March 10, 2022

ABC7

— Security guards doubled, more Chicago police on CTA Blue Line, Red Line trains amid crime spree. Man, 25, critically injured in CTA Red Line shooting Tuesday. – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/cta-chicago-blue-line-red-violence/11638513/

NBC5
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/chicago-today/unboxing-queer-history-podcast-explores-chicagos-lgbtq-stories/2778958/

FOX32
— 46 percent of Illinois residents support law banning ‘critical race theory’ in schools
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/46-percent-of-illinois-residents-support-law-banning-critical-race-theory-in-schools

WGN9
— COMMENT: Democrats promote Robert “RJ” Regan in Michigan.
https://wgntv.com/news/gop-candidate-says-he-tells-daughters-to-lie-back-and-enjoy-it-if-rape-is-inevitable/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/3/9/22969237/chicago-pride-parade-returns-june-northalsted-boystown

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Orland Park takes vote of no confidence in state’s attorney, asks Kim Foxx to resign – MICHELLE MULLINS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-orland-park-seeks-kim-foxx-resignation-st-0309-20220308-mu4qudglozb3fhnm7u43pmyiem-story.html
— As an election observer in 2014, I saw Ukrainians’ commitment to sovereignty – PETER ROSKAM
(COMMENT: Roskam was my state representative 1993-1999, state senator 2000-2007, and congressman 2007-2019. Roskam’s endorsement helped me win a contested precinct committeeman race in 2000. I have done a lot to help elect him and to help reelect him. I gathered signatures in my precinct on his nominating petitions. I got campaign sign locations for him in my precinct, including for second-floor 4X4 signs at the southeast corner of Roosevelt Road and Warrenville Road. I delivered lots of his campaign literature in my precinct. I invited him to speak at TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition events. Duckworth had her thugs throw me out her rally with Michael J. Fox in the Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton in 2006. I raised $2,000 for an elephant to walk behind him in Wheaton’s 2007 Independence Day parade. However, sadly, I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have blamed me the most and have blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for Roskam’s problems. I have been the Illinois reporter for www.gopusa.com since 2000. My critics/opponents did not want me to attend Henry Hyde’s press conference in 2005 ( https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-08-05-0508050305-story.html ) when he endorsed Roskam. But when I attended anyway, they warned me to not ask any questions. Since 2005, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated, me, and condemned me as being just like Jeff Gannon and even worse things. Since 2005, they have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News Since 2005, they have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I ask bad questions at press conferences and share privileged information with reporters that have caused Republican candidates to be defeated and even worse things. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-ukraine-resilience-democracy-roskam-20220309-v5udbkt32nferaq6udzjczcdhy-story.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ. To promote LGBTQ is to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-chicago-pride-parade-returns-2022-20220309-zniaqevjkzgtzg5k3hf5tbodka-story.html
— Pritzker must end orders that let mayors deny citizens role in public meetings – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-university-park-citizens-st-0310-20220309-2tcpouvevvaxdjtjbuxm42svgi-story.html
— Illinois residents worried about growing teacher shortage during COVID-19 pandemic, poll finds – KAREN ANN CULLOTTA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-illinois-state-of-education-report-20220309-szbm2lt5ubh4dnh2ki7s6liy74-story.html

NAPERVILLE SUN
— OBITUARY: James S. Lowe 1956 – 2022
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/naperville-sun/name/james-lowe-obituary?id=335732

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What will it take for Illinois to divest from Russia?
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/juice/russian-divestment-priority-illinois-gop-springfield-crains-juice
— Illinois moves closer to remedying racial bias in home appraisals – DENNIS RODKIN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/illinois-considers-bill-remedy-racial-bias-home-appraisals

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Two Kane judges file petitions in primary race for Illinois Supreme Court. Judges John Noverini, René Cruz seek their party’s nomination for state’s high court. – Brenda Schory
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/news/2022/03/08/two-kane-judges-file-petitions-in-primary-race-for-illinois-supreme-court/

EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— Illinois pays highest effective tax rates in the U.S. – Shepard Price
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Illinois-pays-highest-effective-tax-rates-in-the-16985875.php

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Here are the contested statehouse primary races emerging in DuPage County – Alicia Fabbre
https://www.shawlocal.com/my-suburban-life/news/dupage-county/2022/03/09/here-are-the-contested-statehouse-primary-races-emerging-in-dupage-county/

WAND TV
— Farmers paying almost double for fuel and fertilizer amid economic crisis – Olivianna Calmes
https://www.wandtv.com/news/farmers-paying-almost-double-for-fuel-and-fertilizer-amid-economic-crisis/article_1539afd6-a00b-11ec-b98b-775ff9e6135b.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Tennessee bill that would ban textbooks promoting LGBTQ issues advances
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/tennessee-bill-that-would-ban-textbooks-promoting-lgbtq-issues-advances
— ‘All white power has to end’: Farrakhan claims silver lining in Ukraine-Russia conflict – ALEC SCHEMMEL
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/farrakhan-says-america-russia-will-be-undone-by-war-blames-white-power-louis-america

WSIL TV
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote CRT.
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/poll-illinoisans-think-educators-are-paid-too-little-support-teaching-about-racism-and-slavery/article_8fd72af0-0cc8-5681-b556-32b4bd7e3c23.html

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois Statehouse GOP leaders call for sanctions against Russia – Andrew Hensel
https://www.cities929.com/2022/03/09/illinois-statehouse-gop-leaders-call-for-sanctions-against-russia/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois House Majority Leader Harris slams Florida over anti-child sex grooming bill
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/621598497-illinois-house-majority-leader-harris-slams-florida-over-anti-child-sex-grooming-bill

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— ‘Today we will … learn about human sexuality’: Glen Ellyn SD 89 shows ‘common terminology’ slides to sixth-graders
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/621591463-today-we-will-learn-about-human-sexuality-glen-ellyn-sd-89-shows-common-terminology-slides-to-sixth-graders
— GOP DuPage County Board candidate DiCianni: ‘Democrat Conroy is my friend’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/621598384-gop-dupage-county-board-candidate-dicianni-democrat-conroy-is-my-friend

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois educators are still double dipping
https://wirepoints.org/educators-are-still-double-dipping-in-illinois-wirepoints-joins-chicagos-morning-answer-on-am-560/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Russian invasion raises new danger of Chinese attack on Taiwan – Bill Gertz
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/mar/9/russian-invasion-raises-new-danger-chinese-attack-/
— RNC files lawsuit against Pelosi, Jan. 6 committee – Kerry Picket
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/mar/9/rnc-files-lawsuit-against-nancy-pelosi-jan-6-commi/

NEW YORK POST
— Woke left says that we’re racists to care about Ukraine – Maureen Callahan
https://nypost.com/2022/03/09/left-says-that-were-racists-to-care-about-ukraine/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Three Reasons Why Trump Shouldn’t Run for President in 2024 – William Sullivan
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/03/three_reasons_why_trump_shouldnt_run_for_president_in_2024.html

DAILY CALLER
— Two Days Before Shutdown, House Passes Government Funding – MICHAEL GINSBERG
https://dailycaller.com/2022/03/09/house-passes-government-funding-fy2022/
— Activists To Host Sex-Ed Camp For Children Teaching That ‘Gender Is A Spectrum,’ Include Condom Demonstration – KENDALL TIETZ
https://dailycaller.com/2022/03/09/lgbt-activists-sex-ed-summer-camp-indiana/

FEDERALIST
— Texas Private School Defends Political Violence, Tells White People: ‘Re-Educate Yourself’ – SPENCER LINDQUIST
https://thefederalist.com/2022/03/09/texas-private-school-defends-political-violence-tells-white-people-re-educate-yourself/

NEW AMERICAN
— Concordia University Wisconsin, a university of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has immediately suspended and banned from its campus Reverend Dr. Gregory Schulz, a philosophy professor, for writing an article criticizing the school’s descent into “Woke-ness.” – Federalist
(COMMENT: The Missouri Synod emerged from several communities of German Lutheran immigrants during the 1830s and 1840s. It was organized in 1847 at a meeting in Chicago. My ancestors worked in a brick factory in Chicago at that time. I was baptized as a Missouri Lutheran (MSL) in 1948, raised as a MSL, and confirmed as a MSL in 1962. My outstanding parents sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. I should write a book about those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned MSLs the most as being “too conservative.”)
https://thenewamerican.com/lutheran-university-suspends-professor-for-criticizing-its-turn-toward-woke-ness/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Disney CEO Comes Out against Florida LGBT Education Bill, Says He’ll Meet with DeSantis to Air Concerns – CAROLINE DOWNEY
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/disney-ceo-comes-out-against-florida-lgbt-education-bill-will-meet-with-desantis-to-air-concerns/
— Miami Teachers, Union Reps Decry Florida LGBT Education Bill: ‘An Attack on Educators’ – CAROLINE DOWNEY
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/miami-teachers-union-reps-decry-florida-lgbt-education-bill-an-attack-on-educators/

EPOCH TIMES
— Ukraine Fights Back; Would America do the Same? – Brooke Rollins
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs make it clear that they would side with invaders who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/ukraine-fights-back-would-america-do-the-same_4327353.html

THE HILL
— Conservative group urges Republicans to oppose spending package – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/597505-conservative-group-urges-republicans-to-oppose-spending-package

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Florida OKs bill aimed at keeping immigrants out of state – BRENDAN FARRINGTON
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Florida-OKs-bill-aimed-at-keeping-immigrants-out-16990086.php
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Florida-OKs-bill-aimed-at-keeping-immigrants-out-16990086.php
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/florida-oks-bill-aimed-at-keeping-immigrants-out-of-state/article_f8c8495d-04a5-51b3-ae36-487a513d9df8.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats Find Their Inflation Villains: Vladimir Putin and Big Oil – Blake Hounshell and Leah Askarinam
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/us/politics/democrats-gas-prices-putin.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Prices climbed 7.9% in February, compared with last year, with war in Ukraine likely to push inflation even higher. Economists warn that Thursday’s inflation data doesn’t even begin to capture the strain on energy markets caused by Russia’s invasion. – Rachel Siegel
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/03/10/february-inflation-cpi-russia/

USA TODAY
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote the Democrat Party platform, Democrats and RINOs call you a hater.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/03/09/splc-hate-group-2021-declines-fringe-ideology-mainstream/9422517002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republicans Stand Up for Ukraine. Despite Trump, a new poll shows GOP voters haven’t turned isolationist. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-ukraine-putin-populist-isolationist-america-first-trump-jd-vance-polling-gop-war-invasion-russia-putin-11646864907
— Behold, the New Starting Salary for Some Graduates Is $100,000. A roaring recovery and tight labor market make entry-level workers staggeringly valuable in tech, banking and consulting—and not everyone is thrilled. – Callum Borchers
(COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid. GAO started paying me $104,915/year (GS-13 Step 1) in today’s dollars in 1986 when I was 38 years old. I had worked for GAO for almost 7 years, and before that, for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $88,229-$99,994/year. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and had become a licensed CPA when I was 32. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. I had earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-grad-starting-salary-100-000-class-2022-11646852551

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Congress seeks updates on state of the federal workforce in $1.5T omnibus spending deal – Jory Heckman
(COMMENT: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/budget/2022/03/congress-seeks-updates-on-state-of-the-federal-workforce-in-1-5t-omnibus-spending-deal/

PENNSYLVANIA CPA JOURNAL
— What are the ethical responsibilities of a CPA who is the treasurer of a nonprofit organization?
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 to stop me from becoming a treasurer for the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, etc. I would focus on those who spoke against me when I unsuccessfully ran for the open MTRO Treasurer position in 2004. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5/12 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $88,229-$99,994. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $104,915-$136,387/year. I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981. I served as the treasurer of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1986. I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997. I served as the treasurer of the Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2006.)
https://www.picpa.org/articles/picpa-news/2016/08/05/ask-a-cpa-what-are-the-ethical-responsibilities-of-a-cpa-who-is-the-treasurer-of-a-nonprofit-organization

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.