March 19, 2025

FROM ILLINOIS CENRT-LEFT SOURCES

ABC7
— DuPage Democrats hold ‘Tesla takedown’ rally outside Lisle dealership, protesting Elon Musk’s DOGE. My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate cars. I currently own nine. They especially despise/hate Corvettes. I have owned a Corvette since 1971 and two since 2005.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/group-holds-lisle-protest-outside-tesla-car-dealership-opposition-donald-trump-elon-musks-doge-cuts/16046354/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYt3-L9Oszw
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I mean, here’s Elon Musk, working for literally nothing, giving up literally billions of dollars for his activism and his patriotism, and all he is doing is saving our country,” said Mark Rice, a Republican who ran in the 2024 election to represent Illinois’ 8th Congressional District. . .Calls for protests and boycotts of Tesla have revved up across the country with reports of vandalism against Tesla vehicles and dealerships. . .The DuPage County GOP chairman released a statement on the protest, saying, “It is ridiculous that the DuPage Democrats are harassing and intimidating a local business that has contributed significantly to the Village of Lisle’s economy. This is why the Democratic Party has the lowest approval ratings that it has had since there has been polling. We are not long removed from violent protests and looting that destroyed businesses across the suburbs. Of late, Tesla locations have been vandalized across America. This thinly veiled attempt by DuPage Democrats to cancel and scare a local business over political differences is repugnant. Americans are done with it and, increasingly, done with the Democratic Party.”)


CBS2
— Over 100 people protest at Tesla dealership in Lisle.
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/over-100-people-protest-tesla-dealership-lisle-illinois/


FOX32
— Trump administration rehiring nearly 25K fired workers after court order. In Diersen v. GAO, a court ruled that federal agencies can force their employees to retire if they became active members in class action lawsuits that charge reverse discrimination and/or age discrimination.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-administration-rehiring-fired-workers-court-order


CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pentagon is cutting up to 60,000 civilian jobs. About a third of those took voluntary resignations. During the 1980s and 1990s, because of Republican budget cuts, the Democrats who ran GAO cut 3,000 jobs or half of GAO’s workforce. Even though they focused on cutting their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, and/or had ancestors who had been in America for a long time, I nevertheless survived until 1997. I would not have survived that long if I had not a) earned job-related master’s degrees in 1997 (finance), 1980 (accounting), and 1976 (business), b) earned job-related professional certifications in 1997 (forensic accounting), 1996 (financial services auditing), 1994 (government financial management), 1990 (fraud examination), 1981 (internal auditing), and 1979 (accounting), and c) earned a job-related professional license in 1981 (CPA).
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/18/pentagon-job-cuts/
— Nominations are open for 2025 Chicago Top Workplaces (COMMENT: Anticipate/expect that GAO will win this a) because Democrats run GAO and b) because they give their Democrat employees tremendous preference, and especially those who are minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or have ancestors who have not been in America for a long time. In 1980, I was one of the last Republicans that GAO hired.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/19/top-workplaces-nominations-2025/
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote more LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/19/column-lgbtq-hotel-chicago-nothalsted-washington/


CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hundreds rally against Musk, Trump at Tesla dealership in Lisle. The company’s stock market value and reputation have taken hits since the billionaire joined the Trump administration to lead the Department of Government Efficiency.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/photography/2025/03/18/photos-hundreds-rally-against-musk-trump-at-tesla-dealership-in-lisle
— Chicago Sun-Times to lose 20% of staff after buyout offer. Columnists, editorial writers and many more head for the exits as the paper’s nonprofit owner, Chicago Public Media, deals with fiscal hardship.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/money/2025/03/18/chicago-sun-times-lose-20-staff-buyout-offer


DAILY HERALD
— ‘Tesla Takedown’ protest drives crowd to Lisle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYt3-L9Oszw


CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker likens Trump’s tenure to the Great Chicago Fire. Pritzker ever-increasing promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/jb-pritzker-likens-trump-tenure-great-chicago-fire


WGN RADIO
— Parents urged to teach kids about drug dangers on social media. Democrats ever-increasingly push more pot.
https://wgnradio.com/news/fentanyl-crisis/parents-urged-to-teach-kids-about-drug-dangers-on-social-media/


SOUTHERN
— Concerns about the FAA’s air traffic control system date back decades. I worked for GAO on an audit of FAA’s traffic control system in the early 1980s.
https://southernillinoisnow.com/2025/03/19/concerns-about-the-faas-air-traffic-control-system-date-back-decades/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 1990, Government Accountability Office Transportation Issues Director Kenneth Mead told a congressional subcommittee that although the FAA had made progress, the agency had “inexperience in developing large-scale, highly automated systems” and was “still experiencing problems in modernizing the ATC system.”)

WAND TV
— Violent attacks on Tesla dealerships spike as Musk takes prominent role in Trump White House. Attacks on property carrying the logo of Elon Musk’s electric-car company are cropping up from coast to coast and even overseas.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/national/violent-attacks-on-tesla-dealerships-spike-as-musk-takes-prominent-role-in-trump-white-house/article_dd6fcf1d-f611-5b89-9bed-239ba4fa82dd.html


CITIES 92.9
— Illinois Republicans urge Democrats to stop supporting illegal immigration. Outstanding.
https://www.cities929.com/2025/03/18/watch-illinois-republicans-urge-democrats-to-stop-supporting-illegal-immigration/


WIFR
— Illinois lawmakers propose bills on illegal immigration in the state. Outstanding.
https://www.wifr.com/video/2025/03/19/illinois-lawmakers-propose-bills-illegal-immigration-state/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Poll: AOC best reflects Democrats’ ‘core values’ over Pelosi, Obama. What does that say about Democrats? I should write about the positions that Democrats in my precinct have on the current issues of the day.  Democrats and ever-increasingly promote more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/aoc-best-reflects-democrats-core-values-over-pelosi-obama-poll


NPR ILLINOIS
— Federal judge blocks Trump effort to ban transgender troops from military service. Democrats ever-increasingly promote more LGHTQ.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-18/federal-judge-blocks-trump-effort-to-ban-transgender-troops-from-military-service
— Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.nprillinois.org/2025-03-18/researchers-fear-grants-for-studies-on-health-disparities-may-be-cut-in-anti-dei-push


ELMHURST PATCH
— National Politics At Elmhurst City Meetings? Anticipate/expect that the Democrat leaders of your municipality will ever-increasingly promote more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/national-politics-elmhurst-city-meetings


CHALKBEAT CHICAGO
— Democrat leaders ever-increasingly use Democrat teachers to make students sexually active LGBTQers.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2025/03/18/illinois-conservative-group-files-federal-complaint-title-ix/


LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Loyola is ever-increasingly an arm of the Democrat Party.
https://loyolaphoenix.com/2025/03/chicagos-leaders-stand-up-for-the-city-and-gainst-ice/


POLITICO
— Casten and over 100 other House Democrats sent a letter demanding the Government Accountability Office create and maintain a database to track delays in the disbursement of funds to Americans. That move two months after the White House froze federal funds associated with the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and put major infrastructure projects on pause. Because of Gingrich, GAO is less than a shell of what it once was.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/19/pritzkers-quiet-dig-at-durbin-00236635


AXIOS CHICAGO
— Removing homeless encampments could be violation of human rights. How soon will Democrat and RINO leaders succeed in setting up a homeless encampment in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct?
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/03/19/illinois-encampments-unhoused-legal-rights


CAPITOL FAX
— Morning briefing
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/19/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-477/
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/18/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-270/


FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES


DUPAGE GOP
— Chairman’s Statement on Tesla Takedown. It is ridiculous that the DuPage Democrats are harassing and intimidating a local business that has contributed significantly to the Village of Lisle’s economy. This is why the Democratic Party has the lowest approval ratings that it has had since there has been polling. We are not long removed from violent protests and looting that destroyed businesses across the suburbs. Of late, Tesla locations have been vandalized across America. This thinly veiled attempt by DuPage Democrats to cancel and scare a local business over political differences is repugnant. Americans are done with it and, increasingly, done with the Democratic Party.
https://dupagegop.com/


DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Milton Township GOP Chair Castle: ‘We must reject candidates like Chris LeVan, John Monino, and Elizabeth Buffy Higgins Beard’
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/670497432-milton-township-gop-chair-castle-we-must-reject-candidates-like-chris-levan-john-monino-and-elizabeth-buffy-higgins-beard


WIREPOINTS
— Pritzker’s real record on jobs
https://wirepoints.org/gov-pritzkers-real-record-on-jobs-wirepoints/
— There’s an open invitation to commit crimes in Chicago because the chance of getting caught is negligible
https://wirepoints.org/theres-an-open-invitation-to-commit-crimes-in-chicago-because-the-chance-of-getting-caught-is-negligible-wirepoints-on-am-560-chicagos-morning-answer/


CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— 100 to 1 in opposition to Illinois Homeschool Act ahead of hearing
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_82b4c780-0363-11f0-a788-638324956a18.html


GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Today, again using 800 mailing labels and 400 envelopes, I will hand-deliver Republican campaign literature and sample ballots to the 400 residences in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 59 in Wheaton that have at least one Republican or one Independent voter. I have divided my precinct into four zones. It takes me about three/four hours to walk a zone. While I walk my precinct, I will get a measure of the success that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump haters have had promoting more hatred against Trump. Republican Precinct Committeemen are lightning rods for that hatred. 478 in my precinct voted for Harris. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com


FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES


NEW YORK POST
— If AOC is its future, the Democratic Party is hopelessly lost.  Ever-increasingly Democrats promote more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://nypost.com/2025/03/18/opinion/if-aoc-is-their-future-the-democrats-are-hopelessly-lost/


AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals working for Congress — addendum.. If my employers had been able to hire illegals instead of me, they certainly would have.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/03/illegals_working_for_congress_addendum.html


BREITBART
— Trump Haters Hit Tesla Facilities in Las Vegas, Kansas City with Arson Attacks. My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate cars, and especially Corvettes. I have owned a Corvette since 1971 and two since 2005.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2025/03/18/trump-haters-hit-tesla-facilities-in-las-vegas-kansas-city-with-arson-attacks/
— 38K Chinese Illegal Aliens Living in U.S. Despite Being Ordered Deported
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/03/18/report-38k-chinese-illegal-aliens-living-in-u-s-despite-being-ordered-deported/
— Democrats use the Constitution to destroy Republicans.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/03/18/sanders-should-frighten-every-american-that-trump-doesnt-respect-our-constitution/


CAMPUS REFORM
— Chicago college interim president says ‘DEI is in our blood’ at ‘Diversity Campus Town Hall.’ Democrats use DEI to get rid of Republicans.
https://www.campusreform.org/article/chicago-college-interim-president-says-dei-blood-diversity-campus-town-hall/27683


DAILY CALLER
— America Can’t Be Safer If Dems And Their ‘Rogue Judges’ Keep Inundating Country With Illegal Aliens
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/18/brandon-gill-tren-de-aragua-james-boasberg-impeachment/


FOX NEWS
— Illinois parents, lawmakers sound alarm over proposed homeschooling bill: ‘Direct assault on families’  Parents would be required to fill out a ‘homeschool declaration form’
https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-parents-lawmakers-sound-alarm-proposed-homeschooling-bill-direct-assault-families
— Jewish Tesla owner ‘speechless’ after finding Nazi symbol on his Cybertruck. Avi Ben Hamo joins ‘Fox & Friends’ after his Cybertruck was vandalized with the image of a Swastika and the word ‘Elon,’ saying he no longer feels safe in New York. My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate cars, and especially Corvettes. I have owned a Corvette since 1971 and two since 2005.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6370187212112
— Trump says Elon Musk haters also hate America. My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate cars, and especially Corvettes. I have owned a Corvette since 1971 and two since 2005.
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6370209436112


NEWSMAX
— Democrats and RINOs use DEI to destroy Republicans.
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/georgementz/dei-diversity-equity/2025/03/18/id/1203352/


FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES


NEWSWEEK
— Website Exposes Tesla Owners’ Personal Data. My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate cars, and especially Corvettes. I have owned a Corvette since 1971 and two since 2005.
https://www.newsweek.com/dogequest-tesla-elon-musk-doxxing-website-2046920


USA TODAY
— Trump wants benefits for those who purchase cars ‘made in America.’ None fully are. My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate cars, and especially Corvettes. I have owned a Corvette since 1971 and two since 2005.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/03/05/trump-wants-benefits-for-cars-made-in-usa/81614278007/


WYOMING PUBLIC RADIO
— Wyoming bans sanctuary cities and ranked choice voting. Outstanding.
https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/politics-government/2025-03-18/wyoming-bans-sanctuary-cities-and-ranked-choice-voting


NEWS 18
— Tesla Vehicles Torched In Las Vegas Arson Attack, Elon Musk Calls It ‘Insane’  My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate cars, and especially Corvettes. I have owned a Corvette since 1971 and two since 2005.
https://www.news18.com/viral/tesla-vehicles-torched-in-las-vegas-arson-attack-elon-musk-calls-it-insane-aa-9266948.html


WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DeSantis: Good Riddance to the U.S. Education Department. Florida shows how states can lead in ensuring that children learn.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ron-desantis-good-riddance-to-the-u-s-education-department-387e2ea3
— FRONT PAGE: Morgan Stanley Went Big on DEI, and No One Is Happy About It. Black and white employees say the efforts added to a divisive culture. Now, as political pressure rises, the bank is watering down initiatives. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they used Affirmative Action, DEI, up-or-out, and Republican budget cuts big time to get of their Republican employees.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/morgan-stanley-corporate-dei-what-happened-4a61427c
— FRONT PAGE: RS Retreats From Some Audits as Agency Slashes Workforce. Officials put faith in shift to technology, but others see dangers in cutting thousands of jobs
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/internal-revenue-service-doge-taxes-f00ac956


PLURBUS NEWS
— Fired federal workers set states scrambling. Processing a wave of claims from former federal workers will “absolutely” require more resources.
https://pluribusnews.com/news-and-events/fired-federal-workers-set-states-scrambling/


FED SMITH
— Trump Calls for Eliminating More Federal Agencies. President Trump has issued an Executive Order that requires making cuts to 7 federal entities that he has deemed unnecessary. If Gingrich had reformed GAO instead of gutting it in the 1980s and 1990s, DOGE would not be needed today and I might still be a GAO employee. If Gingrich had formed a team to reform GAO, I would have volunteered to be a member of that team. I would have stressed a) that I had worked for GAO since 1980 and the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 Levels, currently $117,807-$153,151/year, b) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA in1981, d) that I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Government Financial Manager in 1994, Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997, and e) that I earned an MBA in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, and a master’s degree in finance in 1997.
https://www.fedsmith.com/2025/03/15/trump-calls-for-eliminating-more-federal-agencies/


LIBERAL PATRIOT
— The Blue State Exodus Should Scare Democrats. The electoral consequences could be massive.  Democrats ever-increasingly promote more a) dependency on government and charity, b) LGBTQ, c) abortion, d) mass/illegal immigration, e) booze, gambling, pot, prostitution, and other vices, f) diminishment of Second Amendment rights, and g) Affirmative Action and DEI, that is, race and gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination.
https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-blue-state-exodus-should-scare


INDEPENDENT
— Violent attacks on Tesla spread from coast to coast – and overseas. In Donald Trump’s first term, his properties became a natural place for protest. In the early days of his second term, Tesla is filling that role. My critics/opponents despise/hate American nameplate cars, and especially Corvettes. I have owned a Corvette since 1971 and two since 2005.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tesla-elon-musk-trump-cybertruck-las-vegas-fire-b2717706.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.