June 22, 2023

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

ABC7
— Democrats acknowledge that “Teen takeover at Bronzeville gas station prompts call for increased police presence in area.” What are teens, that is, what are young Democrats, most likely to takeover in your county, in your township, and in your municipality?
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-flash-mob-teen-takeover-gas-station-news/13409590/

WGN9
— Democrats acknowledge that “Critics becoming impatient with Mayor Johnson’s approach towards crime prevention in Chicago.”
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/mayor-brandon-johnson-set-to-speak-after-city-council/

FOX32
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/vibrant-pride-display-andersonville

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/6/21/23764009/culture-wars-gay-pride-closet-posinghealth-risk-lgbtq-rights
— A Democrat says “Mayor Johnson should give cops, firefighters paid parental leave, too.” Since 1966, when I was 18 years old and started working for the Park Forest Post Office, my critics/operatives, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being someone who has unfairly benefitted if not improperly benefitted from federal employee benefits. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I have especially unfairly/improperly benefitted because I am conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. They hint/imply/argue/shout that federal jobs should be given to those who are moderate/liberal, Democrat, minority, female, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/6/21/23768631/mayor-johnson-paid-parental-leave-cpd-cfd-ctu

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Democrats use criticism against Pritzker’s move closing health care enrollment for immigrants to promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-giannoulias-noncitizen-licenses-health-care-pritzker-20230622-6wfkht4vbvh4ldwb4g7q65ymnm-story.html
— Abraham Lincoln’s thoughts on a ‘house divided’ speak to our current national discord – Adam Carrington (DIERSEN: Democrats ever-increasingly divide those who have demographics that vote for Democrats against those who have demographics that vote for Republicans.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-abraham-lincoln-a-house-divided-american-disunity-20230622-nf3t5alherdefppzpuuu6w5asi-story.html
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more abortion.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-us-abortion-20230622-gvo3dlfplfc6jobjqfv7imcwuq-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ. Democrats ever-increasing hint/imply/argue/shout that LGBTQers motivated only by “love.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230622/daily-herald-opinion-increasingly-communities-are-standing-up-to-welcome-and-value-all-types-of-love
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20230622/willingness-to-laud-group-was-appalling

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democrats ever-increasingly run Chicago. Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago now averages nearly one mass shooting a week.” The Democrat Party platform promotes poverty and crime. It promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/chicago-crime-city-now-averages-nearly-one-mass-shooting-week
— Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/cannabis/viola-brands-entering-chicago-cannabis-market

WBEZ
— Democrats say “Candidate Brandon Johnson wanted police out of schools. Mayor Johnson says otherwise.”
https://www.wbez.org/stories/candidate-brandon-johnson-wanted-police-out-of-schools-mayor-johnson-says-otherwise/9bd04cad-9323-432f-825d-a3c08ad2b77a

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— These are the 10 richest counties in Illinois – Lindsay Smith
https://news.yahoo.com/10-richest-counties-illinois-analysis-174449023.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: With a median income exceeding $100,000, DuPage County is the richest county in Illinois. . .DuPage County, while the wealthiest in Illinois, ranked 171st nationally.)

STATELINE
— Democrats acknowledge that “Chicago residents frustrated as city spends millions on migrants at their expense.” Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.mystateline.com/news/chicago-residents-frustrated-as-city-spends-millions-on-migrants-at-their-expense/

WAND
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois-could-soon-issue-standard-drivers-licenses-to-undocumented-immigrants/article_0af24cce-1083-11ee-9bd3-0bc00f363f28.html

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Democrats use Pritzker’s freezing noncitizen health care enrollment to call for more illegal immigration.
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/AMP_EDN/718/Pritzker-quickly-wields-expanded-authority-to-freeze-noncitizen-health-care-enrollment-2697.amp.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Democrats acknowledge “Johnson’s flash mob deflection.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2023/06/22/johnsons-flash-mob-deflection-00103092

CAPITOL FAX
— Democrats say “Morning briefing.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/06/22/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-94/
— Democrats say “Afternoon roundup.”
https://capitolfax.com/2023/06/21/afternoon-roundup-108/

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

JOHN KASS
— Queering Jesus: How It’s Going Mainstream at Progressive Churches and Top Divinity Schools. – John Murawski
https://johnkassnews.com/queering-jesus-how-its-going-mainstream-at-progressive-churches-and-top-divinity-schools/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Chicago residents speak out against amount of resources going to migrants – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_73d47e8c-1066-11ee-a79a-cf9c10ccd409.html

METRO EAST SUN
— Plummer: ‘The governor is trying to put out a fire of his making and he’s not going to be able to put it out’
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/644501897-plummer-the-governor-is-trying-to-put-out-a-fire-of-his-making-and-he-s-not-going-to-be-able-to-put-it-out

WIREPOINTS
— It’s not just people. Illinois suffered the nation’s 3rd-worst loss of businesses in 2021 – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/its-not-just-people-illinois-suffered-the-nations-3rd-worst-loss-of-businesses-in-2021-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Increasing Acceptance of Illegals by Secretary of State (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/06/21/increasing-acceptance-of-illegals/
— “That’s Legislation That Puts Bread on My Table”
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/06/21/thats-legislation-that-puts-bread-on-my-table/
— Ugaste Reports on Democrats and Taxes
https://mchenrycountyblog.com/2023/06/21/ugaste-reports-on-democrats-and-taxes/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP Establishment Torn Between Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, as FL Gov. Struggles on the Campaign Trail While Trump’s Support Rises
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2023/06/il-gop-establishment-torn-between-nikki-haley-and-ron-desantis-as-fl-gov-struggles-on-the-campaign-trail-while-trumps-support-rises.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: House GOP advances bill to restart border wall construction – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jun/21/house-gop-advances-bill-restart-border-wall-constr/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Military leadership is trying to hide its efforts to force leftist ideology on the ranks – Ron Scott
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/military-leadership-is-trying-to-hide-its-efforts-to-force-leftist-ideology-on-the-ranks
— Where are the generals and admirals willing to defend the military from wokeness? – Scott Sturman
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/where-are-the-generals-and-admirals-willing-to-defend-the-military-from-wokeness

NEW YORK POST
— NYC recruiting private lawyers to help tens of thousands of migrants with asylum applications, while data shows massive backlog, high denial rate. – Bernadette Hogan
https://nypost.com/2023/06/21/nyc-recruiting-private-lawyers-to-help-tens-of-thousands-of-migrants-with-asylum-applications-data-shows-backlog-high-denial-rate/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The U.S. Transitions from Superpower to Migrant Colony. On America’s current trajectory, our future is not well-kept suburban neighborhoods, but a nation of dilapidated Bidenville slums built to deal with our elites’ disastrous policy failures. – Brian Lonergan
https://amgreatness.com/2023/06/21/the-u-s-transitions-from-superpower-to-migrant-colony/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Wokeism’s Achilles heel – Robert Arvay
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/06/wokeisms_achilles_heel.html

BREITBART
— Mass Immigration Spikes Share of Low-Income Students in U.S. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/06/21/analysis-mass-immigration-spikes-share-of-low-income-students/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— When Virtue Signalers Become Virtue Flaunters – R. Emmett Tyrrell (COMMENT: I should write a book about the biggest virtue flaunters in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me to curry favor with those who are a) moderate/liberal, b) non-Republican, c) minority, d) female, e) younger, f) veteran, g) have less money than I have, h) non-Protestant, i) non-German American, and/or j) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.creators.com/read/r-emmett-tyrrell/06/23/when-virtue-signalers-become-virtue-flaunters

DAILY CALLER
— America Wakes Up To Woke – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://dailycaller.com/2023/06/21/victor-davis-hanson-america-wakes-up-to-woke/

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
— How Many Illegal Aliens Are in the United States? 2023 Update (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly promote more illegal immigration.)
https://www.fairus.org/issue/illegal-immigration/how-many-illegal-aliens-are-united-states-2023-update

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— CEO Didn’t Hire ’50-Year-Old White Guys’ With Experience to Guide Titanic Sub – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/06/ceo-didnt-hire-50-year-old-white-guys-with-experience-to-guide-titanic-sub-because-they-arent-inspirational-skimped-on-safety-inspections/

TOWNHALL
— Trump Is the Media’s New David Duke – Ann Coulter
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2023/06/21/trump-is-the-medias-new-david-duke-n2624825
— Top Obama Aide Tried to Invoke Jesus Christ in the Illegal Immigration Debate. It Failed Miserably. – Matt Vespa (COMMEMT: Democrats ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus Christ is a liberal Democrat who promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and the rest of the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms. Democrats ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus condemns Republicans, and especially Republicans who are heterosexual, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, married, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/06/21/former-obama-aide-had-a-head-scratching-take-on-illegal-immigration-n2624713
— President Joe Biden once again threatened the constitutional right to own a gun, mocking Second Amendment supporters while discussing violence in the U.S. – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2023/06/21/biden-claims-americans-would-need-an-f-16-to-fight-the-government-n2624813

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

THE HILL & NBC NEWS & CBS NEWS & USA TODAY & BLOOMBERG LAW
— Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4061836-gop-lawmakers-want-to-cement-pentagon-ban-on-drag-shows/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/lgbtq-latinos-advocacy-groups-push-back-conservative-laws-rcna90212
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/military-gay-lesbian-service-members-denied-honorable-discharges/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/21/gender-affirming-care-for-minors-us/70341464007/
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/democrats-renew-push-for-lgbtq-rights-ahead-of-2024-elections

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats acknowledge that “The U.S. Population Is Older Than It Has Ever Been.” All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination. I should write a book about them. I would focus on my Democrat superiors in the federal government and past/present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) candidates on ballots in my precinct and their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and volunteers, d) conservative activists and leaders, and e) religious activists and leaders. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/us/census-median-age.html
— Democrats say “The Democratic Party’s biggest problem today is its struggle to win over working-class voters.” I was a member of the working class 1964-1997. My critics/opponents look down on the working class.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/briefing/democratic-party-covid-georgia.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— University of Chicago Law School Lives Up to the Principles. School administrators rebuffed law students outraged over my Journal contribution. – Benjamin Ogilvie
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicago-lives-up-to-the-principles-law-school-future-view-bud-light-e116a519
— Trump Goes on Fox and Shows His Weakness. His plan for winning back the voters he lost in 2020? Insisting that he actually won. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-fox-interview-didnt-help-his-case-indictment-election-2024-voters-campaign-bd04482d
— The Talented Mr. Obama. The former president should be leading a discussion about race. Instead, he attacks Sen. Tim Scott. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-talented-mr-obama-tim-scott-race-america-2024-education-crime-c8bca0ef
— Caregiving costs are rising as people live longer and their needs increase. – Clare Ansberry (COMMENT: I oversaw caregiving for my aunt 2009-2022. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/we-thought-within-a-year-she-would-be-gone-when-moms-care-costs-over-1-million-3b13f037
— Bosses’ New Task Is Figuring Out Who’s High at Work. With one in six American adults saying they smoke marijuana, companies change how they police use of the drug at work. – Te-Ping Chen (COMMENT: Democrats ever-increasingly push pot.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bosses-new-task-is-figuring-out-whos-high-at-work-47fca6cd

FORTUNE
— Democrats say “The 2023 Best Workplaces in Chicago make fairness a top priority.” For Democrats and RINOs, to be fair is to give preference to those who are moderate/liberal, Democrat, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://fortune.com/2023/06/21/2023-best-workplaces-chicago-fairness/

POLITICO
— Democrats say “Biden world once rolled their eyes at Gavin Newsom. Now, they love the guy.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/21/biden-gavin-newsom-00102887

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.