December 5 Morning Edition

NBC5
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cannabis Has A Booming Year, But Industry Argues It Could Be Much Bigger Controversy swirls around the relocation of some dispensaries, which companies say would generate millions in revenue for the state. – Phil Rogers (DIERSEN: To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cannabis-has-a-booming-year-but-industry-argues-it-could-be-much-bigger/2387049/

WTTW
— Why Residents Across Chicago Are Not Getting Their Mail – Paris Schutz (DIERSEN: The Post Office hired me in November of 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://news.wttw.com/2020/12/02/why-residents-across-chicago-are-not-getting-their-mail

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mount Greenwood, Alsip residents demand answers for poor postal service. ‘We don’t get our mail.’ – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-alsip-mail-problems-st-1206-20201204-tmilkyczgjgyxfcbwerl5kns7a-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Lombard keeps video gambling after voters send message of support – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201204/lombard-keeps-video-gambling-after-voters-send-message-of-support

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: UI student charged after 2 pounds of cannabis, edibles found in apartment – MARY SCHENK (DIERSEN: To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/cannabis-and-edibles-lead-to-charge-against-ui-student/article_31354406-11dc-5486-b222-2180303fb2ee.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: UI student accused of having LSD, DMT, 1.5 pounds of pot for sale – MARY SCHENK (DIERSEN: To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/courts-police-fire/ui-student-accused-of-having-lsd-dmt-1-5-pounds-of-pot-for-sale/article_77e7d748-aafb-59be-aa73-a17a2b451663.html

RIVER BENDER
— Durbin, Duckworth Join Booker To Introduce Resolution Calling For First United States Commission On Truth, Racial Healing And Transformation (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican? How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefitted from their discrimination against minorities and against females.)
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/durbin-duckworth-join-booker-to-introduce-resolution-calling-for-first-united-states-commission-on-truth-racial-healing-and-transformation-46253.cfm

WAND
— City of Champaign recognized for inclusive policies for the LGBTQ community (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will your municipality officially banish individuals, banish organizations, and banish companies that do not promote LGBTQ? Obviously, Wheaton has banished me and banished my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.wandtv.com/news/city-of-champaign-recognized-for-inclusive-policies-for-the-lgbtq-community/article_0148352e-3649-11eb-b3f4-df7a7e3ca559.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Georgia Senate Runoffs Lure Possible 2024 GOP Hopefuls, Including Trump – DON GONYEA
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/georgia-senate-runoffs-lure-possible-2024-gop-hopefuls-including-trump#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “The Political World Starts To Move On From Trump.”
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/political-world-starts-move-trump#stream/0

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— DuPage County to host inauguration on Monday, Dec. 7
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2020/12/01/dupage-county-to-host-inauguration-on-monday-dec-7/117827

WIREPOINTS
— Gun violence has killed 23 times more Chicago youth than COVID – Wirepoints Quicktake
https://wirepoints.org/gun-violence-has-killed-23-times-more-chicago-youth-than-covid-wirepoints-quicktake/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DuPage Twp Trustees Oliver & Burgess ignore the law during Special Meeting – JOHN M. KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/12/dupage-twp-trustees-oliver-burgess-ignore-the-law-during-special-meeting/
— DuPage Township: The Facts In These Allegations Of Racism Are Deeply Concerning – JOHN M. KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/12/dupage-township-the-facts-in-these-allegations-of-racism-are-deeply-concerning/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Rev. Graham: Hope for Illinois – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/franklin-graham-hope-for-illinois/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Fact Checks, Combative Questions, and Other Journalism Quirks You’ll Miss When Trump’s Gone – Andrew Stiles (DIERSEN: Questions to ask candidates: If elected, would you encourage or discourage the following: reparations, BLM, LGBTQ, dependency on government, dependency on charity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, more gun controls, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination?)
https://freebeacon.com/satire/trump-era-journalism/?

BREITBART
— Mike Pence: ‘Stay in the Fight,’ Reelect David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler – SEAN MORAN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/12/04/mike-pence-stay-in-the-fight-reelect-david-perdue-and-kelly-loeffler/

EPOCH TIMES
— Election Fraud Allegations: Infographic
https://www.theepochtimes.com/election-fraud-allegations-infographic_3605589.html

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump 2024 talk threatens to freeze other GOP hopefuls in place.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/528847-trump-2024-talk-threatens-to-freeze-other-gop-hopefuls-in-place

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Pressure Mounts on Biden to Make Diverse Picks for Top Posts President-elect Joe Biden is hearing from the diverse groups who supported his election. – AP (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-12-05/pressure-mounts-on-biden-to-make-diverse-picks-for-top-posts

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “On Covid-19, Biden lays out a clear plan — and a contrast with Trump.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/covid-19-biden-lays-out-clear-plan-contrast-trump-n1249995

CBS NEWS
— Trump rallies for Republican Senators Loeffler and Perdue in Georgia
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-rallies-republican-senators-loeffler-133120682.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Joe From Scranton Didn’t Win Back the Working Class An economic analysis of the counties that Joe Biden won and lost shows how the two parties are continuing to realign. – Lisa Lerer (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes despise, if not hate, the working class. They stress that I was a member of the working class 1962-1997. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/us/politics/biden-blue-collar-voters.html
— A New Way of Investing That Reflects Your Values – Ron Lieber (DIERSEN: One would expect that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs would invest in companies that promote socialism, communism, dictatorship, 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, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/your-money/esg-investing-direct-index-blackrock-morgan-stanley.html
— Stop the Covid Shaming – Aaron E. Carroll (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not promote wearing a mask?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/opinion/covid-holiday-travel.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Just 25 congressional Republicans acknowledge Biden’s win, Washington Post survey finds – Paul Kane and Scott Clement
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/survey-who-won-election-republicans-congress/2020/12/04/1a1011f6-3650-11eb-8d38-6aea1adb3839_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Facebook to rank anti-black hate speech over anti-white comments – Ebony Bowden (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans. Ever increasingly, Democrats call Republicans White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. To call someone a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, or bigot in America today is like calling someone a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s.)
https://nypost.com/2020/12/04/facebooks-hate-speech-algorithm-to-prioritize-anti-black-comments/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Facebook has updated its hate speech algorithm, reversing years of neutrality to prioritize anti-black comments while making anti-white slurs the lowest priority. The tech giant’s new system for detecting hate speech, known internally as the WoW Project, will automatically delete hateful language directed at the LGBTQ community, Jews, Muslims and African Americans — which has been dubbed by Facebook engineers as the “worst of the worst,” the Washington Post reported. The company will now begin scoring hate speech and offensive posts, and remarks about “men,” “whites” and “Americans” will be marked “low sensitivity,” the report said.)

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Affirmative action, fairness and America’s future – THOMAS MULLIGAN (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-affirmative-action-fairness-and-americas-future-20201205-jzeouc7rrfddpmyay7fqwhcmfm-story.html

BOSTON HERALD
— NOVEMBER 8, 2020 FLASHBACK: Calling Trump supporters ‘white supremacists’ not a winning message for progressives – Michael Graham (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican but who hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things?)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/11/08/graham-calling-trump-supporters-white-supremacists-not-a-winning-message-for-progressives/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Marijuana Bill Clears House on Party Lines. – Natalie Andrews (DIERSEN: What do you say those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who fail/refuse to oppose the promotion of pot? Are they Democrat plants? Are they Libertarian plants? Are they Green plants? Are they Independent plants? Are they RINOs? I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-passes-bill-decriminalizing-marijuana-at-federal-level-11607107693
— Mask Wars Revisited Use of face coverings increased impressively right into the current national outbreak. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not promote wearing a mask?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mask-wars-revisited-11607118961
— Elite Public Schools Are the Poor’s Best Hope Children from wealthy families will always have access to high-achieving schools, but for low-income families of all races the exam schools are their best chance for an equally high-level education. – André Montero, Brooklyn Technical High School, ’64, Brooklyn, N.Y. (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who since 1953 have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have undeservedly had a tremendous unfair advantage in life because my parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod and then to Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/elite-public-schools-are-the-poors-best-hope-11607121304

BUSINESS JOURNALS
— Working Women names best companies for female executives – Anne Stych (DIERSEN: The federal government is a best employer for those who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, Trump-haters, moderate, liberal, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, non-gun owners, those who have health, financial, and/or other problems, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/news/latest-news/2020/12/working-women-names-best-companies-female-execs.html

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump Bashed New York City, But He Did Better There in 2020 – Ed Kilgore (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrat candidates and RINO candidates who bash voters because they are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders, and/or because their ancestors have been in America for a long time? I should write a book about such aforesaid candidates.)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/12/trump-bashed-new-york-city-but-he-did-better-there-in-2020.html

KENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO
— Kentucky Republicans in charge of legislative redistricting – Ryland Barton (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.)
https://hoptownchronicle.org/kentucky-republicans-in-charge-of-legislative-redistricting/

BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
— Keeping his promises? Black presidential appointments in the Biden administration – Nicol Turner Lee and Kathryn Dunn Tenpas (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that those who seek, who hold, or who are appointed to government or political offices should have demographics that reflect the demographics of the jurisdiction. What percent of the voters 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 share your demographics, that is, what percent share your race, gender, age group, sexual orientation, health status, marital status, veteran status, gun owner status, education, occupation, employed/unemployed/retired, religion, national origin, political affiliation, liberal/moderate/conservative, income range, net worth range, homeowner/renter, number of years that your ancestors have been in America, in Illinois, in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, dog/cat owner status, etc.?)
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/12/04/keeping-his-promises-black-presidential-appointments-in-the-biden-administration/

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.