
— FROM THE ARTICLE: “President-elect Joe Biden hasn’t hidden his low opinion of Facebook.” Of course, my critics/opponents want Facebook to do more to stop everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.
https://www.wrcbtv.com/story/43033701/us-government-calls-for-breakup-of-facebook

REUTERS
— Goldman escalates diversity push at portfolio companies; activists want more – Ross Kerber (DIERSEN: Diversity activists always want more. Ever-increasingly, the more of the following demographics that you have, the more that you are underrepresented or will be underrepresented: conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Protestant, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-goldmansachs-exclusive/exclusive-goldman-escalates-diversity-push-at-portfolio-companies-activists-want-more-idUSKBN28K0EF?il=0

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “The ‘Trump Won’ Farce Isn’t Funny Anymore. Republicans are now seriously arguing that elections are legitimate only when their side wins.” What are the “wishes” of those who voted for Biden in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? How strongly do Biden voters want Biden to use the federal government to get rid of those who voted for Trump in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? 269 voted for Biden in my precinct while only 157 voted for Trump. 39,530 voted for Biden in Milton Township while only 26,080 voted for Trump. 281,222 voted for Biden in DuPage County while only 193,611 voted for Trump.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/opinion/trump-republicans-texas-lawsuit.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For our purposes, the “joke” is President Trump’s ongoing fight to overturn the election results and hold on to power against the wishes of most Americans, including those in enough states to equal far more than the 270 electoral votes required to win the White House.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says in the Chicago Tribune hardcopy “Virus treatment divides haves from have-nots.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-treatments.html

WASHINGTON POST
— More than half of House Republicans support Texas lawsuit challenging election results
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-republicans-trump-lawsuit/2020/12/10/a075271c-3b38-11eb-9276-ae0ca72729be_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters say “Where Republicans in Congress stand on Trump’s false claim of winning the election.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/congress-republicans-trump-election-claims/
— What Are Algorithms and Are They Biased Against Me? – Dina Bass (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote bias against Republicans and especially against Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/what-are-algorithms-and-are-they-biased-against-me/2020/12/11/c94c2258-3b74-11eb-aad9-8959227280c4_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 2. How does bias creep in? In any number of ways: People making a program can introduce biases, or the algorithms can “learn” bad behavior from training data before launch or from users afterward, causing results to warp over time. Software engineers can inadvertently discriminate against people. Facebook was embarrassed in 2015 when some Native Americans were blocked from signing up for accounts because their names — including Lance Browneyes and Dana Lone Hill — were judged fake. And Amazon.com Inc. ran into problems when an AI system it was testing to screen job applicants “taught” itself to weed out women. In other cases, algorithms may have been trained on too narrow a slice of reality.)

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— ‘It’s not going away.’ Pressure on Facebook likely to continue under Biden administration – BRIAN CONTRERAS (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want the following to blacklist and censor me, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and my www.gopillinois.com website: Google, Facebook, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, those who I have sued, etc.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-12-10/regulatory-pressure-on-facebook-is-likely-to-continue-under-biden
— GOP holds big money advantage in Georgia Senate runoff races – SARAH D. WIRE, DAVID LAUTER (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I should write a book about RINO candidates on ballots in my precinct, their RINO political consultants, their RINO campaign managers, their RINO campaign staff members, and their RINO volunteers who talk and/or act like RINO major donors have promised to give them money and sign locations only if they a) get rid of me, b) get rid of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and c) get rid of my www.gopillinois.com website.)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-12-09/republicans-amass-big-money-advantage-in-georgia-senate-races

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says: “The moment of truth: The Electoral College prepares to hand Trump the loss he refuses to accept.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/12/11/electoral-college-meeting-monday-hand-trump-loss-he-wont-accept/3807305001/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want America’s population to grow, but only with those who vote for Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/12/10/economy-covid-19-worsens-slowdown-population-growth-economy/3865429001/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How soon will employers, organizations, municipalities, etc. get rid of their employees, members, residents, etc. who do not get vaccinated?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/12/08/covid-vaccine-refusing-unethical-hurts-vulnerable-people-column/3859516001/

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Loeffler faults ‘whiteness’ mention in Warnock sermon – Sarah Kallis (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) Whites who ever-increasingly promote hatred against Whites to curry favor with those who hate Whites, b) males who ever-increasingly promote hatred against males to curry favor with those who hate males, c) older people who ever-increasingly promote hatred against older people to curry favor with those who hate older people, d) heterosexuals who ever-increasingly promote hatred against heterosexuals to curry favor with those who hate heterosexuals, e) German Americans who ever-increasingly promote hatred against German Americans to curry favor with those who hate German Americans, f) those who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who ever-increasingly promote hatred against those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican to curry favor with those who hate those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, g) those who have more money than others who ever-increasingly promote hatred against those who have more money than others to curry favor with those who hate those who have more money than others, and h) those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time who ever-increasingly promote hatred against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time to curry favor with those who hate whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.ajc.com/politics/senate-watch/campaign-check-loeffler-faults-whiteness-mention-in-warnock-sermon/QLAHGWCXZVFI3I2T6TY6X5YHQE/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “THIS is what division and fear looks like. We are ALL God’s children. This rhetoric is disgusting and offensive,” Sen. Kelly Loeffler, Nov. 14 tweet in reference to a 2016 sermon by The Rev. Raphael Warnock in which he said that “American needs to repent for its worship of whiteness.” . . . Warnock told worshippers that America needed to repent for glorifying whiteness and celebrity, and ignoring Trump’s often-harsh remarks until the Access Hollywood tape was released. He also criticized Georgia for refusing to expand Medicaid and increase the minimum wage. . . He then added, in reference to the 2016 presidential election: “No matter what happens next month, the more than a third of the nation that would go along with this is reason to be afraid. America needs to repent for its worship of whiteness on full display this season.”)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— China’s Xi Ramps Up Control of Private Sector. ‘We Have No Choice but to Follow the Party.’ Push driven by a conviction that markets and entrepreneurs are not to be fully trusted; ‘the market-reform camp is all but gone’ – Lingling Wei (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following to CONTROL me, to CONTROL my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and to CONTROL my www.gopillinois.com website: Google, Facebook, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, those who I have sued, etc. Of course, everyone sees how the aforesaid treats me, treats my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and treats my www.gopillinois.com website.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-xi-clampdown-private-sector-communist-party-11607612531
— FRONT PAGE: The Office Christmas Party Is Still On—and More Awkward Than Ever – Te-Ping Chen (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but I should write a book about a) Milton Township Republican Organization Christmas parties 1999-2019, b) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Christmas parties 2005-2011, c) Illinois Center Right Coalition Christmas parties 2003-2006, d) GAO Chicago office Christmas parties 1981-1996, e) IRS Chicago, Harvey, and Joliet office Christmas parties 1971-1979, f) Firestone Stores Chicago Heights office Christmas parties 1970-1972, g) Park Forest Post Office Christmas parties 1966-1968, and h) S.S. Kresges Chicago Heights office Christmas parties 1964-1965. I helped organize TAPROOT’s 2005-2011 Christmas parties.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-office-christmas-party-is-still-onand-more-awkward-than-ever-11607616923
— Before Covid, Golf Club Communities Were in the Rough. Now They’re Seeing Green. Golf homes are experiencing a surge in demand, as more players hit the links during the pandemic. Will it last? – Candace Taylor (DIERSEN: All of Golf Lane is in my Wheaton precinct and the Chicago Golf Club is on its southern border.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/golf-club-communities-covid-11607528976
— There’s More to Politics Than Policy There’s no substitute for finding candidates who capture voters’ hearts. No, not even a 30-point plan. – Bobby Jindal and Alex Castellanos
https://www.wsj.com/articles/theres-more-to-politics-than-policy-11607622797

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “These Are The Republicans Who Have Acknowledged Biden’s Victory.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/12/10/these-are-the-republicans-who-have-acknowledged-bidens-victory/

CNBC
— How this 24-year-old who makes $100,000 and lives with her parents spends her money – Alicia Adamczyk (DIERSEN: I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old. The down payment came from what I had earned and saved a) working for IRS in Harvey for the prior 9 months and in Chicago for 6 months before that and b) working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights for the prior 18 months part-time and for 7 months before that full-time. That money also enabled me to a) buy a new Corvette in 1971 and b) pay tuition for graduate business courses at Loyola.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/03/how-24-year-old-who-makes-100000-dollars-spends-her-money.html

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
— What Motivates COVID Rule Breakers? The answer turns out to be complicated. – Jocelyn Bélanger, Pontus Leander (DIERSEN: Expect that if you are a Republican, Democrats and RINOs will demonize, denigrate, and condemn you as being a COVID rule breaker.)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-motivates-covid-rule-breakers/

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.