July 30, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats acknowledge that “St. Sabina children’s choir bus struck by stolen car.”
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-crime-car-crash-st-sabina-church-school-bus/13570439/
— Democrats say “Chicago Firefest Hip Hop Block Party aims to curb violence by fostering community.”
https://abc7chicago.com/firefest-2023-chicago-hip-hop-block-party-anti-violence/13563752/
— Democrats acknowledge that “9 female victims shot, 1 fatally, on West Side:”
Nine female victims were shot, one fatally, early Sunday morning on Chicago’s West Side, Chicago police said.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-north-lawndale-south-keeler-avenue-cpd/13572302/
— Democrats acknowledge that “At least 36 shot, 4 fatally, in weekend shootings across city.”
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-shooting-breaking-news-today/13572616/

CBS2
— Democrats acknowledge that “Stolen vehicle crashes into Saint Sabina bus carrying children’s choir.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/stolen-vehicle-crash-saint-sabina-bus-childrens-choir/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote Barbie.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/barbie-dreamhouse-pop-up-shop-oakbrook-center/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/evanston-pride-picnic-ridgeville-park/

WGN9
— Democrats crow about their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Trump.
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/majority-of-americans-believe-trump-has-done-something-illegal-poll/

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2023/07/29/marijuana-dispensaries-in-cary-crystal-lake-mchenry-and-richmond-close-in-on-opening-dates/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly promote DeSantis.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-07-29/presidential-primaries-have-seen-dramatic-comebacks-could-desantis-24-be-next

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Secretary of State Makes It More Difficult to Get Drivers’ Licenses in McHenry County and Elsewhere
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/07/29/secretary-of-state-makes-it-more-difficult-to-get-drivers-licenses-in-mchenry-county-and-elsewhere/

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republican political hopefuls supporting Donald Trump battle for the former president’s endorsement – Eden Villalovas (COMMENT: Which candidates on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in your precinct are seeking Trump’s endorsement?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/republican-trump-supporters-endorsement
— Trump refers to both DeSantis and Biden as “son of a *****” – Reese Gorman
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/trump-desantis-biden-son-of-a-b

NEW YORK POST
— How big tech and big money made our schools go woke – Kenny Xu
https://nypost.com/2023/07/29/how-big-tech-and-big-money-made-our-schools-go-woke/
— Trump polls rally crowd on if he should participate in GOP debates and ‘be abused with terrible accusations’ – Patrick Reilly (COMMENT: I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 and their supporters who have blamed me and who have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://nypost.com/2023/07/29/trump-polls-rally-crowd-on-whether-he-should-participate-in-gop-primary-debates-shoud-i-do-them-or-not/
— Donald Trump marches onto Iowa stage as song about ‘going to prison’ plays – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2023/07/29/trump-marches-on-stage-to-song-about-going-to-prison/
— Texas Gov. Greg Abbott defends floating border wall: ‘I will do whatever I have to do’ – Rich Calder
https://nypost.com/2023/07/29/texas-gov-greg-abbott-defends-floating-border-wall-after-being-sued/

AMERICAN THINKER
— It must be a joke when anyone ranks Illinois as a good place to do business – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/07/it_must_be_a_joke_when_anyone_ranks_illinois_as_a_good_place_to_do_business.html
— Illinois’s pro-abortion governor signs law to silence Illinois crisis pregnancy centers with $50,000 fines – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/07/illinoiss_proabortion_governor_signs_law_to_silence_illinois_crisis_pregnancy_centers_with_50000_fines.html
— Unless we act fast, Canada’s transgender and euthanasia nightmare is our future – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/07/unless_we_act_fast_canadas_transgender_and_euthanasia_nightmare_is_our_future.html
— Stop donating to your university – Matthew G. Andersson (COMMENT: How far to the left have the schools that you attended moved?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/07/stop_donating_to_your_university.html

BLAZE
— Pritzker signs bill allowing non-US citizens to become police officers – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-pritzker-signs-foreign-nationals-police-officers

BREITBART
— Nearly Half of Republicans View Donald Trump as Strongest Candidate Against Biden – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/07/29/nearly-half-republicans-view-donald-trump-strongest-candidate-biden/
— Trump Holds Make America Great Again Rally in Erie, PA – NOAH DULIS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/07/29/watch-live-donald-trump-holds-make-america-great-again-rally-in-erie-pa/
— Trump refers to both DeSantis and Biden as “son of a *****” – Reese Gorman
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/trump-desantis-biden-son-of-a-b
— Vivek Ramaswamy Touts Pacific Trade Deal, Urges More Migration – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2023/07/29/vivek-ramaswamy-touts-pacific-trade-deal-urges-more-migration/

CHRISTIAN POST
— 1 in 6 Democrats believes violence is justified to restore abortion – Ben Johnson
https://www.christianpost.com/voices/1-in-6-democrats-believes-violence-is-justified-to-restore-aborti.html

DAILY CALLER
— Ramaswamy Claims Deep State ‘Too Rotten’ To Fix ‘From The Top’, Says He Stands For ‘Revolution’ Not ‘Reform’ – LUIS RAMIREZ
https://dailycaller.com/2023/07/29/ramaswamy-deep-state-rotten-revolution-reform/

DAILY WIRE
— The Democrats Play The Race Card. It’s Disgusting. – Ben Shapiro
https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-democrats-play-the-race-card-its-disgusting

FOX NEWS
— New blue state law gives government increased power to target pregnancy centers. Pro-life groups decry Illinois law for ‘chilling speech,’ file suit challenging measure. – Aaron Kliegman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-illinois-law-gives-government-increased-power-target-pregnancy-centers
— Country boys will survive the woke warriors. The same fools who are fake mad over Aldean’s song were silent while cities burned. – Lauren DeBellis Appell
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/country-boys-will-survive-woke-warriors
— Texas Gov. Abbott defends decision to build floating border wall amid immigration crisis. The Department of Justice announced a lawsuit against Texas after the state refused to remove the floating border wall. – Landon Mion
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-gov-abbott-defends-decision-build-floating-border-wall-amid-immigration-crisis

JUST THE NEWS
— Trump electrifies Pennsylvania rally, vows to mass deport illegal aliens let in by Biden – John Solomon
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-electrifies-pennsylvania-rally-vows-mass-deport-illegal

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Workshop at UT-Austin Will Teach Students How to Check Their ‘Monosexual Privilege’ “one of several LGBTQIA+ themed workshops slated for next month” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/07/workshop-at-ut-austin-will-teach-students-how-to-check-their-monosexual-privilege/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Monosexual privilege is defined as a “system of unearned advantages” afforded to straight people at the expense of people with bi, pan and fluid sexual identities, according to a Michigan State University gender and sexuality glossary. “These advantages and rights are so embedded into all dimensions of society that they are taken for granted and practically unrecognizable to heterosexual people,” the glossary states. The UT-Austin workshop, scheduled for August, is designed to affirm LGBTQIA+ people and allyship and warn against “heterosexual” and “monosexual” privilege; it’s one of several LGBTQIA+ themed workshops slated for next month.)

NEWSMAX
— Trump: Biden ‘Ordered His Top Political Opponent to Be Arrested’ – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/donald-trump-joe-biden-witch-hunt/2023/07/29/id/1128966/

NUMBERS USA
— DHS Dismisses 92K Deportation Cases in Single Year
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/dhs-dismisses-92k-deportation-cases-single-year

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump: Biden Is A Corrupt President That’s Been Paid Off; Dems Took The Gloves Off, So We Take The Gloves Off – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/07/29/trump_biden_is_a_corrupt_president_thats_been_paid_off_dems_took_the_gloves_off_so_we_take_the_gloves_off.html
— Trump: I Will Appoint A Special Prosecutor To Expose The Bidens, “Everything Would Be Very Fair” – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2023/07/29/trump_i_will_appoint_a_special_prosecutor_to_expose_the_bidens_everything_would_be_very_fair.html

TURNING POINT USA
— NYC Initiative Offers $500,000 Race-Based Journalism Scholarship to ‘Increase Diversity’ – Stephen Davis
https://www.tpusa.com/live/nyc-initiative-offers-500000-race-based-journalism-scholarship-to-increase-diversity
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Diversity initiatives, scholarship programs, and admissions standards have all been called into public question following the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that struck down affirmative action. Other standards have quickly taken the place of the primarily race-based college admissions standards however, dubbed “adversity scores,” these new mechanisms rate students on a “disadvantage scale.” This scale rewards students with “disadvantaged” backgrounds with a higher score, and thus, a better shot at making the final cut. Many speculate, however, that following the Supreme Court’s effective termination of affirmative action, other race-based initiatives and incentives may be on their way out — or to court.)

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL
— McConnell and Feinstein’s stumbles raise awkward questions on age – NIALL STANAGE
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4125796-the-memo-mcconnell-and-feinsteins-stumbles-raise-awkward-questions-on-age/

NBC NEWS
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump’s rivals let GOP voters believe he’s a winner — and it’s coming back to bite them. Trump’s rivals hoped to appeal to conservatives fed up with losing, but they never called out his 2020 loss. Now GOP voters believe Trump can win again.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trumps-rivals-let-gop-voters-believe-winner-coming-back-bite-rcna96980

MSNBC
— Democrats say “Trump rivals failing to convince GOP voters to move in a new direction.”
https://www.msnbc.com/american-voices/watch/trump-rivals-failing-to-convince-gop-voters-to-move-in-a-new-direction-189561413598

MSN
— Democrats say “Chances of Trump winning the Republican nomination for the White House.” Based on the past, the more that it looks like Trump will win the nomination, the more/bigger adverse actions that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois will take against me. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I have run Trump’s campaign in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County since 2015. They almost succeeded in rudely stopping me from reporting on the recent DeSantis event in Elmhurst. They have rudely stopped me from serving as the Republican fundraiser for Wheaton Independence Day parades and fireworks since 2021, a role that I had since 2005. They rudely ended my bid to be selected to fill the Wheaton City Council West District vacancy in 2019. They rudely gerrymandered my precinct in 2015. What more adverse actions will they take against me now? Based on the past, they will ramp up their efforts a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters. They will ramp up their efforts a) to turn Republican candidates on the March 19, 2024 Republican primary ballot in my precinct against me and b) to turn everyone else against me. Will they run someone against me for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 Republican Precinct Committeeman? How should I respond to the aforesaid? Should I start naming names?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/chances-of-donald-trump-winning-the-republican-nomination-for-the-white-house/vi-AA1ewan6
— Democrats acknowledge that “Woke Companies Benefit From Slavery.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/woke-companies-benefit-from-slavery/ar-AA1ewQyT
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say that Democrat prosecutors have Trump “dead to rights.” My Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974 when I was 25 years old. But I won in 1977. But by then, they had ruined my IRS career. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/they-have-him-dead-to-rights-conway-reacts-to-trump-charges/vi-AA1evgKd

ABC NEW YORK
— Democrats acknowledge that “Dozens of migrants camp outside Roosevelt Hotel; sign says hotel at capacity.”
https://abc7ny.com/nyc-migrants-asylum-seekers-roosevelt-hotel/13569447/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats acknowledge that migrants in NYC claim that they were “threatened, mistreated and lied to.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/30/nyregion/migrants-albany-docgo.html
— Democrats acknowledge that “With End of Affirmative Action, a Push for a New Tool: Adversity Scores.” What is your adversity score? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was only the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. My father never earned more than $50,000/year in today’s dollars. He almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills. After he died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21, I helped support my mother and brother. My application for a financial hardship draft deferment was approved in early 1971. I lived with my mother and brother and helped support them with money that earned working for a) the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1970-1972 and b) for IRS 1971-1972.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/02/us/affirmative-action-university-of-california-davis.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the Davis scale, first used in 2012, eight categories establish an adversity score for each candidate. Factors include family income, whether applicants come from an underserved area, whether they help support their nuclear families and whether their parents went to college. The higher an applicant rates on the disadvantage scale, the bigger the boost.)
— Democrats ever-increasingly a) run America and b) promote hatred against Republicans,
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/28/opinion/desantis-slavery-florida-curriculum-history.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/opinion/florida-schools-history-slavery.html
— According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the more unfairly privileged that you are and the more that you owe your successes in life to being unfairly privileged: heterosexual, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/30/us/politics/legacy-admissions-college-alumni.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs expect/demand that minorities, females, younger people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time to promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, that is, to promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/07/31/solicitor-general-lawyers-affirmative-action-diversity/
— The Washington Post’s employees are ever-increasingly anti-heterosexual, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2023/07/27/workforce-demographics/

NEW YORK SUN
— Democrats say “Slavery Reparations Advocates Are Undeterred by Supreme Court’s Colorblind Ruling, Denying Proposed Payments are ‘Race-Based.’
Money paid to descendants of slaves would be ‘based on lineal descent,’ says the head of Coast task force.” If reparations should be paid based on lineal descent, those who should pay reparations should be based on lineal descent. Did any of your ancestors own slaves? None of my ancestors owned slaves. While they all immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, they always lived in northeast Illinois. Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are reparations. I should write a book about those a) whose ancestors owed slaves AND b) who made me pay the price of AA and DEI the most, that is, who made me pay the most reparations.
https://www.nysun.com/article/slavery-reparations-advocates-are-undeterred-by-supreme-courts-colorblind-ruling-denying-proposed-payments-are-race-based

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrats say “Tensions flare as California GOP gives Trump a boost by overhauling state primary rules.” What will hate-filled Trump-hating leaders of the Illinois Republican Party do to assure that Trump loses the primary in Illinois?
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-07-29/california-republican-primary-delegates-trump-desantis-presidential-election-2024

FORBES
— To promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms, to elect and reelect Democrat candidates, and to destroy the Republican Party, Google ever-increasingly promotes websites that are less and less and less credible.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/seo-marketing-in-year-the-ultimate-guide/
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/judykoutsky/2023/07/29/northalsted-market-days-celebrating-diversity-art-and-community-in-chicago/

NPR
— Democrats acknowledge that “As NYC limits access to migrants and asylum seekers, many are left homeless.”
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/29/1190056156/as-nyc-limits-access-to-migrants-and-asylum-seekers-many-are-left-homeless
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ in the Methodist Church. How strongly are Democrats promoting LGBTQ in your church?
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/29/1190910312/congregations-leave-united-methodist-church-over-defiance-of-lgbtq-bans

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Democrats say the “Myth of Merit.” According to my critics/opponents, I owe all my successes in life to my having benefitted tremendously from discrimination against minorities, females, younger people, veterans, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at those who are the aforesaid that because of that and because I avoided the draft, because I was grossly overpaid by the federal government, because my wife has always had income, and because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion big time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me. I would focus on the aforesaid who continue to take adverse actions against me.
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/07/05/affirmative-action-and-myth-merit-opinion

LGBTQ NATION
— Democrats a) ever-increasingly promote LGBTQ, b) acknowledge that “A staggering 81% of trans adults have considered suicide,” and b) ever-increasingly blame those who do not promote LGBTQ for that.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/07/a-staggering-81-of-trans-adults-have-considered-suicide/

ECONOMIC TIMES
— How to sell dolls to woke kids – Rajyasree Sen
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-commentary/how-to-sell-dolls-to-woke-kids/articleshow/102237932.cms

DAILY MAIL
— Fired up Trump slams Biden as a ‘dumb son of a b****’ while mid-rant about immigration policy at Pennsylvania rally – before ripping into DeSantis as MAGA fans cheer wildly. – JAMES GORDON
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12352901/Fired-Trump-slams-Biden-dumb-son-b-mid-rant-immigration-policy-Pennsylvania-rally-ripping-DeSantis-MAGA-fans-cheer-wildly.html

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.