December 15 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois electors help Joe Biden and Kamala Harris cement win Donald Trump will never acknowledge Mayor Lori Lightfoot, an Illinois elector, said of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, “Their success is our success. And we need desperately to unite as a people.” – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats unite the following to defeat Republicans: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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-Italian American, anti-German American, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/12/14/22175413/illinois-electors-joe-biden-kamala-harris-cement-win-donald-trump-wont-acknowledge
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices. To push vices on a country, state, county, township, municipality, or individual is to destroy that country, state, county, township, municipality, or individual.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/12/15/22174987/marijuana-cannabis-taxes-illinois-dispensaries-alcohol-booze-budget

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker Foundation gives $10 million to develop diverse tech talent in Chicago – ROBERT CHANNICK (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the less diverse that you are: White, male, older, heterosexual, married, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-pritzker-donation-diversity-tech-20201215-me3ze3d5hrcq3ivkddtexj6kga-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Why Illinois’ electors say vote for Biden was more than symbolic.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201215/why-illinois-electors-say-vote-for-biden-was-more-than-symbolic
— FRONT PAGE: Contested mayoral races in Elmhurst, Lombard take shape on first day of candidate filing. – Katlyn Smith and Scott Morgan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201214/contested-mayoral-races-in-elmhurst-lombard-take-shape-on-first-day-of-candidate-filing

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Will employers require workers to get vaccinated? It’s the latest COVID conundrum. Either choice carries risk, including potential legal exposure. – STEPHANIE GOLDBERG (DIERSEN: Will organizations require their members to get vaccinated?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/will-employers-require-workers-get-vaccinated
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on a country, state, county, township, municipality, or individual is to destroy that country, state, county, township, municipality, or individual.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/pot-firm-ipo-cements-chicagos-status-weed-biz-hub

STATELINE
— Rep. John Cabello announces recount plan for 68th District
https://www.mystateline.com/news/rep-john-cabello-announces-recount-plan-for-68th-district/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats draw attention to bad actions that bad Whites took decades ago. What bad actions did your ancestors take?
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2020/12/14/face-face-documentary-draws-attention-race-riot-racial-issues/3891178001/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— DeKalb mayor, Ward 2 city council hopefuls among first to file for candidacy Monday – KATIE FINLON (DIERSEN: What are your Republican township/ward and county party organizations doing to help elect Republicans on the April 6, 2021 ballot for your precinct?)
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2020/12/14/dekalb-mayor-ward-2-city-council-hopefuls-among-first-to-file-for-candidacy-monday/ar5y4tf/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— DuPage County reports 794 COVID-19 cases Monday, most since December 1, and five deaths – JOSHUA WELGE
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/12/15/dupage-county-reports-794-covid-19-cases-monday-most-since-december-1-and-five-deaths/at50xn5/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Some experts said Trump would need a ‘miracle’ to develop a vaccine in less than a year – CHRISTOPHER WHITE
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/some-experts-said-trump-would-need-a-miracle-to-develop-a-vaccine-in-less-than-a-year

ELGIN PATCH
— Clerk To Recount Votes In More Than 100 Kane County Precincts. Three Republicans who were defeated last month are hoping for good news after the Kane County Clerk conducts a discovery recount Tuesday. – Jason Addy
https://patch.com/illinois/elgin/s/hclhp/clerk-to-recount-votes-in-more-than-100-kane-county-precincts

AURORA PATCH
— Clerk To Recount Votes In More Than 100 Kane County Precincts Three Republicans who were defeated last month are hoping for good news after the Kane County Clerk conducts a discovery recount Tuesday. – Jason Addy
https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/clerk-recount-votes-more-100-kane-county-precincts

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— FROM THE ARTICLE: “Amid all this, Madigan issued a statement pointing to the recent revelation that Durkin also wanted to see an ally get a ComEd job. “If Jim Durkin actually believes it is conduct unbecoming of a legislator to recommend people for jobs or help constituents, he might want to review his own hypocritical behavior. Rather than finger-pointing, I suggest we focus on the important work that lies ahead of us,” Madigan said.” (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have always promoted patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors knew full-well a) that my wife had helped elect Jim Thompson and b) that Thompson promoted patronage and political affiliation discrimination. (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_v._Republican_Party_of_Illinois and http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html ) Because of the position taken by the Republican Party of Illinois in Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois, my U.S. Senators and their staff members and my U.S. Representatives and their staff members made it very clear that they did NOT want to hear my complaints about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government. All my critics/opponents, all their operatives and all their dupes reject the decision in Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors treated me like I was part of a plot to stop them from hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. They were fully aware of the arguments that Thompson, Jim Edgar, and Lee Daniels made in Rutan that government employers should be allowed to engage in patronage and political affiliation discrimination.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2020/12/15/hearings-end-but-not-the-insults-lightfoot-leads-electors-vaccines-are-here-491151

FOX NEWS
— Joe Biden’s Electoral College win is a big deal, so is his scary ‘Great Reset’ agenda. The incoming Biden administration plans to usher in the promised ‘Great Reset.’ Here’s what it could mean for you and your family. – Justin Haskin

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/joe-biden-electoral-college-win-great-reset-agenda-justin-haskins

FEDERALIST
— Why America Is Actually Not Going To Become A ‘Majority-Minority’ Nation – Morris Fiorina (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who vote for candidates who hint/imply/argue/shout that they will use government to get rid of those who are the following once and for all: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? Because more and more and more of the aforesaid candidates are being elected, more and more and more of those who are targeted to be gotten rid of are buying more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://thefederalist.com/2020/12/14/why-america-is-actually-not-going-to-become-a-majority-minority-nation/

COLLEGE FIX
— Educator forced to resign for publicly criticizing Black Lives Matter – DAVE HUBER (DIERSEN: From what I see, the less that you promote BLM, the faster that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs get rid of you.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/educator-forced-to-resign-for-publicly-criticizing-black-lives-matter-lawsuit-alleges/

THE HILL
— GOP leaders pinched by pro-Trump bid to reverse election outcome – MIKE LILLIS AND SCOTT WONG
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/530180-gop-leaders-pinched-by-pro-trump-bid-to-reverse-election-outcome
— Fauci says Trump, Biden should be vaccinated immediately – DOMINICK MASTRANGELO
https://thehill.com/homenews/530224-fauci-says-trump-biden-should-be-vaccinated-immediately

NBC
— At Chicago food depository, the need is ‘overwhelming this year’
https://news.yahoo.com/chicago-food-depository-overwhelming-134052563.html

CBS NEWS
— Putin congratulates Biden (DIERSEN: Who would NOT congratulate you if you won a government office or political office? Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs would NOT congratulate me. Those who 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-draft avoiders, anti-Christians, anti-Protestants, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time would NOT congratulate me. Those who promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, 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 would NOT congratulate me. Those who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican would NOT congratulate me. The aforesaid did NOT congratulate me when I became the following and they were overjoyed when I was no longer the following: TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, Post Office employee, etc. )
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/putin-congratulates-biden-us-election-victory-russia-ready-collaboration-contacts/

CNBC
— Trump loyalist Michael Pack plots final purge at federal media agency before Biden takes office – Brian Schwartz (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO in its Chicago office 1980-1997. The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 always made it clear to those who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997 which GAO Chicago office employees they wanted to get rid of. Those employees were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. The following frustrated efforts by the Democrats who ran GAO and its Chicago Office 1980-1997 to waste my career and to get rid of me: I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in 1981. I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/07/trump-federal-media-agency-ceo-plots-final-purge-before-biden-arrives.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Biden denounces Trump’s ‘unconscionable’ attacks on voting after Electoral College affirms his victory.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/us/biden-denounces-trumps-unconscionable-attacks-on-voting-after-electoral-college-affirms-his-victory.html
— FROM THE ARTICLE: “Activists are equally determined to prevent the president-elect from nominating people they view as too conservative.” (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns you as being too conservative? I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being too conservative. I would focus on leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. I would focus on leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would on those who have been candidates on ballots for my precinct. I would focus on those who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/us/politics/biden-administration-cabinet-advisers-diversity.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Donald Trump Lost His Battle. The Culture War Goes On.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/14/arts/television/donald-trump-culture-war.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “There is not and has not been any credible evidence of significant fraud in the 2020 election.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/14/there-is-not-has-not-been-any-credible-evidence-significant-fraud-2020-election/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Biden keeps giving Republicans who ignore his win the benefit of the doubt. He’s not necessarily getting the same in return.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/12/14/biden-keeps-giving-republicans-who-ignore-his-win-benefit-doubt/
— ‘This is the reality’: Newsmax and One America grapple uneasily with Biden’s electoral college victory – Jeremy Barr (DIERSEN: What recent negative realities are you grappling with? For me, they include Trump getting only 36% of the vote in my precinct, Curran getting only 43%, and Ives getting only 42%.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/this-is-the-reality-newsmax-and-one-america-grapple-uneasily-with-bidens-electoral-college-victory/2020/12/14/211b4e4a-3e3c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— As Electors Gather, Cold Numbers Show What Really Happened in 2020. Voters in the moderate center—not those out on the wings—determined the outcome of the presidential election. – Gerald F. Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-electors-gather-cold-numbers-show-what-really-happened-in-2020-11607961430

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To push pot on a country, state, county, township, municipality, or individual is to destroy that country, state, county, township, municipality, or individual.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2020/12/14/the-cannabis-playbook-for-success-in-illinois/
— Performance Management: Employee Accountability – Courtney Pace, Ph.D. (DIERSEN: I was extremely reluctant to seek/take feedback from my Democrat superiors in the federal government because I knew that they wanted to get rid of me because I was not a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2020/12/14/performance-management-employee-accountability/

SENTINEL STANDARD
— Secure your future with career training (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.sentinel-standard.com/news/20201214/employment-expertise-secure-your-future-with-career-training

HERALD TRIBUNE
— Manatee GOP chair candidate wants more conservative elected officials who embrace Trumpism – Zac Anderson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the candidates who leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have encouraged and discouraged from seeking government and/or political offices since 2000. I would focus on potential candidates’ demographics including race, gender, age, sexual orientation, education, work experience, professional certifications and licenses, religion, national origin, marital status, military status, liberal/moderate/conservative status, Trump supporter status, income, net worth, gun owner status, length of time they have lived in their political jurisdictions, etc. I would focus on their positions on the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/11/manatee-gop-chair-candidate-wants-more-conservative-elected-officials-who-embrace-trumpism/3894533001/

TIME
— 3 U.S. Allies Are Among the Countries With the Most Journalists in Jail – Another Opportunity for Biden – KARL VICK (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have promoted the most hatred against me and those who have taken the most adverse actions against me for what I have done for you as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I would focus on present/past leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party. I would focus on present/past leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would on those who have been candidates on ballots for my precinct. I would focus on those who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://time.com/5921456/journalists-jail-2020-committee-to-protect-journalists/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There were 274 journalists in jail on Dec. 1—the most since the Committee to Project Journalists began its troubling annual census in 1992. The New York-based advocacy group said that in 2020, authoritarian governments took advantage both of the global pandemic and of the example provided by President Donald Trump, whose assault on an independent press and labeling of unwelcome facts as “fake news” reversed a long U.S. legacy of promoting free expression abroad. “The record number of journalists imprisoned around the world is President Trump’s press freedom legacy,” CPJ executive director Joel Simon said in a statement. The group called on President-elect Joesph Biden to “work as part of a global coalition to bring the number down.”)

NIEMAN LAB
— The real reason local newspapers are dying. “I left daily newspaper journalism in 2005. – LYZ LENZ (DIERSEN: Sadly, disgustingly, outrageously, tragically, and unacceptably, Wheaton has not had a newspaper for many decades. I should start one up. I would name it the “Wheaton Conservative.” The newspapers that currently cover Wheaton promote a) dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things, that is, they promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms; b) discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails; and c) discourage everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/12/the-real-reason-local-newspapers-are-dying/

GUARDIAN
— Trump rails at ‘cancel culture’ after Cleveland Indians confirm name change
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/dec/13/cleveland-indians-name-change-reports-baseball-mlb

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.