December 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Sports betting, 6 new casinos, thousands more video slot and poker machines. Illinois is set to become a Midwest gambling mecca. Here’s what’s coming. – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-gambling-sports-betting-illinois-20191220-5ldbt7qb65gorc2kmggjszskhm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: We need – and generally get – competence from bureaucrats – Lee Hamilton (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office, what would you stress? I would stress my work experience, professional certifications and license, and education. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $98,198-$127,654/year. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $82,579-$93,592/year. I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt. I became a became a licensed CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, MBA from Loyola, master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT. I served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter for 13 years.)
https://www.bainbridgereview.com/opinion/in-praise-of-competence-lee-h-hamilton/

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=296270#.XgNFCiN_OM8

EVANSTON NOW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://evanstonnow.com/story/government/bill-smith/2019-12-25/83878/weed-legalization-is-a-week-away

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Washington Post, CNN Journalists Celebrate ‘Merry Impeachmas’ After House Vote – Don Irvine
https://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/wapo-cnn-journalists-celebrate-merry-impeachmas-after-house-vote/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Dissing Joe Biden: That strange Obama tilt toward Elizabeth Warren – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/12/dissing_joe_biden_that_strange_obama_tilt_toward_elizabeth_warren.html

DAILY CALLER
— DISGUSTING TRAGIC: Democrats Seek To Outlaw Suburban, Single-Family House Zoning, Calling It Racist And Bad For The Environment – LUKE ROSIAK (DIERSEN: If you want to stay away from pot smoke, you should buy a single-family home on a large a lot as possible. Needless-to-say, do not buy a home downwind from a pot smoker. Can precincts, municipal districts, municipalities, townships, wards, counties, etc. vote to ban all uses of pot in their jurisdictions?)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/23/virginia-house-zoning-environment/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Pot Pushers and Cartels Would Reap Benefits From This Bill – Garth Van Meter
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/12/11/pot-pushers-and-cartels-would-reap-benefits-from-this-bill/

NEWS BUSTERS
— WORST OF THE DECADE: Damn Those Conservatives – Geoffrey Dickens (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past/present Republican leaders who sought/seek a legacy of driving conservatives like me out of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/geoffrey-dickens/2019/12/24/worst-decade-damn-those-conservatives

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Jill Biden’s open border Christmas message a slap in the face to dead officers – Michelle Malkin
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/12/25/michelle-malkin-jill-bidens-open-border-christmas-message-a-slap-in-the-face-to-dead-officers-868311

NEWS BUSTERS
— Trump Derangement Syndrome – Geoffrey Dickens (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have Diersen derangement system. I would focus on those in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.) 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/geoffrey-dickens/2019/12/25/worst-decade-trump-derangement-syndrome

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Dershowitz: Pelosi Holding On To Articles Of Impeachment “Abuse Of Power,” Obstruction Of Senate – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/12/24/dershowitz_pelosi_holding_on_to_articles_of_impeachment_abuse_of_power_obstruction_of_senate.html

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Don’t let Church failings distance you from God, Pope says on Christmas Eve – Alex Skatell (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who a) shout that they are a member of a church, that they attend church services, and that they give money to a church and b) who focus on destroying me. They shout a) that I am not a member of a church, that I do not attend church services, and that I do not give money to a church and b) that instead of attending church services, I put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out. In my book, I would focus on the aforesaid who fail/refuse to oppose the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, etc. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being extremely judgmental, nasty, mean, rude, cruel, threatening, etc. I would focus on those who talk and/or act like they smoked pot, are smoking pot, want to smoke pot, want all restrictions on smoking pot to be abolished, want to make money selling pot, and/or want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of pot.) 
https://ijr.com/dont-let-church-failings-distance-you-from-god-pope-says-on-christmas-eve/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Poll: About Half The Public Approves Of Vote To Impeach Trump Americans’ opinions on ousting the president remain stable and deeply polarized. – Ariel Edwards-Levy (DIERSEN: What percent of the voters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois approve of the vote to impeach Trump? What percent of those in the aforesaid jurisdictions who approve of the vote to impeach Trump are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/impeachment-vote-approval-poll_n_5e026a8fe4b0b2520d10f381

CNN
— Why Biden’s endorsement edge matters – Harry Enten (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office, who would NOT endorse you? The following would NOT endorse me: those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-those who have more/less money than they do, anti-gun owners, anti-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-federal employees/retirees, anti-pension recipients, anti-married people, anti-childless people, anti-American nameplate vehicle owners, anti-past/present union members, anti-those who do not own dogs, anti-those who have lived in Crete, anti-those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, anti-etc.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/25/politics/biden-endorsements-analysis/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Steering Impeachment With an Iron Grip, Pelosi Forges a Legacy She Never Sought – Sheryl Gay Stolberg (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past/present Republican leaders who sought/seek a legacy of moving the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), etc. to the left, that is, to get rid of IRP, DCRCC, MTRCC, etc. members like me who are conservative, that is, to get rid of IRP, DCRCC, MTRCC, etc. members like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/us/politics/nancy-pelosi.html
— Christianity Today Again Slams Trump, Raises Issue of ‘Unconditional Loyalty’ – Reuters (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents a) demand unconditional loyalty and b) destroy individuals, destroy organizations, destroy companies, and destroy governments that do not give them unconditional loyalty. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. 
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/12/23/us/politics/23reuters-usa-trump-religion.html
— Pentagon Warns Military Personnel Against At-Home DNA Tests The tests, from companies such as 23andMe and Ancestry, have become popular holiday gifts, but the military is warning service members of risks to their careers. – Heather Murphy and Mihir Zaveri (DIERSEN: What if I had lied and successfully claimed Swedish ancestry? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. Again, what if I had lied and successfully claimed Swedish ancestry?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/24/us/military-dna-tests.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: With cannabis use an open secret in the NBA, this ex-player is pushing the league to allow CBD – Candace Buckner 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/12/25/nba-cbd-marijuana-al-harrington-weed/

USA TODAY
— AG Barr offers forceful endorsement of FBI after suggesting it may have acted in ‘bad faith’- Kevin Johnson (DIERSEN: I charge my Democrat superiors in the federal government with acting in bad faith. They used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to get rid of their employees who were Republican, and especially those who were White, male, older, non-veteran, conservative, Protestant, German American, non-poor, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I charge RINO leaders with acting in bad faith. They use Diversity to get rid of Republicans who are conservative, and especially those who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, non-poor, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/12/18/attorney-general-william-barr-praises-fbi-director-christopher-wray/2690439001/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Donald Trump’s Not-So-Hostile Takeover of the GOP – Eric Levitz (DIERSEN: Who has taken over your Republican township/ward party organization, your Republican county party organization, and the Illinois Republican Party? What do they say and do to promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform? Did they speak out against recreational pot at your municipal and county meetings?) 
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/trump-takeover-gop-impeachment-prescription-drugs.html

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.newsweek.com/former-republican-congressman-trump-morally-intellectually-unfit-office-1478976

NEW REPUBLIC
— How the Democratic Party Learned to Wage Class Warfare Occupy Wall Street was widely ridiculed by liberals. Now, rage against the one percent is a major theme of the 2020 primary. – MELISSA GIRA GRANT (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government promoted class warfare. They stressed the new cars that I bought, the money that I spent for tuition and books, the real estate that I bought, my wife’s savings and income, the vacations that I went on, the collector cars that I bought, the computers that I bought, the money that I saved for retirement, etc.) 
https://newrepublic.com/article/155989/democratic-party-learned-wage-class-warfare

AMERICAN COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND HEALTH
— Linking Healthy And Wealthy – Chuck Dinerstein (DIERSEN: How healthy are you? How wealthy are you? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have been undeservedly healthy notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could never be corrected to 20/20, I have partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease). They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had not avoided the draft, that if I had served in Vietnam, that my good health would have ended.) 
https://www.acsh.org/news/2019/12/24/linking-healthy-and-wealthy-14470

CPA JOURNAL
— Fostering Diversity and Inclusion in the Accounting Workplace – Stephen R. Goldberg
https://www.cpajournal.com/2019/12/25/fostering-diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-accounting-workplace/

ALTERNET
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters make it clear that they are going to destroy all individuals, all organizations, all companies, all governments, and all countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
https://www.alternet.org/2019/12/can-our-pluralistic-democracy-survive-an-attack-by-those-who-view-themselves-as-engaged-in-a-holy-war/

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.