July 14 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago Auto Show 2021 at McCormick Place, July 15-19
https://abc7chicago.com/automotive/chicago-auto-show-2021-at-mccormick-place-july-15-19/484621/

CBS2
— Chicago Auto Show Returns Thursday To McCormick Place – Tara Molina
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/07/12/auto-show-returns-thursday/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Schumer, Dems unveil plan to legalize weed nationwide; advocate predicts ‘days of federal prohibition are numbered. Like Illinois’ legalization law, the measure looks to address the disproportionate harms of the drug war and to bolster equity in the overwhelmingly white weed industry. – Tom Schuba
(DIERSEN: To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country. Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to destroy you, to destroy your municipality, to destroy your township, to destroy your county, to destroy Illinois, and to destroy America.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2021/7/14/22576484/schumer-dems-unveil-plan-legalize-weed-nationwide-advocate-predicts-federal-prohibition
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/7/13/22575942/chicago-immigration-ready-to-stay-campaign-reform-legal-help
— An outdoorsy Chicago Auto Show sets up to energize McCormick Place. Part traditional car showcase, part street fair, the 2021 edition leads off a convention calendar for a recovering sector of the economy. – David Roeder
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2021/7/13/22575941/chicago-auto-show-mccormick-place-car-showcase-street-fair-convention-calendar-kickoff

SHAW MEDIA
— Kinzinger says being in the GOP is like being on a ‘hijacked plane’ Congressman continues criticisms of those who push falsehoods about the 2020 election and Jan. 6 insurrection. – Alex Ortiz
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Kinzinger.)
https://www.shawlocal.com/mywebtimes/news/government/2021/07/14/kinzinger-says-being-in-the-gop-is-like-being-on-a-hijacked-plane/

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Pritzker asks appeals court to lift feds oversight of state hiring, imposed to block political hiring practices – Jonathan Bilyk
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted patronage and political affiliation discrimination.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/605735627-pritzker-asks-appeals-court-to-lift-feds-oversight-of-state-hiring-imposed-to-block-political-hiring-practices

CHICAGO STREET BLOG
— Remember the Crosstown? Here’s the story of Chicago’s successful 1970s freeway revolt. – Mary Wisniewski
(DIERSEN: During the early 1980s, I worked for GAO for 1 year on an audit of how Illinois spend federal tax dollars made available by its withdrawal from the Interstate System of the remaining 13.6-mile portion of I-494 between the Dan Ryan (I-94) and Eisenhower (I-290) Expressways. SEE: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwayhistory/data/page05.cfm )
https://chi.streetsblog.org/2021/07/12/remember-the-crosstown-expressway-heres-the-story-of-chicagos-successful-1970s-freeway-revolt/

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Mayor Lightfoot woos donors in San Francisco while Chicago burns
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/citizen-kelly-mayor-lightfoot-woos-donors-in-san-francisco-while-chicago-burns

WIREPOINTS
— Critical race theory, mask mandates and explicit sexual books dominate school board meetings
https://wirepoints.org/critical-race-theory-mask-mandates-and-explicit-sexual-books-dominate-school-board-meetings-wirepoints-on-chicagos-morning-answer/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Most illegal immigrants are no-shows after catch-and-release. Less than 25% compliance rate for illegal immigrants released at border without court dates – Stephen Dinan
(DIERSEN: How many illegals are the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs harboring in the following: your school district, your neighborhood, your precinct, your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county district, and your county?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/13/catch-and-release-migrants-defy-homeland-security-/
— Journalists unionize in ‘record numbers’ – Jennifer Harper (DIERSEN: GAO did not unionize until 2007. If GAO had been unionized in 1997, I might still be a GAO employee.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/13/inside-the-beltway-journalists-unionize-in-record-/
— Conflicting, contradictory results in studies of alleged racism, voter suppression in election laws – Kery Murakami
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/13/conflicting-contradictory-results-studies-alleged-/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Conservatives Shouldn’t Accept The Idea Of ‘Systemic Racism’ – Paul Bradford
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, a) because I am White, I benefitted tremendously from systemic racism and b) because I am male, I benefitted tremendously from systemic sexism. In my defense, since the 1960s, all my employers and all the organizations that I have been a member of have been under ever-increasing tremendous pressure from Democrats and from RINOs to get of Whites and to get rid of males, and especially to get rid Whites and to get rid of males who are conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, older, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/13/conservatives-shouldnt-accept-the-idea-of-systemic-racism/

BREITBART
— Amnesty: Zuckerberg’s Astroturf Empire Occupies the Associated Press – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/07/14/associated-press-parrots-zuckerberg-amnesty-agenda/

CHRISTIAN DAILY
— We Are Not Backing Down’ From Fight To Take Back America, Trump Tells Excited Crowd At CPAC – ANTON CARILLO
https://www.christianitydaily.com/articles/12565/20210713/we-are-not-backing-down-from-fight-to-take-back-america-trump-tells-excited-crowd-at-cpac.htm

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Civil War In Our Schools: Achievement vs. Critical Race Theory – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/the-civil-war-in-our-schools-achievement-vs-critical-race-theory
— What To Say If A Biden COVID Doorknocker Shows Up At Your Home – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/what-to-say-if-a-biden-covid-doorknocker-shows-up-at-your-home

DAILY CALLER
— Professor Singles Out ‘Average White Guy’ As Stooge For Divisive Lecture On Race, Video Shows – JORDAN LANCASTER
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats attribute successes that Whites have to “White privilege.” If I had been a minority, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old because I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 and 32, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/13/professor-singles-out-student-crt-lecture-penn-state/

PJ MEDIA
— Taliban Executes 22 Afghan Commandos in Cold Blood – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/07/13/taliban-executes-22-afghan-commandos-in-cold-blood-n1461509

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Time Magazine’s Phony ‘Conservative Case Against Banning Critical Race Theory’
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/time-magazines-phony-conservative-case-against-banning-critical-race-theory/

COLLEGE FIX
— U. North Carolina black students claim it’s ‘not safe’ for them on campus – DAVE HUBER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-north-carolina-black-students-claim-its-not-safe-for-them-on-campus/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— I’m A Middle School Teacher And See How Critical Race Curriculum Is Creating Racial Hostility In School. Providence, RI: Some Students Have Started Calling Me “America” Because I’m White, and Colleagues Accuse Me of Having “White Privilege.” – Ramona Bessinger
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/07/im-a-middle-school-teacher-and-see-how-critical-race-curriculum-is-creating-racial-hostility-in-school/

THE HILL
— Nikki Haley calls for ‘every governor’ to ban funding for critical race theory – JORDAN WILLIAMS
(DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, in Illinois, the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization should be calling for banning government funding for CRT, 1619, reparations, BLM, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, 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 the rest of the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/562733-nikki-haley-calls-for-every-governor-to-ban-funding-for-critical-race
— Harris emerges as main GOP foil on campaign trail – MAX GREENWOOD
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have used me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most as their foil.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/562877-harris-emerges-as-main-gop-foil-on-campaign-trail

POLITICO
— More money, more problems: Cheney and Kinzinger feel Trump effect. Both House Republicans have raked in huge sums since they branded themselves as leaders of the anti-Trump wing of the party. – OLIVIA BEAVERS and ALLY MUTNICK
(DIERSEN: In Illinois, those who hate Trump and hate those who do not hate Trump give money to Kinzinger. In Wheaton, Trump-haters succeeded in stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day Parade and Fireworks. I should write a book about those Trump-haters. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who destroy those like me they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover-up their wrong doing, and/or who refuse to give them money. I would focus on those who lead Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/14/cheney-kinzinger-leaders-house-republicans-499589

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens want Amazon to sell only books that promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/amazon-workers-petition-two-quit-over-anti-lgbtq-book-sales-n1273870

YAHOO NEWS
— Opposition to ‘critical race theory’ dominates public comments at NAFC meeting – Brooke McAfee
https://news.yahoo.com/opposition-critical-race-theory-dominates-021700044.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR GRAPHICS: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say that “We are fundamentally a racist and sexist society,” that is, Democrats say that Republicans are racists and sexists who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/money/2021/07/14/diversity-corporate-systemic-racism-employment-inequities/7639595002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC, UNACCEPTABLE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats crow about their success in getting children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/07/13/lgbtq-nonbinary-study-trevor-project/7946858002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Texas House voted to arrest Democrats who fled to Washington to kill the voting bill – Elizabeth Findell (DIERSEN: Can you envision Republican Illinois Representatives and Republican Illinois Senators fleeing Illinois to stop Democrat bills?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/texas-senate-expected-to-take-up-vote-on-election-legislation-11626176054
— Few Want to Go Into Sales – Patrick Thomas
(DIERSEN: When I graduated from NIU in 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in management, when I was viewed as being “draft bait,” I took the only job offer that I got — Retail Sales Manager for the Chicago Heights Firestone Store. My father had died suddenly in 1969 and potential employers did not believe that my financial hardship draft deferment application would be approved. The job did not really require a college degree. Constructively, I was the store’s salesman. The Firestone Stores Chicago District Office hired me. I asked to be assigned to the Chicago Heights store because I lived with my mother and brother in Crete. My Chicago Heights Firestone Store manager would not have hired me. Sadly, he disapproved of my following demographics: Republican, draft avoider, German American, and Missouri Synod Lutheran. He refused to let me start until I passed a probationary period working for the Firestone Store in Gary. After I had worked for him for 7 months, he rudely fired me when I gave him my 2-week notice that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-pay-is-high-and-jobs-are-plentiful-but-few-want-to-go-into-sales-11626255001

TEXAS NEWS TODAY
— Pennsylvania State University professor pulls “average white man” out of lecture theater to show privilege – Isabellak Hademhosseini
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats attribute successes that Whites have to “White privilege.” If I had been a minority, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old because I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27 and 31, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 and 32, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32.)
https://texasnewstoday.com/pennsylvania-state-university-professor-pulls-average-white-man-out-of-lecture-theater-to-show-privilege/360751/

CBS17
— Group protests critical race theory during Johnston County School Board meeting – Lillian Donahue
https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/johnston-county-news/group-protests-critical-race-theory-during-johnston-county-school-board-meeting/

KAAL TV
— Heated discussion around critical race theory at RPS board meeting – Emily Pofahl
https://www.kaaltv.com/rochester-minnesota-news/heated-discussion-around-critical-race-theory-at-rps-board-meeting/6170572/

JOURNAL NEWS
— Rally at board of education protests Critical Race Theory – Toni Milbourne
https://www.journal-news.net/journal-news/rally-at-board-of-education-protests-critical-race-theory/article_9b908ee3-b30d-546c-9f5d-f160acf9b167.html

POST BULLETIN
— Crowd protests critical race theory, ‘government speech’ at School Board meeting
https://www.postbulletin.com/news/education/7111170-Crowd-protests-critical-race-theory-government-speech-at-School-Board-meeting

DESERET NEWS
— Critical race theory attacks what it means to be an American. Racism is reprehensible, and any vestiges of it must be condemned. But attacking our founding principles is not the solution, Utah Sen. Mike Lee said. – Mike Lee
https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2021/7/13/22575354/critical-race-theory-attacks-what-it-means-to-be-an-american

ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— Rethink Your Formula For Success
(DIERSEN: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was a 30-year-old IRS employee. I became a licensed CPA in 1981 when I was a 32-year-old GAO employee. If I had been a Democrat, minority, or female, IRS or GAO would have promoted me into the federal government’s Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.)
https://www.icpas.org/education/programs/summit21

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 838 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $479,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448306_zpid/

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.