July 19 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Rev. Jesse Jackson to receive France’s highest order of merit for activism work
(DIERSEN: Jackson has always been extremely critical of America and extremely critical of Americans, and especially Americans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, 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.)
https://abc7chicago.com/society/rev-jesse-jackson-to-receive-frances-highest-order-of-merit/10896822/

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/07/16/marijuana-sales-chicago-antiviolence-programs/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Protesters gather at Buckingham Fountain to support Cuban fight against communism – ZACH HARRIS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cuban-protest-buckingham-fountain-20210719-fd5iidwsebgmleb6rn544xcqbq-story.html
— Chicago Public Schools will spend more than $9 billion this school year. Where will it go, and how will COVID relief money be used? – TRACY SWARTZ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-cb-chicago-public-schools-budget-covid-relief-20210719-ttdwkevogzbxxgq7alzfxiwebq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that their top priorities include turning everyone into LGBTQers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/7/18/22580621/rep-marie-newman-transgender-daughter-evie-marjorie-taylor-greene-laura-washington-column

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH EIGHT COLOR PHOTOS: Kinzinger again outraises rivals for 16th District, ends quarter with $3 million in bank – Russell Lissau
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Kinzinger.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210719/kinzinger-again-outraises-rivals-for-16th-district-ends-quarter-with-3-million-in-bank
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Notable Kinzinger supporters last quarter included: Former Chicago Cubs and Chicago Tribune owner Sam Zell, who gave $5,600. Sam Walton, the grandson of Walmart’s founder, who gave $5,800. Walmart’s political committee, which gave $1,000. Amazon’s political committee, which gave $5,000.)
— Morrison challenger is blowing smoke – Richard Plegge, Palatine
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210719/morrison-challenger-is-blowing-smoke
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican says “DuPage Auditor recount a costly charade.” Since 2000, RINOs have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered. If just 38 voters in my precinct had voted for Grogan instead of White, Grogan would have won. According to RINOs, I am too conservative, that is, I support planks in the Republican Party platform that they reject, most commonly, the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that the more that I do to help elect a Republican candidate, the more likely that candidate will lose. Further, RINOs stress the adverse actions that the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, Post Office, etc. have taken against me. Further, RINOs stress my “bad” demographics: conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), draft avoider, heterosexual, married, childless, pet-less, non-poor, gun owner, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for almost 24 years, etc. Of course, since 2000, all of the aforesaid adverse actions by RINOs against me have harmed my efforts to get votes for Grogan and for all the other Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210719/dupage-auditor-recount-a-costly-charade

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/weed-cultivation-centers-grow-jobs-rural-illinois

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Guest Columnist: GOP should challenge remap in state court – Jim Nowlan
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/opinion/columns/jim-nowlan-guest-columnist-gop-should-challenge-remap-in-state-court/article_b71c2a1a-e67d-11eb-ab02-f76fd4a43629.html

FOX NEWS
— Fighting critical race theory – this is how we stop this blatantly racist ideology. We cannot allow CRT to rob American children of that same hope that was instilled in me. – Ben Carson, M.D.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/fighting-critical-race-theory-racist-ideology-dr-ben-carson
— Levin calls on viewers to ‘galvanize’ and ‘rally’ against teachers’ unions. ‘I’m saying it’s time for us to put them on their heels’ – Lindsay Kornick
(DIERSEN: In Illinois, Republican voters do not directly elect the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP). What are the following doing to defend and advance the Republican Party platform: the leaders of your township/ward Republican party organization, your Republican county party organization, and the IRP? How fair is it to blame losses that Republican candidates have suffered on individual Republican Precinct Committeemen? Blamers can stress that outside of Cook County, Republican Precinct Committeemen elect the leaders of the aforesaid organizations. Blamers can therefore blame losses that Republican candidates have suffered on Precinct Committeemen. In my defense, I should write a book about the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and IRP who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/levin-calls-viewers-galvanize-and-rally-against-teachers-unions

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— On Trusting Government and Citizens as Test-Subjects. Vaccine skeptics lack faith in the government’s experimental drugs. So why trust its other experiments? – Andrew Cuff
(DIERSEN: What has discouraged you from trusting candidates? I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their losses.)
https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/18/on-trusting-government-and-citizens-as-test-subjects/
— The American Descent into Madness. America went from the freest country in the world in December 2019 to a repressive and frightening place by July 2021. How did that happen? – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/18/the-american-descent-into-madness/

ACCURACY IN ACADEMIA
— Across America, parents unite against Critical Race Theory – Nic Valdespino
(DIERSEN: Who is leading the fight against CRT in your school district? It should be a) the officers of your township/ward Republican organization, b) the officers of your Republican county party organization, c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and/or d) the leaders of the IRP.)
https://www.academia.org/across-america-parents-unite-against-critical-race-theory/

BREITBART
— Ben Carson: Critical Race Theory Is About Creating Division and Strife That Allows Control – KRISTINA WONG
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about leaders of the following who have created the most division and strife since 2000: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/18/ben-carson-critical-race-theory-about-creating-division-strife-allows-control/
— Mark Levin: Joe Biden ‘Is a Human Pandemic’ – JEFF POOR
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/07/18/mark-levin-joe-biden-is-a-human-pandemic/

BLAZE
— CNN host questions whether Fox News, conservative media are ‘killing people’ over COVID-19 rhetoric – CHRIS ENLOE
(DIERSEN: I should write a book those who have blamed “conservative media,” including GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and www.gopillinois.com , the most for losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/cnn-host-questions-whether-fox-news-conservative-media-are-killing-people-over-covid-19-rhetoric

DAILY CALLER
— Facebook Exec Blasts White House, Claims Biden Uses Platform As ‘Scapegoat’ For Vaccine Hesitancy – CHRISTOPHER TREMOGLIE
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have used me, used my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and used www.gopillinois.com the most as their scapegoat.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/18/facebook-exec-blasts-white-house-biden-scapegoat-misinformation/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Supreme Court Abandons Christian Florist – Ken McIntyre (DIERSEN: The judges in Diersen v. GAO affirmed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/07/18/we-hear-you-supreme-court-abandons-christian-florist/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Wikipedia Co-Founder: Site Now Promotes Leftist Establishment Propaganda – P.J. Gladnick
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/pj-gladnick/2021/07/18/wikipedia-co-founder-site-now-promotes-leftist-establishment

TOWNHALL
— Over 1.4 Million Students Taught Radical Left Propaganda Under Guise of “No Place for Hate” – Joy Overbeck
(DIERSEN: Under what guise are Democrat teachers in your school district teaching CRT?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/joyoverbeck/2021/07/19/over-14-million-students-taught-radical-left-propaganda-under-guise-of-no-place-for-hate-n2592704

COLLEGE FIX
— UNC journalism professors protest ‘objectivity’ in news reporting – JENNIFER KABBANY
(DIERSEN: Beyond overwhelmingly, people become reporters and journalists to help defend and advance the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/unc-journalism-professors-protest-objectivity-in-news-reporting/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— U.S. Kids Need 3 Rs, Not Race Theory – Jason Riley
(DIERSEN: Under what guise are Democrat teachers in your school district teaching CRT?)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/07/18/us_kids_need_3_rs_not_race_theory_547286.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Assault on America’s National Identity
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/the-assault-on-americas-national-identity/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— In Trump’s Jan. 6 recast, attackers become martyrs, heroes. – CALVIN WOODWARD, COLLEEN LONG and DAVID KLEPPER
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-trump-misinformation-aa051fa751d718407638dbe308647a7a

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters blame conservatives for COVID-19. How soon will the hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters who run a) your employer if you are still employed, b) the organizations that you are a member of, c) your municipality, d) your township, e) your county, f) Illinois, g) America, and h) the world succeed in getting rid of conservatives once and for all? Conservatives oppose the promotion of dependence on government, dependence 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 age discrimination.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/conservative-hostility-biden-vaccine-push-surges-covid-cases-rise-n1273692

NEW YORK TIMES
— Facebook Tells Biden: ‘Facebook Is Not the Reason’ Vaccination Goal Was Missed. The social network and the Biden administration have engaged in an increasingly rancorous war of words over the issue of vaccine misinformation. – Cecilia Kang
(DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats officially make it illegal to share any article that does not promote vaccination?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/technology/facebook-vaccine-misinformation.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs want Republicans to be vaccinated, but ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs make it clear that they want to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/17/us/politics/coronavirus-vaccines-republicans.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden’s Facebook Attack Followed Months of Frustration Inside White House. Rhetoric intensifies as both sides trade accusations of distortions. – Andrew Restuccia and Sarah E. Needleman
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have most viciously attacked me for my including links in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to articles that they do not like. Most of them are unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-facebook-slam-followed-months-of-frustration-inside-white-house-11626632335
— FRONT PAGE: Selling Your Used Car? You Could Turn a Profit. Normally a depreciating asset, some used cars are worth more now than they were new. – Nora Naughton
(DIERSEN: What is your daily driver and how long have you owed it. Since 2010, my daily driver has been a 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier LS Sport Coupe that I bought from my aunt when she went into an assisted living facility. SEE: https://www.kbb.com/chevrolet/cavalier/2003/ls-sport-coupe-2d/ )
https://www.wsj.com/articles/selling-your-used-car-you-could-turn-a-profit-11626606000
— Biden’s Self-Refuting Progressivism. If the president thinks pre-pandemic voting laws are racist, why didn’t he object to them before now? – Barton Swaim
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-progressivism-texas-culture-war-woke-cancel-culture-11626622857

NRP
— Outrage As A Business Model: How Ben Shapiro Is Using Facebook To Build An Empire – Miles Parks
(DIERSEN: What do my critics/opponents stress to discourage everyone from reading my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters? They stress how the following have treated me and treated my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000: a) the RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter; b) unsuccessful RINO candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers; and c) those who I have sued.)
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/19/1013793067/outrage-as-a-business-model-how-ben-shapiro-is-using-facebook-to-build-an-empire

DAILY MAIL
— Trump claims Americans are refusing to get the COVID vaccine because they do not TRUST the Biden administration or the 2020 election result – BRIAN STIEGLITZ
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9801649/Trump-claims-Americans-refusing-COVID-vaccine-dont-trust-Biden.html

BVI NEWS
— Commission of Inquiry tarnishing my reputation – Skelton Cline
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. I would focus on Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on those who are leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton Park District. 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 reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on those who promote CRT, 1619, reparations, BLM, LGBTQ, dependency on government, dependency on charity, 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/or Green party platform planks.)
https://bvinews.com/coi-tarnishing-my-reputation-skelton-cline/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Government consultant, Claude Skelton Cline has accused the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI) of tarnishing his character by mentioning his name in a bad light during its hearings. In a broadcast of his Honestly Speaking radio show on Thursday, Skelton Cline alleged that COI attorney Bilal Rawat’s pattern of questions about his interactions with the government was meant to be malicious. Skelton Cline said he felt it was ludicrous and outlandish of the COI attorney to suggest in his questions that he (Skelton Cline) and the former Communication & Works Minister, Mark Vanterpool were the ones unilaterally making decisions regarding the controversial Cruise Pier Project. The Auditor General’s report on the project is heavily referenced in the COI and has been the basis of most of the questions. However, Skelton Cline said he believes the report was not based off the finished product of the project, and at best, could only be viewed as being “completely incomplete”. “It (the COI’s questions derived from the report) is designed to besmirch, to tarnish your reputation and me as a private citizen, in particular, who served as a consultant with certain terms and conditions of which I’ve always fulfilled.” “Here, Mr Rawat, willfully and wickedly, using my name when I have no political responsibility, no political fiduciary responsibility, no other kind of fiduciary responsibility,” said Skelton Cline who further reasoned that the COI’s line of questions ought not to be made on the basis of an incomplete report. Skelton Cline, a clergyman, argued that he had no role in the government’s caucus or Cabinet where decision-making about the cruise project was concerned.)

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.