July 3 Morning Edition

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Communities look forward to celebrating Independence Day – Samantha Malone
(DIERSEN: If 2021 Independence Day parades have fewer entries, have fewer paid entries, have fewer Republican entries, and/or have fewer viewers, who will who blame who for that? Wheaton has $2,500 less for paid entries this year because Wheaton refused to let Republicans help sponsor its parade and fireworks.)
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/dupage-county/2021/07/02/communities-look-forward-to-celebrating-independence-day/

DAILY HERALD
— Municipalities should not take sides in Pride politics – Mark Bodett, Wheaton
(DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ+, employers, organizations, governments, etc. get rid of you. I do not promote LGBTQ+.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210703/letter-municipalities-should-not-take-sides-in-pride-politics
(FROM THE LETTER: Third, why should the city of Palatine promote the LGBTQ+ agenda by celebrating Pride Month? To be clear, Pride Month is not about people. Pride Month is about politics and power. It is about demanding that everyone approve and support the LGBTQ+ movement, which again is a political movement. However, not everyone in Palatine agrees with the agenda of the LGTBQ+ movement. If we wish to live in free and diverse communities, we need to care about freedom of conscience and tolerance. People who are not aligned with the LGTBQ+ movement should not have their town taken over for political purposes one month every year. If individuals want to hang a rainbow flag on their house, that is their prerogative. If businesses want to put a rainbow in their window, that is their prerogative. But the village itself should be neutral and not make proclamations for one side or another. When the village government becomes involved, it puts pressure to participate on those who would rather not. The village in a free society should protect its citizens and business owners from coercive pressures, not encourage them.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/7/1/22559010/2022-elections-democrats-trump-cult-gene-lyons
— FROM THE ARTICLE: “forest preserves were seen as a patronage dumping ground. ”
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have promoted patronage the most. They include my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors. They include my Republican U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives, and their staff members. Those who promote patronage destroy those like me who 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.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/7/2/22557726/cook-county-forest-preserve-referendum-restoration-wildlife-climate-change-editorial
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/7/2/22561211/naturalization-ceremony-wrigley-field-172-new-citizens

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats encourage new citizens to hate Republicans. Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-wrigley-field-new-citizens-naturalization-july-4-weekend-20210702-6c7j37alevfndj2tusuy2ximne-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I did this to ensure that they have a better future,” Flores said. But his main reason for becoming a naturalized citizen, he said, was the ability to finally vote. “What if we get another president like Trump and he wants to kick us all out again?” Flores laughed. Donald Trump’s presidency was often criticized for anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies that slowed down the process, or made it more difficult for immigrants to become citizens, said Carlos Arango, a pro-immigrant advocate in the Chicago area. Since taking office, President Joe Biden has issued an executive order to make the naturalization process more accessible, including making $10 million in grants for citizenship preparation programs.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-wrigley-field-new-citizens-naturalization-july-4-weekend-20210702-6c7j37alevfndj2tusuy2ximne-story.html

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Liz Gorman named to Regional Transportation Authority Board
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2021/07/02/liz-gorman-named-to-regional-transportation-authority-board/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/02/us-citizenship-act-2021-illinois-bill-advocates-ask-support/7826576002/

AMERICAN THINKER
— What is Critical Race Theory? – Malcolm Wade
(DIERSEN: Who is leading the fight against CRT in your school district? It should be the chairman of your Republican township/ward/county party organization.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/07/what_is_critical_race_theory.html

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— Frederick Douglass’ Other Fourth of July Speech Is Particularly Timely in 2021 – Dean Nelson
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2021/07/03/frederick-douglass-other-fourth-of-july-speech-is-particularly-timely-in-2021

BREITBART
— Dan Crenshaw: Troops at Fort Bliss Forced to Wear IDs with Race and Social Class During Diversity Training – KRISTINA WONG
(DIERSEN: How soon will Democrats succeed in forcing Republicans to wear IDs that show their age, religion, national origin, when their ancestors came to America, how much money their parents had when they were young, etc.?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/02/dan-crenshaw-troops-fort-bliss-forced-wear-ids-race-social-class-during-diversity-training/

DAILY CALLER
— Liberal Media Claimed Critical Race Theory Is Only Taught In Academia. But That’s Not What Its Founders Say – JORDAN LANCASTER
(DIERSEN: In your township/ward/county, the chairman of your Republican township/ward/county party organization should be leading the fight against CRT. In Illinois, the chairman of the Illinois Republican Party should be leading the fight against CRT.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/02/liberal-media-critical-race-theory-military-education-coca-cola-amazon/

PATRIOT POST
— Democrats Discover That ‘Defund the Police’ Is Political Poison. The political chickens have come home to roost. – JEFF JACOBY
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/81092-democrats-discover-that-defund-the-police-is-political-poison-2021-07-03

EPOCH TIMES
— National Teachers’ Union to ‘Research’ Organizations that Oppose Their Teachers’ ‘Anti-Racist’ Work – MASOOMA HAQ
(DIERSEN: “Research” is code for “get rid of.”)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/national-teachers-union-to-research-organizations-that-oppose-their-teachers-anti-racist-work_3884715.html

MSN
— School district spent $34K on Critical Race Theory coaching for staff – Rachel Sharp
(DIERSEN: Who is leading the fight against CRT in your school district? It should be the chairman of your Republican township/ward/county party organization.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/school-district-spent-34k-on-critical-race-theory-coaching-for-staff/ar-AALIP9R?li=BBnbcA1

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Many Retirees Did Not Plan An Early Exit – Nelson D. Schwartz and Coral Murphy Marcos
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about being forced to retire early. If you are forced to retire early, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will use that to viciously demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you for the rest of your life.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/02/world/the-pandemic-forced-millions-of-americans-to-leave-the-work-force-earlier-than-planned.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use slavery to destroy America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/lets-celebrate-this-fourth-of-july-without-the-myth-of-white-christian-innocence/2021/07/02/8a32f5d0-db77-11eb-8c87-ad6f27918c78_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Chuck Grassley Performs Push-Ups as His Re-Election Vitality Is Debated. Iowa’s 87-year-old Republican lawmaker has been in the Senate for more than four decades. – John McCormick
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination. I should write a book about them. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chuck-grassley-performs-push-ups-as-his-re-election-vitality-is-debated-11625144401
— The Local School Board Is Unaccountable, So I’m Running for a Seat. Jefferson and Mason were banished in December from buildings that stayed shuttered until April. – Ilya Shapiro
(DIERSEN: Who is leading the fight against CRT in your school district?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-local-school-board-is-unaccountable-so-im-running-for-a-seat-11625249846
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Who Gets Prosecuted Is Always Political, in Part – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
(DIERSEN: If I had been a Democrat, my Democrat superiors in the federal government would not have taken the adverse actions against me that they did. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-trump-organizations-political-prosecution-11625260934
— Older Americans Stockpiled a Record $35 Trillion. The Time Has Come to Give It Away. Transfers to heirs and others are unleashing a torrent of economic activity, including buying homes, starting businesses and giving to charity. – Ben Eisen and Anne Tergesen
(DIERSEN: Should everyone be required to disclose how much money their parents had when they were born and when they were 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, and 100+ years old? Should everyone be required to disclose how much money they are in line to inherit and how much they have inherited already? )
https://www.wsj.com/articles/older-americans-35-trillion-wealth-giving-away-heirs-philanthropy-11625234216

TWIN CITIES
— St. Paul becomes latest city to study reparations for Black Americans – FREDERICK MELO
(DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are reparations. How much reparations have the Democrats forced you to pay? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. Previously, they had given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. Previously, my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. Previously, my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.twincities.com/2021/07/02/st-paul-becomes-latest-city-to-study-reparations-for-black-americans/

COLORADO HERALD
— FACEBOOK BEGINS OFFERING SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE TO REPORT “EXTREMISTS AND EXTREMISM”
(DIERSEN: According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs, a) all Republicans are extremists who should be gotten rid of once and for all and b) the more of the following that Republicans are, the more extremist that they are: law enforcement officer, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if their ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thecoloradoherald.com/2021/facebook-speeds-up-conservative-cleansing-report-your-extremist-friends-to-zuckerberg/

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.