March 18, 2022

ABC7

— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, those who are the following are negatively profiled: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://abc7chicago.com/macys-oakbrook-center-mall-racial-profiling-whistleblower/11660030/

CBS2
— COMMENT: Democrats want minorities to be pot pushers. To push pot on a municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/cannabis-sales-are-raking-in-billions-in-illinois-but-black-and-brown-entrepreneurs-are-still-in-limbo-with-license-delays/

WGN RADIO
— An effort to recall SA Kim Foxx is brewing, would you sign the petition? – Jeff Carlin
https://wgnradio.com/wgn-plus/thechicagoway/the-chicago-way-w-john-kass-an-effort-to-recall-sa-kim-foxx-is-brewing-would-you-sign-the-petition/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Contests for treasurer, county board spots set in primary election in Kendall County – LINDA GIRARDI
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-kendall-county-election-st-0318-20220317-h4ulw3mcnnbvfbk7tzi4xllm7y-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2022/3/17/22978431/trump-2024-presidential-election-putin-russia-ukraine-invasion-capitol-attack-voter-suppression

DAILY HERALD
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, those who are the following are negatively profiled: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220317/ex-worker-security-team-at-oak-brook-macys-racially-profiles-shoppers

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Irish eyes have long been smiling on Illinois government, politics – BRENDEN MOORE
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/irish-eyes-have-long-been-smiling-on-illinois-government-politics/article_75a9de7d-73cc-5604-a5e8-10030be50131.html

NEWS GAZETTE
— Old politicians aren’t interested in changing old habits – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-old-politicians-arent-interested-in-changing-old-habits/article_cab74015-4ac9-56c1-8013-ac95946e0a06.html

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— COMMENT: To push pot on a municipality is to destroy that municipality.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-chronicle/news/government/2022/03/17/dekalb-mayor-cohen-barnes-cant-think-of-any-reason-not-to-have-marijuana-dispensary-downtown/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Wide margin of voters support key element of Florida sex education bill, poll finds – ZACHARY ROGERS
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/slim-majority-of-americans-support-floridas-bill-which-bans-teaching-on-gender-identity-dont-say-gay-ron-desantis-students-sexual-education-orientation-disney-politico-morning-consult-joe-biden

FOX2
— New sponsor for Annie Malone Parade to be announced today – Ja’Quis Hardin
(COMMENT If Wheaton and Wheaton Park District allow me to raise funds from Republicans so that Republicans can help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks this year, how hard will my critics/opponents work to stop candidates on June 28, 2022 Republican primary ballots in my precinct from being sponsors? What will they stress to those candidates? They will stress their success in a) stopping me from raising funds last year, b) promoting LGBTQ big time in downtown Wheaton in 2020, c) gerrymandered my precinct in 2015, d) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, e) ending my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, f) ending my Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, g) ended my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, h) almost getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, i) ended my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, and j) viciously ending my bid to serve as MTRO Treasurer in 2004.)
https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/new-sponsor-for-annie-malone-parade/

WJOL
— House GOP Lawmakers Call For Inflation Relief
https://www.wjol.com/house-gop-lawmakers-call-for-inflation-relief/

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— Advocates push for wage subsidies for employees recently released from incarceration – GRACE KINNICUTT
(COMMENT: What about wage subsidies for employees like me who were forced to take early retirement?)
https://capitolnewsillinois.com/NEWS/advocates-push-for-wage-subsidies-for-employees-recently-released-from-incarceration

WIREPOINTS
— Don’t downplay Chicago’s crime this year. It’s up 34 percent. – Matt Rosenberg
https://wirepoints.org/dont-downplay-chicagos-crime-this-year-its-up-34-percent-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— State legislators in Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri are laughing at, and learning from, Illinois’ bad decisions
https://wirepoints.org/state-legislators-in-indiana-wisconsin-missouri-are-laughing-at-and-learning-from-illinois-bad-decisions-wirepoints-on-with-jeff-daly-of-wzus-decatur-radio/

JOHN KASS
— Time To Recall Kim Foxx, For Jussie Smollett, And More
https://johnkassnews.com/time-to-recall-kim-foxx-for-jussie-smollett-and-other-things/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Illinois’ Vitally Important Midterm Primary Election – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/03/illinois-vitally-important-midterm-primary-election/

NEW YORK POST
— Texas Republicans rip Citi for covering employees’ abortion travel expenses – Thomas Barrabi
https://nypost.com/2022/03/17/texas-republicans-rip-citi-for-covering-employees-abortion-travel-expenses/
— Yale law students disrupt bipartisan free speech panel, trigger police escort – Yaron Steinbuch
https://nypost.com/2022/03/17/yale-law-students-disrupt-bipartisan-free-speech-panel/
— Biden cuts border funding as his policies are about to overwhelm it – Carrie Sheffield
https://nypost.com/2022/03/17/biden-cuts-border-funding-as-his-policies-are-about-to-overwhelm-it/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden regulating ‘wokeness’ and socialism into federal policy – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/washington-secrets/biden-regulating-socialism-into-federal-policy-expert
— Kristi Noem’s ‘Zuck Bucks’ ban could boost conservative credentials – David M. Drucker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/kristi-noems-zuck-bucks-ban-could-boost-conservative-credentials
— No such thing as value-less education – Grant Addison
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use education to make children 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.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/no-such-thing-as-value-less-education

FOX NEWS
— Biden Supreme Court nominee Jackson praised NYT’s 1619 Project during MLK Day speech. Jackson highlighted Nikole Hannah-Jones’ ‘provocative thesis that the America that was born in 1776 was not the perfect union that it purported to be’ – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-supreme-court-nominee-jackson-nyts-1619-project
— Amid soaring inflation, sky-rocketing gas prices, Congress brings back earmarks: ‘Cocaine of this generation’ Congress’ massive spending bill shows the institution reverting to the old guards’ ways by using earmarks, which could cause prices to rise further than they already have. – Houston Keene
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/inflation-gas-prices-congress-earmarks
— Labor union falsely claims Florida anti-CRT bill would ban teaching on slavery, Holocaust. AFSCME chapter says Florida Republicans ‘trying to erase history’ – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/labor-union-florida-anti-crt-bill-slavery-holocaust

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— DEI Will Cause People To DIE – Rod Dreher
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/dei-will-cause-people-to-die-medical-education-wokeness/

BREITBART
— Washington Post: Jussie Smollett’s ‘Unjust’ Sentence Due to ‘Legal Vigilantism’ of ‘Perverted’ Justice System – JOSHUA KLEIN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/17/wapo-jussie-smolletts-unjust-sentence-due-to-legal-vigilantism-of-perverted-justice-system/

BLAZE
— Major US bank (Citigroup) tells abortion-seeking employees it will cover the cost of their travel – PHIL SHIVER
https://www.theblaze.com/news/citi-pays-travel-costs-of-abortion-seeking-employees

CNS NEWS
— Unchallenged for Decades, Progressives Face Sudden Opposition in Florida Classrooms – R. Emmett Tyrrell
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/r-emmett-tyrrell/unchallenged-decades-progressives-face-sudden-opposition-florida

FEDERALIST
— Jussie Smollett’s Black, Gay, And Anti-Trump Privilege Continues To Save Him
https://thefederalist.com/2022/03/17/jussie-smolletts-black-gay-and-anti-trump-privilege-continues-to-save-him/

NEWSMAX
— Illinois Gov. Hopeful Irvin to Newsmax: You Solve Crime by Backing the Blue – Luca Cacciatore
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/illinois-governor-crime-inflation-back-the-blue/2022/03/17/id/1061759/
— Southern Border Crisis Now Belongs to Biden – Laura Hollis
https://www.newsmax.com/laurahollis/border/2022/03/17/id/1061656/

PJ MEDIA
— Goodbye, Fort Bragg. Hello, Fort Tubman? – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2022/03/17/goodbye-fort-bragg-hello-fort-tubman-n1567417

TOWNHALL
— Republicans, Embrace the Culture War and Cruise to Victory – Josh Hammer
(COMMENT: Since at least the 1970s, anti-conservatives have dominated Republican politics in Illinois.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/joshhammer/2022/03/18/republicans-embrace-the-culture-war-and-cruise-to-victory-n2604703

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The Forgotten Conservative What is American conservatism? Who were the thinkers who built it? Why did they do so? Who were their opponents? – Richard Reinsch
https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/commentary/the-forgotten-conservative

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Benefits of Donald Trump Running Again – PHILIP KLEIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/03/the-benefits-of-donald-trump-running-again/#slide-1

PATRIOT POST
— Why Big Business Went Woke. A form of leftist fascism has developed in which those who want to be free from bullying toe the Left’s ideological line. – THOMAS GALLATIN
https://patriotpost.us/articles/86976-why-big-business-went-woke-2022-03-17

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Polls Show Education and CRT Could Doom the Democrats – Claire Brighn
(COMMENT: What do you say to RINO activists, RINO candidates, RINO elected officials, RINO party leaders, RINO political consultants, RINO major donors, RINO fundraisers, RINO pollsters, RINO etc. in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who ever-increasingly hint/imply/argue/shout that the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization should officially get rid of conservatives, that is, officially get rid of platform Republicans, that is, officially get rid of Republicans?)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2022/03/17/polls_show_education_and_crt_could_doom_the_democrats_565425.html

REASON
— 30 Percent of Americans Still Oppose Same-Sex Marriage – ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN
(COMMENT: To promote same-sex marriage is to destroy traditional marriage and the traditional family.)
https://reason.com/2022/03/17/30-percent-of-americans-still-oppose-same-sex-marriage/

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Mitt Romney Goes Full RINO, Flies off the Rails Twice in Three Days – Grant Atkinson
https://ijr.com/mitt-romney-goes-full-rino/

EPOCH TIMES
— Dems Sue to Disqualify 3 GOP Wisconsin Congressmen From 2022 Ballot, Alleging Role in Insurrection, Election Manipulation – Matthew Vadum
https://www.theepochtimes.com/dems-sue-to-disqualify-3-gop-congressmen-from-2022-ballot-alleging-role-in-insurrection-election-manipulation_4343330.html

ROLL CALL
— ‘That time is gone’: Americans are in an anti-war mood — but partisan differences are bubbling – John T. Bennett
(COMMENT: Eve-increasingly, hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters paint conservatives as being Putin-promoters.)
https://rollcall.com/2022/03/17/that-time-is-gone-americans-are-in-an-anti-war-mood-but-partisan-differences-are-bubbling/

THE HILL
— Why some GOP voters just can’t quit Trump – BERNARD GOLDBERG
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/598185-why-some-gop-voters-just-cant-quit-trump
— The post-Trump era has begun – MYRA ADAMS
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/598480-the-post-trump-era-has-begun
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Big Tech destroys conservatives.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/598680-house-gop-struggles-to-nail-down-priorities-on-big-tech-agenda

POLITICO
— COMMENT: Expect that ever-increasingly, hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters will demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservatives as being Putin-promoters.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/18/trump-impeachment-echoes-russia-ukraine-00018348

REUTERS
— Conservative judge urges U.S. judiciary to not hire Yale protesters as clerks – Nate Raymond and Karen Sloan
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/conservative-judge-urges-us-judiciary-not-hire-yale-protesters-clerks-2022-03-17/

NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/biden-administration-meets-florida-lgbtq-students-dont-say-gay-bill-rcna20515

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/17/learning/what-do-you-wish-lawmakers-knew-about-how-anti-lgbtq-legislation-affects-teenagers.html
— With a Flurry of High-Profile Coronavirus Cases, Washington Is Again on Edge – Michael D. Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/17/us/politics/washington-coronavirus-cases.html
— Where State Farm Sees ‘a Lot of Fraud,’ Black Customers See Discrimination – Emily Flitter
(COMMENT: I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990 when I was 41 years old.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/business/state-farm-fraud-black-customers.html
— America Has a Free Speech Problem – Editorial
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponent 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 or their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or refuse to give them money.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/opinion/cancel-culture-free-speech-poll.html
— COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn as being horribly flawed those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, who refuse to glorify and praise them, who refuse to pander to them, who refuse to serve as one or their operatives or dupes, who refuse to cover up their wrong doing, and/or refuse to give them money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/opinion/holbein-thomas-more-art-morality.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Eve-increasingly, hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters promote hatred against conservatives.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/17/living-in-red-states-can-be-life-threatening/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/17/whats-next-floridas-high-school-activists-after-bill-restricting-lgbtq-topics-elementary-schools/

USA TODAY
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn conservatives.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/17/patriot-fest-conservative-far-right-speakers/7078254001/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/03/17/988-lgbtq-advocates-hope-increased-training-new-number/9451626002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— You Retired Early. Now What? – Alex Janin
(COMMENT: I should write a book about early retirement.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-retired-early-now-what-11647122619

FORBES
— Tips To Build A Strong Employer Brand To Attract And Retain Talent – Parna Sarkar-Basu
(COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government did everything that they could to attract and retain Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, moderate, liberal, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, RINO leaders do everything that they can to attract and retain the aforesaid.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescommunicationscouncil/2022/03/17/tips-to-build-a-strong-employer-brand-to-attract-and-retain-talent/
— COMMENT: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters oppose curriculum transparency.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliewexler/2022/03/17/we-need-curriculum-transparency-but-not-the-kind-some-state-bills-would-require/
— Global Study Reveals If Workers Are Ready For The Future Of Work – Jack Kelly
(COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates earned job-related degrees, professional certifications, or professional licenses. I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2022/03/17/global-study-by-staffing-giant-adecco-reveals-if-workers-are-ready-for-the-future-of-work/

AMERICAN MILITARY NEWS
— Rep. Kinzinger vows to ‘move heaven and earth’ to stop Trump 2nd presidency – RYAN MORGAN
(COMMENT: Expect that ever increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters will do everything that they can to destroy those who do not hate Trump. They stopped Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks in 2021 and they promoted LGBTQ in downtown Wheaton big time in 2020.)
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2022/03/rep-kinzinger-vows-to-move-heaven-and-earth-to-stop-trump-2nd-presidency/

NEWSWEEK
— We Must Protect Parent Rights Nationwide, Not Just in Florida – VERNON JONES
https://www.newsweek.com/we-must-protect-parent-rights-nationwide-not-just-florida-opinion-1688405
— COMMENT: Kinzinger says that Putin Was ‘Playing Trump’ – Jason Lemon
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-adam-kinzinger-agrees-putin-was-playing-trump-1689050
— D.C. Residents Heard Shouting Profanities at Trucker Convoy on Streets – JUSTIN KLAWANS
https://www.newsweek.com/dc-residents-heard-shouting-profanities-trucker-convoy-streets-1689294
— After Trump Dumps Pence, Who Could Be His VP and Why DeSantis Is a Problem – ALEXANDRA HUTZLER
https://www.newsweek.com/after-trump-dumps-pence-who-could-his-vp-why-desantis-problem-1689177

DESERET NEWS
— COMMENT: Eve-increasingly, hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters paint conservatives as being Putin-promoters.
https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2022/3/17/22977955/opinion-is-vladmir-putin-the-new-constantine-russian-ukraine-tucker-carlson-donald-trump

HR MORNING
— How do employees who engage in workplace misconduct win age discrimination cases? – Tom D’Agostino
(COMMENT: GAO works for Congress. Constructively, in Diersen v. GAO, GAO argued that it did exactly what Congress wanted it to do, that is, to waste the careers of and to get rid of its employees who are White, male, non-veteran, conservative, Republican, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time who did not make GS-13 (currently $104,915) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $123,978) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $145,831) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $176,300) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.).
https://www.hrmorning.com/news/age-discrimination-2/

DAILY MAIL
— Woke Los Angeles DA George Gascon offers ‘tips’ for residents to avoid having their cars robbed – as theft surges 17% in city after his soft-on-crime policies fuel surge in violence. – GINA MARTINEZ
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10623457/Woke-Los-Angeles-DA-Gascon-offers-tips-residents-avoid-having-cars-robbed.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.