March 17, 2024

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG PICTURE: Behind the wheel without a license: Migrants buying cars to make a life in Chicago – NELL SALZMAN (COMMENT: Where did the money come to buy these cars? I bought my first car in 1964 when I was 16. It was a 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air. The money came from what I had earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers the previous 2 years.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/17/behind-the-wheel-without-a-license-migrants-buying-cars-to-make-a-life-in-chicago/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Behind a West Loop migrant shelter, dozens of cars sit without license plates. Several of their owners stand nearby, acknowledging they lack licenses to drive them. But they increasingly have been driving, according to a Tribune analysis of police data that suggests sharp rises in arrests among migrants for breaking traffic laws. The analysis found many are now being detained in Chicago each week for driving- or vehicle-related infractions, roughly at five times the rate from last summer. “Start where you are. Do what you can. Use what you have,” said Jose Fernandez, 30 from Trujillo, Venezuela. It’s difficult to know for sure how many migrants are charged or ticketed because police don’t keep precise data on when they arrest asylum-seekers. But what is often available in arrest data — the arrestees’ country of birth — suggests that driving- and vehicle-related offenses have become the primary reason migrants end up being detained by officers. The Tribune focused on arrestees born in Venezuela because census figures show few native Venezuelans lived in Chicago before Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began busing migrants north 18 months ago, and city officials say that Venezuelans make up the majority of the over 37,000 migrants who’ve arrived since.)
— A week before measles outbreak, fewer than half of CPS students without stable housing were fully immunized. – SARAH MACARAEG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/15/a-week-before-measles-outbreak-less-than-half-of-cps-students-without-stable-housing-were-fully-immunized/
— TikTok creators warn of economic impact if app sees ban, call it a vital space for the marginalized – AP (COMMENT: Who are the marginalized? According to Democrats and RINOs, they have less more than others and they are liberal, moderate, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, unmarried, LGBTQ, non-Protestant, non-German American, have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time, in America illegally, boozers, gamblers, stoners, criminals, etc. They promote dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, diminishment of Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/16/tiktok-creators-warn-of-economic-impact-if-app-sees-ban-call-it-a-vital-space-for-the-marginalized/
— Democrat leaders have always focused on making Blacks hate Republicans. I should write about the successes and failures that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had trying to make my many Black coworkers and subordinates hate me.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2024/03/17/clarence-page-black-voters-donald-trump-joe-biden/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayor Johnson, explain why your administration ignored Archdiocese offer of free housing for migrants. The city shut down park district facilities to house migrants even as the Catholic Archdiocese was offering its buildings. – Marjorie Fritz-Birch, Edgewater Glen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/letters-to-the-editor/2024/03/15/mayor-johnsons-administration-archdioceses-free-housing-migrants-letters

DAILY HERALD
— Group rallies in Naperville urging city leaders to support Gaza cease-fire resolution – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240316/news/group-rallies-in-naperville-urging-city-leaders-to-support-gaza-cease-fire-resolution/
— From mixed use to migrant landing zone, Arlington Park ideas vary — if the Bears don’t come to town. – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/20240316/news/from-mixed-use-to-migrant-landing-zone-arlington-park-ideas-vary-if-the-bears-dont-come-to-town/

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— Elementary school students ate cannabis edibles, thought they were candy
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-courts/elementary-school-students-ate-cannabis-edibles-thought-they-were-candy/article_1b28969c-e3ba-11ee-99e8-b3be109d3f42.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2024-03-16/how-ivf-is-complicating-republicans-abortion-messaging

CWB CHICAGO
— Armed men robbed 13 people, shot a woman during Saturday robbery sprees.
https://cwbchicago.com/2024/03/armed-men-robbed-13-people-shot-a-woman-during-saturday-robbery-sprees-chicago-police.html

FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Latest census data shows over 80% of Illinois counties losing population – Kevin Bessle
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_46280936-e315-11ee-9a91-5f471273462c.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Safety or Savings? Johnson’s False Dichotomy Threatens Chicago’s Streets. – THOMAS MCCULLAGH
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2024/03/safety-or-savings-johnsons-false-dichotomy-threatens-chicagos-streets.html

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT LEANING SOURCES

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump isn’t even trying to win over Haley voters or allies – Eden Villalovas (COMMENT: What do Haley voters and allies want Trump to do? Will they give Trump a written list of demands?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/2924239/trump-isnt-even-trying-to-win-over-haley-voters-or-allies/
— Why Democrats are losing minority voters – Editorial (COMMENT: Preferences given to one minority are preferences not given to another minority.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2920458/why-democrats-are-losing-minority-voters/
— Mayor Adams agrees to cap ‘right to shelter’ stays for newly arrived migrants – Eden Villalovas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/2924177/mayor-adams-agrees-to-cap-right-to-shelter-stays-for-newly-arrived-migrants/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump vows to ‘reverse every single Biden disaster,’ get ‘justice for Laken’ at fiery Ohio event – Lawrence Richard
https://nypost.com/2024/03/16/us-news/trump-vows-to-reverse-every-single-biden-disaster-get-justice-for-laken-at-fiery-ohio-event/
— Tyson Foods hoping to hire over 40K immigrants for labor-manufacturing jobs. – Timothy Nerozzi (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that employers will ever-increasingly replace their employees who citizens of America with illegals.)
https://nypost.com/2024/03/16/lifestyle/tyson-foods-hoping-to-hire-over-40k-immigrants-for-labor-manufacturing-jobs-report/amp/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— ‘America First, the MAGA Movement, is the New Republican Party’
https://amgreatness.com/2024/03/17/america-first-the-maga-movement-is-the-new-republican-party/

AMERICAN THINKER
— ‘Rigorously vetted’ Haitian migrant flown into the U.S. accused of raping a disabled teenager in Massachusetts. – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/03/rigorously_vetted_haitian_migrant_flown_into_the_us_accused_of_raping_a_disabled_teenager_in_massachusetts.html
— The deck is stacked against Israel – Richard Berkowitz
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/03/the_deck_is_stacked_against_israel.html
— Illegal aliens: of course they have Second Amendment rights! – Mike McDaniel
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/03/illegal_aliens_of_course_they_have_second_amendment_rights.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— DeSantis signs law upping penalties for migrant drivers: ‘We don’t allow illegal aliens to get drivers licenses’ – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/03/16/desantis-signs-law-upping-penalties-for-migrant-drivers-we-dont-allow-illegal-aliens-to-get-drivers-licenses-1445684/
— After immense backlash, TSA will now require some migrants to submit to facial recognition – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/03/16/after-immense-backlash-tsa-will-now-require-some-migrants-to-submit-to-facial-recognition-1445802/
— Ex-MSNBC host agrees with exempting Black people from paying taxes because of slavery. – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2024/03/16/ex-msnbc-host-agrees-with-exempting-black-people-from-paying-taxes-because-of-slavery-1445706/

DAILY CALLER
— Chicago Set To Start Migrant Shelter Evictions Sunday – MARIANE ANGELA (COMMENT: Where will they go?)
https://dailycaller.com/2024/03/16/brandon-johnson-chicago-migrant-shelter-evictions-sunday/

DAILY WIRE
— ‘Duty, Honor, Country’: Political Correctness At West Point Leaves Our Military Distracted From Its True Mission – Brian Schaeffer
https://www.dailywire.com/news/duty-honor-country-political-correctness-at-west-point-leaves-our-military-distracted-from-its-true-mission
— Missouri Democrats Read Trans Book To Children For ‘National Reading Day.’ – Zach Jewell (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats been making the students in your school district sexually active LGBTQers?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/missouri-dems-read-trans-book-to-children-for-national-reading-day-republicans-respond-with-matt-walshs-johnny-the-walrus

FOX BUSINESS
— Tyson Foods hoping to hire over 40,000 immigrants for labor-manufacturing jobs. The massive hiring push comes at the same time Tyson is shuttering multiple plants in places like Iowa and Arkansas. – Timothy Nerozzi (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that employers will ever-increasingly replace their employees who citizens of America with illegals.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-us/tyson-foods-hoping-hire-40000-asylum-seekers-immigrants-labor-manufacturing-jobs
— Biden’s priorities are illegals coming to the US – Jessica Anderson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPD4qZ3BD8s

FOX NEWS
— Achieving the American Dream – Teny Sahakian (COMMENT: Starting in the 1960s, I was able to achieve much more than my parents were able to in terms of education, income, etc. But if I was young today, I doubt that I could do that because my demographics are ever-increasingly despised/hated by Democrats and RINOs: conservative, Republican, White, male, Protestant, German American, and my ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/american-values-small-town-america-saying-american-dream-getting-hard

LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Biden regime in cahoots with UN in providing interest free loans to illegals to travel to the US – Noah Webster
https://lawenforcementtoday.com/biden-regime-in-cahoots-with-un-in-providing-interest-free-loans-to-illegals-to-travel-to-the-united-states

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— National Institute of Health Spending Nearly $600K to Apply Critical Race Theory to Opioid Abuse Cases – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/03/national-institutes-of-health-spending-nearly-600k-to-apply-critical-race-theory-to-opioid-abuse-cases/

NTD
— Republicans Face Fallout From ‘Crossover’ Haley Voters (COMMENT: How many hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who are going to vote for Biden in the general election are going to vote for Haley in the primary election in your precinct, in your municipality, in your school district, in your township, and in your county?)
https://www.ntd.com/republicans-face-fallout-from-crossover-haley-voters_979898.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Chicago to Begin Evicting Illegal Immigrants from Shelters as New 60-Day Limit Takes Effect – BRITTANY BERNSTEIN (COMMENT: Where will they go?)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/chicago-to-begin-evicting-illegal-immigrants-from-shelters-as-new-60-day-limit-takes-effect/
— America’s Political Realignment Is Real – MATTHEW CONTINETTI (COMMENT: RINOs ever-increasingly work harder against conservatives than against Democrats. I am a conservative. I should write a book about RINOs who have worked harder against me than against Democrats since 2000.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/03/americas-political-realignment-is-real/
— Biden’s Border Crisis Is Also a Crime Crisis – MARK GREEN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/03/bidens-border-crisis-is-also-a-crime-crisis/

NEWSMAX
— The Left wants to do more than defund the police (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors used Gingrich’s success in defunding GAO to force me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r_KqOSCs7A

JP MEDIA
— Migrant Crisis in New York City So Bad They’re Changing ‘Right to Shelter’ Laws – GRAYSON BAKICH
https://pjmedia.com/graysonbakich/2024/03/16/migrant-crisis-in-new-york-city-so-bad-theyre-changing-right-to-shelter-laws-n4927379

TOWNHALL
— You Can Thank Joe Biden’s Open Border Policies for a Measles Outbreak In Chicago – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/03/16/you-can-thank-bidens-open-border-policies-for-a-measles-outbreak-in-chicago-n2636510
— AOC’s Once-Family Friendly District, Now Overrun With Illegal Aliens and Prostitution – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/03/16/aocs-once-family-friendly-district-now-overrun-with-illegal-aliens-and-prostitution-n2636582

ZERO HEDGE
— Haitian Migrant Boat With Guns, Drugs & Night Vision Intercepted Off Florida As Caribbean Crisis Spreads – TYLER DURDEN
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/haitian-migrant-boat-guns-drugs-night-vision-intercepted-florida-caribbean-crisis

FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT LEANING SOURCES

UPI
— Chicago to start evicting migrants from city shelters under amended policy – Simon Druker (COMMENT: Where will they go?)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/03/16/chicago-migrants-evicted-shelter/5561710611907/

MSN
— Chicago says 34 residents will exit migrant shelters in the city Sunday (COMMENT: Where will these 34 go?)
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/chicago-says-34-residents-will-exit-migrant-shelters-in-the-city-sunday/ar-BB1k09k0
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use IVF to promote more hatred against Republicans.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/health/other/my-life-gives-people-hope-america-s-first-ivf-baby-calls-for-procedure-to-be-protected-after-alabama-ruling-saying-she-wouldn-t-be-here-without-it/ar-BB1jrEK4
— Tyson Foods wants to hire 52,000 asylum seekers for factory jobs – Axel Turcios (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, anticipate/expect that employers will ever-increasingly replace their employees who citizens of America with illegals.)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tyson-foods-wants-to-hire-52-000-asylum-seekers-for-factory-jobs/ar-BB1jQLbB
— Tyson Foods BOYCOTTED as it sacks 1,300 staff at Iowa pork plant and offers ‘job-and-lawyer’ packages in bid to hire 42,000 asylum seekers in New York. – James Reinl
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tyson-foods-boycotted-as-it-sacks-1-300-staff-at-iowa-pork-plant-and-offers-job-and-lawyer-packages-in-bid-to-hire-42-000-asylum-seekers-in-new-york/ar-BB1jXZUr

CNN
— Democrat and RINO leaders ever-increasingly make it clear that they are going to use a Biden victory to get rid of Republicans once and for all starting with Republicans who share Trump’s demographics: conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-poor, gun-owner, Protestant, German American, and/or have ancestors who have been in America for a long time.
https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/2024-election-news-03-16-24/h_16248fa2ade0877902abd865b8dffea5

NBC NEWS
— I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the loudest that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition were hate groups. I would focus on past and 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) Republican political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, and campaign managers, d) conservative leaders and activists, and e) religious leaders and activists. I would focus on the aforesaid who had their operatives and their dupes take the most/biggest adverse actions against me.
https://www.aol.com/number-white-nationalist-groups-rose-205300707.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly dominate all forms of media.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/17/us/politics/trump-disinformation-2024-social-media.html
— No, the SAT Isn’t Racist. Lowering expectations in academia does Black people no favors. – John McWhorter

— Did you apply for college aid? I did not. I worked my way through college. Of course, that harmed my GPA.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/us/politics/fafsa-college-admissions.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters ever-increasingly use Pense to promote more hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/16/mike-pence-why-no-trump-endorsement/

FAST COMPANY
— When layoffs are coming: Experts weigh in on the pros and cons of signaling downsizing. – STEPHANIE VOZZA (COMMENT: During the 1980s and 1990s, my Democrat GAO superiors made it clear that they were making their employees who were the following pay the price of Republican-led downsizing: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time. But nevertheless, I believed that they would were going to let work until I was eligible to take regular retirement in 2003 when I would have been 55. I was wrong. They forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91042339/when-layoffs-are-coming-experts-weigh-in-on-the-pros-and-cons-of-signaling-downsizing
— How to know when it’s time to quit your job. — KATHLEEN DAVIS (COMMENT: Because my Firestone Store boss directed me to clean the moldy whitewall tires that were hanging on the store walls while the store was open, I would not have given him my 2-week notice that I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. He immediately, rudely, if not threatenly fired me. But then, Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91042249/how-to-know-when-its-time-to-quit-your-job-2

BUSINESS INSIDER
— What limited your career advancement the most? For me, it was a) my majoring in management instead of accounting, b) my refusing to become a Democrat, c) my opposing political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, d) my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 when I was 40 that charged my superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, and e) my bad demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, draft-avoider, Protestant, German American, and my ancestor have been in America for a long time.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-recover-after-mistake-bad-decision-at-work-2021-9

STATEHOUSE REPORT
— The Republican establishment is anti-conservative, that is, it is anti-Republican.
https://www.statehousereport.com/2024/03/16/brack-establishment-brushes-off-self-anointed-freedom-caucus/

POLITICO
— How many hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters who are going to vote for Biden in the general election are going to vote for Haley in the primary election in your precinct, in your municipality, in your school district, in your township, and in your county?
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/16/polls-trump-primary-november-00147438

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.